Chapter 370: Turning the Tide of War

Chapter 370: Turning the Tide of War

The people in Berdk Attack Base were in a desperate situation. The players and NPCs that fought outside the base and blocked the enemy troops had already been wiped out. The number of troops left inside Berdk numbered 3,000 at most. On the other hand, the enemy troops advancing towards Berdk were around 20,000. These troops were an alliance of players and NPCs sent to recapture Berdk!

“We’re in trouble!”

Genie frowned after hearing the urgency in Lucia’s voice. The mages and archers continued to shoot their arrows and magic spells, preventing the enemies from sticking to the ramparts. However, keeping the enemies in check through this method was already impossible. Their attacks were being reflected back.

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

The magic spells sent by the mages were being deflected away to hit the ramparts, while the arrows sent by the archers were being reflected and sent back to target their necks. This was all because of the hundreds of mirrors floating around Berdk.

‘Master Reflector, Xu Jiaqi.’

She was the one that led the Black Dragon Order to attack Ellie not too long ago. The only reason why she appeared now and not during the previous battles was because she felt that the battle right now had become easier.

“Don’t you think it’s high time you surrender? Hoho!” Xu Jiaqi laughed derisively as she tapped her lips with her thin and slender fingers. She was obviously mocking them.

“You won’t last long anyway,” Xu Jiaqi said, before looking up at Genie.

In fact, what she said was true. There was a high possibility that they would not last any longer. Even if the battle had dragged on and turned into a long-term one, they would not have any chances of winning.

Genie, who was standing on top of the ramparts, smiled and said, “Guys, they want us to surrender?”

“Huh?”

“What did you say?! But I’m really busy!”

“...They... they want us to commend her. Noona?”

“...”

“...”

“...”

Everyone turned to look at Ace blankly after hearing his words. The members of the Let’s Eat Sect Guild, who were moving busily, peeked out from the ramparts and looked at Xu Jiaqi. Then, all of them raised their middle fingers at the same time and said...

“But we don’t want to?”

“...”

Xu Jiaqi’s expression was distorted in anger after hearing their answer. For some reason, she felt that the Let’s Eat Sect Guild always had that unpleasant energy radiating off of them. However, Xu Jiaqi planned to wash off the shame that they received from their recent Ellie hunt.

‘As long as we kill Genie, the former Legend Guild Master, and her colleagues, victory will definitely be in our grasp.’

Then, Xu Jiaqi took out the trump card that she had hidden. This was something that they had acquired from Black Dragon Vormon, one that could summon Vormon’s Subordinates. Black Dragon Vormon was an existence that long reigned supreme. This just meant that Black Dragon Vormon’s Subordinates would also show great power.

Riiiiiiiip—

Hundreds of black holes twisted and opened in the air the moment Xu Jiaqi tore apart the parchment. Then, monsters started appearing from these twisted spaces.

“Kraaaaaaaaaaa!”

“Kraaaaaaaaack!”

The first noteworthy point was the monsters’ extraordinary builds. An ogre with red skin and a height of seven meters appeared out of one of the twisted black holes. And that was just the beginning. There were also trolls, orcs, and many other monsters. The other monsters seemed to be around five meters tall and were almost comparable to giants. To top it all off was the fact that these red-skinned ogres, trolls, and orcs were all equipped with armor made of dragon bones.

Thud, thud, thud, thud, thud!

“Shit...!”

“The... the ogre’s advancing! What the hell!!!”

Around 800 monsters appeared and began to advance towards the ramparts together. Xu Jiaqi had already checked the durability of the ramparts earlier.

[The Berdk Ramparts have received 1,414 damage.]

[The Berdk Ramparts have received 1,624 damage.]

And just like they had expected, Berdk’s ramparts truly boasted a high defense that was worthy of the best base in the entire Continent Cloud. Even if the rankers slammed into the ramparts, they could only deal around 4,000 damage altogether.

But, what would happen if the ones that slammed into the ramparts were the summoned monsters?

“Graaaaaaaaaack!”

One of the gigantic red-skinned ogre swung its axe and...

Baaaaaaaaang—

[The Berdk Ramparts have received 6,541 damage.]

“...!”

“...!”

“...!”

Genie and the players inside Berdk were shocked and terrified at the huge amount of damage.

In the first place, Vormon’s Subordinates had their own purpose and objective upon their summoning, and the summoner could choose what kind of objective that was during their first summon. They could summon the defensive type, the slaughterer type, or the siege type. For the defensive and slaughterer type, the summoner could summon around ten times more than the number of the monsters that were currently summoned. On the contrary, the siege type was comparably smaller in numbers, but there would be an additional 250% damage to the wall whenever they attacked. They also had a 50% damage reduction from siege weapons, on top of their incredibly high HP and defensive power. In other words,

Black Dragon Vormon’s Subordinates had become a specialized and optimized ‘siege weapon’.

