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Having quit the party, now friendly-fire protection was no more.

Any of the party skills will hurt her, and her skills also will hurt them. With Hecate's paper-like defense, just a scratch from any of them could as well send her to the revive point, so she must be vigilant.

Taking the advantage on appropriate timing, she used the skill bestowed by the Eldritch Bone Wand.

"DEATH SENTENCE!"

In that moment, foul mist enveloped the surrounded area, affecting all the players and the BOSS alike.

The players suddenly looked like they have constipation as their body seems doesn't listen to their orders anyone.

"Wh... What?"

"My body! What happened?"

"This is... Enemy attack?"

"Shyiitt! is this KS (Kill Steal)? or PK (Player Killer)!?

This sudden development left Leon dumbfounded. The BOSS health bar is just about 8% left, but someone actually tried to KS them?!

"No, if it's KS, they should've waited until the HP is 1%."

However, that thought quickly brushed aside by Leon. If this was another regular BOSS, then perhaps anyone can KS even when HP bar is still 10-15%. But this is a world boss, it's 8% HP is more than 1 million HP. It won't be easily KS-ed.

"In that case, this most likely an attack from a competitor guild, but who? Prominence? Stellar Wing?"

Leon quickly listed out all of the possible enemy in his mind. But no matter how he think, Leon couldn't pinpoint who is the enemy.

In the first place, he couldn't think what is the benefits they could gain by attacking them. Just for a BOSS loot, would they dare to breach the ceasefire contract and defame themselves?

However, he didn't have to pondering his question any more. Because Hecate's next move quickly followed in. She waved her hand and one of the ring in her finger glows lightly. Thirty seconds later, the casting time finished.

"CYCLONIC STORM!"

Now, Leon could hear the voice of the caster. The distorted voice that giving unique sense of wrongness, as if it was not coming out from human vocal cords. Her voice perfectly distorted by the Mask of Serenity, not anyone could trace it back to Hecate.

He reflexively looked at the direction of the voice and saw a masked figure covered in a cloak.

"Is that him!?"

Leon gnashed his teeth in anger. This unknown person was ruining his raid!

However, he didn't have the time to retaliate, because the spell has already activated!

The moment Hecate finishes her casts, a tumultuous wind suddenly occurred and wiped out the surrounding players. A lot of enormous huge damage numbers filled the entire area. 

WHOOOOSH!!

Puk! Puk! Puk! Puk! Puk! Puk! Puk! Puk!

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The players couldn't respond properly and could only unwillingly die as their control was still giddy from the effects of the Death Sentence.

"GYAAAHH!!"

"GUOOOAAAAH!!"

"KYAAAH!!"

"EMILY!!! GOAAAH!!"

Even though Hecate could only cast a Lv1 version of the spell Cyclonic Storm, but the stacked damage boosts kicked in. And this spell becomes even more lethal than the original spell correctly obtained from the Skill Tree at max level.

Unfortunately, Mystical Amplification only increases the next spell and is wasted on Death Sentence, so the spell damage doesn't increase any further. If that happened, the damage pop up would definitely be a more beautiful sight.

Hecate could only sigh after looking at rows of Karma deduction in the System Log. The moment the Crime Scroll expired, her name would be undoubtedly become redder than red. The very sign of a chaotic aligned player.

In the first place, the moment she used Death Sentence, her karma already dropped from the safety zone.

"It would be hard to wash off this dirt. I need to hunt more monsters without rest later."

With her red name, she couldn't walk inside any town without being arrested by the guard. If she got arrested, she would have to spend the time in jail until the red name wear off and it would take very long time. She would prefer spending time killing monsters than sit dumbly in the jail.

As for affinity with nature... Hah, it's not that hard to replenish.

Seeing his comrades fallen one by one with that one spell, Leon struck dumbfounded, he even doubted his eyes.

<big>"What the<big>

</big> was that!?"</big>

How could a single spell deliver such a devastating attack?

This is not scientific!

He reflexively switched his sword into a shield from his inventory. The Confusion debuff reversed his control, but if it's just steering his hand, he can manage somehow. The moment when the whirlwind hits him, a transparent shield appeared and blocked it off.

