Chapter 1535: Kingdom Alarmed
Chapter 1535 â Kingdom Alarmed
The surviving team members cheered joyously as the Orc Warlord and Orc General froze and collapsed.
It had an intense battle.
Although the Mythic Orcs hadnât had much HP remaining, they wouldâve likely fallen to the Bossesâ attacks if Shi Feng hadnât used another Tier 4 Magic Scroll near the end of the battle. The melee players hadnât even been able to approach the Orcs to attack near the end of the battle, and the Orcs rapid attacks blocked most, if not all, of the ranged playersâ attacks.
Shi Feng breathed a sigh of relief.
Although he had activated Void Shield to cover his lack of defense in the end, the Mythic Orcsâ attacks were too powerful. They had only needed a few short seconds to deplete the Void Shieldâs energy by more than half. Had he not activated Void Shield, the two Mythic Orcs wouldâve diced him into mincemeat before he had a chance to strike.
Meanwhile, the surviving playersâ experience barse rose rapidly after the Orc Warlord and Ord General fell. Even Shi Feng, who was a Level 60 player, watched his experience bar increase.
In the blink of an eye, he rose from Level 60 to Level 61. Eventually, his experience bar settled at 7% of Level 61. The rest of the survivors watched their experience bars increase by a larger margin. On average, every survivor leveled up at least twice. The players below Level 50 rose leveled up three times. The insane amount of EXP the two Mythic Bossesâ deaths had awarded stupefied Zero Wingâs players.
The two Orcs had also dropped a large pile of loot. At a glance, they had easily dropped over 100 items. Although it was not a jackpot, it was a bountiful harvest for killing two Level 50-plus Mythic monsters.
As everyone shifted their attention towards the loot, the sound of a system notification reached their ears.
Star-Moon Kingdom Region System Announcement: Congratulations to Zero Wing for killing the Orc Warlord and stopping the Orc armyâs invasion on Bewildering Forest Town! Rewarding 30,000 Guild Popularity, 100 Guild Influence in Star-Moon Kingdom, and 50,000 Guild Honor Points.
The system announcement repeated three times, echoing in every playerâs ears in Star-Moon Kingdom.
âDidnât they say that the Orc army in Bewildering Forest Town was unstoppable? How did Zero Wing defeat it?â
âThis is impossible! I just came back from Bewildering Forest Town. There were millions of Orcs assaulting the town. The army even had siege weapons and Mythic Bosses. Zero Wing must have cheated somehow!â
A commotion erupted over the system announcement; no one could believe it was true.
They had all witnessed the hellish scene in Bewildering Forest Town. Even if they gathered every elite player in Star-Moon Kingdom, they might fail to defend the town, let along Zero Wingâs small team. The Orc army wasnât a force current players had hope of stopping, yet Zero Wing had succeeded. The system announcement had to be a joke.
âWhatâs going on? What has Zero Wing been doing?â Galaxy Past, who rested in Star-Moon City, was dazed when he saw the announcement.
Nobody had a clearer understanding of the situation in Bewildering Forest Town than him. By the time he had left, Bewildering Forest Town had held on by a thread. The walls and magic array protecting the town had been about to collapse, yet shortly after the Star Alliance had withdrawn, Zero Wing had defeated the Orc army.
That was an army of several million Orcs they were talking about!
Even slaughtering several million defenseless pigs would take more time than it took for Zero Wing defeat the army. Furthermore, the Orc army had been led by three Mythic ranked Orc Generals. Even if these three Mythic Orcs stood still and did nothing, Zero Wingâs 1,000-man team would need a very long time to kill them.
âIâve already sent some people to investigate the matter, Guild Leader, but based on our reports, it doesnât seem that anyone saw what happened in Bewildering Forest Town. We only know that Zero Wingâs team remained in the town. Meanwhile, we still canât reach any of our spies. By the looks of it, they must have died. Weâll need to wait for them to resurrect before we can learn more about the situation,â Flourishing Willow reported, a confused look on her face.
