Everything happened in 3 seconds…
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*** 1. Second ***
In the first second, a system warning screen popped up, visible to all players in that world...
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[LEGENDARY KOS PLAYER, CLOAK APPEARED. THE MYTH EVENT HAS BEEN TRIGGERED. EVENT REWARD: LEVELING UP TO MAX. FOR ALL PLAYERS]
[MYTH EVENT]
[Mission: Kill the Legendary KOS (Kill on sight) Player, CLOAK / Reward: Leveling up to Max. for all players in the World]
[Side mission1: Share the current location of the Legendary KOS Player on WC (World Chat) / Reward: +1 level up to the informant]
[Side mission2: Discover and share the Legendary KOS Player's hive with the System/ Reward: +3 level up to the informant and whole his / her alliance members]
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Although there are quite long texts on this pop-up screen, this 1 second was enough for the players in that world. Because Myth Event has been activated many times by the System before and a manhunt for Cloak had been started. So players had read these many times.
And now, most of the players who saw this screen again had already taken action to find Cloak's current location.
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*** 2. Second ***
In 2. seconds, Buz fell to the ground, blood pouring from her shoulder, and Cloak swept past her with inhuman speed, swinging two daggers. And sparks flew from each of his daggers, throwing two new shadows away at lightning speed. Cloak's daggers were aimed not at Buz, but at the swords that two new players suddenly appeared around her…
Moved by the emergence of new enemies, Cloak evaded the arrow Buz fired at him and reflected two simultaneous attacks on her.
However, because the enemies were too fast, he could not prevent Buz from being slightly injured in the shoulder.
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*** 3. Second ***
And at the last second, these two new players were dragged backward, turning the desert sands they had stepped on into a cloud of dust.
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"I told you we should have attacked them sooner, Pump…!" The first player, leaning slightly with a reliant smile on his face, slowly straightened up to the position where he could balance without falling.
"You said, yes, Ahmed…" The other assailant jumped up after his attack and slowly stood up from his crouch and looked at Cloak with a mocking smile, menacingly pointing the red-colored sword in his hand at him. "But it would be more fun if we caught both in one attack."
The thing is, Pump and Ahmed had spotted Cloak and the others the moment they stepped out of the Throne Jungle. However, their aim was to gain more game points, so they waited for them to reach Kepp GBR and, anticipating a panic, expected the GBR Alliance members to make a mistake. And their strategy had worked.
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"BUZZZZZZZZZZ!!!!" Scaar got rid of the shock of the horror in this short time and came to Buz, who was lying on the ground. "HELP HER!!!" Asking Karmalita to help her to protect, he stood up again and glared at these newly emerged assailants with hateful eyes. "YOU WILL PAY FOR THIS!!!" Having a muscular body, Scaar drew his sword with his strong hands and took a position ready to attack.
Hina and Ruby also ran to Buz in a panic.
But the attackers weren't paying attention to them or Cloak at the moment. Because they focused their attention on the familiar voice calling out to them.
"Ahmed!!!" Miha was annoyed by the aggressive appearance of her alliance friend in the game and called out to him. Pump, on the other hand, was a member of the GBR alliance, not her alliance, in the phone game, but from Shiny's speech, she could understand that in this world he had joined her alliance, BRE. And that wasn't the only thing that made her nervous, it was that both of their eye sockets were completely blood-red.
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"Ah, hello Miha."
"What! How did you know it was me, Ahmed? And your eyes…"
"Looks like these rookies haven't taught you the mechanics of this place yet. It is possible to see the player cards of anyone you want by looking at them. Just drink a few drops of Athena's Blood… And what is wrong with our eyes? This is also another mechanic of this World, sister. The more successful PvP player you become, the redder your eye color becomes."
"Game… This world doesn't seem like a game to me at all. I ask you to kindly retreat…"
"Sorry, sister but we can not do that. Would you look at this beautiful view? Many players without Peace Agreements are here. And of course, Cloak, whom the System sees as the biggest threat to him and gives incredible rewards for getting him killed, is also here… We've been waiting for hours to collect these delicious points." It was evident from Ahmed's pleasure in all these conversations.
"Just trust us and come here, Miha" This time Pump had spoken. "As you know, the Chosen One likes you. He warned us to take you safely to the hive. Now come here and quietly wait for us to kill these weak players."
