Sanctuary Paradise

Chapter 676 The Night Before (Part )

"21:33:46"

Nott's Keep, bottom floor area.

“Make way, make way!” “Quick, quick! I heard from them that there are only more than 10,000 names left…”

"300 crystal coins a day?! Is this true...!"

When Ryan opened his eyes, the first thing he heard was the extremely noisy and bustling noise outside the tin house.

Hiss, so noisy, what happened? Isn’t today a day off?

All kinds of noises poured into Ryan's ears, forcing him to cover his ears. After shaking his head, he staggered to his feet from the 'bed' made of newspapers. Just as he was about to check what happened -

Bang——! !

"Ryan! Hurry up, there's something good happening!!"

The iron door, which was not very strong to begin with, was slammed open, followed by an excited shout and a young man in his twenties with a crutch and a bare right leg.

"Os?! Wait, you should focus on recuperating now, how can you…"

Ryan was startled at first when he saw the lame young man suddenly barging in. Then, a trace of anxiety appeared on his face. He was about to support the lame young man who was unable to stand steadily, but he was grabbed by the shoulder by the other party instead. He said in an extremely excited tone:

"First... ahem, don't worry about that for now! Ryan, hurry up, go to the square, the warlock is recruiting people who know how to command a war! And as long as you pass a round of tests, you can get a whole pyroxene crystal! Even Lao Pi got 3, with your ability, Ryan, you will definitely get more than 10!"

The lame young man said excitedly, and Ryan was slightly startled when he heard what the other party said.

Recruiting people who know how to command a war? Why would the big guys above suddenly come to the lower levels to do something like this?
"Um, Os, what's going on? Why would the superiors come to a place like this to recruit people? And what about the situation outside..."

"Well, I don't know about that either, but I heard from them that it seems that the Ash Warlock who has always taken good care of us has been noticed by a more powerful person, so those of us in the lower-level district have also benefited from it. That person decided to find a large number of capable people from here, and the remuneration is very generous, with the lowest starting at 300 crystal coins a day!"

The lame young man spoke with a hint of excitement in his tone, and then he seemed to remember something, and hurriedly looked at Ryan in front of him, pulled him over, and said hurriedly:
"Look at my memory! I was so busy chatting that I almost forgot about the important matter! Okay, Ryan, stop wasting time here and follow me to the square. This is a good opportunity for you, Ryan. If you can really be selected, you will become a big shot!"

"Wait, Os, I...!"

Ryan wanted to say something when he heard this, but was dragged out of the door by the lame young man. Almost as soon as he saw the scene outside, he was stunned.

Hundreds of people were crowded in the narrow streets, rushing towards the square in great enthusiasm. The noisy voices echoed from under the iron-gray sky, as if some kind of celebration was being held.

So lively...

Ryan was lost in thought for a moment as he looked at the scene in front of him, especially when he saw the streets crowded with people. He couldn't help but think that if he were in charge, he would definitely not let these people crowd here so inefficiently.

"What are you standing there for? Hurry up and leave!"

A hand appeared from behind Ryan and pushed him hard, causing him to turn around suddenly. Only then did he realize that the lame young man had been standing behind him at some point, leaning on a crutch, looking at him with a smile.

"Os, you..."

"What do you mean by 'I'? Do you expect a useless person like me to be favored by the senior officials? And just touching you is almost killing me. You can't expect me to continue to accompany you for such a long distance, right?"

The lame young man smiled and looked at the crowd downstairs of the iron house, then said:

"Okay, go quickly. When you get the reward, remember to treat me to a good meal!"

A refreshing voice sounded, and Ryan looked at the lame young man in front of him. His eyes stayed on the other's empty right trouser leg for a while, then looked at the other's hearty smiling face, opened his mouth slightly, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he just nodded vigorously and said:

"Yeah, definitely!"

……

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"20:46:34"

Dika Fortress, middle area, the former war beast breeding factory.

