Chapter 159: Unexpected Features
"Make a mark!" Mike muttered in his heart and quickly dropped a drop of liquid with a special smell on the trunk of a dead tree, and the smell quickly dissipated invisible, but Mike knew that as long as he dropped another potion on the nose of the tracking dog, then the tracking dog could quickly chase after him according to the smell.
"Oops! These guys are running away again! Hurry up and chase! ”
Mike quickly finished making the mark, and when he saw that his target was running away for a while, he had to sprint and consume additional fighting energy and willpower in his body to speed up for himself, so that he finally caught up with the target.
Mike is an excellent thief specially cultivated by the Duchy of Phyllisis, and even made great achievements for the Duchy of Felicis when he was a minor - with his strong stealth ability, he stole the army deployment map of the whole country of Talaya from the heavily guarded palace of Talaya, resulting in the gate of Talaya almost nothing in the eyes of the Duchy of Phyllisis!
And what makes Talaya extremely crazy is that this guy is still chasing updates, almost as long as the Talaya Kingdom has just updated the latest defense map, this guy will run over and quickly steal the latest version, and the efficient guards who are responsible for guarding the national capital will be angry and scolding the mother.
In order to prevent theft, the Principality of Talaya tried its best, and even begged Talaya's legendary rank to be guarded personally, but it was still stolen, so that Talaya had no choice but to give up updating the national defense map, and changed to each region only need to take care of its own side.
This finally made Mike lose the opportunity to brush up on his merits, and in the end he could only steal the defense map of the Black Territory of the Talaya Kingdom every once in a while to comfort (it was with the help of that defense map that the 38 prince took advantage of Locke's absence to lead people to sneak into the hinterland of the Talaya Kingdom, and died in the hands of Sui Yu in a daze).
It's also because Mike has been active in the vicinity of Black Territory recently, so this time he was sent by the upper echelons to play the tail line.
Keeping track of what is naturally one of Mike's basic skills, even with his innate ability, plus the powerful thief skills that Felicis has cultivated with manpower and material resources. Mike believed that he would have an easy time completing the task of stalking the mercenary group.
But at the beginning, Mike knew that this time he was going to be in trouble!
Because he has too many peers, and many of those peers don't even know how to hide themselves!
Sure enough, the team called the Celestial Spirit Mercenary Regiment immediately sensed the tails, and then used the trick that the trackers feared the most, which was to go full speed!
Most trackers use stealth techniques or methods such as pretending to be passers-by. Now that people are speeding up, if they are still chasing behind, then they will definitely easily expose their identities, and even when they come to a place where there is no one around, the target will definitely clean up these tails as long as they are a little ruthless!
As a result, most of the trackers could only watch the Heavenly Spirit Mercenary Group quickly disappear from their field of vision, but they were helpless.
But that doesn't include Mike!
Because Mike's ability is a reduced presence, this ability can greatly reduce his presence, and even if Mike runs naked in the downtown area after activating the ability, it won't attract much attention (Mike will never explain why he knows so clearly).
In addition, the various stealth movement skills that a Gold-tier thief must master. Mike doesn't need to be as careful as other thieves, and even if he sprints in stealth, he doesn't have to worry about being spotted by his target.
Sure enough, with the acceleration of the sprint, Mike easily caught up with the target.
Then there is the more boring tracking, but fortunately, Mike has already prepared some high-calorie food that can still provide him with enough energy during the vigorous running, so that he will not lose his strength because of the frequent activation of skills.
However, just as Mike was somewhat bored repeating the process of tracking, marking, and tracking again, he suddenly found his target. The team, known as the Celestial Spirit Mercenary Regiment, suddenly dispersed rapidly to the sides in a wild run.
"Damn it!" Mike cursed in his heart, as a tracker, he was the only one who could keep up with the movement speed of the Heavenly Spirit Mercenary Regiment. Without a companion, what he feared most was that the other party would suddenly divide his troops.
Because once the target is divided, there is no way for him to track two teams at the same time!
"Left or right?"
However, Mike soon discovered that his worries were unfounded, as the scattered girls did not go far at all, but converged behind him after a slight diffusion, and then Mike suddenly noticed something. That is, he was surrounded by the girls of the Heavenly Spirit Mercenary Group......
I don't blame Mike for being careless, and he didn't realize that something was wrong until he was surrounded. Mainly because in his previous missions, Mike had never encountered a similar situation at all.
