An ancient looking goblin bowed, rigidly moving like a broken clock hand. He had a hood that covered part of his face, but it showed part of it, a mangled, wrinkled old face. “My lord, the preparations are ready.” A grating voice sounded under the hood.

The ancient goblin was bowing towards a large goblin sitting on a throne of bones. The large goblin leaned forward, revealing a hideously scarred face, his calm eyes swept over the goblin. “Then proceed with the invasion, when you find a strong woman, bring her to me.”

The goblin bowed lower, “Of course, Lord Zafar.” Then the goblin turned into black ink, sinking into the ground and disappearing without a trace. Lord Zafar snorted, leaning back on his throne, feeling a mild discomfort. “Why do I feel uneasy?”

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“Lord Zafar has given his orders! Prepare the invasion!” The hunched goblin screamed at the top of his voice, sounding pathetic, but not a single laugh was heard. The hunched goblin floated in the air, above an army of a million armoured goblins stood, all holding a spear in hand. But behind that army was a 10-storey tall blue portal. Mana leaked from the portal, causing a few soldiers to shiver from the density. The hunched goblin barked a command, and tens of thousands of goblins turned.

A couple hundreds of Hobs roared in response, mages and warlocks chanted their curses to the air. Then the army of goblins marched through the portal…

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Han Ling breathed in the smell of rain, exhaling slOwly with closed eyes. Soon enough, he heard the sounds of marching, then the sounds of screeches. The gigantic blue portal was right at the centre of the fields, surrounded by wooden barricades with spike in front. Han Ling then saw the army…

Tri-ring

World Quest: First World invasion.

Details: The portal between the realm of monsters and Earth has been opened, kill or be killed, conquer or be conquered, there is no place for the weak.

Mission:

Defend against the invasion of monsters. Rewards will be based on participation.

Hundreds of goblins stepped out the portal, with a large goblin in the lead. A Goblin King…

More and more goblins spewed out the gates, hobgoblins, goblin riders, goblin mages, goblin warlocks and all kinds of goblins poured out. Yet, Han Ling still raised a hand to the army behind him. A thousand soldiers stood still in the brushes behind Han Ling, waiting.

More and more goblins poured out, till around 10 thousand has passed through the gate. Han Ling kept a close eye on the Goblin Chief in front, watching him sniff the air and frown. Right at that moment, Han Ling’s hand came down.

The sky turned red, and dozens of meteors fell. Crashing towards the goblin army. The goblin chief snapped out of his shock and barked a command to the mages, and they began to chant. A shield slowly formed above them, until the shield shattered. The goblin glared wide eyed at the mages, only to find them falling to the ground, some with arrows in their heads, while daggers protruded from their heads. A couple dozen dark cloaked assassins disappeared before the Chief. One even flashed a mocking smile.

The Goblin Chief roared. The meteors hit.

The ground shook violently, clouds of flames erupted all over the army, burning killing dozens and injuring a hundred. The goblins wailed, burning in flame or losing a limb. Han Ling roared, “CHARGE!!!” thousands of soldiers rushed up from the brushes, brandishing swords, shields, spears, axes and all kinds of weapons.

Han Ling shimmered straight towards the Goblin Chief, seeing it survive a direct hit from a meteor, the Chief would be weakened considerably. Han Ling’s blade jarred right into the Goblin Chief’s shoulder, digging deep in the flesh. The goblin chief threw his head back with a roar, swinging his blade madly at the human.

Han Ling let go of his sword, sheathing it in a burst of light particles, he then leaned back easily, seeing the blade past right by his eye. He somersaulted back before dashing forward and stabbing both swords into the goblin’s gut. The goblin coughed blood, raising a shaking fist, and slamming down on the swordsman.

Blood Mask danced back, taking a quick glance at the battlefield. Soldiers cull the goblins, their morale at its highest, easily stabbing or slashing writhing goblins. He realized that hundreds of goblins have already fallen, while the rest were running away frantically.

“It’s time to finish this then…” Han Ling’s eyes grew cold under his mask. He sheathed Bloody Baron’s Blade and held Obsidian Hollow in both hands.

The goblin felt a terrible chill crawl down his spine, and he rushed forward, attempting to stop whatever the swordsman was going to do. The Goblin Chief’s blade crashed down on the swordsman, but it suddenly phased through the swordsman, landing on the ground hard.

