Chapter 136 - Episode 136: The Invasion. (2)
Chapter 136 – Episode 136: The Invasion. (2)
A silhouette of a gigantic monster that is two times bigger than the empire state building is raising inside the cloud of dust. It lifts its arm with long fingers and claws and clenches its fist then roars extremely loud that all the players in the Alliance Kingdoms territory can hear it. All the players are staring at the extraterrestrial monster from afar with their mouths wide open.
The cloud of dust is starting to disappear and we all can finally see the monster clearly. An exoskeleton big headed monster with a long jaw and tongue that is sticking out from its mouth. An upside-down ginormous horn on the back of its head. One of its scapula bones is way bigger than the other that it almost looks like a wing. One of its arms is small while the other is gigantic that almost as tall as its body. A long exoskeleton tail with sharp edges all the way to the end of the tail. Its deep growl is enough to make the ground tremble.
[96% of the Alliance Kingdoms population is alive]
(At the Irasha Kingdom.)
Kingstar's hand is trembling that he has to calm it down with his other hand.
"We must kill that thing?"
Queenstar is gulping.
"How can we kill that massive thing?! To get close to that thing is almost impossible!"
Kingstar shakes his head with disbelief.
"Even if we have a modern technology with a nuclear weapon, I don't think it's enough to kill that thing with that…"
(At the Kravel Kingdom.)
Diamond is looking at Lothair.
"How are we supposed to survive this?"
Lothair chuckles nervously while shaking his head.
"How do I know. I thought the invasion is just something like a horde of monsters and all we have to do is just exterminate them, but I never even once thought about something like this in my head."
Diamond is looking at all of the players from the Eluna Empire's faction behind him.
"We are doomed…"
(At the Eynhildr Kingdom.)
Ivonna and the others managed to evacuate and escort all the royal families to the Eynhildr Kingdom Palace. They all are staring at the monster surrounded by flames for quite a while with their bodies trembling in fear. Chelsea is looking pale because she hates those kinds of things. The growl of the monster is echoing throughout the whole Alliance Kingdom and it sounds like a rumble of thunder.
Emma is covering her mouth.
"We have to prevent that thing from destroying the Alliance Kingdom? Even if we have billions of players, to prevent that thing from moving a single step is impossible! Not only that, but we also have to do this for 7 days straight?!"
Michael is humming.
"Well, at least there is only one monster, right? It's better than having hundreds of thousand monsters with him."
A notification appears in front of all the players.
[Voice of the World]
[World Secondary Quest]
[Shazjae is not alone, its army that was trapped inside the Asteroid now has finally been unleashed! Exterminate them and prevent them from going outside the Maryoca Kingdom!]
[Each of them may contain one of these items:
1. Optional Mythical Equipment Box (0.1%)
2. Optional High-Quality Equipment Box (1%)
3. Diamond Mysterious Box (3%)
4. High-Quality Forging Weapon Materials Box (5%)
5. High-Quality Forging Armor Materials Box (5%)
6. 1 Gold Coin (7%)
[Reward: [Unique title], [+5.000 Fame], [Unique Mysterious Box] x5]
[Failed: ???]
[167 Hrs 59 Mins 59 Secs until the invasion ended]
Ivonna and the rest of them are glaring at Michael. Francesca sighs.
"What were you saying?"
Michael is laughing nervously while scratching his head.
"At least they are giving us rewards for killing them."
Ivonna is sighing while staring at the map.
"We need to prevent his army from leaving the Maryoca Kingdom, but at the same time, we have to protect the royal families in here. The threat is not just coming from them, but also from the spies and the assassins that might have been sent to kill them since this is the perfect opportunity to do so."
Francesca is leaning on the stone pillar.
"I guess we can only depend on Trevor again this time, huh…"
Everyone nods in agreement. Michael is clicking his tongue and mumbling.
"Man… I wish I can join the others in the front line."
Ivonna is glaring at Michael from the corner of her eyes.
"If you really want to, then go ahead."
Michael is panicking and when he's about to open his mouth, Ivonna interrupts him.
