War Online

Chapter 389: Supporting Lucius' claim to the throne

Thousands of kilometers away from the Imperial city, at a certain fishing village, a young teenager fell onto his butt in shock as a translucent dragon suddenly appeared before him and revealed to him the truth of his bloodline.

"No, that can't be possible. I'm nothing but a commoner. Please stop joking around." He refuted the claims of the Divine dragon's messenger which stated that he was actually the son of the late dragon king and not the son of the fisherman.

The translucent dragon shook its head, "My master doesn't joke. She also told me to inform you that your fate is tied to an otherworlder of the ancient race. You met him once before and you will meet him again soon to embark on an unknown journey. It's your choice whether you wanted to ascend to the throne or not but fate is something you cannot run from."

As it disappeared, Lucius helplessly laughed, "I'm really must be going crazy. Maybe, I'm hallucinating after working for so long. I should just take a rest."

Soon, he drifted into sleep.

Meanwhile, Wil was flying towards the city of Ozreigh after his evolution.

And with one hour limit is finished, the Quest of revealing himself turned into a failure, thereby throwing the entire Dragon Island into a war zone.

*Ding! You failed the Quest, Bring the Peace.

*Ding! Quest, Join the Faction has been modified.

Quest: Join the Faction

Description: With the Dragon King dead without naming his successor, the Dragon Island once again embroiled in a civil war. Join one of the factions and participate in the war to claim the throne.

Rewards: Unknown (Depends on the contribution)

Warning: Only the player in the winning faction will receive the reward once the throne has been claimed.

Accept?

*Ding! You accepted the Quest.

*Ding! Choose the heir/heiress you wish to support.

As soon as Wil accepted the Faction quest, he received a long list of potential candidates for the throne.

Surprisingly, a total of 24 names popped up, considering the Dragon King only has eight children out of which one is missing or dead, the second is dead, and only two eldest princes have children. Out of them, he found the names of Lucius and even Iphi. 

It made him wonder whether the system is recognizing all the descendants and not just the legitimate children of the Dragon King to fill the empty spot on the throne.

Wil didn't know how one of these factions can claim the throne. If it follows the same rule just like the ones in the outside world, then usually the one with an Imperial weapon passed down by the previous king would have the right to claim the throne.

Usually, when the king dies, the weapon will pass down to either the Crown Prince or the one that the King wishes to have, just like how Mirella Llyne passed down the Imperial sword to Wil.

So, Wil was sure that Reuben will have the greatest advantage over others and probably be the closest person to have the right to claim the inheritance.

Of course, Wil doesn't care. Even if he claims the throne by using the Imperial weapon, Wil felt that all he needs to kill him and start the faction war again.

After all, Lucius will automatically become the king if the others will be dead.

Thankfully for him, Egan Draconus' only child, Dragon Lord Qelrit is already the target of his clone. As long as the regional lord of Norwich stays within the mines, then, there's a hundred percent chance that the number of competitors for Lucius will be reduced by one. 

As Iphi was being held captive within his Warship, now, the competitors were reduced by one more.

*Ding! You have joined the faction of Lucius Draconus.

*Ding! You receive a quest, Faction Lord

Quest: Faction Lord

Description: You are the first person to join the faction of Lucius and so, eligible to become the Faction Lord. Obtain permission from Lucius to become the Faction Lord

Reward: Title: Lucius' Faction Lord

*Ding! You receive a quest, Meet Lucius Draconus

Quest: Meet Lucius Draconus and convince him to join the race to the throne in 48 hours.

Reward: +10 favorability points with Lucius Draconus

Failure: You must join a different faction

"48 hours? Now, that's more than enough time"

It was because Wil had decided to support Lucius' claim to the throne, this war was created in the first place. Now, to convince him, he needed the favorability points to be higher, which will happen once his mother gets rescued.

Flapping his wings, Wil increased his speed towards the city of Ozreigh.

***

A few hours later, Norwich Mines;

In the middle of the fort that was built nearby the mines, twenty clones with a giant stone pillar in their hands are in the middle of massacring Dragon Lord Qelrit's forces while the original clone is escorting a blonde woman out of the place.

*bam*

A pillar smashed the face of Qelrit and he crashed onto the wall.

*3,312,141,362*

With blood trickling from his nose, the Dragon Lord slowly got up on his feet. "You ba*****s I will not leave you alive"

Qelrit transforms into a black dragon and lets out a powerful roar. In front of him, standing is one of the duplicated clones of the original clone. He just looked at the dragon with a blank expression.

Dragon Lord, Qelrit Draconus

Grade: Legendary+

Status: Original Form

Level: 400

HP: 45%

Upon transforming into his dragon mode, Qelrit's grade was increased from legendary to Legendary+. While his Maximum HP was increased from 31.2 Billion to 46.8 Billion, his current HP didn't change a bit.

If Wil's original body would have been here, he would have fallen into thoughts about this transformation. From Iphi, he understood that the original transformations will normally increase their strength. For some, it will be a boost in its stats while dragons like Averil and Kyla, their levels will increase.

Wil would have never expected that even grades can be increased just by transforming. Alas, it was just a clone standing with an intention to fulfill its orders.

Without caring about defense, the clone dashed forward towards the black dragon and swung the ten-meter-long pillar at it.

"Hsssaaaa"

The Black dragon opened its mouth. A moderate amount of corrosive acid was blasted towards the clone.

The pillar hit the abdomen of the Dragon and the acid hit the clone at the same time.

The clone started to lose 0.5 of his HP per second while the Black Dragon crashed onto the floor once again, reducing its HP to 37%.

*Bam*

All of a sudden, another clone nearby that appeared to be free attacked the fallen dragon, reducing his Hp further down below 30%.

*Ding! Dragon Lord Qelrit's Health fell below 30%. He goes into the first Berserk state. Attack increases by 100%

Wil who was on his way towards the city of Ozreigh received the notification. 

"Good." He nodded in satisfaction.

As for clones, they don't receive such notifications. So, they care much less about the red aura around it and continued to launch the attacks. By this time, more than half of the forces within the fort have been annihilated. Three more clones joined the assault.

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. Thank you.

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