Athena in Tower Defense Game! [LitRPG]

Chapter 70: Big Dream And The Arrogant Player

The derisive laughter from nearby was truly grating. Athena picked up the wartime medal from the ground and merged it with her own medals. Even while she was still on the rocks, she had noticed the two glimmers arriving at this spot.

Yet she didn't choose to immediately join the melee; instead, she opted to first eliminate the four individuals she intended to ambush.

Listening to the taunts of the opposing side, it was impossible not to feel anger stirring within her. At that moment, she couldn't discern whether the other side was merely arrogant or employing psychological tactics to goad her into action, or perhaps both.

With such eagerness from the other party to meet her, Athena would naturally fulfill their desire.

Her figure moved like lightning, astonishingly fast as she darted and leaped between the tree trunks, without any hint of hesitation.

As she drew closer to the designated area, she finally arrived at the chaotic battleground. Danger permeated the air here, causing hearts to race involuntarily.

Her arrival did not go unnoticed; those around naturally turned their gaze towards this belated third party.

Not for anything else, but because she was the person marked by the purple glimmer.

Ranked seventh in the regional battle, the powerhouse of region 004 - [ Big Dream ].

The player digging pits incessantly patted his own sandy lower body, pointing at Athena and laughing uproariously, "Look, a rat in the gutter. But just say a word, and she scurries right up."

However, [ Landlady ] did not share the same sentiment. She stared fixedly at the bow and arrows in Athena's hands, sensing a chilling aura emanating from them. She had some knowledge of weaponry from before; this person's rank might be lower than theirs, but certainly not weaker.

Observing the incessant movement of the other's lips, Athena couldn't muster any feeling of anger. For someone destined to die, they could naturally garner more goodwill from others.

Where shadows and darkness lurked was her domain. With nimble agility, she moved among the crowd, unnoticed.

Clasped in its mouth was a mud-wrapped ball, carefully chosen by Athena. It was a relatively stable explosive ball. At Athena's signal, it brought the fiery projectile to the vicinity of the player digging pits.

She didn't aim to kill this fellow with the blast, but rendering them severely injured would suffice. If the outcome was even better, perhaps it could incapacitate them directly.

As her moonlit bow and arrow drew taut, she took aim at the opponent. Lunar energy infused the arrow, emitting a faint white mist and coldness.

Even though the arrow had yet to be released, an intangible oppression already hung in the air. The player digging pits, who had been incessantly chattering, noticed the silver bow and arrow aimed at them and felt the alarm bells in their mind start ringing. Their expression darkened; the opponent's strength seemed much greater than they had imagined.

Not daring to confront head-on, they hastily changed direction, melding into the earth as sand, intending to draw more people to shield themselves. They headed towards the gathering place of the crowd.

Mikmik, always attentive to the slight movement of the small mound on the ground, continued to tread alongside the opponent with its small steps.

The moment Athena's bow was fully drawn, the arrow was released. Spinning at incredible speed, the arrow carried a thunderous force towards the opponent, burying itself deep into the ground without finding its mark.

However, this action frightened those around. Athena's seemingly simple arrow buried half its shaft into the ground, leaving behind only a feather.

The player digging pits moved astonishingly fast within the earth. For him, Athena's arrow posed no suspense. No matter how powerful the arrow was, if it couldn't hit him, it was useless. He felt triumphant, especially amidst the bustling crowd where Athena had no chance of discovering him.

But what awaited the opponent was a different scene. The bow and arrow were long-range weapons; compared to melee combat, he didn't believe the opponent could win.

However, that didn't matter. At least, he had defeated the opponent on another level.

With the first arrow missing its mark, Athena didn't pause. Immediately, she drew another arrow. Its power remained undiminished, yet it still couldn't hit the opponent.

Even its direction was not towards the ground, but in mid-air, a plain and unremarkable clod of earth suddenly thrown.

Just when everyone was full of doubt, the swiftly flying and continuously rotating arrow had already violently collided with the clod of earth! In an instant, sparks flew off in all directions, quickly spreading into a raging inferno, followed by a earth-shattering explosion once again.

BAAMM!

The gigantic shockwave, the blazing fire curtain, the terrifying explosive power, engulfed the player who was just boasting moments ago, even those around him were not spared from being swept into it.

People panicked and fled in all directions, but faced with such a terrifying force, they had nowhere to escape, flames raged, and the agony was unbearable. The once devastated area now looked like a horrific earthly purgatory.

Thick smoke billowed, flames shot into the sky, and people collapsed on the ground emitting piercing screams and cries of pain.

The player in the center of the rough explosion was directly blown back to his original form, his whole body ragged, like a broken puppet, covered in various large and small wounds, his neatly combed big hair now burned into a frizzy mess, like sheep's wool.

His once clean clothes were now covered with dirt, blood, and even unextinguished flames.

He couldn't help screaming and howling, rolling on the ground trying to extinguish the flames on his body. He wanted to transform back into his sand state, but his body condition prevented him from doing so.

He was directly exposed to the public eye, this was the first time everyone saw this arrogant player's true appearance, it was previously thought that he was a half-human, half-sand figure, only to realize now that he was not as tall as expected, being only about 1.5 meters tall.

When in sand form, he was close to two meters, and his height had always been a point of insecurity for him.

Athena looked coldly at him, retracting the bow in her hand, slowly walking towards him. The people around, witnessing this hellish scene, although not knowing how Athena did it, all stopped their battles, making way for her.

Landlady stood by the side, the shockwave from earlier also impacted her, causing no harm, but still shocking her. Looking at Athena walking over, she didn't dare to act rashly, unsure if Athena could trigger such an explosion a second time.

The fur on Mikmik's body was slightly scorched from not running fast enough, feeling a bit resentful, it circled around Athena's legs. Athena also did not expect the explosive power of this fireball to be so great.

This was done by a goblin, given to her, also of inferior quality, but intentionally made by Mu. In order to show how bad she had to be to produce this kind of quality.

Lifting up the person lying on the ground by the back of his neck, slowly dragging him out of the battlefield, the scattered wartime medals around were also collected.

Potato and Asks-The-Heavens hid behind trees, staring in disbelief at everything unfolding.

"Is that Boss Big Dream?" Potato looked at the battle that quickly ended, feeling like he was still in a dream, a big big dream.

"Yeah." Asks-The-Heavens responded heavily, he had thought Big Dream would be strong, but he didn't expect her to be this powerful.