Chapter 62: The Great Thief Steals the Dog-Headed Man's Big Stick

  Without alarming the dog-headed men, Chu Rui slowly felt his way around, although he inevitably bumped into a few waves along the way. However, with quick cuts to untangle the mess, there were no major issues.

  After shuttling back and forth in this dark and dry place for nearly thirty minutes, I finally arrived at the location of the Dog Head People's leader.

  A simple fence with bloodstains on it, and its structure is surprisingly made of bones. Most of them are animal bones, but there are a few human bones among them.

  The dog-headed people have a violent temperament, but they are not easily killers. This is also why humans, although disgusted by them, do not exterminate them. However, there are exceptions, and the dog-headed people are not entirely non-lethal. As special natural enemies of humans, who can be considered their benefactors, it is clear that they do not know what gratitude is. When attacking merchant caravans, they will also kill merchants and mercenaries who resist, and occasionally some adventurers or warriors who come to this place will lose their lives at their hands.

  The territory of the dog-headed people has a key mark on the map, from which it can be seen that this is a dangerous area for humans. Generally speaking, players who are single-training basically do not dare to come here. Even if they have good attributes and equipment, and can single-handedly challenge the dog-headed people, they are often in groups, making it impossible for one person to brush monsters here.

  Chu Rui quietly crouched beside the fence, carefully watching the dog-headed men patrolling around.

  After all, it is the residence of a tribal leader, and this enclosure is quite large. Roughly estimated to be about 20 meters long, there are at least six or seven piles of dog-headed people inside. As for the leader of the dog-headed people, he has not been found yet.

  After taking a look at the distribution, Chu Rui found that these dog-headed people's piles were basically centered around the bonfires on the ground. Each bonfire had one pile, and the distance between them was several meters apart. If you walked carefully, it was entirely possible to avoid entering another dog-headed person's alert range during combat and thus avoid a tragic beating.

  I don't know if it's because they're close to the leader of the dog-headed people, but these dog-headed people seem to be influenced by its aura and are much bolder than those on the periphery, as if they've taken some kind of stimulant. Since they were in a cage, Chu Rui had to be careful with his movements to avoid provoking other dog-headed people, making it more difficult for him to kill them. However, overall, he managed to get through without any major issues, and these dog-headed people were simply no match for him.

  After spending a considerable amount of time wiping out these waves of ghouls, Chu Rui finally saw the location of the ghoul leader.

  A wide stone platform, covered with soft hay and animal hides, had a large dog-headed man lying on it resting, next to him was a slightly smaller dog-headed person, probably the child's companion. Below, there were many robust dog-headed people guarding, but they were all very relaxed. After all, this was their own base, as the guard team of the dog-headed leader, their work was also easy-going.

  With a turn of his gaze, Chu Rui took a closer look beside the Dog Headed Man and didn't discover anything else out of the ordinary, only a coarse large club with ferocious reverse spikes inlaid on it. Associating it with the weapon used by the Dog Headed Men, that thing should be the leader's weapon.

  Great, target found!

  Chu Rui let out a light laugh and proceeded with caution, suddenly entering stealth mode at the extreme limit of the dog-headed guards' vigilance range.

  Lurking and hiding, for an assassin, that's the most basic skill. If you can't even master this, then don't become an assassin, just go join a gang instead, openly wielding a brick and steel pipe to fight in alleys.

  Although it's the first time lurking in the game, but it doesn't feel too unfamiliar either.

  His body slowly disappeared, becoming one with the surrounding scenery. But that sudden 80% drop in speed made Chu Rui feel his body was more sluggish than ever before, almost as if he had just entered the game.

  The latency time of level 0 is only thirty seconds, and there are so many dog-headed people in between. It's impossible to reach the leader of the dog-headed people within this short period of time, steal the big stick, and leave successfully. In that case, we can only speed up the process. After all, this task needs to be completed like a thief, not like a warrior who rushes up and fights fiercely with force!

  "The Wind of Elegance!"

  Now, the only thing that can be relied on is the agile wind. Although the speed increase of the current level is not much compared to usual, it's still around 30 points, which should be enough to cope with the current situation.

  His footsteps were swift, his body flashing by, Chu Rui seemed to be like a ghost, passing through the dog-headed human guards and slowly approaching the stone platform where the leader of the dog-headed humans was.

  Next to the sleeping dog, Chu Rui smiled faintly. If he were to stab it a few times with his dagger now, he would definitely be able to inflict heavy damage on it. However, for the sake of changing jobs and getting the mysterious reward, he prioritized the task at hand. The Dog Head Man leader was a BOSS, but not an extremely powerful one. It's likely that even if they were to defeat it, nothing particularly good would drop.

  He quietly picked up the large club, and when the system prompted "Successfully obtained task item", Chu Rui hastily stuffed it into his backpack. Taking advantage of the remaining time, he didn't hesitate at all and ran away immediately.

  If there was a gentle breeze passing by before that could be ignored, but now with such strong winds and the deliberate footsteps, if those dog-headed guards still didn't know about the invasion, then they would be complete idiots.

  "Woof..."

  A unique warning sound rang out, instantly awakening all the dog-headed people around, and the leader of the dog-headed people was no exception. The child got up to see that his weapon had disappeared, and he was suddenly furious, shouting angrily with a fierce killing intent.

  For the situation that followed, Chu Rui naturally knew about it. However, if he were to turn back now, he might be stopped. Being surrounded was still okay, but if the mission was deemed a failure, that would be disgusting.

  Quickly ran out of the encirclement circle, Chu Rui's stealth time also came to an end.

  Seeing the sudden appearance of a human figure, all the dog-headed men were greatly shocked. Having dealt with humans so many times before, they naturally knew they had been robbed.

  Under the command of the furious leader of the Dog-headed people, a group of Dog-headed people who knew they had lost their jobs charged towards Chu Rui with killing intent. Unfortunately, Chu Rui, who had already escaped from the encirclement, was like a dragon entering the ocean and a tiger entering the deep mountains, disappearing silently after hiding his tracks, and without the 80% speed reduction, the wind of agility suddenly surged to over one hundred, how could these Dog-headed people possibly catch him?

  Ran a hundred meters away and completely shook off the dog-headed man. It was at this time that the system's prompt sound finally rang out.

  "Ding! Congratulations, you have successfully completed the job transfer task. Please go to the Thief Master to officially change jobs and receive your reward!"

  The system's prompt tone reassured Chu Rui, who didn't immediately return to the city. Instead, he turned around and headed back into the Dog Head People's territory. Having already infiltrated deep into their land, he had cleared out all the monsters in front of him. If he didn't take down the BOSS, it would be a waste of his efforts. Perhaps there wasn't much loot to be gained, but at least it was a BOSS, and the experience wouldn't be lacking.