Second World



1936 Chapter 1936. The Next Time

Brave King appeared where Leviathan was. Mazin did not. Mazin had perished inside Leviathan's stomach. Brave King was also in a tethered condition. It had permanent wounds that could not be healed by spells. It needed to be repaired in a technocraft facility before it could recover, so Paytowin turned it back into a techno ball and stored it.

Joe sent his spectral projections to fly down and catch the loots from Leviathan.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

"We got some nice loots there," he said when his spectral projections caught the loots down there.

"Those demons are acting weird," Paytowin said.

The demons nearby who came to aid Leviathan were now just staring blankly. They seemed to have a problem processing what had happened.

"That is by design," Wilted informed. "We made the demons as a very hierarchical society. They follow the devils with almost complete obedience, and the devils rule them by fear. If a devil is defeated, their morale will drop sharply. If it happens during a battle, the demons led by the defeated devil will receive a strong debuff that lasts several days. This is to give the defenders an easy victory against the underworld forces. After all, the highest point in a game is defeating the big boss. There is no need to prolong the struggle if the boss has been defeated."

They saw the effect going on in front of their eyes. Thelgrun's forces that were struggling earlier now seemed to advance much more easily.

"For this once, I'm glad of your design," Paytowin said. "Okay, I'm on fire! Let us go kill some demons!"

"Hold! I received a message from John Wilted said. She then stayed silent, showing a face of contemplation. The others waited.

After a while, she finally spoke, "Paytowin, Joc, you two go to the Northern Hydrurond Front to help John. They are no longer inside Hydrurond's territory. John will send you his coordinates. Anotherday and I will stay here to aid the army mop up the demons here." "Help him? That dude brought the most members. He still doesn't have enough? What about the other fronts?" Joe asked.

"Two other devils had just been vanquished not long ago." Wilted answered.

"What about Satan?" Paytowin asked.

"Ile is still alive," Wilted answered.

"Then shouldn't we go help Jack? He is alone."

"I asked the same question. John told me to trust his instruction," Wilted said. "He said we will deal with Satan once the other devils are taken care of"

"Well, he is the strategist," Joe said and shrugged.

Paytowin was hesitant, but he decided to trust John. He took out his trial disc to ask Chris to teleport him to the Secret Garden.

"Before I go. Here, this should help you two fight the demons here." Joe's spectral projections had returned. He gave Wilted one of Leviathan's loots.

"A summoning crystal," Wilted identified the item Joc gave her.

"We will be going up against another devil. Shouldn't that item be more useful to us?" Paytowin asked.

"What are we afraid of? We've already proven we can defeat a devil with just the four of us!" Joc exclaimed.

Meratis coughed by the side. Joe seemed to have forgotten that the Caelum Whale and she also fought with them.

"Ilehe," Joe scratched his head and laughed sheepishly at Meratis. "Anyway, John's side has more players with pinnacle classes. Adding the two of us, we have nothing to fear!"

Paytowin shrugged at the comment.

"Thank you," Wilted said to Joe.

"I will keepsake the rest of the loots. We can decide how to distribute them later," Joe said. Wilted nodded. She didn't mind. She trusted Joe.

Paytowin and Joe disappeared in a flash. Chris kept his promise. Ile let them continue using his Anywhere Portal.

"Shall we?" Anotherday asked.

"Let's finish this," Wilted answered. She used the summoning crystal in her hand.

The crystal broke and released a dark mist. This mist expanded and turned into a giant. demonic creature. While demons had humanoid features, this one looked more like a beast. A beast closely resembling a dragon.

"What monster is this?" Anotherday asked.

"It's an Archfiend," Wilted answered. "It is one of the top wilderness monsters in the underworld, Almost every one you encounter will be an eternal grade."

As for the one they summoned, it was a level 98 eternal grade. The archfiend growled as it watched the nearby demons. The demons were already at a loss about what to do after Leviathan's demise. This archfiend's presence unsettled them even more. They knew how fearsome an archfiend was, considering it was a monster they tended to avoid in the underworld.

The archfiend uttered a thundering roar before charging forward, Black mists followed its movements. Anotherday, Wilted, and Meratis advanced with the summoned monster.

