Chapter 2: The Great World of Strife
Countless memories flooded into his mind like a river, and Joshua's memories returned to chaos.
-- Human beings are a species that has grown and evolved in the midst of war, and has advanced to survive in the midst of slaughter.
So, when the warrior tore the orc in front of him with a giant sword, he didn't think of anything.
The cloudy, gloomy sky was torn apart by the thunder that swept straight by, and the sound of trumpets was faintly heard in the howling north wind, and with the thunder, the rain began to fall, at first it was just a drizzle, but after a while it turned into a downpour.
After a while, the blood had covered his leg
Gasping for breath, Joshua took off his torn helmet, and the green blood belonging to the orcs fell from the ends of his black hair and dripped into the puddle of blood.
He looked around.
Corpses strewn all over the field, surrounded by stumps and entrails, mountains of dead remains, there was no enemy left to fight, and he was the only one alive.
Succeeded, slowly grinning, Joshua laughed silently.
Kill more than 100 orcs with the power of one person.
Even the most exaggerated legendary novels would not write such a plot, and now it really happened to him.
“…… Call. Half-kneeling on the ground, with a sword in one hand, Joshua felt the pain of tearing inside his body, and his brain was also a mess, and the sequelae of fighting to the point of madness began to appear, and the dizziness of the soul distortion invaded the spiritual will, and countless illusions appeared in front of him, floating like a real scene.
Demon...... Meteorite...... Kill...... Treachery!
Orc ...... War...... Territory...... Ahh!!h
The green tendons burst out, and the right hand bombarded the earth with the power of rage, and countless stumps turned into flesh and mud under this force, and the fragments of blood and steel were knocked away, falling, and turned into bloody rain, and madness took over the will, chaos replaced wisdom, and at this moment, it was not Joshua and his people who existed here, but the hungry wolves who belonged to the fight.
"Demonic ...... Orc !! ”
In the darkness, two red lights lit up.
Anyway, it's definitely the right thing to do with these crumbs!
For some reason, his body moved, and the hilt of the great sword made of steel was held tightly without the slightest tremor, but the sturdy hilt was slowly deformed under the tremendous force.
"Not enough." Raising his head, the eyes in his sockets seemed to be burning, and the man looked not far away, those orcs who were approaching, and the piercing red light surged in his pupils: "Not enough at all." ”
In the next moment, he dragged the giant sword and disappeared from everyone's sight, and after a few breaths, a few hundred meters away, a huge wave of blood suddenly surged among the remnants of the orcs who were fleeing.
The battle has just begun.
"--, you, mother, why were you so reckless at that time!"
Shaking his head, Joshua's expression was painful, he covered his forehead with his left hand, and couldn't help but complain: "It turns out that I crossed during the battle, it's good luck that I didn't die!" ”
After complaining, normal memories also quickly flooded into my mind.
Joshua van Radcliffe. The eldest son of a Northern Field Count, and the only heir to the family, according to the custom of the Radcliffe family, spent the rite of passage after being trained by the family knights and fathers, and sent them to the army, allowing him to expand his contacts and social circle in the army alone.
Everything is going well, Joshua is a cheerful and gentle person, plus he is a strong noble successor with a territory, and his own strength is not weak, naturally there are many people who want to befriend him, and as time goes by, his record and position in the army have risen step by step, and his connections and strength have also progressed rapidly.
It was perfect, until one day, a text message from afar broke it all.
The reason why Joshua's family moved away from the rich south of the empire and went to the cold north to take root was to guard 'something', this responsibility was so secret and important that the old earl never even mentioned it in front of others, even if Joshua asked again and again, it was only with "Your strength is not enough, you don't need to know for the time being." "This excuse is perfunctory.
It is precisely in order to take responsibility as much as possible that young warriors are so diligent in honing their martial arts and strength.
After knowing that there was a text message from the territory, Qiao Shuya was originally a little puzzled, he knew very well what his father's personality was, he had a hard temper like a stone, he never contacted him usually, and he didn't care about it for a few years, but when he opened it to watch the content, a lot of blood suddenly surged into his head-
[The seal of the town guard is urgent, the lord has personally gone to deal with the situation, there is no one in the city to manage, it seems that someone is taking this opportunity to plan secretly, the current situation is critical, please return as soon as possible to stabilize the territory. 】
The signature is the old housekeeper in the family, and Joshua may not believe it when others say it, but the old housekeeper who has taken care of him since he was born will never lie to him.
The hometown has changed, and the young warrior has returned to his heart like an arrow.
However, just as he was about to say goodbye to his comrades and apply to retire and return to his hometown, the damned imperial top brass suddenly started a war against the western orcs! There was no rumor about this matter before, and if you want to deceive the enemy, you must first deceive your own people, which caught Joshua off guard, the imperial law is strict, and [no retirement in wartime] is one of the founding laws, Mo said that Joshua is only the son of an earl, even if it is a royal nobleman, he must abide by the holy law in a proper manner, since the war has begun, he can only press his urgent thoughts, and go to the battlefield with full of anger.
