Cobra shuttled through the battlefield like the cold blooded killer he was, reaping lives like they were weeds on a farm. He wore a light smile the entire time he moved and he could only be vaguely sensed by his fellow core members with their various methods and Control.
As for his targets, their chances of sensing him was as high as the chance of Draco remaining celibate, perfectly non-existent. He had a Divine Rank leather equipment set along with two Divine daggers in each hand that formed a system with his class.
Every stab yielded blood from the body of his targets which would form another floating dagger that would rush out and pierce the body of another foe.
So as he moved along, the fellows were practically killing themselves… literally!
.........…
To the west, a giant airship carrying 100,000 men was slowly cruising forward, and on it was a group of elites who looked down as lived were reaped by the cold guns.
These elites smiled and laughed as they chatted, not bothered by the sheer death and destruction below. Whether NPC or player, they seemed to take this as the natural state of the world, which was quite chilling if you thought about it.
In the main seat was AP_Berzerker, a known ruffian and hooligan with no scruples and no bottom line. In his arms were some exotic beauties who were strippers in the Rank 7 Pub who had signed on to accompany the regiment in this war charge as 'entertainment'.
He laughed uproariously as he hands roamed their lush and voluptuous bodies, and they shamelessly moaned and cried out with joy, making the loins of some of the soldiers heat up.
They couldn't help but cast a few glances his way to enjoy the sight of the scantily clad beauties being folded ruthlessly. Just a look at the wrong angle, and one could see sights that were meant for private lovers only, which made their heat rise.
However, they could only look on with envy and jealousy. Some of the fellows walked over to the female soldiers who were about equal to them in number and tried to solicit them.
After all, when recruiting, Deployed Soldier knew that basing war on men alone would lead to many problems, especially when lust rose. It was better to have equal men and women soldiers so that when both were tired from killing, they could satisfy each other on the spot and prevent unnecessary actions.
Some men were successful in the solicitation, but they were beaten up by their superior officers since now was not the time. They could deploy downwards at any moment.
As for AP_Berzerker, he watched this all with amusement. In truth, he wasn't horny nor did he really enjoy this kind of thing. He just liked the fact that these fellows could only look and not do anything, ken ken ken!
AP_Berzerker was accompanied by the following core members; Armonia, Tunder Power, Noble Soul, Gentle Flower, Rambunctious Buttlover, Silent Walker, Cold Summer, Rina, Jada and Jade.
Soon, they encountered the force that existed to the west of Vita Kingdom, which was actually a large empire called the Akuma Empire. They had occupied about three Area Zones worth of territory and even the defeated Purita kingdom where Deployed's first Divine Sword came from was among them.
Back then, they had refused Vita's 'kindness' in taking them as a vassal state and decided to move. They had then been swallowed by another empire and then ravaged into pseudo-slavery, causing them to regret their earlier decision.
So when they saw Vita's airship coming over, their eyes were red with hate. Had it not been for Vita, would they have been severely weakened and forced to move?
Now look, in this huge army mustered to defend the Empire's borders, they were thrown at the fore front as cannon fodder to exhaust the enemies forces.
It was all their fault! When they came down here, slaughter them all and drink their blood to quench our hatred!
As for the members of Umbra, they saw the Army below and felt disdain in their eyes. If they used their bloodlines, a few movies would turn the entire army below into meatpaste.
However, they were forced by Draco to use only their class skills in order to reduce reliance on the bloodline and train their gaming skills, so they would have to slowly kill the enemy to death.
Anyway, that too was fine since they could bathe in their blood, guts and tears.
"Deploy!" AP_Berzerker roared with a cruel expression, still casually fondling the babes as he prepared to watch a good show.
The soldiers roared and descend upon the army below, slaughtering the first few in the wave like a harvester passing over crops, there was absolutely nothing the enemy could do in retaliation, and this terrified the opposing troops so much that many shat themselves.
As for the core members, in the lead was Armonia who was casually heading towards the area where the officers controlled the cannon fodder army to perform a decapitation strike!
「Sage - Divine Class (Rank 5)
Skills:
Rank 1: Wisdom of the Ages (Passive), Scholarly Enthusiasm (Passive), Open Forum (Active), Sages of the Past (Active)
Rank 2: Sage Mode (Active), Theory of Violence (Active)
Rank 3: Sage's Will (Passive), Sage's Charisma (Passive)
Rank 4: Research Findings (Active), Enlightenment (Active)
Rank 5: Sage's Time (Passive), Research Energy (Passive)
Exp gain rate: 0.25%
Rank up difficulty: 50%
Class weapons: Any Staff/Rod.
Class skills: Any Tradeskill, Sage, Intelligence.」
「Sage's Time – Passive skill
Effect: The Sage has a limited time to work on his research, but has unlimited topics to discover and delve into! How does he reconcile the limited time he has in this world with the sheer amount of work he has to do?
The Sage has specially researched the domain of time and has found a way to enhance his ability. When researching any topic, the flow of time reduces by 50%!」
「Research Energy – Passive skill
Effect: The energy to continually pour through book after book, p[age after page, is one that comes from the will to learn. However, no matter how zealous, a Sage would feel the burn from over-studying and researching in due time.
