Second World Novel

Chapter 1683 Chapter 1683. Securing the Aurebor’s Throne

There was nothing but empty air at the place where the eldritch beholder used to be. Jack wondered if Broidrireg’s spell also erased the loot that was supposed to drop with her death. Then he heard the notification that he gained exp points from killing the eldritch beholder. At the same time, several things popped out in the air. Those were the eldritch beholder’s loots.

Broidrireg’s eyes caught sight of one of the loots. Under the world system’s influence, natives normally didn’t have an interest in loots dropped from a kill, but he had a history with this one particular item. He was about to head over when he saw Jack had already flown over and quickly snatched the loots before they fell to the ground below.

After seeing that, he decided to forget about it. Let Jack have that thing, he said to himself.

Jack didn’t spend the time to check the loot. He just caught the loots mid-air and shoved them all inside his inventory. The war hadn’t ended yet. He flew back to Broidrireg afterward.

“Mighty one! That spell is damned impressive. Nine runes! I don’t see any damage number from the spell, so I assume it is an instant kill? Why didn’t you use that spell in the previous battles?” Jack asked.

“That spell needs the target to be at least 30% in health before it can be used,” Peniel was the one explaining. “Plus, it had one other limitation.”

Broidrireg was silent while Peniel was explaining. Jack noticed then that the dragon was a little pale.

“Hey, mighty one. Are you okay?” Jack asked.

“That’s the other limitation. He will be in a weakened state after using the spell,” Peniel said.

“That spell is designed to deal with unkillable beings. It’s not effective against normal opponents,” Broidrireg explained. “I’m sorry. I will have to go back and rest. I hope you don’t mind. I will be in this weakened state for at least a week.”

“Go back and take a good rest,” Jack said. “I can’t summon you for a week, anyway. The battle here will be over soon, so don’t worry about it.”

Their force down there was mostly doing crowd control now. After hearing that the palace was empty and Four Winds was heading there to claim the throne, John instructed the army to kill as few of the Aurebor army as possible. Once the throne was taken, those soldiers would switch sides and join their forces. The ones the army was focused on vanquishing were the nature constructs. Those automatons would be gone after they claimed the throne, so there was no need to keep them alive.

Broidrireg nodded. He turned into a blue light and vanished with a flash.

Arlcard, Therras, and Spark flew down to take care of the nature constructs.

“What was that nine-rune spell called?” Jack asked Peniel.

“Permanent delete,” Peniel answered.

“Why does the name sound like a computer’s term?” Jack remarked.

“What’s a computer?” Peniel asked back.

“Never mind, I guess the name does suit the effect. Hm… Hey, what would happen if he used that spell on an outworlder?”

“Well… I don’t know.”

“Will it give us permanent death?”

Peniel shrugged. “I guess… That spell is supposed to be able to kill immortal beings like Suzaki and the eldritch beholder. So, I think in theory it should work.”

“What about if it is used on someone who wears the amulet of rebirth?” Jack asked.

“As I’ve said. I’m not sure about its effect on outworlders, but technically, the spell doesn’t kill you. It erases you from existence. So, it should bypass all those rebirth effects.”

“Erased…? But I still get the exp and loots when that eldritch beholder was gone. So, it is still considered dead?”

Peniel shrugged again.

“Let’s have Broidrireg try the spell on Master. If the spell can bypass his immortal soul, that will be for the best.” Jack said.

“Aside from the target has to be below 30% health, the range is also very short. The spell takes a long time to cast and needs precise targeting. You think you can hold Master long enough for that?”

“We can always try. Well, let’s leave that for later. We will finish the battle here first,” Jack said and flew toward one of the mythical-grade nature constructs.

*

Four Winds and the others had broken through the palace’s gate. They met John’s scouts who arrived earlier. They reported that there were truly no soldiers except for the few guards in the throne room.

Four Winds went to the throne room with Nova, Jennifer, and a squad of elite soldiers. The legion he brought stayed at the palace’s entrance and prevented enemies from entering. Jack’s two clones followed Four Winds.

Entering the throne room, the few enemy guards stationed there automatically attacked. They were no match for the elite squad Four Winds brought. They were not killed, though. Some surrendered after their HP was low. They knew their queen had abandoned them. Their morale was not high enough to fight to the death to protect an empty throne. The others who were stubborn enough to not surrender were incapacitated by runic ropes.

Four Winds, Nova, Jennifer, and the two Jacks assaulted the throne once they entered the throne room. Jack’s power output was still tremendous even when he only used low-level skills and standard attacks. There were even two of him. The throne’s HP dropped at a rapid rate.

When it was neared zero. They stopped and let Nova do the honor. As agreed, Nova would take the throne as a temporary queen. Once the war with Liguritudum was over, they would have another discussion if Nova was to keep the throne or if another candidate was to be considered. They would worry about that later.

Nova thrust her spear into the throne and the throne broke to pieces. A voice notification sounded in every Aurebor citizen, both natives and outworlders. Nova had been acknowledged as the new Aurebor queen by the world system.

The elven soldiers fighting outside stopped their fighting. The elven players who had supported World Ruler knew they were finished when they heard the notifications. They ran away before the elven soldiers who fought with them turned on them. Players from the other races were confused as to what had happened because they didn’t hear the notification, but they also ran when they saw their allies were fleeing.

Since Mistress no longer had a functioning army inside Aurebor, the war was considered over. Jack received notification that he received 500,000 merit points for winning the war.