Emperor of Solo Play Chapter 189:
Chapter 189 – Barbarian King (6)
18 .
Ggoo-roong, ggoo-roong!
Dark clouds appeared in the sky . The dark clouds looked to be thunderclouds as it overtly displayed its might .
Gulp!
At this sight, everyone gulped .
“Wow . The Hahoe Mask really reached the 2nd Phase by himself . ”
“The other teams were only able to do it after losing 300 Users… . ”
At that moment… .
Zzuh-juh-juhk!
There was no warning . A bolt of thunder fell towards the ground . Everything stopped when the sound of the thunder was heard . It was as if someone had pressed the pause button . All the several thousand small battles going on in the battlefield stopped for a brief moment .
Then the battle started again .
‘What happened?’
‘Was the Hahoe Mask able to dodge it?’
‘Did he succeed?’
However, at that moment, the Users in battle only had one thought .
Did the Hahoe Mask dodge the Storm Judgement?
If it had occurred as planned, he would have dodged the Judgement .
At the same time, was he able to plant the Storm Judgement on the Barbarian King?
The answer came .
– Hahoe Mask succeeded on the first one!
It came out through Voice Talk .
“Hell yeah!”
“Wow . I got goosebumps right now . ”
“Bullshit . You don’t have goosebumps . We are within the game . ”
“It is a figure of speech . ”
“Ok . Let’s do this! “
“The Hahoe Mask succeeded!”
A shout akin to a thunder exploded forth from the battlefield . Everyone started shouting for the Hahoe Mask .
At that moment, Hyrkan had barely avoided the thunder, and he walked near the Barbarian King’s heel . Hyrkan swallowed the sigh of relief from coming out of his mouth .
‘……wow . ’
When the alert announcing him being the target of the Storm Judgement popped up, the three second countdown had started .
Three seconds .
It was a short amount of time where one could let out a long sigh once, and the time would be up . He had only a brief amount of time . The enemy could stomp him, beat him to death with its trunk or squeeze him to death with its grip . However, he had to charge forward towards his enemy despite the danger .
No explanation was needed . Even if one was able to give a detailed explanation, it was something that wouldn’t be believed unless one saw it .
The bolt of thunder fell, and at that moment, the thunder struck the Barbarian King . Hyrkan slipped to the side, and for a moment, the world became yellow and white .
He had goosebumps .
His body shuddered .
‘This is awesome . ’
Moreover, he had a smile on his face .
‘If my timing was off by one second… No, if it was off by . 5 second, I would have been sent to heaven . It wouldn’t have matter what setting I had on . ’
At that moment, Hahoe Mask was wearing fabric clothes .
The full set was worth 500,000 gold, and it was called the Thunder Mage set . Moreover, he was wearing the Circlet of Purification .
He had ignored physical defense . This setting was solely put on to increase his resistance against the thunder as much as possible . The Circlet of Purification was chosen to sidestep the inevitable Stun effect that would arise when hit with the Storm Judgement . He didn’t know if it’ll work against the Storm Judgement, but he decided to equip it .
His combined outfit was incredibly pricey, and this set would give him one chance .
Theoretically, It meant he could survive one hit from the Storm Judgement .
However, when he witnessed the Storm Judgement, Hyrkan’s intuition gave a different assessment .
‘There won’t be a next time . ’
He had spent an enormous amount of money as a precaution, yet he realized it wouldn’t play a role in this battle .
He couldn’t rely on it .
He had to think of it as him fighting the battle with his bare body .
He had to think of this as his last and only chance at this .
‘Storm…… I really have a bad relationship with anything that starts with Storm . ’
The funny part was the fact that useless thoughts filled his mind at his most desperate situation .
The Barbarian King extended its hands towards Hyrkan . Hyrkan dodged a hand . Then he kept dodging .
Hweek hweek!
The Barbarian King’s attack was akin to a boxer jabbing with his fists .
Hyrkan dodged them all .
The Barbarian King became frustrated at the nimble Hyrkan, so it brought up its trunk up high before it swung the trunk downward like a whip .
Gwah-ahng!
Hyrkan threw his body to avoid the Barbarian King’s elephant-like trunk . It had come down like a bolt of lightning .
However, he didn’t run away too far . He had to maintain a certain distance . If he was too far away, he wouldn’t be able to get close to the Barbarian King when the Judgement starts .
