BXBX NOVEL Chapter 236: The First Casualty
Chapter 236: The First Casualty
'I don't want to be here. Why do I have to participate in the war? This is bullshit!' Slip shouted inwardly angrily.
He was just a young man from the peaceful village of Greenfield.
After acquiring the VR Pod, he tried out Mortal Online to have mostly fun when he wasn't doing any farm work, and now, two years later after that, he was participating in the war!
It was a foreign concept to him, as the country where he originated had never seen war before. He'd of course seen movies about war but never thought he would actually experience it firsthand.
"Alright, you sons of bitches!" A rough-voiced man entered the room.
The room had similar people like Slip-new to the war, green, and scared.
They were all part of weak guilds, but because their guilds had to choose a faction to support, they ended up being the foot soldiers of the Children of Fair faction.
None of them were from Imperium City either. They were from Driftwood, but they came here for the promotion tests and were taken from there to participate in the first battle of the war.
Since they didn't want to sacrifice any member of Children of Fair this early on, they decided to use their allied forces instead.
"Your job is extremely simple. So simple that even the densest of you would understand!" The rough-sounding man shouted. "The war is like chess. We need to move our pawns to get to the king. And if we lose a few along the way, so be it."
'So we're just sacrifices?' Slip felt like crying. 'Fuck this faction.'
"Master Alistair wants all of you to go to the Trigger Street and secure the buildings there. It's a tactical point to push Dying Star's territory. It's right on the edge of their territory, and there is a good chance that they won't guard it.
"Dying Star has the worst location of all the Seven Ancient Guilds. They're surrounded by all the guilds, and they have so many places to guard, so there is a chance they've forgotten about the Trigger Street."
"What if they hadn't?" A person asked, "Will we retreat if we see any sign of trouble?"
"Of course not!" The rough-sounding man screamed. "If there is any opposition, you must eliminate the threat and create a stronghold there!"
"B-but."
"No buts!" He shouted. "Alright, get on moving! Time's of essence, and before Dying Star can rally more troops, you must have the Trigger Street under your control!"
...
The group of the foot soldiers neared the Trigger Street. They hid in one of the many alleyways and made sure to keep their steps silent.
"Alright, one building at the time." One of them said who took the leading rule out of nowhere. "We don't want to separate. We're stronger together."
'We'll need to use the surprise momentum and speed to clear the buildings quick.' Slip thought with a frown. 'If we move together, we're slow and we'll be seen coming from a mile away.'
However, he didn't speak out his worries aloud, as it already looked like everyone else was on board with staying together.
"Alright, let's get going!"
Loudly, they ran out of the alleyway and ran in the middle of the street towards the Trigger Street that loomed beyond. They left the Children of Fair territory and entered Dying Star's. The first building came into view. It was a small, rundown structure with broken windows. However, before they could reach the first building, their "leader" came to a stop like a deer in the headlights, and everyone else bumped into him in confusion.
'Why did he stop?' Slip wondered, but then he saw why.
There was someone waiting for them, sitting in the middle of Trigger Street with a spear in their hand. It was just one person, but their piercing gaze seemed to freeze everyone in place.
"That's..." The leader gulped in fear. "Korazion!"
'Korazion?' Slip frowned. 'That name rings a bell.'
"The war is here, huh." Korazion stood up and twirled the spear in his hand. "This'll be a nice story to talk about to my grandsons one day."
"He is just one person!" One of them shouted. "Let's just kill him!"
"No, I recognize him!" Another one said. "He's that popular movie star, isn't he? That guy who does martial arts movies and is always doing his stunts. Isn't he? Korazion Chen!"
"It's not only that!" Their leader said with a scared look. "The Dying Star's top five ranked members are called Stars!"
"Sapphira the Dancer is Fifth Star. It means she is the fifth strongest member of the guild, not counting the guild master.
"Arkham the Strong is the Fourth Star.
"Thoroughbred the Swift is the Third Star.
"Korazion the Graceful is the Second Star!
"Sepheron the Great is the First Star!"
"This means that guy is the second-ranked member of Dying Stars?!" One of them cried out. "That's Ancient Guild! The second-ranked member would be stronger than most guildn/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
masters!"
"Exactly, we encountered the worst kind of opponent!" The leader said. "We can't win!"
'I knew I remembered his name somehow!' Slip's face paled. 'My guild master talked about Korazion. He lost to him! That man ahead of us is stronger than my guild master!'
"We need to lea-"
The leader was about to say, but then the spear struck him in the chest, silencing him. When they looked over to Korazion with fear, they saw that he was still standing in his original position. However, the spear in his hand grew long.
The spear had a strange ability that allowed it to extend in length at will.
Korazion made the spear the regular length once again, but the leader collapsed on the ground as the spear happened to pierce through his heart. He was the first casualty in the war. While twirling his spear around, Korazion again extended the length of his spear, and cut through the group of people while they were too stunned to speak.
The heads rolled and the blood spewed.
"A-ah!" Everyone turned around and started running away.
Slip was among them, his legs moving the fastest. He didn't dare to turn his head around, but
he heard the sound of people dying behind him.
Without knowing it, he was the only one left and felt like something was approaching him.
The death.
However, at that moment, someone jumped off the roof and deflected the extended spear before it could pierce through Slip.
Slip almost tripped and turned around in a surprise. He just saw a black-robed woman standing in the way of the spear but didn't dare to stay behind and kept running away.
"Oh?" Korazion looked at the woman. "Who were you again? All of you sisters and brothers
look the same to me."
"Hehe," she giggled, and she twirled the daggers in her hand. "I am the Second Sister. Please remember me, okay~"
"I probably won't." Korazion smashed his spear down.
The Second Sister moved her daggers above her head and blocked the spear. The ground shattered underneath her. However, she just giggled and smiled as if the attack was nothing
more than a mere tickle.
"Oh, I'll make you remember~"