At Southern Aurebor Front, Four Winds and the others continued to battle Asmodeus. It was almost two days since they fought the devil. Victory was nowhere in sight.

The Verremor army, the native adventurers, and the players did their best to deal with the demon army. The Radiant Peafowl also returned, but it didn't fight Asmodeus. It helped the defenders block the demons so Four Winds and the others could focus on Asmodeus. Yet, they still couldn't defeat the devil.

Water Lily sent the best of her guild members with classes branching from the healer class to help Four Winds, but they were thinning. As time passed, it was also more and more difficult to stop the demons from interfering with their battle against Asmodeus. The demons had more numbers, after all.

As for Asmodeus himself, he did not possess an insane HP pool like Leviathan. So, under normal circumstances, it shouldn't take this long if Four Winds' team continued to land damage on him as they did when their battle started. The problem turned out to be one of Asmodeus' heads.

The head that troubled them was the snake head on Asmodeus' tail. From Wilted's info, they knew the snake head could devour a target to heal himself. This ability had a long cooldown, though. If they were careful, they could stop this ability from taking effect. It happened the first time because Four Winds was careless. Ile was more vigilant after that, but the snake head had something else up its sleeve.

It turned out the snake head could cast spells as well. This was something Wilted was not aware of. It was either the effect of the random features or Asmodeus learned to do so by himself when this game world became real.

The worst thing was, all the spells the snake head possessed were recovery spells. It was due to these recovery spells Asmodeus could sustain such a long fight even when the defenders stopped all demon healers from approaching the devil,

When one of Asmodeus' three bodies dropped to half IIP, the three recombined into Chimera Asmodeus. The snake-head spammed recovery spells non-stop, then. After his HP recovered to a certain degree, it divided again and fought on three separate fronts. This

cycle went on repeatedly.

"Damn it! We can't go on like this!" Blackhole cursed.

Four Winds didn't know what to say. Ile had the same thought, but they never managed to bring Asmodeus' IIP down past forty percent. Their army was thinning. If this continued, they would be wiped out. They had abandoned the defensive walls. All support personnel had retreated. They had past the point of no return a long time ago. They had to win! Yet, Four Winds was out of ideas.

He gripped his axe tightly. His confidence was faltering. Despite that, he couldn't show his feelings. His many years of experience as a guild leader had taught him to put on a brave and confident front even in the most impossible situation. Yet, he truly saw no way to turn the table around this time.

'Don't worry. The next time they recombine will be the last! He received a message from Leavemealone.

'What do you mean...?' Four Winds asked.

Leavemealone didn't respond. Asmodeus was in his split form. Each of them, except for Blackhole, was taking on one of Asmodeus. Four Winds was now fighting Dragon Asmodeus. The three Asmodeus changed the opponents they faced every time they split. The devil seemed to try his luck by doing this. Fortunately, Four Winds and the others were all

experts. They adjusted their battle style to accommodate their opponents. They didn't get confused just because their opponents changed style.

Out of the three Asmodeus, Four Winds preferred fighting Dragon Asmodeus. His class and bloodline were most suitable against an enemy that relied on brute force.

His body was in a giant state due to the Titan's Strength. He also had God's Fury active. In terms of raw strength, he still lost to Dragon Asmodeus, but he had martial arts. With the two skills boosting his strength to cope against Dragon Asmodeus' overwhelming strength, he used skillful moves to outmaneuver Asmodeus.

He used Ghost Step very often. Murong had taught him this movement art long ago, but he never had a chance to master it due to his busy schedule. Only recently did he achieve a breakthrough in this martial art when training inside the Space-time Chamber. He used this Ghost Step to dodge Dragon Asmodeus' blows and get to advantageous positions where he could counterattack.

Dragon Asmodeus couldn't make sense of this art. He thought at first it was a skill, but he became more confused since there seemed to be no cooldown whatsoever to this skill. In the end, he could only cope with Four Winds' mystifying movements by casting spells that deal AOE damage, even if the spell hit himself. He was trading life with Four Winds. "I low long do you think you can go on like this?" the bull head mocked. "I can do this all

week long. Can you?"

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