n

n

nDuring the past battle, and during the stressful moments of crisis I faced, the dragons didn't have any place to show their might at all.

nBut now, who was better than them to scout such a vast area?

n

"Go in each direction,

" I pointed at three different directions before adding,

"avoid the city and search the areas adjacent to it. Look for anything that looks like the gate we just crushed here.

"

n

"The one with a fire circle on their top?

" one of the dragons asked in a deep voice.

n

"Yes,

" I said in agreement,

"once you found it, don't hesitate to mark that location and look for another. We are looking for at most five to six gates here. Go now and don't waste any effort to fly fast. Don't miss anything, got it?

"

n*Roar!*

nThe three roared in unison before each ventured into one direction. In a span of a few seconds, they vanished from my eyesight, going to search for my desired gates.

n

"What about the situation inside the city then?

" As I finished solving the second mystery, it was time to assess the situation inside Jersey city.

n

"The city is in deep chaos,

" the answer that came startled me as it came out of the blue.

n

"What do you mean?

" I asked with a serious tone. Even when I asked my question, I was just trying to get a better understanding of the relation between the five big races in the city.

nBut it never crossed my mind that the city was still defying their reign. Come on, they were the five big races and they had their gates opened for a long time now.

nHow could the city not fall by now? That was unbelievable and shocking news for me!

n

"There are many resistance pockets of the human race across the city,

" the one who spoke first continued,

"the strongest of them is in a zone called the Heights, not too far from here.

"

n

"The Heights?

" I asked in doubt,

"what makes that place special?

"

n

"We don't know about that, sorry lord,

" the same illusionist spoke before adding,

"our main gate is located at the south, some place called Greenville.

"

n

"Greenville… Hmm…

" I thought for a second before adding,

"Will be the last place to visit for sure. Then what about the closest one to that place? Do you know which race has their gates at that place?

"

n

"We heard the dragons are trying to take control, but they failed,

" the illusionist answered.

n

"Did the dragons even fail?!!

" This came as a surprise for me. I just thought the gate of the succubus race might be there, as they might be called the weakest of the big five races.

n

"There is something lord isn't aware of,

" seeing my puzzlement made that illusionist say more intriguing facts,

"the gates might give us permission to come to this world, but we came through an illegal route anyway.

"

n

"Illegal route? How come?

" He managed to pick my interest here.

n

"We shouldn't activate the gates before the start of the next quest. But with the help of our gods, we managed to get here through a loophole,

" he paused before adding,

"we can only remain strong inside a small zone around our gates. Once ventured outside, all our stats and cultivation would be severely lowered. Something I heard to be called the fairness of the system or something like that.

"

nI didn't comment on what he said. After all, I knew the system was fair and would go to such lengths to ensure the equal opportunities of other races in the apocalypse.

nIf the races managed to get advantage of a loophole, then the system would interfere and force a correction in the form of restricting their abilities just like now.

n

"So the humans here were lucky bastards after all!

" I muttered to myself while grinning.

nAfter all, I dropped any hope of recruiting any humans from this city. How could I think about that while the big five races were taking control over the city for many hours already and having their gates opened?

nBut such news gave new possibilities and options for me to use in the upcoming brutal clash. That also meant if I played it smart, and did things right, I would have a greater chance of achieving what I came here for.

nEven if the five races were on their guards against me. I'd use that high alert state and use it against them.

nJust wait… you'd be amazed by my next plot!

n

"But there is a piece of bad news,

" the illusionist seemed to see my celebration before crushing the temple, so he had to add,

"I heard before coming here that the races are preparing to unleash some sort of a weapon, deadly enough to kill all humans in the city.

"

n

"Weapon?

" my thoughts moved to the god tear and the star weapon, both were considered deadly.

n

"Monsters,

" but the next explanation made me realise how wrong I was,

"they are preparing a large number of hybrid monsters to swarm the city during the next few hours.

"

n

"Oh,

" I felt this might pose a challenging threat to the humans in the city. Dealing with normal monsters was something, and dealing with hybrids was another.

nI once faced a hybrid monster when I was at the central park; these monsters were deadly. Considering they were monsters, the system wouldn't put much limitations over them.

nThe most that could happen would be in the form of making them immature, just like the kind of monster I faced.

nBut even with such limitations, that monster was a pain to kill. If I wasn't there, I doubted even a group of hundreds of humans would be enough to kill a single hybrid monster.

nNot to mention these races decided to send off swarms of those monsters and unleash them all at the humans in the city.

nRuthless! These races weren't called the big five races of the apocalypse, the real embodiment of terror without a proper reason indeed.

nBut if the problem was just to these hybrid monsters, then I wouldn't consider it a big problem for me.

nAfter all, with my current force, I could hold the upper hand against any hybrid monster, even if there were a swarm of them.

nSo things started to plan themselves out in my mind. The first step would be to hit the outer gates of the other races. Then I would go inside the city and start playing big.

n

"We won!

