Chapter 281: 281, The decisive battle of Orleans City (part four) – Wildly claiming 200,000 Military Merits_1
Su Yu’s game log once again dominated the screen:
“Ding, you successfully killed [Kalet Legion Mage (Tier 3)], earning 1000 Military Merits;”
“Ding, you successfully killed [Kalet Legion Mage (Tier 4)], earning 10,000 Military Merits;”
“Ding, you successfully killed [Kalet Legion Mage (Tier 2)], earning 100 Military Merits;”
“Ding, you successfully killed….”
The rules for calculating Military Merits in this battle are:
Killing a generic player earns 1 Military Merit;
Killing a player who is an officer or an ordinary Tier-1 NPC earns 10 Military Merits;
Killing a Tier-2 NPC earns 100 Military Merits, Tier-3 earns 1000 Merits… and so on.
Su Yu’s [Falling Stars] covered an even larger area and inflicted more damage than [Dragon Breath], causing even Tier-4 mages to fall in the meteor strikes.
One wave of meteors brought Su Yu a total of 186,000 Military Merits! There was simply no counting how many people got smacked to death.
“186,000? Not bad!” Su Yu nodded with satisfaction.
He had earned 21,000 Military Merits for the main storyline some time ago.
In the game, you could see the “Military Merit Leaderboard” at the quartermaster. His 21,000 Military Merits ranked him sixth, with Snow Leopard topping the chart with 36,000 Merits.
This time, [Falling Stars] gave him 186,000 Military Merits, more than five times the reward from the main storyline!
And now, he was the top of the leaderboard, far surpassing Snow Leopard, who was second.
However, Su Yu didn’t dare to linger around in the same spot.
After launching [Falling Stars], he immediately activated [Invisibility Skill] and disappeared into thin air, heading towards the outskirts of the battered Mage Legion.
But the enemy’s archer formation was no joke.
Soon after Su Yu became invisible, overhead him, a dozen enhanced [flares] exploded, revealing his silhouette.
Following that, another wave of arrows rushed towards him from all around.
This time, Su Yu was completely out of tricks.
Facing the hail of arrows, he could only first use the [Ice Barrier] attached to his magic robe to dodge the damage, then use [Zhongya Hourglass] for a second dodge.
But these two skills only managed to delay his imminent death.
After using both life-saving skills, he became a pincushion for a shower of deadly arrows. His health bar emptied, and he was logged out to reflect on his actions.
“Ah, if only I knew the Holy Knights’ [Divine Shield Skill]. Combining [Divine Shield Skill] with [Hearthstone] could save my life. Mages don’t have similar abilities…but this time I definitely profited, 186,000 Military Merits, not bad!” This was Su Yu’s final thought as he turned into a white light and disappeared.
Everything Su Yu did was under the watchful eyes of everyone.
The Empire’s players on the city wall witnessed Su Yu’s performance with wide eyes.
When they saw Su Yu “finally” fall, they couldn’t help but discuss it among themselves:
“Geez, Boss Ke is getting more fierce!”
“The Kalet Mage Legion is nearly annihilated by him!”
“My God, how much Military Merit did he earn from this? ”
“Don’t know why, but I suddenly feel a little sorry for the Skuru people.”
“I feel the same, but the Skuru will have to face a fully powered Boss Ke in ten and a half months.”
“Tsk, tsk, good luck to them.”
Snow Leopard, who was on the tower, couldn’t help saying to Old Meng beside him: “Nemesis is getting stronger and stronger!”
Old Meng nodded: “Indeed, but he has a buff given by Mrs. Ke. His present strength should be amplified.”
“But, don’t forget, Nemesis has the Mage Tower,” Snow Leopard laughed. “Given his rate of progress, he should reach Tier-6 in a month, reaching his current level of strength.”
Old Meng nodded in agreement: “True. The gap between Boss Ke and us is widening. It seems we need to work harder too!”
Snow Leopard sighed lightly, “Yes! Dealing with the Skuru people is humanity’s task. I’m planning to issue a bounty: if any player in the game finds an object similar to the [Yulon Statue], our relevant departments will offer that player a reward of one billion Flower Coins…”
Meanwhile, the subject of the players’ discussion, Su Yu, had logged back in.
The penalty for dying in a battle differs from dying in the wild. In a battle, you do not lose game time, but it still forces you to log off for half an hour.
But Su Yu didn’t care; the battle wouldn’t be over within half an hour anyway. He could log back on in half an hour.
Su Yu removed his helmet and stood up from the couch, stretching his body.
Recent rapid training had destroyed his room, turning it into ruins due to the overflow of energy.
But now it was mostly restored, with many new pieces of furniture and appliances sent by the relevant departments. His room had become neat and tidy again.
After moving about for a bit, he sat back in front of the computer to watch live broadcasts of the battle.
In the current situation, apart from “Evolution” game broadcasts, there were almost no other games being streamed on the platform.
The most popular channels on the platform’s homepage were all about the decisive battle in Orleans City.
Su Yu casually opened one and started watching.
The high-ranking battle over Orleans City was still ongoing.
To avoid damaging civilians below, Alyssa and Tula Yang’s battlefield had moved beyond the atmosphere. The battle of the Tier-6 powerhouses was taking place over the troposphere, all of which could not be seen in the broadcast.
The only thing visible in the live feed were the Tier-5 powerhouses fighting beneath the clouds.
Finding it boring after a while, Su Yu closed the channel and opened another one.
This one was from a rebel player’s viewpoint. He was broadcasting the rebel’s NPC regular troops.
The rebel’s Mage Legion was severely damaged, but the war continued. The Mage Legion was checking their remaining forces and preparing to besiege the city again.
Su Yu, leaning on his left hand, kept switching channels to watch different scenes.
Meanwhile, he was also thinking about how to use the total of 207,000 Military Merits he earned. Should he buy all the items available at the quartermaster’s? Or should he simply buy the quartermaster himself?
Time flew by, and 25 minutes had passed.
According to the statistics by fans in the live chat, 114 Tier-5 and Tier-6 powerhouses had fallen from the skies, and countless others were injured or killed in the brutal siege below.
The cannons and muskets, however, were shining brightly in this siege. The players and the regular forces used them to inflict massive deaths and injuries on the enemy.
Just when Su Yu was about to log back in, a sudden change occurred in the broadcast!
The high-ranking fighters in the sky quickly stopped their attacks, regrouping into two formations;
At the same time, from the eastern sky, over a dozen high-ranking fighters flew quickly towards them.