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an smirked as he continued to say, “You damn bastard.
Who are you?! Are you a mercenary raised by Hanhwa Corporation? Or are you a member of the Legend Guild? Oho, that's right! You're definitely someone from Legend Guild.” 

Vlan made conjectures and came to the wrong conclusion all by himself.
There were rumors that the Legend Guild gathered almost all of the unofficial rankers in the country.
However, they were still keeping a low profile. 

“You're definitely taking this opportunity to promote the name of Legend Guild.
And the blood of the Twin-headed Troll! That's what you ate, right?! That's how you're recovering your HP!” 

However, the man remained silent.
He just approached Vlan quickly.
Vlan quickly took out his short sword and clashed against the man’s sword.
Unfortunately, Vlan’s stats had dropped by 30%.
He was definitely no match for Minhyuk.

Slash! 

“Cough! Damn you, your goal was our Bacallo guild, right?! You deliberately baited us and made us spill our blood!” 

“Do you want to know the reason?” 

“That's right, you're finally revealing your true colors!” 

“You guys messed around and wasted food.” 

Vlan believed that this man was lying until the very end.
His reason did not make sense at all! Vlan shouted, “I won't believe such a lie…!” 

Stab! 

Vlan was forced to log out.

***

Minhyuk checked his kill count after he forced Vlan to log out.
He had accumulated a total of 25 kills.

'What was he talking about earlier? Blood of the Twin-headed Troll? Legend Guild?' 

Minhyuk’s HP had recovered because he ate some choco bar.
This was all thanks to the effect of the skill, Absorption Conversion.
Minhyuk thought, 'I really like this Absorption Conversion skill.' 

His HP would immediately begin to recover the moment he ate.
It was obvious how enormous the effect of a 30-40% recovery rate was.
The best thing about it was that Minhyuk could also eat while recovering.
This was truly the perfect skill for Minhyuk.

“Ah, I'm hungry.
I should go back to the convenience store~” Minhyuk hummed as he moved towards the convenience store.

***

Nine hours have already passed since the tournament has begun.
Jan looked at the players on the monitor.
Every one of them looked tired and exhausted from the prolonged tension and lengthy battles.
However, Lucia still managed to get 60 kills all by herself.
Jan thought, 'What's the relationship between those two? Do they know each other? That man is really strong.' 

Once the game began, the voices of both the host and the spectators could not be heard by any of the contestants.
They could not verify their current scores and could only base them on their kill counts and their current situation.
Furthermore, the range of their movements on Cork Island started to get limited since the circle was slowly getting smaller.
Eventually, they would be gathered at a distance of 300 meters around the convenience store.
Everyone would not be able to enter the convenience store and those inside would be thrown out in the field.
This meant that all the players would be gathered together and fight each other near the convenience store. 

[The Brackan has been summoned to Cork Island.] 

[The player fighting the Brackan cannot be attacked.] 

“This is the charm of the competition this time.
The named monster, Brackan is being summoned right now! The Velto that appeared before this was easily beaten by the players.
Will the contestants work together to hunt the Brackan?” 

“Waaaaaaaaaah!” 

Loud cheers broke out of the stands.
It was a common occurrence for players to team up and fight together to kill named monsters with a much higher level than them.
That was not all. 

'If they successfully kill the monster, then they will be able to get the best items that it can give.' 

Each monster had a different item drop, for example, non-ogre monsters would definitely not drop Ogre Gauntlets.
However, out in the field, the successful hunting of a monster would not guarantee that they would drop good items.
In this tournament, on the other hand, all the monsters would give a 100% drop rate.
This meant that they would be able to get the best artifact from each monster.
That was the reason why the audience was looking at the players with envy.

'That player…' 

Jan tilted her head as she looked at the constantly flickering scenes on the monitor.
She was looking at a player who was wearing a black robe.
This player continuously ran all over the island and focused only on hiding himself.
Jan saw the operators gathered around.
She was one of the few people who could see them in their transparent mode.
Taking advantage of this, she quietly eavesdropped on their conversation. 

“That Black Wizard’s Descendant.
Why doesn't that guy brainwash the other players?” 

As far as Jan knew, this was Park Minggyu.
He was the leader of the Special Players Management Team.
He was talking to a woman beside him. 

“I, is he really trying to use that skill? That's the only reason that I can think of as to why he's saving his MP and mental power.” 

“No, it won't make sense at all.
If he used that skill, he would drop back to Level 1, and he won't be able to level up for three months, you know? So why will he use that?” 

The development team leader in front of them was the one who answered.
He said, “In fact, if you disregard that skill, then the Black Wizard’s Descendant is not a threat at all…” 

The operators nodded their heads in sympathy. 

“When will the Minotaurus appear?” 

“It will appear twenty minutes before the game ends.” 

“At that time, the players will only be limited to a 300-meter range, right?” 

“Yes…” 

The 300-meter range was small.
If the players went outside of that range, their HP would decrease by itself.
That was why the operators were sure that everyone would be there.

“If the Black Wizard’s Descendant really used his skill 'Absolute Domination' to control the Minotaurus, then it would really turn into a massacre…” 

'What…?!' 

Jan was caught by surprise when she heard their words.
That player would be able to control a Minotaurus? A Level 140 monster? Does that even make sense? Can a Level 80 player really do something like that? Was that even possible?

Jan thought, 'I heard that the Minotaurus does not come out as a field mob.
But if it gets mind-controlled, and is together with all of the remaining players in a 300-meter range then…' 

Once that happened, it would only be natural that the Minotaurus would no longer be under the operators’ control.
That very same Minotaurus would also become that player’s weapon.
If that really happened then…

'Then… all of the players will die, right?'