Starting with the Herrschers, I Cut Down All

Starting with the Herrschers, I Cut Down All

Author: Qing Xu

Synopsis:

If, and I mean if, the mobs you killed in a game were all real human lives, would you still enjoy being a Horde Slayer?

"What kind of nonsense is this? Getting all sentimental over a game."

"If that day ever comes, I'll be the first to choose the blue pill, travel to the original poster, and slap him across the face."

"Enough talk for now, someone's at the door checking the water meter. Give me two minutes."

An Yu transmigrated. He had a beautiful boss named Bronya, a chubby older sister at home, and a job as a world-building planner. His life was happy and fulfilling.

But just because I play a Horde Slayer game, you insist I'm guilty of heinous crimes?

An Yu pointed at his sister: "If you insist that the people I cut down are real, then show me a Herrscher of Origin!"

"Go on, show me!"

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Volume 1: Chapter 1 Horde Slayer

Survivor: An Yu

Level: 1

Skill: Gun Mimicry 1 [Benefits from attack speed and attack power]

Gun Mimicry 1: Automatically targets the nearest enemy.

Attributes: None

Fight, fight!

Another headshot!

Flesh and blood turned into experience points on the ground. When An Yu approached within 3 meters, the experience points automatically followed and merged into his body.

[Ding! Congratulations on leveling up!]

[Please select an upgrade path]

Gun Mimicry 1→2

Attack speed 0→1

Attack power 0→1

Without much thought, An Yu instantly chose his initial skill, Gun Mimicry.

Gun Mimicry 2: Can mimic several types of weapons simultaneously.

"Let me tell you, forget about Elden Ring or Dark Souls gameplay! Horde Slayer roguelikes are where the real fun is!"

What's the point of going over there to suffer? Technology is so advanced now; even if you hone your martial arts to perfection, what does it matter?

He clicked the virtual game panel and switched to first-person perspective.

His vision suddenly lowered, and a gorgeous toy gun appeared in An Yu's hand. It felt slightly heavy, but that tactile feedback was one of the things that made him addicted to this new game.

Games should be this realistic!

"Small, illicit game studios are the best! These forbidden games that aren't supposed to exist... are awesome!!!"

Monsters refreshed again. An Yu dove forward, bang, bang, bang!!!

Three headshots, plus the gun barrels manifesting around his body, automatically locked onto targets.

Based on the automatic pickup range for experience, the experience bar at the bottom of An Yu's view reset again, and his level reached 3.

[Please select your upgrade path]

Gun Mimicry 2→3

Movement speed 0→1

Artillery Support 0→1

Still, he mindlessly chose the initial skill.

Gun Mimicry 3: After killing an enemy, you can mimic the enemy's weapon.

?

"What kind of trash evolution path is this? No wonder they can only make forbidden games."

Stepping on the flesh and blood, which had been blurred out, An Yu shifted his thoughts, and the kitchen knives and baseball bats used by the common mobs appeared in his hands.

"I hope evolving to level 4 can strengthen these initial weapons, otherwise the designer really has a screw loose!"

Bang!

A gunshot rang out. An Yu's vision quickly turned red. Looking at the health bar in the bottom right corner that had lost one-fifth of its capacity, he immediately switched back to his main weapon, and a barrage of gunfire instantly killed the elite monster.

After the elite monster died, a massive card appeared in his field of vision, and An Yu hurried over to pick it up.

[Obtain Additional Attribute Selection]

Attack Speed 0→1

Attack Power 0→1

Vitality 0→1

The sudden attribute selection made An Yu ponder for a moment. Although his health had decreased, it seemed that the minor monsters in this game did not drop health packs.

But!

He still chose attack speed.

Attack Speed 1: Your attack speed increases by 20%.

He didn't feel much, but when the next wave of minor monsters emerged from the street, An Yu clearly felt that his trigger-pulling speed was much faster.

"Where are the chests? Where are the quests? Why does this game have nothing at all!"

An Yu sprinted down the street. The map provided with this starter character seemed to have bugs; minor monsters only spawned at fixed points rather than outside his field of vision.

Therefore, he had to keep running across the map to level up.

No wonder it could only be a banned game! Trash designer!

The flow of time accelerated, and the sky soon turned to night. An Yu swiped through the interface.

