186: Chapter 186 Robin Hood and Special Skills

"Tap, tap, tap..."

Heavy, sluggish metallic footsteps echoed hollowly through the corridor on the second floor of the abandoned grand library.

Hiding behind a thick mahogany bookshelf, Chu He felt a bead of cold sweat seep onto his forehead.

He stared intently at the glowing blue [Fate Summon] button on his retina, his thumb hovering in mid-air, but he forcibly stopped himself.

"Cannot press it."

Chu He calculated rapidly in his mind.

10 Mana points would definitely only get him a 1-star or 2-star low-level Servant. If he ran into one of those thick-skinned Defender-class Servants in this narrow terrain, a direct confrontation would absolutely be a death sentence.

What was worse, summoning a Servant would produce dazzling magical light and sound effects!

This was equivalent to holding up a large torch in this dark forest, actively shouting to the hunter, "I'm here, come and kill me!"

"Hoo..."

Chu He took a deep breath, suppressed his breathing to the lowest level, and pressed his body tightly against the back of the dust-covered bookshelf.

"Bang!"

The door to the library reading room was kicked open violently.

Through the gaps in the bookshelf, Chu He and the audience in the live stream clearly saw a Spartan soldier holding a massive tower shield and clad in bronze heavy armor, guarding a wary player as they walked in.

2-star Servant — Leonidas!

"Damn it, why doesn't this crappy library have even one high-level supply crate?"

The player irritably kicked away a pile of old books on the floor, cursing, "I worked so hard to save up 50 Mana points, and this is what I pulled? It doesn't even have an attack skill, it can only act as a turtle!"

The player rummaged around the reading room, found nothing of value, and then, still cursing, led the heavy infantryman toward the stairwell to the third floor.

Not until the footsteps completely disappeared upstairs did Chu He let out a long sigh of relief, his tense muscles finally relaxing.

"Holy crap, Chu Shen's composure is impressive!"

"That heavy infantryman was less than two meters away from him, right? I was so scared through the screen I didn't dare to breathe!"

"If it were someone less composed, they would have pressed summon, and definitely would have been smashed to pieces along with the summoning circle by that shield."

Seeing the praise in the comments, Chu He smiled slightly and lowered his voice to speak to the live stream:

"Brothers, remember one thing: in this kind of 100-player battle royale, the one who survives to the end often isn't the best fighter, but the one who can hide the best."

"Our goal isn't to kill as many Servants as possible, but to utilize map resources to maximize our gains!"

After saying this, like a true ghost, Chu He began a meticulous "carpet search" of the first and second floors of the massive library.

It had to be said that although the abandoned grand library wasn't a high-level resource area, its advantage was its large size and complex layout of rooms.

Like a hamster, Chu He rummaged through storage rooms, under desks, and even in the ceiling ventilation ducts, digging out a dozen scattered Spiritron Crystals.

What surprised him even more was that in a restricted book storage room deep within the library, he actually found a high-level supply crate emitting a faint blue glow!

"Click."

The box opened.

[Obtained High-Purity Spiritron Crystal x150!]

Chu He's eyes lit up instantly; adding the scattered Mana he had scavenged earlier, his total Mana value had broken through the 300-point mark!

"That's about enough."

Chu He glanced at the holographic map; the corrupted poison circle on the outermost perimeter had already begun to shrink.

"300 Mana points, while not enough to pull those gods with light-polluting Noble Phantasms, is enough to draw a trump card with significant strategic value."

He walked into an underground library vault with no windows and only one iron door. After ensuring it was absolutely safe, he finally pressed his finger heavily onto the [Fate Summon] button!

"System! Dump all 300 Mana points into this! All-in!"

"Hum—!"

Accompanied by a violent spatial fluctuation, a complex magic summoning circle instantly lit up on the metal floor beneath Chu He's feet.

However, the light emitted by the summoning circle was a lifeless silver-white.

Three silver rings slowly rotated around the perimeter of the magic circle.

"Hey, silver rings?! 300 Mana points, and it really only guaranteed a 3-star?"

Chu He's heart skipped a beat, and his face turned dark.

The live stream chat instantly flooded with "Unlucky," "Hahaha, Chu Shen got the guaranteed pull," and "Classic all-in for fodder."

Accompanied by the ruthless mockery of the live stream, the light faded.

A Servant wearing a jade-green hooded cloak and holding a strange longbow knelt on one knee before Chu He.

Most of his face was hidden in the shadow of his hood, and his mouth curled into a lazy yet deadly smile.

"Archer, responding to the summon. Well, although you look like a weak Master, since you've paid enough Mana, I'll reluctantly work for you."

[3-star Servant · Archer Class: Robin Hood]!

Chu He had originally looked at the Servant panel before him with some disappointment, but immediately after, he suddenly gasped.

Because he discovered that although Robin Hood was only 3-star, he came with a special skill that could be called a "god-tier cheat" in this battle royale mode—

[No Face King]: Upon activation, erases the presence and aura of oneself and the Master, entering a state of complete invisibility until an attack is launched or area-of-effect damage is taken.

"Heaven is helping me, brothers!"

Chu He laughed wildly in the live stream, "With this skill, what the hell do I have to fear from Defender-class Servants! Today, I'll show you what it means to be a 'top-tier camper's thousand-layer trap'!"

Five minutes later.

On a corridor that was a necessary path from the grand library to the outer plaza.

Twenty-some Spiritron Crystals emitting an alluring blue glow were scattered in the middle of the path in a strange yet eye-catching way.

In the shadows not far from this pile of crystals, under the protection of [No Face King], Chu He and Robin Hood had completely blended into the environment, with even the heat of their breathing perfectly concealed.

"Master, will anyone really fall for such a clumsy trap?"

Robin Hood leaned against the wall, idly toying with the poison arrow in his hand.

"Don't worry, no one can refuse free money."

Chu He answered confidently through the team voice chat.

Sure enough.

Less than two minutes later, a rush of footsteps came from the end of the corridor.

A player covered in sweat, having just narrowly escaped from the edge of the poison circle, was panting heavily while leaning against the wall.

Beside him followed a Lancer Servant holding a long spear and looking quite formidable—Cu Chulainn.

"Damn, I almost got caught in the crossfire of those gods fighting just now..."

The player wiped sweat while vigilantly looking around.

Suddenly, his gaze locked onto the pile of blue light in the middle of the corridor!

"Holy crap! Is that... Mana Crystals?! There are over twenty of them?!"

The player's eyes went wide instantly.

"Could it be the loot dropped by a Master who was eliminated here just now? Or is it random supplies refreshed by the system?"

He swallowed hard; the greed in his heart ultimately overcame his reason.

"Lancer, you stand at the intersection and keep watch, I'm going to go pick up that Mana!"

The player gave the order to the Servant, then rushed impatiently toward the center of the corridor, happily squatted down, and began frantically stuffing the Mana Crystals into his bag.

"Hahahaha! I'm rich, I'm rich!"