Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Lin Jie followed the Paladin and walked into the hall. The NPC had been teaching him some basic knowledge on the way.
“Midolhaar is heaven to all Warriors and Paladins. It is tough to find so many Undead in a town. You can treat them as ‘moving’ Merit Points, gold coins, or anything you want…
“Technically, the Undeads in Midolhaar belong to one of the branches from Dark Shrine. If you check the ancient relics, you will know how evil Dark Shrine is! Can you imagine waking up and suddenly seeing the person in your dream open their rotten, sticky mouth and bite you? LOL…
“For every Undead you kill here, you will gain Merit Points. This is for you. This is the Rune of the Dead Language. After you kill the Undead, their weak souls will be absorbed into the runestone. The more you kill, the better the reward. Trust me, this absolutely is heaven, covered with bloody gold coins…”
Ding~
As soon as the prompt sounded, a Rune fell into Lin Jie’s hand.
That Rune was able to track the number of Undead killed by players in The Land of Plague. Each Undead killed could be rewarded with additional EXP or gold coins.
“Here we are!” The Paladin looked solemn, and in front of him was an abandoned church. It looked worn-out, dark and mossy, with all kinds of unknown vines crawling on it. This was the command camp of the Guild of Light in the town of Midolhaar!
A white-haired Paladin in a captain’s suit was looking at the map and thinking hard as if he had encountered some severe problems.
That man was the Chief Commander of Midolhaar, Paladin Grey! He had commanded thousands of wars, both his personal strength and leadership were incredible! He was also a big reason why Lin Jie had come to this map—Paladin Grey could become the players’ follower!
In his previous life, a player called “Robber” had participated in nearly 100 wars, such as the Battle of Midolhaar, the Battle of Gabe County, the Battle of Cadera, and so on. He had been spending all of his game time in dealing with Grey. Finally, Grey had become his follower, and he had been invited to the Three Alliances. On the next battle, Paladin Grey had successfully used merely 2,000 people to defend the 20,000-man attack from Triumphant Midnight.
If it was not for the long war that affected his body, Paladin Grey would have been a Legendary Hero.
Grey raised his head and looked at Lin Jie like the Undead. He said lightly, “New recruit, first take part in recruit training, or else, you will not be able to survive on the battlefield.”
Ding~
—’Do you accept the mission [Recruit’s Training]?’
“No!”
Lin Jie canceled the mission.
Grey was stunned, and then the NPC Paladin came forward to explain what Lin Jie had done in the teleportation circle.
“Oh? You cut off the head of the commander of the Undead?” Grey looked at Lin Jie, slightly impressed.
Lin Jie nodded respectfully and laid the head of the commander of the Undead on the table.
“Good! Since you have skills, you can skip the recruit training and go straight to the battlefield!” Grey nodded, pushed the map in front of Lin Jie, pointed to the blood-red mark on the map, and said, “Here is Blood Swamp where the Undead raise the Flesh Beasts! The Flesh Beast kills and devours soldiers to augment their strength. You, go and destroy this place!”
The Paladin, who led Lin Jie, was shocked and said, “Sir, Blood Swamp is one of the most important strongholds of the Undead. There are three commander-level Undead and five Flesh Beasts. We sent 1,000 knights last time, but they were completely wiped out! Are you sure about this?”
Lin Jie took a deep breath. He thought that Grey would let him do the investigation first, or hunt some low-level Undead on the edge, and then entrust him with an important task. Unexpectedly, the climax was right in the beginning! Blood Swamp was one of the maps that Lin Jie badly wanted to go! In the War of Midolhaar, there were five dangerous areas: Blood Swamp, Lightless Tower, Blood and Meat Furnace, Coffin Pool, and the Kingdom of Destruction!
The greater the danger, the greater the opportunity!
“Sir, since you know my ability, how about letting me go to the Kingdom of Destruction?” Lin Jie probed.
“The leader of Dark Shrine lives in the Kingdom of Destruction. You are not strong enough yet!” Grey gave Lin Jie a token and said, “Go forth and destroy Blood Swamp. I will give you the authority to lead the army when it is done.”
Ding~
—’You received mission item [Bloody Token]
—’Do you accept the mission [Destroy Blood Swamp]?’
Mission Description: You came to the front line of the war in Midolhaar. Commander Grey highly appreciated you and assigned you an important task. Take Grey’s token and destroy Blood Swamp!
Mission Reward: EXP, gold coins, Guild of Light Reputation, Merit Points, and Commander of Middle-Class Paladins.
“No problem!” Lin Jie received the token and said, “I’ll go right now.” The token was engraved with a picture of an Undead with hatred. Only people with the token could enter the Blood Swamp.
“Wait a second. The head of the Undead commander can be used to make a Bone Membrane Armor. It is very durable and can block a large amount of Dark damage. Since you killed it, you deserve the armor too.” With a clap, the skull of the Undead commander shattered and became an armor on Lin Jie.
