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

Any of the party members' skills will hurt her, just as her skills will harm them. Given Hecate's paper-thin defense, even a minor injury from any of them could send her back to the revival point, so she had to stay vigilant.

Seizing the perfect moment, she activated the skill granted by the Eldritch Bone Wand.

"DEATH SENTENCE!"

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

Players appeared to be constipated as their bodies ceased to obey their commands.

"Wh... What?"
"My body! What's going on!?"
"This is a... 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 is most likely an attack from a competitor guild, but who? Prominence? Stellar Wing?"

Leon quickly listed out all of the possible enemies in his mind.

But no matter how he thought, Leon couldn't pinpoint who the enemy could be. In the first place he couldn't think up a reason why what is the benefits they would gain by attacking them.

Would they really dare to break the ceasefire contract and tarnish their reputation just for the BOSS loot?

However, Leon didn't have to keep pondering on his question any longer, because Hecate's next move quickly followed. She waved her hand and one of the rings on her finger glowed lightly. Thirty seconds later, the casting time finished..

"CYCLONIC STORM!"

The moment Hecate finishes her casts, a tumultuous wind suddenly occurred and wiped out the surrounding players. Enormous 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 guards.

If she got arrested, she would have to spend the time in jail until the red name wears 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 fall one by one to that spell, Leon was struck dumbfounded, he even doubted his eyes.

"What the was that!?"

How could a single spell deliver such a devastating attack?

This is not scientific!

He reflexively switched his sword to 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 unfortunate party members, they disintegrated into polygons and vanished, leaving behind only a random item 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...."

Leon's expression was full of hostility.

However, no matter how much Leon threw out his curse, Hecate calmly ignored him and remained silent, making Leon's expression turn red with anger. As long as the Crime Scroll was still in effect, he would not be able to find out 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 did the Skills 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!!"

Hecate felt delight seeing so many players being swept away like trash.

She then excitedly shouted.

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

Her distorted voice reverberated across the battlefield, making her appear like a lunatic sowing the seeds 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 a sandbag after receiving 4 consecutive spells from her.

Its wings had been torn and deprived of its ability to fly, right hand already gone and the amputated arm looked gruesome as blood continued to flow from it.

Yet the dragon clung to life, barely holding on by a thread of skin.

There's still around 500k HP left on the BOSS, even after being bombarded with deadly Cyclonic Storm 4 times in 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 received the blow as if it were 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 felt a little scared.

A caster class avatar that should be a glass cannon actually has more than 30 thousand HP like a Warrior class. Besides that, he(?) can still deal incredible damage. Isn't this cheating?

However, Ascension's level of security wasn't a joke.

Everything is monitored by AI and it is 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!

Upon seeing Leon's flustered expression, Hecate could only sneer.

"Hmph!"

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 actually could only be activated once a day, but the skills on the cloak could be used continuously until the number was used up. In this case she can use this effect 7 times a day.

This means that just as a cat is said to have nine lives, she also has eight... Just one short.

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

When the player defeats a monster, with a very, very small chance, the monster will drop its Soul Essence which can be combined with equipment. In this case, the Platinum Golem's effect is to prevent knockback as well as make the combined Armor indestructible, but at the cost of lowering DEF by 100.

Hecate didn't care at all about losing DEF.

Her avatar was already a paper shield, reducing it any further would do nothing. However, the indestructible part was too useful, as it wouldn't let her robe be destroyed by acid or other methods. Especially if she wants to hide her appearance.

Knockback prevention was also useful.

She didn't need to worry that she would be knocked from her position by her enemy's skills.

And with that, she pointed her Eldritch Wand, not at Leon, but at the dragon. Even if he tried to 'kill' her again, the cloak would protect him from death.

She then used the second skill the wand provided.

Leon was clearly aware of this and was planning on stopping her casting spell, only to find that his body was starting to become hard and immobilized. He had been debuffed with the Stone Curse!

Without anyone interrupting her, she successfully casted her spell.

"Mana Explosion!"

In an 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 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!!

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOMM!!!

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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.

• Fire :  +(10 +25 +50)%
• Water : +(10 +25 +50)%
• Wind : +(10 +25 +50 +400)%
• Earth : +(10 +25 +50)%
• Light : +(10 +25 +50)%
• Dark : +(10 +25 +50)%

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 that 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?"

What she said was not quite right.

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

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, I guess I have to appraise these items first... This is quite troubling, my name is still red so I can't go to town yet..."

Hecate sighed as she put the items into her inventory.

After she washed off the blood from her name, she could check it out in the city.

Finished with everything, Hecate used a Return Crystal to teleport to her hideout, a Save-Point in an abandoned ruin. No one was using this Save-Point other than herself so she didn't have to worry about being caught.

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.