I, Viego, conquer Terra!

W was not completely confident in Viego, and Viego was not completely confident in W.

Viego's long life as a corporate slave has taught him one thing: no one will tolerate you for no reason, and no one will be nice to you for no reason.

Not to mention, he is now in Kazdel, a place that seems to be full of chaos and no one trusts anyone.

Viego noticed that W seemed to have a high tolerance limit for him.

——But she clearly doesn’t give people the impression of being a good-tempered person.

So why?

Putting doubts aside for now, Viego's primary goal at the moment is to figure out how to remove the fragments from W's body.

But he couldn't make an attempt because he and W hadn't really built a bridge of trust yet.

So all we can do is wait.

Nothing happened in the following period.

The campfire went out, and most of the mercenaries returned to their tents to rest, leaving only the light and dark sentries responsible for night watch.

The camp fell into silence. Viego was lying on the ground in the tent with a layer of waterproof cloth under him as a mattress. Next to him was the camp bed where W slept.

It was late at night, but Viego couldn't fall asleep, not even a bit sleepy.

The tent was not soundproof, and he could hear the sounds of wild animals approaching and moving away, and the chirping of insects.

——And there was a sudden creaking sound of the iron frame shaking.

Viego suddenly realized that what W said to the mercenary was true, no wonder he was not angry or talked back.

But Viego always felt that something was not right.

If there is something wrong, it is the rhythm.

Normal people make crunching sounds, but this person makes crunching sounds - crunching sounds!

It didn't sound like a rocking bed, but rather like a fierce fight with someone.

Viego sat up, but before he could wake W up, he felt a hard object pressing against his throat.

"What?" The pitch-black tent made W's deliberately lowered voice sound a little cold.

Viego whispered. "I don't feel right."

"Oh...?" W made a mysterious sound in the darkness. "What's wrong?"

She didn't say anything threatening like "I'll kill you if you can't tell me", but Viego intuitively felt that W in this state was the one who truly wanted to kill him.

As the saying goes, a dog that bites doesn't bark.

...Is it the same for cockroaches that want to kill people?

Chapter 5: Got attacked at night!

"That fag's rocking noises aren't right," Viego whispered seriously. "I know it sounds weird, but I mean it, W."

"?" W was speechless for a moment, and the next second he realized that something was wrong.

Just to put it simply, most of her fellow mercenaries were rough men. They marched during the day and set up camp in the evening. They were tired all day long, and every night when they slept in the camp, they would be accompanied by snoring.

But it was so quiet tonight, no snoring.

There was only the rustle of wild animals moving away from the camp.

In the jungle, the escape of small wild animals often indicates that they sense the presence of more dangerous high-level predators nearby.

W put down the dagger, grabbed Viego, and pulled him out of the other side of the tent.

Viego remained silent this time and let W pull him forward.

W's thinking is very clear.

Something was wrong in the camp. There were definitely enemies that had sneaked in, and the number was unknown. However, there was no more snoring in the camp, and no one had issued an enemy attack warning, proving that most of the people, including the sentries, had been eliminated.

If he could quickly and uniformly eliminate most of his mercenary teammates, then the number of enemies must be large and they are well-trained.

Raising a warning voice at this moment would only expose oneself. There would be no way to get help from teammates and no way to achieve the warning effect. The enemy has already gained an absolute upper hand, so W can only choose to protect himself first.

Although she could have Viego rush out of the tent to attract the enemy's attention and warn them, while she hid in the dark where there was no risk, W did not do so.

Viego is still useful and cannot be consumed as a disposable bait.

Thinking of the worst case scenario, perhaps the only one left by her side is Viego, who can barely be considered an "unqualified teammate".

Tsk... I originally wanted to leave them behind to cover our retreat, but I didn't expect the enemy to find us so soon.

W spat secretly, glanced at Viego who was following behind him, and stopped beside a tent at the edge of the camp.

"When you're silent, you look a bit like a mercenary, Viego." W leaned close to Viego's ear, his face almost touching Viego's ear, and lowered his voice with a smile. "I hope you can maintain your current state after the fight."

