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Winter, an assassin, was one of the naturally gifted S-rank talents in this iteration of the game.

Concurrently, she was also the second-ranked assassin overall.

However, unlike Lucas, she hadn't joined any guilds or esports clubs to compete professionally.

Instead, she made her living as a lone wolf, earning money by taking on bounties.

As the saying goes, where there are people, there is strife; Epochal World was no different, filled with the grievances of players.

With grievances came bounties.

And Winter specialized in this, accepting bounty requests to make money. Occasionally, she would receive commissions from major guilds, assassinating other S-rank talent players for a considerable sum.

Notably, she didn't have any beta keys. In the first and second servers, she had ordinary B-rank talents.

She had climbed to the second assassin throne purely through exceptional skill.

Arriving in the third server, she also started with a random talent, but was fortunate enough to receive an S-rank.

In later years, Dauntless might have had a 30-70 chance against Winter.

If Winter launched a surprise attack, Dauntless would have a 30% chance; if Dauntless and Winter dueled fairly, Winter would have a 30% chance.

But at this stage, it was a 0-100 split.

Dauntless had zero chance.

While Dauntless was running, the pursuers behind him were closing in.

His movement speed wasn't particularly outstanding.

Majestic Five-Stage Slash had a cooldown and couldn't be used continuously.

The players with movement speed buffs were rapidly gaining ground.

Dauntless was caught up twice, but he forced Winter to retreat each time with Dragon Soaring Sword Draw and Earth Shattering Strike.

Given Dauntless's stats, even with Winter's superior skills, she couldn't withstand his skills head-on.

Unfortunately for Dauntless, the skills could only force her back.

Winter's reactions were incredibly sharp. Even if Dauntless's charge-up had no telegraphing,

She could discern his intentions from his initial movements. As a result, whenever Dauntless used a skill, she would execute an elegant backflip, jumping out of range.

Dauntless's skills ultimately missed.

Dauntless was well aware that Winter's skill was far superior to his own.

Before long, the other seven pursuers caught up.

"Boss! I can't hold on!"

Dauntless entered the marksman's attack range, and a barrage of bullets from a revolver came from afar!

*Bang bang bang bang bang bang!*

In that instant,

*Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh!*

Five howling winds slashed through the air! It was the wind current from Majestic Five-Stage Slash!

A rapidly sprinting figure brushed past Dauntless, a silver light flashing in his hand as he struck with incredible speed!

*Ding ding ding ding ding ding!*

Several soft sounds were heard as Lucas cleaved the bullets in two with his dagger, scattering them on the ground.

During this process, Lucas's sprint didn't slow down in the slightest.

Splitting bullets and sprinting at full speed were executed simultaneously, at a speed too fast to be seen clearly.

Then, a crescent arc flashed.

An S-shaped arc!

Without any pause, it flowed through the bodies of the pursuers closely following Dauntless.

Four players pursuing Dauntless were instantly killed by Lucas.

Further away, [Single Eye Breaker]and [Magic Hunter]swallowed hard. Single Eye Breaker's talent lay in his eyes.

He possessed extremely keen dynamic vision.

Others couldn't see Lucas's movements, but he did.

After seeing the movements clearly, his first words to Magic Hunter were: "Run!"

How could there be such a player?

He could split bullets while sprinting at full speed. The marksman's bullet speed was comparable to that of real-world bullets.

While bullets had collision volume and could theoretically be split without taking damage upon a successful hit,

The problem was, what normal person could see the speed of a bullet clearly?

Let alone with a short weapon like a dagger.

Furthermore, he could only draw an arc with Arcane Flash, but he drew an S-shape? During the Arcane Flash, he could even connect with normal attacks?

Could a human even perform these actions?

In a brief second of engagement, the person named Azure had consecutively demonstrated at least three top-tier maneuvers that ordinary people couldn't accomplish.

Monster! This person is a monster!

