First Player

Sherrod's hand was always tightly holding the hilt of the sword in his hand. He seemed to want to take action to protect the residents he loved.

"Don't take action." Su Mingan issued the second order after the operation: "Even if you have the ability to save one person, even if you have the ability to lend a helping hand to the fallen person..."

Su Mingan put the loudspeaker aside: "——You are not allowed to take action."

"ah--!"

A stream of hot blood spurted up, and the blood of a soul hunter sprinkled on Xie Lude's face.

"...Captain." He almost squeezed out this sentence from his throat.

The soul hunter's body fell at his feet, and he didn't stop, just like stepping on a sharp knife, throwing the man's body behind him.

As long as he uses a little power of light, he can save a resident who is unable to walk due to a broken limb. As long as he draws his sword, he can block a sea monster from jumping on someone's neck... He obviously can save him just by stretching out his hand. For many people, the chasm between life and death in the eyes of others should not be a problem in his eyes.

He is an upright, benevolent, and kind-hearted knight of light. He was born with a strong sense of honor and was born to protect the people. But now, he can only watch them die in front of his eyes, but he wants him to be indifferent.

This was more painful than a knife cutting on his body.

"You can't take action." Su Mingan's tone was extremely calm: "Your light energy cannot be recovered in time and must be saved until the final battle with the Siren King - so, even if you watch people die in front of you, you still You can't take action. Because once the war starts, every bit of your energy will be a weapon to suppress the Siren King - and if the Siren King is not dead, everyone you have saved will die, including you and me, do you understand? ?”

Sherrod took a deep breath, as if trying to calm down.

But at this moment, all he breathed in was the smell of blood.

"what happened to your hand?"

Only then did Su Mingan notice that his palm was wrapped in a piece of cloth. The color was black and red. It was obvious that it was Xie Lude's blood that was constantly seeping out.

"The injuries I sustained when I rescued Miss Lin Yin and fought against the Siren King." Xie Lude said.

The Siren King had impersonated Noel before and wanted to deceive Lin Yin. At that time, he took one of her claws with both hands. The wound still cannot be healed and poisonous blood has been leaking out.

"It doesn't matter." Su Mingan said: "Nolia's red rose can reshape your body and heal all previous injuries. As long as you ensure that your soul is not affected, you will be fine."

"..." Xie Lude didn't reply.

What he cares about is gradually no longer the prop red rose that can make him a player.

At this time, when he looked at these massacred people, he felt that grief was almost overwhelming him.

But he couldn't draw even one sword. Not even one person could be saved.

Because he couldn't be sure whether every bit of energy he spent now would become the last straw that broke the Siren King's back.

As a knight of light,

He cannot do what a knight should do.

He suddenly felt very sad and regretful. It seemed that something was still here and needed his protection.

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[NPC (Xie Lude) HE ending progress: 70%]

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Under the blue sea monster, the outermost barrier ruins are getting closer and closer.

After fifteen hellish minutes, the originally mighty team of a thousand people had been reduced to half of its original size.

Countless corpses fell on the continuously constructed white bridge, dyed red with blood.

Among them, if you count them carefully, you will find that the number of dead soul hunters is almost equal to that of the residents. It is obvious that the number of residents far exceeds that of the soul hunters, and the soul hunters are the group that is most likely to survive such a chaotic war.

But unfortunately, the death probability of soul hunters is much higher than that of ordinary residents.

Some of the people watching the battle from high places had already begun to cry. One thousand to five hundred, this is an extremely conspicuous difference in quantity.

But the team was moving in good condition. There is still one-third of the way to the finish line, and half of the team is still there. Now it seems that arrival is inevitable.

Sirius, the mercenary player standing on the wall of the royal city, looked back.

"I regret not being a part of it." He joked to his teammates next to him.

"Yes." Teammate nodded: "I heard about the mission rewards, the title of 5% combat power bonus, double experience. I think the mortality rate of one-half is acceptable. With our strength, it must be It’s the half that survives.”

"Luna and the others are all alive. If we had participated, we would certainly not have died on the road." said the female teammate next to her.

They looked at each other and sighed with regret, regretting why they had not set foot on that city wall.

"You should believe the first player. As soon as he said that speech, I wanted to go up there." said the team of players standing next to them on the city wall together.

"I was wary. I thought that he actually had to give a speech so hard, so this cross-ocean operation must be so deceiving that he needed to use such a big move... But I didn't expect that he actually did it as a routine It's just a speech." A trendy green-haired girl said.

"No one knows what he was thinking... Maybe he just wanted to boost morale before the war."

"Oh, it's useless to say this now. They have rushed out so far that we can't catch up in time."

"well……"

Previously, they thought that this operation would require bait and cannon fodder, and that all the soul hunting ministers with such high combat power would be needed... It must be a life-or-death mission. But now when they see half of the people still alive, they immediately put themselves among the survivors.

In the world game, the difficulty of the dungeons increases in sequence. Once every point is not utilized in time and strength is not accumulated in time in the early stage, a vicious cycle will form later on and the tasks encountered will become increasingly difficult.

They regret that they missed a good opportunity for advancement.

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"Ding dong!"

Hearing the upgrade prompt again, Su Mingan had reached level three and eight.

The dungeon does not encourage players to gain experience by killing monsters. It encourages them to search for clues and gain experience by following the plot and completing tasks. Therefore, the system does not give much experience for killing monsters.

But even though it wasn't much, with this kind of experience bonus, he quickly rose to two levels in just fifteen minutes.

Risks come with opportunities, and this has always been the case with copy systems. No matter how difficult this journey is, the improvement will be greater for him.

He didn't know if he could advance to level four after successfully clearing this copy.

