Lady Grudge began to fall. “Kwaaaahhh!”

Countless residents clung to her.

“Waaaahhh!”

“We wonnn!”

Her massive frame slammed into the ground, and the residents stuck to her flew far away. A thick cloud of dust rose high enough to blot out the sky.

“LTE.”

Another battlefield erupted above.

Thoom...!

Saint Kaiser’s speed skyrocketed.

“H-Huh? Wh-What is that?”

“No way...”

“How is he that fast?!”

A creature the size of a fortress had moved at the speed of a baseball. That alone carried an overwhelming physical destructive force.

Kraaaash!

The air itself seemed to tear.

Saint Kaiser shouted, “I’ll chew you to pieces!”

Unlike the other dragons, Saint Kaiser’s AI was on an entirely different level. True to his title, the Holy Emperor was the true core of the Dragon of Streaming Destruction. Using his signature high-speed movement, he instantly appeared behind them and charged in with his massive jaws stretched open.

Treeana’s pupils shrank and trembled violently. This went beyond her calculations. She reacted almost instantly and sharply turned the Mega Hawk.

Whoooosh!

It looked like they had dodged, but avoiding Saint Kaiser was nothing like the lightning that only struck once.

Shiiik.

With terrifying flexibility, he twisted his body in midair and chased them again at even greater speed.

‘At this rate...’

He would definitely catch them. The Mega Hawk’s speed couldn’t match Saint Kaiser’s. No matter how sharply they changed directions, they couldn’t turn as fast. That black shadow once again swallowed Treeana and Almond.

Almond seized the moment and fired an arrow straight into the dragon’s open maw.

Puhng!

It seemed to deal some damage, but Saint Kaiser didn’t even flinch. Unless it hit the reverse scale, most attacks simply didn’t matter.

‘My arm is starting to...’

Almond’s aim was visibly shaking now. Even if another chance came, he wasn’t sure he could hit the reverse scale. The shadow completely engulfed them again.

Thoom.

Saint Kaiser’s jaws snapped shut.

The residents screamed, “Nooooo!”

Treeana and Almond vanished into Saint Kaiser’s mouth. Everyone thought it was over.

Ba-bam~!

[Xiaolongbao has donated a staggering 1,000,000 won!]

[Did we get him?]

At that moment, a one-million-won donation appeared on the screen. Normally, a donation that large meant instant annihilation. However, the rules had changed ever since Treeana shifted from resignation to resistance.

— DAMN

— Resurrection spell

— “Did we get him?” LOL

— Nice

— XLB SAMA

[Holy Magic Activated!]

The one-million-won donation triggered Holy Magic that carried massive, battlefield-altering effects. These spells could overturn the tide of war, and even Treeana could only use them once or twice.

[Lighthouse]

Wooooong...!

A powerful beam of light shot toward Almond. The sources of that light came from the countless residents still fighting. Light streamed from every one of them and converged onto Almond.

“Wh, what...?”

“What is this?”

“Th-The light...?”

No one knew what effect it would have.

[All viewership and donation effects are shared.]

— DAMN

— Holy shit LOL

— That’s insane

— Wow

Simply put, the combined viewership of everyone else was now treated as Almond’s personal viewership. Every donation effect generated by anyone on the battlefield also applied to him. The power of Almond’s relic multiplied dozens of times.

— Wait, isn’t he already dead?

— Too late, isn’t it? 𝘧𝓇𝑒𝑒𝑤ℯ𝑏𝓃𝘰𝑣ℯ𝘭.𝘤ℴ𝘮

— Does this even work now?

Hadn’t Saint Kaiser already swallowed Almond? What good would getting stronger do now?

The viewers grew anxious. In truth, no one knew exactly what would happen. Not the production team, Treeana, or even Almond himself.

One thing was certain. Almond hadn’t died yet.

Saint Kaiser’s body was simply too massive. Even the space inside his mouth was enormous. And so, the effects began activating in full.

[Random Monster Summon!]

[Random Monster Summon!]

[Random Monster Summon!]

...

Puhhhhng!

Dozens, no, hundreds of monsters suddenly appeared in Saint Kaiser’s mouth due to the numerous monster summons fueled by Zela’s donations.

“Grrrk...?!”

Even from the outside, Saint Kaiser’s mouth visibly bulged and churned.

“Gkeeee...!”

At last, Saint Kaiser was forced to open his mouth.

— Breaking news: Dragon of Streaming Destruction ate too much and is puking

— LOL how much did he eat to throw it all up like that

— That’s what happens when you gorge yourself

— Human wave tactics

A flood of monsters poured out. Among them were Almond and Treeana.

“Waaaaaahhh!”

The residents erupted in cheers. The heroes who had been swallowed by the Dragon of Streaming Destruction had returned alive.

‘I... I survived?’

Almond felt stunned and couldn’t grasp what just happened. Everything had gone pitch-black when the dragon swallowed them.

