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Chapter 614: Defensive War (Top)

Divine Dragon Squad’s Leville was shocked at the sight presented in front of him. Half of the Luvien Empire’s fleet of great warships were now sinking into the depths of the seas. It had to be known that the warships that Luvien Empire deployed were built by the most powerful and most skilled blacksmiths in the empire. They were supposed to be leagues beyond any ordinary warship.

But [Power Infinity…Dark Breaker Team’s Absolute Strongest Uncle that could cut down even the skies] Red Dragon was so beyond common sense that he was able to sink dozens of ships with just one strike.

Overlord Raldo, unlike Minhyuk, did not have the requirement of gathering ‘Overlord Mana’ before he could use the Overlord’s Technique. On top of that, most of the damage that skills usually dealt to opponents was dependent on one’s attack. Raldo’s attack far surpassed Minhyuk’s own.

Leville felt nervous, immediately making eye contact with the members of Divine Dragon Squad while thinking, ‘We have to kill this guy.’?There was this firm determination to risk his life flashing in Leville’s eyes. This was because they felt like even the dead would turn in their graves from shame the moment they heard the words: ‘The absolute strongest uncle that can cut even the skies’.?

Leville immediately cast his ‘Assassin’s Surprise Attack’ skill as he charged toward Raldo. The members of the Divine Dragon Squad quickly followed his example and narrowed the distance between them and Raldo.

‘Dagger of Deception.’

Then, Leville used his special skill. The Dagger of Deception was a skill that would instantly create an illusion of Leville’s arm. Although the skill seemed to attack the enemy’s lower body, it was actually very useful for attacking the upper parts of the body, like the neck and the pit of the stomach. Leville quickly stabbed Raldo on the thigh.

However, after Minhyuk had helped him to deal with the half of the Overlord Technique, Raldo was since able to completely reach the realms of the Absolute Supreme NPCs. And although it was a fact that not many men in the world could rival the Sword of the Gods, there were still some that could fight against them.

Claaaaaaang—

Raldo raised his sword leisurely, easily seeing through Leville’s skill, and blocking the play of his hands. Immediately after…

Stab, stab—

“…?!”

Leville was left horrified after seeing two assassins of the Divine Dragon Squad get pierced by Raldo’s sword in one strike.

‘This, this is impossible…’

Most of the members of the Divine Dragon Squad had been trained since young. After enduring countless years of hellish training, they were able to develop a mental power and physical strength that could transcend the limits of an average human being. However…

Slaaaaash—

Another member of the Divine Dragon Squad had been cut down. If the members of the Divine Dragon Squad lived and trained in the way of the assassin since they were young, then Raldo was a genius that walked the path of the sword since young. He was also someone that had made a mark in history since a long time ago as ‘Overlord Raldo’.

Slash! Slaaaaaash!

Raldo moved swiftly like a ghost and cut down the members of the Divine Dragon Squad, one after another. During the war with Argaon Continent, the Divine Dragon Squad was able to assassinate almost 1,054 commander-level figures. But now, they were dying without even being able to exert and display their force on the battlefield.

Leville, who was dying after getting stabbed in the abdomen with the sword, thought, ‘Your Majesty, Nerva. The fall?of Asgan?Continent is most likely going to be a difficult feat to achieve…’

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Before Leville finally succumbed, one final thought passed through his head, ‘This is very shameful…’?The Divine Dragon Squad that made a name for themselves in the world was completely destroyed by the ‘Absolute Strongest Uncle, Red Dragon’.

At the same time, a shocking set of notifications hit the entire world.

[The Eivelis Empire and its allies have destroyed more than half of the First Army!]

[There are only 220,000 soldiers that survived in the First Army!]

[The 220,000 survivors will advance with the Luvien Empire’s Second Army!]

The Argaon Continent could not withstand the might of the First Army and collapsed under their assault in just half a day. However, Asgan Continent was able to achieve a remarkable result in just two hours. They killed 280,000 of enemy troops and forced the survivors to retreat. A huge part of it was thanks to the Dark Breaker Team, who was moving in ‘secret’ and helping them in disguise.

“Uwaaaaaaaaaaah!”

“Uwaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!”

The Asgan Continent’s army began to cheer loudly. Of course this was not a complete victory. However, they were cheering loudly and congratulating themselves for defending against them in the first bout.

Among the cheering troops was a young boy named Rend, a volunteer of the Eivelis Empire. He looked at the two men wearing red armor in front of him and thought, ‘One day, I will also be one of the Eivelis Empire’s knights.’

But then, at that moment, a round and white tail suddenly popped out from the butt area of one of the two knights. It looked similar to a bichon’s tail. But then, the other man suddenly patted the butt area and put the tail back inside, while whistling as if there was nothing there.

‘My eyes must have been playing tricks on me, right?’?Rend thought, thinking that he must have been seeing things since he was exhausted. After all, there was no way that a ‘bichon’ could be on the battlefield.

