XXV The End of the Battle

Adi's POV,

Drona blew into another horn, raised his arm upwards and action'd the forces to attack. He told, "Do not kill these people! They will only revive! Death is but an easy way out for them!"

The chariots were the first to move ahead.

With these forces here, we may be able to clear the field in a few more hours. The players are no match for the army.

Among the chariots is mine. I hop onto it instantly. Firing arrows just got a whole lot easier with much more breathing space and a higher ground. The players who were so smog minutes ago when I was at the breaking point now cower in fear as I race at them, rendering then unconscious before they can even say, "S*#t!"

We fought for a few more hours at full strength. Had this battle taken place one month later, the fight might as well have lasted eighteen days and we'd call it the great Hastinapura Revolt. It would probably become an important event in player history marking that the players were reaching the level where they could transcend NPCs. We'd be branded as villains. I suppose Ananth and Ayush whom Charles and Dharmendra must have beaten as they would have come for me if they were still in fighting condition, would probably be branded as brave martyrs by the players who will play this game twenty years from now.

Regardless that isn't the case.

We will probably still be branded as villains a few years down the lane but, meh! This battle thus far would have at least earned me five levels if I were killing each player I put down. I put down 5 players every two seconds. That translates to 150 players a minute, 9000 players an hour. Considering that I have been fighting for 8 hours, I've got at least 72K players. Considering an average level of players as 200, I get 200*100 standard exp for each kill. So an average of 20000 exp per kill. Totally that means I would've gotten 1.44 billion exp. To raise a level from n to n+1 you need 50n(50(n+1)) exp. In my case that translates to four and a half levels. I could do the same in inner fifteen minutes when I am one with fire as I can continually use weapons that cause destruction on the scale of missiles. I'm quite sad that I can't cash in on this. Regardless, the fight was worth it. I gained loads of experience with close combat.

Four hours later,

We finally cleared this field of battle. It was a gruesome battle that almost led to my death more than once, almost killed the others who were with me. I just don't know where Rahaas is or what happened to the guy. Hopefully he isn't dead.

All the players were ferried off into the prison once more. There were some who willingly surrendered were left on probation.

Bhisma comes to the front and addresses the players.

He says, "All the players who tried to attach the fort of Hastinapura will receive punishment for their actions. Those who helped out Hastinapura shall receive apt rewards. Firstly, for their brilliant efforts in the battle, I award Aditya, Karthik and Dharmendra equivalent exp as they would receive for killing as many people as they put down."

Considering that I fought for twelve hours, I receive 2.16 billion exp. My level rises to 362! I look at Charles. His level has also risen to 362. I don't know Dharmendra's because his isn't visible to me like Charles. I suppose he got a lot. But where in the hell is Rahaas! "Secondly, Hastinapura awards the same to Rahaas and also awards him there position of Maharathi in the Hastinapura army should he accept. I award him the title- 'The First New Maharathi' for he singlehandedly took down one half of the enemy forces. It is an achievement deserving the title of Atimaharathi. Prove your worth once more and we shall award you with the position of AtiMaharathi."

Whaaaaaatttt!??