Vanguard of the Eternal Night

Chapter Ch132 - National Competition – Druid 2

translator: xiin

editors: apricot & juurensha

As soon as the druid’s bull transformation appeared, Odin had turned to the side to avoid being right in front of him.

No matter when, the front of a bull charge was always the most dangerous place to be. In reality, it was strong enough to cut a man into two––in the game, it caused an unbearably high amount of damage!

However, in order to balance things out, bulls had very poor flexibility. This was especially the case after they’d begun a charge.

Odin split up a small Shadow Dance and dodged while slicing with his dagger, Deep Silence. It seemed as though he hadn’t even acted when the druid charged over!

The impact was so great that even Odin’s blade paused slightly, allowing everyone to see the shadow of the blade landing on the bull’s side.

As the two sides passed by each other in a flash, Deep Silence recovered its former nimbleness and was returned to its scabbard.

However, the relative speed of these events had been much faster than what the audience could see. After the bull had charged over ten meters in one go, a line of blood suddenly appeared on his body. Blood from the wound burst out suddenly with the violent exercise, causing a lot of delayed damage!

Commentator: “A good opportunity! Half of Green Dumpling’s health has been lost!”

“To deal with guerrilla-style players, one has to seize the opportunity and attack them recklessly. If they can’t finish the fight, they will only be worn down by him later on.”

“If it’s Lord Four, and he utilizes his explosive speed to catch up and stick to his opponent, there will always be some sort of opportunity! He can’t allow Green Dumpling any time to breathe.”

The two commentators finished speaking passionately, and then, the atmosphere suddenly grew quiet again.

The scene turned extremely awkward all at once.

This was because Lord Four didn’t chase after his opponent. Not only did he not chase, but he also put both of his weapons back into the scabbard.

As the bull charged straight into the darkness––the lights starting from the entrance leading to the middle of the temple had already all gone out, leaving nothing to be seen––the sound of rumbling over marble soon faded, indicating that the druid had reached the entrance of the temple.

Odin took out two darts and threw them over, seeming to express that he had tried to chase.

The commentators felt awkward for a while, then pretended to forget anything had happened, and continued, “There are still three lights left. It’s difficult to explain why Odin didn’t cherish this opportunity.”

“After all the lights go out, water will pour into the temple. Although both players will lose health at the same rate, the druid has a marine transformation and can hold on for longer... It’s not good for Odin to continue on like this.”

At this time, everyone knew that the druid, who ‘muddled along’, must be hiding on the other side of the map and healing himself.

Odin must have also known this, but he still stood there beneath the statue of the sea god and pulled out all his darts from his tactical belt. Darts in the interstellar era were made of super alloy compounds and were extremely light and thin. His belt could hold as many as 50 darts, and now, he still had about 20 of them stacked together.

The two commentators speculated, “He should be making a trap. When Odin played against the elemental dancer, Geng Chen, for the first time in the provincial competition, he had set up a steel wire trap. I heard that he had also used a trap in the team competition, but the effect hadn’t been so obvious.”

“Yes, the great demon king isn’t a player who likes to use traps. To be honest, he can accomplish anything with just a blade and an ambush. In general, he really doesn’t need to use things like traps.”

“This time, it’s probably because he doesn’t plan to chase after Green Dumpling and wants to just wait for the rabbit to send itself to his door?”

Everything was soon complete. Odin stood on the shoulder of the sea god statue, and the light from the lamp held by the statue illuminated his body from the bottom up.

Someone in the audience expressed: “Gee! It’s full of sinister intent!”

“I’m thinking back to when the great demon king played the entertainment game like a suspense thriller script...”

The lamps around the sea god were still lit. With this kind of fixed light source, traps would leave subtle shadows nearby. This was why Odin hadn’t initially set up the traps.

After a while, the druid still hadn’t appeared. Everyone understood that the druid must have become a cheetah once again.

Odin simply went into stealth mode as well. Then, both players started to grope around for each other in the dark.

The search this time only lasted for about five seconds. Both sides found each other’s tracks at almost the same time. At a distance of 10 meters, Odin was the first to throw a dart!

The cheetah approached quickly and pounced into the air to bite!

Just at this time, two more oil lamps from the pillars beside them went out at the same time. All of a sudden, the environment around them fell into darkness!

The system automatically adjusted the screen, and the audience could see what was happening in the dark. First, the cheetah’s eyes lit up in a flash, and then, there was a spark at its claws.

At this time, Song of Triumph suddenly sang out, and its first trajectory was shown on the screen––

It had only sung out once, but there were three distinct arcs of light!

The commentator cried, “It’s a once in a lifetime opportunity! It turns out that this is a three-strike combo from Song of Triumph!”

