"Retreat, retreat, everyone back off!"Noah's voice thundered through. The realization hit him like a ton of bricks.They couldn't defeat the monster.As if knowing that everyone was about to retreat, the monster roared loudly and became more violent.The monster went on a bigger rampage as everyone turned their backs towards the monster in a bid to escape.Noah's eyes blazed with anger as he saw the monster's actions, his gaze fixed on the monster as it targeted the weak ones among them.The monster was more like a smart human.The creature avoided the strongest attacks and attacked the weaker players.Its strength was overwhelming, but its intelligence was frustrating.But Noah knew that he had to do something, even if it meant him dying.Most of the people dying from this monster were his men. He couldn't bear seeing them killed that way.Looking for a perfect opportunity, Noah launched himself into the air at the monster."Ahhhh!" Noah shouted.Noah's spear suddenly brightened up a

Bang! Bang! Bang!The monster slammed against Alex’s shield. It was an ape monster, meaning it was a strength based monster. Despite the shield being between him and the monster his hand almost broke from the force.Meanwhile, Micheal stood up from the ground while holding his sword in his right hand. “It’s strong,” Micheal muttered from a distance. As he watched the monster nearly dismantle Alex and his shield. That punch just now took 30% of his health bar. He was quite naive, thinking he could take care of monsters far above his level, now he knew that the buff from the mask was really something. He decided to keep the mask a secret for now, not like the mask was available. It was still lying inside of him recovering. “Cover me.’” Micheal shouted as he attacked, using Alex as cover.But the monster was fast. It stepped aside and punched at Micheal.Micheal expected the attack and blocked it. Even so, he was sent stumbling backward. His hands went numb, and blood came out of his

Meanwhile, Alex joined the red-haired girl in fighting Rowland.Rowland had a huge build and wielded two axes. He was also just a few EXP from level 3.But now that Alex was level 2, he was actually faster than Rowland. However, Alex quickly realized that despite his special speed ability, the red-haired girl, who looked about his age, was even faster than he was. And she was just level 2.But the strange thing was that even though Rowland was slower than both of them, he was still able to land his slashes. It was as if his axes had some kind of locking ability that allowed them to hit their target no matter how fast they moved.So that was the reason the girl kept losing because she had to block Rowland’s attack. She couldn't dodge it. It always found a way to lock on to her. But with Alex's shield in the fray, she felt a lot better and the pressure on her reduced significantly.Vanishing Clouds finally caught her breath and was able to fight back. Soon, the battle was no longer in Ro

Silence filled the cave for a long time. The only sound was their heavy breathing. Their bodies were covered in injuries, but the wounds slowly began to heal as they absorbed Spirit Qi from the surroundings. After a while, they slowly got back to their feet. The corpses of the spiders were scattered all across the cave floor. No one spoke. They simply began cutting open the corpses and collecting the cores inside them. After gathering the cores, Micheal finally broke the silence. “We should divide them equally.” No one objected. They quietly watched as Micheal separated the cores into three equal piles. They had been fighting for nearly three hours and didn’t even have the strength left to talk. Still, Micheal felt that Vanishing Clouds had become part of their group. Without her earlier, they might have died in their sleep. After storing all his cores, Alex checked the leaderboard. He had risen to 268th place. Micheal had climbed even higher, reaching 200th place

Micheal and Alex stepped out of the teleportation portal and began heading toward the coordinates Vanishing Clouds had sent.As they walked through the streets, Micheal started noticing something strange.People kept glancing at them.Some players only took quick looks, but others didn’t even try to hide it. They openly stared and even pointed in their direction.That was when Micheal finally understood how troublesome the leaderboard could be.Even though he had dropped in rank and was now around 400th place, the glowing number above his head still made him easy to recognize among the hundreds of thousands of players in the city.There was no way to hide.Luckily, players couldn’t attack inside the city.But Vanishing Clouds wasn’t inside the city anymore.That meant once they stepped outside, anything could happen.Micheal and Alex took several turns through crowded streets, trying to lose the players who were secretly following them.After a while, they finally exited the city.Not