He stood still, and the Bone Dust covered him completely. There was a layer of armor growing on Lin Jie’s body.
[Bone Membrane Armor]: Defense increased by 10%, Immune to Dark Poison, Dark-type damage reduced by 30%! Lasts for 12 hours, killing Undead can prolong the duration of the armor.
Bone Membrane Armor was gradually discovered by Paladins in the long war. As long as the war was still ongoing, the materials of this armor would be inexhaustible! Ordinary players who wanted to get a layer of Bone Membrane Armor needed to kill thousands of Undead, upgrade their rank to Captain, and collect a lot of materials.
Lin Jie, however, had the armor not long after he entered Midolhaar!
“Go forth! May the Holy Light shine upon you.” Grey waved, and Lin Jie was transported out of the room.
Lin Jie took out the token.
The reward for this mission was very high, and even the right to lead the army was an option. The so-called leadership was the number of NPCs that players could command on a war map. Generally speaking, the greater the leadership of players, the more profits they would get on a war map.
“Time to take a trip.” Lin Jie held the token tightly, feeling excited.
“Blood Swamp, I’m coming!”
………
Muddy ground.
Rotten smell.
Bodies everywhere.
This was Midolhaar! Players must be highly alert when walking in the field. Otherwise, they were likely to meet hostile players. There were quite a few players who belonged to the Dark Shrine, such as Eighteen Massacres. The players who could enter Midolhaar were no newbies.
Lin Jie was vigilant, looking for the traces of Blood Swamp. Grey had pointed out that the location was there, but the coordinates of the Blood Swamp were random. Thus, Lin Jie could only search according to his memory.
“Flare Arrow!”
Whoosh—
An arrow with light shot into the sky, and the weak light dispersed the shadow. Several Undead Bandits were briefly revealed. After the Flare Arrow disappeared, they hid again.
A Hunter was surrounded by these Undead and fought desperately. Obviously, he was going to die anytime from now. Under his feet laid several bodies, which seemed to be his teammates.
“Bro, help me out, please!” The Hunter saw Lin Jie and quickly shouted.
Lin Jie looked at the Hunter, wearing a Level 25 Holy Beetle suit. He was on the survival build. No wonder he could live to the end. The team might be able to give him some information about Blood Swamp.
“Coming!”
Hunter’s Forward Charge!
Lin Jie rushed forward.
Whirlwind!
Although Whirlwind’s attack was not very high, it was one of the few anti-invisible skills that Warriors had. Whirlwind had an extremely quick cooldown. When used, it was as though there was really a tornado surrounding the user. The moment the Bandits were near, they would be hit and revealed!
Three Bandits were hit by the attack, and the invisible mode broke. It was the players of Dark Shrine. Dark Shrine’s players would have their bodies transformed into the Undead and separated into three different grades. Eighteen Massacres’ appearance was the same as that of the players, showing that he was among the top of the believers.
“Kill him!”
Three players saw the excellent equipment on Lin Jie. Obviously, none of it was ordinary. The daggers turned around and pierced directly at Lin Jie from tricky angles. Three daggers, three angles, cooperating exquisitely! Lin Jie had no room to dodge, and he could only take the hit!
The Hunter was shocked and shouted, “Bro, step back!”
The Hunter quickly stepped in front of Lin Jie. He did not expect that his rescuer was such an inexperienced newbie. As long as he spent time in the town of Midolhaar, he should know how dangerous the front line of the war was. In that situation, they could run away as soon as the Warrior revealed the Bandits and used control skills to control them and cooperate with his traps.
Now the helper was in danger.
The Hunter was fearless and stood in front of Lin Jie, prepared an explosion trap, and was ready to take the hit for Lin Jie. However, Lin Jie pushed him aside and took a direct hit.
“Hahahaha, lucky!” The Bandits were overjoyed. This man was obviously a brainless local tyrant who could only fight some monster but without any skill or fighting sense. Taking attacks from three Dark Bandits head-on? He must be mad!
All the Bandits’ daggers were covered with a God-Decaying Poison specially made in Dark Shrine. As the name implied, even gods would be corroded! It was a very precious poison. If not for this well-equipped fighter, they were really reluctant to use!
Clink! Clink! Clink!
Three explosions sounded, and the daggers fell. It was different from the bloody scenes everyone was expecting. Lin Jie raised his head slowly, and his face was wrapped in a dark layer of bones, making him look like a demon. Not only that, even a piece of demonized scales appeared from his skin!
“Imbeciles!”
Army Obliteration!
Each person got hit once and fell on the ground immediately!
-2,748!
-3,514!
-6,012! (Critical Hit)
“How could it cause such high damage? These people are the… Dark Blood Bandits?” Lin Jie was shocked.
