Alex was feeling much better after half an hour's rest. And while his injury isn't fully healed, it would have to be enough. The VR world could mimic the healing factor of the various classes of hunters based on their mana level.
In Alex's case, despite his physical body being as strong as a Class E hunter, the system only recognized the healing factor of a Class F hunter.
But there was nothing he could do about that, and he wasn't even thinking about it in that direction. Right now, he was standing at the top of the falls looking over the landscape to find his next destination. Fortunately for him, he spotted a huge city in the distance and chose to go there.
He took things slow and adapted the speed of the typical Class F hunter. Along the way, he came across some students and even though stronger than the average because they survived the first elimination, they were still no match for him.
Naturally, he didn't let his guard down like he did before and certainly didn't do anything too flashy that might leave him exposed to attacks he couldn't block.
Once he arrived in the ruined city, he slowed down and came to a halt. "Mm, this is a good place for hunting." He commented, looking around and hearing the occasional explosions from the abilities the students were throwing at each other as well as the destruction of the buildings in their vicinity.
He started moving forward, towards a certain area where the commotion was the highest.
His gaze was lingering everywhere, shifting to the high-rise buildings to watch out for archers and any student brave enough to attack from above. The corners and dark places were also in his view.
When he got close to the site of the commotion that looked more like a warzone, Alex watched briefly to decide his next course of action.
He retrieved his staff and chose the spear form, ready to deliver killing blows without mercy. He swung it around and slowly approached one of the fighting groups.
Of course, his action immediately caught the attention of the group, and they immediately identified him.
"Hey, that's Alexander Gray!"
Like a sexy everybody wanted but couldn't have, they all turned their heads in his direction, both boys and girls.
Those engaged in close combat distanced themselves to look. Suddenly, Alex became the centre of attention.
With a stiff smile, Alex joked, "Yoo, who's ready to cook?" His words caused them to be momentarily confused. Why would he utter something so silly in this kind of setting? But not everyone was stopped in their tracks.
"Let's start with you and find out how delicious you are?!" An exclamation came from Alex's left side where he spotted a male student, one-horned, approaching him with a flame ball.
The smile on his face as he approached revealed his joy in facing the famed Alex. He was one of the students actively looking for Alex to fight but hasn't had the chance to come across him, until now.
When he got close, he lunged his palm carrying the flame ball forward, creating a horizontal flame pillar. The flame pillar travelled at high speeds, its temperature causing the air to heat up and the place to light up in an orange hue.
Looking at the fast-approaching flame pillar, Alex faced it directly by taking a stance and delivering a cutting air strike that split the flame pillar in two. However, before the air strike could reach the surprised student, Alex closed the distance and lunged his spear forward, impaling him in the chest.
Without so much as an exchange of blows, a strong student was eliminated. Alex turned to look at the others, his smile sending shivers down their spines.
The student he just took out was one of the stronger ones among the group fighting and had amassed quite a lot of kills, and he was just taken out just like that!
'The hell?'
The students were shocked at how fast he eliminated another student. Now they weren't so sure if they could take him on individually. As if their thoughts were linked, they exchanged looks and then refocused on Alex.
Of course, Alex didn't miss the subtle exchange and understood what they wanted to do.
It was always the way people worked. They could be fighting amongst themselves, but when a new player shows up and proves to be stronger than all of them, they would band together to eliminate that person first before returning to fighting themselves. It was a survival mechanism ingrained in beings.
"Let's get this over with, shall we?" Alex suggested, taking his fighting stance. He waited for the students to take their stance or even activate their abilities. The braver ones didn't disappoint and immediately went on the offensive.
"Don't get cocky just because you took out someone in one move!" One of the male students already rushing towards him said with his lightning skill activated.
He and another four students surrounded Alex from all sides, their abilities raining down on him from above.
Seeing this, Alex smiled briefly before disappearing from where he stood.
BOOOOOM! CRACKLE! CRACKLE!
The rain of abilities landed where the students thought he still stood. No one had seen him move, he was that much faster than them. When things settled, Alex was nowhere to be seen.
"Did we get him?" One of them asked.
"No, I don't think so." A girl replied, looking at her badge and the badge of the others who attacked earlier noticing no change in their numbers.
"Then where did he go?"
The answer to that came in the form of a speeding spear right in front of the lightning user. He did not see anything until it was too late as Alex was already before him, his spear piercing the chest of the student, instantly eliminating him.
"Oh shit!" He was too fast for them to react, and before they could even process where and how he disappeared, he was already on the next. He zoomed past the frozen students, taking them out with stabs and cuts.
He did not waste time exchanging blows with anyone as they were not strong enough to parry his attacks.
'It's better this way. No one's time is wasted, and I get to accumulate eliminations as fast as possible without exposing myself to attacks.'
He made quick work of them, bringing his eliminations to 1,234. He looked around the destroyed street and buildings but found no one else around.
Then he heard a loud boom in the distance with dust and rubble flying around.
"On to the next targets." He muttered and dashed in that direction.