Talents were sothing that was either desired or admired by many. Whether it was from the previous era where the System had yet to exist or this era where the existence of higher beings had proven itself to man, talents were the tiless asset of a man.
There were those who wanted to have close ties with talented ones, or the talented ones wanted to compete with others similar to themselves, which could be done amiably, through a double-face personality, or fiercely. In other words, so talented people were either so greedy, proactive or simply a madman that they wanted to remain or be unique, causing them to use any thods in their arsenal to extinguish the other talented people's existence.
It was a never-ending cycle of human competition.
And at this very mont, with the list of nurous students, renowned or unpopular, were the subjects of talent elimination or the talent reduction operation.
***
The woman, with whom the terror attack began and lit the spark for the comncent of shattering humanity's peace, was consud by darkness from where she was standing. Vanishing into thin air, she instantly appeared sowhere around the center of the explosion, which turned to beco the epicenter of the artificial dungeon.
"ROAARRR-!!"
With her position being in close proximity, at least a hundred forty to a hundred fifty ters away, the seemingly unending depiction of terror exuded by sowhat intelligent monsters and anguish of those who were running or tried to fight these abominations away could be felt as though the above-ntioned emotional depiction of the current situation was terrifyingly palpable.
With the arrival of the response squads from various guilds, the battle between the wielding-artifact monsters and the number of certain strong players finally started.
The unrestrained Chaos Aura of the monsters caused so weak player civilians, who didn't traverse the path of being a full-ti player due to reasons only known to them, to either faint or die on the spot with the sudden suffocated.
The afternoon sky and surroundings from the explosion's focal point, after so ti had passed, were now dyed dark blue — the indication of Chaos Miasma lingering in the surroundings.
But, with the existence of Support-type players, the hazardous, limited atmosphere was gradually being purified while the Fighting-type players were now engaged in combat against the sowhat cultivated monsters from the artificial dungeon.
"...Saviors of player civilians, huh."
The woman with a hood muttered without changing her casual expression. She then looked around without being seen by anyone, who was either running or responding to the monsters' assault, even though she was standing in the middle of the ruined road.
"...Well, thanks for your service. That's enough distraction to hunt."
After those words ca out of her mouth, she took out her Personal Weapon from her Dinsional Inventory.
...It was a dark scythe.
After that, without wasting any more ti, she activated her Unique Skill.
[Activating the Unique Skill: Sphere of Darkness (SSS)]
[You have created an imaginary Dark World.]
[All dark attributes skills of the user will trendously increase by 500%.]
A few monts later, other System ssages rang in the woman's ears.
[Bring the desired targets to the imaginary Dark World.]
[The desired targets must be at least within 100 ters from the user's standing point upon the skill activation.]
[Recite the na of the designated target.]
Without much thinking about it, and feeling much certain that the targets were in the area, the woman recited the nas of those talented students that needed to be eliminated before they beca a threat to the Black Sky Disorder.
***
"...The best we can do right now is to rescue and tend to so player civilians. Let the high-rank players do the monster subjugation."
Anya Amasawa, who was running by Jiho's side, spoke tensely. The latter, on the other hand, who was looking at the seemingly endless running of terrified people, just nodded his head.
'I'm far too weak right now... But I can't be at ease.
'This might not be about anymore, but I can't stand happening sothing like this again...'
Han Jiho sorrowfully thought, admitting his current status compared to the monstrosities that ca out of the artificial dungeon, as the nostalgia of Monster Stampede that destroyed his ho and killed countless villagers, including his parents, surfaced in his mind.
Running closer to Central Square, where the largest museum in the country that turned into rubbles instantly was situated, to at least assist and bring into safety those who were in disarray, Jiho montarily stopped, causing Anya to reflexively do the sa.
"It's dangerous for us to get closer than this.
"We don't know the capacity of the large barrier that the guilds erected to contain the Chaos Miasma and purify it in an enclosed environnt, but based on what I'm seeing right now, the monsters are going toe-to-toe with the high-rank players."
Jiho said, leaving Anya to ponder.
"In other words, we will die if the large barrier cracks and expel a certain amount of Chaos Miasma when we're close to it, right?"
Jiho nodded to Anya's realization before he tensely said, glancing at the fight going on ahead.
"...Let's find the others. I hope-"
Whoosh-
Han Jiho did not manage to finish his words as the sky, who was dyed dark blue, suddenly turned into a starless night as though a ti jump had taken place.
"Kyaaa-!"
From a few ters away, they heard nurous consecutive screams that ca from either a man or a woman, which tone suggested that they were in their younger years similar to them.
Scrutinizing around, Jiho and Anya were left in shock. The feeling of apprehension seed to start to envelop them because the fighting from afar couldn't be seen anymore as though the world flipped upside down and they were sent into a wasteland.
The surroundings were still the familiar Central Square of Articor, but the surrounding enormous buildings, as well as the other form of infrastructure now looked dilapidated.
"The sky becos dark, the city infrastructures into ruins...
"This isn't normal, I an— this is probably another form of attack."
Anya muttered as she extended her hand to stop Jiho from approaching the location of the screams just now, which the latter didn't resist in any way because he, too, thought that it was not wise to act rashly and even if they did, he did not have any idea if he could of any help.
"...Alright. Let's hide for now and try to find the others."
Jiho and Anya went inside the nearest building, away from the traces of impending death.
***
The womanly and dignified voice of the entity within Samantha's head spoke in a tone as though she was watching a theatre and eating snacks due to the current situation.
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