Chapter 32

The massive sound of footsteps shaking the ground was clearly heard from far away. One, two, three. Tens, hundreds. Over thousands of monsters were slowly but surely approaching from the horizon. They gradually came closer. The appearance of the monsters lined up in the next wave was truly spectacular.

Zephyr took a stance as a level 21 wolf was charging towards Zephyr. As it pounced towards him, Zephyr twisted his body avoiding it and slashed the wolf cutting it into half.

[Proportionate to the number of enemies that are within a 150-metre radius, your Offensive Power will increase by a 10% per enemy.]

[You have dealt 117,294 damage to the target.]

[The target has died.]

[800 experience has been acquired.]

[You have acquired 30 silver.]

[You have acquired 1 contribution point.]

Zephyr was a little surprised to the damage he had dealt. Zephyr then remembered that the level of his [Complete Sword Mastery] has risen resulting for his damage to increase of 90% instead of 75%.

Zephyr was also a bit surprised to the amplification effect of the Aetherius Sword as it multiplies his physical damage by 7 and it also increases his damage when more enemies at the surroundings which was at the perfect situation.

Also with Tetsuya's passive who was inside the armor of Zephyr all the time with a grumpy expression who'se unable to fight.

What bother Zephyr a little is his attack was only a basic attack and he did not used a skill at all. Zephyr did not imagine the horrifying damage he would deal if he uses his unique and legendary skills. Zephyr also thought what would be the damage of he equipped the full set of Aetherius Set as currently, only the Aetherius Sword was equipped.

Zephyr then slashed the next monster who attacked him. Every slashes of Zephyr were cutting the monsters unable to let out a scream. As the monsters died immediately, Zephyr was reminded of the scene of the Sword Saint cutting the demons and wondered if he were doing the same at the moment. Zephyr shook the thought off as he slash another monster.

"I am different."

Zephyr thought as numerous [Fireball] and [Lightning Blast] with the swords hovered around him and he unleashes it to the monsters. Zephyr used 3 skills at the same time as he made use of [Triple Casting].

"I am way more better than he is."

Zephyr exterminated all monsters in his vicinity as he started using sword skills and magic spells at the same time, annihilating thousands of monsters at the first wave.

[The target has died.]

[800 experience has been acquired.]

[You have acquired 30 silver.]

[You have acquired 1 contribution point.]

[The target has died.]

[800 experience has been acquired.]

[You have acquired 30 silver.]

[You have acquired 1 contribution point.]

[The target has died.]

[800 experience has been acquired.]

[You have acquired 30 silver.]

[You have acquired 1 contribution point.]

[The target...]

Zephyr then looked at the rest of the monsters who were staring at him that did not attack as it learned they would only die if they blindly attack him.

Zephyr narrowed his eyes as the mobs were possessing some intelligence as it has the ability to think. Zephyr thought this would only make things more interesting as he wanted them to made him feel pressured.

Not known to him that many players who went to the eastern side of White Tiger City were looking at the direction of Zephyr with frozen and widened eyes. It didn't took for long for someone to spoke in disbelief.

"What the hell! Is there someone capable of this?"

"How can this make sense to exterminate thousands of monsters alone in a short amount of time."

Suddenly all of them fell into a realization and then looked at the quest event ranking.

[Monster Tide Contribution Ranking]

[1. Zephyr- 1653 Contribution Points.]

[2.None.]

[3.None.]

[...]

All their eyes widened after realizing that the one they saw was the number 1 player all along. Some eyes were still fixed on staring on the ranking list unable to recover for a bit.

"Has player Zephyr has always been this strong."

One player spoke as they watched Zephyr dealing with another monsters alone as he slashes and cut the monsters to half. They were also amazed at how beautiful and delicate his swordsmanship. They were also surprised seing him casting spells and using sword skills at the same time.

"Amazing!"

"Is this the capability of the number 1?"

"How can he even use sword skills and magic spells at the same time?"

"His swords were also at another level."

They admired and felt an envy towards him. They were bewitched by the scene pf Zephyr using his sword skills and spells. They were also amazed at his cool swords that was constantly slashing the monsters around him.

They were amazed as Zephyr was capable of defeating multiple enemies at once. However, Zephyr did not care about them as he only focused his attention to the battlefield.

Zephyr tried to minimize his movement and maximize the efficiency of his damage as his stamina isn't infinite at all. Zephyr tried to conserve his stamina to last longer as he still haven't killed 1% of the beast tide.

Zephyr also grumbled a little as he did not leveled up at all after killing thousands of the monsters. As he has higher level, he did not receive the usual experience bonus which was too small compared to the experience gauge he had to fill.

Zephyr was now almost moving mechanically as he closed his eyes and tried to calm his breathing. Zephyr followed his instinct as his super sensitivity stats is now high. Zephyr twisted his body everytime he felt a chill and attacked the monster.

[Super sensitivity has increased by 1.]

He also found it hard to control the swords simultaneously as it delays him a little. Zephyr was also limiting the usage of his skills even some skills no longer had cooldowns as his mana isn't infinite. Zephyr also did not bought any mana potion as he thought it won't be necessary for the early stage of the game as his MP was already high and he had no intention of draining it to zero.

