Chapter 136 -136-One Battle to Rank Second on the Level Rankings!

Chapter 136: Chapter136-One Battle to Rank Second on the Level Rankings!

John stared at his nearly 800,000 HP.

For a moment, he felt strangely emotional.

"A mage..."

"Can probably be played like this too, right?"

Ice Rose turned its head.

"Guu?"

John patted its shell.

"Nothing."

"I was complimenting you."

"Guu!"

Ice Rose immediately perked up.

Satisfied, John recalled it into the pet space.

Then he looked into the distance.

Leviathan was slowly circling above the battlefield.

After reaching Lv43,

its body had undergone another massive growth spurt.

It was now over a hundred meters long.

When its wings spread,

a vast shadow covered the ground below.

Rainbow light flowed along its scales.

Seen from afar,

it was already beginning to carry the majesty of a true colossal beast.

John activated Shadow Step.

His figure appeared on a nearby rise.

Then he leapt into the air.

Leviathan swooped down

and caught him steadily on its back.

"Head back."

Awooo—!

Its enormous wings spread wide.

Leviathan turned around

and flew toward Dawnstar City.

...

On the city walls,

the war was gradually entering its final stages.

Human reinforcements continued pouring in.

The Void Emissaries were still hunting down the remaining Darkkin on the outer battlefield.

Loki, meanwhile, was busy reorganizing the defensive lines.

Just then—

a massive shadow descended from above.

Many people instinctively looked up.

They saw a rainbow-colored colossal beast over a hundred meters long slowly descending from the sky.

Boom!

Strong winds swept across the walls.

John jumped down from Leviathan’s back.

"Boss!"

The Luna Wolf members quickly gathered around him.

None of them could hide the excitement on their faces.

During the battle just now,

they had spent almost the entire time within John’s party range, soaking up EXP.

Even though John had temporarily left the party later to personally claim the three Citybreaker Tier BOSS kills,

the gains from earlier were already terrifying.

White_Bear immediately opened his status panel.

[Level: Lv35!]

The other Luna Wolf members nearby were roughly the same.

Almost everyone had surged to around Lv35.

At their normal leveling speed,

there was no telling how long it would have taken them to reach this point.

Yet one war had done it all.

"Boss."

White_Bear was grinning from ear to ear.

"If there’s ever another job like this, make sure you call us."

"Standing around and leveling up feels way too good."

John glanced at him.

"Sure."

"Next time, stand a little closer."

"You can also block a few hits for me."

White_Bear’s smile vanished instantly.

"Actually, never mind."

Laughter immediately broke out around them.

Horus also walked over.

Much of his equipment had been damaged.

He looked fairly battered.

But his spirits were excellent.

John glanced at his panel.

[Horus]

[Level: Lv39]

Level thirty-nine!

Horus had gained a huge amount of EXP from high-level enemies during this battle.

He had also landed the finishing blows on several Thousand-Player Tier BOSSes.

His level had shot straight to Lv39.

At the same time,

the Level Ranking had changed as well.

[Level Ranking]

[Rank 1: Endbringer — Lv47]

[Rank 2: Horus — Lv39]

...

Horus stared at the ranking.

Even he looked a little dazed.

In the past, whenever he wanted to climb the rankings,

he had calculated everything.

EXP gains.

Grinding efficiency.

Quest routes.

Now—

he had followed John into a single war

and reached second place.

Some things

really couldn’t be explained by effort alone.

John glanced around.

Things here were basically settled.

The remaining Darkkin could easily be handled by the Void Emissaries and the human reinforcements.

He was preparing to leave as well.

"Horus."

"Yeah?"

"I’m heading back to Sunset City."

"What about you guys?"

Horus looked back at Dawnstar City.

Then toward the still-burning battlefield in the distance.

After thinking for a moment, he said,

"We’ll stay here for now."

John was slightly surprised.

"You sure?"

"Yeah."

Horus nodded.

"Luna Wolf has always been a combat-focused guild."

"The front lines suit us better."

"And there are more quests here, higher-level monsters, and more BOSSes."

"I’m planning to gradually shift Luna Wolf’s main forces toward Dawnstar City."

White_Bear and the others nodded as well.

Compared with the ordinary dungeons around the main cities,

they clearly preferred real war zones.

Dangerous, yes.

But the growth was much faster.

John had no objections.

"Fine."

"Message me if anything happens."

His arrangement with the military was still in place.

And since Luna Wolf was under his protection,

if they ever ran into something they genuinely couldn’t handle,

he could simply come over.

John jumped back onto Leviathan.

The monsters around Dawnstar City generally wouldn’t exceed Lv50.

For him, now at Lv47,

the returns from staying here were already starting to decline.

If he kept grinding much longer,

he would probably begin suffering noticeable EXP penalties.

His next step—

was to find an area above Lv50.

But before that,

there were still a few things he needed to deal with in Sunset City.

John patted Leviathan.

He was just about to leave

when a shout suddenly came from behind him.

"Boss!"

John turned around.

A white figure was running toward him from the other end of the wall.

Aya.

She ran all the way to Leviathan’s side

and looked up at John sitting above.

"Wait for me!"

"Where are you going?"

"Sunset City."

Aya’s eyes lit up.

"Take me with you!"

John raised an eyebrow.

"You sure?"

Aya nodded vigorously.

"Definitely!"

John looked her up and down.

"If you follow me from now on..."

"You might have to suffer quite a bit."

Aya thought about everything that had happened over the past few days.

Sneaking into the Dark Realm.

Looting Night City.

Being chased by BOSSes.

Getting caught red-handed stealing from the treasury and having that old man shake every stolen item out of her.

Then getting dragged into a full-scale Dark Realm siege just now.

Could it really get any worse than that?

She quickly puffed out her chest.

"I’m not scared!"

"I can handle hardship!"

John looked at her for two seconds.

Then nodded.

"Fine."

"Get on."

Aya immediately smiled.

With a light leap,

she landed on Leviathan’s broad back.

She reached down and touched the scales beneath her feet, where rainbow light continuously flowed.

She couldn’t help asking,

"Boss."

"Was it always this big?"

"It’s been eating well."

"..."

For once, Aya had no idea how to respond.

John couldn’t be bothered to explain.

He raised a hand and patted Leviathan.

"Get ready."

Spatial patterns across Leviathan’s body rapidly lit up.

The surrounding space began to distort.

John looked into the distance.

"Destination—"

"Sunset City."

Buzz!

The rainbow-colored colossal beast was instantly swallowed by spatial light.

The next moment—

its enormous figure vanished completely from the skies above Dawnstar City.

Buzz—!

The spatial fluctuations faded.

Leviathan’s massive body appeared above another city.

John looked down.

They were already extremely far from Dawnstar City.

But Sunset City was still some distance away.

Although Leviathan’s [Teleportation Lv4] could now cross up to 240 kilometers,

it could only teleport to areas whose local teleportation formations had already been recorded.

Leviathan’s previous range of activity had been limited.

The coordinates of many cities had yet to be registered.

So the two of them could only travel first to the city closest to Sunset City.

Then they would continue by using the public teleportation network.

After several transfers—

light flashed once again.

John and Aya finally appeared in Sunset City’s main teleportation plaza.