The natural ability helps him greatly reduce his sense of presence, and even makes a sound when he accidentally tramples on a dead branch on the ground while sprinting, and that weird ability can also make anyone who hears the unusual sound of a dead branch subconsciously think that it is a normal natural phenomenon.
Coupled with the stealth technique of the gold-level thief and the additional double insurance of willpower, Mike has confidence that he will not be discovered by the other party even in the face of the legendary-level powerhouse. What's more, most of the target Heavenly Spirit Mercenary Group this time are only silver-level existences, and with Mike's ability, as long as he doesn't make a big mistake, he doesn't have to worry about being exposed.
But Mike is really exposed!
Noticing that the girls around him turned their hands, they didn't know where to take out a large number of strangely shaped staffs and condensed various elements of attack magic aimed at their location, and at the same time, the group of girls wearing strange light armor even took out a small magic guide with a black tube and aimed at him, especially when those black hole metal pipes were aimed at him, Mike suddenly felt chills all over his body as if he was being targeted by countless fierce beasts!
Mike knew that this was his golden-level willpower, and then warned himself! And judging from the position that these girls are aiming at, the other party is definitely aiming at their own position!
"I said, it's not easy for you to keep up with our speed, and you've been following for so long!" The person who said this was naturally the leader of the Heavenly Spirit Mercenary Regiment riding on the white tiger, which Mike had known for a long time, and even learned from the intelligence officers that this leader's name was Yu and it turned out to be a man!
But this is not the time for Mike to complain about the other party's gender. Because listening to the other party's tone, I'm afraid that I have been exposed a long time ago!
Mike shuddered and decided to try to see if the other party was blowing himself up, so he carefully moved his body to avoid the aim of the pile of black holes, but when he moved slightly, he found that everyone was moving in the direction of his aim.
"Gotcha! People can really see me! Mike couldn't help but feel a pang of despair in his heart that he had never experienced before.
Mike, who had relied on abilities since he was a child, and who had even walked in and out of the Talaya's Palace, which was guarded by a Legendary-level master, was as easy as walking through the door of his own home, but now the situation was obviously extremely dangerous for him. If you're not careful, I'm afraid you'll be here!
However, it was obvious that it was useless to remain incognito any longer, so Mike immediately revoked the invisibility technique and revealed his true body in front of everyone.
"Can you tell me how I was exposed?" As soon as he showed up, Mike was impatient to find out how he had been exposed.
The invincible ability allowed him to never worry about being exposed, but he was planted in the hands of a small mercenary group, which made Mike very depressed.
However, this circle of people didn't seem to care about him at all, but kept judging him.
"Yikes! This guy looks so ordinary! "And he was dressed in coarse linen. It looks like it's going to hide directly among the common people in normal times! "His appearance is so ordinary, if he is really allowed to blend into the crowd, it is estimated that he will not be able to find his figure in three seconds!"
Ordinary looks have always been Mike's proud talent, because only very ordinary people can be a good thief in the shadows.
But now he is very aggrieved, because the other party is ignoring him again at this time and chatting on his own, could it be that his ability has taken effect again?
Just when Mike wondered if he would take the opportunity to slip away, Sui Yu kindly spoke to him: "Want to know how we found you?" Hey, I won't tell you! ”
Heard Sui Yu's answer. Mike almost spurted out a mouthful of old blood, and it seemed that he couldn't find out how he had revealed the secret.
In fact, Sui Yu really didn't deliberately get angry with Mike, a top thief professional of the Golden Rank. The main reason is that he found that the means used by Mike in stealth are really difficult to explain to Mike.
To be honest, Mike's stealth ability is really strong, and Fanny and Kanami are not in the team at this time, so there is really no way for everyone to detect Mike, who has strange abilities and is in stealth.
But didn't Sui Yu just turn on the cursor system? In addition, Sui Yu formed a team of war queens in order to pick up the fierce beasts along the way that were picked up by the war queens when he was in a hurry, and he was surprised to find that the war queens could share the cursor system that originally belonged only to players after forming a team.
So by chance, finally a war queen noticed the pale red cursor that had been ignored because of the interference of some strange force, which always floated behind the team.
Mike's abilities are very rebellious. But his abilities only diminish his presence, but they don't guarantee that he won't be noticed.
That's why Mike will maintain his invisibility skills while casting his abilities to achieve the effect of double invisibility.
