Ch. 21Humans and Monsters Walk Different Paths

Xiao Yu defeated Supreme Greatsword, Purple Toffee, and Vivi Soy Milk after their party battled him and his allies. He leveled up and dismantled their dropped equipment into crafting materials.

  • Xiao Yu interrupted Supreme Greatsword's attacks with spells and healing while the warrior struggled against him and the fire elemental.
  • The mage and priest froze and killed the three orcs, but Supreme Greatsword fled toward them and Xiao Yu killed him with Flame Missiles.
  • With his mana depleted, Xiao Yu ordered the fire elemental to fight the water elemental and killed Purple Toffee with staff strikes.
  • Xiao Yu killed Vivi Soy Milk, leveled up, and used the system to dismantle the adventurers' three pieces of equipment into nine Adventurer's Remains Fragments.

Ch. 22Beaten Down

Xiao Yu resurrected the three Blackrock orcs, continued hunting adventurers until he reached level twelve, and gathered enough materials for exclusive equipment. A revenge party led by Supreme Greatsword overwhelmed him, but Xiao Yu paid 24 points to resurrect at camp.

  • Xiao Yu resurrected the three Blackrock orc brothers and encouraged Killer Codename 38 and Invincible Hero to level up.
  • Xiao Yu gathered wood and killed several groups of adventurers, reaching level twelve and collecting 45 units of materials.
  • A group of seven or eight adventurers led by Supreme Greatsword ambushed Xiao Yu as he headed back to camp.
  • Xiao Yu broke free of the druid's Entangling Vines but was interrupted, surrounded, and killed by the adventurers.
  • Xiao Yu paid 24 points to resurrect and reappeared at camp.

Ch. 23Ogre Wizard

Xiao Yu strengthened the Mud Hole Tribe’s defenses and trained more goblins after players threatened the camp. The next morning, an ogre wizard named Grabb appeared at the campfire, and Xiao Yu chose to mobilize his troops against him rather than recruit him.

  • Xiao Yu ordered goblin scouts into the watchtowers, expanded the camp, and began training goblin warriors and scouts through the night.
  • Two goblin messengers returned after delivering letters to Black Rode and Big Gold Tooth, and Xiao Yu sent them out again to deliver another letter to Hogger.
  • Xiao Yu found Grabb, a hungry level 13 ogre wizard, beside the campfire, where Grabb had eaten the goblin cook.
  • Xiao Yu decided Grabb was too dangerous to recruit and ordered his goblins to form up for battle, while Grabb watched in confusion.

Ch. 24Goblin Champion Warrior

Xiao Yu killed Grub the Ogre and helped Invincible Hero and Killer Codename 38 choose new classes after they reached level ten. The chapter ended with Invincible Hero becoming a goblin champion warrior and Killer Codename 38 becoming a goblin hunter.

  • Xiao Yu and his goblin forces overwhelmed Grub the Ogre, and Xiao Yu killed him with Flame Missiles, earning 29 reputation.
  • Xiao Yu sent Invincible Hero and Killer Codename 38 out with goblin underlings to gain levels while adventurers attacked lone goblins outside the camp.
  • The adventurers stopped killing goblins when the camp's subordinate monsters no longer respawned, and Hogger's messengers returned with confirmation that he would attend the alliance meeting.
  • Invincible Hero and Killer Codename 38 each reached level ten, and Xiao Yu advised them to choose the goblin champion warrior and goblin hunter classes.
  • Invincible Hero gained Aura of Courage and Battle Stance, while Killer Codename 38 gained Lesser Beast Taming and Track Adventurers.

Ch. 25The Giant

Xiao Yu crafted an Evil God Sacrificial Robe, recruited the giant Aduo, and prepared the Mud Hole Tribe for an attack on Nightwhisper Village as its food supplies dwindled. He then attended an alliance meeting at an abandoned tower, where several monster faction leaders gathered.

  • Xiao Yu used Adventurer Remnant Fragments to craft and wear the Evil God Sacrificial Robe.
  • Xiao Yu recruited Aduo the giant and brought the Mud Hole Tribe's strength to 200 population, while its food reserves continued to shrink.
  • Xiao Yu traveled with Aduo, the Blackrock Orc brothers, his player subordinates, and goblin warriors to the abandoned tower for an alliance meeting.
  • Hogger, Big Gold Tooth, Blake Rhode, and the meeting's organizer, Eric the goblin pyromancer, arrived and sized one another up.

Ch. 26Negotiations

Xiao Yu proposed that the monster leaders join forces to attack Nightwhisper Village, explaining that taking part in a major story event could earn them reputation and advance their templates. Derek and Black?Rod showed signs of being players, and Derek became interested, though he worried the game system would prevent an attack on a village full of adventurers.