And a soul from another world, full of war desire, merged with him at this time.
In the chaotic battle spirit, he and 'him' memories scrolled back and forth, and the experience of the legendary warrior combined with his own strength made 'Joshua' break through the enemy formation on the battlefield, and even wiped out all the enemy groups with one enemy and hundred, and after the storm, he broke through the battle line, broke into the orc rout army formation with the strength of one person, and slaughtered on a large scale.
This is also the reason why the body is so badly damaged - in any case, after fighting with all his strength for a day and a night, he was killed in the middle of the gorge, and three hundred were killed, and the corpses of the orcs were accumulated into a mountain, and even those who were beaten with iron had to be scrapped.
"Interesting."
Standing up slowly, Joshua, who had calmed down, looked up at the dark sky and the faint thunder, and said with some emotion: "It seems that this is the Mycrof Continent, the place where all strife originated, that is, the main world in the game."
As he spoke, he looked up at the starlight revealed through the cracks in the clouds, stretched out his hand and dipped it in muddy water, tasted the taste, and then gestured to the wind: "The position of the moonlight, the direction of the wind and the temperature, the smell of the earth......"
"It should be the end of autumn in the year 831 of the Starfall calendar, and in mid-October, the epic battle 'Glorious Expedition' should be coming to an end at this time, and the orc's unfallen fortress Dries will be breached in the first snow fall."
"I'm actually back at this time." Joshua sighed and said, "It's not too late. ”
Before the crossing, he was fully immersed in the immersive game' The backbone player of the Continent of Discord, in the game, is the third in the overall ranking, the legendary warrior ranked first, the Continent of Discord has been in service for eight years, the game time is thirty-two years, after four major version updates, twelve epic events, hundreds of legendary tasks, Far Southern Alliance, Northland Empire, Eastern Plains, Western Mountains Four large servers have their own independent plot lines, he was originally developed in the Far South Alliance before crossing, and occasionally went to the Northland to string doors, but he also knew some of the main events in the Northland.
The Empire's Expedition of Glory against the Orcs is the second epic event on the Northland server, and the first is the Discord World on behalf of the player.
He was also invited by a friend to serve as the Imperial Foreign Legion for a period of time, on a mission to sweep the orc plains, and now he has come to the Northland of the Otherworld, but he is not ignorant.
"The victory of the human race is certain, the empire has been recuperating for three generations, and now it has exploded, there is no pressure to sweep away the orcs, the overall situation has been decided, and I should be able to retire."
Thinking of this, Joshua was unusually calm, and at this time he completely put aside the matter of crossing and began to think about his future plans very realistically: "The top priority now should be to find other human beings, go to a safe place to recuperate, and then think about returning to the territory." ”
The doubts and panic of the crossing, the reluctance and confusion of the original world, did not help survival at all, so he quickly abandoned it, because it was a useless thing.
No matter which Joshua is, he is a person with a huge heart and does not care about this kind of thing, one is used to this kind of urban legend, and the other is not understanding and too lazy to think about it - of course, the most important thing is that things have happened, since it cannot reverse the passage of time, it is better to accept the facts directly than to dwell on them.
With the soul of the earth as the mainstay, what the newborn Joshua needs is to think about every step of the future, although the abnormal changes in his hometown territory certainly make him anxious, but it is useless to worry about it without a good body.
"I'll see how it goes."
Casually opening the attribute board, Joshua took a general look.
[Name: Joshua Van Radcliffe]
[Template: Boss]
[Title: Warrior - When attacking, there is a chance to intimidate]
[Race: Northwest Branch of Humanity - Race Skill: Battle Race (Battle Skill Experience × 1.1)]
[Level: Lv. 28 Silver (Challenge Rank Lv. 29 Silver)]
【Attribute:......】
[Body type: Medium-sized humanoid life]
[Health: Severely Endangered]
[Stamina: Severely Endangered]
[Fighting Spirit: Severely Depleted]
[Mana: Not Activated]
[Status: Muscle tear - severe fatigue - exhaustion and exhaustion]
[Class: Crow Raider/Northland Warhorse]
[Talents: Weapon Mastery (Class), Blood Battle Return (Individual)]
【Life Occupation: Blacksmith】
[Skill: MAX Extreme Intention]
[Life Skills: LV21 Weapon Forging, LV22 Armor Forging, LV9 Magic Weapon Forging, LV3 Magic Armor Forging, Lv1 Magic Tool Forging]
[Equipment: Broken Helmet, Broken Armor, Rusty Leg Armor, Leather Boots]
[Weapons: Imperial Spear Type 3 (Wear)]
Your enemies never dare to appear before you. 】
"Mortal, black iron, silver, gold, extreme will, legend, I actually returned directly from the peak of legend to the silver realm...... The attributes are really too cold compared to the beginning, but they are not bad at the silver high level, all of them are above the average, and they are worthy of being born as a nobleman with military merits, and there is a set of exercises. ”
In the game of Continent of Discord, everything is the same as reality, you have to make corresponding actions to release skills, pronounce the right spell, you will lose strength if you are injured, and your basic attributes will be improved through exercise.
