Alex had completed another step toward his ultimate goal.
The last of the so-called Grand Mages lay dead, wiped from existence, and with their deaths, another name was removed from his [Elimination List].
[Alex’s Elimination List]
[The Angels (Completed – Now under his command.)]
[Evil Grand Mages (Completed – All killed.)]
[The Dark Elves]
[The entire Demon Race]
[The Gods (18 remain.)]
[The Hatred Sect and Hatred Demon]
[Lich, The Necromancer]
[Primordial Dragons]
Now, only six major threats remained.
And five of them needed to be eliminated before the [Chosen Games] began.
The [Gods] could wait, he would fight them there.
As if on cue, a system notification appeared before him.
[Advancement Task: Eliminate the Hatred Sect]
A sharp glint flashed through Alex’s eyes.
He had planned to take them down anyway, but now, the game itself demanded it.
That meant it was time to act.
Without wasting another second, he opened his [World Map] and selected his destination: [Golden Star Academy].
A burst of blue light engulfed him as he activated the teleportation.
[Star City – Golden Star Academy]
A brief flicker, and Alex arrived.
He dropped right in front of the academy gates, his boots lightly tapping against the cobblestone pavement.
The Golden Star Academy stood proudly before him, its massive, spire-like towers looming against the sky.
The main entrance, an enormous structure of silver and gold, gleamed in the moon light.
All around him, humans, players, just like him, moved about, completely unaware of what was coming.
Some were chatting, laughing, and training in the courtyard, their focus solely on their own progress.
Others were merchants and crafters, making a living off [Universal Descent], whether by trading rare items or enchanting weapons.
To them, this was just another day.
But to Alex?
This was the moment everything changed.
He clenched his fists.
Because in his past life… he had been here too.
Not as an enemy.
Not as an executioner.
But as a student.
At this very moment in his previous life, the past version of him had been training as a [Warrior], just another hopeful player learning how to wield a sword.
And yet, here he was again, more than a decade of experience later.
After his world was destroyed previously, billions dying, and entire countries falling.
After he was killed by the [God of Darkness] and brought back to before Universal Descent even launched, giving him another chance.
Back at [Golden Star Academy].
Not as a student, but as the one who would burn it to the ground.
Taking a deep breath, Alex stepped forward.
The academy’s magic-bound gates recognized him as a student and allowed him through.
But the moment his foot crossed the threshold—
FWOOSH! BAM!
Lightning crackled in the air as seven figures slammed into the ground around him, creating deep craters in the pavement.
Gasps and murmurs erupted from the surrounding players.
“What the hell?!”
“Are these the teachers?”
“Wait… that guy in the center… that’s FateBreaker!”
Alex couldn’t help but grin as he heard his username again, it had been a while since he last heard it.
But even then, he didn’t flinch, he expected this.
Most of the academy’s teachers, if not all, were part of the [Hatred Sect].
For a long time, only the highest-ranking members, the [Guardians of Hatred], had known his identity.
But after months of failing to capture him, they must have spread the information to every member.
And then there was the [Heart of Calamity], his curse.
A mark so overwhelming that every hatred sect member could sense it the moment he got near.
As the dust settled, the seven figures surrounding him focused their gazes on him.
“The Heart of Calamity is here.”
“If we take it, we’ll be promoted!”
“The Guardians of Hatred said he was weak and had to flee months ago. He’s probably the same now!”
Alex nearly laughed.
They underestimated him. That was a mistake.
The seven of them launched forward at once, wielding an array of weapons, swords, bows, enchanted staffs, each one aiming straight for his head.
They weren’t weak.
Each one was around level 1,000, with about 1 to 3 billion health.
But against him? They were nothing.
Alex sighed, “Foolish.”
Raising a hand, he activated one of his spells.
Flames of Oblivion!
[Effect: Summons a colossal storm of annihilating fire, scorching a 1-kilometer radius with unquenchable flames that bypass all resistances.]
[Deals: 3 billion + 5000% Spirit. The flames consume both body and soul, ensuring absolute erasure.]
A single flicker of fire appeared above his palm.
Then, in an instant…
BOOM!
A monstrous inferno erupted.
The flames weren’t normal.
They twisted and churned, shifting colors: crimson red, deep orange, abyssal black, and divine blue, a fusion of all his strongest fire-based abilities.
The sky turned blood-red as the firestorm expanded outward, swallowing everything in a one-kilometer radius.
The seven teachers didn’t even have time to scream.
FWOOOSH!
Their bodies disintegrated in seconds.
Players caught in the blast were instantly reduced to ash, but Alex didn’t care.
They would revive. They weren’t his concern.
He kept walking forward, stepping through the flames as if they didn’t exist, since he wasn’t affected by them.
And ahead of him, standing tall, was the Golden Star Academy.
He could have teleported directly to the Chairman’s Office.
He had the ability to do so, after all, but that wasn’t the plan.
No, he wanted every single Hatred Sect member in this academy to come to him.
Let them rush at him. Let them waste their time.
The moment they did, he would wipe them out in one strike.
Spreading his dragon wings and angel wings, Alex kicked off the ground, soaring upward.
In seconds, he reached the top of the academy, hovering outside a grand, towering window.
And inside, sitting behind a large desk, was Dominic, the Chairman.
A sinister smile was spread across Dominic’s face.
He had sensed Alex’s arrival.
And he believed, truly believed, that by killing Alex, he could undo his past failures as he had allowed the human to take the [Vial of Undead Blood].
But Alex had no intention of giving him that chance.
A silver glow formed in Alex’s hands as he activated his [Bleeding Dragon Claws].
The claws formed, then without wasting time, Alex slashed himself, tearing his own arm, causing blood to spill freely, even through his armor.
The [Orb of Dominion] was still on cooldown.
He had used it against Isolde.
That meant his next best option was… Blood Chains.
For the next thirty seconds, he let the blood pour.
“I guess that should have been enough time for them to kill him,” Dominic, satisfied, got up from his chair.
But that was his biggest mistake, for the moment he looked at his window, his eyes widened as he saw Alex’s figure.
“What the-” Dominic instantly took a step back as he sensed the overwhelmingly strong aura flicker around Alex, “How are you-“
CRASH!
Alex smashed through the window at full force, shards of glass scattering like stars in the air.
BOOM!
A massive web of blood-forged chains erupted from Alex’s bleeding arm, coiling around Dominic’s limbs.
Blood Chains!
[Effect: Uses a massive amount of blood to create chains that can bind a target completely.]
Dominic’s body went rigid.
He struggled, but the chains would not break.
If he had been as powerful as Isolde, maybe he could have shattered them.
But at level 1,000…? He had no chance.
Alex landed on the office floor, stepping toward his helpless target.
His cold eyes met Dominic’s terrified ones.
“This is where you die.”