48 Hours a Day

Sauk tried her best to suppress the sound of her breathing. There was a reason why she had chosen to escape to this place.

50 meters away, she had personally dug the bear trap. The pit was four meters deep, six meters long, and three meters wide, and there was also a sharpened wooden stake at the bottom.

Only a thin wooden board in the middle could be used to walk. Sauk had attached soil to the board so that it couldn’t be seen from the outside. If Zhang Heng followed her footsteps, he would be doomed if he made the wrong step, and even if he didn’t, it would be useless to traverse the thin wooden board.

Since the wooden board had been carefully selected by Sauk, it could bear her weight. With Zhang Heng’s weight, however, it would definitely break, which meant that Zhang Heng would still fall into the trap, and he would end up gutted.

As if to prove Sauk’s hypothesis, the next moment, she really heard the sound of the wooden board breaking. Something had fallen into the trap!

A hint of excitement flashed across Sauk’s cold, vicious eyes. However, she wasn’t in a hurry. Instead, she stuck her head out from behind the rock and quickly looked outside to ensure that she didn’t see Zhang Heng anywhere nearby. At that moment, her heart calmed.

Holding her shotgun, she approached the trap one step at a time. She checked her harvest, but all she saw was a rock.

Sauk’s face filled with shock. At the same time, a bad feeling rose in her heart. However, it was already too late. A figure silently jumped down from the tree behind her.

Zhang Heng didn’t even shoot. He merely kicked the hawk into the trap that it had dug herself.

The latter’s chest, arms, and neck were pierced by the sharp wooden stakes. She died a miserable death.

The next moment, the other players in the wheat field received a system notification.

[Successfully killed one Loki avatar. Remaining avatars: 3. Loki’s strength has been reduced by 20%. Obtained 20 points. Please check the relevant information on the character interface…]

Up until now, Zhang Heng had already killed two Loki avatars. Each time he lost one, Loki’s strength would be reduced by 10%. In other words, once he killed five of Loki’s avatars, his opponent would only have 50% of his strength left.

Of course, Loki at 50% of his strength was still not easy to deal with, but it was at least much better than facing Loki in his full form. Thus, Zhang Heng remained dissatisfied even after he’d killed Sauk. He simply packed up and returned to the helicopter, moving toward the location of Loki’s next incarnation.

The murals in Sauk’s room also pointed him in the right direction. However, before that, Zhang Heng had to find a safe place to send the wounded Kui.

“Let’s go to the medical center. The bullet in her body needs to be removed immediately,” the doctor suggested. “The people in the town evacuated in a hurry, so there should be beds, medicine, operating theatre, and medical equipment. I can work on her there.”

“Okay.”

Zhang Heng flew the chopper to the hospital. Coincidentally, the third avatar he was looking for happened to be there.

…..

Loki wore an ugly expression on his face. After all, anyone who suddenly lost 20% of their strength would be very unhappy. Even in the game, he could not help but complain, “What kind of stupid rule is this? I can only watch as my avatars get wiped out one by one. And then it’s my turn?”

The boy shook his head. “It was you who changed the main storyline mission to killing you halfway. The organizing committee once warned the gods of the dungeons not to go down on their own, especially to participate in the main storyline mission. You see, this is the meaning of the existence of the rules.”

“Tsk. Your long speech sounds like an excuse to protect the player with the number 07958. interesting. Even you are interested in him?” Loki wasn’t angry, rubbing his hands in excitement instead. “Then the next thing will be even more interesting.”

“What exactly do you want to do?” Little boy frowned and said warily. He finally put down the chess piece in his hand and looked at the god of lies and trickery.

“Don’t worry, I’m just here to have some fun. You know me, I just can’t stay idle. When I saw that old bastard Kronos being so sneaky, I couldn’t help but want to deal some damage… well, I can’t consider it damage. Maybe one day, that Zhang Heng will thank me. Besides, didn’t you spend so much effort to gather all the agents together just to see who is more powerful? To resolve the dispute among the gods and to get a cut of the cake of the new market? What a cliché method. You have no intention at all.”

“So?”

“So I’ll do you a favor and help you share some of the workload. It’s a very simple thing, to begin with, and there’s no need to make it so complicated. It’s divided into one round, two rounds, three rounds, and so on…”

Loki looked as if he was saying, “I just want to criticize this complicated and lengthy bureaucratic system.”

However, he said with conviction instead, “There’s no need to serve desserts anymore. Just bring the main dishes to the table and get the carnival started!”

The little boy’s face darkened. He finally stood up from the ground. Standing at only 1.4 meters tall, his shadow filled the entire room when he stood up. And under the intense pressure, even Loki looked three centimeters shorter.

That indifferent smile, however, still remained on the latter’s face. A figure wearing a hood and a sleeve sword on his arm quietly moved behind him from the kitchen, and in the direction of the bedroom, the real Kratos also walked out with his Leviathan ax on his back.

Loki whistled.

“The welcoming effect is not bad.”

The little boy said calmly, “It is said that Odin once tied you up with your son’s intestines and let poisonous snakes continuously spit venom on your face. And I can keep you in my game world forever without these things.”

“I don’t doubt that. You’re the most powerful new god at the moment, and there’s no doubt that you can do whatever you want to me, but I also believe that you won’t,” Loki said with a smile, “Don’t forget that I’m also the boss guarding this dungeon. Without me, the players won’t have any monsters to fight. You Can’t send your muscular man and assassin to replace me, right? Although it’s not impossible, it’s like dipping lychee in sesame oil. It stinks, okay?”

“Other than that…” Loki paused, smiled even more happily, and spread his hands, “… it’s useless even if you force me to stay. What should have happened will still happen. By the way, even you know about the game organizing committee by the gods. Don’t tell me you think I’m still working alone?

“Although my ally isn’t in the best mental state, he’s a very hardworking and good person. He’s basically done all the preparatory work. As for me, I’ve only helped him a little during this period of time. I mainly used my smart brain to formulate and perfect his plan. However, the next part isn’t something that I can control.. I’m just a spectator that brought his own stool and melon seeds.”