Skirmish

Mo didn't answer the girl's question, nor did he directly start killing people as we might have imagined. Although he had bloodied and destroyed a city the first time he logged into the game with this identity, he had calmed down a lot after years of suppression being vented and released.

There are two types of people who want to destroy the world: the first are those who charge around all day, hysterically roaring that they want to destroy the world; the second are those who work diligently and practically, dedicated to slowly overturning the planet beneath their feet.

The former are mostly escorted to mental hospitals, and some become various bosses, serving as stepping stones for the protagonists to gain experience and show off their style. Only a very small number of people, because they are the protagonists, manage to overthrow the whole world even if they blindly rush forward without thinking. Such blatant cheaters should not be used as a reference.

Yes, I'm talking about Kratos.

And Mo at this time undoubtedly belongs to the latter. Perhaps he does have extraordinary talent in this game, but if he wants to take the Kratos route of 'hack, hack, hack! kill, kill, kill!', which is neither scientific nor magical, he'll probably be finished in two days, and...

[Misfortune: You shouldn't exist, don't give anyone else or this world any chance!]

Although the description of this talent is very vague, Mo has enough reason to believe that if he dies in this world, there is at least a 90% chance that he won't be able to wash his account and revive like other players, but will disappear directly.

And that's exactly why he can't give anyone else or this world any chance, right?

"I'm talking to you!" The dark elf girl glared at Mo with an unfriendly expression, asking the guy who had been spacing out since just now again, "Did you kill my prey?"

Ji Xiaodao's mood was very bad, mainly due to the camp she was forcibly assigned to. After all, from any point of view, this somewhat taciturn and indifferent girl doesn't count as 'Chaotic Evil'. Moreover, her experience was too bizarre. Others initially had nine camp gates to try to resonate with, but Ji Xiaodao only had one half-open black and red gate standing there when she created her character, with nothing around it.

Even though she wasn't a very gregarious person to begin with, the fact that this happened to her made her feel not so happy, so Ji Xiaodao, who had been in a state of irritability since going online, was impolite to this guy who didn't look like a good person in front of her.

Mo shrugged his shoulders noncommittally, pointing to the pile of charred bones on the ground and asking the girl, "Is that your prey?"

"That's right." Ji Xiaodao nodded. Her guiding quest was [Kill a 'Swamp Pig'], which was also the monster that had been burned into a pile of bones a few minutes ago because it ran into Mo.

As soon as she finished speaking, she saw the other party throw something at her. Relying on the dark elf's higher initial dexterity, Ji Xiaodao nimbly jumped back and dodged this 'sneak attack' that wasn't fast to begin with.

"This is compensation." Mo brushed past her at this moment, leaving behind these words and walking away without looking back.

Ji Xiaodao was stunned for a moment, then looked down and picked up the 'compensation' stuck upside down in the ground, and was slightly startled.

[Black Curse Rapier]

Weapon Type: One-Handed

Quality: Fine

Attack Power: Weak

Attributes: Dexterity +3, Strength +1, Constitution +1, Extremely low chance to trigger 'Blind' status for 2 seconds.

Equipment Requirement: 6 Dexterity

[Note: This is a fine noble rapier. The curse patterns on it are exquisite and gorgeous, and its appreciation value far exceeds its actual use.]

This was undoubtedly a rather powerful weapon in the early stages of the game. It had extremely low equipment requirements and a very practical effect. Even though she hadn't played for long before, Ji Xiaodao, who would browse the forums when she was bored, also knew the value of this weapon in the early game.

But that didn't make her very happy...

"Hey!" Ji Xiaodao ran a few steps to catch up with the other party, handed the rapier in her hand back to Mo, and said faintly, "I'm giving it back to you. I just wanted to know if you killed that thing, I don't need any compensation."

Mo turned his head and glanced at her, but shook his head: "Then consider it a gift from me, my inventory is full, I want to free up some space."

Inventory?

Ji Xiaodao was slightly stunned and asked, "Are you a player?"

Mo nodded and continued walking.

"How can you be so strong?" Ji Xiaodao followed beside him, with no intention of leaving at all, looking at Mo's face hidden under the cloak with some curiosity.

