Traveling through the game world

"Arad is so big!" Lian Yang exclaimed, looking at the scenery along the way, so different from Earth. "We've been traveling for two months now, haven't we?"

"Hehe..." Celia laughed, "Almost, but we're already very fast. Although there are some clueless monsters and such along the way, we're still very quick."

"Sigh, this is hardly an adventure..." Baron muttered listlessly, holding his head in his hands. "We've only encountered a handful of petty thieves along the way, and we haven't even had a chance to use that damned killing system yet!"

At this point, the team members were: Lian Yang at level 25, Alice at level 28, and Baron at level 31. Celia was level 15. You read that right. Although Celia didn't fight, she occasionally went on adventures with Tana and the others, and with the team experience bonus, she was also level 15. However… was that level 15 inflated?

“Hey, I remember there’s some Black Nightmare going on in Paris’s hometown too, and it seems like we’ll be passing through Dark City on the way there.” Alice suggested, “How about we go to Dark City and take a look around? If we get bored, we can go find Paris. To be honest, I haven’t fought in two months and I’m getting a little itchy!”

Lian Yang was about to say something when suddenly Baron exclaimed, "Look! The town ahead looks like it's on fire!"

Sure enough, thick smoke billowed from a small town not far ahead, clearly visible to Lian Yang and his group even from miles away. Lian Yang immediately declared, "Full speed ahead! Let's try to save as many people as possible!"

This is a quiet little town outside Dark City. Because it's on the only way to Dark City, the town is usually very prosperous. However, this prosperity has long been coveted by the infamous and depraved band of thieves on the main road.

"Hurry! Hurry up, we need to get out of here!" Hado the dog-man commanded his thieves to speed up the robbery: "Some bastard set the house on fire, a lot of adventurers and Imperial soldiers will be here soon! Let's finish looting and run!"

As one of the leaders of the infamous Fallen Thieves of Arad, Dogman Hado shouldn't normally need to engage in robbing, which would lower his rank. However, the guild recently recruited a new batch of members, and the other leaders had already led teams on training missions. But there was still a group without a leader, so Dogman Hado was sent out by the head leader, Dogman Familiar Zhen.

As a professional thief, he possessed the necessary professionalism. He had sent men to keep watch in the town well in advance, carefully calculating when to strike to avoid attracting attention. After all, they were a gang of thieves, not an army; a robbery was better done discreetly. Everything was planned flawlessly, and as for the fire, that was perfectly normal.

Unfortunately, man proposes, God disposes. Hado, who had planned everything perfectly, could never have foreseen the unexpected arrival of Lian Yang and the others.

Upon arriving in the town, Celia exclaimed in surprise when she saw the familiar clothing of the bandits, which was different from that of ordinary robbers: "It's them! It's the depraved band of thieves who do all sorts of evil on the mainland! We must stop them!"

"Baron, let's go! Alice, you protect Celia!" Seeing the bandit gang burning, killing, and looting, Lian Yang was instantly enraged. These damned bandits were utterly inhuman!

"Mountain Crushing Strike!" Without a word, Lian Yang unleashed a Mountain Crushing Strike, cleaving the nearest thief in two. Ignoring the experience gain notification, he yelled, "Damn thieves, die! Triple Slash!" With a swift movement, several more thieves fell to his blade.

As several thieves fell, the crazed thieves finally realized that Lian Yang was attacking them.

The dog-man Hado threatened, "Where did this bastard come from! How dare he stop us from doing our business! Don't you know we are the Fallen Thieves?"

Baron casually killed another level 35 rogue, and the 35% experience gain made him exclaim how great it was. Hearing the dog-man Hado's taunts, he immediately shouted, "I don't care what you are, get out of town right now!"

"Hmph! Arrogant brat, your grandpa Hado will teach you a lesson so you won't meddle in other people's business in your next life!" Hado, the dog-man, looked down on Lian Yang and the others upon seeing their youthful faces. In his eyes, they were at most level 30 or so. Already at level 45, he didn't take them seriously at all.

As he spoke, Hado charged at Lian Yang. He understood that among the four of them, Celia had no fighting ability, but Lian Yang was the strongest. So, he naturally rushed towards Lian Yang.

"Bang!" In a single exchange, Lian Yang was sent flying. At this moment, Lian Yang was only level 25, while Hado was level 45. The 20-level difference in strength left Lian Yang with no chance to fight back.

"Ptooey!" He spat out the blood in his mouth, turned around, and drank a bottle of Remy's Kiss. ​​His health was still 63. Lian Yang laughed loudly, "I thought you were someone important, but you're just a piece of trash!" He couldn't win by force; he could only outsmart his opponent.

"Hmph!" Hado said disdainfully, "Kid, let's see if you're tough on the guts or just talk tough!" As he spoke, he lunged forward with a fierce claw.

"Pfft!" But he didn't actually hit Lian Yang. It was Baron who, seeing the situation was bad, lunged forward and blocked the fatal attack for Lian Yang.

"You've had enough of being arrogant! Laser cannon!" Alice, who had been waiting in the wings, seized the opportunity and unleashed a laser cannon in an instant.

