Shadow Under the Sword! Midnight Pursuit!

What's going on!!??

Why can't I move!

It felt like my whole body was fixed in place, something was holding me down, preventing me from moving. I couldn't even turn my head now.

"Who are you!!??"

He found that he could only move his facial expressions, looking at the light from the promotional text on the building in front of him.

"How could you possibly find me!?"

He gritted his teeth in horror, his heart churning with turbulent waves. It hadn't been long since the chaotic battle between the seven of them ended, how did this person find him!

No one answered him, and the fear in his heart grew larger and larger. He had already poured all his Magic Energy Value into his body, and the feedback told him it seemed to be working, but he still couldn't break free from the restraint!

How is this possible!?

Who is this person?

Among the other six people now, how could someone restrain him without him noticing!?

Could there be a mysterious side mage hidden among them, just like him?

Impossible!

Even so, with his C-rank level, even if his Magic Energy Value was insufficient, he shouldn't be unable to break free from this person's restraint!

What in the world is going on!!??

He felt like he was going crazy!!!!

"That... I can help..."

Pfft!

He hadn't finished his plea for mercy, his temporary compromise, when a silver sword tip emerged from his chest!

"Cough... you..."

A hoarse sound came from his throat. He found that his body had regained its freedom. He turned around and fell to the ground, finally seeing the truth of that figure in his line of sight!

Under the dark night sky, the black-haired young man in a long black coat couldn't be seen clearly. Behind him, a tall, cloaked humanoid figure floated eerily, its edges slightly fluttering. Inside the pure black cloak, there seemed to be only darkness.

A bizarre and chilling sight.

"You... you... you!!!"

He coughed up large mouthfuls of blood, pointing at the black-haired young man and the monster floating behind him in horror, suddenly remembering something!

That thing that was said to be only accessible to those above B-rank.

"You are The Shadow..."

He spoke unclearly, but still didn't finish his sentence before permanently losing his voice and breath.

The sword blade in his hand, the Dragon Wing, retracted and disappeared. The tall black cloak behind him turned into black lines that converged in his hand, condensing into a card.

[Shadow Card (THE SHADOW)]

[Symbol: The unknown part, the occurrence and elimination of problems.]

[Introduction: Possesses magic that can control one's own shadow and the shadows of others.]

The night wind was slightly cool. The black-haired young man, his figure concealed by a long black coat, quietly watched the person he had stabbed through, lying on the ground.

He was silent for a moment, then suddenly began to tremble all over. He covered his mouth tightly with his right hand, bent over, and forcefully suppressed the panic and fear rising from his body, which turned into a feeling of nausea and vomiting in his stomach!

He had killed someone.

He had killed a person.

Just now.

Realizing this fact, he trembled violently, as if he couldn't stand steadily, but after a sway, he managed to straighten up again.

As if nothing had happened.

You have successfully eliminated one person first

Pursuit activated

Approximate locations of other participants have been provided

Current participants: 7/12

He opened the system's pursuit interface, and several large circles marking areas appeared on the map.

The circular vortex beneath his feet reappeared, and his body began to lift off the ground again, floating towards a certain direction.

Night, 2:16 AM.

Outside the commercial district, in a villa residential area.

Even when the surrounding streets were dark, this villa community, inhabited only by the wealthy, was still brightly lit. Beautiful and luxurious villas were scattered here in a well-arranged manner.

In the deepest part, in the largest villa, a woman in professional attire sat on a soft leather sofa, frowning with an unpleasant expression as she looked at the interface before her.

Current participants: 4/12

"What's going on!?"

She said with a frown, forcefully suppressing her anxiety. But she knew it wasn't because her psychological quality wasn't strong enough. As one of the few C-ranks in this scenario, she had naturally participated in many scenarios.

It was just that things were too strange now.

From the night before, the seven of them had ended that chaotic battle, each withdrawing from the fight with different injuries, and entering a period of hiding and lurking.

According to her original plan, after the chaotic battle and a period of recovery, the latter half of the night was when their real killing and fighting would begin!

But, someone tell me!

What exactly is going on?

Starting one hour after the chaotic battle!

People were constantly being eliminated!

How is that possible!

Could someone be completely unharmed?!

