The Immortal Player

With Pedro's lead, they all soon arrived on top of the northern walls of the Kingdom. That area was so high to the point that everyone was given a clear view by the chaotic battle occurring between the Kingdom soldiers and the monsters.

With Pedro's lead, they all soon arrived on top of the northern walls of the Kingdom. That area was so high to the point that everyone was given a clear view by the chaotic battle occurring between the Kingdom soldiers and the monsters.

A cold wind breeze passed through them—which had a strong metallic smell, that made Pedro close his eyes for a few seconds. Then, he took a deep sigh and said, "Your soldiers looked tired, Duke Ersi! Allow me to give them a short break!"

"What do you mean—?" Duke Ersi could not help but frown in response. However, he was interrupted by a knife that flew out of Pedro's sleeve—consequently attracting the attention of everyone as it aimed at the monsters on the battlefield.

Duke Ersi together with the Kingdom Soldiers could only gasp in response as the Pen-knife weaved through the monsters—killing them one by one while sucking them dry of their blood. And only after almost a minute, the monsters being fought by the Kingdom Soldiers were annihilated, leaving the new wave of monsters for them to take care of.

However, because the monsters were even too many and too far for Pedro to accurately target, Pedro's pen-knife halted its advance and it started to fly back to Pedro. After a momentary relief caused by Pedro's help, the Kingdom Soldiers could only force out a smile and take a deep breath as they prepare their selves to face the next wave of monsters.

That said, at that moment, Pedro nodded towards Ragas and Clara—signaling that it was their turn to show their abilities. Ragas and Clara simply smirked in response. Ragas' fist tightened as his skin transformed into dark green spikey scales. While Clara took out a silver sword and held it up with her two hands, near her right shoulder like a knight.

In the next second, the two vanished into thin air as the next wave of monsters was killed. Half of them—to the left of Pedro, was blown by a strong force that consequently mashed everything into a paste. While the other half—to the right of Pedro, the next wave of monsters was sliced cleanly into half—horizontally.

The area that the attacks of Ragas and Clara had covered was around fifty meters wide and around a hundred meters to the north. The Kingdom Soldiers, even Duke Ersi's mouth went agape from what just happened.

That said, before they could utter another word, Pedro's pen-knife rotated back to where the dead monsters were located. The pen-knife casually sucked the blood of the dead monsters as Clara started picking up the dead bodies of the monsters. 

On the other hand, the monsters seemed like they were infinite as several monsters started to appear right after the single-sided massacre. That said, Ragas simply walked around fifty meters away from where the Kingdom Soldiers were located on the battlefield.

Then, he took out a cylindrical 'trash can' looking item that they crafted. He planted it into the soil, leaving around 70% of its body above the ground.

Afterward, Ragas simply rushed back to Pedro and was followed by Clara. And when they returned, Pedro simply clapped his hands and said, "Aron says… Stay hot!"

In the next second, a powerful magical energy wave was launched from the cylindrical trashcan-looking item. At the same time, the runic formation—that was cramped in a spiral manner on its perimeter, lit bright orange. Then, anything within a Fifty-meter radius of the trashcan-looking item was burned into ashes.

There was no flame thrower of some sort. And the burning was not instantaneous… Instead, there were visible heat waves—indicating that there was a sudden increase in heat in that area. The monsters that were charging towards them would just simply crash into the ground as they burned to their deaths.

Because of this, the Kingdom Soldiers could only take a step back out of fear of being burned like the monsters. On the other hand, Duke Ersi could only glance at Pedro out of awe and, at the same time, fear.

It's true that he got a piece of news about Pedro's residence and the Ore Ovens being constructed as per his request. However, Duke Ersi did not think that Pedro would be able to produce a weapon of this caliber.

In fact, Duke Ersi was thankful that they were on Pedro's good side. Else, he could not imagine what would have happened to the Kingdom if they were on his bad side.

At this moment, Pedro could only smirk in response and said, "So… What do you think, Duke Ersi? This is my first product! The Aron Burner!"

"T-Terrifying!" The word unconsciously went out of Duke Ersi's mouth.

Pedro simply smiled in response. And only after a few seconds was Duke Ersi able to get back to himself. Duke Ersi said, "Forgive me, Sir Aron! I can't deny it… Your product is truly terrifying! To be able to hold the monster wave easily… I wonder how long can its effect last?"

"I understand." Pedro chuckled in response. "As for the duration of its effect… As long as there is sufficient magical energy available within the area of effect's radius, then, the burning effect would continue unless deactivated."

