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Chapter 227: Please Listen To Me
Luna's face had an extremely pained expression and her body turned bright green. A few drops of blood as well started leaking out of her eyes.
Liam's expression became grim and he looked up to see Seraphina. Unexpectedly, she also had a blank stare. She was looking at the fox as if she had no idea what was going on.
This only made Liam more worried. "What is happening? Say something. Is she ok?"
"My Lord." Seraphina snapped out of her trance and quickly started tending to the fox.
A bright glow covered her hands but as she tried to touch the beast, an invisible barrier repelled her. "My Lord… I don't think there is anything we can do now."
She looked helplessly at the barrier which was now becoming brighter and brighter with a green glow, same as the fox's fur.
It did not stop there and the barrier even started to solidify. The next second, Luna completely disappeared, and now a hard green shell covered her small body.
This looked round and oval in shape and resembled an egg. The green color as well became a dark purple with a single white spot on the egg.
"My Lord… this…" Seraphina carefully took the egg in her hands and observed it from all angles. She had never seen an evolution like this before.
More importantly, the nine-colored divinity gemstone was still inside this egg!
This was the first time she was seeing one being completely gobbled up by a beast.
When the egg eventually breaks… she had no idea if any part of that gemstone will remain.
Watching her stare at the egg dumbfoundedly, Liam worriedly asked. "Is she alright?"
"Ah." Seraphina shook her head.
While she was only thinking about the gemstone, Liam was obviously more concerned about the little fox.
"My Lord, typically a small amount of essence from either of the two items should have been enough for Luna to evolve and unlock its potential."
"Though I don't really know what exactly is happening here… My guess is that your fox wants to absorb all the essence from both the gemstone and the flame fragment."
"This is the first time I am seeing a beast behave like this. Even for an intelligent spirit beast, she seems to be very peculiar."
"Especially for her age."
"Only battle experienced beasts will have the thirst to evolve themselves and make themselves more powerful than they are."
"They will try their hardest to become the best that they possibly could."
"So for a young beast like her, this kind of pride and desire is very unusual," Seraphina muttered, explaining whatever she could to Liam.
In the end, she also understood only so much.
"So this is a good thing, right?" Liam did not understand.
"No, my Lord. Not necessarily." Seraphina shook her head. "It is, unfortunately, the worst case possible."
"Since Luna is trying to overreach beyond her capability, there is a high chance that she might suffer some terrible injuries."
"She is also evolving too fast. It is not good at all. She will not have a good foundation. Only beasts with very special bloodlines have the ability to grow exponentially like this."
"But Luna's bloodline is a normal one. She is just an ordinary spirit beast. So this type of speedy growth is not good for her."
"I wish I could have stopped it or helped her slow down but everything happened too suddenly."
"Is there any way I can help her now?" Liam asked, taking the egg back from her.
"No, my Lord," Seraphina replied. "Perhaps taking her to fire essence rich places might help, though I am not sure how much."
"Ok." Liam nodded. He mentally began to think about all fire-type locations in the Gresh Kingdom and other neighboring kingdoms.
Breaking his thought, Seraphina further added. "Ummm… My Lord, if you don't mind, please visit the beast in two months. Grand Master Herald will be visiting the royal city at that time."
"He will definitely be able to help you better. He has a lot more experience dealing with unique beasts like Luna."
"Oh." Liam nodded and then thanked her. He carefully placed the egg in his inventory and then bid farewell to the beast trainer.
Seraphina could only bite her tongue and bow humbly in response.
She had originally wanted to obtain the nine-colored divinity gemstone, but now not only had she lost the gemstone but she had also lost a lot of precious items that she used to help the fox evolve.
She couldn't help but feel as if this new Duke and his mysterious fox had scammed her through and through.
The only consolation was that if that egg ever cracked, she would perhaps come to witness something extraordinary, perhaps even the birth of a terrifying beast.
Knowing that she also played a part in this might be enough to push her status to the grandmaster level.
However, the chances of that happening were extremely slim.
She looked at Liam's disappearing figure and let out a long sigh. What a wasted opportunity!
