A chill was sent down everybody's spine. Although everyone knew that they would only be able to delay the intruder, they didn't expect him to directly go for the king. The man, if one could even call him that, was holding the king's life at the palm of his hands.
"Drop your weapons and get out! I will not repeat myself!" A loud reverberating voice filled the room. His aura was filed with mysteriousness and power, they could do nothing to against him especially when he has the power to yield the king's life.
"Do as he commands! Everyone, leave!"
They had nothing to retort with so they left the room but not before giving a menacing glare at the mysterious man.
"What business do you have with me?"
"I want to propose a deal..."
"What kind of deal?"
"Give me information and I'll let whatever's left of your kingdom alone."
"Tch! There's already nothing left in my kingdom! I'd rather die than aid the one who destroyed my kingdom!"
"Alright! Then what if I bring back everything to how they were before? Will you agree?"
"Y-You can do that?"
"Yes, I can!"
And so the deal was done and Hobie learned whatever info he could from the king. Everything returned to how they were before he attacked but doing so, his strength dropped. He used 500 Death Coins to bring back the kingdom.
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[Quest: Get information for the king of Graast Kingdom, Status: Complete]
[Reward: 1M Death Coins and Countdown until facing the enemy]
[Adding 1M Death Coins, User has now 1,686,000 Death Coins]
[Countdown until enemy arrival: 4 Minutes]
Hobie was wide-eyed, the shock couldn't be expressed due to his current form's figure. But trust me, the shock was there.
"WHAT THE ABSOLUTE FUCK! I DID ALL THAT ONLY TO KNOW THAT THE ENEMY WILL BE HERE IN 4 FUCKING MINUTES?"
{Whoa... calm down there bud]
[Countdown until enemy arrival: 3 Minutes]
"FUCK YOU!" Hobie at this point was hyperventilating. Although he acquired the "Knowledge of Kings," he was still human... inside (that counts right?). He needed to think of a plan quick so...
[Countdown until enemy arrival: 2 Minutes]
"Just shut up for a minute! Let me think! First, what's my current Power Level?"
A minute passed in silence before the system replied once again. In this one minute of silence, Hobie died inside.
[Countdown until enemy arrival: 1 Minute]
[Current Power Level: 999]
"And what's the enemy's Power Level?"
[Enemy Power Level: Over 9000]
It was just bad news after the other. There was nothing Hobie could do so what he did next shock absolutely nobody cause he was alone, like the fucking loner he was.
[Enemy Detected, Current Distance: In your face]
"Huh? What wha--"
A fist came out of nowhere and struck Hobie's face which sent him flying. A man wearing a red vest with a black undershirt appeared before Hobie's very eyes. His eyes were devoid of emotion as he readied for another attack. He appeared instantaneously behind Hobie.
"Despicable..."
The man muttered only one word before Hobie was punched once again but this time it contained an even greater force which left a crack in his skull. The rotten flesh in his body was starting to crumble even more as the man kept on punching him relentlessly.
"W-Wait! We can talk about this, friend! Let me start, I am Hobie! Nice to--" He got punched once again.
Hobie started to get irritated but he couldn't do anything since his enemy had a Power Level of over 9000. But then he started to notice something, "Despite having a Power Level of 9000, he's hitting me pretty weakly."
[That's because he has a Power Level of 1200]
"You told me he had a Power Level of over 9000!"
[I said an enemy with a Power Level of over 900, you misheard me! Hehe]
"I heard that chuckle! Then that means that I can still beat him!"
Hobie commanded his ghouls to attack on sight and used his mobile ghouls to spread the infection to places further away. His Power Level was slowly rising.
[Current Power Level: 1112]
"Time to pay you back for all those times you hit me!" Hobie finally started to stand his ground as he blocked the man's punch single-handedly. Surprise appeared on his face as he was easily beating him up earlier but was not able to block his attacks.
He became cautious and backed off for a while. He first analyzed the sudden change in Hobie and was alarmed at how his strength was rising slowly and at times surged.
[Current Power Level: 1214]
"There we go, right now I am stronger than you."
Without saying another word, Hobie jumped and appeared before the man in red in order to return all those punches he received earlier.
[Current Power Level: 1351]
At first, the man in red was coping and his Power Level was actually increasing due to fighting an opponent that is stronger than him.
{Current Power Level: 1424]
Slowly he started to succumb to the overwhelming power that Hobie was showing.
[Current Power Level: 1520]
Techniques that the man in red had honed throughout his entire life was being tempered against Hobie who only had power but no technique.
[Current Power Level: 1673]
But in the end, power is everything. No matter what the man in red did Hobie only grew stronger.
[Current Power Level: 2000]
A single punch from Hobie pierced a hole through the man in red's body. He crushed his heart.