Summoning the Holy Sword

Although these Imps were as annoying as they appeared, Rhode wasn’t taking them on alone, fortunately. Corina, who had been running alongside Rhode, pulled back the bowstring and arrow on the silver bow. The Moon Elf lady scanned from one end to the other and released her fingers.

In a dazzling flash, hundreds of golden arrows descended from the dusky sky and obstructed the group of Imps before them, at the same time swiping them cleanly like a gigantic scythe cutting the overgrown weeds.

She’s so powerful.

Even though Rhode was dashing forward, he stole a glance at the Moon Elf lady beside him. [Lock-On] was Corina’s Attribute Rule skill. Strictly speaking, it was considered one of the most highly ranked amongst the Attribute Rules. Combined with the Moon Elves’ special archery technique [Glittering Meteors] and Corina’s individual strength, she could instantly shoot down all the enemies accurately within one second. Rhode had seen this scene multiple times in the Elves Holy War that would happen later on where Corina had turned the tide against her arch-enemy, the Dark Elves Army, and defeated thousands of enemies by herself. Moreover, as a member of the Royal Family of the Moon Elves, Corina was born with the ability to see through invisibility, which negated the Dark Elves’ secret ‘Backstab Assassination’ move. Once one had been seen by her, one could forget about struggling because it was meaningless to resist against an enemy like her.

Due to this reason, Corina was the idol of many Ranger and Elf players. If they possessed such talents and raw powers, they would have a much easier time regardless of missions and dungeons. However, it was a pity that Corina was in the same boat as a talented NPC like Marlene, who had perfected the Four Main Elements. It was impossible for players to reach Corina’s standards because her [Glittering Meteors] was a secret skill of the Royal Family that was only passed down to those with Royal blood. Not to mention, even though the [Lock-On] skill might seem simple, it actually belonged to a source of Fate Rule and players would have an extremely difficult time comprehending it.

On the other hand, Di was much more useless. At that moment, he was casting a few spells to protect them from ambushes while the Elderly Mage was responsible for the buff that increased their speed. Corina’s [Lock-On] was a passive rule and the Chaos Realm affected her strength to a certain extent. However, Di’s [Blood Code] was an active rule which relied greatly on spells. In Rhode’s Order Dimension, Di and the Elderly Mage were able to cast some spells leisurely, but their spells were instantly affected and even negated by the effects of the Chaos Realm. At this moment, there was really nothing much that they could contribute with.

Regardless, Rhode was certain that the Elderly Mage was trying his best. On the contrary, a cunning fellow like Di was definitely just putting on a show and his ‘obedient’ behaviors were nothing but a facade. Rhode had once led a group of players and fought against Di for one year and three months. They had experienced over a hundred major and minor battles and to the extent that Rhode knew what this Vampire was plotting even with a twitch of his fingers. But it seemed that Di at the current moment was rather ‘puerile’ and Rhode could guess his thoughts at the turn of his eyeballs.

Rhode wasn’t afraid of him. If Di was an expert in being preemptive, then Rhode’s best was in controlling and taking advantage of the situation. Once Di had fallen into Rhode’s palm, Rhode wouldn’t be afraid even if Di had a myriad of ideas. However, it would be difficult to play Di into his hands.

Furthermore, Rhode actually had some motives for luring Di into following him now.

“Everyone, pay attention. Don’t attack, because we’re going full throttle!” Rhode sheathed his daggers and with the protection of the Order Incantation, he didn’t need to worry about the troublesome Imps as it would separate everything from the outside completely. Although Di wasn’t speaking, Rhode understood this Vampire’s thoughts.

Rhode gathered his attention at the farthest point ahead. Soon, he felt his mental focus coalesced as though a solid wooden hammer striking the ground. Then, a shapeless ‘rope’ connected him, the domain around him, and everything else. Rhode ‘extended his arm’ and pulled as he grabbed the ‘rope’.

The clear scenery before his eyes twisted abruptly and transformed into a ray of black and white that blasted towards Rhode’s group. In an instant, the group blinked and the scene before them restored to normal. However, this time, there was a huge mountain before them that they had never seen before.

“This is…” Corina and the others scanned the mountain in disbelief. The Moon Elf blinked her eyes rapidly before turning towards the man beside her. Meanwhile, Di squinted with complex emotions while the Elderly Mage knitted his brows and gazed at Rhode.

There should be two more attempts left.

Rhode heaved a sigh of relief. A sense of happiness brewed in his heart the instant he witnessed success. [Self-breakthrough] didn’t only provide him with the Order Dimension; instead, it had also transformed his abilities. Although Rhode wasn’t sure about the abilities of this public bus-like Order Dimension, at least he knew that there wouldn’t be changes to the increase of his strength that he had already possessed. At this moment, Rhode’s nimbleness had broken his limits and reached the stage of ‘Instant Movement’. Furthermore, with Rhode’s Order Dimension as the foundation, Rhode could move everything within it at the speed of light. However, even so, this was different from ‘Teleportation’.

Their movements were still traceable whereas ‘Teleportation’ would make a direct leap in the spatial space. Even though they were protected from the Order Forcefield, Rhode didn’t dare to risk opening the portal for spatial teleportation because once the spatial teleportation passageway was affected by Chaos, no one knew where they would be teleported to.

Regardless, the ‘Instant Movement’ came with a price.

A sense of fatigue struck Rhode. Logically speaking, one’s attribute would be maximized after the activation of the [Self-breakthrough] and it would be impossible for one to lose one’s strength. However, this ‘Instant Movement’ proved to have consumed a relative amount of strength and he couldn’t afford to use it too many times.

But this was enough.

Rhode continued to dart forward while the Imps welcomed him with their fireballs. However, with the protection of the Order Incantation, Rhode’s group was as though driving an invisible tank against the Imps. The Imps were pushed away by the shapeless Order Forcefield and those that couldn’t dodge in time were mashed into minced meat by the powers of Order. The air was filled with a putrid smell and even Rhode’s group was stained with disgusting, rotten flesh.

Second ‘Instant Movement’.

Rhode shifted his line of sight towards the far end ahead. His mental strength once again phased through the unlimited space and transformed into a ‘signal point’ that struck in the deep ground heavily. Then, he leaped up. The entire space twisted and turned before his eyes once more, then returned to its original state.

Rhode felt the pressure pushing against him lessen and the number of Imps before him was no longer as massive as before. Furthermore, their aggression also seemed to weaken greatly. Rhode witnessed the brightening radiance of Order from ahead, but a furious bellow sounded behind them at the same time. Then, the dark halo that had been spreading towards the Order Dimension stopped.

“Everyone, be careful. The Duke Fiend may be coming soon!” Rhode yelled before once again gazing with rapt attention. But the lack of focus in his mental strength disrupted him from planting another ‘signal point’ at the other end of the Intersection Boundary. There was not much time left for them to dash forward anymore. The Duke Fiend’s natural ability to teleport was much more insane than Rhode’s ‘Instant Movement’. As long as the Duke Fiend wished for it, it could appear before them instantly. Argh… How is it possible that these damn Chaotic creatures are this insane?

Rhode consumed his final amount of mental strength and planted a ‘signal point’. Shortly after, the space that had transformed into lines before their eyes restored to its original state abruptly. Rhode landed on the ground heavily and his ears couldn’t stop buzzing. Then, he lifted his chin. The ‘signal point’ which he planted had been covered by a pitch-black gigantic hand entirely.

The dark giant lowered its head and granted its attention to these bugs for the first time.