[The Storm Judgement is heading towards you . ]
1
When the Announcement popped up, Hyrkan dove between the Barbarian King’s legs .
Jjuh-juh-juhk!
The thunderbolt impacted on the Barbarian King’s body . At that moment, Hyrkan could feel it .
‘It is a lightning rod . If a thunder strikes near the Barbarian King, the Barbarian King will absorb everything . ’
He realized he didn’t need to be too fine with the timing .
As expected, this was the method that had to be used to defeat this monster . Moreover, this leniency was a little bit of courtesy given by Warlord to the User, who carried out this method .
‘Fuck . I’m so thankful that tears are coming out . ’
Hyrkan was serious . The courtesy almost brought him to tears, and as if to pay back this courtesy, Hyrkan once again engaged the Barbarian King . While Hyrkan confronted it, he looked at the status of the Barbarian King .
The Barbarian King’s body looked a bit charred, but it was still imposing . He didn’t know how many times he would have to repeat this action . The 31st Raid team had succeeded in this method thrice before they gave up on the Raid .
It could be three, ten or twenty times . It could also be 31 times to mirror the number of Protection Gems possessed by the Barbarian King .
Hyrkan gritted his teeth .
‘There’s no tree that won’t fall if you strike it 10 times . It would be great if Warlord’s AI knew this adage… .
Zzuh-juhk!
This was the 11th Storm Judgement . It let out a fierce thunderclap as it fell .
It was as if this sound had been the signal . The two groups on standby moved at that moment . They had been far away, but in short order, they came close to the wall of Users protecting the Hahoe Mask .
When the Users saw the two groups approaching, they looked at them with suspicion . Their glares turned into a look of shock .
“It’s the Stormhunters!”
“It’s the Red Bulls!”
These were two enormous guilds .
The Red Bulls had been the dragon hidden under the water until now . The Stormhunters guild had been at the forefront of leading this era .
The two guilds didn’t hide their emblems as they charged towards the stage where the Barbarian King was present .
Whistling had been going around taking down Users and monsters trying to approach the Hahoe Mask . The news was quickly delivered to Whistling’s ears .
‘Of all the… . ’
He knew disrupters would come . In truth, there had been couple disrupters here already . However, he would have never imagined that the Red Bulls and the Stormhunters fell into the same category . He didn’t know about the other guilds, but he had thought these two guilds had the pride and self respect that came with their position in the 30 great guilds .
‘As expected, they are putting profits above all else?’
Of course, he understood why they were doing this .
The 30 great guilds of Warlord were organizations that were mostly driven by profit . They were basically companies . Their goal was to make money through this game .
To them, the Barbarian King Raid was worth… .
At the very least, it would be a figure normal people would balk at . It was probably an enormous amount of money .
Anyways, the worst case scenario had just occurred .
‘How long will they be able to last?’
He was sure of it . It was impossible to stop them .
However, could they draw out the fight?
The fact that he was having such thoughts was the height of arrogance . Whistling, Yojori, Joba and all the regular Users could only buy some time . That was the only thing they could do .
The only thing up in the air was how long they would be able to drag this out .
Gulp!
Whistling unconsciously gulped . In truth, he didn’t know how to deal with this situation .
‘Shit . ’
He felt an indescribable sense of despair . Then the despair immediately changed in sorriness towards Hyrkan .
In the end, Whistling had precipitated this .
Hyrkan didn’t need this stage . He could prove his worth, and be treated well elsewhere . However, Whistling had brought him to this abyss . The only thing that could comfort Hyrkan was a victory and success . That was it .
However, everything was about to be ruined . They were treading water to stay above the abyss .
“Excuse me . Shouldn’t we tell him?”
Yojori asked the question . Hahoe Mask still didn’t know about the appearance of the two large guilds .
“No . ”
Whistling asked Yojori to keep silent .
He couldn’t tell Hyrkan about this situation . Hyrkan was currently fighting a life and death battle with the Barbarian King, and his words might cause him to die . Hyrkan was fighting a battle where 1 second determined his fate . It was a battle with a razor thin margin .
As a friend, Whistling wanted to help in anyway he could . He wanted Hyrkan to be left alone, so he could carry out the battle . This was the only way he could repay his friend .
“We’ll just have to block them . ”
Whistling gritted his teeth .
