MMORPG: The Elementalist

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

As Qin Ruo, Majestic Hero, Black God, and Vibrant Blizzard were discussing whether they should avoid or engage in combat with the Demon Faction if they ever encountered them, a small clash was already happening below another Eternity Peak…

***

The Hall of Heroes and Black Jail were not the only ones to tail the Fallen Angels into the Buried City— there were two other groups of people who joined the crowd too.

The first being a gang of Netherspirit's Claw players while the second was a mix of players from Scarlet Dynasty and the Bloody Mary Clan.

With the help of their fellow Clanmates, who had infiltrated the Buried City earlier, they were able to arrive safely in the area below the Eternity Peak…

Due to the sheer size of the Eternity Peak, which spanned several thousand meters above sea level, they were not able to observe every situation from the foot of the mountain. They did not realize that there was already someone in the progress of clearing the Spectral Shaman Mission, especially that Warrior who charged into the large troops of Spectral creatures like an unsuspecting little wave in the ocean. No one knew that there was a small skirmish happening inside that endless wave of monsters—not even Tier 5 Champions who utilized Elemental Shards to summon their Angelic Wings or Tier 5 players who had just climbed out from the underground passage.

And that… was how the clash happened!

Under one of the Eternity Peaks, after a Netherspirit's Claw Warrior, with the help of an Elementalist, spent several minutes to kite away from the Spectral mobs around a Spectral Shaman… a full-armored metal can, flapping its Angelic Wings, dropped from the sky and sped towards the Spectral Shaman like a shooting star!

The "metal can" was Judge.

He saw those two struggling from afar. Worried that they would probably be stuck there until the next day, he could not help but glide over and give them a hand.

Boom!

He swept his heavy broadsword swiftly and struck the Spectral Shaman from the sky with a Tier 5 Berserker skill—"Heaven's Tremor". In an instant, its barrier was cut in half.

Then, he promptly backflipped and charged at the Shaman again… This time, he shattered its barrier with his sharp weapon!

Thud!

The Spectral Shaman was sent flying backward with a soft whimper, and it slammed into an Arcane Zombie as well as Cerberus. Then, it bounced back from the impact, flying straight onto Judge's swirling sword…

"Sh*t!"

It was that Warrior's first time fighting in the Buried City. It was an opportunity he had long been eagerly waiting for. Judge's flashy performance was, to him, nothing but a demeaning taunt!

'This is so unbearable!'

A Netherspirit's Claw Berserker stretched his wings and glided over…

"I'll give you five seconds. Get lost!"

Even though he saw the Fallen Angels emblem on Judge's armor and had also seen his formidable combat prowess, he could not stand someone showing off conceitedly in front of Netherspirit's Claw. It was already merciful enough of them to give him five seconds to "get lost", or so they thought.

Judge was usually quiet and cool like an honest inaudible salaryman. Yet, how many people actually knew him? And how many men didn't have a few fiery flames burning inside them?

Whoosh!

Just as the Berserker was done yelling, Judge suddenly pressed forward…

Shlunk!

The moment his heavy broadsword was brought down with a loud swish, the Spectral Shaman's head was sent flying into the air by its sharp blade.

While the Shaman's corpse fell to the ground, Judge extended his wings, and at the unassuming speed of lightning, he zoomed through countless Cerberi and Arcane Zombies. In the blink of an eye, he had flown away from the Spectral Shamans' range of attack… and straight into the Netherspirit's Claw Berserker!

"F*ck!"

Judge's obvious assault caused the Berserker to flinch in shock and anger…

'This…

'This guy's a Steel Berserker?!"

Even though he was shocked by Judge's agile movements despite being fully equipped, the Berserker quickly pulled himself together and activated his Berserk skill. In a short time, scarlet light beamed out of his body, reddening his Angelic Wings. Like a bleeding god of war, he swept his wings and charged at Judge too…

Whoosh!

Judge may have been a formidable foe, but the Berserker would not allow himself to lose—he was confident about his abilities. Additionally, he did not want to lose face in front of his fellow brethren, who were also cheering him on.

However…

As soon as they exchanged blows, the battle went in the complete opposite direction of what he had expected.

While they rushed towards each other at full speed, Judge, who appeared to have complete control and understanding of his Angelic Wings, suddenly slowed down right before their attacks were about to land on one another…

That affected the Berserker's timing in releasing his charged attack!

'Oh no!'

The Berserker immediately panicked.

