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0:00I led the billion gatekeepers of Daxia
0:01into a desperate war against the gods,
0:03and in the end, all we managed to do was
0:05sever a single one of its wings. As the
0:07last hope of Daxia's gatekeepers, I
0:09finally slew a god with nothing but my
0:11mortal body, but the truly despairing
0:13part was that it was only the
0:14lowest-ranking god among the entire
0:16pantheon. Full of rage and
0:18unwillingness, I somehow woke up reborn,
0:20back before the apocalypse game even
0:22launched. In my last life, it was
0:24because the game began to reflect
0:26reality that the gods were able to
0:27invade the blue star. But, this time,
0:30with my knowledge of the apocalypse, I
0:32could surely move ahead of everyone else
0:34and seize the hidden Easter eggs and
0:36resources first. In this life, I would
0:38defy the gods, no matter what. There
0:40were still 6 hours until the apocalypse
0:42opened its servers. So, I took the last
0:4430,000 left on my card and bought a
0:46login ring. In the apocalypse, every
0:48player receives one talent at the start,
0:50and after the game merged with reality
0:51in my last life, nearly every top-tier
0:54fighter was a player with a god-rank
0:56talent. While I was the only one who
0:58climbed to the peak of the world with an
1:00F-rank talent. When 12:00 sharp arrived
1:02and the apocalypse world went live, my
1:04eyes sharpened and I pressed the button
1:06on my login ring. "Welcome to
1:08apocalypse. Please confirm your
1:09nickname," the system said, and without
1:11a second thought, I entered Slayer of
1:13Gods. "Honored Slayer of Gods, please
1:15draw your talent next," it announced,
1:17and a colorful wheel appeared before my
1:19eyes, which I casually spun with a flick
1:21of my hand. "Congratulations, Slayer of
1:23Gods. You have drawn the F-rank talent
1:25sword stab," it said, and my face turned
1:28green on the spot. I remembered it was
1:29the same talent as in my last life, but
1:31I didn't mind at all, because only I
1:33knew that the apocalypse still had a few
1:35secret channels for obtaining god-rank
1:36talents. My vision blurred, and when it
1:38cleared again, I was already standing at
1:40a village entrance. I walked decisively
1:42into starter village number six, because
1:44with a strange talent like this, if I
1:46didn't hurry to finish that god-rank
1:47talent quest and someone beat me to it,
1:49I would collapse on the spot. I quickly
1:51bypassed every NPC in the village who
1:53had a quest marker above their your
1:55because I had only one target, the Bun
1:57Shop, the only shared quest in all the
1:59starter villages of the apocalypse
2:01world, and starting it required a single
2:03bun. In my last life, this quest was
2:05completed by accident by the hermit,
2:07ranked fifth in Daxia, and after
2:09finishing it, he rerolled a god-rank
2:11talent and posted a full guide on the
2:12forum. A bun cost one copper coin, so I
2:15bought five without hesitation, then
2:17rushed straight to the village entrance
2:19without stopping. I searched for a long
2:20while until I finally spotted that
2:22ragged figure. The beggar at the village
2:24entrance was sound asleep, snoring
2:26loudly with a half-empty bowl beside
2:28him. Hearing my footsteps, the beggar
2:29half opened his eyes, and the moment he
2:31saw me, he dropped to his knees.
2:33"Master, master, please take pity on me
2:35and give me some money. Just 10 copper
2:37coins and I can tell you a secret." "No
2:39money," I said, "but I do have a nice
2:41hot bun." The aroma of the meat bun made
2:43the beggar swallow hard again and again.
2:45"M- Master, could you give me the bun?
2:47I'll tell you the secret." I tossed it
2:49over casually, and the beggar, unable to
2:51wait, caught it and swallowed it in
2:53three quick bites, then licked the
2:55corners of his mouth with a look of
2:56wanting more. And without saying a
2:58single word, he turned and walked away.
3:00I took out another bun, and in a flash,
3:02the beggar shot right in front of me,
3:04staring at the bun in my hand with
3:06pleading eyes. I gave a cold laugh and
3:08turned to leave, and the beggar
3:09immediately panicked. "Here, here, I'll
3:11give it to you." Just as his words fell,
3:13a quest notification appeared before me.
3:15"The beggar's secret?" it read, and the
3:17content was unbelievable. "Hunt exactly
3:201,000 rabbits and collect 1,000 tufts of
3:23rabbit fur." It had come, the only quest
3:25that could grant a god-rank talent. A
3:27thousand rabbits for 10 copper coins,
3:30and no one would waste their time on a
3:32quest this meaningless, but I accepted
3:34it without hesitation. Following the
3:36quest panel's guidance, I came to a
3:37hillside outside the starter village,
3:39and as I looked at the dense swarm of
3:41wild rabbits before me, my fear of
3:42crowded spaces nearly kicked in. I
3:44tightened my grip on my new starter
3:46longsword and locked my eyes on the five
3:48rabbits closest to me. I swung my sword,
3:50slicing straight across three of them,
3:51and three red numbers floated up in a
3:53retro font. The dazed rabbits' eyes
3:55turned blood red, and they bared their
3:57big teeth and lunged at me, but I stayed
4:00calm and unhurried, shifting my body to
4:02dodge their attacks while my sword kept
4:04shaving away their health. When my final
4:05slash fell, the rabbits before me let
4:07out mournful cries and turned into tufts
4:09of fur on the ground. Even with the
4:11experience of a rebirth, pulling just
4:13those three rabbits still took me a full
4:153 minutes. I glanced at my panel, and
4:17each rabbit gave only one point of
4:19experience. So, reaching level two would
4:21require killing a hundred of them. I
4:23didn't hesitate any longer and kept
4:25pulling and killing, and this time I
4:26pulled five rabbits at once because I
4:28had to finish the quest as fast as
4:30possible. 10 minutes later, as my sword
4:32came down and the rabbits before me
4:33turned to fur again, a flash of light
4:35washed over me, and I had already
4:37reached level two. Then I put my five
4:39free attribute points into strength,
4:40which raised my attack to 10. That meant
4:42my farming speed would increase greatly,
4:44but I wasn't satisfied with 10 attack.
4:46So, I didn't keep farming and instead
4:48went straight back to the starter
4:49village my 10 copper coins for a new
4:52weapon. But, when I saw the twisted,
4:53crooked thing in my hand that looked
4:55like a firewood stick, I nearly got into
4:57a fight with the shopkeeper. You call
4:59this a weapon? Any stick I picked up at
5:00my hometown's village entrance was
5:02better than this. If it weren't for the
5:03five points of attack bonus, I would
5:05have thrown it away right then. This
5:06time, I needed only four strikes to kill
5:08a rabbit, and the number I pulled each
5:10time rose to 10. By the time the 200th
5:13rabbit died, I checked my panel and saw
5:15my experience had gone up by 50 points,
5:17and reaching level three would require
5:19killing a thousand rabbits. A 10 copper
5:21coin quest, a thousand rabbits, and by
5:24the time I reached level three, the
5:25other players would be who knows what
5:27level by then. Falling one level behind
5:29meant having at least five fewer free
5:31attribute points than everyone else. By
5:33then, quite a few players had already
5:35begun entering starter village number
5:36six, so I could only speed up and keep
5:38pulling and killing the rabbits. As the
5:40number of players grew, many of them
5:42flooded into the rabbit area where I
5:44was. Someone saw my level and cried out,
5:46"Holy crap, this guy is already level
5:48two. He levels up that fast?" A player
5:50with a professional player attitude
5:51heard this and looked over and after
5:53watching for a moment, he sneered, "It
5:56takes him this long to kill one ordinary
5:58rabbit. What a total waste." With so
5:59many players watching me farm, he, a
6:02former top four level professional,
6:03immediately sensed this was a chance to
6:05make a name for himself. With that
6:07thought, the pro player raised his two
6:08fists and charged forward punching a
6:10rabbit that was nibbling on grass. It
6:12was like poking a hornet's nest and
6:13drawn by the aggro, several rabbits
6:15around him lunged at him with blood red
6:17eyes. Red numbers kept floating up one
6:19after another and before the fear in the
6:21pro player's eyes had even fully
6:22surfaced, his whole body turned into a
6:24streak of white light and vanished. The
6:26area fell silent at once. Holy crap,
6:28these rabbits actually have 10 attack
6:30and 50 health. Seeing this, I shook my
6:32head and pushed deeper into the field to
6:33keep killing. This guy is pretty fierce,
6:35right? That so-called pro player got one
6:37shot by a rabbit. I'm dying of laughter.