Although the cursor system does not have an anti-stealth function in "Chaos World", even the rogue players or monsters will cause the cursor on their heads to become invisible after becoming invisible. But this is the real world, and the stealth skills performed by the professionals in this world are obviously not authorized by the system, so Mike follows Sui Yu's team with a particularly distinct vernier without his own knowledge, and gets closer and closer because he is confident in himself. As a result, after forming a team, the war queens who happened to turn their heads to look for prey around found that there was a strange cursor behind the team.
Only then did the Zhan Ji who was found react to it, "! Someone in the back! ”
So after receiving the news transmitted by the war queen who found the abnormality through the message magic, Sui Yu immediately arranged it in the message channel, and then surrounded Mike, and the whole process went smoothly and was a little too much.
Sui Yu really didn't expect that the gold-level thief who could chase after him and the others for a long time and not be exposed would have such a poor sense of crisis, and when he found that his side was surrounded by him, he actually stood motionless, as if he didn't think he would be exposed at all.
"My ability can greatly reduce the chance of me being discovered, and since I'm a gold-tier thief, it's hard for even a Legendary-tier expert to spot me, but why are you aware of my presence? And surround me so accurately? Why?! ”
Mike's emotions were a little excited, and he really couldn't believe that he had been blocked for a day.
Of course, Mike was so arrogant because he thought that with his gold-level flexibility, it would not be difficult for him to get out of the encirclement of a large group of silver-level magicians.
And after Sui Yu heard Mike say this, he understood why Mike was so fearless, feeling that this person is still a talent with abilities and applying what he has learned!
"Well, let me tell you, in fact, you were exposed because you had a cursor arrow on your head that only we can see!"
Sui Yu told the truth, but Mike looked up and scolded angrily, "Bastard! You lied to me! ”
"Hey! These days, the truth is often not believed! After saying that, Sui Yu shrugged his shoulders and said to the top thief in front of him who looked extremely ordinary and had a rather weak sense of existence: "You seem to have no fear." How? Now that you're exposed, are you still planning to run away? ”
"Humph! Are you going to keep me?! As soon as he finished speaking, he watched a circle of warriors suddenly raise a small staff and quickly activate it with magic power.
In an instant, a colorful magic shield completely enveloped the center of the field (combined shield generator, courtesy of Rise).
"If you just ran away, I'm afraid it would be really difficult for us to stop a flexible Gold-tier professional like you. But now you're the eighth king in the urn, and you're not running! ”
After listening to Sui Yu's words, Mike realized that he had missed the best time to escape.
Then there is only one way left, and that is to use the force that you usually disdain to use to fight your way out!
Although because of his own ability, Mike's combat power is definitely at the bottom of the Golden Rank, but with the agility of a thief professional, Mike is still full of confidence in fighting a bloody way to escape.
"You seem to be full of confidence when you look so high-spirited? Are you planning to fight your way out? ”
Mike was startled, thinking that Sui Yu could read minds, and then he saw that Sui Yu suddenly jumped off the back of the white tiger, and clicked a few times on the void in front of him, and then the extremely gorgeous armor on his body turned into a very luxurious black trench coat with a burst of light.
"Sure enough! After reaching the Golden Tier, the control of my body increased again, and even if I didn't equip the Blue Steel Battle Armor, I could easily control my body! After muttering a word, Sui Yu moved his body a little and waved his hand to Mike and said, "Defeat me, and I'll let you go!" ”
Mike could naturally easily feel the aura of the Golden Rank from Sui Yu, and he also knew that his combat power was at the bottom of the Golden Rank. However, he could also detect from Sui Yu's obviously overly strong mental fluctuations that Sui Yu was actually only breaking through the Golden Rank not long ago, so Mike was confident in this duel.
Of course, the reason why Mike wanted to duel with Sui Yu was also because with the perception of a gold-level powerhouse, he found that it was really not easy for him to break through, at least those black holes and metal pipes made him feel a chill in his heart, and I am afraid that the consequences of a hard rush would definitely be very miserable.
"Alright! I agree to a duel with you! Mike turned his hand and pulled out two daggers from his back waist and clasped them with both hands in a standard attack stance, but he added next: "But how can you guarantee that if you win against you, you will be able to get out safely?!" ”
"You don't have a choice!" Sui Yu's words made Mike almost choke, but in order to prevent Sui Yu from regretting after defeating, Mike still reminded Sui Yu: "Then you plan to duel me without armor and empty-handed?" Are you sure you won't regret losing? ”
"Of course not!" When Sui Yu said this, he glanced behind him and shouted, "Mengyu! It's time for you to play! (To be continued.) )