12 CELESTIALS ERA - GUILD BASE
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I am sorry for the slow release of the chapter but I have no free time this week as I have a good amount of homework and exam, but I will nonetheless update the chapter when I have time.
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After his victory month passed, and day by day Odin's guild became stronger and stronger, supported by the original nine-member they began to recruit more and more people who were attracted because of Odin's victory, it didn't matter if they were human or something else, their recruitment terms were quite simple, you had to listen to the guild master and have positive karma, having a divinity's name was optional at this point.
But because of their rapidly growing member they needed to move, the base they had bought in the city was good, but it limited their growth and they could easily be beaten as the defense were nonexistent so orders were passed down to the lower and external member of the guild to search for a potential guild base to conquer, rewards were even offered to non-member if they had potential information, but none were given.
The PvP was also mainly centered around human killing essentially all the other race, guilds were created for the sole purpose of killing them, every heteromorphic were killed when in town, the only reason Odin and his guildmates were not focused was that the fact he had a 'wish' was public, and no wanted to anger someone who could destroy your guild just by wishing it so, add to the fact that Odin's guild possessed at least two world item.
And one-day notification was heard to all of Yggdrasil increasing the tension between human player and heteromorphic player.
[System: Congratulation for the guild 'Ainz Ooal Gown' for conquering the newly discovered dungeon known as the Great Tomb of Nazarick and making it their guild headquarters.]
[System: For being the first guild to conquer one such dungeon they are gifted the 'Throne of Kings'.]
This completely lit up the determination of every member of the Divine Court, and one day, someone found information.
Funnily enough the one who found the information was a female friend of Frigg, a player named Gaea, she chooses to give the location of a dungeon that was related to one of her quests, she did not know the name of the dungeon but her quest was named 'Remnant of the Celestials Era', a quest that she shared with everyone attempting to conquer said dungeon, but in exchange she wanted to join the guild, not as a side-member, but a core one, because of her information her request was accepted.
Odin would later one never admit that the reason he accepted was that Frigg threatened him IRL that if he didn't accept her he would sleep on the couch.
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Sixty people were standing in front of a massive mountain, its peak was shrouded in clouds, Odin, in front of the armed group approached.
"Open!" Odin shouted.
Suddenly, a massive, magic array appeared in front of Odin and his guildmates, shrouding the mountain in light, and where before there was nothing, now a great gate stood carved into the mountain, opening it they could see golden stairs going up until the top. And beyond that, there was nothing but a great hall.
"Ok guys, we will split up in teams composed of ten people, just use the same composition we always do, I and my team will go up, one of you go down and the rest just kill everything you meet."
Everyone nodded, Odin, Frigg, and all the other core member, including Gaea began to make their way up along the way they fought some monster, but none were challenging enough, but they did found other hall and room as they went up. Once on top, another gate stood in front of them. Opening it, they suddenly found themselves in a vast plain with lakes and high mountains all around them, as they were about to move on they heard a roar coming from far away.
"ROOOOOOoooooooooAAAAaaaaaaRRRrrrrr!"
Suddenly they found themselves attacked by a serpent with massive wings and a horn on its head, trying to find information about it was impossible as it seems it had a passive skill countering them. Quickly contacting all the other member of the raid to come up to assist them they were barely able to before they got attacked by it, sensing the approaching boss, Hercules quickly ran toward it.
When Hercules was within 200 meters of the Boss, the serpent sensed the Berserker's presence. As it released a furious roar, the giant serpent flapped its massive wings, the winds produced by its movement slowed down the charge of Hercules.
Before the winds even began to stop, the Giant Serpent stretched open its jaws while in the air toward the group. Suddenly, the winds began to gather in front of his mouth, covering a 200-meters-radius no movement could be seen.
"Damn it; it's using some kind of breath attack!" Realizing what was going to happen, Odin hurriedly shouted, "Everyone, get away from the serpent mouth!"
Odin's command confused the supports and the others. They were currently over 50 meters away from the Giant Serpent. At such a distance, the attack should not be a threat.
However, seeing at Odin's anxious expression, the team did not dare to be careless as they rushed to the sides.
Due to the priest and berserker blessing, everyone had received a significant boost. Their movement speeds had also increased. In the end, they managed to move just as the attack charging in the Giant Serpent's mouth reached the final stage of charging.
