Chapter 175: 175
The sun that was gathering in the air shocked and intimidated all people, regardless of species . Its presence and magnificence directly suppressed all thoughts of fighting or fleeing .
But that was only for a few seconds . Rina's face had turned black when she realized that the skill had such an absurd casting time .
30 minutes!
This would already be annoying in the real world, much less in Boundless where the presence of stats and items made people do everything faster or smarter . Combat which might last 5 minutes in the real world could be over in less than 5 seconds in Boundless .
Who was going to sit there and patiently wait for Rina to finish?
The shock and awe of the giant sun soon wore off on the void monsters' side, and they began to focus on Rina as their aggro shifted . Now that the previous army of the Allied Guilds had been wiped out, it was Draco's bunch of players who were closest .
They roared and rushed at Draco . The players behind him felt chilled just from the sight of these aberrant monsters with no concrete form that only numbered in the tens of thousands coming towards them .
For comparison, the players behind Draco were just about 1 million, yet they got intimidated by a bunch of monsters they outnumbered many times .
It couldn't be helped, as they had witnessed these same monsters rip an army of almost 170,000 to shreds in seconds, when their numbers had only reached a mere thousand at best .
The problem was, many of these monsters continued to emerge from the portable portal with each passing second, turning the situation worse and worse .
However, was Supernova the only skill that Draco had which had a large AOE? Far from it!
Draco unsheathed Fragarach and used its active skill for the first time .
Lugh's Might!
「Active 1 – Lugh's Might: Swing the blade down with unparalleled force, dealing 500% sword damage over a large area . Cooldown: 3 days . 」
500% sword damage over a large area was a scary concept, when one considered that Draco's practical damage with a sword was - at minimum - 30,000 .
Draco followed the motions of the active skill, which was to raise Fragarach into the sky and rise into the air like an angel ascending to heaven .
Lugh was the original owner of Fragarach and his heroism had granted the blade unparalleled status in history, as well as reality . It was infused with bits of his will, so Draco found that the actions were similar to what he'd expect Lugh to do .
Draco rose to an impressive height - with the help of Fragarach's ability to control the wind - and stopped . Then, he suddenly spun Fragarach in mid-air and shouted .
"For the light!"
He fell to the earth with rapid force, the blade of Fragarach gleaming with a grayish energy that seemed to be able to cut an onlooker with just its visual presence .
As for the void monsters, they could not claim such benefits happily . The sword energy washed over them, dealing abhorrent damage to every single one within range .
The Void Monsters were immune to physical attacks and extremely resistant to magic attacks, so Draco had imbued all his stuff with Aetheric Energy . However, he hadn't done so for Fragarach because there was no need to .
「Passive 1 – Unstoppable Force: No armor or defense can stop this blade . 」
It didn't matter whether one was immune to damage or not, everything would be pierced through by Fragarach . Unless you somehow acquired Divine armor, even if you were fully equipped in Legendary armor, it would mean dogshit in front of this blade .
As such, the Void Monsters felt the full damage of the active skill .
-225,000!
There were four kinds of Void Monsters . The Void Fodder with 15,000 HP, the Void Monster with 150,000 HP, the Void Killer with 1,500,000 HP and the Void Destroyer with 15,000,000 HP .
Draco's single skill killed almost every single Void Fodder and Void Monster, while damaging the Void Killers and the Void Destroyers .
His experience gain was massive, as he got 541% from just one attack at his level . This was proof of how lucrative it would be to hunt void monsters compared to normal monsters, but the truth was that hunting void monsters was impossible .
One could only hunt them with a group, and even then, one would need to use Aetheric Energy to imbue their weapons as well as armor . Putting aside the value of an Aether Crystal, where could mainstream players find a person to imbue their items?
And even if they found such a person, just how much would they charge?
Not everyone could have a handy reincarnator around to always know what to do and how to do it . The reason why Draco ignored every other player except those in Kamisuo, Desecrators, and Meiren was because they were fodder at best .
Sure, there might be a hidden gem somewhere among them, but they would have to come to Umbra for polishing, otherwise, it would take ages for one to grow by themselves .
Even if one were to rise to become famous, whatever the normal playerbase could achieve after a decade would take them merely a year .
They came to the battlefield knowing jack shit about their enemies, with typical armor and weapons without Aetheric Imbuement . Even worse, most of their stuff was either Common Rank or Trash-tier . Some of the better ones had Uncommon items, but that wouldn't make a difference in this fight .
Draco placed all that experience into Pair Dadeni, bringing it to 1,555% out of 50,000% . The players who were with him in battle, the spectators in the crowd and the remnants of the Allied Guilds were greatly astounded by Draco's actions .
In just one attack, he had killed so many monsters that had seemed unbeatable . What did this mean? It meant that he was either too strong, or the monsters were too weak!
Judging from how they had ripped apart a whole army on their own, it could only mean that Draco was too strong, right?
However, only a select few made this conclusion . A great many reasoned to themselves that they could handle the monsters as well if they fought cleverly .
Sure, Draco was strong, but they weren't weak either! They could also put up a fight, because they were players! They also had a numerical superiority over the monsters .
In this world, there naturally existed intelligent people and then there were fools . The two were present in any gathering of human beings, so they each repped their side appropriately with their thinking and actions .
Draco returned to his position with Umbra and watched as many of the other players rushed into battle . He didn't take and step forward, and every member of the four guilds just watched on with slight smiles .
Those elite and expert players stayed behind to watch how the pro and below players who had eventually come to follow them handled the monsters . In a matter of minutes, their inquisitive expressions morphed into one of horror .
The players who rushed to battle were unilaterally destroyed on contact by the Void Killers, as well as the new Void Fodder and Void Monsters who arrived through the portal every second .
They weren't even able to deal damage . All their attacks registered as -0 without fail, no matter if it was from ranged classes, melee classes or even spells . Their skills also did diddly squat, making the situation very tense .
Hundreds of thousands of players who had charged into the midst of the abyssal entities were killed with a single hit from the Void Monsters, their armor reminiscent of toilet paper .
Draco laughed as this occurred . So many players would be suffering from horrifying death penalties that would see their accounts become almost useless .
Of course, the first death under a void monster wasn't so punitive .
It was subsequent deaths under the same medium that was destructive . These entities of the Null Realm corrupted the matter that made up all living things from the material realm .
Umbra, Kamisuo, Desecrators, and Meiren stood still - along with some clever elite and expert players - while these hefty amounts of players were slaughtered and unfairly punished .
They did not even look like they were willing to make a move to save those players, and this chilled the spectators .
Just like in the real world, the strongest party was expected to carry those at the bottom 'for the good of us all' . Whether it involved countries, societies or even families, the 'strongest' were the ones everyone relied on - whether they liked it or not .
In such a manner, everyone expected Umbra - the number 1 guild - to protect everyone and handle this catastrophe . However, Umbra stood aside and laughed while players were ripped apart, even though they had the firepower to stop this .
For the first time since Umbra's formation, players finally understood what kind of guild this was, as well as the kind of person the number 1 player of the world was .
When the mass of players who rushed to fight were culled by the Void Monsters, Draco nodded to Riveting Night . The Lady Boss who had become lowkey ever since Draco returned from the Flora and Fauna quest showed exactly why she was the object of the Guildmaster's obsession .
First, she activated one of her most powerful, but never before used active skills .
Light of the World!
「Active 1 – Light of the World: Activating this skill allows the user to summon the Heaven's Eye to send out a giant beam of light energy . Cooldown: 7 days . 」
In the skies above the hanging sun, a giant eye spawned . The attention of every living thing was captured by this all-encompassing eye that looked like it could see all .
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