A Girl's Life in a Gaming World

Chapter 77 - Void Portal

"What the hell just happened!?" Elise uttered while sitting on the ground. Almost all of them were sitting or lying down on the ground.

She examined the devastated village in front of her. The wooden walls protecting the village turned to dust as if it was not there from the start. And there are no longer traces of the houses near the walls. 

She can't see goblins and players on the battlefield. She can't even see one intact corpse. It was like everyone caught in the blast wave were mass cremated in a single flash. 

"A void portal!? How can there be two void portals in one place!?" Elder Jin suddenly exclaimed beside her as he examined something in the distance. 

"A void portal? Elise muttered as she tried to look at what he was looking at in the distance.  Without the walls obstructing her vision, the scenery outside the village is now in plain sight. However, the forest she expected to see is nowhere to be found. What remains from the lush green forest is a huge crater on the ground. And in the center of it is a massive gate that's fully covered with bones on its border, surrounded by a pitch-black aura. Since the gate was as big as a two-story house, she instantly saw an identical pitch black gate in the west. The two portal is about 3 to 5 kilometers apart. "What's a void portal?"

"Legend says that it is a portal created by sacrificing numerous lives to the demigod of death. Its purpose is to connect a floor in the void tower all over the universe. And creatures on that floor will keep entering the portal until the portal's duration ends.

She is worried, noticing that the elder looked scared and anxious. His body shook every time he looked at the two portals. She reached her hand out to his back and healed the elder to calm him down since he also took some damage from the blast wave earlier. 

"But how can there be two portals in the same place... Double portal means double the trouble for a month..." 

"This is bad... We can worry about that thing later. We need to put out the fire first. It's spreading fast." Elise exclaimed as she stood up. 

The once chaotic and boisterous battlefield disappeared. Silence replaced it, accompanied by the popping and crackling sound from the woods of the houses burning.   

"Everyone, we need to stop the fire before it spreads further!!" Even though the blast wave ended, the fires in the wooden houses spread in the other house. And the fire spreads fast. "Move it, people, move it, stop pacing out and move it!! Don't let our efforts saving the village go to waste!!" Even though she is tired, she needs to lead everyone temporarily. And the elder doesn't seem to be in a stable condition to order the people around. 

Since there are no longer goblins in sight there number one priority right now is to put out the fire. She doesn't want the village to get destroyed further. 

"You're right. We need to handle our current problem. We still need to salvage the village as much as we can." Elder Jin grabbed Elise's hand, helping him stand up. He regained his composure as soon as he saw the fire growing bigger and bigger. 

"Those who cannot use ice magic, water magic, or anything that can put out a fire, find a bucket and get water. There is a river in the southeast of the village." Elder Jin ordered as he went to a random house and found a bucket.

"Let's go, everyone!!" 

"Go!! Go!! Go!!"

"Let's save the village!!"

Even though they had one of the hardest and tiring role in the battle. And even with fewer numbers, the melee fighters are still full of energy as they were the first ones to take action. 

"If you see any survivor bring them to a healer as soon as possible!!" She reminded as she roamed around the area to heal those who were unable to move. While everyone was trying to put out the fire, 

"Akkar? Are you alive??" She tried calling out to Akkar to see if he was still alive. However, after calling him several times without any response. She gave up as she stared at the area around the gate with very low visibility. The smoke from the fire grew bigger, making it harder for her to find Akkar. 

Instead of worrying about Akkar and Hal, Elise focused heal those who were currently unconscious on the ground. 

  After a few minutes, the fire almost covered all the area near the gates. It is now contained in the area and was slowly dying. 

"I found commander!! Commander is alive!!"

"It's the commander!!!"

"We need help here!!"

"Commander!! Commander!!" 

Hearing that, they finally found Akkar. Elise left the unconscious mage player on the ground after she healed her and rushed to their location. 

"Move!!" Elise pushed the crowding players. Akkar and Hal are both in a sorry state. Their skins were burned to the point that they were barely recognizable. But surprisingly, even though their upper garments were burned to crisp. Their lower garments were not even damaged, as if it wasn't even touched. 

"Damn, how did they survive?" 

"I know, right. You can't even see one player or goblin that survived other than the two of them."

"Commander is the best!!"

"Commander is the best!!!!"

"Commander is the best!!!!!!!"

Elise smiled with everyone's cheer around her. She reached her hands out to Hal first to heal him, seeing that his health was already at rock bottom and was still going down. 

"Stop gathering in here and move. The fire is not fully out yet!!" She scolded as she glared at them. She noticed that a lot of them were gathering in their area because of the loud chants from the people around her.  She knows that they were also worried about them. But it's pointless to stand there and watch her heal them. They might as well clean the village. 

The people who understood her dragged off their companion and left the area.. "Let's go."