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Chapter 45: Monster Tide: Prelude

"Mnnhh…" While still in the middle of his sleep, Valyr could not help but open his eyes, his consciousness still half-awake as he had been hearing the sounds of sirens for quite some time now. As his consciousness became more and more awake, he noticed how the sun's rays hadn't pierced through his window yet, which he took as a sign that meant he could still sleep in for a bit more. However…

Weeeennnnggg!!!

Just as his eyes were about to close once more, the sound of a blaring siren resounded throughout the room once more, forcing his eyes to widen as his consciousness fully woke up because of it. With a frown, he sat up on his bed, wondering where the siren sound had been coming from. Fortunately, the answer to his question was quickly obtained as multiple red screens filled with large text appeared before him, all saying the same thing.

Ding!

[The emergency quest 'Monster Tide' has been activated!]

[Head to the Astarto Village's walls as soon as possible!]

For a short while, Valyr looked at the words on the screens in silence, blinking in slight confusion. Though, not long after, realizing what the screens were trying to say, he closed all of the screens in front of him before quickly getting out of bed, hastily going through his morning routine before changing into a set of the village guards' uniform.

Once he had confirmed that he had tied the wooden spear to his back tightly, he then went ahead and dashed towards the village gates as fast as his AGI could take him, forgoing the notion of breakfast for now.

After leaving the barracks in posthaste, he noticed the sky was still a deep and dark red, which meant that there was still some time before sunrise. Recalling how he thought he could still sleep in a few minutes earlier because the sun hadn't fully risen yet, Valyr could not help but have the urge to slap himself, only to rein it in soon after.

Fortunately, it did not take long for him to arrive at the village gates thanks to the streets still being devoid of people at this hour. Once he was near, he noticed that there were already a few people waiting by the gates, their expressions either anxious or nervous.

"Glad to see you up, Valyr." By the time he arrived at the gates, Damian was the first one to greet him. In response, Valyr nodded, looking at the man before him as he had not seen him in this get-up before. Although Damian wore the village guards' uniform underneath, only a small bit of it poked out of the set of armor he wore, which gave him the feeling that he could battle with tens or hundreds of monsters and still leave unscathed.

"I presume you haven't eaten breakfast yet?" he asked soon after, to which Valyr also nodded in response. Pointing towards a certain direction, Damian told him, "Head in that direction and you'll be able to get some light snacks that'll fill you up. Make it quick, though. There's no telling when the monster tide is arrivi—"

Rumble…

Just as Damian was telling Valyr where to fill up his stomach, the ground started to rumble, making Damian mutter out a curse under his breath as he let out a light sigh soon after. Noticing that Valyr looked at him with slight confusion, Damian told him, "Go and grab something to eat for now. Most of the people here at the moment have ranged classes, so I'll be instructing them to head up the village walls very soon."

"For us, Valyr… our battlefield is outside the village." Damian gave a rare smirk. "Now go. Meet me once you've satiated your hunger somewhat."

With that, Valyr nodded before dashing in the direction Damian pointed in earlier. After a bit of running, he had arrived at a temporary camp, which was separated into two parts. One part of it was a section dedicated for cooking and serving meals to those that would participate in the defense against the monster tide. The other was an area solely made for those participating in the defense, allowing them to chow down on their food in silence. Surprisingly, once he was there, a lot of people had occupied the second part, with some deciding to eat their breakfast while standing up.

Knowing that time was of the essence at this moment, Valyr swiftly made his way to the first section and got himself a light meal, getting a tray of food sometime later before making his way to the second area. Coincidentally, while he was in the middle of searching for a spot to eat his food in silence, he noticed a familiar person wearing a set of leather armor, silently eating their breakfast amidst the somewhat somber atmosphere emanating throughout the area.

"Mind if I sit beside you?" Valyr asked the person, making the latter look at him for a bit in shock before eventually nodding. "So, got some good sleep, Tristan?"

"I wish," Tristan said in response, shaking his head as he urged Valyr to eat his breakfast. "I've been up for hours last night, preparing everything I was going to bring for the monster tide."

"Speaking of which, wear this." Rummaging under the table they sat in front of, Tristan brought out a simple iron chestplate, giving it to Valyr. "It may not be much, but it'll help out in the long run."

