Child of Destiny

Chapter 1024: Lurking in the Shadows (Part 1): Future Plans

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Shin brought his keys with him as he knew that he needed to drive this time. The two were too exhausted to worry about that. They quickly hopped Shinʼs Black Panther, heading straight to their destination.

Unknown to them, someone was observing their movements from a room in a villa near theirs. That person tapped the earpiece that he was wearing when he made sure that the black car left and spoke. ”The target has left riding a Black Panther. He is accompanied by the young master of the Springfield Family and the suspected Crimson Demon of the previous underground boxing ground, so be careful.”

The person on the other side of the line did not say anything and just hung up, quickly getting in the work after receiving the information.

They had been waiting for this for a couple of days already. Their client was also very impatient with it, putting a lot of pressure on them. If not for the people of the Springfield and Cilvana Families stationed around the vicinity of the villa, then they had probably made their move a long time ago.

Naturally, they were also aware of the fairly strong young men staying in that particular villa, but they were confident that they would be successful in the end, especially when they were the ones taking the initiative. But they could not do their ambush due to the special guards monitoring the surroundings.

Those veteran soldiers from the Springfield Family and highly skilled special agents sent by the Cilvana Family were not a force that they could face with their current people.

They might be veteran mercenaries and hitmen, but they would never underestimate the special forces of this country, particularly the ones from the renowned Springfield Family, a family famous in both martial arts and military circles.

Now that they had the opportunity to take down their target, they would never let it slip it away from their hands. This was their only chance after all and they would never have another one again if they failed.

Failing was one thing, but being hunted by the Springfield Family which was filled with world-class ʼmonstersʼ was not going to make them experience the living hell.

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As those guys were plotting something, the trio was currently heading to the Ace City to look for the Seafood Restaurant that Arthur was boasting about earlier. Shin wanted to see if their famous seafood recipes were worthy of their reputation.

”So, what do you guys think about the new update?” asked Shin while driving, trying to find a good topic to discuss.

Arthur, who was sitting on the passenger seat, pursed his lips a little before commenting. ”It is quite interesting. But since we are already expecting most of it, I am not that hyped about it.”

”The Battle state changes are going to make PVP-ing more realistic. Though, we already experienced insta-killing someone due to our overwhelming advantage in stats. It is not that surprising anymore.”

”The wounded state is the only that makes it more interesting. Now, players will have to worry not only getting killed in a single attack from both powerful players and high-level monsters, but they also have to think about minimizing the injuries that they can get during every battle.”

”I can already see most of the casual players crying because of it. They may even submit some complaints because of it,” he added with a mocking tone.

Then Leonard quickly voiced out his thoughts. ”The role of every class is going to be more balance too. Every one of them will now have a huge impact in battle. But the classes that will get the most benefit will be Berserkers, Assassins, Thieves, Mages, and Priests.”

”Berserkers, Assassins, and Thieves will be the kings of the prolonged battle. The Berserkers will become stronger the more they battle while their opponents will be weakened during a frontal confrontation.”

”On the other hand, the Assassins and Thieves will be torturing their targets with bleed and poison effects – they will be chipping away the health bars of their enemies if they could not kill them with their burst damage.”

”As for the Mages, they will still be the kings of large-scale battles. But the prolonged battle will also further enhance their strengths indirectly since their powerful spells can cripple their opponents, slowly or immediately.”