BornAndTorn 51 Rude awakening

" I mean, that NPC is quite strong and unusual, but he is not strong enough yet to warrant our full attention. Look at its injuries it is a wonder that it is still standing. Do not forget, that he gets such heavy injuries by that mob of bottom-dwellers."

Without missing a beat young women replied to him in a snarky fashion.

"I have no clue, why a dumbass like you can reach the number 3 spot on the rankings. Did you fail to realize the unusual fighting style or the strange use of tactics? Every monster we fought relied solely on their instinct. It controls the flow of the battle and dictates the action. And now you tell me that this is not something special? It no wonders that you have not found a suitable wife yet."

Giggling could be heard by the rest of the group. The man thought about whether he should reply, but after looking at her face he discarded that thought. Making fun about her history about her fiancee was not a wise move given her fiery temper. Still seeing her smug grin, he threw every worry overboard and replied anyway.

" Says the spinster who got rejected by her fiancee. I mean I get it, which man does not want to have a wife, that despite her petite appearance is acting like a dictator? Fiery and feisty is something that every man should seek for. And here I thought water mages are known for their kind nature. Another dream crushed"

The smug grin disappeared and a storm was brewing inside of her. Ready to explode any second. Before she got the chance, another man chimed in.

"Look Mr 3 and Misses 4, we all know that you guys are dating, stop putting up such a show, it is getting ridiculous. You guys make such a cute couple. The shorty and the dimwit."

"Shut up Mr perfect, we do not need your input, go away with your golden hair and beautiful face. Just get your self another chick to message your overinflated ego."

" Yeah, exactly and whom do you call a halfwit? You are just a shrimp and you dare to mock me? You are just slightly taller than shortie over here. Are you not a girl by any chance?"

While the quarrel was still in full swing, Claudia looked ahead and wondered, if she truly got the right NPC. The NPC she fought was really muscular and good lucking. This child did not have any resemblance to him. The man was well groomed, while this child was covered in dirt and blood.

After looking for a while she was sure, both of them had the same kind of outlandish feeling if you looked at them.

She still could not understand, why she was no mesmerized by this whole character. She just stared at the ongoing fight in awe. His tenacity has improved by yet another level after my last fight. She was regretting to have held back because that foolish behaviour of hers caused him to be stuck in her head.

He always had the same kind of expression on his face, there was neither happiness or worry. Only one thing has changed, he got a lot crueller as the fight continued. Even though she could have saved her sister, she deserved it for skipping practice to flirt with those boys.

During his killing spree, he was slowly but surely starting to lose his explosiveness, seemingly hurt by all the injuries. The movements were sluggish and there was nothing left of his terrifying presence. His breathing was out of order and it looked like he was just about to collapse. Regardless of his critical state, he continued killing the men surrounding him. She knew that despite his best effort, the reason for his success was that another group had claimed him. They all were afraid what would happen if they were to resist their order.

She thought about intervening, after all, she could not let him die without answering her questions. Though the group had already arrived before she could make a decision. It does not look too good for him, those guys are really coordinated and trained.

She was astonished to see the injured NPC running and jumping around with full vigour again. It dawned on her that he has been playing a feint all along. But what was he trying to achieve by doing that? He kept on jumping around until he suddenly stopped and stared right into our direction. How can he see us, we even are camouflaged. That must be just a coincidence. But he kept on staring into our direction. He did not move, even after he was surrounded by his enemy.

"Dispel the camouflage, Laura."

The whole group stopped and regained their composure as they became visible again. While the trio was still a bit too fired up, Lara just returned to her usual spot standing around thinking about the world. Laura was the most mysterious person out of this whole group. During the whole time, she had not spoken one word. She just stood there silently looking into the void. Even though her appearance was remarkable, she did not have the same kind of presence as Claudia. Claudia's aura was distant and mighty, hers was seemingly nonexistent.

With her green coloured eyes and raven black hair, her face was telling a different story. Her eyes were full of curiosity. It was a total contrast to the rest of her presence. No one noticed it as her eyes fell on the NPC before she closed them again.

After everyone saw us, they were left stunned and did not even dare to breathe. It was just the usual, nothing of any interest to her. The young miss in command awaited her reaction, to see whether she is allowed to continue or not it is always the same.

After not showing any kind of intention to interfere, the young miss began to shout about revenge being hers. He cannot catch a break it seems.

Claudia was left wondering why he was still standing there while ignoring everything that was going on around him. He ignored the rocks that entrapped him, he did not show any signs of resisting.

He kept on being taunted, ridiculed and laughed at but there was no reaction coming from inside the prison. Why is he behaving so odd, he never did act like that in the past.

In front of the prison was only the young miss with a blight blue flame in her hand. Savouring any second she walked closer to the gap she had left. She threw the flames inside and focused all her mana on pouring in her flames into the small hole.

Looking at the situation currently unfolding in front of her eyes, left the Icy Maiden to feel a bit sad. Thoughts of her negligence filled her mind. Why did he not act in any way? Did he want to die?

A burst of hysteric laughter filled the place as all her subordinates began to applaud and cheer. The laugh got more and more obsessive as time passed.

"Let us just go, the whole show is over anyway" Claudia suggested, as her aura turned even colder.

After taking a few steps, the whole scenery was disturbed by a very loud sound. The prison was broken right in front of his tormentors face. That unexpected result left everyone unable to grasp what had just happened. The young miss was out of luck, as a strong little arm grabbed her by the throat.

A loud, scream of pure hate escaped his lips as he cut off her air supply. He kept on muttering sounds, while he ripped her eyes straight out of her skull. Before she could react, he used all his might and pushed her onto the floor. The whole ground began to split under his force. His whole body was covered in blisters and his whole hair was still burning brightly.

Yet, he was just watching downwards with a face full of twisted kind of delight. It was the first time Claudia had seen that kind of rage-fueled expression in her life.

The calm and composed boy was gone, what remained was a monster in a frenzy. She did not recognize him anymore. He kept on punching the corpse beneath him until he was finally satisfied. Everyone around him was mortified. The flame on his head had yet to extinguish and kept on burning brightly.

He stood up slowly before he went for the closest person in front of him with a speed, he had not shown beforehand. Just as everyone realized, what exactly was happening right in front of them his target had already died.

They could not catch a breath, as he killed target after target. It only took him 5 minutes to kill nearly 200 players.

As the cave was emptied out of players, he just stood there calming looking at us. A few seconds passed as the otherwise calm Laura began to gasp loudly. Sweat covered her face and she was left speechless and perplexed.

The young man just turned around and walked away nonchalantly without a worry in the world as if all this madness never took place.

Chapter end