Chapter 24

"Damn you."

One of the red-named players dashed towards Zephyr after feeling insulted by his words. He thrusts his sword towards Zephyr with a big grin on his face. Zephyr looked calmly at the approaching sword and wasn't even bothered by it.

As the sword approached him, Zephyr raised his hand as he caught the sword and it pierced through his hand.

[You have suffered 320 damage.]

[You have been attacked by the 'Scavenger Party'.]

[You are free to retaliate for 1 hour.]

The warrior who charged at Zephyr flinched, seeing Zephyr wasn't even bothered by the sword that pierced his hand. As his eyes met Zephyr's [Emperor Eye], he shivered as if he was staring at an absolute being who he couldn't comprehend. He felt even greater fear upon hearing Zephyr's next words.

"You wanted to kill me, so I think you were also prepared to be killed right."

As Zephyr was talking, six of them disappeared and entered stealth. The six Assassins were surprised by Zephyr's uninterested reaction, even though a sword pierced him, and decided to take action.

However, none of them knew that all of their efforts were futile as stealth wouldn't escape the vision of [Emperor Eye].

"I'm free to retaliate, right? I heard that the red-named player suffered a massive penalty when they died. Let's see if that was true. "

Zephyr said as 10 fireballs hovered around him, which made all the players widen their eyes as they did not expect him to possess a magical class.

Zephyr's fireballs hit each of them as none had recovered from their surprise.

[You have dealt 21,000 damage to the target.]

[You have dealt 21,000 damage to the target.]

[You have dealt 21,000 damage to the target.]

[You have dealt...]

All it took was one hit for each fireball to cause all of them to die. They were surprised by the damage of Zephyr as it reached 5 digits, which should not be possible in the early stages of the game.

However, what they did not know was that Zephyr benefited from the Legendary Archmage class, which deals 300% more magic damage. Coupled with his high intelligence stats, all it took was 1 fireball for all of them to die.

The players were still around level 10 and level 11, which means they did not possess much magic defense.

[You have killed 'Player Mega Red'.]

[As the player was a red name, you have acquired 1 karma point.]

[You have killed 'Player Mad Dog'.]

[As the player was a red name, you have acquired 1 karma point.]

[You have killed 'Player Jackal'.]

[As the player was a red name, you have acquired 1 karma point.]

[You...]

Zephyr didn't receive any penalty for killing them as all of them were branded as "Red Names" for killing other players. Just like in other VRMMOs, PK can lead to a penalty as they would be branded as red-named players.

Red-named players were not allowed to enter any city or town as they would be caught and arrested by the patrolling guards and put to jail. If a red-named player were killed, not a single piece of equipment would remain. Everything they possess will drop.

Zephyr looked at the drops but didn't pick a single thing as he was also lazy about it. He was also disappointed that they couldn't even endure the most basic of his basic spells.

If they knew what Zephyr was thinking, they would have totally been enraged to call a spell that deals 5 digit damage a basic spell.

Zephyr then continued his way as he ran to the hideout as he felt he had wasted his time with them, even though they didn't last long against his attacks. Tetsuya then popped out of his armor with a sad expression as he hoped he would be able to fight the small fry instead of his master.

Tetsuya then pouted as his master was so overprotective of him and did not give him the opportunity to prove his worth to Zephyr.

On his way, Zephyr saw many beautiful scenery as he ran swiftly. He was slightly interested in it but didn't stop as he wanted to finish the quests early and do nothing afterwards as he was uncomfortable about the failures.

For Zephyr, he felt it was some rope that was tied into his arms, and he wanted to break free from that uncomfortable feeling. Zephyr then glanced at the hill in front of him, just a couple of miles away. He then looked at the map and mumbled.

'So that's their hideout. I hope they will be interesting fellas.'

If it was another player, it would take at least 8 hours for them to arrive due to the distance between the hideout and the White Tiger City. However, for Zephyr, who possessed high agility, he only ran and arrived in just over 2 hours.

Zephyr looked at the cave just below the cliff. He thought it would be so obvious to make a cave a hideout and that it would be easy to deduce their location. Zephyr approached the cave and casually entered while keeping [Emperor Eye] active.

Zephyr didn't miss a single detail as he avoided all the traps easily and entered the cave undetected. It didn't take long for him to get a notification.

[You have discovered the hidden dungeon, 'Demon God's Followers Hideout'.]

[You are the first to make this discovery.]

[You have made an achievement that is not easily accomplished. Additional karma will be provided.]

[You have acquired 100 karma.]

[You have acquired 150 additional karma.]

[All experience gained inside the dungeon will be doubled for the next 5 days.]

[The item drop rate inside the dungeon has also doubled for the next 5 days.]

Confirming he had arrived in the right location, Zephyr continued to enter without hesitation and with a calm look on his face. Zephyr then spotted a shadow figure in the distance. Zephyr inspected them with his [Emperor Eye] and gave the details he wanted.

[Demon God's Follower]

Rating: Uncommon

Class: Black Magician

Level: 32

Tier: 1

HP: 20,600

MP: 18,600

[Demon God's Follower]

Rating: Uncommon

Class: Black Magician

Level: 33

Tier: 1

HP: 20,600

MP: 18,700

[Demon God's Follower]

Rating: Uncommon

Class: Dark Knight

Level: 32

Tier: 1

HP: 32,600

MP: 12,600

[Demon...]

