Second Battle: Sacrificial Ashed Grounds (3)

 

 

 

Flaring up in anger and rage like nobody else fucking could ever done before, the old and bulky general could only wake up to realize of the severe damage of almost a whole million of their soldiers being directly squashed to not even a memory from Yun Beishang's brutal cruelness of disappearance into sweet nothing by just a remnant of whatever those weird transparent 'things' or blades were those.

The shock was so enormous that only the frontlines in the distance were still fighting, albeit with even more sorrowful cries of utter fear and zeroing terror as the Main Kingdom Vanguard's side was always getting bombarded by many traps every microsecond. But that did nothing to make anyone coward at the sight of the previously rampaging Yun Beishang, everyone except Demons; maybe.

Bvreee-Vwlsht Bvreee-Vwlsht---Pfruiyl!Pfruiyl!Pfruiyl!

'...And then there's these damn bastards, so fanatical.' Yun Beishang thought to himself, still a bit enraged and trembling from the humiliating situation. He took his right handed old pal out from the sternum of a 7 meters tall Demon before making a small spin and penetrating his left handed old pal onto its stomach as he slowly fell onto the ground that was untouched by his massacre of both life and matter.

-341,880, -341,880, 341,880, 341,880, 341,880.

*PING*...you've successfully killed a LV118 Demon...

Killing of another Enlightened grade BOSS, Yun Beishang felt somewhat tired as he tiredly landed on the ground without spirit, his gaze remained on the floor as footsteps came his way with a number of almost 1,000 and as in the distance; endless terrified screaming continued on and on from those who weren't killed off by the traps right away.

"HAaaaaaaAaaaaAaaaaaAAAAAAaaaaaa...!"

"No-porggh! Whyy~...!!!"

"KWRWWAGGH..."

The old and bulky general was at the front of the group of almost 1,000 that moved in Yun Beishang's direction, this group had a ton of the utter elite of Main Kingdom Vanguard with even some LV120 Lord grade warriors here and there. But their target kept his gaze down as he already obviously became aware of their presence.

Thinking that it was guilt tripping over him, the general spoke out with some slightness in his tone of voice as he pointed at Yun Beishang with his left index finger before swinging his arm away in a disparaging, insulting manner. "Tongqiu, just what the hell did you think you were doin-"

But before the old man could speak more bluntly, dozens of figures appeared at Yun Beishang's back to surround him, each of them had a mask and looked at the group of almost 1,000 Inhabitants after glancing at Yun Beishang's purple and dark suited back. Feeling quite a bit choked, the old man felt the screaming on his surroundings and became anxious, impatient and desperate.

"All of you, what were you thinking, how dare you stand STILL??!" With an almost shrill at the final word uttered out, the old and bulky man now pointed at the entire Order and Yun Beishang before continuing, "You have gone too far... but if you do even better merits than before, I'll do my best to forgive you."

"!" It was at this point in time that Yun Beishang finally elevated his head, his gaze was so dead and even though the old and bulky man could not see it, he could very well feel it. With his eyes glancing down still, Yun Beishang pointed his nose at the sky as he simply condescendingly looked at the group in front of him while feeling the warmth of his people around him calm him down, successfully managing to throw Yun Beishang's thoughts of immediately lashing out.

"Shut up! What are your officials doing, instead? We were almost totally destroyed as soon as we were all transported in here!" A Maiden spoke out with a powerful voice behind her sophisticated mask.

"Indeed! What were you doing, what is the point of so much time wasted and so many resources ALSO wasted with your Guiding Voices if it is for nothing? Bullcrap!" One of the Maidens stepped in and directly shoved a LV110 3 Star Elite soldier's head against the ground, paralyzing him on the spot.

"Hey!" Another soldier of the same level and grade went up to aid his comrade, only to be pushed against the ground by 2 different long spears that penetrated his chest and dealt Critical Hits onto his body, almost killing him. "Shut it! Who told you to walk? If the Lord isn't asking you to breathe, you don't breathe then! Who gave you the gall to even walk in front of him, ahh?!!"