[Player: Silent Prayer (Chaotic Evil) requests to add you as a friend]

A semi-transparent window appeared in the corner of Mo's vision. He stopped and coldly asked the girl walking beside him with her hands behind her back, "What do you mean?"

"Okay."

Ji Xiaodao's answer was concise.

Mo shook his head, casually rejected the friend request, and glanced at her: "Boring."

Ji Xiaodao was very familiar with these two words. She would say them several times every day, whether it was her older sister, whose mental age was a bit young, or some of the students around her, this somewhat indifferent girl would always respond to topics she wasn't interested in like this – boring.

But the feeling of being told these two words by someone else wasn't very good...

"You stop right there!" She shouted at Mo with some annoyance. This somewhat unreasonable behavior was something Ji Xiaodao had never done since she became sensible, but for some reason, she was very angry at this moment!

And after realizing that she seemed to be a bit unreasonable, she became even angrier...

Especially, especially angry! Especially, especially annoyed!

And a bit of inexplicable grievance.

"Stay away from me." Mo said coldly without turning his head: "Or I'll kill you!"

He was undoubtedly serious. The reason he didn't kill Ji Xiaodao before wasn't because this girl had a good figure and was pretty, but because he didn't want her to publicize his existence after she revived. This might hinder some of Mo's plans, but if this girl was too annoying, he wouldn't mind killing her. Not to mention a character in the game, even in reality, he could do it if necessary...

"Then kill me!" Ji Xiaodao stared at his back and shouted loudly, not like her usual self at all.

Mo sighed, stopped again, and a shrinking ball of dark red energy flickered at his fingertips, preparing to stop talking nonsense and strike a deadly blow, but unexpectedly...

A sound of horses' hooves rang out, and a dozen knights in armor galloped from not far away, the leader holding a golden lance, shouting loudly at the two from afar: "Who are you! Stop and accept inspection!"

"Annoying..." Mo sighed, waved his hand at Ji Xiaodao: "Stay away if you don't want to die."

Then he turned around to face the approaching squad of knights.

Mo didn't even need to guess to know that these people should be members of the Sand Empire's Knights. He had obtained a lot of information during the process of destroying Banse City before, and calculating the time, someone should be coming soon.

Originally, everything was planned, but unfortunately, due to a certain girl's delay, there was a slight accident...

"Who are they?" Ji Xiaodao completely ignored his words and instead walked to Mo's side, nodding her chin towards the menacing group of knights.

"Living people," Mo said, too lazy to shoo her away again, his gaze fixed in the same direction, a smile appearing on his face. "Though they'll be dead soon."

At that moment, the leading human knight reined in his warhorse a few meters in front of them, drew the huge two-handed sword from his back, and said in a deep voice, "Don't move rashly, drop your weapons immediately and submit to inspection."

Mo wasn't holding anything, but Ji Xiaodao was still gripping her weapon.

The latter swung the Black Curse Rapier she had just obtained and asked in a low voice, "Are they your enemies? Need any help?"

Mo ignored her, took two steps forward, and looked up at the tall young knight and his horse, asking, "Are you the advance party heading to Banse City?"

Whoosh—

A gust of wind swept past as the greatsword was placed against Mo's neck, its owner asking with utmost vigilance, "Who are you? What do you know? What happened to Banse City?"

"Heh~" Mo completely disregarded the greatsword that could decapitate him with a slight movement, looked up, and revealed a manic smile: "It's all been destroyed~~"

Pfft!

A streak of scarlet light burst from under his cloak, directly tearing apart the neck of the knight's warhorse, and then, with undiminished power, attacked the person on its back.

"Ah!!" Although he dodged the vital point at the critical moment, the knight still had his sword-wielding forearm shattered and fell from the crashing warhorse in a sorry state, letting out a heart-wrenching scream.

