Encounter

Mo did not answer the girl's questioning, nor did he directly attack and kill her as we had imagined. Although he had once slaughtered and destroyed an entire city the first time he logged into the game under this identity, after years of pent-up frustration had finally been vented and released, he had calmed down considerably.!

People who wanted to destroy the world could be divided into two types. The first type spent all day charging about, hysterically roaring about how they wanted to destroy the world. The second type worked diligently and kept their feet on the ground, devoting themselves to overturning the planet beneath them bit by bit.

The vast majority of the former were sent to mental hospitals. Some became various bosses, serving as stepping stones for the protagonists to gain experience and style points. Only a tiny minority succeeded in taking down the entire world because they were protagonists themselves. Even if they charged blindly without using their brains, they could still succeed. Such cheat-enabled players, who should obviously have been hammered by the plot, clearly could not be used as a reference.

Yes, I was talking about Kratos.

At this moment, Mo undoubtedly belonged to the latter type. Perhaps he truly possessed extraordinary talent in this game, but if he wanted to follow Kratos's neither-scientific-nor-magical idol route of "smash, smash, smash! Kill, kill, kill!", he would probably be doomed within two days. And besides...

Misfortune: You should not exist. Do not give anyone else or this world any opportunity!

Although the description of this talent was extremely vague, Mo had sufficient reason to believe that if he died in this world, there was at least a ninety percent chance that he would be unable to delete his account and revive like the other players. He would simply disappear.

It was precisely because of this that he could not give anyone else or this world any opportunity...

"I'm asking you a question!" The Dark Elf girl glared at Mo unhappily and asked again, "Did you kill my prey?"

Ji Xiaodao was in a terrible mood, and most of the blame lay with the faction she had been forcibly assigned to. After all, no matter how one looked at it, this taciturn and indifferent girl could not be considered Chaotic Evil. What was more, her circumstances had been exceptionally bizarre. While other people had nine faction gates they could try to resonate with at the start, Ji Xiaodao had found only one black-and-red gate, already half-open, standing there when she created her character. There had been nothing else around it.

Although she was not a particularly sociable person, having something like this happen to her still made her unhappy. That was why Ji Xiaodao, who had been irritable ever since entering the game, had shown no politeness toward the fellow in front of her, who clearly did not seem harmless.

Mo shrugged noncommittally. Pointing at the pile of charred bones on the ground, he asked the girl, "Was that your prey?"

"That's right." Ji Xiaodao nodded. Her guidance quest was to kill a "Swamp Boar," the monster that had collided with Mo a few minutes ago and been burned into a pile of bones.

As soon as she finished speaking, she saw the other party toss something toward her. Relying on the Dark Elf's high initial Agility, Ji Xiaodao lightly hopped backward and dodged the not-particularly-fast "ambush."

"This is compensation." Mo brushed past her, leaving only that sentence behind before walking away without looking back.

Ji Xiaodao froze for a moment. She lowered her head and pulled the "compensation" that had been stuck upside down in the ground free, only to be startled.

Black Curse Rapier

Weapon Type: One-handed

Quality: Fine

Attack: Relatively weak

Attributes: Agility +3, Strength +1, Constitution +1, extremely low chance to trigger the "Blind" status for 2 seconds.

Equipment Requirement: 6 Agility

Remarks: This is a finely crafted noble's rapier. The intricate and gorgeous curse patterns on its surface were worth far more than its actual function.

This was undoubtedly a fairly powerful weapon in the early stages of the game. Its equipment requirements were extremely low, and it also possessed a rather practical special effect. Although she had not played for long, Ji Xiaodao occasionally browsed the forums when bored, so she knew the value of this weapon during the early game.

However, this did not make her particularly happy...

"Hey!" After jogging a few steps to catch up, Ji Xiaodao extended the rapier in her hand back toward Mo and said indifferently, "Take it back. I only wanted to know whether you killed that thing. I don't need any compensation."

Mo turned and glanced at her, then shook his head. "Consider it a gift, then. My bags are full, and I wanted to free up some space."

Bags?

Ji Xiaodao paused slightly and asked, "You're a player?"

Mo nodded and continued walking.

"How can you be so strong?" Ji Xiaodao followed beside him without any intention of leaving. She looked at Mo's face, hidden beneath his cloak, with evident curiosity.

