Somewhere in the city, after Alex changed his face into a plain-looking one, he disappeared into the crowd, inside what looked like a temple to worship gods a light flashed and from this light, a man came out, this man was none other than Marcus who had died under Alex's scheme.
''Fuck! I died so miserably. I swear that-"
Marcus stopped and glared at the man passing by; the man had a plain face unworthy of his attention; however, the man was smiling, and somehow seeing his smile Marcus became furious without understanding why.
''What are you smiling for, you duck.''
The man stopped and lowered his face, fearful of Marcus's anger; seeing the man's reaction, Marcus ego was pleased he even wanted to continue to vent his frustration on the poor man, but he froze when he saw the man's name and level.
[Wish to be Handsome Level 75]
''Pfft! Trash!'' Marcus said as he passed by the man who had his head lowered; if he had paid attention, he would have noticed the vicious light which passed through the man's eyes and could have been saved.
Pui!
Marcus, who was walking, suddenly staggered 5, he felt a stinging pain in his back. His instinct warned him of extreme danger, but it was already too late.
''What the?"
A gray light coming from his back engulfed Marcus' body in an instant. His body started aging at a visible rate until he turned into a old man and fell to the ground as if he had no bones inside his body; the last thing Marcus saw before disappearing from Exodus was the gloating face of the man he had looked down upon, suddenly this man face changed into that of his worst nightmare, Alex's face.
In the history of Exodus, Marcus was probably the most miserable man ever to set foot in this world; first, he died rather shamelessly by letting his guard down, but just after he revived, he fell in his enemy hand and died without knowing why.
Alex chuckled and put back the God's Mask before disappearing into the night. The revival temple was empty because it was night; after leaving the crowd, Alex sneaked here and waited for Marcus to come out and make him let his guard down before sniping him from the back with a Time decay bullet.
It could be said that the Bloody Chalice Guild was almost annihilated with Marcus' final death. Alex decided to take a few days off and lay low.
•••••
A few days passed in a flash, in another starter's village, in a plain located at the north of this city, a particular scene was taking place.
A group of heavily armored players surrounded a lone girl; this girl was no other than Maria.
It had been a few days since she came to Exodus; she killed monsters completing a quest upon a quest until she caught the eyes of an exceptional guild who wanted to recruit her; naturally, Maria refused; she had no intention of joining any guild except one she created or her man created. However, the other party was persistent and kept trying, again and again; Maria knew why the guild master was doing this; it wasn't only because of her strength, but because of her beauty; he coveted her body, he wanted to make her his. This made Maria furious, and she killed the men sent to recruit her, the situation escalated quickly, and now she was being surrounded by the members of that guild.
''Miss, obediently surrender, otherwise do not blame me for being ruthless.'' Ramos, the deputy leader of Crimson League, shouted.
Truth be told, he did not want to be here; if he had the choice, he would have preferred to be doing a quest, the Red Canyon quest; the rewards from this quest would have been enough for him to challenge the tower. However, he didn't have the choice; the guild master and that woman went with other guild members to complete the quest before their rival could do it. So, he was forced to come here because of one woman. 'A woman who doesn't even want you. Ah! Love is not forced, but who am I to say this? Better finish here and go back; maybe I'd have the chance to participate and earn a little a bit.
While Ramos was lost in thoughts, Maria, who was being surrounded with nowhere to escape, still had a calm expression on her face; the members of the Crimson league looked at her with a look of praise; however, some were showing ugly expression, it was understandable because those people have their comrades, their lovers killed by Maria, so they hate her.
Finally, Ramos came back to his senses and could not help but frown and snarled.
''Miss, my patience has a limit, you b-"
Before Ramos could finish what he was saying, ice arrows rained down on the members closest to Maria. It was so abrupt that many weren't able to react in time. The unfortunate ones who could not quickly evade had their feet frozen before the next volley of ice arrows pierced through their bodies and transformed their bodies into ice sculptures which shattered when Maria flicked her fingers.
Ramos's face altered between red and green; it was a huge slap in the face; with just two attacks, he lost five men; they might be weak, a loss is still a loss. Ramos immediately calmed down and issued an order.
''Mage fire!"
Immediately following his shout, the mage fired, it was fire mage, crimson arrows filled the sky before descending upon Maria, she showed no sign of panic just as the flame arrows were about to touch her they froze rapidly turning into ice before breaking, Maria immediately retaliated by firing ice arrows at the mages. However, this time the Crimson league members reacted faster; shield wielders came forward and used their anti-magic shield to block the ice arrows; then, from the gap of the shields, normal arrows were shot.
Tuk! Tuk!
Maria slowed down some while her body lightly danced to evade the ones she could slow down. She knew she could not continue like this because sooner than later, she would run out of stamina, so she lifted her right foot and tapped twice on the ground.
The moment Ramos noticed Maria's action, he shouted.
''Fall back!"