Then, a voice rang in front of him, “Fufufufufufu. You poor and pitiful people, come and witness my greatness and majesty today.”

“…”

Such a lunatic would definitely not be a bichon. Rend was sure of it.

***

Broadcasting stations from all over the world had been turned upside down because of a ‘note’ that was sent by one man. Broadcasting stations received tens of thousands of notes like this per day. However, this time, the note was on an entirely different level. Why? Because the one that sent the note was the Beyond the Heavens’ King, the ‘Food God’. The contents of the note were simple…

[Area BK-75. Expect a scoop.]

The Beyond the Heavens’ King, the Food God, personally divulged a scoop to them?! As far as they were concerned, the Food God had never directly initiated contact with any broadcasting stations before. He was also one of the big shots that would cause commotions whenever he appeared on screen. And now, all of the broadcasting stations from all over the world rushed to find where Area BK-75 was.

South Korea’s ATV Broadcasting Station.

PD Kim Daeguk had printed a map connecting the Luvien Empire and the Asgan Continent. After looking at the map for quite some time, he circled an area with his finger and said, “This is it! This is it!”

“Wait… This…”

“Keok…”

Even ATV’s director could not help but groan at what he saw. No, no one would believe it. There was no way that the place that the Food God told them was here, right?

But then, the ATV director’s voice rang loudly. It sounded strangely excited as he said, “If this succeeds, then the entire world will be shocked… This is enough to overturn the entire Joy Co. Ltd.”

PD Kim Daeguk smiled in agreement. However, there were still many problems.

“However, we still don’t know if it’s possible.”

That was right. Everyone believed that it was impossible.

***

Luvien Empire.

Emperor Nerva Sephiroth received a very shocking report.

“The First Army was forced to retreat and join the Second Army.”

“What?!” Nerva Sephiroth shouted in shock. Of course, he would be taken aback. The First Army had around 500,000 troops and as far as he knew, only two hours had passed since they commenced their attack. But after just that short amount of time, there were only 220,000 soldiers left. And these soldiers were even forced to retreat, despite fighting under the banner of the great Luvien Empire.

“The power of the members of the Dark Breaker Team is stronger than what we initially thought.”

Dark Breaker Team? Nerva Sephiroth was quite unfamiliar with the name. However…

‘The name sounds cool.’

The name sounded cool and grand. However, it did not take away the dirty feeling of being bitten by mere ants from Nerva Sephiroth. Even so, it was still impossible for him to send all of his troops all at once. He also could not call for his own men to completely destroy and annihilate Eivelis Empire. In fact, if Nerva Sephiroth could send his entire troops and the Sword of the Gods under his command, then the entire Asgan Continent would be devastated in just a few hours.

However, Nerva Sephiroth was not the ‘Battle God’. He was just the ‘Battle God’s Sword’. To be able to command the entire army, Nerva Sephiroth had to receive the recognition of the Battle God. But he had yet to inherit the authority and power to call for the entire army.

Nevertheless, Nerva Sephiroth could still call for the Gods’ Swords that ranked 11th~20th to fight for him. Also, he had the Sun Knights with him, knights that were on a completely different level from ordinary soldiers.

The Sun Knights were knights that were personally raised and nurtured by the Gods’ Swords. Their number reached around 3,000, all of them legendary.

Nerva Sephiroth wanted the arrogant troops of Asgan Continent to taste the bitterness of defeat after they had forced his army to retreat, “Let Gods’ Sword Ruven join the Second Army. Also, send 300 Sun Knights with him.”

“Sir Ruven and the Sun Knights?”

Even the person reporting was shocked at Nerva Sephiroth’s orders. No matter how strong or great Nerva Sephiroth was, there was no way that he could foster a powerful army from the get go. However, one should not underestimate the fact that there was only one Gods’ Sword and 300 Sun Knights present in the army. Just releasing them on the battlefield right now would mean complete domination of the war.

“I understand.”

Nerva Sephiroth smirked as he watched the man that gave him a report leave the hall, ‘Two days. Two days should be enough.’

He believed that this was enough time to make Eivelis Empire and Sword Emperor Ellie kneel down at his feet.

***

Where exactly was Area BK-75? It was an area located in the American Server where the Luvien Empire was located, and was closest to the Stars’ Path. It was also close to the sea and was set as the area where the Luvien Imperial Army gathered for a final check and maintenance.

“Haaaaaa! I barely survived there!”

“Eivelis Empire is much stronger than what we thought.”

The troops of the Luvien Imperial Army that failed to destroy the defending army at the entrance to the Asgan Continent breathed a sigh of relief. Among these troops were plenty of players. They were the ones that decided to side with the Luvien Empire.

Before they knew it, the retreating army had already reached the vicinity where the Second Army was gathered and was doing their maintenance and preparing for war.