His eyes widened, realizing that the silhouette of the swordsman was flickering slightly. He whipped around, finding the swordsman right behind him, sword raised high above his head. The goblin chief’s face was a mask of pure panic and despair…

“Void Sword Style: Third Form. Silent Scream”

The sword moved, as if time slowed, the sword swung down at a slowed pace, pointing to the ground after swinging for 3 seconds.

Then a number appeared above the goblin chief.

-12,982

And the goblin was cleaved in the middle, both sides falling to the ground…

Han Ling wordlessly sheathed his sword, bowing slightly to his dead opponent, and picking up his drops. He turned to the portal, unfazed at the sight of the soldiers being pushed back. He unsheathed Bloody Baron’s Blade and raised it high in the air.

DU-DU! DU-DU-DU! DU-DU! DU-DU-DU!

Drums sounded in the distance, and the soldiers retreated in one fluid motion, picking up their injured comrades and falling back without any issues. Han Ling himself glared at the goblins stepping out the portal, their confused expression making Han Ling smile.

Then…

Mages stepped out forward and they chanted a spell. A barrier enshrouded the portal, a blueish purple tint on the barrier. Han Ling blinked out the barrier and signalled the drums.

DUM! DUM! DUM! DUM!

Slow but loud drumming started and dozens of catapults were pulled into view, loaded with flaming ammunition. Han Ling slashed his sword forward and the catapults launched.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

The land shook again as goblin after goblin exploded into clouds of flame, the scared ones immediately forced themselves back into the portal. The worst thing that can happen in a war is for morale to be low. Fear is a weapon of war, utilize that, and you win any war that comes your way. With goblins running back in and goblins marching out, the goblin king, mage and warlocks dead, the goblin army was a mess.

Catapults kept firing away at the portal, some even went through the portal, and Han Ling assumed it caused quite some damage to the goblins. An hour passed by, the team subjugation team along with the soldiers pushed forward, setting up a stone barricade around the portal.

Earth mages helped shape the land, forming hills around the portal. The reason why he created them now was because he needed a large number of goblins to enter, that way he’ll be able to deal a considerable amount of damage to the goblin army.

Soon, the goblins stopped coming out the portal, it stayed there ominously. Han Ling then instructed the commanders of each squad to surround the portal, “Do not let a single goblin through.”

Then the subjugation team assembled. The Japanese members had levelled up considerably in the past two weeks, nearly just as much as the Jironian team. The 30 strong team stood ready by the portal. Han Ling stood at the lead, wearing a new set of black and red armour.

Han Ling obtained the set through his hunt in Africa. He actually sneaked into South Africa and entered a secret tomb that spawned along with the A-rank portal, only discovered after the Reclamation Movement.

There he obtained the Gorgon’s Fury set, swapping out his old cloak and putting on the entire set.

He checked his stats.

Han Ling (Void Prince)

Level: 64 (1.2 mil/3 mil XP to level 65)

Forbidden Element: Void

Age: 15

Class: Swordsman (General rank)

ATK: 532

DEF: 187

SPD: 587

ATK SPD: 403

Magic ATK: 154

Reflex: 60

Control: 39

Mana: 12000/12000

HP: 8000/8000

Free Basic Points: 27

Class Bonus: Swordsman

Swordsman buff: 1 handed sword attacks deal 20% more dmg.

Swordsman buff: 2 handed sword attacks deal 20% more dmg.

Swordsman buff: Gains ATK SPD attribute. Gains Magic Damage attribute. Gains Reflex attribute. Gains sword style: Void.

Swordsman Skills:

LVL 9 Slash. Active skill. Slashes forward and deal additional 5-8% dmg. CD 3 seconds. No stamina consumption.

LVL 8 Thrust. Active skill. Sword thrusts forward and deal 5-10% dmg. CD 5 seconds. No stamina consumption.

LVL 6 Cross Slash. Active Skill. Slashes in a X, dealing 20% of ATK, hitting lethal parts will double the damage. Cooldown: 20 seconds. Stamina consumption: 15.

LVL 4 Sword Aura. Active Skill. A sword is imbued with mana, increasing Attack Damage by 30% of Attack. Lasts for 30 Seconds. Cooldown is 60 seconds. Mana cost: 20

Forbidden Element: Void

Passive:

Void Body: Immune to mental attacks. Increases Void damage by 50%. Permanently increases all stats by 25%. Increases health by 2000 points.

Whisperer: Able to communicate with all Void Beasts.

Void Space: Able to store non living objects into a sub-space. 5/1000 items.

