The Gamer's System

Chapter 163: Single Day Invasion

"Daddy we're gonna start today right? We're gonna kill the people here tight?" Morpheus asked with an excitement that he didn't bother hiding from Zeke.

"Honestly Mory, I think there is some part of you that I raised wrong but yeah, we'll be killing everyone." Zeke said in reply, double checking al his items and equipment before they began. 

The Gamer prepared more arduously for the fight in Elysium. It may be because of his death but, Zeke couldn't shake the feeling of the spears hitting him one by one. That's why he made plans on top of plans, even for such events like getting attacked by gods.

"Shouldn't you put the clause of: 'aside from the normal citizens' from what you just said master?" Heron said in reply, hovering in the sky as she cloaked herself with [Veil of Clouds], preventing anyone from detecting her.

"We have the teleportation circles ready so there's nothing to worry about. Anyway, are you guys all set for the mission?"

"Yes." Was both of his trusted companions' response.

"Okay then. Just wait for a while. I'm still making some last-minute adjustments. There's also a timer on the [Party Feature]. When that sets off, we're all gonna go and do ours tasks understood?"

"Understood." They replied unanimously once again.

"Good. Be careful out there." Zeke said, ending the communication. 

Nobody in their right mind would plan to take over a whole continent in a single day. In fact, it was an impossible task. So much so that any of the [Count] or [General] would never prepare for it. That is exactly the reason why Zeke executed it. 

Normally, invasions would begin with a few attacks made by the invading forces. This inevitably causes the ones on the territory to raise their guards and make things more difficult. Then the invading forces would make changes to their plans which, doesn't always end in their victory.

Zeke didn't want this; he didn't want to drag the fight longer than it needed to be. So, he prepared everything in order for the execution to only need a single day.

"Bombs. Crystals. Bulletswhat else." 

Of course there was also the possibility of Glade suddenly jumping in like the last time. Zeke has known from experience that; his enemy could suddenly show up even in the most unlikely circumstances. But even this has a proper preventive measure set up against. 

Indeed, Zeke has grown so much after his previous death. Even though he still acts carefree at times, Zeke has actually gone through a kind of metamorphosis. One which he was still continually growing from. In fact, at that very moment, he was evolving once again. There was another skill which he was just about to buy for the sake of the mission.

"Okay. Time to get that skill."

He went through the list of skills on the [Shop]. He then sorted the list based on price, making his way to the expensive ones which made a pang on his heart. 

"Damn, don't they have a sale day here at least." Zeke told himself.

"Or at least give me a coupon for crying out loud." He said, complaining to the [System] which remained silent. He then let out a deep sigh which weighed heavily on his chest.

"Well, I hope I get my points back fast at least. I still need a lot saved up to buy the [Ancient Spell]." Zeke told himself, clicking on skills called:

[Domain Expansion] and [Domain Multiplier]

Both skills cost a whooping [10 Skill Points] at their base of [F->. This in itself was troublesome because, Zeke also upgraded these until they reached the [S+] rank. Here, it must be remembered that, his skill points worked this way: 

Every change in letters for the rank doubles the cost of upgrading the skill. Hence, turning both of these to [S+] costed Zeke a total of [3,234 Skill Points] for each skill. This was also the reason why he was so hesitant at first. 

"Okay. There's no turning back now. I should just get the points back through the other [Side Quests] and [Optional Quests]."

Zeke knew that he couldn't be in all places at once. No matter how fast he cleared an area, it couldn't be denied that there was only one Zeke who needed to go to the strongholds individually. Thus, he needed a way to remove this limitation. And that solution came at the price of all the [Skill Points] he just spent.

Zeke didn't sulk for long. He opened his [Minimap] which showed him the area where his [Conjures] could be summoned and maintained. Before, it was only a small area, as wide as a [Stronghold's] land area. But as he looked at the map, the coverage has increased exponentially. 

Yes, Zeke can now be at all places at once. Because his territory now covered the whole Continent of Elysium.

"System, place markers on the areas that I'll say."

[Understood]

"Communication Towers."

"Fortresses." 

"Messenger Areas."

"Dragon Keepers."

He marked the places one by one; assigning each [Conjured] knight of the roundtable on one area. Accompanying these were weaker [Conjures] in a balanced platoon distribution.

"Okay, that takes care of that." Zeke said, finishing his preparations while also getting ready to head out himself. 

There was only a few more seconds left on the timer he made. Heron and Morpheus were both ready to begin their quests as well. Then, the clock finally reached [00:00].

"Conjure."

