On the outskirts of K city, in a villa near the seaside.
Around fifty to sixty people gathered in the hall, sitting, standing or lying around, the common factor was that they were all glued to their phones, either engaged in a game or scrolling through forums.
At one moment, a handful of them suddenly exclaimed in surprise.
"The Lamplighter has appeared!"
On the sofa, a middle-aged man who seemed to be the leader’s eyes brightened, eagerly asking, "What’s going on?"
"I don’t know, he just popped out of nowhere!"
"He said, ’The Lamplighter is passing right in front of you’ - maybe he didn’t see us?"
"He must be here to rescue someone!"
The crowd had various answers as everyone else hurriedly looked at their phones. Indeed, they all saw similar notifications.
"Quick, get him - don’t let him escape!" the middle-aged man hastily called out.
He didn’t even need to say it - everyone else had been bored from waiting all day, so their first instinct was to press ’Launch Attack’ when they saw someone intruding.
"One, two, three...ten, eleven..."
On the other side, Mu You was counting while skillfully dodging among the crowd. He didn’t dodge in order to run away, but to ensure that everyone had taken a shot at him.
Being attacked by teams of players all at once was tremendously stressful. All kinds of flashy magic were hurled at him at no cost. Mu You couldn’t even counter-attack. His health bar was rapidly depleting and within two seconds of launching into the crowd, he was down to critical health.
Luckily, no one had any intention of avoiding him. They all quickly launched their attacks. Mu You sustained Level 3 ’Unceasing Trick’ and ’Life Barrier’ which, helped him endure the onslaught thanks to his immortality lasting five seconds.
"Forty-three, forty-four, forty-five... done."
Only after confirming that everyone had attacked him, did Mu You stop dodging. The moment the Life Barrier was undone, he was bombarded to death by a plethora of attacks.
A piece of ordinary Iron Grade Equipment dropped on the spot and was snatched away by the frenzied crowd.
Mu You automatically resurrected about ten meters away.
The crowd had been waiting for so long, it was impossible for them to kill him just once. They decisively surrounded him again.
But this time, Mu You was not going down without a fight.
After a quick scan to confirm that everyone’s ID had turned red, he aimed his magic staff and cast a ’Strong Wind Blowing’. A fierce wind surged from him, instantly blowing the incoming crowd off their feet.
Then Mu You quickly teleported several times, swiftly putting distance between himself and the area.
After the others got up, they frantically searched the vicinity. But after looking around, there was no trace of anyone.
"Damn, we let him escape!"
In the villa’s hall, a man seeing the notification on his phone cursed.
"Tch, he only managed to get away because he was fast. Otherwise, we’d definitely have killed him!" another dared to taunt.
"He only dropped an Iron Grade Glove, such a cheapskate..."
"Okay, this guy is quite strong and very cunning, killing him once is already a feat... But it means, he suddenly showed up to rescue someone! Which means his two lackeys are probably going to log in soon!" the leader spoke up.
"The Boss is right, everyone get back to your posts, we can’t let anyone escape this time!"
Everyone quickly reacted and hurried to return to their posts as instructed.
Watching everyone get ready, the King of the Tenth Generation let out a sigh of relief and returned his gaze to his phone.
However, when he saw a series of red IDs pop up on the screen, his heart skipped a beat: They had killed the opponent once, but at the cost of everyone getting flagged with Kill On Sight... This scene seemed awfully familiar?