Chapter 2017: Playing the Trickster

Adrian chose to still observe after what Sirius has reported to him. He wanted to see the Dark Gamers in action, but he did not expect that they were incredibly brutal when it comes to claiming areas. He saw how the players that wanted to check the Leviathan. There were some normal players that were able to combat some of the forces of the Dark Gamers, but they ultimately fell when the main force arrived.

"Tch! They did not even drop any rare item from dying." One of the Dark Gamers stated as the players that they killed were not PK players like them.

"They probably are goody two shoes that play this game earnestly and have never killed another player." Another Dark Gamer stated.

"Everyone! Do not focus on that. We must get the drop from the tail today or else the other top guilds will arrive." The Champion of Thor stated as he was the one that commands the entire Dark Gamers present.

"Yes, boss!" The Dark Gamers stated as they responded with enthusiasm.

The Dark Gamers started to bare their fangs on the tail and Adrian did not expect that the tail had its own health bar. He thought that the Leviathan would only have one health bar, but this might be due to its large body. The Leviathan might be type of boss monster that will have another health bar that will appear when all three of its body parts are broken.

"Incoming attack from the tail!" One of the Dark Gamer scouts shouted as the tail that was not moving as much suddenly did a sweeping motion to all the beings in the shore.

The Champion of Thor took out his weapon and it was none other than a holy relic that is a large hammer. Adrian did not expect that it would be the champion that holds the holy relic of a powerful god. The God of Thunder Thor is a High God and a prince of the gods in Asgard. Gods will not give their holy relics to anyone unless they are trustworthy or a follower that will grant all of their patron's request.

The Champion of Thor is suddenly filled with great power which made his already bulging muscles grow bigger and look like it was steel. With a swing of his large hammer relic, the Champion of Thor was able to stop the tail of the Leviathan, but their strength is evenly matched. The Dark Gamers did not become idle as they saw that their leader was glaring at them to move.

"Blizza use Frozen Embrace!" The Spirit Summoner shouted as Adrian changed his view to her and she has already summoned an Ice Elemental.

The Ice Elemental looked like a frozen lady in a winter dress and it casted a spell that created icy hands in the air. The icy hands grabbed at the base of the tail and created frozen hands that is also anchored to a frozen sea. The pressure that the Champion of Thor is feeling lessened thanks to the Spirit Summoner.

"They are very capable that it is scary. Is this the power of money?" Adrian muttered as he could see the coordination of the Dark Gamers.

Adrian suddenly smiled mischievously as he will make sure that every one of them will suffer. The Shadow Unit actually told him that he has a bounty on his head for anyone that kills him. The kill does not matter if it is arena or PK, but the Dark Gamers have a bounty for Adrian's death. He did not know who the source of this bounty was, but he will not be merciful to the Dark Gamers that took it.

"Let us see what happens when a sudden bloodlust wave comes." Adrian muttered with a grin as he sent pulses of primordial energy to probe the Leviathan.

Adrian made sure to make these pulses be somewhat powerful and irritating as the Leviathan is extremely sensitive right now. He immediately hid in the pocket dimension as soon as he sent the pulses of primordial energy. After a few seconds, a powerful pressure due to bloodlust bathe the entire area. The Dark Gamers that were attacking suddenly dropped to the ground as their body became extremely heavy.

[The Leviathan has used the skill Tidal Wave.]

The Leviathan's tail might not be able to use skills, but it does not mean that the Leviathan is not aware of someone attacking it. In fact, other than the dark gamers, there are already some guilds and even NPCs that started attacking parts of the Leviathan's body. The notification was sent early but the Tidal Wave only arrived after five minutes.

"Take cover!" The Champion of Thor shouted as he suddenly rose to the sky and lightning is harnessed by the hammer holy relic.

"Thunder Smash!" The Champion of Thor shouted as he not only attacked the tail but also created a shockwave that clashed with the tidal wave.

"Undine!" The Spirit Summoner shouted as she made sure to clench her teeth even though the bloodlust was still affecting her.

The tidal wave was stopped for a second and weakened but it still hit the shores. The Spirit Summoner was able to summon a Greater Elemental which helped weaken the tidal wave which made all the dark gamers safe. As soon as the tidal wave passed, the bloodlust that the Leviathan was emitting has passed as well but the other players attacking other parts were the ones attacked next.

The Leviathan was looking for the puny being that dared to taunt it with pulses of primordial energy. Adrian did not only make the lives of the Dark Gamers difficult but other players attacking the Leviathan. He is lucky that they do not know that it was him that made their lives difficult. The players just thought that the sudden bloodlust pressure is just one of its attack patterns.

"That taunt is not effective. I was not even able to kill one of them but attacking would make my location known." Adrian thought as he is surrounded by Dark Gamers.

Unless Adrian has a way to escape fully, he is just walking to his demise as they did say that they have countermeasures against him. Adrian might be confident, but he is not confident to the point that he will overestimate himself. He checked the surroundings once again and is sure that the entire area is sealed off. As soon as he shows himself, the dark gamers might jump to kill him instead of the tail.

"Paradox, prepare the Instant Teleportation spell. How long until it is completed?" Adrian stated.

"It would take five minutes to create the spell for your use, master." Paradox reported as Adrian observed as the dark gamers started attacking once again.

The Champion of Thor is thankful that the pressure from the bloodlust has passed but he is now wary of his surroundings. The sudden bloodlust is unexpected as they already experienced it earlier when they were not attacking the Leviathan's tail. The scouts also reported that the Leviathan has never emitted bloodlust from its earlier patters when other players were attacking it. The battle sense of the Champion of Thor immediately knew that there might be another being snooping around and making it difficult for them.

"Thunder Boom!" The Champion of Thor shouted as a powerful burst of sound was emitted from the holy relic that stretched out in the entire area.

"No response. Am I just being sensitive because this is a different enemy and the time pressure?" The Champion of Thor thought as he made sure to do that attack to sweep the area to see if any invisible player was able to enter their barricaded area.

"Blessing of the Earth Elemental!" The Spirit Summoner shouted as she gave a blessing to all the dark gamers that enchanted their attacks with earth elemental mana.

"Greater Blessing of the Wind Elemental!" The Spirit Summoner followed up by buffing the Champion of Thor.

"Proceed with the attacks! We must get the materials to get paid!" The Champion of Thor shouted as the attacks continued once again.

The Leviathan's tail did simple attacks as if it was swatting flies, but the outer scales could be seen slowly getting chipped. The interesting part is that the chipped scales did not turn into particles of light but became dropped items. A dedicated team for looting the area quickly swiped the fallen scales and escaped the area of danger.

"They are incredibly coordinated even when it comes to looting. Whoever trained them must be incredible but it such a shame that I will ruin everything for them." Adrian muttered as he got the message from Paradox that the spell is now ready.

"I will give them a present. Vortex!" Adrian stated as a small star appeared before he used blink to get to the center of the formation.

"Hello! I hope all of you like my present." Adrian stated as he suddenly appeared while all of the dark gamers were focused on attacking the tail.