Online Game: Unrivaled Gods

"Your father is so heartless. You're only so old, yet he throws you out to fight bandits. If you were to..." Huang complained about Lü Liang, tears welling up in her eyes as she spoke.

When Sun Rui saw that Huang was crying, he felt a bit overwhelmed and quickly comforted her, "Mother, I'm not young anymore. Strictly speaking, I'm already sixteen years old."

Sun Rui's words successfully attracted Huang's attention. Huang stopped crying and asked, "Bu'er, what do you mean? Although your body is that of a fifteen or sixteen-year-old, your mother knows you are only three years old."

“Mother, it’s like this…” Sun Rui repeated what he had heard from Huang Ai to Huang Shi.

Even so, you're only three years old.

"Yes, yes, yes." Faced with Huang's domineering attitude, Sun Rui had no choice but to surrender.

After Sun Rui's efforts to calm Huang Shi down, he finally managed to soothe her emotions. After that, Lü Liang dared to show his face in the study. Sun Rui could tell at a glance that Lü Liang must have been eavesdropping in the study and heard that he had calmed Huang Shi down before he dared to show his face.

"Hmph." Although Huang Shi had been calmed down by Sun Rui and her emotions had stabilized, she still didn't give Lü Liang a hard time.

"Haha." Lü Liang didn't care about his wife's attitude.

"Mother, let's eat. I'm hungry too."

"I've been so busy talking that I know Bu'er hasn't been eating well these past few days. I'll have the servants prepare some food," Huang Shi said, immediately changing her attitude upon hearing Sun Rui's words, showing great concern.

Sun Rui and Lü Liang exchanged glances. Lü Liang's general meaning was "Well done," while Sun Rui's was "That's right."

After finishing his meal with Lu Liang and his wife, Sun Rui took Ugly Girl and Little Flower out of the mansion. Their destination was, of course, the military camp. He certainly wouldn't forget that there were still eighteen children in the camp, and he also wanted to collect the reward for this mission. Sun Rui originally thought that he could collect the reward from Lu Liang after completing the mission, but Lu Liang mentioned during the meal that he should go to the military camp to collect the reward.

This time, Sun Rui was not stopped and led Ugly Girl and Little Flower directly into the military camp to meet Niu Xing.

"You've arrived. This is your reward for this trip," Niu Hang said casually as Sun Rui entered the tent.

"Player Lu Bu has completed the bandit suppression mission. Do you wish to accept the reward?"

"accept."

"Congratulations to player Lü Bu for successfully suppressing bandits and gaining 50 reputation points and 500 merit points."

"Congratulations to player Lu Bu for successfully suppressing bandits and obtaining the silver item Mercury Armor."

"Congratulations to player Lü Bu for successfully suppressing bandits and gaining experience, leveling up to level 20."

Hearing the system notification in his ear, Sun Rui was surprised. He originally thought that it was just the destruction of a small mountain stronghold and there would not be much reward. He did not expect the reward to be so generous.

Seeing Sun Rui's surprised expression, Niu Xing continued, "Don't be so surprised. This time, because the bandit leader's strength doesn't match the intelligence, the reward will be increased. Also, I didn't expect this bandit group to be so ruthless." Niu Xing's expression suddenly turned grim as he spoke, clearly indicating that someone had already told him about Sun Rui's experiences in the bandit group.

“Well, isn’t every mountain stronghold like this?” Sun Rui understood the implication in Niu Xing’s words.

"Of course, such heinous acts are relatively rare. Most robbers, although they rob, will not kill as long as they cooperate."

"Oh." Hearing Niu Xing's words, Sun Rui felt a little better. If most of the bandits hadn't done what Sun Rui had experienced today, he could have accepted it.

"Alright, here's your reward. Go check on the eighteen children you took in." Niu Xing's tone seemed a little off as he said this.

Sun Rui didn't pay any attention and went straight to the longbowmen's camp after leaving the tent. He had asked the troop leader to take care of the eighteen children when he returned.

"Sir, you've arrived." Sun Rui had just arrived at the camp when he saw the village chief. The village chief also saw him and led eighteen children to Sun Rui's side.

"Village Chief, how are these children? They haven't caused you any trouble, have they?" Sun Rui felt quite embarrassed about troubling the village chief.

"Sir, I was just about to tell you, these eighteen children are incredibly talented. We don't have any children with such talent in our entire camp." The platoon leader seemed very excited.

"What talent?" The village chief's words left Sun Rui completely bewildered; he didn't understand what he was talking about.

"Combat talent, huh? Before the adults arrived, Lord Niu asked us to conduct a talent test on these children." The village head knew that Sun Rui hadn't understood what he meant, so he explained in detail.

After some investigation, Sun Rui learned that the army had a method for measuring talent, though it wasn't commonly used. This was because the army was extremely important in Wuyuan County, a region bordering the Xiongnu and Xianbei tribes beyond the Great Wall, where chaos necessitated a large army for suppression. Generally, anyone with a clean background and no illness could enlist. Niu Xing, however, assumed Sun Rui had recruited these eighteen children to serve as his private army, hence the expenditure of resources to test their talents.