With one hand blocking Alice's scorching laser cannon, the dog-man Hado arrogantly said, "Little brat from the Celestial Realm, even if you were five levels higher, you could still hurt me a little. Right now, you're just a little light bulb to warm my hands."

"Flowing Heart Ascension!" Lian Yang, who had secretly drunk his medicine to replenish his health, got up again and gave Hado a Flowing Heart Ascension, forcefully lifting him into the air.

"Get out of the way!" Hado, who had been lifted into the air, kicked out angrily, and Lian Yang, caught off guard, fell heavily to the ground.

"Thank goodness!" Lian Yang said thankfully after drinking Remy's Kiss. ​​"I have a miracle drug! But why isn't the Imperial Army here yet?" A battle with a twenty-level difference is impossible, especially with Hado, the leader of the Fallen Thieves, whose equipment is quite good and whose level is high. This made Lian Yang and his companions, who had been having a smooth run, sigh. Even a random bandit outside Silver Village is this strong.

"Kid, just die!" After several attacks left Lian Yang and the others unharmed, Hado, feeling somewhat embarrassed, finally began to use his deadly skills.

Just then, a thief ran over in a panic, shouting, "Boss! Something's wrong! I saw the Imperial Knights!"

"What?!" Hado asked incredulously, "Are you sure you're a knight and not a guard?"

Although they are both military units, there is a significant difference between the Imperial Knights and the Imperial Guards. The Imperial Guards are merely ordinary militia maintaining order, while the Imperial Knights are the elite forces of the Empire; even a mid-level officer from the Imperial Knights is far more powerful than Hado.

The newcomer stated definitively, "That's right, I am a deserter from the Delos Empire, and this is clearly a regular knightly order from the Delos Empire!"

Upon hearing this, regardless of whether it was true or not, the dog-man Hado was terrified and shouted in a fierce but weak voice, "You little brats are lucky! Your grandpa Hado has other business to attend to! I won't let you off next time!" After saying that, he turned and ran, abandoning the remaining hundreds of thieves, except for the one who came to tell him that the person was from the Imperial Knights.

Watching Hado disappear into the distance, and sensing the discouragement among his teammates, Lian Yang couldn't help but laugh, "That old guy has committed countless atrocities, from burning and killing to looting. Now that he's middle-aged, this is all he's capable of. Our adventure has only just begun, believe me! The next time we see him, he'll be looking up to us! Have faith in the Killing System!"

The mention of the killing system immediately caught everyone's attention. The fact that killing adventurers of the same or higher level would grant a 10% boost to one's current experience was simply too good to pass up.

Deeply disheartened, Baron didn't bother with any more words, turning around and instantly dispatching the nearest rogue with a cross slash. He knew that once the Imperial Knights arrived, he would be out of the picture. These rogues were all level 35 or higher, but they had practically no decent equipment. Baron killed them as easily as cutting vegetables.

"Cannons, anti-tank guns, Gatling guns, flamethrowers, and laser cannons." Alice's attacks were simply insane. She unleashed one skill after another, as long as it could hurt or kill someone. It was clear that the powerful dog-man Hado was putting immense pressure on Alice.

Even Lian Yang used a variety of skills in quick succession, including Triple Slash, Flowing Heart Leap, Ghost Sword Technique, and Rage Burst, all with the same goal: to kill as many thieves as possible as quickly as possible. Kills equal experience!

The Steel Wolf Knights of the Delos Empire are a renowned elite force on the continent of Arad. Their commander is Barn, one of the Four Great Sword Saints, who has been a famous hero in Arad for many years.

The Cataclysmic Era brought Dark City, which should have been underground, to the surface, replacing Huttonmar, the original center of the continent. The Delos Empire, currently the strongest power on the continent, decisively dispatched the Iron Wolf Knights, led by Barn, to Dark City for a political visit. Their sole objective was to gain greater benefits through force.

Seeing the thick smoke rising from the town, Barn, who had also ordered a forced march, finally arrived at the town that had just been ravaged by bandits. Barn waved his hand and said, "Execute all the bandits!"

The Knights, the elite of the elite, the army among armies, sent a disciplined phalanx charging into the town. In the blink of an eye, the much larger band of thieves suffered heavy casualties!

"It's the Knights! Run!" Someone, realizing the enemy's strength, turned and ran!

"Die!" But having committed such a heinous crime, how could Barn let him live? From afar, a mountain-shattering strike, accompanied by a fierce whirlwind of sword energy, shredded all the fleeing thieves.

Under the knights' powerful attack, the town's thieves were quickly wiped out. At this moment, Barn approached Lian Yang and asked, "Boy, your swordsmanship looks familiar. What's your relationship with Agamemnon?" They'd been friends for years; how could Barn not recognize Agamemnon's swordsmanship?

Looking at the handsome middle-aged man with short, gleaming silver hair, a neat Delos Empire military uniform, and a signature short sword at his waist, Lian Yang immediately recognized him as Sword Saint Barn: "Hello, Sword Saint Barn, Agamemnon is my master!"

"Hahaha!" Barn laughed heartily. "I knew it! Who else on this continent could wield Agamemnon's swordsmanship? So he's taken on apprentices too!" Barn couldn't help but feel strange that the taciturn Agamemnon would have disciples. How did Agamemnon teach his apprentices?

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