Chapter 15: Interrupts Gain Fame (1)

AI Commander Dwarf in the turret laughed malevolently.

"Ha ha, you foolish humans."

As for the image of Blazing Knight being blasted away into the darkness, it was broadcasted live worldwide.

The players looked around in confusion. The cool horse rider was attacked once and regenerated immediately, without even crawling out of critical condition.

However, whether there was a leader or not, they all had the same goal:

Loot the city and bring back the items they obtained.

Therefore, all the players raised their weapons, shouted for motivation, and charged in!

Boom!!... Boom!!... Boom!!... Boom!!...

The attack on Sirius City had begun.

The reporters are working overtime, hustling through the night, positioned all around Sirius City, live broadcasting to players across the server and the world. Activities within the game world have almost come to a halt as players are glued to their TV screens.

However, there is one party still in the dungeon of skeletons, not looking for a TV like the others.

They've practiced twice already, pushing monsters back as they head straight for the boss room, managing to keep their time at just over two minutes.

This doesn't include the time they need to defeat the final boss, which would add even more time.

Outside the dungeon castle, Melon-chan raised her hand and suggested, "Can I lead this time?" Previously, Guinevere 28 had led for two rounds. Although she didn't get lost like the first time, she is a knight with low Agi, making her lead through the monsters rather slowly.

Guinevere 28 nodded in agreement, "If you've memorized the path, it makes sense. You are a swordsman with a secondary job as a warlord, much faster than me. Besides, we don't have any competition left." She glanced around, noting that there was no one else in front of the dungeon. The final boss that appears twice tonight would automatically be theirs.

Then Sagittarius chimed in, "The boss has spawned."

The four girls nodded in unison. Now they aimed to reach the boss room with time to spare and calculate the time needed to defeat this boss. The last time the boss spawns would be their chance to set a dungeon record.

To be precise, saying that all four girls agreed would be inaccurate, as there was one priestess with a distracted mind, following everyone's instructions like a robot.

Usually, Shushu was talkative and knowledgeable because she had been playing the game for a long time. But now, she was utterly silent, her eyes darting around the three metropolis without a break. If the game had a sweating feature, Zhu zhu would be drenched in sweat by now.

Fortunately, she managed to control her excitement and returned to the game to help the party complete their five-member team.

Melon-chan glanced briefly at Zhu zhu, who wasn't looking at her, then smiled and said, "So, let's get going then!"

Mewku Mewku responded enthusiastically, "We're starting to get in sync now. This time will definitely be better than the last!"

"Attack! Go, go, go!" The guild leaders, numbering in the hundreds, stood in front of the city wall and commanded players with long-range attack skills to shoot at the city wall, targeting the cannons. Most warrior players carried ladders directly to the city wall, climbing up.

This army of players was so resource-poor that there were only twenty mobile towers for laying siege to the city. These towers were designed to hold people inside. When reaching the city wall, the towers would open their doors, connecting to the top of the wall and allowing people to exit.

However, as this involved an ancient civilization based on mythological beliefs, these towers were made of wood. When faced with cannons...

BOOM!

Players in the towers, who were ready to attack the wall when the towers docked, scattered across the sky when hit by cannonballs.

Attack! Go, go, go!

Even though they weren't close to the stronghold yet, the players were eager to break in, resulting in a continuous stream of people advancing towards the stronghold. This all-out assault might be satisfying to watch, but it wasn't very exciting compared to the Battle of Seven Lakes, where the metropolitan lords had contingency plans, using the city as bait, expecting viewers to foresee further strategies, with reinforcements arriving and turning the tide of war.

But tonight's event was nothing new—just a brute-force assault. If it were a movie, it would be a low-grade one without a plot. Some might find it boring, leaving the TV on while they go eat, do laundry, read news, or read a novel.

Before long, a small post started gaining traction on the MGC web forum, gradually rising to become one of the top ten most commented posts.

"Everyone, look at the names!!!"

"What, what!!"

"Hey, hey, hey!!"

"There it is!!!"

"Those three, what's going on?"

"A dungeon record? Didn't they come to watch the city attack?"

A person who analyzes thoroughly also came "There's no one running the dungeon right now, so they secretly ran it together without anyone noticing."

"The way of celebrities."

"Hey, did everyone notice what I noticed!?"

"What are you talking about?"

"The names of the other two!"

"Hey!! That Melon!?"

"That's the Melon!"

"Yes, that Melon!"

"In that case, the cute couple news is confirmed!!"

When Melon-chan read up to this point, she pouted. The three troublemakers didn't care about the news on the web board at all. They were all excited about the dungeon stats.

