Server 1157

*** Half an hour later, outside of the Throne Gate ***

"Damn, where the hell are they!!!" Ocean angrily continued to punch the transparent hemispherical shield that had appeared recently, which had surrounded the throne castle and prevented them from entering.

"What you're telling us is ridiculous. If Pump killed a player like you said, the system should have posted an announcement in World Chat."

"I know but I know also what I saw, KB!" Scaar was still waiting outside, nervously. Pump's dragon, Fafnir, had taken him out of the Throne Gate and hurled him to the ground, returning him to the Castle.

"Please, we should save them!" Just a few minutes ago, at the same time as Scaar's landing, Lighty, who was smuggled out of the castle by the shadows, somehow managed to escape, but the barrier suddenly appeared as soon as she set foot outside the gate.

For this reason, Hell, Pump, and Mini were trapped inside the castle, while Ocean, KB, Scaar, and Lighty were helpless with the sadness of not being able to help them outside.

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— [World Chat is on] —

[A NEW PLAYER, CLOAK HAS APPEARED IN THE SERVER 1157]

[PLAYER CLOAK INTERFERED WITH THE CORONATION AND KILLED THE KING CANDIDATE PLAYER DARK]

[THE LEGENDARY KOS TITLE HAS BEEN ASSIGNED PLAYER CLOAK]

[THE MYTH EVENT: LEGENDARY KOS HAS BEEN TRIGGERED]

[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]

— [/WC] —

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This announcement, which they read in the WC a while ago, still caused them all to not be able to escape the mystery they had fallen into.

"WHO THE HELL IS CLOAK!!!? DIDN'T YOU SEE ANYTHING ABOUT THIS WHILE IN THERE!?" KB expressed his surprise again... When this announcement was broadcast, everyone except her and Ocean were inside the Castle, she still couldn't believe that they didn't know what happened.

"Sorry, KB, but we did not... Well, it seems that while trying to protect the interests of our server, we unwittingly entered a very dangerous formation. I hope I'm wrong, but at the end of this, we can be shown as the perpetrators of a very terrible event..." Scaar chose to respond on behalf of both himself and Lighty.

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And just a few minutes later, they noticed movement in the darkness towards the castle.

"What now!" Ocean had just finished his sentence and they sensed an even more unsettling aura from the approaching shadows.

Two human silhouettes were approaching them. Both silhouettes were coming to them, rubbing their swords on the ground.

"Stay on guard!" At KB's instruction, all four of them stood ready, their hands on the hilts of their swords and spears.

"Don't!" Scaar recognized the two approaching people first because they were his friends. For this reason, he warned those around him not to make an attack by pulling his hand from the hilt.

"Pump... and Mini!" Lighty relaxed for a moment and tried to run towards them, but paused, noticing the difference between them.

They were both walking towards them with heavy steps, looking at the ground...

Both of their armors were shattered...

With the few pieces of armor on both of them, the visible parts of their bodies were covered in blood from head to toe...

When they got within five meters of them, they stopped and looked up at them with dead eyes, slightly raising their heads. Both of their pupils turned blood red color... The color of the pupils of the cruel players who have killed so many players in this world...

"What the hell..." KB, like the others, was speechless.

"There was not a notice on the World Chat Room! What happened to you, guys!?" Scaar; even though he had witnessed his friend Pump kill a single shadow assailant, it was impossible for this event to dye his pupils such a deep red. And when any player was killed in this world, the announcement would definitely be made.

"Where is Hell?" Ocean broke out of his bewilderment and began to question the fate of his alliance mate.

But no one was answering...

"I asked you..."

"Cut this, Ocean!" Scaar continued to study his two friends with eyes full of concern and attention. "Don't you see their condition?"

"Yes, but Hell was my friend!"

"He... did not make it..." Mini replied in a low and lifeless tone.

"H...HOWW!!!?" KB intervened to prevent Ocean next to him from rising emotionally.

Neither Mini nor Pump made any response...

"Ok, let's postpone these issues for now and return to our hives. We will return to the RES Hive, and you need to go to yours. For now, don't tell anyone what happened tonight..." Scaar was continuing his warnings to protect his friends, but he paused when he noticed that Pump and Mini were both slowly walking away. "HEY, STOP! WHERE ARE YOU GOING!?"

Pump and Mini paused for a moment and answered without turning to face them again. "RES is a pure alliance, Scaar. If you think that our leader, Treader, will now accept us as we are now, you are very wrong..."

"No, Mini. I will explain everything to him. You were just tryin..."

"ENOUGH, SCAAR!" Pump shouted to his friend in a loud voice. "We have made a choice together and we will all suffer the consequences together... So from now on..."

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— [World Chat is on] —

[PLAYER PUMP HAS LEFT THE RES ALLIANCE]

[PLAYER MINI HAS LEFT THE RES ALLIANCE]

— [/WC] —

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"HEY, STOP, GUYS! YOU DO NOT NEED TO DO THAT. WE ARE AWARE OF THAT SOMETHING VERY DANGEROUS OCCURRED IN THAT CASTLE. JUST TELL US WHAT HAPPENED, STOP TAKING ALL BLAME AND SACRIFICING YOURSELF!!!" Lighty was also begging with one last hope but to no avail.

"Yes, my dear friend... Please allow us to help..."

"Friend!?" The silhouettes of Pump and Mini, with their backs turned, suddenly transformed and came back into lines, similar to the teleport lines in the movies. Seconds… No, it was only a fraction of a second, and in the dark of the night, it was impossible to even notice.

But Scaar, who knew them intimately, sensed this change in their aura and frowned, placing his hand on the hilt of his sword as if they were strangers.

"We are not friends anymore... And we will never be again... You should know that from now on if circumstances warrant, I will kill anyone who comes in my way... Even if it's you..."

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*** Today ***

— [World Chat is on] —

[PLAYER SCAAR OF GBR ALLIANCE HAS BEEN ZEROED… PLAYER HAS BEEN DECEASED]

— [/WC] —

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"ARRGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!" This time it was Pump and Ahmed, not Scaar, who shouted. And their tone was a cry of triumph, not anger or pain.

"HAH HAH!... HA HA HA!!!" They were both laughing now. The power that was the bonus of killing a player started to glow with red lights on their bodies, and they were enjoying the relief of feeling this power. The dark red of his eyes had taken on even more of a red hue. However…

Blood was starting to flow from their eyes. They continued to laugh, but the happiness in their tones seemed to slowly sprinkle with sadness. It was as if they were falling into a nightmare from a dream they were in. Or it was as if they were trying to ask for help to get rid of an act they were forced to do…

But still, everything on that battlefield was over…

Scaar was dead and they were the winners of the battle…

Ahmed's emotional enthusiasm began to wane and calm down, but Pump... He was still laughing wildly and painfully, and blood kept pouring from his crimson pupils... As if it will never end...

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