Active skills:

Blink: Travels to a place in the user’s memory. CD 4 seconds. Mana cost: 10.

Void Sprint: Increases user’s agility by 160% for 35 seconds. CD 10 minutes. Mana cost: 30.

Void Aura: Increases user’s attack by 55% for70 seconds. CD 15 minutes. Mana Cost 30.

Void Prison: Imprisons enemies in a 15 by 15 meters area for 30 seconds. CD 20 minutes.

Silent Void (Super Rare)

Ability: A domain skill. Creates a 60m-by-60m circle that implements the power of the void. All enemies will be silenced for 10 seconds, and all stats will decrease by 30%. All allies will also be buffed with an increase of 20%. Lasts for 7 minutes, after the 10 second silence, enemies will have a 15% chance to be permanently silenced in the domain.

Cooldown: 50 minutes.

Void Flux (Rare). Activates void energy outside the user’s body, able to move small objects with a thought. No CD. Mana Cost: 8 +1 per second.

Void Eye (Rare). Places a void eye on person the player chooses, it spies on that person for an unlimited amount of time. It is difficult to locate once placed except for the player. CD 1 hour. Mana Cost: 100

Clockwork Eyes (Rare). When activated, user is able to see reality at half speed. Costs 20 mana to activate, once activated takes 1 mana per second to keep the skill up.

(NEW) Void Sword Style (Super Rare). An ancient sword style passed onto the user through the swordsman perk. Due to the user’s element being ‘forbidden’ the sword style has improved to a super rare. As the user is currently a Prince rank, only the first 4 moves are available for the user.

Han Ling also replaced his mask, fitting a pitch-black blank mask on his face. He turned behind, “The moment we enter, there’s a chance we’ll be ambushed immediately, keep your mana shields up and create some space. We’ll strike the enemy when they least expect it.”

Han Ling glanced at Narukami, seeing his usual joyous expression serious, he could even sense the dense electric mana flowing around him. “Sir Narukami, when we enter, we’ll need your domain for offense.” Narukami nodded. Han Ling turned to the portal and shouted, “Let’s go!” The group behind him echoed his roar and charged in. Han Ling and Narukami were the first to enter, stepping into hard rock.

The moment he opened his eyes, a roar sounded from above. “KILL THE HUMANS!” Arrows sailed in the air, aimed straight at the pair. Narukami’s blade danced through the air, a powerful gust of wind slicing all the arrows in half. A clap of thunder sounded… the goblins screamed in pain.

Narukami turned into a lightning bolt, crashing straight into the enemy’s ranks. Wreaking havoc with his searing lightning . Han Ling himself shimmered towards the leader of the group, activating sword aura at the exact same time as his sword slashed down, cleaving the leader in half.

At that moment the battlefield turned into mayhem, the subjugation members burst out the portal, the Jironian members cleaned up the approaching goblins. A multitude of colourful mana filled the sky, Gentle Sun cast her Sun Blessing on the members, Ash Blade immediately activated his domain, blinding all the goblins for a fixed amount of time.

Screams and shrieks filled the red sky, Han Ling stood in the centre of those screams, his sword flickering in the air, every small movement extinguished life. With his upgraded Bloody Baron’s Blade, those blood red sabres wreaked havoc in the sea of goblins.

Han Ling brandished Obsidian Hollow, crouching low before muttering in a soft voice, “Void Sword Style: First form. Billowing Vortex.” Han Ling spun on his heels, forming a perfect full circle slash, halving dozens upon dozens of goblins in a 10-meter area. Then he stopped, leaping into the air before landing in front of the piles of corpses, dashing towards a fresh group of goblins, eyes wide with fear at the monster approached them.

“Void Sword Style: Second Form. Abyssal Surge!” Obsidian Hollow glowed a bright purple and slashed horizontally, unleashing a powerful slash of sword energy. Those hapless goblins never stood a chance against a powerful sword wave, and were cleaved from the waist.

Han Ling was like a ghost in a battlefield, blinking to where the most enemies were, and executing them with a few slashes of his sword. The nine red sabres around him weren’t any worse, stabbing, and slashing goblins from all around.

The 32 of them culled through the horde of goblins, creating a land of corpses, a river of blood. After 20 minutes of bloody slaughter, Han Ling heard the sound of a horn, and the goblins retreated instantly, not even bothering to pick up their weapons as they fled.

Han Ling sheathed both his swords and motioned for Gentle Sun to call the Earth mages. It was safe to say Jiron conquered the First World Invasion.