Is this really a Game?!

"Hold the line, get Aris out of there!" Orion shouted to his team, but his voice was drowned out by the chaos.

The mountain drake had decimated every single combatant that dared stay in its way. Not only the members of the 'Silent Whisper', but also other monsters and members of other teams that had dared come to it.

"Orion, this is the end, you won't be able to escape from here." Reign said with a calm voice as Orion clenched his teeth.

"That's true, but I also won't let you win, not this easily at the very least," Orion stated before charging at Reign who sighed in regret.

Orion faltered as he felt a sharp pain from the back before seeing two sharp blades that had gone through the small gaps in his armor.

"We did give you a chance to surrender bro, better luck next time," Shadow said before pulling out his daggers from Orion and then disappearing as Orion's sharp blade arrived a second after that.

"It will take more than that to –"

Before Orion could finish his words, Shadow's daggers stabbed him again, and the latter appeared behind him, stepping through his shadow.

"I know Orion, I know," Shadow said before pulling the daggers out again and disappearing, this time stepping out of Reign's shadow.

Orion was already finished, the wounds were quite serious themselves, but it was the corrosive property of Shadow's darkness that would end his life in the end.

His insides were already tainted by the darkness, his organs slowly dying as well.

"It was a good attempt, Orion, too bad the flame constantly gives out the location of the one who holds it, otherwise you and your team would have been halfway down the mountain before anyone started tracking you." Reign said as Orion smirked before falling to his knees.

"Yeah, and too bad you and your damn time had to be here, otherwise we might have stood a chance."

Orion's body slumped to the ground, the light fading from his eyes. The battle had taken its toll, and Silent Whisper was now out of the running. Reign and Shadow exchanged a grim nod, knowing there was still much to do. The mountain drake, still rampaging, posed an imminent threat, and the Flame of Ascendance was yet to be secured.

Reign quickly scanned the battlefield. The drake had torn through numerous combatants, leaving chaos in its wake. Silent Whisper's remaining members were either incapacitated or retreating, and the other teams were struggling to hold their ground against the monstrous beast.

"We need to take down that drake before it wipes out everyone," Reign commanded. "If we let it rampage any longer, there won't be anyone left to claim the flame."

The team regrouped, their focus shifting entirely to the mountain drake. Greenie, Wolf, and Tank took the front, ready to absorb the brunt of the drake's attacks. Mia, Laura, and Beast prepared their spells and arrows, targeting the beast's weak points. Shadow, Aelrinder, and Jin moved strategically, looking for opportunities to strike.

They weren't the only ones attacking the drake either. The other teams who had arrived previously, the monsters that had been drawn over by the flame, all of them were attacking the drake.

They all understood that only death awaited them if they split their attention and fought each other instead of the powerful drake who seemed almost impossible to kill. Its huge body, the incredibly thick and durable scales that could take as much damage as they could all dish out, its powerful flame, its sharp claws and teeth, it all made it seem invincible.

The only chance they had in taking the drake down quickly and without suffering huge casualties was by fighting it together, which they all did.

There was no communication between the teams, they all understood that this was not the time to fight for the flame. Take the drake down first, wipe out the monsters that would survive the battle, and then they can fight for the flame.

The drake roared, its fiery breath scorching the ground and sending shockwaves through the air, only to be stopped by flames that were almost as powerful.

"Tch, I won't be able to win in a direct confrontation, maybe if I used my mark, but not like this, the flames it produces are way too strong," Wolf stated as Mia used her frost to help him out, doing her best to weaken the drake's flames together with him.

Greenie charged forward, the flames were barely present and his strong body could easily withstand them now, his hammer glowing with fierce energy as he smashed it into the drake's leg. The beast roared in pain, even if its scales barely cracked under the force of the blow.

The inside of its leg was in a worse condition than the outside thanks to the powerful impact that traveled through the body, even the scales were unable to fully absorb it.

Wolf's greatsword, wreathed in flames, struck at the drake's side right after Greenie. He knew that the drake definitely had a very high resistance to fire and would probably feel nothing from his flames, but that was if he just used his regular flames.

If one stared deep inside Wolf's flames, one would notice streaks of red inside of it. Even though there were barely any of the streaks, they were enough to force the dragon to suddenly move to the side and roar in anger, confusion, and pain.

"What, you scared of a little chaos energy?" Wolf asked the drake with a smile on his face.

Mia's frost suddenly enveloped the drake's head, creating a barrier of ice that caused the temperature around the head to diminish and hindered its vision. Laura's demonic energy blasts struck with precision, targeting the beast's leg at the same place Greenie had previously struck it.

Beast's arrows found their marks as well, piercing through the gaps in the cracked scales and causing it to thrash in fury.

Shadow moved with lethal grace, his daggers finding weak points in the drake's armor. Aelrinder's spear danced through the air, striking with pinpoint accuracy and leaving deep wounds in the beast's flesh. Jin's explosions were added to the chaos, bombarding the drake's leg.

The other teams didn't waste any time either. They all attacked the drake with full force, targeting its huge body and legs in an attempt to do as much damage as quickly as they could without interfering with one another.

The monsters were attacking the drake without any tactic, they were just throwing themselves at it, using their powerful bodies to assault it and deal as much damage as they could. Some of them, however, tried to get to the flame.

Even some stragglers, some members of other teams, attempted to sneak by and take the flame while everybody was busy fighting the drake.

They were all killed.

Reign and the leaders of other teams were not idiots, they knew that something like that could happen, so they were keeping an eye on the flame. The moment a monster or another player got close to it, they would feel the wrath of the team leaders, quickly dying without being able to resist them for even a moment.

The drake roared in fury, thrashing about as it tried to fend off the relentless assaults from all sides. The powerful flames destroyed Mia's frost barrier, as well as two more that other teams had created around its head before attempting to hit the other teams who quickly dodged out of the way and used their own powers to stop the flames.

Its scales, once seemingly impenetrable, began to show signs of wear as the combined attacks of the teams and monsters took their toll. Blood oozed from numerous wounds, and the beast's movements grew more erratic and desperate.

Reign saw an opening. "Greenie, Wolf, Tank, keep the pressure on its legs! Shadow, Mia, Aelrinder, aim for the side of its body! Laura, Beast, Jin, support us from a distance!"

The Heaven's Hooligans moved with precision and unity, each member playing their part in the coordinated assault. Greenie's hammer struck the drake's leg again, causing the massive creature to stumble as the constant attacks finally broke its scales.

Wolf's greatsword, infused with chaos energy, cleaved through the broken scales and flesh, eliciting another roar of pain from the drake as the chaos flames that Wolf suddenly summoned started burning its flesh.

Chaos flames were incredibly powerful, in fact, they were amongst the most destructive flames in the entire universe, and even though the flame Wolf could use was nothing compared to the real one, it was still immensely powerful.

The drake's high resistance to fire was unable to help it when it came to his chaos flames at all.

Reign struck as well, as did the other team leaders. There were barely any monsters left alive, and a couple of players had lost their lives, but the drake was in a much worse state compared to before and seemed close to death, only a final push was needed.