Underworld Player Chapter 15 - A Pair of Entities

Shadow Fiends, as those of the little boy's kind were known, were, like the Face-Borrowers, vengeful spirits with unique powers.

Being a spirit with a passion for knowledge, it had never taken the Players lightly, even those at low levels.

It had meticulously calculated every detail about this fight, from the angle of the sun to the choice of arena, down to the precise time and position of each party. Everything had gone according to plan, like clockwork, and it successfully lured the two Players into its perfect trap.

It had even positioned itself on the far side of the building, so that anyone on the ground would be unable to see the activity on the rooftop. In that way, it accounted for any Players who were on standby, delaying their response long enough for it to prepare its next move.

In terms of experience points, Players were like Boss creatures worth a hundred times that of a normal human. The promise of reaping a reward that much more satisfying was irresistible to the Shadow Fiend, and it thought the risk well worth taking.

Absorbing the three Players would have given the Shadow Fiend a huge power-up, which would make hunting down every human in the university a walk in the park. Thus, the plan was to devour them all in the shortest possible time and cruise to its next destination. The Shadow Fiend would have—should have—hit the jackpot, so to speak.

Everything about the situation should have been in the palm of its hand. It even knew that the Players assigned to the area would be no stronger than Level 3, given the circumstances. It had not underestimated the Players in any way, no—for all its meticulous planning, the one thing it never expected was the possibility that it would underestimate one of the normal humans.

...It hasn't even been three minutes! How did the human escape from the Shadow Dimension I constructed?

The boy gaped like a fish, as if he wanted to say something, but it was too late. That one bash straight to the dome had knocked it off-balance, giving Wu Hua the opportunity to s

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