Chapter 56 (2/2)

‘It is the vice-captain.’

“I’m fine, Becker. Were the villagers evacuated?”

“Yes, they all fled south and some of the knights are guarding them. However... the lord came with me.”

“What?”

The lord emerged from behind Becker. “Kerenos.”

“No, My Lord? Why are you... I told you to be with the villagers.”

“This is the place where my father risked his life. I don’t want to run away.”

‘Shit.’

Maybe Kerenos knew that Edward would be like this. His father, Earl Calia, had risked his life and died fighting for Windia. Edward had watched from the sidelines so his reaction was understandable. Even so, he was still young.

“No, what can you do even if you come here?”

“This is my heart! I’m the lord! Can’t I do what I want?!”

“No, that isn’t it. This place...”

Tang tang tang tang!

‘This sound?’

Kerenos turned toward the east gate. A soldier could be seen squeezing out the last of his strength as he waved a bell. He was shouting something that couldn’t be heard.

“Becker, Sir Chonly.”

“Here.”

Chonly wore magic battle gear and pointed to something. Kerenos followed his finger and saw a group raising dust while running. This was...?

“I’m going crazy.”

“What is it? What's going on?” Edward asked anxiously.

“The orcs are coming again.”

* * *

The A.S.L community was buzzing. The reason was the orcs’ invasion of Windia. It was currently full of stories about Windia.

-Title: Windia at War!

-Title: Orcs have attacked Windia!

-Title: Windia is now completely devastated.

-Title: S-rated difficulty!

Posts rose around the clock. One of the hottest posts was about the contents of the quest. It was an article that was quickly recommended tens of thousands of times.

[Title: Quest content currently in progress in Windia]

[Difficulty: S

The orcs, who live in the north of Windia, have led their soldiers down to the east. If you fight against them and stop the orcs with the soldiers of Windia, you’ll earn great rewards according to your contribution.

-Quest Completion Conditions: Death of the orc chieftain.

-Number of Killed Orcs: 0

-Orc Warrior Contribution: 500

-Orc Champion Contribution: 1,000

-Orc Chieftain Contribution: 100,000

* Rewards: Unknown (The compensation will differ according to the contribution)

* If the quest fails, Windia will become the land of the orcs.]

[The orc war quest is currently in progress in Windia.

I formed a party to fight the orcs and was logged out when an orc ripped my limbs off.

Like the S-rated difficulty, the orcs’ level starts at 100.

Perhaps Windia will perish soon.]

There were tens of thousands of comments.

-Crazy. Isn’t this originally a level 45 raid area?

-Right. Yet level 100? It is crazy.

-My friend is currently there and he was killed by an orc.

-Windia will perish.

-This is messed up. Where will you hunt at low levels now?

-I agree.

The responses were varied. There was a fight between the ‘destroyed faction’ who believed that Windia would be destroyed and the ‘non-destroyed faction’, who believed Windia couldn’t be easily ignored. ‘Windia’ became the top search rankings of various portal sites.

1st. Windia.

2nd. Windia War

3rd. Orc Invasion

Simply put, Windia was now the hottest pot in Arkstar.

* * *

On the other hand, some users considered this an opportunity. They were at the ‘Trade City Fortren.’ The distance between Windia and Fortren was around an hour at a running pace. Most of them were close to level 100. The players who heard the news formed parties and headed toward Windia.

“A chance to build up contribution and become a noble!”

“I’m going to get a manor!”

“Can I finally be a noble?”

Their purpose was clear.

If they obtained a manor using the contribution, they would gain huge wealth and influence. This was an opportunity they might never gain again. However, this wasn’t the case for some people.

“Amazing. Isn’t that person the Gyeonso Dragon?”

“Right. He’s famous in China these days!”

“I didn’t expect to see one of the Eight Supernovas!”

The Eight Supernovas—they were the eight people who recently ate star fruits and gained the power of the constellations. Gyeonso Dragon walked unconcerned with the stinging gazes of the users looking at him.

[The fist star, ‘Raitra,’ says he wants to fight quickly.]

‘This guy wants to fight quickly as well.’

The Star Fruit he ate was a second-grade one. The moment he ate it, the second-grade constellations kept an eye on him. It was this one who stood out among the constellations with various nicknames.

‘He who emits lightning.’

Gyeonso Dragon felt it was fate the moment he saw this nickname. He might’ve risen to stardom as an actor by mastering Wing Chun (South Chinese Kung fu), but he was more of a martial artist than an actor. By the time he neared his 40s, his body became slower. He was forced to give up his childhood dream of punching faster than lightning. In order to escape this sense of loss, he started Arkstar and ate the Star Fruit by chance, meeting Raitra.

“Let’s go, Raitra. We’ll go to meet the strong.”

[The constellation skill ‘Lightning Footwork’ is activated.]

[The energy of lightning has stimulated your nerves.]

[Instant acceleration is increased by three times.]

The blue lightning headed for Windia.