Dexter immediately lunged at BOI, still seated on his mount. His horn-dagger would have stabbed BOI's neck had it not been for BOI's lightning-fast reaction.

That momentary pause was enough. BOI's dagger — blindingly fast, rivaling Dexter's own speed —slammed into Dexter's abdomen.

Dexter teleported back instantly. Golden blood welled from the wound.

'This one's good… He's not called a leader just for show.'

BOI rose from his seat. With a sigh that echoed finality, he commanded:

"Wipe. Them. Out."

As leader of both WipeMOut and the Limitless Alliance, BOI activated his War Mammoth's defensive and supportive skills, rallying his forces for war.

Thousands of battle-ready mounts surged from the Crimson Tree Zone, crashing into the Demon God's Alliance troops like a tidal wave.

"HOLD THE LINE! THE DEMON GOD IS WITH US!"

What began as Dexter's leveling scheme had detonated into a full-scale war — unprecedented in the Crimson Tree Zone's history.

'Now this is the real Eldrion Online!'

Dexter transformed back into human form. In a flash of dark energy, his greaves shifted into a Summoner's Staff and a Necromancer's Bone Scepter.

"Arise…"

Purple smoke consumed the scattered skeletal remains. Hundreds of Skeleton Warriors rose, sending shivers through both alliances.

'Fuck… That summon drained too much mana.'

He lit a rolled dry leaf, inhaled deeply, and pointed his Summoner's Staff sideways.

A portal crackled to life, swelling with each second as thunder and lightning ripped across its edges.

"COME FORTH!"

A clawed, demonic hand gripped the portal's rim. Slowly, agonizingly, a Demon from Eldrion's Abyssal Realm emerged.

Then a dozen more followed.

No orders were needed. The demons surged forward, slaughtering everything in their path — ally or enemy alike.

Dexter merely watched. Every death meant more kills for his tally.

...

"HOLD THE LINE!"

"HEALERS! PURGE THE UNDEAD!"

Dusk fell, yet the war showed no sign of ending. Dexter remained on the sidelines, idly summoning skeleton warriors between drags of his rolled dry leaf. His scattered demons had become targets for both Alliances, though he barely noticed.

"Fuck… If this is on Earth, I'd get lung cancer before this war ended."

Still, the smoke from his rolled dry leaf curled endlessly into the dusk.

'/w Stella Arzois Hey… how are you?'

(I'm good, shopping… you?)

'/r Here, spectating a war… no end in sight.'

Dexter watched the chaos unfold: BOI fought alongside his elites, his War Mammoth now a corpse from bombardment. Bright remained conspicuously absent — alive or dead, Dexter couldn't tell. GreenBlob knelt nearby, whispering pleas for death, guarded by Dexter's skeletal warriors.

Amidst the confusion, the battle raged on.

(Hehe... Should've brought me along... It's hard finding decent Coliseum fights lately...) Stella whispered.

'/r Next time? After I finish crafting the necklace — still short on materials. Btw, if anyone shows up with a slave offering "gifts," accept them. They're for me.'

Kneeling beside GreenBlob, Dexter lifted the broken man's chin.

"Hey… We meet again. How've you been?"

"Kill me…"

"Shame. You've gone mad." Dexter cracked his neck as he stood, lighting another rolled dry leaf.

"No fun torturing broken toys."

He extended the smoldering roll toward GreenBlob.

"Want a hit?"

"Kill… me…"

With a weary sigh, Dexter snapped his fingers. A skeletal warrior's blade cleaved GreenBlob's head from his shoulders.

Dexter watched until the corpse dissolved into motes of light. Only then did he raise his scepter, summoning a new skeleton warrior from the lingering remains, eliminating any chances of resurrection for GreenBlob.

Looking back again at the never-ending war, Dexter sigh and cancelled his summoned skeleton and closed the abyssal gate. He transformed back into a Demon, this time, the colossal one.

"Demon God's Alliance! Retreat!" he roared.

'I still need them to deliver me materials. It's not good for them to be wiped out just because I want to get home.'

The Limitless Alliance watched their enemies retreat. They didn't pursue; they knew this battle was not the last, as it should be.

Bright cancelled his invisibility, standing near Dexter, his Satyr form still in place.

BOI watched from afar. They had lost too much, especially the expensive mounts in the war, yet their enemy had an endless supply of skeleton warriors that shouldn't exist in the Eldrion they knew.

"That fucking cheater. Wait till we're outside of this tutorial — I'll hunt you in Ludiversum," BOI muttered.

Dexter's Demonic form vanished like a bubble, until…

Schlik!

BOI looked to his sides and saw Dexter materialize suddenly, now wearing a cloak.

"Who's hunting whom? Thought I wouldn't hear?" Dexter said mockingly.

"LEADER!" his allies shouted.

"MOVE AND I'LL FUCKING CUT HIS THROAT!" Dexter warned.

The poison coating Dexter's dagger paralyzed BOI, making him unable to resist the sudden ambush.

"Know what's great about being a cheater?" Dexter hissed.

"It means… I can make anything I want… you fucking AI."

Changing his dagger into a different type, he plunged it deep into BOI's chest.

"That poison has no cure… well, it will slowly consume you. Hmm, maybe half a year? Ciao!"

With his final words, Dexter once again suicided to instantly teleport to his home island.

BOI's trusted aide immediately rushed near him and cast a healing spell.

The wound's bleeding stopped, and the paralysis was removed, but the throbbing pain slowly consuming his heart remained.

"FUCK!" BOI roared.

BOI immediately searched Dexter's skeletal remains' loot bag, only to frown at the contents: a rolled dry leaf and some random trash items looted when he was bored during the war.

"FUCK THAT CHEATER! FUCK THIS DEMON GOD'S ALLIANCE!"

This time, it was not Dexter who initiated the war.

"KILL ALL OF THEM!" BOI shouted, pointing now at the Demon God's Alliance army. He was determined to end it once and for all.

...

Warring Kingdoms, Blackreach Throne.

Mojomojo was busy selling his looted items in the Obsidian Bazaar when he heard news from one of the sellers talking to another person.

"Did you hear? Millions died one zone away from Crimson Tree Zone. Thousands of players tried to go investigate, but the Limitless Alliance and the newly established Demon God's Alliance are still fighting for control of that zone."

"I heard. The only way to loot that treasure trove is to join either the Limitless Alliance or the Demon God's Alliance."

'Time to leave this useless guild... then join either the Limitless Alliance or that Demon God's Alliance.'

Mojomojo checked his Guild Interface trying to leave but was shocked when he saw his guild's affiliation:

"Undying Craftroach… Leading Guild of the Demon God's Alliance?"