Chapter 57 The Battle!

Hikaru recalled that Himari was the girl who propagated superstition on the world chat channel, but she was also one of the first three people to overcome the "monster raid" incident. She was also the first person to form a guild.

"Rika, what is the function of a guild in this world?"

[It serves a valuable purpose, Master. Guild members can live in the same territory.]

"Hm? "Explain."

[It means that, with the Guild Master as the center, all the guild members can gather in the Guild Master's territory and develop it into a common territory.]

"Then... the guild master will be the master of that territory."

[Exactly.]

If everything went according to Rika's words, then Himari's ability to develop the territory would be incredibly fast. At that time, she would definitely point her claws at the other players.

It seems the era of individual players is over and this will be the era of guilds or groups of players.' Hikaru thought to himself. Should I also form a guild? After that, Hikaru refuted his own thoughts because he felt it was too troublesome.

[Besides, a guild will have many other functions and benefits. However, I can't say explicitly, it's only when you form a guild that you will know about them.]

Rika added. Hikaru shook his head and entered the lake, continuing the hibernation process.

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Two days later, Rika suddenly spoke up.

[Master Sherwin is engaged in combat with the other five players.]

When Hikaru heard Rika's voice, he immediately opened his eyes and asked, "How many hours till the day is over?"

[Approximately two hours, Master.]

"How's Sherwin's situation?"

[He's not in trouble. Sherwin is just surrounded by the other players and he is in his territory; they haven't started fighting yet.]

Hikaru heard that and breathed a sigh of relief because he was afraid that he would be late and miss the moment when Sherwin was in danger.

"That's okay then." Hikaru continued the hibernation process after saying that.

Two hours later, he woke up and teleported back to his own room. Hikaru opened the personal information panel, and when he saw the attribute points from the 5 days of hibernation, he was overjoyed.

30,000 points

"Add 10,000 points to each stat."

[Ding! Successfully added.]

…

Name: Hikaru

Level: 30

Agility: 78,000 (+400,000)

Strength: 78,000 (+390,000).

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Intelligence: 78,000 (+390,000)

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Seeing the stat increase, Hikaru was extremely happy, and he felt safer. Then he sat in his room and thought for a long time, then used his teleport skill to appear in Sherwin's domain.

In Sherwin's domain, Sherwin was sitting on top of the Skeleton Dragon, watching the five players and their army in the distance. Suddenly, a person appeared next to him, startling him.

Sherwin was about to draw his sword and attack when he saw that it was Hikaru. When Sherwin discovered Hikaru's teleportation ability, he frowned with envy.

When Hikaru appeared, he glanced at Sherwin, then back at Sherwin's territory. The place where Hikaru and Sherwin were standing was on the slopes of a mountain about twenty meters above the ground, and the entire territory could be seen from above.

In the distance, five players led an extremely large army. But the army was not made up of humans but of creatures that were muddy and similar to the Pokemon character "Betbeton." However, unlike in the anime, they were extremely monstrous and scary.

Five players stood at the back of the army. The entire surrounding area was illuminated by pillars, with a misty lamp hanging above. And those pillars were held by the mud monsters.

But what made Hikaru dumbfounded was Sherwin's territory. That's right, his territory didn't have any walls or any fortifications; it was just a citadel built of wood, stone, and... bones?

Hikaru frowned and said, "You don't seem to care about building a territory, do you?"

"Building a territory?" Sherwin grinned scornfully: "Hahaha... why should I build a territory when I can take someone else's territory?"

After saying this, Sherwin suddenly glanced at Hikaru and said, "For example... I can take your territory."

Hikaru didn't appear to notice.He glanced at Sherwin for a moment, then looked away again. After seeing those five players, Hikaru immediately used his teleport skill and disappeared.

Sherwin saw Hikaru suddenly disappear and felt confused. At this moment, a voice said: "He seems to have only come to see how you will fight and has no intention of assisting you."

Sherwin smiled and said, "There's no need for him to help; I alone am enough."

Do not underestimate the enemy. Those players are all controlled by my enemies. They are very strong."

"Aren't you here too? Why can't you protect me?"

"My ability is different from his. I cannot interfere in a battle during a system event, or I will be detected by the system and eradicated immediately."

Sherwin heard that and frowned, his face showing how worried he was, but then he sighed again and said: "Don't worry, I won't be easily defeated, because... I'm a hero."

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After seeing the other five players, Hikaru immediately returned to his room and entered the simulation space. Next, he used the CopyCat skill to create five copies of those five players.