Liam, on the other hand, silently walked out of the royal city engrossed in his thoughts.
While he was worried about Luna, and the little fox's hasty greedy actions, he also had a feeling that she was very special.
Not to mention that he had pried her egg away from a dragon!
So he had a small hope that her bloodline was perhaps not that ordinary. Maybe she knew what she was doing?
Irrespectively, his knowledge was useless when it came to the little fox. He did not know anything about spirit beasts to help her.
He could now only rely on Seraphina and the Grandmaster she had mentioned to help the little fox.
In the meantime, he could visit fire essence rich places whenever possible and help her as much as he could.
Other than that, this matter was really out of his hands.
Liam clenched his fists tightly as he still remembered the vivid painful expression on the fox's face. He took out the egg and rubbed it gently.
"Hang in there. You can do it."
With a tired and lonely sigh, he kept the egg back into the inventory space and continued walking out.
A short distance away from him, three figures stopped moving so as to put sufficient distance between themselves and the target who was other than Liam.
"Even that bastard can show such an expression?" Alex muttered, watching Liam talking so lovingly to an egg.
"I am also surprised," Mia replied.
"Fucking asshole. Treats an egg better than he treats other human beings!" Alex spat out.
Just for him, they had left a scout outside the royal city to keep an eye out for the wind ripper mount.
So as soon as the information arrived, the three of them prepared themselves and started following Liam.
This time not even Mia was against settling their scores. They had touched a snake and now he had to be killed.
Just when they thought that their troubles were over, all of a sudden their guild members were being hunted down left and right by other guild members.
When finally got a chance to find the reason for this, they came to know that Liam was behind everything. He did not even lift his finger and yet they were suffering insane losses.
If this went on, they might not even play the game and just quit it.
So Mia as well came to the conclusion that they had to fight an all-out battle and finish this issue once and for all. They simply could not afford to suffer any more losses.
In between their argument, a small voice sounded. "Great supreme goddesses, the two of you… please listen to me…"
Rey clapped his hands, bowed his head, and muttered in exasperation. "It is not too late. we can stop here. I will talk to big brother and smooth things over."
His voice cracked and he sounded like he was very close to crying.
"The fuck? You are still calling him big brother? Aren't you angry at him? That bastard literally put out a hit order on us and our fucking guild almost disbanded."
"Did you forget how they chased you and killed you repeatedly?"
"Didn't you die like 20 times?"
Earlier it was just Alex but now that both Mia and Alex were against him, Rey could only helplessly back off.
"How could I forget! How could I forget! You both fight and I am the one paying the price!" Rey wryly replied.
The unfortunate thing was that both his sisters were extremely skilled. Alex and Mia were both very talented and had a wide set of skills.
They had the ability to singlehandedly fight back and wreak havoc on any group that pursued them and wanted to hunt them down.
However, Rey was not like that.
In the end, he was the one who was constantly losing levels and suffering.
Because of his relation to these two and his high position in the guild, he had inadvertently become everyone's favorite target.
So the guilds kept on repeatedly killing him so that they could buy potions from Liam.
At one point, someone camped on the graveyard and brought his level down all the way to 0.
Because of this, he was always feeling down these days, very sad and depressed. He did not even like playing this stupid game anymore.
Who would want to if any time they step out of the city, they are hunted down and killed like a rare elite!
Rey cursed his miserable plight. This was all because of this unnecessary fight that was going on.
He hoped that his sisters would apologize to Liam and end this insanity, but…
It looked like things were only going to become worse… just how were these two going to defeat a monster like him?
Did they really think this through?
Should I just message big brother and smooth things over without telling these two? Maybe I should log off and come back next week?
Rey sighed and followed his two sisters as they followed Liam out of the royal city.
Chapter 228: Surprise Motherfcker!
Liam silently walked out of the royal city. He was a bit distracted because of all the recent things that were happening.
Kouske… The Gu family… The four experts he had competed with… and now Luna…
He had also not improved his strength in a while.
There were too many things that he needed to do.
He couldn't help but feel as if everything was slowly slipping away from his hands and he was also slowly losing the advantage he had.