Baaaaaaaang—

Baaaaaaaaaang—

Each of their attacks could shake the entire Berdk castle.

“Great Spear!!!”

Crow, their strongest dealer, tried to stop their attacks by targeting the head of one of the ogres that had come closest to the ramparts.

Shwaaaaaaaaaa!

A powerful spear flew at an incredible speed and slammed into the ogre’s head.

Stab—

This was the magic that Black Mage Ali had casted. Ali was the only one left in commission and he was using his magic and Blink appropriately. He was demonstrating the power of someone that could summon infinitely by summoning hundreds of snakes and using them to absorb MP.

Just like that, Ali continued to fight, and tried to run away from Arcas. He and Arcas were an extremely bad pairing, as he could easily die under Arcas’ hands. And then...

“Caught you.”

This was Arcas’ trap. He had deliberately attacked Penrus and grabbed Kaistra’s spear. That was the opportunity he was looking for, and in an instant, he had narrowed the distance between him and Ali.

Light Step. It was a skill that could narrow the distance between him and his opponent, as long as they were within a 15 meter radius.

Baaaaaaaaaaaang!

Arcas grabbed Ali by the collar and slammed him on the ground.

“Keheooook!”

[Your HP has fallen below 50%.]

No skills were used, but his HP dropped by a lot. Then, thousands of players circled around them and pushed the remaining Atlas forces behind. Just when Arcas was about to slam his fist on Ali’s head again...

“Kieeeeeeeeeeek!”

The huge Predatory Snake appeared from Ali’s hand and tried to devour Arcas, who just slammed the Predatory Snake with his huge fist.

Baaaaaaaaaang—

“Cu, Cupid-chan!!!” Ali shouted in despair. If only he were a bit stronger.

‘Goddamnit... If only my magical attack is stronger...’

Mage Ali had climbed to the top. However, no matter how much he looked at it, his magic did not work on Arcas. This was his limit. He was only up to this point.

“Love, Hope, Happiness!!!” Locke shouted as he rushed to the bloodied Love, Hope and Happiness.

Even though they were a demonic beast that came from hell, it was still difficult for them to deal with thousands of humans by themselves. The truth was it was ‘Arcas’ that had made Cerberus feel bad. They could see Arcas asking Ali with their own eyes.

“Where is your king?”

But, Ali just smiled at him and said, “Minhyuk? Didn’t you check your ass?”

Fwooooooooooom—

Arcas struck down on Ali’s face without any mercy.

***

Washington D.C., United States of America.

In a large cafe inside the city, the Americans’ attention was all focused on the TV screen showing the showdown in Athenae between South Korea and China.

“In the end, China wins against South Korea. And they did not even use much force.”

“Even the strongest territory in Korea is helpless in front of them.”

“Compared to what I heard, Black Mage Ali looks a bit sloppy.”

“The Koreans can only reach that far. How strong can they even be?”

However, they still admitted one fact.

“The NPCs are giving their all to protect a territory where players gather.”

“Even the guild members are desperately trying to protect their lord.”

“We have to admit how united the Koreans are, right?”

There was one guy among them. He was none other than Team Leader Park. He came to America to meet with some of the Athenae executives from all over the world to discuss Athenae: World War, which was just around the corner.

“Here’s the americano that you ordered.”

“Ah. Thank you,” Team Leader Park graciously accepted the coffee, his eyes never leaving the TV screen.

On the screen, Ali remained helpless as he got stuck on the ground. Team Leader Park felt numb. The Atlas players and troops were being pushed back to a corner and being shown what despair was like.

Team Leader Park smiled dejectedly and thought, ‘In the end... is there nothing we can do...?’

He had faith in them and he held immense hope. However, the situation remained desperate. Immersed in bitterness, Team Leader Park turned around.

Just as he was about to leave in a hurry...

“Huh?! What the hell?!”

“What’s that?”

“The Chinese troops are dying!!!”

“...?”

Team Leader Park quickly turned back to look at the screen. And on the screen, he saw a man moving quickly to where the Chinese troops had gathered. Every time he moved, hundreds of blades appeared from his body and brutally devoured and slaughtered them. The players from Cairon Continent were easily swept away like autumn leaves on a windy day! Arcas moved to smash Ali in the face.

[Where is your king?]

[Minhyuk? Didn’t you check your ass?]

When Arcas’ fist was about to slam down...

Spuuuuuurt—

Blood spurted out of Arcas’ back. Was it a skill? No. It was just a swing of the sword. Simply put, it was just a simple attack. However, Arcas, who had not screamed at all from all of the attacks that he had received, suddenly screamed in pain.

[Keuaaaaaaaaack!]

And the man that slashed Arcas’ back said...

[Did you just bully my friend???]

Team Leader Park smirked before turning around and leaving. He murmured to himself, “You guys are XXX.”

The Food God had appeared.