Chapter 861
King Bao could not believe what was in front of his eyes.
Keller, the Dragon Spearman who dreamt of succeeding Spear God Ben, was a legend who had become a hero in their kingdom. And from what King Bao remembered, Keller would only be able to deal with one dark elf assassin. However, the two dark elf assassins that charged at them were now spurting blood from their throats while dozens of dark werewolves fell after getting their necks pierced.
‘Di-did he become stronger?!’
All of the kings and emperors had been worried before, that the talents that used to be by their side would grow weaker after coming under the command of the Beyond the Heavens’ Emperor. However, the level of Keller’s growth was unimaginably high.
Not only did Keller’s level increase significantly, but he also unlocked a new pinnacle skill when he left to train under Amacar. More importantly, he also received various buff effects, including Obren’s Duplicate Blessings and the buff effects of the dish that Minhyuk made for them using the Create a Recipe skill.
[You ate a dish from a recipe specially made for you.]
[You won’t be able to eat another dish from a recipe specially made for you for a month.]
[You have eaten a Fried Rice Burger.]
[Epic Grade.]
[All of your stats have increased by 9%.]
[All of your spearmanship skills have increased by +1.]
[Your attack speed has increased by 18%.]
[Your defense has increased by 25%.]
With Obren’s Duplicate Blessings, Minhyuk’s legendary grade buff effect, and his growth with Amacar, Keller could confidently say he was no weaker than any of the lower-ranked Sword of the Gods.
“Your Majesty! I have received His Majesty Minhyuk’s orders and will use my life to protect you!”
Keller once insulted Minhyuk. He almost got executed for insulting the emperor. However, with Minhyuk’s mercy and his Emperor’s Comfort skills, he developed a sense of loyalty and respect toward the new emperor he was serving.
And Keller knew they needed to turn the hostile kings and emperors into friends. These talents were the key to Beyond the Heavens Empire's ability to forge a friendly relationship with these kingdoms and empires.
During this reunion between the king and his subordinate, who had not seen each other for quite some time, the subordinate told his king, “Please do not forget that I was only able to come here because His Majesty, the Beyond the Heavens’ Emperor, had sent me here and ordered me...”
Bao focused on the words of his former subordinate.
“Protect you even at the cost of my life!”
“...!”
Bao was deeply moved when he heard his former subordinate, who appeared in front of him stronger than before, say those words. Was the Beyond the Heavens’ Emperor truly the shameless and impudent person that he thought him to be? Bao looked at Keller’s back. Keller triggered the new power that he was able to awaken thanks to Amacar’s help.
“Dragon Spear!”
Beeeeeeeeeeeeeep–
Bright light gathered at the tip of Keller’s spear. This bright light carried a powerful force that grew until it was as long as a spear before shooting forward and covering an entire area with a two kilometer radius.
The dark elves hurriedly borrowed the power of the spirits of darkness and cast a dark barrier. However, the dark barriers were as flimsy as paper, providing no protection to them against the spear of light. In the end, their bodies got pierced through by the powerful force.
At the same time, King Bao was rescued and sent back to safety.
“M-my god...”
“Tha-that’s Keller, right?”
“King Bao, were you hiding Keller’s power before?”
The kings and emperors still could not believe it even though they had seen everything happen with their very own eyes. They felt like they saw the might and momentum of a Sword of the Gods.
However, King Bao just shook his head. Then, he turned to Emperor Elise and said, “Keller’s power is far behind that of Sir Arcalso, or at least, it used to be.”
“...”
Emperor Elise was in shock. The power that Keller displayed was far superior to that of Arcalso.
However, even though Keller appeared and immediately charged toward the enemies, his appearance could not significantly change the battlefield's flow. The assassins looked up at the walls and waited for the opportunity to make a move. Then, hundreds of assassins jumped out as a black hole suddenly appeared on the ground. However, it did not end there.
“Roaaaaaaaaar!”
“Graaaaaaaa!” magic
“Grrrrrrrrrrrr!”
“Groaaaaaaaaar!”
Around twenty gigantic dark werewolves fell from the sky. They were almost thirty-five meters in height, which was already half the height of the walls that protected the Aplath Empire. On top of that, there was something unusual about their fur which was glinting brightly under the light.
[Giant Dark Werewolf. Level 639.]
At that moment, Dark Elf Jack raised his hand, then swung it down.