Player: Silent Prayer (Chaotic Evil) has applied to add you as a friend.

A translucent window appeared in the corner of Mo's vision. He stopped and asked coldly, "What does this mean?" He glanced at the girl walking beside him with her hands behind her back.

"Okay."

Ji Xiaodao's answer was concise.

Mo shook his head, casually rejecting the friend request. He shot her a glance. "Boring."

Ji Xiaodao was extremely familiar with those two words. She said them several times every day. Whether it was her sister, whose mental age was somewhat young, or some of the students around her, this somewhat cold girl always responded that way to topics she was not interested in—boring.

But hearing someone else say those two words did not feel very good...

"Stop right there!" she shouted at Mo in embarrassment and irritation. She had never acted so overbearingly since she had grown sensible, but for some reason, she was furious now!

And when she immediately realized that she seemed to be acting unreasonable, she became even angrier...

Extremely, unbelievably angry! Extremely, unbelievably irritated!

She also felt a little aggrieved for no apparent reason.

"Stay away from me." Mo did not even turn his head as he said coldly, "Otherwise, I'll kill you!"

He was undoubtedly serious. He had not killed Ji Xiaodao earlier not because she had a good figure and was beautiful, but because he did not want her to publicize his existence after reviving. That might interfere with some of Mo's plans. However, if this girl became too annoying, he did not mind killing her. Not only could he do it to a game character—even in reality, if necessary, he could do the same...

"Then kill me!" Ji Xiaodao stared at his back and shouted loudly, looking nothing like her usual self.

Mo sighed and stopped again. A mass of dark-red energy that continually contracted flickered at his fingertips. He was preparing to stop wasting words and kill her outright, but unexpectedly...

A burst of hoofbeats rang out. More than a dozen armored knights galloped over from nearby, led by a person holding a golden lance. From a distance, he shouted at the two of them, "Who are you? Stop and submit to inspection!"

"This is so annoying..." Mo sighed and waved at Ji Xiaodao. "Stay back if you don't want to die."

He then turned around to face the rapidly approaching knight squad.

Mo did not even need to guess. These people were probably members of the Sand Empire's knight order. He had obtained a great deal of information while destroying Banse City earlier, and judging by the timing, it was about time someone came looking for him.

Everything had originally been proceeding according to plan. Unfortunately, because of a certain girl's delay, an accident had occurred...

"Who are they?" Ji Xiaodao showed no intention of obeying him. Instead, she moved to Mo's side and jerked her chin toward the aggressively approaching knights.

"Living people." Mo was too lazy to drive her away again. Keeping his eyes on the same direction, he revealed a faint smile. "Though they'll be dead in a moment."

At that moment, the leading human knight reined in his warhorse a few meters in front of them. He drew the enormous two-handed sword from his back and shouted in a deep voice, "Do not make any rash moves. Put down your weapons immediately and submit to inspection."

Mo had nothing in his hands, but Ji Xiaodao was still holding a weapon.

She waved the Black Curse Rapier she had just obtained and asked in a low voice, "Are they your enemies? Do you need help?"

Mo ignored her. He merely walked two steps forward and looked up at the tall, broad-shouldered knight on horseback. "Are you the advance force heading to Banse City?"

Whoosh—

A fierce gust of wind swept past. The giant sword was already held beside Mo's neck, while its owner asked with extreme vigilance, "Who are you? What do you know? What happened to Banse City?"

"Heh heh~" Mo completely ignored the sword that could behead him with the slightest movement. He lifted his head and revealed a crazed smile. "It was all destroyed~~"

Pfft!

A scarlet beam of light suddenly burst from beneath his cloak. It tore through the neck of the warhorse beneath the knight, then continued toward the person riding it without losing momentum.

"Argh!!" Although the knight dodged the vital point at the last moment, the small explosion still blew apart the forearm holding his sword. He tumbled awkwardly from the warhorse as it crashed to the ground, letting out a heart-rending howl of pain.

Blood Flash

Active Skill

Mastery Requirements: Wisdom 30, Agility 45, possess the "Black Warlock" class, one hand

Cost/Restriction: 5%–30% of maximum health, Chaotic faction

Effect: Fires a flash of light through the index finger by converting the power of blood, dealing extremely powerful piercing damage to enemies in the indicated direction. Its strength depends on the total amount of blood converted. It can also trigger a flesh-burst effect, with damage determined by the target's physical strength. Cooldown: 3 seconds.