"

n

"We killed them all!

"

n

"They deserved this! Damn bastards! They scared the ** out of me just from that last attack!!

"

nAt this moment, it seemed the fight ended and my team was just celebrating in their own way. The jumper remained all silent and came to stand by my side, watching the illusionists around me.

n

"Got anything useful in their mouths?

" the jumper said while pointing his sword towards them,

"or do you need my help in this?

"

n

"Yes, we can make them talk or dance,

" Isabella was really scared when she was in her battle mode.

n

"Let me force them then,

" the spearhead waved his blood soaked metal balls in a threatening way towards the illusionists.

nThese guys… Sigh!

n

"They are my lackeys guys,

" I stopped them before doing anything stupid,

"let's just take few minutes of rest. We still have many battles waiting for us next.

"

n

"Another castle to conquer?

" Angelica asked, seemingly eager to go and crush more castles.

n

"World gates, just the one we crushed,

" I said this before pointing towards my chariot,

"Go and check over Karoline and Alex, they should be awake soon.

"

n

"What about you?

" The jumper was always attentive and cautious. That dude was really doing a great job in getting on my nerves all the time!

n

"I'm going to collect my rewards,

" I rolled my eyes before adding,

"I killed most of them so I have a lot to collect.

"

n

"Damn! I totally forgot about this!

" Isabella literally jumped off her feet and ran towards the dead bodies filling the entire place.

n

"Wait for me,

" the spearhead moved as usual and stuck to her side while Angelica gave me a kiss in the air while saying:

"Thanks for reminding me of that. If you want, there are many empty rooms in the chariot… I can repay your kindness in any way you want.

"

nShe winked before running after the two at the front.

n

"Pathetic!

" the jumper commented in a cold tone while shaking off his head as if I was the one who proposed such a thing not Angelica.

nCome on dude, I didn't even answer her. She was a world class beauty, a girl who knew what the strongest weapons of a girl were!

nBut unfortunately I wasn't in the mood to play and fool around, plus she didn't shake my heart for even a bit with all her efforts. The only one who managed to shake my heart a little was someone else… But was it the right time to think about that? Was she the right woman I was looking for?

nSigh! I sucked at such love issues to be honest.

nThrowing all these useless thoughts aside, I went to collect my rewards with big anticipation in my heart.

nAfter all, I killed tons of illusionists and other races here. And I targeted them out of the blue. Even a large number of the illusionists were dispatched from their world to here in urgency.

nSo I knew beforehand that my share of the loot this time might end up being my highest gains since starting the apocalypse.

nThe more I got, the better. After all, my chariot proved how worthy it was in her amazing and formidable fully powered version.

nBut that form consumed a lot of my stat points. Not to mention I depleted more than half of my reserve just to stop a single attack on the same calibre with the star weapon.

nSo I needed more, more stat points, more rare materials and treasures, more of anything that could help me in fueling my little girl and keep her in top shape all the time.

nAnd I got exactly what I expected!

n

"Almost two million stat points… Not bad…

" I didn't even spare a glance over the coins. For now I only cared about the stat points and nothing else.

n

"I can buy more stat points from the market,

" I opened the market interface and found many stat points being sold. But buying stat points wasn't practical, after all I needed tons of them.

nSo I passed the singular stat points and headed directly to the auction.

n

"Hmm… The price of a single stat crystal is basically sold at two hundred thousand coins… Not bad,

" I scanned the long list of the auction without getting interested in taking part in anything for now.

nAfter all I didn't only need stat points, but I needed many other things to overcome the five big races.

n

"You must have gained tons of things!

"

nJust as I finished checking my inventory, Angelica came and leant over my chest without being invited.

nAnd like she dared to do so, I simply gazed at her without batting an eye.

n

"And you also gained many things as well.

"

n

"Not like you of course,

" Isabella came and as usual, the spearhead came afterwards like her shadow.

n

"Oh, you two seem to be interested in what I got,

" I smiled a smile that wasn't like any.

n

"You should donate some of your earnings,

" the jumper came to make the group complete,

"instead of taking our stuff, you shall donate some in return.

"

n

"I'm poor,

" I said in a pitiful tone that was really sincere,

"you should donate your inventories to me.

"

n

"Stingy Hye,

" Angelica punched me in a weak way while pouting her lips.

n

"Alright, let's get back,

" I laughed and put an end to their silly show,

"go and check over Alex and Karoline.

"

n

"Stingy Hye,

" Isabella said while Angelica rolled her eyes towards me. As for the spearhead, he followed Isabella like usual.

n

"Got anything nice?

" The jumper stuck to my side, not showing any intention of dropping that matter.

nDude… if my inventory was a sea, then yours was an ocean!

n

"Didn't check anything yet,

" I lied but before he could say anything else, a strange message popped up in front of my eyes.

nUnknown god sends you a trans-apocalypse visit invitation

nThe invitation is valid only during the next five minutes

nDo you accept?

nAt last!

n