“It is the pirate captain, a Level-65 Commander-Grade unit. F*cking hell, its Wanted rank is Grade-A, and his bounty is 10 million credits!” By the time Feng Luo and the other two got on the deck, the Nine-Star Guild players that stayed behind to guard the military ship and were now incredibly angry due to Sword Ki Long River being ambushed and killed had used the Detection skill on the NPC pirate captain and obtained his information, causing their eyes to light up.
“10 million credits!” Although these players were also among the elites of Nine-Star Guild, they were not superstar players who earned a lot of credits. A 10 million credit bounty was attractive.
After all, an average Rare-Grade item was worth around that much.
Even if one was a superstar player, 10 million credits were still quite tempting. After all, it was equal to one million Star Coins; and the enemy was holding their mission item.
As such, even though they were somewhat cautious of the NPC who had just finished off Sword Ki Long River in a second, a few of the Nine-Star Guild players still charged directly at him.
After all, a Level-65 Commander-Grade unit should not have the ability to continuously one-hit players.
“Let’s go, don’t let him get away!” Eight warrior players directly charged at the pirate captain Commander-Grade monster from various directions, to ensure the NPC had no way of escaping from the ship directly with the suitcase in hand.
“Ice Blade!” On the other hand, a few manipulator players cast energy shields on themselves while preparing other attacking skills.
One of them, a Water Manipulator, was very spontaneous quick-witted. With a flash coming from his energy converter, the water that was shot out into the air and had landed on the deck due to Hawkeye’s earlier action instantly condensed and transformed into a dozen or so translucent ice blades, flying towards Hawkeye from behind.
It was both an offensive and defensive maneuver.
“Ta, ta, ta…”
Apart from that, a Scout player had also raised his submachine gun and was firing a flurry of shots at Hawkeye.
A bunch of bullets, energy skills, as well as players came at Hawkeye from all sides… If it were a player, even if it were Feng Luo, death was the inevitable outcome.
However, for this Level-65 Commander-Grade NPC, it was nothing.
“Pa, pa, pa!”
The projectile speed of the bullets and the ice blades were faster than a human’s running speed. As such, the bullets and ice blades were upon the pirate captain commander in an instant.
However, the moment these long-range attacks were released, at the center of it all, Hawkeye looked as if he had predicted everything. With his cold stare, he simply stepped one foot sideways and shifted his body; resulting in half of the long-range attacks landing in an empty spot.
While the remaining half hit the pirate captain, they did not deal any damage to him, because a formless “armor” had suddenly appeared over the shirtless body of the pirate captain commander that had just dived and appeared before the group. The armor simply bounced off the remaining attacks that hit him.
A defensive type of Force skill.
NPCs who had awakened the Force were much better at using it and understood it better. Additionally, the Force was much more useful when it came to attacks instead of defense.
The gray longsword that the pirate captain commander was holding had turned gloomily dark.
As a Light Armor Warrior swung his sword down at the pirate captain commander with the momentum generated from the Charge skill, being the first among all the attackers, Hawkeye swung his alloy sword upward with one hand to parry the attack.
“Pa!”
The vibration from the impact was so strong that the first Light Armor Warrior lost his grip on his alloy sword.
“Boom!”
“-5056!”
After that, just like lightning, Hawkeye raised his right foot and kicked at the Light Armor Warrior’s gut. Apart from the over 5,000 high damage, the Light Armor Warrior was also sent sliding along the wet and slippery ship’s deck for over a dozen meters.
“Pa!”
Besides, when Hawkeye was kicking the Light Armor Warrior from the side, the alloy sword he held with one hand swung towards the chest of the second arriving Light Armor Warrior.
“Boom!”
The second Light Armor Warrior was sent flying with his weapon as he slammed heavily into the cabin of the ship.
The third, fourth, and then the fifth…
In the blink of an eye, among the eight melee combatants who charged at the pirate captain; apart from the three slower Heavy Armor Warriors, all five of the Light Armor Warriors were hacked, slashed, and sent flying away.
“F*ck me!” The situation compelled the Nine-Star Guild players who stayed behind to exclaim in shock.
The recon meters of the Scout players were unable to gather information about the pirate captain’s use or possession of the Force. As such, even though they initially thought that his level was high, they were still quite confident of their abilities.
After all, they were not newbies and weaklings, and while they did not have any Legendary-Grade items with them, as players who were specifically tasked to defend the ship, they were not your average players. Around 10 to 20 players taking out a Commander-Grade monster wouldn’t have been too difficult for them.
However, none of them had expected that this Commander-Grade humanoid monster would be so much stronger than what they had imagined.
“Everyone, clear out a path!” However, at that time, the remaining three manipulator players had completed the preparation for their skill. They raised their hands and were prepared to release their skills unto Hawkeye.
However, before they could release their skills, Hawkeye glared towards them as if he had already detected this.
“Whoosh!”
As the three manipulators were looking confused, Hawkeye swung his gray alloy sword that had just cut down five Light Armor Warriors at them.
“Boom!”
A black half-crescent “Energy Layer,” or more precisely, a “Force Layer,” appeared from the sword. Sliding along the ship’s deck, it flew across the deck and zoomed past the three manipulator players that had energy shields covering their body a dozen meters away.
“Puff, puff, puff!”
“-5956, -6088, -5870…”
After that… Well, there wasn’t an after that… Three red Fatal Damage numbers popped up above their respective heads and three white lights of death followed.
“Ta, ta, ta…”
On the other side of the deck came the sounds of gunfire.
A Machine Gunner who was tasked to stay behind to guard the ship was manning a six-barrelled electromagnetic railgun that had been repaired after being destroyed by the sea serpent and was firing at Hawkeye.
“Pa, pa, pa!”
Just like before, Hawkeye shuffled his feet quickly and avoided most of the bullets as if he had predicted them in advance. Although he was still hit by a few bullets, the six-barrelled electromagnetic railgun that was substantially weakened due to being operated by a player was not able to break through the formless shield covering Hawkeye’s body.
After Hawkeye dodged the first round of bullets, he quickly shifted his position and positioned himself right in front of the shield of a Nine-Star Guild Heavy Armor Warrior that made it impossible for the Machine Gunner’s shots to follow.
If that were only the case, it was still not enough to warrant or accentuate the Grade-A Wanted criminal of this cold-eyed criminal.
“Whoosh!”
After getting in front of the shield of a Heavy Armor Warrior, Hawkeye did not stop his footsteps. Rather, he kicked with one foot on the hilt of the alloy sword which was earlier sent flying to the ground earlier by him.
The over 10-kilogram alloy sword, under this powerful kick, flew towards the Machine Gunner operating the six-barrelled electromagnetic railgun as if it were a cannon shot out of a chamber.
“Boom!”
The Machine Gunner was engulfed by the white light of death as blood, flesh, and parts of the now-crushed railgun burst into the air.