Survivor: An Yu

Level: 9

Skills: Gun Mimicry 5, Artillery Support 3

Attributes: Attack Speed 3, Skill Frequency 2

Gun Mimicry 5: Everything within sight shall be your subject.

Artillery Support 3: Shells will evolve according to the most powerful weapon you currently understand.

Attack Speed 3: Your attack speed increases by 60%.

Skill Frequency 2: Your skill release frequency increases by 40%.

"Are there no bosses?"

"And for a roguelike Musou Grass-Cutting game, why make the weather system so realistic? Does the designer have a hole in their brain?"

An Yu sat on the rooftop. The minor monsters on this map seemed to be cleared out; there were only three elite monsters in total.

Surely he didn't have to run to the next map himself?

Looking at the six-kilometer map guide on the system, An Yu jumped straight off the high-rise.

The dilapidated yet still upright building gradually tilted with the fluctuation of his thoughts, and a skateboard appeared under his feet. A hundred-meter-tall building took only a few dozen seconds to descend while gliding at high speed.

"This sensory feedback!!! Awesome!!!"

The latest High-speed Hover Vehicle was mimicked, and An Yu prepared to speed all the way to the next map.

Although there were occasional scattered minor monsters in the middle of the road, the gun barrels around his body automatically killed them, and the experience points chased relentlessly behind the vehicle.

This joy of Musou Grass-Cutting lasted until... until he saw the boss, a girl with pink hair and determined eyes.

She drew her bow, blocked the path ahead, and tried to stop the high-speed racing hover vehicle.

Hmph! Unwise! Reckless!

An Yu also had a determined gaze. Let's test the impact of a 2060 state-of-the-art vehicle, buddy!

Explode into an attribute card for me!

Bang!

[Game Over]

An Yu lay in the gaming pod, stunned for a long time. How did I die?

I didn't see it clearly.

Did this trash game not design the subsequent maps? So running out resulted in an instant mechanical death.

He tried to touch the second level, but it prompted that the first level had not been cleared yet. The clearance requirement was to reach level 15.

Clicking on the first level again, he discovered that this game had a playtime limit; he had to wait at least half an hour to re-enter.

"Trash game."

"I'll play again when I get home."

An Yu pushed open the gaming pod and lazily stretched his waist.

"An Yu, stop playing games. The boss said if we can't come up with a complete and harmonious worldview, our planning team will have to pack up and get out."

His colleague looked distressed and helpless, without even a hint of complaint; he looked like a qualified, hardworking corporate slave.

"Was the previous worldview thrown into the trash can again?"

"Tell me, is that idiot lead writer still struggling with his own ideas?"

An Yu wore an expression that said he had known it all along.

His colleague nearby hurriedly winked at him, but before An Yu could try to smooth things over, a cold, crisp voice drifted from behind him.

"Do you have a problem with Bronya?"

The beautiful girl with hair like a silver waterfall leaned against the corner of the desk with her arms crossed, her slender leg wrapped in a single white stocking tapping incessantly. She did not seem to be in a good mood.

An Yu: ...

"Who started that rumor! How could I possibly have a problem with you, Boss!"

Even though the boss had failed to reach the finals of the [Game Competition] for five consecutive years.

Last year, she had been eliminated in the round of 16 under the gaze of the entire world, suffering a first-round exit in her home country of Russia.

However, being able to pass various qualifiers every year only to be eliminated at the world championship could also be considered a form of skill.

Thinking of this, An Yu subconsciously wanted to laugh, but he held it in.

"I hope the reason you are so glib is because you have come up with a new creative idea."

Bronya's tone was haunting; she knew exactly how An Yu badmouthed her in private: Useless Duck, Useless Duck, top eight every year, occasionally top sixteen, what a useless duck!

An Yu hurriedly tried to make amends: "Ahem, I remember that you first made a name for yourself, Boss, with the world-building of Imaginary Energy and Honkai."

Back then, a young Bronya had fought her way into the grand finals, and although she narrowly lost to an established game company from Austria, she was still hailed as a genius producer in the gaming industry.

Even now, that game still retained significant popularity and had spawned numerous spin-off works.

For instance, the bloody, prohibited roguelike hack-and-slash game that An Yu had just been playing, the one that could not be released on the market.

Volume 1: Chapter 2 Bang!

Bronya lifted her eyelids: "What are you trying to say?"