The Strongest in the Game by Dominating Monster - Chapter 39

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Monster Domination: Game’s Strongest Episode 39

 

[Congratulations! You have tamed a Skeleton!]

 

[You have tamed a new species! The Monster Lord’s Bow activates the Diversity Effect!]

 

[The Diversity Effect permanently increases taming probability, damage, and critical hit rate!]

 

[The number of pets you can accompany has reached its limit.]

 

[The Skeleton will automatically move to your territory.]

 

Under the ashen sky, in this hellish scene where torrential rain poured down, the sweet alarm that was always pleasant to hear rang out.

 

Using that as motivation, after continuously drawing the bowstring without rest for quite some time, the alarm I had been wanting to hear finally rang out.

 

[You have captured five Wraiths! The Monster Lord’s Bow activates the Legion Effect!]

 

[Taming probability, health, and mana are permanently increased by a small amount!]

 

“Phew. That’s all done.”

 

I wiped away the rainwater flowing down my forehead and smiled with satisfaction.

 

Skeletons, Ghouls, and Wraiths.

 

I had tamed five of each of the three types of monsters.

 

Fifteen new companions had been added to my territory at once.

 

The corners of my mouth naturally curled up.

 

Moreover, Skeletons had the aptitude to be versatile workers who would greatly help with territory management, just like Kobolds and Goblins.

 

I had caught both rabbits – territory management and territory defense in preparation for the upcoming invasion.

 

“Is there one Low-Grade Taming Arrow left?”

 

Since I had caught fifteen monsters, only one Low-Grade Taming Arrow remained, but I didn’t mind much.

 

Low-Grade Taming Arrows weren’t much help against Minotaurs anyway, and now that I had completed the ‘Lower Magic Stone Mine’ and ‘Workshop’, Low-Grade Taming Arrows were consumables that could be replenished at any time.

 

“It’s finally stopping.”

 

Just then, the rain weakened and visibility cleared.

 

Gray dust rode the fierce wind and stuck to my cheek.

 

I wiped away the traces of what had been a user with the back of my hand and looked around.

 

Blood was splattered everywhere within sight.

 

Gray dust scattered like volcanic ash, and hot blood mixed with rainwater, dyeing the earth purple.

 

Gueeeeek!

 

And disgusting sounds came from all directions.

 

Groups of Ghouls, Skeletons, and Wraiths approached with the characteristic slow tempo of the undead.

 

Their numbers seemed to be in the dozens at a rough estimate, possibly even reaching three digits.

 

Let me retreat for now. I’ll join up with another group…

 

“Jake!! Baon!!”

 

Just then, a voice filled with shock reached my ears.

 

I couldn’t help but smile bitterly.

 

It was Ellen’s shocked voice, and the two names he called out were knights who had come with him.

 

I didn’t know why he was crying out those names as if coughing up blood, but I knew one thing.

 

Even if I joined up with them, there would be no paradise where I fled.

 

“Tch. I’ve unintentionally been left holding the bag.”

 

It was an unexpected situation, but I was sufficiently prepared.

 

I had plenty of arrows and potions, and beside me were my most reliable companions.

 

“Garuda. Rookie.”

 

Even though I only called their names, they seemed to understand my intent and immediately took combat positions.

 

“Go wild to your heart’s content.”

 

Grrrr!

 

Paaaaang!

 

I released the bowstring simultaneously with the command.

 

The arrow pierced through the skull of the closest Skeleton.

 

Using that as a catalyst, Rookie became a black flash and dove into the flank of the undead, while Garuda soared high into the sky to look down upon the battlefield.

 

[Garuda uses Sacred Bird’s Breath.]

 

The massive magical power condensed in front of Garuda’s mouth became a sacred storm that swept across the ground.

 

Kwaaaaang!

 

The area swept by the giant whirlwind was briefly cleared, but that was only temporary.

 

Kwajik!

 

Gueeeeeeek!

 

New Ghouls burst forth from the ground.

 

Hihihihihi!

 

With eerie laughter, Wraiths swarmed in from beyond my vision.

 

An endless legion of the dead, where as many as died, or even more, came flooding back in.

