Chapter 53 - The War Begins 2

"The Battle of Paleta City will commence in 30 seconds. May all the players joining in the mission be present in their respective cities. Any player that did not accept the mission previously, will be teleported outside the fight zone."

"I'll talk to you later, Ming." Sato said his goodbyes, "May the best player win!"

The end of the conversation marked the start of the war. Players could be seen sharpening their blades, standing proud and tall as they awaited for the teleportation into the battlefield.

Just like the other players, Sato soon became a white ball of light that was transported outside of Trentham City.

Infront of the players stood a general cladded in dark armour. There were two skulls, one on each shoulder, placed on the armour, making the warrior look more menacing. The general was the head of the Dragoon family, Vack Dragoon. Being a vampire, his skin was as pale as snow. His face untainted by aging. He resembled a cold looking prince. Yet, his deathly aura made his presence unfathomable.

*Vack Dragoon (Head of the Dragoon Family)

*Lv 80

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"Citizens and adventurers of Trentham City! Today marks the day that we conquer the Human Faction city!" Vack decided to give a bloodboiling speech. "The Undead Faction has always been surpressed by the Human Faction in terms of everything! But! That by no means, mean we are weak in strength!"

"We were just saving up our strength for the long run! Bottling up all of our anger and frustration, awaiting for a chance to exact revenge!"

"Now! Now is the time we shall strike a deathly blow on the enemy! With the power of the Dragoon Family and the power of our Undead Faction behind us, I am certain we will win this war!"

"Rrrraghhhhhh!!!" The crowd of players and NPCs roared in adrenaline. Even Sato, who wasn't even part of the faction, felt the pent-up rage that the NPCs had bottle up.

"Now warriors! Charge through Great Hollow Forest and let us destroy our enemies!"

The command acted as a signal for the players and NPCs to start the war. The assassins were the first to dissappear off into the forest. Their high speed movements allowed them to scout for enemies before the slower warriors and mages would arrive.

Unlike most assassins that immediately decided to flank and attempt to kill off the lower health class players, Sato decided look for a suitable terrain that fitted his class. Being an Elven Assassin, Sato worked best in the night as there was lower visibility. However, the current time was morning and so, there weren't many favorable places to sneak attack from.

Moving around the outskirts of the battlefield, Sato soon found a suitable tree that was both large in size and provided sufficient shade cover for him. He was located close to the center of the battleground and so he would be able to reap rewards from outliers.

Sato was underleveled and so the current players in the game were far stronger than him. He needed to use tactics like this to survive and score contribution points.

After 10 minutes of straight up running, the warriors from both factions finally crossed path.

"Die!" An NPC skeleton warrior shouted out as he swung his bone sword down onto the human warrior. The human parried it, crossing his sword horizontally, negating the blow fully.

Just as the human was about to recover, an skeleton class player interrupted their fight as he charged through and pummelled down the NPC. He followed up with several slash moves to end the human's life completely.

The whole battle was unlike what you would expect in a one versus one. Yet, it was completely acceptable, since this was a war and there were really no rules, except kill.

Sato watched the battle from the sidelines, he waited for his opportunity to act. Just 10 minutes into the battle, a group of 3 from the undead faction was suddenly ambushed by a 10 man team from the human faction. The 10 man team was very coordinate as they surrounded the trio underneath the tree that sato hid on. The advanced stealth, in addition to the shade, basically provided Sato permanent invisibility.

The leader of the 10 man walked forwards as he spoke to the undead players with contempt. "Hmmph. Can't believe there are so many weak players that think they can profit from this war."

The leader and his subordinates were all lv65 and above, where as the trio were only around Lv60.

"Kill them." The leader gave his command as the players closed in on the helpless undead players.

In a desperate attempt to survive, the undead necromancer activated Blood Domain. On the battlefield, a huge blood sphere appeared. It trapped the 10 players, the trio and Sato who hid in the tree.

*Blood Domain - Forms a blood world that traps players or NPCs within a 30 meter radius. The user is able to draw 2% of the enemy's health every 5 seconds. In addition, any Blood related spells will be enhanced by 10%.

The spell marked the start of this miny fight,where the skeleton knight activated it's Death Shield and stood guard infront of the enemy. The vampire warrior stood beside the necromancer, protecting him from any potential sneak attacks.

*Death Shield - Creates a barrior of death that grants a shield equivalent to 10% of the player's max health. When broken, will release a death miasma that will damage the enemy of 5% of their max health.

The necromancer followed up with several flurries of attacks trying to cut down on the opponents. Even though they were putting up a good fight, the sheer strength of higher levels made it impossible for them to get pass the two tanky knights of the human faction.

The battle was extremely one-sided. Sato did not even dare to jump in and try to help the undead, for even if he did, he would just be sending himself to death. He patiently waited in the shadows.