NOVGO.NET Chapter 474: Finally Over?!
Chapter 474: Finally Over?!
The message rocked the Lizardgeddon…
[Ding! The 7th Legion Core Has Been Destroyed!]
That single announcement changed everything. The lizards who had been fighting tooth and claw suddenly gazed at the sky in incomprehension.
How?! The 12th Legion was all here, surrounded by all sides! Was that ghost from before really that powerful?! They felt like the world’s ceiling had just fallen.
And amidst the incomprehension, an alliance quickly collapsed— kinda.
All this time, the 7th Leader had been the one diligently calling the shots. He was the glue holding them all together, but right now, he barely held his own shit.
FUCK! FUCK! FUCK! He didn’t have time to give any directives. His heart was thundering in his chest, and he was already rushing toward the nearest Legion, his life on the line.
[You Have 5 Minutes!]
[You Have 5 Minutes!]
[You Have 5 Minutes!]
This message kept taunting him.
He hated it, even abhorred it, but he didn’t have a choice. He had to surrender, and only then could he live another day to get revenge. But it came at the worst timing.
[Ding! Lizardgeddon Objective Accomplished!]
[Congratulations on Surviving!]
[You Are Now Scaly’s Soldiers!]
The glowing sky seemed to give place to warm green light, one that soon bathed the victors. With this, they were assured a spot in the upcoming humanity invasion.
Silly grins showed on their faces, their backs straightening, and their eyes glowing with pride. They had succeeded! All their hard work had finally paid off!
“We did it! Glory to Scaly! Glory to Scaly!”
“What about the 12th Legion?”
“Pfft— Who cares!”
They didn’t even bother keeping the encirclement going. Everything was over, so there simply wasn’t any point anymore. With this, things went from 100 to 0.
Peace, peace at last, one very hard bought.
A long distance away, a chuckling white lizard couldn’t help but sigh in relief. He even turned at the lizards, which had made solid progress and had been about to chop his head.
“Did you hear that, guys? We won. We’re all Scaly’s troops from now on! You wouldn’t want to displease Scaly, right? How about we all be friends?” He taunted them loudly.
Yet, amidst his laugh, there was sorrow hidden.
How many good lizards had died?
Funny how he had entered this place, all but swearing to himself that he’d crush as many lizards as possible, but now he ached just thinking about the countless victims.
He had used the 12th Legion as pawns. How many had died?! He feared the answer so much, his hands trembling as he typed.
[Accessing Post-Challenge Ranking!]
[Error! Error! There is none!]
[Ding! Creating One!]
Any Event deserved a ranking, especially a battle Royale like this one. And before long a graph appeared before his eyes, one that stung so damn much.
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
[Survivor Count Ranking!]
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
[1st Legion — 422]
[2nd Legion — 355]
[5th Legion — 277]
[10th Legion — 163]
[12th Legion — 148]
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
More than a thousand lizards had survived overall, and the 12th Legion even had more members than initially, but that number was deceptive.
Sighing, he clicked on the 12th Legion…
As their leader, he could see the list of the lizards. And out of the initial members, only 30 remained. They had started a Legion and had finished a classroom.
But most importantly, a certain three-eyed lizard was missing.
That lizard had been the first to believe in him. He had also been crucial to their “victory”, yet he had perished because of it while so many dumb lizards survived instead.
Jack felt shitty, about as shitty as the world. To him, this victory was more bitter than sweet. But just as he was feeling blue, the system chimed in as if trying to cheer him up.
[Ding! Successfully Led Your Legion!]
[Congratulations! New Reward!]
[Unlocked Legion Chat!]
Jack couldn’t help but raise a brow. Compared to the player chat, it was extremely bad. Not only was there a range, but it only worked one way, but for now, that would do.
That’s when his grieving gaze turned sharper than a blade. The lizards near him somehow sensed it, running as far as their legs could carry them, soon reaching the 9th fortress.
There awaited a scene of tragedy.
The 12th Legion alone was enough to turn the remnants of the battlefield gloomy as they surrounded a certain three-eyed lizard, or rather his corpse.
One didn’t survive exploding one’s soul. He had Astral Projected his last, his body degrading by the second from the remnant core exploding power.
With tears in their eyes, they crowded around.
“Three-Eyes died for the apples.”
“He was amazing till the end.”
“The most devoted too!”
….
They praised, feeling like they had just lost a piece of themselves. But just as they were dealing with grief, their vision suddenly flashed. Wait, what was this, a message?!
For a solid second, they were too bewildered to react, but then they shared a gaze, finding the same shock in the others, before nodding in understanding.
But just as they were ready for what came next…
[Reminder: Last Lizardgeddon!]
[One Time Special Reward!]
[Last Chance To Evolve!]
Out of nowhere, the red sky started crackling with an insane amount of energy, one that seemingly descended upon them as if a magical rain. And instantly, they felt invigorated!
And with it came the voices…
“Kill all humans! Slaughter them all! Absorb it all, and grow! Obtain the power of a thousand lizards! After all, generals need to lead the charge! RISE! RISE! RISE!”
It was akin to a mantra burrowing in their brains and souls, urging them to grow and especially kill. And with it, the visions resumed, ones of the Evolution Statues back then.
As if in a horror movie, all the lizards present’s eyes suddenly turned blood red and filled with enough bloodlust to overshadow Jack’s rampaging state.
This was the culmination of it all!
This was the chance to rise!”
This was… REVENGE!
Amidst the sea of red-eyed lizards, there was actually one that was different! The not 7th leader actually hadn’t lost himself in the madness, showing a calculative glint.
And as he rose, he couldn’t hide his hunger…