Sword Among Us c1-1268

by Black Swordsman Online

  When he thought of this, Happy could not help but relocate his strength in the spectrum of power. He also began assessing the difficulty in this quest.

  'Zhao Deyan… He's a reputable elite among the evil cult martial artists, and he also has the important position of the Mongolian Army's military adviser. This means that if I kill Zhao Deyan, I can get two thousand points as my reward, since he is reputable among the evil cultists. I can also get another five thousand points because his status in the military is the same as a general. I can get seven thousand points from him.'

  If Happy were in his previous life, he will only be able to deduce things up to this point, but once he did so many quests in his current life and had a general outline of certain settings in the system, he knew that the system will not let the players take advantage of any loopholes in the system, which was why every setting in the game had always been very balanced and fair.

  The number of points provided by the war achievements will directly reflect a person's strength.

  This meant that if Wan Wan's combat prowess was two thousand points, then since Zhao Deyan's combat prowess was right up to seven thousand points, his total points was inferior only to Hu Bilie, who was worth one hundred thousand points, and Bi Xuan, Shi Zhixuan, and Empress Yin, who were worth twenty thousand points.

  Hu Bilie was a mighty emperor of his generation. While he was not very strong and might just be at the level of a general, when he gathered to him all the evil cultists and general-level martial artists, he was still an unshakeable existence!

  But Happy gained some clues based on his probing this time.

  The generals in the Mongolian army were all elites who were worth five thousand points. Their strength might not be stronger than Wan Wan and the others, but they were definitely dangerous people.

  'I'll have to tell the others to be careful."

  *****

  The large screen in the underground base showed that Zhao Deyan relied on the signals given by the reconnoiterers to chase after Happy for a while, but the distance between each signal fired was just further and further away from him, and after chasing after Happy for half a day, he obtained nothing accept seeing a trail of corpses belonging to patrolling cavaliers and reconnoiterers. When he saw that the sky was brightening, he was finally forced to give up, and with a dark look, he returned to the main camp.

  Some of the people in the base remained silent.

  "Even Happy can do nothing to Zhao Deyan. Looks like the system has indeed given full consideration to all unstable variables. Even if we don't send out the four great martial artists, the Mongolian army is still as steady as a fortress. There's no need to even mention the Chinese army. The elites there are as numerous as clouds. There are hundreds of martial artists guarding the rear, and there is no one from the Mongolian army who dares take up the quest to investigate the enemy rear." The glasses man took off his glasses and reminded the employees around him. "Even if there is still someone who continues to gain points at the enemy rear, they will not be able to bring any surprises or extra forces for the main attack twenty-nine days later. I think that we can announce an end to the field supervision for this particular stage. What do you think?"

  The group of employees discussed with each other before they nodded.

  Once he obtained his answer, the glasses man released a sigh of relief, as if a great burden had been removed from his shoulders.

  "Since that's the case, let's turn off the monitor system and rest."

  When he heard this, the manager raised his hand expressionlessly and tapped his wristwatch.

  Beep!

  "Li Mei, let's go drink coffee over there—"

  "I only drink tea." A certain woman turned around calmly.

  "As expected of Li Mei. Your tastes are indeed extraordinary. Let's go together."

  Li Mei said nothing.

  *****

  With the skill of fusing with his horse attached to him, Happy was not afraid of running into people at the level of Zhao Deyan either. Once he restored his qi, he did not immediately return to the main camp. After all, the sky had begun to gradually turn bright. While it was still not completely bright, he could see that the number of patrolling cavaliers had slowly increased in the direction of the main camp.

  It was not really necessary for him to return right now!

  Besides, he will also end up wasting a lot of time.

  Even though he could get more than one thousand points if he handed in his quest, Happy did not want to miss the chance of intercepting some Mongolian cavaliers here and test his ability in fighting against the main cavalier unit alone.

  The patrolling cavaliers who passed by swiftly noticed the man and horse galloping through the plains, and they rushed toward them.

  "A Chinese!"

  "Kill him!"

  Since they were not far away from their main camp, these patrolling cavaliers were not as cowardly as they were when Happy ran into them during the day yesterday. Not only did not turn away, all of them increased their speed and rushed at him.

  There was no need to even talk about how things ended. The small group of patrolling cavaliers ended up laying on the ground to become food for the eagles. To Happy, the only change was that his points had increased by fifty.

  Once he got rid of the patrolling cavaliers, a low and long honk from a honk came from the distance.

  Boom! Boom!

  The ground trembled slightly.

  Happy did not even need to ask to know that the Mongolian cavaliers had already come out from the main camp, but he did not know how many of them came out.

  Ten minutes later, Happy's face turned pale.

  A thick, black line quickly surged forth from the direction of the horizon, and following its wake was the ground rumbling madly. They were all cavaliers, and they were coming at him with the force of an avalanche.

  Without another word, Happy turned tail and fled.

