2. The main process of practical action must be completed by Alpha and the player's forces alone.
3. The leader of the selected force must be killed by Alpha or the player, and at least one-fifth of the current members must survive by the end of the action.
Reward: +10 test invitation code, unlock new features, and additional rewards will be given depending on the completion of the task.
Developer's Notes: Cheer up, there are only six rings in the novice induction task. After you complete them all, it means that you have become a qualified test administrator who can handle most sudden situations.
Even so, that only marks the real start of your long service life.]
Murphy fell into contemplation while looking at the task in front of him.
He didn't know which asshole had designed this system and installed it into his body, but he was almost certain now that that guy was an idiot.
Is this a task that a ten-year company slave like him can complete?
God damn, this is just a novice task, and it's this intense. Once I become an official test administrator, I can't imagine what I will have to do in the future.
Damn it!
He completely lost his good mood.
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"We can't leave!"
On the road far from Morlan Village, a burnt witch-hunter gritted his teeth and shouted at an old soldier on the front horse:
"Norman! We must rescue Little Natalie! We can't leave the child there. Her life is worth more than ours."
Old soldier Norman didn't say anything but just lightly hit his war horse to speed up, and as the increasingly gloomy night was falling, he murmured:
"Calm down, Mond. It was a trap from the beginning. That vampire played us like a fool. Stay calm and have faith in Natalie! She'll be fine.
Have you forgotten the prophecy the Gramo elder council made about her when she was born?"
This child, under Avalon's protection, will become a true leader. She will do things ordinary people can never hope to achieve. She will not die here!
Avalon is protecting her."
His words silenced the hunters around him.
They cannot refute Norman's reason because almost all the prophecies of the Gramo elder council in these hundreds of years have come true, including the rebellion that turned Avalon Church into an old church ten years ago.
In a world where gods exist, prophecies are by no means illusory.
More importantly, with their current situation, going back to save Natalie would only result in more casualties. They have to leave first, gather strength, and then come back to fight.
"We've failed in intercepting the messenger."
Norman grabbed the reign, saying solemnly:
"We must meet with the group leader immediately and decide what to do next. Brace up, guys, our hunt is not over yet..."
"No, it's already over!"
A chilling voice suddenly appeared next to the four witches escaping, making their horses whine uneasy and stop.
Looking up, the leading old soldier Norman saw a pair of large bloody wings spread in front of him.
The huge bloody bat wings lifted a petite figure like a ghost floating in the air. There were four Blood Vulture midnight hunters in her rear, loftily standing with spears, swords, and whip blades.
And higher up, a crimson firework was exploding in the sky.
Those light spots converged into a pattern of a Holy Blood Vulture with spread wings. It's a gathering symbol of the Blood Vulture Clan, indicating that all the wandering midnight hunters would gather here in this night.
"Whoosh"
Old Norman unsheathed his combat blade.
The three witch hunters behind him also made the same move. Faced with the elite Blood Vultures, whose general strength was in the upper tier of the Black Iron Rank, they knew they couldn't win.
However, that's not a reason to give up the fight, nor a reason to surrender.
"The White Oak Battle Group's 37th witch hunting squad!"
With the blade pointing forward and the reign calming the nervous horse, old soldier Norman bellowed in a subdued voice under the mocking gaze of the midnight hunters appearing one after another in the pitch-black night:
"Charge!"