After Victor explained, everyone felt a chill down their spines.
The beast was hiding in the bushes. It used the Redclaw Beast as a lure to attract their attention.
And it probably didn't attack them earlier because Victor didn't act rashly.
Although they didn't want to admit it, everyone knew that Victor had just saved their lives.
If it hadn't been for Victor, they probably would have been dead by now.
"Hmph, Victor, you really are lucky!" Morse kicked the Redclaw Beast's body and said in a sarcastic way to Victor.
"Alright, let's keep moving," Audrey looked at Morse with disgust and called everyone to continue forward.
Audrey was now extremely annoyed with Morse. It was Victor who saved them, but Morse was still trying to mock Victor.
Victor didn't want to argue with Morse. The group left the Redclaw Beast's body behind and continued forward.
As they moved deeper into Darkwood Park, they met more beasts.
But most of them were level 1 or 2, and not too dangerous.
During this time, Victor fought twice and killed two beasts.
One was a level 1 Rainbow Python, which gave him 100 experience points.
The other was a level 1 Rotting Swamp Fiend, which also gave him 100 experience points.
After getting 200 experience points, Victor was still 800 points away from level 2.
The division of classes levels is divided into beginner, intermediate, and advanced. Victor doesn't know anything about higher levels.
From level 1 to level 20, it's considered the beginner stage. Once you pass level 20, you can evolve your profession once.
Even though Victor was only level 1, with two level 3 skills, he was confident he could beat enemies up to five levels higher than him.
But Victor didn't want to show off his power in front of the others, to avoid suspicion.
So he always acted as if he was struggling in every fight, making himself look like a new beginner.
"Look, Moon Lake is almost here!" Audrey pointed to a lake in the distance that shimmered in the light and excitedly told the group.
"How beautiful the lake is!" The group looked at the endless lake surface and couldn't help but admire it.
In the underground city, there are lakes too, but they are all man-made.
Moon Lake was different. It was a natural lake, which had great attraction for those who were born in the underground city.
Everyone took out their cameras and gathered by the lake, looking for good angles to take photos.
"Look, there's a boat over there!" Morse suddenly pointed in a direction and shouted excitedly.
Everyone turned to look and saw a small boat sitting by the lake, not far away.
"Let's get on and row to the middle of the lake!" someone suggested.
Victor frowned and whispered, "It's suspicious for a boat to appear here like this."
Morse sneered and mocked, "I guess you're scared. Let me check it out first."
Then Morse walked over and examined the boat carefully.
After a while, he turned back and shouted to the group, "Don't worry, it's a boat left by the government. It's made of the best materials!"
Hearing that it was a government boat, everyone relaxed and walked excitedly toward Morse.
"Government boat?" Victor thought for a moment. It seemed like there was something strange about it.
According to the usual rules, the federal government always followed the principle of "not interfering too much" in the protected areas.
Many protected areas were completely undeveloped and untouched.
"Victor, come on!" Audrey leaned over the side of the boat and shouted loudly.
Victor thought for a moment and shook his head. "I get seasick. I'll just stay on the shore and watch you."
"Seasick? I think you're just scared!" Morse was already holding the oar and laughed loudly at Victor.
Victor smiled but didn't explain much.
If he insisted they not get on the boat, it might make them angry.
Soon, Morse and the others rowed the boat to the middle of Moon Lake and started exploring.
Victor leaned against a tree by the lake, carefully watching the water.
After about ten minutes, Audrey and the others got tired.
"Morse, take the boat back," Audrey pointed to the shore and said to Morse.
"Okay!" Morse nodded and began rowing hard.
But soon, something terrifying happened.
No matter how hard Morse rowed, the boat didn't move. It stayed right in the middle of the lake.
"Morse, what's going on?" Audrey noticed something wrong and turned pale, asking in a trembling voice.
Morse's hands were shaking. He sat at the front of the boat and said nervously, "I... I don't know. The boat just won't move."
"Let me try!" A tall guy named Jason took the oar from Morse and started rowing again.
"What is that?" Jason suddenly noticed a dark shape at the back of the boat.
Without hesitation, he swung the oar at the dark shape.
But to his surprise, the dark shape wasn't afraid at all. It wrapped around his oar instead.
Then Jason suddenly felt a strong pull and was dragged into the lake.
"Help me! Help me!" He waved his arms desperately, trying to get someone on the boat to pull him up.
"Morse, only you can save Jason!" Audrey looked at Morse and shouted.
Among all of them, Morse was the tallest. Only he could reach and grab Jason.
"I... I'm not brave enough!" Morse no longer sounded arrogant like before. His voice was full of tears.
Jason saw that no one was pulling him, and his eyes filled with more and more despair. He could already feel the strange creature under the water holding onto him tightly.
"Quick, call the federal rescue number!" Audrey was searching in the boat for something that could pull Jason up, while telling someone nearby.
At that moment, someone suddenly pointed towards the lakeshore and shouted, "Look, there's a person over there!"
Everyone turned to look and saw someone walking on the surface of the lake, moving quickly toward them.
Although the person was moving fast, leaving a blur behind, Audrey still recognized him. It was Victor!
Victor had just seen Jason fall into the water from the shore. He knew that Audrey and the others had probably fallen into the trap of the beast in Moon Lake.
So he immediately called the federal rescue number, but the rescue team would take at least fifteen minutes to arrive.
And after fifteen minutes, the seven people on the boat would probably be dead bodies floating in the water.
Luckily, the skill Victor had advanced earlier, "Phantom Dash," came in handy at this moment.
[Skill: Phantom Dash (Level 3).]
[Type: Active Skill.]
[Description: Each use of the skill costs 5 MP.]
[Advanced Requirement: Spend 10,000 skill points.]
[Effect: Significantly increases the user's speed, allowing them to move as a blur.]
With the ability of "Phantom Dash" to create a blur, Victor could briefly walk on the surface of the lake.
And by using it continuously, he could keep walking on the lake.
From the lakeshore to the boat in the middle of the lake, Victor used Phantom Dash five times, using up 25 MP.
"Get back!" Victor shouted loudly, telling everyone to step back so they wouldn't get hurt.
Then he pulled out the long sword that Chris, the city lord, had once given him, and stabbed it toward the dark shadow behind Jason.
Use the skill — Earthsplitter Slash!
In an instant, the lake water splashed high into the air, and the beast hidden in the water revealed its shape.
It was a long, black sea monster!
"It's a Serpent Demonfish!" Victor's pupils shrank, and his expression became serious.
Serpent Demonfish is a very powerful type of beast in the water. Even a level 1 Serpent Demonfish is not to be taken lightly.
And from the size of the Serpent Demonfish just now, it was at least level 3.
His slash just now had left a cut on the scales of the Serpent Demonfish, but it hadn't harmed it at all.
While the Serpent Demonfish was catching its breath, Victor grabbed Jason and jumped back onto the boat.
From his observation, Victor was sure that the Serpent Demonfish didn't have the ability to flip over or destroy the boat.
"Victor, how did you become so... strong?" Audrey hesitated for a long time, but finally asked.
"It's not the time to talk about this!" Victor kept his eyes fixed on the dark shadow in the lake and answered in a low voice.