When the black army came near, Jack used Inspect on several of them. All he had inspected were level 50 special elites and rare elites. It was safe to assume all of them were level 50. The soldiers here were the strongest within the limitation of this ancient battleground.
But the golden knights here were not to be underestimated as well. All of them were level 50 rare elites. These golden knights followed three leaders, who included the female golden knight. These three leaders were all mythical level 50.
The golden knights separated into two halves. One clashed directly with the five hundred enemy soldiers. The other half took a roundabout way and headed towards the supply carts. The black army saw this second team's intention and tried to break away to intercept, but the golden knights engaging them charged through and put themselves in positions that caused the enemy difficulty to chase the second team.
The second team of the golden knights broke again into two smaller teams. One continued to head towards the supply carts while the other went towards where the enemy commander was. All three split teams were spearheaded by one mythical-grade golden knight.
Jack and the others had decided to follow the golden knights that clashed with the five hundred black soldiers. Since they wanted to collect scores, they wanted to kill as many enemies as possible. They summoned Therras and Brave King again.
Seeing that there were more opponents than allies, they had plenty of targets. However, each of these targets was extremely tough to kill. It took a long while to wear the enemies down. Not to mention each of these opponents also packed a punch. Peniel and Grace were hard at work with their healing skills to keep everyone alive.
Jack had transformed into a black werewolf and activated his Gold Scale Armor. He tried to kill as many as possible to gain scores. He saw their three scores on the sky increase with each opponent killed. Unlike the kill count before, the one who dealt the killing blow didn't receive all the scores. Although those who did still received most scores, those who had dealt damage to the killed soldier also receive some scores. So, it was similar to exp points rules. Grace who cast healing spells also received scores whenever her heal helped her teammates or the golden knights.
On the other side, one of the smaller teams of the golden knight had clashed with the enemy elite bodyguards. The bodyguards' number was less but they were able to keep the golden knights at bay.
On the further side, the other smaller team started hacking the supply carts. However, some black soldiers chased after them and started clashing with them. There were just too many enemy soldiers the main team had to hold, they couldn't prevent all of them from chasing the ones trying to destroy the supply carts.
Some supply carts were destroyed but it was just a very small percentage of the existing supply carts there. That team over there was having difficulty destroying more carts as more enemies came trickling. Jack wondered if they destroy those supply carts, would they get scores as well?
Throughout the confrontation, the enemy commander continued to sit on his chair not paying the fighting behind him any attention.
The team that clashed with the enemy elite bodyguards was one led by the female golden knight. The main team's fighting had moved and was now close enough to those bodyguards that Jack could use inspect on them. All of the bodyguards were at least rare elites with five mythical grades. Three of these five mythical were fighting the female golden knight. Jack was amazed she was able to fight all three to a standstill. Yet, her fellow knights were having trouble dealing with the rest of the bodyguards.
The battle went on for some time until they heard the sound of a horn from the distance, from the direction of the defending base. Jack assumed the horn was signifying that the battle there had ended. All the defenders in the base were no more.
The enemy commander stood up after hearing the horn.
He turned back and floated over to where the battle at this place was still ongoing. He held a long staff with a skull-face head on its tip. Even from a distance, Jack could feel the pressure from him. This was the first time that he felt such pressure after learning mana sense. The pressure was even more than what he felt from the golden dragon, Syndrillis.
The commander landed not far from the fighting, close enough for Jack to use his Inspect.
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Herald of Greed (Eternal Human, Corrupted Lord), level 50
HP: 2,200,000
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Eternal. This was the highest grade an NPC or monster had before the divine. In the other words, this man before them was the strongest being below Gods and Goddesses.
Jack was too stunned to warn his other two partners when this Herald of Greed tap his long staff onto the floor. Rune formed one after another on the tip of his staff, culminating in a nine-rune spell formation.
The entire ground where the battle was still taking place was shining with red light. Jack felt an unbelievable amount of mana building up under there before his entire vision was covered by dense flame.
Then he found himself in a void, together with Paytowin and Grace.
"What the hell was that?" Paytowin asked.
"I just saw that black-robed man cast a spell…," Grace said.
"That was the ultimate fire spell, Hell Inferno," Peniel informed.
"It's a nine-rune spell cast by an eternal grade being. What do you expect? We are a goner the second the spell was cast," Jack uttered. "I am more concerned about where we are. Why are we not back to the hall with the device?"
"It's because we have successfully gathered scores," Paytowin answered. "When I get the healing potion for complementary reward, it was also in this space."
"You got a healing potion for a reward?" Grace asked.
While they were chatting, a voice interrupted them, "Congratulations on your effort on the ancient battleground. Three brave participants, These are your scores."
Words appeared in the air.
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Storm Wind, scores: 5220
Paytowin, scores: 2460
Unequaled Grace, scores: 2340
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"Wow, these are a lot of scores. When I get the complimentary rewards. My scores were only 90," Paytowin said.
The voice was heard again. "For gaining sufficient scores, every participant receives bonus exp points of 300,000 exp for every one thousand scores and 200 mana cores for every five thousand scores."
These exp points and mana cores were given instantly. Jack received a total of 1,500,000 exp points. It was not enough to level up all of his three classes, but his Beastmaster class increased to level 41. His mana cores stock also increased to 660.
The voice continued, "This is the list of exchangeable items that can be purchased with your current scores. Your current achievement only opens up the list till super rare grades. Please note that scores cannot be saved. Once you leave this place, your scores will be reset."
A projection appeared showing a list of items.
"This is generous!" Jack uttered. "We got exp points and mana cores and we can still exchange the scores for items?"
"I told you this ancient battleground is good, didn't I?" Paytowin said.
"You did, you did," Jack said.
The three of them studied the item list. Mostly were equipment and materials. The equipment was mostly rare grade with costs ranging around 1,000 to 2,500 scores. While the super rare grade one was around 5,000 to 20,000 scores.
"Hm… Not many interest me," Jack mumbled. "My equipment is all super rare grade already except for accessories."
There were also super rare grade accessories for exchange in the list but they all cost above 10,000 scores. His scores were not enough to get those accessories.
"Oh, Divine Gem!" Jack uttered when he saw it in the list. He needed that material to upgrade his Lightning God Barrage. Yet, this Divine Gem cost 15,000 scores. No hope for him to get it.
Paytowin and Grace could only exchange for rare grade items with their scores. Paytowin exchanged his scores for a rare-grade one-handed gun. His dagger was rare grade but his current equipped gun was still an uncommon grade. Now both his weapons were rare-grade. Grace exchanged her scores for a rare-grade accessory.
When Jack was about to exchange his scores with a random super rare equipment, he noticed a technique book within the list.
"Universal technique book?" He read the name. This book cost 5,000 scores. Just around the amount he had. The book's grade was super rare.
"Oh? They got this book here?" Peniel uttered after hearing Jack.
"Is it good? What skill does this book contain?" Jack asked.
"This book is rather special," Peniel said. "Although it is super rare grade, this book is much harder to find than a regular super rare item. It has no possibility to drop from loots. The avenue to get this book is very limited. Also, this book can only be used once for one person."
"Ain't that the same as any other technique book? Learning the same book will only get you the same skill, right?"
"As I said, this book is rather special. It didn't teach you a specific skill. It let you learn a standard skill."
"Standard skill?" Jack was confused. Why would one learn a standard skill?
"Yes, any standard skill outside of your own class," Peniel said.
