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Chapter 566: Battle of the Thrones (Middle)

Beyond the Heavens Kingdom’s Vice Guild Master Genie showed everyone a spectacular sight, when she slammed a bone dragon that was several tens of times the size of her own body, on the ground with a swish of her whip.

Unfortunately, as if that bone dragon was the signal, ten more bone dragons, as well as the thousands of wyverns and gryphons, dived down and attacked the walls.

Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang!

There were even fifth to sixth tier magic raining down on them from the mages that rode on the gryphons. However, the Korean Mage Unit, a group of golden robed mages led by Golden Mage Ali, was prepared for this kind of attack, immediately casting Dispel together to ward off the magic.

“Dispel! Dispel! Dispel! Dispel! Dispel!”

After dispelling all of the magic aimed at their own troops and not the magic that was going to rain down at their walls, Ali aimed and sent attack magic toward the gryphons and wyverns hovering in the skies. Standing side by side with him was Root, Korea’s strongest archer. Root shot down one gryphon and wyvern after another while counting them down one by one, “Ten, thirteen, sixteen, twenty.”

“Keuhaaaaaaaaack!”

Meanwhile, on the ground, thousands of giant bone mamboths and turtle dragons started their advance on the bridge. Bone mamboths were monsters made of bones that looked quite similar to elephants. Although gigantic in size, they were quite quick on their feet and had shocking charging power.

“Grraaaaaaaaa!”

“Keuhaaaaaaaaack!”

The turtle dragons, which started to occupy the bridge together with the bone mamboths, were monsters that had large, solid and thick shells on their backs. Their shells were so tough that it made them immune to the arrows and magical attacks sent their way.

The charge did not end there. The other class rankers also joined the summoners and necromancers and sent their own AOE attack skills.

“Keuhaaaaaaack!”

“Aaaaaaaack!”

“Keoooooooook!”

The Korean rankers’ screams rang constantly on the field. With the bone mamboths and the turtle dragons’ continued charge, it only took a moment for them to fill the bridge and reach the gates.

Thuuuuuuud—

The castle walls shook greatly as the giant bone mamboths slammed their bodies on the gates. The Korean archers and mages standing on top of the wall tried to shoot their arrows and magic attacks toward the bone mamboths but failed to do so, only being able to screech and scream.

“Keuaaaaaack!”

“Aaaaaaaack!”

The reason for their screams was a spear-like arrow that pierced through their bodies the moment they tried to raise their heads to shoot their own arrows and magic.

Shockingly, among the allied troops was Master Archer Miáo, Vietnam’s king. There were many players called Master Archer; a prime example of this was South Korea’s Root.

But! Master Archer Miáo was different. She was a God Class player that had inherited the power of the ‘God of Archery’. The more surprising thing here was the fact that Miáo was sitting on her throne. This was the effect of one of her skills, ‘Arrow Clone’, an effect that would only be expressed if she was with her allies. The Arrow Clone was a skill that could create a clone that was very similar to her but with a 30% reduction in attack and skill damage.

But even that was devastating enough. After all, her hit rate and accuracy did not decrease at all. The arrows that her clone sent out pierced through and kept the rankers that tried to deal with the bone mamboths in check. Root also tried to keep Miáo in check, but the moment he shot his arrow, Miáo’s arrows split it in half.

‘Crazy…!’

The Korean rankers were left dumbfounded by the scene.

“We, we can’t defend the walls!”

“Master Archer Miáo is too strong!”

“Twenty of our own rankers have already received fatal wounds from her arrows!!!”

There was a large number of troops aiming for them from the skies, while an army of bone mamboths and turtle dragons rushed to break their walls and threaten their safety.

Inside, Spear Knight Allein was gnawing on her lips and thinking, ‘What do I do? What am I supposed to do in this situation?!’

Allein was a ranker. She was ranked third in the rookie players’ Spear Knight rankings and was loved by many. However, she was completely at a loss with the situation that was presented to her right now.

At that moment, Emperor of the Sword Carr’s voice rang loudly and calmly, “Who wants to go hunt some elephants and turtles with me outside the walls?”

“Me.”

“Me too. Me too.”

“Conir! Conir goes too.”

Khan and Locke raised their hands and answered nonchalantly. But what shocked Allein was when she heard the young boy, Conir, volunteer himself.

“Wh, what… only the four of you will go out there?!”

All hell had broken loose outside of the gates. Even if they were among the top rankers and were the strongest in the country, they would not last long out there.

