Chương 78: Stan's wicked ploy
Every event had a cause of effect. Even small matters could lead to huge change of circumstances, let alone a big move like wiping out one of the three dominant power of Demon Continent. Unbeknown to even the dark dragon king himself, his plan of attacking the alliance had been leaked to the demon empire's side ages ago.
The moment King Hitam Legam sent almost twenty gold ranked insane bosses away to do their job, their enemies sent double the amount of expert to their headquarters, the Dark Dragon Chasm in order to kill him. Obviously the dark dragon king was unaware of that fact.
''That old codger dared to turn against me right after my dad fell in the war. I ought to teach him a hard lesson.''
The one leading the group of forty three gold ranked insane bosses was none other than Demon's Crown Prince, Kuribo. He led more than half of the elites from the Demon Empire in order to wipe out the dark dragon faction once and for all.
''You will surely be able to do so, your highness.''
''With our current force, we can even beat him into submission, your highness.''
Two female demon commented alluringly as they held the prince's arm each. The two of them were Cazzi and Ditri, the prince's concubine who were also gold ranked insane bosses. There were only the three of them inside the carriage on top of the skull dragon they were riding.
Cazzi was a short haired blonde mist demon wearing a yellow dress while Ditri was a succubus with a long black hair covering up to her waist. The two of the were without doubt the most beautiful demon in the empire.
Behind the skull dragon was a huge black airship. It was an airship from ancient time with unique ancient technology within it. This black ship was The Black Destroyer, the strongest airship ever in HeavensTale.
Even back in the game, this airship was the last boss event in the last patch of the game. It was indeed the strongest adversary ever for HeavensTale player as it needed hundreds of players working together to destroy it back then.
This insanely sturdy black ship housed forty other gold ranked insane bosses who were most loyal to Kuribo all the time. Leading this group of forty elites was Demon Witch Elder, Don Tashmi, the ranked tenth insane bosses who was also the current second strongest demon alive.
Don Tashmi was a shrivelled elder who looked like someone who was passed his due. He was bald and there was no facial hair on his wrinkled face. His eyes was always tightly shut making him appeared mysterious.
''How long will it take for us to arrive?''
A middle aged demon asked with a respectful tone. He was talking to the Demon Witch Elder after all.
''Not long. Just three more days.''
The elder answered gently without any hint of arrogance. Despite being the strongest person inside the black airship, he never put on airs. He treated everyone equally, as if everyone was his equal.
''If only we didn't ride this ancient thing, we would arrive faster for sure.''
''That's right. This thing was damn slow I feel like we barely moved.''
''Cant be helped. We need this thing if we want to kill the dark dragon king.''
The distance between the Ancient Demon Empire and the Dark Dragon Chasm was far but with the speed of dragons, the distance could be covered in less than five days. That duration even inclusive of the time when the dragon was resting.
The speed of this Black Destroyer on the other hand, was way too slow compared to the dragons. Hell, it was even slower than other airborne mounts. The travel which could take five days changed to two weeks because of how slow this black airship was.
At the very least, they knew that the elite forces of Dark Dragon King's faction wouldn't be able to come back in time as they attacked their headquarters. This battle would still be a hard battle despite having greater number of elites by their side but the winning chance was way higher than normal if they attacked right now.
Little did they know that this action of them led to the downfall of the Ancient Demon Empire. Six days after they left the demon empire, a huge group of godkin arrived at the border of the empire. These people were none other than Stan and his army of DarkMonarch's godkins.
One dukedom after another fell to the DarkMonarch as they marched toward the heart of Ancient Demon Empire. The same goes for the gold ranked insane bosses blocking their ways. None of them managed to put up a fight as they ganged up the bosses who appeared before them alone.
''You humans shall not pass!''
A valiant looking demon stood in front of the hundred godkins in one of the district of Ancient Demon Empire. There were nine district in total and every single one of them was guarded by a gold ranked insane boss assigned by the demon prince himself. But of course, these lord of the district had no chance of victory against Stan and his guild.
''Whacko, lead team three and four to kill this clown. I'll be going ahead.''
''No problem, brah. I'll follow you shortly.''
With a swing of his big black lance, Whacko leapt toward the huge demon without any fear. Within the group of godkins and spirits of team three, the Silver Wolf Baribari was also present. He had casted his enhancement skill right after their opponent appeared before them. Thanks to this power, Whacho could fight head on against the gold ranked insane bosses without fear.
''KLOOONGG!!''
A loud clashing sound echoed as the big lance of Whacko met the huge hammer of his opponent. Their fight commenced right away with four other godkins immediately rushed over to back up Whacko.
