The hunter's belongings inexplicably appeared in the forest,and all that was there was was a mask and a cloak, making it hard not to speculate.
"Has a hunter taken off his clothes and disguised himself to infiltrate our player base?" someone muttered to himself.
"Is this even allowed? This is too unfair! Isn't this just like being an undercover agent?"
"Then how do you explain the clothes that were hidden there? And... didn't you notice how many people were dead in the woods when you came back? They were obviously murdered."
The group of players chasing after them couldn't possibly kill each other, and the players being chased couldn't possibly fight back and kill so many players. The only thing that can be thought of is that a third party intervened and killed those people. With the clothes hidden in the tree, who else could it be but the hunter!
"So this is how hunters do it? They take off their clothes to disguise themselves as players and then kill people in the chaos. I never expected that."
The players whispered amongst themselves, mentally elevating the Hunter faction to a level they didn't belong to, viewing them as cunning, treacherous, and scheming.
"Hunter's clothes..." The young boy, seeing the clothes, thought the same as the other players: hunters had infiltrated the group of players, and there were two sets of cloaks and masks, so there were at least two hunters...
The young boy pondered, then looked up at the players in front of him. He wondered if the disguised hunter was still among them, but the hunter who lost his clothes would definitely come back to get them.
"Hmph... You dare to pretend to be a player and kill people here? You've got some guts." The young boy looked down on the hunter. He played with the mask in his hand and thought of the hunter he had encountered on the island before who didn't kill players.
"Speaking of which... I thought that person was a player disguised as a hunter who went to their ship. If I could disguise myself by wearing clothes, could I...?" He suddenly had a thought, put on the mask, and instantly realized that what the mask saw was different.
"So the hunter's information is different from the player's... Is he wearing this mask...?" The young boy's goal was the hidden item in this dungeon. After realizing that the hunter's information was different, he suddenly felt that he had found the real direction.
"So joining the hunters' faction is how you find items?" The young boy suddenly realized that the hunter he had encountered before who didn't kill other players must have been an imposter, who had boarded the hunters' ship, joined their faction, and obtained items from them.
He made up his mind about this idea.
But that player kept killing hunters, so perhaps there's some other condition related to killing...
The masked boy turned his gaze and looked around. There were no hunters nearby, but there were players.
He beckoned to the player next to him, "Come here."
The player whose name was called was covered in cold sweat and reluctantly moved over. As soon as he got in front of the boy, the boy suddenly grabbed his hair and shoved him into the campfire next to him.
A piercing scream rang out, and the player instinctively struggled and resisted. A pair of young boys exuded malice, and he was suddenly turned into a small wooden figure, thrown into the fire by the boys, and burned to death.
Yin Xiu stood expressionless outside the crowd, staring at the young boy who had stopped moving after killing someone. He knew very well that killing someone while wearing a mask had triggered the hunter's notification sound, and that person was now listening to the number of people killed, as reminded by that mysterious voice.
Even with incomplete information, he should know that the hunter faction has a condition related to the number of kills, and he will definitely kill more people in order to meet that condition.
"So that's how it is... So that's how it is... No wonder it's a strange item, it must be obtained from the strange side." The boy's voice was excited and bright, as if he had discovered something and become extremely happy and excited.
The surrounding players broke out in a cold sweat. They didn't know what the masked boy had discovered, but they had a bad feeling.
Then the boy bent down, picked up a burning torch, and turned to the people around him. Everyone instinctively took a step back, staring at him with fear and trepidation, afraid that he might do something crazy.
"I've suddenly had a great idea." The young boy laughed from under his mask, his laughter both cheerful and innocent. "Come on over here, I think I know how to avoid the hunters' attacks."
The players were confused for a few seconds, then hesitated and took two steps forward. They were caught in a dilemma, not daring to run or go up, and could only move forward timidly.
The player closest to the boy moved closer, only to be grabbed by the boy and pushed toward the cave. "You all go into the cave. I'm going to lure the hunters over later. If you get caught in the crossfire, it won't be my fault."
The players breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly ran towards the cave. Killing the hunters was fine, as long as they didn't have to kill them.
The remaining group avoided provoking the young boy as much as possible, and hurriedly squeezed into the cave, afraid of angering him if they fell behind even by a second.
Watching the players all rush to the cave, Yin Xiu silently followed behind, glancing at the masked boy out of the corner of his eye.
Going to kill hunters alone? Why doesn't he believe it?
However, he was very curious about what this person was planning to do, so he obediently followed the crowd into the cave and squeezed in.
After everyone entered the cave, the young boy closed the door in front of the cave and disappeared from everyone's sight.
Everyone was actually a little uneasy.
"Is the boss trying to harm us?"
"I don't think so...we didn't do anything wrong..."
"But the boss was unpredictable before, and he suddenly became very strange just now. I'm a little scared."
"We are his subordinates after all, and we have done a lot for him. He shouldn't do anything to us. Even if he uses us as tools, he wouldn't abandon us so easily."
"You're right, but I still have this uneasy feeling… You know, the boss has always been pretty ruthless."
"Hey, stop talking. Didn't the boss say that he only let us come in to hide because he was afraid the hunters would harm us? He still cares about us."
Everyone kept reassuring themselves to alleviate their unease and fear.
Meanwhile, rustling sounds kept coming from outside the cave, and it seemed that the young boy was walking around outside, doing something unknown.
It wasn't until a pungent smell of smoke wafted in from under the door that everyone suddenly panicked.
What do you mean by letting them in to hide from the hunters? That person clearly wanted to lock them up together and burn them alive!
"Boss! Boss, what are you doing! There's a fire outside! Boss!"
"Boss, are you still out there?! Help us, boss!"
"He wants to burn us alive! He wants to burn us alive!"
"Why? Why are they suddenly killing us?! Why?!"
Everyone was baffled. They had been using each other before, with only one or two people dying occasionally, but suddenly everyone was being killed on a large scale. They really couldn't understand it!
The players helplessly pushed forward, trying to smash the door, but the door didn't budge. Instead, sparks flew in from the outside, scorching them.
Yin Xiu stood inside, looking at the players crammed at the doorway, groaning and screaming, and was quite surprised.
This person is truly ruthless. In order to boost performance and increase the death toll, he didn't hesitate to kill all of his own men.
He's even more deadly than that god of death.
Yin Xiu shook his head, then turned to look at Li Mo beside him, noticing that he was staring at the fire with great pleasure. "What's wrong?"
Li Mo turned his head with a smile and said softly, "Cremation! To die together! To meet the end of life!"
Yin Xiu: ...
Occasionally, he still felt that he didn't understand monsters enough.