When the Driad finally started to take action , the intensity of the game increased greatly , the bullet seeds she was shooting , one had absolutely no chance to react in time to dodge normally , it was like a projectile that had to be faced head on , if you tried to avoid it , it will definitely hit you before you can even lift two feet. 

Rudra regretted not having a suitable shield at this point , as a knight the pride of his battle prowess should be his shield and defense , but being the brawler he was , he preffered to use double handed sword wielding instead. 

Rudra summoned his other sword Windcutter at this moment , and used windslash multiple times to stop the flurry of vines overwhelming his progress.

As Rudra glanced back , the red laser line was slowly moving forward and was about 5 meters away from Rudra , one it hit his position , the challenge would be considered a failure. 

Rudra decided to use darkness bind! 

He bound the dryad for 3 seconds , just as windcutter created an opening , enlarging excalibur to a one meter length , he quickly sprung forward to gain some ground

22 ! .....23 ! .....24 !.....25 ! Just as Rudra reached the 25 m mark the dryad snapped free and shot the bullets at a 5m Range , it was almost like seeing flashes of lightning , as there was barely enough time to block .

But to his joy , there were no more annoying vines. There was only the dryad and a field full of plant traps , he could not jump around anymore , as everywhere he would step. Would result in him being caught , the very natrow path leading to the bell was like facing doom , as the shots would be incoming in a straight line at incredible speeds.

The red line started to creep closer and closer with only 2m left till Rudra's position.

The audience watched with bated breaths , this challenge is really to cruel .... The one's optimistic about Rudra clearing the challenge now felt despirited , it truly looked impossible. 

Rudra too felt the situation to be quite grim , he was aldready doing his absolute best to try deflect the incoming barrage of bullets , he had absolutely no room to do anything more. 

Then a gap came , there was a delay of about 1.5 secs when the dryad could not keep up her attacks. Then Rudra used his newly acquired special skill Earthquake 

Boom , a loud tremor was heard as the Earth below him shattered , with large chunks of earth turning upside down and the ground cracking , there was space to get his footing finally. 

Rudra sprung into action , the red elimination line about 2 inches away from him . 

27 !.... 28 .... 

To his delight the shockwave had shook the dryad up and she needed a brief moment to readjust her aim at Rudra .

Rudra took the chance and instead of trying to stop and handle the barrage of bullets again , he put all his strength in his right leg and leapt towards the bell , hanging beside the Dryad. 

Gong... The bell sound hit , but even Rudra was hit by the bullet. 

The timing was soo close , noone could tell what happened clearly , was he hit first ? Or did he clear it? 

Then the entire gaming arena lit up , as fireworks burst forward. 

DING : BELL CHALLENGE CLEARED AT NIGHTMARE DIFFICULTY. CONGRATULATIONS !!!! 

" WHOAAA , SOMEONE CLEARED THE NIGHTMARE MODE ". 

Every spectating crowd noticed after the fireworks lit up. 

The entire crowd went wild , those spectating the nightmare mode could not believe their eyes , as they could clearly feel the adrenaline rush. 

The final sequence the thrilling ending , it was a worth memory .

But who was the guy who completed it all . 

Standing there laughing silly , was Rudra Rajput , the guild leader of True Elites , who just won his guild 15 K merit points. 

He truly was happy , walking off he paused for a second , before replying the rude man who asked him to make an intro 

" The name's Shakuni , Guild master of True Elites ". He said as he walked off.....

Mic drop moment ! 

The crowd burst into cheers 

How cool was that guy ? 

As the discussions about him erupted , many posted his entire attempt video on the forums , and the name of the Demon Of Death Valley , became trending again , especially the last moment where he introduced himself , it was watched over 30 million times. 

With only 3 hours left for the event to end , Rudra rushed back to the guild hall , and exchanged the merit points for the top 2 items. 

The purple smoke entrance theme. [ 100000 merits ] 

Acquired title ' Nature friendly Guild ' [ 50,000 merits] 

SYSTEM NOTIFICATION : TRADING WITH THE ELVEN KINGDOMS ARE NOW POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF THE EQUIPPED TITLE. 

Rudra sighed in relief upon completing his set goals , he was in a festive mood. 

As he strolled through the guild he could see the members trying riding their mounts and happily chatting to each other , it was a merry Atmosphere all around. He smiled , however his mood was ruined over the letter that came next .

It was a letter sent by all the first rate guilds in the Hazelgroove kingdom , demanding True Elites to go under the alliance as a subservice guild , or face the alliance's combined retribution .

The thing that shocked him the most in the letter was not that it came , but all the signatures present , within them was the signature of one PinkLotus. Aka Yua Nakatomi his so called ' close friend '. 

He did not want to jump to conclusions , but seeing that even after she signed the letter. She had not dropped a message to Rudra clarifying the situation , it seemed like a betrayal was at hand. 

The detailed letter read as follows. .....

/// Guys a lot of things will be happening simultaneously from now on , it wont be a single arc focused story as multiple events will happen in the same arc , i am trying to up my writing game , i hope you all like it , please provide me with your feedback in the comments ///