Chapter 562: Battle of the Thrones (1)

Chapter 562: Battle of the Thrones (1)

While Minhyuk was busy admiring his unsealed Absolute God’s Secret, the entire world was struck with the same message.

[There will be an update in 30 minutes. Players are advised to log out in a safe place.]

“...!”

Minhyuk felt his heart tremble. Being asked to log out for an update only meant one thing: Athenae was going to usher in their second era with the integration of dozens of servers all over the world. Along with that, the ‘Battle of the Thrones’ would begin.

‘I’ve already received a penalty for expressing my will to participate in the middle of the event. Fortunately, it’s not that big.’

Since Minhyuk had unsealed his Absolute God’s Secret on time, it was still possible for him to join everyone in the beginning of the event. But before he was about to return to Beyond the Heavens Kingdom...

“Food God.”

“Yes?”

...Arlene called out to him, stopping him in his tracks. Minhyuk could feel Arlene’s gaze fixed on his back.

“Aren’t you curious about the Abyss?”

If she was asking if Minhyuk was curious about the Abyss, then the answer to that was without a doubt, yes. Ordinary players might not know anything about the Abyss, but Arlene would probably know a lot about it.

“I’m probably the only one that can open the path to the Abyss as of the moment.”

“...!”

What was more, Arlene mentioned that she was the only one who can open the path to the Abyss. This meant that if Minhyuk left now and broke contact with Arlene, he would never be able to get a chance to enter the Abyss again.

“You will face several trials when you enter the Abyss. But each time you clear a trial, you will receive a special reward.”

“What kind of rewards are we talking about here?”

Minhyuk needed to know so he could weigh his options and make an accurate judgment. Would the rewards be good enough for him to delay his participation in the Battle of the Thrones for a few more days, or not?

“The lowest rewards are legendary grade ingredients. And you will also be able to obtain another of the Food God’s hidden power.”

“...?!”

As expected of a God class, they were truly on another level. To think the Food God had a hidden power stowed away somewhere...

‘Usually, for several trials, it would take at least around one Athenae game day for one to complete and proceed to the next day.’

This was the reason why it was possible for some people to clear all of their trials within a single day in reality, and obtain several legendary grade materials and artifacts. On top of that, Minhyuk also had the chance to gain the Food God’s hidden power.

“Every time you clear an Abyss Trial, you will receive astronomical rewards. Ah, right! If you clear one of the trials, you will be allowed to leave once and enter again.”

You will be allowed to leave once and enter again. These words meant that Minhyuk would be able to participate in the Battle of the Thrones while still undergoing the trials.

“So, what would I get if I clear all of the Abyss Trials?”

“Honor.”

“What?”

“That’s it. I can’t tell you any more than this.”

Minhyuk would receive honor? No matter how hard he thought about it, he just could not understand why he would receive honor for clearing the Abyss Trials.

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The thoughts in Minhyuk’s head quickly churned. Anyway, he had already received a penalty for delaying his participation for the Battle of the Thrones for a day. If he clears one trial then he would be able to participate in the Battle of the Thrones before returning to take the other trials.

“I’ll do it.”

Then, a bright light surrounded Minhyuk’s body. However, this light was not the light that would bring him to the Abyss.

[You have five seconds to log out.]

[4... 3... 2... 1...]

Minhyuk disappeared along with the light.

“A new world is beginning.”

Arlene looked at the path to the Abyss, where Minhyuk would head to once he returned. The gods called the Abyss by a different name: the Tomb of the Gods.

***

The entire world was in an uproar especially with Athenae’s second era just right around the corner. Many people felt their hearts thump wildly as the countdown of five minutes for the servers’ opening began. Some were thinking of playing inside the new Athenae, while some were thinking of watching the Battle of the Thrones. Those that would participate in the Battle of the Thrones felt nervous about the fierce battlefield.

At the end of the five minute countdown, a sentence marked in bold dominated the entire Athenae Official Homepage: ‘Athenae. The Beginning of the Second Era. Experience it, now!’

***

Immediately after the Battle of the Thrones started, notifications suddenly appeared on the screens of everyone watching, which brought the viewers great shock.

[Louvart Kingdom, Verrado Kingdom, Albedo Kingdom, Rolds Kingdom, Cardin Kingdom... has formed an alliance!]