6:40And look, every time he farms, he pulls
6:42a huge pack at once. That movement, that
6:45awareness, his strength is scarily good.
6:47The crowd kept chattering and only left
6:49to accept their own quests once I was
6:50out of sight. As time passed, my kill
6:52count reached 999.
6:55Just one short of finishing the beggar's
6:56quest. I twisted aside to dodge a
6:58rabbit's charge and casually killed the
7:00last rabbit with a single slash. A
7:02golden light flashed and my level rose
7:04to three. I glanced at the 1,000 tufts
7:06of rabbit fur in my bag and let out a
7:08sigh because 1,000 rabbits had given me
7:10only 105 copper coins and three pieces
7:13of equipment and this game was treating
7:15me like it was brushing off a beggar. I
7:16returned to the starter village, walked
7:18straight up to the beggar and handed in
7:20the quest items. "That's a bit slow, you
7:22know," he said, then added, "But thank
7:25you for doing a good deed for the
7:26starter village. Here, this is what you
7:28deserve, your reward." The beggar fished
7:30out 10 copper coins and put them in my
7:32hand, then lay right back down. I didn't
7:34leave and instead waited quietly for
7:36whatever he would say next. After a long
7:38while, the beggar made no other move and
7:40several black lines appeared on my
7:41forehead. "Old man, why are you
7:43pretending to be dead here? I entered
7:45the server 2 hours earlier. I've been
7:46grinding until now. My hands are sore
7:48from killing all for your 10 copper
7:50coins. Huh? Where's my follow-up? I was
7:51panicking now and it felt like the sky
7:53was falling. Young man, you have such a
7:55terrible temper with not an ounce of
7:57patience, he said. Forget it. Forget it.
7:59Others don't even have your little bit
8:00of patience and since you killed so many
8:02rabbits, I'll give you a chance. Are you
8:04willing to accept the next quest? The
8:06continuing quest the beggar's secret 2
8:08was triggered. Kill 10,000 rabbits and
8:10slay a sovereign rank elite boss to
8:13obtain a mysterious treasure. My eyes
8:15lit up. I tossed the beggar aside
8:16without a second thought and accepted
8:18the quest at once. Then the beggar
8:19pulled a scroll glowing with white light
8:21out of his robe. Congratulations, slayer
8:23of gods. You have obtained a super god
8:26rank talent scroll. Super super god
8:28rank? Wasn't god rank supposedly the
8:30highest in the rumors of my last life?
8:32It was actually super god rank. Ha ha ha
8:34ha. It was actually super god rank. Even
8:36in my previous life, I had never seen
8:38this tier. Never even heard of it. Open
8:40it. Quickly open it for me. Let me
8:41awaken it, I shouted. Congratulations,
8:44slayer of gods. You have awakened the
8:45server exclusive super god rank talent
8:48invincible mage tank and obtained the
8:50unique title heaven-gifted coin. What
8:52the heck was that? Was I seeing things?
8:55I couldn't even draw a god rank talent.
8:57Yet there was actually a super god rank
8:59one. I refused to accept it. I wanted to
9:01report this. Someone had to be cheating.
9:03This game was unplayable. But I looked
9:05at my panel immediately. Invincible mage
9:08tank. A super god rank talent. Every
9:10monster killed increases my maximum
9:12health and every 1,000 points of health
9:14is automatically converted into magic
9:16power. That meant I could grow without
9:18limit and every time I leveled up, my
9:20free attribute points would be fully
9:22doubled. I quickly did the math in my
9:24head and it meant that if I killed a
9:25thousand wild rabbits, I would gain a
9:27thousand points of health and one point
9:29of magic power. When I opened the title
9:31in my bag, I nearly forgot how to
9:33breathe. The heaven-gifted effect, loot
9:35quantity times two and gain 20 free
9:38attribute points. Other people got five
9:40points when they leveled up while I got
9:41double, 10 points, and that was just
9:43outrageous. I was going to get rich.
9:45This time I was truly going to get rich.
9:48To get such a defiant title at the very
9:50start of the game with all drops doubled
9:52and 20 free attribute points on top of
9:54that put me ahead of ordinary players by
9:56the equivalent of four levels. Without
9:58hesitation, I put every single attribute
10:00point into strength. Looking at my
10:02completely refreshed panel, I couldn't
10:04snap out of it for a long time. And then
10:06I thought it was time to get a skill. I
10:07went to the skill instruction hall where
10:09all newcomers learn their basic skills
10:11and the moment I stepped inside
10:13everything went dark before my eyes.
10:15Because a broad, thick-waisted auntie
10:17instructor was standing right in front
10:19of me. "Honored player, please choose
10:21your mage skill." the burly auntie said
10:23waving her left hand and four skills
10:25appeared before me: fireball, water
10:27bolt, wind blade, and lightning cannon.
10:29After reading the descriptions, I
10:31hesitated for a moment. "Were mage
10:32skills really this bad? Can I choose not
10:35to learn any?" I asked. Hearing that,
10:37the auntie instructor immediately raised
10:39her right hand and a flame roared to
10:40life in her palm. Sensing the threat of
10:42death, I instantly grinned and smiled
10:44sweetly. "Suddenly I feel like fireball
10:46is especially suited to me." The auntie
10:48instructor gave a slight nod, casually
10:50waved her hand, and a flash of fiery red
10:52light flowed straight into my mind.
10:54After learning the skill, I fled from
10:56the auntie instructor like I was running
10:57for my life and headed to the monster
10:59gathering ground. 10,000 rabbits plus
11:02one sovereign rank boss. The one skill
11:04of mine could just barely wipe out a
11:06rabbit's health. I simply didn't have
11:07the mana for it and on top of that I
11:09needed to lure out the sovereign boss
11:11and kill it. So, I knew a long grind was
11:13coming. Just as I was feeling irritated,
11:15a rabbit with bared teeth chewing on a
11:17grass root appeared before me. I
11:19casually waved my hand and on my broken
11:22staff that nobody would look at twice, a
11:24blazing fireball landed right on the
11:26rabbit in front of me. As a bright red
11:28two-digit number floated up, the rabbit
11:30turned into a tuft of fur. The moment
11:32that rabbit died, several of the rabbits
11:34nearby were drawn in by aggro and
11:36pounced straight at me. I smiled
11:38wickedly and held my left hand out in
11:40the air. The instant my broken staff
11:42appeared, I swung it in a full circle at
11:43the frontmost rabbit, and the rabbit
11:45flew backward, but the number that
11:46floated above its head was zero, and my
11:48face went full of black lines. My base
11:50magic power is already 45 points. So,
11:53how did a zero come out of that? Is it
11:55still too late to reroll my talent? I
11:57suddenly felt that being a swordsman was
11:59pretty good after all. Just then, the
12:01rabbits that had been drawn in reached
12:03me, their two big front teeth gleaming,
12:05clearly mistaking me for a vegetable
12:07root. "Fireball!" I shouted. One
12:09fireball dealt 50 points of magic power
12:11damage and wiped out the rabbit before
12:12me, turning it straight into fur, but I
12:14could only wear a helpless look because
12:16I had just 15 points of mana, and it
12:18recovered only 1 point every 30 seconds.
