Legacy of the Betelgeuse

Chapter 183 - Episode 183: The Downfall.

Azrael is surrounded by dozens of Jariel's men. I never thought that almost half of the population in Fjel town are all Jariel's men, I don't know what will happen to this town without half of the population and what kind of rumor the players will write in the forum after this. Azrael is ready to use [Blizzard Blitz] but then a notification appears in front of me.

[The item [Old Scroll] has been removed from your inventory]

[The quest related to the [Old Scroll] is now no longer available]

[The truth behind the [Old Scroll] will never be found]

"So Jariel has been defeated..."

I look at Azrael.

"That's enough, Az. Come back."

Azrael becomes a specter and walks them like a wind. Azrael then walks toward me and sits in front of me. Avriel gets out from the pub with Krestan walking behind her. I look at her with blood all over her shirt and she's glaring at them. All of them are looking at her with confusion and the moment they look at the blood all over her body, they know that Jariel is either dead or defeated. All the gen 1 players are pointing at Avriel and they realize that she's Avriel, one of the tutorial NPCs from Sarkh Village that was being in a hot topic in the forum.

She walks toward them with a blank expression, and then she crosses her arms while staring at every one of them.

"I will give you three options. First, join us because I am your master now. Second, I will let you all leave if you don't want to serve me as your new master. Third and lastly, you are all going to die if you want to go against me."

All of them are glaring at her and then run toward her with anger and hatred. Avriel closes her eyes and takes a deep breath and exhales deeply. When they're close enough to her, I immediately grab my scythe from my inventory and use [Volley of Death] at them. All of them are immobilize and I use [Blink Strike] immediately. I grab my scythe and slash it at their heads. Their heads are rolling down on the ground and all the players are watching everything from afar.

I turn my head and look at Avriel.

"Let me take care of them."

I unwrap my chained sickle and finish them off in an instant. Avriel is just looking at them and the heads scattered on the ground.

I thought that everything is done after I kill all of Jariel's men, but things get worse because some of the players are charging toward me because they think that I'm breaking the rules that the community has made. Thanks to the new Hero system, players thought that being good players and doing good deeds toward the NPCs will give them chance to become a hero. Now, because of that stupid kind of conclusion, killing NPCs is restricted, and breaking the rule will be punished by the players. My name will be put on the blacklist and players will hunt me down whenever they see me, but that means nothing to me since I'm confident that I'm the strongest player currently.

I grab my sickle and use [Circle of Death] at them. All the players are stunned and getting attacked by the illusion scythe. Because they're just a bunch of low leveled players that barely have 5.000 HP, they're all died from that single skill and I don't even have to do anything. Thanks to them, my fame is drastically reduced because of the act of PK-ing (Player Killing), but I don't even care about fame.

I'm walking toward my scythe and grab it. I swing it around and rest my scythe on my shoulder while looking at all the players.

"Is there anyone else who wants to act like a hero?"

All the players look at each other and then leave. I put my weapons in my inventory and sigh. Azrael is walking toward me and looking at me.

"Master? Are you okay?"

I smile and nod.

"Yeah, I'm fine."

I look at Avriel and Krestan.

"Let's leave before we attract more attention."

They both nod and then we hurriedly leave Fjel town.

On our way to the Headless Cult's lair, Krestan is giggling quietly and both of us are looking at him weirdly. I raise my eyebrow.

"What's so funny?"

Krestan shakes his head.

"Nothing. I thought you're different from me or Avriel, but turns out you're exactly the same as both of us."

Avriel is furrowing her forehead.

"Why are you acting as you know me? Don't get on my nerve because I never even once agreed to be on the same side with you. You are nothing but a psychopath who kills for entertainment. You killed so many innocent lives just to achieve your goal."

Krestan raises his eyebrow and smirks.

"Ho? Said the woman who killed hundreds of people because you are just following orders. You are not much better than me, you killed because someone told you to, and you killed them all for what? Now that I think about it, you are much worse than me. At least I killed because I know what I'm doing and I know it was necessary, but you, you are just a dog who barks because your master told you to. I killed people like you."

Avriel unsheathes her dagger and Krestan grabs his staff and spellbook. I sigh and groan in annoyance then activate [Dominion]. Both of them are looking at me and immediately put down their weapons.

I turn around and look at both of them.

"Are you guys finished?"

Krestan puts his spellbook in his bag and raises his hands and his staff. Avriel looks at him and then sheathes her dagger and crosses her arms while looking away. I deactivate [Dominion] and sigh.

"I don't want to agree with Krestan, but both of you have your own reason for what you did in the past. What I can see and tell is that you both are not the same as those who live peacefully and living a normal life, and now I'm also the same as you both. There's no turning back and you both know that. I have my own reason and I already accept the consequences of my acts and so do you."

I scoff and look at Krestan.

"But you, you're still the worse from both of us."

Avriel chuckles and trying to not laugh. Krestan is squinting his eyes and looks at me with disbelief.

"Oh? Wow..."

We keep walking away from the No Man's Land since the Headless Cult's lair is quite far away from the No Man's Land and I don't want to bring Avriel and Krestan to the teleportation device in the town and use it as if they're just a regular NPCs. So the only way to get there is by walking and it will take at least a week in-game time, but we can go faster if only I prepared and saved the coordinate and use the portal before I did those things. I could fly with Azrael and go over there first then open a portal for them both, and that will be the only best option I have.

I turn around and look at them while grabbing my tent and put it on the ground.

"I need you both to stay here for the night. I will go on my own and I will open a portal for both of you once I reach the Headless Cult's lair. Is that okay with you both?"

Avriel is glaring at Krestan.

"I'm fine with it as long as I'm not with him."

Krestan sighs and nods.

"Fine. I will go back to my house using a portal and come back tomorrow..."

I look at Avriel and raise my eyebrows.

"Are you okay on your own?"

Avriel scoffs.

"Who do you think you are talking to? I'm not afraid of anyone."

I smile and nod.

"Alright then, you can use the tent and I will be on my way then. I will see you guys tomorrow. I will be right back."

I get on Azrael and then we fly to the Headless Cult's lair.

(In real life)

Everyone is gathering in the living room watching a movie together, but then Grisell is screaming and everyone is startled because of her. All of them are looking at Grisell who's always reading something on her phone with confusion. Francesca walks toward Grisell and rests her head on top of Grisell's head.

"What?"

Grisell is humming with a serious face and lifts her phone and connect her phone to the TV. Everyone is looking at the TV while waiting for it to load. Grisell then opens Utube on the TV. They're all watching the video of Trevor killing NPCs in Fjel Town and then kills players after that. They're surprised when Trevor is standing in front of Avriel and Krestan.

Francesca raises her eyebrows.

"What is he doing this time?"

Grisell then opens a new tab on TV and opens the forum. She's pointing at the TV.

"Read that! A specific quest became unavailable at the same time when Trevor was killing NPCs. Is it a coincidence or that's what Trevor trying to do? Not just that, look at this..."

Grisell opens another tab and then Trevor's IGN is on the blacklist and everyone is dissing and badmouthing him in the forum. They're talking about how arrogant and how can he still become a hero after what he did. Everyone starts to hate him more and more. Some of the people are provoking the other and convincing them that Trevor is always like that, and they start to connect the thing Trevor did a few months ago that he killed hundreds of thousands and millions of players for his own interest.

Francesca and the others are looking at each other. Francesca sighs and scratches her head.

"I guess it's time for us to log in and get an answer from him."

They all nod in agreement and they hurriedly go to the gaming room and log in to the game.