Hikaru fought with those five clones. And he easily won. The duration of the battle was not much; it only took a few seconds. Hikaru wasn't the type to talk a lot when fighting. In a battle, it only takes a moment to decide the winner and the loser.

Hikaru loved the feeling of using his strength to crush his opponent and make them unable to resist. However, he still did not feel safe, so he decided to create 5 copies of the 5 players.

In front of the current Hikaru were 25 clones of the other five players. He took a deep breath, then began to fight. Very quickly, Hikaru also easily defeated the 25 copies.

However, Hikaru still seemed unsatisfied. He used 100,000,000 soul points and created 100 copies of the five players. That means he made 20 copies of each player.

Five seconds later, Hikaru exited the simulation space with a satisfied face.

[Master, you are being too cautious.]

Hikaru heard Rika's words and shook his head: "There's no such thing as being too careful."

Rika didn't know what to say, nor could she refute what Hikaru said. Although she knew it was good for her master to be cautious, he was so overcautious that she thought he was suffering from some kind of illness.

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Hikaru once again appeared in Sherwin's domain, this time appearing next to Sherwin to be exact.

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Sherwin saw Hikaru appear and frowned, his face showing confusion and annoyance. Even though Sherwin wasn't interested in building a territory, this place wasn't a park, and Hikaru couldn't come and go whenever he wanted.

"Rather than wasting time and getting annoyed with me, I think you should think of a better way to fight the other five players." Hikaru suddenly spoke up.

Sherwin sneered: "Huh! Open your eyes wide and see my power. "

As soon as Sherwin said that, he raised his hand high, a magic circle was formed, and it started emitting purple light. Next, he sent the magic circle flying to the ground.

As soon as the magic circle touched the ground, it formed a huge hole more than ten meters in diameter. A purple flame burned fiercely from the bottom of the pit, and the flame then spread around the crater.

However, inside the pit appeared a legion of undead, and they started crawling out. Their rotting bodies were shielded by rusty armor.

It seemed that the mud army of the other five players was waiting for Sherwin's undead legion to appear, so they remained motionless.

Sherwin smiled, satisfied. He glanced at Hikaru to see his surprised face. However, Hikaru disappointed Sherwin. Hikaru's face was still the same; he was still indifferent to everything, which made Sherwin a little angry. He harrumphed and then didn't pay attention to Hikaru anymore.

Hikaru was not surprised by Sherwin's abilities, as he already knew this from viewing his information and from during his battles with him in the Simulation Space. On the contrary, Hikaru said with contempt: 'It's so colorful.'

About 20 minutes later, over 10,000 undead had gathered and formed an army. Sherwin's undead army was different from the mud army of the other five players. They were all lined up like a well-trained army.

Hikaru frowned and asked, "Can your undead army defeat the Betbeton army?"

"Betbeton?"

You don't watch anime? Don't you know Pokemon? "

Sherwin said, with a scornful smile, "Why should I watch that bullshit?"

"Huh?" Hikaru was a little angry upon hearing that but thinking about the vision of Sherwin being defeated by the other five players, he was no longer angry and said: "I mean the mud army."

"I will never lose." Sherwin spoke in an extremely confident voice. Then, he rode the Skeleton Dragon down while shouting loudly, "Kill them all!"

The undead army that heard Sherwin's voice immediately screamed and charged at the army of mud monsters in front of them. The two sides started fighting.

Hikaru was observing the battlefield when suddenly a black shadow appeared beside him. Even though Hikaru knew it was the mysterious person following Sherwin, he still pretended to be startled and shouted, "Who? Who are you?"

"Don't pretend, you must have known of my existence." The mysterious man said

"I really don't know who you are." Hikaru decided to continue pretending.

"The girl next to you didn't say anything about me?"

"No, she didn't say anything." Hikaru denied it, even though Vuni had told him about this mysterious person's existence. However, even if Vuni didn't say it, Hikaru was still aware of his existence.

The mysterious person stared at Hikaru as if he was trying to discern the truth. After a while, he said, "Then... you can call me Morital."

"Morital?" Hikaru frowned.

"Right."

"So... why are you following Sherwin?" Hikaru asked.

Morital replied in a menacing voice: "It's none of your business."

Hikaru felt uncomfortable hearing that. Then he thought in his mind, "If you don't want to answer, then don't. Why are you pretending you're dangerous?"

"So... what do you want from me?" Hikaru asked. However, in the meantime, he had already prepared the Teleport skill. As soon as he detected anything dangerous, he would immediately teleport back to his territory.

Morital stared at Hikaru for a moment, then asked, "Do you think Sherwin will win?"