She pointed to the tent five meters ahead. "Do you see the guy inside? He just killed a mercenary and is now cleaning up the mess. Go in and kill him without making too much noise. If you succeed, I'll follow you. If you fail..."

W's lips curled into a dangerous yet beautiful smile: "I will blow you and him up into the sky."

"W."

"what?"

Viego said in a serious tone, tilted his head slightly, and asked softly: "When did you brush your teeth secretly?"

W was stunned for a moment, then gritted his teeth and thrust the dagger into Viego's hand. "Viego, get out of here!"

Viego looked down at the dagger that W had stuffed into his hand, bent over and walked into the tent. Looking at the dark figure who had his back to him and just turned around after hearing the noise, he pushed the dagger in his hand forward.

Like a hot knife cutting through butter, the dagger easily penetrated the thick tactical vest on the figure and stabbed into his stomach.

The stab wound was not fatal, but he was unable to make any sound. He simply fell stiffly to the ground and quickly lost his voice.

This is all thanks to W.

She just got close to Viego's ear, and her body came into contact with Viego's skin. Viego's body instinctively absorbed a trace of the power of the Curse of Ruin carried by the fragments in her body.

In short, Viego was upgraded because of the contact with W just now, and now he can use a trace of black mist. Although it can only attach to the tip of the dagger at most and has limited effect, it is enough for killing people silently.

The black mist entered the intruder's body, instantly destroying his heart and tracheal vocal cords, leaving him unable to make any sound.

And after killing him, Viego could feel that the Curse of Ruin in his body had grown a little stronger. It was an extremely slight change, but it was definitely there.

Killing heroes and minions gives experience...reasonable.

Viego has no problem with killing people.

The memories from the Ruined King made him highly resistant to this kind of thing. When he was in Rune Continent, he had already let the black fog sweep across the entire continent. Killing a person was almost the same as crushing an ant. There would be no reaction at all.

Although the main personality is still the time traveler from the modern era, the memories of the Ruined King did have some impact on him.

"I didn't expect you to be so efficient." W came up behind Viego without knowing when. "I thought you would be so flustered and cry that you would alarm all the enemies."

"I didn't expect you to care about me so much?" Viego replied bluntly in a low voice: "Someone just said that if I fail, he will blow me and the enemy up into the sky... How come you followed me before I even gave the signal?"

"I am concerned about my money and my life. Who will pay me back if you die? Besides, if we alert the enemy, we will die together." W sneered in a low voice:

"Who the hell cares about a mentally ill idiot like you? Only another idiot would do that, and obviously, I'm not an idiot."

"Whatever you say, I'm not the one who wants my feet licked." Viego was at least an internet keyboard expert in his previous life, and he never lost in a verbal contest. "Oh, a woman who says one thing and means another."

W gritted his teeth: "Who the hell wants to have their feet licked? It's obviously you who can't wait to be stepped on by my feet, you perverted masochist!"

"Oh, so you like to step on people with your feet?" Viego picked up the weapon of the killed intruder - a long knife, which was better than a short dagger, at least it was long enough.

W was about to curse, but was interrupted by a loud shout from inside the camp.

"We've been exposed. Clear out the camp right away!"

W was startled and just wanted to take out the grenade launcher to attack, but he found that the dozen or so figures that came out from the periphery of the camp didn't pay any attention to them at all.

"W, you must be talking too much." Viego whispered. "You are guilty of your crime. You thought you were exposed when they shouted."

"Viego, shut up!" W stretched out his hands to pinch Viego's cheeks, staring intently outside the tent, and whispered: "If you get caught talking, I will destroy your mouth before I die!"

W's palm is right on Viego's mouth.

Viego glanced downward, feeling the Curse of Ruin growing in his body at an extremely slow pace. He became a little excited, and a somewhat dangerous idea popped into his mind.

If I suck on W's hand, can the speed at which the Curse of Ruin is absorbed be faster?



Chapter 6 Pre-War Preparations

A moist itchy feeling came from the base of his palm, causing W to retract his hand as if he had received an electric shock, and glared at Viego who was standing beside him with an innocent look on his face. "What the hell are you doing to my hand?!"

