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    Rumble!

    Somewhere in the depths of the Plague Lands, there was a small group of players running for their lives as they got chased by a huge army of Plague Monsters and Players.

    Not only that, right at the front of this army was a colossal Plague Monster, which looked like a hybrid of multiple beasts.

    It had the muscular body of a bear and the broad shoulders of a tiger. Its arms and legs greatly resembled what the gorillas had, also running all in fours.

    Its head seemed to be from a mixture of a human, an ape, and a bull. There was also a pair of curved horns on its forehead, resembling those of a bull.

    This was a Plague Behemoth, the Overlord Rank Plague Monster that the Plague Race had.

    This monster was also the totem beast of the Plague Race for this event, acting as one of its middle bosses.

    Roar!

    The Plague Behemoth was currently in its most enraged state as Exheart and his group had successfully used the mysterious drugs that Shun had provided them to it.

    They surprisingly managed to sneak inside the camp of the Plague Race, surprising Exheart and the rest of his group.

    They did not expect that Shin and Cloe would be able to distract the majority of their ranks, making them dispatch more of their forces to catch those two.

    Naturally, there were still some elite guards, who remained in the camp to guard it. Berdugo, who was one of the main instigators of the event and acted as one of the plague generals, was one of those who were left behind.

    But despite his current strength, which reached the level that could rival those Lord Rank Monsters after absorbing an abundant amount of plague energy, tactics, and strategy were not his strongest points.

    This was the reason why Exheart and the others were able to sneak through their defensive formation and managed to reach the Overlord Rank Plague Monster, executing their plan.

    Exheart and the group had to sacrifice some of their members to break through the formation of the opposing side just to reach the monster.

    Then Exheart had successfully thrown the vials of drugs to provoke the Plague Behemoth, making it go on a rampage.

    Taking advantage of the chaos, Exheart and the surviving members of the group started running for their lives immediately after.

    But what they did not expect was they immediately became the main targets of the monster due to the residual scent of the drug lingering around their bodies.

    Adding the fact that Exheart had used too much dosage of the drugs, their situation went from bad to worst.

    This led to their current situation, where they had to use the trump card that they had been hiding.@@@@

    It was the grand chariot that one of the members of their group, who also happened to be a commander of a famous adventurer team.

    "Aric! Can this stupid chariot run faster? They are about to catch up to us!!!" shouted Exheart as he stared at the ’moving hill’ that was chasing after them.

    Raising their heads to the sky, they saw the colossal figure of the Plague Behemoth rapidly descending toward them.

    "Damn you, EXHEART!!!!!"

    He had obviously jinxed it.

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    While all of that was happening, every force operating in the Plague Lands immediately received the news, making the halt their plan of entrapping the part that gave them a huge headache.

    The news about the Overlord Rank Plague Monster making a move was a big issue. Especially so when it was rushing to the camp that the allied forces of the Righteous Churches had built.

    In their minds, this could only mean one thing. The event was progressing to the next stage.

    If that boss monster was making its move, then those Templars, Inquisitors, and Archbishops stationed on the camp would, without a doubt, make their response.

    Sure enough, right after the news about the Plague Behemoth reached their ears, another big news immediately followed – those powerful NPCs had made their move and were now engaging in an intense battle against it.

    Not long after the forces of the Plague Race and the Evil Factions also arrived, helping their Totem in battle.

    Chaos immediately broke out as the two sides clashed. The war resumed, and the next phase of the event was started ahead of time.

    "Issue me command! Tell everyone to drop whatever they are doing and head to the battlefield! We are joining in that battle."

    "Summon everyone! We will not miss this chance to farm at some point. And if we are lucky, then we can even steal the last hit on that Overlord, greatly promoting our ranks!"

    "We are heading to that place! We can’t afford to lose this chance to the others. We will snatch the ranks of those fools ahead of us."

    "Forget about those two. We will be joining the main battlefield. Moreover, those two will surely be there given that there is a big fish in the tank. They can’t afford to miss it. We will take them down altogether by then.

    Different commands were passed down from the higher-ups of those top forces, dropping the idea of capturing Shin and Cloe as they chose to join the competition to snatch the Plague Behemoth.

    They made everyone in the entire Plague Lands gather in the place where the two major sides were fighting.

    Little did they know that this was exactly what their earlier targets were planning—creating smoke in the west while attacking the east.

    "It is time!" said Shin as he also received the news.

    He then turned to Cloe, who was quite impatient to finish her quest, so they could proceed to its next stage, which would also end this event altogether.

    "Let’s go," she said as stood up from the small boulder she was sitting on.

    Shin nodded before they swiftly headed to their first destination.

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