"The boss will spawn one more time!"

"Right now, 1 minute and 59 seconds. We've already broken the two-minute record. I think we can do even better. Just now, we got stuck because one boss walked in our way. If we could avoid the boss... or not encounter any boss, I'm sure we could finish in less time!"

Finally, Zhu Zhu snapped out of her daze. She was extremely excited.

"I made it to the ranks!!! And my name is alongside the greats too."

Looking back at the war of tens of millions of players now, this war can almost be called a one-sided disaster. In the wide area in front of the defensive wall, it became a massacre field. The players running in were blown up to more than a million. Fortunately, in this game, when they die, they disappear without leaving a 'corpse'. Otherwise, piles of bodies would be like mountains.

The supply was still continuous. The players who died respawned in nearby towns. They gathered forces and headed straight for the city of Silius again. Although the journey took quite a bit of time, the wave attacks of tens of millions of players could hold off the enemy long enough for the reinforcements of fallen players to arrive in time.

The war seemed to drag on, yet it was a straightforward attack without strategy, relying on superior numbers and the ability to respawn continuously.

"They probably have a deep hope that the dwarves will run out of ammo!" said a VIP viewer, watching disinterestedly, as so far, no one had even made it to the wall!

Hours of assault had shown no sign of progress, just wave after wave charging in.

He glanced at a section of the wall, seeing ten players closing in on the wall, using assassin skills to leap high, mage skills to shoot explosive spells, then archer skills to shoot arrows high, with an added explosion skill.

Boom! Boom! Twice in succession, allowing that assassin player to reach the city wall without using a grappling ladder.

The friends below the wall, who had launched their assassin companion skyward...

Boom!!!

Being bombarded from above by cannons, he had already been reborn.

As for the brave assassin who dared to charge alone amidst the dwarves... he was being mobbed by the Gundams that Sagittarius loved so much.

The top of the city wall became interesting, but the view was unclear due to the darkness. Even GM was frustrated and wanted to see the mobbing just like everyone else, so he adjusted the moonlight to be slightly brighter.

This assassin was not just average; he used his evasion skills superbly without any mistakes, causing the golems to miss every hit.

"A true master!" The VIP spectator, who was about to log out, saw the mid-air flips, forward rolls, backward rolls, and the side-to-side dodges executed with precision, making the battle exciting and intriguing. He quickly sat back down to continue watching.

The advantage of the moonlight was that it allowed the home viewers to see the scene more clearly. However, for the players around the city of Sirius, it was different. They looked up at the bright moon and then lowered their gaze towards the iron-clad walls, which seemed impenetrable.

Even though it wasn't as bright as daytime, it was visible enough!

And they saw that the walls were littered with gun turrets.

Not only that, but there was also a golem over three meters tall, holding a lance in its right hand and a shield in its left. An RPG was mounted on its shoulder, and it stood guarding the wall without any gaps.

Their morale sank by more than half.

He looked at her; she looked at him; they exchanged glances.

Boom!!

Whether it got brighter or darker, the AI relentlessly fired cannons. There was nothing they could do. Upon further thought, since they were already on this pirate ship, they had to fight with all their might to loot the dwarves' items.

The cheers erupted once again, and the relentless advance towards death continued unabated.

Sagittarius drew lines and marked numbers in seconds on the ground, creating symbols for the four party members to see. He then said, "This dungeon's monster spawn points are always the same every time we enter. From our numerous practice runs, I've observed closely, and I'm confident that if we follow this, we won't make any mistakes. Coordinating properly will allow us to reach the final boss room about ten seconds faster."

In each player's game window, there was a basic computer interface with a calculator function, though it was rarely used. Sagittarius was likely one of the few who used it to calculate and summarize the numbers for everyone.

Guinevere 28 blinked and looked at the guy with the default face, thinking to herself that this guy must have secretly been taking notes and finding ways to improve every time they practiced before the final boss respawned. Sagittarius always managed to amaze her.

A record time of 1 minute and 59 seconds was already tight. She had tried to avoid the boss that blocks their path several times, but no matter how much they practiced, they always got caught, and their time never improved. If they could speed up the initial dungeon phase by about five seconds as Sagittarius suggested, there wouldn't even be a need to avoid the boss because it wouldn't intercept them in time. This would result in a total gain of ten seconds towards reaching the final boss room.

As for Mewku Mewku, she wasn't surprised by Sagittarius's calculation skills. She had helped him level up five years ago, and they had run dungeons together; she was well aware of his abilities in this regard.

However, his strength lay primarily in planning. Otherwise, she wouldn't have had to help him level up.