Chapter 402: A One-Man Army (4)

Even a level 1 beginner started the game with 100 HP. If the damage was 1, it meant even a level 1 beginner would need to be hit one hundred times to die.

“Th-that’s impossible.”

“Only one point of damage went through?”

The moment they realized that, the enemies froze. The hands holding their weapons wouldn’t move forward.

Meanwhile, Kai reached out and twisted an enemy’s neck.

“You idiots! What are you doing? Attack!”

The Black Dragon guild members reluctantly launched their attacks at their unit leaders’ command. Dozens of weapons struck Kai’s body, and hundreds of skills bombarded him.

Let’s see how it goes.

Kai stood still and didn’t dodge a single attack, enduring all the attacks with his body. Then he checked his health after about thirty seconds passed.

299,645 / 300,200

“Congratulations. You landed 825 attacks and dealt 555 damage.”

“Th-this is insane...”

“The damage isn’t enough!”

“Forget everything else—what the hell is this guy’s magic resistance...?”

Kai’s Magic Resistance was currently at 101.5%. In other words, killing him with magic was virtually impossible.

“Don’t panic!” Wang Ryu-In, captain of the second unit Black Warrior Unit, raised his voice, “Wizards, switch to support and binding skills instead of attack spells! Everyone else, just stab him! It doesn’t matter if you die! Deal at least 1 damage! We have millions on our side. If each person hits him once before dying, that’s millions of damage! There’s no way he gets out alive!”

“R-right...!”

“

Yeah

, I just need to land one hit even if I die...”

The hopeful Black Dragon guild members rushed at Kai again as if they were players who had figured out the strategy.

Like moths to a flame.

But Kai smiled mischievously as he watched them.

“Hope means wishing for something that doesn’t exist in the present.”

The philosopher Nietzsche once claimed that hope was the worst kind of evil because it prolonged human suffering. And at this very moment, Kai agreed with him.

So I’ll ease your suffering.

The moment Kai snapped, his entire body became enveloped in a soft golden divine light.

Energy Shield.

Energy Shield was a Legendary-grade skill he had acquired after defeating Archduke Kinessa in the Demon Realm. Its effect was so incredible that even Kai had been left speechless.

This can block even Angol Moa's full power five times over.

Of course, Energy Shield consumed Holy Power. A massive amount was consumed each second just to maintain it, and more was consumed each time damage was taken.

But that’s nothing.

He had as much Holy Power as an endless sea.

Kai smirked and swung his Holy Sword wide from left to right. The enemies' torsos flew through the air, like a lawn mower running across a field. At the same time, a few system messages popped up.

Ding!

[Reaper of the Battlefield effect has activated.]

[Stamina has slightly recovered.]

[Holy Power has slightly recovered by slaying enemies.]

Nice.

It felt like he had become a train that would never stop. No enemy could stop him and not one person had managed to block even a single strike of his sword. Kai used his left foot as a pivot and spun around. The dozens of weapons flying toward him only struck the afterimages he left behind.

“

Uhh

...”

“M-move! Get back!”

“Fuck, who stepped on my foot?!”

Their overwhelming numbers ended up working against them. Unlike Kai who moved freely, they were bumping into each other and unable to get around properly.

Rats in a trap.

Kai stepped on the knee of a nearby Black Dragon guild member and launched himself into the air.

“

Huh?!

”

“He’s above us! Hit him while he’s midair!”

The sky over the plains darkened for a moment as countless arrows filled the air.

“Arrows? You’ll regret that.”

“

Huh

...?”

“W-why are the arrows...?”

The tens of thousands of arrows that had been flying toward Kai suddenly veered upward into the sky. At the same time, Kai also rapidly soared up and vanished into the clouds.

“U-Unit leader, what do we do?”

The Black Dragon guild members who had lost their target stood awkwardly and stared at one another. At that moment, the arrows that had vanished with Kai into the clouds began to return. They came back at tremendous speed and rained down on the tight formation.

“Raise your shields!!!”

At Wang Ryu-In’s shout, the players lifted their shields. An enormous number of arrows embedded themselves densely into the shields.

W-what kind of damage is this...

Did 420 arrows just come in at once?

Gulp, I would have been dead if I didn’t have a shield.

The players who barely survived let out sighs of relief. However, it was gruesome for those who hadn’t prepared a shield or played a class without one to begin with. Kai had dropped tens of thousands of arrows into a narrow area, and those without shields took dozens to hundreds or even thousands of arrows to the body which ultimately meant death. Thousands of players turned into polygons and vanished from a single attack.

Wang Ryu-In gritted his teeth at the sight. His grip on his sword tightened without him realizing, but he couldn’t stop the arrow attack. If the large Black Dragon army wanted to attack a single target, ranged attacks were essential, especially since their opponent took no damage from magic.

There’s no way to deal damage from a distance if I also pull back the archers.

Wang Ryu-In eventually stuck to the current plan. “Keep firing and stay vigilant!”

But that was only possible when there was a target to stay vigilant of.

Come to think of it...?

Wang Ryu-In wore a startled expression. The arrows had returned from the clouds, but Kai still hadn’t appeared.

“Wait, no way...”

It had already been revealed in the

Dungeon of the Absolute

that Kai could use magic.

Hellfire...!

It was a skill with a long casting time. No matter how skilled Kai was, there was no way he could focus on such a long cast while facing millions.

“Scatter! Everyone scatter! A spell’s going to fall soon!”

Wang Ryu-In screamed at the top of his lungs, but the Black Dragon army couldn’t move easily. After all, there weren’t just a few of them—there were hundreds of thousands crammed into that space.

Fwoooosh!

At that moment, the clouds burst open and four massive fireballs appeared. Even at a considerable distance, the heat could be felt above their heads.

