"What do you think Vow?"
Seven Vows flipped a coin in his hand, "Something interesting is happening. How goes the dispute in that territory?"
"It's not going well, we're losing significantly."
"Even after all the resources we have been spending?"
"Yes. . ."
"Tsk, it's hard to move in large numbers thanks to Dot's handiwork. Reinforcements is a bad idea. I'll go myself."
"Guild Leader?!"
"I need a better look at what's happening anyways. Prepare-"
A figure appeared behind Seven Vows and stabbed towards their back. The attacks bounced off a sudden magic shield, making the figure rapidly retreat.
Seven Vows casually looked back, "I figured someone would assassinate me. Tell me, who do you work for? I'll be certain to wipe you out thoroughly."
The figure failed to respond as they launched forward, their two daggers gleaming viciously. Seven Vows lifted a shield and blocked the attack, "Easy, you aren't much at all. They sent some third-rate after me?"
"Guild Leader! That's the one the reports have been mentioning! The one that's been interfering with our progress! It's the White Phantom!"
"So you're the bastard who's been messing with our plans. Taking care of you should fix quite a bit of issues!"
The White Phantom flipped over Seven Vows and stabbed into his back. Flipping the dagger in their other hand the White Phantom delivered a flurry of stabs.
Seven Vows grunted and released a burst of golden energy, "Your attacks are useless!"
The White Phantom sheathed their daggers, "You're already dead."
"Hmph! What nonsense are you on about-"
Seven Vows' words cut off as his body lost strength. His vision greyed out as his body fell.
"G-Guild Leader?!"
A golden energy burst from Seven Vows body and he stood back up, "Some sort of instant death status effect. Impressive, but the Guild Leader of Raven Thread doesn't fall that easily!"
The White Phantom pulled out their daggers again, "Your knowledge of games may be vast, but that's where your skill lies. When faced with a real opponent you fall short."
"Without enough game knowledge you can't succeed here. I know for a fact I have succeeded!"
"Not in this battle."
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Travis watched the battlefield, a typical territory fight between Guilds. Clearly one that was kept under wraps.
He wasn't interested in stopping these kinds of battles, only Guilds would profit from them anyway. The rest of the players would find it useless.
The only reason why he was here was because of a small rumor regarding the White Phantom. The previous number one PKer from his timeline.
Perhaps due to their legendary nature, accepting the hunting task wouldn't give you their location. Instead it would give you their last known location and leave the rest to you.
Something Travis was incredibly jealous of. Unless he was in a different dimension, his location would always be known.
The White Phantom was rumored to be part of Eternal Candle before, the only lead leading to them. He had approached the battlefield hoping to gain sight of this legendary figure, and perhaps find out more about Eternal Candle.
Nothing is all that could be found. Even though Travis was inspecting the battlefield for quite some time. Although it didn't dishearten him, it wasn't exciting either.
Snippets of players chatting could be heard:
"Did you hear? Guild Leader was assassinated!"
"What?! That should be impossible! He's nearly invincible! I've seen him in action before!"
"Apparently it was a one sided fight?"
"Who did it?"
"Apparently the White Phantom!"
Travis nearly cursed, while he was wasting time here the White Phantom had struck somewhere else!
Yet it was still confusing! Why in the world was Eternal Candle targeting the Guilds? Killing the Leader once doesn't do anything!
He dashed across the fields to gain some distance. There was no point in checking the scene now, the White Phantom would be long gone.
It was all too confusing. The attacks to his fame, the blatant targeting of the Guilds, the assassins sent after him. He was missing a piece to the puzzle, but what?!
There had to be something else, what could possibly be another target? What could be a goal he didn't think of?
Overtaking the top positions of the Guilds will give nothing! Holding anything besides Guild exclusive territories will warrant a response from him. The outrage from people noticing what was happening would not be small.
Travis smacked his lips in frustration, "I didn't want to resort to this, but they're moving too quickly."
'What's the next move?' -Abe
"I know too little, I'm going to have to ask for a favor."
'We're going back?'
"Yeah."
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Tilia paused for a moment, "Is it just me, or is that list getting bigger?"
Yielya looked over, "The missing person list? Akiol mentioned a group that was created to protect the NPCs. I figured they would've stopped it by now."
"I remember that, but I can't help but feel like no dent was made. Who exactly are these people?"
Yielya examined them all, "You'd have to look into that, none of them seem familiar."
"Maybe, if there's some psycho serial killer on the loose I wouldn't mind stopping them."
"I wish you luck catching them."