  Even though Happy believed that he was strong and could fight against a middle-size or large group of cavaliers, this was just… The cavaliers that came charging at him from the horizon numbered to at the very least ten thousand, and no matter how strong Shifting Stars was, there was still a limit to the number of arrows it could shift around.

  With so many cavaliers around, Happy might end up dying if they fired just half of their arrows.

  Happy finally experienced just how insignificant was a person's strength when he was alone at the battlefield.

  He activated the skill that allowed him to fuse with his horse again, and Happy fled in the direction ahead of the cavaliers with a speed that made him look as if he was flying!

  When he traveled dozens of miles, orders shot out from among the cavaliers who filled the entire area behind him on the now bright plains. Then, the cavaliers split into different groups that ran into different directions. Happy's eyes lit up at that moment.

  His chance was here!

  Chapter 823 - Praise from the Emperor

  The cavaliers who came from the direction of the main camp spread through the land, and there were more than fifty thousand of them. When they spread out, they still looked incredibly magnificent, and each battalion consisted of around five thousand cavaliers!

  The armored cavaliers thundered against the ground, and the ground trembled!

  While he fled before the main cavalier unit, Happy felt incredibly gloomy.

  Even though five thousand cavaliers did not give off a presence as if they could spread through the land, the momentum that came charging at him fiercely was still very destructive, and it was not one where one person or a few people could hope to withstand.

  Happy continued riding forward.

  He rode in front of a battalion of cavaliers who were the closest to his side. He was neither too close nor too far away from them.

  At that moment, Happy was already not far away from the Chinese camp.

  He perked his ears, and he could even hear the faint horn blares coming from the
horizon in the distance. This was the sign that he was already very close to the Chinese camp!

  If he paid close attention, he could even see the hoof prints from the horses on the plains that had not vanished, and even though they were scattered all over the place, all of them pointed to the main camp.

  It was clear that someone had been lingering around this place just now, but had been scared away beforehand by the cavalier battalion behind Happy.

  'I heard that the intensity of a battalion on the first day is just around one thousand to two thousand cavaliers. Am I really so unlucky that they still refuse to split up even now?'

  Happy will occasionally turn his head around to check the situation of the Mongolian cavaliers behind him.

  He originally thought that the five thousand cavaliers behind him will continue splitting up, and hence, he did not expect that even after he had been fleeing for more than ten minutes, the cavaliers behind him still did not show any signs of dividing any further.

  'Am I supposed to compete with other people for them?' Even though Happy was confident that he could get most of the points, he was not used to displaying his full strength in front of others.

  Regardless of whether it was Shifting Stars, Arhat Body, or Ten Thousand Swords, he did not want to show them off in front of too many people. After all, the martial arts in the Chinese plains countered each other.

  Once others knew of all his tricks, he will no longer be strong, and the mysterious veil about him will be revealed, just like One Emperor.

  The One Emperor in his previous life seldom showed off his skills in front of others. Hence, in Happy's eyes, he was mysterious, powerful, and unfathomable, just like an undefeatable god of war.

  But in this life, One Emperor appeared too many times in front of him, and Happy's understanding of him increased. Happy also pondered over his techniques one by one, which also allowed him to form corresponding strategies against them, causing him to gradually become less wary of him. And ever since the battle at the summit of Mount Tai, Happy was finally able to catch up to One Emperor, who had been building up his prestige in his heart for four years.

  Happy longed for opponents, but he did not want his opponents to learn of all his skills.

  'Should I leave?'

  Happy hesitated!

  At that moment, a mighty and awe-inspiring system notification spread through the world.

  "By the will of the gods, His Majesty will now declare his orders!

  "Commander Langye of the Embroidered Uniform Guards has been ordered by General Luo to enter deep into the enemy camps, and he has successfully intercepted the Mongolian army's supply route! He burned dozens of food supplies belonging to the Mongolian army and destroyed a supply unit protected by one thousand people! He has committed his first meritorious service since the war began, and His Majesty has decided to give him a special reward! He will now make an exception of the rules and promote him to a Class Six Official! The marshall has also given him an additional reward by promoting him to the rank of a senior-rank captain! He is allowed to stay at the borders to continue killing enemies!"

  '...Langye?'

  Happy was stunned.

  At the same time, almost all Chinese players heard the system notification, and all of them were flabbergasted.

  'He actually managed to find the Mongolian army's supply route and even destroyed it on the first day?! That guy… his luck is so good…'

  But what caused many of the sects to be shocked was his reward as a Class Six Official and a senior-rank captain.

  Many of the players were still fighting to earn points to get the position of a junior-rank captain and middle-rank captain, but Langye had managed to get the position of a senior-rank captain right on the first day. That was an important position where he got to lead more than six hundred people. As long as he could form a cavalier unit, he could trigger the quest to harass the enemy flank and even get many of the quests that were still not revealed to others yet.

  Happy said nothing, but he instantly scowled.

  "The marshal has given his orders!"

