The night was deep, and the blood moon hung high. A nightmarish fog enveloped the streets of Akron, and the howls of fanatics could be heard from far and near.

It undoubtedly takes a lot of courage to play a violin in such an eerie environment, not to mention the eerie church not far away from which is the headquarters of the mad cult and the palace of Higgs, the most dangerous man in Akron.

There was a fountain in the middle of the small square outside the door of the cathedral of the fanatics, and at this moment Anthony Fogel was standing next to the hot spring, playing the violin, and looking nervously around, and saw the large crowd of fanatics gathered towards the place where he was, and his scalp could not help tingling.

"Brother, is this tactic designed by you and Mr. Roland really effective? Brother Fogel is already surrounded by monsters, and if the plan doesn't work, the unlucky guy will be torn to shreds by the monsters. Holden's attitude is not to say that he is worried about Anthony or gloating.

"In order to eliminate the madmen lurking around the cathedral as quickly as possible, we have to find a way to attract them out, and there is no other means in our team that is up to the task better than the Bard's Ecstasy, and if Anthony is not allowed to take the risk, who do you think will be able to take his place?" Grofa hid behind the ruins and observed the situation in the square opposite, talking to his brother in a low voice.

"Well, there's only two poets here, and if Fogel doesn't go, then ......" Holden scratched his head, realizing for the first time that he had chosen such a dangerous profession.

Anthony's performance continued, and more and more fanatics were attracted by the magical sound of the piano, and took the initiative to come out of those dark corners and gather around him to listen intently. Creatures affected by the Bard's "Ecstasy" do not actively attack the player, but simply surround the player and act as an audience. Anthony was not worried that these fanatics who were bewitched by the sound of the piano tore himself apart, and had just found a little feeling of having a concert, when suddenly there was a strange and familiar chanting in his ears.

"There is a noise...... In the shadow of the building about a hundred yards from the square, the female ranger, who had the sharpest hearing in the adventuring team, priped up her ears vigilantly, listened for a few seconds, and then turned to Roland and said: "Anthony plays the violin so well, even the 'troubadour' was attracted by the sound of the piano, and came to cheer him on." ”

"Huh?! Isn't it the kind of banshee with a big eyeball on her neck again......" Audrey's face changed when she heard the name of "The Bard", remembering what happened to her yesterday, and the hand holding the gun couldn't help but tremble slightly.

Grofa opened the Mirror of the Enemy and confirmed that an unusually bright red speck was rapidly approaching Anthony's location, moving in a discontinuous trajectory, but flickering and disappearing suddenly, and reappearing half an inch away the next. According to the proportional relationship of the mirror scale, it is not difficult to calculate that the "troubadour" must move at least a hundred yards away each time it flashes, and calculate it at this speed......

"It will take a minute at most for the Bard to reach Anthony, the situation is a bit dangerous, why don't you start the action early?" Grophas looked at Roland.

"Don't worry, let's lead that 'bard' into the trap and solve it together." Roland turned back to Lyudmila, Audrey, and Holden and said, "Close your eyes so that you don't get targeted by the chanter." ”

"I'm not afraid!" Audrey replied stubbornly and loudly. However, he was glared at by his brother fiercely, so he had to obediently turn his back and close his eyes, and pouted unconvinced.

At the same time, Roland told Anthony the news of the unexpected appearance of the "Bard" through the "telepathic connection", telling him to keep his eyes closed while playing "Ecstasy".

Anthony was visibly deeply hurt by the bad news, and threw him a wretched look from a hundred yards away, surrounded by madmen, and then closed his eyes as if he were at home.

The fanatics gathered around him were all confused by the sound of the piano, and they just watched the artist aggressively without harming them. The "bard" who came after was not so easily confused, and Anthony's performance sounded more like a provocation to her, chanting and continuously teleporting, and a few flashes of time swooped within a hundred feet of Anthony.

"Let's go!" Roland grabbed the "Bard" to show his "uncertain whereabouts", a circle of silver aura rose from his feet, and the whole person disappeared out of thin air, passing through the ruins to teleport to Anthony.

Preemptive!

The moment the psionic energy was revealed, Roland felt that time suddenly came to a standstill, and all the fanatics who were close at hand stood there as if they were unaware of his presence. The figure of the "Bard" appeared behind Anthony, with huge eyeballs and sharp nails soaked in poison and dark green hues just an inch away from the back of Anthony's neck.

Time Jump!

Roland raised his hand and pointed, and a plate of silver brilliance enveloped Anthony from head to toe.

The "bullet time" caused by the "preemptive strike" passed in an instant, and Roland felt a shock to his body, revealing indescribable exhaustion from the bottom of his heart. "Preemptive" overwhelmed his mental and physical strength, and he was unable to perform this ability again for a short time. At the same time, time in the outside world returns to its normal speed: Anthony is erased out of thin air by a silver aura, and with him comes the violin playing "Ecstasy"; The "Bard's" claws slowed down by half a beat, and his fingertips flew through Anthony's afterimage; Many of the fanatics attracted by the sound of the piano regained their ferocity after Anthony's disappearance, instinctively pounced on Roland, their closest prey.

Roland didn't dodge, and it wasn't difficult for him to escape the siege of the fanatics, but he had a better arrangement - only by staying in the enemy group could he build a "staging station" for Coropha.

At the same time that Roland began to act, Grofa was also running towards Anthony's place, a silver thread connecting him to Roland, with a looming silver-gray astral sphere suspended in it. When Roland managed to send Anthony away, Grofa had already narrowed the distance between him and within twenty yards, and immediately showed his abilities according to the pre-agreed tactics.

Instantaneous, phase swapped!

Phase Swap is actually a psionic version of Shapeshift, where Gloop and Roland swap places at the same time as the manifest is successful - Roland is sent out of the encirclement of the fanatic, and Glore is replaced into a crowd of enemies, surrounded by murderous fanaticos.

One last step is still missing!

The Super Resonant suddenly glowed, and a wave of psionic energy poured into the center of Gropha's eyebrows through the silver thread, sending an ability that didn't belong to him into his mind, allowing him to manifest it immediately.

Tier 5 "Time Spiritual Domain" Psychic Ability - Preemptive Strike!