Rioneed: VRMMORPG

At his 50th monster, he mastered the flow completely. Till this time, he was looking for single monsters only. After killing his 50th werewolf, he stood on his feet feeling no weakness at all. 

This time, his body had gained a big boost. He was sure that if he was back at the game, that boost was equal to upgrading three levels at one shot. That felt awesome. He was happy with his new discovery. 

He was excited to look for a group of monsters this time. From his experience, he felt he could fight 10 monsters at once without losing all his strength. 

Every time he killed a monster, his energy was restored to max and got a boost. That meant he could actually continue fighting without an end if he managed to kill one monster per hit. 

He looked for the nearest group to test his theory out. This time, fighting and evading 5 monsters in one go was a real challenge for him. 

He discovered that his old skills and habits he gained from the Rioneed game before had been weakened a lot. 

It seemed his journey in the cultivation world and using cultivation techniques had dulled his game senses. He was grateful he discovered this issue here not at the huge upcoming battle. 

He took some time to adapt to the pressure of the 5 monsters combined attacks. He then started his retaliation. He began to use one strike after another very smoothly. 

He knew he didn't reach the level of pro yet, but he was pretty content with his level right now. Each strike killed one monster and replenished his energy stores. 

His previous assumptions were very right. After he killed the last monster, he didn't stop. He collected his trophies and went to search for another group. 

For the following 5 hours, he kept killing monster groups without stopping. He was sure if he met a monster higher than level 100, he would kill him with ease. He was anticipating the upcoming battle. 

When dawn reached this world, he had to stop. According to his men's estimate, the enemy army would arrive at midday. He had to meet with his men and settle on the plan of this war. 

He had to change his previous plans as he had now another card he needed to use. He would join the frontlines and kill as many enemies as he could. 

He acquired nearly 500 SPR units during his training here. It seemed a lot in comparison to the short time he spent in killing monsters, but they weren't enough. He needed to break the 1 million limit as soon as possible.

Once Ibro passed through the gates of his city, he felt the tense atmosphere in it. During his training hours, he felt a huge number of omega stones were connected to his alpha stone. 

When he reached his palace, he found Gorsag and Erond waiting for him there with the alpha death knight.

"We have finished distributing the stones to the citizens here. Some citizens refused to take the stones and we fed them with force," 

Gorsag started his report about what happened in the city. Ibro wasn't surprised by that as he anticipated it before. He then asked:

"How many citizens were forced to take the stones?"

"Nearly half of them."

Ibro felt surprised this time. 50% of his citizens in this city were traitors to him. That was an issue he needed to take care of once he finished from this war. He then looked towards Erond who said:

"The enemy had reached the outer borders of our city. I assume they will reach here in a couple of hours."

"What about our preparations then?"

"I have stationed my boys around the entrance of the basin as an ambush. I also moved part of the skeletons from inside the basin to position somewhere hidden outside it. 

I informed Rinobak about the recent development and explained to him our current strategy," Erond replied stating what he had done in these past hours. Ibro praised him as he said:

"That's good. I liked the ambush plan. I hope it works fine. How about our boys in the distance?"

Erond replied again:

"They are ready to move once the enemy engages with us. But a move like this will make our enemy more furious."

Ibro understood what Erond meant, so he replied without worry:

"Don't mind about our enemy. I have a feeling he would be slain here at the walls of our city. Even if he escapes from here unscathed, we don't need to worry about him as he would face great time handling his losses."

Erond didn't talk anymore. After all, Ibro was the most experienced one at the game world here, he also was his king. Ibro then looked to his three men as he said:

"I want you to form an elite squad formed by cultivators and skeletons."

The three men exchanged glances before Gorsag asked with caution:

"Do you intend to fight in the frontline, my king?"

Ibro looked to gorsag and recalled Hoden and Mamor from his old village. He answered with a calm tone:

"Yes, I intend to do so. Do you have any opinion on this?"

Gorsag was hesitated before saying:

"I hope you stay behind the walls, my king. Outside is very dangerous for you. You are the pillar of our city."

"Don't think I'm a weak person. It's just I used to fight from far distances before, but I'm not shorter in courage than you."

The three men felt the anger of Ibro so Erond said at once:

"Gorsag didn't mean anything, my king. He is just worried about you."

"Don't worry, your king isn't weak. Prepare my personal guard squad, they will accompany me to the battle."

"May we…"

Ibro interrupted Gorsag words as he knew what he was about to say.

"No, you three are needed now to supervise the whole fight. I need you three to be focused on your tasks and do it well. Don't mind yourselves with me; I have more cards to use in critical moments."

Erond then took out a ring as he gave it to Ibro explaining:

"This ring was made in our village by one of our skilled blacksmith. It contained many runes that were made by many rune masters. I hope it can help you, my king."

Ibro felt astonished. He didn't think during his absence all this time in this world, his village had gained multiple blacksmiths and rune masters. Blacksmith was a popular class after all, but rune master?

"I didn't think my villagers would take this rune master class seriously."

Erond smiled as he explained:

"That was due to our help without knowing it. Your praise, my king, to the two classes back then had spread to all the ears in the village. 

Rinobak also made sure to advise any new villager to pick one of these two classes. We have now more than 200 blacksmiths and nearly 100 rune masters in the village."

Ibro smiled and didn't know what to say. Yes, blacksmith and rune master were both important classes to his village, but they aren't the only important one. He needed tailors and alchemists too. 

He needed herb collectors and miners too. He needed the diversity of the classes in his village. Depending only on one or two classes weren't a good long-run plan. 

He needed to have a short discussion with Rinobak later. Ibro took the ring and discovered many rings were stacked inside it. He also found nearly 1000 runes lying there. 

He felt nostalgic. He needed to find a way to re-use his rune master class again. Ibro then started to listen to the three men's arrangements for this war. 

In the end, Ibro decided to let Gorsag lead the whole battle, while Erond would be responsible for the cultivators' army and his alpha knight would lead his undead army.