Is this really a Game?!

“You feel anything yet?” Wolf asks Reign as the latter was sitting down on a tree stump in the newbie forest. Their slight leakage of mana was more than enough to make any nearby monsters run away in fear while they could inspect the forest in peace. Reign suddenly opens his eyes as he shakes his head in denial.

“Nothing, there’s nothing wrong with the flow of mana here, what about you Beast?”

“Same thing here, even with my skills I can’t find anything that looks out of place here, it’s weird, both Eldar and Jack said that they were certain the mana disturbance came from this part of the forest, but there’s nothing right now.”

“Well, it seems we’ll just have to wait until nightfall then,” Shadow says as he leans on a nearby tree, they had been here for over 2 hours and there was no sight of any undead activity, it seems it truly was impossible to find the hideout during the day.

“I can hear a lot of footsteps coming from behind us!” Beast suddenly gets up as he draws his bow from behind him. The others quickly got into formation as they looked at the direction Beast was pointing towards. There shouldn’t be anything that can even come close to endangering them in the newbie forest, but their mana leakage should have been more than enough to keep monsters at bay, since that wasn’t working then the monsters coming towards them must be relatively strong.

“How many are there Beast?”

“Judging from the footsteps there should be at least 50 bipedal monsters, more if any are walking on two legs, I’ll check now.” Beast puts his hand up as he finishes talking. A figure suddenly materializes above him as it takes flight.

It was another beast that he had managed to tame in the forest behind the town. An eagle with a wingspan of 5 meters could be seen in the sky above them. The large eagle was beautiful as its white and gold body flew in the air.

The large talons of the eagle could effortlessly rip apart a human’s head while the dangerous beak could puncture through even iron. Electricity could be seen flickering around its wings as it left a slight yellow trail in the air. Beast closes his eyes as he concentrates, after a couple of seconds he was able to watch through the eagle’s eyes.

He stops using the skill quickly and sighs in relief.

“Don’t worry, there are no enemies coming.” Beast looks at the others as he says before sitting down on the ground calmly. The eagle comes back slowly and lands on a tree that was above Beast. He takes out a piece of meat from the inventory and throws it in the air. The eagle quickly grabs it before happily eating the meal its master had given him.

Reign and the others could also hear footsteps and sounds coming from the direction now. Since Beast had said that no enemies were coming they were relaxed as they trusted him. Sometime later they were able to see who it was.

“You guys, why are you here?” Shadow asks the people that had arrived. Over a hundred players were in front of them, all of them were part of the groups that actively went out in the forests or town to fight against the monsters and level up. At the front of the party was Cameron with the other members of his squad.

“You didn’t think we would really let you guys take on all those undead, we also want revenge for what happened last night,” Ronny says as he walks towards them.

“We can’t always have you guys saving our asses, we gotta pull our weight as well.” Neil walks out of the crowd with a smile on his face.

“You guys,” Shadow says as he shakes his head. His lips were curved upwards as there was a smile on his face.

“That’s right, last night we were unprepared, I want to see how those bastards will fight against all of us tonight!” Another voice shouts out before everyone else shouts in confirmation.

Reign was looking at all of them with a proud face. He was happy with the progress his territory had, the people in the castle were also actively fighting and becoming stronger, the only thing he was worried about was how they would respond if something unexpected happened. The undead army was exactly one of those things and he was worried that everyone was scared to fight, but now he was proud to see that most players were ready to face such adversity.

They were right, thousands of undead were a problem for a squad or two, but against over a hundred players that fought together, even their seemingly inexhaustible numbers would be forced to wilt away, especially since there were players with a level of 15 and above as well.

Everyone finds space to sit down and relax before night came. Many of the players were shocked after seeing Beast’s eagle and some even drew their weapons as they believed it was a wild monster that was going to attack them. After hearing Beast however all of them were shocked once again, they could feel that the eagle was stronger than they were, and yet such a monster was tamed by him.

Everyone talked and had fun during the wait. Reign and the others were no different, even if the undead were to attack them right now they were certain they could quickly respond so they joined in on the celebration. Time passed and soon it was time for them to start the battle, the sun was almost down and the undead would soon start coming out from the hideout.

“I sense it!” Reign suddenly says as he sits down to concentrate and feel the flow of mana better. Everyone suddenly went quiet as they waited on Reign, it didn’t take long as just a couple of seconds later he stood up and shouted.

“Right there, let’s go!” He and the others quickly dash towards the location he had shown. It was nearby and they were thereafter less than a minute they were in front of the entrance. A huge cave could be seen in front of them. They looked at the giant mound of earth around it as they spoke.

“This was definitely not here before, it seems like the entrance springs up from below ground when night falls.”

“Yeah, the entrance is sloped, this definitely leads further underground.”

They patiently waited for the others to arrive before doing anything. Everyone marveled at the entrance that had formed out of nowhere for a bit before getting ready to fight. They knew it was only a matter of time before the undead started pouring out from it.

Footsteps could be heard suddenly from the depths of the cave as a dark aura starts being emanated from it. The 10-meter wide cave suddenly looked like the jaws of a huge monster to the lower leveled players who had started getting slightly nervous.

“Pressuring us with mana?” Reign suddenly speaks before lightning flickers around him. An even stronger pressure came from him as the players suddenly felt as if a cold bucket of water had washed over them. Roars were heard immediately after Reign’s actions.

“Angry that I destroyed your little plan, too bad.” Reign smiles as he looks at the entrance, the footsteps were getting closer and he was able to see slight outlines of the monsters now.

“Get ready, here they come!” He suddenly shouts as everyone gets serious.

“You guys just fight here and don’t let the undead out, we will charge inside to take care of the necromancer.” Wolf suddenly turns back as he tells the crowd. Before any of them could even respond tens of undead suddenly came out of the darkness that was present in the cave. They all charge towards Reign and the others before being stopped by a huge blue shield that manifested itself right in front of them.

“We’re not finished with our conversation, wait a bit will ya?” Tank speaks to the undead as they growl and shriek at him. He simply shakes his head disapprovingly before turning around to look at every one.

“You guys fight here, as much as I hate saying this but you won’t be able to keep up with us inside, so we’re going in by ourselves.” Reign simply tells the confused crowd before charging at the undead with the others.

Under the astonished gazes of the other players, they rip apart the high-level undead that came out first, before any of them could even jump in to help them they were gone inside the cave while leaving a trail of destroyed enemies behind them.

“I knew they were strong but, this is too much man.” A player suddenly says as he looks at the undead that had attacked his party last night. They were luckily near the castle and were able to quickly get back. The enemies that had troubled them immensely last night were nothing more than cannon fodder to Reign and the others.

“Of course they are, you think we’re here to help them do this?” Cameron suddenly smiles at the players before asking him.

“Umm, we’re not?”

“Of course not, we’re here to show them we won’t back off from any enemy, those guys could easily clear out all the undead if they wanted to.” He shakes his head while smiling, he was one of the people that entered the warehouse with them, so he of course knew how powerful Reign and the others were.

“Our job here is to block the undead from escaping, it will be good training for you newbies, as for the rest, those guys will take care of it.”

“Enough, here they come.” Lea suddenly speaks out as she readies her bow. The other players do the same before charging towards the incoming undead.