Second World-Novel



As the demonic horde continued to pour out of the ominous gate, Jack and the others received a message from David.

"Sorry, I couldn't activate the disaster item at the coordinates you requested. The spot is a bit off," David informed.

Jack opened his map and looked at the coordinates David sent. Originally, they wanted to detonate the disaster item closer to the station cave hall instead of the palace gate. This way, the demonic horde would arrive at the station hall first, so he didn't have to wait too long to make use of the horde and strike the command base.

The place where the demon gate had appeared was instead slightly closer to the palace gate. This meant the horde would arrive at the palace gate first before this station hall he was at.

"One more thing…," David said. "Ronald saw me use the item."

"Shit," Jack cursed. Ronald should know what the item was. This meant the element of surprise was no more.

Of course, because some enemies were roaming around the capital looking for Dogs of War members, they would have found out before the horde arrived at either the palace gate or the station hall. But if they only saw the demons without knowing where exactly this horde came from, the confusion would still be effective. They might consider it an anomaly without realizing the demons would become stronger as time passed. Now, they knew exactly what they were dealing with.

"Never mind. We can't expect everything to go smoothly," Jack replied to David. "If you can, go to the palace gate. But prioritize safety, don't get killed by the demon you unleashed. I will take care of the command base here."

Jack ended the communication and asked Peniel, "The disaster item lasts five hours, right?"

"That's correct," Peniel confirmed. "The demons will stop coming out after five hours but they will continue to rampage for another two hours before disappearing."

"Five hours are more than enough time for the demons to arrive at either the palace gate or this station hall," Jack said. "David is level 71, so the initial demons that come out will be basic level 71, correct?"

"Yes," Peniel replied.

"The last time, the disaster item's last boss was a rare elite twenty-five levels above the user's level. So, the boss here will be a level 96 rare elite demon?" Jack asked. He didn't think any player at this stage could fight against such a high-level boss. Even a country's strongest native like the lord marshalls would also not able to.

"The higher the user's level, the shorter the disaster item's level range," Peniel informed. "When the user has a level of 30 or below, the monsters appearing will have a range from the user's level to twenty-five levels above him. From levels 31 to 55, the level range is twenty levels above the user's level. From 56 to 80, the range is fifteen levels. Above level 81, the range is only ten levels. But of course, the monster's levels will never go past level 99. So, if the user is a level 99, then all the monsters appearing will be level 99."

"So, the final boss for our disaster item will be a level 86 rare elite?"

"No, if the user's level range is 56 to 80, the final boss is a mythical grade. If the user's level is above 81, the final boss will be an eternal grade."

"Level 86 mythical grade… It is as strong as Emris," Jack muttered. Emris had increased a level recently due to the Mass Drill.

"Since David uses the disaster item close to the palace gate, the final boss will most likely head there. It will go to the closest concentration of enemies."

"Okay, let's warn Jeanny," Jack said. "Whatever the outcome of this battle, Thelgrun will not be happy about us using the disaster item inside his capital. The capital will be heavily damaged."

There were also scarce civilians. Jack couldn't do anything about them. He hoped they could find a place to hide throughout this disaster. If he saw ones in need of help, he would help, but he wouldn't go out of his way to search for them. He had duties to fulfill.

"What will you do?" Peniel asked. "Linda would most likely hear about the disaster item by now. They might be preparing to move away as we speak."

"Too bad the archdemon lord and Arlcard are unavailable… I will use my incorporeal state again," Jack said. "Hopefully Linda stays until the underworld demons arrive. If not, then I guess I have no choice but to take the risk and rush in." 

*

Outside, the evening was approaching. Master watched the Themisphere army approach.

"Here they come again," Spring Crown remarked.

"How meaningless. They keep on playing hit-and-run," Oberon said. "Let the zombie army deal with them again."

After the repeated light assaults from the Themisphere army, Linda decided to assign the zombie army to the front line. The zombie army didn't have emotion nor did they get tired. They won't feel upset by the harassment. Themisphere army could repeat their pointless attack as many times as they liked. It won't bother the undead. The attacks would just serve to weaken their own instead.

"Get ready…," Master said.

"The zombie army is already in position," Oberon said.

"I'm not talking about the zombie army," Master said.

"Yeah… Looks like it's different this time," Spring Crown agreed.

During the previous assaults, the Themisphere army split into smaller armies with fast movement and harassed them at different points. At this moment, they advanced as they did on the first engagement yesterday. The Themisphere's three armies advanced slowly at the same pace.

Master sent a message to Linda, who watched the enemy's movement from his projection map. She agreed it was not a light jab this time.

"They would probably just retreat again after fighting for a while like yesterday," Oberon said. He didn't believe the enemy was going to go all out.

"If they do, then that is fine," Master said. "We do not need to waste our effort on them. We just need to keep them away until the palace inside is breached."

"I don't think so. I think they are attacking for real," Spring Crown said. Among the three armies, he saw player's guild armies.

A loud horn was heard from the Themisphere army. The Themisphere's three armies picked up their speed. They were charging.

Ranged attacks started flying between the Liguritudum and Themisphere armies. Their melees soon engaged one another. Master was about to engage when he received an urgent report from Linda.

"I've just received a message from Ronald. He said one of the Dogs of War's members just used a disaster item inside Balgadur!"