However, the Sage is determined and with careful methods learned from Sages past, he has developed a way to manage! Your mental stamina decreases 50% slower when researching!」
Armonia directly used his Sage Mode skill, which had been empowered after entering Rank 5.
「Sage Mode – Active skill
Effect: A Sage is a scholar who loves learning, but can also become a fierce warrior when crossed. Enhance all stats and switch your Int, Spr and Cha stats for your physical stats and boost them by 500%.
Duration: 1.5 hours
Cooldown: 3 hours.」
Along with this skill, his Theory of Violence skill was also forcefully activated in tandem.
「Theory of Violence – Active skill
Effect: One of the most researched fields by past Sages was the Theory of Violence, and how better to achieve violence. They had assisted many warriors in developing unparalleled fighting and martial techniques, so it was natural that a Sage could use all of them as well.
Note: This skill is automatically activated in tandem with Sage Mode.
Note: This skill allows the user to use any ability or skill they are aware of.
Duration: 1.5 hours.
Cooldown: 3 hours.」
He was kitted in Divine equipment suitable for his bearing, which was a golden circlet, a bo staff and a vestment full of power. With his current power, he easily dodged the attacks coming from below and reached the officer's locations.
The fellow's face were full of fear and horror, regretting choosing to lead these cannon fodder. The past few days, they had enjoyed whipping the men and raping the women freely under the guise of military law.
Now that decision was coming back to bite them as they were first in the line of fire to the officers of the other side.
Armonia wasn't one to hold back as she smashed forward, turning their heads and torsos into meat paste. Sometimes his force was a bit too excessive so some of their bodies were sent flying into the air.
While Armonia slaughtered freely, Tunder Power by the side was standing on the airship, glancing down at the battlefield coldly. His hawk like eyes scanned the battlefield and identified many targets that needed his work to clear.
After all, while this army may be trash compared to them, they had vastly superior numbers and most importantly, had a few elites who actually weren't shit.
There were even a few shameless Rank 6 fellows who rushed over to fight some of the Rank 5 soldiers and suppressed them using superior Rank. The Vita soldiers had to band together to barely survive and rely on their Epic sets to manage.
Tunder's eyes flashed with disdain as he casually nocked his special arrows into his bow, energy from the world rushing over to form the body of the arrow itself.
With his newly crafted divine bow, Tunder was alike a God of Archery, which was a very apt description given his power.
「Divine Archer - Divine Class (Rank 5)
Rank 1: Perfect Body (Passive), God of Marksmen (Passive), One Shot, One Kill (Active), Lock-on (Active)
Rank 2: One Shot, Many Kills (Active), Endless Rain of Arrows (Active)
Rank 3: Specialization (Passive), Arrow Imbuement (Passive)
Rank 4: True Shot (Active), Infinite Arrows (Active)
Rank 5: Eye of Space (Passive), Energy Quiver (Passive)
Exp gain rate: 0.25%
Rank up difficulty: 50%
Class weapons: All ranged.
Class skills: Any Archer, Ranged, and Space.」
「Eye of Space – Passive skill
Effect: The Divine Archer possesses a special eye that is concentrated by the element he favors. Since your affiliated element is space, you have gained the eyes of space, allowing you to see through the folds of space and identify targets using the spatial element directly.」
「Energy Quiver – Passive skill
Effect: The Divine Archer no longer needs to fill his quiver, now gaining the ability to condense ambient Worldly Energy to form arrows which them covert into your affiliated element. Arrows made from this deal 100% of your affiliated element's damage!」
Tunder glanced at the 3 or so fellows who had rushed froward to try and score some easy kills as well as reduce the pressure on their cannon fodder army.
Tunder's eyes flashed as his body lit up with his familiar purple glow, and he activated one of his skills before he released the arrows he condensed.
「One Shot, Many Kills – Active skill
Effect: Nock a powerful arrow in your bow that contains your focus and concentration. The arrow splits into up to 100 different copies that are created through Worldly Energy when fired out. The arrows will become unblockable unless the defender has a power equivalent to your own. This deals 100% ranged damage per arrow.
Cooldown: 3 minutes.」
The arrow split into 99, 33 of them separating and heading towards each target. They entered the void of space and vanished from the current layer of space, but had not disappeared truly.
The Rank 6 fellows who were having a great time suddenly coughed blood as they felt a sharp and unavoidable aura of death land upon them. Because of the suddenness, the power and absolute nature of it, they already suffered damage before even being hit.
They knew that this was the last moment of their lives and their eyes became red with unwillingness and fear at the sudden end to their lives.
They were filled with regret!
They should have stayed back like the other powerhouses rather than think they were smart to cheat the system and gain some military merits easily.
The void beside them opened up and released the 33 arrows meant for them and they roared with madness as they mustered their best defenses.
Sure, it was possible to avoid a few arrows and even resist them at the cost of injuries, but the 20 plus ones easily killed them as they could only helplessly watch their bodies turn into sieves!
After Tunder Power dealt with these impudent fellows, he focused on direct parts of the battle and continued to provide air support, being a one man nuke!
