Child of Destiny

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"Move! Move! Get in your position already!"

"You! Stop slacking off and get in formation! If the general sees you, then getting killed will be the last of your worry!"

"Come on! Come on! We must finish forming our battle formation so that we can leave as soon as the general arrives!"

Angry shouts and ferocious yells could be heard across the field as the NPC soldiers gathered. The captains of each unit and their lieutenants were constantly calling out those who were moving slowly as they formed their battle formation.

These NPC soldiers varied from common to elite class and levels spanning between 160 to 175. The captains and lieutenants were all 175 special elites, which could rival Lord Class Monsters of the same level.

This army was ten thousand strong – a very strong force.

If such an army started sieging a city, then they would be no different from being a huge monster horde or might even worse.

Given their movements, it was clear that they were planning to go to war. And with the direction that they were facing, it would not be strange to think that they were planning to head to the Stormy Mountain Range.

They seemed to be planning to wage war against the Storm Empire.

It might be a foolish move for some since the Dark Cloud Kingdom was already at war with the other neighboring kingdoms. They claimed that those kingdoms were plotting something against them and even presented evidence to support their words.

Due to the irrefutable evidence, the council that was overseeing the matters in the continent could not say anything about it. Unless the other sides presented evidence of their own to prove their innocence.

But for some unknown reason, the other kingdoms did not refute the claims of the Dark Cloud Kingdom and instead wage war in response, resulting in the current situation.

Since it was a nation-level war, a kingdom event was triggered, letting the players pick their sides and join the war.

This event would let them earn military merit points that they could use to raise their military ranks or exchange for high-quality equipment and weapons that were exclusively meant for military forces.

There was even a special equipment set that they could get after reaching a certain rank. It was a set that could continuously evolve so long as they had enough merit points.

The quality of these sets was a little over the average and somewhat worse compared to the highest quality of equipment that the regular players had.

But what made this equipment good was its special set effects that were meant for PvP, which made the players crazy for it. Moreover, the set could even evolve to Obsidian Rank if they were able to reach the General Rank.

Reaching that rank might be impossible for most people. But once the top elites and apex experts started joining the war, people realized that it was just a skill issue.

These peak players slaughtered everyone they encountered, earning themselves a lot of merit points to raise their ranks. Once they claimed the set, they started slaughtering more people, racing to reach the General Rank as soon as possible to evolve their equipment set.

Evolving the set only needs them to kill enough people and reach the General Rank, so they become crazier in the war.

However, raising their ranks was much easier to say than doing it, so those foolish ones who thought that they could reach that rank by just killing random NPCs and players were immediately given a rude awakening right after reaching a certain rank.

They became a target by all the players from the opposing side as they were suddenly branded with a special mark after killing enough people.

Even if some of the top players were still able to hold their ground with their skills, raising their ranks became much harder as they were constantly being hindered by the top experts from the opposing side.

With the players' involvement, the war became even more chaotic.

The crazy players did not care about the penalty of dying, particularly being banned for an entire day from playing the game. So long as they killed enough people and accumulated enough merit points to exchange for the said set, they would think that it would be worth it.

Since the players had gotten involved, the Dark Cloud Kingdom no longer had to worry about the lack of manpower. This was the main reason why they had a spare army that they could use to harass the Storm Empire.

Attack the Storm Fortress was without a doubt a foolish choice, especially when it was guarded by a monster like Commander Taiga.

This was the reason why most of the soldiers of the army were unwilling to join the siege since it was no different from asking for their deaths.

But after hearing that the general leading this siege was their strongest general, someone on the same level as Commander Taiga, the morale of the army reached its peak and no longer hesitated.

As the army organized themselves, a lone figure suddenly appeared in the distance, emerging from the bottom of the mountain range.

He was not immediately noticed by the other NPCs as his presence was so weak that none of them were able to sense him even if he was exposed in their plain sight.

From the perspective of other people, he seemed to be a part of nature itself, making their brains think that he had never been there.

The captain, who had the keenest senses in the army, was only able to notice his presence once he reached fifty meters away from their formation.

"What!? Who is that? Why is there a person here?" mumbled one of the captains as he noticed the hooded figure walking toward them.

When he noticed that the person was not stopping and continuing to head in their direction, he suddenly raised his brows as he started to feel uneasy for some unknown reason.

At the same time, he also sensed that something was wrong with this person. He could not help feeling more anxious the more that person got near them.

Despite being a single person, the captain felt immense pressure coming from the other party.

From his perspective, he was seeing a savage beast silently approaching their ranks, not caring about the difference in numbers.

This captain felt that a pre-historic beast was walking at them instead of a person.

He was about to warn everyone when another captain noticed this person's approach. This captain was the one leading the unit nearest to the approaching figure.

"You! Who are you!?" shouted the captain with a threatening tone.

But that person seemed to be unable to hear him and continued to walk in their direction. This enraged the captain and leaped into the air and landed in front of his unit.

"I am asking you to state your name and purpose in coming here," growled the captain as he unsheathed his sword and pointed it forward.

It was at this moment when the other NPCs noticed the commotion. They were confused as to why one of the unit captains was standing outside their formation and yelling in the air.

But when they focused their gazes, they suddenly noticed that there was actually someone walking toward the army.

Some raised their brows as they were confused, the others started mocking the approaching person, thinking that there was someone foolish enough to provoke an army, while the rest squinted their eyes after sensing that there was something wrong with this individual.

