Chapter 2724: Shaping a Hero

Blood stained the earth, and the battlefield that was chaotic just a moment ago was now quiet.

"Ugh—"

Peipeini bent over and vomited on the side. Her legs had already gone soft. The scene she had just witnessed was something she would never forget for the rest of her life: the corpses almost piled into a small mountain, the blood staining the soil, etc.

It was completely different from what the bards described. The battlefield was not a place of glory and bravery, but a purgatory, a truly existing purgatory. Under the recruitment of the Empire, Peipeini had once had the idea of becoming a female soldier, but it was rejected by her father.

At this very moment, Peipeini understood her father, why he didn't let her become a soldier. The reason why the Duoyin Empire beautified the battlefield was very simple: to let more young people join the army.

If everyone knew that this place was a purgatory, there wouldn't be many people who dared to come to the battlefield. After all, not everyone had a sense of responsibility as an Imperial citizen. Without receiving formal education, it was very difficult to understand this point.

The tall treant corpse was burning fiercely on the ground. Several hundred Gray Orcs suffered heavy casualties. The reason was that they were a bit unlucky. The direction they were in happened to be the opposite direction of the retreat of the majority of Imperial soldiers. Under the impact of several times the number of Imperial soldiers, 439 Gray Orcs were almost completely annihilated.

As for the remaining 186 Gray Orcs, they had fled as soon as the battle started, completely becoming deserters. The cohesion brought by the identity of War Demon, which had been imprisoned for more than a decade, was no longer one-tenth of what it was at the beginning.

Gray Orc Wugu didn't flee. At this moment, he was bathed in blood, and the long-handled war hammer in his hand was stained red.

Su Xiao looked at Gray Orc Wugu. This was a good hero-level leader, or rather, a puppet.

No matter what, Su Xiao himself was not a Gray Orc. He had already seen that the Gray Orcs' respect and fear for the identity of War Demon were half and half, with more fear.

Leading a large group of Gray Orcs in war, having a Gray Orc hero who took the lead in charging was a very good choice. This Gray Orc hero could not only conduct pre-war mobilization and say some impassioned words, but also charge at the very front after the war started.

"Follow me" and "Charge for me" were two different concepts. If Su Xiao led the Gray Orcs to launch a war, he of course couldn't do "Follow me." He was a Great Lord. If he were at the very front, it would not only fail to boost morale but would make the Gray Orcs feel insecure in their hearts.

Conversely, him sitting in the rear of the battlefield was another concept. When the Gray Orcs charged, they would feel that their highest commander was in the rear, the rear was safe, and they didn't need to worry about attacks from behind, making them more fierce when charging and killing.

Shaping Gray Orc Wugu into a Gray Orc hero could perfectly solve the problem of having no one to shout "Follow me."

As for how to shape him, the opportunity was right before his eyes. Su Xiao was now a War Demon. Killing and repelling this Imperial army had almost 0 bonus to his reputation. The initial identity was too high.

But for Gray Orc Wugu, it wasn't like that. If he were the one who killed and repelled these Imperial soldiers, his reputation would soar, coupled with the foil of having just obtained the status of Lord, the effect could be imagined.

"Wugu, I underestimated you. You actually killed and repelled more than 10,000 Imperial soldiers."

"?"

Wugu, full of blood, was a bit stunned, and those fierce eyes were full of doubt.

"Lord, I don't have the qualification to bear such honor. It was you who killed and repelled..."

"It was you who did it, I saw it."

"I really didn't..."

Wugu's words stopped halfway. His instinct was telling him that if he finished this sentence, he would die immediately, right now.

"You killed and repelled more than 10,000 Imperial soldiers, right, Wugu."

"Yes, Lord Kuku Lin Bai Ye."

Wugu knelt on one knee. From the time he was appointed as a Lord before, it could be seen that he belonged to the smarter type among the Gray Orcs.

"You dozen or so, did you see Wugu kill and repel more than 10,000 Imperial soldiers?"

"Did we?"

Psh!

Blood splashed, and a headless corpse of a Gray Orc fell with a plop. Warm blood splashed on Wugu, and his body was trembling imperceptibly.

"I saw it! Only Wugu alone killed and repelled all the Imperial soldiers."

"Right... right! I, I... I also saw it."

"You all saw it, right? Only Wugu alone! Right!"

A Gray Orc with trembling flesh on his face roared. Now, whoever dared to say they didn't see it, he would immediately swing a battle axe at them.

