“So, we die if we fail, but what about them?” Shi kun asked while looking at the army that awaited them on the battlefield.

“I’m not sure, but if I were to guess, they would take your place.”

“..!”

“Is it that surprising? I think it’s pretty fair. They failed to achieve their goal, and thus, they were sealed. Now that we have obtained the fragments of their power, don’t you think we should prove ourselves against them?”

Zyrus wasn’t just saying this for the sake of it. He acknowledged the king in front of him as a worthy opponent. Both of them once aimed to conquer their world, and both had failed.

[The war will start in 00:00:01]

Klang

Shatter

The Scorpion King and the Void Emperor, two beings who barely had a fragment of their once glorious power clashed their weapons.

Clang

“Ugh..” Zyrus spat a mouthful of blood as his claws scratched against the rough arena. The scorpion king didn’t fare any better as he too was thrown towards the terracotta warriors. The air started brimming with fluctuations of mana as both the players and terracotta warriors charged at one another.

[Arcane Lance]

-300,-0,-450

Zyrus and the Scorpion King attacked one another with their long-range attacks. Just like Zyrus’s arcane lance, the scorpion king had a similar skill where spectral auras shot out from his sword.

The arena erupted with glittering sparks as blue mana spears and spectral swords clashed in midair. The winner between the two was decided in an instant.

Zyrus groaned in pain as the spectral swords hit him square in the chest. Even his unique armor was unable to completely block the ethereal damage dealt by the swords. Thankfully, his innate defense and Sylvarix scales managed to negate the leftover attack.

BOOOM

Fifty fireballs landed in the middle of the colosseum as Jacob casted his signature magic. Though he looked harmless with his gray hoodie and deadpan face, his acts were anything but that.

The other players also rushed forward and started an all-out brawl against the terracotta warriors. Despite all their skills and equipment, they weren’t the ones who held the advantage in the battle.

This wasn’t a fight against unintelligent monsters. This was a war, a war against the fraction of an army that once ruled continents on earth.

The terracotta warriors had the same type of weapons as them, but their way of using them was on a whole other level.

Zyrus saw the demise of a player from the corner of his eye. The swordsman was using the newly obtained Khopesh to sever the terracotta warrior’s head, but the moment he struck down he was blocked by two shield warriors. There was no time to assess his failure as in the next second, his chest was penetrated by a spear.

This made it seem like the players were fighting against multiple opponents, while in actuality their numbers weren’t that far apart. When it came to the army formations and reaction time this was like a fight between a child and an adult.

Terracotta shield warriors blocked every long-range attack whereas the swordsmen engaged in close combat. On the other side, the spearman led the charge against the players while being covered by the archers.

Unlike the dagger using players who were at the backlines, the opposing side was using them as assassins who reaped lives across the battlefield.

Last but not the least were the mages. Apart from Jacob, none of the mage players managed to deal a passable amount of damage. Their spells were scattered; the most they could do was to annoy the terracotta soldiers by disrupting their formations.

Instead of being a deadly threat they were at most a nuisance to deal with.

The opposing mages had impeccable teamwork. Gale wind and fireball, aqua shot and freezing wind, earthen wall and thunderbolt, more than a dozen spell combinations were being used against Shi kun and his subordinates. Even without clairvoyance they knew when to scatter and regroup to fight in the most efficient manner. The might of terracotta warriors was so unparalleled that it made the players look slow in comparison.

In the center of all these clashes Zyrus and the Scorpion king were duking it out with one another. Neither of them used their magical skills as if they had made an agreement beforehand.

Clang

The spear and the sword clashed for the umpteenth time, and both were pushed back once again. Unlike the first time though, they were only a couple of meters apart.

Did they use less strength compared to their first clash? Of course not. Those watching from the sidelines might think that their first attack was the most powerful, but they couldn’t be more wrong.

