[Dark Shackles]
It only took Liam a second to recognize the familiar skill of summoners.
There were other players here!
And they clearly did not have any friendly intentions!
As he was stumbling forward, he instantly steadied his body enough to fall into the stream, rather than on the rock.
The [Dark Shackles] spell completely binds a person with dark chains and this was already the best he could do in this situation.
"The active time for this spell is only 10 seconds. If I can hold on for 10 seconds…" Liam closed his mouth, holding his breath as his body sank lower into the water.
Thankfully, because of all the blood and the ape corpses, he was able to get some sort of cover.
The water was extremely dirty and muddy so once he was inside it, he was no longer visible.
Also, the rampaging ape in its frenzied state was doing its part in distracting this newly arrived intruder who had successfully managed to attack him on the sly.
"Hmm… I doubt that there is only one. If they are coming here all this way, then they should have made some preparations."
Liam had only come to this spot by accident but he did not think that the same applied for the others as well.
This was probably a distance location mentioned by some rare quest
He tried to see what was happening above him but nothing was visible. The water had become too muddy and stagnant.
He could only feel the vibrations coming from the ape as it repeatedly moved its legs, stomping angrily and from the looks of it attacking someone.
However, the next second, this set of vibrations started becoming bigger and bigger.
"Shit." Liam did not have to think about the reason for that. He already knew what this was. The ape was coming!
It was probably bounding towards its new targets and since he was on the way, he could feel the waves created in the turbulent stream because of the ape's movements.
But even though he knew it, he still couldn't move because the shackles were active. 3 more seconds.
"There is so much space around, it won't step on me, right?"
"Fuck."
"Fuckkkkk."
Just as the last second of the [Dark Shackles] was about to tick off, the ape's giant legs thundered and simultaneously both its hind legs stepped right onto Liam's body, producing a loud breaking noise.
CRACK
About half of Liam's health dropped as the beast inadvertently managed to land the most perfect kick without intending to.
The ape had used him as a spring and bounced away towards the other people surrounding it.
Liam did not know whether to laugh or cry. The attack at least bought him enough time to recover and get back on his feet.
He activated [Stealth] and quickly swam back to the surface hiding behind a pile of corpses. He then saw Luna as well hiding in the same spot.
"You did well. Hide here." Liam smiled and sent her a mental message.
The fox turned around anxiously but it was not able to see him. The beast looked very confused when it went back to watching the ape.
Liam as well watched the giant ape thrashing away the dozen players on the front line.
With its eyes an even deeper shade of red, it looked around and locked on to all the players who had newly arrived.
Since Liam was no longer attacking it, its aggro had shifted and it now was furious at the other people standing in front of it.
"What the hell? How is its health already back up?"
"Come on. Come on. Keep attacking. Move it."
"It just took out all the tanks. How is this thing so strong?"
Several shouts sounded, amidst the terrorizing roars of the ape.
There were about twenty players, some of them already on the red, attacking the ape with everything they had.
And yet they seemed to be struggling.
Liam calmly watched this from the back. Or rather he was calm until his gaze fell on a player standing at the back and shouting instructions.
He might not recognize the others but this one he was very very familiar with.
This was the head lackey of his so-called 'Master'.
And this entire team was probably from members of the Gu family guild, Jade Mountain, the people whom he harbored the most hatred for.
And today, these people have somehow walked over to him all on their own in this isolated place and even took the initiative to pick a fight with him by kill stealing his boss?
"Heh." Liam grinned. "So I have no other choice huh. Fine by me."
"Sometimes, you have got to love fate."
Liam did not idly stay back and watch anymore. He moved. It was time to return the favor.
They attacked when he was right about to kill the ape, so why couldn't he do the same.
In fact, it was much easier to wreak havoc in a bigger group and he was going to show them how.
With his [Stealth] still active he circled around the fight moving to the backline where the casters were located.