Bloody Battlefield

First, everything went black as he entered the loading screen. Then, a series of battle cries reached Xiao Yu 'Xiao Yu ears, and a scene of an ancient battlefield in ruins appeared before his eyes.

Narrator: The war between the Rhine Empire and the Kern Kingdom has entered its tenth year, and the battle remains deadlocked. Countless soldiers have died on the battlefield, and you, as a glorious soldier of the Ryan Empire, will continue to fight to the end for the glory of the empire.

With a deep narration, the scene gradually became clearer: countless soldiers were fighting one-on-one, the battlefield was littered with corpses and broken weapons, the battle was extremely fierce, and it seemed to be coming to an end.

There were significantly fewer living people than corpses on the battlefield.

Xiao Yu's perspective rotated with the camera, eventually landing on a thirty-year-old soldier. He couldn't see the soldier's face, only his back. His view moved towards the soldier and then suddenly overlapped with his.

Suddenly, Xiao Yu felt he could move again. He found himself transformed into the soldier, a feeling akin to being possessed by a ghost. He awoke abruptly, but this time, he was the ghost possessing him.

The cold air was thick with the stench of blood. Pain throbbed from his wounds. Xiao Yu looked down; he was wearing the armor of the Rhine Empire soldier, a shield in his left hand, a longsword in his right. His muscles ached, and at his feet lay the corpse of a Kern Kingdom soldier. "Damn it, what's going on?"

He was stunned. He thought to himself, "Wasn't I playing a game? Could I have transmigrated? If it's a game, this feeling is too real. I've never experienced this kind of pain in the Sky World."

Is it that there's a law stipulating that the pain experienced in online games can't exceed one-tenth of real pain, or is it that I've actually traveled through time?

"System!" he shouted, but there was no response. Now he was really starting to panic.

Before he could try again, a soldier from the Kern Kingdom charged toward him from a short distance away.

The opponent was an axe-wielding soldier, wearing only chainmail and no helmet, wielding a two-handed battle axe. The gleaming axe blade was covered in blood and brains, and he swung it at him with a ferocious expression.

The realism was overwhelming, along with the tension of a life-or-death situation. As the axe came crashing down on him, Xiao Yu instinctively raised the shield in his left hand. With a loud thud, the impact made his arm go numb.

The man swung his axe again, and with a loud thud, the man's hand was split open.

Xiao Yu felt like he was about to lose his grip on the shield.

With a snap, the third axe blade embedded itself deeply into the shield, and then, with a sudden swing of the axe, the shield was sent flying.

Xiao Yu panicked upon losing his shield, feeling incredibly insecure. But he quickly realized that the opponent's weapon was stuck in the shield and couldn't be used for the time being—a perfect opportunity!

Without a second thought, he charged forward, brandishing his longsword. Before the opponent could pull his axe from his shield, Xiao Yu had already plunged his sword directly into the opponent's chest.

Blood spurted out, the warm liquid splashing all over Xiao Yu's face. The man made a few gurgling sounds in his throat before collapsing to the ground, his eyes wide open in death.

A flash of lightning streaked across the sky, followed by a deafening roar of thunder. Cold rain began to fall, washing away the bloodstains on the sword and calming Xiao Yu's overheated mind. Whether the situation before him was part of a game or he had truly and accidentally transmigrated, his priority was to survive.

In the past, he might have panicked. Although "Sky World" is a very realistic game, it's still just a game. It doesn't hurt, and there are various game data reminders, so he always knows he's playing a game.

The game before him was so realistic that Xiao Yu even had the feeling that he had traveled through time.

The feeling of killing was more real. The other person didn't scream and disappear in a white light, nor did they scream and then fall silent. They weren't obscured by mosaics. Instead, they lay there, covered in blood, panting for their last breath.

However, since Xiao Yu had just killed someone in reality, the shock before him was not enough to leave him completely bewildered.

"Come quick, there's another guy over here!" A shout suddenly came from behind.

Xiao Yu turned around to look at the sound, only to see five or six soldiers from the Kern Kingdom rushing towards him. He glanced around and realized that the soldiers of the Rhine Empire had almost all been killed.

There's no escaping it now.

"Damn it, let's fight!" Xiao Yu roared. In an instant, some memories of combat skills flashed through his mind, seemingly the combat memories of this Rhine Empire soldier.

Cleave! Gripping the sword with both hands, he turned to dodge the enemy's frontal attack and cleaved the helmet in two with a single strike.

He casually picked up the opponent's weapon, swung his twin swords horizontally, and deflected the attacks launched by the two enemies on his left and right.

A halberd-wielding soldier brought the blow down on his head.

Parry Counter! Raise both swords together to block the opponent's weapon, then press down hard, wedging them right at the opponent's neck. With a forceful slash, the man's head flew off.

Consecutive Sword Strikes! Three consecutive thrusts left his third opponent flustered and on the verge of opening his fist, Xiao Yu suddenly ducked and launched a fierce thrust.

Thrust Strike!

With a soft thud, the sword pierced through the opponent's chest, going straight through him.

In the blink of an eye, Xiao Yu killed three people. The remaining few, seeing that things were not going well, turned and ran.

Did we win?

Looking at the corpses around him, Xiao Yu felt a surge of relief. He still couldn't figure out what had happened; he had clearly intended to create an Undead character, so how did he end up as a human?

I think I'm using the character's costume from before he died.

Does death allow for the next step in making choices? What does all this hard work mean now?

However, this confusion was quickly dispelled. The heavy sound of hooves jolted him awake from the chaos. He turned his head and looked behind him. He didn't know when, but a large cavalry army had emerged from the rain and charged towards him. There were hundreds of them, all covered in black armor, wearing horned helmets, and riding black horses that were also clad in armor. They charged towards him like an unstoppable torrent of steel.

Xiao Yu knew he was doomed. According to his memories, the people before him were the Mad Lion Knights of the Kern Kingdom.

He suddenly realized that this was his character's battlefield experience before death, similar to an initial mission. He was doomed to die today, and no matter how much he struggled, he would only face certain death. The only question was whether his actions before his death would affect the character he had created.

It's possible that it will have no impact at all, but there's also a slight possibility that your performance in the initial mission will affect the attributes of the character you create.

But no matter what, it's worth the effort!

He quickly assessed the charging tin cans and his own fighting strength, and immediately concluded that he had no chance against these monsters. Even if he dismounted and fought on foot, he probably couldn't handle even one or two of them.

The only place to earn battle points was among the ordinary soldiers scattered everywhere.

The ordinary soldiers of the Rhine Empire are similar to those of ancient Rome, and their equipment is significantly better than that of the militia of the Kern Kingdom. They are also probably better trained, which is why I was able to kill three people in a row before, but I was useless against their elite knights.

Thinking of this, he turned and ran, rushing straight into the woods behind him.

Although the forest wasn't very dense, its intertwined roots made the ground quite uneven. He was gambling that the enemy wouldn't ride their precious warhorse into the forest to fight.

In fact, he made the right bet. The knights stopped at the edge of the forest, without even dismounting, and directly called the surviving soldiers into the forest to hunt down Xiao Yu.