The Final Boss Has Returned 128

Chapter 128

Drakan and the Dark Alliance’s All-Out Offensive!

The Eastern Colony crumbled helplessly under the onslaught of attacks from the air and ground, inside and out, east and west. The Eastern Alpha Mind also met its demise under Drakan’s Iron Blood Executor.

‘It’s over.’

Drakan plunged the Iron Blood Executor into the ground as he gazed at the Alpha Mind’s corpse.

As expected, the Eastern Colony was captured with overwhelming force and without significant casualties.

Although the enemy had advanced to the point of deploying flying units, their power was no match for Drakan’s forces.

Not only Drakan himself and Ignis, but also the leaders of each race excluding the Undead King, Khalid, the head of the Black Ring Society, and even the Bone Dragon and Arch Lich!

The Dark Alliance army, a veritable assembly of super-elite forces, was simply unbeatable from the start.

However, regardless of the overwhelming power difference, the users cheered from the ruins of the Gasan Kingdom’s old royal castle as soon as the war ended.

“We won!”

“Long live the Alliance!”

From the perspective of the Eastern users who had been unable to properly venture into the field, this victory was a thrilling experience alongside Drakan.

The exhilarating experience of winning against the enemy that threatened them once again, following the naval battle, was enough to make the Eastern users’ hearts race.

Moreover, unlike the naval battle, more than half of the users now belonged to the Dark Alliance faction. Therefore, the Eastern users felt a sense of unity in the victory of the colony siege.

Drakan smiled as he watched the scene.

[You have conquered the old royal castle of the Gasan Kingdom.]

[Do you wish to declare a Dark Sanctuary in the East?]

It was because of the notification window that appeared before his eyes.

“Declare it.”

Drakan saw the notification window and chose to declare the Dark Sanctuary without hesitation.

The moment Drakan uttered those words.

A black pillar of light descended from the heavily clouded sky, engulfing Drakan and his surroundings.

[The Demon Lords of the Demon Court admire the expanding Dark Sanctuary.]

[The Dark God is greatly pleased.]

Drakan smiled as he looked at the subsequent messages from the Transcendent Beings of the Demon Court.

[A Dark Sanctuary has been declared in the East.]

[The power of darkness spreads throughout the East.]

At that moment, a notification window appeared to all users connected to Ard World.

The East!

The region where Drakan had earnestly begun the game, the region where his roots were embedded!

That region was finally falling into Drakan’s hands.

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Drakan wasn’t the only one who succeeded in conquering a colony.

Eugene!

Just as he had boasted, he not only personally led the attack on the Central Colony, but also succeeded in simultaneously conquering three Central Colonies by mobilizing the Five Eyes and allied users.

“Long live Eugene!”

“For the Alliance!”

“As expected of the Alliance!”

“Choosing the Alliance was the right choice. The Alliance is the trend!”

Like the Alliance users who conquered the Eastern Colony, the Alliance users also began to feel a sense of belonging and unity as they directly and indirectly experienced the victory of the colony siege.

And the last remaining colony in the West was finally extinguished under the leadership of Xiongmao eSports, as countless Chinese users demonstrated the spirit of the continent with their human wave tactics. Finally, all colonies rooted in Ard World disappeared.

Although remnants of the surviving monsters occasionally roamed the field, Ard World had completely returned to the hands of the users.

However, the story of Broken World didn’t end there.

The moment Xiongmao eSports destroyed the last colony!

A Divine Quest was issued to Eugene and Drakan, the users representing each faction and contracted with the Goddess of Light and the Dark God, respectively, the leaders of their respective Transcendent Beings.

[Dimensional Gate Construction]

[Grade: Myth]

-After a fierce struggle by countless nameless heroes across the world, Ard World has finally repelled the invasion of Broken World. However, the Hive Mind’s invasion doesn’t end here.

The Conquest Lord Hive Mind is still targeting Ard World, and the second invasion force he sent will arrive in Ard World in the near future.

However, creating a large-scale dimensional gate large enough for the Alpha Mind to pass through is too much even for the Hive Mind, so there is still time until the second invasion. The Goddess of Light and the Dark God have agreed that now is the perfect time for a counterattack.

Before the second invasion, construct the ‘Broken World Dimensional Gate’ and launch a counteroffensive into Broken World.

The blessings of the Pantheon and the Demon Court will protect you.

[Quest Completion Conditions]

[Complete construction of the Dimensional Gate]

[You have acquired information about the facility ‘Broken World Dimensional Gate’.]

[You can now construct the ‘Broken World Dimensional Gate’.]

Broken World Dimensional Gate Construction!

The quest grade window for that quest, which signified a full-fledged counteroffensive into Broken World, was boldly marked with ‘Myth’.

‘A counteroffensive, just as I expected.’

The day after the Eastern Colony siege.

Drakan, who had logged into Ard World as usual and was pouring the astronomical amount of gold donated by Shin Ha-yeon into restoring the ruined Lorraine Castle, the old royal castle of the Gasan Kingdom, thought this as he looked at the quest that appeared before him.

A counteroffensive into Broken World!

Drakan was certain that a counterattack quest would appear someday.

After all, he was the one who had personally visited the otherworld, Broken World.

‘Broken World Dimensional Gate Construction, huh.’

