“Alexander, what brought you here?” Headmaster Cinnabar had a pleased expression on his face as he looked down at his best student fondly.
Alexander was undoubtedly the most talented dojo instructor in the whole Border town dojo, the headmaster was even sure that the young lad had the potential to surpass him in the future.
Perhaps, to other superiors, this would have made them wary and suppress the still budding prodigy, or some may even go as far as plotting to kill him. But to him, none of these mattered.
In a normal sense, it was not normal for such a talented Pugilist to still stay here in such a backward town. The truth was that instructor Alexander and the headmaster had a relationship that was closer than what was made known to the public.
The headmaster was born and bred in the Border town, so it was normal that he remained loyal to it but instructor Alexander was not.
What brought him to the town was a fateful encounter betwee
The group of 4 roommates had to walk a significant distance away from the town before they finally saw the perimeter of the forbidden forest, it was an admirable yet intimidating sight. The forbidden forest is the biggest in Beiger, and it didn’t just cover a single region. The tentacles of the dreaded forest extended across the whole Beiger planet, making it the most dangerous place on the planet. The forest that Morales passed through after escaping from the mining base was just a small extension of the forbidden forest, but that one alone was filled with dangerous beasts. The part of the forbidden forest that bordered the Border town was just the periphery region. According to legends, only powerful Grade C experts could reach the depths of the forest and survive it. The horrors hidden in the forbidden forest were not something that commoners or mere supers could endure, only the real experts could survive them. After getting to the territo
“Morales, what’s happening?” Dave was freaking out more and was already on the verge of losing it when he saw the unusual grave expression on Morales’s face, he was already hating today.Morales grabbed him roughly on the shoulders, shook him before answering. “We are in danger, Dave”.“Listen to me, panicking will not do anything. Right now, I want you to go out there and bring both Rose and Chloe here immediately. They are a few dozen meters away from us, it’s not far”.“I want to think about some things now, so I can’t go with you. But I want you to be fast. You can do this, right?”“Y…, yes, I think so”.“Good! Go, go!”Falling down and scrambling up again, a confused and terrified Dave ran away in the direction that Morales pointed at for him. He had a lot of questions but he was too terrified to ask them.As soon as Dave disapp
Border town was burning! The whole town underestimated the danger, they were too confident in the statistics and trends that they already observed for the past few years. They forgot the most vital fact that change was ever-present. Change was not showing now did not mean that it was not there, it was just hiding. The day that you let your guard down, it would sneak up on you and attack like a legendary assassin. Instructor Alexander already received specific orders from his master as soon as the battle began, the only problem was that he found it hard to obey such orders. He felt terribly guilty. In a sense, everything that was happening currently was indirectly caused by him. After he punished Morales and his friends to take a beast cleaning sweep at the periphery zone of the forbidden forest, he forgot about the message that he received a few days ago. Hoping that the group of 4 mischievous roommates would surprise him and unravel t
Of headmaster Cinnabar’s twelve personal students, only 5 stayed behind with him. Despite the others' willingness to stay and die with him, he forced them to leave under Alexander’s leadership. Necromancers! He’s never seen one with his eyes, but he sure as hell had heard terrifying stories about them. His late Master always told him tales of his encounters and battles with the evil magicians. He’s heard about how they can massacre a whole town just to train their magic, about how they can kill hundreds of unborn children and their mothers just to refine their control of dark arcane magic. He’s heard about how powerful they are compared to regular mages. He’s heard of their ruthlessness; he’s heard of their viciousness. His only regret despite knowing all these was not encountering them once. Now, after he already passed his twilight years, the opportunity to duel with a real necromancer finally presented itself before him. He could he
Ptui! The sound of a sharp object stabbing into flesh loudly reverberated. Before the oversized zombie that towered above the others could react, Morales dragged his storm sword sideways as rotten blood sprayed at him. The blood did not touch his body though, his dark golden energy formed a shield around him that blocked all the gore from splashing on his body. The zombie that was before him got split in 2 directly from the middle of its abdomen. As its abdomen spurted blood, it made a disconcerting squelching sound before falling down dead. As soon as the zombie fell before his feet, he dodged to the side as a sharp bone spike stabbed at his previous location. With a single movement of his body, he turned around and grabbed the big skeleton warrior on the skull. Bending the scowling skull slightly, his sword sliced through its bony neck without much resistance. As soon as he killed the oversized zombie and skeleton warrior, dozens of
As soon as the decision was relayed to the 2 Pugilists who stood at the entrance, they finally started preparation for the leap of faith. Yes, it was a great leap of faith to leave their only hope of defense which was the wall. Morales asked if there was armor and higher-grade weapons here for his and his roommates to use, but the guards said no. As they’ve never encountered a situation like this before, they normally don’t keep their weapons here in the wall. They were always kept in the town where every guard could easily have access to them. Morales was slightly disappointed on hearing that, but this did not deter him from his decision to leave. Back in the game, when undead energy completely invades a player, the player turns into a zombie. They would then suffer from disorientation; their character would go out of their control. In the end, to turn back to normal they either had to die or wait out the duration of the undead state.
