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Mission "Escort" Phase One Complete!

Mission Evaluation: Unbelievable!

Not only had you defeated the reinforcements of the Evil God Believers, you had even slain their commander. Your valor and ferocity had branded fear deep into the souls of your enemies. When they saw you, fear and trembling would be their only choices.

Mission Reward: 3,000 EXP, 2,000 Bonus EXP

Obtained Title—Evil Bane (All attributes increased by 10% when fighting Evil God forces)

Obtained Unbelievable Reward: Random Primarch Gene +1

Obtained Free Attribute Point +1, Specialization Skill Point +1

Note: Your valor had drawn the attention of the God of Tyranny. God of Tyranny Favorability +10

"Damn!"

Seeing the final notification, Duanmu Huai could not help but curse, then sighed helplessly.

In this world, the Chaos Gods were extremely strange beings. Many times, even if you defeated one, it would not necessarily hate you or become hostile toward you. On the contrary, it might even admire you more because of it.

Take the God of Tyranny, for example. It did not care who won or lost. It only cared about brave warriors, regardless of whether they were good or evil. As long as you displayed great strength and valor, you would draw the God of Tyranny's attention. And once it took a liking to you, it would do everything it could to drag you into its camp.

What? You were a brave and righteous warrior?

That was fine. As long as you fell to corruption, that was all that mattered. It did not care about the rest.

So, many times, the more you fought the Chaos Gods, the higher their favorability became. And once it got high enough, they would do everything possible to corrupt you and make you join their side.

From a certain perspective, it was incredibly annoying.

Forget it. There was no point thinking about that now.

Duanmu Huai shook his head and looked at the rewards before him. The best reward this time was naturally the Primarch Gene, a special permanent gene with twenty varieties in total. Every Primarch Gene possessed exceptionally powerful abilities. Normally, these Primarch Genes were distributed across twenty planets, and one could only obtain them by finding temples and passing trials. Yet he had been given one directly... Well, risk and reward really were proportional.

"I wonder which Primarch Gene I'll get..."

Staring at the interface before him, Duanmu Huai rubbed his hands together. What he wanted most right now was the Ninth Saint Blood Angel Gene. Setting aside everything else, this Primarch Gene permanently granted Max Charisma. Back when Duanmu Huai played the game, the first one he obtained was the Saint Blood Angel Gene. After that, doing quests had been like possessing maxed-out charm—everyone who saw him liked him... Not to mention that he had now physically crossed over, with his charisma locked in place. Only the Saint Blood Angel Gene could save his pathetic 1 point of charisma.

Let's begin!

Taking a deep breath, Duanmu Huai reached out and tapped the screen before him. The numbers rapidly began to spin, followed by...

Random Primarch Gene Determined

Obtained Fifteenth Scarlet Primarch Gene

Obtained Feats: "Warp Space Affinity," "Telepathy," "Psyker Specialization"

Warp Space Affinity: Each level increased maximum Warp Space Heat by 10 points and increased resistance by 10 points

Telepathy: The ability to communicate through telepathy

Psyker Specialization: Psychic Power spell potency +1 level

"...It'll do."

Looking at the descriptions before him, Duanmu Huai rolled his eyes helplessly. It was not the Saint Blood Angel Gene, but... he could accept it.

Honestly, aside from Warp Space Affinity, the other two feats were not very useful to him. After all, Soul Walkers were essentially summoners, not Sky Walkers who played around with elemental spells. Psyker Specialization was not much help to him.

Telepathy was useful, since it allowed him to contact others regardless of distance, but... Duanmu Huai did not have the contact information of any other Psykers.

Forget it. It was better than nothing.

At least with Warp Space Affinity and the Warp Armor, Duanmu Huai's Warp Space overheating limit had increased considerably. At the very least, he no longer had to worry about the limit on Soul Cards being insufficient.

In any case, after this battle, the pursuit by the Evil God Believers had finally come to an end. Duanmu Huai set off again with Elisa, though this time, there was one more person at their side.

"Huh? This young lady was summoned by you, Black Knight?"

Looking at Okegis standing beside Duanmu Huai—small in stature, holding a parasol in one hand and a Traveling Case in the other—Elisa cried out in surprise. To be honest, it had already been shocking enough when she saw Duanmu Huai return with a beautiful girl beside him. But when Elisa learned that Okegis had been summoned by Duanmu Huai, she was even more astonished.

"Black Knight, are you a mage?"

"I know a little."

Duanmu Huai did not deny it. Every world had Psykers, though Psykers went by different names in different civilizations—priests, clerics, mages, warlocks, shamans, even superhumans. In short, all beings capable of wielding supernatural powers were Psykers.

"..."

Hearing Duanmu Huai's reply, Elisa stared dumbfoundedly at the two-and-a-half-meter-tall giant before her, who held a Warhammer and wore heavy armor...

He was actually a mage?!

"All right, let's go."

Duanmu Huai put away his Mechanical Sword and swung his Warhammer.

After this battle, they should be able to travel in peace for quite some time.

Just as Duanmu Huai had guessed, they were never ambushed by the Evil God Believers again afterward. Perhaps the Bloodthirsty Maniac's death had frightened them, or perhaps they had other plans. In any case, those annoying flies never appeared before them again.

With the threat of pursuers gone, Elisa relaxed considerably. Along the way, she tirelessly tried to strike up conversations with Okegis, but the latter was like a robot and barely responded. Most of the time, she simply carried the Traveling Case in one hand, held the parasol in the other, and quietly followed behind Duanmu Huai.

Duanmu Huai also learned some information about this planet from Elisa.

According to Elisa, this world was like an ordinary fantasy world. Besides humans, there were several different races. Humans occupied the central region of the continent and had established a nation called the Radiant Empire. However, the empire was currently in dire straits. Because the previous ruler had suddenly died, several of his children had begun fighting for power, splitting the entire empire apart. The nonhuman races outside had seized the chance to invade, while Evil God Believers had sprung up everywhere. The entire empire was now in chaos.

Duanmu Huai was not surprised by this. After all... this was not the first time he had encountered something like it.

After another two or three days of travel, the group of three finally saw city walls in the distance.

"It's there, Black Knight!"

The moment she saw the walls, Elisa cried out excitedly.

"That's Silver City!"

"The situation doesn't look good."

However, unlike Elisa's excitement, Duanmu Huai's expression darkened slightly. Looking at the black smoke rising into the sky in the distance, he muttered softly.

"It looks like the city has been attacked."

"Huh?!"

Hearing Duanmu Huai's words, Elisa was greatly alarmed.

"Silver City has been attacked?!"

"We'll know once we get there. Okegis, protect Elisa! I'll go on ahead!"

With that, Duanmu Huai suddenly accelerated and charged forward.

With the assistance of his Power Armor, Duanmu Huai moved faster than a galloping horse. In only a few moments, he had crossed the wilderness and reached the city gate. At that moment, the heavy wooden gate had been smashed open, and the area was littered with the corpses of guards and creatures that looked like monsters.

A nonhuman assault on the city. Their luck was truly terrible.

As an experienced player, Duanmu Huai immediately recognized the situation. Clearly, this Border City had been attacked by nonhumans. The only question was what had happened inside—had everyone already been slaughtered, or were they making their last stand...

Either way, he would find out once he went inside!