12:21"How long will it take to kill 10,000
12:22rabbits?" I muttered. I didn't know how
12:24much time passed, but the quest progress
12:26bar finally reached the requirement of
12:2810,000 wild rabbits. By then, my eyes
12:30were going black. Yet, when I looked at
12:32my panel and saw my health had dropped
12:33to zero and my magic power had reached
12:3551 points, the corners of my mouth
12:38lifted on their own. I was exhausted, so
12:40I simply lay down on the ground,
12:41ignoring the rabbits gnawing at me and
12:43the health bar floating above my head.
12:45The beggar's quest had two parts: kill
12:4710,000 rabbits and kill the sovereign
12:50rank boss. The sovereign rank elite boss
12:52hadn't appeared yet, so all I could do
12:53was take the damage head-on and recover
12:55my mana. After I killed 15,000 wild
12:57rabbits, a sharp piercing shriek
12:59suddenly rang in my ears, and a sinister
13:01wind slowly rose behind the rabbits. My
13:03face lit up with joy because it had
13:05come. I looked toward the sound, and a
13:07rabbit the size of a wild dog abruptly
13:09appeared. Sovereign rank elite boss,
13:11frenzied rabbit, 1,000 health, 500
13:14attack. This game really didn't treat
13:16players like people, since an ordinary
13:18level 3 mage with 20 points of combat
13:20power was already considered amazing.
13:22And even with my cheat level talent, I
13:24only had 51 with 5 points of base magic
13:27power while this thing had 500. I'm
13:29filing a complaint. A rabbit is
13:31cheating, I screamed inwardly. While my
13:33thoughts ran wild, the sovereign boss
13:35rabbit had already appeared right beside
13:37me and it lunged down to bite my head
13:39off. At the very moment it bit down, my
13:41fireball dropped from above and landed
13:43on the boss rabbit's body. Both my
13:45health and the rabbit's dropped by a
13:46notch and the elite rabbit was stunned
13:48on the spot as if wondering whether I
13:50was the real boss. I compared our health
13:52bars and confidence surged in my chest.
13:54So, I advanced instead of retreating. By
13:56my calculation, this boss could take
13:58about 20 hits from me while it would
14:00have to bite me 30 times to bring me
14:02down. Just then, the elite rabbit's
14:04figure suddenly turned faint and
14:05wavering and the next moment it was
14:07behind me. Its sharp teeth blurred into
14:09afterimages and 10 strikes landed on me
14:12with a combined number of -5,000 rising
14:14above my head. I had forgotten this was
14:16the elite rabbit boss's signature skill,
14:18but luckily, my health was thick enough
14:20to endure it. I don't know how much time
14:21passed, but then a voice echoed in my
14:23mind. Congratulations, Slayer of Gods.
14:26You have achieved the server first kill
14:27of a sovereign rank elite boss and you
14:29are rewarded with a full set of
14:31sovereign rank equipment for your class.
14:32A server-wide announcement is about to
14:34be made. Do you wish to hide your name?
14:36Do not hide it, I said. When the gods
14:38descended, I would need a team that
14:39would stand with me and face them
14:41head-on so I could strike them down and
14:42the IDs that earned server first
14:44achievements in the early game would be
14:46the best proof of loyalty to attract
14:48them. Congratulations, Slayer of Gods.
14:50You have triggered a hidden achievement
14:52for the first time and obtained the
14:53server exclusive reward, a full
14:55sovereign rank mage set. Five pieces of
14:57equipment appeared in my bag and as I
14:59looked over the stats of the full set, I
15:01couldn't help sighing that the days of
15:03suffering were finally over. Right then,
15:05another voice sounded in my ear. Heaven
15:07gifted activated. The loot obtained by
15:09player Slayer of Gods is doubled. One
15:11set became two and I broke into a smile
15:14because this extra sovereign set could
15:15fetch a great price in the early game. I
15:17placed the spare sovereign mage set on
15:19my panel and set it to auto auction with
15:21a starting price of one gold coin, which
15:23was 100,000 Daxia dollars. Then I went
15:25to the beggar and handed in the 10,000
15:27tufts of rabbit fur I had collected. The
15:29beggar pulled out a pitch-black
15:30equipment chest and tossed it straight
15:32to me. "Congratulations, Slayer of Gods.
15:34You have obtained a random equipment
15:36chest which can drop equipment of any
15:38rank when opened." I was delighted and I
15:40opened the pitch-black chest.
15:41"Congratulations, Slayer of Gods. You
15:43have obtained the first mythic rank
15:45equipment in the entire server, the
15:47Doomsday Staff. Passive effect: For
15:49every 10,000 points of health you gain,
15:51you gain one point of mana." After
15:52checking the information, I couldn't
15:54suppress the smile on my face. I
15:56equipped the Doomsday Staff and opened
15:58my panel again, and my stats were
15:59completely transformed with my original
16:0215 mana jumping straight to 81. Then I
16:04opened the auction house and the
16:05Sovereign Mage Set had been bought for
16:0735 gold coins by a player whose ID was
16:10Deep Pockets. At the same time, a
16:12message arrived. "Brother Slayer of
16:14Gods, remember to come to me whenever
16:16you have good stuff. I guarantee the
16:18highest price in the business." I stared
16:19at my account balance and grinned from
16:21ear to ear. Then I headed straight to
16:23the respawn zone of the level five charm
16:25locust trees. The charm locust tree was
16:27a mutated product of locust trees with
16:28thorned vines that should never have
16:30existed, and once those vines wrapped
16:31around prey, they would inject venom
16:33directly. I took out my staff and the
16:35sovereign rank Doomsday Staff flickered
16:37with a faint yellow glow. The orb at the
16:39top flashed a dazzling red light and
16:40blasted straight into the locust tree in
16:42front of me. The tree screamed in pain.
16:44A twisted face slowly emerged on its
16:46trunk and several thorned vines stabbed
16:49at me from every direction. But with a
16:50single fireball, I wiped out the tree's
16:52health and the vines vanished at once. A
16:54level five monster gave five experience
16:56points, and since I was killing above my
16:58level, the experience doubled. Seeing
17:00this, I glanced at my 70-some points of
17:02mana and charged straight into the pile
17:04of locust tree monsters. Every two
17:06fireballs I blasted out killed one
17:08monster. By the time I had cut my way
17:09through the locust grove, my experience
17:11had already reached sovereign level
17:12five. Then I turned my gaze toward the
17:14level seven monster group, the Ice
17:16Crystal Sparrows. In my memory, the ice
17:18crystal sparrows had a very high chance
17:20of spawning a hidden boss, the ice
17:21crystal phoenix, and killing that
17:23phoenix would trigger the only major
17:25experience milestone in the starter
17:26villages, opening the starter village
17:28monster siege mode. If I killed the ice
17:30crystal phoenix, the entire nation of
17:32Daxia would race far ahead of other
17:34countries. In my last life, it was the
17:36Mee kingdom that opened the monster
17:38siege mode first, and that had made the
17:40later national wars unbearably miserable
17:43for Daxia. For the sake of Daxia's
17:45national destiny, I had to kill the ice
17:47crystal phoenix as quickly as possible.
17:49After thinking it over, I opened the
17:50communication system and sent a message
17:52to Deep Pockets. I urgently need a fire
17:55type group attack skill. After all the
17:57monster farming I had done, I fully
17:59understood how important group attack
18:00skills were, because fireball couldn't
18:02unleash my real power, and against the
18:04ice attribute ice crystal sparrows, a
18:06fire group attack would greatly boost my
18:08combat strength. Before long, Deep
18:10Pockets sent the item straight over. I
18:12opened my bag and looked. Spark prairie
18:14fire. Skill effect, consume 10 mana to
18:17fire five fireballs in a row, dealing
18:19area damage on hit. How many gold coins
18:21is this skill book? I'll transfer them
18:23to you right away. I wrote, "It's fine.
18:25Use it first. Just don't forget your old
18:27brother when you get good stuff later."