  • Xiao Yu told Hogger, Black?Rod, and Big Gold Tooth that he wanted them to help attack Nightwhisper Village, but Hogger objected and Black?Rod asked what they would gain.
  • Xiao Yu discovered that Black?Rod was a player, then received a message from Derek, a rare elite gnoll vanguard officer, identifying himself as a player.
  • Xiao Yu explained that participating in story events could earn reputation points and help monsters advance their templates.
  • Derek grew eager to join the attack after learning how reputation worked, but asked whether the system would allow monsters to slaughter adventurers in a newbie village.
  • Xiao Yu assured Derek that the game company would welcome an attack like this.

Ch. 27Help Me Take Down Hogger

Xiao Yu persuaded several monster leaders to join an alliance, but when Hogger tried to leave, Derek proposed helping overthrow him and claim leadership of the gnolls. Xiao Yu lured Hogger back to the watchtower and launched an ambush, leaving the fight underway.

  • Xiao Yu explained that monsters could organize their own sieges, but Hogger rejected the alliance and started to leave with Big Gold Tooth.
  • Derek offered to bring the gnolls into the alliance if Xiao Yu helped him take down Hogger, and Black Rod agreed to join the attack.
  • Xiao Yu tricked Hogger into returning to the tower by promising him treasure, then summoned a fire elemental and signaled everyone to attack.
  • Xiao Yu, Derek, Black Rod, the orc brothers, and their allies badly wounded Hogger, while Black Rod's bandits blocked the gnoll guards and Derek stopped Big Gold Tooth from joining the fight.

Ch. 28Deathclaw

Xiao Yu and Black?Rod fought Hogger in the watchtower, but Deathclaw, an elite shadow cheetah played by another player, delivered the killing blow. After Deathclaw explained how he had found their gathering, Derek asked to loot Hogger's corpse.

  • Hogger overwhelmed the orc brothers and attacked Xiao Yu, while Black?Rod joined the fight with kicks, poison, and lime powder.
  • Xiao Yu and Black?Rod coordinated their attacks until Hogger fled toward the watchtower exit.
  • Derek blocked Hogger's escape, but Hogger entered a frenzy and slipped past him.
  • Deathclaw ambushed Hogger and killed him with a flurry of attacks, earning Xiao Yu only 27 reputation points.
  • Deathclaw told Xiao Yu that he had found the gathering plans on a goblin messenger and had secretly watched the fight.
  • Derek asked to loot Hogger's corpse, and Deathclaw stepped aside.

Ch. 29Battle of the Five Armies

After Hogger’s death, Xiao Yu recruited Deathclaw and organized five factions to attack Nightwhisper Village. The alliance set the assault for midnight the night after tomorrow, while Derek arranged for his classmates to join him.

  • Derek claimed the Gnoll Leader’s Insignia and gained 100 reputation points, while Xiao Yu distributed Hogger’s other drops among the group.
  • Deathclaw offered to join the attack with other beast-template players in exchange for reputation and evolution points, and Xiao Yu accepted him on the condition that he follow orders.
  • Xiao Yu named the planned assault the Battle of the Five Armies, set it for midnight the night after tomorrow, and ordered the factions to recruit and scout ahead of time.
  • Derek revealed that he was thirteen and could not play after eleven, so Black Rod suggested he go to an internet café; Derek then planned to bring his gnoll-playing classmates.
  • The alliance concluded, and the factions returned to prepare for battle while Derek and his classmates began organizing the gnoll camp and securing his leadership.

Ch. 30Scouting the Target

After reaching an agreement in the watchtower, Xiao Yu walked back to camp with Deathclaw, the black panther, and learned more about beasts and their evolution system. The next morning, Xiao Yu created a night elf character to scout the enemy while posing as an NPC.

  • Xiao Yu left the watchtower with Invincible Hero and Killer Codename 38 after reaching an agreement.
  • Deathclaw revealed he had evolved the ability to speak and offered to escort Xiao Yu's group through the forest.
  • Xiao Yu and Deathclaw discussed beast templates, their limitations, and Deathclaw's experience playing as a beast.
  • Xiao Yu reached the goblin camp, where Deathclaw vanished using stealth, and went to sleep.
  • The next morning, Xiao Yu created a commoner night elf named Alucard Nightwhisper in Nightwhisper Village to investigate the enemy.

Ch. 31Nightwhisper Village

Xiao Yu explored Nightwhisper Village while assessing its defenses and the forces that might oppose him. He found the village lightly defended, but his scouting ended with the unexpected arrival of Moonmark Shadowstalker, the powerful rogue who had destroyed the goblin family.

