Pirate Sequence: Start with Outlaws.

Can monsters also be scared?

Everyone's hearts were filled with disbelief.

However, Rune would not let this guy escape. Before the Corrosion Mechanical Flag Officer could run a few steps, a long knife with red blood had already pierced his core.

The Sequence 5 monster fell under his sword.

Rune walked back, and the rescued survivors were suppressed by the powerful aura from when he had just killed the monster. They dared not breathe or say a word.

Until the Black Mountain Knight took the initiative to ask: "How was your experience in this battle?"

Rune was a little dissatisfied and said, "It's not bad. It has inspired my practice a bit, but I feel the pressure is not enough. After all, this monster is too weak. I still need more powerful monsters to stimulate my potential."

"We still need a life-and-death battle." The Black Mountain Knight agreed. "Without the pressure of life and death, the fighters will feel free. In this case, let's continue to move forward into the battlefield. Time is running out."

The survivors around were filled with emotion when they heard the conversation between Rune and the Black Mountain Knight.

A monster that can easily crush you is not even a crisis to others.

Judging from their tone, it seems that they can control this monster with just a few gestures.

The reason why he didn't kill the monster for a long time was that he was using it to hone his abilities.

Why is the gap between people so big?

Looking up at the Sequence 6 who had just killed the monster, he looked to be only in his 20s. Not only had they never seen such a young Sequence 6 Beyonder before, they had never even heard of it!

Not to mention, he has already killed a Sequence 6 monster at the Sequence 5 level, and this is not his limit!

"You can go back along this road. We have almost wiped out the monsters behind you. It should be no problem for you to go back. Saving your own life is the primary task on the battlefield." The Black Mountain Knight gave a few instructions to the survivors and was about to leave with Rune.

Looking at the backs of Rune and the other man, the survivors wanted to say something but did not open their mouths.

When Rune and the others were about ten meters away, they looked at each other, nodded, and chased after them.

Sensing the movements of the person behind him, the Black Mountain Knight immediately turned around, his hand involuntarily placed on the giant sword, ready for alert.

On the battlefield, although people of the same race are supposed to help each other, scenes of killing and fighting each other are also common.

Therefore, the Black Mountain Knight, who upholds the path of mercy, even though he saved these people, was actually always on guard in his heart.

However, when these people came forward, they did not show any malice.

They tactfully stopped 5 meters in front of the Black Mountain Knight and raised their hands to show that they did not have any extra thoughts.

One of the survivors said, "Dear Knights, we have no other intentions. You saved us. In order to repay your kindness, we are willing to exchange information about a place where an abnormal battlefield occurred."

"The place where the battlefield changes, what is that?" Rune looked at the Black Mountain Knight with some confusion.

The experienced Black Mountain Knight naturally understood, and his expression became slightly delighted, and he explained to Rune, "The so-called battlefield mutation area is a place unique to the battlefield under the loving father."

"If the Father's army wants to attack the Empire, it must transit through these small worlds, which we call battlefields."

"Otherwise, if they enter the empire directly, they will suffer severe punishment from the world's will and a strong counterattack from the empire's forces, which will be an unbearable loss for them."

"When the will of the loving father and his army came to these small worlds, the world wills in the small worlds were relatively weak and easily infected by the power of the loving father. After continuous wars, fighting, and death, these world wills would also absorb a corresponding portion of the energy, thus producing some special mutation areas under the combination of multiple abilities."

"In these abnormal places, there are often unexpected gains. The common types we find are various strange objects, props, and even strange materials."

"But correspondingly, many powerful monsters will be born in these places of change to guard them."

"But for people like us, even the guarded monsters are actually one of the treasures of the Mutated Land. After all, the various materials on those monsters can be used for alchemy, and even the experience of fighting them is a rich harvest."

He turned to look at the survivors, "I didn't expect to hear news about the Mutated Land here today."

"Even in my previous battlefield explorations, I haven't encountered anything like this."

His tone was slightly suspicious as he spoke, "Since there is a place of abnormal change, why don't you go there and tell us the news?"

The survivor shook his head with a rather unwilling tone, "Originally, we contacted a Sequence 5 being to take us to the place of mutation, but we didn't expect that after encountering the Corroded Mechanical Flag Officer, he actually abandoned us and went alone!"

"It's also our fault that we weren't careful enough and told him some information about the mutation place in advance, allowing him to guess where the mutation place is."

After hearing this, Rune frowned, "Since Sequence 5 left you all alone, why did he just go all out and kill you all?"

The Black Mountain Knight explained at this moment: "This is quite normal. Any explorer. Before the standard team enters, there will be relevant records on the token. No matter who dies, the death information will be reported to the barracks. Killing each other on the battlefield will be severely punished."

"This can be considered as a safety guarantee for all explorers and soldiers entering the battlefield. At least they won't be stabbed in the back. However, there are also ways to resolve personal grudges. This function on the token can be turned off actively."

"That is to say, if you have certain ideas or want to settle some grievances with others, and you turn off the function on the token, the military will not be able to detect it. This can be regarded as giving everyone freedom. Of course, if someone attacks you, you can use the information on the token to fight back without any punishment."

"I see." Rune took out his token and found a faint glow on it.

He was wondering what this was.

I tried to turn it on and off, then put it back in my arms.

"I have recorded all the information about the Land of Mutation here. I just hope that you two can get there quickly and don't let the treasures of the Land of Mutation fall into the hands of that guy. If possible, I also hope that you can help me punish that dishonest guy!"

The Black Mountain Knight nodded slightly at the survivor's first words, but he did not agree to the latter words.

