CHAPTER 26: CLEARING LEVELS

The time was ticking.

Everyone was nervous. This would be their life-and-death decision and also their opportunity to level up.

If they passed this trial, the Earth civilization would be given a kingdom with advanced materials to establish their foundation.

Their beginning in this new world would be top-notch.

Noah was standing at the front. Though he would not interfere in the earlier battles, he would guard to ensure nothing unexpected occurred.

Thirty minutes passed.

[Easy phase is starting.]

Everyone heard the notification.

A huge portal appeared in front of them. The phase would last 30 minutes, and the monster levels would be under 20.

The monsters soon started to come out. The portal was not big, so only three beasts could come out at once.

Noah roared, "Attack."

Instantly, the weapon master team under William’s lead went forward and started attacking.

The weapons were powerful. They slew those monsters easily, but the number of monsters remained constant.

And the portal would grow bigger every five minutes.

This meant one more monster could come out at the same time.

Soon five minutes passed, and Noah ordered them to return. It was time for the archers to show their might.

The portal was around 200 meters away from their position.

Soon, there were hundreds of monsters and they almost reached the group, but then the archers started shooting arrows and killing them.

They allowed more monsters to come out so that everyone could get their fair share of kills.

The trial felt so easy. They were happy that they were gaining exp this easily.

They killed for 20 minutes. By then, 8 monsters were appearing at once and their levels had risen to 20.

Five minutes remained. This time Noah ordered Fiona and the two healers, along with the guardian team, to attack the monsters with crossbows.

He had bought crossbows for them too.

Soon, the easy phase was over. They cheered loudly and started hugging each other. Everyone reached level 10. But Noah ordered them not to break through yet.

They were accumulating exp.

[Congratulations to all of you for passing the easy phase. You can now rest for 30 minutes.]

"Okay, we have passed one hurdle. Now rest for a while, and we will maintain this line of attack so that everyone can get enough exp."

"Yes sir."

Rudi was among the guardian team who attacked at the end.

He showed immense fighting prowess this time, killing many monsters with his bare fists.

[The medium phase will start in 10 seconds.]

9, 8... 1, 0.

This time the portal was even bigger, and 15 monsters could come out at once. Their levels were under 25.

They maintained the previous attack strategy, and once again they achieved huge success.

The medium phase was also over.

Then came the hard phase.

This time the monsters’ levels were under 30, and the portal allowed 30 monsters to appear at once. These monsters were mixed levels, from 1 to 30, all together.

William and his team sustained heavy injuries this time, and the archer team had to take action. But they were also struggling, since a single arrow could not kill a level 30 demon. It took at least 6 to 7 arrows, and the archer team was not proficient. They had only practiced for one day.

Only Gina was performing better.

Noah ordered the guardian team to fight alongside the archers.

The nightmare phase would be truly a nightmare.

They were managing this well only because of the high-grade crossbows Noah had bought from the system. Otherwise, even passing the easy phase would have been difficult. Humans from Earth were innately weak.

After the hard phase was over, everyone had gathered enough exp to reach level 20.

But they did not break through yet. They would first absorb cores, then advance.

Now came the nightmare phase, where 50 monsters would come out at once, with levels under 40.

Coming out at once meant that every second, 50 monsters were pouring out.

Fiona had already healed William and the others. Noah gave her a mana potion.

He had tried to create a mana potion, but it was not working. To create a potion that would give him 500 instant mana points, he had to use 500 mana points himself. So an infinite cycle was not possible here.

Anyway, Noah would probably have to participate in the next phase.

"William, take crossbows and stand behind. Try to kill as much as you can. If you cannot handle it, I will take over."

"Okay, leader," William nodded.

Then monsters after monsters started to pour out of the portal.

9,999 Earthlings began to shoot arrows at the monsters. Many were being killed, but this time demon lords were in the mix.

Mortal weapons could not hurt them at all.

So they could only kill monsters below level 30, and even that was with great difficulty. The demon lords started rushing toward them. Without Noah, Earth was finished at this point. This was their current level, even with the immense wealth Noah had spent.

Money could not bridge the absolute power gap. That was impossible.

"Okay, you can stop shooting."

Boom!

After giving the order, Noah rushed toward them with a sonic boom.

Noah had created that healing skill, and with it, he was not afraid of overexertion.

Besides, the healing would constantly repair his stamina too.

Noah cut down those demon lords like tofu.

He gained millions of exp.

But the phase was not over. The portal grew bigger again.

He would have to fight for 10 more minutes. During these 10 minutes, only demon lords came out, no lesser beasts.

Noah gained around 100 million exp in this phase after killing every last one of them.

Everyone started cheering.

Only Mira bit her lips so hard that blood began to pour down. She was regretting choosing this fool over that King.

Now she also believed her brain was probably located in her knees. But there was no medicine for regrets.

[Congratulations Earth civilization for passing the nightmare phase. You can rest for 30 minutes. In the hell phase, every monster will be above level 40 and under level 55.]

Damn! Damn! Damn!

This was the only reaction they had. What else could they say, as monsters above level 50 would also appear this time? No wonder this phase was called hell.

After only one month of development, this phase was truly hell.

Noah threw his daggers aside. He had 30 minutes, so he started to sell monsters without even searching for cores. He needed money, a huge amount of money this time.

He would need two super daggers and full-body protection armor that would allow him to move with the Flash skill and protect him from air friction.

He sold thousands upon thousands of monsters in 13 minutes and got around 5 billion coins.

With that, he spent 1.5 billion to buy 2 daggers that would last until Diamond level.

Then he bought full-body protection armor with 3.5 billion coins. Instantly, he became a pauper again. But it was good. He was ready to face the final challenge.