At this moment, Duke Ersi could not help but glance up into the Ball of Fire as if asking, 'Sufficient Magical Energy… Does that include the magical energy from the Ball of Fire?'

Pedro simply followed his gaze and smirked. Then, he said, "If you are thinking about the magical energy from the Ball of Fire, then you are right! It is enough…"

"This…" Duke Ersi could not help but stare at the 'Aron Burner' and be at loss for words.

On the other hand, Clara was also intrigued by Pedro's work. That said, she did not see it as a threat to her because she knew that the burning effect—although looking overpowered against the monsters, has its limits.

Ragas also knew about it because he was even part of the creation of this item. The monsters that were charging to the human strongholds and were part of the Continental Quest are mostly low leveled monsters—which were around level 3 to level 15. That is why humans were able to defend against the monsters despite their seemingly infinite number.

Capitalizing on this idea, Pedro created an item that would slowly burn anything within the area of effect. With the large area being covered, Pedro needed to minimize the strength of the 'Aron Burner' to the point where it was only strong enough to burn the monsters level 15 and below into ashes.

It was something that he calibrated based on his past knowledge about the Magical Defense System of Kingdoms of Players. In fact, the Magical Defense Systems were more terrifying to the point where one can transform normal soil into magma in one clap.

So… The Aron Burner was really not something special… If there was no Continental Quest and an unlimited amount of monsters.

That said, the Aron Burner was utilizing the magical energy that it absorbs within its area of effect, so… even if it was Pedro who activated the item since he did not directly supply it with his magical energy, the kills made by Aron Burner was not added to his absurdly high kill count on the Continental Quest.

Well… It's not that he expected it to be a farming tool. Besides, he was fully aware of its effect in the first place. So, he did not have high hopes that he would gain EXP, nor Kill Counts from it.

As for the monsters or other beings above level 15, they would constantly receive burn damage over time. And if they had no means to resist the heat, nor recover their constantly dropping HP, they might even perish over time.

Well… What was important is that Duke Ersi would think highly of the Aron Burner—that would, hopingly, bring Pedro a business with the Kingdom. Which stronghold or territory would not want to buy such a 'life-saving' item.

That said, Before Pedro could even take advantage of that moment, a familiar laughed echoed loudly from his left.

"Hahahaha! Awesome! Awesome! Hahahaha!" A mysterious young man came out of a gooey black liquid that appeared out of nowhere to their left. "I see that you are trying to become a crafter now, young D! Hahahahaha!"

Pedro could not help but stare blankly at the mysterious young man with yellow eyeballs. Then, Pedro's eyes had reactively turned all black—making almost everyone near him asleep. 

Ragas and Clara reactively went in front of Pedro—ready to face the mysterious young man bravely head-on. While Duke Ersi and some of the soldiers with him could only kneel to their knees because of the effect of Pedro's Demonic Eyes.

That said, before they could even move another muscle, the mysterious young man simply burst into laughter once again.

"Hahahaha! Old D! Old D! Your disciple is very entertaining! Why don't we spend some time with him at the moment? It's not like we have something urgent to do, right? Haha! Besides… I think it would really be a fun experience! Hahahaha!"

At this moment, an old man with a cane and all-white eyes came out of the wall of black gooey liquid, and said, "You are really quite annoying Young Fate! We are only here to send off the little girl! Don't make things complicated!"

"Haha… What a joy killer! Haha!" Fate complained as a little girl with green hair came out of the wall of gooey black liquid.

"You are just too lively, Senior Fate!" The little girl with green hair grumbled whilst forcing out a smile.

"Hahaha! Junior Beast! Junior Beast! It's alright! It's alright! Hahaha! We're with Old D after all! Who knows… He's with us to take us to his domain… It would not hurt to be lively, even just for a little! Hahahaha!" Fate laughed in response.

At this moment, before Old D or the little girl could even utter a word in response, Pedro rushed towards the little girl and hugged her with teary eyes. He cried, "Faunia!!! I am glad that you are alive!"

Faunia simply pushed Pedro in his face and said, "It was only natural that I'd be alive! So, stop crying like a child! You'll just— "

"Bahahahaha!" Fate interjected with a loud laugh. "Old D! Old D! Look at Young D! So happy to see, Junior Beast alive! Hahaha! It seems like Junior Beast has another kind and caring senior! Hahahaha!"

"This human is not my SENIOR!!!" Faunia shouted in response.