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Episode XIV Crosshunting

□ [Saint Knight] Ray Sterling

I was confused by the sudden PK declaration.

It wasn't just me, it was the same with all the other masters around.

It's just that my neighbor was in strange shape at first, but now he seemed calm.

…………

"Brother Ray, now..."

From inside the carriage, Louis sounds worried.

The announcement also says, 'If you don't want an interpersonal match, please leave within ten minutes'.

I can't wait to get into battle more than some Louis over here.

We thought we should get out of this map within ten minutes of speeding up Silver's legs.

But...

'I repeat. Ten minutes from now, we will be hunting for the PK Clan. If you don't want an interpersonal match, please leave within ten minutes. - "Biological Exploration Team/[Human]"

Shortly after that announcement and the "Declaration of Skills," I felt something had passed through my body.

……

"As always...... Don't worry, it's not the type of magic that does direct harm."

A senior, who seems to be known about his current senses, tells us about what he just passed through.

"Now it's a biosearch with expanded scope and accuracy, overlapping the Chant with an announcement of the wording. That's what they always do."

... Is that the announcement you just made? I suppose it is possible because the wording of The Chant is free.

But biosearch?

"Their search will capture the position and level of the target category organism in the range. I'm even announcing a declaration of skill because" it's no use hiding. Run or try, "he says. For the record, most of our members are from heaven and earth, and this is [Yin Yang Master] 's skill."

"......"

The name sounds familiar and looks familiar.

The name Marie gave me when that King's Capital siege net.

And that's the name I saw in third place on the clan-ranked bulletin board.

"Ranked third in the Kingdom's clan rankings. Even as a PK clan... it will be a solo top now that Wesen has disbanded and Goblin Street has moved to another country"

That is, the strongest PK clan in the kingdom.

... He looks like a pain in the ass.

"That and the owner's fighting power has unfortunately been at the top since the other PK clans were alive and well. That's the killer… it's the strongest PK in the kingdom even counting."

... Stronger PK than Marie who defeated [Plague King] of < Super >?

"... what is it?

"Not yet as far as I can tell, but he's a well-known man of strength"

Seniors cut words there,

"Cashmere, the owner of < K&R >... is also in the third place in the duel rankings"

Kingdom duel ranked third.

I've only heard a few stories about him before.

Yes, that was when I was dining with Juliette, ranked fourth after a mock fight that was routine.

I said, "I've never seen anyone third and fifth in the duel rankings before, but what kind of person are they?," he asked.

Eighth-place… I play mock fights with Rankers above Chelsea in the "Vagrant Golden Sea," because I never met anyone in third and fifth place among them.

By the way, I've never had a mock fight with second place Tom Cat, but I've talked to him. I put a cat on my head. He was an unusual person.

Well, all the top rankers are strange people somewhere.

"Do you want the anecdotes of the" decapitator "and“ bone eater ”?"

"Slab” and “bone eater"? "

"Ruri. Bone Eating is a special skill name for Embrio. And the" truncators "... including this one, all the lower-ranked stronger men (rankers) have been snapped around their necks, so..."

That's what Juliette said, holding her neck.

"Even Juliette, huh?

Juliette, ranked fourth, is a Dark Knight super position [Fallen Heavenly Knight].

In addition, she also has high-speed travel and magical attacks by the wings of her < Embrio >, Phrasewerg, and boasts a different kind of omnipotence from the Xun Yu.

I did that Juliette, someone who was enough to get his neck dropped, and.

"The" headstand ”is strong. Because of the compatibility difference, we can't beat the second-place" converted cat mansion ”, but our strength will undoubtedly be the second-place equivalent. Besides... even that“ infinite chain ”expects it to be hard to grab a victory in time for his blade to arrive"

"... Mr. Figaro, the one you can't win in the melee?

I can't even predict.

What kind of bucket, that “headstand”?

"You'll notice, but the" headstand ”doesn't appear in mock warfare."

"Why?"

"He's a crest hunter (player killer). He's“ out there ”on days without a game and he's on a neck hunt."

"... a noisy story"

At that time, I thought, "I don't want to run into a Ranker PK."

"... there's something wrong with the roundabout."

Yesterday was the moon night of the dependency, today is the strongest PK.

What's wrong with my bad luck these days?

"The hallmark of < K&R > as a clan is that it follows the rules created by the owner… commonly known as hunting"

"Rules."

Well, around announcing in advance and making a respite of time...... maybe better than the previous Marie.

"The rules are the announcement of the start and the setting of a grace time, the placing of a warning sign on the path leading to the area in question, and the prohibition of attacks on Tian."

"Oh, that's conscience... isn't it"

It's like you're occupying one map.

I guess it's not a crime because I don't get my hands on Tian.

"So you got caught up in that hunting this time,"

"... no. This time we may not have been caught hunting by chance"

That's what the seniors say, get out a window that displays the map.

"Our position was here when the spear shell rang earlier."

Seniors pointed out...... the exact center of this Mountain Road.

"What is this..."

"If it's not a coincidence, you should see that we started hunting in the most difficult circumstances to escape. It's a position where you can't get off the map in ten minutes."

... Did they target you again, me?

"Isn't it not necessarily caused by the Lord?

That's true though.

Louis is not eligible for PK because he is Tian.

Being a senior is unlikely to be targeted because he's a regular player.

Then it is likely that I was targeted in a strangely prominent case the other day.

... This is also Franklin's fault.

"Whatever it is, it will be hard to escape. We need to be ready to fight."

"Okay. Let's do it."

