Chapter 1950

Su Xiao described the general situation of the quest in three sentences. The process still had to be followed. As for whether the female contractor could complete this quest, that was her own problem.

Of course, if the other party felt the quest reward was low, Su Xiao still had lv. 39 and lv. 40 campaign quests.

"This..."

Mina organized her language in her heart. Although she kept a smile on her face, in reality, her heart was filled with greetings like "mnp."

"This subordinate cannot do it."

Compared to dying on the way to executing a quest, Mina felt that admitting defeat now was actually nothing.

"This is a test for you. I think highly of you."

Su Xiao waved his hand, signaling that Mina could leave. Mina clearly wanted to argue further, but the demon beasts around her were gradually becoming unfriendly.

When Mina left the stone house, her teammates outside the stone house had been waiting for a long time.

"I feel that this Blue Steel King is a bit... strange."

Mina frowned. She felt that Su Xiao was different from other plot characters, but she couldn't describe exactly how he was different for a moment.

In fact, Su Xiao didn't care if he was exposed. If these low-to-mid-tier contractors collectively rebelled, that would actually be a pretty good gain.

What Su Xiao was truly worried about was another matter: the Sun Tribe was doomed to fail, and the nearby Yawa Tribe (Poison) and Hasalo Tribe (Predatory) were starting to become restless.

Once these two parties reinforced them, it would turn into a war of attrition, and it was really hard to say who would win in the end.

Frontline battlefield.

This was a ramp with a gentle slope, paved with uneven gravel. Countless corpses lay here. Further up was the most central area of the Sun Tribe, the Burning Fire Altar.

The Burning Fire Altar was not a building; it was a mountain peak that had been hollowed out. Although the mountain was only two hundred meters high, it covered a large area.

In normal times, members of the Sun Tribe were forbidden from entering. Today, forced by the situation, the Sun Tribe retreated into the Burning Fire Mountain.

Roaring sounds continued on the Burning Fire Mountain. The Titan troops were continuously pouring out long-range firepower, as were the long-range Zerg of the Marge faction.

If it were a normal mountain peak, it would have been leveled long ago, but the Burning Fire Mountain only had its outer shell blasted away, revealing a layer of black rock.

The texture of this rock was similar to ore, and it had withstood nearly two hours of bombardment. Blue-green flames nearly enveloped the entire mountain.

There were three entrances to the Burning Fire Mountain, two of which were on the left side, with the Marge faction responsible for the attack.

As for the entrance on the right, the Zhila Zerg were responsible.

This cave entrance was about five meters wide and seven meters high. It looked spacious, but the demon beasts had almost blocked the cave entrance, crowding inside in batches.

The Sun Warriors inside fought to the death and would not retreat, causing both sides to evolve from a decisive battle into a war of attrition.

Su Xiao did not expect the Sun Tribe to have such a primitive fortress, but this was just a death struggle.

Of the Sun Tribe's 120,000 Sun Warriors, only a little over 30,000 remained, and nearly all 170,000 ordinary tribesmen had died in battle.

The Sun Tribe wanted to fight to the death; they had reached the end of their rope. Of the 400,000 tribesmen, half had died in battle, and the old and young had been sent to the Yawa Tribe by the Great Leader, Gulaba.

Don't think this could continue the Sun Tribe; those old and young would be gradually assimilated by the Yawa Tribe, becoming their own people.

The Great Leader of the Sun Tribe, Gulaba, did not leave, and neither did the four Fire Priests. They wanted to guard the last glory of the tribe, the Burning Fire Mountain. This was the place of origin of the Sun Tribe and also the place of its end.

Su Xiao did not know the casualties on Marge's side, but nearly 70,000 demon beasts in his army had died.

Su Xiao was now pinning his hopes on there being precious supplies inside the Burning Fire Mountain; otherwise, this war would be a loss.

Behind the war zone, in a wooden tent.

Several contractors stood outside the wooden tent, their expressions somewhat dazed because the Quartermaster of their faction was actually a dog. This made things difficult for these charm-type contractors.

