Chapter 242 - Solo Guild War (IV)

"Sh*t! That's not a player! That is a f*cking monster! RUN!"

The players guarding the second tower started to flee.

"Atlas."

Atlas appeared in front of me and brandish his sword.

"Understood!"

Waving his greatsword, he killed the rest of the escaping players with ease.

Counting all the towers including the ones that have fallen, there are only two more towers left behind for me to take down. One is near the center of the Capital while the last one is just right next to the Guild's Base.

"If my guess is correct, the strongest players might be in charge of guarding the last tower or the main guild itself. Looking at how weak every player I faced so far, that only means the strongest players are the ones that are currently stationed near the last tower or in charge of defending the main base. If that is the case, this shouldn't be a big problem at all."

While contemplating, Atlas returned. Looking at Atlas, he is quite satisfied with the deed.

"Good work."

...

The third tower is also quite weak in defense and ended up falling a few minutes later. Due to that, there is only one more tower left behind and if I destroy this tower, the guild base will remove the invincible barrier that protects it from being attacked which is why I destroyed the towers first even though the people guarding them are pretty weak.

"Master, I thought this would be an eventful war against others. Why does it feel so boring instead?" Lucia asked, with a tone in her voice that is evident her boredom.

"It is normal this would happen. If we are facing a very grand guild that is intent on killing us no matter what the trick on the book they used, it would be much livelier than this."

"Huh...so you are saying you might do other similar things like this in the future?"

"That is possible so you might have to wait to unleash your main abilities in one go."

When I am just about to reach the last tower and the main base,  a few arrows came flying straight to me. It's quite fast so I gave up on dodging them and block them all instead since it is better doing so.

As I was busy blocking the arrows, my body felt heavy all of a sudden. I quickly knew this was the effect of the [Time Eater] of the Chronomancer. I have a heavy movement at the moment and due to this, a Berserker came crashing to my shield, knocking me in a distance.

-You received 5,000 damage!

-You were inflicted with Bleeding[Severe]!

Huh, looks like I got the main enemy this time seeing a Berserker inflicting a Bleeding[Severe] at me. And the damage I received is high despite the fact that I blocked the attack with my shield.

"My, my, you guys are so aggressive. That's what I've been looking for!" After casting [Restoration] and [High Heal], I changed my weapon into an ax and unleashed [Berserk II].

"He is charging! Everyone! Fire!"

Huge cannonballs started to rain on my path although they don't obstruct my way. It just allowed me to feel the adrenaline instead.

"HA! This is useless! Show me what you all got!"

I easily dodged all of the cannonballs hurled right in my face and I didn't even flinch.

"[Arrow Rain!]"

A volley of arrows appeared right before me after I managed to exit the cannonball attacks. The arrows are very fast and due to it being up in the air, if I block the arrows up above, the other players will take advantage of my defenseless body. But this only made things better.

Instead of blocking, I charge straight to the arrow rain and ready all of my potions in my other hand while I continue to head straight to the enemies.

"He is charging this way! Attack!"

A few players started to attack me in all directions but that is not a problem.

"DIE!"

THUD!

A single swing on the side and one player fell after his body was cut in half by the ax. Another swing and another one fell down again.

CHAK CHAK CHAK CHAK!

Arrows fell to my body and due to my reduced defense after using [Berserk II], my HP fell down faster than necessary. However, I am not even caring about the amount of HP that fell after every arrow hit me. When my HP falls to the threshold of the red mark, I chug down one bottle of potion and continue to charge. Chug and repeat.

"F*CK! How come he is still charging even with the volley of arrows?! Is he cheating?!"

"Ahh! He is comi-" before one of the players can finish what he was shouting, his body was divided into two before falling over to the ground.

"Come on, I thought you guys are big shots, how come you guys are making a very bland strategy?!"

"We are not making a bland strategy here! You are just a monster!"

I look around and saw the Berserker who did quite damage to me in one hit. Based on the body build, the Berserker is a woman. I can't see her face since she is covering her face with a mask. Her attacks are pretty good and if I should say so myself, that is a pretty strong attack and I can say that if she didn't hit me on my shield and directly hit me in the body, my armor will probably break and my HP might immediately fall to the lowest level.

The berserker went into an attack stance and rushes towards me with her eyes looking red under the mask. From the looks of her Berserk level, it might be already in the upgraded level of 3 since this is a new side effect of the [Berserk III], the Bloodlust effect where the player will undergo a huge raise of attack while under the effects of Berserk and allows the user to choose on which enemy to focus on the attacks. If that is the case, the only enemy here is me. So if she attacks me with full force and I failed to at least block or deflect her attacks, I will be dead meat.

"[Fatal Fury!]"

She quickly started her rampage and used her ax to try and hit me. But I am not just going to let myself get taken down just like that.

The other players assisted the berserker and if it was just me fighting, it would have been a bit more challenging, however, I am not even bothering much on what the other players are doing since before the others can even do something, Lucia and Atlas appeared and started fighting them, annihilating them before they can even do something to do.

The two of us cross axes. I can hear her grit on her teeth on how much she is thirsty to kill me.

"You are the guild leader aren't you? Out of all the players around here, you are the one with the most mastery out of all the enemies I have fought right now. Not only that but your damage output is also pretty insane, I must say."

"You can keep babbling about it after I kill you!"

Based on her reaction, she is indeed the guild leader of Skull Guild, Amyrose. It seems like she is a strong player and with her damage output and skill damage, I am wondering why she didn't make a good name for herself in the past timeline for me to know. It was like she didn't exist in the first place.

I forced her to ax to shake a bit. If I compare my STR value to hers, I think my STR is on the superior side. If it was on the even side, I would have a harder time pushing her back.

PENG!

Her ax bounced from my weapon and she has to retreat a few steps to avoid due to my advantage at our exchange since she can only retreat while I am on the advantage of attacking. If she didn't retreat in time, she would have been sliced right off the bat.

"You might have killed most of my guild members with ease and humiliated my brother but I will make sure that I will avenge them all and kill you before you can even ruin my guild!"

"Good! Let's get it done. You want me to die? Then be sure to at least kill me. I will ensure that this is a fair and square fight."

"Don't look down on me! DIE!"

She brandished her ax once again and I have to quickly evade it since she is getting faster in attacks. I think the ax she is carrying has a small buff that will increase the ATK speed value while under Berserk. She is dedicated to ending me as soon as possible. However, I am not just going to end everything like this.

I went to the offensive and dodge her attacks with quick precision and attack once I get an opportunity.

"GUH!"

A slice on her left hand cut it off rendering her use her ax with one hand. Most berserkers will have trouble lifting the ax with one hand. I am an exception since the Versatile Weapon is not even heavy I can easily swing it around without a problem. However, she just raises her ax and with a blood look on her eyes, she is undergoing another Berserk again.

Then, a flash of inspiration suddenly made my mind think of a profitable idea. With her skill as a Berserker and her running a guild, I think this is going to be a good proposal if she accepts it.

"Amyrose, I have a proposal in regards to the survival of your guild. Your answer lies in the fate of your guild's future. So choose wisely on my questions. The choice is yours."