"Roar!"
A huge, red bear swung its hand towards the puny little human who dares to disturb him. However, it didn't hit the human for he instinctively dodged to the side. The bear's hand smashed to the ground, causing the earth to shake as web-like cracks appeared.
Zach's heart was pounding so hard. If he didn't avoid the bear's attack, he was pretty sure his brain would be squashed. His back was soaked in sweat when think of that outcome. He didn't have much time to think when the bear attacked again.
The red bear jumped and flew towards that puny human. Zach's legs turned jelly when he saw the red big silhoutte moving towards him. He felt as though someone was controlling his body. When he was about to lose hope, suddenly, an ear-piercing sound entered his ears. He immediately turned his head and saw an exceedingly powerful lightning strike coming towards the bear
It was so powerful that the bear's entire body was burnt, and it was sent flying, its back smashing to the nearby trees.
Zack saw a young man standing there while his gaze towards him. Zach's heart froze when he saw the young man's eyes. It was like he gazed towards the bottomless abyss itself.
Zach finally snapped back to reality and helped himself stood up. Then, he sincerely said, "Thank you benefactor. If it's not for you I don't even know what will I become."
"So…you're a member of Prince Charles' group?" the young man with abyss-like eyes said.
Zach didn't know why did the young man asked him such a question but he didn't think of it deeply and just answered honestly. "Yes, that's right. I'm indeed a member of Prince Charles' group. May I know what your benefactor's name is?"
"You don't need to know." the young man replied, his tone was flat without any emotions.
W-what? Zach became even more puzzled when he heard. However, before he could speak, his vision suddenly went black as he fainted without knowing the reason.
***
Within a cave inside the illlusory world, one could see two people inside. One was a young man with abyss-like eyes who stood there while he said some words. The other one was also young man. However, unlike the first one, this one was full of wound and was leaning on the wall. There was no part on his body that was not wounded. His hair was also burnt black. One could just imagine what he experienced earlier.
The wounded young man, Zach, gritted his teeth as he covered a huge cut on his stomach. Even with all the wound on his body, he stubbornly said, "No matter what, I won't give you the points that I earned with my hard work!"
However, the young man with abyss-like eyes didn't listen to him and snorted. "Looks like you want to get tortured until death huh?"
A chill run down through Zach's spine when he heard those words as though it was a devil's whisper. When he thought about the pain that he just experienced moments ago, his psychological defense broke down as he finally knelt and pleaded. "Please don't kill me. I'll give you my point, so please I'm begging you to spare me!"
"Hmph!" When the young man with abyss-like eyes saw his pathetic appearance, he snorted. Just as he thought, making them feel pain is the best solution to obtain points. This young man was actually Alzer, who already had plan in mind. As of now, this young man named Zach was already his sixth victim. And he already obtained a handy amount of points. However, his rankings was just among the top 500.
'Just as I thought. This idea was unreliable after all.' Slowly, Alzer sighed. However, his mind still remained unfazed. He already knew this wouldn't work. With all six victims, the news of him beating up and torturing people for points will naturally spread. He couldn't avoid it, of course, because the rules don't allow killing.
In truth, his first five victims' situation was far more better than Zach's. He only gave them some powerful but not deadly moves and they immediately wet their pants. But Zach was different. He's just too stubborn that beating him up isn't enough. That's why he let him taste a bit more pain than his previous victims.
Suddenly, the tattoo on Alzer's wrist lit up. When he checked his points, he saw that it indeed increased. His previously seven points became nine points. Now, his ranking also became Rank 474. It was still not enough. There's a long way to go before reaching the top 100.
Alzer knew this was enough. The participants within the illusory world knew what he did and they'll naturally become wary of him. Some of them might even hunt him because of this. It'd be better to stay low for a bit and see the prince's reaction.
Currently, there are only two hours left before the end. He needed to complete his plan immediately if didn't want to get eliminated. If it turns out this plan didn't work, then he would have no choice but to take a risk and train outside with his measly strength.
"So it's you, the Demon that everyone talks about."
Suddenly, a voice resounded throughout the cave. Alzer's expression turned from as he shifted his gaze towards the entrance of the cave. There, he could see a white-haired young man with blue eyes. He also wore a high-class robe made out of silk.
"So what about it?" Alzer smiled.
"Hehe, nothing really. I just wanted to see if you're really strong as the rumors said." Without waiting for a response, the white-haired young man already attacked. He conjured a blue flame out of his hand and threw it towards Alzer.
Thankfully, Alzer was alert all the time. He immediately sensed the danger and avoid the attack.
Rumble!
The blue flame hit the wall as the entire cave shook. Alzer watched the blue flame devouring rocks and melting the ground. His expression turned from as he said, "You're Vincent Bluefire, the son of Bluefire Saint?"
"Oh, you know about me? How honorable," said Vincent, smile still remaining on his face. He changed an ancient incantation and drew a blue magic circle on the air. Soon after, it became a dazzling blue bow. Vincent held the bow and a fiery blue arrow suddenly appeared. He pulled the bowstring and shot towards his opponent.
When Alzer saw this, he calmly formed a lightning shield in front of him. In an instant, the blue arrow hits the shield and exploded, dispersing the lightning shield. This time, Alzer didn't wait for the opponent to attack him again as he formed a strange hand deals.
Hundred Thunder Snakes.
Lightning snakes of about a meter long rose from the ground. They slithered and crawled towards Vincent with a speed as fast as lightning.
In response, Vincent shot another six arrows in succession. Then they all multiplied itself until reached hundreds. The hundred lightning snakes and the hundred bluefire arrows collided causing a massive shockwave to reverberate through the air. Because of this, the cave continued to shook wildly.
Meanwhile, Zach stared at the scene, frightened. He crawled towards the exit, afraid that he would be swept by the battle. That was when an explosion occured near his position that made him wet his pants.
Alzer naturally saw this scene but he didn't pay attention to it. He didn't care even if escape here since his original intention was to spare him. For now, he need to focus on his battle. He knew he couldn't be careless. He could sense that Vincent had already reached the second level of Mortal Stage. While it may seem that he could fight him equally, in truth, he use more mana than his opponent. He needed to end this battle quickly. He knew that the earth-shaking explosion a moment ago attracted many peoples attention. If they see him here, he would to undergo a troublesome chase with his low mana reserves.
Thinking of this, Alzer snapped his finger and spat out a translucent colorless ball about the size of an egg. Then he grabbed that translucent ball quickly and threw it to his opponent. Immediately after, he turned around and a massive amount of mana exploded forth, quickly running to the deepest part of the cave.
On the other side, Vincent naturally saw what he did. His face immediately turned grave as he realized something. "Crap! He actually know about Magic Bomb!"
Inhaling and Exhaling, Vincent drew another strange magic circle with his index finger on the air one after another. At that moment, there were already six floating magic circles.
"Bluefire Sealing Secret Art, First Move: Chains of Suppression!"
After Vincent said that, six huge blue chains emerged from those magic circle and wrapped the so-called Magic Bomb. However, it was not enough.
BOOM!
Vincent was sent flying towards the exit. Meanwhile, large cracks appeared on the cave, large stones fell to the ground. In just a minute, the entire cave collapsed.
Vincent, when he saw this, had his heart pounding so hard. Then he remembered his opponent going to the deepest part of the cave. He didn't know whether he's still alive or not. It'd be better to get out of here before anyone could see him like this.