Chapter 300: Surging Undercurrents, Decapitation

[A Treasure Chest has appeared on the Kingdom Faction’s city wall]

[The effect of the residential buildings has activated, healing the injuries of the Kingdom Faction’s Chess Pieces…]

As the last two notifications appeared, the eyes of the remaining three players lit up.

The healing wasn’t a surprise; what excited them, of course, was the “Treasure Chest.”

Niuniu, who had already returned to his dilapidated wooden hut, saw the message and grew even angrier.

‘Son of a bitch. You crush me to bits and then drop a Treasure Chest, is that it?’

‘You’ve really got a knack for screwing over your teammates!’

Niuniu was fuming at the stupid Giant.

However, he was temporarily out of the game now, able to do nothing but watch from the sidelines.

“An airdrop?”

“Hurry, hurry, go open the Treasure Chest!”

It wasn’t just him; Shore was also very excited.

The three players on the board were quick to act, swiftly making arrangements.

“Wa Zai, it’s up to you.”

This time, none of them had been assigned to a [Remote] Chess Piece position on the wall. The only one nearby was Wa Zai, who was in the moat.

Therefore, to save time, Guagua and Skyrim decided not to move, leaving the task to Wa Zai.

Without any hesitation, Wa Zai quickly scaled the towering city wall and found the shiny Treasure Chest on one of its watchtowers.

At this moment, most of the Remote-type Chess Pieces on the wall seemed inactive, appearing somewhat unresponsive and unaware that they should go for the Treasure Chest.

However, some of the more powerful Chess Pieces, like the [Archer Captain], seemed to have sensed it and were heading toward the Treasure Chest.

Seeing this, Wa Zai scrambled up and managed to open the Treasure Chest just before the others could reach it.

[You have opened the Treasure Chest dropped by the Kingdom Giant]

[Acquired: Demon Hunting Staff (Treasure Collection)]

[Acquired: Kingdom Banner (Treasure Collection)]

As he picked up the items from the Treasure Chest, Wa Zai’s pupils contracted. The chest actually contained two Special Weapons of Treasure Collection Quality!

[Demon Hunting Staff (Treasure Collection)]

[Type: Special Weapon]

[Effect: Enhances the Effect of Attacks against Demons. Also grants the exclusive Skill “Demon Hunting Curse,” which applies a binding Effect with damage-over-time to a single enemy, based on the user’s Spiritual Attribute.]

[Explanation: A Magic Staff casually crafted by the Kingdom Giant to deal with Demons.]

[Kingdom Banner]

[Type: Special Weapon]

[Effect: Enhances the Power of one’s own Prayers. Also grants the exclusive Skill “Mighty Power Fluctuation,” which provides a small boost to all Attributes for friendly units within a certain range.]

[Explanation: This Banner looks a bit strange. Perhaps… it’s part of a curtain?]

Two genuine, honest-to-goodness Special Weapons of Treasure Collection Quality!

Wa Zai was instantly thrilled.

The others were also a bit shocked after seeing the information Wa Zai shared.

The most excited, naturally, was Shore. “Holy shit! An exclusive weapon for Mages! It’s finally here!”

But he quickly realized he wasn’t on the chessboard yet, and started hopping around in frustration.

“Damn it, get me in there! Let me get that exclusive Mage weapon and I’ll absolutely dominate!”

However, the Kingdom Giant clearly couldn’t hear the words of this particular Chess Piece.

But in the midst of everyone’s excitement, just as Wa Zai picked up the weapons, a new notification sobered them up.

[This Weapon is restricted by the power of the chessboard and temporarily cannot be stored in your inventory.]

My hamster’s name is Guagua: “Huh? You can’t take the Weapon out of here? That’s lame.”

Shore looked as if a bucket of cold water had been dumped on him, completely deflated. “He won’t even let us keep the Weapon? This Giant is so cheap.”

“Not necessarily,” Niuniu mused. “If we win, maybe the Kingdom Giant will be so happy he’ll let us keep the weapons.”

Everyone heard this and thought it made a lot of sense.

After all, the word “temporarily” had appeared in the message.

“Brother Wa! Brother Wa!” At this thought, Shore got excited again. “You have to take good care of my… I mean, the Demon Hunting Staff!”

“Alright, I get it. Look at you, getting so worked up,” Wa Zai said, rolling his eyes.

Shore was the only Pure Mage in their five-person team. For now, regardless of who it would ultimately belong to, he was the only one who could use it.

As the players discussed the Treasure Chest.

A new round of the “match” on the chessboard began…

[After observing the situation in the box, the two Giants began a new round of their match.]

[This time, they chose to have the Chess Pieces play out their match in a format of “surging undercurrents.”]

[The two Giants began making their respective arrangements, teleporting in additional Chess Pieces to use in this match.]

[During this time, the Kingdom Giant secretly placed an additional Chess Piece onto the board…]

“Hahahahaha, my Demon Hunting Staff! I’m fucking here!”

The Chess Piece the Kingdom Giant had cheated to place on the board was, of course, Shore, who was now dancing with excitement.

“Stop jumping around and go get the Weapon from Wa Zai,” Niuniu urged. He had also been placed on the board as part of the reinforcements.

Not daring to delay a second, Shore hurried up the city wall and took the long-awaited Demon Hunting Staff from Wa Zai’s hands, admiring it so much he couldn’t put it down.

The Demon Hunting Staff was white-gold, with an azure gem inlaid at its tip, and it felt wonderful in his hands.

Shore’s Spiritual Attribute naturally met the requirements.

After testing out the exclusive Skill “Demon Hunting Curse,” he found it to be very effective. It was a crowd-control ability that also dealt damage, though its downside was a slightly high mana cost…

[Both the Kingdom and Demon sides are in full battle array.]

[The Kingdom Giant has decided to order its Chess Pieces to infiltrate enemy lines and carry out a decapitation strike against the Demon King, throwing the entire Demon Faction into chaos.]

[The Kingdom Giant is extremely satisfied with its own brilliant plan.]