Suddenly, monsters began pouring down on him, and he was swept out with them. Whatever the case, this was a chance. Even as he was being carried along in the torrent, Almond drew the Bow of Hope one more time.

Giriiik.

‘Huh?’

His aim badly shook, and his arm wouldn’t stop trembling.

[03:48:51]

Far too much time had already passed. Almond could only endure long Survival Craft sessions in the past because there had been very little actual combat. This time was different.

He had fought the monsters in Treevy City sent by the Dragon of Streaming Destruction. Then, he fought the Dragon of Streaming Destruction itself. After that, Phase 2 consisted of the three dragons. Too much of his stamina had been drained.

‘Even just one...!’

At this point, even firing randomly would still hit the giant Saint Kaiser.

Srrk.

Almond released his arrow. It wobbled wildly as it flew.

Kwaaaa...

Thanks to the Lighthouse spell, it contained an overwhelming amount of chakra.

PUHNG!

The arrow struck inside Saint Kaiser’s mouth.

“KRAAAAAAAH!”

For the first time, the dragon, who hadn’t even flinched at previous attacks, thrashed violently. The attack inside his mouth dealt an entirely different level of damage. This was as far as Almond could go.

Rumble!

Pushed by the wave of monsters, Almond began to fall. His arm no longer obeyed him. He couldn’t fire another arrow even if he wanted to. His overall stamina and concentration had completely bottomed out.

‘I can’t fight anymore.’

Almond concluded that he had reached his limit. The other Knights would have to finish it, but the people supporting him seemed to think otherwise.

Ba-bam!

A donation exploded on Bubblegum’s stream.

[MYLORD has donated a staggering 1,000,000 won!]

[Let’s gooooo!]

Bubblegum cheered loudly for Almond, “My lord~!”

Supporters received buffs proportional to the donations they sent.

[Size Increase]

The one million won donation triggered an unusual size increase.

— Size?

— ??

— Huh?

— What kind of size increase? LOL

No one really knew what that effect meant. It had just been sent in a hurry.

***

At the same time in Treevy City... The six member strike team consisting of Orange, ForeverAlone, Miho, Cutie Pie, Takoyaki, and Acorn Jelly were restoring the city’s flight system. To do so, they had to continuously supply mana stones and pump nonstop.

Miho and Cutie Pie mined and carried the mana stones. ForeverAlone and Takoyaki kept the rhythm of pumping endlessly. Orange and Acorn Jelly handled the mining. All six moved in perfect sync.

“D... Done!”

Brrrrrrrr!

At last, the ground began to shake. Something was happening.

“Wow... if this took any longer, the broadcast would’ve been ruined. Insane.”

Thud.

Orange collapsed to the ground, panting.

— LOL for real

— Mining mana stones all day LOL

— This is pure grind hell

— Now they finally get their main character moment

“Wow... th-thank goodness.”

“Yeah...”

Cutie Pie and Miho sat down side by side to catch their breath. Though no one said it out loud, their viewership had dropped significantly. Of course, the final boss battle was raging above ground, and they were just grinding. Naturally, attention favored the spectacle.

Kugugugugu...!

Treevy City vibrated as it began to rise. Lights flickered on throughout the city’s buildings, and a text appeared.

[Treevy Defense System Activated]

Kuuung...!

Heavy reverberations echoed as structures rose.

“Whoa!”

Treevy’s defensive towers, exactly six of them, rose up.

“So this is how we fight!”

“This is huge! This is actually huge!”

Orange and the others grew excited at the attention that they would receive.

“Done... From here on out, we’re the main characters!”

Takoyaki even shouted, “Come on, group cheer!”

“Let’s go! Let’s go!”

They wrapped their arms around each other and shouted together, “FIGHTING!!”

Kugugugugu...!

As Treevy City rose higher, surface blocks fell away.

Puhng!

The city fully emerged above ground. It didn’t stop there and kept ascending.

“Don’t worry, Cheese Village!” Orange stood at the front and shouted, “We...!”

‘We’re here.’

What they saw next left them completely stunned. They thought nothing could be more shocking than a massive flying city bursting out of the ground. They were wrong.

“What... What is that?”

“Is this a kaiju battle?!”

A grotesquely enormous, round-headed figure stood face-to-face with an equally massive dragon. Looking closer, it was a person. A human had grown unimaginably huge. As the city rose higher, they finally saw who it was.

“That looks like Almond?”

“What?! Lord Almond?! Where?!”

[Almond]

It was Almond. He was as massive as a giant combining robot straight out of a manga.

Whoooong...!

The giant Almond swung his bare fist.

KWAAAAANG!

His fist smashed straight into the Dragon of Streaming Destruction’s snout, sending its head spinning.

“WAAAAAAAAAAAH!!”

The residents erupted into cheers at the overwhelming sight. None of them even noticed Treevy City floating right behind them.