18:28he replied. I didn't answer again, but I
18:30decided in my heart to repay Deep
18:32Pockets with a great gift. I immediately
18:34learned the skill book and replaced
18:36fireball with it. With spark prairie
18:37fire, plus 165 and a half points of
18:40magic power, and almost 20,000 health, I
18:42couldn't wait to step into the ice
18:44crystal sparrows territory. The moment I
18:45stepped in, several ice spikes shining
18:47with cold light appeared in front of my
18:49eyes, and I hurriedly dodged to the
18:50side, and the spikes hit the ground and
18:52sank in like swords. A few palm sized
18:55ice crystal sparrows hovered above me,
18:56their blood red eyes staring at me
18:58intently. Then, more and more sparrows
19:00gathered, as if they had received some
19:02command. Hundreds and thousands of ice
19:04crystal sparrows released ice spikes at
19:06the same time, and streaks of frost
19:07glittering spikes shot toward me from
19:09tricky angles like a rain of swords. I
19:11shifted my body again and moved with an
19:14eerie, strange step, twisting and
19:16weaving. And in the blink of an eye, I
19:18dodged most of the spikes. Although some
19:20spikes were unavoidable, with nearly
19:2220,000 health, I could still endure
19:23them. While dodging, my doomsday staff
19:25lit up with fiery red light, and in an
19:27instant, five basketball-sized fireballs
19:30dropped into the dense mass of sparrows.
19:32They exploded and spread, and with a
19:34100% damage bonus, they instantly dealt
19:37nearly 400 damage. And with the
19:39lingering burn and the arrow-like
19:40barrage effect all coming from a single
19:42skill, the dense flock of sparrows in
19:44the sky was soon almost entirely wrapped
19:47in flames. In less than 3 seconds,
19:49mournful cries rang out as sparrows
19:51burst apart in the air one after
19:53another. After four casts of Spark
19:55Prairie Fire, the once dense flock was
19:57cleared out in the middle, and my
19:58experience surged upward in an instant.
20:00I was thrilled because I had finally
20:02become the mage I had envied so much in
20:04my previous life. And with this life's
20:06super god-ranked talent behind me, my
20:08growth would be terrifyingly visible. I
20:10could already imagine that when the gods
20:11descended in the future, a single Spark
20:14Prairie Fire would send swarms of gods
20:16plummeting from the sky. In no time, the
20:18ice crystal sparrows before me had faded
20:19away, but in the distance, endless
20:21streams of them were still rushing
20:23toward me. For the entire morning, as I
20:24kept slaughtering, the sparrows in the
20:26sky never stopped coming, like moths
20:28flying into a flame. New sparrows kept
20:30arriving from far away, attacking me
20:32tirelessly like a suicide charge, as
20:34though that they were guarding
20:35something. And I had gained a great deal
20:36that morning. I put the 30 skill points
20:38from my three consecutive level ups into
20:40magic power, and when I looked at my
20:41panel again, even I found it
20:43unbelievable. My health, nearly 100,000,
20:46was thicker than a boss's, and my magic
20:49power had broken through the 300 mark.
20:51With the bonus from Spark Prairie Fire,
20:54one skill could deal nearly 600 damage.
20:57While I was still checking my panel, a
20:58loud phoenix cry suddenly echoed across
21:01all of Starter Village number six. The
21:03mournful sound was filled with endless
21:04fury, and many players in the village
21:06were startled by the sudden cry and felt
21:08their hearts tremble. At that moment, I
21:10noticed the air around me drop several
21:11degrees, and my breath turned into ice
21:13flakes as I exhaled. A visible blue
21:15light approached from afar, and in a
21:16blink, a gigantic ice crystal bird was
21:19soaring in midair, dazzling blue light
21:21swirling around its body. It was the ice
21:22crystal phoenix, the only demi-divine
21:25beast rank boss in the starter villages
21:27in my last life. In my eyes, the ice
21:29crystal phoenix was far more than just a
21:31boss. Every starter village in every
21:32prefecture had one demi-divine beast
21:34boss, and killing it was the only key to
21:36opening the monster massacre mode, which
21:38could only be triggered once. And in my
21:40last life, it was the My Kingdom that
21:42had opened it and received a huge
21:44reward, which instantly put the entire
21:46nation ahead of all the other
21:47prefectures. This was a matter of
21:49national destiny, so I became serious.
21:52The ice crystal phoenix's rage had
21:53reached its peak, convinced that the
21:55human before it was the one who had
21:57slaughtered its subjects. Suddenly, a
21:59bone-chilling cold swept toward me along
22:01with the truck-sized phoenix. I fired
22:03five fireballs in a row straight at the
22:04phoenix's eyes. The fireballs were like
22:06swaying explosive shells, arriving
22:08instantly, and struck the phoenix's
22:10forehead in a five-hit combo. A huge
22:12burst of firelight exploded and
22:13swallowed the phoenix in an instant.
22:15With just one skill and the lingering
22:16burn, I dealt more than a thousand
22:18damage to the ice crystal phoenix, yet
22:20its health bar dropped only by an almost
22:22imperceptible sliver. The phoenix,
22:23wrapped in cold air, had already closed
22:25in on. The chill pierced my body, and I
22:27suddenly felt my whole body move
22:28sluggishly, and even my casting was
22:30delayed, so the slow effect had to be at
22:32least 50%. Seeing the phoenix's sharp
22:34beak already right in front of my eyes,
22:36my figure turned eerie once more. The
22:38beak slid across my chest with less than
22:39an inch between us, and I sent a spark
22:41prairie fire sweeping toward the
22:43phoenix's lower body. Under my extreme
22:45footwork, the ice crystal phoenix began
22:46to doubt its existence. This isn't
22:48right. I'm the one with wings, so why
22:50are you more agile than me? It seemed to
22:52think. The phoenix's unstoppable speed
22:54under my kiting couldn't even touch a
22:56single hair on my head, while it took
22:58plenty of fireballs, and those fireballs
22:59kept burning it over time. Gradually,
23:01the phoenix's thick health bar was
23:03ground down below half, and as its
23:05health dropped, its eyes grew redder. A
23:07loud Phoenix cry burst out, and large
23:09amounts of cold air mixed with ice
23:11crystals instantly gathered in the sky.
23:12The place where I stood suddenly turned
23:14into deep winter, and then tens of
23:16thousands of ice crystals fell from the
23:17sky. The moment the first crystal landed
23:19on me, I knew things were bad. The ice
23:21blue crystals struck me like swords and
23:23then exploded, and the cold spread in an
23:25instant, and the next moment countless
23:27crystals hit me. In just a moment, my
23:29health dropped rapidly amid the endless
23:31crystals. And as more and more of them
23:32burst, the thickening cold air left me
23:34unable to see the ice swords in front of
23:36me at all. I used spark prairie fire
23:38again, and five fireballs burst on the
23:40spot, and the flames that rose
23:41immediately drove away the cold air in
23:43front of me. But within 1 second, the
23:45skill was scattered by the endless ice
23:47crystals. Yet that brief flash of light
23:49was enough for me. I dodged desperately
23:50among the dense crystals, and for a full
23:522 minutes of indiscriminate attacks, the
23:54whole area filled with frigid mist. The
23:56Phoenix in the sky looked weary and
23:58slowly descended, and then five fire
24:00streaks appeared behind it. With a roar
24:02of explosions, the pale blue Phoenix was
24:04engulfed in flames again. I exhaled, and
24:06my breath formed ice flakes in the air.