On their level, exchanging a couple of blows was enough to gauge the opponent's fighting style. They deflected the force of their enemy’s attacks with precise body movements.

‘What an annoying bastard,’

Zyrus cursed as he saw the single-digit damage they were dealing to one another. He knew that at this rate, neither side could defeat the other in a short while.

Clang

They clashed once more and the result remained the same. Zyrus wanted nothing more than to use his skills and go all-out, but he understood that it wasn’t the right thing to do.

At least for the time being.

Apart from him, none of the players knew how to fight a war. This was neither a blitz attack nor a boss raid.

The first and foremost thing they had to worry about in a war was their stamina and momentum. From the very beginning it was apparent that both sides were evenly matched. Thus, the ones who preserved the longest would win.

Clang

‘I wonder how long it’ll take them to figure this out,’

He could see the frowning Ria who commanded different units from the back and Kyle who was decimating one terracotta warrior after another. Shi kun and Jacob were playing their role as the main defending and attacking forces. Lauren also moved with the rats to finish off the injured opponents.

Dozens of players and rats had died in just half an hour. If not for the bears' tanking abilities coupled with the goblin archer’s lethal attacks, many more would have died. It wouldn’t be wrong to call goblin riders the biggest contributors of this war. Without anyone’s assistance, they were holding back a third of the terracotta warriors with their hit-and-run tactics.

Flash

“Getting impatient now, are we?”

Zyrus looked at the scorpion king with cold eyes. The latter’s sword was emitting a black aura akin to the moonless night. Zyrus also used the newly created Spear aura, ready to meet the scorpion king’s attack head-on.

Bang

The air itself exploded at the point of contact. The black and white aura mixed and merged before creating a terrifying explosion. The players and terracotta warriors who were unfortunate enough to get near them were blasted back dozens of feet.

It looked like neither side had managed to gain the upper hand, but the two in question knew that Zyrus was the one who had won in this clash.

As he had said to his subordinates, momentum was important in war. The one who became impatient and used their moves first would always have the lower hand when their attack was countered. Confidence and rhythm were key aspects when both sides had the same level of power.

Shimmer

A red and white aura intertwined on the Bloodspine spear as Zyrus prepared for the next attack. The scorpion king also readied himself in a slashing stance.

Whissh

Almost simultaneously, both of them used their aoe attack. The scorpion king planted his feet on the ground and slashed his sword multiple times in just a second.

The bloodspine spear was also glowing as a vast amount of energy was poured into it. It trembled at a high frequency that created afterimages in front of Zyrus.

Thrust

It was the same move he had been using since he arrived in the first ring, but this time, five reddish-white aura blades flew towards the scorpion king. At this moment his whole attention was fixed on what he had learned after his regression.

Boom

‘Huff..Huff... Zyrus panted for breath with buckled knees. Their attacks were canceled out once again. Just like their subordinates, they too were on par with one another when it came to overall combat prowess.

“This can’t go on Zyrus,” Ria’s voice sounded in his head while he steadied himself to parry the incoming sword.

At first, she didn’t want to disturb him during his crucial battle. The way things were going left her with no other choice.

Almost 50 players died along with dozens of rats and a couple of bears. The goblin riders were the only ones who had been unscathed on the battlefield so far.

They, along with Jacob had killed no less than 200 terracotta warriors. Nonetheless, this was a very bad situation for the players. They were in no position to handle a Pyrrhic victory, not when the end of the crown hunt was drawing near with each passing hour.

Clang

“Tell Pouka and Shi kun to deal with the scorpion king.”

“Will they be able to handle him?”

“Not for long. At most, they’ll last five minutes.”

“Alright then,” Ria decisively cut the conversation and relayed Zyrus’s orders to Shi kun.

Both of them knew that this was a gamble. Thus far, both leaders were holding one another in check by preventing the other from using a devastating attack. The conclusion of this bloody war would arrive in minutes the moment they were allowed to run amok on the battlefield.

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