It was as if he was just another minute away from losing everything he had and returning back to that helpless nobody he was in his past life.
Liam clenched his fists tightly until his knuckles turned white and looked ahead with determination.
He would never become that weak helpless person again. No matter what happened he was never going to let history repeat itself.
It was time to power up!
Just as he was stepping out of the gates, he whistled and Talon immediately flew down to him.
However, instead of stepping forward and hopping onto the bird's back, Liam paused.
He was not alone!
From the corner of his eyes, he saw a couple of familiar faces.
And this time Liam was not amused!
He also did not want to waste his time dealing with these pests so he stopped and moved a couple of feet back into the royal city.
Screee! Screee!
Talon as well landed on the ground and walked over to stand next to him. The two of them did a U-turn and started walking back into the city.
The guards did not seem to care about it and respectfully bowed and greeted Liam again.
Seeing this, Alex wanted to punch someone in the face.
Just how much reputation did this bastard have? Why are the guards treating him like he was the fucking King?!
They both watched him as he walked over to a nearby inn.
"I think that bastard realized that we are following him." Alex spat out.
"I think so too." Mia coldly replied.
"Heh. He thinks that he is safe just because he is the city? Dream on!" Alex smirked and then added.
"Mia, I don't mind spending a couple of days in prison. Can you activate your divine prison? I will take care of him before the skill ends."
"Ok." Mia nodded. This is a skill they had specifically prepared for Liam, so she also had the confidence to deal with him.
"Let him first go to his room."
The two of them and the reluctant third person followed Liam and watched him talk to the innkeeper in length.
The innkeeper was a very beautiful mature-looking woman with an eye-catching endowed chest. Though she was older, she still retained charm and elegance.
Her age in fact only added to this kind of mature sensuality.
Seeing this Alex rolled her eyes. "What a perverted jerk! I bet he is trying to hook up with that woman."
Mia did not say anything and simply kept her eye on the target. Rey on the other hand grinned sheepishly.
"You both don't know how to admire beauties. This right here is a first-class MILF. No wonder big bro is chatting her up." Rey yawned. He was feeling sleepy again.
Alex turned to glare at him angrily but as soon as she saw him, she only looked worried. "Aren't you sleeping a bit too much these days?"
"No. No, sis. Nothing like that." Rey replied, once again yawning.
"Maybe we should go to a doctor tomorrow? We haven't done the yearly check-up for this year. Maybe you are anemic or something?"
"Ok. Then I will log out and take a nap. You guys do something. Good luck." Rey smiled helplessly and logged out.
The two women then turned to pay attention to Liam who finally finished speaking to the innkeeper and headed upstairs.
"Ok. Let's go. I think this inn should have a backdoor." Alex muttered.
Mia, however, stopped her. "Let's first wait a bit. Maybe he didn't notice us and is planning to log out for some time and take a break?"
"Hmmm?"
"I just think it's risky to kick up trouble inside. So let's keep it as a last resort."
"Fine." Alex simmered down and the two of them waited.
They knew that they were wasting time but even otherwise, they would be wasting time because of the endless groups of players always chasing them and hunting them down.
It had become impossible for them to make any progress unless they did something about Liam.
While the two continued waiting outside, Liam had already opened a nether portal inside the inn's room and slipped away to the nether realm along with Talon a long time ago.
But not before he left the two girls a surprise.
Alex and Mia waited for a couple of hours and then another couple of hours but Liam did not look like he was returning any time soon.
Finally, Alex lost her patience.
"I think he is back and he is purposefully toying with us. Maybe he is already inside the inn and making some sort of counterattack plan. I will and check it out first."
"And if an opportunity presents itself, I will kill that asshole personally."
"It's just fucking prison. I will handle it. I will kill that guy and then when he resurrects in the graveyard, get all our guild members to camp there and kill him again and again."
"It's fine. We will all go to jail for a couple of days, so what?"
"At least this will permanently nuke that guy's growth and bring him back down to earth. After that why would the other guilds make an enemy out of us for that bastard?"
"Things will go back to the way they were and we will be able to play again freely."