"GWAAAAAAAAWGH... f-for...f...or... Mai...n Kin...gdom..."

"No, nononononono, nooooooooooo-dear-"

BOOM!!

Twisting her long spear in his chest, a Maiden venomously said, leaving the soldier on the ground with his HP almost fully plummeting for real this time. This incensed the generals close by, naturally, lashing directly off at The Order and Yun Beishang without qualms for their current situation as even more and more screams in te distance sounded out and as even more Maidens and Ladies 'disciplining' talky fellows occurred.

"What the hell are these traitors doing? Put them down! All of you, put them down!"

"Get rid of these scum, spies of the Demon Race, traaaash!!"

"Arrest them, they infringed the law and have gone against the people of Main Kingdom. Arrest them!"

"Arrest them at once!!" Enraged cries sounded out one after the other from the generals' part, those from the almost 1,000 'strong' group of Inhabitants and from other groups around.

"Fuck, what the-FUUUCK!-"

"Mother... fucker, so dist-"

"AAAAH...!!"

At the same time, so many 'pings' sounded out and the retinas of all players showed as they fought off some Demons that were among their allies. Only to be distracted and then directly killed off, like this, it was no joke as an instant of half a million players were sent back to the base of operations in just a few seconds; less than 10 of them.

"Pipe down! Stay on the ground, you dogs~!"

"Floor! Who told you not to separate your head from the ground ah?!"

"Get the fuck back up! I'll swear I'll kill another one and another and more if you don't fucking obey!"

"Bitch that moves is dogsoup that I cook tonight, fuck off!"

In the same way, Maidens responded as well as some Ladies though most were silently bullying and brutalizing the close-by Inhabitants to the point of even killing them, while some other players were directly killed off for being too 'valiant'. Hell, not even the enemies of Yun Beishang would dare to mess with him now, even more so since he got enraged and a certain 'true' dragon was even more so traumatized.

Let alone those generals who thought that their words would be enough to command these players nearby; but this all ended up inciting the old and bulky man as he grew incredibly too anxious. He could only bark at once with a indignant demeanor, "You all, you... you all! Get the fuck away from this battlefield in this instant, you'll be held responsible afterwards, leave this place at once you useless crap!!"

"...Hm? Why did you just say?"

"GWARAAAAAAAAAAAAHH..."

"Hell... to hell, aaaaaah, dieeee!"

"Nooo, please... send some help, some help!!"

Yun Beishang's words, even among the endless crying out of pure terror, was perfectly not only audible but now also impactful and penetrating. The old and bulky man, the generals and the nearby recording players all turned silly and into stone, seemingly, as Yun Beishang finally opened his mouth.

"..." The old and bulky man gave up, even though he felt incredibly cowardly, he wanted nothing more but to apologize and change his words. But not his body nor soul wanted it so, as he couldn't stop trembling all over with his old eyes turning shameful from images of their previous encounters emerging once more inside his head, but this time, no more in a joyful way.

"I, I, I..." Yun Beishang looked directly into the stuttering old general's eyes, the latter feeling that piercing fear into his heart as Yun Beishang mimicked his words, "I, I, I-what, old fart. Where did the previous cooperation between my Order and you went to, between you all. Huh?!"

"Hey, old man," Yun Beishang gave the entire group to his front a glance before looking at all generals around and then at the old and bulky general and continued in a steely and derisive tone, "Didn't you said that you will treat my Order so wonderfully? Hm? Weren't you so glad to have us in the 'Vanguard' you so much value, surely, and not just yourself and your own gains... hm?"

