The Orc Empire's Awakening
The first main event has been updated. Title: The Awakening of the Orc Empire. Content: Large-scale PvE battle. Event details: Massive Orc invasion defense and frontline battle. Event duration: Open 24 hours continuously. Participation method: 1. Find the recruitment NPC at city barracks or in front of lord castles. 2. Apply for resource enlistment with the NPC. 3. Select mission, difficulty, and frontline zone after teleportation to the barracks. 4. On the frontline area where the battle is taking place, eliminate the Orcs according to the mission or defend against the attacks. 5. Receive rewards from the frontline commander according to points. All frontlines are treated as special dungeons unrelated to the field. Temporary event quests may be generated during battle. Event start date: Immediately after the update. Rewards and rankings will grant lavish products, additional benefits, and special titles according to rankings. Protect the kingdom from the Orc horde and become a hero! (This post does not allow comment writing.)
The notice on the Horizon homepage quickly set every community ablaze.
Many users gathered news about the event while awaiting it.
At the same time, overseas server announcements were released, and the excitement skyrocketed even further.
Massive invasion events were being held worldwide, each server running its own version.
Users who performed well and accumulated points would receive enormous rewards according to their rankings.
Naturally, users began discussing who would take the top spot.
Most users picked the Ark Guild and the Five Star guild backed by the conglomerate as the top contenders.
While various opinions flew back and forth, the event finally began.
Users who connected with anticipation saw a window appear.
[Current Contribution]
[Battle]
1st: Fafnir – 31,500 points
2nd: Lee Siwoo – 26,300 points
3rd: Kindorhan – 14,500 points
[Base Defense and Civilian Rescue]
1st: Fafnir – 18,300 points
2nd: Vane – 15,200 points
3rd: Lee Siwoo – 5,500 points
[Terror Activities and Espionage]
1st: Fafnir – 25,000 points
2nd: Kindorhan – 11,500 points
3rd: GamMalsoPunch – 8,800 points
[Overall Contribution]
1st: Fafnir – 63,500 points
2nd: Kindorhan – 52,135 points
3rd: Lee Siwoo – 40,450 points
*Players in the top three of every contribution rank receive additional special rewards.
The player who overtook the Korean rank two, the Ohsung Group royal family member, Lee Siwoo!
The bulletin board began to heat up.
Users were surprised, but the reactions weren't that intense.
Even if they score by doing quests first, the score would be easily overtaken by the large guilds' mass hunting, so everyone thought that.
But several hours later, several posts started appearing at the same time.
The event points were being obtained in enormous quantities!
The moment the speculation that the mysterious user Fafnir would be easily overtaken lit up red.
-Insane, it's really hard?
-The Orcs are no ordinary ones. Even if we spend money, it's going to be tough to stay in the rankings.
Even normal players and large guilds were in panic.
-We're going to fall behind, aren't we? No matter how much we hunt, our contribution will...
-If we lose to the smurfs, what's the point of our guild's face! Quickly gather people! Wake up the people in voice calls!
-Oh, yes!
The Black Knight guild's group chat, made up of hackers and moneyed players, became chaotic with voice calls and meetings.
Similar messages flowed in other large guild group chats.
Being outscored by normal users was a numerical fact!
Since it was the number one reward given once per server, they couldn't let it go.
In this situation, users' curiosity naturally focused on one thing.
Korean server users were buzzing with discussion about what Fafnir was doing and where.
The moment the nickname Fafnir was first revealed to the entire Korean server.
"Let's go see."
The person himself slowly headed toward the guard post.
***
"Guard captain, it's been a while."
Fafnir had gone to find the Byron City fortress guard captain.
Surrounded by many people, he received special treatment because of his high favorability.
"You're here, the kingdom's hero!"
"No, what?"
"I've heard the story. You killed the Orcs in the underground of the capital and saved the capital."
Guard captain Jerald laughed loudly and continued.
"Yeah, this time you're here for the frontline too?"
"Yes."
"Here, choose."
[Frontline List]
-Extreme Frontline (Hell) (0/unlimited)
-Bloodhorn Frontline (Very Hard) (1,000/1,000)
-Barbaroi Frontline (Hard) (1,000/1,000)
-Thunderforge Mobile Frontline (Hard) (500/500)
...(omitted)...
-Shire Village Defense Frontline (Easy) (4,549/5,000)
-Waffle Frontline (Easy) (9,895/10,000)
-Selam Rear Base (Very Easy) (unlimited)
Hundreds of dots appeared on the large minimap.
Frontlines were divided by grade, and once full, you couldn't enter.