“Intercept them!!!”

At Wang Ryu-In’s command, the Black Dragon soldiers unleashed all their ranged skills toward the fireballs. Hundreds of thousands of arrows filled the sky and flew toward them.

At that moment, Kai revealed himself from behind the clouds. Though he was far away, Wang Ryu-In could clearly see the wide grin on his face.

He’s smiling...? Wait, don’t tell me—!

A large bead of sweat rolled down Wang Ryu-In’s temple.

Hellfire... It isn’t moving.

Kai had never intended to attack with Hellfire in the first place, which meant there was only one thing he was aiming for.

“Ranged... skills...!”

Wang Ryu-In realized his mistake, but it was too late.

Kai watched the hundreds of thousands of ranged skills flying through the air and snapped.

The world froze. The whistling arrows, the searing flames, and the piercing ice spears—all froze midair. Everything hung in the air, waiting for Kai’s command.

“There’s a story from

Records of the Three Kingdoms

you guys seem to like.”

Zhuge Liang tricked Cao Cao’s army and gathered 100,000 arrows in a single night.

“If you learn something, you should put it to use.”

The hundreds of thousands of skills that had been suspended in midair began to turn around and fly back toward their original casters. Standing in the air as if nailed into the sky, Kai crossed his arms and looked down on the Black Dragon army. In front of his somewhat arrogant gaze, Hellfire and the rest of the hundreds of thousands of skills began to fall like meteors.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

With sounds like a full-scale bombing, the earth shook violently.

“What a sight,” Kai muttered to himself without realizing it as he watched the scene unfold.

The four Hellfires that touched the ground didn’t burn out and continued to consume the Black Dragon army. The hundreds of thousands of skills were used to land the finishing blows on the burning soldiers.

“Even the XP gain isn’t bad.”

Even though the enemies were over 200 levels lower than him, he had just massacred tens of thousands. No matter how low the XP gained from one, Kai’s XP bar jumped up by 30% in an instant.

"Alright, time to get serious now."

Kai moved toward Wang Ryu-In, who barely survived the bombardment. With a smooth motion, the blade of his Holy Sword extended and pointed directly at him.

“W-what’s this...?” Wang Ryu-In, who lately came to his senses, asked.

The trembling in his voice made it clear that his earlier confidence was gone.

“Guillotine. It’s the name of the skill I’m about to use on you. Do you know what it means?”

Wang Ryu-In growled. “What kind of nonsense are you suddenly—”

He already knew that guillotine meant executioner’s blade.

“Then moving on to the next question. Are you the strongest player in the Black Dragon army?”

“...Yes.”

Of course, that was how the world saw it. In truth, Xao Lin was far stronger than him, but he chose to keep quiet about that.

If this guy lets his guard down, the Master's chances of winning will go up.

Therefore, he opened his shoulders and chest wide and drew his sword, as if trying to show off that he was the strongest player in the Black Dragon army. He threw the shield he had been holding behind him. Then he gripped his long greatsword with both hands, burning with fighting spirit.

"No need for words. Come at me."

It was a pretty cool line. Even the surrounding Black Dragon guild members slightly backed away to give the two of them a proper stage.

Ridiculous.

However, Kai had never intended to waste time on a boring one-on-one duel with someone like Wang Ryu-In. Kai dashed forward leaving behind a blur, and his sword slashed across Wang Ryu-In’s chest.

A-absurd speed...!

Wang Ryuin, who had once faced Xao Lin, heard alarm bells going off in his head.

If he’s this fast, even Master might...!

Fear quickly spread across his eyes like a drop of dye in clear water.

Kai then suddenly brought up the question from earlier, "The answer to that question from earlier—to get decapitated."

I already know that much.

Annoyed, Wang Ryu-In tried to shout, but no sound came out as Kai’s second slash had already completely severed his neck.

𝑓𝑟ℯ𝘦𝓌𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝑐ℴ𝓂

"Just two strikes."

Kai had taken down the second-in-command of the Black Dragon army with only two attacks, and let out a quiet laugh.

***

Xao Lin sat on the high throne his subordinates had prepared and looked out over the battlefield. Suddenly, the armrest of the throne crumbled.

Wang Ryu-In... got taken out?

What mattered wasn’t that he had been defeated. The point was that it happened with only two attacks.

Even I would need more than that...

Xao Lin’s mind became filled with thoughts. A sense of unease that Kai might be even stronger than he had imagined crept over him. His trembling eyes shifted toward the message window.

[Guild member Wang Ryu-In has died.]

[Guild member Weirang has died.]

[Guild member Xingqiu has died.]

[Guild member Lei has died.] .

.

.

[Guild member count decreased by 100.]

[All stats decreased by 0.1.]

“W-what...”

When a person had too much, they often failed to notice the small things. That was exactly the case for Xao Lin. He had been too focused on Kai and neglected the battles unfolding to his left and right. By then, an undead army had risen upon the area where the dullahan army were rampaging. The dullahans were leading thousands of skeletons and massacring his allies.

As he turned his head, the situation on the opposite flank came into view. Each time the Sea Dragon fired its water cannon, dozens of his troops vanished without resistance. On top of that, even the vampire and lizardman were steadily taking down one or two at a time.

“And that one is...”

Mimic’s form began to change at the perfect time. It fully took on the form of Zatan, the boss monster that once annihilated even Nihonichi, one of the former top ten guilds.

“This can’t go on.”

Growing uneasy, Xao Lin shot up from his seat.

He ordered all the guild members around him, “Full advance! Hold Kai in place. In the meantime, I’ll...”

He looked to the right. It was where the undead’s festival was in full swing.

“I’ll take care of the dullahan army myself.”

Xao Lin decided to show the world his true strength.