The Final Boss Has Returned 24

Chapter 24

Recapture of Lawless Port!

Drakan and JDG, and Jacques!

In addition to the Rankers and named players gathered in Argan Village, countless nameless users as well!

The users’ attention was focused on the large-scale war event that was taking place for the first time in a long while since Eugene, having completely seized hegemony over Ard World.

Even before the war began, numerous streamers and users poured out various predictions on Ard Live and the Ard Forum.

[ (King God TV) This is it for sure! Lawless Port Recapture Battle Victory and Defeat Prediction Results!]

[ (Special Article) Lawless Port Recapture Battle. Comparison and Analysis of Both Sides’ Power. Chances of Winning?]

From SNS and communities to Ard Live and even gaming media.

Countless people poured out numerous theories about the Lawless Port Recapture Battle, and posts about the Lawless Port Recapture Battle continued to appear on internet communities and SNS, including the Ard Forum.

Drakan and JDG will win!

No. There could be unexpected results!

Many opinions crossed, but public opinion generally agreed that JDG had the upper hand in terms of power, but if Lawless Port, supported by the Pirate Alliance, induced urban warfare, the outcome would be unknown.

Of course, there were some who argued that Drakan might use a strategy of destroying or burning the city, but they were soon countered with the argument that ‘the selfish Drakan would never do such a thing’ and were attacked as being absurd, after which such opinions disappeared.

However, it is also true that no user has experienced as much war as Drakan.

Even users who disliked Drakan acknowledged his ability to wage war, so they secretly hoped that Drakan would show a brilliant and novel strategy, one that would make even Zhuge Liang and Zhang Liang cry, to overcome this difficult situation.

Moreover, the fight between the Infinite Eugene Church, which would be a shame to miss out on, and other users was sporadically taking place across the internet.

Ard Forum.

From the previous game to the present, the Ard Forum, which has solidified its position as the representative internet community for Ard Saga, had its best posts and comment sections already turned into a chaotic mess due to the fight between the Infinite Eugene Church and other users.

[Honestly, I think Drakan will win lol JDG has Over-Rankers, and they’ve scraped together all the black cows. Even I could win if I commanded them lol]

[I don’t know. I think it’ll be difficult. The Pirate King isn’t a fool, he would have sent support. I met them last year during the Eastern Village support quest, and their communication system is well-established, so they provide support right away. They’re not just pirates. Maybe if it was Eugene level]

[Yoo-quis are pretending to be factual, right? If the Infinite Eugene Church doesn’t act as a meat shield, honestly, the power of JDG and Lightwing would be similar, right? Honestly, Eugene hasn’t really shown his fighting skills since coming to Second, so the dominant opinion is that it would be a close call if he fought multiple Over-Rankers. Why are you talking like he’ll beat the Pirate King lol]

[Honestly, I don’t think it’ll be a close call. He has the Legacy buff and the Contract buff. And since both Eugene’s Legacy and Contract are broken, Drakan’s will be broken too. Drakan’s Dark God contract is a fact. I think he’ll win. But the guy in the reply isn’t wrong either. Anyone who’s done urban warfare knows that pirates and bandits have low individual combat power, but they’re really annoying in chaotic battles]

[Why do you overestimate Drakan so much lol Just because he briefly changed his attitude and took pictures, acting like a politician, you think he’s become a good guy, but the fact is that if he hadn’t acted like a jerk in the previous game, guys like the Pirate King wouldn’t have appeared lol]

[Why is the previous game being brought up here? A Yoo-qui is starting to change the subject, right? Everyone knows that the previous game’s Drakan a thousand years ago and the Pirate King in Second a thousand years later have nothing to do with each other, right? It’s actually that great Yoo-jin who abandoned the East and played hero while Eastern users were suffering, right? You’ve been caught red-handed for being biased without any facts, right?]

[Seriously, the comment above is right. The fact is that Yoo-jin abandoned the East and played hero lol. Disgusting, isn’t it, playing hero while Eastern users were suffering? From the perspective of Easterners, Drakan, who directly mobilizes his army to try and crush the pirates, is much better than Yoo-jin, who only pretends to be good on the outside]

What was different from the usual fights that had occurred countless times before was the public opinion surrounding Drakan.

Of course, there were users who praised or re-evaluated Drakan even before.

