Everlast Online

All fighting stopped as the dome collapsed, revealing its once hidden contents to the world.

"Finally we can claim what is ours!" The representing executive from Golden Radiance yelled out, eliciting cheers from his subordinates; they all prepared for a great battle with their war cries.

"In your dream Golden Douche!" The members from Diamond star started jeering and yelling at their enemies.

Nina believed they would start fighting in seconds, then the dome fell completely and the event goal was ready for the taking.

What Nina didn't understand was that there were 2 people inside.

The spectral dome opened and inside were 2 wholly different people. The 1st was a tiny girl dressed like the staple image of a witch, big black hat, straw broom and her clothes were even complimented by little pumpkin buttons and buckles.

Unfortunately, her face was hidden behind a strange mask that reminded them of a court jester as it jingled with bells. They couldn't even inspect her as what came up was:

[???]

Just question marks, this created a single thought to universally spread through the minds of all present players - excluding Nina of course.

The event boss!

Grins spread across the crowd as they shifted their attention to the more imposing figure.

While the witch girl was barely a metre tall, the other figure towered over her at 8 feet tall; she was more than twice the size of the witch.

She wore jet black armour that covered her entire body, except her head from which long silver hair extended down to her lower back. Her ears were long like an elves and although it wasn't clear she had claws extending from her fingers. The most striking of her features were the mask on her face and the long tail that extended behind her.

The mask was made from pure-white bone, it did not have a lower jaw bone and instead extended with sharp teeth that could clearly rip a person apart. The eye holes were deep and dark like staring into the void; it made for a terrifying sight.

The tail was an incredibly imposing sight, it was around 2 metres long and almost as long as she was tall. The entire tail was made from what looked like highly sharpened vertebrae; each holding enough strength to rip through solid steel.

As if her tail wasn't enough of a weapon, in her hand was a large one sided blade, that while clearly being so long it required 2 hands to wield; the woman swung it around easily with only 1; a staggering display of her strength.

Yet, despite every cell in the players bodies screaming in fear at the sight of her, their instinct to run and hide. The sight of her status was enough to completely stifle their fear:

[Gloria (1) (NPC)]

"Looks like a real big mess happened while I was gone." The little girl said as she chugged what looked to be a mana potion, "Oh! But some of my skills leveled, some can even evolve."

"I see." The taller woman looked out at the crowd, her sword in hand, "Master, will you allow me to destroy these enemies on your behalf?"

"Haha! Go ahead, show me what you've got." The little girl laughed. The players felt insulted at the idea that a mere level 1 NPC could beat them; there is nothing like the pride of the rich to completely ignore the facts before them.

"You think you can beat us!?" One golden radiance member yelled out in anger, "Bring it on bitch! I'll show you where you belong!"

Shouts of agreement from both sides came along.

"Are these the people you desire to trample upon, master?"

"Yeah..."

"I understand your desire much more clearly now." With that she shot off into the crowd, and in just a second 10 players had been cut in half. No skills, no special abilities; just her.

Liz watched happily as she saw Gloria run through the swarm of players and destroy them with ease, none ever putting up more than 2 defences before being cut to pieces. Liz laughed, wondering where Nina had gotten too.

She might have died... Liz thought, but she wasn't too worried about it and turned back to the fight. Maybe I should lend her a hand. It's also a good opportunity to try out my newest skill!

[Raise Horde]!

MAgic fled from her quickly, losing quite an amount as it seeped its way into the fallen bodies of the players, those that hadn't already disappeared.

100 zombies rose from the ground and began attacking the living with fervour, it didn't matter if they were once enemies or allies, they were ripped apart. One thing Liz did realise was that the zombies she had created were slowly becoming more... zombie-ish...

Their flesh was slowly rotting away, some had lost arms that were already loosely connected before.

I suppose this is what was meant by 'rate of decay'. Liz thought as she watched the slaughter in front of her.

She had chosen Gloria due to her melee capabilities as while Eren would serve well, Liz already fit in as a magic caster, what she lacked most was a powerful fighter; hence Gloria.

"Well..." Liz said, seeing the battle was taken care of, "Let's evolve some of these skills."

Liz had a giant smile as she looked over the 3 skills to improve:

[Congratulations. The skill: has reached its maximum level]

[ Is now eligible for (Evolution ↓)]

[Greater Bone Spear (E-): Create and launch a spear made from bone. Damage scales with level and INT. 25% chance to inflict status effect. By sacrificing HP player can 'supercharge' the attack]

[Conditions: ]

This was easy enough, Liz clicked the option and gained the upgraded skill. Then she looked over to the next one, this one was of a little more importance.

[Congratulations. The skill: has reached its maximum level]

[ Is now eligible for (Evolution ↓)]

[Summon: Skeleton Predator (F+): Expend mana to summon a Skeleton Predator (0/10)]

[Conditions: ,]

[Summon: Skeleton Tracker (F+): Expend mana to summon a Skeleton Tracker (0/15)]

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