Receiving the chestplate, Valyr could not help but look at Tristan in shock, wondering why the latter would give him such a precious piece of equipment. Fortunately, it did not take long for him to understand why, eliciting a chuckle to come out of his mouth as he heard Tristan's next words.

"Of course, once this is over, you better return that to me, okay?"

"I will, I will." Nodding in response, Valyr went ahead and identified the chestplate before putting it on, continuing to devour his breakfast soon after.

Ding!

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[Light Iron Chestplate] (Level 10)

Rarity: Common

Defense: 12-19

A simple iron chestplate made by an experienced blacksmith. Allows the user to mitigate some damage received from attacks on the chest.

Remarks: For some reason, it suits you.

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A couple minutes later, Valyr finished his breakfast, prompting him to stand up and make his way outside the village. However, for some reason, Tristan stood up from his seat as well. Because of that, he could not help but ask, "Where are you heading, Tristan?"

"Outside the village, obviously," Tristan said as if it was a matter of fact. Noticing the slight confusion on Valyr's face, he explained, "My subclass leans more heavily towards close combat."

Although he wanted to ask more about Tristan's subclass, Valyr decided to place the matter at the back of his head for now as the two hastily made their way outside the village, noticing that a long line of defenders had already been made. As the two of them looked at the line of defenders in silence, Damian came up to them with a solemn expression on his face. "Valyr. Tristan."

With the two nodding in response to his words, Damian nodded back before continuing. "Valyr, head to the east section. You'll be accompanying one of the guard captains I stationed there as their deputy leader."

"As for you, Tristan, you'll be accompanying me at the center, where the brunt of the monster tide is," he added, looking at Tristan.

With a nod, Tristan accompanied Damian to the frontlines while Valyr hastily made his way to the east section. Once in their positions, Damian could not help but look beyond the horizon, his eyes instantly noticing a large wave of monsters rapidly heading their way.

"Men! It's time to show the village the reason why we've trained so hard! It's all for this behemoth in front of us!" Taking in a deep breath, Damian yelled out all of a sudden, prompting all of those in his vicinity to listen. "We've already gone through so many monster tides… are we going to let this one do us in?!"

"Sir, no, sir!" everyone in the vicinity exclaimed.

"That's exactly what I wanted to hear!" Damian nodded in satisfaction.

"The first wave is coming at us, men. You know what that means, right?"

"It's time to let all hell loose!"

"Show no mercy!"


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Chapter 46: Monster Tide: The First Wave

While Damian was preparing all of those in the center section to fight against the monsters of the first wave, Valyr had just arrived at the east section. Unsurprisingly, all of the people that were already there looked at him with curious expressions, wondering what his purpose was for coming to their section.

Gasping for a bit of air, Valyr looked around to see who the guard captain Damian mentioned earlier was, only to notice a familiar face among the people. With a light smile, he moved closer to the person. "I didn't expect to see you here, Leon."

"Were you assigned to this section as well?" In response, Leon flashed a light grin before embracing him.

Valyr nodded. "Yeah, Damian told me to head here. According to him, I'll be the deputy leader of the team or something?"

Hearing the term 'deputy leader' come out of Valyr's mouth, some of the people could not help but talk to each other in a murmur, wondering how the young man before them was assigned deputy leader, even though appearance-wise, he did not seem to have the qualifications for such a position.

As for Leon, when he heard the same term come out of his friend's mouth, his eyes could not help but widen in surprise. "Seriously? Damian actually told you that? What the hell have you been doing since the last time I saw you for Damian to give you that much responsibility?"

Just as Valyr was about to answer his question, a woman had appeared in between the two of them, emanating a chilling aura throughout the immediate surroundings that made a couple people shudder before taking a few steps back. Surprisingly, even Leon had taken a few steps back as he looked at the woman with a hint of fear on his face. Noticing this, Valyr looked at the woman before him in silence.

If one were to exclude the chilling aura she currently exuded, Valyr was certain that a lot of players would fall head over heels for her appearance once Greater Beyond was released to the public. Her long silver-gray hair was neatly tied into a ponytail, accentuating the overall shape of her face. In contrast, her irises were a vibrant light green, giving off a refreshing feeling if one looked into it.

Nevertheless, this refreshing feeling was negated by the dark gray garbs she wore, with a leather breastplate and arm guards being her only source of defense aside from her clothing. Overall, the feeling she gave Valyr was that she had chosen a class focused on high AGI. Curious to see whether his hypothesis was correct, he went ahead and used [Analysis] on her, the result of which appeared in his mind.