Single Eye Breaker was completely stunned by Azure's performance. This wasn't some T3 professional player; even Azure himself wouldn't be able to beat him.

But just as he turned to flee, the earth became incredibly bright, and scorching flames gradually engulfed the surface.

Single Eye Breaker's pupils shrank. How could he not be familiar with this opening move?

It was the mage's Groundfire Impact!

But at this range, there was no time to escape!

Lucas didn't chase after Single Eye Breaker. Instead, he said calmly to the terrified man, "Oh, by the way, help me urge the Hidden Origin Guild and Stargate Guild to remember to pay me back."

*Boom!*

The next second, groundfire erupted!

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-8011

Two outrageous damage numbers erupted!

Instantly turning Single Eye Breaker and Magic Hunter, who only had around 500 health, into charred corpses.

In just one second, only [Winter]remained on the field.

The situation on the field reversed in the blink of an eye.

Winter scanned her surroundings and sighed, raising her hands. "I surrender. Can you let me go?"

Choosing to exit the game in the city would instantly log you out.

But logging out in the wilderness required 10 seconds of preparation, accompanied by a very obvious flashing light.

It was impossible to escape by logging out directly.

Winter didn't want to be killed. The number of deaths would be permanently recorded in her character profile, which would make her track record as a bounty-hunting assassin look bad.

Furthermore, dying would reduce her current experience bar by 10%, with a small chance of dropping equipment.

Winter had a clear understanding of the situation. The person named Azure was highly skilled.

In a three-on-one situation, she probably couldn't win.

Dauntless was unwilling to accept her plea, "You were chasing me and hacking at me just now, chasing so relentlessly, and now you want me to let you go with a single surrender?"

"How about this, you take one hit from me, and if you survive, I'll let you go."

Winter said, "Consider it me owing you a favor. I can repay you one."

Dauntless wanted to continue arguing, but Lucas, who was beside him, replied, "Deal."

"Our guild is short on members. Join, and this incident will be considered over."

Winter frowned. "I'm a lone wolf player. I don't like the constraints of guilds."

"Let me tell you in advance, I don't need money. Don't offer me a price."

Dauntless was unhappy. "What position are you in to bargain with us?" Dauntless said, raising his greatsword.

Winter, however, treated Dauntless's threat as air.

She said to Lucas, "If you insist on me joining, give me a reason to join."

Winter didn't earn as much as professional players who competed, accepted advertisements, or brand deals, but as the second-ranked assassin in Epochal World, she earned a considerable amount of money through bounties.

Some expensive bounties could earn 1000 gold coins for killing a single player.

Converted, it was 100,000 yuan.

When she was in the first and second servers, many guilds had invited her to join.

But she refused them all.

If she joined those large guilds, she would have to act according to their arrangements. Winter hated that feeling.

Lucas naturally knew Winter's needs and smiled. "Our guild is very free. We won't interfere with anything you want to do."

"And I know how to get a unique weapon for assassins."

"Bella, Dauntless, show off your weapons."

Lucas wasn't worried about Winter leaking the secret.

First, the characteristics of unique weapons were very obvious. Each person's unique weapon had a unique shape in Epochal World.

Like that fat man, he could tell at a glance that Dauntless's greatsword was a unique weapon.

The news that the Godslayer Guild had unique weapons for all members couldn't be hidden.

Second, Lucas had spent nearly two years with Winter in the Dark Despair in his second life.

Lucas considered himself to have a decent understanding of Winter; she wasn't the type to leak secrets.

Receiving Lucas's order, Bella and Dauntless displayed their weapon information.

However, they didn't show too much information, only displaying the colorful weapon names, a unique name tag for unique weapons.

Winter saw the [Sacred Tome]and [Godslayer Greatsword]displayed by Bella and Dauntless,

Her expression changed slightly.

Two unique weapons...

If you counted Azure, then there were three.

This person likely wasn't lying to her. He really had the means to acquire unique weapons.

And unique weapons were weapons that Winter had always wanted to obtain.