Before the team could relax, however, they suddenly felt an ominous sensation from behind them.
Instantly, a beam of blue light devoured the where they previously were, destroying everything in its way.
"How is this possible?!" Saraswati could not believe her eyes. "Even for a dungeon like this, it is a bit much isn't?"
Everything that was in front of the Giant Serpent had transformed into a wasteland. Had they not listened to the order of Odin and choose to tank then they would have all died and lose quite a few equipment and levels.
"How can a Boss be so powerful?!" The other player that just came from the gate gasped at the destruction of a single attack caused. "Can it even be defeated?" Asked one of them desperately.
With such a wide and long ranged area based attack, even 120 players would die instantly.
"Alright; snap out of it. Let the Tanks take the Boss aggro. Everyone else, attack from the Serpent's sides. Absolutely do not stand in front of it and focus on its wings." Odin immediately commanded, finding the attack powerful but not surprised at the fact.
Despite not saying a lot, the calmness at which he ordered them made it seems as if everything was planned by him making them instinctively believe and listen to him. And quite a few women in the guild found his commanding voice charming.
As the attack ended…
Hercules, which had previously moved out of the breath attack's range, arrived before the Giant Serpent and used a melee attack. Hephaestus who was not far behind quickly used his hammer who released a golden light toward it.
Countless flashes of light appeared around the Serpent's wings until the monster's wings were bound by a dazzling golden glow.
The Serpent released a pained cry as its body fell to the ground abruptly.
As for archer and mage, who had begun throwing spells towards the Serpent, they were momentarily stunned.
With a single hit, the Paladin took a big chunk of the boss' HP. This one attack was most likely more powerful than the combined attacks of a couple dps.
This scene allowed them to realize just how strong the core players of the guild were.
Compared to this great battle, their previous battles against the minion in the lower level were practically child's play.
Before the Giant Serpent, which towered over a hundred meters tall, any player would seem insignificant. Quite a few players even stopped throwing spells too impressed by the boss to think, some even threw their weapons.
"Don't stop! We've entered its Passive Domain! We are affected by its aura! It is draining our HP to heal itself! When you are low in HP leave the zone to heal yourself! Take turn tanking him! And pay attention to your HP, don't play tough. Be careful of your mana healers." Odin reminded his team as he glanced at Saraswati and Eostre. The others, who had stopped moving due to shock began to register the order keeping the effort of attacking the beast. "Notify me immediately if any of you run out of mana or health during the battle! I don't want to find myself tanking the beast!"
"Yes!" Everyone nodded as they regained their focus under Odin's command.
Against such a Boss, Frigg and the other core members of the guild fared relatively well. After all, they had defeated a boss like this one before. Only, the slithering beast in front of them right now was significantly more powerful than the Jötunn.
However, this was the first time Gaea, and the outer member of the guild faced one.
Despite it being her first time Gaea was weirdly enough handling it well, maybe a bit too well as she escaped attack the boss didn't even throw before it charged it. But Odin didn't have the time to think about this mystery.
While Odin was caught up in his thought he absently jumped evading the tail that was thrown his way, before he sent a lightning bolt toward him at a rapid speed. Unable to dodge the attack in time, Odin could only defend himself with his weapon.
Boom!
The ground beneath Odin's feet shattered as he dropped his sword who became embedded into the ground. The surrounding land shook from the impact, a deep fissure forming and spreading towards Hercules who was fighting the head of the serpent with Izanagi and Hephaestus support.
Rh'llor was momentarily taken aback as he thought of something. However, he still reacted. Quickly chanting under his breath he invoked Ripper in front of him.
Bang!
A gasp tore through the watching players.
Despite standing so far away, Rh'llor still received damage. If he had not summoned undead in front of him in time, he would probably have to watch from the sidelines while healing.
As for the Giant Serpent's claws, even Hephaestus might die instantly if he received a direct hit. Even after activating his Racial skill and all of his Supporting skills, he would only survive one attack at most.
Fortunately, however, they had a summoned creature and Hercules to take the Giant Serpent's hits for them now. Otherwise, they wouldn't have any chance of surviving against the Dungeon Boss.
This should be far enough. Odin arrived beside the Serpent and raised his sword. He swung his personal weapon down on his scaly opponent.
[Sword Domain: First Heaven!]
"Rawrr!"
Everyone on the team immediately used their most powerful skills and spells against the Serpent.