"From my perspective, you should enter the Extreme Frontline or the top three below it. The spots are already full, but if you want, I can arrange more for you."
Because his contribution was overwhelmingly dominant, he received such special treatment.
However...
"More than that, I want to go here."
Fafnir pointed to one place.
Jerald's eyes widened as he followed the finger.
"Why such talent as you would go there?"
"Is there perhaps a forbidden condition?"
"That's not the case... but isn't it the weakest place?"
One easy grade frontline.
No matter how you looked at it, it didn't match Fafnir's contribution.
"Skeletons have suffered many casualties. Originally, they weren't supposed to fight, but they couldn't just sit there."
"I see..."
Jerald's eyes became moist.
"Got it, your sincerity, I will definitely tell my lord."
"Thank you."
As the words ended, a message appeared.
-Entered the Flanders Village frontline.
A general field without the usual overwhelmingly high monster appearance message from a long time.
When he opened his eyes, he saw a rural village, a fence, and stone walls.
"Reinforcements, I am Lieutenant Hutton in charge of this area."
A plump middle-aged knight approached Fafnir who had finished moving.
"Before participating in the battle, you need to know this. Will you use your existing equipment, or will you borrow the kingdom's regular army equipment?"
The Awakening of the Orc Empire was a large event that all users enjoyed.
To ensure no user who couldn't enjoy it due to lacking specs or equipment was left out, they provided a rental service.
'I see, this existed.'
The fun of digging into details not depicted in the original novel!
Fafnir smiled thinly and said.
"Provide the kingdom army equipment."
Unlike other necromancers, Fafnir didn't have to worry about necromancer equipment.
"Here it is."
[Kingdom Army Standard Armor Torso]
-Grade: Normal
-Level limit: 100
-Durability: 150/150
-Physical defense: 180
-Magic defense: 5
-Set effect 5: 10% reduction in ranged physical attack damage
-Description: Standard armor worn by Baran Kingdom soldiers.
[Kingdom Army Standard Spear]
-Grade: Normal
-Level limit: 100
-Durability: 120/120
-Physical attack power: 145~170
-Description: Spear used by Baran Kingdom soldiers.
'Hmm, it's plain but not bad.'
For Fafnir, this was quite highly valued.
In fact, the standard equipment had quite good specs. Not only did it have a simple set effect, but attack power and durability were also stronger than equivalent normal equipment.
'No need to worry about not being able to enjoy because there's no equipment.'
Other events in the original novel used similar methods.
Thanks to this, Fafnir was able to put his pre-planned strategy into action.
"Quartermaster, but can we receive quite a lot of equipment?"
"Of course, how many do you want to receive?"
"Hmm... I need quite a few."
"Whatever you want, say. The remaining ones are weapons."
Hutton the quartermaster answered readily.
In front of him, Fafnir smiled faintly and dropped a bomb statement.
"Then include the reserves, about 120 sets. As a set."
"...120 sets? No, there are some... but who is going to wear them?"
"Ah, no need to worry about that."
Fafnir, who had summoned the skeleton soldiers, continued.
"They, including me, will all wear them."
"Eh... uh..."
Hutton wanted to say something but couldn't find anything to object to.
Meanwhile, Fafnir looked around.
'The situation... is quite disadvantageous.'
The frontline was being pushed back everywhere.
They were holding the remnants of destroyed villages as barricades, but the Orcs had a one level higher breakthrough power.
"Stop here!"
"Stone wall, stone wall is collapsing!"
"If it collapses over there, it's no good... ugh!"
"Tch tch ik!"
"Breach it! Tch ik!"
Orcs moved to weak spots from left and right according to commands.
Because it was easy difficulty, most were low-level users, so even if proper response was needed, it was impossible.
'It looks roughly even right now, but if it collapses a little more, they'll be gone in an instant. If I don't block it before that, it's bad. Summon skeleton soldiers!'
[Skeleton Soldier Summon]
-Current level: 7
-Summonable skeleton soldiers: 24/24
-Skeleton Mastery
-Current level: 8
Now he could handle over 30 skeleton soldiers and elite skeleton soldiers in total. Thanks to hunting, his skill levels had risen.
Fafnir equipped the created skeleton soldiers and knights with armor.
"Time is short, so we go in right away. Stop them from here!"
"Yes! Master!"
"Clang!"
"Clang!"
With Louis the skeleton knight at the front, the skeleton soldiers surged into the battlefield as one.
The skeleton horse that rushed toward the pushing Orcs reared up with its hoofs.
-Experience points acquired.
-Contribution points acquired.
-Contribution points acquired.
-Many Orcs killed in a short time. Additional combo contribution points acquired.