24:08Luckily, at the critical moment, I had
24:10broken free of the extreme cold's
24:11slowing effect and retreated out of the
24:13danger zone. Otherwise, once I was
24:15locked down, even 100,000 more health
24:18wouldn't have been enough for the
24:19Phoenix to chew through. In just that
24:20short while, my health had fallen below
24:222,000, and more than 90,000 health had
24:25almost evaporated instantly. But 2,000
24:27health was already enough for me. With
24:28my eerie footwork, I began to whittle
24:30the Phoenix down again, and it seemed
24:32that this skill, the sky-filling rain,
24:34couldn't be used repeatedly by the
24:35Phoenix either. So, gradually its health
24:37dropped once more, while mine didn't
24:39change at all. Every attack the Phoenix
24:40made was in vain. In the middle of the
24:42fight, my eyes flickered, and I noticed
24:44the Phoenix's tail feathers were glowing
24:45again. Instead of retreating, I
24:47advanced, stamped my foot, and rushed
24:49quickly toward the Phoenix. Its sharp
24:50beak was already open, ready to let out
24:52a cry and unleash its ultimate move when
24:54a pitch-black palm-shaped thing thrust
24:57straight inside. "Spark prairie fire," I
24:59said calmly, and five red lights
25:01suddenly lit up in the phoenix's
25:03originally ice blue throat. Then five
25:05muffled booms came from the phoenix's
25:06beak, and the explosion converging on a
25:09single point made its whole body
25:11tremble. Its neck was blasted backward,
25:13the glowing tail feathers suddenly
25:14dimmed, and the sky full of flying
25:16feathers was cut short. The technique I
25:18used was the early spell interruption
25:20that everyone would know in later years,
25:21and unless the gap in strength between
25:23two sides was too large, it was
25:25impossible to pull off. But at this
25:26point in time, no one else could do it.
25:28Once the phoenix's spell was
25:30interrupted, it had no power left to
25:32fight back and could only keep lunging
25:34at me with its sharp beak, but it was
25:36all in vain. As time passed, the ice
25:38crystal phoenix's 100,000 health shrank
25:40to an almost invisible sliver. With less
25:42than 50 points left, and I couldn't help
25:44feeling thrilled. In this life, Daxia
25:46would be the first nation to open the
25:48monster siege, and a huge reward was
25:50waiting for me. My heart raced, but my
25:52hands never stopped. My doomsday staff
25:54glowed red again. And under spark
25:55prairie fire, the phoenix was about to
25:57become a stepping stone for Daxia's
25:59national destiny. But what I never
26:00expected was that a blurry figure would
26:02suddenly appear behind me, and a short
26:04dagger stabbed straight at my chest from
26:06behind. Another figure appeared behind
26:08the nearly dead phoenix, slashing at it
26:10with the same kind of dagger. At the
26:11same time, a system voice sounded in my
26:13ear. "You have been attacked and fall
26:15into a stiff state. Rogue skill,
26:17backstab." Whoever got hit would be
26:19stiffened for 1 second, the most
26:21important skill in a rogue's
26:22assassination routine. Thanks.
26:24>> [laughter]
26:25>> "This boss belongs to our rogue guild
26:26now." I froze on the spot, and the
26:28dagger landed squarely. But my health,
26:31which should have been scraping bottom,
26:32barely changed at all from that blow.
26:34The rogue's arrogant laughter cut off
26:36abruptly, as if someone had clamped a
26:37hand around his throat. A faint cold
26:39smile curled at the corner of my mouth.
26:41"Surprised?" I said. "There's more to be
26:43surprised about." When the stiffness
26:44ended, my staff lit up, and just as the
26:46hidden rogue tried to flee, a bright red
26:48three-digit number floated up above his
26:50head, and his health was wiped out in an
26:52instant. At that moment, three more
26:54figures appeared in front of the Phoenix
26:55and stabbed at the nearly dead bird
26:58trying to steal the boss I had spent so
27:00long wearing down. But seeing this, I
27:02didn't fight them for it. Instead, I
27:04twisted my body, turned my back on the
27:06Phoenix, and started running away like
27:08mad. "Isn't he a mage? What kind of mage
27:11has this much health? Why didn't his
27:12health bar change at all when a level
27:14six rogue stabbed him?" They wondered.
27:15But seeing me flee in a panic, they all
27:17felt relieved. They didn't know why I
27:19was running, but if I hadn't run, this
27:21boss's first kill might really not have
27:23ended up in the rogue guild's hands. But
27:25a second later, they found out exactly
27:26why I had run. The four rogues besieging
27:28the Phoenix slashed their daggers and
27:30took away the Phoenix's very last sliver
27:33of health. And in the next moment, the
27:34four of them discovered that they
27:36couldn't move at all. Then the Phoenix,
27:38which should have died, turned into a
27:39mass of ice blue gas right before their
27:42eyes. Streams of ice blue cold spread
27:45out in an instant, and everything it
27:46touched stayed fixed in its pose, even
27:49the swaying blades suddenly freezing in
27:51place. Then, from the spot where the
27:53Phoenix had died, a loud Phoenix cry
27:55rang out again, and an ice blue
27:56shockwave burst outward, and everything
27:59it touched, without exception, turned
28:01into ice shards and exploded. The first
28:03to bear the brunt were the four rogues
28:05of the rogue guild. They watched
28:07helplessly as their bodies turned to
28:09powder with bright red numbers floating
28:11above their heads, and then they were
28:12sent back to the spring. And I had also
28:14run out of the skill's damage range at
28:15the last moment, because that skill
28:17dealt 10 times attack, a full 7,000
28:20damage, and if I had been any slower, I
28:22would have gone back to the spring for
28:23tea, too. Then I turned my head and
28:25stared at the rogue guild members in the
28:27forest. In my last life, the rogue guild
28:29had been infamous, a bunch of players
28:31who did nothing decent, who loved
28:33nothing more than sneaking around behind
28:35people's backs doing underhanded things
28:37and stealing boss first kills. As long
28:39as there was profit in it, there was no
28:40wicked deed they wouldn't do. But this
28:42time you've had bad luck because you
28:44picked the wrong person, I thought. The
28:46doomsday staff in my hand lit up and I
28:48blasted Spark Prairie Fire toward the
28:49five rogues. Before the guild members
28:51could recover from the shock of the
28:52Phoenix, five basketball-sized fireballs
28:54landed on them, one on each, and before
28:57they could even react, they turned into
28:58streaks of light and vanished. After
29:00casting the skill, I didn't pay them any
29:02more attention because weaklings with a
29:03maximum of level seven and 700 health
29:06could be beaten to death even with my
29:07staff. What mattered now was the Phoenix
29:09because what it had just used was its
29:11skill, Nirvana Rebirth. But whether you
29:13can be reborn or not, you have to ask me
29:15first, I thought. I quickly reached a
29:17mass of cold air glowing blue and
29:19twisting continuously, and from the look
29:21of it, the Phoenix would be resurrected
29:22soon. Without a second thought, I
29:24released Spark Prairie Fire. As the
29:25fireballs exploded, a faint mournful cry
29:28drifted out and the Phoenix, not yet
29:30fully revived, croaked for good. Items
29:32glittering with light scattered across
29:34the ground. Player Slayer of Gods is
29:35rewarded with the unique title Hunter.
