Conqueror

I was resting in my office then a system popped up in front of me.

[A player has reached Level 400.

+100% EXP will be given to everyone.]

Damn. I need to act fast. They're racking up levels in an insane rate. I need to gather more soldiers.

"My king..." Caesar was with me in the room while I was doing the paperwork.

"Yeah I know... This is bad. Caesar, what do you think of our military status?"

"If I may be to speak frankly my king, we're just like cavemen in my opinion."

"Oh, how is that?"

"We have a lot of ground units but we don't have that much juggernauts that can tank damage. I observed the battle before and saw the two gigantic beast you control. Those two aren't enough."

"Afal and Gaia? Continue."

"Despite our moderately strong ground units, wars aren't that simple. To win a war you must accomplish two things. Kill the leader and gain aerial supremacy. You know yourself that our winged units are useless since their numbers are in the twos or threes."

"I can agree with that. If we get aerial supremacy the war is basically over. We can drop hoards of spells from mages or drop units to flank and seal their escape route."

"That is the case."

"Okay, cancel the recruitment for soldiers. Focus our funds on buying flying mounts and mages that can handle an aerial battle."

"I'll do that immediately." Caesar then left the room.

Finally a break. Being a king is hard in its own way. I changed back to my casual clothes and left the crown and robes on the table in my office. I called the Crimson Knights to test out their newly acquired powers. I then used Mass Teleport to get to the newly discovered Artifact Dungeon.

This dungeon was discovered by Lam. Apparently when I was gone, Afal taught Lam the shapeshift cursed art. Lam wouldn't normally be allowed to enter Itz but to get information, he needed to. Now he's scavenging different kingdoms searching for information. Lam travels alone so I'm pretty worried but no one really suspects of him.

"We're here. What's the level of this dungeon again?" I asked.

"About Level 80?" Afal then went inside.

We all went in after him. I don't really plan to intervene but if things went south, I'll fight with them.

We went deeper and deeper but saw nothing and sensed nothing.

"Afal, has Lam said anything about Artifact Dungeons? I might solo some."

"Artifact Dungeons are rising in levels way too much. Far from here, an adventurer measured an artifact dungeon and according to him, it was listed as a level 140 dungeon."

"I can solo that... Maybe... Anyway, what was the highest recorded dungeon?"

"It's doesn't look like a dungeon but we classify it as a dungeon."

"What do you mean?"

"Tartarus."

When Afal said that word, everyone stopped in their tracks and everyone felt chills except for me. I don't even know what that is.

"What's Tartarus?"

"The most difficult dungeon ever surfaced. No one has gotten past the first floor."

"Floor?"

"Tartarus is composed of two dungeons merged into one. Tartarus has two paths. One is the Tower. The tower reached until it surpassed the clouds. Everyone tried bombarding the tower with spells but to no avail, they don't even leave a scratch."

"And the other one?"

"Some others call it The True Tartarus. The other path is below the Tower. The previous adventurer that entered the bottom of the tower in Tartarus described it as an endless maze while the burning flames scorched the whole place. It's as if the bottom of the Tartarus was a living hell itself."

"What's the recorded level for it?"

"Level 10000."

"Huh?" Wait, wait wait. I might've heard that wrong. Better to ask again. "I'm sorry what?"

"Level 10000."

"Ten thousand? T-E-N T-H-O-U-S-A-N-D is that it?"

"Yes."

"How the hell something like that appeared when people of this world barely reach level 50 before the players got here?"

"Tartarus is j-" As soon as Afal was about to talk, a large amount of killing intent was felt. "They're here."

"We're at an advantageous situation. We're at a huge room with a huge space."

"And a huge enemy at that." Rize then pointed at the enemy that just appeared.

A giant hulking dog? No... More like a giant golem walking on four legs. He's covered in moss and his whole body is a combination of diamond and stone.

"Sorry everyone, I have to let Gaia fight. He's stuck on level 35. Come, Gaia!" I pulled Gaia out of my inventory and faced the giant golem.

"UGUAHHHH!" Both of them roared at each other.

"Gazer Form!" Afal transformed to his form. The main color, red and the outlined part, the black, really suits him. "Come, Deathdance!" A rapier appeared on his hand and he took ochs stance. Essentially assumed by drawing the weapon up to his shoulders.

Everyone then followed his lead.

"Gazer Form! Come, Soul Rend!" Greta's claws came out and attached to her hand. "BEAST FORM!" Greta's armor changed and adapted to her new beast form and her claws enlarged to fit her new hands.

"Gazer Form! Come, Pugilist Gauntlets!" Yefa's gauntlets appeared and it appears to be twice her size but she can control it with ease. Yefa then focused her mind and her gauntlets became smaller and smaller until it reached her desired size.

"Gazer Form! Come, Heartpiercer!" Rize's weapon appeared but before it appeared, it continuously changed to bow, crossbow, darts, musket, pistol and a slingshot. "Uh... How's this supposed to work? Uhm... Bow?" The weapon formed into a bow and the quiver filled with magic induced arrows appeared on her back.

"Gazer Form! Come, Baneful Sword and Dominion!" Precia's longsword emitted a dark aura and her dominion shield had a mysterious power around it.

"Gazer Form! Come, Corpse Defiler!" Zeta's staff was... Different. A closed eye rested on top and a pair of wings attached to it. And its overall design was horrific and creepy.