※ Hidden Effect ※

Because the caster possesses the Dark Blood talent, damage is increased by 20% and cost is reduced by 50%. There is an extremely low chance to trigger the "Blood and Flesh Reduced to Ash" effect, burning the target and consuming a percentage of its health equal to the spell's cost.

Remarks: A sorcery created by the heretic of the Black Warlock Association, "Blood Demon" Stridigor. It pierces enemies at the cost of sacrificing part of the caster's own blood. As one of Blood Demon's rare ranged combat methods, Blood Flash did not appear frequently. It was used more often to torment prey that was already on the verge of death.

Mo's Blood Flash, activated at the cost of 15% of his own health, immediately robbed the knight captain of his combat ability. Because of the hidden effect granted by the Dark Blood talent, the skill had undoubtedly dealt full damage to the target, while also triggering the "flesh-burst" effect and blowing away half of the knight captain's arm.

As a member of the temporary advance force, this knight captain, serving as high-level cannon fodder, was not particularly strong, though he was not weak either. Under normal circumstances, even a player with around level twenty in their class might not have been able to defeat him easily. At this point, on the second day after the game's launch, he was practically invincible compared with the players. Yet Mo, with his immensely powerful initial abilities, could still easily rob him of his combat ability without using any of his trump cards...

This showed just how many powerful skills and items he had acquired during his earlier slaughter of the city.

Ji Xiaodao was practically dumbfounded. Although she was confident that she could gain such combat power after some more time, that was absolutely impossible right now. Let alone her—even the big shots from many major gaming studios and clubs could never have done it!

This guy... had to be cheating, right?

Ji Xiaodao, who was usually calm in most situations, had completely lost her composure.

But Mo had no time to care whether she was calm. The dozen or so knights behind the captain had already arrived and quickly formed a triangular formation before charging at the mysterious person who had heavily wounded their commander in a single exchange.

The best angle, the simplest formation, the most forceful group skill!

Knight's Charge!

Although there were fewer than twenty of them, the knights somehow managed to create the momentum of a vast army. Their fundamentals were clearly extremely solid.

But it was useless...

Space rippled with a strange distortion. A figure less than a meter tall suddenly appeared in front of the knights' iron hooves. After letting out a shriek, it was instantly torn apart and flung away by several lances!

Then, the second!

A tiny figure covered in flames was knocked down by a galloping warhorse before it could even cry out, then trampled into a pool of minced meat.

The third!

Pierced through and thrown behind them...

The fourth!

Dead...

The fifth...

The sixth...

By the time the knight squad finally closed to within five meters of Mo, their earlier surging momentum had completely vanished. No matter how they maintained their speed and force under one obstruction after another, there was always a limit. When the ninth tiny monster was knocked away by the two knights at the front, they finally came to a stop...

A tenth little monster appeared in front of Mo. It had slender limbs, and thin scales covered its claws and lower legs. It faced the knights, brandishing its claws and letting out a series of strange, mocking laughs!

"Oh? You've stopped?" Mo shrugged, then raised his hand and pointed ahead. "All right, go scratch them!"

Summon Imp

Active Skill

Mastery Requirements: Intelligence 6, possess the "Summoner" or "Warlock" class

Cost/Restriction: 25 Mana

Effect: Summons two little demons from a lower plane that can accept simple commands and fight for you. Cooldown: 10 seconds.

Remarks: You cannot expect them to understand anything too complicated. The intelligence and combat power of these little troublemakers would not be much higher than those of two adult huskies combined.

Under the influence of the Demon Lord talent, all of Mo's skill cooldowns were only thirty percent of their original duration. Just now, he had summoned nine imps in a short period at a rate of two every three seconds, using them to slow the knights' charge. The final one then pounced forward under his command, brandishing its claws...

And then...

Summon: Explosion

Active Skill

Mastery Requirements: Intelligence 10, possess the "Summoner" class

Cost/Restriction: One summoned creature that obeys commands

Effect: Commands a summoned creature to self-destruct, dealing damage equal to three times the summoned creature's health to enemies within a two-meter radius. Cooldown: 20 minutes.

Remarks: Explode~right~where~you~are!!

Chapter One Hundred and Ten: End

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