"...You pushed your hand in here yourself. It's none of my business." Viego whispered back. "And if you pinch me again, I'll suffocate."

Viego looked at W's retracted hand with some regret.

W reacted too quickly and retracted in an instant. There was no way to confirm whether the act of "absorbing W" could speed up the speed at which he absorbed the power of the Curse of Ruin.

What a pity. I’ll try again next time.

W sneered, it seemed that he didn't believe Viego's words at all.

Perhaps she had already nailed Viego as a "pervert" in her mind.

But he really isn't a pervert.

There was a commotion at the other end of the camp. Viego moved closer to W and looked out through the gap in the tent curtain with her.

This group of intruders seems to be well-equipped and well-trained. They are definitely very strong and a big war may break out soon.

In order to have more power to protect himself, Viego didn't care about anything else and just stuck to W's head, observing the situation with her, hoping to take the opportunity to absorb more fragments in W's body to make himself stronger.

There were clanging sounds, as if someone was fighting at the other end of the camp. Viego saw a tall man who looked like a leader directing several people standing together, and he didn't know what they were doing.

"They are forming a team of magicians... preparing to storm and capture the remaining soldiers in the camp." W explained to Viego in a low voice.

"They didn't notice us... It seems that not all the people in the camp have died. But if this continues, they will die soon."

"Uh...what is a magician?" Viego's voice came from above her head, sounding a little muffled.

W could feel the top of his hair being blown by the air current.

"? Viego, why the fuck did you bury your face in my head?!"

"I'm making preparations for the battle," Viego said seriously. "This is crucial, W. Time is running out. Please continue. What are we going to do?"

It turns out that you, a bastard, also know that time is running out and the situation is urgent!!!

"If I can survive, I will definitely blow your ass to pieces!" W gritted his teeth, but still explained quickly:

"The magician can unleash powerful attacks, but it takes time to prepare and charge, and they have no time to care about us during this time, so we must take advantage of the opportunity when they are charging and rush out to kill them, so that the enemy will be attacked from both sides."

"understood."

"If you understand, get up from my head!" W took out a grenade launcher from under her skirt and said in a cold voice, "Go ahead, or I'll blow your head off right now!"

W couldn't help but grit her teeth. If she hadn't had to wait for Viego to rush forward and share the enemy's attention and firepower with her, she would have chopped that stupid [beep——] [beep——] to death with a knife!

"Wait, one last bite!" When W couldn't help but raise the gun barrel, Viego finally raised his head.

He held the long knife, and his pale face finally showed some color that belonged to the living.

"Just charge forward, right?" Viego asked. Without waiting for W's answer, he opened the tent curtain and rushed out with a knife in hand, muttering something that only he could understand:

"Heaven is on the left, warriors are on the right—charge!"

boom--

A dull sound of firing was heard behind Viego. The dark brown grenade drew an arc in the air and landed beside the crossbowmen who were turning back, blowing them to pieces.

W did not directly bomb the group of mages gathered together, because the enemy was obviously well-trained and was specifically targeting her team. W was famous for her ability to use explosives, and the enemy would not leave such an obvious loophole for her.

The only possibility is that someone is protecting the magicians and creating a good environment for them to cast spells.

Therefore, even if the first grenade is fired at the magician team, there is a great possibility that it will not be effective. It is better to fire it at the crossbowman with the second highest priority, which can not only reduce the pressure on oneself, but also cover Viego who is rushing forward.

"...I hope Viego can hold on for two more seconds."

W had no hope in Viego's fighting ability. He looked like a sickly man with a broken brain who knew nothing, with a pale face and a skinny body. The most profound impression he left on her was that he was a bit perverted - he liked to play with his feet... and maybe even his hands.

She used the wooden box containing food at the door of the tent as a cover, and did not forget to take out a few mines from the backpack behind her and place them around her to prevent assassins or melee units from getting close to her.

Ammunition is limited, so you can't fire at random, you have to find the right opportunity...