These eighteen children all possessed exceptionally high talents, making them remarkably gifted. Moreover, they all had a natural talent for combat, making them ideal candidates to become soldiers or generals.

Sun Rui felt it was unbelievable. How could all eighteen children suddenly have such strong combat talent? It was too much of a coincidence.

"My lord, my mother has instructed me to follow you. I, Huang Ai, will certainly hone my skills to assist our lord." Huang Ai said to Sun Rui with a calm expression, showing none of the bewilderment of the remaining seventeen children, appearing quite mature.

"Congratulations to player Lü Bu. Do you accept Huang Ai's allegiance?"

“Accept.” Hearing Huang Ai’s pledge of allegiance, Sun Rui was very pleased and of course would not refuse.

Name: Huang Ai

Qualifications: +

Level: 10

Title: None

Reputation: 0

Strength: 10 (Growth Value 0.5)

Intelligence: 7 (Growth value 0.5)

Politics: 7 (Growth value 0.5)

Commander: 10 (Growth value 0.5)

Talent: Combat Intuition (Increases neural reflex speed by 100%)

Combat Coordination (Increases combat power by 100% when cooperating with allies)

skill:

Looking at Huang Ai's attribute panel, Sun Rui was somewhat astonished. A + level is extremely rare, and it's already remarkable if a village has one or two level-1 attributes. Huang Ai was actually +, and Sun Rui estimated that there were less than a hundred people with that in the entire Wuyuan County.

Sun Rui finally understood why the +rare character was so powerful. The character's base attributes were higher than the player's, and the character also possessed talents that the player did not have. The +rare character was completely overwhelming to the player.

Although the remaining seventeen children were neither loyal to Sun Rui nor his subjects, making it impossible to check their attributes, according to the village chief's description, each of these eighteen children performed similarly, so it is estimated that these eighteen children also had a + rating.

"Sir, Lord Niu said these children are your private soldiers, and he has no right to interfere. You can let them do whatever you want." The garrison commander reported to Sun Rui with a serious expression. After finishing the report, he glanced left and right before mysteriously saying, "When Lord Niu learned about these children's talent, he was initially pleased, but then he realized that these were your private soldiers, and his face turned green."

Seeing the village chief's funny antics, Sun Rui was momentarily stunned. The village chief was completely different from the one in the mountain stronghold. During their time together in the stronghold, the village chief was always serious and unsmiling, but now he was all smiles and jokes with him.

"Sir, are you a little confused by my appearance?" Seeing Sun Rui's stunned look, the troop leader understood what was going on. "The battlefield must look like a battlefield; this is a rule I set for myself."

"Oh, so what you just said was true, General Niu's face turned green." After the village chief's explanation, he didn't pay much attention and asked about what the village chief had just said.

"Of course, it's upsetting to see such a good seedling and not be able to snatch it away," the village head said matter-of-factly.

Sun Rui now understood why his expression had been strange when he came out of his tent earlier; it turned out that his father felt he had snatched a promising soldier right under his nose.

"Oh, right, Lord Niu said that these eighteen children can live in the military camp and train with the soldiers. Anyway, the children's growth cycle is one year now, and their bodies are growing rapidly. It's better not to ruin such good seedlings." The garrison commander solemnly relayed Niu Xing's exact words to Sun Rui.

Sun Rui's eyes lit up when he heard the platoon leader's words. On the way to the military camp, Sun Rui had been racking his brains about how to deal with the accommodation and education of these eighteen children. The military camp was indeed a good place.

“Okay, that’s settled. I also need to learn something in the military camp.” Sun Rui thought this was a good idea. He could learn about the military while managing these eighteen children. Although he was very strong, he knew nothing about soldiers and military matters.

"Xiaohua, take these children to buy some daily necessities."

"It's the young master."

Only after Xiao Hua led the eighteen children out of the military camp did Sun Rui have time to check his own attributes.

Name: Lü Bu (Title: Building Destroyer)

Words: None

Realm: Acquired Qi Cultivation Stage

Level: 20

Title: None

Reputation: 0

Strength: 30 (Growth Value 1)

Intelligence: 15 (Growth value 0.6)

Politics: 11 (Growth value 0.5)

Commander: 26 (Growth value 0.9)

Talent: Reincarnation of a Ghost (Talent of a Ghost, internal energy cultivation speed 1000%, skill cultivation speed 1000%)

Strength capable of lifting a tripod (physical attributes are extraordinary, strength x1000%)

Unparalleled throughout history (Unparalleled talent, photographic memory, allowing one to learn others' skills and internal energy flow during combat or observation, and to learn their internal energy techniques.)

Sealed

Sealed

Ultimate Skill: Desperate Measures: Increases troop morale and attack power by 500%, unaffected by strategist skills. Cooldown: 30 game days.

Skills: Dagger Mastery, Spear Mastery, Gale Blade Technique, Surging Wave Spear Technique

Internal Skill: "Overlord's True Scripture" Level 0, 0% Overlord Aura, Second Revolution, Internal Force Amplification 10%

Equipment: Silver spear, mercury armor.