Is this really a Game?!



Liona's revelation sent shockwaves through the Ice Angels. The feeling of betrayal hung heavily in the air. Mia, their leader, clenched her fists, her anger radiating with an intensity that was almost palpable. Her gaze bore into Liona, a mix of disbelief and hurt.

"You... You traitor!" Jane, another person at the same level as Liona and Marcus hissed, her voice low and laced with venom. "All this time, we considered you one of us, and you've been working against us. How could you?"

Liona stared at her with a wry smile before shaking her head as a chuckle escaped her mouth.

"Traitor?"

"Yeah, I guess you would think of me as something like that, but honestly, I never considered you guys as comrades or anything, you were simply the means I had to survive in this world."

"I originally didn't want to do this, I wanted to stay with you longer, slowly seeing how you fall to despair as these guys continue harassing you, attacking those weaklings from the territory."

"I really wanted to see what kind of expression you would make at the very end, after we had troubled you for weeks, but alas, you had to make contact with 'those' guys."

Liona shook her head as the leader of the Blood Angels glanced at her before staring at the angels.

"The Heaven's Hooligans, their appearance really troubles us, fortunately, even they won't be able to go against over a thousand men, I doubt we will come to blows, however, as we will have finished you guys before they have a chance to come."

Upon hearing the name 'Heaven's Hooligans', the people surrounding the Ice Angels suddenly became quiet. That was a name everybody had heard more than once, and not only in the region, but the entire world as the announcements of their deeds had been spread by the system multiple times.

There were currently only 4 names that had been spread by the system.

Heaven's Hooligans

Hell Bringers

Azareleon

The Saints

Those four names, three of which were names of groups and one was a single individual, had done deeds great enough for the system to give world announcements about them.

Hell Bringers had managed to be the first group to take down a raid boss 4 days ago, which spread their names across the entire world. 

Azareleon was the first person to ever make a skill himself, and he was also the person with the highest number of skills in the entire world. The system had spread his name because of that, and because he was the first person to actually make a Z rank skill, which was something unheard of.

Even Reign and the others couldn't believe that a person on Earth had made a Z Rank skill, after all, even a Tier X combatant might not have a skill at that level when reaching the tier, they were simply far too difficult, and yet, someone had made one mere months after the game had started.

As for the Saints, they were the second group to conquer a territory, right after Reign and the others, and they were also the first ones to bring an entire region under their unofficial control. From what they managed to learn from the system, that meant that they were either controlling or were allied with the other territories of note in the region, making them to leader of the region.

Even though Reign and the others hadn't been doing anything shocking, at least not publicly, their names were still remembered, and those in the region knew just how powerful they were when they had participated in the challenges.

They had heard that the reason they stopped was because the challenges weren't challenging to them and that they didn't really need any of the rewards, so they decided to stop as it was a waste of time, some, however, didn't believe that.

"Hey, should we leave then, I mean, are we sure we want to go against those guys?"

"Yeah, isn't that a bit too dangerous?"

"What the hell are you scared of, those guys didn't come to several challenges, they probably fell behind us and can't show their faces anymore!" One person said as he laughed at the others.

"Even if they come here, what do we have to be afraid of, there are over a thousand of us here, are you telling me that a group of 7 can go against us all, the two leaders are even Tier V beings, and almost all of us are Tier IV, we can do whatever we want!" Another man said, prompting others to nod their heads and agree with him.

"Anyway, we don't have much time, I would rather not fight against the Heaven's Hooligans, so we will have to get rid of you quickly." The leader of the Blood Angels said as Liona smiled gleefully as she held his hand.

"You've done well, Liona."

"Thanks, babe," Liona said as the man lowered his head and kissed her deeply, before suddenly moving, causing Liona to widen her eyes before taking a step back.

A sword was stabbed through her chest.

The Ice Angels widened their eyes at the sight, but most of the people present simply snickered.

"She thought the leader actually liked her."

"Like he would like a venomous snake like her."

"W-why?" Liona asked as the leader of the angels stared at her with a cold expression.

"You fought alongside them, you slept near them, you broke bread together, you lived together for months, and yet you betrayed them without a second thought, a person like you can't be trusted, not in the slightest."

"I won't act as if we are saints and are better than you, but at least even these bastards would feel some sort of remorse after betraying their team, at least most of them would." The leader said as Liona fell down to her knees before he grabbed the sword and pulled it out of her chest.

"Don't worry, you won't die yet, the sword was coated in a paralyzing agent, even a Tier V would feel numb for a couple of minutes, as for you, you won't be able to do anything for the next hour, you will slowly bleed out, but you won't feel any pain."

"Since you have helped us, I will let you see what you wanted to see the most, expressions of horror and despair on the faces of the Ice Angels before you succumb to your injuries." The leader said before he glanced at the Ice Angels with a wry smile.

"Now, let's bring this little play to an end."

Suddenly, the players that surrounded the Angels smiled dangerously before most of them started attacking, sending hundreds of long-range attacks their way.

Mia, together with the rest of her team, defended against the attacks, but she was the only Tier V of the group, faced with hundreds of attacks from Tier IV combatants, there was little they could do. They could at most defend for a minute or two.

Mia stared at the leader of the Blood Angels, as well as the leader of the Dark Scythe with hatred. They left their territory because they knew that there was nothing they could do to defend it, all the people there would die, so they made them swear to not touch them and fight here.

At least here in the open, they had a chance of fleeing, but who would have known that they had already placed a trap and had surrounded them before they were able to do anything?

Mia's mark activated as the two leaders smirked. They both had a feeling that Mia was not a simple Tier V as neither one of them was confident at defeating her in a fair fight, and upon seeing that mark that suddenly increased her aura and allowed her to create a barrier around the entire group that blocked the hundreds of attacks with what seemed relative ease, they knew they made the correct choice.

"Leader, you have to get away, we will only slow you down!" Marcus said as he fell to his knees, as did the others.

"Marcus is right, you might be able to escape, but we definitely can't, they got us good, but you can at least join with the Hooligans, you can get away and then take revenge for us."

"Please escape boss, please!"

The entirety of the group was on their knees, begging Mia to leave, which made her frown as an even angrier expression appeared on her face.

"Do you really think so lowly of me, to escape, leaving you here alone, to fight against those bastards?!"

"What do you think will happen to you, huh?!"

"Do you think they will just kill or capture you, god knows what they will do to you guys after capturing you, I won't let you face such a fate, not alone."

"But you have to, we all know that you would never accept leaving us, so you leave us with no choice but to do this." Marcus and Jane said as they all suddenly brought their weapons out before quickly slitting their own throats under the shocked expression of Mia.

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