It's just one side of the story, and he won't easily get involved in other people's grudges just because of this.

A survivor did not say much upon seeing this. After all, this piece of information about the mutated land was a way to repay the other party for saving his life, and asking the other party to punish the Sequence 5 Transcendent was just an extra request from them.

It doesn't matter whether the other party accepts it or not.

After the survivors left, the Black Mountain Knight looked at the information and then passed it to Rune.

"The battlefield mutation site is not too far from us, only about two hours away. However, we must speed up to avoid being overtaken by that Sequence 5."

"But this battlefield exploration is really good. I encountered such a strange thing right after arriving here."

Hearing the Black Mountain Knight's sigh, Rune shrugged slightly. He was not surprised by this.

After all, there is always someone behind the thread of fate. Even though he knew it was someone else's conspiracy, Rune accepted all the benefits that came to his doorstep.

Since it can make you stronger, why not do it?

Rune and the Black Mountain Knight hurried across the battlefield, killing many Sequence 6 monsters along the way.

Two hours later, the two finally stopped at a place.

This place looks like an abandoned machinery factory, and just from the layout here you can tell that a fierce battle took place nearby.

The scrapped and damaged machines in the battle were placed here in an orderly manner, waiting to be taken out for repair and use in the future. However, perhaps due to tactical arrangements or other reasons, the machinery factory was left here and no longer used.

As a result, up to now, changes have occurred due to environmental reasons.

“Based on the previous aura, we can determine that the Sequence 5 has entered the machinery factory.” Black Mountain Knight came to this conclusion after observing the surrounding environment.

Rune also nodded. He looked at the marks on the wall and said, "From some of the traces of the battle, it can be seen that this Sequence 5 used a heavy axe, and the slashing on the wall was very powerful. It seems that his physical strength is at least around 8000."

As they stepped in, the other party's information was being collected step by step.

"From the footprints on the ground and other details, his speed is not weak, and he is also good at using auxiliary tools such as scrolls. He looks like a Sequence 5 of the Taijutsu system, and he is also wealthy."

Upon hearing this, the Black Mountain Knight laughed with some disdain, "If someone is able to betray others, he must be very wealthy. It seems like he has done this more than once or twice."

The two continued to move forward. The monsters in front of them had been almost cleared out by the Sequence 5, so the two did not encounter too much obstruction.

As he moved forward, Rune was dazzled by the huge mechanical creations around him, especially those individual combat armors.

Battle armor, as one of the most outstanding designs of the Empire, is a powerful combat equipment used by the Empire's elite to fight against monster elites.

The feeling that the elites wearing armor feel when facing ordinary soldiers is like the oppressive feeling that the heavy cavalry felt when facing ordinary soldiers in the cold weapon era, but even worse.

And among the monster group, he can come and go freely.

There are different types of armor, and they are also divided into high and low levels. The ones displayed in the machinery factory are only the lowest-level guerrilla armor. Slightly more advanced armor will not be stored in such places, but will be immediately recovered for repair or reorganization after each battle.

However, even the guerrilla soldier's armor was something that Rune valued very much now. Without any hesitation, he immediately collected many broken armors and put them into the storage space.

After I go back and study it, maybe I can imitate some of them with my own alchemy level.

Seeing Rune's behavior, the Black Mountain Knight didn't say anything.

Although his actions were somewhat against the rules, the machinery factory had been scrapped for a long time after all, and the military had not come to reclaim it, so he just pretended not to see it.

The two continued to move forward, collecting Runes as they walked.

He was amazed at the abandoned things around him.

These are treasures that cannot be seen in the empire at ordinary times, and they will only be revealed on a real battlefield.

With these things, my alchemy skills and alchemy concepts will be taken to a higher level.

Not long after, Rune finally felt a breath of oppression. He stopped checking the objects around him and focused on sensing the source of the oppression.

Following the powerful oppressive force, the suffocating feeling became stronger and stronger, and even Rune couldn't help but be amazed.

However, when there was only a wall between them and the powerful oppressive force, the Black Mountain Knight stopped Rune and said, "Something is wrong."

Rune nodded. "I've noticed it. Logically, the Sequence 5 guy should have arrived before us, and should have even fought the monsters here. But now I can't sense the two forces, only a sense of oppression."

"Which means that either the Sequence 5 is hiding in the dark, preparing to ambush us, or the Sequence 5 has already died."

“No, there is another possibility.” Black Mountain Knight said, “That is, the monster here devoured Sequence 5 and went a step further! Have you noticed that the oppression of this monster has exceeded the normal range!”

After carefully sensing it, Rune nodded slightly.

The Black Mountain Knight said, "This monster's strength has already reached the peak of Sequence 5, and it's even about to advance to Sequence 4, so leave it to me. It will be dangerous if you go up."

"I'll do it." Rune said seriously after considering it. "I need this kind of experience. The peak of Sequence 5 happens to be a challenge."

"If it was another monster, I might not even like it."

"Then you better be careful, I will support you from behind at any time." Faced with Rune's determination, the Black Mountain Knight also acquiesced.

Courage has always been one of the virtues of a knight, and the medal of courage on Rune's chest also shows that he has already gained partial recognition from the Holy Light.

The two men were ready. Rune pulled out the Tidebringer and kicked the dilapidated fence into pieces. Then, a huge mecha appeared in front of them.

Inside the mecha, a Sequence 5 Beyonder, whose body was shattered and only half of his head was left, was sitting half-dead.

When mechas and humans are combined, it is difficult to tell whether it is the humans operating the mechas or the mechas controlling the humans inside.

"You have some skills in using Sequence 5 as your own energy source."