It was a sight like no other. All around the continent, citizens and soldiers alike felt a cold chill run down their spine. They heard whispers on the wind, like the dead were being raised back to life. The winds blew strong and, a dark mist enveloped multiple areas around Elysium. 

Blue flames burnt on the ground and, what came after were creatures. Clad with dark blue mana and led by creatures with different colors. On the ground [Conjures] either rode horses or marched forth. On the sky riding they rode [Chaos Wyverns].

The [Conjured] knights of the round table stood gallantly at the front of their platoons. Wielding the weapons and armor forged by Zeke. Soldiers began setting up alarms and preparing themselves but, Zeke didn't wait for this to happen. With a single command, the battle finally commenced as he uttered:

"Devour."

Chaos came to Elysium. Zeke himself didn't waste any time. He went and prioritized destroying the [Communication Crystals] hidden within three fortresses. He sent [Horizon the Chaos Dragon] on one of these while [Kayle] led the march of [Conjures] which took care of the other one. He then proceeded to taking down various fortresses all on his own.

"Why can't we contact the capital?"

'What's going on?"

"Where is our backup?"

There was a lot of confusion on the unfortunate soldiers. They died one by one while Zeke's [Conjures] only regenerated. As the fights progressed, generals from every fortress finally showed themselves. All using [Primal State] from the get go. Yet, they soon learn how ineffective it was against an army of summons that never died.

"Heron how are the citizens?" Zeke asked as he proceeded to a few more fortresses.

"They're fine. The [Teleportation Markers] work like a charm master. Plus, even the soldiers were caught up with the confusion; leaving their posts and running for their lives.

"That's good to hear." Zeke said in reply, proceeding to the activation of the barrier which prevented anything from coming in or going out of the place.

He then saw the next phase of his plan coming to effect as the [Chaos Dragons] owned by the enemies finally came up to the sky. This made Zeke activated the second layer of his barriers which, protected the ground area from any attack made from the sky and, also prevented the [Chaos Dragons] from destroying the Continent in one blow.

"I'll be your opponent." Zeke said, appearing on top of the barrier with Horizon and Kayle beside him.

The [Chaos Dragons] screamed, trying to destroy the barrier created. In fact, some of these even resorted to using their [Chaos Black Flames] already. But all of their efforts didn't even dent the barrier made by the gamer.

"Man, can't these guys take a hint?" Zeke said, firing some bullets which damaged the dragons immediately.

"Yo! I'm here." He said, rousing the anger of the [Chaos Dragons] which finally went after him. 

With the ground completely protected, there was no worry on Zeke's head. In fact, he knew that he could go all out. So, began by throwing twenty fully charged bullets on the air. These were marked with [Detonates] that would set off explosions as soon as Zeke commanded.

The gamer waited for the [Dragons] to come nearer than, he finally activated the spell. A large explosion followed which got the fights on the ground to stop for a moment. They all witnessed the sight above them which made the earth shake.

Zeke's bullets weren't as weak as they were before. With all the parts of the [Chaos Dragons] which he got from the previous fight, he was able to upgrade both his guns and the bullets. He even forged the [Ender Sword] on one of his guns. Its effects would be revealed as soon as he used it.

"One." Zeke said, stabbing a dragon on the chest and destroying its scales. {Death's Void] easily pierced through the scales like these were nothing more than paper. He then placed three more bullets inside, seeing the dragon explode immediately.

Two more dragons came charging in, blowing flames on Zeke who immediately went down. Some parts of his body got brunt but, he didn't mind. In fact, he even smiled as he activated:

"Blood Counter." 

This caused the two dragons to have blood spurting out of their bodies. Some parts of their flesh burned, leaving the creatures roaring in pain. Zeke was enjoying the fight, making use of all possible combinations of ultimate tier attacks to kill his enemies but then, Morpheus finally messaged him.

"Daddy! He's heading out!"

"Are you sure?" Zeke said in reply; jumping up and punching a dragon to the cheek which sent it crashing to another one.

"Yes! He moved to the place you told me." 

"Okay. Good job Mory." Zeke said, leaving the fight to his trusted [Conjures]

"Clean this place up." He commanded. With [Horizon] roaring and [Kayle] ridding on its back.

There was one command which Zeke gave to Morpheus. It was to observe the [Count] during the day of the operation. Zeke had a hunch that, the fake would go to the portal area. This he did, with Morpheus confirming it. 

And so, the gamer went to meet his double. The same person who deceived the Windsprites into thinking that he was evil. 

"Ahh now this gets my blood flowing." Zeke said, warming up in excitement as he thought of how he'd destroy his enemy.