"No, seriously, go ahead, Mike. If you really wish to be there, then go. I'm not your clan leader anymore. Anyone who wants to go out there, then be my guest. I'm not stopping you at all."
Michael is looking at Hans and Leonardo.
"Are you guys coming with me?"
Hans and Leonardo look at each other and then they both look at Ivonna. Ivonna is raising her eyebrows.
"Why are you both looking at me? As I said, you can go if you want to."
Hans and Leonardo nod.
"We will be back."
The three of them are leaving the palace and go to the teleportation device.
Francesca is starting at Ivonna from behind.
"You don't have to be angry at them, Ivonna. I know it's frustrating, but you know them well. They also want to experience it, and it's not wrong either if they want to go there. They can help the others on the front line."
Ivonna sighs and turns around. She walks past Francesca and sits on the ground.
"I don't mind that at all. But they agreed on helping me to protect the royal families in the first place before the invasion begins, and yet they prefer to go out there after knowing there are rewards from killing the army. I hate inconsistency."
Francesca shrugs and can't respond to that. Ivonna looks at Chelsea who's still staring at the monster.
"Are you alright, Chessi? Come here."
Chelsea shakes her head and then sits next to Ivonna.
"I hate that thing and yet it's intriguing. I can't stop shaking."
Ivonna is wrapping her hand around Chelsea's neck and comforting her. Grisell is walking towards them and offers Chelsea a chocolate cake. Grisell is chewing the cake in his mouth and looks at Chelsea.
"You want some, Chelsea?"
Ivonna and Chelsea are chuckling at her. Chelsea grabs the cake and starts munching it.
(At the Maryoca Kingdom.)
I check my inventory and I already got a lot of the items that are dropped from the monsters. I'm swinging the new staff that Grisell made it for me, and a spellbook that Grisell's friends made.
"I think I'm going to try these two now."
I look at Azrael.
"Can you finish them off? I can make their health as low as possible."
Azrael nods.
"Yes! I will finish them with these paws!"
I chuckle and shake my head. Then horde monsters are coming toward me.
Even though I maxed all the elements mastery, that doesn't mean I magically unlocked all the spells on each element. I still have to learn those advanced magics and spells from the NPCs or discover them myself since I have [Fusion] skill thanks to my [Understanding] skill. By discovering them myself, it means I have to experiment with the basic spells I have. For example, if A+B=AB, then AB+A=ABA or become an entirely new spell which is C and so on. Once the spell has been discovered, it will be automatically saved in my memory. Even if I know all the spells and what they do, but I haven't experimented with them myself, it won't work. The higher the [Fusion] skill the better spell that will be generated. So even if I fused the same skill twice with a higher level of my [Fusion] skill, it will become a different spell and it will be better and stronger compared to the old one.
Since I have a spellbook in my left hand, what it does is like an external memory of my brain that its only purpose is to memorize the spell and magic that I have used. The reason why I need the spellbook is that I can't memorize hundreds to thousands of spells and magic that I have discovered in my head. To properly use the spellbook, I have to hold it in my hand while I cast new magic or spell. Once I released them, the spellbook will write the formula. After the spellbook memorized all those magics and spells, I don't have to flip each page to find it. The spellbook itself will find the proper magics and spells that are most efficient in what kind of situation I'm in.
The spellbook itself cost me $52.500 and the reason why it's expensive is that I requested them to make a 525-page spellbook. Each page costs $50 to $100 and the reason why it's so expensive is that a page of spellbook can memorize up to 50-100 spells depends on the spellcaster [Augmenter] skill, and the spellbook can be sold to other players. The spells that the spellbook has been memorized will not disappear and the new user can learn all the spells that are written on the spellbook unless the user didn't meet the requirement of their skills levels to use the spell. Maybe in the future, if I'm no longer needing the spellbook, I can sell it a hundred times more expensive than the original price. So many players did that to get easy and fast money. It's like an investment.
I raise my staff and look at Azrael.
"Shall we have some fun?"
Azrael jumps off of my shoulder.
"Let's go!"