Chapter 277: Day 1: Killing the enemy's guardian beast

*Ding! Queen Cremia Searvale casts divine protection on you.

Looking at the buff he received, Wil realized why she only defended until now and never take an initiative to attack.

But, if that's the case, on what grounds did she think she can contend against the King?

The gourd that never been tested? Or those level-400 Elven protectors. Maybe, she has another trump card?

Wil pondered.

For whatever reason she did it, Wil no longer looked at her in light and even bore a grudge against her even though he was also doing the same to her, hiding his identity.

As the attack has been totally absorbed, Wil threw all of his ill feelings into the back of his head and concentrated on the present.

He looked at the gourd's stats.

"680B/1T"

"Eh? Only that much?" Wil was surprised to see the so-called most powerful skill of the King only had that much power behind it. Forget about him being hit, the gourd didn't even fill up completely.

Or maybe, it isn't the most powerful skill at all?

Wil can't help but sigh. Either way, the Cooldown timer already started anyway.

Until 30 minutes passed, he cannot absorb the attack again and before 10 minutes passed, he had to use the stored energy or else, it will go useless…

Wil then glanced at the King. He had around 72% of health. "Hmm… His recovery rate is decent…"

Even though Wil had taken one-third of his HP by surprise, 6% of his HP has been recovered in the past hour.

Meanwhile, the Queen was in an ecstatic mood to see the attack has been absorbed just as this mysterious Elf claimed but then she heard him sigh.

Is there a problem?

She asked, "what happened, Mr. Lupin?"

"Your Majesty, this power I collected may not be sufficient in taking out the King at once. He needs to be injured further." Wil explained to her.

"Oh! Just that." The Queen was calm. "I thought it is something else… You don't need to worry about that. It is going perfectly according to my plan. You just get ready to see the opportunity and strike the king and leave the remaining to me."

Her calm reply made Wil wonder what her plan is, and what is she relying on. She's a healer. Obviously, she cannot attack him head-on. So, maybe, a trap? 

The Queen then looked towards the ground and a satisfactory smile appeared on her face. "Good… the four are gathered."

"Mr. Lupin, get down, right away." She ordered him.

Complying to her orders, Wil controlled the nimbus cloud and descended into the ground at a terrifying speed.

Meanwhile, the Reverie's King was taken aback by that power. "this elf… I thought he's just the controller of the cloud. That gourd of his can even absorb my attack. Wait a second. She performed divine protection, just now.

That means, is he the one who attacked me with the lightning?" The king immediately dismissed the thought, "Nah! The power is too strong… An otherworlder cannot be this strong…"

Looking at the descending cloud, the king followed it, not intending to let them escape his sight.

Back to the ground, more than two hundred thousand players are fighting against four beasts. The Golem, The Thunderbird, The Python, and the Volcanic beast.

All four of them are legendary grade level-400 beasts with 31.1 Billion of health and 3 Billion attack power.

Adding on top of that, level-350 legendary+ grade Phoenix is also supporting them.

The situation doesn't look good for the players… for one, they are weaker and two, they lack a strong leader. So, it's chaos over there.

Trapped between the five of them, the players who have mount beasts or wings either tried to leave or stay far and wait for the battle to over so that they can pick up the dropped equipment from the dead players.

Meanwhile, not far from the battlefield, Rini is busy in a solo battle against the level-400 legendary+ grade White Elephant. There are a few players who are assisting the Elephant.

She was on the losing end, yet, she still ordered the phoenix not to be involved in her fight.

Stomping the ground with her left foot, Rini jumped high in the air, "Merciless Strike."

She slashes the air three times at different angles, generating three arcs made of energy. Just when they were about to hit the Elephant, all of a sudden, it was hit by a lightning strike and reduced to ashes.

While her attack passed through, she saw a huge number floating in the air for a couple of seconds before it disappeared...

*Critical* "658,454,062,520."

'This was the same attack… Means, the Queen is here…'

She raised her head and confirmed that the Queen and the mysterious Elf are back. The enemy king is also behind them, probably chasing the two of them.

'Are they running?' She wondered.

However, in the next second, her thoughts proven untrue as the Queen gave an order, "Princess Siren, fall back." Then, she looked at the beasts, "Protectors, return to me at this instant."

*Roar* *Screech* *Hiss*

Giving out powerful roars, the beasts left the players alone and started to return towards the Queen.

Wil, who saw that, wondered what she's going to do with these beasts. Level-400 beasts are no match for a king.

"No…" At the same time, a loud scream echoed all over the surroundings. The source was the king who was enraged due to the death of his guardian beast.

Last time, he wasn't able to see the attack. However, this time he saw it clearly. The cloud was the one that shot the lightning bolt.

He wasn't angry just because the elephant is dead. The guardian beasts are immortal. They can be reborn again after a while but the fact that it was the symbol of his kingdom and it died in front of him, made him feel like he was humiliated.

He raised his sword once again. The real clouds started to gather above him. The sunlight became dim because of them and the sky started to rumble because of the thunder.

"hmm?" Wil and the Queen raised their heads towards the King, whose sword was absorbing the lightning from the clouds.

Looking at it, the Queen cried, "protectors, quickly return and gather here…"

"Queen Searvale, You forced me to use my strongest attack." The king's majestic voice resounded all over the place. "There's no barrier or shield that will stop this one. If you think you can use the gourd, try your luck."

However, Wil was calm. He didn't take his words seriously because he knew he won't die.

All of his attention was on these four beasts. He didn't get what she is planning with the beasts. A terrific idea appeared in his mind.

Instantly, he rejected that idea, "No way, if she were able to do it, that means, it is possible for the other Elven kings and Queens. But, I never see it in the past."

In the meantime, the beasts successfully made it to the Queen. They stand before them.

"Die…" The King slashed the air but this time, a dragon made of lightning emerged from the arc. 

As it comes down, the dragon opened its mouth widely as if it was about to swallow them.

At the same time, raising the staff, the Queen shouted, "Merge."