Rank 50357: Kouske Kasiwagi
"Fuck." Liam's heart did a flip flop as he stared at the name in disbelief.
This guy was like a ghost that kept sneaking up on him, popping out every now and then, without any prior warning and giving him heart attacks!
In reality, the incident was not that shocking and was also completely a self-inflicted one.
He was the one who was stalking or trying to stalk the poor guy to steal his inheritance and his fate.
Though Liam understood this, the whole thing made him very uneasy.
It was as if a car was closely following, right on his tail. He could be overtaken at any given time or worse could be hit and run over to the side.
It was not a pleasant feeling.
Affected by this, Liam hurriedly walked over and took out the portal scroll to tear it open. There was an urgency in his movements that was not there before, but he stopped quickly.
"I should not rush." He reminded himself.
He did not know why but despite all signs pointing towards the right direction, he felt that something was off. Was this really the right way for obtaining the inheritance?
Kouseke was here and everything was falling in place, but still...
He took a few deep breaths and then slowed down his actions. "Hmmm. I should take a look at things in the city after this mission."
He also took a second to check if there was any urgent call or message from his sister or Shen Yue.
Only then, after he had calmed down sufficiently, he looked up to see his new group and waved his hand. "Here we go. Prepare yourself."
He also took out his black mask and first wore it before activating the portal.
The last time was a bit too close for his comfort and he did not want to get caught in the middle of a prime player zone with someone accidentally recognizing him.
A bright glow immediately surrounded the group and when the blinding light disappeared they found themselves in the midst of a tall gigantic waterfall.
The loud gushing sound of the waters falling from the astronomically high cliff and hitting the stream of water rang in their ears.
And all the demons, Luna and Liam fell down into the water one after the other with plopping sounds.
For the previous missions, they had always landed on dry ground but now that they were in the water, it took them a second to stabilize.
However, before they got a chance to do that, a set of thundering noises echoed and loud angry shouts resounded.
OOO! AAAAH! OOOO! AAAH!
A horde of purple-bodied apes emerged from the tall trees surrounding the waterfalls, quickly encircling Liam and the five demons.
They snarled angrily looking at Liam and the other demons with pure hatred in their gaze.
They were so angry that their eyes that were originally white in color looked dark crimson, because of the number of veins that had popped out.
OOO! AAAAH! OOOO! AAAH!
OOO! AAAAH! OOOO! AAAH!
They also did not stop their loud racket. Because of the horrendous noise, they were making, all the birds in the vicinity flew out, fearful of the commotion.
As if this was not enough, more and more purple apes also slowly started coming out. The number of beasts encircling them quickly compounded.
Even Liam couldn't remain calm in this situation. He had never seen beasts that had this much viciousness in their eyes.
They all stared at them as if they were their mortal enemy. This did not look like simple aggro at all.
[Level 26; Rainbow Purple Ape]
[Level 24; Rainbow Purple Ape]
"Luckily, their level is still not too high."
Liam started mentally thinking about the various strategies he could use. He felt that he sorely needed more AoE attacks.
He also hadn't comprehended the technique behind such attacks.
When using the system's help many attacks consumed similar levels of mana.
But in reality, AoE attacks were higher-end attacks and couldn't be executed that easily without assistance.
The principles behind them were also totally different.
Liam's reaction was quick.
While other demons were still staring wide at the apes, he hurriedly stepped out of the turbulent water onto a huge rock to gain more balance.
As if responding to him, the next second, a dozen apes landed with heavy thuds on the other rocks scattered on the stream.
And every time an ape came down from the trees, the five demons shuddered.
They were all somewhat experienced, but they were only used to raiding in a huge group.
Even before, they had faced a huge number of enemies at the same time, but their own group had also been big in numbers.
This was the first time they were in a smaller group, having been enticed by the silver coin, which from the looks of it, had essentially sealed their fate.
No one had any hopes that they were going to survive this and stood completely frozen just like the rocks on the river.
The anger and the viciousness in the beasts' eyes also did not make things easier.
Liam saw this. However, he didn't care. He was never reliant on these demons for finishing the missions. Training them was only a side perk.