Summoning the Holy Sword

In the game, there were two military campaigns that left the deepest impression in Rhode’s mind. One of them was when the Disaster Army retreated, leaving Lydia to withstand the attacks from the Four Legendary Generals and Dark Dragon herself, leading her to dying in the battlefield. From that moment on, Rhode loathed the Country of Light and set off the beginning of using the players’ strength to change the history of the entire Dragon Soul Continent.

The other military campaign was the Diamat Campaign before it.

Back then, the Munn Kingdom was a mess both domestically and abroad. The Undead Army leading the battlefront of the Country of Darkness came in strong while the Country of Light backstabbed from the rear. Even with the help of the Battle Angels, the Munn Kingdom’s front and rear defense was shaky under the violent, storm-like aggression. In the end, the northeast defensive line crumbled due to the lack of manpower and millions of Undead Creatures swarmed like a broken dam and flooded the Munn Kingdom.

At that moment, Rhode and 200 more other players who had the highest reputation in the Munn Kingdom were summoned by a special mission. They had to work together and head into Diamat while boarding the First Fleet of the Royal Magic Fleet to stop the enemies and buy time for the Munn Kingdom to rebuild their defenses. Back then, it was this Heavenly Class Magic Warship that Rhode and his fellow players had boarded.

It was the largest floating magic warship on the entire continent. The Saint Lady Vessel was 333 meters in length, 39.6 meters wide, and 22 meters high. Its deck was 332 meters in length and 71 meters wide, equipped with a total of 3500 siege magic cannons, almost equivalent to a hovering fortress in the air. Two Battle Angel Armies boarded the warship. But, in fact, no one had heard about this magic warship. It was the top secret of the Munn Kingdom and even players like Rhode only got to know about its existence after boarding it. Their mission was to protect the warship from enemy destruction. Back then, the average player levels wasn’t too high, only about level 45. They felt powerless against the terrifying creatures of the Country of Darkness.

If the scene where Lydia died in battle left Rhode indignant and sorrowful, the Diamat Campaign had brought him overwhelming fervor. He still remembered the scene until now.

They stood on the deck and watched the massive magic warship sail along the tide like a heavy, razor-sharp sword slicing through the clouds. When the white cloud layer vanished, the view left them astounded. Millions of Gargoyles like migratory locusts had shaded the entire sky. Looking down from the edge of the deck, countless of Undead Creatures could be seen flooding forward like a raging tide. This spotlessly white warship flickering with sacred radiance was like a canoe that had intruded into the black tide alone and only an instant was needed to devour it entirely.

This scene left the players trembling while some could hardly stand on their feet. Even though they were players and could respawn unlike the NPCs, the shock and terror perceived from their sense of sight was enough to freeze them to the spot.

Then, everything changed completely.

This was why he didn’t bother socializing with them. He was clear that he needed to display his skills to them. And that wasn’t only referring to his individual capabilities because it wouldn’t be enough for him to be a member who would be accepted by the ruling class. During such times, he could only go with the flow and observe the situation first.

“Everyone! Welcome aboard the Saint Lady Vessel!”

A voice so loud that even the chilly winds couldn’t resist sounded. Rhode turned around and spotted an old Dwarf striding toward them. A thick, whitish long beard had covered half his face and almost touched the ground. The group watched on, worried that the old Dwarf would trip on his beard. However, the old Dwarf was surprisingly nimble. He took large strides forward and chuckled before bowing respectfully to Lydia. Got to say, it wasn’t easy doing this motion with his stature.

“Hi there, Your Highness Lydia. Welcome to Saint Lady Vessel! I guarantee that this ship will send you and everyone to wherever you wanna go!”

“I’m glad to see you’re doing fine, Mr. Gunter.”

Lydia showed a gentle smile while Gunter burst into laughter. He raised his right foot and stomped the deck thrice.

“Your Highness., I haven’t been feeling much better than now. Frankly speaking, I would’ve preferred to step on solid ground than this rocky thing! You see. The sky…” Gunter let out a shiver, “… I suspect that once I leave the surface, I will be sucked into the sky immediately! But I feel relieved whenever I’m on board this ship! It’s like a reliable mountain with a pair of legs!”

Pfff.

Anne couldn’t help but burst into laughter. She leaned to Rhode and chuckled.

“Leader, that Grandpa Dwarf speaks funny. He doesn’t have wings, so how is it possible that he will fly into the sky…”

“Hey hey hey, that girl over there!”

Gunter rolled his eyes and glared.

“Who are you calling a Grandpa? Call me Uncle! I, Gunter, haven’t reached the age of being called a Grandpa yet!”

“Anne won’t call you that.”

Anne replied without any fear of consequences before hiding behind Rhode and peering out to look at the old Dwarf.

“Anne knows it. You are surely a Grandpa with such a long beard. You’re already so old but you’re still pretending to be young! Shameful! Shameful!”

“You… You…”

Gunter raised his arm furiously and pointed at Anne with a trembling finger. Anne stuck out her tongue and put up a comical face while hiding behind Rhode. The crowd around the amusing duo laughed up their sleeves. Lydia even turned around and couldn’t restrain a smile.

“Hmph!”

Perhaps sensing that he was wasting his breath, Gunter let out a groan and glared at Rhode.

“Watch your tiny wolf cub, young man. This isn’t a damn zoo. I, Old Gunter… Damn it. I’m not old at all!”

“Mr. Gunter.”

Lydia gazed playfully and spoke.

“We’re all here and ready to move out. Could you please…”

“Oh, sure! Your Highness! Don’t worry! We can move out anytime!”

Gunter bowed respectfully to Lydia before making eyes to the group around him. But his expression turned solemn instantly as soon as he spotted Gaya who stood quietly beside Lydia. The thick beard on his face concealed the drastic change in his expression so that even Rhode didn’t notice.

Then, Gunter turned around and scuttled to the gigantic bugle horn. He sucked in a deep breath and blew with all his might.

Ooo… Ooo….

The deep bugle horn filled the atmosphere and the massive magic warship emanated an incomparable magical radiance.