"Ah, hah-hahahah! That's right," the old general, though feeling empty and shameful to the extreme, found his own way out as he directly became all smiles, fake ones; as he continued with a reverencing tone. "Tongqiu, your Order has gone too far and acted in insubordination, they must be punished! As for you, naturally, you will be fin-"

"My Order, punished? Oldy, you want me to just go and have some more fun, ay? Should I just make you rationalize your current predicament, then? Eh?" His tone the same as before, Yun Beishang placed his 2.25m long and 45cm thick right handed gladius on his right shoulder with his head and neck straight, looking into the old general's eyes without remorse.

Feeling those blank eyes, the old man turned silent for a good while, good damn while; before finally responding in a low and defeated tone. "Y-y-you're right, I-we-no, V-Van-no, Main Kingdom Vanguard will not punish the Order, we don't have t-no! We can't, we wouldn't dare! They don't deserve it, at all! We will even compensate, that's right, we'll compensate!!"

"AAAAAAAH-heeeeelp!!"

"Over here, over here, we need more pe-"

BOOM!!!

"Send more Sacred Restorers here, we are too litt-"

Boom...

His last few words turning screaming and desperate, the old bulky man then continued in a slightly milder tone but with the same voice as before, "But please... PLEASE, Tongqiu, no more. Your people can peacefully leave right now, just that you won't be welcome anymore... alright? If... if you want to keep helping us... please do so. Main Kingdom Va-no, Main Kingdom! Main Kingdom! Main Kingdom... needs you."

"Oh, I'll stay, be 'reassured'," Yun Beishang responded, his tone calming down a bit more before continuing with an actual tone as he turned his head to look up above, "I'll also be getting all the items available with my Order's reputations, I'm not asking, so just make sure it happens fast. And no tricks, I can always come out of here and have fun, no? Hah-heh."

Step, step... step-step.

After speaking, ignoring the old man's excessively twitching facial features and body as the screaming in the distance and the horrendous sounds of may huge objects flying towards their soldiers never stopped, Yun Beishang walked towards a beautiful young woman was descending like an angel to quench the wrath in his chest.

With her chestnut bright orange colored hair dancing among the air, Romina fell onto Yun Beishang's hands with her waist being grabbed as she instinctively placed her forearms on his shoulders, her chin getting a bit into her neck as she looked like a precious swan being intimate with its partner as the sun outshines their figures.

Fwwip!

Suddenly, and to the surprise of everyone, including the people from The Order, Yun Beishang had his Eccentric Wolf Mask, Delicate Obsidian Mantle and Renaissance Crown's Great Petal Helm facial sections pulled away as he directly started a passionate kiss with Romina's peach colored lips.

"Mmmh... uwwmm..."

"BAAAAAAAAAAH-noo..."

"Ghlow-gllrwgg-puaaaahk!"

"Die, die, die, die, die DIE DIE DIE DIE~~~~!!!"

"Le-... let's go." The old and bulky general ordered as he brought everyone away, his words were too mild and defeated, low toned. While his footsteps were light and dispirited, but also firm and unwavering, for he still had a war to win and... he has wasted so much time with just this dumb as fuck matter... it was a total shame.

Amidst her initial moaning in surprise and delight, even more screaming resounded, but it made nothing to hide the passion between two adults at this moment. With Yun Beishang only deciding to cut off his kiss once he was done feeling like he placated her worried hear and his aching one, their thumping synchronizing slowly and ever so lovely.

"Okay, now go back." Yun Beishang said, while Romina did nothing else but to nod and eskimo kiss him one last time, "Mn💓."

"Everyone," Yun Beishang gazed away from Romina's comforted darker black eyes while letting her go with her body rubbing itself against his as it slid down, he then voiced out in a soothing tone that made all his Maidens and Ladies' ears tingle, "It's time now, I guess. Leave the rest to me, okay? I can bear it alone, thank you, so now go ahead and pamper Romina for me until my return..."

Yun Beishang slowly turned around after seeing his people smile and nod at him, feeling very content as he then continued but this time, with somewhat of a more somber-ish tone. "...for something tells me it's gonna be a long day."

Step, step, step.