She could not figure out what Zero Wingâs 1,000 players had done. Not only had they held off an assault of several million Orcs, but they had also slain the Orc Warlord commanding the army.
They felt as if the system were playing a trick on them.
Meanwhile, inside Heavenâs Burialâs Residence, Singular Burial, who had been preparing to set out for the Orc Empire, fell silent when he heard the system announcement.
âCould the town have hidden a secret weapon?â A complex expression surfaced on Singular Burialâs face as he read the system announcement. âWe shouldâve waited longer if that were the case.â
Regret and envy overwhelmed Singular Burial.
Just the 50,000 Guild Honor Points could make him drool, not to mention the Guild Influence.
Despite mingling in the Orc Empire for so long, Heavenâs Burial had only accumulated a little over 30,000 Guild Popularity, 10,000 of which had been obtained after capturing an Orc town. As for Guild Honor Points, which were required to hire NPC mercenaries, the Guild had only earned a little over 20,000.
Guild Honor Points werenât like the Contribution Points players could earn by killing Orcs and completing quests related to the Orc Empire. Generally, a Guild could only earn these points when members completed quests the kingdom commissioned. Moreover, each quest usually only rewarded one to three points. To make matters worse, there was a limited number of such quests each day, and they needed to factor in the competition from other large Guilds. If not for Heavenâs Burialâs success with capturing an Orc town, it wouldnât have accumulated over 20,000 Guild Honor Points.
Yet, by defending Bewildering Forest Town, Zero Wing had earned 50,000 GHPsâŠ
With so many GHPs, he could take down Ancient Rock City even without Beast Emperorâs help. Now, however, Zero Wing had stolen the opportunity.
âZero Wing sure is lucky. Theyâve even encountered such an opportunity,â Lei Jingyang said, sneering. âBut one cannot become an overlord in Godâs Domain by relying on luck. Guild Leader Singular, letâs hurry and take action. Once we capture Ancient Rock City, Heavenâs Burial will dominate the several neighboring kingdoms.â
Although Lei Jingyang envied Zero Wingâs fortune, he was confident that Zero Wing couldnât make up for the difference between their sidesâ strengths with luck.
âAlright. Weâll stop waiting for Beast Emperorâs reply and capture Ancient Rock City.â Singular Burial nodded as he also felt a sense of urgency after the sudden development.
If Zero Wing wanted to, it could hire 15,000 NPC mercenaries with its 50,000 GHPs to help raid an Orc city. Although Zero Wing didnât have Evil Beasts or Demons, it had far more powerful siege weapons than Heavenâs Burial. Zero Wing definitely had a chance of capturing an Orc city.
Before Zero Wing set its sights on the Orc Empire, they needed to secure Ancient Rock City. Even if Zero Wing targeted an Orc city, itâd have a difficult time capturing it.
Among the numerous cities in the Orc empire, Ancient Rock City was the easiest to raid. The other cities couldnât be taken down with just ten or twenty thousand NPC mercenaries and a few siege weapons.
While Star-Moon Kingdomâs large Guilds discussed the matter, Shi Feng stood in the middle of the Orc base camp outside of Bewildering forest Town, shifting through the Mythic Bossesâ loot. Meanwhile, the surviving healers resurrected the players that had died during the battle.
Due to the Orc Warlordâs death, chaos descended upon the Orc army, and the Orcs fled in all directions. The Orc reinforcements were nowhere to be seen. As a result, Zero Wingâs members had a chance to catch their breath and rest.
While the dead resurrected, Shi Feng, who organized the pile of loot, picked up a tattered, pitch-black piece of armor.
The instant his hand touched the piece of armor, a stinging pain shot through his fingers. Even with his incredibly high Magic Resistance, his HP had fallen by 10,000 instantly.
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Shi Feng pulled his hand away from the broken armor and looked at it curiously. An ominous, crimson aura began to devour his hand.
Although his HP had stopped falling once he stopped touching the armor, he had gained a debuff that weakened him for one minute. This was inconceivableâŠ
He had touched the armor for a mere moment, yet he was in such a state. Had he held the armor for too long, he might have lost his life.