And then accurately find the location of each and every one of them, successfully killing them every single time?

However, she, who had been hiding all this time, didn't know that after killing one person, the system would automatically grant pursuit.

"What a joke!"

She shouted in a low, angry voice, forcefully smashing the high-stemmed glass in her hand onto the white marble floor!

This time, after she discovered she had entered a random special competition scenario, she had originally been somewhat confident in herself. After all, she was one of 'Against the Current'. As long as she obtained the Night Artifact this time, her strength would soar!

Her status within Against the Current would inevitably rise accordingly!

But at first, she hadn't expected that B-rank Si Ai would also be in this scenario. After finally accepting the alliance with the man in the suit and taking down Si Ai, she hadn't expected something like this to happen again!

"Who is it?! Who exactly is it?"

The woman in the professional attire stared at the interface, which now only showed four people, muttering to herself:

"Who on earth is it?! There are only four people now, four C-rank people. Besides me, there's the official person, the Midnight person, and the lone mage."

She tightly gripped the armrest of the sofa, asking through clenched teeth:

"Which one of them is it!?"

Who was the first to recover?!

Just as she was making suspicious guesses!

The floor-to-ceiling window of the spacious living room shattered with a bang!

A disheveled figure, wrapped in expensive silk curtains, crashed into the villa!

"Who's there!!"

The woman in professional attire was instantly startled! She suddenly stood up and shouted! A veil of unknown material appeared in her hand!

The figure's face was pale, and their body seemed to be still burning with flames as they rolled on the ground. Their dark long coat and mask were completely burned and tattered!

It was the official person, her sworn enemy!

How could he be beaten like this?!

The woman in professional attire, who had fought him in the chaotic battle, was startled!

Then, the person spat out blood, struggled to pull away the curtains wrapped around them, propped themselves up with a Tang Blade, and spoke quickly to her with a grim expression:

"If you don't want to die, attack together!"

The woman in professional attire was instantly shocked. She looked outside through the broken window and saw a figure that made her breath stop slowly walking towards them!

Dark long pants, his right hand casually in his pocket, flames burning in his left hand, slightly illuminating his face at this moment. And that person was the biggest reason her breath stopped!

Si Ai.

"Yo! Are you ready to pay me back what you owe me?"

He sneered at her with a wild and contemptuous tone, the flames in his hand hot and bright!

This...!!!!!!!!

Her body stiffened, her throat dry. Her first reaction was to turn and ask the official person. Although their strengths were opposing, at this moment, she couldn't care about that anymore. Only by joining forces did they have a chance to escape!

"What is this..."

Her words caught in her throat because the Tang Blade had already pierced her chest!

"Demonic Wind - Condense..."

"Sister?"

It seemed to be just the blink of an eye. The person in front of her suddenly turned into her most familiar relative, the face of her sister, who had depended on her for life, looking at her with wide, confused eyes.

Her words choked. She lost her last chance to counterattack and resist. Not the Tang Blade, but a streak of silver-white pierced through her chest!

In her dying moments, she seemed to finally understand. Gritting her teeth fiercely, she struggled to turn around and look at the 'Si Ai' behind her!

The black-haired young man in a long black coat stood there.

Then her vision went completely black.

The figure of the woman in professional attire fell onto the villa's carpet, blood slowly flowing and spreading. Her eyes were still open.

And when she fell, the figure that had delivered the fatal blow also suddenly stopped moving.

Like a layer of color fading, that person, like 'Si Ai', also revealed their true form: a tall, dark humanoid cloak. Beneath the cloak seemed to be only darkness, which transformed into strands of darkness and returned to the young man's hand.

And the faded color did not dissipate either. It also transformed into strands of light that gathered and returned, finally condensing into a golden card. The red gem on the card faintly shimmered.

[Illusion Card (THE ILLUSION)]

[Symbol: The desire to escape from reality.]

[Description: Has the magic to make the opponent think of what they miss in their heart and produce illusions.]

The two cards dissipated. The 'Illusion' and 'Shadow' that had truly killed the woman in professional attire also vanished.

The young man stood outside the villa, looking up at the night sky, his hands tightly clenched. He deeply exhaled the air in his lungs.

"Two more..."

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