God-level Hero

At 8 p.m. Beijing Time, the Hell Army’s all-out attack was shredded like meat in a grinder. After losing one-third of its forces, the Hell Army’s NPC Commander halted the meaningless casualties and decisively chose to retreat. The raging sea of fire ebbed like the tide, rapidly vanishing into the dark depths of the underground.

——System Prompt: Campaign over! You gain +1.63 million Experience. You have completed the public battlefield quest "Defend the Territory"...

At this moment, the entire area channel exploded with the thunderous cheers of Japan’s players.

Da Fei could only sigh helplessly to himself. Yet another pitifully low-Experience, boring rout battle—he didn’t even have the motivation to chase down stragglers. Whatever, he was only here to drill his troops anyway.

Da Fei asked Hilda, "How’s the training progress of the Blood Flame Unit?"

Hilda nodded. "Not bad. After real combat, consuming a certain amount of crystals should be even more beneficial for their growth and promotion. I suggest you continue using Lilith’s crystals to upgrade them. Of course, to avoid waste, I recommend assigning different amounts of Crystal Stones to each of the nine of them to derive the optimal upgrade formula."

Da Fei said in shock, "Assign different amounts? That troublesome?" Back when bro trained his first Divine Warrior Lilim, it was just tons of rare ore stuffed down her throat like a buffet.

Hilda chuckled. "Of course it’s extremely troublesome. Lord City Lord is very busy—why not leave this sort of thing to me? After all, they’re the test subjects for my body. Their growth and upgrade formula are closely tied to me. I’ll definitely do my utmost to get it done."

Da Fei suddenly understood. "So that’s how it is. All right, I’ll leave this to you then!"

"Understood. I’ll take them back to the barracks."

Hilda had just left with the unit when Da Fei’s friend list chimed. It was Sly God: "Mr. Da Fei, through our joint efforts we finally repelled the enemy’s attack. This is the beginning of a fine cooperation between us."

Da Fei laughed. "Your strength really opened my eyes."

Sly God laughed as well. "Mr. Da Fei flatters us. Now that the city walls are destroyed, we need to immediately transport stone and rebuild. As for that prior cooperation matter, we still need to have our members reconfirm the quest flow. Once everything’s confirmed, we’ll inform Mr. Da Fei. How about that?"

Da Fei replied, "Sure, take your time. We’ll talk when you’re done."

Damn! Aren’t you Japanese supposed to be super polite? What’s with just one "you flatter us"? You should be thanking bro, all right? If I hadn’t popped my ultimate, you think you could’ve held? Forget it, odds are the guy didn’t see me casting my big move, just like I didn’t see what big move they used. Not seeing it is good—saves me from leaking secrets.

As for what’s next, nothing much to say—time to kick off the Underworld sweep. As for the village quest rewards, I’ll claim them later; no need to squeeze in now with all the Japan players turning in quests in the city.

So, while the smoke of battle hadn’t even fully dispersed, Da Fei’s Sky Ship rose into the air and once again vanished into the Underworld.

Watching Da Fei’s movements, the Mitsubishi Team of course immediately went on alert: "What’s Da Fei going to do?"

Tsukamoto said in a deep voice, "All regional members, keep a close eye on Da Fei’s destination."

"Hai!"

At this moment, Sly God directly used suicide-return-to-city, then teleported all the way to the Hell capital, Abyss Demon City, to resume the Amnesty Order quest that had been interrupted by the Hell Army’s attack. As expected, relying on Cromwell’s family Token, Sly God found the Prison Director, Deceiver Bar—a mass of pitch-black flame scorching torture irons in the prison’s furnace.

Originally, this quest should have been more suitable for the Knight of Misfortune, who had the highest Hell reputation value in Japan. But after discussion within the Mitsubishi Team, they still decided to let Sly God do it. After all, he was the one who took over this Token, and more importantly, Sly God’s relationship with Farina was something the Knight of Misfortune didn’t have. If the quest ran into trouble, Sly God could still get extra help from Miss Farina and Lamia.

Now, faced with the family Token Sly God presented, the pitch-black flames burst into hearty laughter. "So it’s one of the Eight Great Demon Lords, the Azazel Family! Though his family’s status ranks above that of my First Pillar Demon God, the Baal Family, in the face of Hell’s laws, none may overstep! If he wants pardon, then have him buy it with 10 million points of Battlefield Merit, hahahaha..."

——System Prompt: You have obtained the Amnesty Order exchange quest "Obtain 10,000,000 points of Battlefield Merit"! You have obtained the quest item ’Merit Transfer Contract.’

——Task Hint: The Merit required for this quest can be collected via transactions using the "Merit Transfer Contract", up to a maximum of 5 transfers!

Ten million points! Staring at the red-glowing contract paper in his hand, Sly God was scared stupid on the spot! The entire Mitsubishi Command Center exploded! If a player had 10 million points of Battlefield Merit, they could practically be directly appointed City Lord of a large NPC city for several years. Not to mention that right now, Japan’s top God-level Hero, the Knight of Misfortune, after going through so many National Wars and helping screw over so many fortresses of the Elf Kingdom, had only racked up a measly seven-hundred-some thousand Merit Points. Ten million was simply unimaginable!