After all, he only received his Angelic Wings recently—about ten minutes ago. Unlike Judge, he did not have much time to master his wing movement. As a result, his wings kept speeding him onward… and into Judge's hurtling blade…

Right then…

He activated his Berserk Shell!

As a sturdy crimson Berserk Shell quickly radiated out and engulfed his body, blocking Judge's powerful slash… he swung his weapon out at the speed of lightning!

Boom!

Swoosh!

His Berserk Shell shattered after a blow from Judge, while the Berserker's mighty axe slashed at its enemy…

And missed!

Picking up his speed, Judge zoomed to the side of the axe-wielding Berserker, evading his powerful blow.

"Charge!"

The Berserker immediately dished out another Tier 2 offensive skill, using the inertia provided by his wings and gliding forward to quickly evade incoming attacks from Judge.

Yet, he miscalculated again. It would seem that his downfall was predetermined the moment he decided to confront Judge, who had completely mastered aerial combats and the use of his Angelic Wings.

"Fusion Blitz!"

Judge's heavy broadsword cut through the Berserker's back. There was no way he could have evaded it; not when his Berserk Shell had been completely nullified, and not when he was unfamiliar with aerial dog fights.

After delivering three consecutive blows on the Berserker, Judge landed the final slash on his enemy.

"Get lost?"

As Judge coldly mocked his opponent, the latter was blasted straight to the ground like a cannonball…

Judge has maliciously killed Thomas; Honor Points decreased by 1.

***

The Netherspirit's Claw Elementalist was unable to reach Thomas in time. However, he did witness the battle from start to finish. It was quite clear to him that Judge was a more experienced winged Champion compared with. They had only gotten their wings temporarily through the use of Elemental Shards.

A Tier 5 Warrior versus a Tier 5 winged Warrior. The difference in strength was rather obvious!

The Elementalist hurriedly reported what he saw to Netherclaw.

***

Qin Ruo received the news almost at the same time as Netherclaw.

Judge did not proactively report to him, but Qin Ruo was able to get a hold of the news from Majestic Hero…

The members of Hall of Heroes who were there supporting Judge's progress in the Spectral Shaman Mission saw everything too.

Although he was surprised by Judge's ability to defeat a Netherspirit's Claw member with such ease, Qin Ruo was more worried about Judge's situation.

Netherspirit's Claw was beginning to reclaim its glory in being Angel Faction's No. 1 League. Yet, Judge, a nameless warrior, defeated one of its members, who had not even branded his Soul Imprint, in front of so many people. Netherspirit's Claw could find that insufferably insulting to the point that they would gather all their men in the area and slaughter him!

"Your men sure have a bad temper."

Majestic Hero shook his head in dismay.

"I sent another man over to cover for him so he should be fine. But I'll tell you this: You better ask your men to stop behaving like that. If your men are going to act like you and head out there offending anyone as they please, you'll end up facing a greater vendetta from Netherspirit's Claw."

"I don't mind. I don't really expect Netherspirit's Claw to ever get along with us. .. Besides, I know how Judge is like. He wouldn't take it out on anyone if no one ever offended him. If Netherspirit's Claw wants to pick a fight with us, we don't really have a reason to let it slide… That's how it is for some people. If you allow them to pick on you, tomorrow they'll come back for more. Sometimes it's best for us to give them a hard slap… Remind them that they aren't really the boss of Honor and Glory."

Qin Ruo could not forget how much of a pushover Dark Dragon was in the Graveyard of the Gods, not forgetting the bounty that Netherspirit's Claw put on his head and also Scarlet Bauhinia's proposal…

Indeed, Judge's treatment of the Netherspirit's Claw member could have also partly been their own fault.

However, he had grown bitter from avoiding fights with Netherspirit's Claw and was actually disappointed that he was not able to find an excuse to stir up a fight with them. If Judge could provoke Netherspirit's Claw to clash with them head on, it would be a Godsend.

"Fine… I'll leave your quarrels to you then."

Majestic Hero recalled the first time he met Qin Ruo—Ron and his men were hunting Qin Ruo down with such merciless fury. It would seem that the feud between Qin Ruo and Netherspirit's Claw was not something that one could resolve easily.

Fortunately, the conflict between Judge and Netherspirit's Claw did not inflate further.

Perhaps Netherspirit's Claw did not care to respond to such trivial scuffles, or maybe they saw that there were a couple of Champions from the Hall of Heroes tagging along. In the end, they did not send anyone over to retaliate, not even after Judge finished killing twenty Spectral Shamans and completed his mission by leaving his Soul Imprint on the barrier.