Zephyr spotted 23 Demon God's followers who were bragging to each other about their wickedness. Zephyr approached them slowly and calmly, making all of the Demon God's followers enter a deathly silence.

They all widened their eyes at how someone was here. Coming back to their senses, almost all of them shouted at the same time.

"Intruder!"

Dark knights charged and black magicians started casting black magic. Zephyr wasn't bothered by their reaction as the Venomous Demon Sword appeared in his hand. Hydra's Poison entered the Dark Knight, who was the first to arrive, and made him scream in pain as Hydra's Poison entered his body.

Curses were bombarded at him but it didn't affect him as he resisted it all, leaving the surprised Demon God's followers. Zephyr then continuously cast [Fireball] and burned them.

As Zephyr used fire magic to make the cave illuminated, it alerted all the Demon God's followers. As all Demon God's followers use black magic, they became alert, seeing that there was fire magic in their hideout.

On the other hand, those facing Zephyr have different thoughts.

'Magic Swordsman'?

Seeing that Zephyr uses a sword instead of a staff or wand, they concluded that they were facing a magic swordsman, which was partially right.

In Tensura, Magic Swordsman is a hidden class which allows a swordsman to use magic at the same time while also being able to use the skills and benefits of being a swordsman.

As it was a hidden class, for the NPCs who live in this world, it was assumed that being a magic swordsman was very rare and not someone that they could easily encounter.

As they were in deep thought, Zephyr used [Vorpal Destruction] followed by [Saint's Sword Dance], making their HP fall in half. Zephyr then retreated after landing an attack on all of them, as he knew their fate was sealed after being hit by his sword.

Seeing that Zephyr retreated with a carefree expression, all of them felt rage and charged at him. However, all of them fell to their knees and started vomiting blood as the hydra's poison was still affecting them.

They glared at Zephyr with hateful eyes, seeing that they suffered in the hands of a lone magic swordsman very quickly. All of them wanted to deny it, but they no longer had the ability to do so as their consciousness started fading.

[The target has died.]

[750 experience has been acquired.]

[You have acquired 89 bronze.]

[Level Difference of 7. Exp gain multiplied to 700%]

[5,250 experience has been acquired.]

[The target has died.]

[750 experience has been acquired.]

[You have acquired 72 bronze.]

[Level Difference of 7. Exp gain multiplied to 700%]

[5,250 experience has been acquired.]

[The target has died.]

[800 experience has been acquired.]

[You have acquired 95 bronze.]

[Level Difference of 8. Exp gain multiplied to 800%]

[6,450 experience has been acquired.]

[You...]

After letting them die of the poison, Zephyr continued on his way. He also encountered several more Tier 1 Demon God's followers, but all of them ended with the same fate.

The Demon God's followers only gave Zephyr some experience points and money, but Zephyr wasn't bothered and he was also disappointed at how weak they were. He thought they would give him a hard time after remembering the rating of his quests and how serious the descriptions were.

What Zephyr intentionally ignored was that he was way stronger than them, as being a Sword Saint was already too much, not to mention being the Legendary Archmage. He also thought of using the Frostlight Sword instead of the Venomous Demon Sword but decided against it as it might only break as it was only a beginner weapon.

As he was on his way to go deeper into the hideout, a Demon God's follower who had a stronger aura than the rest appeared in front of him. With a grave expression, he spoke to Zephyr as he could tell that Zephyr was a dangerous individual.

"Player of the otherworld, why have you come to a place like this?"

He tried to communicate with Zephyr, but Zephyr looked at him with a calm expression as he asked back.

"As a follower of the Demon God? Isn't it obvious? Exterminating you guys is one of my missions. "

Zephyr stated as if it was a normal thing for someone to hunt them down due to their notoriety for spreading evil, chaos, and destruction everywhere.

Hearing Zephyr's remark, he wasn't able to respond back as what Zephyr said made sense. But before he could speak, Zephyr said coldly as he raised his sword sideways.

"Seems like you're just a small fry like the rest, so I'll just finish you swiftly."

With Zephyr's monotone voice, it sounded like a grim reaper in his ears. A cold sweat started to fall as Zephyr dashed and appeared in front of him.

"So fast!"

Seeing Zephyr in front of him, he instinctually closed his eyes, waiting for his death. However, as he opened his eyes, he saw that Zephyr had stopped and his sword was right about an inch away from his neck.

He wondered why Zephyr stopped but didn't say anything as he felt threatened by looking at his emotionless [Emperor Eye]. Zephyr, on the other hand, remembered something which made him halt his slash. He then asked the one in front of him to satisfy his curiosity.

"Hey, tell me about this summoning demons thing. You better hurry as I don't have any patience for the moment. "

He widened his eyes after hearing Zephyr know about the demon summoning as it was the Demon God's followers' secret for a hundred years as they did not let the information about it spread.

He gritted his teeth and wanted to just shut up, but he widened his eyes as his body began to speak without his permission. His mind wondered why he was spilling the secret information.

One of the abilities of the [Emperor Eye] that was not stated in the description. No one can disobey the user of the [Emperor Eye] unless their status is higher than his. Zephyr, on the other hand, listened to him as he was curious about the full details of his mission.

"Demon summoning is..."