Chapter 17 -Melee
Ethan pretended to be enlightened: "Oh, that's what the badge for. I was afraid of exposing myself, so I deliberately didn't wear it."
The man was speechless.
He didn't want to waste time on Ethan anymore. 𝗯𝗲𝐝𝐧𝗼𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝗰𝗼𝐦
Finding Dark Lord's camp was the most important thing.
He pointed in the direction behind Ethan and said as he walked:
"Then you hurry back and put it on. Don't let your teammates kill you by mistake later. That would be too wronged."
Ethan stood still, sorting out the information he knew in his mind.
Three teams were looking for the Dark Lord's camp, and the personnel were chaotic.
The squad leaders might not even recognize who was in their team.
And according to his meaning, these people were all looking for him?
Ethan walked in the direction the man pointed.
Sure enough, a camp that had not been completed yet appeared in front of Ethan.
There was no one in the camp.
Ethan sneaked in and searched for the badge in the tent.
After finding the badge, he looked at the tents that had not been set up on the ground and frowned.
Such a scale, at least more than 20 people.
One team had more than 20 people, then three teams had at least 60 people.
White Phoenix still needed another day to hatch.
With Ethan's current combat power, he couldn't stop this attack of more than 60 people.
If he exposed the Dungeon, nothing but destruction awaited him.
Thinking of this, Ethan quietly left the camp.
He had to think of a way, a way to break this offense!
Ethan wore the badge and swaggered through the forest.
He met many people along the way, some teammates and some unfamiliar teams.
Although the atmosphere was not right, those people did not choose to attack.
Even if Ethan had no other teammates around him, other teams did not dare to act rashly.
Who knew if there would be an ambush nearby?
Although the three teams were competitors, they were also in the Hero Fiction.
Generally speaking, even if they were in competition, they all restrained themselves and did not cause serious conflicts.
Thinking through this point, Ethan also had an idea...
Soon, he found a suitable target.
He saw two men with red ropes on their left arms setting up a bonfire in the forest.
They took out dry food from their bags and roasted it over the fire.
"Alas, I'm speechless. This Dark Lord is really a pain in the ass. Why do you move? You are so alert that I'm almost dead tired now. I've almost walked around this forest. This system is also weird. It only prompts that Dark Lord is within 300 meters or 200 meters. But I can't see Dark Lord's figure at all. Do you think this system is broken?"
The man lay on the ground and complained: "Look at your system, now it prompts again that Dark Lord is near us. I really doubt if this thing is broken? It only prompts how close it is, but it doesn't say which direction."
The other man hesitated and said: "Bro White, shall we go? The system has prompted that Dark Lord is nearby. It's too risky to stay here."
White looked indifferent and said: "What's the risk? This system doesn't even tell us a direction. If we retreat, it doesn't prompt whether we are away from Dark Lord or not. What if we run into the Dark Lord face to face?"
"But this is the first time we received a prompt that Dark Lord is nearby."
Bro White sat up and said: "Don't tell me this. I'm angry when I hear it. Eric, you tell me how long has it been since we came here that the system prompted that Dark Lord is within 300 meters?"
Eric pondered for a moment and said: "From the beginning to now."
White immediately got up and said: "Yes, from the beginning to now. But what? Let alone seeing Dark Lord, we haven't even seen Dark Lord's camp! You say Dark Lord is near us? I'm sure I don't believe it!"
"And I also heard from my friends in other teams that they are facing the same question too. So, I guess there is something evil about this place!"
White said mysteriously and threw away his dry food.
"Have you heard that this Abandoned temple has something special! I also heard it from an NPC in Riverside. Do you know why this place is called Abandoned temple?"
Eric shook his head.
Bro White stood up and said with his hands behind his back, swallowing the dry food in his mouth: "I'll only tell you, don't spread it out. Legend has it that this Abandoned temple used to be able to summon gods! At that time, Riverside was the capital of a small country, and this place was the most mysterious building in the capital. But why is it called Abandoned temple now? Everyone has their own opinions, and the most convincing one is... After the Sunset Empire conquered this small country, the god of the small country was angry, but was directly crippled by the god behind the Sunset Empire! That's how Sunset Empire succeeded. And the temple without the blessing of the god also naturally became dilapidated."
Eric looked at Bro White doubtfully, his eyes seemed to say, can you make up something more outrageous?
White slapped Eric on the face and said coldly: "Eric, don't you dare not believe it. The gods do exist! I tell you, all the NPCs in Riverside are very respectful to the gods. This was only told to me by a drunkard. And don't you think about it, if there were no gods, why would they keep silent about this matter?"
Eric put the fish he caught on the bonfire and roasted it, looking at the blazing fire and said: "Then why is it abandoned?"
White gave Eric a bump on the head: "You kid didn't listen carefully. The god was crippled, how could he descend miracles? Without miracles, who would worship him? Look at this place, even the system has problems. There must be something evil here!"
Eric covered his head with one hand and handed the roasted fish to White with the other hand. He nodded perfunctorily.
Just as the two were enjoying themselves, Ethan hid behind a tree and watched with cold eyes.
A moment later, two men with red ropes on their left arms died in the forest.
Ethan put a red rope on one of the corpses and deliberately left the badge next to the corpse, creating the illusion that there was a conflict between teams that led to the death of the red rope team member.
He hid in the tree and watched quietly.
Soon, the corpse of the man was found by someone.
But the person who found it didn't dare to speak loudly. The system had already prompted that Dark Lord was within 100 meters of them.
To prevent Dark Lord from finding out, the red rope team members could only quietly move the corpse on the ground away.
As Ethan expected, they also took away the shiny badge on the ground.
Ethan nodded in satisfaction and put on a red rope to do the same.
This way, he believed that a good show was about to begin!
As Ethan expected, teams with red ropes on their left arms looked at the corpses on the ground and fell silent.
"Big brother! We have to kill them back!"
Suddenly, a sudden voice came from within a team.
Then, one after another voices echoed.
"Yes, we have to kill them back!"
This scene happened simultaneously in three teams.
Almost instantly, a melee between three teams officially began.
Ethan lay leisurely on a tree and watched.
And these Heros were in Abandoned Temple which Ethan controlled.
The souls of these Heros were also automatically absorbed by the system.
He really made good use of everything!
The roar and scream in the forest were endless!
The sound was so loud that even the muscular man who was on a hillside reluctantly opened his eyes and saw the chaos in the forest.
His heart suddenly skipped a beat.
He only had one thought in his mind.
It's over!
The muscular man hurriedly ran towards the forest.
He also received a prompt from the system that Dark Lord was nearby.
He hesitated for a few seconds and then resumed his original speed.
Even Dark Lord could not compare with the current situation.
Who caused such a large-scale melee?
By the time the muscular man arrived at the spot, his team of more than 20 people had only a few survivors left.
Blood filled the whole scene.
Even the muscular man was shocked when he saw this.
He walked around the limbs on the ground and came to his subordinate's side without saying a word.
The remaining two teams also had only a few captains and leaders left.
They were also covered with wounds.
They looked at each other and smiled bitterly.
Now the real powerhouse of the other team appeared but they were already exhausted.
They couldn't beat him even at their peak let alone now.
And the subordinate in front of the muscular man didn't notice anything wrong with his big brother.
He laughed crazily: "Hahaha! You're done! My big brother is here! You're done!"
The muscular man slapped the subordinate's face with a slap, his eyes were full of chills!