However, it was not because they genuinely re-evaluated or followed him, but rather, it was only a concept or out of antipathy towards the Infinite Eugene Church that they praised him.

Drakan. No matter what anyone said, he was the ruler of the era before Eugene and the only user who had directly confronted Eugene!

Praising such a Drakan was tantamount to belittling the achievements of the World Revolution that Eugene, his colleagues, and the Infinite Eugene Church had accomplished together.

That was the reason why antipathy towards the Infinite Eugene Church manifested as praise and re-evaluation of Drakan.

But now it was different.

Now, users who genuinely followed Drakan began to appear, not out of antipathy towards the Infinite Eugene Church.

The reason for this change in public opinion was simple.

It was because favorable public opinion towards Drakan was gradually spreading, centered around the Eastern users who were suffering from the Pirate Alliance.

It was natural, in a way, for the hearts of the Eastern users who were groaning under the tyranny of the Pirate King to lean towards Drakan, who actively mobilized his army and took action, rather than the aloof hero Eugene, who remained in the center and only watched the fire because he adhered to principles.

Just as public opinion towards Drakan was slowly but surely changing positively.

[Breaking News! Drakan’s official channel is live streaming!]

[JDG is also live! LOL]

[War has begun!! War has begun!!]

[Let’s go to war!!]

A topic was thrown that would further heat up the already heated internet.

It was the long-awaited Lawless Port Recapture Battle!

It was the live broadcast of Drakan and JDG that signaled the beginning.

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Black Spire.

In the lord’s office on the top floor of the Black Spire, which stood in the middle of Lawless Port like a blade soaring towards the sky, also known as the Black Tower, Jacques looked out the window with trembling hands at the panoramic view of Lawless Port below.

Lawless Port!

Buildings built in a disorderly fashion and narrow alleys intertwined like spiderwebs came into his view.

Jacques smiled as he looked at the sight of Lawless Port.

‘All preparations are complete.’

From the moment Riach and the White Shark Assault Force arrived until now, Jacques had mobilized all means and funds to install deadly traps throughout the alleys of Lawless Port, as well as dispersing and ambushing pirates throughout the buildings, and had taken numerous other measures.

The transformed Lawless Port, though seemingly normal on the surface, had become a terrifying and enormous trap that would make the enemy taste hell the moment they stepped foot inside the city.

‘Foolish bastards!’

Jacques inwardly mocked Drakan and JDG.

If their army had invaded before he had finished preparing for urban warfare!

Perhaps he might have been at a disadvantage.

But for some reason, they didn’t attack the city even though they had gathered their army, and thanks to the time he earned, Jacques was able to turn the entire city into a trap.

‘Come if you dare!’

A smile spread across Jacques’ lips.

Drakan!

And JDG!

No matter how great they are, if they step into Lawless Port, which has transformed into a giant trap, they will have to be prepared to shed blood.

That didn’t mean they could escape the trap he had set.

The way to deal with urban warfare is to form a siege, but Lawless Port was a port city, and their naval power could never defeat the Pirate King’s fleet!

So they would have no choice but to fall for the obvious tactic of urban warfare.

Checkmate!

That’s the situation they were in, Jacques thought.

Through the melee combat within the city, where numbers become meaningless, he would seize the final victory.

Jacques clenched his fist as he thought so.

‘Drakan!’

Jacques’ eyes gleamed.

As soon as he thought of him, resentment towards him rose from the depths of his heart.

The culprit who ruthlessly retaliated and trampled on him for merely touching a single low-ranking guild member of the Iron Blood Alliance while he was enjoying his noble hobby of PK!

Thanks to that, he couldn’t even properly log into the game he loved so much until Drakan’s downfall, so Jacques’ heart was filled with even more hatred towards Drakan.

Jacques picked up his beloved cutlass.

A fallen king is still a king, and even though he was a former top Ranker, he hadn’t even reached the rank of Ranker yet, but he had signed a contract with Jeil E&M and was creating a huge buzz every time a video was uploaded, stirring up the entire internet.

If he were to cut off the head of such a guy with his own hands!

The world’s attention would surely be focused on him.

“Hehehehehe.”

Jacques let out a sinister laugh.

Drakan’s level was still known to be in the 100s.

Of course, the fact that he was the holder of a Legendary grade Legacy and the contractor of the Dark God was widely known through videos, and Jacques was also aware of it.