「Legend - Divine Class (Rank 5)
Rank 1: Legendary Body (Passive), Legendary Will (Passive), Legendary Valor (Active), Legendary Might (Active),
Rank 2: Aura of the World (Active), Final Strike (Active)
Rank 3: Old Sage Style (Passive), The Hope of the Universe (Passive).
Rank 4: My Nakama Are Invincible! (Active), Explode! Release Your Rage! (Active)
Rank 5: Above and Beyond! Plus Ultra! (Passive), Second Wind (Passive)
Starting Stats: Str 250, Dex 100, End 100, Int 10, Spr 10, Cha 10, Lck 10
Exp gain rate: 0.25%
Rank up difficulty: 50%
Class weapons: Any Large.
Class skills: Any Aura, Large Weapon, Valor.」
「Legendary Body – Passive skill
Effect: As the one true Legend, your body is forged by all manner of tribulations and proudly stands in the way of evil, saving those you want to protect. You draw up energy from your desire to succeed for those you cherish, giving you +2000% HP, +5000% MP and +5000% Stamina, Focus and Concentration.」
「Legendary Will – Passive skill
Effect: As the one true Legend, your will is like diamond, never bending nor breaking for anyone, especially when your beliefs are on the line. The will to protect, the will to love and the will to fight course through you, giving you immunity to all mental spells, and skills, as well as full resistance to all status effects along with a 500% boost to Spirit.」
「Legendary Valor – Active skill
Effect: Roar out a pre-determined line that boosts the morale of all allies, invigorating them to fight harder as well as longer in order to save their friends and family waiting for them at home. This skill resets all skill cooldowns for allies in a party, as well as the caster, except this very skill.
Cooldown: 1 day.」
「Legendary Might – Active skill
Effect: Roar out a pre-determined line that invigorates you, showing your true power as well as might which suppresses the enemy, leaving them full of fear as well as regret for attacking the innocent. This skill cancels all active and passive skills of all enemies that are currently in battle with the users and his allies regardless of range.
Cooldown: 1 hour.」
「Aura of the World – Active skill
Effect: The legend is the hope of the universe, the answer to all living things that cry out for peace. You are the protector of the innocent. You are the light in the darkness. The people of the world grant you their power, increasing all your stats by 500%.
Duration: 1 hour
Cooldown: 3 hours.」
「Final Strike – Active skill
Effect: Raise your hands and collect the energy of the living and the dead, the corporeal and the ethereal, and unleash it all in one giant strike. This skill's activation and animation are dependent on the specific situation of the user, their enemy and the overarching circumstances. It deals 10,000% special damage.
Cooldown: 1 hour.」
「Old Sage Style – Passive skill
Effect: The Legend once started out a mere hero, chosen by the world to save it. When you were a fledgling, you once trained under an old hermit sage who was living in a cottage atop a mountain.
However, after defeating the last boss and becoming a legend from a hero, you mastered the style he gave you and even created new things from it, advancing the style further.
As such, your skill with the weapon in your hand becomes powerful enough to defeat your final foe, granting you +3000% damage to all weapon based attacks!」
「The Hope of the Universe – Passive skill
Effect: As a Legend who has ascended from a mere hero, you no longer have to protect a mere world, but the entire universe! You have been chosen by the people as well as the will of the universe to carry their power and have been repeatedly blessed by their love as well as their faith for a long while.
As such, your body has developed a unique container within that allows you to store this faith energy within your body that strengthens you at all times as long as you carry the people's will. You gain +3000% to defense!」
「My Nakama Are Invincible! – Active skill
Effect: You are powerful, but at the same time you're nothing without your friends who had contributed everything to bring you where you are today. Acknowledge the prowess of your friends with an emotional one-liner, giving yourself and every ally a 600% boost to all stats, 2000% boost to Damage and Defense, and a 1-minute invulnerability period!
Duration: 1 hour.
Cooldown: 3 hours.」
「Explode! Release Your Rage! – Active skill
Effect: As a Legend, you have witnessed various crimes and countless deaths, but nothing can compare to the dread you felt watching your precious friends die before you again!
Argh, back then as a hero, you couldn't save them and now, you still failed to save them! Why? Why? Why?!
You finally unleashed the true rage and hatred you suppressed all this time, letting the demon fox out to play.
Note: All abilities, powers and stats boosted by 10,000%!
Note: After the duration ends, you will be in a Severely Weakened state until the cooldown expires.
Duration: 1 hour
Cooldown: 1 day.」
「Above and Beyond! Plus Ultra! – Passive skill
Effect: The Legend cannot be discouraged and put down. Rather, he will advanced beyond the bounds he once crossed as a hero and go above and beyond the known limits of his power!
You have gained the permanent stats effect <Plus Ultra> which means that you can never be defeated by an enemy that is evil in nature and your power will rise to match and surpass theirs in battle!」
「Second Wind – Passive skill
Effect: The Legend can be beaten up, bruised and battered, but they can never fall to their knees or lie in defeat. No matter how badly your are defeated, you retain 1% of your HP and recover everything to 100% for a second wind. This can occur endlessly unless you are truly one-shot to death.」