Becoming a god starts with enhancing fire arrows.

Sword Song's [Speed] enhancement can increase his speed by 200%, and with the amplification from [Moonlight Resonance], it is undoubtedly a devastating blow to these quasi-apprentice mages.

The remaining two mages felt their legs stiffen and broke out in a cold sweat.

My first instinct was to turn around and run away.

But Rhodes' rapier was faster, lightly touching one of the men's throats.

Then, with an elegant swirling dance step, the rapier, gleaming in the moonlight, drew an arc in the air, effortlessly finishing off the other person.

The three mages were eliminated simultaneously in just a few seconds.

The instant he eliminated them, Rhodes immediately shut down Sword Song.

The duration of Sword Song has no upper limit, but it will continuously consume its own magic power as long as it is activated.

Now that his biggest asset, Paril, has been eliminated, Lucius and that wanderer must also be eliminated.

In the simulated battlefield, there's a high probability that only you and that veteran hunter will remain.

Rhodes kept a watchful eye on his surroundings.

The jungle remained silent; not a sound could be heard.

But it is precisely this silent environment that can bring people a great sense of oppression.

A skilled hunter can appear from anywhere.

He looked around and finally chose to wait in a relatively quiet spot with fewer trees and a wide view.

Rhodes made up his mind and moved forward quickly while remaining vigilant.

They were estimating how long it would take the hunters to get here after dealing with the two of them.

suddenly!

Suddenly, a blue light shone from the spot where my feet were.

Rhodes felt the temperature drop suddenly, and even his movements became a little sluggish.

Frost Trap!

The hunters have not only returned, but they've even set traps?!

Rhodes was startled and tried to leave the area, but the next second three arrows shot out from somewhere in the jungle.

"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"

A shimmering gravity rune arrow shot toward his ankle, while an arrow crackling with electricity hurtled toward his right arm.

The last arrow was the most insidious. It was an unremarkable gray arrow that, despite being the last to be fired, reached Rhodes's back faster than the first two arrows.

Rhodes instantly transformed into a wisp of smoke and flashed to the other side.

"Whoosh! Whoosh!"

Two more arrows were shot out in an instant.

Rhodes had broken free from the effects of the frost trap, and while chanting a sword song, he teleported directly in front of the hunter.

Double cast with Shadow Step!

The hunter, skilled in both melee and ranged combat, never expected a mere mage to dare to engage him in close combat, and instinctively swung his dagger.

He was fast, but Rhodes was faster.

Rhodes accurately predicted the trajectory of the dagger and slid to the side.

At the same time, the rapier extended and precisely parried the dagger.

The hunter felt as if the moonlight on the rapier had come to life, flowing along the dagger to his right wrist.

Immediately afterwards, a tingling, weak sensation spread throughout my right hand.

What kind of magic is this?

The hunter had no time to think. Relying on his rich combat experience, he did not choose to drop his dagger. Instead, he swung his left fist, which flew straight towards Rhodes' temple with a whistling sound.

Rhodes leaned back slightly, avoiding a fatal punch.

The hunter had a follow-up move, fiercely thrusting his right knee upwards towards Rhodes's abdomen.

Rhodes, with the steps of an elf, raised his left leg and kicked the hunter's knee from the side.

"Snapped!"

With a soft thud, the hunter's knee strike was neutralized, the force instantly dissipated, and his figure swayed.

Rhodes thrust his rapier out again, and the hunter could only use his left arm to protect his neck in his haste.

The sword tip pierced his arm, and the tingling, powerless feeling returned.

The hunter was utterly shocked.

Is this a monk?

A mage can overpower me with just melee combat?

Great!

No wonder Kelda asked me to infiltrate this assessment.

In a flash, he chose to abandon the counterattack and instead feigned an attack.

Taking advantage of the opponent's momentary lapse in reaction, he forcefully pushed off the ground with both legs and leaped backward with tremendous speed.

In mid-air, he swiftly reached into the leather pouch at his waist and flung it outwards.

An inconspicuous sphere flew toward Rhodes.

Rhodes calmly deflected the attack with the blade of his sword.

The sphere crashed to the ground in the distance with a "whoosh" and exploded, sending up a plume of gray smoke. The hunter then disappeared into the bushes.

Rhodes chanted a short incantation, and three flaming arrows shot out in that direction in a triangular formation.

Almost at the same time the flaming arrow was fired, the sound of a bowstring vibrating came from behind the bushes.

Two unremarkable gray arrows flew straight towards them.

The hunter was clearly determined to regain the upper hand in the long-range firefight and find an opportunity to deliver the fatal blow.

Rhodes detonated the fire arrow in the instant he dodged.

"boom!"

The fire engulfed the entire thicket.

Rhodes stared intently at the trees burning with flames.

The fact that the simulation battle hasn't ended yet means that the hunters must still be alive.

The hunter's situation was not optimistic at this point.

He tumbled and crawled all the way, blood flowing from his mouth.

Is this still a fire arrow?

Its power is enough to overwhelm a fireball spell.

He slowly drank the medicine, pondering in his mind.

It's alright, the jungle will always be the hunter's domain.

I suffered a great loss earlier because I didn't understand the mage's abilities. Now I will no longer take the initiative to attack, but instead use sneak attacks and traps to maneuver around him and gradually regain my rhythm.

The healing potion took effect, and the burning pain on the hunter's body was slightly relieved.

He slowly got up, just as he was about to set up a trap, when he saw Rhodes begin to fire fire arrows indiscriminately in all directions.

The flaming arrow is a trick and doesn't require much chanting time.

Rhodes was like an arrow tower, continuously firing crimson arrows.

Then, the arrows, some in mid-air and some stuck in the ground, were detonated, and explosions resounded all around.

Did they want to burn down the cover to force me out?

The hunter kept moving around and adjusting his position, but a smile appeared on his lips.

This mage also knew that I was good at fighting in the jungle, and wanted to destroy all the nearby plants to create open terrain.

The idea is good, but the thick smoke from these burning and explosions will undoubtedly worsen the obstruction of vision.

All you need to do is find an opportunity to strike before the smoke clears.

His eyes were fixed on Rhodes.

The opponent continued chanting flaming arrows.

Suddenly, another chanting began, but no flaming arrows were fired.

So he took out a bottle of mana potion.

His magic power is gone!

The hunter crouches, his legs bent in a running start position.

He drew his dagger and charged toward Rhodes, who was about to drink a mana potion, like an arrow released from a bow.

Rhodes quickly put down the potion and began chanting, then fired two more flaming arrows.

A cunning mage!

The hunter's pupils constricted.

Using his amazing core strength, he forcefully turned around in mid-air.

The flaming arrow narrowly missed the edge of his body.

However, upon landing, they discovered several burning arrows stuck around the landing point.

When was this set up?

His response was a towering burst of flames.

Amidst the roar of flames, the hunter found himself transported to a magical portal.

It turns out that he wasn't the only one who wanted to exploit the thick smoke from the explosion.

Rhodes stood there, feeling a pang of guilt as he looked at the trees collapsing in the flames.

He wondered if the battlefield would recover after he left.

In the blink of an eye, he was teleported out and found that the eyes of the remaining eleven people were all focused on him.

Paril was about to speak when the red-haired mature woman spoke first:

"Your group's test is over. Please wait in the lobby. Adventurer ratings will be announced later."