Chapter 46: Chapter 42: This Is a Newbie? A Newbie, My Ass

Deep within the vast, boundless green forest lay a wide, man-made clearing.

In the center of the clearing, a majestic Lord’s Hall towered, its upturned eaves and intricately carved beams radiating an aura of solemn dignity.

Surrounding the hall, Residential Buildings and Woodcutter’s Huts were scattered in a picturesque arrangement. Whether built of dark brick and tile or simple logs, they all exuded a rustic charm.

Farther still, endless fields of farmland stretched to the horizon, their crisscrossing paths nurturing the hope of a bountiful harvest.

Its happy people toiled on this land from dawn till dusk.

Until…

A black tide of the Forest Wolf Pack, like a flood from a broken dam, surged into the territory through the morning mist. Eerie green eyes darted between the Residential Buildings as sharp claws and teeth tore the former tranquility to shreds.

“We’re under attack!!!”

“We’re under attack!!!”

“Sound the horn!!!”

BWOOM!

The horn’s piercing wail tore through the morning mist!

Inside the Lord’s Hall, Zhao Chuan, who had been following a scout’s point of view, was jolted to his senses. He scrambled to the hall’s highest terrace, his eyes fixed on the northern horizon, now shattered by the horn’s cry.

He saw the inky-black Wolf Pack swarm over the ridges between the fields, their claws shredding linen clothes left out to dry.

The farmers and Woodcutters who couldn’t react in time were caught completely off guard. Their hands, still gripping hoes and axes, were frozen in the postures of their labor, even as terrifying fangs pierced their throats.

“Ah!?”

“This… what is this?!”

’Why is there a massive monster invasion all of a sudden?’

’Wait!’

’That’s not right!’

’Aren’t those the fucking Ratman Warriors from the Withered Leaf Tribe!?’

’What the hell is going on!?’

’Why are they attacking my terr— Fuck! This isn’t right! The Lord System told me the Ratman Legion from the Withered Leaf Tribe was wiped out by an unknown enemy! Why aren’t they dead?’

At this moment, Zhao Chuan’s brain felt like it had crashed, his CPU on the verge of burning out. He even wondered if he was still dreaming. Everything before him felt as absurd and unreal as a nightmare.

But he quickly snapped out of it.

’This is no time to be thinking about all this nonsense.’

’I need to recall all the troops I sent out hunting and gathering, and fast. The best thing to do right now is to use the Lord’s Hall’s Shelter mechanic to defend.’

With that thought, veins bulged on Zhao Chuan’s forehead. Beads of sweat dripped from his temples, splashing onto the system interface of the Eye of All-Seeing.

He gripped the artifact tightly. Using its built-in remote command function, he began to scream orders to his Divine Chosen Army, scattered throughout the Northern Forest:

“Recall!”

“Recall!”

“Recall!”

However, before all the outlying Divine Chosen Army could receive the order to fall back, the ornate iron doors of the Lord’s Hall burst open with a thunderous BOOM. Hordes of well-equipped Ratman Warriors, wielding Black Crystal Longswords, swarmed inside.

[Enemy Name: Withered Leaf Tribe Ratman (Red Name)]

[Life Value: 48/48]

[Power Assessment: Zero-star (Green)]

[Description: Members of the Ratman Tribe from the Northern Forest. Though they originally had no faith, their eyes now gleam with an intense, fanatical devotion.]

“Fuck!?”

“Zero-star (Green)!?”

“Did these Ratman Warriors from the Withered Leaf Tribe pop some Strength Pills!?”

“How did they suddenly get so strong!?”

As he reeled in shock, a movement in his peripheral vision caught his eye—a lone human figure standing starkly amidst the Ratman formation.

In an instant, the faint blue characters floating above the Ratman Warriors’ info panels twisted and warped, sizzling like hot oil poured on snow.

[Enemy Name: Tingfeng Territory.Withered Leaf Tribe Ratman (Red Name)]

[Life Value: 48/48]

[Power Assessment: Zero-star (Green)]

[Description: Members of the Ratman Tribe from the Northern Forest. Though they originally had no faith, their eyes now gleam with an intense, fanatical devotion—an absolute Loyalty to the Divine Chosen Lord “Tingfeng.” You can no longer subdue them by any means.]

’Tingfeng!?’

’A Lord Player!?’

’That name sounds kind of familiar… Holy fuck! Goddammit! Isn’t that the guy from yesterday’s server-wide announcement? The first one to recruit a Heroic Unit?’

’So it was him all along? He’s the “unknown enemy” the Lord System said wiped out the Withered Leaf Tribe’s Ratman Legion?’

’But why would these defeated Ratman Warriors from the Withered Leaf Tribe choose to submit to him?’

’And how do they have 100% “unwavering” Loyalty, just like the Divine Chosen Soldiers that we Lord Players summon?’

’Did this guy pull some special Divine-level Talent or something!?’

’Or does he have some special means of Control?’

’Damn it!’

’More than twenty fully-armed, Zero-star (Green) Ratman Warriors… Each one is basically as strong as a Zero-star (Blue) Divine Chosen Soldier!’

’That alone is enough to wipe out my entire Divine Chosen Army!’

’And on top of that, there’s a Forest Wolf Army of over fifty of them outside the hall!’

’What’s more!’

’Those Forest Wolves are all Zero-star (Green) too!’

’Son of a bitch!’

’How the hell am I supposed to fight this?’

’And I don’t know which fucking idiot yesterday said this guy was just some clueless newbie!’

’A newbie?’

’Newbie my ass!’

’This is clearly one of the top-tier Reincarnated Players who picked the “King of War” Destiny and came to the starter zone just to pull a Dimensional Strike on us!’

With that thought, Zhao Chuan took a deep breath. He knew he was doomed. His only hope was the player Gale, who was already dispatching a massive army to his territory.

Because Gale wasn’t like Zhao Chuan. He was a true elite player from the FSC Alliance; he wouldn’t make the kind of foolish plays a Tang person would, like converting all his villagers into production-focused citizens, leaving him with no combat units, or building useless Arrow Towers that couldn’t give any early warning.

To Gale, Zero-star (Blue) Divine Chosen Soldiers were just basic cannon fodder.

His main army had long since reached the Zero-star (Purple) power level.

In other words, while this Lord Player named Tingfeng could easily crush a Little Tangren like Zhao Chuan (whose game name was Mountain and River), he was clearly no match for Gale.

“Hmph!”

“You fucking moron!”

“You really picked the wrong person to mess with this time!”

Gazing at Qin Feng in the distance, Zhao Chuan spat viciously on the floor. He then opened the system’s private chat window and sent a message to Gale:

“Gale!”

“I’ve got intel on the enemy!”

“He’s one of the Reincarnated Players—the guy named ’Tingfeng’! His main force is Zero-star (Green) Ratman Warriors!”

“He also has a pack of Forest Wolves, also Zero-star (Green)!”

“Right now he’s in my territory…”

Suddenly, Zhao Chuan’s words were cut short as three Poison Arrows, glowing with an eerie green light, tore through the air to pierce his forehead and the space between his brows.

“Ah…”

“How could…”

“To think someone would actually choose to be an archer…”

As a scarlet mist of blood clouded his vision, a look of utter disbelief was frozen in Zhao Chuan’s eyes.

The last thing he saw was the Life Value bar above his head shattering like a spiderweb. Fine motes of light rained down as a system notification, as sharp and cold as an icy needle, pierced the depths of his consciousness.

[You have died. Your soul will now return to the Lord’s Hall to have your body reconstructed. Countdown: 12 hours!]

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