As Yun Beishang's back moved forward and away from their eyes, The Order gave a last breathing in and a last sigh out from their lungs as they then turned to look at the nearby ally Associations members, nodding professionally once before everyone from The Order began moving in the opposite direction to where the battle was still ongoing.

They weren't going to depend on the huge portal's capabilities, hell no, who knew what could happen. It is supposedly 'controlled' by the Main Kingdom Vanguard, but more than anything, by those Guiding Voices and was even made thanks to them. Besides, everyone from The Order now had a citizenship, so as to say, of the Azure Dragon Sub-Division, Myriad Beasts Division and of the Bright Sunset Region.

On the other hand, it was also now that Yun Beishang took in all of the information from the terrain with his senses; the entire 'headquarters' from the Demon Race was of damn too many square meters, it also had lows and ups, bumps and uneven terrain all over.

While, encompassing all of it as a barrier and as the perimeter, was a ton of logs from trees of unknown origin piled up against one another, creating a barrier of 20 meters in height but of 50 meters in thickness. It was more like a wall really, and the only reason it was a mediocre kind of barrier was most likely due to some magic used by the Demon Race.

Hell, who knows, maybe they even used some technology or advanced magic. In any case, it was basically unknown why they were there, at least for more people. For as Yun Beishang, he could very well see the information of all those 'walls' surrounding everywhere.

But there was this other thing, Yun Beishang could now finally discern what was going on in the battlefield with more than clear insight. Just as soon as the Inhabitant troops arrived here, they basically triggered a ton hurl of traps that were stacked upon one another and beside each other.

There were also quite a ton of trees around, thought those were more 'normal' compared to the ones that were used for the 'walls'. At the same time, those traps were made of bones, metals, any item, really; and even of wood. Whenever the ones made from wood were used or triggered, they would leave tons of pieces of themselves all scattered around the ground.

Not only the wood used for those traps, but even the other ones have a certain thing in common; and that is, they were all unstable against fire.

"Man, what the hell happened..."

"Yeah, I don't know. I don't even feel like fighting anymore."

"No way, that's bullshit! Don't you all remember the rewards given to the top 1,000? There was even penalized rewards for some others that did nothing or were utter cowards and died the same in the first event."

"You say that, but you are hiding far behind the frontlines here with us."

"..."

Yun Beishang ignored the many voices around, which were many. Just imagine, just having created a scene, and a very abstruse one at that in front and behind the backs of billions of different beings, how could the murmuring be low. However, the ongoing fighting was still happening, so they were mostly occupied trying to survive and obviously couldn't gossip.

Step, step-... step step.

Yun Beishang was walking casually towards the battlefield and, just as he was preparing to dash forth towards the frontlines, he noticed that a few uniquely dressed Demons appeared very close by to the west of the battlefield. The Journeyers and Inhabitants had all appeared on the south of such battlefield that could hold around 300 billion people at the same time, ginormous at the very least indeed, this was the 'headquarters' that the Demon Race has spent their hiding inside for a long time after all.

These people were dressed shabbily, held long staffs and had blacking, pure darkly horns that were somewhat twisting upwards and then towards the center and sides of their heads but weren't that large overall. Also had either greyish, pitch-black or white-ish hair, varying from ages that looked to be very young and very old as well.

Besides that, there was the difference in their bodies, compared to those of the rest of the Demons fighting all around. They were lanky, as tall as most elves, from 2 meters tall up to 2.8 meters tall. In the same manner, Yun Beishang could smell a funny, powerful but magical aura coming from them, it was... as if there was a skill used by them all for a almost an hour already.

There were 10,000 of them, at the very least, and every single one of them was naturally one of a magical class type of Demon, such was the case as they appeared from nowhere while everyone else was fighting. Only Yun Beishang was the one to notice them, 'Those are... shamans? That skill... did they, perhaps... knew when and where would we come from? No way...'

Such were Yun Beishang's thoughts, but he did not have enough time as he witnessed the next following actions from that ten of thousands of mage Demons move the right next instant.

 

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