After the players from Heaven will Guild were all dead, the four girls approached Xuan Yuan with respect and reverence in their eyes. After witnessing Xuan Yuan's abilities they had been thoroughly subdued by him. They now thank their stars that they had gotten closer to him in advance. During these past few hours they'd went through life and death together. The bond between them all were now as tight as that of true friends.
"We need to leave right now. After killing players we will be attacked by the Guards" Shen Rou said.
In the game, Players were not allowed to kill one another. A player that kills another would accumulate certain levels of crimes in form of red bars. One would require a long time of doing good deeds in order to wash away such a crime. Once the red bar accumulated reaches a certain level, they'd be chased down by the system Guards and jailed for days. Minimum jail term is 2 weeks. For players especially front line experts, being forced to not play for a day was enough to frustrate them. 14 days was enough to cripple a player's account. There is an intense competition between these frontier experts, and a difference of just a level can offset the balance among them. If an expert is unable to play for 2 weeks, He'd be left in the dust by ordinary players let alone experts.
Xuan Yuan's act of killing over 100 players was enough to make him chased down by all and sundry in the game...
As Shen Rou spoke, the Guards approached then from afar.
"Fuck!! You've jinxed it Shen Rou. Who ask you to be such a blabbermouth" Yue Ying complained and the other two girls silently agreed.
Shen Rou "I..." She was speechless.
In the blink of an eye, three Tier 2 Guards stood in front of Xuan Yuan. The three girls were nervous. If Xuan Yuan was arrested and jailed, they'd be dead meat. The four of them aren't enough to fill the gap between the tooth of Heaven will Guild players. Killing them over and over isn't enough to pacify the hatred they harbor towards them.
Xuan Yuan however stood confidently even with the Guards in front of him.
"Greetings, Lord Sword Mage" The Guards bowed.
The girls and the spectators were thoroughly astonished right now. Their eyes were wide as they watched the Guards treat Xuan Yuan with respect. 'Since when does Guards show respect when arresting someone?' They thought. This scene before them completely shattered their knowledge about the game. Every player was aware of how fearsome the mighty Guards are. Victims are living witness to this. The Guards' strength were ridiculous to the players. To the Guards, the players were just waiting vegetables waiting to be chopped. In fact, it became an unspoken rule that players should stay away from the Guards at all cost. Even your archenemy would spare you in the Guards' presence.
These Guards were just so ferocious when dealing with Red players. They'd just slaughter them directly without warning. But here now, the Guards were there patiently greeting the Grim reaper who just reaped the lives of over hundred players. The Guards were expected to attack Xuan Yuan immediately without any word yet they are bowing respectfully to Xuan Yuan. Why are the Guards so adorable today!!
Xuan Yuan calmly acknowledged the greeting from the Guards. He had the Sword Mage Epic title that granted him a viscount status in any city. The Viscount status was not something players can casually imagine as the benefits were too good to be true. Among them is this, the privilege to be able slaughter anybody at any time without any consequences. He only had to pay a small fine.
"What can I do for you?" Xuan Yuan asked.
"Lord Sword Mage, It's prohibited to kill anybody within the city grounds and the punishment is death!" The Guard at the front explained.
"So you want to arrest and execute me now? But they were the ones who attacked first!" Xuan Yuan asked coldly.
"We do not dare arrest you sire, but as per the rules you'll have to pay a fine of 50 silver coins" The Guards replied.
"Only?"
"Yes my Lord"
Xuan Yuan calmly threw a bag containing 10 Gold coins to the Guards.
"I might have to kill a few more" Xuan Yuan said.
"There's no problem my Lord" The Guards bowed and took the money...
The spectators were dumbstruck at this point. They had just witnessed an impossibility!
"But that's the Killer!" A player shouted to the Guards. "Why are you not arresting him already, are you now taking bribes?"
"That's because he's the Lord Sword Mage! We can't arrest his esteemed self for killing some ordinary people!" The Guards shouted.
"Does that means we can just give money to settle our crimes?" Another player questioned.
"Are you a criminal?" The Guards retorted as they readied their weapons with scary eyes.
The players were frightened as they hurriedly took several steps back before the Guards calmed down somewhat.
"Fuck! What kind of shamelessness is that? Does that mean he can just kill us and get away with it?" The players cried "How can we live safely with such a monster around??"
The Guards left soon after that. But things weren't as calm as before!
The Forums exploded with news about the incident. One was about how Xuan Yuan singlehandedly wiped a whole division of Heaven will Guild. Keyboard warriors on the internet debated endlessly about what Xuan Yuan's actual class was.
Some said he's a Swordman, Some, Shield warrior, Elementialist, Cursemancer. Some even said he had a hidden class, Sword Mage!!