Miha realized that this conversation was useless. But she still couldn't understand why his alliance was acting like this. "Where is Buck, Ahmed!?"
"We don't know. He is a prodigy in power but a softie in his heart as you know. So he abandoned our alliance a long time ago.. But do not mind him, Miha. You know very well where you belong…"
Miha neither replied nor moved.
"Do not think this like an alliance thing, Miha" Lighty answered questions in Miha's mind, observing her facial expression. "As I told you before, this bloody world has destroyed everyone's mindset. Some alliances have yielded to this "die or kill" repressive regime of the System, which runs this game-like real world. Some did not! And many members of the System-submissive alliances, who wanted to get rid of this hell as soon as possible by killing other players, also opposed this idea and chose to leave. In other words, many of your alliance friends are either fighting against this bloody order of the System in other alliances or they are running away to survive without harming anyone. And unfortunately, some of them are mentally broken as you can see right now…"
"Shut the hell up, woman!" It was clear from Pump's serious expression that he was annoyed by Lighty's words. "We are in ME now. The person you should blame is none other than this poor friend of yours who dropped her Peace Agreement during this period!" His attention is now on Cloak. "And you… How did you manage to make yourself invisible to the System? Ultimate KOS is my ass! Only King Player declares another player KOS. A being that we don't even know whether it's software, God, or a human being is passionately after you. The entity that owns this world has declared you an anarchist simply because it cannot track you. Your talents are very intriguing, Cloak…" A mocking smile appeared on his face again. "If you tell me how you did it, I'll let you go..."
Without answering, Cloak continued to hold his daggers menacingly in his hands, continuing to stare at Pump with dead eyes.
Pump knew why he didn't show interest in the offer. "Others who do not have a Peace Agreement will die, Cloak. This offer only protects you."
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"Ok, then!"
"Ahmed, I'm telling you for the last time… Do…not!"
"You made your choice, Miha!"
"Hey, Ahmed! It seems that this negotiation turned out badly. We both know that Master Miha is someone with a protective approach."
"So what, Pump?"
"Let's not waste time with her. So before the others reach the Keep's Shrine…"
"You say we have to do what needs to be done…Ok!" Ahmed gripped his majestic red-colored Dragon Sword tighter.
"Let's go!" Pump likewise unsheathed his red-colored Ouroboros' Spear again.
"YOU!!!!!"
"NO MIHA, WE SHOULD RUN!!!"
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Miha, Canosfer, Hina, PapaBear, Ruby, and Kisperia quickly started running back toward the Castle with Lighty. Because they needed to activate their Peace Agreements by donating their blood there, and there was still an hour before the cooldown expired. Until then, they were in danger.
"DAMN!" Scaar wanted revenge but changed his move as the danger escalated. Since Karmalita did not have the strength to carry off Buz quickly, he ran and took Buz in his arms. Together with Buz, they both chased after the others.
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"TOO LATE!" Ahmed confidently lunged after them, as both of their equipment were stronger compared to the other players there.
"TO.O…SL..OW…" However, Cloak, who had been waiting like a statue until then, moved faster and stepped in front of him, swinging one of his swords in his face, causing him to retreat.
"YOU!!! HOW!!! YOU ARE WEAKER THAN ME!!!" Ahmed jumped back in anger.
"LEAVE IT TO ME, BROTHER. YOU HANDLE HIM!" This time, Pump sprinted away from his enemy Cloak, trying to capture Lighty's group, but his path was intercepted by another player.
"Rogue Buff activation!" Reducing his defense and attack power by 10% and increasing his attack speed by 10% with this buff, Mini stepped in front of Pump, drawing a half-moon with his lower-level sword in his hand.
Being a weak attack compared to Pump's power, he didn't back away but stopped where he had last stepped and stared at Mini disgruntled. "Who do you think you are!?"
"No one…" Mini replied in a weak tone.
"Stop the philosophy! Do you think you're stronger than me!?"
"No… I don't… But I think I can slow you down enough for them to escape."
"You don't even have the strength to deserve this arrogance. And if you think I'm a bad guy, you should look at yourself in the mirror. Your eyes are just as bloody as mine! You are a murderer too!"
"Yes... I know…"
"Damn you! Just because we have a common history doesn't mean I'll tolerate you, Mini! Ok, let's see what you have got!!!"
Both rivals began to look at each other with bloody eyes.
The toughest chain of battles of this Murdering Event period was triggered…
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