Flawless

Qin Ran froze when Lawless pulled out a round device with a handle and a hollow underside.

A mine detector!

Even someone unfamiliar with gunpowder weapons would have known what it was.

Qin Ran, whose various skills had made him well versed in gunpowder weapons, certainly did.

He knew that if Lawless was using a mine detector, the trap laid by the first wave of attackers was clear.

Land mines!

Cheap weapons with devastating power.

As Qin Ran recalled what he knew about land mines, he frowned.

He was thinking about the Assassin Organization's seemingly endless methods.

After all, the system's [Shop] did not sell weapons like these.

Players on the forum traded mostly ordinary defensive grenades. Even offensive grenades were rare, yet the enemy already had access to land mines—weapons they could deploy widely.

And then there had been the cannon and the [Magnetic Field Shield].

The latter weighed on him most.

Qin Ran's breathing quickened.

What could leave someone more helpless and desperate than attacks that did nothing?

Not even a cannon's wide-area bombardment would have that effect.

At least then, there was a chance to fight back.

But if attacks did nothing...

Qin Ran's frown deepened.

The Assassin Organization is stronger than I thought!

He was certain that the two groups of attackers had never met, but both came from the Assassin Organization.

Why had they attacked him one after another?

Simple. There was a bounty on his head.

And it paid well.

That was what had drawn these player assassins out.

This is only the beginning. More player assassins will come!

And as more of my strength is exposed, the assassins I face will only get stronger!

I have to grow faster—far faster than they expect. It's the only way I'll survive fighting them!

Qin Ran