I am a reincarnation player.

Regardless of whether I am genuinely helping or not, they will profit by killing one more player.

"A bunch of old foxes, but it doesn't matter. We're just using each other anyway. I have to rely on the Night's Watch's characteristics to track the players."

Yuuki had already thought about what to do next and nodded at the girl: "Go change your clothes. Remember to bring two extra uniforms."

"Uh, why?"

Yuki didn't bother to talk nonsense, took off her tricorn hat, put it on his own head, and took out his hunting rifle.

"Because I want to be a night watchman too."

......

A level 3 Night Watchman is already a high-level authority, and with the orders of the Inspector, Finina can mobilize any resources of the branch.

When the small airship left Yedu, the red-haired girl was still a little dazed, and from time to time she looked at Yuki beside the bed with strange eyes.

A tricorn hat, a black uniform, a saber, a soul musket, from the outside, this is a night watchman. Unless you are too close, you can't tell his identity from the soul lamp.

So Finina refused her comrades' request to follow her. She was not stupid and had sensed something was wrong. But as a person who was willing to sacrifice herself, she dared to go through fire and water for the sake of justice.

The worst that could happen was death. Even if she had to bear the label of a traitor, she would die with peace of mind if she could do something practical in this catastrophe.

Huh, but they are minions of the night after all, and who is assisting whom?

Finina really couldn't understand it, and Yuki didn't even think about it. This was a tacit "betrayal" by the Night's Watch's top management, and all they wanted to take advantage of was their identities.

Level three authority, inspector's order, the authority from headquarters meant Yuki didn't have to waste any brain cells. The airship was immediately called in and confidential information was freely available. The manager originally wanted to send night watchmen to guard, but Finina retorted with a "top secret, no inquiries allowed."

Unless a player happens to control another inspector, there is nothing wrong with doing so. They have to recognize the Night's Watch confirmed by the Council of Seven, even if they are puppets.

"Then I was put under surveillance, and any movement I made was watched."

The night watchman didn't know whether Yuki had discovered the surveillance. Of course, it didn't matter. What you see can be false, what you hear can be false, but the player's head is definitely correct.

"The latest intelligence is that minions of the night have been spotted on the southern border of the Kingdom of Fran, three hours away from us."

Standing next to him was Fenina in a black uniform, which reminded Yuki of the lieutenant in "The Global Insect Plague". He wondered how Lieutenant Chris was doing now.

He quickly came to his senses and nodded gently to the helmsman: "Maximum speed, hurry over."

"Yes, change course, maximum speed!"

The small airship immediately turned around, and the steam engine was humming. As a military ship, it was much faster than the luxury airships I had ridden before, at speeds of five or six hundred kilometers per hour.

It was pitch black outside the window, with only densely packed lights flickering on the ground. Yuki checked the time and then looked at the map.

"The target is at the edge of the tide. We will be able to reach it around midnight."

The huge circle has shrunk a lot. A hundred kilometers away from the coordinates is the poison circle, which belongs to another order. This made Mana tighten his face and hold Yuki's hand tighter.

After all, they are not real night watchmen. The lamps of their souls will be extinguished in the tide of darkness within a few minutes, and it will be difficult for them to come back.

"Uh, let's go straight over? Aren't you afraid that this is another trap?" Finina had a different idea. 36 hours ago, the Night's Watch had just suffered a great loss.

"What are you afraid of? No matter who dies, it will benefit the Night's Watch. Or are you afraid of death and dare not come with me?"

"You must be kidding. Ever since I met you, I have stopped caring about life and death." The red-haired girl immediately straightened her chest and returned to the middle of the airship.

There was a strange device there, like a black, rectangular pillar. When Finina placed her hands on it, strange waves spread out in all directions.

The Night Torch actually has no fire. It is equipped in every branch and above. It requires level three or above authority and its function is very simple.

Distinguish between friend and foe, and search for the lamp of the soul harboring sin. The more obvious the sin, the higher the accuracy.

"So this is what they use to find players. Moving it onto the airship is a good idea."

Yuki looked around curiously. The search range was not large, covering almost a medium-sized city, so it was easy for players to hide there, as long as they didn't enter the city.

Because of the hostile relationship, players rarely show mercy. Seeing the "ant" shooting at him, he can't just stand there and take the beating. Only people like him and Mana, who have been in the dungeon for a week and have only killed a night watchman who has become a bandit, and whose sins are so insignificant that they can be ignored, dare to drink coffee everywhere in the night city.

"It's a pity that there are not many of these things. If there were hundreds of them patrolling back and forth in the sky, the players would have been unable to hide long ago." Mana suppressed the urge to go up and operate them and said in a low voice.

"If they can't hide anymore, it'll be an all-out war. All players will unite and knock the Night's Watch out first. Given the strength of this dungeon, they can only hide within the Night Tide range."

Yuki thought more deeply and summarized the characteristics of the "hunting mission". In terms of combat power alone, players have an advantage, at least against the Night Watch.

"That's right. Judging from the return conditions, the Night King and the like won't play a big role. We can just knock the Night's Watch out, and then the players can decide the outcome in the safe zone."

