The awakeners nearby immediately tried to help, warriors darting toward the mysterious assassin in a desperate attempt to intercept his killer moves. Mages and archers held their fire, unable to attack without risking catastrophic collateral damage with their Lord in the line of fire and the Mountain Bear still very much alive.

"He-he," the figure giggled softly as its attack flashed toward the Base Lord's head once more in an attempt to behead him again.

At the last moment, the figure switched stances with surprising mobility and leapt in a graceful arc above the Base Lord's defensive stance and dove down with the dagger aimed directly at his skull from above.

As the strongest awakener in the base, the Lord's combat experience was extensive. He felt the change in trajectory immediately and looked up, shifting all his defensive positioning upward to intercept the aerial assault.

At that crucial moment, a massive spear of earth erupted directly from beneath the Base Lord's feet, tearing through his chest without resistance. The stone spike had been conjured by the Mountain Bear, which had taken advantage of the distraction to execute a perfectly timed coordinated attack with the assassin despite being attacked by the others in the battlefield.

The assassin landed several meters away, then vanished completely as if they'd never existed.

'Is that a class skill? Or is that some sort of equipment. It's so strong, I can't even sense the assassin through my heat sense skill, maybe because it has low proficiency?' Moon thought grimly.

The thought of his heat sense skill being too weak was ignored the moment after it arrived. Whilst his proficiency was low, Kael had mastered the skill, perhaps even evolved it too. So, there would be no reason for him to not say anything if he could see the assassin, unless the distance was too far for Kael to perceive the assassin during his invisibility.

Moon's mind kept going through the the possibilities, until one specific thought emerged

Maybe…he… Moon thought with growing horror, as he stared at Kael's aloof expression. The thought that came to his mind was incredibly concerning.

He kept the thought in mind, not discarding it, despite its absurdity. He knew that anything could happen in this sanctuary, and he needed to be ready for anything, at any time.

The Base Lord coughed out a mouthful of blood before collapsing to the ground, his body losing all strength as the earth spear dissolved back into soil.

Within seconds, the Base Lord spawned once again. But this time his face was as pale as a ghost, his entire body trembling violently. His legs quivered and gave out beneath him, forcing him to one knee.

The debuff from multiple rapid deaths had taken hold. He was in no condition to continue fighting.

The awakeners nearby immediately formed a tight protective circle around the fallen Lord, shields raised and weapons ready.

But the situation had shifted catastrophically. Their leader was incapacitated. An assassin of unknown capability was somewhere on the battlefield with perfect stealth. And the Mountain Bear remained undefeated.

Moon grew more worried about his own safety. He couldn't protect himself from an opponent he couldn't see. Moon didn't have nearly enough experience to predict where the opponent could attack from.

Feeling threatened by the hidden threat, Moon took a huge risk. He darted towards Kael's group, staying close with them.

Kael turned his head towards Moon that had joined their fray.

Moon ignored the look they gave him shamelessly, and asked. "How are we going to deal with these two? There is a powerful assassin that we can't see, and a powerful beast with terrifying defensive and offensive power."

Marcus was the only one to reply. "This is going to be tough."

As Moon and Kael's group began exchanging words, the lord of the base was being escorted by those around him. The rumor of the base lord having a single life left had spread amongst the awakeners, terrifying them.

The base lord had been defeated, and ambushed. He was in no shape to fight against two extremely powerful opponents, and they were somehow supposed to do that.

The thought of abandoning the base filled the minds of many. Bases could be re-built, and changed. They couldn't. Once they were dead for real, they were dead, and the base lord wasn't going to do anything about it.

Barely seconds had passed since the base lord's retreat, when low level awakeners ranging from 9 to 15 began abandoning the battlefield, running away from the terrifying Three-armed Mountain Bear, and the hidden assassin, that might ambush them at any moment, beheading them.

Seeing that spectacle, Moon began to grow more anxious.

He stared at his status in frustration.

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[ Name: Moon ]

[ Race: Human ]

[ Class: Classless, Pyromancer]

[ Level: 21 ][ 18% ]

[ Lives: 5129 ]

[ Strength: 32 ] [ Agility: 34 ] [ Constitution: 35 ] [ Mana: 48 ] (+5 to all stats)

[ Attribute Points: 0 ]

[ Skills: Elemental Attack, Five Element Affinity, Tenacity, Silver Skin, Pyromantic Affinity, Explosive Flame, Heat Sense(Limited Time)]

[ Talent: Grim Reaper ]

[ Class Skill: Class Slot {1/1} ]

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[Explosive Flame]

[Rank: Rare]

[Proficiency: 81%]

[Details: You can conjure flames that detonate on impact. The size of the explosion scales with mana invested. Detonation radius: 2 meters. Explosions affect all targets within the radius, including the caster. +160% Damage.]

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His progress towards the next level had been stagnant, barely moving up as most of the beasts he killed were at a much lower level, providing little to no experience at all.

His live accumulation was slowly increasing too, most of his kills provided 5 lives whilst the highest he'd been getting was twenty at a time.

He knew that this would totally change when he killed the Three-armed Mountain Bear, or the hidden assassin. But that would be difficult, incredibly difficult to do.

The beast was at a higher level with high affinity towards the earth element, and the assassin countered him, an assassin was a mage's worst nightmare.

Currently, his explosive flame matched the damage output of his fire-based Elemental Attack. Based on the current trajectory of the battle, Moon was confident that practicing was no longer a smart move, especially with two powerful enemies, compared to one.

Thus, Moon was ready to start casting lightening based attacks at any given moment.

I don't believe that I won't be able to hold my ground when using my lightening element.

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