Watching the battle, Bard Ray frowns, noting how the undead were weaker than they thought and wondering if the army that was prepared was overkill. Although the undead were fairly relentless, they were significantly weaker than the armies of the other guilds and kingdoms that Haven has fought before. After seeing that the priests were running low of mana and more than half of the silver arrows have been used already, a commander orders the Imperial Knights to charge the undead. The knights charge down the steep slope (thanks to their excellent steeds) cut a swathe through the undead. The undead players head to intercept the knights, but are devastated by the overwhelming power of the Hermes guild. Suddenly, a low and dreary voice speaks out and Van Hawke appears, a sword in his right hand and a spear of darkness in his left. Van Hawke uses Dark Speculation on a group of Hermes users, and instantly kills several hundred users. The only player that survived in the group was Tir Bing. Tir Bing was an unusual warrior that always stood in the forefront of the charge. It’s because he possessed skill (google trans imperfect body wave sulfur) that reduced physical damage to less than 20% (?) of its original as well as increasing defense up to 9 times depending on the level of the skill. Although this skill is extremely strong, it’ll drop dramatically if he dies. Tir Bing runs at Van Hawke, intending to stab Hawke through the chest with his spear. He takes a hit chest when shadows join together and formed a spear, but shrugs it off thanks to his skill and continues running. However, he stopped when the shadows coalesce around him, gripping him in darkness. He then falls to the ground, his body smoking and turning into dust. Van Hawke then turns to the Hermes guild and uses Parade of the Dead to summon more undead. The undead group then charges at the Hermes guild, reducing their morale, luck, reducing life recovery, and giving them mental disorientation (cutting down the probability of a successful spell by more than 50%). However, after being in countless numbers of battles, the commanders of the Hermes army calmly react to Van Hawke’s charge, bombarding the undead with holy magic and silver arrows the entire way up the valley. The priests use Consecrate on the land the Hermes guild is standing on, giving everybody there increased damage against the undead and other massive buffs.
10 minutes have passed and more than half of the undead have been eliminated. However, the Hermes guild is having trouble against Van Hawke. They are wondering why he is so strong (they saw clips of Van Hawke during Weed’s adventures and Hawked was constantly getting beaten up by Weed). An hour passes and by that time, the places is so sanctified that the undead are unable to revive. By that time, Van Hawke had already wiped out over 10,000 people. The players are wondering if they’ll die too and how the hell Weed was able to kill Bar-Khan, a being of similar power. Ray Bard is standing off in the back, trying to gauge Van Hawke’s power. This is difficult because Van Hawke is shrouded in darkness, making it near impossible to see the state of his injuries. However, even when fighting alone, Van Hawke has already managed to kill over 800 Haven soldiers. Ray Bard decides to wait longer, seeing if he lost his life on the televised broadcast, the impact significantly larger than the simple stat and level losses. Meanwhile, in the midst of battle, Van Hawke has already personally taken over a thousand lives. But, due to the divine power, Van Hawke’s state is the worst. With his body so steeped in holy power, he is unable to use any dark abilities as well as suffering from significant health and strength losses. Finally, it becomes clear that he only has several percent of his original health and is severely weakened. This is when Ray Bard rides down the valley on his white horse and fights Van Hawke. After some words (Van Hawke is challenging Ray Bard’s authenticity as an emperor I believe) the two start fighting. The fight lasts for over 10 minutes, but thanks to Ray Bard’s sword skills as well as his gear (he’s wearing an entire equipment set tailored to fight the undead) he kills Van Hawke. Bard Ray gets 2 level ups, permanently destroys the anger+despair that’s driving the abyssal knight, gets fame determination, charisma, stat increases, honor, increase in battle skills, and the benefit of making the aristocrats of the Haven Empire to scared to revolt. It also mentions how in the next month, Doom Knights may periodically rise up and fight the Haven Empire. He also earns a title (google trans: Spiral Emperor? Anybody else think of Gurren Lagan? ) which recognizes him as somebody who leads through fear and oppression. Finally, he loots the gloves, breastplate and (pitching?) of Van Hawke. Ray Bard blankly stands there for a moment, basking in the adrenaline of fighting the Abyssal knight. Then, the valley erupts into cheers and Ray Bard laughs out is satisfaction.