"Have you heard? The Task Center issued a large-scale mission, our very first large-scale mission ever!"
"Knew about it for ages. Rumor has it the rewards are super generous, killing an ordinary Demonized Beast gets you at least double the usual points."
"Let's move it, hurry up and take the mission, it'll be a disaster if we're too late."
"What's the rush? It's a large-scale mission, there's no limit on the number of participants. I heard it starts at ten sharp. Instead of hastily accepting the mission, it might be better to buy so essential Equipnt. You don't really think this large-scale mission is just giving away points, do you?"
Along the way, he overheard conversations like this.
Tang Yu was sowhat perplexed; the large-scale mission was clearly just announced this morning. Last night, when he was browsing the forum, there hadn't been any ntion of this.
By the ti he arrived at the Task Center, the place was already bustling with noise.
It could be said that upon the task's announcent, most registered rcenaries within the Sanctuary had co.
Inside the Task Center, it was packed like sardines.
Tang Yu frowned.
The place was even more crowded than a Spring Festival travel rush, especially since these survivors dealt with Demonized Beasts every day and who knew how long it had been since they last bathed.
He felt as though he could sll a pig cage.
It wasn't that he couldn't stand it—it was just that he had little interest in the task to begin with.
"My Lord, shall I..."
Tang Yu gave Eileen a glance and emphatically shook his head.
Clearly, the girl was not as calm as she claid to be and felt sowhat anxious about the environnt.
Being squashed in such a crowd was not just about dealing with burly n... If anyone should jostle, it should be instead.
In just a short while, he heard nurous startled cries from female survivors, evidently, not a few "salty pig hands" had been laid on them.
Tang Yu couldn't help but wonder if so of the survivors inside weren't there to grab the mission but rather to take full advantage of being a "big salty pig hand"?
Yet, every now and then, cries of surprise from male survivors also made their way through the crowd, which was rather strange.
"Let's go take a look over there."
The Task Center's service points were mainly on the first floor, flanked by transparent glass.
As Tang Yu moved to one side, he still couldn't enter, but he could see the mission details on the central display board.
Highlighted in red text with enlarged font.
[Large rcenary Mission: Eradicate the Demon Nest]
An Abyssal Rift has opened in Maple Leaf Town, posing a grave threat to the safety of the Lindong Sanctuary. The Lindong authorities will wage a proactive strike to eradicate the Demonized Beasts surrounding the rift. This operation will require the cooperation of nurous rcenaries.
Requirents: ****
Rewards: ****
"So it's because of the Abyssal Rift, no wonder."
The reward points were plentiful, and the authorities had even opened up many previously unavailable exchange items for this mission.
A blatant temptation.
Many fighters were green with envy.
But Tang Yu was not optimistic about their chances.
Though the Military would be the main force in this war and the rcenaries were to play a supporting role, many seed to forget that this was a large-scale battle with a multitude of Demonized Beasts that might even include Advanced Demonized Beasts constantly erging.
For strong teams, this was a great opportunity, but for so fighters, those who weren't even Awakeners, participating in such a battle likely ant being nothing more than cannon fodder.
"Lord, should we sign up?" Eileen asked.
Tang Yu shook his head, "Let's skip this frenzy."
If it had been before, he might have undertaken the mission to earn points for a soul power container, but now it seed unnecessary.
"However, we should still take a look at this battle. The forces under the Lindong high-level leadership will be participating, it will be a good opportunity to gauge Lin Wei's strength."
...
At ten on the dot, the mission acceptance window closed.
Outside the gates, a multitude of fighters gathered.
So wore protective equipnt crafted from Demonized Beast hides and held Standard Battle Sabers provided by the Military, others wore tattered clothes and wielded rusty swords and blades.
Fortunately, there were none so desperate that they showed up weaponless, ready to charge into battle bare-chested.
Perhaps the people at the task center couldn't bear to watch anymore, and had those people brushed aside.
Tang Yu didn't stay with these individuals. After leaving the city gates, he found a place with Eileen and Grey Blade and slowly waited.
Rumble!
The steel city gates gradually parted to the sides, revealing the spacious streets inside.
On ordinary days, the gates would only be partially opened to allow two vehicles to pass side by side, but now, they were fully open, and even the streets were off-limits, void of any pedestrians.
Accompanied by low roars, a tidal wave of steel gradually ca into view.
"That is...!!"
rcenaries outside the city gates had already spread to the sides, each staring dumbfounded at the gateway, unable to avert their gaze.
Tang Yu's emotions were equally hard to calm.
Back when he first ca to Lindong, the motorcade of Scarlet Hand was quite impressive, but compared to the steel tidal wave before his eyes, it was like the difference between an ant and an elephant.
Several armored vehicles took the lead, slowly driving out.
Tanks in formation followed closely behind, with dark barrels slightly raised, displaying the power of steel and fire.
There were also various vehicles and equipnt that Tang Yu couldn't na...
Dust filled the air as the steel tide rolled in.
Such an army, in the past, could only be seen on television.
Outside the city gates,
Many combat personnel showed excited expressions. With such an armored force present, no matter how fearso the Demonized Beasts were, it seed they'd turn to ash in the blaze of gunfire.
Soon, managent personnel at all levels were assigning tasks to the rcenaries.
In this operation, the rcenaries' main responsibility was to ensure the safety of the military vehicles and to cooperate with the military in the event of a Demonized Beast attack.
It wasn't difficult in theory.
Firearms have a long range and extensive coverage, and the Demonized Beasts who could break through the firearm defense line to reach the front lines were likely few in number.
They only needed to eliminate any isolated Demonized Beasts within the defensive zone.
In this mission, the points for killing Demonized Beasts were two to three tis the usual amount, and many were hoping for more beasts to make it to the front lines so that they could earn additional points on top of the base rewards.
But this was only true for the majority of freelance rcenaries.
Elite squads and mbers of the Four Great rcenary Corps had more autonomy.
They could move freely and hunt for Demonized Beasts at will.
mbers of the Scarlet Hand were excited; such a mission was akin to racking up points for them.
These people chatted loudly, drawing envious glances from the freelance rcenaries nearby.
Scar, the vice-commander, however, was sowhat restless.
"What! You're saying there's no news?!"
The blonde-haired mber making the report was also puzzled; for their rcenary Corps, investigating a few individuals was not difficult.
Since Tang Yu's arrival in Lindong and what happened thereafter, they had been able to gather many pieces of information.
Even if not in great detail, they knew about the three people—two n and one woman—and had a general idea of their appearances. They even knew about the relationship between Li Xiuming and Tang Yu, but people of the Scarlet Hand didn't care much about such a common person.
The blonde-haired mber conveyed the descriptions of the three people to Supervisor Jiang at the task center and then... had not received any effective news since.
"How can there be no news? Could it be that Jiang, after receiving so many Source Crystals from us, dares to give us the runaround?" Scar scoffed coldly.
The blonde-haired mber shook his head, "No no, Supervisor Jiang did send word, but the ssage stated that the three individuals had not registered as rcenaries."
Scar: "..."
He clenched his teeth, nearly suffocating with frustration.
If they hadn't registered as rcenaries, of course, they wouldn't be able to take on tasks.
But in this day and age, were there Awakeners who hadn't registered as rcenaries? Especially those three people, he had to admit, they did have so strength.
Scar couldn't understand it.
His expression was frosty.
"We can't let those clowns continue prancing around freely. Issue a Scarlet Hand Wanted Order..."
His gaze turned to the distance, eyes flickering with a cold light.
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