Ding!

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[Myst Verielle] (Level 18)

Class: Gale Blade (Rank 1 — Uncommon)

HP: 312/312

MP: 216/216

Stats: 26 VIT, 26 STR, 61 AGI, 45 DEX, 18 INT, 18 WIS, 18 PER, 18 LUK

Remarks: I'd get on her good sides if I were you.

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At the very moment he looked through her stats, Valyr could not help but inwardly suck in a lot of cold air in his mind, getting a firsthand look at how drastic the difference was between his stats and the stats of a bona fide Rank 1 class holder. Her AGI was already more than double his current AGI.

And she hadn't even reached the peak of Rank 1 yet!

While Valyr had renewed his impression of the woman before him, the woman went ahead and asked Valyr a question. "Are you the one Damian sent to be the deputy leader of this section?"

"That would be me." Valyr nodded in response. "Would you perhaps be the guard captain Damian told me earlier?"

"Correct." The woman nodded back, extending her hand soon after. "Myst Verielle, Rank 1 Gale Blade."

"Valyr Zeihardt." Seeing her extend her hand out, Valyr received it and gave a firm handshake. "Rank 0 Civilian."

Hearing Valyr's last few words, a small clamor arose in the surroundings, making them wonder once more how someone at the same level as them had gotten such an important position. In response to that, Myst looked at Valyr in the eye, to which Valyr surprisingly understood in an instant as he emanated the entirety of his aura.

Whoosh!

In an instant, an aura far stronger than what any of the others could exude appeared around Valyr, prompting all of them to go silent. Even Myst, who wasn't really expecting much from the show of force, could not help but slightly widen her eyes in surprise at the scene. A few seconds later, Valyr retracted his aura as silence enveloped the entirety of the east section.

"Alright." Taking advantage of the silence, Myst went ahead and spoke up. Glancing at the monsters that were coming ever closer to their section, she said, "Since all of the people defending this section are here, let me go over what I've mentioned before."

"For the first wave, all those Level 8 and below shall proceed to the frontlines. Those at Level 9 and above shall stay at behind the defensive line, only to move when someone in the frontlines is in danger." As she said this, Myst commanded a few people to move forward. "For the second wave and every subsequent wave after that, we'll formulate a plan once we find out who our opponents are. Do I make myself clear?"

"Yes, ma'am!" everyone exclaimed in unison, getting into their respective positions as they prepared for the wave of monsters that were about to head their way. As for Valyr, he looked at everything that was going on for a bit in silence, only for his attention to be caught by Myst, who was snapping her fingers at him.

"Come with me, Valyr," she said, prompting Valyr to nod in response as he hastily made his way to where she was.

After that, the two of them walked for a bit, with Myst rearranging people as she deemed fit while Valyr continued to watch on in silence. Eventually, after a couple minutes of Myst changing the arrangement of people in their section, Valyr could not help but ask, "Why did you ask those with the low levels to act as the frontlines for the first wave? Wouldn't it make more sense to have us as the frontlines?"

From what he could remember in his past life regarding monster tides, most of the time, high-leveled players were the ones that made up the bulk of the frontlines. Then, the farther one went from the front, the lower the levels got, with those at the rear lines having the lowest levels among those participating in the monster tide.

Of course, Valyr knew that the reason why high-leveled players were at the front was because they would be able to get more XP that way. However, he didn't know why the village didn't employ the same tactic, considering that it was incredibly effective.

Fortunately, Myst had an answer to that. "It's to give them the chance to gain enough XP to raise their levels. The more high-leveled people we have in the village, the better we can protect the village in the long run. Aside from that, we don't have enough high-leveled people to do that. Though, at some point, our positions will be swapped, where they're behind the defensive lines while we're at the frontlines."

"In any case, always keep an eye out if you see someone struggling against a monster," she said, renewing Valyr's impression of Myst once more. 'It may seem like she's aloof and cold-hearted, but in fact, she's the exact opposite.'

Rumble…

By the time the two of them had finished their conversation, a crescendoing rumble echoed throughout the surroundings, prompting everyone in the east section to look in front of them as a swarm of monsters were swiftly heading their way. With that, everyone gripped tightly onto their weapons as Myst's expression turned aloof once more.

"Frontlines…"

"Advance!"


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