Rush Hours

Zaiden in his sub-conscious had a very correct feeling of something going wrong. He threw the teacup he had and decided to wake up. The timer for the mission on all the players' windows turned red and sped up at tremendous speed.

" Less than twenty-four hours?!" they exclaimed as they hadn't slept in more than a day

Paths lit up throughout Blood Lily Turfs and a message was sent to all their residents: All citizens take the lit roads to evacuation areas in order to be safe from incoming hero attacks. The evacuation was smooth, organized and maintained. Heroes on building tops were amazed by the development.

" Have you seen enough" Cerberus smiled

They looked at Cerberus and Shadow Hound on an internet tower. Shadow dogs and Lava cats ripped them up. Shadow Hound's voice echoed throughout the Turfs' villain bases: All Villains get into action, the real war has started. I-rank foreign heroes appeared

Navaeh gaining the villain name, Ixtal stood up agonizingly. She got into a wheelchair and called Hendrix and went out the hospital. A auto-message that Zaiden prepared before hand went up: Name your units and pick sixteen core members, Thank you.

Becca's locusts devouring the Turf when S-rank Hunter Freya arrived.

" Did you do this?" Freya asked

Becca turned to her and at the timer beside her," I don't have time? Let's move this along, hunter."

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The aura around her changed and everything nearby her began to die and corrode. Her fingertips and veins towards her face turned black-purple. A black mist came out as she sighed and appeared in front of her. Freya backed up in the last second and felt an eerie green eyes turn black.

She coated her hands in water as she grabbed Becca's fist but was blown by it into a crumbling building. Her hand was corroding as well. She wondered how she could take down such a monster.

Becca smiled black arms with claws appeared close to her back. A mark appeared over her eyes joining at her forehead in a skull shape and her olive hair was tipped purple. Her four arms moved in a circle-like motion and Becca was behind her

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Becca pushed back. Her back arms held on a street lamp and she coughed up blood," Increase authority of < Mother Tree> to twenty as well"

Freya cut the lamp with water and grabbed Becca with a water tentacle before smashing her around into buildings allowing them to collapse on her. She threw Becca into electrical wires and splashed her in water. Surprising and electrical fire happened and Freya was about to leave.

The hunter turned back seeing a shadow arise. Becca walked out of the fire with bruises and bleeding.

[ Passive skill < Nature's Friend> is operating: No nature means can kill you beloved by life attributes]

A white flower was in the skull on her forehead. The black arms were now zebra stripped with white over black and left eyes was silver. The right half of her olive hair was now white tipped.

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" I'll manage." she told them" I'm her natural enemy."

She punched into Freya, held up her arms and punched her senselessly. Freya was thinking where she went wrong as the blows corroded her skin. Her mentor's voice echoed in her head and a water spear stabbed Becca's calf.

" What the hell?" Becca wondered seeing metal mixed in the water spear

Freya panted " I don't want to kill you...."

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Freya made water tentacles mixed with inanimate materials mixed in attach to her back.

" Damn it." Becca thought

Waniya had already claimed the Turf she was in. No one knew what hit it only that it was Blood Lily's doing. An adventurer, Don was surprised when he walked down the streets finding it the citizens and heroes sent were frozen in place.

" They died from within?" Don went " Don't you agree?"

Waniya was in front of him. She was cheery as she stood and grinned.

" They're not dead...I think. Are you attacking me too?" she smiled

Don walked in front of her," No, that's how the heroes ended up like that. Right?"

He was stumped on what to do as they smiled at each other in the midst of frozen people.

" I have all the time in....today." she told the timer moving into her point of view

Linzy looked at the chimera and laughed," Couldn't beat me alone."

Dea turned into humanoid-chimera form," We won't get taunted by you."

Hell hound suddenly came from her right, Dea took the opportunity to rush in with her overexerted injured wing and attack. Linzy caught her punch, twisted her body and squeezed her thighs over Dea's neck. The snake tail bit into the hero's shoulder and threw her off. She shifted her legs into ram hind legs and back kicked her into grasp of ghosts.

The timer was speeding up with every moment with a screen showing what the other Pillars were doing. " Come on Becca, it's on you."

Ixtal was in her managed Turf leading citizen to the evacuation site with her unit. Adventurer Michael was in front of her with a smile," Shouldn't you be taking care of old wounds?"

" Sorry I can't. These people need to leave safely as a place I'm in charge of." she went

Michael grinned," I like the look in your eyes. I was paid for these I have no hard feelings. I have nothing against Villains or Heroes."

" Noted." she smiled standing from her wheelchair

The citizens told her to call reinforcements and not to fight but Ixtal already made her choice.

[ Ten percent authority of < Upside Down Maniac> is within the player < Navaeh>]

" So no hard feelings." she laughed

" None at all." he grinned

No saw them run when the collided with each other. Ixtal in her hybrid form had talons gripped on Michael's golden coated gloves.

" You're in a rush, I thought we could get to now each other. Over Lunch?" He went

" Maybe later. I don't have time...you're buying." She told flying upwards

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Navaeh had a lot of self-reflection in the hospital and this was her response to everything. Her body began to glow and Michael looked at her life filled eyes

" Screw heroes. I gotta buy her lunch." he thought jumped up

Time left for Zaiden to wake up- 10:00:29