162 End of The First Player War: The Western War! (1/2)

He did not wait for Captain Aks to respond and simply said, coldly, ”Before we discuss any matters regarding the Village, I need to deactivate the Teleportation Platform first!”

”The Teleportation Platform?” Captain Aks asked in confusion.

He wanted to stop Pedro because a Teleportation Platform is a very crucial part of a stronghold. It is responsible for connecting one stronghold to another, be it Village to Village, Kingdom to Kingdom, or Kingdoms to Villages. On top of it, Teleportation Platforms is where the new characters made by the players were initially transported as they logged in into the game for the first time.

Pedro knew that Captain Aks won't allow him to destroy the Teleportation Platform. However, he also knew at this moment that Captain Aks was conflicted about it since the 'adventurers' or players that were summoned from the said Teleportation Platforms were one of the reasons why Kagat Village fell into the hands of Village Soldier Tam.

On top of that, Captain Aks was currently weakened. He did not have any decent weapon to wield, for him to fight Pedro and be able to, at least, deal a scratch on him. Thus, Pedro took advantage of this opportunity to obtain the Village's Magical Crystals that powers the Teleportation Platform of Kagat Village.

If the teleportation platform was destroyed, there won't be players spawning non-stop in Kagat Village. This, in turn, would give Antonio and Aks some time to rebuild the village and, at the same time, establish a governing system that would help them manage the adventurers that would go in and out of their stronghold.

As for Pedro, Obtaining the Magic Crystals would give him endless amounts of opportunity. He can save it for later--when he builds his own Kingdom, or he can use it to build temporary trap spawn points--where new players could be summoned for them to farm with ease. It was a win-win opportunity for both parties.

That said, Pedro knew that he needs to, at the least, convince Captain Aks about it. This way, his relationship with the NPC and the Kagat Village would still remain to be friendly, or even better as if he was their 'hero' or 'just a family'.

Pedro took a deep breath and said, ”I know the importance of Teleportation Platforms. Why they were often placed at the center of strongholds. However... Despite the advantages it brings to the village, it certainly poses dangers and risks, especially when it was not handled properly.”

”N-No...” Captain Aks murmured in response as he averted his gaze from Pedro to the ground.

”Exactly!” Pedro said. Then, he turned around and glance towards Captain Aks and said, ”That is why... I am going to help you rebuild from scratch. But in order to do so... I need to get rid of the Teleportation Platform first. After all, the adventurers would only bring destruction and problems to the village more than anything else.”

Pedro was about to turn around once again, when he remembered another important point to explain at the Village Soldier's Captain, Aks. ”Oh! By the way... Do you think that the adventurers are the ones that pose a threat to the village? Thousands of Monsters lurk around the western part of the Aquari Continent. And... My men were also fighting them to protect the village. I did say I am here to help. But... my men are also only humans. We also get tired. If I don't make a way to reduce our enemies... Never mind the village... Even my men would soon fall to their deaths. So... forgive me. But the Teleportation Platform must be destroyed at any cost!”

Captain Aks was hopeless. What Pedro had said was right. Yes, the Teleportation Platform was important. But... As they say, what would you do with the grass if the sheep is dead? What benefit would the Teleportation Platform bring, if the village itself is destroyed?

Truth be told, the Teleportation Platform was beneficial to Pedro and his men. They could just camp around the Teleportation Platform and kill the enemies who had just created a new character for themselves. It was an infinite supply of EXP.

However, Pedro decided to gather the Magic Crystals of the Teleportation Platform and destroy the platform instead. Because he knew that it was not an efficient thing to do for their characters' development.

First of all, they were not short on Levels, nor EXPs at this moment. In fact, Pedro and Sabrina were twice or thrice the levels of the other players--including Mathew and Talia.

In addition to that, there was still the Continental Quest that seemed to be prolonged as the Majority of the players who spawned at the Western part of Aquari Continent had just been annihilated by Pedro's Force.

Hence, the subjugation of the monsters would be slower, particularly the wild mountain wolves at the Western side of the Aquari Continent. This, in turn, would give Pedro and his troops a chance to monopolize the monsters and farm them for themselves--that would eventually make their development and levels increase faster compared to other players.

And speaking of Player Levels, their levels (the members of the Attack Team) were already way past the ideal level to 'safely' enter the dungeons scattered all over the Aquari Continent. Since Pedro and Sabrina had leveled beyond 20, Pedro already had the thought of clearing dungeons in the continent.

In fact, if not for the appearance of Pocras and the war, they could have been clearing dungeons at this very moment. The dungeons were on the top of his priority list since he knew that dungeons could only be cleared once--consequently, the rewards and loots from each dungeon could also only be obtained once.

On top of that, weapons, items, armors, and other things with special or unique effects could only be obtained from the loots and rewards offered by dungeons. These were something better than those 'ordinary' equipment that could be bought from the NPCs--giving players a huge advantage compared to others.

Well... Pedro and Sabrina were overpowered on their own. They don't need it that much. However, it was a different story to the other players with them--including Talia and Mathew. Though the two siblings have overpowered transformation forms with no time limits or cooldowns, they were not as overpowered as Pedro and Sabrina on their human forms.

Yes, Mathew can kill faster and can kill more wild mountain wolves than Sabrina earlier. But... That was only thanks to his experience in playing VR Games.

If Mathew would fight Sabrina in their human forms, he would not win against her despite having a professional background. Sabrina's pen-knives were almost on the same level as Pedro, where it can freely levitate as if it was a knife version of Mjolnir. And... On top of that, Sabrina had four of them!

This mere effect of the pen-knives had already set a huge difference between Sabrina and Mathew's individual strengths. This is a feature of Bearth Online that gives ordinary players a chance to stand amongst the well-experienced players.

Simply take Lony and Roval as an example. Without their transformation forms, they were nothing but ordinary players that are barely able to kill wild mountain wolves. In fact, they would have not survived that long without Yojiro's presence. They were not even able to survive a couple of seconds before Talia and her army arrived.

What if their swords can levitate and carry them to the sky--allowing them to retreat safely with Yojiro?