I am a reincarnation player.

"The beast tide is coming, everyone, form a circular defense formation!"

The forest was suddenly filled with footsteps. Groups of witch beasts began to approach from afar. One of them was huge, a bit like a six-legged turtle with pale tusks on its neck. It knocked down the trees blocking the road and broke them in half.

A third-level magical beast, this is almost at the extraordinary level.

Hey, shouldn't your circular defense formation protect me in the middle?

Yuki was speechless. He glanced at the turtle and realized it was several times stronger, not just in size. The dense barrage of fire was completely blocked by its shell. Fortunately, the witch beasts had no brains. The other cautious witch beasts didn't know how to use cover, leaving themselves exposed to attack.

Although they have no intelligence, their intuition is quite good. They did not attack the human formation head-on, but instead came around from the side, intending to eat up Yuki and others who were left behind.

"We have to try." Yuki was about to jump off his horse when his shoulder was held down.

"Let me do it." Philen said little, just floated up gently, holding the staff in both hands and aiming forward.

Exorcism magic.

shhhhh--

The girl was like holding a laser cannon, shooting out beams of light at a rapid speed. Not only was the power extremely great, the firing speed was also extremely fast. Even if a small witch beast could not be blown up in one shot, the continuous shooting like a machine gun would quickly turn it into rotten meat.

While suppressing the herd with his rate of fire, Philen gathered his strength and released a beam of even greater power to bombard the turtle.

dong dong!

Although both used magic beams, Philen was completely incomparable to those mercenaries, and he specifically targeted the turtle's limbs exposed outside the shell to snipe.

Roar--

Its two legs were almost broken. The witch beast screamed, raised its head, and opened its mouth to spit out a red beam of light. It did not move in a straight line, but left a winding curve in the air, making it difficult to know where to defend.

Defensive magic.

Philen had an expressionless face as he unfolded the magic circle. The magic crystals wrapped around Philen without any blind spots. The crystals also had a reflective function, bouncing the beam of light into the sky.

Seeing that the attack was ineffective, the witch beast had no intention of retreating. It retracted its six legs into its shell and spun like a tire. Its huge tusks were like gears, raising dust and instantly crushing a mercenary team that blocked the road into pieces of meat.

A huge monster with a diameter of five or six meters charged in a straight line. The terrifying momentum made Yuki subconsciously grasp the knife, but then quietly let go.

Gravity magic.

I saw a blue light curtain covering the witch beast, which slowed down its charging speed rapidly. When it approached, it even floated up. Philen threw it far away and charged the staff.

Fantasy explodes. Melting light.

call out--

A crimson beam of light, only as thick as a fist, instantly swept across the forest. It was extremely concentrated magic power. With just a light stroke, it penetrated the upside-down witch beast and ripped it open.

Blood mixed with visceral fragments gushed out. The girl standing in mid-air raised her hand and pointed, "Go, harvest it."

"Lord Philen has cleared the enemy for us. Brothers, follow me!"

Peggy roared, calling on the stunned mercenaries to rush forward, and all the spears, axes, and bows and arrows were aimed at the severely injured witch beast.

Awesome, worthy of being a wizard, he has made ease and elegance ingrained in his bones.

Yuki clapped his hands softly, and turned his head to see Philen returning steadily to his horse. As he panted, he took out a crystal clear sapphire and meditated.

In terms of burst damage, no one at the same level can compete with the wizard, unless it is a special item-based player like Hayasaka Ai.

"How many times can you sustain similar consumption?" Yuki's eyes were sharp, and he could see the most critical endurance problem of the wizard at a glance.

"Five to six times. If someone can cool down the sapphire, we can have two more times." Philen answered honestly. The praise from the man next to her made her feel very comfortable, and the guilt of eating and drinking for free was finally alleviated a little.

He has solid basic skills, rich combat experience, perfect magic combination, and a natural grace of ease.

I think I have found a treasure.

Yuuki noticed the look in the girl's eyes and slowly grinned: "You want me to show you some of my skills?"

"No, you're definitely stronger than me." Philen immediately turned his head away, secretly glancing at Yuki from the corner of his eye. "Of course, if you want to take action, I won't object."

"Next time, there are only a few miscellaneous soldiers left and I'm too lazy to draw my sword."

Humph, bragging.

The girl puffed out her lips.

The first encounter after entering the forest has ended. The mercenary group slaughtered twenty or thirty witch beasts and was happily cleaning up the battlefield. As for the more than ten casualties, hunting was never peaceful.

The dead were put into body bags and evacuated along with the wounded. There were carriages at the edge of the valley, and the merchants had already driven their clinics to the front line of the hunt.

