In an instant, Leviathan, which had originally still had half its HP remaining, was completely emptied. Its massive body turned into sludge on the spot and collapsed onto the ground.

As for John, who should have been crushed to death, he stood there completely unharmed, watching as the enormous creature let out a mournful cry and withered away.

This scene shocked everyone present.

They stared at the huge damage number of three million that had yet to fade away, then looked at that man who felt both familiar and unfamiliar. All of them fell into a daze.

"Is that person really Fike? Since when did he have such high damage?"

"Tell me this isn’t real."

"Although I don’t know how Fike managed to do it, at least we don’t have to keep risking death to fight that giant beast anymore."

"That’s true. At the very least, the first-clear reward is still ours."

Although everyone was confused, after seeing the boss fall, they still let out a sigh of relief.

Joy appeared on their faces as they began waiting for the zone-wide announcement and the boss-kill rewards.

In the next moment, the zone-wide announcement rang out.

[Zone-Wide Announcement: Zone 5 player "John" has slain the dungeon ruins platinum-grade BOSS, Leviathan!]

[Zone 5 player "John" has obtained control over the Leviathan Palace Ruins!]

[Zone 5 player John has obtained the first-clear reward: S-rank special item Leviathan Heart, 1 billion EXP, 10 million gold coins, and 10 million Fame!]

Three consecutive zone-wide announcements rang out.

The anticipation on the faces of the Zone 1 players instantly froze.

They stared at the announcement in the channel in disbelief.

"What’s going on? Wasn’t it Fike who killed the Leviathan BOSS? How did it become John?"

"Exactly. John didn’t even appear. Could he have some kind of long-range attack method?"

"Damn it, why is it Zone 5 again? Don’t tell me he used some kind of game exploit to steal our rewards!"

At this moment, the Zone 1 players cursed endlessly. One after another, they shouted that they would report John for exploiting a game bug.

Meanwhile, inside Leviathan Palace, the vice guild leader they thought they had seen suddenly flickered, then transformed into a lean figure.

Under everyone’s watchful eyes, John revealed his true body.

He waved at the stunned Zone 1 players and chuckled softly.

"See you next time. Bye-bye."

In the next moment, before the Zone 1 players could react, John used the Pass Permit and teleported back to Zone 5.

At the same time, their guild leader Edward also suddenly vanished.

Rumble!

The palace began to crack and collapse.

Because its owner had disappeared from this zone, the corresponding Leviathan Palace would naturally vanish from Zone 1 as well.

The players still inside realized that something was wrong. Their expressions changed drastically, and they immediately ran outside.

But it was already too late.

As the dungeon collapsed, waves of crushing damage rained down upon these Zone 1 players.

They had already been worn down by the Leviathan boss until only a sliver of HP remained. Now, after being smashed by the collapsing ruins, they turned into streaks of white light one after another and were sent back to the main city’s Revival Spring.

...

Inside Phoenix City.

The Revival Spring flashed, and the figures of Edward and Vice Guild Leader Fike appeared.

The moment Edward saw Fike, he flew into a rage and kicked him.

"Fike! Were you trying to assassinate me?"

Fike was completely dumbfounded.

He only remembered that he had still been introducing Leviathan Palace to that mysterious priest when his vision had suddenly gone black and he had died.

In the end, the moment he revived, he saw the guild leader kicking toward him. He immediately felt extremely wronged.

"Guild Leader, I didn’t do anything! I just revived too!"

Hearing this, Edward finally noticed that, just like him, Fike had actually dropped ten levels.

Right at this moment, countless notification sounds rang in both their ears at the same time.

[All your equipment has disappeared!]

[All your skills have been cleared!]

[All items in your backpack have disappeared!]

[Because you were killed by a player possessing the Wager Decree, your current debt is 65.94 million gold coins!]

[While in a state of debt, the player cannot purchase any equipment or weapons!]

...

Edward and Fike listened to the notification sounds ringing in their ears, then stared blankly at each other.

With two thuds, both of them collapsed onto the ground.

They had thought that being assassinated and losing levels was already miserable enough.

They had never expected that, in the end, everything on them would be completely dropped.

And on top of that, they now owed more than sixty million gold coins!

How long would it take them to pay off more than sixty million gold coins?

The guild leader and vice guild leader of the dignified Zone 1 Glory Guild had actually become penniless paupers because of an assassin.

"Bastard! Who the hell was it?!"

Edward roared in furious rage.

Beside him, Vice Guild Leader Fike’s face was equally ashen.

Without levels, equipment, skills, or items, how were they supposed to maintain their former prestige?

With Zone 1’s terrifying hierarchy, once the two of them no longer had the strength to support their positions, they would probably be trampled under the feet of other players very soon.

Not only that, since Edward and Fike had both been extremely strict toward their subordinates before, they would probably face intense retaliation in the future.

Right then, Edward suppressed his rage. He took a deep breath and said, "Quick! While everyone else hasn’t returned yet, let’s go to the guild treasury immediately.

"Using your identity and mine, we’ll withdraw a batch of items and equipment from inside first. At the very least, we have to make sure our combat power doesn’t drop too much!"

When Fike heard this, his mind shook.

That was right. The guild treasury still had plenty of equipment and skill books.

As long as they immediately equipped themselves, at the very least, they would not be as empty-handed as they were now.

The two of them immediately rushed toward the guild.

Along the way, many players who did not know the truth still greeted them when they saw them.

However, the two of them had no time to pay attention. They hurried anxiously all the way to the guild treasury.

After verifying their identities, the forbidden spell undid itself.

The treasury doors opened.

Edward and Fike looked inside expectantly, preparing to choose a suitable set of equipment and skill books for themselves.

However, when they saw the empty shelves, they were instantly petrified in place as if struck by lightning.

"Where are the skill books? And the equipment?"

"Why is everything empty?"

"Who looted the treasury?!"

This time, Edward and Fike truly fell into despair.

The guild treasury they had painstakingly kept as a backup had actually been looted clean as well?

A terrifying thought surfaced in their minds.

"Could it be that another guild has appeared in Zone 1 and specifically targeted our guild?"

Otherwise, there was simply no way to explain how the other party had assassinated the two of them without anyone knowing, and had even silently stolen an entire guild treasury!

Right then, the zone-wide announcement rang out.

The moment they heard John’s name, both of them froze.

After a long silence, they finally reacted.

The mysterious priest who had assassinated them and the thief who had stolen the entire guild treasury were both John!

That demon had somehow infiltrated Zone 1 without anyone knowing!

Edward’s eyes nearly split apart from rage.

"AAAAAAH! John! I’m going to kill you!"

Without the guild treasury as their only fallback route, Guild Leader Edward and Vice Guild Leader Fike would soon face internal power struggles.

From this day onward, Glory Guild would likely experience a long period of turmoil!

And John, the one who had caused it all, had already returned to Zone 5’s main city and started preparing to collect his final Codex of Archer.