Legacy of the Betelgeuse

Chapter 198 - Episode 198: Unwritten Rules.

Jariel is glaring at me from the corner of his eyes but he still won't say anything. Avriel tilts her head and raises her eyebrows.

"Aspen? The guy who used to come to the pub?"

I nod.

"Yeah, he's the last Headless Cult member that's still alive. After I killed him, my first plan should be done, and then we can proceed to our second plan."

Avriel is humming with understanding.

"Do I have to get those heads now or later?"

I shake my head.

"You can get it later after I killed Aspen.."

Krestan raises his eyebrow.

"Heads?"

I nod.

"Yeah, you will see it later. For now, can you help me find him?"

Krestan is scratching his head.

"Well, I have no idea what is that Aspen guy looks like, so I don't think I can help you with that."

Avriel looks at Krestan and raises her eyebrows.

"Good, then you can stay here and protect my father."

Krestan scoffs.

"What? I'm not going to babysit your father! Never!"

I look at Krestan and raise my eyebrows.

"Well then... you won't be able to contact your master because I'm not going to help you with that if you don't want to babysit Jariel."

Krestan is staring at me and then clicking his tongue while sighing.

"Fine... just go and find that guy, hurry."

I smile and nod.

"Got it."

I look at Avriel and nod.

"Let's go."

Avriel and I then leave Krestan's house to look for Aspen.

Krestan sits on the couch and looks at Jariel.

"How does it feel to be helpless and hopeless, Jariel? It feels great is it not? Now you know how I felt and I can make fun of you now like the way you used to do."

Krestan scoffs and keeps staring at Jariel.

"I wonder if I kill you right now, what kind of expression Avriel is going to make."

Jariel is staring at Krestan.

"Then do it. I would rather die than being a burden to my own daughter."

Krestan is chuckling mischievously and shaking his head.

"Why should I? I want you to suffer and let the guilt consume you slowly. Do you think I didn't know what you have done when you were still a loyal dog for Eluna's emperor? You are the worst human being and you know that. It feels great to see you like this, and of course, I hope those things you did to those people will haunt you every day and every night. I wonder what are their reaction if I tell Trevor and Avriel that you were the ones who gave Evfan the idea of killing Hacal's wife and daughters."

Jariel is gritting his teeth while glaring at Krestan. Krestan is just smiling and enjoying the expression that Jariel makes.

(In the Aarus Empire territory, the Supremacist Clan base)

Kingstar and Queenstar are walking down the stairs. They both are looking at Ivonna and the others are standing and waiting for them downstairs. Kingstar is raising his eyebrows and looks at Ivonna.

"What do you need, Ivonna?"

Ivonna is looking up the stairs.

"I have something to discuss with you."

Queenstar is looking at Ivonna and nods up.

"Every time you came here, I always have a bad feeling because you always bring bad news to us."

Ivonna is slightly smiling and shaking her head.

"Not this time around. I just have something to talk about with you and Kingstar."

Queenstar sighs and looks at Kingstar.

"That's new. I think we were thinking too much."

Kingstar scoffs and smiles. Kingstar then looks at Ivonna and the others and tilts his head toward the door behind him.

"Follow me. We can talk privately in there."

They're all walking toward the door and enter the room. Everyone is sitting at the round table and Kingstar is crossing his hands and puts them in front of his lips while staring at Ivonna.

"So? What do you want to talk about?"

Ivonna fixes her sitting and looks at Kingstar.

"This is about the rumors that have been going on in the forum and in the game about Trevor and the incident. I want to know your opinion about this first before I start talking about it."

Kingstar is raising his eyebrows and looking at Queenstar. He sighs and scratching his eyebrow.

"We have no business with what is he doing whatsoever, but I heard it got pretty bad now and the community starts making petitions to ban him. I and my clan members are not interested in that and we are not going to take a part in that as well since I know that Trevor did that all for a reason, and that reason might be for something big later in the future. I know him so well and I don't think he would do that just for fun. But, if you all came here to talk about it, so you must know the reason behind his action, right? Are you planning to tell us about it?"

Ivonna nods.

"Yes, that's right. We believe that these rumors are made by a single person."

Kingstar and Queenstar are furrowing their foreheads. Kingstar tilts his head.

