"WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT THING?!"

"RUN!"

"IDIOT, HE'S TOO FAST!"

The city descended into chaos.

Every street that Andregil charged through was reduced to rubble, the earth splitting as if the world itself was being torn apart.

Tens of thousands of humans died in minutes, crushed beneath collapsing buildings or obliterated outright by the force of his [Calamity Charge].

His roar shook the air, echoing through every corner of the ruins.

Meanwhile, Stark followed.

It wasn't hard. The trail of destruction was too obvious after all.

Stark's expression stayed calm, though his mind sharpened.

The longer Andregil rampaged, the more survivors would die.

He needed to end this fast once it was over.

The monsters were already bad enough.

'The charge lasted fifteen minutes in my past life,' Stark thought, weaving through burning streets, 'That should give me time before I catch up.'

Even as he moved, he cut down the smaller threats drawn to the chaos.

Packs of beasts prowled the broken roads.

Stark burned them down with quick bursts of magic, his staff flashing with lightning and fire.

Ding!

[Player "Starfall" has sent you a private message!]

"Hm?"

Stark glanced at the message.

[Starfall: What the fuck was that thing that passed right in front of us?! It was… HUGE! ╭(°ﾛ° ")╯]

Another message blinked.

[Ghost: That thing is too strong. Even I won't be able to deal with it by myself.]

Stark's eyes narrowed slightly.

He already knew Ghost was in his city.

She had been present during this calamity in his past life, fighting alongside the others until Andregil finally fell.

And if Ghost was here… then Starfall was too as they were together.

It meant both of them had already crossed paths with the monster's rampage.

Lucky for them, Andregil had turned down another street instead of plowing straight through them.

[Oblivion: Be careful. That thing will keep rushing forward without a care in the world. It's invincible while charging.]

That was all Stark sent.

He didn't waste time with more. He pressed forward.

'It should stop soon enough.'

Fifteen minutes passed after all.

But to Stark's surprise, the roar and charge continued!

"Huh."

Twenty minutes.

The roar still echoed.

Twenty-five minutes.

The ground kept trembling.

Thirty full minutes.

Only then did Andregil's charge finally end.

Stark slowed, blinking once.

This was double the time from his past life.

"…That's new."

To him, the conclusion was simple: the berserk state.

The extra crimson aura, the madness in its voice, Andregil's [Berserk] was extending his charge, doubling the destruction.

Entire districts had been erased.

Entire populations had been trampled under his path.

For a moment, Stark considered the irony.

By pursuing the boss directly, by pushing it harder than before, he might have caused more actual deaths than in his past life.

"…Oh well."

It wasn't his problem.

The dead were gone, and no amount of regret would bring them back.

All he could do was kill the boss before more lives were lost.

Following the devastation, Stark pushed forward for another hour.

Finally, in the distance, he saw the crimson titan once more.

Andregil was stomping through a plaza, smashing buildings with his gauntlets.

Survivors tried to scatter, but anyone too slow was flattened under his fists or boots.

"Hey," Stark's voice cut through the noise.

The [Lord of Calamity] froze as he was about to cush someone.

His single eye rotated until it locked onto him.

"You…" Andregil snarled, crimson aura flaring, "…Suffer!"

Fwish!

The titan dashed.

His speed in this form was terrifying, enhanced by his transformation.

His gauntlet smashed down at Stark's position.

But the [Invincible Magic Barrier] flared once more, absorbing the blow.

"You won't… die…" Andregil growled, raising his other fist.

Too late. Stark's staff was already glowing.

Blazing Meteor! Storm of Lightning! Crystal of Death!

Boom!

-144,180! -86,508! -22,500! -11,250! -11,250!

Even with his new passive [Calamity Armor] reducing all damage by 50%, the numbers carved chunks out of his health bar.

The invincibility from the charge was gone after all.

Which meant—

'I can kill him right now!'

ROOOOOAAARRRR!

Andregil thrashed violently, smashing his surroundings in a frenzy.

