Chapter 119
In broad daylight, Soran’s figure disappeared right in front of the hunters .
NPCs encountered few advanced professions because their numbers were as rare as spellcasters . At least 90% of the advanced professions were Fighters, and about 1% of them were casters and special advanced professions . Fighters had always been the mainstream profession because any race or creature could advance into a Fighter . Fighters were the only common profession that all races could choose .
The black Gnoll wasn’t sure what ability Soran was using, but he was certain that Soran was in Sneak .
If the opponent was going to fight to the death, then it would threaten its life .
Because he wasn’t sure he could escape Soran’s Sneak, the Gnoll became hesitant and waited until the others were around him . It stayed in the place where Soran disappeared briefly, then sniffed the bloodstains on the ground . Soran had serious injuries and could be tracked by the hunters according to the bloody smell . Even though Soran left a very shallow trace as he moved forward, but from time to time there were drips of blood, which was the most obvious trail he left .
150 in Sneak .
Soran had completely blended into the shadows and could not be seen .
The position he chose was backlit, and the moment he rushed out, he went into Sneak and disappeared right in front of the eyes of the hunters . Although Sneak allowed a person to disappear, there could still be some traces left behind . Soran moved quickly in the shadows . He would die if he stayed still . Even though the enemy could not see him, they could still rely on smells and blood traces, which was slower .
A legendary Constitution of 20 soon came into action and Soran’s wounds slowly stopped bleeding .
From behind him came the cry of the hunters and immediately under the command of the Gnoll, the other hunters swiftly dispersed . Soran didn’t move in an obvious manner because it would completely expose his position . He moved along the hard ground at a reasonable speed, which would make his footprints very insignificant .
Escaping by sprinting out was out of the question!
His physical strength was not better than those of the hunters . Because he was still injured, exposing his position would instantly get him surrounded by the enemy . He would almost have no way of escaping by then . Hunters with a Profession Level of 15 or above basically had one primary attribute that was close to the realm of legends . As they were high-grade professions that were just short of being legendary, they were completely different from the enemies Soran were used to deal with .
As he moved cautiously forward, Soran was also planning out the best escape route . Playing hide and seek in the jungle was not possible . The high-grade Gnoll tracking ability was too good .
The Gnoll only needed a small trace of blood to be able to find Soran!
That’s why he would need to take some risk in order to escape .
He had come up with a crazy plan . In fact, right as he activated [Evade Sight] he had already come up with an insane plan .
In front of Soran was a cliff that was hundreds of meters high .
This was a natural cliff near the forest and below it was the lush trees . There was also a river in the distance but jumping from such a high place was suicidal . Even his 25 Constitution wouldn’t be able to withstand the injuries caused by falling from this height . Even the possibility of a legendary profession surviving wasn’t high .
Soran wasn’t stupid enough to jump off and pray to Lady Luck .
At this height, even she would be powerless to create any miracles!
Soran never liked to gamble . If he had to gamble, he would make sure he had good chances .
Soran soon came to his mark .
His expression was somewhat grim, probably because of the situation too risky . His heartbeat raced as he gritted his teeth and took a deep breath . Then he took out a hook from his multi-dimensional bag . It was the tool he had used to leave Whiterun when he climbed over the city walls .
He took a good look at the bottom of the cliff . Near the ground, more than a hundred meters up, there was a small crack with prominent rocks and a not-so-strong tree rooted nearby . He quietly calculated the distance and tied his cloak to his back . It looked like the simplest parachute, which could be opened and lowered slightly after jumping off to control his fall . He took the hook in his hand, with the iron hook in his right hand and a rope of twenty to thirty meters in his left hand .
After taking a deep breath, Soran suddenly leaped off the cliff!
The air passed him fiercely as he fell .
The surrounding was passing by him quickly . His sense balance was brought to its limits as he used his cloak slow down a bit . He kept his eyes wide open and locked on to his goal . After falling about two or three hundred meters, Soran threw the hook out of his hand .
This was the moment of life and death!
The hook hit the tree pole at the next moment and wound around it three times . The hook was now fixed between the branches of the tree pole . The rope that Soran threw out straightened and tightened rapidly . The force of his fall was great that the rope quickly slid out of his palm, which was cut open . The hook that was fixed on the tree was also pulled hard, as it received Soran’s weight . His hand grasping the rope began to release slightly .
If he hadn’t released to buffer the force, the rope might have snapped under immense load .
This buffering process lasted only two seconds and for 20 meters . The palm of Soran’s grip on the rope gradually moved down to let the rope run from his hands . At the same time, he counteracted the falling force with an appropriate grip on the rope to slow his fall . The friction caused by the descent made his palm bleed and drenched in blood!
His fall was now at a more manageable speed .
When he was about to run out of rope, leaving only two or three meters in length, Soran suddenly wrapped his arm around the rope . The rest of the force exploded at this moment! The rope sank in an instant, and the tree also shook .
The tree had withstood Soran’s fall .
The rope also reduced the speed of his fall because of the friction, and it did not snap directly . Soran’s figure rebounded upward three to five meters because of the flexibility of the tree pole and fell a little again, but the force was very small .
Soran had now successfully stopped his fall and was hanging mid-air .
However, he was still one hundred meters away from the ground, which was still deadly if he jumped from here .
Soran gasped for a moment to recover and let his injured arm recover from the falling force . He gulped down a bottle healing potion then began to swing gently, gradually increasing in magnitude, and finally, he was able to reach for a rock on the cliff wall!
Clang!
He plunged a dagger into the wall of the cliff .
Soran’s swaying body was now fixed in front of the cliff . He looked at the steep cliff and stepped on a prominent stone with his foot . After a while, he clenched his teeth, pulled out a second dagger with his other palm, and thrust it into a nearby position with all his strength .
“Huh!”
Soran blew out a breath of relief and inhaled again .
He untied the rope around him, stepped on a rock that was less than three centimeters wide, then climbed down bit by bit with the help of his daggers .
As he struck his daggers in, sparks flew!
Soran’s dagger was about to become blunt, but he had climbed down tens of meters and there were more and more prominent rocks .
He moved down faster and faster . In some places, he could climb down directly and when there was a way to climb down, he used his dagger . Relying on his explosive force and his Constitution of 20, Soran was able to make progress .
The ground was now closer and closer!
When the distance was close to about 30 meters, Soran slid down the steep hillside . The friction made his injuries worse . However, when he reached the height of more than 10 meters, he jumped off from his position .
Pa!
Soran kneeled on one knee and unloaded his strength . All the bones of his body seemed like they were about to fall apart . His injuries were all over his body, leaving less than a quarter of his HP left .
The bruises on his body had even done 30 damage .
If not for his extraordinary Constitution, he probably would have not been able to move .
On the edge of the cliff, the hunters appeared . The moment Soran jumped from the cliff, they had found his trail and had remembered their crazy enemy forever . When Soran landed, he looked up at them . The expression on his face was a little grim . Suddenly, he laughed nervously which finally turned into a crazy laugh .
His whole body was covered with bloody scars and his back was a fleshy, bloody mess . Even his palm had bits of white bone showing .
His injuries made him look like a demon, but he was definitely crazier than them!
“I knew I wouldn’t die here today!”
Soran looked at the cliff hundreds of meters high and then headed away without looking back .
Someday!
He would come back and repay the favor!
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