Doomsday Pillars

With each passing second, Alex\'s situation slowly turned for the worse, as more and more of his golems were being crushed or overpowered. Thanks to that, Alex was currently being surrounded by more and more of those mutated humans, putting him inside a precarious situation.

*swish*

Splat!

Fortunately, Alex\'s hexagram technique was the best technique against multiple enemies. The technique not only provided increased speed and strength, but also a set of movement techniques, which would allow him to move in a way that confused his opponents.

A slight side step to the right as a slam passed by, a spin to the left as rocks flew by, a quick crouch as a punch headed his way, a dash to the back as a blow came from above. Thanks to his erratic movements, not a single of those monsters nor the Earth Magus managed to touch him, let alone hit him.. On the contrary, while Alex dashed around, he was able to make a \'few\' cuts to them. 

*swish*

Slash!

Alex made a heavy horizontal swing, producing a cutting sound as it swung through the air. The slash managed to cut off one of the monsters\' heads, causing it to fly in the air before dropping to the floor. The monster\'s huge body fell down to the floor, as it slowly returned to its original human form minus its head.

"Well, looks like the old, classic trick of cutting the head off is still effective. That\'s good news, I guess..." Alex said with a smile, his chest heaved up and down. Although his breath was already gasping, Alex could not rest, as he was still in the rush to dodge another attack coming at him.

After they transformed, these mutated humans were as fast as the Sky realm fighters. Hence, Alex would not have been untouchable for this long, if he didn\'t have the hexagram technique.

A few minutes passed. Alex only managed to chop off the heads of three more mutated humans. Besides the speed, these monsters also had the strength of Sky realm fighters. These two factors were prohibiting him from easily decapitating them, as they could dodge his attacks, causing Alex to be careful to not be caught by them. They also had a skin as strong as tempered steels. Therefore, it was not easy for him to remove their heads, especially with half a dozen or more of them trying to surround him.

After the battle went on for almost more than 10 minutes, five men in red robes finally walked into the room, through the door.

Seeing only five of his men coming as reinforcements, Hafiz who was sitting at the end of the room began to become restless. "Where the f*ck have you been? What took you all so long to come here? And also, where are the others? Did only the five of you hear the report?" Hafiz rapidly asked, as his mouth fired questions like assault rifle.

Receiving the barrage of questions, the red-robed men didn\'t know what to do. Therefore, they decided to answer the most important question. "High Priest, we immediately headed straight here in a hurry after we heard the report."

Upon hearing the red-robed man\'s answer, Hafiz finally understood what the effect of Alex\'s first spell was. Thanks to the four times accelerated time, those who were outside of the room felt only 3 minutes at most passed by, while in truth, ten minutes had passed inside the room.

Realizing the situation, Hafiz couldn\'t help but throw more curses, "F*ck! Quickly kill him and get me that wooden sword!"

The five red-robed men who just came in quickly took off their robes when they heard the order. Once again, they swiftly transformed into huge, black-skinned monsters. 

Thanks to the five new reinforcements, Alex ended up being surrounded by a dozen of these monsters. Moreover, thanks to their huge stature, Alex did not have the space to move around anymore, as their bodies filled the entire room. Not to mention, there was also the chance of more reinforcement coming as the time went on.

Looking at the situation, Alex began to change his movement, as he started maneuvering and moving towards the broken window where he entered earlier.

Seeing Alex\'s movement, the Earth Magus shouted, "Stop him!!! He\'s going to run away!"

Upon hearing that, the dozen of monsters immediately rushed at Alex, causing his situation to look even more cornered. When all of them almost crashed into him, Alex swiftly casted several [Blind] spells to make sure they were blinded. The piecing lights made them hurriedly stop their steps. Right after that, Alex immediately took out two of his artifacts and activated their abilities.

[Silver Dagger - Tier 3 Weapon] - [Haste]

[Cloak of Light] - [Transparent]

When the Heavenly Gate people opened their eyes, Alex\'s figure had vanished before them. Seeing the broken window close by, they immediately rushed towards it to check if Alex had jumped. Alas, they didn\'t expect Alex had zoomed past and appeared behind them.

Focusing his concentration on the spells, Alex swiftly casted several [Smite] towards the monsters\' back. In an instant, several hammer-like constructs hit them in the butt.

BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM!

PRANKKK!!! PRANKKK!!! PRANKKK!!!

Loud breaking sounds resounded through the room as the monsters\' bodies were blown away by the spells and crashed into the windows. Their sights swiftly greeted by the blue sky and rows of skyscrapers as they flew through the air and fell from the height of more than 1000 feet.

Alex smiled widely knowing that, even if those monsters still didn\'t manage to die due to the fall due to some miracle, it would still take them too much time to return to the room.

Hafiz was extremely furious when he saw a dozen of his creations being thrown away through the window, while the rest were still embroiled with the golems. He finally stood from his seat and forced the five bodyguards of the Crown Prince to attack Alex. Alas, before they could even reach out to their guns, Alex was already right in front of them.

Gripping Stroke hard as he could, Alex swiftly did a swing with his tier 5 sword aiming towards the objective of his mission, Hafiz.

BAM!

With one swing, Hafiz\'s magic shield barrier instantly shattered into pieces. Alex swung this sword once again, this time from below.

"Nooo!!! Stop!! I yield!" Hafiz screamed in horror, as he saw the incoming slash.

BAM!

This time, Hafiz\'s protection vest energy shield shattered. Knowing Alex would not listen to his plea, Hafiz quickly turned and tried to run away. Alas, his attempt failed miserably, as Alex\'s next slash was aimed at his legs.

*swish*

Splat!

Blood splattered violently to the floor of the room as Hafiz\'s two legs were separated from his body. As a result, Hafiz dropped and rolled on the ground with his lower limbs gone.

"Please!!! I\'ll do anything… anything! Just let me live! Can\'t you see that I\'m the same as you?"

Alex stopped for a second when he heard Hafiz said he was the same as him. Curiosity got the better of him, thus he stared at the man and waited for him to speak.

"I-I am trying to save the world as well! Can\'t you see? Because of me, the Middle East managed to unite! Even the two major nations, the archenemies, Arab Saudi and Iran were able to work together due to my interference. This… this is what is needed to save the world... Don\'t you think so as well?"

Alex discovered Hafiz\'s logic seemed to have some ground. He could even feel some truth in it. Somehow, it made him able to sympathize with the man. Hafiz, who saw Alex\'s expression change, began to smile and said, "I know that you of all people will be able to understand me. So, what do you think? We can help each oth-"

Before Hafiz could finish his sentence, Alex swung his sword one more time.

Splat!

Hafiz\'s head rolled to the ground and his blood spilled on the floor.

Unfortunately for Hafiz, Alex knew of his power. The man might not have been able to control him like he did with the Crown Prince due to the difference between their realm. However, his words were still able to somehow influence his logic and emotion, and Alex could not have that. Therefore, he could not let Hafiz live.

Exhaling a sigh of relief, Alex flashed a faint smile. Finally, Hafiz, the head of the Heavenly Gate, was dead. With his death, the Crown Prince, who was under his control, was slowly regaining his mind. Now, Alex only needed to clean out the last bit of Hafiz\'s devoted followers.

Taking Hafiz\'s decapitated head and lifting it in the air, Alex shouted, "Your leader is dead! Put down your weapons and lay down your arms! It\'s time to stop killing each other."

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