Faced with a relentless barrage of spears and poison arrows from the monsters, the Sakura Island players had had enough.
No longer willing to be treated like living targets, they pulled themselves together and launched a counterattack on the monsters above the pit.
The warrior players began climbing up the pit walls, while the mage players cast shields on themselves and unleashed a flurry of low-level spells, aiming at wherever the monsters were thickest—even as spears and arrows rained down on them.
To be fair, the players' desperate counterattack was effective.
The monsters had trained their bodies to become stronger and more resilient, but their resistance to magic was still low.
Plus, most players were higher level than the monsters, so when spells hit, it hurt.
Faced with a barrage of low-level spells, the monsters started leaping and dodging, unable to focus entirely on guarding the pit.
Finally, a player managed to climb out of the pit.
Standing before him was none other than Grey Wolf, the gnoll leader.
"I've practiced kendo in my school club for years—now's the time to prove myself!"
He grinned wickedly, his crimson tongue licking the blade of his longsword.
But then his expression changed.
There was shit on his sword!
"Urgh!"
His throat convulsed, but he forced himself not to vomit. Sheer willpower kept him going!
He couldn't let the enemy look down on him!
He took half a step back, gripping his sword with both hands in a samurai stance.
"Yoshi! Fight me like a man! Ugh…"
With that, he charged at Grey Wolf, fearless, because more warrior players were climbing up behind him.
They were fearless—they were invincible!
He brought his sword down in a mighty vertical slash, pouring all his faith and strength into the blow, determined to break through!
To be fair, the warrior players moved fast.
A flash of white light—swish!
CLANG! The sword landed squarely on the head of Rekton, the Rock-Armored Crocodile leader.
A calm [Miss] floated up, and Rekton's head wobbled mockingly, as if to say, "You really thought you could hurt me?"
The Sakura player's fierce expression froze.
Rekton just stared at him with those cold, scarlet, slit-pupiled eyes.
A chill wind blew, and a ripple appeared on the blade.
Crack—the player's sword snapped in two.
The next second, Rekton didn't give him a chance to react. He lunged forward, jaws wide, and swallowed the player whole—just like gulping down a little girl.
After all, he'd been whacked on the head by the Black Dragon boss so many times that his skull was now tough as hell.
At a higher level, these humans still wanted to break his defense?
What a joke.
At this thought, Rekton's admiration for the Black Dragon boss swelled like a mighty river.
The boss must have foreseen this day.
That's why he kept smacking my head!
The boss is truly great!
Even if I have to offer all the female crocodiles to the boss, I'd do it willingly!
Hell, even offering myself wouldn't be out of the question…
Rekton bashfully pawed at his own head.
The monsters feared the mages' spells, but they weren't as afraid of the close-combat warriors. In fact, the appearance of these warriors gave Grey Wolf a new idea.
"Ugh—ah! ♂"
Grey Wolf let out a strange cry and leapt in front of a Sakura warrior.
Muscles bulging, he grabbed two warrior players by the head with his massive wolf claws.
Then, spinning his arms two and a half times like nunchucks, he twisted his waist, thrust his hips, and hurled the warriors like bombs at a mage in the pit.
Whoosh!
The two warriors spun through the air, their mouths twisted into bizarre shapes by the wind.
They crashed down with a bang, smashing into the mage player.
The mage's eyes bulged in horror—insta-killed on the spot.
The two warriors were left gravely injured, with a [Stunned] debuff floating over their heads.
Seeing how effective this was, the other monsters quickly copied the move. They even learned to use the warriors' bodies as human shields.
And so, the battle for Sakura Island No. 1 Novice Village entered a fever pitch.
As the monsters killed more and more players, even with some losses, most of their levels steadily increased.
Gradually, the Sakura Island players started to get slaughtered.
The monsters stood guard at the pit day and night.
When they were hungry, they ate nearby; when they needed to shit, they'd just take a dump right into the pit on the players.
This siege lasted three days.
The number of players dwindled.
They entered death penalty time. The player who died the most had a respawn wait time of a full day.
...
Yamaguchi Mura Chicken sat in the viewing hall of the World Square, face dark.
It was like a private cinema—each player had their own booth.
There was even a public restroom outside.
Food and water for daily needs had to be purchased from the system shop.
The World Square was eerily empty. Yamaguchi Mura Chicken had just walked around outside and found that everyone there was from Sakura Island No. 1 Novice Village.
In other words, in this whole "invasion game" world, only their village was unlucky enough to get wiped out like this.
Looking at the three-plus hours left on his respawn timer, Yamaguchi Mura Chicken took a deep breath.
He calmed his frustration and gloom, then casually opened the livestream of the top-ranked player from the Celestial Empire region.
ID: Zhang Yifeng
All equipment and skill info hidden.
But his level was already 23.
On screen, Zhang Yifeng was leading a group of Celestial players hunting monsters. Alone, sword and shield in hand, he charged in and out of monster mobs, fighting valiantly.
Even more enviable, three priest girls were with him, healing and shielding him.
Laughter and cheer, everything looked effortless.
That's how a real gamer should play.
But me…
Yamaguchi Mura Chicken couldn't help but recall those freakishly muscular monsters, the dung bombs, his shattered pride—the more he thought, the angrier and more aggrieved he became.
Finally, he let out a furious "Bakayarou!"
And slammed his fist down on the seat. """
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