Guild Wars

this skill which had won Britain so many battles? 

Arthur floated into the air slowly as the wind carried him forth, his golden-red armor gleaming with purity.
A gentle light emerged from the heavens and coated the whole battlefield.  

Every combatant on the field stopped what they were doing to glimpse at the marvelous event occurring in front of them.
The spectating players and even Draco – as well as the members of Umbra – watched this happen with shock and awe.  

The 6 Knights of Camelot on the ground lightly smiled.
They also raised their blades – and one spear – as a golden-white aura escaped from their bodies and converged on Excalibur.  

Arthur smiled at his Knights gently.  

”My brothers… I have let you down for too long.
From now on… I shall right all my wrongs. ” 

His eyes glinted with seriousness and endless willpower.  

”This I solemnly swear under the gaze of the Gods! ” 

The white light that fell upon him intensified greatly, as if the heavens had acknowledged his vow.
As such, a golden-white energy began to emerge from Excalibur.  

Arthur ’s gaze fell on the war weapons that were so close, yet so far away.
Because the Knights were in the middle of their own army, the Allied Guilds had ceased fire, and those manning them had joined the fray.  

Arthur smiled as he opened his mouth and uttered the key words that every enemy of Britain had learned to fear. 

”With the might of Excalibur, the blessing of the Lady of the Lake and the magic of Merlin! ” 

The aura surrounding Excalibur became more intense and volatile, like a world stopping explosion was about to occur.  

”I demand that thee stand in the light… ” 

Arthur gripped Excalibur with two hands, as the aura began to form a macro-version of the blade that was made out of golden light, seemingly able to sunder the heavens apart.  

”… AND PERISH!!! ” 

Arthur brought down Excalibur, and it felt like the world had come to an end.  

The golden macro-Excalibur came down upon the location of the war weapons, and with it, the fury of Great Britain.
The cannons and trebuchets that had cleared almost 200,000 troops in less than 10 minutes were turned into dust.  

The whole area surrounding those weapons became indented, as if a meteor had crashed there.
The earth shivered while the heavens trembled at the power of Arthur and Excalibur together.  

The members of Umbra, the members of the Allied Guilds and the spectating players all stared dumbly at the place where the war weapons had previously stood mounted.
All that was left of it now was a giant crater.  

Arthur smiled as he stared at the sky and then his knights, looking like he had finally fulfilled his greatest wish.  

”My Brothers, we must take our leave.
Camelot… no, Britain needs its King and its Knights. ” 

Arthur ’s body began to fade away, and the Knights of Camelot smiled from the bottom of their hearts – even Galahad – as they began to fade away joining him. 

Draco smiled as he – more than anyone else – understood the hurdle that Arthur had crossed just now.
Even though the timeline in Britain ’s history might not change, Arthur ’s growth showed that it was possible to overcome hate.  

However, they were still in the midst of a war.
Arthur ’s omnipotent skill had cleared out one of Draco ’s biggest fears and the Allied Guild ’s biggest reliances for this battle.  

Joker and Happy Scholar looked like they wanted to cry, but no tears would come out.
They were extremely reluctant to, but they called out the final trump card that the Rank 7 powers had bestowed them to deal with Draco.  

They stood aside, placing one hand each on a certain spherical orb that was bronze in color and had strange runes all over it.
When Draco saw this orb, his eyes widened.  

Joker and Happy Scholar roared in their hearts as they threw this orb out into the battlefield.  

’You forced us to do this, Draco! ’ 

They wouldn ’t have minded losing to Umbra, but not in such a disgraceful manner where the actual members of the guild themselves hadn ’t even taken a step out.  

The orb they threw out rolled on the earth and came to a stop in an inauspicious part of the battlefield, but the eyes of the spectating players, who had joined the betting arena, were being directed to this scene by the system.  

Their hearts pounded as they knew the battlefield would change from this instant.  

’Here it comes! ’ 

The orb shook and trembled, eventually exploding into pieces.
What was left inside was a small grey mass that grew in size rapidly.  

