Chapter 549: Everything is Done, Slayer IV

The golden beam illuminated the kingdom like a pillar connecting the earth to the heavens.

Although the attack was terrifyingly powerful, its appearance was so magnificent that it was difficult not to admire it.

By the time Emilia finally stopped firing, most of the building had been completely destroyed.

The remaining sections were severely damaged, and the structure began collapsing under its own weight, sending enormous chunks of debris crashing into the surrounding area.

Hundreds of notifications immediately appeared before Emilia.

She glanced through them before turning toward the others with a satisfied expression.

"My [Slaughter Meter] increased by 298," she announced. "I reached Tier-2."

Leon raised an eyebrow as he looked at her.

Emilia opened the panel and showed them the new information.

[Your "Slayer I" title has been upgraded to "Slayer II" as you have reached 250 kills.]

[Passive #1: You will now be able to take two of the items from a player’s storage space.]

[Passive #2: You will take 5% of the player’s Eternal Coins.]

Emilia examined the rewards for a moment before sighing.

"It’s not that good, though. My inventory is already full, and most of the items they dropped are trash."

"That’s because it’s only Tier-2," Leon replied casually. "There are still seven more tiers, and the passives become much better as you progress. Even Tier-3 isn’t particularly impressive."¹

Emilia nodded, seemingly satisfied with his explanation.

Leon, meanwhile, checked his own [Slaughter Meter] and noticed that he was surprisingly close to reaching Tier-4.

He decided to deal with the next faction building himself.

"By the way, where are their leaders?" Leon muttered as he glanced at the remains of the Soul faction’s headquarters. "I thought they would have come out by now."

According to the information they had gathered, all three leaders were Level 100 and had received powerful blessings from their respective gods.

They should have possessed considerable strength, perhaps even a powerful passive like Cavin and Empress did.

Yet none of them had appeared. And the reason was quite simple.

"Oh!" Emilia suddenly exclaimed as she looked through her notifications. "Look at this!"

She quickly sent the panels to Leon, Celeste, and Violet.

Ding!

[You have killed "Soul Faction Leader, Veyron Soulcrest"]

[You have killed "Sea Faction Leader, Thalor Deepcrest"]

[You have killed "Light Faction Leader, Seraphina Dawnveil"]

The three leaders were already dead.

They had been inside the building when Emilia unleashed [Divine Wrath], and the attack had completely overwhelmed them before they could react.

Perhaps they had initially intended to teleport away, but after seeing the intruders approaching, they decided to remain behind and face them instead.

Unfortunately, they had severely underestimated Emilia’s strength.

How could they have imagined that one of the intruders possessed a skill powerful enough to destroy an entire faction building in a single attack?

Their deaths were almost laughable.

"Well..." Leon said as he looked at the notifications, his smile gradually widening. "I guess the buildings are the only things left."

He turned toward the two remaining faction headquarters in the distance before looking at Emilia and Violet.

"How about Emilia takes one of them with Violet, while Celeste and I deal with the other?"

There was absolutely nothing in the kingdom capable of threatening them at this point, so Leon saw no reason to waste time attacking the buildings together.

Emilia immediately nodded, while Violet seemed pleased with the suggestion.

The two groups separated.

Leon and Celeste headed toward the Light faction’s headquarters, while Emilia and Violet moved toward the Sea faction’s building.

The distance between the structures was considerable, but it wouldn’t take long for either group to reach its destination.

As they approached the Light faction’s headquarters, Leon casually raised his hand.

A dark sphere began forming in front of him, its surface distorting the surrounding space as it gradually grew larger.

The air around it seemed to bend inward, and even the ground beneath their feet trembled slightly from the strange pressure.

Leon launched it in the air and then swung his sword at the void sphere, aiming it toward the foundation of the building.

Void Detonation!

The sphere shot forward.

BOOM!

The moment it struck the foundation, the lower portion of the headquarters was completely erased. And so it collapsed.

Leon received several notifications as the building was destroyed.

Although he hadn’t directly killed every follower inside, the system still counted the deaths toward his [Slaughter Meter] because his attack had caused them.

Ding!

[Your "Slayer III" title has been upgraded to "Slayer IV" as you have reached 1,000 kills.]

Leon glanced at the notification and briefly considered the number.

’I killed over 1,000 players,’ he thought as he looked at the panel. ’Oh well.’

He had killed plenty of enemies throughout his journey, but reaching such a number through player kills was still somewhat surprising.

Nevertheless, he wasn’t particularly bothered by it, all those that died deserved it.

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[Slayer IV: You have become extremely adept at killing other players, allowing you to gain more advantages from doing so.]

[Though be aware that if you go too far... you might regret it.]

[Passive #1: You will now be able to take five of the items from a player’s storage space.]

[Passive #2: You will take 5% of the player’s eternal coins.]

[Keep killing, and your advantages shall become far better, to the point where they might rival talents.]

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’As expected, it’s still not that good,’ Leon thought after reading through the information. ’Only five items, though it might become more useful in the [Eternal Battlefield] since the players there should have much better equipment.’

[Slaughter Meter: 1204/2000 (Tier-4)]

Leon had reached Tier-4, meaning he needed another 800 kills before advancing to Tier-5.

That was where he expected the truly valuable rewards to begin appearing.

Most players had no idea that killing other players could provide such incredible advantages.

Almost nobody in their right mind would deliberately kill 2,000 players just to discover what rewards awaited them, unless they were particularly ruthless, after all.

While he was examining the panel, a terrifying explosion suddenly echoed from the other side of the kingdom.

BOOM!

Leon turned his head and saw a golden beam of light rising into the sky.

’And that’s the last one destroyed.’

Just like that, the four of them had managed to eliminate almost everything in the kingdom connected to the gods.

The three faction headquarters were destroyed, their leaders were dead, and most of their followers had been killed in the process.

The kingdom had lost the foundation of its authority in a matter of minutes.

"Should we still hunt down those who are hiding?" Celeste asked, her expression showing that she was more than willing to continue helping.

Leon smiled and gently patted her head.

"Nah. They’ll be too scared to do anything after this. Besides, I want to deal with the true biggest threat in this domain, the [Heretic Village]. They’ve probably already been warned about us, so we need to take them by surprise before they have time to prepare."

"Okay!"

Fortunately, their attacks hadn’t destroyed most of the [Island Kingdom].

Although the faction buildings had suffered catastrophic damage, the rest of the kingdom remained largely intact.

Most of its inhabitants had fled or hidden themselves before the destruction spread, and the streets were now nearly empty.

Leon didn’t know what would happen to the kingdom after they left.

Without the three leaders and their followers, the remaining inhabitants would have to find a way to govern themselves, and there might be conflicts over what remained of the factions.

However, he hoped everything would turn out fine.

Millions of innocent lives lived here, and he had no intention of destroying the entire kingdom simply because its leaders had chosen to serve the gods.

Leon opened his [World Map] and teleported himself and Celeste back to the square where the Soul faction’s headquarters had once stood.

They waited there for Emilia and Violet to return, and after approximately ten minutes, the two finally arrived.

Emilia stretched her arms above her head with a satisfied smile.

"Didn’t know destroying so many things could feel so great."

Violet nodded, clearly agreeing with her.

Leon chuckled before looking toward the sea, and Emilia spoke.

"But that also means the next island..."

"...Is the last one, yeah," Leon finished, nodding. "It’s the furthest island in this domain, which means we need to travel beyond this one."

The four of them were getting closer to the end of their journey through this domain.