‘If we go with the Second Army then we’ll definitely be able to break throu…’

The players believed that the Luvien Empire would welcome them with open arms after they survived and came back from the battlefield. But before they could even finish their thoughts…

Thump—

They received the notifications for a forced log out as their heads rolled on the ground.

[You have been forced to log out.]

[Your favor with the Luvien Empire has decreased.]

[The Luvien Empire does not show mercy to those that have chosen to retreat.]

“…!”

Starting with that person, the Second Army began to slaughter the retreating army, using their spears to stab them without mercy.

“Aaaaaaaaack…!”

“Why the hell…?!”

“No mercy for the defeated!” A man, who was standing at the vanguard, shouted. This man was none other than Ruven, the Gods’ Sword that Nerva Sephiroth had tasked to lead the Second Army.

Ruven was ranked 20th among the Sword of the Gods. He might be the weakest among them, but just like what everyone had witnessed during the Battle of the Thrones, each and every single Gods’ Sword could deal with tens of thousands of troops, regardless of their rank.

The Gods’ Swords were literally people that had received the Gods’ power. Spear God Ben? If he fought against the 20th ranked Ruven right here and now, he would find the task overwhelming and daunting. How about Athenae’s top rankers? They also would not have any guarantee in winning against him.

“Kill them all! Show no mercy to those that chose to run away!!!” Ruven ordered as he looked back at the Sun Knights that were standing behind him.

The massacre only stopped after around 20% of the First Army had turned into corpses. Around 200,000 of the First Army troops survived the slaughter of the 500,000-strong Second Army, before joining their ranks.

Ruven thus led a huge army of around 700,000 soldiers. This army, together with the Sun Knights, under his lead set out to dye Asgan Continent in a sea of blood and bring glory to Nerva Sephiroth.

“Advance!!!”

The 700,000-strong troops advanced with a completely overwhelming momentum flowing from their bodies!!!

Thanks to the ‘Food God’s note, the entire world had focused their cameras on this scene. All of them were using their transparent drones and watching the situation silently. However, the cameras failed to find anything special in the area. They wondered if the ‘Food God’ would appear and say, ‘I’m going to sweep away all of the enemies.’ But that was impossible.

[The Food God’s declaration of war is just propaganda.]

[Where is the Food God? Did he run away after seeing the Gods’ Sword?]

[Perhaps he did not expect that the Luvien Empire would send the Gods’ Sword and the Sun Knights.]

[The majesty and greatness of Ruven, Sword of the Gods, had been demonstrated during the Battle of the Thrones. It wouldn’t be too strange for the Food God to run away.]

The commentators thought that the Food God had fled. After all, all of them expected that Minhyuk would stage a counterattack and fight against the enemy army after they had received the coordinates that he sent.

However, no such miracle happened. The Luvien Empire began their advance while showing off their overwhelming momentum.

Suddenly, Ruven’s shin snagged on some sort of strange wire.

“…?”

Ruven looked down at his shins.

***

Team Leader Park Minggyu was drinking a cup of coffee that he got from the vending machine in front of him with Lee Minhwa.

Lee Minhwa smiled bitterly at the message that she received, “According to this, the Food God did not appear in the coordinates that he had specifically mentioned.”

Team Leader Park nodded, his heart thumping wildly for some strange reason. A player dared to launch a direct attack during a defense event that Joy Co. Ltd. had set up? It was a and fresh idea. However, after thinking about it, nothing would change even if he appeared there all by himself.

“As expected, huh?” Lee Minhwa said, thinking that Minhyuk had deceived everyone. It was a highly likely outcome.

“As expected,” Park Minggyu nodded bitterly. Even if the Food God had this idea, there was no way that he would be able to deal with such a huge army alone.

After emptying his cup of coffee, Team Leader Park crushed the paper cup and threw it in the bin. However, he suddenly stopped in his tracks, “Who dropped a thumbtack in here?”

There was a thumbtack lying on the ground. As if realizing something, Team Leader Park’s eyes widened, “A thumbtack…?”

That was when he remembered, ‘Bichor, a God-like Trap Specialist, and the Food God, someone that can make God-ranked dishes.’

As for Bichor, he was someone that had created traps that could rival that of a God’s trap.

“…!”

Park Minggyu suddenly started running. His destination? The huge TV that was set up inside Joy Co. Ltd. When he arrived there he saw that the screen was showing a broadcast from ATV Broadcasting Station.

There, on the screen, was BK-75. However, it was completely devastated. It looked like a nuclear bomb had gone off in the area. And the survivors of the 700,000 strong troops? Only 100,000 had survived the blast.

“This is crazy…”

“Wow…”

“…”

The employees, who had been present and were able to witness the devastating scene from the beginning until the end, were all rendered speechless.

“What the hell is that? What kind of trap would give that result after being triggered…?”

Even Team Leader Park was speechless.

As for the rest of the world? They were completely horrified.