Guardian Of The World

Death Mask is one of the best and inhumane items in epic rank.

It not only hides the player's information, the item's skill was already a scam. If you were to activate Death Pursuit and find someone who has a killing intent, you could kill them and earn 2 permanent points of strength.

Though it only works on players and NPCs, the skill effect had no limitations so it meant that if you continuously kill someone with a killing intent, you would infinitely receive additional points in strength and turning you into a killing machine

The original cost of this skill was 1,000 mana but since mana and energy were entirely different, he only needed to spend 5 energy per second, so if he were to kill someone with a killing intent while mid air, Kris could activate it without worrying about the energy consumption since he can now heal 8 points of energy every time he damage an enemy.

This was mainly the most favorable item for assassin type players and PKers (Player Killers). If he was to sell this in the online market, the price would go up to $100,000 to half a million.

Unfortunately, its drop rate was really low, its drop percentage was 0.1% meaning that you had to subjugate Night Jaguar for over a thousand times to be able to have a higher chance of having it drop this item but for now, he had to use it.

The mask covered the lower part of my face, and he looked like a bandit.

"How do I look?" Kris asks the trio who was staring at me.

"Cool!" Zando smiled.

"That item is really something huh, your presence became more colder even I couldn't help but shudder" Jeremiah spoke while rubbing his shoulders and Stan gave a thumbs up seeming that he had agreed to Jeremiah.

"Oh guys before I go, I need you pendants." Kris said.

"You mean this? You can have, were already fugitives, we don't deserve it." Zando said and gave him the pendant.

YOU HAVE RECEIVE ZANDO'S KNIGHT PENDANT

"Yeah, if we were to go back to the castle, they'll just arrest us." Jeremiah also gave his pendant with a sad look.

YOU HAVE RECEIVE JEREMIAH'S KNIGHT PENDANT

"We don't really need it, because for now on, we will be adventurers travelling across the whole continent." Stan spoke an threw his pendant to him.

YOU HAVE RECEIVED STAN'S KNIGHT PENDANT

"Thanks, well I'll be off now and I'll see you in 2 hours." Kris waved goodbye and began to struck the cables over the trees to travel faster.

"Yes, will be waiting here."

*****

Kris used this time to practice on using his cables to get the perfect timing.

He had tumbled on the ground, slammed on tree barks and trip on branches because he still couldn't control the fast momentum every time he gets pulled by the cable.

'I still need to practice more' he said to himself, he had to rest for a bit to regain the energy he had lost and used that time to practice on swinging his swords on the trees.

He didn't waste time because he wanted to get stronger and stronger.

While flying, he heard noises coming from below and stopped by hanging on a tree.

He saw 5 players that seems to be on a party. There were two girls: a cleric, an archer and three boys: a tank, a swordsman and a thief

'Pretty balanced party, and their level seems to be in the 200s, are they here to kill the Night Jaguar?' The time was still around 3 in the morning so the Night Jaguar would be possibly roaming but what they didn't know was that Kris had already killed it.

"Stop!" The archer halted with his hands then all his teammates seized their movements.

"Is it the Night Jaguar?" The thief asks.

"No, I think someone is watching us." They began to inspect the surroundings and they didn't see anything suspicious.

'That archer has very high senses, I should get going.'

Kris was about to leave but then..

"There!" She began to shoot an arrow towards my position so i had to hide behind the tree.

'She's good.' I wasn't scared at all, but I felt a sense of amazement coming from them.

"Shena use holy light!" The archer called out the cleric who's name was Shena then she nodded and didn't had to ask why she had to cast a spell.

"Oh goddess of light, help those thy need your help, please give us your powers of light to command unto thee Holy Light!" After finishing her chant, the golden staff on his hand heightened go and illuminated the surroundings, the skill was similar to Jeremiah's but it didn't have any blinding effects.

"Don! Use a crowd control skill!" She called out the tank.

"I got this! Ground roar!" Don bashed his meter long shield on the ground and area began to shake violently.

'Ah f.u.c.k!' I couldn't properly hit the cable to the tree because of the shaking so it resulted to a miss and I purposely fell myself to the ground.

Thud!

My body slammed the floor luckily I didn't take fall damage.

I was about to stood up but then I was greeted by 5 shadows.

"Who are you and why are you spying on us" The archer aimed an arrow unto my head.

'F.u.c.k! I can't open my mouth, its stiffened.' I stood up and stared my gaze at them while two swords were helded on my hands.

"Why are you silent? Speak if you don't want us to kill you!" The archer exclaimed, above her head was her name icon and health bar, her name was Jean, she had a very beautiful body complex and her skin has a very milky texture, she had wore leather clothes that shows a very revealing posture. Her face looked like a celebrity but I couldn't blush even if I wanted to because of my dead emotions.

"Its almost 4 at the morning, the Night Jaguar might disappear now so let's just kill him and get over with it." The swordsman, Aguilar unsheathed his long sword and pointed it towards me, he had a grain on his mouth and showed a very arrogant look.

"Yes, yes, let's kill him!" The thief, Jester said with a sly face, he begun to lick his two daggers with his long tongue and it seems he is psychopath in real life.

"Look at his mask! Isn't that what we are trying to find?" Don the tanker pointed with his thick hands, his appearance was a muscular man and a very furry mustache covered his jaw.

"It is! How about we kill him? He seems to be in the level of 300s but he is alone, even if were still in the 200s we could easily kill him with our numbers!" The sly guy, Jester spoke while revealing a wide grin.

