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Thus, Kain could endlessly squeeze dry the monster army of "that thing" without worrying about exceeding his capacity to handle it. And this was without Kain having to actively seek it out, the food was already being offered right to his mouth.

As for how Kain was able to determine the monster landing time almost exactly, this wasn't actually that difficult.

Although it seemed like he was attacking randomly, Kain had always circled around the monster army to check beforehand.

Kain would only zone off a specific area, and after confirming that the area was free of monsters, he would calculate how long it would take for the monsters to travel from the edge of the area to the center, which was Kain's target. That way, regardless of whether the monsters arrived in time or not, Kain would retreat after that time was up.

It's like if the enemy needs at least a minute to come and get him, then no matter if the enemy comes at one minute and one second or one minute and ten seconds, he doesn't care. Because he will always leave at the fifty-ninth second.

That's why Kain created the illusion that he was "lucky" enough to escape in the last little while.

In the mist, Kain sat leaning against a corner, fatigue flashing through his eyes.

Just now, Kain repeated the same trick again.

Explore, destroy a legion of monsters, and escape with the little time left.

The benefits are truly amazing.

[Level]: 0

[Ability]:

-[Thunder Magic ★★]:

+[Thunder Spear level 2] 0/200

+[Thunder Arrow level 2] 0/200

+[Thunder Descend level 1] 0/150

+[Thunder Flash level 2] 0/250

+[Thunder Control level 3] 0/350

-[Enhancement Magic ★★]:

+[Enhancement Magic level 2] 96/700

-[Fire Magic ★★]:

+[Fire Cannon level 1] 0/150

+[Fire Blade level 1] 0/150

+[Fire Storm level 1] 0/200

+[Fire Burst level 1] 0/200

-[Spirit Magic ★] 1014/1500 (+314):

+[Seek level Max]

+[Imitative level Max]

+[Mind Sense level Max]

-[Life Magic ★] 0/1500 :

+[Heal level Max]

Seeing that there were less than 500 skill points left to complete the goal, Kain couldn't help but smile.

But then, his face turned pale.

The effect is amazing, but the evils are also very obvious.

Not only did Kain have to calculate the timing extremely precisely, he also had almost no access to any additional energy outside of the range.

If it weren't for the three magic systems that had reached mid-class support, Kain would have collapsed by now.

But even with three sources of energy at his disposal, Kain's strength was not limitless.

Not to mention, he still has another problem.

His trick can only be used one more time.

If Kain only managed to escape just in time once, then it could be blamed on luck. But if he could barely escape a second time, and the situation was exactly the same as the first time, even a normal person would have doubts, not to mention "that thing" having a strategic mind.

However, none of these things could escape Kain's thoughts. Whatever it could think, whatever it might think, Kain, who had more information, could simulate exactly the same.

He knew that, despite his extreme suspicion, "that thing" would still repeat the same tactic a third time to confirm it for sure, giving Kain the opportunity to continue earning skill points.

Because that thing has the opportunity to try and make mistakes, has many opportunities to correct mistakes, so it will not hesitate to do so.

In particular, Kain can overpower "that thing", and "that thing" can similarly penetrate deeper into understanding how Kain's mind works.

This battle, on the surface, looked like any other normal hunt.

But deep down, both sides want to be hunters. And to be a hunter, you have to be superior to your opponent in terms of information and mind.
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"Really... I just wanted to collect some skill points, but I still have to compete with a monster..."

Kain sighed, slowly stood up and disappeared into the grey mist.

Whoever can grasp more information and calculate further is qualified to become a hunter.

For now, he still wins.

…

The center of the lonely fortress.

Beneath the darkness, the mysterious eyes of "that thing" flickered slightly, revealing a rare look of contemplation.

Obviously, it had guessed that Kain had not only read its strategy, but had also completely exploited its strategy to gain the benefits he wanted.

Of course, this couldn't be completely determined yet, so it decided to maintain the old strategy until Kain made another move to confirm.

Anyway, there were still many soldiers in the hands of "that thing", Kain killed many, but the monsters were even more numerous.

