Chapter 46 (1/2)

“Hmph”

Fried Tomatoes snorted while looking regretfully at his knife. He drew back his wooden knife with a dark expression.

Li Mu soon realized what had happened. Suppressing his anger, he calmed down and said,

“If you leave right now, I can forget the whole matter.”

Money turned people greedy.

Games were different from reality.

Compared to the real world where ethics and the law ruled, the game world allowed players to have more freedom, which in turn made them more audacious. Without a dominant force ruling over their heads, the darker side of human nature would be more visible.

In reality, three hundred players couldn’t always stay united.

Twenty six pieces of divine blood crystals could be exchanged for 20800 contribution points. In the early stages of the game, they were worth at least 20000 yuan.

It was not surprising that someone would be willing to break the current peaceful status quo for them.

However, it was obvious that Fried Tomatoes was not ready to act against all the players in pre-OBT. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have tried to use his unique skill to stealthily kill Li Mu in one swipe.

The Kingdom of Elves was really very different from other virtual online games.

In fact, instant kills were not uncommon in this 100% realistic game.

Although it was rare, a lower level player could instantly kill a higher level monster with a single hit as long as he acted at the right time and aimed at the vitals.

Though it was different from the mechanisms of other games, it was more realistic for the players.

Moreover, it made the battles in The Kingdom of Elves more dramatic and interesting.

Sometimes, the competition of intelligence and courage was more important than comparison of level.

At least, this was the case when the level gap wasn’t too wide.

It was because of this, Fried Tomatoes dared to attack Li Mu.

If Li Mu was unknowingly killed in a single hit, he would never be able to explain the loss of the divine blood crystals. Then Fried Tomatoes could get away with a smooth crime.

But unfortunately, he underestimated Li Mu’s reaction speed, and his ambush plan failed.

The two men suddenly came to a deadlock.

Li Mu’s profession was not under the combat category. As a druid who specialized in supporting others, he hadn’t obtained a single offensive skill yet.

In The Kingdom of Elves, skills were extremely powerful, especially the skills given by Eve.

If an original inhabitant of Sagas tried to learn a skill, they would have to study, practice, and get familiar with it until he was fluent with it…

But the skills given by Eve were different.

He directly helped the players to gain the full understanding of the skills in their minds through the connection with the players’ consciousness. And He even assisted the players to use the skills through the game system.

For the players, this meant that they could completely master the skills in a short time.

That was to say, the effect of skills was far beyond ordinary harm.

Because of this, Li Mu was not confident of defeating Fried Tomatoes who was a warrior by profession in one-on-one combat.

Since Li Mu was a leader figure, everybody knew of his combat ability clearly. If the two men really fought, Li Mu was not confident in escaping from Fried Tomatoes.

If Li Mu’s memory was right, Fried Tomatoes was quite a remarkable player even amongst the three hundred players. Except for Box Meal, few people could match him.

As such, no matter how angry Li Mu was, he could only try to hold up Fried Tomatoes and persuade him.

“Fried Tomatoes, I understand your actions roughly. I don’t want to make too much of this situation. Since you didn’t kill me just now, we can pretend nothing has happened. I suppose that you don’t want to pit the other 71 players against yourself, right?”

It was necessary to threaten him appropriately.

Of course, Li Mu also gave him some leeway.

“I’ll repeat my words again. If you leave right now, I can forget the whole matter,”

Li Mu said calmly.

Fried Tomatoes’ expression slightly dropped. He seemed to be struggling internally for a moment but after a while, he sneered.

“So what? It’s just a game. This is only a pre-OBT. Even if I offend more than 70 players, gaining 20000 contribution points is worth it. Open beta has not started yet. In an online game, there will be conflict sooner or later. Plus, I don’t want to always play house with you guys either…”

“Besides…”

Fried Tomatoes’ expression turned slightly playful as he said,

“Only the two of us are here. Even if I kill you right now, how will you prove that I did it?”

Hearing his words, Li Mu visibly showed contempt but soon became serious.

Fried Tomatoes was right. Only the two of them were here. If he was killed, he could not prove Fried Tomatoes did it.

Although he was the temporary commander of the players, he didn’t really hold much sway.

Furthermore, with Fried Tomatoes being so bold, Li Mu was afraid that there were others behind him.