“N- no way...”
“Grrrrrrrrrrrr!”
“Roaaaaaaaaaaaar!”
“Graaaaaaaaaaa!” The twenty giant dark werewolves immediately charged toward the walls. The dark werewolves did not care about who was in their path. Whether it was friend or foe, they just trampled on them and continued to charge forward.
At this moment, the kings and emperors all shared one hunch.
“Th- those guys are going to tear the walls down.”
“They’re acting like mammoths!”
“Ah- Aaaaaaaaaah– Ah...!”
The kings and emperors knew this would be their grave if the walls collapsed. There were even assassins waiting for the opportunity to reap their lives.
Thud, thud, thud, thud–!
The kings and emperors shrieked when they saw the dozens of giant dark werewolves get closer and closer.
“U- uwaaaaaaah!”
“Aaaaaaaaaack!”
“Damn it!”
“We should have run away as quickly as possible...!”
Emperor Elise watched them shriek and scream. He was calmer and more composed than the others. Then, he murmured, “Beyond the Heavens’ Guardian God.”
[Guardian God Obren is responding!]
“Tell the Beyond the Heavens’ Emperor.”
[Guardian God Obren lends you his ear!]
“That I am begging him to save my empire.”
[Aplath Empire’s Emperor Elise is requesting help from Beyond the Heavens Empire!]
[Beyond the Heavens Empire’s Guardian God Obren warps the people of the Beyond the Heavens Empire!]
By that time, several dark elf assassins were already in the vicinity of Emperor Elise. The giant dark werewolves were also growing nearer and nearer to the walls.
Emperor Elise had also lost a lot of talents to the Beyond the Heavens Empire. When he thought about it, he realized there was also a time when he fought on the battlefield with his talented warriors. A time when he laughed with them as they cut down their enemies together. However, these people were no longer by his side. At that moment, he recalled the promises that they had made.
–I’ll become more powerful to protect you, Your Majesty.
–Your Majesty, I will become stronger!
Perhaps they went to the Beyond the Heavens Empire because they wanted to achieve something.
Emperor Elise asked himself, ‘Everyone, were you able to achieve what you wanted to achieve?’
Was the Beyond the Heavens’ Emperor able to give them the things they wanted to get so much? Was he able to do what Elise could not do for them? At that moment, when the assassin shot forward with the dagger pointing at his neck, the greedy emperor sincerely spoke, “I hope you guys were able to achieve what you wanted to achieve.”
In that brief moment, Elise sincerely hoped that the Beyond the Heavens’ Emperor was able to do what he could not do for them. But before the dagger could even touch Elise’s neck, a bright light flashed, and a man appeared. The man grabbed the assassin’s wrist.
Swoosh–
“Your Majesty.”
Three men simultaneously appeared in that flash of light. They were the talents that promised to become stronger for him in the past. They left him because of his changes, his negligence, and his crooked policies. They left because they grew tired of his growing faults and wanted to find a greener pasture and improve even further.
The man who grabbed the dark elf assassin’s wrist was Knight Edom. He was one of the knights who fought alongside Elise in the past. Elise looked at Edom and asked him silently, ‘Were you able to get what you wanted to get after leaving me?’
Edom responded with his actions. He swiftly used his other hand to grab the dark elf assassin’s collar and slam him down on the ground.
Boooooooom–
The ground cracked as the dark elf assassin spat a mouthful of blood.
Shiiiiing–
Edom and the two other knights that appeared with him drew their swords and cut down the charging assassins in one swift move.
Ting– Ting, ting, ting, ting, ting– Ting–!
A smile unknowingly appeared on Elise’s face as he watched the man draw blood from the enemies.
“Did the Beyond the Heavens’ Emperor cry as he gave you his orders?”
The three turned to look at Elise when they heard his question. He was half-right. Their new emperor did not cry, but it was certain that he had asked them to win the hearts of everyone here. However, his words implied that he truly wanted them to protect their former masters.
“Have you come this far?”
“...”
“...”
The three silently stared at Elise. Then, Edom said, “We also wished to protect you, Your Majesty.”
“...”
Elise looked at them and realized that the Beyond the Heavens’ Emperor had allowed them to grow stronger, even more than he did. At this point, Elise had to admit that his people made the right choice in immigrating to the Beyond the Heavens Empire. He could no longer deny nor curse and criticize the Beyond the Heavens Empire.