Looking at the quest objective of Broken World Dimensional Gate Construction, Drakan immediately opened the newly added Broken World Dimensional Gate information window in the Management Mode that was already active.

[Broken World Dimensional Gate]

[Grade: Myth]

[A massive dimensional gate imbued with the power of the Dark God and the blessings of the Demon Court.]

[It can open a dimensional passage from Ard World to the otherworld Broken World, transcending the dimensional barrier.]

[Construction Cost: 100,000,000 Gold]

[Estimated Construction Time: 30 days]

The Broken World Dimensional Gate was literally a structure in the form of a giant gate.

To compare it to a real-world structure, it resembled the Arc de Triomphe of France, magnified several times. That was the Broken World Dimensional Gate.

And the gold required to construct that gate was a whopping 100 million gold!

Truly a price befitting a Myth-grade structure, a building described in the information window as being imbued with the power of a god.

An unrealistic consumption amount that could build a small city!

However, Drakan pressed the Broken World Dimensional Gate construction button without hesitation.

As long as he had Shin Ha-yeon backing him, gold was a meaningless resource.

[Construction of the Broken World Dimensional Gate begins at Lorraine Castle in the East.]

[Time remaining until the completion of the Broken World Dimensional Gate construction: 30 days]

[Participate in the Broken World Dimensional Gate construction to shorten the completion time.]

And the moment Drakan pressed the Broken World Dimensional Gate construction button in Management Mode.

A notification of the Broken World Dimensional Gate construction appeared before the eyes of all users.

“Broken World Dimensional Gate construction?”

“Hul, are we going on the counteroffensive now?”

“Where are they constructing it?”

“Didn’t you even read the notification? It says Lorraine Castle in the East.”

“Isn’t Lorraine Castle where the colony that Drakan destroyed was located?”

“Let’s go to the East!”

“Let’s go to the otherworld!!”

The Broken World Dimensional Gate!

The moment they saw the name of the facility, quick-witted users realized.

The identity of the gate being constructed at Lorraine Castle was a passage from Ard World to Broken World. In other words, it was time for Ard World to go on the offensive instead of defending!

Seeing the notification, users excitedly flocked to Lorraine Castle in the East like clouds.

Broken World!

The otherworld that they had only seen through the joint broadcast of Eugene and Drakan, a vast field that was the same size as Ard World, or perhaps even larger, was opening up as a new region, setting the users’ hearts ablaze.

New content always excites users.

This was even more so when it was a super-special, large-scale content like ‘another world’.

Users were confident that they wouldn’t hesitate to engage in unpaid construction labor for the sake of the otherworld content.

The users who flocked to the East didn’t just jump into the gate construction work.

Lorraine Castle was called a castle, but it was literally a wasteland of ruins, with no amenities like inns.

Therefore, in order for the users gathered for the Broken World Dimensional Gate construction to stay at Lorraine Castle, other facilities needed to be built as well.

Thanks to this, countless users participated in the Lorraine Castle restoration project that Drakan had initiated, and the castle quickly began to regain its former appearance.

Although countless users were flocking to Lorraine Castle, not all users headed there.

“Did you see the rewards for the Great Forest development quest this time?”

“Level up and get items, it’s a win-win!”

The Southern Great Forest!

Following Drakan’s orders, the Dark Elf Kingdom located there was diligently distributing various quests related to the development and exploration of the Great Forest to the users.

As a result, the Great Forest, which was already a popular field, began to overflow with Dark Alliance users.

And among the users who headed south, there was also the leader of the Dark Alliance and the 19th Over-Ranker, the Overlord Drakan.

Night Haven.

The capital of the Dark Elf Kingdom and a large city bustling with users on Great Forest exploration quests.

In the audience chamber of the royal palace that stood tall in the center of the city, Drakan was meeting with the Dark Elf Queen Idun.

“Welcome, Apostle-nim.”

“Did you find information about the witch?”

Drakan got straight to the point as soon as he arrived.

30 days in game time, or perhaps even less now that a large number of users were participating in the Broken World Dimensional Gate construction!

Within that time, even if he couldn’t complete all the Legacy Quests, he had to at least complete the first one.

“I have found it.”

Idun replied in a calm voice to Drakan’s question.

“After you gave the order, Apostle-nim, I mobilized the Shadow Search Party and had them comb through the entire Great Forest, chasing the legend of the witch.”

The Shadow Search Party!

Idun had mobilized the Dark Elf Kingdom’s elite forces to literally ‘search’ the entire Great Forest.

“As a result, we have found a location where the witch is suspected to be.”

“Where is it?”

At Drakan’s question, Idun paused for a moment before answering.

“The Forest of Monsters.”

“The Forest of Monsters?”

“Yes. The deepest forest within the Great Forest, a forbidden zone where countless monsters reside. We received a report that a being suspected to be the witch was sighted there.”

Drakan fell silent as he listened to Idun’s explanation.

The Forest of Monsters.

In the previous game, he had traversed Ard World from north to south, and he had also visited the Forest of Monsters.

His purpose was to hunt the Legend-grade boss monster, the ‘Spider Queen’.

Therefore, even without her detailed explanation, Drakan knew the place well.

“I understand. Thank you for the information.”

Having acquired the information, Drakan bid farewell to Idun and left the audience chamber.

Now, it was time to head to the Forest of Monsters.