He was able to fight this huge amount of monsters all by himself thanks to this mist protecting him.

So, "that thing" designed a new strategy on top of the old one.

If Kain possessed such a strong reading ability, it wouldn't mind letting Kain read it again.

Afraid Kain won't be able to read it and it will affect its plans.

…

Seeing the monsters not far away, Kain nodded slightly, which proved that his guess was not wrong.

Now, it's time to go hunting.

Suppressing the fatigue that was rising in his body, Kain charged towards the monsters.

Thunder and lightning struck again, signaling the imminent death. After a fierce killing spree, Kain wearily fled the scene before the monster could reach him.

This time, the chance to earn a bunch of skill points at once is gone.

[Level]: 0

[Ability]:

-[Thunder Magic ★★]:

+[Thunder Spear level 2] 0/200

+[Thunder Arrow level 2] 0/200

+[Thunder Descend level 1] 0/150

+[Thunder Flash level 2] 0/250

+[Thunder Control level 3] 0/350

-[Enhancement Magic ★★]:

+[Enhancement Magic level 2] 96/700

-[Fire Magic ★★]:

+[Fire Cannon level 1] 0/150

+[Fire Blade level 1] 0/150

+[Fire Storm level 1] 0/200

+[Fire Burst level 1] 0/200

-[Spirit Magic ★] 1307/1500 (+293):

+[Seek level Max]

+[Imitative level Max]

+[Mind Sense level Max]

-[Life Magic ★] 0/1500 :

+[Heal level Max]

With "that thing", the following strategies will no longer use this "burning army" method.

So, Kain classified the possible situations that could happen next into two categories, which were also one ways to deal with an enemy that had the ability to think and read strategically.

This is the diversion, two-layer or multiple-layer of strategy, one layer is to blind the enemy, the deeper layer is the real purpose.

With the amount of resources in hand, "that thing" has many paths to exploit the diversionary strategy.

However, considering this place was not a normal situation, but a map covered in fog, effective strategies were actually very limited.

Kain speculated that "that thing" would use a strategy of deploying troops, not just thinly, but very, very thinly.

Disperse the monsters one by one to every corner of the western garrison area.

Then wait for Kain to take the bait.

As soon as he destroys a monster, "that thing" will immediately locate Kain's location.

At that time, instead of sending troops to attack Kain as usual, it would instead call the monsters to retreat away from that place, at the same time forming a large siege that surrounded the surrounding area.

In this move, there are two points to note for it to happen.

First, because the monsters were so widely dispersed, sending troops to attack Kain not only made it easier for him to destroy each unit, but also made it easier for him to break through the siege.

Second, it's very difficult to actually kill Kain even with a hundred monsters, including Nightcrawler. Of course, a reckless person could gamble on how many monsters they can bring down, but that's not a very practical measure for someone with so many ways to go.

So, that siege is of course just an illusion.

Their real purpose is to stall for as long as possible. At the same time, control Kain's position.

This may seem a bit confusing, but just understand that no matter which direction Kain tries to break through from, another encirclement will quickly form, placing him at the center.

If he does nothing, he will be locked inside that circle.

If he does anything, he just jumps from one circle to another.

Furthermore, the monsters that "that thing" consumes are extremely few.

Next, there is the issue of time.

At first glance, it seems to be a way to stall for time until Kain is exhausted. But its purpose is much deeper.

With large resources, of course it must use large resources to the fullest.

"That thing" not only possessed the monsters located in the western garrison area, but also many other monster legions in other areas of the lonely fortress.

And what Kain meant was, all of the above was just a time-buying tactic, a diversion until "that thing" could surround the troops around the western garrison area.

This obviously takes quite a bit of time to spread out.

So what does this move do? And why would it do that?

Behind every seemingly odd behavior there is a reason.

If it were to let the monster army enter the western garrison area through the three neighboring areas, the northern garrison area, the southern garrison area, and the western living area, then it would leave the west side empty. Once it discovered that something was wrong, Kain could completely choose to rush to the west to escape.