The captains and lieutenants also sensed the strange air surrounding this person, so they subconsciously put their hands on their respective weapons, getting ready to jump into action once something went wrong.

Even if they felt that it would be foolish for a lone person to provoke an entire army of their size, they also could not shake off the feeling that this individual would dare to do such a thing.

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Uno, who was the hooded person, maintained his pace as he walked toward the army.

At the same time, Solus was repeatedly urging him to turn back. "Even if you are the alter ego of our liege, I discourage you from confronting that army."

"Forget about the fact if you possess the ability to take on such an army of that size alone or not. Even if you do manage to slaughter them all, the karma of the dead will presently attach to your body and brand you with the Mark of the Evil God given their number."

Uno, who usually ignored her, could not help but raise his brows behind the mask. "Mark of the Evil God? I don't know what it is, but I like how it sounds. It has a nice ring into it."

Hearing those words, Solus suddenly raised her voice. "Have you not heard what I just said? I will not let you sully the body of our liege!"

Uno could not help but laugh at her words and said. "You talk as if that coward has never killed someone, much less a large number of them."

"You dare to insult our lord's name!?" Astaroth's powerful voice exploded like a clap of thunder inside Uno's head after hearing him mocking Shin.

Solus was also burning with rage. "Our liege killed those who dared to provoke him and his enemies. He is unlike you will only kill just for the sake of enjoyment."

Uno ignored them as he continued. "Killing is killing. There is nothing good about it no matter how you justify it. Moreover, this is nothing but a game."

"You also don't have to worry if he will be affected by my actions since even if we are the same and share a single vessel, we are still somewhat different."

"Neither of us are saints, but I am without a doubt worse than in when it comes to this aspect. After all, it is the sole purpose of my existence – clearing all the obstacles in his path."

He did not care whether they accepted his words or not. He also did not care if they agreed with him.

"Are you deaf? Stop right there or suffer the consequences with my sword!" as Uno was busy talking with the elemental spirits, the captain in front of him started emitting a powerful pressure and directed it to Uno in an attempt to stop him.

Swoosh!

But such pressure was nothing but a gentle breeze in front of Uno, who had to constantly face the pressure coming from the incarnation of the Seed of Hatred on a daily basis.

He slightly raised his head, making his eyes peek out from the eyeholes of the [Nephilim's Gemini Mask] to confront the gaze of the opposing party.

His eyes were glowing with purple light as their gazes met in the air.

The captain's body suddenly turned stiff when his eyes met those cold eyes.

Not long after, he suddenly heard a voice coming from his side. "You are too noisy for a weakling. Well, that is not strange too since the weakest ones have always been the noisiest among the bunch."

Uno had unknowingly appeared beside him!

The captain wanted to say something as Uno brushed past him, but he found that he was unable to talk, much less move his body to swing his sword.

His stiff body remained standing for a couple of seconds before suddenly collapsing on the ground.

He did know what just happened. He just continued to stare blankly in the air until his vision turned dark.

He did not even know how he had died.

Uno, on the other hand, continued to move forward and ignored everything.

There was a flying dagger that silently returned to his tactical belt hidden under his cloak as he continued walking.

"This skill is quite handy. But I am not much of a fan of it," he commented about the 'Demonic Telekinesis' after testing it out. "I better stick to my old ways."

"Ahh!!! The captain died!"

"That bastard killed the captain!"

"He is an assassin! Surround him and kill him!"

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It was only at that moment that the army responded. They saw the body of the fallen captain collapse on the ground as the blood slowly spread and formed a small pool around his corpse.

The soldiers that were the nearest to Uno quickly recovered themselves and raised their weapons, preparing to attack with their battle formation.

Seeing that, Uno smiled behind the mask as he said to Hanzo. "Hey, old man. Let's do that thing we did before. I want to try something."

(Reference Chapter: 129)

"Void!" he called out without waiting for the elemental to respond.

Hanzo slightly frowned when he heard how rude those words were. But he did not put much thought into it and just followed the command.

This was still his host after all.

He broke free from the cycle of the elementals revolving around Uno before transforming into his humanoid form.

He then stood behind Uno and turned into an apparition that slowly fused with the latter.

The next instant, a series of purple runes appeared behind Uno before forming double-layer circles that were spinning in opposite directions.

'Elemental Spirit Possession (Void): (Uno's Version) Dimensional Traveler'

There was no visible change in his appearance, but the air surrounding him suddenly changed. There was also this unique purple aura covering his body, which was very similar to what Hanzo was constantly emitting.

At the same time, the [Yamato] on his hands also disappeared, being replaced by a double-bladed sword with sharp edges facing different directions.

This weapon was the signature weapon that Hanzo used.

After grabbing the weapon that materialized out of thin air, Uno suddenly swung it horizontally, drawing a straight line in the air.

Swoosh!

There was a flash of purple light that blinded everyone for a moment before disappearing within an instant.

The army suddenly halted their actions and confusedly stared at Uno, who was still maintaining the final pose of his previous actions.

They were about to launch a coordinated attack when the people standing in front of Uno suddenly had their heads flying and rolling in the air along with the severed spears that they were holding.

In an instant, a hundred people got their heads severed from their bodies.

A sudden chill ran down the spines of everyone when they saw that, staring blankly at Uno with astounded eyes.

"This game sure is interesting," mumbled Uno as raised his head and swept his gaze at everyone. "Ah~! Let's start the party, shall we?"

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