  But before the shock caused by Langye spread out, the loud system notification rang in everyone's ears again in an awe-inspiring manner.

  "Golden Saber Constable Violent Wind and Bloody Rain of Six Doors has received orders from General Yuan to head to the enemy camp, and he has successfully assassinated one of Hu Bilie's majors! He managed to escape unscathed with the major's head! The marshal has promoted him to the position of a senior-rank captain, and he is allowed to continue staying at the borders to kill enemies!"

  Boom!

  The heroes in the Chinese world of martial artists instantly burst into commotion, and the crowd was now in complete ruckus.

  First, Langye obtained the reward of being promoted to a senior-rank captain, and now, the strongest Golden Saber Constable in China, Violent Wind and Bloody Rain, also obtained the title of a senior-rank captain. It caused many people to feel gloomy and dejected.

  That included Happy. Even he was stunned for a moment.

  'Two senior-rank captains…'

  One of them was in Embroidered Uniform Guards, and the other was from Six Doors.

  'They must have received information from the imperial court, and they benefited from the situation. But the person who managed to assassinate a major is already very good.'

  When he registered what happened, Happy was slightly shocked.

  The people from the Chinese camp finally arrived!

  When he cast a glance at the faint black line that appeared at the horizon ahead of him, Happy frowned slightly. He knew that there were definitely countless Chinese players following behind the Chinese army.

  '...Looks like I must fight with everything I have today.' Happy sighed, and a hint of resignation flashed in his eyes.

  He did not think that in the end, he will still be unable to avoid competing against other people for points.

  Even though it was not impossible for him to hand over this group of cavaliers, he will definitely face competition in the cavalier battalions in the other directions as well, and he might not necessarily gain any benefits even if he went to the enemy camp. In fact, he might even end up running all over the place because Zhao Deyan decided to chase him again.

  Besides, if the two senior-rank captains had not appeared to cause him a shock, he might still need to ponder over this, but now, the situation was different. He was short of time, and he had to seize every second he had to get enough points within the shortest amount of time possible!

  National level war quests and the feat system was no trivial matter. Based on the information the higher ups from Mu Clan, Chivalry Sect, and Wind Assault Tower managed to deduce, the higher the number of meritorious deeds, the higher a person's rank will be, and the chances of triggering hidden quests will be higher as well. Of course, the difficulty in the quests received will also increase.

  Happy knew very clearly that the sooner they were able to trigger those large-scale quests, the faster Mu Clan will be able to get in touch with the information that had been revealed up till now, and they will also be able to get more information and run into more fortuitous events. Right now, his points had just reached seven thousand, but he was still a distance away from getting the position of a middle-rank captain. Besides, if he wanted to get one hundred and twenty-five cavaliers for his team as a middle-rank captain, he will also need an extra 6,250 points or so, because the points for each cavalier was fifty points.

  But there were now two people ahead of him, and one of them was even Class One Hall's ally, Langye.

  Once Class One Hall and Sky Penetrating Tower worked together, Mu Clan will definitely be a few steps behind them!

  No matter what, he cannot let them get what they wanted.

  Happy gritted his teeth and calmly brought out his Bamboo Hat. He placed it securely over his head, and his Hoof Shadow began dashing madly to go up to the Chinese army.

  *****

 
At the same time, at the back of the Chinese camp, a group of elites congratulated Langye, who rode on a huge horse.

  "Congratulations, Tower Master Langye."

  "You're the first senior-rank captain! Congratulations!"

  "Haha! Everyone, thank you for your kind words." Happy was also very excited. He wrapped his fist in his palm and returned their salutations nonstop.

  One hundred cavaliers followed behind him expressionlessly. Their gazes were as cold and sturdy as their armor, and they were arranged in an orderly fashion while they remained completely silent. They were well-trained, and even the armor they wore was completely the same as the cavaliers in the Chinese camp.

  Chapter 824 - Two Armies Go Up Against Each Other

  What entered Happy's sight were lancers who were spread through the land. The forest of spears was like an ocean, and they advanced neatly with a majestic momentum! There were two battalions, and both were protected by around two thousand cavaliers flanking their sides.

  Behind the army were Chinese players who were dressed in all sorts of attire.

  After the first day, most of the people became much more obedient. They no longer rode on horses, and they held in their hands shields while maintaining a set distance away from the army. They looked as if they will only take action after both sides were engaged in each other in battle.

  Happy's arrival did not attract other people's attention.

  As the Mongolian cavaliers charged closer, the army became ready for battle, and everyone's attention was attracted by the advancing armies. No one will have time to care about the solo players who kept on joining their ranks.

  *****

  There was no need for any words to be exchanged when the two armies fought against each other!

  A Mongolian 1,000-man commander who exposed his sturdy c.h.e.s.t led the charge. He drew his scimitar resolutely.

  "Kill them!"

  Rumble!

  Killing intent surged forward. Hysterical and crazed shouts rose, intersecting with each other in the air above the plains.