Venting the Frustration of Guarding the City?

Fang Li did not damage Aragane Station's Iron Wall.

If he cut along the Death Lines on the steel wall with his dagger, it would definitely create a breach in this fortress meant to defend against the Kabane.

Without the city wall to keep out the Kabane, Aragane Station would be finished.

So Fang Li merely used the fact that the Death Lines did not distinguish between soft and hard materials, stabbing his dagger into the wall and repeatedly activating and deactivating the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception to create footholds in the wall.

Using the footholds embedded in the wall, Fang Li slowly climbed the city wall with his dagger and a thick tree branch.

By the time Fang Li returned to the top of the city wall, the warriors, startled like birds at the twang of a bowstring, had also returned to their posts and were all grumbling.

"Just a mirror?"

"That scared the hell out of me."

"Why was there a mirror outside?"

"Who knows?"

"Could someone have deliberately thrown it down there to mess with us?"

"If that's true, I swear I'll find that bastard and put a bullet through his heart."

"Exactly."

Watching the warriors grumble while wearing relieved expressions like they had survived a disaster, Fang Li gave a wry smile. He turned away, no longer paying attention to those cowardly warriors, and looked toward the forest he had just passed through.

There, more and more dark figures were appearing. Quite a few Kabane had even emerged from the forest, wandering around like enraged beasts.

Clearly, Fang Li's earlier rampage had alerted a large number of Kabane in that forest.

"What a shame. If I'd had a little more time, I could have completed Main Mission Three."

However, one of Fang Li's other Main Quests had already been completed.

Mission 1: Kill 10 Kabane. Additional rewards will be granted based on the number of extra kills.

Having killed twenty-four Kabane in total, Fang Li had indeed completed Main Mission One beyond the required amount.

"There'll be plenty of chances to complete the remaining Main Mission Three."

After all, Kabane were the most abundant thing in this world.

"It's time to think about Main Mission Two."

In the end, Fang Li did not leave the city wall with the warriors changing shifts until the entire sky had been dyed crimson by the setting sun.

He had remained there from morning until evening without being told once that he could rest. He had not even been notified that he could go eat lunch, and was only allowed to leave at dusk. It was obvious just how poorly the Wanderer identity prepared by the Main God Space was treated.

After all, he was a Wanderer. No one expected a Wanderer to be more reliable than a warrior, so naturally, Fang Li could only be assigned insignificant work.

Yet even insignificant work came with food, so it was no wonder the warriors disliked Fang Li.

Fang Li understood this better than anyone, but he held no resentment.

Because Fang Li knew that these warriors responsible for guarding the city wall were all destined to die.

In the coming fall of the station.

"In the original story, two Hayajiro will enter Aragane Station on the day the plot begins."

Mixed in with the warriors changing shifts and heading off to eat, Fang Li walked along while casually recalling the plot of the original work.

"The two Hayajiro arrive during the day and at night respectively. The one that comes during the day is nothing special, but the nighttime one has already been overrun by Kabane. It charges into the station when Aragane Station opens its gates to welcome it. From that moment on, Aragane Station is invaded by the Kabane."

That very day, Aragane Station would fall.

In other words, that day was Fang Li's only chance to complete Main Mission Two.

Before then, he had to find his mission target—the person Main Mission Two designated for protection.

Otherwise, Fang Li would either die under the siege of countless Kabane, or use the protection target as a way to board the Hayajiro meant for escape, survive, and perhaps even complete Main Mission Two.

"The problem is, when exactly is that day?"

This was the issue troubling Fang Li.

Even though he clearly knew the plot, that did not mean he could rest easy.

After all, many details could not be seen from behind a screen.

For example, Fang Li had no idea when Aragane Station fell. He only knew it happened on a certain night. As for which night exactly, even the original work had probably never mentioned it, right?

Even if it had been mentioned, Fang Li would never have remembered such an insignificant date.

This created a very serious problem.

Fang Li had no way to grasp the timing. At present, he could not even make use of half the advantage his foreknowledge gave him.

"What should I do?"

Fang Li pondered quietly.

Just then, several warriors suddenly came running from ahead, shouting as they ran.

"Hey! What are you all still doing there?!"

"Get to the training grounds, now! The Martial Contest has started!"

Hearing those warriors, Fang Li froze for a moment.

Martial Contest?

What was that?

While Fang Li stood there in a daze, the other warriors swept away the exhaustion on their faces and became somewhat energized.

"It's finally started?"

"I've been waiting for this day for a long time!"

"This time, I'm definitely going to make that guy from last time kneel before me and beg for mercy!"

Chattering all at once, the warriors began changing direction one by one and headed another way.

Seeing this, Fang Li finally came back to his senses. He instinctively stopped a warrior who was about to pass by him and hurriedly asked, "What are you planning to do? Aren't you going to eat?"

The warrior Fang Li stopped seemed somewhat annoyed and said directly, "We can eat anytime, but if we miss this Martial Contest, we'll have to wait another ten days. Who could stand that?"

"Martial Contest?" Fang Li asked curiously. "What exactly is the Martial Contest?"

"It's a gathering held once every ten days where Aragane Station's warriors compete with one another. It helps us train and lets us vent the frustration of guarding the city all the time. It's an extremely important pastime for us." The warrior curled his lip. "Anyway, it has nothing to do with you."

With that, the warrior ignored Fang Li and directly caught up with the main group.

Seeing that, Fang Li scratched his cheek and ultimately followed after them.

The training grounds the warriors spoke of were in front of a luxurious residence.

By the time Fang Li arrived, the place was already packed with people.

Most of those gathered were warriors, with very few ordinary civilians.

When Fang Li arrived, two warriors had already begun facing off in the open space before the residence.

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