SCP Corporation: Contain Bonfire
Chapter 449 - 449 393 The Light Chaser Turns Out to Be a

Chapter 449: 393 Chapter “The Light Chaser” Turns Out to Be a Female?!_1 Chapter 449: 393 Chapter “The Light Chaser” Turns Out to Be a Female?!_1 Within the frozen space, Colin was surrounded by scorching flames that condensed and compressed into several spear-shaped projectiles, shooting out in a particular direction…

After an instant of flashing light, a glowing figure, immobilized by the stillness of time and space, was pinned to the ground.

Then Colin, having already exhausted all his strength, immediately had a thought and detonated the spears.

In the midst of a thunderous roar, flames surged, and light and shadow shattered.

“Finally succeeded?”

After battling for three hours, Colin, somewhat drained, felt a surge of joy in his heart.

But before the joy could fully blossom, it quickly faded.

Because the effects of the “Shield of Fairness Adjudication” had not yet dissipated…

This also meant that the enemy’s avatar “real body” was unharmed.

Then, as if realizing something, Colin turned, squinted his eyes, and saw a vague silhouette of light standing quietly not far away, watching him.

‘This is really tough…’ he hissed.

At this moment, Colin did not rush to attack, unsure whether the silhouette of light was real or an illusion.

Reflecting on the past three hours of battle, he couldn’t help but remember the feeling of helplessness when dominated by C Level Personnel…

The only difference was that the oppression from C Level Personnel came from their physical strength…

Whereas “The Light Chaser” had developed their unique abilities and practical application in combat to a profound depth.

Compared to the C Level Personnel’s physicality, his methods were very special, able to split into a multitude of shadows nearly identical, making it difficult to discern which were genuine and which were false.

At first, every time he killed a shadow, Colin felt as if the opponent “weakened” by a fraction…

But after annihilating more than a dozen shadows, Colin belatedly realized it was like playing a Whac-A-Mole game.

It seemed as though one more strike could net him a red packet, but in reality, he might hack away for two more hours, strike three thousand times, and still not bring it down…

It was purely a trap.

Yet Colin had more than just this concern…

Breaking the shadows was futile, but each seemingly fake shadow,

If it could attack him, would become the “real body”…

That is to say, Colin’s attacks were ineffective against the opponent, but the opponent’s strikes could affect him.

This… This made things very difficult.

However, not long ago, an “Inspiration” suddenly emerged in his heart: when “The Light Chaser” attacked and it was effective, the attacking shadow seemed to brighten slightly, so he guessed that the true body might only reveal itself during an attack…

But in the critical moment earlier, he hadn’t thought too much about it, until he had given it his all and finally seized the opportunity to strike down the adversary when they “materialized.”

Then…

After putting in his utmost effort and becoming thoroughly exhausted, Colin realized that the so-called “Inspiration” was actually false information fed by “The Light Chaser” through some means.

“This thing can even be used in this way…”

Colin had indeed learned something new.

And he also felt somewhat relieved that this was merely a training exchange; if it had been a fight to the death…

He likely would have been thoroughly deceived by the enemy.

‘Yet on the other hand, a combat intuition tells me that if I can spot multiple avatars and strike precisely at the same time, I could attack the enemy…’ he thought.

Colin could be certain this time that it was his own thought.

Unfortunately, targeting multiple units at once was difficult for him, as these duplicates all stood in the blind spots of his field of vision, making it hard to lock onto several at once…

More critically, Colin had been duped to a point where he was starting to feel insecure, worrying that this might be yet another trap…

Furthermore, after such an intense battle, his stamina was nearly at its limit.

His mind was somewhat blank.

If he wanted to continue with high-intensity maneuvers against “The Light Chaser,” he would need to operate at an overload…

That would be more damaging to his body.

It was at this moment that “The Light Chaser’s” voice resonated:

“Let’s end the direct combat here for today…”

At the same time, Colin saw many glowing figures approach him from all directions, eventually converging into one true body.

To his surprise, among these avatars, there were some he hadn’t noticed at all since the beginning!

“Compared to before, you’ve made significant progress, at least in the use of your various items… you’ve improved quite a bit,”

Shana recalled the last battle, when the Bonfire Envoy before her had a tendency to use the shockwaves squeezed from a certain card technique to attack her.

Each time, she would stand on the effect’s boundary, allowing her body to partly elementalize and dodge the charge,

And would use illusions of light to create an image of herself being hit, causing the other party to waste their effort…

But this time, the opponent noticed this and would wait for her to be within the effect before using it.

In addition, the timing of certain spatial solidification techniques and the proficiency of using the Bonfire, among other things, had all significantly improved…

However…

In her eyes, Colin’s overall approach was still somewhat naive.

For instance, his defenses against mental attacks were somewhat lacking, almost invitingly open, otherwise she wouldn’t have been able to plant “Inspiration” within him under equal conditions and engage in “information warfare”…

Then, his response to close-quarter combat seemed a bit too slow to keep up.

And his development of his flame abilities was also somewhat lacking.

But with a little guidance, it shouldn’t be a big issue.

“Too often, you rely excessively on your eyes. As a rule, you only decide to make a move after you see your target. But as one of the Extraordinary Ones, relying solely on your eyes is inadequate, especially amid a barrage of attacks; it’s very difficult to keep up with the response,”

“Usually, many fighters of comparable strength, at this stage, develop their intuitive awareness, allowing it to provide all-around feedback and perception just like the eyes…”