Entering Apocalypse in Easy-Mode

"They are quite determined."

Inside a dark room consisting of metal walls, a woman with long black hair said.

She was staring at a screen floating in front of her. A screen shows the struggle of several humans fighting a horrible monster.

She had just returned from a task and immediately watched the broadcast about the successfully-hijacked Selection Stage.

The woman didn't see much of what had happened before. She only thought that the four people were the strongest Players who had survived to this stage.

The screen immediately shows how they struggle. The woman didn't bother to change her point of view so she didn't see - yet - Sonya shooting arrows from afar and Asqa who was waiting beside her.

Of course, she also didn't notice yet that Clyde was standing and observing the fight without any intention of interfering.

The woman watched how they struggled to survive in an impossible situation.

She remembered how she went through the same thing back then. She even had to kill her best friend to survive a little longer.

Because she suddenly remembered that, the woman immediately shook her head to get rid of the image.

She didn't want to remember it any longer. That memory only made her feel immense rage, hate, and sadness. So, as much as possible the woman tried not to remember it anymore.

Although that memory is something impossible for her to forget.

The woman saw that the man who was at the very front of the group shot up and sent a dark crescent-shaped slash toward the base of the monster's body.

The woman's brow furrowed. 'Did he already know the monster's weakness?'

Looking at him from here, she felt that he already knew where to attack and how to defeat the monster.

Unfortunately, the attack only hit the layers of tentacles that had suddenly appeared to protect the center of its mouth.

The man who had just let out that attack showed a frustrated face and then jumped to dodge.

His other friends were still trying to get rid of all the debris and tentacles that were moving toward the man. It seemed that man was their leader.

Judging from all that the man had done, the woman knew that he was a leader they could rely on.

After a while, the man tried to carry out another attack. Its eyes seemed to light up as they reflected the yellow light from the monster's open mouth.

"What will he do? He doesn't have much time."

The woman noticed that the sides of the circular mouth began to move too close. The man didn't have much time left to kill the monster.

Without her noticing, the woman's heartbeat began to get faster. It was undeniable, everything that she saw made her tense and was somehow entertaining to watch.

No wonder those Celestials wanted to keep seeing something like this.

But suddenly, while she was focused on watching with unblinking eyes, the screen distorted and turned blurry.

The woman frowned in annoyance. "What is..."

At that time suddenly a man entered the room. The woman did not notice his arrival.

"They have come," the man said.

It was only then that the woman noticed his presence and turned around. "What do you mean?"

"World Master's Guardians."

The woman took a deep breath. She gritted her teeth in annoyance.

"How did they come?" the woman said.

"Someone." The man looked at the woman with a meaningful gaze. "Go to their headquarters and have the Chief pull the Guardians from the Far East."

The woman immediately noticed his meaningful gaze from him. "Someone?" she asked. "Don't tell me..."

"Yeah." the man nodded. "It's Luccio."

Hearing Luccio's name made the rage inside the woman which had started to die out flare up again.

The woman did not say anything and chose to leave immediately from that place. She had to get out of there quickly to vent her anger rather than let it explode here.

When she walked away in long strides from this room, the screen finally went out completely and only left a black color floating in the air.

The man did not hinder her. He just watched her leave and after she disappeared the man walked to the table at the end of the room and opened a book.

The book had a leather cover with red 'RESISTANCE' written on it that looked like it was written in blood.

The man then wrote down a report on the task he had just done before he got here.

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Back to the battle between the Players and The Devourer.

Rodney saw that the mouth was almost closed and that made him even more agitated.

So Rodney no longer cared about anything and continued to shoot toward the right point to be able to deliver a fatal blow to the monster.

*SRATT!*

*SRATT!*

Debris and sharp little tentacles tried to block him and grazed wounds on his face and other parts of his body.

Yet Rodney ignored the pain and kept going.

All of his friends tried their best to get rid of all the obstacles that were around Rodney.

But because the attacks from the monsters were getting more and more fierce, Rodney was still hit by the attack.

'I'm so close! I won't let anything stop me now!'

Because of the desire in his heart that was strong, Rodney shot through everything that was trying to block him.

The Devourer's mouth will be shut any minute now. The yellow light that was his target began to shrink. But that does not mean there is no hope at all.

Rodney shouted while casting [Skill: Sword Slash] towards the gap that was still open.

This is his last chance. If he failed now, Rodney wasn't sure if he would still be able to continue this fight.

Even though his Level is high, The Devourer is still a very strong monster.

After it finishes using [Skill: Devour], its power will return. While his strength and his friend's strength will be much reduced. That would put them at a huge loss.

Rodney didn't want to think about what if Clyde got involved. He would have been able to deal with this monster easily but Rodney didn't want that to happen.

"HAAAARRGGHH!!!"

With an obvious struggle, Rodney used [Skill: Sword Slash] once again to double his efforts.

And his decision paid off well. The first black slash once again hit the tentacled layer of debris.

The number of tentacles that had gathered was not as much as before. So the monster used the debris to increase the thickness of its barrier.

That first slash shattered the protective layer composed of tentacles and debris.

But Rodney's second slash followed behind and passed through all the remnants of the tentacles that had been cut by the first slash.

Finally, the second slash hit the spot in the center of the nearly closed circular mouth and hit something that was shaped like an orb with a yellow tint.

The Devourer's body shook violently as if it might collapse at any moment. No sound came out other than the sound of tentacles rubbing against each other.

The tentacles of various sizes then collapsed one by one because they were separated from The Devourer's body. They fell on buildings and houses and shattered easily.

The tentacles seemed to have lost their density and become as brittle as jelly as they split open the moment they hit the building. Letting out a blackish liquid that smears everything they hit.

The three Regressors attempted to slash as many of the tentacles that fell from above them as possible. The dark liquid from the tentacles smeared all over their bodies.

Rodney also did the same. But he smiled with a happy expression because this was a sign that The Devourer was dying.

Even though his entire body was now covered in a dark liquid that also entered his eyes, nose, and mouth, Rodney didn't care and continued to stare up from where he stood.

'It's not over yet!'

Rodney jumped again. Mustering all of his remaining energy to finish what was almost over before his eyes.

The Devourer fell down slowly as if it had no more energy to maintain its height. Rodney welcomed this.

Its circular mouth was still open. It seems that the monster also has no more energy to just close its mouth perfectly.

Rodney saw the yellow orb in the center of the mouth leaving only a faint glow. The orb had a pretty severe crack. With the slightest pressure, the orb will break into pieces.

Rodney certainly saw a very clear opportunity. He shot up and then poured his Magic Power to deliver a powerful attack.

Rodney slashed his sword and the black slash shot toward the center of The Devourer's mouth.

This time there were no more tentacles or other obstructions that could prevent the slash from hitting the yellow orb and shattering it.

Rodney's slash hit the orb hard.

*CRACKK!*

Finally, the orb shattered into tumbling bits of yellow light.

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