"Well, players who pick up the airdrop will have a huge advantage. They can take advantage of the situation and clean up the mess in the end."

"Then why don't you pick up the airdrops?" Manas was influenced by the formation and also regarded "Night Murder" as a chicken-eating game.

Yuki said nothing as he watched a few mortals draw the latest poison circle on the intelligence map, and then looked at the 87 players left.

The circle will shrink tonight, and it will shrink to 900 million square kilometers, and then the speed at which players fall will also slow down. The chicken-eating game is based on the law of the dark forest, and the weak will be eliminated first.

It was still pitch black outside the window, and the lights on the earth were even more crowded. Ordinary people were the most uncomfortable in this drama. Players, night watchmen, princes and nobles did not care about them.

Looking into the distance, there seemed to be a dividing line. The lights became sparse and the world was dead silent, as if there was an eraser working, the dividing line shrinking towards itself and then erasing a large number of lights.

Hell on earth.

Thousands of meters in the air, overlooking the fertile southern plains and distant mountains, the galaxy of lights was flowing at an accelerated rate, and from time to time lights went out, which was the result of people trampling on each other in panic.

Then, behind the galaxy, an eraser slowly followed, erasing large areas of the 'trail'. The few remaining lights were as if they were under a spell and were motionless. Yuki closed his eyes, as if he could feel the ecstasy of escaping death and the pain of losing his loved ones.

Manas stopped talking as countless confusions, cries, ecstasy and numbness came over her. She suddenly realized the cruelty of the night tide, which brought equal pain to the dead, the dying and the lucky ones who were still alive.

Is this the tide of night?

While Yuuki was rationally calculating the speed of the shrinking circle and the intensity of the lights being extinguished, he also felt it was ironic emotionally. He had been in the dungeon for so long and had drunk a lot of coffee, but this was his first time witnessing the Night Tide, the most important element in this dungeon.

The Night Watch's arrangement was correct. This group of players had committed too many sins and had no way of sneaking into the safe zone, so they set up layers of defense to keep them at the edge of the tide.

The players' handling of the situation was impeccable. They took the initiative to eliminate nearly a thousand Night's Watchmen, and then pressed forward step by step.

Even if the Night's Watch can determine their own position, anyone who dares to attack them will die.

According to Finina's information, in just two days, the seven-member council has become a five-member council. This is the warning given by the players.

There was even a voice within the Night's Watch calling for them to abandon their oath and plunge into the tide of night, leaving the stage to the players. They would wait for them to decide the winner, and the catastrophe would naturally end, or they could wait until the players were exhausted before walking out of the night.

This is not really a change of home, but if there is a real solution, one would not come up with such a stupid idea of ​​saving the country in a roundabout way.

Yuki grinned. He needed to use all his strength to deal with this group of players. The five remaining Level 1 Night Watchmen couldn't afford to cause any more trouble. The players here were only a small fraction. If they went all in on them, who would handle the rest? Who could guarantee there weren't even more vicious minions among them?

and so.

Feeling the airship descend, Yuuki glanced at Fenina, whose face was filled with hatred, and put on his tricorn hat.

Just let players deal with players.

Chapter 9: Battle of the South (8K)

The airship landed in an open space that had been cleared in advance. Hundreds of night watchmen formed a cordon with their backs to Yuki.

Top level secret, no prying.

This is Fanina's request, and everyone must obey the order. Now is a time of chaos, and the Inquisition is catching traitors like a mad dog. Who wants to get into trouble?

All they need to know is that people have been sent from above and the Southern Military Region needs to fully cooperate.

At the forefront of this confrontation, no Night's Watch dared to take the initiative to attack, and players did not want to charge the army. No matter which dungeon, it would be foolish to give up the squad battles that they are best at and go head-to-head with volley guns and war machines. Even if they could win, some players would die, and who would die would be a big problem at that time.

Are both parties waiting?

Yuki looked around and saw that the morale of the Night Watchmen was low. Most of them didn't know that Bulgamo, who went to explore the northern tides, had been missing for many days, otherwise the morale would be even lower.

According to estimates, a level 1 Night's Watchman is about the level of Monster III to Monster IV, and a few player teams are enough to eat them.

Fighting guerrilla warfare with players is seeking death. You can only gather in a group, use strong firepower to fight, and then wait for the opportunity.

The more they retreated, the higher the density of troops would be as they moved towards the central area. If they could get within 1000 kilometers of Yedu, they would be able to fight a decisive battle without any worries.

Of course, the price of this is being scolded and criticized by other countries. How can the Night's Watch keep retreating? They should hold their minions at the edge of the tide and give them, oh no, the refugees time to evacuate calmly.

"That commander was very smart and didn't let public opinion sway him. However, due to his strength, his success rate was not high."

Yuki can see through the Night's Watch's strategy at a glance, and then come up with several ways to crack it in ten seconds. The player has too many props and abilities, such as controlling hundreds of thousands of refugees to attack the army formation, to see if the Night's Watch dares to open fire.