One step first, every step first.

If he reaches level four before the start of the eighth world, he will enjoy absolute level suppression against all other players at the top of the list. If the Eighth World is a competitive world copy for top players, upgrading it to level four will be quite beneficial to their decisive victory.

During this period, he also received news from Lin Yin. She said that she had the skill of breath tracking and felt Sherrod's sister in the East District.

Su Mingan had already planned to take Xie Lude to find his sister when this operation was over.

"Lord Su Lin!"

On the side, Duoya, covered in blood, squeezed into the inner circle.

The residential area she was in was already in chaos, and seemed much looser than before. After all, many people had died.

"Out front, I can't hear Carlocha!" She pointed to the loudspeaker and headset hanging on her face, with an anxious look on her face.

She had already noticed that the silent figure of the Soul Hunting Minister at the front had disappeared into the vast group of sea monsters.

"I suspect that he fell behind, or ran too slow, and got mixed into the crowd. With his strength, he probably wouldn't have died on the road just now... The distance is now close, everything is fine, we are Shouldn't you fix it and look for it in the team..." Duoya's face was full of anxiety.

Su Mingan glanced at her.

He held the loudspeaker on the side of his face and brought the loudspeaker side close to his mouth.

"Keep going, don't stop," he said.

His voice was calm, but it was particularly obvious amidst the sounds of fighting. After it was heard, the originally stagnant team immediately sped up.

"Su Lin - you -" Duo Ya even lost the awe of "adult".

"Carlo Cha is dead." Su Mingan answered her.

Her flushed face paused, and then collapse and disbelief appeared in her eyes at the same time.

A very fast tear fell from the corner of her eye, and soon fell on the bridge covered with blood.

"In this situation, no matter how powerful a person is, he may be killed by a sudden attack." Su Mingan said. Just five minutes ago, he saw with his own eyes that Kalocha was bitten on the back of the neck by three sea monsters because he rushed too fast.

Even if Kalocha is a minister with more than a thousand combat power and can instantly kill dozens of sea monsters in front of him, he cannot save his life when he is suddenly attacked at the fatal point.

"Go back to your position as soon as possible. If you die again, our front will be further reduced." Su Mingan removed the loudspeaker.

Every person with high combat power is a brick in maintaining this line of defense.

Once someone among them dies, other bricks must be filled with life.

Kalocha is dead, and even the S-class soul hunter Ed is nowhere to be seen. Doya cannot be allowed to die due to lack of concentration again.

If the entire team stops here because they are looking for someone, that would be even more stupid and will only make the fight last longer.

As time goes on, what fills it up is not light things, but heavy life.

Su Ming'an knew that as a commander, he could engage in fanaticism before a war and use his intense emotions to arouse the blood of others. But in wartime, he must remain absolutely calm.

Some people cannot die, some people can die, and some people must die.

Because in this war, the commander will only have one goal, which is victory.

His innate responsibility is to guide their movements, arrange their endings, sacrifice what should be sacrificed, and save what should be saved, so that the entire team can survive the disaster.

If you deviate from your original decision because you are soft-hearted, then this is not called rationality.

It's called a breach of responsibility.

It's called dereliction of duty.

He was dragging everyone to death regardless of their lives.

At this time, the figure who had been following him and whose mana was almost exhausted suddenly swayed.

A mutated sea monster that was stronger than usual and sturdier suddenly grabbed his leg. Under the huge difference in strength, Ying was directly pulled down by this and fell down the bridge next to him!

"--amber!"

Duoya, who had not yet left, saw this scene, and her face was almost deformed with sadness.

Ying was dragged away, but there was no panic expression on his face. When he fell, he smiled at Duoya on the bridge.

"Goodbye, Aunt Doya." He smiled naturally, as if he didn't realize that he would definitely die if he fell.

Soon, the endless sea monsters rushed forward like crazy, not even two seconds during which they instantly cut off Duoya's downward line of sight.

"Amber—save Amber! He is the leader of the soul hunter and a powerful force against the enemy—"

Tears burst out of Duoya's eyes. She chopped down the sea monster next to her with a sword, while pleading loudly to Su Ming'an, her beautiful facial features almost twisted into a ball.

"Master Su Lin, save him - you can save him, can't you - you can -"

With her face covered with tears and crying in an extremely embarrassed manner, she met Su Mingan's almost indifferent eyes.

Shadow's mana has been depleted, and his speed and physical strength are gradually failing to keep up with the team. Even if Ying is immortal, Su Mingan will no longer care about his life and death. It is just right for him now.

This is just a skill, it helps him pass the level. If he dies, he can still summon it again, so he won't be confused about priorities. Even he himself could die countless times just to clear the level, let alone Shadow.

But Duoya didn't know, she just felt that Su Lin gave up a soul hunting leader casually.

She was about to speak when she saw Su Ming'an trembled, and there was extremely obvious pain in his eyes, as if someone had stabbed him severely.

Bloodshot eyes filled his eyes, his whole body trembled physiologically, and he almost slipped while running.

The clone dies, and the main body transmits pain simultaneously.

He himself is also suffering the pain of Shadow's death.

At this moment, he, who was controlling the fate of this team, suddenly remembered what Princess Tulip, whom he had once spurned, said to him.

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[Su Lin, you have seen too few tragedies, and you do not understand everything I have done. 】

[The situation in Praia is not generous. All battles are necessary battles. Once one of them is avoided, it will only be filled with more sacrifices. 】

[Their deaths must not be meaningless. 】

[Because there is no way to make everyone happy without sacrificing anything. 】

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[I command them. 】

[I carefully arrange the ending of each of them. 】

[Only in this way can everyone work hard for a tomorrow. 】