"Who?"

Ivonna sighs.

"We believe the person behind these rumors is Aspen."

Kingstar and Queenstar are so confused that they're looking at each other with disbelief. Kingstar then looks at Ivonna.

"What makes you think that he's the one who did that? And for what reason?"

Ivonna nods.

"That's why we are going to explain everything to you both."

Ivonna starts explaining everything to Kingstar and Queenstar.

(Somewhere in the Orion)

Avriel is walking beside me and looks around.

"Are you sure that he's here?"

I nod.

"Yeah, I'm sure of it."

As soon as we left Krestan's house, I looked at my friendlist and Aspen removed me from his friendlist, so we both had no idea where Aspen would be and to find him without a single clue is impossible since he could be everywhere, and I can't just ask around since Aspen is not that famous and most of the player has no idea who Aspen is and what is he looks like, so the only option for me to find him by asking Becker. I asked Becker about Aspen's whereabouts, and Becker sent me his coordinate immediately. I'm surprised that he's closer than I thought, and it feels like Aspen is waiting for me to see him, but if he does, why did he remove me from his friendlist.

I look around and nod.

"I think you should check the area and make sure nobody is around here when I'm killing Aspen. I don't want the rumors to get worse."

Avriel nods then go the other way and disappear.

I keep walking and I haven't seen any player nor NPC, then I look at the big field on my left. I see someone is standing there all alone, I'm squinting my eyes and see if it's Aspen, but that person is too far away to see his or her face. I walk toward that person and I feel like someone or something is lurking and watching me in the woods, I don't know if it's a monster or a player, but I'm ignoring it since Avriel will sweep the area around me anyway.

The person who's standing in the middle of the field turns around and looks at me. It's Aspen and he's smiling at me while crossing his arms.

"Yo, long time no see."

I'm ignoring him and grab my scythe from my inventory. He's surprised when he sees the scythe that I'm holding and he immediately grits his teeth. I swing my scythe around and staring at him while slowly walking toward him. Aspen is chuckling mischievously while shaking his head.

"You're finally showing your true color, huh, Trevor?"

I raise my eyebrow and I have no idea what's he saying about. Aspen readying his stances and he's holding 2 daggers while smirking at me.

"I guess you will not be satisfied with just killing NPCs and now you're targeting me?"

I stab my scythe on the ground while grabbing my chained sickle. I tilt my head.

"Well, you're the only one left on my list."

Aspen is smiling and holding his laughter, but then he suddenly charges at me with daggers in his hands. When he's close enough to my hit range, I swing my chained sickle and swing it at him. He dodges it and immediately leaps toward me, and when I'm about to pull the chain and the sickle, something feels weird and I believe that the sickle was further away from me, but now it's right in front of me, and I can't see him anywhere. I realize that he uses [Replace], so I look back and Aspen is already standing behind my back.

Aspen is chuckling.

"Die!"

I scoff and smirk. I use [Blink Strike] and I'm teleported to where my scythe is. Aspen is surprised and I immediately grab my scythe and use [Volley of Death] at him.

[6.291]

I know that I'm a bit overpowered, but I never thought that my damage is that high. Aspen is slowly falling down and then he died without even has the chance to dodge it.

[Disciple Quest #1 (Completed)]

[You have killed every single one of the Headless Cult members! Ezira Alexus is waiting for you in the Land of Sigrid and for your report]

I sigh and look at the notification. I can finally go back to the Land of Sigrid now, but then a VoW appears in the sky, I look up and read it.

[Voice of the World]

[Warning! Hero [Trevor] has killed Hero [Aspen]! As punishment for Hero [Trevor] for killing another Hero, Hero [Trevor]'s EXP will go down to 0%, Hero [Trevor]'s [Fame] is reduced by 5.000, Hero [Trevor] will not be able to gain EXP, Drop Items for the next 3 days in real-time!]

I never knew something like this exist! What is this? Some kind of unwritten rules or something? But then I hear a rustling sound coming from the wood. I see a portal is forming and I immediately run toward it. Sadly I used my [Blink Strike] and I can't use [Moonsteps] since it's daytime. I stop running and just look at the player leaving using a portal since it's useless to get over there.

I scoff and smile with disbelief.

"This is all just a trap... well played..."