"The best way is to do nothing. After all, there are less than one-third of the players here, and soon someone will jump out to cause trouble." Yuki muttered to himself. Time is on the side of the players, so he turned his head slightly.

"Did you find Emiya?"

"He should be nearby." Manas does not have true future vision, but has sensing props, which is not within the limit of prompt 1.

"That's good. Epic players are generally not so simple and crude, and they don't need to unite so many players." Yuki began to estimate the opponent's strength, and then his stomach was patted lightly.

"Is everything alright? You're very close to the epic, aren't you? Why don't you take that last step?"

"The time is not right yet. I can't turn back after the epic promotion. I still need to lay the groundwork with my current strength. Anyway, it's enough."

"What's the foreshadowing?"

"Have you ever heard of the Special Night Watchman?"

What a mess.

Of course, Mana knew that the Night Watch was only at level one, but he understood what Yuuki was trying to do.

The firearm-type chaos item in his hand is very similar to the Night Watch's Soul Fire Gun in terms of attack method and energy nature. Unless observed closely with identification items, it is impossible to tell the authenticity.

But in battle, who would use identification items?

Finina came back. She had finished negotiating with the Level 2 Night Watchman who was in charge of guarding this place, with a look of deep sadness on her face.

The minions are still pressing forward, but the speed of the tidal search has slowed down. If they stop here tonight, when day falls, the Night's Watch will lose the advantage of geographical location.

The fragile standoff could be broken at any time because the Minions of Night were too shameless. She had read the detailed report of the Battle of Serral, and her fists were trembling slightly.

There was no fairness or honor. Tens of thousands of residents of Serral suddenly turned into horrible zombies and attacked the garrisoned legion. The Night's Watch was caught off guard and had to shoot them.

Ms. Molly was forced to select an elite commando team to hunt the manipulator, and then they were ambushed.

There were not just a few players, but dozens of them. The relationship between hunter and prey was instantly reversed, and the next thing was simple.

Ms. Molly, one of the seven members of the Council of Seven, fell, and the Night's Watch, exhausted and without their leader, collapsed, and no one survived.

Finina was angry and afraid, but more terrified. Seeing the refugees crawling slowly with numb faces on the road, she knew that this tactic was almost unsolvable.

"As expected, they used the simplest, crudest, and most unsolvable tactics." Yuki glanced at the report and threw it aside, glancing at the girl. "They're relieved, right?"

The Night Watchmen are not very afraid of the Night Tide. Even if the poison circle covers the entire Night Continent, their survival rate is very high. Naturally, they do not have the determination to fight the players to the end.

"Well, they broke their oath and only agreed to send 100 Night Watchmen to cooperate with your plan and deploy the Soul Annihilation Cannon." Finina clutched the corner of her clothes, her face flushed with shame.

Letting minions fight minions sounds good, but in reality, isn't it just being weak and powerless, giving up the stage?

"That's enough. Idealists are a minority. Survival instinct is everything. This is true for us and for you as well." Yuki never thought of letting the Night Watch play the leading role. This was determined by strength.

"You will lead these night watchmen later and carry out my plan. And don't get carried away. Your life is important."

Fu Nina was stunned for a moment, then nodded solemnly. She was the only contact, and Mr. Raymond in front of her was worth her endurance.

Because he is very strong, perhaps even stronger than the commander, the only way to counter this cheating tactic is to take the initiative to attack.

Yuki turned around and left, returning to the airship. As the steam engine started to hum, the earth became smaller, and the distance was filled with deep night. Half of the southern mountains were covered by the tide.

Tens of thousands of lights are scattered among the mountains. This is the simplest and crudest trick. You can't tell who the player is just by the lights, and when you get close, it's too late to run away.

"The psychic player from Rosen City is here." Mana hummed softly, as if he was unaware of the tension.

"Well, his ability is indeed very useful. No wonder the Night's Watch can only watch. If he fights back with all his strength, they won't have to resist. When it comes to escaping, every player is an expert. The Night's Watch lacks mobility and can't catch up."

"Can they outrun you?"

Yuki said nothing, watching the roar of the steam engine coming from the ground, and a huge steam tank drove out. This thing had a very steampunk style, with gray-white armor covered with rivets and equipped with a long gun barrel more than two meters thick. Many night watchmen stood on the hill-like body of the car.

The Soul Annihilation Cannon is the Night's Watch's most valuable war tool. Due to thousands of years of wear and tear, only six are left. It is like a giant shotgun, powered by hundreds of Night's Watchmen who then fire together.

After all, they still have some skills, otherwise the group of players would have used the same trick to defeat them long ago.

Yuki looked at the night watchman who looked like he was passively taking a beating, shook his head, and straightened his tricorn hat.

"They can try."

......

"Hey, these natives have started to attack, why are they suddenly so diligent?"

On the mountain, the lazy bishop who had been curled up in his recliner suddenly sat up straight, put his hand on his brow and looked out.

The night is as dark as a curtain, but because of this, abilities like 'invisibility' and 'stealth' are useless. All you have to do is watch the lights move.

Hundreds of lights were shining upstream, it was too obvious, who else could dare to come here at this time except the night watchman.