As Dylan saw the leader of the opposite group gave a command to kill. His expression turned ugly. Honestly, he didn't want to kill them. They're just a bunch of hungry people. However, it seems he will be forced today.
'I know that this day will. The day I need to kill these types of people. I keep saying that they're NPC but I knew within myself that's far from the truth. Now, I am in a kill-or-be-killed type of circumstance.' Dylan unsheathed the new sword that he had purchased.
"Don't blame me for being rude then!"
Aaron said indifferently. Then, his hand flashed, and a white light emerged.
The leader of the robbers and a man beside him felt that they were looking at their bodies. Albeit headless... Then, they realized their heads had been separated from their necks and their thoughts instantly became muddled. In the end, darkness devoured their consciousness. The two died without even knowing how they died.
Dylan swallowed a mouthful of air in surprise. 'Too strong! It seems I don't even need to act.'
The rest of the knights took care of the rest. Even the two kids and women were not spared. A literal application of equality and being impartial.
In just a few minutes, the battle had ended. The twelve people, even after they witnessed their companions fall one by one, didn't hesitate to charge forward fearlessly.
They were desperate, not fearing death. The Knights, on the other hand, didn't even blink as they harvested the lives of the enemy like wheat. They didn't have regard for life.
Aaron looked at the ground dyed with blood. He shook his head with a neutral expression. "It's hard to step on an ant without crushing it."
Hearing this, Dylan felt cold. This Aaron is really something!
Dylan's eyes roamed towards the twelve people who died fighting for their survival. He couldn't help but pity. He realized at this moment the fragility of life. Like a candle amidst a storm that could be extinguished at any time. Dylan let out a sigh with his eyes gazing deeply at the sky. "In the end, they may be NPCs, but I could also die like them. They have consciousness, they're sentient beings. They're just fighting to survive just like anyone."
"Let's go." Aaron made a slashing motion. The blood on his blood-drenched sword flew away. Just like that, it was clean again.
The knights, one by one, returned to their horses and once again came back to maintain their formation.
Inside the carriage, Evan, who could see through the wall, shook his head. "The cycle of life and death continues. We will live, they will die."
A week passed. They finally reached the city without needing to fight robbers. The fresh, novel experience made Dylan feel refreshed.
At the same time, he now felt a sense of urgency to increase his strength and level up. But before that, he needs to make sure that he is in optimal condition.
Currently, he only had armor and a sword. He doesn't have hp and mana potions. He doesn't have boots or helmets that might come in handy. He needs to be ready perfectly.
Dylan and the Gray Merchants parted. He received two silver coins from them and 351 experience points from the system. The level of completion was quite pitiful because he didn't do much. He just walked beside the carriage and didn't need to fight anything.
"These silver coins should be enough to purchase some potions."
Then, Dylan shifted his gaze toward the city in front of him. The Congyun City. The city where a branch of Warrior Infinite Alliance was located.
It was a group of warrior NPCs. In his past life, the Warrior Infinite Alliance was a major group that participated in various major events. To join the Alliance, one needs to be at least level 20 and choose a profession under the category of warrior. Professions such as Monk, Knight, Samurai, Assassin, etc... could be considered as warriors. The essence is as long as they don't use magic spells or any sort of that kind.
Dylan has a lot of opportunities that he could exploit using his past life memories. To do that, however, requires manpower. He needs to join an organization that has a lot of resources.
'I need to reach level 20 first. Leveling up by relying on quests is too slow. It is more reliable to fight monsters and beasts. I need to grind exp as much as possible!'
'If I remember it right. 5 kilometers from Congyun City, the Midnight Shadow Mountain appears in the middle of the night. A global top 7 player that goes with the username Madscythe had a fortuitous encounter.'
Madscythe was the player who first discovered the Midnight Shadow Mountain. He gatekept this information with the intention to milk every benefit that he could get before everyone could discover it. It took a month before others discovered the place.
Unfortunately, Madscythe had already gotten the most important thing in the mountains. A secret, special A-ranked profession that could even rival normal S-ranked professions.
Dylan knew a lot of secrets and opportunities that would give him special professions that were enough to shake the gaming community due to his past life knowledge. However, the one near Congyun City, in his opinion, belongs to the top professions. It's also the most suitable for him!
Now, the opportunity was unexpectedly near him. The other opportunities are quite a distance and require enough strength to even think of grasping them.
Thus, a scheme formed within Dylan's mind. 'I need to be fully geared. Save enough money to buy the needed equipment. Go to the Midnight Shadow Mountain to grind for exps and strive to get that special profession before the arrival of players. When they arrive, I will be a strong expert by then and have an edge against them.'
Dylan was firm. He was well aware that he may not have infinite lives where he could resurrect unscrupulously like the players. But his Split Soul isn't that weak. He had an intuition where even if his main body died, he could resurrect himself as the Savage Deer. It was a strong instinct inside him.
Thus, as long as he reaches enough level and scatters his soul fragments throughout the world, it would be really hard to kill him!
They would need to find all his soul fragments first, which was already difficult, and kill them all.
'I feel like I am Voldemort with his Horcrux. As slippery as a snake.' Dylan entered the city in a good mood.