Can't I develop my own character?

A visibly happy look appeared on Kasradi's face.

"Ryan, with you and talents like Charlie, I feel I can definitely get through this!"

"Yes, Your Highness, I thought so too."

Ryan thought to himself, you must persevere, otherwise I will have to run away from the South and start over.

He walked aside and observed the situation of 'Xia Li'.

Dusk was falling, but the Lierta Mountains were now half red. The mountain range was actually not very large, and it was hard to imagine how "Charlie" used this terrain to burn the Caint army.

But it makes sense. The 20,000-strong Kainte army was full of vigor and confidence, just waiting to break down the gates of Berman City and take the princess away. Who would have thought that the already weaker party would actually come out to ambush them?

At this moment.

The earth is as red as blood!

A thousand royal guards blocked the exit of the mountain, killing anyone who came out, while 'Charlie' led the blood mercenaries deep into the enemy's territory alone. Just now, Ryan had killed more than a hundred people in a short time.

[Your Sword of Ares's rank has been upgraded.]

The swung blood-red sword released a dazzling light, and the advanced explosive power was slashed out by 'Xali', and the blood-red shock wave killed all the fleeing Kainte soldiers along the way.

"Advanced?"

Ryan was delighted.

This sword was already on the verge of advancement last time.

[Sword of Ares·Professional Binding]

[Quality: Level 2 Legend]

[Effect 1: Constitution +10, Magic +10]

[Effect 2: Increase attack damage by 20%.]

【Features: Upgradable】

[Additional skills: Blood Sacrifice - Sacrifice a certain amount of life to activate abilities.

Sacrifice Section: Bloody Sky Slash

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Nine-stage sacrifice: Blood Dragon Slash

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[Description: The honor bestowed by God upon the strongest warrior, now sealed for a hundred years, awaiting its next master.]

The bonus effect of the second-level weapons has not changed much, but the improvement in the numerical value is really beautiful. Ryan found that all the professions in the Blood God Path seem to have this feature, which is very pure and violent.

The lethality of second-level legendary quality weapons is incomparable to that of ordinary weapons.

'Xia Li' swings her greatsword and can easily break the shields of the Caint soldiers. She releases the Blood Void Slash when the CD is up, and kills from the first to the fifth level. There is no need to use it for higher levels. After all, if the blood volume is too low, the old Yin may succeed.

After killing for twenty minutes, a superhuman finally appeared to confront 'Xia Li'.

Two people, a second-level Death Path sorcerer, and a third-level Sun God Path sorcerer, similar to the Son of the Sun's close combat tactician.

'Xia Li' did not linger in the fight. She raised her hand and used the Sixth Blood Mark to instantly kill the second-level transcendent. Then, she took advantage of the third-level transcendent's daze to quickly run away.

With her current attribute bonus, if Ryan were in control, he would probably choose to kill the third-level extraordinary. After all, the power of the sixth stage of sacrifice is enough to seriously injure him, but the AI ​​will choose a more conservative approach.

Don't be greedy, fight and run, and incur enemy casualties with minimal losses.

The biggest characteristic of the game characters is that they never get tired of killing. Just "Xia Li" rushed into the woods and killed as many enemies as the Royal Guards who were surrounding them outside.

Blood mercenary!

Blood mercenaries are everywhere!

It was not until the fire had burned for almost an hour that Kainte's army finally escaped in a panic.

Seeing this, 'Xia Li' decisively retreated with the Royal Guards. The time for beating the downtrodden dog was over.

According to conservative estimates, the casualties of this wave of Cainte's army definitely exceeded 3,000.

"When in doubt, attack with fire. The ancients were right."

Ryan sighed, then noticed a new task popping up on 'Xia Li's' personal interface.

[Advanced Quest, Sacrifice: 1283/8888]

Ryan's mouth twitched slightly.

Well, it turned out to be true, the third-level task really requires 8888 heads.

"Strange, Xia Li shouldn't have killed so many people just now."

Ryan looked through the idle records and found that the number of sacrifices was much higher than the number of kills by 'Xia Li'... The game system seemed to have counted the deaths of the Royal Guards as 'Xia Li's'.

No, there is also fire.

Until now, the number of sacrifices has increased by one or two from time to time. It is likely that there are still Cainte soldiers trapped in the forest and have not come out.

"It seems that the sacrificial mission doesn't just include the killings you commit yourself. Any killings you cause as the 'leader' should count. Also, if we really have to kill them all one by one, how long will it take? Even for the Chosen One, this dedicated efficiency is far too low."

Anyway, it was a good thing, so Ryan didn't dwell on it anymore. Instead, the Blood Knight profession was truly invincible on the battlefield, killing people to upgrade and sacrifice to the Blood God. It was obviously a small account created later, but now it had already become a third-level transcendent like its first wife 'Lin Qi'.

Because of the changes that happened in the inner world, Lin Qi had to come out these days, and the job transfer task has not been completed yet.

However...'Lin Qi' is already very efficient, while the third wife 'Wei Nei' hasn't even reached the second stage of job transfer.

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The news of the burning of the Kainte army soon spread back to the city of Berman.

The victory in the first battle gave a lot of confidence to the new recruits in Berman City, and also delayed the time of Cainte's attack.

It didn't end there. After being severely damaged, the Kaint army did not launch an attack overnight, but instead camped three kilometers south of Berman City.

The fire had hindered their momentum, and they needed to rest up.

By the next morning, 1,500 people led by "Weinei" also arrived at the train station.

To show his importance, Casradi personally led people to the station to greet him.