Tick, tick...!
A pungent fishy smell filled the air. Inside a huge iron factory, a dark red nest-like object shaped like a heart was seen in the center of the factory. Blood vessel-like things protruded from its interior, connecting it to the entire factory. A dark red fungal blanket spread over it, making the entire factory look like purgatory.

"I say, Brother Bai, do we really need to go to such great lengths? You know, if we really do this, it will have a great impact on the efficiency of the mother nest's subsequent troop explosions."

In front of the nest that exuded a strong stench of flesh and blood, the gray-haired werewolf youth squatted on a blood vessel-like object that was several circles wider than his entire body, just like squatting on the street. He lowered his head to look at the white-haired youth below, glanced at the huge egg-shaped objects in front of him, and said to him:
"The Eclipse has only been in this world for a short time. If we really force these guys to hatch, they will probably need to rest for several days before they can recover. If we grab the coordinates without spending much, I'm afraid we will suffer a great loss."

"Just continue."

A cold voice sounded, and the white-haired young man glanced at the War World communication channel at the edge of his sight, looked at the names displayed on it, and stopped his gaze on the two names with the note "Sanctuary Paradise", and said:

"My intuition tells me that they are not that easy to deal with."

"So, not only this, but when necessary... that thing can also be used."

After the words fell, the werewolf youth's pupils shrank slightly, then he smiled and spread his hands in a joking tone:
"Hey, Brother Bai, you are not serious, are you? If we use that thing in this world, our Void Tree credibility will be completely ruined~!"

As he spoke, the werewolf youth had been observing the expression of the white-haired youth. After noticing that the expression on the other's face had not changed at all, the smile on his face gradually calmed down.

"Brother Bai, are you serious?"

"Ah."

"In this case, there is nothing we can do."

The werewolf youth spoke and sighed, looking helpless, but the smile on his face became more and more obvious, giving people a feeling of madness like a wild beast out of a cage.

"Let me make it clear in advance. If the boss says something about this later, Brother Bai, you have to take the blame for me~!"

The werewolf youth grinned, his pupils gradually turned into those of a wild beast, and his aura became more and more manic. As his body changed, the mother nest in front of the two men, which had been motionless, began to wriggle violently.

"After all, before I came here, I just promised the boss that there would be no more trouble in this world~!"

Boom! The next second, a dull thud sounded from the factory. It felt like a sleeping giant beast had revived from inside the factory.

……

……

"18:23:56"

[Hint: New enemy response has been detected in the southeast direction, the exact coordinates are...]

“Hoo…Hoo…!”

Heavy breathing sounds were heard, and sand and dust with a strong smell of blood slapped at Ryan's face. He wiped the sweat from his forehead and looked up at the scene in front of him that he could not tell whether it was real or fake. He could not hide the fatigue on his face.

How many rounds has it been?

Ten rounds? Or eleven rounds?
Ryan felt like he was dreaming, or rather, everything that happened in the past two hours gave him a sense of unreality, like a dream.

That's right, from the moment he walked into the tent called the 'Staff Officer Recruitment Area' and put on the thing called the 'Immersive Virtual Training Helmet' under the gaze of the machine that looked like a pyroxene beast, everything seemed like a dream.

A battlefield so realistic that even pain and fatigue were simulated, huge and ferocious pyroxene beasts that he had never seen before, all kinds of dazzling iron mechas, incredibly powerful pyroxene heavy artillery, and terrifying demons that could make the dead stand up and fight again... these were things he had never heard of.

It can be said that if the first three rounds of attack had not been rapid, and if the voice that kept ringing had not given him extremely clear explanations, allowing him to quickly understand the meaning of those new names the other party said, he probably would not have been able to withstand even the first round of attack.

[Reminder: The enemy is approaching within 300km from the southeast and is about to...]

Damn, I was distracted!

A pleasant electronic sound suddenly brought Ryan back to his senses. His pupils contracted and dilated violently. Without caring about anything else, he quickly looked at the screen in front of him, whose basic operations he had finally become familiar with. Looking at the large number of red dots that appeared on it, he began to think rapidly in his mind.