[By signing a temporary alliance, these fifteen kingdoms will receive a penalty during the duration of their alliance. All troops will receive a 10% decrease in all of their stats and skill attack power as well as a 10% increase in skill cooldown!]

[The system will recognize if a country has received the attacks from this alliance and will give out special privileges to the said country’s kingdom.]

Fifteen countries including China, Indonesia, Russia, France, Germany, Greece, Vietnam, Thailand and many more had signed a temporary alliance. With this alliance, they would be able to monitor the movements of their allies’ troops on their maps. The fifteen kingdoms’ alliance was created to keep America and South Korea in check.

China’s Hu Yitian, a member of Black Dragon Order, was the one that massacred the South Korean rankers in the Continent Cloud during the Continental War between the Asgan Continent and the Cairon Continent. And now, he was receiving orders.

[Listen to your King’s command!]

[Everyone who has gathered and heard the King’s Command must head to the place appointed by the king!]

Hu Yitian led 900 players and 100 NPCs to the appointed gathering place in the Stars’ Path. When they arrived there, the troops from the 14 other countries were already lined up there.

The commentators were very quick to describe and announce what they were trying to do.

[The fifteen countries that have signed an alliance at the beginning already divided their troops and have gathered them in different places.]

[Although they have split their troops, there will still be a lot gathered. After all, each of the fifteen countries have sent 1,000 of their troops.]

[Their total number is 15,000.]

“Depart!!!”

“Depaaaaaart!”

The place where more than 10,000 allied troops were headed to was none other than Beyond the Heavens Kingdom. In order to prevent the other countries that did not join their alliance from attacking them, they sent only 1,000 of their own troops. But even if they only sent a few, the total still reached 15,000.

The 15,000 strong army was tasked to attack Beyond the Heavens Kingdom. If they successfully finished this task, the Beyond the Heavens Kingdom would lose their strength and military force. After this first scouting battle, the allied countries would then each send 5,000 troops which would increase their total by around 70,000.

“South Korea, without the Food God, is nothing more than a bunch of people gathered together.”

“This is our best opportunity.”

“Keuhahahahahahahahaha! What a good opportunity. We will be able to see the downfall of the Beyond the Heavens Kingdom the moment we start!”

Everyone in the world believed that South Korea would not amount to anything without the Food God. Of course, they were aware that the Beyond the Heavens Kingdom housed several powerful NPCs, but these NPCs would eventually get exhausted. They were confident that the Beyond the Heavens Kingdom would collapse even before the Food God could participate. Because of this, the people of South Korea were all very disappointed.

[What does it matter if they were active during the Athenae: World War? We will still be the country that’s the fastest to collapse during the Battle of the Thrones.]

[Wow... We’re really weak.]

[There’s nothing weak in winning or losing.]

Just when the troops were advancing through the forest...

Rustle—

“...?”

Hu Yitian and the other rankers immediately turned their heads to the direction where the sound came from.

“Oiiiiiiiiiiiiink!”

What appeared in front of him was a cute baby piggy with a shiny golden crown on his head.

“...!”

“...!”

“...!”

“...!”

That was when the allied troops realized that there was something strange. But it was too late, the members of the Beyond the Heavens Kingdom had already appeared all from all over the place. Two tall and bulky men, Elpis and Kimaris, appeared from behind the bushes. There were also members standing up on the trees: Penrus, the Envoy of Incarnation Kaistra, and the Sword Saint Conir. Cerberus and Dog Slaughterer Locke also appeared on one side. Vice Guild Master Genie, Khan, and Emperor of the Sword Carr on another side. There was also Best Selling Erotica Author Aruvel, Talmor Leader Corr, Assassin of the Moon Lucia, and the former Artheon Guild Master Alicia on another side. Of course, Black Dragon and the four legendary dragons were hovering in the skies above them too. The allied troops turned vigilant as more members appeared.

‘What can they even do with just this number?’

There were only thirty people at most. But three minutes later, everyone tuned in to the broadcast froze in place after seeing these words on their screens:

[Beyond the Heavens Kingdom has wiped out the 15,000 troops sent by the fifteen allied countries!]

An unbelievable announcement popped up on their screens. Yes. That was right. It only took three minutes for the Beyond the Heavens Kingdom to wipe out the 15,000 strong allied troops. Everyone was both shocked and terrified by the result presented.

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