But no matter how good the Legacy buff and Contract buff were, his level was still in the 100s, and he was nothing more than a has-been who had just returned.

Jacques thought so.

‘To take revenge and gain fame by cutting off the head of such a has-been! This is what they call killing two birds with one stone!’

Jacques laughed, imagining himself cutting off Drakan’s head and finally completing his revenge.

Soon, their army will come crashing down.

But Jacques wasn’t afraid.

Their army would get lost in the giant labyrinth that is Lawless Port and eventually be reduced to a disorganized mob, to be picked off one by one!

Drakan!

He, a greedy and selfish egomaniac, would definitely push his army into the city for his own desires.

Just as Jacques was indulging in all sorts of delusions.

Kwa-gwang!

An earth-shattering roar struck Jacques’ ears.

“Wha, what’s that?”

The sudden explosion!

Jacques was startled by the sound and looked out the window.

And what Jacques saw was a burning city, a rain of fire and lightning pouring down from the sky, along with various area-of-effect magic spells.

And attacks from siege weapons, including magic bullets, flying in from outside the city.

“This is, this is unbelievable!”

Jacques was horrified at the sight.

The opponent’s intention, Drakan’s strategy, was now transparently clear.

Drakan, he had no intention of engaging in urban warfare from the beginning.

He wasn’t the only one who was happy to have bought time.

While he was busy digging traps in the city, the opponent had brought siege weapons to blow up the city, a magic corps, and wyvern riders to rain down magic bombs.

And urban warfare, no, all battles and strategies, only have meaning if the opponent plays along.

His conviction that Drakan would never burn down the city was shattered.

Looking at the burning Lawless Port, Jacques finally realized.

“Uwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!”

A scream echoed from Jacques’ mouth.

His whole body trembled.

Jacques couldn’t believe the current reality.

The traps he had meticulously set, the pirates he had ambushed!

Everything he had prepared for urban warfare was burning and being destroyed in vain.

“How, how could this be!”

Burning the city to avoid urban warfare!

Theoretically, it was the best course of action they could take right now.

Urban warfare is a battlefield advantageous to the Lawless Port side!

Rather than crawling into Lawless Port, which everyone knows is a trap, and shedding blood, it’s much easier to just blow up the city and clean up the remaining stragglers.

But there was a catch to that easy path.

Everyone knew that the objective of the quest Drakan received was to recapture Lawless Port.

Yes. Recapture, not subjugation.

In other words, if he completed the objective of the quest, it meant that he would have to personally manage Lawless Port from then on.

In such a situation, burning the city was an unthinkable option.

Who would turn a city that would become theirs into ashes!

Even if they won the war that way, all that would be left would be ashes.

It was utter madness.

That’s why Jacques hadn’t even considered the possibility of Drakan burning the city.

Anyone with common sense, let alone a user with a brain, wouldn’t commit such madness!

Moreover, Jacques knew Drakan well.

He was a man who was more selfish and self-serving than anyone else, yet meticulous in his calculations.

That’s why he was able to exercise a powerful iron-fisted rule in the previous game based on the money he squeezed out of ordinary users.

Jacques thought that such a Drakan would rather drive users into urban warfare than burn the city and suffer losses in its management later.

After all, the Drakan he had seen in the previous game was a cold-blooded man who wouldn’t hesitate to use and discard others for his own benefit!

He wouldn’t do anything that would put him at a disadvantage, especially Drakan, so Jacques thought he could forget about worrying about the city being burned down.

Jacques, who had thought so, now wanted to turn back time.

Such madness, and for Drakan to do it!

But it wasn’t important that Drakan was doing something crazy right now.

The immediate problem was that Drakan’s madness had become a reality, and he was the target of that madness.

“This crazy bastard!!”

Jacques grabbed the back of his neck and yelled at Drakan.

Meanwhile, just like Jacques’ heart burning black, the flames rising from Lawless Port grew redder and redder.

The Lawless Port Recapture Battle, which had attracted the attention of countless users!

Its prologue began, shockingly, with indiscriminate magic bombardment and attacks from siege weapons aimed at the city.

And the shocking sight of Lawless Port burning was broadcast live to the whole world through Ard Live, and the viewers who saw it were completely stunned.

Drakan!

He had caused another incident.