Child of Destiny-Novel

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,m Bang!

Shin and his gang kind another bunch of dark players who were a local of the Blind Abyss Empire.

He has been hunting both monster and dark players since he arrived in this place as he made his way towards the said Ancient Ruins which was recently discovered by the Undying Guild.

Based on the information that Shin got from the Assassin Union, the Ancient Ruins was located in the center of the Blind Abyss Empire which was also near its capital city; Death City – which was most commonly known as the City of the Dead.

Death City was known as that name because it was a lawless place where anyone could do whatever they want. Killing, robbing, and any other evil deeds were 'legal' in this City.

The crime rate in this City was quite high which even reached the point where most of the players residing in the Death City refused to use the Teleportation Hall of the City.

Because whoever wanted to use the teleportation formation was either going to get robbed by the strong players waiting in the City Plaza that place or were going to be killed by the peak experts who could kill the latter group in an instant.

Either way, the outcome of both cases was practically the same. And that was getting killed by either group of players.

At the same time, the Teleportation Hall also became a symbol of power within the City. Whoever had the guts to use such a convenient form of transportation could either be a very strong individual or a member of a powerful Guild.

But that didn't mean that those players were exempted from getting robbed. After all, there was always been a dumb group of people who were blinded by their greed in whichever part of the world. So, they would always be trying to 'test' the strengths of the players who were coming out of the Teleportation Hall.

Shin didn't have any idea about this matter. So, he just blindly teleported to the Death City right after he arrived at the bordering city of the Blind Abyss Empire.

Given that, he was quite surprised when he was suddenly being besieged by a large group of players right after he walked out of the Teleportation Hall.

At first, he thought that he unexpectedly exposed himself that he didn't come from this Empire. After all, it was the most logical reason why he suddenly got attacked by a group of players right after he arrived in this place.

But he also immediately discovered that it wasn't the case. Because when he swept his eyes in his surroundings, he discovered that whoever got out from the Teleportation Hall was also being attacked by another group of players.

So, Shin thought that it might be a local custom of the city to 'welcome' the players who were coming to visit this place.

Regardless, Shin didn't dare to underestimate his opponents and decided to not hold himself back. But at the same time, he was also not planning to attract a lot of attention since one of his mortal enemies was the current ruler of this place.

Having that in mind, Shin quickly showed one of the tricks that he mastered from the special training that he got.

'Extra Skill: Sensing Circle'

Shin expanded the range of his senses which led to one of his skills being activated. But unlike before, he now had full control of this 'territorial skill'.

Since the time he came back in the game, he immediately made some experiments with some of his skills to make himself familiar with the virtual world once again.

But to his surprise, the new update of the game made it easier for him to assimilate himself with the environment of the game. And because of that, applying the things that he learned from the Real World became much easier compared to the last time he played the game.

After learning about the 'False Territory' and 'Focal Points' from Professor Plum and also learning the trick of 'separating the mind from the body' from Grandmaster Benn, Shin was able to create a new trick of his own where those skills were combined into one.

He could create a 'False Territory' using his Martial-Arts and Battle Instincts while also using his Mental Energy and Mentalism Sense at the same time so that he could clearly read the trajectories of the attacks which were coming his way.

And due to this trick, Shin was able to perceive everything within his 'False Territory' – and so, he named it as simple as the 'Zone'.

So, since his skill inside the game called the 'Sensing Circle' was practically the same as his 'Zone' in the real world, using such in-game skill became as easy as flipping his hand.

Given that, Shin was able to sense all of the movements within the range of his 'Sensing Circle'. And after reading the trajectories of the incoming attacks, he started moving his body according to what he sensed.

He started walking forward with a calm expression while also dodging all of the attacks with a series of simple moments.

Moving from side to side, taking a slight step backward, striding forward, doing a quick spin, or tilting his head towards the most optimal direction.

He didn't bother to draw his sword from its sheath, but he still managed to avoid everything with all of those simple movements. And since he had the lesser form of 'Ultra Instincts' inside this game, dodging a simple attack such as these became a child's play for him.

But what stunned his assailants the most was the speed of how he executed all of those moments. The process was seemingly a long series of events – but in fact, it only took almost an instant for Shin to execute all of those.

For veteran 'hunters' such as themselves, ambushing a peak expert became a daily basis for them. That was why they were executing a perfectly formulated plan just to take down their targets.

But their perfectly linked attacks didn't even manage to graze the body of this particular guy. Moreover, he even leisurely walked away from the scene as if nothing had happened.

The leader of the group was even more shocked compared to the others since he also activated a 'Silencing Domain Skill' to prevent their target from using any kind of movement skill.

Meaning, what he just witnessed was a series of pure physical movements!

On the other hand, Shin just left the place, not caring about the state of their minds.

But after that incident, Shin still didn't expect that the local customs on this place were quite 'convenient'. All sorts of criminal deeds seemed to be all legal in this Empire.

He was repeatedly being ambushed no matter where he was in, and all of those attacks were done with no apparent reason aside from planning to rob him.

He planned to ignore them since they didn't pose any kind of threat to him. But after realizing that it was impossible to ignore the seemingly never-ending attacks, he decided to rob all of his assailants instead. So, whoever tried to rob him would always be going home naked in return.

Due to that, no one dared to attack him within the vicinity of the Death City anymore. And that game Shin a peaceful time to look for the Ancient Ruins in the controlled territory of the Undying Guild.

But since he was enemies with the said Guild in the first place, he decided to start hunting their members along with the Demonic and Corrupted Monsters along the way.

And since the Undying Guild was currently in an all-out war with the Central Order, every Undying Guild member that he attacked thought that he was from the latter group. So, everything became favorable for him without paying any kind of heavy consequence in return.

"Master, can we stay in this place for as long as we can? I really like staying here," said Grimrace as he absorbed the dark aura from the Demonic Monster that he just killed.

He was currently acting respectful to Shin because of the abundance of dark energy in this area. At the same time, he was also afraid that he was going to be sent into the pet's dimensional space if he ever provoked Shin accidentally.

On the other hand, Shin didn't care much about it. As long as Grimrace was doing his job right, then he was going to let him do whatever he wanted.

Meanwhile, Vladimir was still stuck with his narcissistic attitude. He was calling the whole region a filthy place, so he was refusing to set foot on the ground even for a moment.

But after learning that there were a lot of Demonic Beings in this place, he immediately volunteered to kill every last one of them no matter if they were a player or a monster.

In the meantime, Hanzo was shaking his head helplessly after seeing the 'over energetic' pair when doing their respective jobs.

Then he turned his head at Shin who was currently immersed in the virtual map right in front of him. "How was it? Are we still far from our target location?"

Shin didn't reply to him immediately since he was still busy finding the exact location of the Ancient Ruins. He got the information about the major region where the Ruins were probably located.

But since the Undying Guild and Central Order pulled the strings behind the scene, they were able to hide the exact location of the Ancient Ruins from the public.

So, all Shin could do was to follow the tracks left from the battles of the Undying Guild and Central Order. And using all of the information that he got so far, he now had the major idea where the exact location of the Ancient Ruins was located.

Given that, he tapped a certain place on the virtual map and marked it before muttering to himself. "I finally found you."

He then raised his head and turned it towards the direction that he marked on the virtual map before giving out an order. "Alright, boys! Wrap everything up. We finally found our target."

Right after said those words, his Elemental Spirits immediately cleaned the battlefield before positioning themselves right behind Shin.

And when Shin waved his hand after mounting on Whitie's back, all of them simultaneously transformed into different streaks of light which immediately rushed towards the direction that Shin was pointing at.

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