"Nice to meet you, Viscount Venet."

"It is my pleasure, Your Highness."

At the train station, Casladi looked at 'Vine' and felt a little surprised.

She didn't expect that the viscount was so young. This was actually rare in the empire, especially on the border. Even if the title was purchased, it would generally not be chosen in such a place.

However, Casradi did not ask much. It was good enough that they came to support her. In comparison, she was more curious about the relationship between 'Vine' and Ryan.

"Mr. Ryan and I are good friends." 'Vine' smiled. "In Mr. Ryan's words, we should be pen pals."

"Pen pal?" Casradi turned to look at Ryan.

"It means communicating by writing letters," Ryan explained.

"Although we have never met, we have been friends for a long time."

"I see."

After a brief conversation, Casladi had a very good impression of 'Vine'. She was beautiful, polite, and a noble... Wait, could it be that Ryan fell in love with this Miss Vine?

Falling in love with a girl you've never met but can talk to freely...isn't this the plot of those novels in the Empire? It's quite romantic when you think about it.

"Lian, what do you think of Miss Venetian?"

On the way out of the train station, Casradi called Ryan into the carriage and asked.

Ryan was stunned: "It's fine, what's wrong?"

"Then you have no ideas?"

"Uh...what's the idea?"

Casradi shook his head helplessly. "Of course I'm thinking of getting married. She's the perfect age, and she's the lord of Kells City. And you even said she's a transcendent... With such an outstanding talent, don't you have any thoughts?"

"..."

Ryan's mouth twitched slightly, "Your Highness, please adjust your damn ability to judge people."

"Your Highness, you also said that she is so outstanding. How can I be worthy of Miss Venetian?" Ryan spread his hands and said, "I am just the acting mayor now."

"It's my fault." Casradi realized that she had been overthinking it. "Don't worry, Ryan. After this, I will ask my father to officially confer you the title of Viscount and have you manage the city of Berman."

Although there are almost no examples of people being promoted directly from commoners to viscounts, if her recommendation is combined with Ryan's contribution, the emperor will give her this reward for her sake.

Moreover, a viscount does not affect the situation. After all, the city of Berman originally belonged to her. It is equivalent to Ryan only getting the title but not even the fiefdom.

Ryan didn't comment.

What else could he say?

Just be happy.

After the support from Kells City arrived, Romaniel and Mist's two thousand men also arrived within the next two hours. Ryan assigned everyone and gathered a total of six thousand people at the four city gates. They were now ready for battle.

He arranged veterans at the South Gate, and the new recruits were mixed into the other three city gates. Although the number of people was the same, the difference in combat effectiveness was still quite obvious.

“Here they come! They’re coming!!!”

Smoke signals rose from the watchtower outside the city, and on the horizon, the armored kingdom army was advancing rapidly towards this side.

The Kaint army was divided into three groups, with 3,000 men attacking the east and west gates respectively, and the main attacking group of 6,000 men gathered at the south gate.

The remaining 5,000 people were there to prevent the Iron Blood Legion's attacks. This time they learned their lesson and were determined not to give the Iron Blood Legion a chance to launch a sneak attack.

Boom!Boom!Boom!Boom!

The beating of the war drums was deafening!

The air was filled with a suppressed and murderous atmosphere. Even Ryan couldn't help but feel a little nervous at this moment. After all, this was strictly speaking his first time participating in a large-scale war.

"Xia Li, you have to be more powerful."

Turning his gaze away from the distance, on the character interface, 'Charlie' was leading a thousand royal guards and was touching the butt of the Cainte army.

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Just as the Kainte army launched a siege on the city of Berman.

Somewhere in the Kalla Mountains, on the vast steppes beyond the far western borders of the empire.

Boom!

The flames of the battle axe erupted the moment it struck, its terrifying destructive force annihilating the surrounding demonic legions! As smoke rose, a figure gradually emerged from the pit.

The white-haired loli stood straight, holding the axe handle with one hand, and her delicate face was full of murderous intent.

"Huh~ It should be almost there. The mental pollution here is getting weaker. We should be close to the exit... Damn you, Creed! I'm going to tear you to pieces when I get out!"

Maganna spoke through gritted teeth, and a look of worry soon appeared on her face.

"We've been trapped for so long, and we don't know what's going on outside... Ryan, you better not fall for that guy's trick."

The Western Territory is most likely doomed, and it will probably be a mess when she gets out. Now there is only the Southern Territory. If Ryan can stabilize the situation and snatch the territory from Casradi, then she still has a chance to turn the tables!

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Second update, today is another day with 10,000 views, go go go!!!

Chapter 73: Comprehending Divine Skills! Xia Li: All-Out Attack!!! [7000 words]

Grand Duchess Maganna was still praying.

From the moment she entered this inner world, she admitted that she was careless and did not dodge. She should not have waited until she was sure to get rid of Creed, otherwise the latter would not have seized the opportunity to trick her.

Now they are trapped in the other world, wandering in the chaotic space polluted by the power of the God of Death. If it weren't for Maganna's powerful strength, anyone else would have been assimilated into one of the demons of the Death Legion long ago.

Even so, if she couldn't find an exit, she would be in trouble.

The Grand Duke is still praying. Her greatest hope now is that there will be no war in the South and Ryan will be safe.

Unfortunately, the Grand Duke's prayers were not answered in the end. Grandpa Ryan was staring at the battle situation in front of him.

After a cannon shot, the siege finally began. Fighting broke out at the east, west and south gates at the same time. Ryan didn't know how to command the battle, so he handed over the command to professionals.