Chapter 26 skip me

Late at night, Linde was still awake and was lying on the bed reading posts.

Through some people's posts and videos on the official website, he found that the current state of players is not optimistic. Although some players are born optimists, without the positive feedback from the game, if they want to persist in playing, they may only be able to rely on the game "The Ring" which has gaming technology that is far superior to the world.

If other game companies make breakthroughs in related technologies, "The Ring" will definitely lose the vast majority of its players in a very short time.

Without the world's favor, it would be no exaggeration to say that players can hardly move forward.

And he found that the players mainly appeared in the Rand Kingdom area.

A small number appeared in other kingdoms.

Unfortunately, the player's skill level was too low, and he had no idea which area he was in. He only vaguely knew that he was within the territory of the Kingdom of Rand.

The Kingdom of Rand is very big.

"Sir," the soldier's voice came along with the knock on the door.

Linde sat up, put on his clothes, and grabbed the sword.

When he opened the door, a gust of cold wind blew in his face, making him squint.

Lind, who is already a great knight, is very strong. Under his clothes are muscles as hard as rocks, and even the chilly wind can hardly shake them.

It's just that it's human nature to fear the cold, and the wind at night always carries a deadly stench of disaster, which keeps people in a state of fear all the time.

Before the end of time, people worshipped the night.

After the apocalypse, no one likes the night.

"how?"

The man was soldier Pierre, one of the nine soldiers under his command, whose nose was red from the cold.

When he opened his mouth to speak, a large amount of white-hot air gushed out of his mouth, covering his head, and then was blown away by a gust of wind.

The difference between the living and the dead in the dark is probably who can breathe.

"Those four undead men brought back a corpse."

The traveling frogs are really restless and always find something to do for themselves.

"Corpse?"

"They also said they found traces of scavengers."

Linde's spirits perked up slightly.

It had only been two or three days since the hole in the city wall was broken, and the players had only been here for two or three days.

During this period of time, Lind and the players wiped out the jackals, went to Prey Town to be promoted to a great knight, and wiped out a gathering place for wanderers.

There were so many things to do that the investigation of the holes in the city wall, which was about to begin, had to be postponed.

Of course, his plan also included letting the players investigate the scavengers, but perhaps they were acting too quickly.

Even Lind himself was wondering: Was this how I played games before? I didn't follow the mission and ran around everywhere.

A memory suddenly came to my mind "I can explore the area ahead later."

Who is putting voice in my head?

Oh, I was like that before, that's okay.

The main quests of the game can't even control the players, so don't expect an unauthorized NPC like yourself to be able to restrain the players.

Linde nodded expressionlessly: "Go and take a look."

"Yes"

When Lind saw the four undead men, they were chatting excitedly about something. The cold wind after nightfall was like sharp arrows that could penetrate thick fur coats, but the four men were dancing and became even more excited after seeing Lind coming.

"Sir, we came across this body by accident while we were out on patrol, and then we investigated and found that there were scavengers eyeing our territory."

An undead has already come to claim credit.

The faces of several soldiers around changed slightly. Even though they had heard about the scavengers before, they were still a little worried.

Scavengers = disaster.

The doomsday disaster cannot kill everyone, and anyone would be afraid of it.

Lind looked at the body on the ground.

He had seen it a lot, so he didn't feel like vomiting. He squatted down to check the bitten head, then searched other parts and turned over the corpse's stiff hands.

His right hand was covered with calluses. Although his left hand was equally rough, the calluses were located in completely different positions. This was a person who had been using a bow for many years.

When his clothes were torn off, there were scars on his chest and back.

A veteran.

The soldiers in the doomsday are considered to be superior in strength. Soldiers who have experienced life and death experiences and training are also good at working together.

As far as Lind knew, many legions had established private forces on the spot after the collapse of the Rand Kingdom regime, using their own armed forces to forcibly keep everything running.

Compared to the "old aristocracy" like himself, the "new aristocracy" who hold real power are the real masters.

It just so happened that there was a new noble in the eastern area of ​​Star Dragon Post, and the difference between him and himself was like that between a chicken and a tiger.

So after seeing the body, Lind was not in a good mood.

Around the territory, there is now a giant hoofed horse whose exact form is unknown, a group of fleeing wanderers, wanderers possibly led by a two-headed knight, an unknown number of scavengers, and a possible team of soldiers. This does not include the defense corps of Prey Town and the new noble lords in the east.

If in the eyes of the players, Prey Town is really a "novice village", then I am probably just a wild monster stronghold.

It's so stormy.

The Star Dragon Sentry stood prominently on the horizon, as if provoking something.

As everyone watched, Lind stood up and said, "It's the scavenger."

His words basically set the final tone - there really were scavengers near the Star Dragon Outpost, and they were very close.

There is a clear polarization between the status of soldiers and players.

Player: "I knew it, haha! Can I start a new mission?"

Soldier: "Alas!"

They are different from players. They will die, and they can't kill monsters to level up. I really don't want to have any contact with disasters.

"The danger is imminent."

Lind spoke again, drawing everyone's attention to himself. As an "NPC" who also understood "players" very well, he could easily understand the situation of both parties at the moment.

Although he can sacrifice players an unlimited number of times, the real fighting force in front of him is not the players, but his own 9 elite soldiers.

Don't think that the four players who desperately killed the wanderers in the camp seem very powerful, but to be frank, that group of people are just a bunch of poor fellows who can't even fill their stomachs. If the four soldiers of Star Dragon Outpost were to kill the group of wanderers today, they wouldn't have to fight so miserably and could kill them directly with almost no injuries.

If it were Lind... he alone could create a pile of charred corpses on the ground in a very short time.

Players are born with weak bodies, and each of them starts out as a "useless person".

Therefore, the main force to eliminate the scavengers this time is destined to be yourself and 9 soldiers, but the players are not useless either, they can risk their lives to explore and investigate the enemy situation.

Including myself, the player and the soldiers, there are 14 people in total.

It is a strong force. It may not be able to deal with the Wanderers, but it should have no problem exterminating the Scavengers.

Linde had some guesses. He had also read the posts. One of the players, named @李姐万岁, kept saying that she was in the scavenger's nest north of Star Dragon Post.

It is almost certain that the scavenger information came from there.

Remember, the number is not that large.

"Undead people, for the sake of peace in Star Dragon Outpost, investigate the situation of the scavengers and report it to me as soon as possible! I need to know where the scavengers' lair is located."

He turned to look at the soldiers: "Everyone else, get ready to fight at any time!"

The soldiers could understand the seriousness in Linde's tone.

"Yes!" The soldiers took the order and disappeared into the night wind with torches in hand.

The flickering flames struggled in the chilly wind like fireflies, appearing and disappearing. Even though I knew I would not have a good dream tonight, I had to hold on tonight in order to sleep peacefully in the future.

But the players were completely different. Lind watched the four players look at each other, then turn away from his sight, and then run back.

"My Lord, we have investigated it thoroughly!"

Linde: "..."

Don't even bother pretending, just skip me! [Note]
　Skip (スキップ): The option to skip the plot in the game.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)