Chapter 43(End of stage 3)
The next day, defences were placed in a radius of 1km away Sith. Reina also sent some reinforcement to help. She managed to pass the stage by becoming the ruler of the ex-capital, I don't know how though.
En exposed the Earl for his deeds and was promoted into an Earl herself, passing the stage.
Ika took my advice seriously and helped many injured soldiers on the battlefield and cured a plague. The people referred to her as a goddess sent from heaven so she has the highest reputation among En and Reina.
A distant sound of a horn was heard. The scouts have found the horde of monsters chasing after us.
"They are 2km away. Estimated time of arrival to Sith, 10 minutes." Says Missou.
"Alright good enough."
I look at all the preparation. People are running here and there to prepare for the fight.
Trained swordsmen have been stationed in the middle, Tanks at the front and archers on the wall. I also hired some mercenaries skilled in AOE magic and Buff magic. This should be enough to hold off this wave of monsters.
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"Not good!!!! There's another wave charging to Sith from the forest!! We didn't place any traps or preparation there!!" Says Mino.
"Don't worry. I will handle it."
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"My lord, y-you want to take on 1000 monsters at once?!?!" Exclaims Missou.
"Why? I can't?" I ask.
"If you can, you would be a demi-god."
"Haha, then call me a demi-god then," I say, jumping down the wall.
I know that there will be two waves of monsters, one from the front, another from behind. I purposely only order preparation for the front because...
I WANT ALL OF THEIR STATS...
Running through the forest, I can hear the sound of trampling footsteps getting louder. Once the wave of monsters is visible, I immediately splash myself with a type of juice. This juice smells bad but the monsters like this smell. So this juice is perfect for an aggro.
Instantly, all of the monsters charge towards me when they smell it.
Haha!! Come at me, you weaklings!!!
Sakura!!
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Yes.
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I draw my Sakura Katana and she turns into a dual Katana.
That's what I like about her. She can be used as a single Katana or a double Katana.
Heh...this reminds me of Stage 50. Nostalgic...
The first monster dashes towards me with its club. It's a goblin. Within a split second, I decapitated it and follows up with a decapitation to the nearest monster. Bit by bit, I become an incredible, unstoppable killing machine.
None of them was able to even touch me.
"Sword art form 3!!"
I plunge my sword into the ground and slash up. The effect of that created a trench and the trench pushed the monsters into two different sides.
I then borrow the power of nature again and clash my blades, creating an intense sound wave with my sword. Its pitch is so high and piercing that the monsters immediately scream in pain as their eardrums burst and soon after, their head.
I sigh as blood drips down from my ears. This sword art form is a very powerful AOE attack but its backlash is no joke too. That's why I don't use this in real life when I am not wearing some sort of earplug.
But still, I am not done. Only one-third of the horde is cleared. Hehe...
Warm-up finished, now shall be the main show!!!!!
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*huff*...
Phew... Finally done. They are nothing compared to the monsters on stage 50. But, their numbers are the problem. I managed to kill all of them though.
I should probably go back now-
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I wanted to go back but I felt a presence watching me.
I can feel its emotion? Anger...frustration...those are directed at me. Is he or she the one behind this?
I dash towards that presence and it immediately runs off too.
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This guy's speed is on par with me huh...alright then, I will just go faster then!
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I caught up with him and decapitates him.
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Cultist killed.
49 left.
Information received:
Cult main base
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A cult huh...they must be the one behind this blood moon.
Good, they also drop information about other cultists.
I check my map and the information.
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Oh, the cult's main base is near! Nice, let me hurry up and go take care of that.
I went to the location written and arrived in a cave. After going inside, I suddenly felt chilly...quite cold in here...
I look around and find no sign of human presence. There are three dead ends too...
Using the same method I did in the first stage. I enhanced my hearing and place my ear near the wall.
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I can hear voices...bits of murmur.
I punch through the wall and it revealed an entire hall as big as a stadium.
In the middle is some sort of bone in the shape of a dragon wrapped in cloth. They are burning what seems to be human corpses. The rest of the cultists are bowing to the statue and chanting something.
Wait...
I KNOW THIS CULT!
5 months since the start of the game. A major event will happen. Some sort of dragon will spawn in the middle of nowhere and create havoc around the map. Due to its powerful insanely op stats, many players did not take part in the raid.
However, people who did receive an insane amount of reputation. Especially the ones who finish the dragon off.
Sadly, guess this game will not last for that long. I triggered the 2 months countdown.
So...
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"Who's there!" says the leader.
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"is it my imagination-"
A blade is pierced through his torso. someone threw a katana from afar.
"An Intruder! how did he find this place?!?!?"
A barrage of daggers rain from above and I appear in front of the leader, retrieve my katana and decapitate two cultists near. The rain of daggers took care of some of them and while they are so busy defending themselves from the remaining daggers in the sky, I take that opportunity and finished off everyone in one strike. Since this is the early stage, the cult is still very weak and the members consist of no more than 50...
I sigh as I keep my katana.
I feel like I'm cheating most ridiculously (You are)...the entire world's attention is now probably on me. I need to use my fake username now, I can't let anyone know I'm Karma.
-------------------- Congratulations, user "Karma" has eliminated the root of almost all evil in this world.
Stage 3 shall now end.
All reputations that can be gained in the future are now given to "Karma"
Teleporting all players back in 5 days.
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oh...yeah. The game is considerate enough to let the players bid farewell to people in this game. After all, we did spend quite an amount of time here...
I return to Sith to see everyone staring at me. It seems like they know what is about to happen.
"I see... no wonder you are so different from the Kel I know..." says my father.
... I smile and says "Come on, I am technically still him. Don't need to act so depressed."
once he hears that, he tries his hardest to smile back. I know... everyone here is programmed to have feelings...like regular humans...Although it's only been 1 month, it is still quite long.
Among everyone, Mino was the only one to not cry. She bites her lips and grabs my hand, pulling me somewhere.
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we came to a secluded spot behind the castle.
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I stare at her in confusion when she finally says "After this, am I going to be deleted?'
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"Maybe."
"Then...can I follow you into the real world?"
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"I-I promise I won't disturb your life or anything, I would even help you-"
"No...that's not the problem," I say."I have a way to bring you into the real world...or to be exact, just into my phone but...are you okay with that?"
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"Really?! You can bring me into your world!?"
I nod.
Her smile came back. It feels pleasant to see one happy face among every.
"As long as I get to be with you, I'm fine," she says.
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I wanted to ask are you sure? after all, the only thing she can probably do is wander around on my phone or the internet...that's all. There's not much freedom...
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As she continues to flash her happy aura, I felt content somehow.