29:38Warning, Starter Village number six is
29:39about to face a monster wave. Successful
29:41defense will earn huge loot and
29:43experience. All players prepare for
29:45battle. Instantly, the server-wide
29:47announcements flooded the screen several
29:48times over, causing another uproar. How
29:50did this guy do it? I barely made level
29:52seven after fighting for my life and he
29:54solo killed a level 10 boss. He's
29:56hacking. This has to be hacking. Report
29:58him. We have to report him. In fact, it
30:00wasn't only the players of Starter
30:02Village number six who were baffled
30:03because players across the Daxia
30:05Prefecture and even the entire server
30:07were all in an uproar. After all, a
30:09hidden storyline and a huge loot reward
30:11were enough to stimulate everyone's
30:13nerves. But I knew nothing about it and
30:14just kept grinning. Besides the system's
30:16rewards, the Phoenix had also been
30:18generous and dropped a pile of loot. And
30:20as I looked at all the doubled spoils in
30:21my bag, my eyes were firmly drawn to one
30:24skill book. It was the SS rank ice
30:26skill, Sky Filling Rain, which increased
30:28skill damage by 200% and instantly fired
30:31thousands upon thousands of ice crystal
30:33arrows, dealing group damage with a 50%
30:36slow effect. When the arrow rain hit a
30:38target, it produced an explosion and had
30:40a chance to freeze. Now, I'm really
30:43rich. A demi-divine beast really is
30:46something, I thought, and quickly
30:48checked the other loot. I hadn't
30:49forgotten the skill crystal from the
30:50system's earlier reward. A skill crystal
30:52was a crystal with mysterious power that
30:54gave its user one extra skill slot. In
30:57the apocalypse world, you only gained a
30:59new skill slot every five levels, and a
31:01skill crystal let you learn one more
31:04skill than everyone else. Even late in
31:06my last life, I had rarely heard of
31:08anyone owning one, and the thing had a
31:10price, but no market. As for the hunter
31:12title, it was a unique title. When a
31:13target's health fell below 10%, it
31:15caused an execution effect. If the skill
31:17crystal had astonished me, the hunter
31:19title was even more astonishing. What
31:21did it mean? It meant that for a phoenix
31:22with 100,000 health, once its health
31:24dropped to 10,000, it would simply die
31:26on the spot without even getting the
31:28chance to use nirvana rebirth. I opened
31:30the communication system and, without
31:32setting a price, traded two war god
31:35sets, a pile of assorted weapons and
31:37equipment, and the SS rank skill book,
31:39sky filling rain, straight to deep
31:41pockets. I believed deep pockets should
31:43be able to swallow it all. For the
31:45current stage, an SS rank skill book
31:47would undoubtedly shake the entire daxia
31:49prefecture. Though, with its 50 mana
31:51requirement, perhaps nobody except me
31:54could use it at this stage. Then, I used
31:56the skill crystal directly, and it
31:58turned into a ray of light and flowed
32:00into my body. I learned sky filling
32:02rain, and besides spark prairie fire,
32:04the new slot showed an ice blue icon,
32:06which was exactly sky filling rain. I
32:08equipped my titles and turned on the
32:10hidden effects, and two golden glowing
32:11titles appeared above my head. The
32:13golden light of the two titles was
32:14almost too bright to look at, so I
32:17immediately hid the effects since it
32:18didn't fit my low-key steady
32:20personality, and even less suited my
32:22plan of playing the pig to eat the
32:23tiger. Next came the proper preparation
32:25for the monster siege. As long as we
32:27held, the huge loot and experience would
32:29bring unprecedented improvement to
32:31everyone in daxia. At that moment, my
32:33contact list suddenly rang out in a
32:34flood, and deep pockets messages came in
32:36even denser than the server-wide
32:38announcements. 10 messages a second was
32:40the limit of the contact list, not the
32:42limit of Deep Pockets. When he received
32:44my trade notification, he hadn't
32:46realized how serious the matter was, and
32:47he was all smiles until the moment he
32:49opened it. Then he froze, came back to
32:51himself with his eyes wide, and gripped
32:53the assistant in front of him tightly.
32:55"Quickly, notify all the brothers in the
32:56guild and transfer every bit of funds we
32:58can mobilize to me." The assistant was
32:59startled because it was the entire
33:01guild's funds, and what kind of big deal
33:03was it this time? know that before
33:05entering the apocalypse, Deep Pockets
33:07had always been a regular in other major
33:09online games, and it was precisely
33:11thanks to his personality and sharp
33:13instincts and several unusual deals that
33:15he had built up his now enormous guild.
33:17Without hesitating, the assistant
33:18immediately notified the other guild
33:20members while Deep Pockets finished
33:22speaking and immediately bombarded me
33:24with messages. "Brother Slayer of Gods,
33:26thank you so much for the blue rank war
33:28god sets. I'll pay 100 gold coins for
33:31each set. For the remaining loose
33:32weapons and equipment, I'll take them
33:34all for 50 gold coins." I looked at the
33:36message Deep Pockets had sent and smiled
33:38slightly. Deep Pockets traded me 250
33:40gold coins directly and took the war god
33:42sets and the pile of three-piece
33:44equipment. Then he took a deep breath
33:45and typed again. "The value of Sky
33:47Filling Rain is too high at this stage,
33:49so I can't easily price it. To be
33:50honest, I never expected you to give
33:52your old brother such a great gift. This
33:54is an SS rank skill." "Luck, just luck,"
33:57I replied as I hurried toward Starter
33:59Village number six because the monster
34:00siege would begin soon. Reading my
34:02reply, Deep Pockets laughed in
34:04exasperation. "If this is luck, then the
34:06talent you awakened must have the
34:08goddess of luck smiling on it. An SS
34:10rank skill is too expensive, so I'll
34:13tentatively price it at 300 gold coins
34:15and follow up on the price later. If
34:17it's too low, I'll make it up to you.
34:19How about that?" One SS rank skill for
34:20300 gold coins, which converted into
34:23Daxia dollars was a full 30 million. I
34:25thought about it and agreed. Then I
34:27submitted another item. I had originally
34:29worried that Deep Pockets couldn't
34:30swallow it all, but now it seemed his
34:31strength was not to be underestimated,
34:34and I wondered why I had never heard of
34:35such a person in my last life.
34:37Meanwhile, Deep Pockets was still
34:39waiting for my reply, and when he
34:40received two messages and quickly
34:42checked them, he froze on the spot
34:43again. It was the nation-founding token.
34:46In the trade window, a golden glowing
34:48token lay in the trade slot. Deep
34:50Pockets' breath caught, and then warmth
34:52welled up in his heart. "Brother Slayer
34:54of Gods, are you sure you're selling the
34:56nation-founding token? Aren't you
34:57planning to found a guild yourself?" I
34:59shook my head. The nation-founding token
35:01was a rare treasure right now, but later
35:03it would be basically everywhere. The
35:05only difference was that the members of
35:06the first guild to be founded would gain
35:08an extra 10% wild monster experience
35:11drops. "Just name the price however you
35:12like. This thing isn't worth much," I
35:14said. Seeing my inhuman message, Deep
35:17Pockets was speechless. "1,000 gold
35:19coins, no haggling upper or down." I was
35:21stunned because I had originally planned
35:23to sell it for a few hundred gold coins
35:24at most, and I hadn't expected Deep
35:26Pockets to live up to his name. A second
35:28later, his trade offer arrived. "Trade
35:30complete. 1,550 gold coins have
35:33arrived." Over 100 million now lay in my
35:35bag just like that. The huge contrast
35:37made me feel once again that I had truly
35:39been reborn, and my eyes grew even more
35:42resolute. In this life, I would stand at
35:44the top of the world and face the gods
35:46head-on, and the first step was getting
35:48through this monster siege. On the other
35:50side, after the trade was done, Deep
35:52Pockets couldn't stop trembling. The
35:53nation-founding token was in his hands,
35:55and for him it was far too important
35:57because it would let him break into the
35:59Apocalypse's fame quickly and give a
36:00leap in both business and membership.