Carr looked at Allein, his calm expression turning fierce as he said, “What the f*ck? Are we supposed to hide here and wait to be crushed? Why did you even participate in the Battle of Thrones if that’s all that you’re going to do?”

“…”

Allein trembled at Carr’s harsh rebuttal. However, his words made sense. Why did she really participate in the Battle of Thrones?

‘Because I want to fight alongside them…’

That was the reason why Allein participated. She should not be afraid to fight.

“Are you just going to hide in here or are you going out with us?” Carr asked, testing her guts.

Allein gripped her spear tightly and said, “I, I will go out too. Don’t look down on me.”

“So, you weren’t completely stupid. I see.”

With Carr’s words, the gates began to open. Only five people went outside, Conir, Khan, Locke, Carr and Allein, accompanied by the voices of the Korean rankers that were left inside.

“Only five of them will go out there…?”

“Are they crazy?”

“The shells of the turtle dragons and the bones of the bone mamboths cannot be cut down by mere swords.”

Creaaaaaaaaaaak—

As he looked at the opening gates, Carr said, “Listen.”

“Yes?”

“Follow us closely and don’t get lost.”

There was a strange sense of kindness laced in his voice that was teeming with ego and pride. The moment the Emperor of the Sword and Korea’s official number one ranker, Carr, stepped forward…

Crack, crack, crack, crack—

The bone mamboth, that was blocking their path, collapsed and turned into fragments. Next…

“Wailing Child!”

The boy, Sword Saint Conir, slashed and broke the shells of three turtle dragons. But that was not all…

Baaaaaaaaaaaaang—

Locke slammed his ax on the roaring turtle dragon’s face and blew it five meters away from them.

Crack! Crack! Crack! Crack!

Slash, slash, slash, slash, slash!

Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang!!!

Only four people made their move. But these four people were destroying the bone mamboths and turtle dragons flocking on the bridge.

Thuuuuuuuuuuud—

Thump, thump, thump—

Allein was shocked as she witnessed the bone mamboths and turtle dragons exploding in front of her eyes.

‘So these are the Rankers Above Rankers…’

‘Rankers Above Rankers’ was the title given to the rankers in the top ten of each country.

“Sword Explosion.”

Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang!

Carr’s sword pushed dozens of bone mamboths back in one go. But the monsters immediately flocked and covered the gap as soon as a path opened. Seeing this, Allein clenched her fists tightly.

‘Me too… Me too…’

Allein also wanted to be a ranker like that. She also wanted to shock the other Korean rankers with her display of power like how the Korean rankers behind them were reacting to the four people that went out with her. So, Allein, the Spear Knight, finally plucked up the courage.

A bright light burst out of Allein’s spear the moment she swung it in the air. Then, a white horse with a beautiful mane appeared in front of her. Allein climbed on top of the horse as she placed a white helmet decorated with golden horns on her head.

Even if the four members of Beyond the Heavens Kingdom cut down the monsters in front of them, the monsters still continued to fill in the path that they opened up. At that moment, Allein, who rode on her white horse, shouted, “Everyone, out of the way!!!”

The four people turned their bodies away in reflex at Allein’s shout. Then…

[Flashing Spear.]

[You will charge for forty meters. Everyone that crashes into you, who’s riding on top of your white horse, will suffer from an additional 4,000% damage.]

[After traveling for forty meters, you will return to your original position in a blink.]

Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaang—

A golden light engulfed Allein’s body. And just like a flash, she charged through the bridge filled with bone mamboths and turtle dragons. It only took three seconds. But in those three seconds, all the bone mamboths and turtle dragons that she passed by collapsed on the ground. Once the skill ended, Allein returned to her original position.

“…”

“…”

“…”

Khan, Locke and Carr were all left speechless. Allein’s skill’s disadvantage was that it could only move in a forty-meter straight line. But other than that, it was a tremendous AOE attack skill that could leave anyone speechless.

Striking while the iron was hot, Locke asked, “Would you like to join the Beyond the Heavens Kingdom?”

“Okay.”

This was the birth of another talented and skilled person that would lead the Beyond the Heavens Kingdom.

But then, the undead began to push their way in.

The Lion King looked at the situation of the entire battlefield before giving his orders, “Let’s go for an all-out attack.”

Hundreds of Death Knights and dozens of Liches that were stationed at the rear together with thousands of undead began to charge forward. The Beyond the Heavens Kingdom looked infinitely smaller after as the undead began to flock unto them.

[The Undead Corps has begun an all-out attack.]

[We can expect the Beyond the Heavens Kingdom to receive considerable damage from the Undead Corps’ all-out attack.]

