MMORPG: Rebirth of the Mortal Online

327  Beating Heart

With a cold look, Adam walked down a hallway lined with pictures of ancient-looking men, and women.

This village had been inhabited for centuries by the same families, passing down stories from generation to generation.

This was the first time in probably thousand years that they had left their home because of the war.

'Kill…' Adam snapped his fingers while clicking his tongue. 'Is Alistair not confident in killing King Moriarty with the other guild masters?'

When he thought about King Moriarty's newly acquired power, he also wasn't that confident.

However, they were still the six most powerful guild masters in the New World. While stronger, King Moriarty was only one man.

"Wait, Adam!" A voice came behind him.

Adam stopped and turned around to see Knoxx running towards him.

"Knoxx, what's wrong?"

"Uhm, Adam, I mean guild master." Knoxx scratched the back of his head. "I'll need to get used to calling you that. Congratulations, by the way."

"Thank you. Is something wrong?" Adam crossed his arms.

"Just wondering if you know the next step in the war." Knoxx said. "We've all been waiting, and honestly, we hate that we're left in the dark."

"…" Adam looked at him and said, "You'll find out soon."

"Alright…" Knoxx sighed.

"I've got some stuff to do back in the real world. I won't be back in a couple of days. Mind telling that to others?"

"Huh?" Knoxx looked surprised. "You just became guild master. Everyone is in need of your leadership."

"Digby is still here with you all." Adam said. "You can count on him to help out in my absence."

"Okay…" Knoxx nodded and watched as Adam walked away with some hurry in his steps.

'In just a year, he became guild master…' Knoxx sighed. 'S-rankers… no, his feat is above that of S-rankers. He's truly a legend in the making.'

…

With the virtual pod's glass lid sliding open, Adam climbed out.

"Ah, you're awake!"

"Huh?" Adam turned to the side and saw Alice sitting by the pod with a book in hand. "What're you doing here?"

"I come here to read and keep you company," she said with a smile.

"O-oh…" Adam nodded and then said. "Hera, you here?"

[Hera: What do you want, master?]

"Order me a plane ticket to Chastity Land," Adam said. "I want to leave as soon as possible."

[Hera: Right away]

"Eh, you're living?" Alice asked in surprise. "Is something wrong?"

"Business that needs to be dealt with, don't worry." Adam kissed her on the forehead. "I am going to take a shower."

Alice watched as he went inside the small elevator and headed up.

"Hera, why would he go to Chastity Land?" Alice asked. "It is so far away."

[Hera: It is his business. You shouldn't worry about it so much. You have an exam ahead; you should study]

"Hmm…" Alice nodded and turned her attention back to the book.

…

The gold halo glowed around Zephyr's fist.

With a scream, he punched through clones.

However, more of Moriarty's clones swarmed him from all sides.

Zephyr crossed his arms in front of his chest. It made an X shape. The gold light engulfed his arms, and as he cut the air, an invisible force sent all the clones flying back.

A slight distance away, Orion stepped around the clones, dodging their failing attacks. His level of Kiryoku was clearly much higher than anyone else's in the throne room!

The clones tried to desperately hit him, but their efforts were futile as Orion kept dodging and dodging. It was almost like he knew where to expect the attacks to come from.

"Younglings, begone!" Orion swung his sword and sent the clones crashing through the castle walls.

"Haaah!" Bartholomew, with his battleaxe in hand, smashed it through one of the clones.

With a frown, he looked ahead towards the throne, where the monstrous King Moriarty was fighting against Alistair.

It was easy to tell who was winning as King Moriarty was playing around with Alistair.

'That monster is just toying with us. What is his plan?' Bartholomew thought to himself.

…

Within the world of the mist, the chains that were tightly wrapped around the door were loosening. It was only one of the many chains, but it was a threatening sight.

Within the sealed world, the warlords looked towards the misty sky with smiles on their faces. They could feel that their freedom was inching closer.

…

King Moriarty laughed as he clashed swords with Alistair.

"How futile," he said. "I held you council members in high regard, but now that I've reached a new level of power, I can see how insignificant you truly are."

"…" Alistair kept swinging his sword, but King Moriarty blocked, blocked, and blocked.

"You're pathetic, Alistair!" King Moriarty laughed.

"Am I now?" Alistair smirked.

"?"

Behind him, Zephyr smashed through a swarm of clones, and with his gold-glowing fist, he punched towards the back of King Moriarty's head.

At that moment, King Moriarty's body turned around while his centipede legs were still facing forward. It made him look like a disgusting owl monster!

King Moriarty grabbed that punch and, with a sinister grin, threw Zephyr down to the ground.

THUMP!

The throne room shook as Zephyr smashed through the floor, leaving a massive hole behind him.

"Was that your ultimatum? I am disapp—"

SWOOSH!

A sword slash cut through the air, interrupting King Moriarty's sentence. The cut landed on his chest, leaving a deep, bleeding gash.

"Moron." Alistair said with his sword-wielding hand trembling.

"…" King Moriarty looked at his bleeding chest before smiling.

The bleeding gash started to slowly close. The skin started to stitch back together, healing miraculously before their eyes.

'What the hell?' Alistair's eyes narrowed. 'This is not a human's power. Has he truly gone to the side of Chaosbeings?'

"No matter how much you slash, cut, stab, and tear my flesh. I will always be fixed back together!"

Deep in the buried ground, Zephyr groaned and looked around the darkness around him.

However, he then heard something behind him. It sounded like a heartbeat.

As he turned around, his eyes widened in shock.

Within the castle's basement, there was a heart connected to tree roots that was still beating. Those tree roots were pulsating, as if they were the heart's arteries.

Those tree roots headed deep into the ground, going who knows where. n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

"This…" Zephyr's expression looked ugly. "This is beyond unsettling."