Athanor Online: Monarch of War

Blaise

Still a night without stars makes it quite dark. However, it was very different to the situation in a brothel that was quite as fierce.

In one room. Sin was talking to Sarah, an informant in the city of Westburg. And a woman with a sword who appears to be a Japanese-type sword. A beautiful katana.

“That guy is still not finished too?” Sarah was quite surprised.

“So please, maybe he's involved in a small problem.”

“It is rare for you to trust a man Sin. Your temperamental nature is enough to make men stay away from you.”

“As if this is not the right time to discuss it.” Said Sin indifferently.

It's been over an hour since Zephys left. This mission was quite difficult for an ordinary person, but seeing that Zephys had more abilities he should have returned with good news.

Sin eats the cake on his desk, but his mind is still on Zephys. The worry that he could succeed or not in this mission was enough to make Sin uneasy.

“Hey Sarah, do you think burning Demiana's garden is a good move?” Sin.

“Sure, by eliminating the Demiana garden made the decline of Black Dust production that made the Black Swan economy will plummet.”

“That sounds reasonable.”

Sarah glanced at Sin who looked so agitated as well astonished. It was rare for Sin to be so agitated. And that also makes Sarah a little nervous.

He's racking his brain.

“Wait.” Sarah's words sounded slow, which was enough to attract Sin's attention.

When Sarah begins to make assumptions. Suddenly a soft voice sounded by revealing a fact.

“The flower garden belongs not only to Black Swan, but also to the mayor of Westburg.” His word.

Sarah turned to the source of the voice. He looked at the woman with the black mask. After digesting the facts given, Sarah could only bite her lips.

‘Then be critical.’ Sarah's mind is agitated.

“Tomoe!.”

“I know, I'll find that Zephys.” Tomoe left in a hurry.

“What happened?”

Meanwhile Sin who was quite confused by the sudden change of atmosphere could only question him. Sarah also scratched her head furiously for not considering this matter.

“The garden belongs not only to Black Swan but also to the mayor of Westburg. In other words, we will become fugitives if caught, and most importantly there will be a meeting of important people in Westburg.” Sarah is nervous.

“Meeting?”

“True West meeting, a meeting that discusses separatist groups opposed to the government of this city.”

“What did you say?, Then what about Black Swan?, The crime group should have been hit by radar instead?” Said Sin who seemed quite agitated.

“That's because Falconi has a strong political influence, even he is stronger than the mayor of Westburg in authority.” Said Sin with a heavy tone. Even Sin could only sit limp.

Which becomes their nightmare, if they are caught burning Demiana's garden, all of them will be fugitives. Sin and Sarah are also among the separatists who are quite critical of the Westburg government.

And of course about the West meeting. This meeting is usually held every three years with the aim of discussing separatist members, and since the entry of Falconi this meeting became a place for Falconi to increase his authority.

Because only at this meeting, Falconi has access to those who are of course “Korup” officials to take bribes one by one. And slowly the Falconi empire grew even crazier.

Because basically human nature is very greedy, therefore Falconi uses their greed to get stronger influence.

“What should I do..” Sarah said.

Falconi is at the top of the chain. Therefore he could twist things naturally. He also has control of the media which of course for anyone who controls the media then that person will control the thinking of the community.

It's easy enough for Falconi to spread fake news that causes Sin's and Sarah's group's image to go bad. And the ignorant public will consider the news to be true, regardless of how easily they are deceived.

“When will the West meeting start?” Said Sin along with a knock on the table slowly.

“If Zephys burns the garden, then the day after tomorrow there will be a meeting of West.” Utter

“Hah... Looks like we should hide.” Said Sin limp.

***

The fire-covered baseball bat flew towards the Zephys strongly. Without the slightest sense of Zephys panic did not dodge at all, the powerful attack of the stick pierced through Zephys body like it struck a shadow.

That player was starting to get annoyed with the extremely troublesome power of darkness. But Zephys had no thought of stopping here at all. His two long daggers were glowing brightly, he powerfully released waves of slashes accompanied by dark energy.

“Rapid Slash!, Wave Slash!.”

Just as the Zephys received a powerful attack, the player also received a Zephys attack. Two waves of slashes hit the player's body, but strangely the player's fire closed the wound and instantly recovered the wounds from the two slashes.

Just like that player, Zephys was also quite upset with the player in front of him.

“Regen unreasonable.” Zephys

“You are much more unreasonable.”

Completely unfeasible stealth, completely unaffected physical attacks, and insane speed of movement, something like this he had only felt this time.

Same with Zephys. High blood regeneration, clearly higher Vit and Str stats than Zephys, and sensitivity to Zephys Stealth skill made this player much more classy than many of the players that Zephys faced.

Zephys let out a tired sigh, he turned Rodant into a huge scythe back then he kept it on his back. It seemed like Zephys knew fighting with players in front of him must have taken a long time.

“What? Surrender?” Said that player.

But unlike earlier, this time the Zephys responded calmly.

“Already I have no intention of fighting, after all I am here indeed to ensure your presence.” Zephys

“Confirm?”

Zephys changed her clothes and put on her usual clothes. Understand that there is no sign that Zephys will go back to attacking the player who kept his baseball bat and put out the fire on his body.

“You're not from Black Swan?” He said and was answered with a headband from Zephys as confirmation.

“You must have seen Demiana's flower garden burn, right?, It was me who did it.” Zephys.

The player was silent without the slightest confirmation.

“You're up against Black Swan isn't it?, you better join me in facing them. Being alone is too much for you, isn't it?” Zephys

The player did not answer. But he thought a little, in a long period of time Rodan broke Zephys' mind.

“The fire is no ordinary fire. At least I've heard of this fire.” Rodant.

“I also thought the same thing.” Zephys Plan

Not only Rodant, Zephys also had the same premonition. The characteristics of the healing fire, the bright light, and the most striking is the silhouette of the Phoenix bird that Zephys had just seen.

‘Pattern attack, healing fire, orange hat special, and also Batman. I think it's a mere coincidence, is she really him?.’ Inner Zephys

The Zephys' daydreams re-creased as the player resumed the topic.

“Sorry but I prefer to work alone.” He said as he walked away from the hallway.

Zephys who saw that was just a small smile. Realizing he was stepping away, Zephys opened a golden portal and imagined two long white dagger-shaped weapons with carved whales and sharks in each blade.

“Simple Domain: Weapon Expansion.”

Two portals opened, along with that two long dagger slashes drove quickly towards the player.

He who was indeed strong, quickly caught the two long daggers subtly.

“What do you mean?” Guram.

While the temperature was starting to rise, Zephys only gave a small smile. Zephys then pointed at the two daggers and hinted at the player to look at them.

“Still like to act like a superhero, Blaze?” Zephys said with a warm smile.

The two long daggers that were very familiar to the player, and also the grand name that had been his identity until now. It is proof that this Assassin class player is the number one.

“Zephys!”

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Trivia: Blaze is the Number 2 player on Antharis Online