As for the unlucky party members, they just disintegrated into polygons and disappeared. Leaving only a random item that dropped from their inventory.

Leon was spared from the disaster, but the Confusion debuff still lingers so he can't do anything else except shouting curses.

"WHO ARE YOU?! YOU DARES TO OPPOSE OUR GENESIS GUILD?!"

"I'LL MAKE SURE YOU DIE HORRIBLE DEATH, YOU BASTARD!"

"YOU WILL BE HUNTED NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE!! WE WILL CAMP YOUR REVIVAL PLACE AND KILL YOU REPEATEDLY!! UNTIL YOUR LEVEL BECOME ONE!!"

"SAY SOMETHING! YOU SON OF A...."

However, no matter how much Leon spewing his curses, Hecate calmly ignore him and keep silent, making Leon's expression become red from anger. As long as Crime Scroll is in effect, he won't be able to know her true identity.

Hatred and loath engulfed his mind. It was the first time he was so humiliated like this. If a gaze could kill, perhaps Hecate already hacked to pieces by his gaze alone. 

This enmity can't be erased!

When the cyclone disappeared, so do the Skill cooldown time.

Hecate immediately casts the second Cyclonic Storm while walking around collecting loots. One of her passive skill called Free Cast allowed her to walk while chanting spells.

And then, third... fourth...

In any case, she had 10 rings equipped so she could cast the spell up to 30 times.

WHOOOOSH!!

Puk! Puk! Puk! Puk! Puk! Puk! Puk! Puk!

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Another pack of players disintegrated into particles.

"NOOO!! HELP ME!"

"YOU DEMON, GUAAAH!!"

"AHHH, MY EXP!!"

Seeing so many players being swept like trash makes Hecate delighted. She then excitedly shouted.

"Hahaha!!! More! Scream more!! And make that scream into an unforgettable symphony!"

Her distorted voice reverberated in the battlefield, making her figure looked like a lunatic that spreads the seed of chaos.

Meanwhile, Leon had to switch his shield to another Shield of Perseus just to block the damage. Even so, he eventually run out of that shield during the fifth Cyclonic Storm.

Just one hit reduced his HP bar by more than half. He had found out that drinking potion is no use, only the potion was gone while his HP did not recover. In that case, he took out a Confusion debuff removal potion from his inventory. As long as this debuff gone, everything shall be fine!

Fortunately the six one didn't hit his place and Hecate stopped casting the spell any further.

Because she already done looting the players!

As for the BOSS... It has been pitifully reduced to sandbag after receiving 4 consecutive spells from her. Its wings already shredded and deprived of its ability to fly. Its right hand already gone and the amputated arm looked gruesome as blood continuously pours from it.

Even so, the dragon still clings to its life, just barely connected by a layer of the skin. It's HP is still more than 500k, even after bombarded with lethal Cyclonic Storm 4 times a row. 

Hecate looked at the dragon with a pitiful eyes.

"Still alive, aren't you? Consider this as a mercy, I'll end your suffering right now... Mystical Amplification!"

With a wave of her wand, she casts the spell and planned to end the dragon. Leon did not waste that opportunity. Having drank the Confusion antidote and released from the debuff, he quickly charged towards Hecate's direction, intending to hack her to death with his strongest skill.

"DIE YOU VERMIN! I WILL MAKE SURE YOU REGRET OPPOSING GENESIS GUILD!! IGNITION BREAK!!"

Leon's sword instantly blazing with red glow and its temperature drastically increases. This is his strongest skill that he can use right now. Normally he wouldn't use it as it also sacrifices most of the durability of his sword. But to kill this hateful unknown player, he feels this sacrifice is worthy to do.

At most, he just need to repair his sword again.

SWUSH! PUUK!

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And the moment his attack hits Hecate, that's when her cloak effect came to be use.

Leon was kinda surprised with the damage output that somewhat bigger than he expected. However, Leon was more surprised that this cloaked person was still alive and kicking. He(?) didn't even try to dodge and just received the blow like it was nothing.

"All that, for a drop of blood?"

It was like hitting a metal statue, he(?) did not even flinch at all.

'What!!? He took 30k damage like it was nothing!?'