After hearing Alex, Mia nodded in agreement and she did not stop her. "You will be able to handle him right?"
Alex scoffed. "Yes. Yes. Sure, he was more experienced than us in the beginning, but how could I possibly lose even now?"
"I have been waiting for this day far too long now." She punched her fist onto her palm, the one end of her lips pulling upward.
Both Alex and Mia glanced at each other and then Alex took the first step. She activated [Stealth] and walked over to the inn's back door.
However, as soon as she touched the door, almost instantly a group of royal guards surrounded her. "You are under arrest."
One of the guards stepped forward and cuffed her hands with special shackles and started dragging her away.
Alex did not even have the time to think about what the hell just happened. "I did not do anything wrong. Let me go." She pleaded.
But the guards paid no attention to her. Mia as well watched this but she was also helpless. The royal guards did not listen to anyone.
After the guards took her, she went to the innkeeper and enquired.
"Ma'am, what happened?"
"Oh. That young lady tried to enter the inn in stealth."
"But that is not a serious offense, right? She didn't do anything wrong?"
That's right. However, she was definitely up to no good! Even the Duke warned me about her!"
The woman gracefully smiled, a hint of shyness appearing on her face recalling the young Duke and answered her.
"Duke?" Mia gasped. Liam was already a duke? While they were becoming weaker every day, he was becoming that much stronger!
"Can a Duke give orders to arrest anyone in the city?" Mia asked, already dreading hearing the answer.
And just like she thought… the innkeeper revealed another sweet smile and replied.
"Yes, of course, he can!"
So now… instead of following him and finding an opportune moment to attack him, they had to run and hide from him?
They were no longer safe both inside and outside the cities and towns!
"Damn it." Mia bit her lips, making them redder.
She did not know why but every time they clashed with this person, she felt as if they were digging their own graves.
Not only did they suffer a loss each and every single time but their losses were also insanely punishing. If they did something, then he returned that favor ten times stronger!
Mia did not even know if they could afford to oppose him anymore. They were truly at their lowest point.
She was also very tired. They had some real-life issues to deal with as well and nothing was going their way.
It was as if they were being cornered from all directions with no way out.
Mia sighed, and then returned to her calm and composed expression before walking out of the city.
With Alex and Rey both unavailable, she decided to gather some reliable members of their guild and keep raiding dungeons to improve their overall strength.
Her slender and elegant figure looked very lonely as she alone walked out of the royal city.
Chapter 229: Let The Grind Begin!
With Talon as his ride, it only took Liam 10 seconds to reach the town and he immediately dived right in.
He had already taken a lot of detours and he couldn't afford to waste any more time.
He hurried to the central square and saw the bunch of familiar faces who were almost as eager as him.
Liam waved his hand and called forth all of them. The number of demons waiting for him had now doubled.
It looked like everybody had survived the last invasion, so there were now ten of them waiting in front of him.
All of them had big smiles on their faces, clearly very happy to see Liam.
However, when they rushed over to Liam, they saw him smiling as well and for some unknown reason, they started subconsciously sweating.
"Let's start an invasion first."
Liam continued smiling and tore open the first portal scroll without explaining much.
And thus began the never-ending grind…
Liam wore the black mask on his face and he and his team of demons started invading Xion without any break.
Since these were the special war missions, every single one of them landed the group in places filled with at least a few players.
And this time, Liam did not hold back.
He used Talon, his golems, the grenades, every single thing in his disposition, and massacred all the living breathing beings in his sight.
It did not matter if they were players, beasts, monsters, or other races, everyone was killed without any prejudice.
All the demon beasts in his team as well gained a new type of respect for him.
Liam recruited the two groups of demons alternatingly and continued doing the invasion missions without any rest.
So while his demon lackeys at least got some downtime, he continued tirelessly cutting down the enemies and engaging in battles.
Everyone couldn't help but appreciate his battle prowess and mental strength. To fight continuously like this also required a certain type of willpower.
And their squad leader definitely had that talent. Inspired by his actions, they also fought to the best of their capabilities.
