Zongman, Rebirth of the Heaven-Defying Kirito

Kirito's eyes lit up instantly upon hearing this.

He didn't press Tilberu for details, but instead turned his gaze directly to the coconut latte beside him.

Coconut Latte was never comfortable in such formal meetings, and Kirito's stare made her even more nervous.

Ignoring his reaction, Kirito asked directly, "Do you remember that mission?"

Coconut Latte paused, looking bewildered: "Huh? What mission?"

Kirito covered his face in exasperation and could only remind him further: "It's the follow-up to that mission we did together!"

"Oh! That's it!" Coconut Latte finally realized.

Kirito reminded him again: "That's it, bring it up!"

Coconut Latte quickly opened his task panel, found the task prompt he had forgotten in a corner, and then shared the panel, showing it to everyone.

[A Hidden Shadow: Something big is happening in the Puppet Dessert Castle. Please go and eliminate the threat as soon as possible! (Current Puppet Dessert Castle completeness: 43%)]

The moment the task prompt was displayed to everyone, the previously calm atmosphere was completely shattered:

"What place is that? I've never heard of it before."

“Wait, ‘The Castle of Puppet Desserts’...that sounds like a twenty-fifth-floor building.”

"And the integrity of the castle behind it, could this be...?"

That's right, everything indicates that this is where the cockroaches' destination is!

Tilberu stared at the text on the mission panel, then abruptly stood up from his seat, his voice filled with disbelief: "How is this possible?!"

You should know that their legion went to great lengths just to investigate the movements of those cockroaches.

But now, such crucial intelligence has been directly revealed?

He was just emphasizing the legion's strength, but reality slapped him in the face the next second.

Kirito sat to the side, raising an eyebrow as if to say: See, what a coincidence.

Tilberu then realized his impulsiveness, quickly adjusted his expression, and sat back down in his seat.

The attendees below suppressed their laughter and refocused their attention on the task at hand.

After a quick discussion, everyone agreed: 'The Castle of Puppet Desserts' is the cockroach's ultimate target.

“Now that the target location is clear, what are we waiting for?” Tilberu broke the silence first.

His words instantly ignited everyone's fighting spirit.

Some people stood up and placed their hands on the hilts of their swords at their waists; others started cracking their knuckles, making a "crackling" sound, clearly eager to fight the cockroaches.

All eyes turned to the coconut latte, waiting for the 'commander-in-chief' to give the order to depart.

Kirito nudged the person next to him with his elbow and whispered a reminder: "It's time to say your lines."

"Oh...oh!" Coconut Latte exclaimed, realizing what was happening, "Let's go!"

"Oh!"

The crowd cheered and hurried out of the inner city hall, heading towards the training ground on the west side.

The training ground was already packed with people.

After a morning of recruitment, plus members of small guilds who volunteered, no fewer than two thousand players have gathered here.

They saw the decision-makers approaching, and all eyes turned to them.

Tilberu stepped forward first and shouted to the crowd, "Ladies and gentlemen! We have obtained the exact location of the cockroaches. Let's set off immediately and give them a good beating!"

The crowd erupted in cheers, which were deafening.

Then, Tilberu stepped aside to make way.

Kirito whispered a reminder from the side: "Show the coordinates so everyone knows the destination."

Coconut Latte nodded quickly and shared the coordinates of the Magic Puppet Dessert Castle, projecting them above the training ground.

At this moment, he felt completely calm. He knew he could just listen to his boss and didn't need to worry about anything.

Kirito, on the other hand, had a strange feeling of... 'using the emperor to command the princes'.

Immediately afterwards, streaks of white light lit up the training ground as more than two thousand players crushed their teleportation crystals and teleported towards the Puppet Dessert Castle on the twenty-fifth floor.

White light flashed intermittently, and in less than a minute, the originally crowded training ground became empty.

Kirito, Coconut Latte, and Tilber followed closely behind.

After the white light dissipated, everyone immediately took precautions.

Some raised their shields, while others drew their weapons.

After all, this is the twenty-fifth floor, and no one knows how many cockroaches might be lurking around.

But when they saw the surroundings clearly, everyone was stunned.

This seems to be... the interior of a castle?

Unlike the Platinum City we just visited, this castle's walls are made of cake and decorated with cream, in addition to chocolate, pudding... It's practically a castle made of desserts!

"This...this is the Magical Puppet Dessert Castle?"

While everyone was discussing this, Kirito, carrying a coconut latte, headed towards the castle hall.

Tilberu and the other attendees immediately followed, wanting to find out what was going on.

In the center of the hall, behind the puppet dessert, sat the throne.

Seeing everyone enter, she stood up from her throne, a kind smile on her lips: "Welcome, but the situation in the castle is very urgent. I ask for your help to overcome this crisis."

As soon as the words were spoken, a notification sound rang out on everyone's system panel simultaneously:

You have successfully accepted the side quest 'The Hidden Shadow'.

Almost simultaneously, the more than two thousand players who had already been teleported in, along with eight hundred elite legion members, all accepted this side quest.

Only Kirito and Namyu Latte are different; their missions are not side quests.

Clearly, by triggering the task ahead of time, they gained more core task permissions.

Everyone instantly became excited. Protecting the castle and eliminating the cockroaches were their original goals, and now with the added reward, everyone's fighting spirit was ignited to its peak.

Looking at the excited crowd, Tilberu calmly said, "Don't get excited yet. We only know the mission objective, but we don't know the specific situation of the cockroaches. Why don't we climb the city wall to scout out the enemy's situation first, and then formulate a plan?"

His proposal was approved by everyone.

The group followed Tilberu and climbed the city wall made of chocolate cake.

When they looked out of the castle, everything went black.

It wasn't a psychological blackout, but a visual blackout.

A dense, endless swarm of cockroaches appeared, crashing against the city walls beneath their feet like ocean waves.

They pounced and gnawed, making a constant "rustling" sound on the city wall.

Moreover, everyone noticed the change in the monsters' names; they were now sharing a single health bar and even a single name.

[The Guardian of the 25th Floor: Proliferating G]

Good heavens, they've eaten cockroaches so much they've become bosses?