Chapter 289: 4 Versus 200,000+ (1/2)
Pedro clapped twice—consequently making the temperature to suddenly rise.
This, in turn, made the ground dry. Cracks started to appear as if it was the hottest moment of summer, while the green grass starts to melt, before emitting a white smoke around them.
The 200,000 NPCs from the Defacto Kingdom and the remaining players from Team Fuji start to panic as their robes start to burn.
That said, everyone remained unaffected physically by the intense heat. That is why Pedro and his men were able to remain calm at this unusual and uncomfortable moment.
Pedro smirked and said, ”It's time!”
He glanced to Lony and Talia, commanding, ”Bulk, take the north! Shawarma, you go to the south! Make sure that none of them would be able to escape from our trap! I'll take the front and face them head-on!”
”Yes, Captain!”
”Yes, Expert Cap!”
Lony and Talia said in unison before leaving in the next second.
Right after Lony and Talia left, their enemies hopelessly removed the cloths covering them while charging towards Pedro and the Eastern Gate of the Tradean Empire.
Unfortunately...
The moment that the Ball of Fire shined through their skin, it became flakey and was starting to shed.
Soon, the weak ones turned into ash like a burning paper.
While the strong ones were barely able to move, dropping into the ground like a thirsty horse.
That said, their eyes remained bloodshot red, while their jaws were wide open—revealing two fangs as if they were hungry wolves.
”My hunch was right! Team Fuji won't give up easily without putting up a fight!” Pedro sighed heavily as he draws his black sword.
Then, he lowered the visor of his helm and said, ”The Will of Japanese Players is truly admirable! They are willing to fight 'till the bitter end!”
”But sadly… Will, alone, is not enough to win this fight!”
Pedro charged forward—moving just slightly slower compared to Lony. That said, his lack of speed was compensated by his strength as multiple heads fell into the ground in just one of his swings.
He even threw his sword forward to pierce multiple necks at once while using his hand to grab more necks and break them apart.
Eventually, his sword got stuck to its ”last target”.
Fortunately, Pedro arrived in time to draw his sword before it fell into the ground with the body of its last victim.
Pedro gripped the handle tightly before swinging his sword 360 Degrees with full force.
In a blink of an eye, ten heads of Vampire NPCs fell into the ground, creating a small breathing space for Pedro before he charges to his next targets.
Obviously, there were several Vampires who were able to go past his defenses.
But that wasn't a problem, because there were only a few Vampires who were able to do so, for some terrifyingly unknown reason.
Add up the fact that Sabrina was patiently waiting for them outside the Empire's gates.
It was to be expected that nothing but the smell of blood would be able to reach the walls of their base.
At some moments, the soldiers of the Tradean Empires needed to shoot arrows and wooden spears—to help slow the advance of their enemies.
With Lony and Talia suppressing the enemy force from their sides, the enemies were hopelessly trapped in the ”hot area”—leading to their complete annihilation, and, eventually, Team Fuji's Defeat.
[Match 1, Complete!]
[Team ARES' Victory!]
The holographic projector displayed the results of the first match in the arena as the players from the two opposing teams were logged off from their accounts and exited their respective VR Boxes for the scheduled thirty minutes break between each match.
At this moment, everyone—the commentators, the audience in the arena, and the observers all over the world, could only remain silent as their minds were still trying to process how Team ARES was able to annihilate hundreds of thousands of Vampires in just a few hours.