Everything went smoothly as if it had been rehearsed, and in just half an hour, the team was ready to go.

interesting.

Yuki remained seated on his warhorse, his head tilted as he watched Peggy negotiate with a businessman wearing a round hat. If he was not mistaken, this businessman was not a wizard, yet he had stepped into the thick miasma.

Switching to the demon's vision, his eyebrows were slightly raised.

That was a living person, a living person with an extremely pure soul, so he was different from those wizards, no, from all the people he had ever met.

He seemed to be unconcerned with everything except exploring the tower, but in fact he had been observing silently, engraving various details into his mind, including the fact that the businessman had secretly taken out a telescope to observe when Philen was fighting just now.

"Sir, I'm sorry to have kept you waiting." Peggy hurried back, clutching a blood-stained bag and raising it slightly. "Here are the soul crystals I just hunted. According to the agreement, you can get 30%."

"Only 30% is given for dealing with the most troublesome level 3 wizard beast?"

"Well, the contract states that the distribution will be based on contribution. If you're not satisfied, we can discuss it further."

"No need, just give me the soul crystal of the third-level wizard beast, and the rest are yours." Yuki was too lazy to talk nonsense, this character does not have the characteristic of bargaining.

"Okay!" Peggy smiled happily and quickly presented the soul crystal. Just as she was about to leave, Yuki called her back.

"That merchant is quite powerful. He can even walk into the valley to bargain. Is he a wizard?" Yuki asked deliberately, rubbing his fingers on the hilt of the knife.

The man paused slightly, turned around, and said with an expression that said, "I forgot to tell you." "He's not a wizard, but a soulless person."

He is indeed a soulless person, but he has a soul, it is just not polluted.

Any other player would have been completely bewildered, but Hiyori had already informed him of the existence of such people and had made it clear in the records that they were related to the rebels.

Peggy didn't know that Yuuki knew the details of the Soulless Man because he had been staying in the small town and didn't look for clues everywhere.

Unable to use anything related to the soul crystal, but also not attacked by the witchcraft released by the soul crystal, isn't this the Sister of Silence?

"If I remember correctly, contact with soulless people is a serious crime."

"Haha, we mercenaries are already on the edge of crime. As long as there's profit to be made, we don't care who he is." Peggy's eyes were full of surprise, as if she was surprised that Yuki knew about the existence of the soulless. She laughed heartily, saluted with her hand on her chest, and strode away, deliberately greeting everyone.

"Brothers, keep moving forward in ten minutes and try to get the Tower Explorer into the tower before dark."

"There's something wrong with this guy. He's hiding a lot of secrets." Philen leaned over and whispered, "I have torture magic. Do you want to try it?"

"Can you ensure that the truth is told?"

"Given his strength, if he hasn't received relevant training, there's a 60% chance of that happening."

"Never mind. Also, did you notice that while we were fighting, the other teams didn't come to investigate? And just now, several lightly wounded mercenaries voluntarily withdrew. Without exception, they were all Peggy's confidants." Yuki had been observing, giving a mocking smile.

"This journey is quite complicated. On the human side alone, there are the Alliance, nobles, and rebels. On the other hand, the Tower side is relatively simple."

"And then there are the players. Each group of players will choose a faction to join. Generally speaking, these factions have irreconcilable conflicts..."

Phillen fell silent as she spoke, and she suddenly realized that Yuki had an immeasurable advantage.

He is a member of a team of three camps and theoretically has three choices. Now Sakurajima Mai is on the side of the nobles and is frantically absorbing all kinds of information, but Yuki can choose the opposite force.

"You finally understand our team's biggest cheat. Even if the camps have the best relationship, they can't be as close as us." Yuki smiled with satisfaction, clapped his hands, and looked down at others with disdain.

"In fact, the principle for solving such a complex incident is very simple—"

"Kill anyone who stands in my way."

Chapter 6: Shura Tower (K)

The adventure continues.

Ten minutes later the team set off again. The witch beasts in the forest were strong and numerous, but they could not withstand the large number of humans who attacked them. In addition, they had no intelligence, so they charged mindlessly wherever there were enemies.

On the other hand, humans gradually adapted and began to use dirty tactics such as ambushes and traps, and their coordination became more sophisticated with experience.

Facts have proved that no matter how sharp the claws of a beast are, it is still a beast and is no match for a professional hunter. Moreover, the scale of the beast tide is not that large, and it is more like a refueling tactic. Except for the team that is really too weak, almost everyone is approaching the tower.

The witchcraft light across the sky was getting closer and closer, and the smell of blood in the forest was getting stronger. Yuki stretched out his hand and grabbed a handful of air, and some dark red liquid was left on his palm.