36:03Deep Pockets used the nation-founding
36:05token immediately. "Daxia Prefecture
36:07player Deep Pockets has founded the
36:08first guild, Treasure Pavilion. Its
36:10members gain an extra 10% wild monster
36:13experience drops. Congratulations to
36:15player Deep Pockets for obtaining the
36:17unique title, Supreme Overlord." Before
36:19the players across the server could
36:21digest that, another announcement rang
36:22out. "Starter Village number six has
36:25triggered a hidden storyline, Monster
36:27Siege. The village defense quest is now
36:29open. Players of Starter Village number
36:31six, please prepare to meet the
36:32monsters' baptism. Completing the quest
36:34will earn huge experience and loot. Deep
36:38Pockets Guild founding announcement and
36:39Starter Village number six's defense
36:41quest instantly captured the eyes of the
36:43entire server. And for a while, those
36:45two names echoed across every server
36:47channel. Seeing the announcements, I
36:48quickened my steps and arrived at the
36:49village. By then, Starter Village number
36:51six had changed completely. Three high
36:53walls suddenly rose around the entire
36:55village, rising from low to high to
36:57firmly guard it. And densely packed
36:59players already stood on the walls
37:00waiting with expressions either tense or
37:02excited. After all, the huge experience
37:04and loot had been engraved deep in the
37:06minds of everyone in the village. Then
37:08the ground suddenly shook violently, and
37:09a black tide, like a giant wave, surged
37:12toward Starter Village number six. All
37:13the players looked at the dense monster
37:15horde before them, and their faces
37:17turned pale, their legs trembling
37:19uncontrollably. In that moment,
37:21everyone's heart shook. The words
37:23monster siege had sounded simple, but
37:25when the monsters actually appeared,
37:27they realized they had thought far too
37:29lightly. The densely packed monsters
37:30were all wild monsters from around the
37:32starter village, and behind the endless
37:34wave of monsters, a towering figure
37:36reached up into the clouds. Every step
37:38it took made the players of the village
37:40feel the ground shake, and it turned out
37:41that the tremors were not from the
37:43monster horde, but from the footsteps of
37:44that mysterious existence. So, one could
37:46imagine just how enormous it was. At
37:48last, the monsters approached the first
37:50high wall. The players could already see
37:52what they looked like, their eyes
37:53glowing a bloody red, and the monster
37:55siege had begun. Brothers of the Holy
37:57Hall, we'll handle the wild monsters on
37:59the east side. As long as I'm here,
38:01we're invincible. Warriors and knights,
38:03step up and block the first wave. Mages,
38:05split into two teams, control your skill
38:07gaps, and keep up the firepower. Support
38:10and healers have only one requirement.
38:11Watch the health of the knights and
38:13warriors in the front line. Swordsmen
38:15and assassins, follow me for rescue and
38:17encirclement. Ling Yun was truly the
38:19leader of a big guild, with vision and
38:21command ability both stacked to the max,
38:23and in an instant he had laid out the
38:25strategy. White strands of hair drooped
38:27over his forehead and a flash of cold
38:29intent passed through his sword-sharp
38:30eyes. A purple-blue sword trembled
38:32slightly in his hand and his brocade
38:34green robe stirred though no wind blew.
38:36Then he took a step forward and a sword
38:38cry seemed to ring through the air as a
38:39flash of sword light swept past. The
38:41members of the Holy Hall followed Ling
38:43Yun out past the first high wall and
38:45fought the monster horde head-on. Though
38:47the Holy Hall had fewer than 100 people,
38:49under Ling Yun's command they truly held
38:51back the monsters assault and many
38:52players noticed that the one leading the
38:54defense of the village's east side was
38:56the famous Holy Hall. So their courage
38:58doubled and they followed the Holy Hall
39:00into the fight. In an instant, skills of
39:02every color filled the sky and I never
39:04expected that the famous Ling Yun, the
39:06sword immortal of my last life, the
39:08number one master of the Holy Hall, was
39:10right here in starter village number
39:12six. He was a truly fearsome man with
39:14the god-rank talent sword heart clarity
39:16and the Holy Hall had countless masters
39:18under him. I mixed into the crowd and
39:20threw in a basic attack every now and
39:22then to help finish off wild monsters,
39:24saving my skills for the next wave. The
39:26starter village number six monster siege
39:27ranking is now open and the top 100 will
39:30receive large amounts of loot and
39:31experience. An announcement rang out and
39:33everyone noticed a ranking appear before
39:34their eyes. Ling Yun sat at the very top
39:36while I couldn't be found even in the
39:38top 100. Seeing that a high rank came
39:40with rewards, the players fought even
39:42harder. Death in the apocalypse wasn't
39:43real but every death forced you to drop
39:45one level and as time passed with
39:47everyone averaging two levels lost, the
39:50first wave of monsters was finally
39:51cleared. The players of starter village
39:53number six burst into cheers and Ling
39:55Yun leaned his sword against the high
39:56wall listening to the celebration with a
39:58faint smile. His mana was nearly empty
40:01but if they held on for just one more
40:03wave and completed the siege quest, the
40:04reward would be extremely generous. What
40:07none of them expected was that the
40:08second wave began right away and
40:10everyone's face fell into despair. The
40:12monsters in this wave were almost all
40:13level eight. Many were level nine and
40:15some were level 10, the highest in the
40:17starter village and for players who had
40:19just survived the first wave and now
40:20averaged only level six, it was a dead
40:22end. On top of that, that sky-darkening
40:25existence still waited behind them. The
40:27cheers of the victory vanished, leaving
40:28only deathly silence and many players
40:30despaired, convinced the quest was
40:32impossible, ready to give up and log off
40:34to rest. The intense fighting had left
40:36everyone exhausted. With the deafening
40:37roar of the monsters, the second wave
40:39reached the foot of the first high wall
40:41and the battle was one-sided from the
40:43start. Many mages hadn't even released
40:45their skills before the warriors and
40:46knights in front of them were killed and
40:47the next second their vision went black
40:49and they were back at the spring.
40:50Bearded brother of the Holy Hall also
40:52respawned at the spring furious. "I'm a
40:54knight in a full blue rank set with a
40:56thousand health and I couldn't even hold
40:58out against the first wave of monsters.
41:00Every death drops my level. I'll only
41:02get weaker and weaker." In all four
41:04directions of starter village number
41:05six, casualties piled up faster and
41:07faster. Players kept respawning and
41:09rushing back to the line, but with so
41:11little mana and such powerful monsters,
41:13the line was squeezed tighter and
41:15tighter. Monsters had already begun
41:16charging and climbing the first high
41:18wall. The cause was that the rogue guild
41:20had huddled together again and kept
41:22retreating, leaving the solo players to
41:24hold the front. So as players died, the
41:26north grew weaker and more fragile. On
41:28the west side, the female army of Mulan
41:30Pavilion and the solo players kept dying
41:32and even their guild leader, Mulan, had
41:34already fallen twice. Mulan, down to
41:36level five, wore a bitter smile. Her
41:38lovely face pale, cold sweat streaming
41:41down as she struggled to dodge a pack of
41:43level eight gale wolves. Mulan looked
41:45sweet, but at heart she was a tomboy
41:47through and through and her talent was
41:48the S-rank crimson talent berserker. But
41:51a level five berserker couldn't
41:52withstand the fast high-level gale
41:54wolves. Her health was nearly gone and
41:56as she stared at the wolves' bared
41:58fangs, Mulan closed her eyes in despair.
42:00But all she heard in her ears was a
42:02string of howls and a wave of heat
42:04washed over her face. She opened her
42:06beautiful eyes and saw several charred
42:08flaming wolf corpses turning into light
42:10before her and only then did she realize
42:12she had been saved. The one who saved
42:14her was me. I tested the damage of Spark
42:17Prairie Fire and nodded in satisfaction
42:19because with the hunter titles execution
42:21effect at below 10% health, I could
42:23already instantly kill level eight and
42:24nine monsters and I might even try level
42:2610. "Watch out!" a cry rang out and I
42:29twisted to the side at once. Before I
42:31could even brace, a blade of light
42:32chopped down on the spot where I had
42:34been standing. It was a defense tier
42:35level 10 monster, the Blade Mantis, the
42:37assassin among wild monsters. Five
42:40fireballs arrived first and struck it.
42:42And as Mulan watched in horror, the
42:43Blade Mantis, which had been swinging
42:45two scythes, lost two-thirds of its
42:47health in an instant. Before it could
42:49attack again, 800 points of critical
42:51damage flashed up and the next moment
42:53the Blade Mantis was executed. One shot?
42:55That was a yellow rank level 10 monster
42:57and a squishy mage killed it in one hit.
42:59Wait, this mage is already level eight?
43:01In that instant, Mulan thought of
43:02someone. Could it be him? Slayer of
43:04gods? "Thanks for the warning just now."