At first, someone tried to negotiate with Ignoring Xiang Bubu Wang using bones, but the result was that the exchange price increased by 10%, and the charm attribute also failed. This was a matter of course; Ignoring Xiang Bubu Wang's charm attribute was higher than theirs.

Inside the wooden tent, several contractors were negotiating with Ignoring Xiang Bubu Wang. Ignoring Xiang Bubu Wang happened to be bored, so it would occasionally raise or lower the prices.

Ignoring Xiang Bubu Wang yawned, checked the battle merits of a contractor in front of it, and lowered the exchange price by 12%.

Seeing this, the man in armor showed joy, nodded politely to Ignoring Xiang Bubu Wang, and said, "Thank you. I was only 57 battle merits short and thought I would miss out on this gold-grade equipment."

In fact, there was no need to curry favor with Ignoring Xiang Bubu Wang at all. It would measure the price based on the number of battle merits the contractors obtained. The more battle merits, the better the contractor's performance in the war, and Ignoring Xiang Bubu Wang would lower the price by 10%–15%.

If there were few battle merits, Ignoring Xiang Bubu Wang would raise the price by about 5%–10% to make these contractors actively participate in the battle.

If they were only a small amount of battle merits short of exchanging for a desired item, Ignoring Xiang Bubu Wang would also appropriately lower the price. Anyway, these items were not its own; they were all provided by Reincarnation Paradise.

At the left entrance of the Burning Fire Mountain, waves of elite demon beasts were rushing inside. Ordinary demon beasts simply couldn't get in; entering meant certain death, and they couldn't last even a few seconds.

More than two hundred contractors were near the entrance. The waves of elite demon beasts rushing in left them stunned. Those bosses would die in batches upon rushing in.

No contractor dared to step into the cave. They might be burned to death by the flames spewing from inside before they could even go deep.

The sky gradually darkened, and the siege continued. The combat power of the elite demon beasts was far superior to that of ordinary demon beasts. With their wave-after-wave charges, the Sun Warriors inside could no longer hold out after blocking for ten hours.

"The defensive line has been breached!"

A contractor stood by the cave, watching, and discovered that the demon beasts inside had already rushed to the depths.

"What should we do? This is simply a volcanic eruption."

"Entering might mean death, but we can definitely reap quite a few benefits."

The contractors discussed among themselves. They were all in the same faction, so they would never engage in infighting. This was not because the contractors of Reincarnation Paradise were united, but because if they engaged in infighting, the party that initiated the attack would be forcibly expelled from the Zerg faction.

The result afterward could be imagined; the surrounding area was full of demon beasts. Once they became enemies or neutral, they would be dead for sure.

"Enter! Wealth is sought in danger."

"Coincidentally, that's my meaning too."

Most contractors chose to enter the cave. The inner walls of the cave were black and shiny, filled with a pungent stench of burning, and the ground was full of Zerg corpse ash burned to cinders.

Ten minutes later, a howl of wolves and ghosts came from the cave. Dozens of contractors who had entered the cave rushed out. Most of them had burns all over their bodies, and a few even had limbs burned to carbon.

"What's the situation with you guys?"

A female contractor spoke with a smile, laughing somewhat unscrupulously. Before this, she had thought that this place was not easy to enter.

"Don't mention it. There's a Fire Priest and three Flame Dikas blocking inside. We simply can't get in."

"*Pfft~*"

Laughter came, and the disheveled contractors looked at the source of the sound.

"I feel like this is playing a dungeon. You guys encountered elite monsters."

A teenager laughed. The war was far less dangerous than he had imagined before. As long as you didn't seek death and followed behind the demon beasts to pick up benefits, it was simply wonderful. In this world, remember one thing: don't confront them head-on; you really can't win."

"Elite my ass. Go take a look. That grandson of a Fire Priest is fierce as hell. If the Fire Priest is that terrifying, the Great Leader, Gulaba, must be unimaginably strong."

The speaker was a slightly chubby contractor. He patted the black ash on his body. Just a moment ago, he had almost been burned to ash.

Just as the contractors were discussing how to wipe out that Fire Priest, a tall figure wearing a mask and with horns on his head passed through the crowd and walked into the cave.

*Crack, crack, crack... *

Ice spread, instantly sealing the cave entrance.