Of course, the most important thing is the level and skills, the level provides skill points, the profession is just a means to acquire skills, collect skills to form your own skill tree, and perfect your own fighting style is the first step to becoming a real master.
Joshua had already achieved the element of [Extreme Meaning of Skill] before crossing over, and all skills were fully unlocked, but he didn't expect to be recognized in this world, which means that now he can freely combine skills without sticking to the skill tree.
"But what's going on with that template? There is also a challenge level, do players have such a thing? I'm talking like I'm a boss. ”
As for the attributes, Joshua didn't care, he had always skipped this kind of thing that could be exercised and improved, anyway, as long as his body could move normally, he had the confidence to bombard all opponents, but now, his state was too miserable, his self-recovery speed was very slow, and he urgently needed treatment.
Closing the attribute version, Joshua began to move in the direction of the human army with a spear and a crutch in his left hand, but it wasn't until he had already walked down the slope and reached the bottom of the canyon that he walked towards the human army formation in his memory - he realized that something seemed wrong!
"Wait, what's going on!?" Because he was too used to it, he only reacted now, and Joshua's eyes widened: "Didn't I cross over?" Even if I stay in the game of Discord Continent for so long, there is no reason why I can make up a system in my brain after crossing over! ”
Joshua, who was a little frightened, quickly opened the attribute version again and looked at it again from beginning to end.
"Really?!" Touching his chin, Joshua looked surprised, and then frowned: "Could it be an illusion?" I've heard before that someone fantasizes about a girlfriend spending the holiday with him because of a trance at Christmas, should I be in this situation too? ”
It was at this time that he noticed that the edge of the retina had been swiped with these few messages.
[The battle is over, and the settlement begins]
[Kill the Orc Axe Warrior Togu (19・Silver), Kill the Orc Marauder Valen (18・Silver), Kill the Orc Elite Guardian Nari (23・Silver)]
[You have gained 45 Expeditionary Force Prestige]
[Prestige of the Expeditionary Force: Reverence (5037)]
"It's actually true...... frowned, and Joshua was in a happy mood: "Since that's the case, there's nothing to be afraid of." ”
If he was a little worried about his fate after crossing over, but now, he doesn't have any worries.
As a former legendary warrior, he Joshua has experience and strength, and he will not be afraid of any challenge on his own, and now with the system, he doesn't know where to go.
With this level of advantage, you can easily control your destiny and even ...... Influence the direction of the world!
There are countless epic and legendary events in the Continent of Distortion, and many of the results have made him unhappy, but now, nothing has happened, and there is still a chance to change, thinking of this, Joshua's heart can't help but surge, he clenched the spear in his hand, and a glint appeared in his eyes: "Not only that. ”
A real otherworld, certainly bigger than the game, he can definitely see a bigger world, meet more characters, fight stronger strong, and fight more evil enemies -
He will definitely be able to break free from the shackles of the ordinary and become a real, strong man!
"Of course, go back first and find a place to rest."
After a round of bold words, Joshua still understood the reason: "Otherwise, you will have to starve to death, and you must die of thirst here." ”
Now it's not a game, it's a reality, there is only one life, at this time he is in a very poor state, although when he killed the orcs before, the secretion of adrenal hormones gave him a little strength temporarily, but now, the feeling of weakness has returned to this broken body.
He must leave this dangerous place as soon as possible, there was an orc team retreating before, and maybe there will be a large orc army in the future, and now he does not have the strength to fight with one enemy and one hundred.
Once he had set his course, Joshua used his gun as a crutch and walked through the corpses and trenches in the darkness.
Silent.
I don't know how long it has been, but suddenly there is some fire in front of me.
It was the light of the fire in the military formation.
Not far away, the sound of neat footsteps came, and in Joshua's perception, a large group of humanoid creatures with obvious energy fluctuations appeared not far ahead, and just as he looked up, the firelight began to shake, and the group of people suddenly became agitated.
"Deputy Commander?!"
In his confusion, Joshua suddenly heard this exclamation, and in front of him, a large group of people dressed in black armor with the decoration of the death crow stopped their uniform pace and dispersed.
From his point of view, it was a number of people who broke away from the group and rushed towards him at a speed that was almost like a charge.
Joshua couldn't help but take a step back and gasp: "Damn scared! ”