The Death List Novel - Chapter 279

Chapter 279 Pair By Pair
“Have you sent them all out?” Seeing that the little squirrel had returned safely, Qin Lun leaned against the sofa and looked at the surveillance projection with a smile. Now that all the cards on his body had been played, the effect would depend on the next change.

Originally, there were only five treasure map fragments left on his body, but two larger ones were torn apart by him and turned into seven pieces. Apart from three gifts to three of the six great experts, the other four smaller ones were sent to several other directions in the Dominating Battle Zone.

Qin Lun chose the two most ideal targets, but he couldn’t just look for them. One was that he wasn’t strong enough to fight head-on, and the other was that he had to consider whether there would be fishermen who would take advantage of him during the battle.

Therefore, before joining the battle, he had to complete two prerequisites. First, weaken the opponent’s strength, and then try to eliminate the interfering factors that would appear in the middle of the battle, so as to create the most ideal duel environment for him.

With Qin Lun’s current resources, he had this condition. Through surveillance, he had observed for several days and roughly grasped the daily activity areas of the six great experts, as well as the gathering places of the other surviving apostles.

In this way, he would have the opportunity to arrange for two to two battles between the six great experts to weaken his opponent and create an opportunity for him to pick up leaks.

As for the other surviving apostles, Qin Lun’s plan was simple. Using the remaining treasure map fragments to keep them away from the battlefields of the six great experts, they would try their best to create a relatively fair dueling environment for the six great experts.

Currently, there were still about 50 surviving apostles in this area. The center of the battle was the six great experts. They were the closest to the surveillance area of the Underground Research Institute. The other apostles were in the four corners of the war zone. Apart from searching for Atlantis’ apostle heritage, most of the apostles began to avoid the war in case their final efforts were in vain.

Qin Lun had artificially created a few small explosions at the parabolic points of the last four treasure map fragments. He had just used up a few grenades from the warehouse.

The remaining apostles would definitely be drawn into a chaotic battle by these treasure map fragments and would not be able to interfere with the duel between the six great experts. Naturally, the apostles who were focused on avoiding the last two days would no longer be fishermen. No matter what, Qin Lun had achieved his goal.

The duels Qin Lun had arranged for the six great experts were not randomly chosen. He had to determine which two people would have a chance of engaging in a fierce duel when they met.

Take the assassin and the bald MT for example. There was no doubt that the assassin was stronger than the other assassins. However, Baldy MT Liu Biao’s physique was extremely high, and he also possessed the Anti-Injury Aura, making him a natural enemy of melee professions. Even against the strongest assassin, he would not give up easily.

As long as the two of them were able to detect that there was no third party or trap nearby, the probability of a duel would be more than 70%. It wasn’t easy for others to be fishermen. The main reason was that the timing was very difficult to grasp.

If they appeared too early, they might be attacked by the two groups of people. If they appeared too late, then naturally, let’s not talk about anything else. Only Qin Lun, who was constantly staring at the surveillance projection and had a small mute leading the way in the sewer network, could be that fisherman.

Moreover, Monroe and the knight, the kung fu girl Monroe also had two companions. She was unlikely to retreat in front of a single opponent. Their trio was actually very sharp. In all seriousness, only two of the six great experts would not be afraid of this combination of three.

One was the strongest assassin, and the other was a female knight!

There was no need to mention the assassins. To him, the number of opponents was meaningless. The female knight was unwilling to retreat, nor could she retreat from the beginning. Her high defense and high attack, coupled with her summoned beast mount, made her explosive. As long as there was no powerful MT amongst her opponents, she was not afraid of being outnumbered.

Moreover, once the female knight was approached by the three of them to a certain distance, she would not be able to dodge the battle immediately. The knight’s fighting style was too clear and demanding, so her frequent area was in the park and the wide streets nearby.

If she hadn’t opened the distance between herself and the three of them and had chosen to avoid the battle, Monroe and the others might have forced her into a pile of ruins with many obstacles. Then her chances of failure would be very high. She didn’t die in battle, but died stupidly.

If the female knight hadn’t dodged the battle the moment she saw Monroe and the others, then the most likely choice would have been to use her strongest combat strength at the very beginning to kill the two followers beside Monroe.

Although Monroe’s combat strength was very strong, the kung fu girl belonged to that kind of dexterous martial artist. Facing the female knight’s fighting style, she really had no choice but to take care of her two weaker companions.

Qin Lun believed that there was a 50% chance of a battle between the two of them. If a battle broke out, it would be extremely fierce from the start, and the intensity would probably surpass the duel between the assassin and the bald MT.

The most difficult thing to predict was the final pair of experts, Long Feng and the puppet master. This puppet master’s fighting style was a bit similar to the summoner Qin Lun had encountered in the selection contest. The puppets on his body were of various types, and he had plenty of fighting modes. He was not afraid of opponents of any profession.