  • Xiao Yu explored Nightwhisper Village and admired its treehouses, shops, and peaceful streets before focusing on scouting.
  • Xiao Yu assessed the village’s thorn barriers, treant defenders, guards, and level 17 chief, deciding his allied troops could overwhelm them.
  • Xiao Yu inspected the tavern and found only three ordinary mercenaries, whom he considered little threat.
  • A level 48 female night elf rogue named Moonmark Shadowstalker entered the tavern, and Xiao Yu recognized her as the mercenary who had wiped out the goblin family.

Ch. 32Tavern Mercenaries

Xiao Yu discovered that mercenaries could earn money by helping players with class quests, but Moonmark Shadow Chaser’s high level and enormous fee made her a formidable presence. The chapter ended with her asking two hundred RMB per hour to assist a warlock.

  • Xiao Yu recognized level 48 Moonmark Shadow Chaser as a likely player and stayed in the tavern to observe her.
  • Xiao Yu overheard a knight explain that mercenaries could help players with class quests without counting as party members.
  • Xiao Yu realized mercenaries could make money assisting with quests, leveling, and dungeons.
  • A warlock chose Moonmark Shadow Chaser to help with his class quest, and she claimed she could complete it for him.
  • Moonmark Shadow Chaser quoted a fee of two hundred RMB per hour, surprising the warlock and his knight companion.

Ch. 33Professional

Xiao Yu hired Moonmark?Shadow Chaser to help him seize a valuable item from the village’s nature temple during the monster siege. After they signed an in-game contract, Xiao Yu logged out and waited for the appointed time.

  • Moonmark?Shadow Chaser explained her 200-yuan hourly rate and the advantages of hiring a mercenary to help with leveling and class quests.
  • The warlock hired a level 11 druid mercenary for a few dozen silver coins.
  • Xiao Yu approached Moonmark?Shadow Chaser as Accardo?Nightwhisper and revealed that he was a player who needed her help stealing something from the nature temple.
  • Moonmark?Shadow Chaser refused to steal the item herself, so Xiao Yu offered to take it while she protected him from adventurers and temple guards.
  • Moonmark?Shadow Chaser agreed to help for 1,000 yuan, and Xiao Yu drafted a contract with tenfold compensation for breaking it before logging out.

Ch. 34The Monsters Gather

Xiao Yu assembled a monster army outside Nightwhisper Village and assigned its leaders roles in a planned attack. The leaders questioned his choice to guard the respawn point while they faced the village’s defenses.

  • Killer Codename 38 reported that almost all adventurers had left Nightwhisper Village, and Xiao Yu prepared the gathered monsters to attack.
  • Beowulf, Teddy, and Ace Pilot arrived to join Deathclaw and Xiao Yu’s forces.
  • Xiao Yu planned to breach the gates, target the village’s ancient trees with fire, and assign forces to attack the temple, garrison, civilians, and tavern.
  • Xiao Yu said he would occupy the respawn point to ambush adventurers who logged in, prompting Derek to complain that Xiao Yu had received the easiest assignment.

Ch. 35A Frenzy of Monsters

Xiao Yu led the monster army in an attack on Nightwhisper Village, using the other bosses’ troops to help breach its defenses. As the monsters rampaged through the village, Xiao Yu held back from the slaughter, focused on his own purpose for the attack.

  • Xiao Yu maneuvered Derek and Black Rod into assigning him the temple assault, then secured two Defias healers and four kobold geomancers from them.
  • The monster army reached Nightwhisper Village, where Xiao Yu ordered its archers to kill the guards in the tree tower and its fire units to burn through the thorn gate.
  • Xiao Yu’s forces set the ancient of war ablaze, while the ancient protectors crushed several monsters with rocks before the army overwhelmed and destroyed them.
  • The monsters poured into Nightwhisper Village, killing civilian players and fighting night elf guards and adventurers as Derek and Black Rod chose their targets.
  • Xiao Yu did not join the slaughter and kept his attention on the reason he had attacked the village.

Ch. 36Feel the Wrath of Nature

Xiao Yu led his goblin army to the druid temple in Nightwhisper Village, where Archdruid Manster Moonwalker’s powerful nature magic devastated the attackers. Yuehen Shadowchaser explained the strength of the village chief’s lord-template skills, then promised to keep other adventurers away while Xiao Yu continued the assault.

