Chapter 25 - Escape

Several thousand miles away from the plains, a strong sturdy tower stands tall on the hill. It overlooked Trentham City, the place where the Dragoon family are rulers of.

"Darn those useless Demon Warriors that I sent out! They couldn't even finish a simple task of killing the Elven Princess!" A frail and thin looking man stood atop a pedestal as he slammed his bony arm on the table. A dark fiery aura emanated from his body.

Even though he may look like he was at death's door, none of the Demons underestimates him. His name is Garglos, a wizard of the dark arts.

Garglos is the general that led the attack of the Demons on the elves. The void crystal was his invention, to which he placed tracking magic within it so as to track it's whereabouts.

Peering into his magic crystal, he watched as Sato and Princess Rayla appear at the spawn point.

"The heir to the Elven throne must be killed before it is too late!" Garglos scrunched his fist together tightly as he tried to think of a solution. Currently, he could not mobilise his troops to attack them as they were busy with other missions. He required something else to do his bidding.

"Sir Garglos, if I may speak?" Garglos tactician, Marcoy said.

"Speak."

"Why not we put up a mission to the otherworlders? We can use the Dragoon family's power as a leverage to this mission. That way they can help us get the princess, while being under the bus the whole time." Marcoy's plan was clean and concise.

After the Demon clan arrived in Ronan, they decided to establish a family network in the two large factions. In the undead faction, the family that was under their control were the Dragoon Family. The general, Garglos had brainwashed and converted the heads of the family to do their bidding. As a result, they now have a perfect cover to gather information on the Undead Faction.

"That is a great idea! Execute the plan now. Make sure to put up a generous reward for these lowly peasants to be enticed. We must get that princess!"

Back at Greenslate Forest, Gray, Sato and Princess Rayla were making their way through the forest at breakneck speed. The Princess was sitting on Whitie as it carried it along the way. By the time the location of Sato was given away, he had already make it out of Greenslate Forest.

"Let's go through Ruggard Canyon as it is the fastest way to the Plains." Sato suggested.

"Alright." Gray complied like a sweet loving husband. "The players should be any minute. Let us go into the trenches of the canyon. It will provide us with some cover until reinforcements arrive."

As they spoke, they could see several tens of lights shining in the spawnpoint a hundred meters away. They jumped down without hesitation as they slided down the angled walls of the canyon. With their athleticism, they didn't sustain much injuries.

It is no surprise that Gray is fit, but in the case of Sato, it is debatable. Normally at first glance, the scrawny thin adult may look as if he couldnt even run a hundred meters without collapsing. However, the most shocking part is that he is a marathon runner. The boy picked up running as a healthy activity after he was discharged from the hospital.

On days that Sato have late classes, he would choose to take the train a few stops away from school and go for a run. The stamina and endurance that he built up over the years was no joke. It mainly due to this reason that his mental stamina was higher than the average player.

When the trio had reached the bottom of the canyon, they made a run for it once again as more players started arriving in the location. Some of the undeads specialised in tracking and so, there were more players that were catching up to them.

"Haha! I found you!" A skeleton assassin appeared above Sato as he swung his blade downwards. "Perish under my hand!"

Instantly, Sato jumped as he activated blink, propelling him above the assassin. He now possessed the height advantage, to which he kicked him towards Gray who was below.

"Catch!" Sato grinned.

The falling assassin wanted to activate his spell to run away. It was then Gray activated Intimidate. The helpless assassin soon died under Gray's rapier. He comboed Swiftstrike with Riposte Counter.

*Intimidate - Lock all spells of your enemy for 3 seconds.

Swiftstrike - Slash on an enemy in 3 different directions. The lower the health, the more damage it does.

Riposte Counter - Becomes immune to any damage as the blade is thrust towards the enemy in a straight line.

In 2 moves, the assassin was killed. This was because Gray had a 5 Level advantage against him and he had taken avantage of the blademaster's passive skill, Vital Point.

*Vital Point - Player is able to see the weak points in the enemy's body. If striked, attack does 150% damage. (5 vitals are generated at one time. Refreshes after 1 minute.)

"Wow you are really good at the game." Sato commented.

"I'm alright. Your reaction time is fast too." Gray spoke as they continued running.

Several warriors on mounts started appearing in their vicinity. Their voices echoed in the background.

"Stop there you evil being! I have come to cleanse your soul!"

"Hand over the lady now!"

"I'm going to end your life as soon as I catch up to you!"

The funny part was that these players were part of the undead faction and they were speaking as if they were doing something good. Aren't undead players meant to be bad???

At that instant, a large armoured troll started appearing in their front vision. The player was a warrior troll that was Lv50. He released a menacing aura that lowered the armour and magic resists of Sato and Gray.

"Hand over the lady or I shall end your life without mercy." The troll spoke arrogantly.

"Can you handle him?" Sato said to Gray, slightly worried.

"Yeah, no problem. Just keep running forward." With that, Gray ran forward even faster as he activited his ability, Bloodlust.

*Bloodlust - Lose 1 percent of your health every second. Gain 200% stat bonus and 50% life steal until the skill is deactivated. (except for stamina)

Gray jumped above the troll as he sidestepped the slam from the troll's cursed club. He then sent a strong kick to his head as the troll was sent flying into the canyon wall. It opened up a way for Sato.

"Argh! I'm going to kill you first, vampire!" The troll stood up as he used Leap onto Gray. The general simply stepped to his left as he followed up with Swiftstrikes that was used to block the strong swings of the troll. He also slashed the large body several times due to his high dexterity. The life steal allowed him to sustain.

"Time for me to end you." With that Gray activated Crimson Slash. The rapier of Gray's started to drain blood from his body which lowered his health. However, the rapier started to give off a pulsing sensation. It was as if it became one with Gray's body. Gray then dashed forward as he used the ability.

A large red line appeared on the troll's body as he soon became a white light and vanished in thin air.

*Crimson Slash - Absorbs 10% of player's maximum health. Deals 200% damage with bleed effect.