He suddenly feels a little scared. A Caster class avatar that should've glass cannon actually have more than 30k HP like a Warrior classes and still could bring such devastating damage. Isn't this cheating?

But, security level of Ascension is not to be joked at all. Everything was being monitored by AI and its nearly impossible to cheat.

Ascension AI : You dared to hack inside our world...!?

Alarm... Then, the Police and Lawyers will come to your house, suing you for breach of contract!

"Hmph!"

Hecate only sneered. Her Cloak of the Fallen has activated and saves her from imminent death. She looked at her HP bar and sure enough, it's already in red zone and she only have 1 HP left.

The original skill supposedly can only activated once per day, but her cloak can use it continuously until the numbers run out. In this case she could use this effect 7 times a day. This means just like cat who is said have nine-lives, she too had eight-lives... Just one short.

Not only that, she also compounded the cloak with a Soul Essence that she got from a Platinum Golem.

When players defeat monsters, at a very very very low chance, it will drop its Soul Essence that can be compounded with equipment. In this case, Platinum Golem's effect was to prevent knockback as well as makes the Armor it compounded to become indestructible, but at the cost of lowering DEF by 100.

She didn't care at all about the DEF loss. Her avatar is already paper-defense, decreasing it further won't make a thing. However, the indestructible part is too useful, as it won't make her cloak destroyed by acid or other method. Especially if she want to hide her appearance.

The knockback prevention is also useful. She didn't need to worry that she would be thrown from her position by her enemy's skills.

And with that, she pointed her Eldritch Wand, not towards Leon's direction, but to the dragon. Even if he trying to 'kill' her again, the cloak would protect her from death.

She then casts the second skill that the wand provides. Leon obviously noticed it and planning to interrupt her casting spell, only to find out his body started to become hard solid and unable to move. He had been debuffed again with Stone Curse!

Without anyone interrupting her, she successfully casted her spell.

"Mana Explosion!"

In that instant, the blue bar that represents Hecate's MP being drained out. All of the energy erupted from Hecate's body and coalesced into the tip of her wand, creating a huge pressure. It only takes no more than 10 seconds for the process to complete.

The moment her MP bar reached zero, an energy worth of 40k+ MP was unleashed into the direction of the BOSS.

WHOOOSHH!!

<big><big>BOOOOOOOOOOOOOMM!!!</big></big>

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Every of her damage modifier skills from Fire, Water, Wind, Earth, Light and Dark instantly stacked together to boost the damage of the blast and created a devastating destruction. And the stacking power is not just simply one plus one equals two.

Mystical Amplification: Double the final MATK after the final calculation.

A huge mushroom cloud emerged from the explosion, creating a huge shockwave that could be felt even from a distance. The intensity of the explosion caused terror to every player and other living beings in the vicinity.

Even the monsters felt threatened and fled on the spot, ignoring the players they encountered.

When the dust subsided, there was a large crater formed from the explosion. Inside only Hecate remained. She checked her status and found the number count of her Indomitable in the robe had decreased by 1 again.

"Oh... I died, didn't I?"

But, since Indomitable was activated, it didn't count as death. In the end, the Life Insurance Scroll was not really needed and wasted.josei

Hecate checked her system message and nodded in satisfaction.

Her HP and MP already filled to the fullest from the consecutive LvUPs.

"Heh, hahaha. This is quite a big profit to have 3 Lv ups at once. Leveling up at this stage is quite difficult after all."

As for Leon, he already disintegrated into nothingness and the only remain was only a single orb he dropped. The dragon also gone with the blast, not even a speck remained that can be looted, except a cube-looked thing in the ground.

Hecate quickly picks them up and examined it.

"Oh, it seems I must appraise these item first... This is quite troubling, my name is still red so I can't go to the town yet..."

Hecate sighed. She put the items back into her inventory for the time being. Later, after she washes the blood off from her name, she can inspect them in the town.

Done with all the stuff, Hecate used a Return Crystal to teleport to her hideout, a Save-Point inside an abandoned ruins. There is no one that use this Save-Point besides her so she doesn't have to worry for being found out.

Who would intentionally saved their respawn point far from civilization except her?

After ensuring no one else showed in her minimap, she pressed the logout button.