The other godkins and spirits didn't delay either. They moved away in order to wipe out every other demon present in the city. Their mission was simple, leave none alive.
At the moment, the fighting prowess of DarkMonarch was way over the top. Even Mays himself didn't know this. Back when Mays and Stan met, stan never revealed everything he had. Accompanying the whole guild of DarkMonarch and their spirits were twenty eight gold ranked insane bosses together with three hundred forty eight maxed potential corpse puppet.
All the puppets were now scattered all over the demon empire wrecking havoc as time passed. These puppets were used as pawn to divide the demon forces further so that their main attack would proceed easier. This method was proven effective and their main force could break through the defensive zone of the empire thanks to it.
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The enhancement skill of gold ranked insane bosses were actually divided into three type. The one Mays often used, the five time strength enhancement on three people was available only from bosses ranked top five.
The current enhancement casted on Whacko was the second type which was the enhancement of three times usual strength on five people. This type was only available for bosses ranked from sixth to tenth.
The last one was the weakest enhancement type which provides double the strength of the chosen ten people. This buff was available for those bosses ranked eleventh till twentieth. In term of quantity, this buff win against the rest but the enhancement was not enough for a godkin to fight head on against gold ranked insane bosses. Two of Stan's gold ranked insane bosses were from this category.
As for other gold ranked insane bosses who was not on the list, none of them had that special skill to buff others. That skill was exclusive only to those twenty ranked bosses or in other words, exclusive only to the exalts of this world.
''That big demon should be the eleventh gold ranked boss we encountered so far. There should be less than five of them left in the capital.''
''Heheh that's right. I can't believe that the Red Wargod would do something extremely beneficial to us.''
''Meh, you're not thinking far enough. If he didn't want to then we can just pointed him somewhere with the most probability for it to be so. Everything depends on one's thought process after all.''
Stan explained to Bean who had been talking to him. He even pointed at his forehead with his finger as if he was saying everything which happened were all planned by him. Danny who followed behind them closely nodded as he listened to their conversation as well.
''Does that mean you know all along that he will also come here?''
All of a sudden, Danny interrupted their conversation.
''Of course not. Stan was not a god. No way in hell he would know about Mays coming over before he came. But he can easily change his plan, am I right?''
It was not Stan who replied to Danny but it was Bean. He just realized all that happened right now was indeed a huge plan concocted by Stan himself. Everything started to make sense to him. There was no way for such a coincidence to happened.
''Heheh that's right. Your brain was indeed better than the rest of our guild member.''
''Am still a far cry from you though.''
As calculative as Stan was, he would be ashamed of himself if he didn't utilize the arrival of Mays in Demon Continent. He easily formulated a plan which Mays would dive into without much thought because of how feasible it was.
In normal situation, Mays would surely never agreed to what he said easily. But at the moment, it was different. Stan had been here in this place for five years. He knew basically everything in this continent while Mays who had just arrived was like a blind man, totally clueless of everything.
With how meticulous he was in explaining things to Mays back when they met last time, he knew for sure that Mays would be able to be a chess piece in his plan. Three sided war between Dark Dragon King's faction, the Ancient Demon Empire and the godkins led by the Red Wargod. Just imagining the incredible battle scene from their fight made Stan lost in his thought right away.
''That fight would be one hell of a spectacle for sure.''
''With countless gold ranked insane bosses there, it surely will.''
''It won't be enough to take his life though, that I'm pretty sure of.''
''He is not fit to be the famed wargod otherwise hahaha.''
Both Stan and Bean laughed it off as if the result of that fight never mattered to them. In case for Stan, he was doing this totally because he wanted to get back at Mays after what he had done. He orchestrated his revenge extremely well.
His plan started that very moment he revealed the existence of the Heavenly Wish Trial to Mays. From the scout he placed all over demon continent, he knew that Mays's current plan was to utterly destroy everything with demon bloods in them. Their talks with each other made him realized that fact. The arrival of The Crusade led by San and Jace was also a proof of this matter.
By sending Mays to the BrutalBear Dukedom which was located not too far from DemonBlood Dukedom. He knew for sure that Mays would go there after he was done with the trial. From there, it was easy to plan the rest. With a mole inside Ancient Demon Empire, Stan easily revealed the plan of the dark dragon king to the demon prince which in the end birthed the whole situation at hand.
''That guy would realize this sooner or later. Maybe I should prepare some gift to ease his anger.''
Stan chuckled as he muttered that line. There was no way for him to bow down and genuinely apologized to Mays. They were enemies after all. It was normal for them to use each other as long as it was within the acceptable range.