They continued grinding out one mission after another and slowly but steadily, loots, gold, experience points, and contribution points began piling up.
Soon, their squad began to slowly rise to the top.
Their ranking continuously kept on increasing as they cleared missions back to back with resounding success.
And to the dismay of the envious demon beast at the token counter, Liam as well donated the maximum loot to the war chest every single time.
He was never lacking gold to begin with and now that he had all the gold he had earned from the PVP arena betting, the progress was very smooth.
In just a couple of days, the entire Thol city came to know about this new terrifying squad.
And Liam as well successfully managed to fill out his required million contribution points for the next upgrade, finally stepping out of the squad leader rank.
[Ding. Your rank has been upgraded]
[Rank: Platoon Leader] (0/100,000,000)
[Ding. You are now able to recruit up to 30 soldiers]
"100 million contribution points?" Liam coldly gazed at the notifications.
They had to run about twenty invasion missions just to gather 1 million contribution points. So a 100 million contribution points was an astronomically high number.
But this was to be expected since a platoon leader can command a huge group of 30 demon soldiers.
The next rank might have an even more terrifying amount of power and a lot of demon soldiers' lives would inevitably depend on the commander.
So a promotion from the platoon leader rank would not be easy.
But Liam wasn't all the concerned about these ranks. His main goal was to power level using these missions.
Every single level after 30 required a lot of experience points. Not to mention that Liam was at Level 40. So the experience points required for leveling up were even higher.
After grinding for 96 hours straight, he only managed to bring his current level to 42.
"Hmmm… So each level is taking about 48 hours…" Liam silently pondered.
"48 hours is one day, and considering that higher levels should be taking a bit more time… so to reach Level 50, I will need about 2 to 3 weeks."
Liam closed his eyes and sighed inwardly. That amount of time was not acceptable. That was not something he could afford right now.
"I can't waste 3 weeks in just running these invasions back to back." Liam shook his head. "Also, I don't think I will have the chance to do that."
"The main assault should be starting soon. What should I do now?" He then facepalmed, realizing that he had completely overlooked something very obvious.
"I almost missed this. Maybe I should take a break soon."
It took him 48 hours to level up once when he was a squad leader, so now that he was a platoon leader, shouldn't they be getting more experience points and also higher contribution points?
Liam closed his eyes, meditating silently to clear his mind a bit, and then made a decision.
"Ok. I should first activate another invasion mission as a platoon leader and then evaluate everything again after getting a full detailed idea about the rewards."
He went to his anti-fan who was still manning the counter and asked for the platoon invasion missions.
Since they involved teleporting more soldiers, these scrolls were different than the ones that squad leaders typically used.
"What? Why do you need these?" The demon gruffly blurted out and the next second, he abruptly stood up, almost falling down from his wooden stool.
"You already became a platoon leader?" He muttered in complete shock.
"You?" Liam cocked his head to the side.
The demon immediately stiffened up and cleared his throat. "Forgive me for my lack of manners, Sire." He muttered, his words laced with a hint of sarcasm.
He then took out some scrolls from under the desk and handed them over to Liam. "These are the platoon invasion mission scrolls."
"And each of them cost 100 gold." The demon replied with a visible glint in his eyes as if he was challenging Liam to buy dozens of these as he did before.
But Liam neither paid attention to his taunts nor his behavior. He grabbed a couple of scrolls and paid the required amount of gold.
He then returned back to the corner of the square where his 10 squad members were standing obediently.
And behind these 10 squad members, there were 20 other demons also lined up. Their team alone seemed to occupy this entire section of the central square.
When Liam walked over to them, all the demons roared together, greeting him in unison. Their voice and their faces looked like they had a lot of spirit and energy.
Liam was definitely impressed and he asked his personal team. "Did you guys recruit them?"
Hiruyu, the demon who had voluntarily taken up the task of acting like a leader stepped forward and reported to Liam.
"Yes, leader. We recruited these soldiers and I can personally vouch for their capabilities."
"Ok." Liam nodded and patted him.
He only needed more headcounts for the platoon.