 

Even faced with that despairing sight, I said nothing and placed another arrow on the bowstring.

 

Paang!

 

The arrow that created a sharp sound of cutting through air once again granted eternal rest.

 

* * *

 

“Oh God…”

 

Ellen muttered bitterly as he looked at the battlefield that had been transformed into a scene of carnage.

 

For the first time since his parents passed away a year ago, he resented God.

 

The sky that had cleared as if nothing had happened seemed to mock all this tragedy.

 

Bright sunlight beat down, so he covered the sky with his hand, but his eyes still stung.

 

“Jake… Baon…”

 

The two comrades who had joined this subjugation had turned into cold corpses.

 

That wasn’t all.

 

More than half the soldiers had died, and the damage to the adventurers was beyond words.

 

“Damn… I really thought I was going to die.”

 

“Wow… What the hell. I really wanted to force logout in the middle because I was so scared.”

 

“This damn game has no middle ground. No middle ground.”

 

“Hehehe. But we survivors are the winners.”

 

“That’s right. Two knights died too?”

 

“I heard from a high-level player that knights aren’t actually that big a deal.”

 

Some of the surviving adventurers groaned in pain, while others giggled as they let out sighs of relief.

 

Allen clenched his fists so tightly that they bled.

 

What were these parasites saying when they had just hidden and cowered throughout the entire battle?!

 

He wanted to cut off those bastards’ heads in one stroke, but his annoying instincts stopped him.

 

He forcibly suppressed his emotions and headed toward another adventurer.

 

It was Theorn, the gem he had found in this battle, different from those vermin.

 

“I survived thanks to you.”

 

Theorn, whose massive breastplate was split in half and who had suffered terrible wounds inside it, breathed roughly and smiled faintly.

 

“I’m glad I could be of help.”

 

Even though Theorn was maintaining his life by pouring down potions, Ellen couldn’t help but be amazed.

 

To think this adventurer with such meager power had survived that attack.

 

Even seeing it with his own eyes, he couldn’t believe it.

 

The opponent was none other than a Dark Knight.

 

Dark Knight.

 

A knight of the Demon King and commander of the undead legion.

 

That creature had appeared together in this undead attack, and the atmosphere of the battlefield changed in an instant.

 

Jake and Baon fell helplessly to that bastard’s sword, and even he himself was driven into a life-or-death crisis.

 

And at that moment, Theorn stepped forward.

 

He dared to block the Dark Knight’s path and drew the bastard’s gaze to himself.

 

Thanks to that, a momentary gap was created, and he didn’t miss the opportunity.

 

He pierced the bastard’s heart with his own sword, but the Dark Knight’s sword also didn’t miss its target.

 

They caught the Dark Knight with one adventurer’s life.

 

He thought they had lost a valuable talent, but Theorn survived even after suffering a fatal wound with his chest pierced through.

 

‘He’s not an ordinary adventurer.’

 

Watching him gradually regain vitality as potions were poured into him, Ellen intuited.

 

Then he asked as if testing.

 

“My curiosity is piqued, so I’ll ask. Are you perhaps a descendant of the ‘Great Mountain’?”

 

“…!”

 

Instead of an answer, Theorn’s pupils shook violently.

 

That alone was answer enough.

 

As expected. If not that, it couldn’t be explained.

 

Great Mountain.

 

Ashfel, the mountain of disaster that caused a massive volcanic eruption hundreds of years ago and took away 10% of the continent’s population.

 

Now it’s a land everyone fears, but originally that place was the most sacred location on the continent.

 

The ‘Descendants of the Great Mountain’ who lived receiving Ashfel’s energy were rumored to possess bodies close to immortality.

 

However, he thought it was just a legend.

 

Both the descendants of the Great Mountain and their near-immortal bodies.

 

But seeing it directly with his own eyes, it wasn’t a false rumor but fact.

 

“Don’t worry. I won’t go around spreading it.”

 

“…Thank you.”

 

Ellen looked fondly at Theorn who bowed deeply, then soon surveyed the surroundings.

 

The battle in this area was over and other places seemed to be roughly finished as well.

 

The human screams that had been heard from various places like a requiem, and the unpleasant wailing of the undead could no longer be heard.

