Back to the Battlefield

Upon seeing the description of the mission, Xiao Yu inwardly cursed. He hadn't expected such a simple advancement mission to be so troublesome. It actually required him to help Odyssey win a war—this was just too ridiculous.

A sense of doubt crept into my mind again. Was this task really that difficult? You know, in this game, reaching level 10 takes professional players only ten days to half a month, and even the slowest players can reach it in one or two months.

With tens of thousands of players in the game, it would be ridiculous if every player's advancement quests were this difficult.

While most players choose to worship a deity and directly obtain advanced power from the deity without completing advancement quests, there must be quite a few players who want to choose different deities, like the Sword of the Fallen Angel.

Since the advanced quests are intended for many people, they shouldn't be this difficult, right?

This isn't a dungeon quest; the enemies you'll face are from the real world within the game.

Just the guards from the Kern Kingdom at the gate made it clear that not just anyone could break in.

He was only able to enter the tomb by tricking a large group of players with some schemes and tricks. For ordinary people, just completing the task of entering the tomb is already impossible, let alone now that there is a war.

Does a skeleton knight really require such a high price?

But wait a minute, I only said I wanted to advance and increase my strength, but I didn't say I wanted to advance to become a Skeleton Knight. Could it be that this quest is flexible, and my advancement level depends on my performance?

However, Xiao Yu quickly dismissed this guess, realizing that he must have missed something.

While his mind raced, Xiao Yu also glanced around at his surroundings. This was the place where he had first entered the game. Now it seemed that this was the edge of the battlefield, or at least not the main battlefield. He could see some soldiers from the Kern Kingdom fighting in small groups with soldiers from the Rhine Empire, just like before. However, he could not see the main forces of either side, nor the banners of their commanders.

Since the mission is to help Emperor Odyssey win the war, it means that the Rhine Empire has not yet been defeated.

He looked at his body and found that it had returned to its human form, just like when he first entered the game. It seemed that his identity was that of his former self.

Never mind that, he'd better get his own business sorted out first. He remembered that the Mad Lion Knights would be entering the arena soon, so every second counted.

While he was considering this, a soldier from the Kern Kingdom charged towards him.

It seems to be the very first enemy he killed when he first entered the game.

History really is repeating itself, he couldn't help but think to himself.

Consecutive Sword Strikes! With both swords drawn, Xiao Yu stabbed a soldier from the Kern Kingdom to the ground.

Huh? What's going on? Why are there two swords? He was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized that only his appearance had changed; his strength was still the same as in the game, and maybe his original attribute was still Undead.

As he thought about it, he charged toward the nearest enemy, and in a few quick moves, another enemy fell to the ground. However, killing was not enough. He remembered that he had once thought about how to break through this situation perfectly. The best way was to rescue the other Rhine Empire soldiers and advance as a team.

Looking around, not far away, a soldier from the Rhine Empire was thrown to the ground, and a soldier from the Kern Kingdom was slashing at him with a sword.

Deadly Throw! Xiao Yu's longsword flew from his hand, killing the soldier from the Kern Kingdom at the last second. Xiao Yu nodded to the rescued soldier, "Follow me!" As he spoke, he charged off in the other direction.

The soldiers on both sides who were fighting were generally only level two or three. Fortunately, although the scene had changed, Xiao Yu's attributes remained the same. As a level ten skeleton swordsman, it was still easy for him to kill these human soldiers who were generally only level three or five.

Blade of Curse! Bone Armor! Xiao Yu cast two level-two divine spells on himself in succession. The weapon emitted a faint glow, and the enemies who were stabbed by Xiao Yu immediately fell down one by one. A protective layer made of white bones appeared on their bodies, blocking all the attacks.

With the help of two divine arts and his own combat skills, Xiao Yu was virtually invincible, and he even began to experience a sense of unparalleled power.

In the blink of an eye, Xiao Yu wiped out dozens of soldiers from the Kern Kingdom, and also rescued more than thirty soldiers from the Rhine Empire. These soldiers seemed to regard Xiao Yu as their backbone and silently followed behind him.

"Boss, help me!"

Xiao Yu looked closely and saw that it was Big Water Cunt. He had now transformed into a human, but he looked no different from the real person, so Xiao Yu recognized him at a glance. Big Water Cunt was also wearing the uniform of the Rhine Empire soldier, but he had no weapon in his hand and was being chased by two soldiers from the Kern Kingdom.

"Go ahead and bite them!"

"Bite them?" Big Water Cunt was clearly a bit confused, not knowing what Xiao Yu meant.

Aren't you a zombie?

"But I've become human now."

"Only the appearance has changed, the attributes and skills are still there, you idiot!"

"Ah, is that so?" Big Water Cunt was stunned for a moment, but after a closer look, he immediately realized what was going on.

"Damn it, we let them chase us for nothing! Come on, let me have a couple of bites first!" As he spoke, he charged towards an enemy soldier. The soldier from the Kern Kingdom roared and stabbed the Big Water Cunt. However, for a zombie, such an attack was nothing more than a tickle. The Big Water Cunt was unharmed and instead bit the other soldier's neck, killing him in two bites.

It was a level 6 zombie and a level 4 Blasphemers, after all. The other soldier was terrified when he saw it and quickly followed suit.

Continuing to gather the surrounding soldiers, after killing all the enemy troops in the open area, Xiao Yu's team had grown to about fifty or sixty men. However, it was not time to relax yet. Knowing that the Mad Lion Knights were about to arrive, Xiao Yu hurriedly called everyone to rush into the grove next to the battlefield.

As soon as they entered the grove, a dark mass of cavalry emerged from the mist—it was the Mad Lion Knights.

They appeared in the fog, rushed across the battlefield, and then disappeared into the fog not far away, as if they had never been there at all.

"It's the Mad Lion Knights; they're attacking His Majesty's central army."

"We must support His Majesty the Emperor."

The voices of several soldiers behind him began to speak. Xiao Yu nodded. According to the plot, the key to today's battle was to protect the Emperor from being assassinated by Olorin. As long as the Emperor didn't die, victory was assured. The system wouldn't give them a mission they couldn't complete, so this mission was definitely not to have them fight the Four Kingdoms Allied Forces head-on, but to rescue the Emperor.

The direction those Mad Lion Knights charged in just now should be the location of the main battlefield.

"Brothers, follow me! We're here to rescue His Majesty the Emperor!" Xiao Yu said, brandishing his longsword and leading his soldiers out. They quickly arrived at the location where the Mad Lion Knights had disappeared, shrouded in mist. Xiao Yu guessed that the scene must have been divided into sections by the mist; otherwise, with such a vast battlefield, finding Odyssey would be too late. So he led his men straight in.