Morales felt like falling down to sleep from exhaustion but he could not afford to do that as the situation didn’t permit it. After being trashed by the enormous mummified monster a few minutes ago and losing a sizeable chunk from his health points, he finally left all illusions to act cool behind and ran for his dear life. He never expected to see such a strong mummified monster in a location that was just being fed and sustained with undead energy, his confidence in his assumption was what led to the previous scenario. From then, he learned his lesson though as he never volunteered to take on any of the big undead monsters again. If you are escaping, wait for me, I’m escaping too- this became his new pledge. As soon as they escaped from the position of the defense wall, despite the mistake of leaving the gate open they did not care and ran for their lives. Because of this, zombies and skeleton warriors were already flooding the road that led
After the incident a few minutes ago, the group of escaping guards and students became more alert. After being on the run and fighting together for minutes, they already developed a certain trust for each other.When they just saw Morales and his roommates, the guards originally looked down on them a bit due to their relatively young faces but after this short journey with them, they learned to respect them.They already recognized Morales as their default leader. Not only because of his strength and knowledge, but he also had that certain demeanor that demanded respect in tense situations.Adding that to the fact that he already saved their lives numerous times, everyone in the group gave their silent consent to make him the leader.Apart from him, the 3 other dojo students could not be trifled with either.Because this was their second real battle experience after the assassination a few days ago, Chloe and the others were still spooked a bit eve
When only less than 8% of the human population were left alive on Beiger planet, King Morales Clifford stood up to the challenge and rescued humanity! The clips were viral all across the planet after all the undead creatures that were terrorizing the biggest armies of the planets disappeared at the same time. The heroic battle of the new King could never be forgotten. Though the Pyramid was locked from the outside world when Morales was engaged in his epoch-changing battle against the Medusa and the mummified monster, there were countless experts who could recreate the scene. By recreating the scene, not only did the surviving humans know who rescued them, they saw it in the most impressive fashion possible. Once all the undead creatures disappeared like they were mere illusions, a much sought-after peace finally came unto Beiger planet. The next day after the final battle, the Vice Pirate Admiral who was once an outcast became a legen
Only 13% of the human population was left on Beiger planet, this was why the Suicide Squad was tasked to achieve the impossible since the impossible was the only achievement that could turn the tides of this war. Donning a special Pugilist armor that was made to fit his physique, and to enhance his Pugilist energy and endurance in battle, Morales was more than ready to take on this impossible mission. As one of the 3 Grade C- experts of this Suicide Squad, he had 1/3rd overall authority over any decision-making of the squad. As soon as they went deep inside the pyramid enough, and the number of zombies and other undead creatures swarming towards them started becoming too much, Morales gave a suggestion. “Let’s separate!” Morales could boast of being the warrior with the most knowledge about this Pyramid. Putting aside its deliberate model after earth’s pyramid of Giza, this was a battlefield where he had farmed for experience points like a man
Perhaps, Gorge Dame was right, this was indeed the end of the world! The Pharoah’s declaration of conquer was what flipped the delicate balance, Beiger planet was plunged into a world war after years of fairly stable development. As soon as Pharoah Khufu declared conquer, it was like an authoritative galaxy-wide order was given. All the undead beasts who answered to this ancient Pharoah listened and acted when he spoke. The pyramid opened up into individual triangular shuttles after the order, these shuttles turned into superspeed ferries to transport an endless army of undead creatures to all corners of Beiger planet. Beiger planet faced its greatest test of destruction yet. Faced against this predator of planets, Beiger planet faced a challenge where they had to rally their full strength just to present the most basic resistance. Faced against a common enemy that could annihilate all life from the planet, all political inclinations w
While reveling in the shock on the infiltrators’ faces on seeing his surprising compatriot, Gorge Dame spread his hands wide in an exaggeratedly expressive gesture to attract as much attention as possible. “I knew that you would come!” “I knew that you would all come, I’ve been waiting long enough!” “When I started my ambitious plan to induce the descent of the mythical great pyramid of Giza, I knew from the onset that such a plan could not be hidden from your scrutinizing gazes for long”. “To counter and prepare for this, I simply decided not to hide it. Through careful baiting and meticulously patient guidance over the years, I was able to remote control your important decisions till I led you all here”. “Hehehe!” “It feels so good to see enemies fooling themselves, so damn good!” “I didn’t just bring you here to enjoy yourselves though. Like a said, you all just earned yourselves a front-row seat to the end of the world”.