43:06I said and then I walked toward the
43:08monster pack. One Spark Prairie Fire
43:10blasted into the middle of a dense
43:11cluster. And between the explosion and
43:13the execution, the whole pile of
43:15monsters turned into experience for me.
43:17It really is Slayer of gods. The big
43:20shot is actually in our starter village
43:22number six. So, this quest is saved.
43:25Mulan's voice was so loud that the
43:26players around the west side heard her.
43:28"Is it really the big shot?" Then they
43:30saw an inspiring sight. A mage standing
43:32almost in the middle of the monster
43:34pack. And every time five fireballs
43:35dropped into the monsters, a whole patch
43:37was harvested in an instant. This
43:39stunned every player who had been
43:41struggling to resist. And some even saw
43:43several yellow rank level 10 blade
43:44monsters lurking behind me, slashing a
43:47few times without my health moving at
43:48all. Many knights were horrified. Did I
43:50pick the wrong class? Do mages really
43:52have this much health? Is this what a
43:54big shot is? After I joined, the players
43:56on the west line felt a surge of
43:58courage, followed my steps and began
44:00charging the monster pack. As soon as I
44:02made my move, the situation flipped.
44:04Since the siege began, the west was the
44:06only side to counterattack the monster
44:08horde, and they actually punched right
44:10through it. But, the other three lines
44:11were already collapsing. The Holy Hall
44:13and the World Ender Guild, fighting
44:15fearlessly to hold their lines, were
44:16nearly down to level three, and Ling Yun
44:18the Sword, immortal of my last life, was
44:20only level four now. He had done his
44:22best, but but the enemies' levels were
44:24simply too high and their strength too
44:26great. Just as the Holy Hall's second
44:28high wall was about to shatter, a large
44:29group of players suddenly appeared on
44:31the southern battlefield. The few dozen
44:33leading them were almost all women. And
44:35at the very front was lowly carrying a
44:37giant sword taller than herself, none
44:39other than Mulan, the leader of Mulan
44:41Pavilion, with a huge crowd of solo
44:43players following behind. Boss Ling Yun,
44:45we've come to support you. Ling Yun
44:47watched in total confusion as the lowly
44:50hauled her giant sword past him and
44:52charged the oncoming monsters. The next
44:54moment, a blazing tiger bit her neck,
44:57and in the next second, she turned into
44:59a streak of white light and vanished,
45:01gloriously sacrificed. Black lines
45:03covered Ling Yun's forehead. Is she here
45:05to be funny? Behind her, the players
45:07kept charging forward fearlessly, one
45:09after another. The sight warmed Ling
45:11Yun's heart. But but then his face went
45:14pale. Could the West already have
45:16fallen? The giant sword lowly respond
45:18and rushed back again. Boss Ling Yun,
45:20don't worry. Boss Slayer of Gods has
45:23made his move. The monster horde on the
45:25West is already cleared out. He had us
45:27come over first to help you hold the
45:28line, and once he's solved the North's
45:30trouble, he'll come over. What? Level
45:32nine and 10 monsters laying siege, and
45:34they were cleared out? A horde of nearly
45:36150,000 high-level monsters, and you're
45:38telling me one person cleared it? My own
45:41Holy Hall has been beaten to pieces, and
45:43I've lost three levels myself. Monsters
45:45this terrifying, and you tell me they're
45:47cleared? Do you think I have nothing but
45:48fools in my head? Boss Ling Yun, look at
45:50the ranking, and you'll understand,
45:52Mulan said. And seeing his doubtful
45:54face, she added that one line and
45:56stopped paying attention to him, because
45:58as long as they held the attack with
45:59lives until Boss Slayer of Gods arrived,
46:01this monster siege quest could
46:03definitely be completed. Ling Yun
46:05watched the giant sword slide past,
46:07nearly shaving off a lock of his white
46:09hair, and was speechless. This girl is
46:11so reckless. It looks like her brain
46:13grew into her fists. Then, with a
46:15doubtful gaze, he looked at the ranking
46:16and was instantly shocked. First place,
46:19Slayer of Gods, kills 88,954.
46:22Second place, Ling Yun, kills 2,602.
46:26What on earth? Over 80,000 kills? Alone,
46:29he has more kills than every player in
46:30the entire starter village combined. How
46:32is that possible? After a while, the
46:34Holy Hall players were startled to
46:35discover that their guild leader, Ling
46:37Yun, who normally never smiled, wore a
46:39wild, charming grin. Fate is mine, not
46:42heaven's. Now, we have hope. Then, right
46:45before the Holy Hall players' eyes, he
46:47turned into a streak of white light and
46:49vanished. And shortly afterward, he
46:50charged back out of the spring, shouting
46:52the same slogan. Meanwhile, on the north
46:55line, the third high wall was about to
46:57fall, and the cause was entirely the
46:59Rogue Guild's inaction. When the second
47:01wave began, the Rogue Guild's people
47:02disappeared completely. The level seven
47:04top-tier rogues all hid, leaving only a
47:07pile of solo players and a few dozen
47:09Holy Hall members who had come to help.
47:11That the north had lasted this long was
47:13the result of everyone there charging
47:15forward again and again and trading
47:16their levels for time. After dying
47:18again, Bearded Brother respawned with
47:20only level one left. It's over. The
47:22quest is going to fail. Watching the
47:24players who kept respawning at the
47:25spring beside him, he felt a wave of
47:28powerlessness. In a safe zone in the
47:29north, more than 100 members of the
47:31Rogue Guild were gathered. Every one of
47:33them level seven and not one of them
47:35having died, because they had never
47:36joined the defense and were simply
47:38waiting to pick up leftovers. The Rogue
47:40Guild leader watched the third high wall
47:42about to break, and his face was very
47:44ugly. A bunch of trash who can't even
47:46beat wild monsters. Forget it. This
47:48quest can't be completed. But the next
47:51moment, something none of them expected
47:52happened. In front of the third high
47:54wall that that about to be breached, the
47:56dense monsters had vanished. A mage
47:58stood on top of the wall, and in the
48:00direction his staff pointed, fireballs
48:02flew. And those level 10 monster packs
48:04disappeared at a visible speed. In no
48:06time at all, the crisis of the wall
48:08breaking was resolved. On the shaky
48:09wall, the players stared at me in a
48:11daze, their heads full of question
48:13marks. Is this really a mage? Bearded
48:15Brother's mouth hung open in shock, his
48:17eyes blank as he stared at me on the
48:19wall, as if he had been hit hard. Level
48:2110 high-grade monsters in front of this
48:23mage had health like paper. Did some NPC
48:26wander out? What kind of mage is this?
48:28This is a pharaoh. What hit Bearded
48:30Brother hardest was that when this mage
48:32was occasionally ambushed by wild
48:33monsters, they couldn't even budge his
48:35health bar. He looked utterly deflated.
48:37Let whoever wants be a knight. I'm
48:39becoming a mage when I hit level 10 for
48:41my class change. Yes, that's decided. To
48:44hell with high health, high defense
48:45knights. In the safe zone, the rogue
48:47guild members stared at each other in
48:49disbelief, but the guild leader's face
48:50grew only darker, because this mage was
48:52the one who had killed him and his
48:54people earlier, forcing them to spend
48:55most of a day leveling again. The one
48:57with that ridiculously thick health bar.
49:00Watching me slaughter level 10 monsters
49:01like vegetables, his expression turned
49:03even gloomier. How do we play this? I
49:05was still looking for a chance to gather
49:07everyone and take revenge, and now it
49:08looks like a dream. He chops level 10
49:10monsters like they're nothing, and we're
49:12only level seven. If we rush up
49:13recklessly, who knows how long it would
49:15take to make up the levels, but I can't
49:17swallow this anger. He kept his eyes
49:19locked on me, and then his vicious gaze
49:20shifted, as if he had thought of
49:22something, and he let out a cold laugh.

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