Soul of Searing Steel

Chapter 22: Sometimes it's embarrassing when the enemy is too cowardly

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"There are still 2,400 experience points left. Fortunately, I don't have to do the [Glory Quest] now. Otherwise, even if you give me a few months, I won't be able to advance to gold."

Joshua looked at the attribute board again, and he breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that he didn't need to do the advanced tasks all over again.

In the previous game, if a player wanted to advance to gold, in addition to reaching level 31, he also needed to complete a very difficult single-player mission. The content of the missions were all kinds of strange, but they were all very specific. The process was cumbersome and complicated, and there were no gaps. , if the task chain completion degree is below 75%, it will be considered a failure.

Needless to say, if you succeed, if you fail, not only will your level be kicked back to 30, but you will also not be able to challenge again within a month, which is a waste of time.

Two thousand four hundred points, which is roughly the experience of four or five silver warriors, is indeed not a big problem for Joshua, not to mention that he has another solution.

"If you count from the street patrol soldiers to the last silver guard, I probably killed more than fifty enemies in a row. The [Fifty Kill] achievement provides 5,000 experience points, which is more than enough for upgrading."

After trying to open the achievement panel, Joshua found that the system was stuck. It took several seconds to open it. He couldn't help but laugh: "I didn't expect there would be a delay after traveling through time."

After the teasing, the achievement list was opened. Suddenly, mountains of data began to flash across the screen in front of Joshua's eyes. The achievement party member and former legendary warrior calmly crossed his rows of "Achieved". Achievements, find the category list that you need [repeatable completion], click on the achievement [number of consecutive kills].

"Only thirty consecutive cuts?"

He frowned slightly, but Joshua didn't care about such a trivial matter: "It should be because he let the mercenary go in the middle. Anyway, three thousand experience is just enough."

At this time, Yingying no longer regretted the ruins. She walked behind the warrior, raised her head and asked: "Master, what are you going to do next? Clear out the enemies in the city?"

"There's no rush." Joshua shook his head and replied, "People are too scattered. It's better to wait until they get together to investigate the situation. Let's take a rest now."

After saying that, he simply found a bigger stone and sat down, while Yingying also sat next to it.

Warriors are always good at waiting.

Crunch—

In a nearby residence, a resident carefully opened the door. She was a middle-aged woman. She cautiously stuck her head out and observed the surrounding situation.

People don’t know what happened in the city recently, but it can definitely be seen that the soldiers patrolling and guarding the city gates have been replaced by a group of strangers. In addition, the continuous introduction of curfew orders and martial law has made people feel uncomfortable. It's a weird feeling. Considering the bad climate and temperature in winter, not many people are willing to go out.

Nowadays, except for buying necessary daily necessities, the middle-aged woman does not leave her house at all. She does not care about what is going on outside, but the roar just now is different. The sound is really too loud. She must go and see it. See what happens.

She raised her head and took a quick look around. After discovering that there were no strange patrolling soldiers, the middle-aged woman breathed a sigh of relief and carefully observed her surroundings.

Then, the next second she was dumbfounded and took a breath of surprise and said: "Oh, my God..." Covering her mouth with her hands, the middle-aged woman kept retreating, and then her legs softened and she sat down. On the ground: "Lord's Mansion, Lord's Mansion Quilt!"

"what happened?"

An impatient male voice came from the house, and you could vaguely hear the complaint of a child being woken up: "Hurry up and close the door, the cold wind is coming in, don't freeze the child."

"Oh, come and see the child's father!"

With no time to explain and no words to use, the middle-aged woman looked excited and shouted: "Come here quickly!"

"You stupid woman..." He cursed, and the man knew that something must be going on, so he quickly came out of the room, pulled up his old wife who was sitting at the door, and then frowned and looked out the door.

Then, his eyes widened, his mouth opened, and he was stunned and said: "Oh, my God..."

Not far away, where the Lord's Mansion, which originally stood like a small castle in the center of the city, was located, a huge black dust mushroom cloud was slowly rising, and at the bottom of it was a large area of ruins.

The couple looked at each other, their eyes full of surprise and confusion.

who is it? Who destroyed the Lord's Mansion? !

Turning their eyes, they spotted two vague figures next to the ruins of the Lord's Mansion.

At this time, Joshua had been waiting for about ten minutes. Logically speaking, no matter whether it was a silver or black iron level warrior, it would take such a long time to arrive at the scene, but in fact, no one came.

"I forgot." Joshua shook his head regretfully, feeling that he still took it for granted.

After all, this is a real world, and you only have one life. It’s not like players and NPCs with hatred in the game who will fight until their last breath. What’s more, these people are just private soldiers and secret agents of the Wilson family. They are just a mercenary group, and the biggest rule is to use money to do things. When they encounter a monster strong enough to destroy the city lord's palace, running away is not a psychological burden for them at all.

Sometimes it's embarrassing for the enemy to be too cowardly.

Standing up, Joshua planned to leave: "Yingying, come here, get ready to leave."

"Yes master, where to go?"

"First go to the church square and ring the bell to inform the whole city." The soldier said calmly with a matter-of-fact expression: "Tell them that I, Joshua, the lord of this land, am back."

Now that the cheap uncle is dead and Chris is not an idiot, no one will jump out to compete with him for the title. In this case, it is time to quickly notify the whole city to cancel martial law, and then go to the Black Forest Fortress to recruit a team of troops to maintain order. Other matters related to the inheritance of the title can be taken care of later.

Walking on the avenue, many residents along the way opened their doors or windows and looked in the direction of the Lord's Mansion. These people did not pay attention to Joshua and Yingying. Their eyes only saw the black mushroom cloud that was gradually being blown away by the wind. Looking confused, after discovering that all the soldiers patrolling before had disappeared, some brave people were ready to go nearby to take a look at the situation, and discussions started.

Suddenly, the soldiers' footsteps stopped.

Joshua frowned and turned back. He looked into the distance, his eyes penetrated the buildings and the flying snow, and stared straight at the clouds in the sky.

"The sound of the wind."

He said softly and solemnly. Under Yingying's doubtful eyes, Joshua turned around and his expression gradually became serious.

What he heard was not the sound of the cold winter wind sweeping across the sky and blowing through the streets, nor the sound of the hunting north wind sweeping the clouds and blowing the frost. What Joshua heard was something that ordinary people could not detect, resounding through the air. A vibration between spirit and elements.

In the invisible distance, there is a person, an existence. He shakes the magic in the atmosphere, making the spirits and elements in nature available to him. The micro-movement of power is transmitted like the wind, and then it is captured by Joshua. Perception.

"Gold, the power of glory! It's coming so soon. The plan needs to be changed."

Taking a deep breath, Joshua suddenly shouted loudly: "All residents around, leave!"

There was no gentle element in his voice, it was all intimidation and coercion: "This is not a joke, this is an order, limited to three minutes! Otherwise..."

Before he finished speaking, his feet trembled, and air waves suddenly rolled. Violent vibrations and roars like earthquakes were heard. In the horrified eyes of all the surrounding residents, a huge collapse of more than ten meters in radius appeared on the wide Qingyan Street. and cracks.

There is no need to continue talking, this is Chi Guoguo’s threat! Why should he hesitate? ! Facing such a vicious person, naturally the uncle said whatever he said!

There was an uproar in the crowd, and everyone quickly turned around and went home, called their wives, children, and husbands, picked up their most valuable items, and left quickly as if fleeing disaster.

After the warning, Joshua said nothing. He stared at the empty sky in the distance, while the silver-haired Shenji followed behind him, and countless people walked quickly around him on both sides, Go to someone you know well.

coming soon.