It was impossible for him to pick and choose when there were these many demons so he didn't exactly mind who was selected and who wasn't.
In fact, the demon had just saved him some time and made his life easier so he gave him a silver coin and rewarded him.
"Alright. We will prepare to attack now. But before that…" Liam shouted. "Stand in groups according to what equipment you are comfortable using."
After doing multiple rounds of invasions, his bag was brimming fully with all sorts of equipment. So he wanted to distribute some to improve his team's overall strength.
While this might be an excessive expenditure, Liam did not plan on underestimating the difficulty of a platoon invasion.
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As the size of his demon army increased, he was sure that the danger and difficulty would also increase accordingly.
So he did not hold back and generously distributed the several items that he had managed to collect. Many among these were rare-grade and some even unique-grade.
But Liam still did not hold back and distributed it all.
If the stormtroopers guild leader came to know about this, he would definitely want to murder Liam even if he did not know that he was the one who swindled him out of thousands of gold coins.
The equipment he considered so precious was simply being tossed over to random underlings.
The demons also were equally surprised. Most of them were close friends and acquaintances of Liam's personal team so they all exchanged knowing glances.
They had heard a lot about this new young platoon leader and it looked like everything that they heard was true.
After these preparations were completed and the weapons were distributed to different groups, Liam also noticed that this time they had managed to recruit some casters.
Chapter 230: My Luck Is Turning
Liam did not want to miss this chance and he immediately walked over to the group of six demons.
He knew that these guys used nether to channel their magic like he used mana. So he wanted to learn more from them.
The six caster demons became alarmed seeing the leader walking towards them and they quickly greeted him.
They also answered the best they could after listening to every single question Liam had.
However, after several minutes of discussion, Liam was still at the same point as before. He couldn't grasp anything at all.
Not because he was not able to understand but because the demons did not know how to explain.
To them, everything was fairly intuitive. They have been using nether from birth. It was as easy as sensing mana. However, to Liam that was not the case.
And this dumbfounded him because he had an SSS-grade affinity to nether and only an S-grade affinity to mana.
This meant that he should be able to sense nether better than he was sensing mana. But no matter how much he tried, he wasn't succeeding.
Liam continued chatting with them a bit more, before eventually giving up and returning back to his position.
There were too many things that he had to do and he decided to focus on the important ones first, the ones that could boost his power above and beyond.
And for that, he needed to get to Level 50 first.
Clap. Clap. Liam clapped his hands and gazed coldly at the thirty demons standing in front of him. "It is time. Fight. Kill and Survive."
He then tore open the portal scroll, a blinding red light enveloping the whole group.
The next second the group of demons, Liam and Talon got teleported from the nether realm to Xion.
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"Boss, will this really work out?"
"Wait. Shut up." Victor hurriedly shushed his lackey. Approaching the two of them was the stormtroopers guild leader, Sterling.
"What Victor? What are you both talking about?" He asked casually, but from his tone and mannerisms, one could say that he was not really being that casual.
"Nothing. Nothing, guild leader." Victor awkwardly ruffled his hair. He did not dare to say anything.
Just a couple of days back, his life was almost over. He had no life, no future, nothing, and on top of that he had mountains and mountains of debts.
But then miraculously his bad luck took a turn for the better.
Just when he thought that his life was over, out of nowhere, he somehow landed a rare quest.
Victor had immediately rushed over to the tavern that his ex-guild members liked to hang out and begged and pleaded.
Finally, after he mentioned the rare quest, Sterling agreed to hear him out.
And once he did, just like he expected, he was given a second chance.
This rare quest was definitely game-changing.
If they could successfully finish this quest, then they might even be able to get their hands on a Kingdom quest or even more unique questline.
Having brought his guild such a good thing, how could he not be accepted?
However, Victor still did not dare to act arrogant. After all, he had lost too much face. He had to now pay the price for it and earn back all of it slowly and steadily.
"So is it time?" Sterling asked him.
"Yes. Yes. It should be, guild master. Any second now, I think." Victor quickly replied.
He wiped the sweat off of his forehead and turned to look around, searching for any signs of disturbance.