This marching speed, and this terrain...

"Pass the order down, have the 1st and 3rd troops retreat 20 kilometers towards the base camp, and then..."

The next second, a hurried voice sounded, and a young man with a tired face was seen shouting loudly, using sentences that were obviously not very proficient in, and quickly issuing instructions on the battlefield. If you look closely at his expression, you will find that under that tired expression, there is a pair of eyes as hot as fire.

Can't figure it out...

For Ryan, who had lived in the lower class all his life and whose greatest hobby was playing various war games with his friends on that crappy sandbox, there was too much he could not understand in these two hours.

However, even though he couldn't understand it, when he was truly in this magnificent battlefield where it was impossible to distinguish between reality and falsehood, Ryan could clearly feel a certain impulse sprouting in his chest, especially when he took a risky move to lure the enemy into the base camp and then annihilated them, and when the warm blood that even smelled unusually real splashed on his face, that indescribable impulse was like a surging tide, sweeping him up in it, making him feel that this was his true home.

Maybe, he...

boom--! !

The next second, deafening sound of artillery fire rang out from this virtual battlefield. A young man in a coarse cloth robe was seen giving orders in the military tent with great concentration. Like a skilled old general, he directed the green cursors on the screen to fight against the overwhelming red cursors.

At last……

[Simulation ends, this training result: 23 rounds, training results are being uploaded...]

When Ryan came to his senses again, the scene before his eyes was no longer the endless yellow sand battlefield, but a snow-white ceiling that seemed unfamiliar to him, and a white room that was so neat and clean that he doubted whether he was still in a dream.

"here it is……"

Ryan looked at the scene in front of him with a look of bewilderment in his eyes. He remembered that he should be in the tent, so why did he appear in such a place? Moreover, the appearance of this room...

"Welcome to the Upper Quarter, Mr. Ryan."

Suddenly, a calm yet majestic voice sounded, which made Ryan come back to his senses. He looked towards the source of the voice and found that a black-haired young man wearing a black windbreaker and silver-white arm guards was standing next to him.

"Um, may I ask who you are?"

"I am the current master of this fortress. You can call me Black Sword."

The black-haired young man answered calmly, causing Ryan's eyes to widen and his breathing to become rapid immediately.

Want...the master of the fortress?

Wait…wait? What did the other party say at the beginning?

Welcome to... the upper zone?

He is in the upper area now?! The upper area that only official warlocks are qualified to enter?!
For a moment, Ryan even felt that his brain, which he had always been proud of, was completely inadequate. The amount of information contained in the other party's words made him stunned and unable to utter a word for a long time.

"Well, Lord Black Sword, are you mistaken?"

"Don't worry, I didn't find the wrong person. Rather, your appearance is the biggest surprise for me."

The black-haired young man said, glancing at the information at the edge of his vision, and looked at Ryan with a clear burning look in his eyes. He stretched out his hand, smiled and said to the other party:
"Congratulations, Mr. Ryan. From now on, you are the chief of staff of this fortress."

After the words fell, Ryan froze there for a moment, and his brain felt blank.

He... Chief of the General Staff?

Wait, is that the Chief of Staff he understood? Or did he just mishear...

A lot of confusing thoughts surged from Ryan's mind, and as if to answer his question, the next second, a pop-up window suddenly popped up from the helmet mask in front of him, causing him to stare blankly:
[The training results have been generated. The following is your comprehensive war literacy assessment data]

……

Battlefield command ability: ★★★☆☆
Strategic insight: ★★★★★
Tactical adaptability: ★★★★★
Intelligence analysis ability: ★★★★☆
Resource allocation ability: ★★★☆☆
Morale boosting ability: ★★☆☆☆

[Comprehensive evaluation: A future battlefield prophet, a right-hand man with unlimited potential, and a one-in-a-million war advisor]

……

(End of this chapter)