This grey mass reached the height of the tallest man and then stopped, stabilizing itself quickly.
Right at that moment, some ’things ’ came out of this grey mass, entities that were like an energy lifeform, but not at the same time.  

｢Portable Portal – Consumable 

Rank: Legendary (100% effectiveness) 

Effect: Allows one to create a portal that connects two locations together for 1 hour, regardless of distance.｣ 

｢Name: Void Fodder – Private Rank monster 

Level: 34 

HP: 15,000/15,000｣ 

｢Name: Void Monster – Specialist Rank monster 

Level: 39 

HP: 150,000/150,000｣ 

｢Name: Void Killer – Sergeant Rank monster 

Level: 42 

HP: 1,500,000/1,500,000｣ 

｢Name: Void Destroyer – Captain Rank monster 

Level: 47 

HP: 15,000,000/15,000,000｣ 

Monsters kept pouring out of this portal, their nameplates scaring the players and NPCs alike.  

Void Monsters! It was the Void Monsters of the current Abyss Event! They were the beings of the Null Realm that threatened all life on the Cario Continent, or even the whole world! 

Draco ’s face became livid.
He had predicted many things with his vast knowledge, but he hadn ’t predicted the immense stupidity of Joker and Happy Scholar, as well as the viciousness of the Rank 7 NPCs. 

The Abyss Event was classified as an apocalyptic event that required all players and NPCs to participate.
If the Void Monsters were so simple to kill or defend against, the event would have stopped at the regional or continental level, instead of becoming world-class.  

Their HPs were prohibitive for their Rank, almost being one Rank above what they should be.
They were immune to all physical attacks and extremely resistant to magic attacks.  

The only way to kill them would be to use weapons that were imbued with Aetheric Energy.
The only way to defend against them would be to do the same for one ’s armor.  

Death under the hands of a Void Monster was just as bad as being hit with Destruction Energy for a player, while for an NPC, it meant that they would not be able to experience an afterlife.  

To create a portal that linked the Void Monsters in the Ruined Plains of Deriam – where players could have defended their onslaught with his help and command – and here, a random open Field Zone, was utterly foolish.  

With the one-hour duration of the portal, thousands of them could cross over and kill every player here.
And worst of all, unlike Draco ’s summoned armies, the creatures wouldn ’t disappear after the time-limit, only that new ones would stop appearing. 

Apart from those in Kamisuo, Desecrators and Meiren, who else had their weapons and armor imbued with Aetheric Energy?  

Who even knew that such a method was necessary at this point in the timeline?  

Every player here would die and lose a lot because of it.
The AI had gathered almost every player in the game currently, and it would be impossible for them to leave with portal scrolls while Void Monsters were around.  

During apocalyptic events like Ratchet ’s rampage, the Abyss Event, and the Great War, players could not log out if the contents of that event were in their direct vicinity.  

That was why those events occurred around the time the pods were released and everyone was secured within them.  

It was one of the reasons why Draco and Riveting Night were enraged when the Abyss Event was unlocked, because it meant that the AI would rush the development of the pods.  

Draco stood up and his eyes glinted.
Riveting Night also stood up, as her body shook with anger.  

”Move out. ”  

Draco began to walk into the battlefield himself, which shocked the members of Umbra.
None of them expected Draco to take an active part in this war because he was simply too powerful.  

However, they were trained by Riveting Night and knew that the Abyss Event wasn ’t simple.  

She had taught them the attack patterns, weaknesses and strengths of the Abyss Monsters, as well as the different types and skills they had.  

The 2,500 members of Umbra marched from their location and onto the battlefield slowly.
This captured the attention of many players as well as the Allied Guilds.  

Everyone was excited to see what Umbra would do, but one could only wonder why Umbra were moving so slowly.  

Wasn ’t it more important to get there quickly and take control of the situation? 

However, the answer became clear when the Void Monsters turned to the nearest enemies around, which just so happened to be the remaining 170,000 members of the Allied Guild ’s Army.