“Will you follow my final order?”
“Please give us your orders!”
Elise stared coldly ahead of him, knowing that they had become stronger.
“Protect the people.”
Edom and the other talents acknowledged Elise’s command.
“We will obey your orders!”
“We will obey your orders!” Dash–
Dash–
Dash–
The three immediately flew off of the wall. Each of them went on to fight against one giant dark werewolf. These giant dark werewolves were very hard to deal with. No scratch would appear on their skin despite thousands of arrows shooting toward them. They did not even blink when thousands of spears stabbed at their bodies.
Thuuuuuuuuuud–
But the moment Edom swung his sword, the head of the giant dark werewolf that he was facing fell down and rolled on the ground.
Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang–!
When another knight shot out countless magic bombs, the body of the giant dark werewolf in front of him exploded and turned into pieces. Even the remaining knight, who used a dagger to stab the neck of the giant dark werewolf that he was dealing with, was able to knock the gigantic being down.
“...”
Elise watched them while thinking, ‘He has truly done what I couldn’t do.’
Would the relationship between an emperor and his subordinate end with accepting and acknowledging each other?
Although the three talents had left Elise’s side, he could clearly see in their eyes that they came here on the orders of the Beyond the Heavens’ Emperor, but also truly to protect him.
“Thank you.”
The Beyond the Heavens Empire not only embraced his former subordinates, but he also realized their importance and their true worth.
At the same time, Minhyuk heard these notifications.
[Emperor Elise’s favor has increased.]
[Emperor Elise’s favor has increased.]
After seeing his former talents cut down the giant dark werewolves, Emperor Elise cried loudly, “Beyond the Heavens Empire, please help us!!!”
This was the first shot, the signal. The kings and emperors, who had also witnessed the performance of Emperor Elise’s former talents, shouted together.
“Beyond the Heavens Empire, please save us.”
“I beg you. Please save us!”
At that moment, more than a hundred thousand lights flashed in the sky. At the same time, the talents that each kingdom and empire had once cherished and loved appeared in front of them.
“Sir Amolde...!”
“Marquis Vioness!”
“Count Latio!”
The kings and emperors were very happy to be reunited with their former talents. However, they were also fully aware of the extent of their power. They all knew that their power was not enough to deal with a giant dark werewolf. However, the talents, who appeared on the walls, just flew up regardless of their worries and knocked down the giant dark werewolves.
Thud– Thud, thud– Thuuuuuuud– Thuuuuuuuud–!
The kings and emperors could only stare in awe as the dark werewolves collapsed with a loud thud on the ground. The Beyond the Heavens Empire did what they could not do.
As for the Beyond the Heavens’ knights and soldiers that appeared on the walls, everyone knew they were stronger than their own empires and kingdoms’ knights and soldiers. However, what they could not figure out was their numbers. What could a mere 100,000 people be able to do against such enemies? The dark elves’ speed at which they wielded their sword was so fast that they could even cut down arrows. It was also tough to even leave a scratch on their skins.
However, Amacar was standing before these soldiers and knights. When Amacar raised his hand, the 100,000 knights and soldiers immediately pulled the strings of their bows. Like the talents, these knights and soldiers had also received the effects of buff dishes and had grown under Amacar’s training.
[You have received the Guardian God’s Power of Bullseye’s Arrow!]
[After receiving the buff, the first and second arrows you shoot will have an additional 1,000% attack. The arrows’ hit rate and penetration rate will also double!]
White light gathered at the tip of the soldiers' and knights’ arrows, and they released their hold on the strings.
Stab, stab, stab, stab, stab, stab–
Their arrows instantly pierced through the hearts of the dark elves that were running fiercely and the necks of the dark werewolves that were charging crazily.
Thud– Thud– Thud– Thud–
The jaws of the kings and emperors that watched this scene almost dropped to the ground.
“Ar-are you telling me that those are ordinary soldiers?!”
“Th-this...!”
The Beyond the Heavens Empire's ordinary soldiers looked like knights who could deal with ten soldiers alone. No, perhaps they were far more than that.
[Pride’s King’s favor has increased.]
[Affro’s King’s favor has increased.]
[Heinek’s Emperor’s favor has increased.]
[Condni’s Emperor’s favor has increased...]
Notifications rang constantly in Minhyuk’s ears.