Lifting their bows, Sirius and Polaris both leaped into the air and used [Piercing Arrow] with a [Enchant: Explosion] on their arrows.
Peng!
Although the Serpent had received the attack without any resistance, when the twin's attack struck the Serpent's wings, it felt as if he hit nothing.
All their attacks had only caused slightly over a quarter of its Hp?
"What kind of resistance does it have?!" Horror filled Frigg as she stared at the damage.
At this rate, they would need to fight for five or six hours to kill the Boss. Unfortunately, it would be a miracle if everyone's battery for their gaming helmet lasted that long.
"The Serpent's attacks have decreased!" Gaea stated as she looked at the Serpent. Currently, the attributes of the serpent had apparently been decreased by 10%. Odin didn't know how she knew but he believed her.
At her words, the players felt hope and their will to fight soared.
"Everyone, activate your Racial Skills! Use this opportunity to slay this Boss!" Odin hurriedly reminded. Following Odin's command, everyone activated their Racial Skills at full strength.
As for Odin, he activated Dragon Lord's Wrath. Among the several Racial Skills Odin had, this one increased his attack the most at the cost of his HP and minutes of weakened attributes after using it.
With the Rippers acting as a meat shield, Odin transformed into his base form, that of a dragon and threw himself at the Serpent, dealing him body damage. Consecutive hits made by claws and maw struck the Serpent, instantly stealing a small chunk of the Boss' HP.
Seconds and minutes passed quickly. Under Odin and his team's all-out assault, the Serpent's HP quickly fell to 30%. Finally, the Rippers were in an extremely miserable state and destroyed themselves dealing more damage at their death. It currently had less than 20% of its HP remaining.
"Foolish humans, feel the wrath of the World Eater's Son!" the Serpent bellowed words for the first time as it suddenly flapped its wings.
The Giant Serpent instantly appeared above them.
In the next moment, an endless amount of elemental Mana surged towards the Serpent's body from all directions. At the same time, a deep-blue began to gather in its mouth, repeating its first attack but with much more power.
"It's over… How does the Boss charge his spell as fast as this?" Shock filled Izanagi's eyes as he stared at the spells above them in the starry sky. With his understanding of barrier and wards, he knew that they had absolutely no chance of defending against the spell that it was charging. They could only wait for death to claim their lives, "With spells like this, how can anybody clear this dungeon?!"
The other team members felt similarly powerless as they watched.
"Hahaha! Go on! Flee! Let's see if you can escape the wrath of the Eater of Worlds!" the Serpent laughed arrogantly.
"I've been waiting for this!" Odin's dragon lips curled into a scary and scaly smile. He had been waiting for this moment for a long time. Immediately, he activated his buff and other racial skill. He then said at the support of his guild. "Use everything that you can to boost me!" The skill's cooldown should have ended.
"Ah?" Although they did not understand what Odin intended to do, they all obeyed him and buffed him.
Odin then flew towards the Giant Serpent, which was still in the process of gathering and condensing his spell.
[Odin's Force]
This was Odin's final trump card. Along with his Dragon's passive and his team support.
If he could not interrupt the Serpent attack trying to deal with the Boss would be sheer lunacy. Quickly shrinking in mid-air and transforming back in human form, Odin glowing golden unsheathed his sword from his waist and slashed with all his might toward the Serpent.
[Sword Domain: Only I am Supreme Under This Heaven and Earth.]
Immediately, with the Serpent as the center, the space within a radius of 300 meters froze. All the winds in the area scattered and vanished immediately. Nothing happened for a moment and the players below felt a moment of despair before the bellow of the Serpent attracted them.
"Noooooooooooo!"
Due to the sudden loss of mana and HP, the Giant Serpent released a pained cry as it suffered from Odin's attack. Its massive body, suddenly split in two, realizing torrent of blood as it died in mid-air before falling down on the ground, dead.
The instant the Giant Serpent died, everyone heard the sound of a system notification.
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A worldwide announcement was heard for everyone.
[System: the guild: 'Divine Court' has successfully conquered the dungeon: Celestial Mountain, they have been awarded a special item related to their class quest.]
They then received a notification only for their ears which made them pale slightly IRL.
[System: You killed the World Eater's Son, you have shortened the World Eater's slumber, his wrath will now focus on you when he wakes up.]