Seing Zephyr was in a battle of attrition, the players then started attacking some monsters which passed and avoided Zephyr. Some tried to charge to the monsters believing they could kill one like Zephyr but they screamed instead.

The monster were more stronger than they thought. Some players turned into particles of light and some almost died. They were once again amazed at Zephyr as he was capable of easily defeating this monsters. However, the screams of some players was still heard.

Many players were logged out in front of the swift and accurate attacks of the intelligent monters. In Tensura, dying would result in logging out and unable to access Tensura for a day. They would also suffer the penalty after reviving of being weaken for 30% in 2 hours.

Hundreds of players were logged out when the monsters occasionally fired their skills and killed the players.

'Morons.'

As Zephyr was now very sensitive, Zephyr was able to sense the arrival of the players in the battle field. He thought they were a bunch of idiots for underestimating the monsters as they possessed immense strength aside from their numbers. He was only able to overwhelm them as his stats were superior.

However, he had no intention of saving and helping them at all as he wasn't even close to any of them. He only wanted to find some entertainment in this monster tide. He wondered if there were stronger monster in the million of monsters.

It didn't took a while as he sensed his entire body cold and he leaped into the air avoiding the smash of a giant bear. Zephyr opened his eyes as he inspected the bear which has purple colored fur.

[Purple Bear]

Rating: Rare Boss

Level: 25

Tier: 0

HP: 24,600

MP: 8,600

Several purple bears surrounded Zephyr as all bears roared towards him at the same time.

[You have heard the roar of the Purple Bear.]

[You have been affected by fear.]

[You are unable to move for 3 seconds.]

[You have resisted.]

[You have heard the roar of the Purple Bear.]

[You have been affected by fear.]

[You are unable to move for 3 seconds.]

[You have resisted.]

[You have heard the roar of the Purple Bear.]

[You have been affected by fear.]

[You are unable to move for 3 seconds.]

[You have resisted.]

[You...]

Zephyr then immediately charged towards the purple bears as he slash the nearest one. The purple bear also faced its death like the other monsters as its defense wasn't able to endure the damage of Zephyr. Zephyr on the other hand realizes the Tier gap as Zephyr dealt more damage as he was a tier higher than the monsters.

[Saint's Sword Dance.]

He dodged the bears' attacks while dancing. The muscles that squeezed during the dance were released at once. At the same time, the dark blue sword moved explosively.

[The Aetherius Sword's option effect is activated, causing the skill '5 Joint Attacks' to be generated.]

The monsters were cut down, breaking the bodies of the purple bears and into dozens of pieces. The bears scattered like a pieces of stones.

[The target has died.]

[1,000 experience has been acquired.]

[You have acquired 50 silver.]

[You have acquired 10 contribution point.]

[The target...]

[Lightning Flame Slash]

Zephyr followed up another attack as another group of monsters were charging to him at the same time. Flames and lightning sweep the monsters and obliterated them all.

As Zephyr was slaughtering the monsters, he was no longer bothered of how stingy the system is. Slice, slash, thrust. Zephyr repeated the same action as he avoided all attacks with his super sensitivity not letting a single one hit him. Zephyr also glanced at the endless horde of monsters and sighed.

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"The humanoid monsters look very difficult. We should take care of them first."

Base on their experience on playing Tensura so far, the advantages of a humanoid monsters were their high physical defense and health. Instead, they were vulnerable to magic and relatively slow, making them easy to deal with.

It was clear that if the humanoid monsters had far the existing strengths of a normal monster and were fast, they would be hard to deal with.

Natalia's comments who were in stealth who's providing support quickly convinced Aron.

"Okay. Take care of the humanoid monsters."

"Yes!"

Barrage of spells, arrows and bullets hit the monsters as the 4 of them coordinated their attacks. An explosion occurred in many parts of the wilderness and a dust storm rose.

[The target has died.]

[800 experience has been acquired.]

[You have acquired 30 silver.]

[You have acquired 1 contribution point.]

[The target has died.]

[800 experience has been acquired.]

[You have acquired 30 silver.]

[You have acquired 1 contribution point.]

[The target...]

[Your level has risen.]

As the monsters level was higher than them, all of them leveled up once as they also received bonus experience. The 6 of them who's melee class immediately took a formation protecting their damage dealers.

Arthur and Mark tanks the damage while Aron, Sven, Ivan and Natalia were supporting them as they were controlling the crowd of monsters not to get out of the agro of the tank.

They showed perfect teamwork as Aron was constantly issuing commands as they steadily deals with the numerous monsters. Their performance might fell behind if compared to Zephyr, however in the eyes of the inlookers, they were showing what a Tensura's Star Ranker was capable of.

As they changed their position as they were starting to get overwhelmed by the numbers of monsters. Suddenly the ten of them stopped as they saw how Zephyr was dealing with the hordes of monsters easily as he was even closing his eyes while controlling the swords around him.

They were mesmerized by the scene and Zephyr's fighting style.

"Is that Zephyr?"

Suddenly Miya reflexively blurted out seing the familiar sword that flew around. It was at this moment, the first ever encounter of Tensura's Star Rankers met with each other.