"... you're early, ready"

"... because I'm used to it"

I get thrown into trouble all of a sudden...... how many times is this?

"Now let me give you some information on the battle side of < K&R >."

"Are you familiar with it?

"Yeah, quite."

Earlier it appeared that I knew quite a bit about legal spirals, biological searches, etc.

He also said it was for data purposes that he joined < CID >, and are seniors familiar with a variety of information?

"First of all, the tactics of < K&R > after the search are three pillars"

Seniors stand three fingers.

"A collective tactic in which players on the way to level drive out a few in large numbers. Troop tactics in which skilled players in advanced positions Kanst fight party-by-party. And a super position with absolute power...... owner cashmere and subowner wolf cherry blossoms alone personal tactics to play enemies. It's their tactics to exercise these three at the same time."

Two super positions, huh?

Besides, one said he was more powerful than the Rankers I fought in the mock.

I've never beaten them more often.

This is the only battle I got to use [lifesaving brooch] for.

But...... if that hand picked up less winning stars against them like that, or......

"If they're after us, they'll set us up when the ten-minute limit has passed. It will also come not in groups or troops, but in super positions, the strongest bills."

"Two super positions, is it?

"I'm probably alone. You will be moving in pieces as a guerrilla...... their style of combat will not engage. So each one of them individually...?

I see, if they are alone, there is a little hope......

And I'm putting my hand on my mouth to see if my senior learned to question something.

"............... that's crazy"

"What's wrong with you?

"On second thought, we were targeted... and this is not right in the first place."

"They must be PK, right?

"Yeah, it's weird because it's PK. We're NPC now... we have you, Louis."

That's what the seniors say, look at Louis in the carriage.

"< K&R > does not aim for NPC, nor does it aim for NPC escorts. This is one of the rules laid down by the owner cashmere. Nonetheless, if you're targeting us, Louis, have you noticed your presence... maybe Cashmere is absent from this hunting. There have been rumors that you won't be seen in time for two months."

"If you're doing this after you realize Louis... do you mean the rules aren't being followed because you don't have an owner?

"I guess the subowner wolf cherry blossoms are losing it rather than saying so. She's a brain muscle in a different way than that [superfighter]... because I'm sorry about her head"

Too bad my head......

Nevertheless... it seems to me that seniors are well acquainted with < K&R > as individuals, not as information.

"[Princess Fu]... If it's just the Wolf Cherry Blossom, a wild bomb system specializing in surprise attacks, you can squeeze the opponent's batter and deal with it.... Mr. Ray."

"Yes."

"Sub-owner of the Kingdom's strongest PK clan...... would you like to take it the other way around?

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■ Wangdu Altair < K&R > Home

Wujia Mansion, the home of < K&R >.

Most of the logged-in members are now out hunting and the Mansion is much less popular.

In one room of such a mansion, one < master > held his head.

"Awww... what do I do, what do I do, what do I do..."

His name is Tomika.

He is the person who witnessed the interaction between the moonshadow and the Rays in the dining room of the Adventurers Guild and reported to the Wolf Cherry Blossom.

She was originally off duty on hunting and auditorium for the day, and has left a message at home dropping off the members who are going out.

"I forgot to tell you that Tian's children are with you. Whoa, whoa..."

After I dropped him off... I noticed he forgot to tell me something important.

I tried to get in touch with her somehow, but Raw Hate she hadn't mastered communication magic and didn't have a similar magic item.

I even tried to tell some members who had email interactions in real life, but badly this hunting didn't include those members.

I didn't have a hitter.

"Awww... he gets mad at me... the owner gets mad at me and I get mad at him. Ooh... It could be worse. Ooh."

She moans with her head in her arms.

The owner of < K&R > is kind.

But because of his kindness, he gets angry at PKs involving Tian or irrational PKs with no rules.

Besides, lately the wolf cherry blossoms have been doing too much without any thought while the owners were away.

Participation in beginner hunts caught in high rewards and shortening the grace time to start hunting are some of them.

This problem in addition to there. Tomika has a very worrying head because she knows very well what is at stake in this issue......

"How can you be mad at me?

"Because... he was so motivated, he doesn't even involve Tian's child if he stays like this... If that child dies, then the clan is ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...!

Tomika is crying and moaning about what future she envisions.

One person roared "Mmm" behind such a tomica.

"I don't know, but it sounds like there's something going on in there. Uh, Mr. Wolf Cherry Blossom's comms... Oh, you can't. I'm not answering. I think I'm already in the hunting room and the comms are in the item box."

The person tried to contact the werewolf cherry blossom on a communication magic item, but could not.

What else?

[Fushihime] The role of wolf cherry blossoms in hunting is independent guerrilla ambush.

Naturally, the type of communication machine that may be enlightened by the other party in the reception will be dealt with.

Furthermore, they do not wear [telepathic cuffs] to avoid being identified by some kind of search and do not exchange information with other members during hunting.

That was totally on my back this time.

For this minute, it seems very impossible to contact the other members, and the person has made a decision.

"I have no choice. Decided to head directly... Tomika, I want you to get the" car ”out"

"Ugh, yes, no, no... is that it?

"So, where are we going?

"So..."

Tomika asked, blinking her eyes as she finally noticed the person behind her.

"Um... when did you log in? Owner (...)"

"It was three minutes ago. Look, we have to get going."

The person - the owner of < K&R >, "Headstand” Cashmere said so and encouraged Tomika.

He had a large knife on his hips that didn't fit his physique... connected by a chain hook that mimicked a raven.

To be continued