Blood Flash

Active Skill

Mastery Requirements: Intelligence 30, Dexterity 45, Possess the class 'Black Warlock', Have Hands

Consumption/Restrictions: 5% - 30% Health, Chaotic alignment

Effect: Emit a flash of light from the index finger, generated by converting the power of blood, dealing extremely penetrating damage to enemies in the pointed direction. The intensity depends on the total amount of blood converted, and it can also trigger a flesh explosion effect. Damage depends on the opponent's physical strength. Cooldown: 3 seconds

※Hidden Effect※

Due to the caster's talent for Dark Blood, damage bonus is increased by 20%, consumption is reduced by 50%, and there is a very low chance to trigger the 'Flesh to Ashes' effect (burns a percentage of the target's health equal to the spell's consumption)

[Note: A sorcery created by the heretic of the Black Warlock Association - 'Blood Demon' Stridigor, at the cost of some of one's own blood to penetrate enemies. As a rare ranged combat method in the 'Blood Demon's' life, Blood Flash's frequency of appearance is not high. It is mostly used to torture those who are already dying.]

The Blood Flash that Mo unleashed by sacrificing 15% of his own health directly rendered the knight commander unable to fight. Due to the hidden effect brought by the Dark Blood talent, this skill undoubtedly dealt full damage to the opponent and also triggered the 'flesh explosion' effect, blowing off half of the knight commander's arm.

As a member of the temporary advance team, this knight commander, who was acting as high-level cannon fodder, was not considered too strong, but he was not weak either. Under normal circumstances, even a player with a professional level of around 20 might not be able to take him down easily. At this time, on the second day of the server launch, he was almost invincible compared to the players, but Mo, who had extremely powerful initial abilities, could still easily render him unable to fight, and that was without using any of his trump cards...

It was evident how many powerful skills and equipment he had acquired for himself during the previous city massacre.

Ji Xiaodao was almost stunned. Although she was confident that she could obtain such combat power after a while, it was definitely not now. Not to mention herself, even many big shots from large game studios or clubs could never do it!

This guy... is cheating, isn't he...

Ji Xiaodao, who was usually calm, was completely unsettled.

However, Mo didn't have time to care whether she was calm or not. At this moment, more than a dozen subsequent knights had arrived, quickly adjusting into a triangular formation and charging towards this mysterious person who had severely injured their leader with one move.

The best angle, the simplest formation, the most impactful cluster skill!

Knight Charge!

Although there were less than twenty people, at this moment, the knights brought out the momentum of thousands of troops, which showed that their basic skills were very solid.

However, it was useless...

The space twisted and vibrated subtly, and a figure less than a meter tall suddenly appeared in front of the knights' iron hooves, then, after letting out a scream, was instantly torn apart and thrown away by several lances!

Then, the second one!

The small figure, covered in flames, didn't even have time to cry out before being knocked down by the galloping warhorses and trampled into a pile of minced meat.

The third one!

Pierced through, thrown behind...

The fourth one!

Dead...

The fifth one...

The sixth one...

When the knight squad finally approached within five meters of Mo, the surging momentum they had before was gone. After repeated obstructions, there was a limit to how they could maintain their speed and impact. When the ninth little monster was knocked away by the two knights in the front, they finally stopped...

The tenth little monster appeared in front of Mo. It had slender limbs, and its claws and calves were covered with thin scales. It bared its fangs and claws at the knights, making a series of strange laughs!

"Oh? They stopped?" Mo shrugged, then pointed forward: "Alright, go scratch them!"

Summon Imp

Active Skill

Mastery Requirements: Intelligence 6, Possess the class 'Summoner'/'Warlock'

Consumption/Restrictions: 25 Mana

Effect: Summon two small demons from the secondary plane who can accept simple commands to fight for you. Cooldown: 10 seconds.

[Note: You can't expect them to understand things that are too complicated. The intelligence and combat power of these little troublemakers are not much higher than 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. He had just used nine imps in rapid succession, at a rate of two every three seconds, to slow down the knights' advance. The last imp, under his command, bared its fangs and claws as it pounced forward...

And then...

[Explode]

Active Skill

Requirements: 10 Intelligence, 'Summoner' class

Cost/Restriction: One obedient summoned creature

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.

[Note: Original ~ Ground ~ Explosion!!]

Chapter 10: The End