[Game duration: 3:00:00]

It was reasonable that there was a stretch in the game duration. Whoever had ordained the game round to be this way was using the situation at hand to an advantage of making the game more challenging for both players and bots.

"A much more profitable way to get rid of you," Nicole smiled the moment he realized what the notification sound that had escaped his wrist device meant.

He was a lot stronger than Max could remember and that was posing difficulty which made it hard to defeat him. The fight had lasted for another twenty minutes when familiar tips suddenly burst out of Nicole's stomach, causing him to cough up a mouthful of blood.

"This is the least I can do," Hillary whispered before her tentacles forcefully retracted and she passed out.

Taking hold of the opportunity before him, Max rammed a punch into the wound already caused by the tentacles, followed by a powerful blow that he sent into Nicole's head with the hilt of his sword.