He had already been prepared for death .
Moreover, at that moment, Whistling was thinking of different ways he could threaten the two guilds .
Was there anyway he could file a lawsuit against the Stormhunters and Redbulls for using such tactics?
Could he use this threat to scare them off?
His mind mulled over the problem .
However, he didn’t have much time to ponder over this problem .
Whistling could see the Stormhunters guild close the distance with the Hahoe Mask and the Barbarian King . They were turning aside the wall of Users easily . Moreover, Whistling could see, who was in the front .
‘My **** . ’
Storm Queen Shir!
She was leading from the front . Aside from the Hahoe Mask, she was called the strongest in Warlord . Moreover, it would be useless to bring lawyers, the justice system and a lawsuit against her . It wouldn’t work on her .
Whistling was about to lose his fighting spirit . His face looked like the face of a fighting dog, but the fight was about drain out of him .
‘Wow . It’s the Storm Queen . ’
“Even if I die here, I can boast about this to everyone . ”
Everyone else pretty much assumed they were all going to die early on . At that moment, Whistling sheathed his sword .
“You shall not pass!”
Then he yelled out .
He used all his strength to do so .
In his lifetime, Whistling had never yelled this loud before . It was as if he was barfing out everything within him into this shout .
At the shout, the Stormhunters and the Storm Queen came to a stop .
“If you have pride in yourself as the 30 great guilds, you should leave this to the Hahoe Mask . You should think about the etiquette within Warlord!”
They stopped, but Whistling kept shouting .
“At the very least, you should keep the gamer’s code of conduct!”
At Whistling’s shout, Shirt glared at Whistling . Shir, who was looking straight at Whistling, was beautiful . However, her expression was indescribably cold . Whistling didn’t avoid her gaze . He glared at her like a fighting dog .
While this terrifying war of gazes was occurring, a third person spoke up .
“We are here to make a deal with the Hahoe Mask . ”
Ballista Hatch .
He had been at the back of the group . He ran forward as he shouted .
“We started the Barbarian King event . Of course, we also possess the key that will allow us to finish off the Barbarian King . If we let things be, the Barbarian King will start up its activities again . ”
Hatch gave an explanation .
When he ended the explanation, Shir added her words .
“Even if I do fight with the Hahoe Mask, there is no way I’ll fight him here . So get out of my way . ”
Whistling gritted his teeth .
19 .
When the thunder fell another 10 times, the Barbarian King froze in place .
He stood erect .
It was like a statue .
However, the Barbarian King was still alive .
‘Ah！’
Hyrkan watched this sight, and for the first time, he let out a sigh of relief inside his head .
The clear method was effective .
[The Barbarian King Nesha has fallen asleep . ]
[The Barbarian King Nesha will awaken in 24 hours . ]
However, the next System Announcement knocked down all his achievements in one fell swoop .
‘This **** game!’
It was the worst possible situation .
He was well aware of the possibility of a 3rd Phase . He had expected the Barbarian King to go nuts, so he had prepared accordingly . However, he hadn’t been prepared for this scenario .
At the same time, he had no idea how he should deal with this scenario .
[Barbarian King Nessa will awaken from his sleep in 23 hours 50 seconds . ]
In front of Hyrkan, the Warlord started its cold, heartless and cruel countdown .
‘I…… I have to kill this **** . ’
At that moment, Hyrkan thought about all the Users, who had given up their lives for him .
Losses?
That didn’t matter .
It hadn’t been important in the first place . He didn’t play this game for the money . He had needed the money to become the best in Warlord .
He was afraid of the disappointment .
These Users had put their lives on the line for him . They had fought for his victory, and even the dead Users were cheering from outside the game . He was afraid of the sense of disappointment that’ll be felt by those people .
“I have to kill it!”
Eventually, he shouted at the top of his lungs towards the Barbarian King Nessa .
-Hyrkan . The Stormhunters guild and Red Bulls guild is heading your way .
At that moment, he heard Whistling’s voice .
-They want to propose a deal .
Hyrkan turned his head . He could see a large group heading towards the center of the plain .
He could see her .
Storm Queen Shir!
She wasn’t wearing her helmet, and her hair was whipping around her . She brought her group towards him .
Hyrkan looked at them .
As time passed, Shir and Hyrkan stared at each other .
“This will be my final proposal . ”
Shir opened her mouth .