"Finally, it has some of the flavor of Shura Tower."

Yuuki muttered to himself that he had received the report from Hiyori, which meant that they could conquer two towers in the same amount of time.

The situation is different in the Tower of War. The witch beasts are not violent, and their individual combat power is worse than that of the Shura Tower. They are extremely homogeneous, like copy and paste.

But they are smarter and know how to apply tactics. The "tower characteristics" mentioned in the prompt should be this.

Then this 'Soul Crystal' is of no use to me.

Crystal clear stones were thrown up and down. With the help of Philen, the team had already harvested 4 level wizard beasts. According to Peggy, the purity was very high and they would be worth thousands of gold coins after a little polishing.

There is only one game tip:

[Special Item: Soul Crystal (Not Activated)]

Players cannot use it, and the information does not mention that this thing needs to be activated. It can be used by removing the impurities left by the wizard beast and infusing it with the magic power purified by the wizard's body.

Is this the exclusive blue bottle for dungeon characters at this stage?

"Never mind, let's keep it for now."

Yuki put everything back into the storage space and turned to look back. Several merchants had been following him, either skillfully transporting the wounded or buying the freshly harvested soul crystals with gold coins on the spot.

There were five short encounters in total, with eight more people involved.

Yuki has been keeping an eye on these people. The former can be said to have come to help, but how to explain the encounter? Their opponents should be those invisible wizards. Each time was very short, more like dealing with scouts.

Judging from the direction from which the battle broke out, it was on the right side, where the noble army was, while Peggy and other mercenaries seemed to have seen nothing.

Without drawing his sword, Yuki knew the entire battlefield like the back of his hand, or rather, after calming down, his efficiency in gathering intelligence was no less than that of Hiyori.

"Sir, the tower is just ahead."

This was reported by Peggy herself. Yuuki turned around and saw that the vast dense forest had finally reached its end, and the witch beasts that appeared in the forest had almost been killed.

Everyone was covered in blood. The witch beasts in the Shura Tower were too violent and there was no need to search for them deliberately. Most of the mercenary group was killed, and now there are only about thirty people left.

After a quick glance, Yuki gave them a strange look: "Captain Peggy, your mercenary group's survival rate is quite high."

Back in the bar, this team was formed by several mercenary groups. Peggy's expression was very surprised. How could this taciturn big man remember the affiliation of the lowly mercenaries?

"Uh, well, our regiment is supposed to be more elite." The man was very uneasy, but he didn't expect Yuki not to ask any further questions.

"Aren't they coming?" Yuki pointed at the group of merchants and their guards. They were originally a hundred meters away from the team, and now the distance between them was even farther.

"Since you know they are soulless, you should be aware of the dilemma they face. This will lead to misunderstandings when you meet with other teams later."

What a misunderstanding! How many noble scouts have these people killed? Now they run away, and I have to take the blame?

Yuki moved his mouth. Considering the contradictions required to explore the secrets, and the fact that the senior sister had already boarded the noble ship, there was no point in repeating the strategy for this force.

"We, the chosen tower explorers, are not fools. We hate being forced into a pirate ship. If you have any problem, just come and see me in person." Yuki smiled meaningfully, tapped the dazed man with his whip, and rode past.

Strength is the basis for conquering dungeons. If he were still at the extraordinary level, Yuki would use strategies like pretending to be a grandson and using the Infernal Affairs tactics, but now these tactics are too troublesome for him.

The characters in the plot are both weak and strong. As of now, whichever side he joins will be the stronger one.

"I haven't seen that group of players yet." Philen came closer. The ones who were threatening now were the players and the alliance.

"They want to be the oriole, don't worry, I know how to deal with them."

"Where do you get your confidence from?"

Confidence is the head of an upper-rank evil spirit. It is impossible for someone like the Flame Pillar to betray you.

Yuki didn't explain and rode out of the forest. A huge tower was right in front of him, and several teams also came out of the forest a thousand meters away.

Most of the noble army's men were killed. They had the most men, so they naturally attracted more witch beasts. However, the three groups of tower explorers and their guards were well protected and suffered almost no damage.

Then, the alliance's direct tower explorers wrapped in black robes also appeared. They didn't even look at other people and walked straight towards the tower.

The Shura Tower has no gate, and the way to enter is very clever. First, kneel on your knees and pray, and then place your hands on the wall of the tower.

The metallic-lustered wall suddenly turned into mud, sucking people in within seconds.

"Is prayer necessary?" Yuki asked with a frown.

"Well, that's to pay respect to the witch god and pray for blessings. In fact, you can go in by touching the wall." Peggy answered hurriedly, with obvious panic on her face.