Truth be told, it never was a problem for Stan to conquer this demon continent if he felt like it. The only reason why he never done so was because he felt no need to do so. He prefer to do things silently without people noticing. He believed that it was the best way for him to do things, totally unlike Mays who loved to bulldozed through everything whenever he wanted.
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''Serve me or die.''
Domineeringly commanding the HighElf King in front of him, Mays stared directly at his eyes. Behind him stood both Ria and Hallel followed by the rest of the gold ranked insane bosses a few step behind them.
''This...''
There were only three gold ranked insane bosses inside HighElf Dukedom. All three of them were present at the moment. Their leader, a handsome looking young man with long blonde hair, HighElf King Alain hesitated as he didn't know what should he do.
''Just surrender, Alain. This guy is a godkin. You won't stand a chance against him.''
The one asking for his surrender was unexpectedly the leader of DarkElf Dukedom, Matilda. Mays came to her dukedom before this and made her surrender fair and square after a bout. She was convinced by Mays prowess before she willingly swore an oath of servitude.
Standing close to her was Comel, the second in command of MoonElf Dukedom. Since Sikacak needed to be present at the capital to oversee the reconstruction of their capital city, Comel was then dispatched as the representative of MoonElf Dukedom. The other gold ranked insane bosses also stood close to them.
''I'll be frank. I won't change the way you govern your dukedom nor will I forcefully do things against the will of your people unless it was absolute necessary. I only wants one thing, your loyalty.''
''Can I trust your words?''
''I swear on my blood that I will stay true to my words.''
''Then I am willing to surrender. We are yours to command.''
Just like that, the three elven dukedom was now under the banner of Mays. He decided to call the united forces under him The Crimson Alliance. He knew that this alliance of his would be a formidable force useful for him in near future.
Truth be told, even if the relationship among these three elves dukedom were complicated, there never was a bloodbath between them. They just wanted to be acknowledged as the best elven race. Now that they were all subdued and served the same master, they need to interact with each other more often even if they were unwilling.
''Master.''
''Yea?''
''ShenLong Dukedom too. Make it the head of the alliance!''
''...''
''What? Master already have me but didn't want my dukedom?''
''Well, I thought you are a roaming boss without any dukedom.''
''There never was an existence like that.''
''Oh, really? How could I know? I'm not a native here haha.''
The tense mood inside the palace was totally nonexistence to Mays as he conversed with Drasca happily inside his consciousness. He knew that these dukedom he visited would surely surrender after they saw the might of his camp.
''Now that we are done here, let's move out to DemonBlood Dukedom. The last location in the treasure map is waiting.''
''Let's get on it.''
''Finally.''
Both Ria and Hallel replied almost instantly. Nobody hates the word treasure, let alone gamers like these godkins who played games all day long just to get rewards from treasure chests.
''Do I need to mobilize the troop, master?''
''No need. Just decide among you three who wants to come with me. Also, one of you need to wear this.''
Obviously Mays refused that offer from the high elf's king without hesitation. An army of weak elves meant nothing for the current him. He could easily kill them all by himself. The only reason why he bothered himself to gather all these dukedom under his banner was because he knew that in years to come, these territories would prove itself useful.
The leader of the HighElf Dukedom, Alain immediately put on the collar without asking anything. Alain knew that this collar was some sort of servitude proof hence he put it on right away. Since he had no bad intention on Mays, nothing happened to him.
''Since I already wear this collar, please allow me to follow you on your journey, master.''
With glittering eyes, Alain proudly announced his servitude without any hint of disdain. He was actually accepting the fact that he now served a godkins with sincirerity. As a high elves, he knew best what godkin represented. Being able to serve the godkins was really an honour for them.
''Good. Leave the administration of the dukedom to your aide. Let's go, everyone.''
''Yes master.''
It was quite weird for Mays because the one who answered in unison this time were not the spirits as usual but it was a group of gold ranked insane bosses. Only half of the bosses shouted as they replied because the other half of the spirits had Ria as their master.
As for both Ria and Hallel, they already moved out of the palace even before the king of HighElf Dukedom wore the collar given to him by Mays. At the moment, the two of them already entered the carriage on top of Flamence as they waited for Mays and the rest.
Not long after, Flamence was seen hovering mightily above the sky of HighElf Dukedom as it sped toward DemonBlood Dukedom. The group of gold ranked insane bosses followed closely with their own means. Some were flying together with Flamence while some others were running on lands with speed comparable to the flying dragon.
One thing worth noting for sure was that their speed was by no means slower than Drasca. They indeed lived up to the reputation of gold ranked insane bosses, the strongest tier of living being in HeavensTale.
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