However, compared to that Summoner, this Puppet Master had plenty of combat experience and was extremely cautious. Qin Lun had watched his battles before. He had not been able to find any flaws in either the battle level or the mental level. For the first time, he felt like a mouse pulling a turtle was unable to do anything.

Qin Lun had no choice but to attack Long Feng. Not only did he give the bait for the treasure map fragment, he also deliberately used the one-eyed dragon’s eye patch to provoke Long Feng’s battle intent. The purpose was to make the swordsman pester the puppet master and provoke the anger of the puppet master.

However, even with so many arrangements, Qin Lun believed that the chances of the two fighting were less than 30%. These two fellows were smart people. Long Feng’s sword qi would cause great damage to the puppets, and the possibility of the puppet master avoiding the battle was extremely high.

Even though Long Feng’s fighting spirit was high, he had seen Qin Lun before. Although he didn’t know who killed his sniper companion, Qin Lun was the most suspicious. When he saw that the opponent of the battle was the puppet master, not Qin Lun, he would inevitably have doubts in his heart. As long as the two of them communicated with each other, they would definitely be able to see through Qin Lun’s intentions.

In view of this, Qin Lun arranged their battlefield in a corner, far away from the battlefield of the other two pairs of experts, so that they wouldn’t interfere with other people’s battles.

After thinking for a while, Qin Lun turned off most of the surveillance projections, leaving behind only the surveillance cameras that the three pairs of experts expected to meet. After several days of continuous monitoring, the energy of the equipment was almost depleted. Before the final battle arrived, he needed to save some energy.

The six experts would not fight immediately. It was almost dark now. In addition to the three groups of people who had received the duel invitation, they also had to test the dueling grounds on the treasure map fragment. The actual time to enter the dueling grounds should be tomorrow morning.

That time was also the time when Qin Lun estimated that the other three would most likely pass through the dueling arena after observing for a few days. At that time, they needed to go out hunting and prepare food for the day.

As for whether or not they could meet and truly enter a duel, they could only rely on a little bit of luck.

…

Yin Shi slowly opened her eyes and leaned against the upper body of the warhorse. The first ray of sunlight in the sky shone on her face. The female knight narrowed her eyes slightly and raised her hand to block the sunlight. She was too lazy to yawn.

The female knight had a delicate appearance, and her face was somewhat rigid. Her phoenix-eyed eyebrows and lips were tightly pursed, showing a neutral beauty.

Logically speaking, there were very few women who would change their profession and become armored knights. However, Yin Shi came from a noble family of knights. Before she became an apostle, although she was not a family knight, she was influenced by the fighting style and rules of the knights. As a result, she naturally embarked on the career path of a knight.

Perhaps it was the influence of her family, or perhaps Yin Shi really had the potential to be a knight. This profession was unexpectedly suitable for her, and she quickly embarked on the path of a true expert.

When Yin Shi entered the battle for supremacy, she did not search everywhere like the other apostles. Her range of activities was very fixed, and she moved in this area with the park as the center. She knew her strengths and weaknesses.

It was precisely because she was very clear about her position that she quickly won a place in the hegemony battle. Almost all of the apostles who challenged her in this region were defeated by her, and on several occasions even two or three apostle groups were defeated at the same time.

However, it was precisely because Yin Shi did not leave this area so easily that she had to give up on the pursuit of the losers. Many times, she had lost the opportunity to obtain the invitation letter. Hence, she was the least invited amongst the six great experts, with only five invitations.

In all seriousness, Yin Shi was also the weakest of the six great experts, excluding the influence of the terrain.

“It’s the last day and night!” Yin Shi stood up, patted her mount, and took off her helmet hanging from a tree branch.

Just as she was about to put on her helmet, her body suddenly stiffened slightly and she suddenly turned to look to the left. Her current location was an intersection in the park. It was spacious and convenient for her to attack and retreat. It was the most favorable terrain for her to fight in this area.

At this moment, under the sun, an apostle was cautiously walking towards her on the left.

The female knight’s mind spun in an instant. She quickly noticed that there were two auras slowly approaching from her right and back.

Surround Three Faults One! Are you being targeted? The female knight’s expression darkened. She immediately put on her helmet and stepped onto the warhorse.

“Yuyu!” The tall warhorse raised its front hooves high. The female knight raised her rifle horizontally beside the saddle, lowered her body, and charged at the enemy on the left without hesitation.

A man and a rider crossed a distance of more than a hundred meters like lightning. The steel spear protruding from his body reflected the brilliance of the morning sun, and the sharp tip of the spear flickered with a cold light that made one shiver.

Knights had never had the habit of retreating without a fight!