Chapter 311: As the Dust Settles (1/2)

Aojo suddenly realized that the humans’ assault was slowing down.

Unaware that the Players could communicate with each other in real-time and merely feeling that the attacks throw at itself was becoming milder, the evil god naturally assumed that the battle had gone on for too long-that the toll had exceeded what the mortal believers could take and that they couldn’t maintain the same intensity of attack before.

The truth, however, was that Edward put together a plan which he described to his group, gaining their approval before sharing every step in the plan on the Player forums. With that, the other players all began to do as instructed, even guiding the believers from other churches to follow suit.

After all, their excellent performances in the Twin City Cup and how they held themselves against the Abomination in this very battle had more or less granted them a stature to command the other believers.

While the clerics of the Brilliant White Church did have things to say about the plan, they eventually conceded their pride as the top religion and decided to put their trust in their Players for once—which naturally didn’t involve sending them to their deaths.

Still, unlike the people of the Brilliant White Church, the Players always tend to shoulder the most dangerous part of the plan under such circumstances. While part of the reason for that was to maintain a noble character, the more important reason was that such dangerous tasks tend to be granted greater rewards, including a legendary item drop or something along those lines…

The believers from other churches were naturally unaware of that, which was why they were persuaded by the Players’ noble character as they kept braving the frontlines, which also greatly improved their impression in everyone else’s minds

Thanks to the simple bunkers that the Earth Sect made, Aojo was simply unaware of the fact that Edward’s plan was already in motion.

First off, Gou Dan would seize Aojo’s attention even as they weakened the firepower coming from other directions.

Locking the legendary weapon AWM (crossbow mode) on his wrist, Gou Dan leapt out of a bunker. When he confirmed that at least one pupil was looking at him thanks to the decreasing durability of his items, he raised his hand and assumed a flamboyant pose like an eight-grader. At the same time, both Eleena and Edward quickly buffed him with their skills from the bunker behind.

Wondrous white radiance (Eleena’s holy light) and dark malevolent flames (Edward’s black dragon) hence circled around Gou Dan, and spiraled as they converged onto Gou Dan’s crossbow.

Then, Gou Dan stealthily changed the form of the crossbow-with some clinging and clanging sounds out of a science fiction novel, it turned into a massive crossbow.

Meanwhile, the air raged as white light and black flames intertwined, and it appeared as if Gou Dan had worn an ethereal war robe that changed between light and dark colors.

Nonetheless, both elements continued to converge upon the heavy crossbow, and Aojo could feel as if he were charging a powerful technique.

Therefore, it began directing every other pupil towards Gou Dan as well, intent on vaporizing him before he could fully cast it!

Dozens of death rays overlapped, multiplying the sheer carnage it was wreaking to burn down Gou Dan. Most of his equipment were already melting like ice cream put into a microwave, just as his own HP bar was dropping rapidly. Even so, the durability of the AWM was above most items since it was legendary-tier (maintenance is naturally expensive as well), and it could still maintain its structure despite being bathed under the horrific Gaze.

In turn, when Aojo saw that the human was about to be baked while the weapon still remained fine, it knew that its hunch was right

– he must have been holding back a devastating strike!

Thus, its Gaze became even stronger.