Realm of Myths and Legends

true, then we could have died even after we got rid of that passive… ” Mirage muttered to himself with furrowed brows.
The places outside of Amaharpe ’s jurisdiction truly did acquire a new level of attention to detail.
Otherwise, players could find themselves in an unfavorable situation due to a lack of knowledge.

”Who are you little girl? Go back to playing with your toys at home! As for you, Olohas, you open your mouth too easily! Now move out of the way so that I can kill him! ” Gripler growled as he lashed out with his words.

”Izroth is a friend of Captain Niflheim of my Blue Oasis guild! If you attack him, you ’ll be showing us no face! Do you really want to act in such a reckless manner? ” Olohas said as he did not budge and turned to face Gripler.

The moment Azalea heard those words leave Gripler ’s mouth, she vanished from the spot she stood in.
This time, however, Izroth did not prevent her from acting.
He could tell that she was already agitated and holding herself back from attacking Present Order.
Therefore, if she wanted to vent a bit of her frustration, he would not stop her.

’Her self control seems unrestrained in many areas.
I suppose that is something to be worked on. ’

”I ’ll tear you to pieces and-! ” Gripler was ready to charge at Izroth, even if he had to go through Olohas to get to him.
However, he suddenly felt his entire body tense up as he became unable to move.
No matter how much he struggled to do so, he was unable to take a single step.

Just moments before Gripler became stunned, a shadow appeared on the ground behind him as a hand holding onto a dagger pierced into his body.
A small figure leaped out from within the shadow and swiftly swept her daggers six times in quick succession across Gripler ’s immobilized body.

The small figure was Azalea who chose not to wait any longer to act.
She used an advanced version of the skill Pressure Point to stun Gripler.
It was called Crippling Edge.
She then followed up with a swift chain of attacks using her daggers.

”I can ’t move! ” Gripler had no idea what was going on as his HP began to rapidly drop.
He could not see Azalea ’s movements and attacks that were taking place behind his back.

”Boss! ” One of the players from the Headhunter Syndicate ’s party yelled out as he held his staff forward.
However, just as the spell he was casting to heal Gripler went off, he felt a strong force slam into the side of his body.
Although he still managed to get the healing spell off, he suffered a great price for it and loss around 20% of his HP from one attack!

Azalea ’s figure was like a phantom roaming throughout the battlefield.
Every time someone looked to see where they had been attacked, there was no one to be seen! It was a frightening experience to go through.

Gripler was finally freed of his immobilized status and was able to regain some of the HP he lost thanks to the healer in his party.
However, by the time he turned around to tell the healer job well done, all he saw was the last of a few dissipating particles floating into the air.
When he looked at the party window and saw that the healer had died, he was dumbfounded.

He had only been stunned for around two seconds! How was it possible that someone from his party died so fast?! In the first place, how was it that they were even losing HP? What was going on?

Gripler was not the only one who was confused.
His own party, as well as, the other groups of players were also baffled.
The other groups had a better view of what was going on and every once in a while, they could see a drifting apparition of sorts appear just as a player from the Headhunter Syndicate was attacked.

Olohas, however, had a pretty good idea about what was going on.
The girl who with Izroth ’s group had vanished the same time that Gripler ’s party began to experience their current predicament.
Therefore, it was not difficult to connect the dots.
But, he was speechless about something else.

It was not by what kind of high ranked skill Azalea must be used to cause so much damage and chaos, but rather what was stuck in his head was that she referred to Izroth as her ”teacher ”.
If Izroth was her teacher, then what exactly was he teaching her? If it was what he believed it to be, then the thought itself was terrifying.

Woosh! Woosh! Woosh!

Three more players from the Headhunter Syndicate party were eliminated by Azalea.
There was large darkness on the ground that moved around with incredible speed.
From out of this darkness came arms made of shadows that each wielded a dagger.
It was Azalea ’s Dance of Fusillades that she used against Savage.

She caught three players within its grasp and since they did not split up, she was able to focus on every one of them.
Now all that remained was Gripler and one other player of the Headhunter Syndicate.

Amazing! That was the one thought that went through everyone ’s mind as they watched the spectacle unfold.
In less than thirty seconds, she had already managed to kill four out of six players by herself! Who was this person?

It did not take long for Azalea to deal with the other remaining Headhunter Syndicate player as her dagger slipped right across his neck causing a critical hit.
She quickly followed with a few more strikes and finished him off.

Woosh!

”Die! ” Gripler swung his sword down and cut Azalea in half, or so he thought.
Azalea ’s body that was cut in half turned into a congress of ravens that rushed towards him and temporarily blocked his vision.

Azalea appeared behind Gripler as her daggers seemed to dance and soar freely over his body.

Gripler tried to create distance and shake Azalea off of him, however, every time he attempted to even look in her direction she was already behind him! It was incredibly frustrating!

”I ’ll kill you! ” Gripler shouted in anger, but those were his last words.

Pssshk!

Both of Azalea ’s daggers sunk into Gripler ’s head as he stood there motionless.
In the next moment, his body turned into particles and disappeared into nothingness.
Just like that, Azalea had taken care of six elite players in less than one minute!

Azalea returned her daggers to their sheath before slowly walking back over and standing slightly behind Izroth in a respectful manner as if nothing happened.

Everyone was silent as they witnessed the end of Gripler and the other members of the Headhunter Syndicate.
However, there was one thing that was well imprinted into them after that brief exchange…
Fear!