Immediately after, the other commentator followed up with the progress of the game, “Deep Silence has also come out of its sheath, but it isn’t reflecting light!”

Deep Silence was perfectly integrated into the night. Beneath the bright and magnificent light from Song of Triumph, it looked extremely treacherous, but it always obtained results every time it came out of its sheath.

The cheetah and Odin switched positions again, and the druid’s health had obviously been cut down.

This had been their third face-to-face encounter. The cheetah hadn’t come out on top but had learned from experience and managed to use its hind paw to do some damage to Odin.

But, he had almost lost his balance due to this, tumbling and rolling on the ground. His second attack after that had seemed a little weak––

Then, when Odin attacked again, the cheetah’s body suddenly flashed with the light of druid magic!

The commentator was shocked and shouted, “Acting!”

The cheetah was still up in the air, and its attack hadn’t diminished at all. Within 0.5 seconds, it suddenly transformed into a male lion with a golden mane!

As its body expanded, the range and breadth of the attack changed.

The two players, who should have passed by each other, suddenly collided. The lion fell to the ground, taking Odin with him and simultaneously opening up a huge wound!

At this critical moment, everyone could hear a clear ‘clang’ sound. Odin had crossed his two weapons and clashed against the approaching fangs.

The lion suddenly twisted his body, his front paws attacking with great force.

At this moment, both sides’ movements were as fast as lightning. Odin jumped up on the spot and lifted his leg in a kick, accurately hitting the weakest part of the lion’s chin––

“Ao––” The male lion roared, and his attack came up empty.

Odin’s hand touched the ground, and he performed a beautiful backwards somersault, going from the ground up to the statue of the sea god behind him––it had been a 90-degree vertical leap.

The commentators’ thoughts churned, and they had a hunch!

But before they could speak, everyone could already see the results!

After Odin landed, they all heard the commentator’s voice, “Flash!”

After the dust from the Flash settled down, the druid’s health was immediately reduced to 50%. He immediately turned around to leave!

He was a player who was ready to bail and heal himself at any time. The ups and downs of battle weren’t the key point at all. The point was that he had taken down 10% of Odin’s health in this skirmish––as long as he was able to attack, he just had to do the same thing another 10 times and eventually take away the rest of Odin’s health.

In the worst-case scenario, the last light would go out, and the sea water would pour in. However, in that case, even the commentators knew that druids would have the advantage.

At this moment, the last lamp that was in the sea god’s hands was flickering in the wind. Outside the storm temple, the chill from the deep sea had already infiltrated inwards, and dust and scattered droplets of water were falling from the broken ceiling.

All of these thoughts flashed through the druid’s mind, and then, he suddenly changed from a lion to an eagle––a better form to escape with––quickly flying up high and plunging into the darkness.

Had another series of attacks ended again?

Just as the commentators slowed down, a new situation appeared in the field––the druid, who’d fled into the darkness, suddenly took a lot of damage!

The eagle lost control and shrieked––one of the eagle’s wings had been injured, and he fell from the air.

The commentator took a quick look at the system report and said, “This is the damage from Odin’s trap!”

The druid had been flying at a high speed in the air and suddenly hit a steel wire. The steel wire cut his wing in half instantly, causing another 15% of damage to his health.

“It’s the two darts that were thrown out just now!” The commentator exclaimed.

The druid came back to his senses almost simultaneously. He didn’t wait for Odin, who was standing by the statue of the sea god, to come and finish off the attack and instead gritted his teeth, transforming into a bull to continue his escape.

At this point, Odin came out from beneath the shelter of the sea god’s statue.

As there was only one source of light left, the shadows spread more the further he went until he was fully integrated into the shadowed darkness of the entire temple.

The druid, Green Dumpling, rushed to the entrance of the temple again. His transformation skills had cooled down, but he didn’t dare to change back into human form to heal himself. He could only transform once every three seconds, and he couldn’t run away from Odin in his human form. He had to keep the skill cooldown in order to escape to the other side of the map and heal himself.

When Odin came chasing after him, Green Dumpling was suddenly tense. There was a sense of fear that forced him to feel desperate.

He was looking for an opportunity to transform himself into an eagle again and spread his wings to fly away.

Odin sent out a dart from where he was standing!

The dart passed through an extinguished oil lamp and made an ominous ‘cackle’ sound. Then, it hit Green Dumpling once, and everything fell back into silence.

At the moment, Green Dumpling was completely unable to concern himself over what kind of traps might have been launched. He was focused on just escaping Odin’s pursuit. And... sure enough, he encountered a steel wire once again.

However, he was prepared this time and turned into a cheetah when he landed, making use of his stealth ability!

At this time, Odin approached slowly and took out the last dart with steel wire, clasping it in the palm of his hand. He narrowed his eyes slightly, then flicked his hand like lightning, and sent it flying out.