Survivors unlucky enough to be nearby screamed as the shockwaves crushed them.

'Did he lose his mind?' Stark thought.

His eyebrows lifted slightly.

'Oh well.'

Another barrage of spells would finish this.

If he wasted the opportunity, the fight would drag on.

And if he died now, hunting the boss down again would take hours, wasting time and costing more lives.

But Andregil wasn't finished yet.

CALAMITY ASSAULT!

His gauntlets glowed crimson, brighter than before, as he lunged.

Each strike landed like an earthquake.

Boom! Boom! Slam! Slam!

Fists smashed into Stark's barrier, then the ground, then walls and debris.

Kicks followed, each one powerful enough to obliterate everything.

Stark moved back calmly, slipping through the chaos.

His staff flickered, trying to line up a spell, but every time he raised it, Andregil smashed forward, forcing him to dodge again.

This was worse than in the past life.

Back then, surrounded by thousands of players, Andregil's fury had been spread out.

Now it was focused entirely on one target: him.

'This isn't going right.'

Fifteen seconds dragged on, each one filled with lethal blows narrowly avoided.

The monster's strikes cracked the ground open, forcing Stark to maneuver carefully.

But finally, his barrier skill came off cooldown again.

Invincible Magic Barrier!

The shield reappeared, glowing bright.

Andregil smashed into it with both gauntlets at once—

CRAAACK!

The barrier shattered instantly. Over 40,000 damage in one strike.

But Stark only smiled faintly.

"…Dead."

Storm of Lightning! Blazing Meteor!

Zap! BOOM!

-86,508! -144,180!

The spells tore through the monster.

Andregil staggered, crimson aura flickering, health bar dropping to zero.

[Andregil HP: 0/1,000,000]

The titan froze mid-swing. His single eye dimmed.

His massive body pulsed with failing energy.

"No…" his voice was guttural, fading, "I was… supposed… to destroy everything…"

The words never finished.

His body collapsed sideways, crashing into the ruins of a building.

Dust and smoke rose into the air. And just like that… it was over.

The boss that had required a global effort in Stark's past life.

The boss that had cost tens of thousands of lives and over a day of constant struggle.

Now, killed by him alone in barely an hour and a half.

'Perfect.'

Ding! Ding! Ding!

System announcements rang out, broadcast across the world.

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[Player "Oblivion" is the first to kill a mythical-rank boss!]

[You have gained 15 Prestige Points!]

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Ding!

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[Player "Oblivion" is the first to kill the "First Calamity" boss: Andregil, Lord of Calamity.]

[You have gained 10 Prestige Points!]

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The survivors everywhere froze as the message appeared.

"Holy shit, what is that?"

"Hey, I saw that [Lord of Calamity] monster, it was terrifying…"

"Same, I saw it destroy entire squares and kill hundreds of players, that thing's a nightmare..."

Shock spread. But so did something else: resolve.

"If Oblivion can do it… then we can't give up."

"Yeah. We can't die here."

Without intending to, Stark had created a ripple effect.

His victory lit a fire in the survivors' hearts.

…

Elsewhere...

"Heh," Ghost allowed herself a rare grin, "Of course."

Grace exhaled, her voice shaky.

"T-That [Lord of Calamity] was the thing we saw destroying everything… Luckily Oblivion killed it. I hope people are safe!"

"Unlikely," Ghost replied bluntly, "But killing it prevents more deaths. The worst of it is over now."

"…True," Grace admitted, her shoulders heavy.

…

Slash!

Max's blade cut down another corrupted beast.

"We keep killing monsters and even bosses," he roared, sweat dripping down his face, "but we can't even come close to that guy…"

Seren's face was grim.

"That Lord of Calamity destroyed the entire city. We even died once when it rampaged through our street."

"There's nothing we can do except focus on surviving."

"Yeah," Max sighed, his eyes dimming, "But once we enter [Eternal Soul] again after this… I'm sure more opportunities will open."

…

The world trembled.

But for the first time since the calamity began… small hope returned.

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