"Even if we kill him, there is a very low chance of dropping the death mask." The cleric, Shena said. Even one of the Goddess of Light worshippers couldn't help but sate their greeds.

"So will just have to kill him everytime he revives until he drops it!" The tank, Don exclaimed revealing his white teeth.

"I don't know guys, we still don't know what this guy is capable of so we need to be wary and don't be reckless." Jean asks with a worried look.

'Why are they spouting nonsense?' I asks myself, they seemed to be trying to kill me.

"Hey you! Give that mask to me and will spare you and if not, we will kill you nonstop if you don't give that to us!" Aguilar pointed the edge of his blade to my neck, he had threatened to kill him but Kris' hated people that had bad intentions that's why he never speak to anyone other than NPCs and his parents, he hated those people who breaks a trust and betrays them just to regain their greed.

Kris' body begun to froze for a moment, he locked his gaze to Aguilar.

"What are you looking at? Do you want to die?!" He pushed his face closed to me and showed a stupid grin.

'Death Mask.' Vhooong! Kris' eyes glowed in red. His vision showed the targets body, whether it was white, meaning his neutral or black, showing killing intent.

Shluuoock!!

The sword in my right hand pierced Aguilar's abdomen, it was so fast that he couldn't react.

[-20,000]

'What the f.u.c.k is this damage?' Aguilar's eyes now showed a hint of fear and hadn't wish that he had provoked him but then his mind went black and he felt like his vision fell to the ground.

[-26,000]

'Was I beheaded?' He could see his body standing, blood spurted from his neck and he slowly turned into dust.

YOU HAVE KILLED AGUILAR!

YOU HAVE BEEN MARKED AS A KILLER!

- Some NPCs will not talk to you.

- If you are killed, you will be banned for 24 hours and the item drop rate if killed will raise by 20% (the more numbers killed, rating will raise).

- If guards finds out that you are a Killer, they will seize you and place you in the prison for 14 hours of real time

- Killer mark will only disappear if you avoid people for 10 hours or go to a Judith's Temple, the goddess of light and replenish your sins (This will cost money, the more players killed, the more money costs)

[+2 STRENGTH]

'Yes!' He was happy after seeing the window panel he didn't care about the Killer mark, he was only focused on the reward.

"Wahhh!! He killed Aguilar!" The cleric screamed.

"Kill him and don't let him run away!" Jean shouted.

Don began to bash his shield on the ground and roared like a lion.

Ggaaaahhh!!!

YOU HAVE BEEN PROVOKED, YOU WILL FOCUS YOUR GAZE UNTO THE TANK UNTIL YOU KILL IT.

YOU HAVE RESISTED!

"Khuok! What?!" Don exclaimed, he couldn't believe it.

"What happened?" Jean asks Don who was sweating.

"He, he resisted my aggro." Don said with disbelieving eyes.

"Don't worry about it just kill him!!" Jean began to shot arrows while Shena buffed the 3 of them.

Hooot! Hooot!

Kris had avoided the arrows by using the cables while the party were dumbstrucked by this scene.

"How did he do that?" Don ask.

He couldn't keep up with Kris' fast movement on the air.

Kris was about to pull his cable over the cleric but the tank sprinted and defended her with his shield.

"Harden!" Don's shield glowed in deep blue while his body turned into stone.

But what was this? Kris spun his body spinning his blade and dealing damage to Don.

[-12,000]

[-17,000]

"What kind of damage is this?" The damage he received depleted his life to half. He couldn't defend Kris momentum and was blast away while leaving only the cleric towards him.

Fwooosh!

Kris went in contact with the cleric and the blades pierced Shena's head and body chopping it off. This scene was similar to the Night Jaguar's death; bloody yet satisfying

[-20,000]

[-24,000]

YOU JAVE KILLED SHENA

[+2 STRENGTH]

"You asshole!" Jester began to dash towards Kris' back but Kris' spun his swords horizontally, cutting Jester's body to half while his insides fell on the ground, spewing thick blood.

[-24,000]

YOU HAVE KILLED JESTER

[+2 STRENGTH]

'Does he have a hidden class? I have never seen someone with that type of weapon before? Shit is this how I'm gonna die?' Jean's head was spinning, he wanted to understand what had happened. Everything had move so fast, their team was not even killed by the Night Jaguar but only to meet there end by an apex expert player with a hidden class.

"Please, don't kill me! You can have all my items just please leave me alone, we were just wary because you had spied on us and we thought you would be a nuisance but we were wrong, we had provoked you and even dared to threaten your life. Please forgive us!! Will never see each other again if you just let me escape.

She seemed to be telling the truth and Kris could see the regret in her eyes so for his mercy, he withdraw his sword and struck the cables to a tree and was about to escape.

'Heh, do you think you could just escape after killing my teammates!? Well then eat this!' Jean began to charge a burning arrow towards me. After she shot it, she was frightened after seeing that not only her arrow missed, Kris had also disappeared.

'What? Where did he go?'

Jean quickly scanned her surrounding but at that moment, she saw a shadow above her that seems to be slowly getting closer.

She gazed her vision above and saw Kris pushing the two swords on to her head.

'Ah shit.' The edges of the swords stabbed her eyes while slowly being pierced down to her body. Blood spurted out on her eyes blinding her and the blades struck from her lungs pierced through her intestines, killing her.

YOU HAVE DEALT A FATAL BLOW!

[-145,790]

[+65 ENERGY]

YOU HAVE KILLED JEAN

[+2 STRENGTH]