"Wugu means iron ore in the Gray Orc language. I want you to be like the blazing sun, so you will be called Woboer from now on. Do you remember?"

"As you command, I have been called Woboer since I was born."

Wugu—no, it should be Woboer—lowered his head. Something called ambition was burning fiercely in his eyes. He had never encountered an opportunity in his life, and today, he felt that he had encountered an opportunity to change his fate.

"You are Woboer's personal guards from now on."

"As you command."

The dozen or so Gray Orcs all knelt on one knee. Sometimes, the truth was not important, especially when they were about to be exterminated. Among the Gray Orcs, there was really a need for a hero.

"You are too weak. After returning to Chimney Mountain, you need to become stronger."

"This, Lord Bai Ye, although I really want to, but..."

Woboer was full of difficulty. Of course, he also wanted to become stronger, but that was something out of reach.

"You can do it." Su Xiao walked past Woboer, but after walking a few steps, he stopped and said, "Woboer, how is your tolerance for pain?"

"As a warrior, I never fear pain."

Woboer straightened his chest.

"Hehehehehe~"

Baja flew past Woboer with a strange laugh. Obviously, Woboer didn't know what he was about to face yet.

At the same time, a hundred meters away, in a hidden alien space, the Goddess of Luck, who was dressed coolly and floating in mid-air in a reclining position, witnessed everything that had just happened.

"Sigh~? What kind of development is this?"

The Goddess of Luck picked up a chocolate bar floating in mid-air and bit it off with a snap.

Night gradually shrouded the earth. Su Xiao sat cross-legged on the back of a war beast, Bubu Wang behind him, and around him were a dozen Gray Orcs running with big strides.

They had already reached the edge of the war zone and were about to enter the territory of the Chaos Legion. Once they got there, everything would be easy to handle.

Su Xiao had just killed several thousand Imperial soldiers and obtained a total of 7059 points of war merit. Even so, he only ranked third.

Checking the War Merit Ranking, Su Xiao wanted to see who the top two opponents were.

【War Merit Ranking opened. Current war merit: 7059 points.】

1st place: Gray Gentleman (Samsara Paradise), 9700 points of war merit.

2nd place: Moon Apostle (Apocalypse Paradise), 9695 points of war merit.

3rd place: Bai Ye (Samsara Paradise), 7059 points of war merit.

4th place: Flame Master (Sanctuary Paradise), 5166 points of war merit.

5th place: Huang Hai (Watchman Paradise), 12 points of war merit.

At the current stage of the War Merit Ranking, after the top four, the war merit holdings dropped off a cliff.

As a rule-breaker, Gray Gentleman shouldn't have been able to get on the War Merit Ranking, but Gray Gentleman could manipulate "puppets." If the other party participated in this War Merit Ranking with a puppet, and then used some method to replace the "puppet," then it made perfect sense for the other party to participate in the War Merit Ranking.

This was not a world belonging to the Samsara Paradise. As a rule-breaker of the Samsara Paradise, Gray Gentleman entering this world would not be restricted. Moreover, this was a fully open-characteristic world, which was the world rule-breakers liked to come to the most.

Replacing the "puppet" meant that Gray Gentleman's main body had entered this world.

Thinking of this, Su Xiao narrowed his eyes. If there was an opportunity, he of course wouldn't go soft. In the trial world, his feud with Gray Gentleman had already been formed. Although it wasn't the kind of feud where they would hunt each other down, if they met, he believed Gray Gentleman would also take this opportunity to get rid of him.

North Territory, on a vast ice field, spatial fluctuations appeared.

"Should have listened to me. Traveling on foot is too slow. If we had used the teleportation array in the capital, we would have reached the battlefield long ago."

Muxiao's voice came, and the spatial fluctuations became more intense.

"Your spatial item is unstable, but the collaborator you found is not bad."

Mad Beast Gaske's voice appeared.

"Praising me is useless. When we reach the battlefield, I won't be with you. The teleportation fee will be paid to you."

Gulu's voice also appeared. Starting from the capital, it was not a coincidence that these three met.

The spatial fluctuations dissipated, and three figures appeared: Muxiao, Mad Beast Gaske, and Gulu.

A cold wind blew, bone-chillingly cold. On the vast ice field, all three stood in place, and no one spoke for a long time. Muxiao's expression was somewhat awkward. No matter how one looked at it, this didn't look like the front-line battlefield.

"Let me explain." ===== CHAPTER 2725 =====