Including Victor, about 50 of their guild members were currently standing in a huge football field sized crater with holes like a sieve.
From within these holes, lava, smoke, and fumes burst out from time to time spilling on the nearby players and taking away chunks of their health.
However, despite the hazardous conditions, the guild group still continued to stand in this location and wait.
And this was all because of Victor's rare quest.
Since the conditions were so bad, and considering his earlier fiasco, obviously many people were not pleased with him.
But Sterling had personally taken a look at the quest and since he vouched for him, all the elites of the guild also had no other choice but to trust him and wait.
Time slowly passed and with each second, Victor grew more and more nervous.
He couldn't help but pray to all the gods in his heart to somehow help him get past this quest and obtain the reward.
All he needed was this one chance and he would be immediately back on top.
He could then chase that damned truck Derek to the ends of the earth and get his revenge by repeatedly killing him again and again.
Recently, his guild had learned of a grave spawn camping technique that could grind a player to dust and literally strip them naked.
He couldn't wait to do that to that damned guy and pay him back for all the humiliation he felt.
"Please. Please. Please. Let this go smoothly." He let out a long sigh.
And suddenly, at this exact same moment, the air crackled.
A big black spot appeared out of nowhere, the size of the spot growing rapidly like an ink blot.
"It's here! HERE!" Victor shouted at the top of his lungs.
Sterling and all the other stormtrooper guild members immediately turned to pay attention to the direction, Victor was looking at and pointing to.
They also saw the big black swirling mass of energy.
And the next second… a leg and an arm appeared from within it.
ATTACK! ATTACK! ATTACK!" Victor started shouting. He also started running towards the hole with his shield jutting out.
Seeing this, Sterling frowned because he was supposed to be the leader of the party and shout instructions but there was no time to argue about that now.
He let it slide just this once and repeated, giving out more detailed instructions.
"Attack. Tanks! front and center! Healers! Move to the back! Melee take a step back! Mages and Archers burst damage!"
The gathered guild members quickly started sending a volley of attacks. They wanted to defeat this enemy before they even appeared and had a chance to fight back.
And a couple of attacks also landed making them delighted.
However, the next second their attacks inexplicably started getting deflected, and out of nowhere, a huge golem appeared.
"What the hell is that?"
"That golem has a mana shield out! Attack it! The shield will go down automatically!"
The group did not lose their confidence on seeing the golem and everyone frantically started attacking it with vigor and ferocity.
However, during this time, the portal roared alive and several big and sturdy demon hybrids started stepping out one after the other.
Each demon looked very strong and powerful and just from looking at them, one could tell that they were not ordinary mobs.
All the gathered elite players gulped on seeing this terrifying sight.
This was it! The quest was finally alive!
They all knew about the difficulty of a rare quest and this quest was even special among such rare quests.
They scoured the forums and no one had ever gotten such a quest before.
The thing was that the quest itself wasn't all that difficult. All they had to do was defend against a horde of invading demons.
So they weren't too nervous about it. After all, they had cleared several dungeons and raids and this should not have been all that different.
But unexpectedly, these demons had a golem?
This took them by surprise but the stormtroopers was a decent guild with a solid framework. So they held their ground and focussed without losing hope.
Even though they were up and against strong and bloodthirsty demons, they continued attacking with gusto.
And then… the last person stepped out of the portal.
Everyone's face instantly fell!
The players who had been confident up until now suddenly faltered.
Because, unlike the demons, this last creature resembled a human being and his clothing and armor also pointed to the same.
And, more importantly, on his face, there was a black mask!
Chapter 231: Black masked Oni
"Sterling! This guy is that person nicknamed oni! This is his signature black mask! Call for backup. Now!" One of the frontline fighters shouted out loud, alerting everyone.
Of course, other people had also seen this as currently, every single member of their team had their eyes fixed on the portal opening.
However, they were too shocked and the tank's loud warning helped many people snap back. Sterling also responded by immediately calling for backup.
He originally thought that 50 players were overkill but now that the black-masked oni was involved, he had a feeling that even this number might not be enough.
