The World Boss succumbed. His body began to wither into nothingness, his consciousness… faded away. The message was sent all around the world at the same time as the finishing blow from Planta hit his actual body. If it wasn't, however, thanks to the intervention of the God of Creation himself, this accomplishment all across the world couldn't had been done.
NPC, Monsters, Animals, and Players all saw a message. Although some understood it better than others, everyone realized what had happened, as one of the great evils that threanted the whole world has been slain… for good!
[The World Boss: {Demon King of Miasma} has been slain!]
[The Last Hit was dealt by: [Player: Planta]!]
[The World Advances rapidly into a new Era! The Chaos spreading across the entire Land has been stopped!]
[Congratulations to all of you, Adventurers! The Gods are pleased by your outstanding growth, strength, and help!]
[Announcing the Most Damage Dealt Rankings: Top 10]
[All Players that hit the Top 50 will receive rewards.]
[All Players that have survived through the entire event will receive World Boss Defeat commemoration rewards as well.]
As the people saw these rankings were left speechless… Planta got the first place and Black Haze, the guy that has always been at the top, was now number 5?! And nobody really knew who these Titan, Achlys, or Lily were anyways!
"Who the heck is Planta anyways?! She's done it again and she only uploaded a single video back then…"
"Wait, there's a new video in her channel!"
Suddenly, the Players that had not noticed the events happening in the outside world looked into her channel, finding her latest uploaded video!
In the video, it showed her and her allies defeating the Demon King by using all sorts of incredibly flashy Skills and Spells, and even Black Haze made an appearance top the skies, but it was so far from the camera that they were unable to see his appearance in detail.
However, his special move {Primordial Blood Apocalypse} was there, which was his own unique Skill he had forged by combining many other Skills together through his gaming career. It was well known as his "Ultimate Skill" which he often used to defeat Bosses left and right.
"Holy shit, they really beat him…"
"But why was there a portal in there?!"
"Yeah, isn't that the Forest of Beginnings?!"
"So the World Boss was teleporting there! Some high-level players reported about a portal showing up in the continent where the World Boss was roaming… so this is what happened."
"Damn, this is incredible!"
"They all worked together…"
As the entire Player base had an uproar, in the outside world, the portals that brought upon giant tentacles and hordes of monsters were finally closed, and the monsters that arrived at the random areas across the world were subjugated. Thankfully, the countries where they all landed were the most widely populated areas of the world, which already had plenty of security.
Police officers, soldiers, and federal agents gathered around the area where it all happened within New York, looking at the corpses of the monsters they ended shooting down with a barrage of gunshots, missile launchers, and even grenades.
"Jesus Christ. What in the world are these things?"
The President looked in shock at the monsters, his eyes filled with intrigue and fear of what might come in the future. They were attacked once, the first contact, but this didn't meant there wouldn't be any more.
"I guess I'll have to invest more resources towards paranormal activity research…"
The president sighed, as he was suddenly called by his secretary.
"Mister president, the governors from Canada, Russia, Korea, China, and other countries have invited you to a meeting regarding the First Contact, they seem to be urging you to give them some explanations…"
"Shit… Alright, let's go. I can't keep hiding this anymore. The more we share with one another, the better we'll be prepared for whatever the fuck is coming… Although I can already see those Chinese bastards trying to monopolize this somehow."
As a meeting between governors of the affected countries started, within the Forest of Beginnings, the shattered and weakened soul of the Demon King of Miasma… remained alive. Crawling desperately in search for shelter and energy to feed on, each step he gave weakened him more and more, making him resemble a large black sludge with a shattered core inside.
"Uunngggh… My HP is zero yet… I am alive…" He muttered. "This could only mean one thing… I… I've surpassed the System! It no longer dictates my life… Although I've sacrificed so much of my power… I am free… As long as I can devour and grow stronger, one day… One day everything shall be mine once more!"
He began laughing while crawling across the verdant forest, trying to find any food he could devour and regain some energy from… however, he was meet with nobody else than Planta herself.
The Demon King was shocked!
"I knew you would still be alive somewhere, you're like a cockroach!"
Planta angrily confronted the Demon King… but the Demon King smiled evilly.
He noticed she was alone!
And she was also very weakened now after she used all her powers, she looked incredibly exhausted, in fact.
"Your soul has grown weak… your body's falling apart… Hehehe… You're no match for me!"
The Demon King of Miasma didn't wasted a single second, hopping towards Planta, and stretching his slime-like body to swallow her whole!
However, Planta revealed a shiny branch in her hand, which she used [Plant Absorption] to fuse with.
[You've met all requirements for the Special Evolution Option!]
[You've automatically begun to evolve!]
Planta surprised the Demon King, as her entire body stretched into countless branches and roots, swallowing him whole!
"Nnngggh?! W-What is this?! AAAAGGGGGHHHH…!"