  • Xiao Yu’s goblin archers failed to penetrate Manster Moonwalker’s wind defense, so he ordered them to attack the temple guards while Invincible Hero led the warriors up the ramp.
  • Manster Moonwalker summoned treants to block the ramp, but Aduo swept them aside with Giant Wood Sweep and the goblins defeated them.
  • Manster Moonwalker summoned more treants and unleashed a lightning storm that killed or scattered many goblin warriors.
  • Yuehen Shadowchaser appeared and explained that Manster Moonwalker’s lord template empowered his skills, but refused to kill him because it would jeopardize Yuehen’s standing in the Alliance.
  • Yuehen Shadowchaser promised to prevent adventurers from interfering for an hour, and Xiao Yu ordered his archers to keep shooting at Manster Moonwalker.

Ch. 37A Battle of Spells

Xiao Yu led his forces against Manster? Moonwalker, discovering that spell attacks could penetrate the archdruid’s Whirlwind while his physical projectiles could not. After surviving Moonwalker’s Lightning Storm, Xiao Yu charged him with Aduo, but the druid transformed into a giant bear and drove the ogre down the temple slope as the goblins rushed to join the fight.

  • Xiao Yu ordered his goblins and spellcasters to attack Manster? Moonwalker while he rode Aduo toward the temple.
  • Xiao Yu’s Flame Missiles, kobold fireballs, and the fire elemental’s Fire Bolt pierced the Whirlwind and damaged Moonwalker, who struck Xiao Yu with green lightning.
  • Xiao Yu had the Defias healers restore him as both sides exchanged spells, and Moonwalker cast Lightning Storm when his health fell.
  • Xiao Yu charged Aduo up the slope to escape the lightning, while the storm struck the kobold diviners and Defias healers behind them.
  • Moonwalker summoned nature spirits, transformed into a giant bear, and charged Xiao Yu; Aduo’s Greatclub Sweep broke his club but halted the bear briefly.
  • Moonwalker’s bear form pushed Aduo down the slope, and the goblins swarmed toward them after the Lightning Storm ended.

Ch. 38Seed of Elements

Xiao Yu seized the Seed of Elements from the night elf shrine while his underlings kept the grand druid occupied. After learning that the relic could empower or mutate elemental creatures, he reconsidered his plan to use it for Kalax and destroy Nightwhisper Village.

  • Xiao Yu sent his goblins to overwhelm the self-healing grand druid, then decided to use the attack as a distraction and head for the temple.
  • Xiao Yu ordered the three Blackrock Orc brothers to fight Alisa? Moonwalker while he entered the shrine and took the Seed of Elements.
  • The system marked Xiao Yu as wanted by the night elves for 24 hours and awarded him 200 reputation for completing the relic theft.
  • Xiao Yu read that the Seed of Elements could advance an elemental creature or grant it a different elemental power and cause a mutation.
  • Xiao Yu reconsidered his plan to activate Flame Mark, destroy Nightwhisper Village, and hand the Seed of Elements to Kalax.

Ch. 39Hellboy's Dad

Xiao Yu tried to secure the Seed of Elements while the archdruid and adventurers threatened his forces, and the beast elites arrived to help kill the archdruid. Elsewhere, Hellboy's Dad completed his warlock quest with a succubus and approached the burning Nightwhisper Village.

  • Xiao Yu discovered that he could not transfer the Seed of Elements to his system warehouse during the story quest, then decided to seek help rather than summon Kalax.
  • Teddy the Bear King, Deathclaw, and Beowulf the Wolf King agreed to attack the weakened archdruid in exchange for the kill, while Xiao Yu ordered his surviving goblins to regroup.
  • Derek reported that two adventurer raids had broken into the village, and Xiao Yu learned that his forces had lost control of the respawn point.
  • Hellboy's Dad completed his warlock class quest with help from a druid mercenary and chose a succubus as his demon pact.
  • Hellboy's Dad noticed fires throughout Nightwhisper Village as he approached it with his unusually curious succubus.

Ch. 40Excited Adventurers

Hellboy's Dad discovered that Nightwhisper Village was under siege and rallied friends and adventurers to fight back. He formed a small group and invited two night elf players to join, leaving them ready to enter the village.

  • Hellboy's Dad spotted gnolls, goblins, and kobolds in Nightwhisper Village, then contacted his friends and urged them to log in.
  • Hellboy's Dad reached an outside graveyard, where dozens of players resurrected after being killed in the village.
  • A system announcement called nearby adventurers to defend Nightwhisper Village and promised rewards and night elf friendship.
  • Professional Expert Gamer 007 tried to organize the adventurers into a raid by promising special rewards for story kills.
  • Hellboy's Dad teamed up with Surviving Fighter and Supreme Greatsword, learned Toffee had quit adventurer play, and invited Water Falls Without a Trace and Fish That Doesn't Eat Cats to join.
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