Chapter 205: Monster Wave

As Max read the description of the first world-event, he couldn’t help but be struck with nostalgia.

They were still currently far from the frontline, but he believed he would soon reach the place where the space rift would appear.

The Void Demon Race possessed the capability to manifest a space rift that would allow the demon forces to cross great distances, but there was still a limit.

At the same time, the Void Demon Race could not maintain the space rift for very long.

The higher the rank, the longer they could maintain the space rift.

Furthermore, aside from having the smallest population among the demon races, only one out of a hundred would reach B-rank.

Every demon kingdom only possessed a single A-rank Void Demon.

Simply because A-rank meant the Lord’s rank.

Unless the Void Race was a superior race, the highest they could reach was A-rank.

Max anticipated that the Void Race from Varkhaz’s Legion would appear near their disappearance.

The space rift would leave a space mark that the Rift Binder would use as an anchor to open another space rift and return.

A Rift Binder could only have three space marks at most, and given the distance between the Kingdom of Endless War and the Empire, it was obvious that he had exhausted his space marks—with the last one being in the southwestern part of the Empire.

The Mirefall Province.

Max was itching to fight against Varkhaz.

He was not alone anymore.

Not only was he a summoner, but he also brought his own Legion with him.

A Legion designed to kill Varkhaz and his Legion themselves.

Above all else, I have to settle matters with him.

Max’s eyes flashed with a cold glint, recalling Arlen and Branna.

He swore to take revenge for them in exchange for their lives being sacrificed for him.

As they rushed to the border of the Empire, the countdown eventually reached zero.

The game’s announcement hovering in the sky didn’t explode with a grand announcement.

Instead, every settlement’s bell tower rang continuously as the Imperial Army and players immediately sprang into action.

Various space rifts emerged inside the province, just kilometers away from the border.

At the same time, monsters who seemed to be aware that the humans were distracted by the demons’ appearance began to emerge, attacking the settlements that possessed livestock for them.

The settlements faced invasion from both sides—inside and outside—and despite the humans’ preparation, some settlements gave in within less than an hour.

Rhayne, who had been waiting at the watchtower outpost, saw a sea of monsters entering her sights.

With her exceptional perception, she saw thousands upon thousands of monsters.

Thankfully, though, no A-rank monsters appeared.

She spotted some B-rank monsters, but they were not advancing like those mindless creatures that were hungry for human flesh.

They were simply staring at the village that was about to be swallowed by the monster horde.

Rhayne was shaken by her discovery.

Can this village even hold on against the monster wave?

No, there’s still the threat of demons in the opposite direction.

Demons themselves are just as terrifying as this wave.

Rhayne drew a cold breath.

She raised her bow and pulled an arrow from her quiver.

It was a Celestial Arrow—currently at Rare rank, its tip emitting celestial mana.

The Celestial Arrow glimmered with a light similar to a star.

Rhayne raised the bow and executed her skill, Meteor Fragment.

The Celestial Arrow turned ethereal, appearing like a black space that held an enormous meteor.

When she let go of the string, the Celestial Arrow flew into the sky and turned into an enormous meteor.

As it arched downward, the enormous meteor broke into pieces and scattered across different areas.

Each meteor fragment could kill a C-rank monster—a terrifying sight to behold.

A single Meteor Fragment skill killed tens of D-rank monsters and three or more C-rank monsters.

This was Rhayne’s strongest AOE attack, earning the players’ astonishment.

Every player and NPC, especially warriors, had already gathered behind the gate, waiting for the monsters to break through while setting traps for them inside and outside.

Meanwhile, those with the archer class were on the watchtower outpost, killing as many monsters as they could before the monsters could breach the gate.

Sylwen, on the other hand, was protecting Greyfen Village from the demon forces.

The demons possessed a lot of B-rankers, and compared to the monsters, the demons invading this time were from the Kingdom of Endless War, meaning they sought to fight at all costs.

They were not cowardly creatures who would watch from a distance.

They loved to engage in battle.

It was precisely why every B-rank in Greyfen Village was stationed at the northern gate, while stronger C-rank players were stationed at the southern gate.

At the southern gate, many players, including Julian and his party, who were led by Jaden since he was the strongest at the moment, were waiting in front of the gate.

They couldn’t help but give an envious glance to Rhayne, who spammed the monster wave with her AOE skill.

Of course, she would appear to be resting from time to time, but she was actually restricted by the duration of her skill.

At the moment, she had already executed Meteor Fragment more than three times, but the monster wave had yet to reach the village’s gate.

Furthermore, every time she eliminated a lot of monsters, more would appear, as though they truly were boundless, shocking her.

In the end, she and the other archers barely reduced the population of the monster wave, as though it were just a drop in the ocean, before the monster wave collided with the village’s enchanted walls and spell runes.

After the players with the archer class earned a lot of Contribution Points, it was now the Enchanters and Rune Mages’ turn.

The Enchanters earned Contribution Points not only by killing but also through how their enchanted weapons and defensive walls contributed to repelling the monsters’ attacks.

For instance, Enchanters earned Contribution Points every time an enchanted wall successfully defended against the monsters’ attempts to break through, or when their enchanted weapons killed a monster.

Of course, to balance it, their Contribution Points were far different compared to those of warriors and mages...

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