Warp! The advanced airship succeeded in infiltrating inside the Necromancy domain that the Necromancy alliance was famed for without triggering any alarms. This was a sign of a good omen towards the overall mission. None of the warriors that were recruited into the vanguard team cheered though, this was because they knew that this was just the calm before the storm. This act that they just started was an act of war! Inside the necromancy domain was like a dark endless void filled with chaotic space that kept on ravaging through anything that they could devour. It was now night, but the effects of the night here were amplified several folds. The extreme darkness, gloominess, and absolute silence gave this region the spookiest attribute that it could afford. This strange vacant void seemed spooky, but not to the warriors that came for this mission who were all battle-hardened veterans. None of them were flustered, they kn
As soon as Morales settled down, he swept his gaze through the enormous hall building and saw that a lot of people were already gathered here. Even as he came, others were also coming. The hunting alliance already put everything in order before convening this gathering. From the most important warrior to the least important, even the mysterious Elder Lorrain of the Clifford family were all present. Like before, Pirate Admiral Frenzy was the one who stood up to speak. He was seated alongside his fellow counterparts at the very front of the hall. Morales eyed these seats. With his current status as a Grade C- expert, if he revealed his real strength, he could easily become one of the higher-ups of this alliance. Despite the fame and prestige that may follow, Morales was okay with being prudent. He already had his own plans in place for this mission. To others, it was just about killing the necromancers and getting rid of a disast
Morales’s rapid increase in power made him feel surreal.For some reason, he felt that he was finally looking down on this planet from a vantage point. Getting to this strength level so rapidly would have affected new timers, but he was an old-timer.In his previous world, as an avid Space World gamer, he was among the first patch of players to level up to the Grade A Calamity realm.With such an achievement, leveling to the Grade C- realm seemed inconsequential though he would be beaten to death if any of the other Grade C- experts currently in Beiger planet heard him say that.In his luxurious room that was built inside his new mansion in Morales Island, Morales sat as a lot of things went through his mind.Tomorrow was the D-Day for the hunt mission to get the head of the notorious Gorge Dame to commence. But before going on this mission, Morales decided to make a trip alongside Bella.Once he informed Bella, she did not refuse, and
After the secret gathering that was convened in a secret virtual domain, Morales took his time communicating with the Pirate Admiral.Pirate Admiral Frenzy no longer hid anything from him.As he said, they discovered the fatal plan of the necromancers 2 years ago. Since then, they went into work on gathering manpower and trying to infiltrate the Necromancer’s Den to gather information.When the gathering started, it comprised only Pirate Admiral Frenzy and Pirate Admiral Rage. These 2 were the progenitors of the gathering, and they were responsible for the rapid growth of the gathering in the past 2 years.Compared to when it started, the gathering was now countless times more powerful. They looked invisible, but not so invisible against the Necromancer’s Den.The Necromancer’s Den already changed a lot, Gorge Dame was no longer the sole leader. Though the pyramid has not descended yet, the Undead Pharoah, Khufu was already extend
“Who is this?” Morales was confused at first on seeing his ringing communication device, but as soon as he picked up the call, his confusion cleared and was quickly replaced by surprise and speculations. “Morales, right?” On hearing the dignified voice that reverberated from the other side of the virtual projection screen, Morales snapped out of his daze. “Esteemed Pirate Admiral!” Morales quickly expressed his respect by standing up. Being contacted so suddenly by the well-known Frenzy Psychic, Morales experienced a rapid rush of emotions. It did not take him long before he connected this call to the achievements of his fleet in the just-concluded campaign. Though he really wanted to know the reason why this Pirate Admiral called, he did not dare keep him waiting. He put on the most polite smile that he could before asking the universal question. “To what honor am I receiving this unexpected call?” On hearing t