The Author's POV

Chapter 277

Amidst the chaos, glancing at my watch, I ran towards a certain section of the first level. From what I've observed, the people that had infiltrated the Monolith were targeting the general portals.

The ones that everyone used.

On a good note, those were not the portals that I was aiming for. On a bad note, I could more or less tell that they were planning on blowing up this place. The plan was fairly obvious, I was sure that the Monolith had understood this as well.

'Damn it, I don't have much time at my disposal.'

Ignoring all of the chaos around me, following the map on my phone, I quickly made my way towards the area where the private portal was. Time was not on my side. If they were truly hell-bent on blowing up the portals, then I really had to hurry.

"As expected, there are only a few people here."

Arriving before the designated location, glancing left and right, I noticed that the security was fairly lax.

My original plan was to pretend to be the commander using the mask to then directly enter the portal. The problem regarding his build wasn't actually a problem, I still had a few gigantifying potions from Immorra.

The only reason I had not used them back then, was because I wanted Luther to actually notice me.

Risky, but it paid off.

Either way, that plan was now no longer viable. With the Monolith under attack, everything changed.

Hiding behind a wall, and peeking right, I looked up and glanced at the cameras in the distance.

After that, I looked below them.

'Good, there are only two guards.'

Guarding an enormous metal door were two guards whose strength was about the same as mine, around the rank range. Under normal circumstances, there would've been stronger guards guarding the place, but these weren't normal circumstances.

The stronger guards had probably left their post in order to aid the people guarding the general gate.

Though this made them look sloppy, in reality, this wasn't a real problem. Without the special pass, even if the invaders tried to brute force the way into the room that led to the portal, they wouldn't be able to get in. The materials used to make the doors were something that even ranked would have difficulty breaking.

Thus, the decision to leave those two weaker guards to guard the place was the right decision given the circumstances.

And this perfectly aligned with my plans.

"huuu..."

Closing my eyes, and exhaling, with the aid of the chip inside of my head, my brain started processing all of the information that I had just observed.

'The distance between me and the guards is more than ten meters, this I can't use the third movement. This is a bit of a problem since I don't want to alert the others of my presence...there's also another problem I need to take care of."

Because I specialized in sneak attacks, as long as my opponent wasn't way stronger than me or reacted faster than my swords, killing them wouldn't really pose a problem for me.

There was only one problem though.

Peeking right, I glanced at the cameras that were above the two guards.

The cameras.

The biggest problem at the moment was the cameras. If I wanted to use the Keiki style, I had to make sure that I removed all evidence of it.

By now, everyone knew that Ren Dover was the inheritor of the Keiki style. This was without a doubt something that everyone knew as it had been broadcasted to the whole world during the tournament. What they also knew was that I was dead.

If the Monolith suddenly spotted 876 using the Keiki style, then finding out about my real identity wouldn't really be a problem. If that were to truly happen, all hell would break loose for me.

'I can't let that happen.'

Just imagining the consequences of such revelation, caused the back of my hair to raise. Taking a deep breath, a look of resolution flashed across my eyes.

'Even if this removes the element of surprise and makes things harder for me, I don't want to leave anything that would come back and bite me in the future.'

Grabbing a couple of sharp objects from my dimensional space, squinting, and aiming for the cameras in the distance, I flicked my fingers, and the objects shot towards the cameras in the distance like bullets.

'”WHIIIIIZ!

The moment I flicked my fingers, stomping my foot on the ground, I quickly dashed towards the two guards in the distance.

"Hey!"

"Intruders!"

call for backup, but before they could get to it, I had already arrived before them and punched out. A whistling sound arose, and powerful pressure enveloped the

"Khuek!"

second and one of the guards flew towards

Bam'”!

soon crushed against the metal door

the element of surprise, the guard was able to block my attack, and thus didn't die

"Haaa!"

my ear, as the other guard slashed their halberd down. Coldly glancing at the incoming attack, lowering my body, I stomped my foot on the ground and shot forward. Reappearing right below the middle area of

a green hue enveloped my hand as I grabbed

Bam'”!

force and a small crater appeared.

"What!?"

to comprehend what had just happened, the guard frozen for a

'”Click!

for him as a subtle clicking sound rang out and his body slumped down on the ground,

"That's one dow'”"

'”Di! '”Di!

silent

towards the guard that I had injured previously, I instantly became alarmed. With a black box in his hand, I watched as

"No, you don't."

sword completely from my scabbard, and coating my sword with it, bending my torso slightly, I released the built-up tension in the core of my body and threw the sword in his direction. Splitting the air,

"Rep'”Huek!"

sword pierced him in the heart. The black box in his

Hello? Is

the radio transmitter, I

alright, I just wanted to know about

moment, the voice on the other side of

you only called because

could be felt from the

unaware of what is happening. The other guards who have

of the portal. Do you understand? This is

more the person on the other side of the speaker listened to

and if anybody comes, kill them

"Affirmative."

'”Good.

in my hand, I turned around and looked at the massive door behind me. Glancing

time, taking out the black card that I

me. At the moment, the gate

pulsated white light. Knowing what it was, without a second thought, I

「Please select location」

▶ [Ashton City]

▷ [Dromeda City]

▷ [Park City]

.

.

the orb, a small window appeared in front of me. On it was the different locations I could teleport to. Without giving it a second thought, I selected

teleportation activation will

and a humming sound rang out in the room. After that, a robotic voice echoed as visible tangible threads of mana appeared out of thin air, converging towards the portal. Slowly but surely, the threads of mana entered the gate in

"...this is it."

than eight months in this hell hole, I was so close to finally reaching

waiting for the portal to open up, I looked back at the previous fight I had with the

about it, I spent more time fighting

The irony.

him, the fact that it took me less time to deal with him than some

"How much time left..."

at the orb, I couldn't hide my nervousness as I repeatedly

[5:07]

minutes,

BOOOM'”!

sound of another explosion as the building shook intensely. From where I was, I could hear the sound of the building crumbling down. Rushing out of the room, I realized that apart from the

looked up and stared towards the distance, my

that orange-colored

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