Salem, one of the strongest players in the arena, was a member of the Ringleaders team. Although he wasn't the leader, he was highly valued for his intelligence rather than physical strength. "We should wait until the other teams clear most of the monsters. Then we can go and kill the big one. That thing has the most points; just killing it will make us win," Salem proposed. The others nodded in agreement.
"The big monster has been spotted to the west," announced the short-haired girl, Emma, using her ability to alert her teammates while sitting atop a tree.
"The beast is in the west!" The team's leader relayed the message to the others as they followed their leader towards their target.
By the time they arrived, Emma had already launched her attack with her "Manipulative Blood" ability. She hurled three large spears at the monster, which it grabbed only for them to melt into its hand and transform into chains that bound one arm to its body.
"Alex!" Salem signaled for Alex to make his move. "Let me handle this," Alex winked at Salem before teleporting into position. He lunged at the monster with his massive claymore sword, aiming for its neck. However, the creature parried with its free arm and hurled Alex aside.
The monster screeched furiously, using its full strength to free its other arm and summoning a dark purple hexagonal cube as its weapon. The shadowy monster grinned menacingly at them, revealing a newly formed mouth.
"ķæű§ßžæňč," it hissed as the cube floated in mid-air, emitting intense purple rays and high-pitched noise painful to everyone's ears.
"Ah! My ears!" cried Alex and Emma as they retreated, covering their ears. The rest of their teammates did likewise.
As black shadow creatures emerged from the opening cube, attacking everyone indiscriminately, the big buff man of the team called out, "Everyone, gather here!" The group managed to take refuge in a cave. "Is everyone alright?" asked John, the team leader. "Ah, I broke my ribs," hissed Alex in pain. "Don't worry. Let me heal everyone," said Manny, casting a green light that enshrouded them all and mending their injuries. "Thank you, Manny! We couldn't do anything without you," Alex said while patting Manny's back.
In the meantime, Salem immersed himself in thought, analyzing everything that had transpired. 'So this is what silhouettes look like in real life,' he concluded.
"alright everyone i got a plan" salem announced to his teammates. Everyone faced him to hear his plan.
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'In the novel, the silhouette went menace and destroyed everything; the game had to stop and all the higher class ranker had to come and kill it and the person who killed the silhouette with ease was Aldrich he used his fire dragon ability at the silhouette; ---it died instantly' salem was thinking hard.
'hmm so its weakness is fire or perhaps maybe sunlight' salem came to conclusion.
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"So, what's your big plan? Mister genius." John said playfully. " The monster spawned in the west, which is covered by big trees that almost entirely covered the surface. There is rarely any sunlight." salem proposed and continued to inform his 'big plan'. "So, maybe the monster is susceptible to sunlight or fire--"
"OHHHHH, so we're going to kill him using nature! HA LIKE CAVEMEN!!" alex laughed out loud at his on joke--- that others clearly didn't find it slightly funny.
"I don't think so we can 'kill' it with sunlight, it might gets damaged by the sunlight but it sure won't get killed." Emma shared her opinion. "Yes I know we're not going to kill the monster from sunlight, we'll use it to drain out its energy so it'll be easier to kill it." Salem explained to his teammates.
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"looks like king will get his first lose today" laila said sarcastically. "The game started a long time ago and they still haven't scored any points yet. haa don't worry we'll throw big celebration on your first ever lost." laila took a glass of wine from the tray which was held by the waiter as she proceeds to leave; back to her seat.
Aldrich grabbed his hair in frustration.'Aghhh this isn't looking too good. What the hell are they doing HIDING IN THE CAVE!? JUST KILL THE DAMN MONSTER.!' 'Pheww calm down. its just the start, they still have time left' He calmed his self down.
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" And the winners are!!!!! Ringleaders scoring the highest points and taking the lead after killing the silhouette." the announcer announced the winner.
'haaa' Aldrich sighed in relief after winning the bet that he thought he would lose.