Chapter 132

"A Holy Ceremony has been completed. From this day onwards, this pyramid will be the holy place of your village player Ibro. If you die then this pyramid will be destroyed. If this pyramid was destroyed then you will die. Your two fates have been merged together into one."

Ibro heard that loud majestic voice like it was speaking directly to his soul. He looked around him. From the looks of everyone around him, he knew that this sound wasn't just speaking to him alone. Ibro didn't have time to think as the sound appeared again saying with majesty:

"You have one minute to consider if you want to upgrade your village now or postpone it. If you don't decide then we will decide for you. It's best for you to postpone the upgrade for the future till you become more ready."

Ibro woke up immediately on these words. He didn't take all this trouble for him to postpone the upgrade. He said immediately loudly:

"I choose to upgrade the village now."

"Are you sure? Your upgrade quest is very difficult. I advise you to postpone it."

Ibro clenched his left fist and raise it to the sky shouting loudly:

"I choose to defy destiny. I'm the master of my own destiny. I will face this challenge and crush it. I will win this challenge and push my village to the next step."

Ibro's loud voice echoed in the completely silent village. his raised fist although it was small but it was like a shiny star that appeared in the dark sky at night.

His own simple words were like a small rock that caused massive avalanche inside every villager, soldier or leader. This was their village. That was their lord.

These words weren't his beliefs but they were theirs. At once all the villagers and soldiers raised their left fists high to the sky and screamed:

"I choose to defy destiny. I'm the master of my own destiny. I will face this challenge and crush it. I will win this challenge and push my village to the next step."

Their loud voices echoed into the whole world. this was the moment where the whole village merged together into one soul, into Ibro's soul who said loudly and arrogantly:

"I choose to upgrade my village right here right now."

"As you wish. Hepatia village gained the right to raise its degree to the next stage. Let the chosen challenge test start now."

Suddenly the earth trembled. That loud sound was even higher than the sounds of the villagers. But they didn't stop their cheers. They knew their village was about to face a deadly challenge but they didn't feel afraid.

They felt proud. They felt arrogant. They felt like their lord felt. Ibro looked to the horizon. The sky turned suddenly black in some areas.

In a few seconds, these areas showed an opening like it was a tunnel connecting here to another place. There were ten giant holes in the sky.

These holes were distributed in ten different directions around the village. Ibro didn't hesitate and said:

"I choose to draw a weapon."

"Player has the right to draw one growth type weapon randomly. Weapons have been chosen. Player can find it in his Inventory now."

Ibro didn't think twice as he looked into his Inventory. There lied a long wide strong-looking sword. This sword was made of orange-colored ore with azure-colored handle. He took it out and moved it in his hands.

To his surprise he felt it so heavy on his right hand but so light on his left hand. He wielded it in his left hand and then moved it. He felt the high speed of this sword that moved and tore the space around him without even causing a single sound. Ibro then observed this sword:

"Dinar sword: Gold grade sword. Growth type sword. Dinar class only. Level 0. Effect: increases basic strength by 200% when the player wields it. It needs to kill 100 monster level 1 higher to at least level up."

Ibro looked at this specially tailored sword of his. His length was over 2 meters. It was like a small spear less a sword. But its wide blade with a weird groove in its middle gave it a mighty feeling. Ibro lifted this sword high in the sky towards these ten holes and screamed:

"To war!"

"To war… to war… to war…"

Cheers echoed to fill the whole village. Ibro didn't think he was walking to a deadly battle, but it was like he was walking to his crowning ceremony. This wasn't only his own feeling.

All the generals that were present here felt the same. This huge unbounded support from the villagers was a magical fuel that started to drive them towards the battlefield with steady confident steps.

every soldier at the battlefield looked at their foes without any fear. They weren't confident in themselves but they got this confidence from the villagers behind their backs.

The villagers' faith in them had transformed them. They weren't different soldiers who came from destroyed civilizations. They were forged at this historical moment.

They weren't homeless anymore. There was a village called Hepatia that awaited their triumph return. They were home for them to come to.

Hepatia had become their home and its villagers had become their people. From these ten holes, countless monsters appeared without stop.

There were ten different types of monsters. They were landing on an island outside the village walls. Soldiers didn't wait for them to reach the ground, as long-range soldiers started using their weapons and skills to kill these monsters.

The defensive ballista towers started to fire without stop. The early waves of monsters were killed and fell on the ground like falling rain. The sky turned dark blue from the falling blood of these killed monsters.

That didn't scare the soldiers as they kept hitting these descending monsters more aggressively. That black rain didn't stop the villagers from shouting out loud.

It wasn't a battlefield, it was like a huge cheerful festival. Soldiers kept hitting the monsters without stop. Even when their numbers got raised suddenly they didn't stop their attacks.

Those monsters which managed to fall with their lives got attacked immediately from the ground troops. The battle began and the upper hand was already with Hepatia village.

Ibro knew that his enemy wouldn't accept such a situation. After half an hour with the failure of these monsters to cause any massive damage to the Hepatian army, Ibro noticed that five holes moved in the sky. Its direction was towards the other side of the river.

"They are trying to gather at the opposite side of the river then cross it. Order long-range soldiers to form two teams. One team continues to hit the falling monsters and the other team moves towards the river bank and starts attacking the other side monsters."

Mamor's voice echoed in the battlefield. He was away from Ibro's location who was standing in front of the village gate with his personal army. His army shrank from 4 million to 3 million.

This was a wise response from Mamor. That was what Ibro felt. He was curious, could these monsters build bridges? In front of him, a huge group of soldiers started to move towards the river bank and started to attack the monsters without stop.

Although these attacks caused severe losses to monsters, they managed to gather at the other bank and a huge dark blue army began to take shape.

Suddenly huge monsters started to appear in the monster's army. These huge monsters were like huge buildings moving at a slow pace. Their target was the river itself.

"Target these huge monsters. Never let them reach the river."

Mamor's voice echoed again on the battlefield. Ibro knew that these monsters' huge bodies would form wide bridges if they managed to reach the river.

One or two monsters were enough to create a 100-meter wide bridge. There were over 100 monsters of this type on the other side. At once the long-range attacks started to target these monsters.

Some of them got severe wounds while others got shallow ones. On rare occasions, one or two monsters would fall and stop moving. In half an hour, this battle had escalated to its most tense moment.

These monsters managed to reach the river and then they sat on its bed. More than 80 monsters managed to reach the river creating around 50 wide bridges.

the monster army on the other side didn't stop for even a second. Loud horns emerged from the other side followed by the massive movement of these monsters.

The brutal moments of war had just erupted. The crossing monsters caused some chaos inside the Hepatian army. Now there were two fronts to fight at.

one was the monsters that kept falling from the sky and the other was the monsters crossing the river. Although there were so many defensive towers dedicated to the ground defense, these monsters had their own trick to use.

Some used strange shaped shields to defend against these magic balls and arrows that came from these defensive towers without stop. Some used their thick skin to shield other monsters behind him even if this act cost him its life.

Ibro noticed that whatever these monsters used, they were trying to benefit from one shortcoming of all these towers. That was the limited capacity of these towers.

Each tower could only attack a certain number of different targets at the same time. That number was around 100 monsters. That meant if there were 100 monsters shielding the attacks from these towers, then the other monsters could attack the tower with ease.

That caused the loss of many towers before a response came from the Hepatian army. The great strategists of the sky there weren't for show. They ordered the soldiers to reinforce the towers. That made the battlefield became focused on the towers.