[The allied forces have around 80,000 troops in the skies and around 100,000 troops on the ground.]

[The undead are swimming through the lake and clinging to the Beyond the Heavens Kingdom’s walls.]

[It seems like the downfall of the castle is not that far away now.]

Defending against hundreds of thousands of undead was an extremely daunting task. No matter how strong or how many the members of the Beyond the Heavens Kingdom and the rankers were, they would still face limits.

“Retreat. Retreat!”

Carr and the other people guarding the gates immediately rushed to escape.

Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang!

The walls continued to shake and tremble.

[There is only 77% left in the castle wall’s durability.]

[There is only 64% left in the castle wall’s durability.]

[It’s quite a pity but the combined forces of the allied forces’ summoners and necromancers is making Beyond the Heavens Kingdom lose control.]

[No matter how strong one is, there’s nothing scarier than fighting against an army of undead.]

[On top of that, those Death Knights, all three hundred of them, were previous legendaries.]

The Beyond the Heavens Kingdom was obviously in a crisis. The gates’ lights had faded as the Death Knights broke them apart.

Meanwhile, Lion King, who was watching everything unfold, evaluated the situation, ‘Boring.’

The Lion King had not even summoned his monsters nor the God of Beasts. The battle was blander than what he expected, ‘Ah. As expected of foreigners.’

As an Absolute Supreme NPC, the foreigners looked similar to bugs in the Lion King’s eyes. They were nothing but mere insects. But then, Bastien, his student who was standing next to him, said, “This is strange.”

“What is it?”

“Death, the king of the Kingdom of the Dead, the one I mentioned to you before… I can’t see him.”

“…Do you think the tides of this war will turn just because of the appearance of one insignificant being?”

“That…” Bastien mumbled cautiously. Death, despite only being one single person, could summon an undead army of ten thousand and dozens of Death Knights. And according to rumors, Death’s Death Knights and troops of the Undead Legion had become stronger.

So, one question arose in Bastien’s head, ‘Why isn’t he showing up?’

“This shoddy kingdom is already over. Even if he comes…”

But before the Lion King’s words ended, the skies above him and Bastien darkened. The Lion King felt an unusual energy in the air. Perhaps it was magic that caused the skies to darken? However, his eyes turned wide from shock when he looked up. What greeted him in the skies was not a cloud nor some sort of magic. It was the gigantic bottom of a territory. This was none other than Atlas, Beyond the Heavens Kingdom’s ‘City in the Skies’.

“Wh, what…”

And inside Atlas the City of the Skies stood a man wearing a black robe. The man was looking at the land below him while standing in front of an unknown button. The moment the man pressed on the button…

Whiiiiiiiiir—

Whiiiiiiiiiir—

Whiiiiiiiiiir—

Whiiiiiiiir—

“…!”

“…!”

“…!”

“…!”

Thousands of cannons as well as tens of thousands of unidentified openings appeared all over the City in the Skies. And then…

“Kihyeeeeeeeeek!”

“Kihyeeeeeeeeeek!”

“Keuaaaaaaaaaack!”

The undead summoned by Death, the king of the Kingdom of the Dead, began to fall down from Atlas. Among them were dozens of Death Knights wearing red armor. At the same time…

Vwoong, vwoong, vwooong—

Vwoong, vwoong, vwooong—

The tens of thousands of unidentified openings and the thousands of cannons that covered Atlas began to glow with an eerie white light and…

Baaaaaaaaaaaaaang—

Baaaaaaaaaang—

Baaaaaaaaaaaaaang—

…the cannons fired shots that devoured the tens of thousands of enemy monster corps on the ground.

Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang!

At the same time, the tens of thousands of unidentified openings were filled with ‘arrows’. Just like a machine gun, these arrows fired simultaneously and devoured the undead trying to climb the castle walls. The arrows also destroyed the bone dragons, wyverns and gryphons controlling the skies.

Ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping—

“Kiyeeeeeeeck!”

“Keuhaaaaaaaack!”

Out of the 200,000 strong monster corps that filled the skies and the ground, 150,000 turned gray.

Shwaaaaaaaaaaa—

Everyone was presented with the jaw-dropping scene of 150,000 monsters turning into ashes and disappearing into the wind, in an instant.

The eyes of the Lion King, who was looking at the scene in front of him in disbelief, wandered and made eye contact with Death.

“What’cha looking at, you f*cking bastard?”

“…”

The Lion King was left speechless after being served a dish of strong and unreserved Korean curses.