 

“Everyone scatter and search for survivors and the wounded!”

 

He moved taking the lead and searched for another gem that had been on his mind.

 

‘Did he perhaps die?’

 

As he felt regret seeing that person nowhere to be found each time he collected survivors.

 

Ellen, who had arrived beyond a low hill, immediately covered his nose.

 

Not a trace of undead could be seen, yet their characteristic rotting smell vibrated through the air.

 

‘Just how large a group was here….’

 

As if to solve that question, a bizarre scene unfolded before his eyes.

 

“…!”

 

As if swept by a storm, trees were shattered from their roots.

 

Hundreds of gray dust piles covered the muddy ground in white.

 

Up to here, it wasn’t different from the main force’s scene.

 

Except for the sharp arrows stuck like tombstones in the center of each of those hundreds of dust piles.

 

Allen’s arms got goosebumps at that desolate and overwhelming scene.

 

‘Who on earth….’

 

As if hearing his muttering, an answer came.

 

“Have you arrived, Sir Allen.”

 

Kairen, who had been sitting on a small rock, turned his head.

 

Covered in rainwater and sweat, he was so relaxed it was hard to believe he was the one who had orchestrated hundreds of deaths.

 

Kairen swept back his hair with calm eyes and wore a cold smile.

 

* * *

 

While moving to where the main force was, Ellen and Kairen walked together in silence, and Ellen couldn’t take his eyes off him.

 

Hundreds of graves.

 

What if the undead sleeping in those graves had reached the main force?

 

He didn’t even want to imagine it.

 

The main force had nearly been annihilated by just the Dark Knight and a few undead.

 

In such a situation, if hundreds more undead legions had charged from behind?

 

Perhaps he might have joined Jake and Baon’s side.

 

“You’ve accomplished something great.”

 

So he spoke with sincerity, and Kairen smiled silently.

 

“They’re here! It’s Ellen!”

 

“What? Kairen is with him too?”

 

“Huh? Kairen was there too?”

 

And finally arriving at the main force. The Users who were already there whispered among themselves seeing them.

 

“Where were you slacking off before coming now?”

 

“Weren’t you hiding somewhere because you were scared?”

 

“Honestly, it was a bit harsh stage for a newbie.”

 

They showed mockery looking at Kairen.

 

It was laughter mixed with jealousy and envy.

 

“Ahem!”

 

Theorn frowned at the ridicule heard from beside him.

 

He didn’t know well either, but was that really the case?

 

That Kairen was hiding because he was scared?

 

Well. It was hard to agree.

 

Though they weren’t well acquainted or close, Kairen was a man who gave off quite an intuitive atmosphere.

 

He wasn’t such a worthless man.

 

“Now the 1st place will change too.”

 

“Honestly, it’s right for Theorn to be 1st place.”

 

However, he stiffened his neck as if agreeing to the statement that followed.

 

Though he acknowledged and liked Kairen, work and personal feelings should be separate.

 

Since he had performed greater feats in this stage, he looked forward to 1st place.

 

“If everyone’s gathered, we move again! Just a little further and we’ll reach the riverside, so we’ll spend tonight there!”

 

Then, simultaneously with Ellen’s announcement, an alarm appeared before the Users’ eyes.

 

[The second stage has ended.]

 

[Currently calculating contribution scores up to now.]

 

[Contribution is measured by comprehensively considering various factors such as kills, assistance, strategic actions, etc.]

 

“Oh! It appeared!”

 

“Please let my ranking have gone up!”

 

Instantly, life returned to the Users’ eyes.

 

Some desperately wished for today to be better than yesterday.

 

“Who’s 1st place?”

 

“Isn’t Kairen going to fall completely out of 3rd place?”

 

Some were blinded by ugly jealousy.

 

When even Theorn, who was looking forward to 1st place, clenched his fists and watched.

 

“…!”

 

“I-isn’t this a bug?”

 

“Crazy. What the hell is this?”

 

[1st Place: Kairen][2nd Place: Theorn][3rd Place: Garlic Nation]….

 

Everyone’s predictions were wrong.

 

Shocked outcries covered the blood-stained campsite.

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