"I should change my appearance." Victor brought out the Mask of Loki and put it on his face, and under Lilith’s and Amber’s wide eyes, his entire face and body started to transform as it wiggled.

Soon, an average-looking man appeared in their view; if Olivia, Rachel, and Andrew saw him, they would recognize him as Faceless, the top player.

"Ah, Victor, why did you change, and what rank was that mask?" Amber asked curiously. She had seen many top-tier disguise items, but none was as proficient as the one Victor had used. Not only his appearance, but even his status window changed.

Pah

"Don’t ask too many questions, and as for the rank, it’s a Mythic-rank item," Victor slapped her buttocks and said casually.

"Mythic rank?" Amber’s eyes widened in shock as she covered her mouth with her hands.

"Woah, Sir Victor is as awesome as Miss Lilith," Lilith said, hopping up and down.

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A large army wearing pitch-black knight armor, which had more defensive capability than tanks, was marching uniformly toward the Silvernum Territory.

"Captain Callum, we are here," a soldier shouted.

"Hmph, so this dilapidated territory is the one belonging to that bastard noble Victor," Callum sneered, looking at the territory that came into view.

’Trash, looks like I won’t even get to move my muscles,’ he sneered, but he still was not going to hold back and would use every means at his disposal to completely eradicate the Silvernum Barony from existence. This would also send a message to others about what it means to oppose the Black Church.

"All of you, release the beasts," Captain Callum barked his order, and the soldiers hurriedly got into action.

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The players had gathered at the western boundary where the Black Church would enter from, and camouflaged behind them were hundreds of large Mechs.

"Where is the army?" Rachel tapped her feet impatiently on the ground.

"Be patient," Andrew said, rolling his eyes.

"Something is coming," Olivia suddenly said as she felt faint vibrations from the ground.

"You’re right," Rachel swallowed nervously as she suddenly felt the ground shaking slightly.

"Huh?" Rachel’s eyes widened in shock when she saw a black line suddenly appearing at the horizon, and this black line gradually grew larger and larger, and the earth shook harder and harder in response.

Very quickly, the black line transformed into a black sea, and she could see a wave of magical beasts charging toward them like an army of ants at war.

’Holy... this is... this is much scarier than I thought!’ Rachel cried inwardly, and her entire body trembled while all her hair stood on end like a porcupine under threat.

’This is too much! They will definitely flatten us before we can even do anything!’

Victor, who was watching from the crowd after he had transformed into Faceless, looked at the tide of beasts calmly. They were only Tier 0; even if there were ten thousand, he could easily kill them—these were the cannon fodder.

"Hmm, I should also use my cannon fodder," Victor mumbled as he signaled Lilith with his mind to inform Edward.

"Everyone attack—first, the mercenaries will strike!" Edward shouted at the top of his voice.

As soon as the words fell—

"Magma Meteors!"

A voice resounded across the entire battlefield as the temperature started to rise rapidly, and then players felt small shadows appearing over the battlefield.

Suddenly, everyone looked up, and their eyes widened in shock as small red balls made of magma were falling from the sky directly onto the army of monsters rushing toward them.

"Holy, whose attack is this?" someone from the crowd said. Victor’s eyes also turned toward the source and saw a man pointing both his arms at the sky, which had transformed into magma.

’Regal.’ Victor’s eyes narrowed when he saw the person. This guy, in his past life, was famous for having the most powerful offensive Warlock bloodline among the players.

Then the balls of magma struck the army of beasts that was advancing toward them.

BOOOOOM!

The entire world shook as the balls of magma disintegrated hundreds of magical beasts in the attack.

«You have slain 720 magical beasts» 𝑓𝘳𝑒𝑒𝓌𝘦𝘣𝘯ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝑚

"Heavens!" Edward exclaimed in a shocked voice when he saw the raw destructive power of Regal’s bloodline. "Is that really a Warlock bloodline a low-level mercenary should have? To display such power when he’s not even level 50—he will definitely grow into a powerhouse in the future. Could this guy be from one of the noble families of other kingdoms? I have heard that some of them possess magma bloodlines."

Edward narrowed his eyes and looked at him with suspicion, thinking he might be a spy from another kingdom. If Victor knew his thoughts, he would say he was overthinking.

However, despite killing over 720 magical beasts in a single attack, the black sea did not seem to diminish even slightly, and they continued to charge at them.

"That guy..." Olivia frowned, and her heart felt a bit heavy when she saw the destructive power of Regal’s bloodline. She wondered if her ice could counter the magma. She looked at the other heirs and saw they were also throwing wary glances at Regal. She knew that if the Roshfield family became overwhelmingly stronger than the other families, the balance would break, and they would likely have to submit or perish.

Rumble

"Huh?" Suddenly, Olivia felt the entire air start to vibrate as the sky darkened. Her eyes narrowed and fell on one player who was covered in pitch-black lightning, and then she saw him transform into lightning and vanish into the clouds.

"That’s... Faceless," Olivia said as her eyes widened. She had a hunch that the mysterious Faceless would not skip this event, and her hunch was correct.

"Let’s start with a small greeting," Victor mumbled as he pointed his palm toward the army.

"Multi Purgatory Lightning Serpents," Victor murmured as three black lightning serpents emerged from his palms and shot toward the army below.