- WHAT WAS THAT?! - Marcus had had to entertain his “guests” for a while after receiving his new hostage. At the moment, the Four Kings were still inside his private quarters, discussing trivial matters with him.
Then, the cave shook.
The Goblin Emperor ran to his Dungeon Core as fast as possible.
- HE CAME! THE IDIOT! THE BASTARD! - Marcus fumed from his mouth as he saw millions of lives being clamed in a single moment.
Jack’s breath attack had covered the whole of the island, plus a few kilometers into the sea. All of those outside of the mountain had been instantaneously killed, and the sea water was boiling.
Millions of NPCs, and a few hundreds of thousands of players lives as well, all lost!
He rowed with all his feeble power, while also realizing the greatness of his mistake. The old Dragon King was way more powerful than he was before, and seemed to be enraged this time.
- No matter, no matter, no matter! - Marcus repeated while continuously searching the Dungeon Core’s screen.
Finally, he then reached the one thing he wanted.
Demon King Guardian Dragon. A demon as strong as Jack himself!
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This was his hidden ace, the most destructive and powerful card he could play!
And also the reason why he so desperately hoarded mana.
By summoning this unexpected creature, Marcus should be able to at least heavily injure Jack. Then, it would be a matter of making him bleed until death.
What if he was absurdly strong? He had millions of players at his disposal, and now of all times they surely wouldn’t mind listening to his orders!
The mana he had so painfully stacked over the years was barely enough to summon this creature, but he could already taste the sweetness of Jack’s own dungeon’s mana. Once he killed the main boss, then only Elicia and a few thousands would need to be taken care of.
His bony, shaking finger pressed the command button, and an spectral form started to take shape outside. It was bigger than Jack even, with almost two kilometers of size. Its color was black, and its skin had been patched with enormous pieces of dragon scales.
- Hahaha. HHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! - Marcus laughed maniacally. His victory was certain, or at least so he thought.
A few moments before completely materializing, the faulty last-hour creation of a certain moderator nicknamed Joe stopped moving and froze in the spot.
[ - Undo.]
A special NPC included in the game by a game moderator at the last minute. It's summoning formula was simple, and the employee authority used to add it to the game was the weaker one possible. In front of Jack, the General Administrator, it was the same as nothing.
And so, the mighty Demon King Guardian Dragon turned in a puff of smoke.
As Marcus looked at his screen, denial written all over it, his limbs stuck in place, two of the Kings behind him died at the same moment.
They had plenty of bugs purposefully installed at their avatars, so a simple evocation the Auto-Correct Tool was enough to undo their whole beings into nothingness.
They died without uttering a sound, while Marcus himself only realized what happened after seeing his own lifeless body falling to the side.
The battle had been won before it even started.
Sūn Wǔ would be proud.