The Players' War

As an important force in the Embers of the Burned Kingdom, the players naturally participated in this battle.

However, this group of Internal Beta testers only numbers a thousand, which is not enough to affect the overall situation of the war.

Players' strength seems to be rising rapidly, but that's just an exception—elite players like Singo, Steamed Bun, and Charlotte who have reached level four and touched the upper limit are extremely rare, numbering only a little over a hundred in the entire Internal Beta player group.

Most players get stuck at level two and can't progress any further; that's the norm.

In this hardcore "game", the monsters that can be upgraded, such as the Savage Boar and the Hill Giant, are impossible for normal players to defeat. They can only silently complete daily tasks and work as laborers in Erezege.

This battle against the "Frost Scourge" is on an even more exaggerated scale.

According to the player panel, the average Challenge Rating of an adult Frost Giant is level 8, which is almost equivalent to a mini-boss. There are still 300 such Frost Giant in this war. Even the elite troops of the Embers of the Burned Kingdom would need to suffer dozens of times more casualties on average to kill a single Frost Giant.

Therefore, this mission was only issued by Keosius to elite players who had reached level four.

As for the others? Let them work peacefully in the city and contribute from behind the scenes. Sending them into this kind of battlefield is just suicide, and their gaming experience is extremely poor.

However, it's inevitable that some novice players will follow in the footsteps of professional players and enter this chaotic battlefield.

"Holy crap, why are there so many bosses with question marks on their names?"

"There are just too many elite monsters."

"This doesn't seem to be the boss, it's just a regular enemy in this dungeon!"

"Ah?"

"You fucking call this a grunt?"

Before the words were even finished, a loud "thud!" was heard, and the player who had uttered the soul-searching question was smashed into a pulp by the Frost Giant's club, and before he could even react, his screen went black in the blink of an eye.

"What a weak little thing."

The Frost Giant scratched his head in confusion and continued running forward.

But soon, he was pounced on by more than a dozen Wyvern that attacked from the sky. After tearing apart four Wyvern with all his might, he was finally pierced by the venomous tail stinger, his heart stopped beating and he died.

"Let these foolish giants from the primitive era witness the power of magical technology!"

The Steel Frenzy summoned upgraded armor. The Watcher model armor was now much larger, standing six meters tall, almost like a Gundam.

Armored left arm held an energy field shield to block the rock fragments thrown by the giants, while the magic crossbow in right hand continuously fired Magic Missile, suppressing the several Frost Giant in front with powerful firepower.

"I've been waiting for this day for so long!"

"Donate your heart!"

A player named "Tata Kai," Artificer, activated a "Omni-Directional Mobility Gear" modified from School of Transmutation spell rune. He quickly launched his grappling hook and flew directly to the nape of a Frost Giant, where he slashed it hard with his sword.

"Whoosh—"

The skin on the back of the neck was cut open, and blood flowed out.

However, the Frost Giant did not die instantly as Tata Kai imagined. Instead, it instinctively slapped the back of his neck with its palm, crushing him into a pulp.

"Strange little thing."

The Frost Giant looked at the pool of human-shaped blood on his palm and muttered in confusion.

This Frost Giant was much larger than his kin, standing a full eleven meters tall. He was known in his tribe as "Big Head-Keba," and his close-combat ability was second only to the chieftain Kasa. No wonder Tata Kai.

"Hahaha, did you wander onto the wrong set?!"

"Let me teach him a lesson!"

Steel Frenzy laughed out loud in the cockpit.

He piloted the armor, firing several Magic Missile from his right arm, repeatedly striking the Frost Giant's head.

"Annoying lump of iron! I'm going to smash you flat!"

Undeterred by the relentless bombardment of missiles, the thick-skinned Keba charged forward.

The Frost Giant raised his enormous Bone Club high.

"Holy crap."

Looking up at the enormous figure that was about to engulf him, Steel Frenzy immediately sensed something was wrong. He raised his left arm and activated the highest level force field shield.

"Bang!"

"Splash!"

With a crisp sound, the force field shield was easily shattered by the Bone Club, like a fragile piece of glass.

The armor of the Steel Frenzy was once again smashed and deeply dented, turning into a pile of scrap metal with the sound of the explosion. He himself had long been smashed into a pulp by the Bone Club, Become One with his beloved armor.

"The guild leader got instantly killed again!"

"What kind of damage is this?"

"Even whales like Steel Frenzy got wiped out instantly, which tank can withstand this thing?"

The battle on the ground was incredibly fierce, while the battle in the air was much less intense; all that was needed was to dodge the Frost Giant ' attacks.

Singo and Steamed Bun rode on the back of Wyvern, speeding across the battlefield.

Steamed Bun down at the fierce battle, Mantou noticed the Steel Frenzy being instantly killed and couldn't help but exclaim, "What kind of strength is this Frost Giant? It was carrying dozens of Magic Missile, and then it was instantly killed with one blow."

Singo nodded. "This War Quest is too difficult. It's hard for us level 4 players to make a big difference. Let's just find some low-level soldiers and not mess with the bosses."

He pointed to Kasa on the ground.

"Especially that one."

The battle between Kasa and Dolo continued fiercely. There was no living thing within dozens of meters of them, and the ground was ravaged by the aftershocks of the battle. Every clash of their battle axes generated powerful shockwaves.

The Red Scale Conqueror from the [Royal Authority] guild, whose ID was "Da Dao," wanted to try his luck. He aimed at Kasa, preparing to fire a hidden arrow.

However, before he could release the bowstring, the Frost Giant chieftain on the ground, with his beast-like intuition, keenly sensed everything. He even took advantage of Dolo's rest to suddenly hurl rocks into the sky.

"The weak!"

"Who gave you the audacity to interfere in this battle!"

The rock shot straight into the sky like a cannonball, piercing through the Da Dao and the dragon, causing them both to fall to the ground.

Steamed Bun swallowed hard and said sullenly, "Hmm, you're right."

In their eyes, all the information about [Bone Breaker Kasa] was marked with red question marks indicating extreme danger. If their authority was high enough, they might see the words "Challenge Rating 16" above the Frost Giant's head.

Singo observed the battle and finally spotted a lone Frost Giant that was far from the center of the battlefield. Its Challenge Rating was also a normal level 8.

"That's him, Steamed Bun."

"Same old strategy, one of us will use crowd control to feint an attack while the other deals damage!"

"Okay, but don't steal my kills later—"

"You'll talk after you've actually won the fight!"

In one corner of the battle, two Wyvern streaked across the sky and swooped down rapidly.