Chapter 4

Dacia runs to see the others. What kind of man is Uzma facing? For some reason. Deep inside of her. Even if this is the first time they met. She can feel as if they knew each other. It's not the same feeling with Uzma. More like, she died by how hands before.

She needs to get help. He is a walking disaster. He is death. She finally sees help. She explains everything to Agapios. He summons his armor and heads out. She sighs in relief. Why is she scared? What is this feeling of worry.

She never felt like this. Even throughout the everyday hell, she suffered through.

"Just who is he?"

*****

"Nice swing!"

Anax blocks every swing of the selfless knight. Agapios tries to swing faster, but he catches each swing. Uzma tries to step in, but his leg cuts off. There is no way he is this strong already, unless...

"HOW DID YOU KILL A DEITY ALREADY?!"

The knight stops. Anax stops as well. He does a creepy smile at Uzma. This makes him stop breathing for a moment. He did do it. The man lad. He killed a deity.

"Run!"

Anax steps on the ground and releases a ton of magical energy. Uzma does the same despite only having one leg. He summons swords made out of the ground they are standing on and launches them. Anax dodges them. Uzma sighs and gives up. For now, at least.

Anax speeds up and goes head to head with the knight. Agapios gets ready to use his skill. He doesn't have much of a choice. He needs to end it now, before this monster can do any harm.

He speeds up as well. Both attacks connect, and they create a crater the size of a town. Agapios is shocked. Despite using his skill. Anax was still standing. Yes, his arms were blown off completely, but he was standing.

"How?!"

"He blocked the attack with his arms, duh."

Uzma appears in front of Anax. He hits him two times, and a hole appears near his stomach. He tries to heal them, but Uzma keeps going. He grabs his leg as he is midair and throws him.

In that quick second, he regrows his arms and heals his injuries. Then, out of nowhere, the rest surrounded him. Anax smiles gleefully.

"You all came to see me!"

"You pushed him enough to use his skill? Impressive." Ast grins at him. He is holding a sword near his neck.

Dacia is pointing her bow at his head, Alasdair on the right side with his sheild pointing at his stomach. Alvia is pointing his blue staff at his eye. Anax looks at Uzma. He smirks.

"I knew you wouldn't fight me alone after knowing what I did."

He grabs Alvia's staff and stabs his eye. Everyone looks surprised. He smiles creepy once again. Uzma gets it now.

"You knew this would happen.."

"Yep! In every other -------- this happened. So I guessed this was going to happen again."

They all got the same message.

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"Ah, so they are not allowing me to talk about it. Shame, I guess they really do love messing with us." Anax says happily as his eye socket is bleeding. He looks at Alvia and smiles.

"I get it now."

Aliva stars getting cut off nowhere. They see a hooded woman. An eye mask covers her eyes. Her pink hood made her stand out. She sighs at Anax. They couldn't see it, but he wasn't in the middle anymore.

"Time to go.."

"But I was having fun!" His eye starts to regrow. The woman sighed.

"Oh no, you don't!" Ast uses his speed to catch up. Thinking he had the advantage, he swings his sword to cut her neck. She looks at him straight in the eye. In a flash, he steps back.

"What the hell are you?" He asks with a nervous smile.

"Doesn't really matter." She sighs. And disappears. Everyone is left silent. The only noise is the wind now.

"Everyone," Uzma wipes off blood from his mouth. "I think I have some explaining to do."

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It took a while for Uzma to heal. Since the attacks Alvia gave him wasn't a normal attack. For some reason, it's taking longer to heal. He has to explain everything soon anyway. The fact that one of the pillars came means things will go south real soon.

"Are you ready?" Alvia slaps his back.

"Yea, let's get things going."

Uzma breathes in and opens the door. In it, once again. The top 5 players. But know, it's more than just them. There are some more players as well, and the leaders in charge of the country. He looks at the sight. He wants to leave, but he can't. He has to do this.

He takes another deep breath.

"As you all know. The great foundation is known for their way of adding machines to day to day life. All because of the mechanical hero," He points at Alvia. "The thing is, we need more than that.

He knows how the country works down to the last detail. He has been here multiple times. At least for him. Machines help with daily things, even with guarding the gates. Its impressive how much they involve machinery. But it's not going to help. He goes over everything. Will, everything that he wants to say.

He allows the people in power to do their own thing. Like planning with the strategy for the raid. That was the easiest to take care of. The harder part is Anax. He tells them that no matter what, don't go after him. The only people who have a chance to go even head to head with him are the top players, Avlia, and himself.

They all asked why. He just answered honestly.

"Because he can kill you all without breaking a sweat. Hell, even the top here will have some trouble. He knows all their skills, classes, and more."

They all looked shocked. He understands that feeling. Anax truly is a monster. They all knew the person they were facing, a man who couldn't be explained. Uzma left out one important piece of information, which is that he had the same knowledge as he did.

He left the meeting all drained out. They don't have enough time anyway. In a few weeks, it begins. Maybe sooner than that. He is trying is best.

"But for you to be here, didn't expect that.. what am I talking about?"

"Talking to yourself again?" Alasdair sits down next to him, drinking a beer bottle. His large shoulders make Uzma smaller than he is.

"What happened?"

He laughs at Uzma. He slaps his back, which makes him almost fly away.

"You're not bad as I thought. Care to have another drinking competition?"

"I am good, don't worry."

"You want a drink, though?"

He pulls out another bottle. Uzma makes a smile or tries to and takes it. They both laugh all night.

*****

The hooded girl is seen eating with Anax at a dinner table. They both enjoy their meals. She looks at him and hands him an orb.

"This was a one-time use. I didn't get anything out of it, sadly."

"Don't worry, I expected this. You heard something censored out, correct?"

"Yea, if it was weird. Thought it was broken. "

The device they are talking about can show the thoughts of a specific person in a 3 meter radius. They tried it on Uzma, but she didn't get anything worthwhile. That's what she thinks anyway.

"Thank you for your help. Now, tomorrow night, we shall start. The first stage of our attack."