The battle zone the two of them saw ahead indeed belonged to Greed and Natasha. The two were fighting fiercely. Even from far away, they could see Natasha darting around while Greed kept trying to widen the distance between them.
"Who should we steal from first?" Selene asked. "Can I start turning invisible now?"
"No. There'll be an announcement when someone enters a battle zone, but it's fine. The two of them are locked in a tough fight right now, so they probably won't have the spare attention to deal with you. Let's go in first. I'll throw out a set of cards and stack your stealth value."
Selene nodded and rushed into the battle zone. The other two both saw the notification, but they truly had no time to worry about Selene.
Just as Greed had expected, his skill set looked powerful, but it wasn't easy to stack up. On the other hand, his opponent couldn't hit him either. The only problem was that it was infuriatingly blood-pressure-raising. Looking at Natasha's grim expression, Greed worried there might be an offline PK match after the game ended.
"You bastard!" Natasha cursed. "These two skill sets are each more shameless than the last. One reflects damage to the whole group, and the other makes attacks miss. This is driving me insane!"
Bucky sighed and said, "There's nothing we can do. Your skill set relies on stacking poison for a burst. The poison itself doesn't deal much damage; it all comes down to that final burst. But if that attack misses..."
He did not continue, because if he said any more, Natasha really would explode.
Right after the two of them triggered combat, Natasha knew Schiller's skills had to be underhanded, so she had been on guard. Thus, when Greed began chanting,