NOVGO.NET Chapter 389: Oh No! Stop Him!
Chapter 389: Oh No! Stop Him!
Countless healing spells flew through the air to land on Gargan. Each made the latter glow a soothing blue…and made the hearts of the players sink to hell.
“Hehe, despair! None of you will escape alive!”
Gargan’s confidence instantly returned as he sensed magic fill him with power. It felt so good! It was as if he could take on the entire world by himself!
But a second later, his face cramped.
A burst of pain erupted inside his body as if thousands of fire ants had begun eating him from the inside. The suffering was horrible, but its meaning was even more so: this was a curse!
A large blood-colored ominous pattern was slowly spreading all across his body!
Just as the players were scurrying away…
“Wait, guys, look!”
“A seal? He doesn’t seem to be healing?! How?!”
“Who the fuck cares! Loot! Loot! Loot! Leeroyyyyy!!!”
Who knows who the madman that started the assault was, but humanity followed, all for the loot. The opportunity to finish off a level 80 Boss?! Yes, please!
Gargan Supremacy —> Gargan getting gang-banged
Countless would die with every swing of his arms or long trident, but their eyes had long turned red with greed. They kept rushing forward as if a fearless swarm of locusts.
Then again, would a mindless attack actually work? Nope!
Gargan knew that he only had to hold on for a little while, and soon fear would take hold of their hearts as they suffered more and more casualties; humans were selfish creatures.
Sadly for him, the poor “Emperor” was used to NPCs.
“The Lionheart Guild is here!”
“My Crowfall guild has also arrived!”
“Eh, leave some of the glory for my mystic Palace!”
Lots of guilds came out of nowhere as they noticed the curse spreading. Not only weren’t they scared, but they were thanking the Heavens for the cult weakening this monster.
Gargan = $$$$, it was that simple.
No matter how the latter bellowed, how many he killed, or how many Mermaids tried to heal him, he was confronted with a nightmarish fight.
“Why won’t they run?! Are they not scared of death?!” He complained out loud as players bragged about getting hired as mercenaries for some guild or another.
At that moment, many organizations actually dug deep into their pockets, some even making alliances on the spot.
I.R.L. —> Annihilated
D.L. cultists —> Retreated
D.L. regular members —> Mysteriously Gone
The most influential guilds were gone, and this was the perfect time for the nobodies to shine! If they could finish the Boss, any investment would be worth it!
“2 Gold for whoever Frontline for us!”
“Get in there, beat that bitch!”
They urged their colleagues. Oh, and of course, a certain NPC tavern keeper was still diligently hyping everyone from the back. “Win this fight and bring a Mermaid as a spoil of war!”
The promises of wealth and…cough cough other stuff… was enough to send the players into a frenzy. They were akin to sharks that had smelled blood, and they were freaking hungry!
The massacre continued, both sides going at each other with the hate of vengeful old wives. There was no stopping them, not even when water magic destroyed 50% of the Town.
It was an incredible shitshow, one that was live streamed too!
“Oh my god! Did you see that?! Anyway, the fate of a Town is one thing, but time for some real talk.” Pancakes looked incredibly serious. “Mermaid, catgirl, or bunny girl?!”
– Bought101DogsOnDbay: Bruh, there’s a war going on already, and Pancakes’ about to start yet another one, lol. #Catgirl Supremacy!
– GarbageGuy(GG): Please! Can we address the fact that a literal war’s happening and the Demon King’s nowhere to be seen? Like WTF?! Also…Bunny Girls = YASSSS!
– PapaHH: Oh, don’t worry about it. He’s just way too busy starting a couple dozen more wars elsewhere. Yep, all according to keikaku ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ #Cute Mermaids!
Plenty of people were actually following the war in real-time, even IRL, wondering why Sprigfield was getting an event again.
The tension suddenly rose, higher and higher, many holding their breaths.
Every life lost and every extra injury on the weakened Gargan was met with plenty of “oh” and “ah” until freaking finally, the latter visibly began crumbling.
He was an Octopus at the end of its tentacles.
He was about to perish.
He was about to…
“Emperor Gargan! I’ve brought it!”
A melodious voice suddenly echoed over the battlefield.
It came from a Mermaid, one by the name of Tiara, her appearance as beautiful as her name made one believe…quite regal.
The problem wasn’t the Mermaid, but what she was carrying. She was holding something that some of the aquatic people instantly recognized.
It was the legendary water pearl that Jack had used to toy with Gargan back in the sea. How had she even managed to get it?! Hadn’t it been lost with Jack’s death?!
Gargan couldn’t help himself but grin.
This was it! He could already sense the boundless power that was emanating from it! This single pearl would turn the tide of the battle! That’s when he used the last of his energy.
— Woosh! —
The players all turned pale.
They understood that him getting it meant game over.
But even then, they couldn’t stop him, not quickly enough. As Gargan grabbed the pearl from the Mermaid, the humans understood that they were fucked.
Their efforts from earlier? Worthless!
A second after touching the treasure, Gargan’s injuries disappeared.
Two seconds after touching it, his level began rising faster than a rocket. 80 —> 90 —> 100! It wasn’t freaking stopping! It was pretty much over for Sprigfield…
Three seconds after touching it, Gargan started mightily punching the air, each of his strikes sending shockwaves all around. He looked like an invincible god that….wait, what?!
Punching was one thing, but why was he beginning to pull his skin off?! Wait, was he trying to stab himself with a tentacle?! What the heck?! He had suddenly gone crazy?!
Before the shellshocked crowd, it quickly escalated until he began scooping his own organs out of his body while screaming about nightmares or something….
[Server Announcement!]
[Jack’O Defeated Gargan! Congratulations!]
[Regrettably Poisoning a Boss Still Counts….]
In the silence, a lone player shared words of wisdom with his colleagues.
“WHAT THE FUCK?!”
But before anyone could ask for an explanation, the Boss’s body suddenly started glowing, a glow that everyone there knew very well. LOOT!…