Everyone quickly doubled back on their efforts and started giving out 200% of what they were capable of.
This quest was not going to be easy, to begin with, but now with this 'oni' involved, everything was up in the air!
Meanwhile… at the other end of the same battle…
"Oh? I am famous?" Liam smiled. He did not act rashly and first took a second to calmly observe the surroundings.
And as soon as he did, he instantly heard a familiar name.
"Victor, flank the right side. Don't let them spread out." Someone shouted.
Not to mention, the guild insignia that automatically appeared on the chest guard.
Liam couldn't help but be surprised at this random coincidence. Of all the players that he could be facing, he was up against this guild again.
Was it his fortune or their misfortune? He didn't care.
He only knew that this was a good opportunity to rob these guys again.
And also… His gaze fell on the fire plumes of the crater. They were finally able to teleport to a location with a fire-type environment!
"This should definitely have some fire essence."
Liam took another look and then quickly began their onslaught. Unlike the opposition, they did not have to strategize much.
Because their team was not the traditional tank - healer - dps combo, they really only had one form of attack!
Overwhelm the opponent with sheer strength and power and take what they want!
Liam took out the other attack golem as well and summoned it right in the middle of the enemy camp, near their healers.
Instantly, the ordered group of players fell into chaos.
The golem emotionlessly started attacking the players nearby as soon as it materialized. It only had physical attacks but every single hit from the golem was a death blow.
Both the players and the gear on them were flattened without any distinction.
"What the fuck is this?" The group of healers screamed and tried to regroup.
The dps also hammered their attacks on the new golem, immediately disregarding the old one.
However, even their combined effects did not seem to stop these two monsters.
After all, they were comparable to Level 50 bosses. So how could it be so easy for Level 30 players to deal with these metal giants?
But Liam wasn't done yet.
He did not care who his opponent was. This was the same exact strategy he had applied every single time on all of his previous missions.
He was a squad leader then. He was a platoon leader now. The enemies were greater in number and the allies were also higher.
But nothing else had changed. He used the same approach again.
He first tossed the two golems and while everyone was still struggling to deal with the two golems, he and the demon platoon started to attack.
They did not even allow the poor guys to take a breather.
Liam's figure blurred and he appeared next to the players who were low on health and were riddled with injuries and started to pick them off one by one.
Having been personally trained by him, his ten main demon soldiers also did the same.
The demons acted however they pleased and in general randomly attacked the group of humans.
And so, in less than a second, the guild group that had been properly organized fell into utter chaos and confusion.
"Don't PANIC! Used all your crowd control skills as soon as your cool down wears off!" Sterling shouted.
The mages and the shamans started casting various spells one after the other.
But just when they were about to cast the spell, lava rained from above them and fire bullets hit their face and eyes specifically, distracting them and forcing them to move.
After training for two days continuously, Liam was now much more experienced in casting multi-target spells and was even able to aim accurately to some extent.
Every single one of his attacks was almost as powerful as the golem's and each hit took at least a quarter of their health.
Moreover, they also had the numbers to match the stormtroopers guild.
The guild group had 50 on their side and the demon army had 30 on their side and of course, the two golems and Liam.
So they were more than evenly matched with the demon army, or rather the side with the 3 monsters had the absolute advantage.
However, it did not look like the stormtroopers guild was planning to take this loss by bending over backward.
Some members of the guild who were more thoroughly geared than the rest slowly started to shine.
They used a plethora of skills and items and bombarded the demons surrounding them. They also managed to deal significant damage to the two golems.
Liam noticed this and immediately took action.
The fatal flaw in their team was that they lacked healers. So they absolutely had to win by doing this kind of burst damage.
Theft is never good, try looking at 𝑏𝑒𝘥𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝘭.𝑛𝘦𝑡.
If the fight prolonged, they wouldn't have the upper hand any longer.
Liam's strategy to overcome this hurdle was to cycle the demons.
If someone's health fell below the halfway point, they were instructed to quietly retreat, someone else taking their place.
This would give them the time to use health potions and recuperate.
But this was not a long-term solution.
So Liam dashed forward to deal with these heavy hitters of the team.