21- Martial Arts, Magic, and Cultivation

Marl handed all of the items he had brought to Chris who took it and went back inside the house, Mark did not follow since it would expose their secret passage.

He decided to go outside and looked around, since players appeared around the plain, Mark decided to explore farther away this time.

He doesnt have anything to do anymore, his hunger bar and thirst bar is also full, his iron sword is still in good condition, his bow, well, it was on the verge of being destroyed but it doesnt matter.

Mark only had a few arrows left, so he wasnt really going to use it, after Mark checked his items.

"Well, that is done" Mark said then ventured out.

But then he stopped, and came back, "Nyx!" Mark called out.

"What?" Chris came out from the house.

"Which direction did those players came from?" Mark asked.

"Its that way" Chris pointed at the east.

"Well then, I'll be back before night time" Mark said then left.

"Okay" Chris nodded.

"..."

Mark travelled for about 200 blocks before he saw a swamp biome, according to the Alter Online, swamp biome is the most ugliest biome among all biomes.

It was damp, the water is not clean, its color was darker than normal biomes, and it was full of swamps.

It was not the most ideal place to build your base on but looking at the houses in front of him, "I guess the ones who built their bases here are idiots" Mark commented.

Mark was still not sure if this was the base of the players who he fought earlier or a different group.

Anyway, There is no harm in checking it out, Mark first observed the surroundings, and he found no clues about other players being here.

Mark looked around the houses and there are also no signs of players, Mark was now sure it was the base of those players that he killed.

"Who doesnt like free stuff" Mark said with a smile and entered one of the houses.

There are 12 houses in this base and all of then were not that big but was enough for those thugs team of 20 members.

It was all made of wood and their houses looked like tombs but anyway.

And one thing that made Mark happy was there are tons of chests lying around! those idiots didnt even bother hiding them!

Mark was lucky enough to enter the house where it seemed that all of the chests were stored in.

"This is probably their leaders house" Mark said as he looked around.

He went to one of the chests and opened it, inside were many stacks of wood, and well, some stuffs, it was not very organized but Mark easily found the most important ones and decided to leave the trash items on the chest.

Mark checked evey chests and found iron ingots, there were 2 stacks of it, "Tch, they have more men so their rate of collecting resources is faster" Mark said as he clicked his tongue.

"Though, why did they leave it untouched?" Mark thought but anyway, it was free items so he took all of it.

He took every resources he could get but his inventory also got full so, he had no choice but to throw away the other resources, anyway, the looting was very fruitful.

Mark picked up tons of woods, cobblestones, irons and also some red stones and copper, Mark also destroyed their beds just in case their respawn is very far.

With this, they wont spawn at this place anymore or if their spawn is here then destroying the bed is useless nonetheless, it was better than doing nothing.

After Mark took everything he could, he finally left but before he goes away.

[Flint and Steel]

[Durability: 64/64]

*Click!

*Fwoosh!

Fire started spreading towards the houses as Mark lighted it all up in flames, Mark didnt look back as he set it on fire then walked away without looking back.

There are also trees nearby and the grass om the ground also started burning, it start to spread out like a wild fire.

As Mark walked away, he started singing.

"I love everything, fire spreading all around the world, the world so bright, its hard to breathe but that's alright" Mark sang. (A/N: Purposely changed the lyrics)

It didnt take long for the fire to spread out and engulfed all of the houses and trees in the vicinity.

By the time the fire died out, Mark had already reached back their base, and just like he said, the sun was already setting when he got back.

"Heey~ Im back!" Mark yelled.

"Welcome, come in" Chris opened the door like a wife welcoming her husband.

Mark was taken a back a little bit and coughed, "Yeah" Mark nodded then turned his head to the chat box which exploded.

[Chat Box]

[My waifu is so beautiful as ever!]

[Im falling in love again!]

[Nyx Fanclub is open! feel free to join everyone!]

[Dont be fooled everyone! her/his gender is still a mystery for us!]

[Dont fall for the most cruel trap in the universe! you wont be able to free yourself and fall deeper!]

[Bah! who cares! a hole is a goal!]

[Ugh, dont say that here]

It was certainly lively, Mark also noticed that the number of viewers had grown to 1.5 million viewers which is just a drop of water in the ocean.

Considering the population of the whole universe, Mark is not ignorant of his status as the only Alter Online streamer, it was also because of this reason that Alter Online was getting popular day by day.

It could be said that he became the face of Alter Online, on top of being the top player in the rankings, Mark is also a skilled player.

Martial Artist are very rare group of people according to his masters, it could be said that Martial Arts has been declining due to the popularity of magic and cultivation.

A trend could cause a downfall of anything, it has been 20 years since Martial Arts declined according to his masters.

And his masters said that they were the last group of authentic martial artists.

Records about martial arts also disappeared from the last 20 years, just like how every memories disappear.

But now seeing Martial Arts once again inspired these people, not any people could use magic and also walk in the path of cultivation, they needed talent unlike in Martial Arts where someone needed more effort than talent.

Well, talent is also an important factor but not as needed as Magic and cultivation does.