Impossible! Sly God hurriedly asked, "May I ask, my lord, what does it mean that this quest’s Merit can be collected through five transfers?"

The pitch-black flames roared with laughter. "It means exactly what it says! If his own Merit is less than 10 million, then he can have up to five guarantors consume their Merit to make up the total of 10 million and bail him out. This is the only privilege Hell Nobles enjoy in this Abyss Prison under my management! Doesn’t it make you feel extremely superior? So what are you waiting for? No matter how mediocre a person is, they must at least have a father, mother, wife, children, or friends—there should be at least one among these, right? Isn’t that just five? Add in his own Merit and that’s enough, isn’t it? Hurry up and act—this is the moment to witness family love, friendship, and romance. The most beautiful and heartwarming moments in the world will add even more warmth to my blazing prison, wahahahaha~~~~"

Amid the pitch-black flames’ manic laughter, Sly God’s vision blurred, the scene shifted, and he was forcibly teleported out of the Prison Director’s hall!

But Baal’s laughter still echoed and shook beside Sly God’s ears: "Ah, I forgot this is Hell, not the human world... but, what’s the difference anyway? The human world is just another form of Hell, wahahaha..."

At this moment, the Mitsubishi Team fell completely silent.

Even if the top 5 members with the highest Merit in the Mitsubishi Team’s main group added theirs together, it was only 3 million Merit; where were they supposed to fill the remaining gap of 7 million? Even if they wiped out all the Merit-yielding monsters in the entire Underworld, would the Merit be enough? Of course, that wasn’t the key. The key was, once those 5 core members of Mitsubishi burned through all their Merit, how different would they be from newbies?

In this game, Merit Points and reputation value were just too important. Merit Points determine whether players can receive high-level quests from powerful NPCs, and reputation value decides whether they can get hidden quests from ordinary NPCs. In many cases, you absolutely need both!

Draining the main members’ Merit touched the bottom line of the Mitsubishi Team; this was a mission that was impossible to complete!

Just as they were at a loss, a team member reported: "Farina and Glaure have gone back to drinking at the Fire Cave City tavern again."

Sly God sighed: "All right then, I’ll go ask Farina, and while I’m at it, I’ll see what that Cromwell thinks."

So, Sly God teleported all the way back to the Soul Tear Tavern in Fire Cave City.

Perhaps because he had accepted the quest, this time, the always-arrogant Cromwell actually turned his head to glance at Sly God, and at the same time Glaure laughed loudly: "Warrior, looks like you picked up the Amnesty Order quest? How does it feel?"

Sly God sighed: "The Battlefield Merit required is insanely high."

Glaure laughed: "Just call your buddies and pool together, that’s all!"

Sly God gave a dry cough: "But it’s still not enough."

Cromwell gave a cold snort: "Then stop wasting words!" With that, he waved his hand again, a flash of firelight flared before Sly God’s eyes, and that family Token was snatched back by him once more.

Glaure burst out laughing: "Actually, it’s not like there’s no way at all. Although I’m basically a vagrant with almost all my Merit docked, for the sake of all these days of drinking together I’ll definitely help. I’ve got 180,000 Merit here, take it all, no need to thank me!"

Hearing this, Sly God’s heart gave a jolt. So NPC Merit does count after all? But was this 180,000 Merit a joke?

Sure enough, Cromwell spat his wine out laughing: "I haven’t even gone in! I’m just proving something to you, country bumpkin: what you think is impossible doesn’t mean I can’t do it!"

Glaure gave a dry cough: "True, although the end result isn’t much different."

Right then, Farina spoke up: "But I think, instead of just sitting around drinking here, we might as well go earn some Merit to keep for an emergency, no?"

Sly God’s heart leaped—Farina had given a clear stance!

Cromwell chuckled: "Suit yourselves, drop by when you have time. Next time I’ll treat you to a drink!"

Farina looked rather awkward: "So, Lord Cromwell isn’t coming?"

Cromwell laughed loudly: "What would I go for? Although I almost went in, I ultimately didn’t. That means as long as I don’t commit the same stupid mistake, I won’t go in. But I think Brother Glaure is still a bit at risk. You’re basically absconding out of guilt, aren’t you? If the Shadow Demon City Lord puts a bounty on you—well, honestly, it’s not that big a deal, just a few decades, you don’t really need that thing anyway. But it seems like the Shadow Demon City Lord hasn’t put a bounty on you, has he?"

Glaure laughed heartily: "The Shadow Demon City Lord is very busy; he’s got no time to put a bounty on me."

Farina let out an "Er": "All right then..."

At this moment the atmosphere suddenly became incredibly awkward! Indeed, Sly God getting Cromwell’s Token only triggered a one-off, bet-like event and did not trigger Cromwell’s quest; this Amnesty Order actually had nothing to do with him. So, since Farina had clearly stated her stance, this was a chance they couldn’t miss!

Sly God hurried forward and asked: "Miss Farina, are you willing to help me obtain this Amnesty Order?"

Farina smiled faintly: "Even if we don’t get the Amnesty Order, at least it will be an effort to accumulate Merit, right? That can’t be wrong, can it?"

Sly God gritted his teeth: "Fine, let’s go take a Merit quest!" (To be continued. If you like this work, you’re welcome to come to Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendation tickets and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please read at m.qidian.com.)