Chapter 3: Song of Blood and Fire

Song of Blood and Fire

The young man on the opposite roof frowned and guessed all night, while Cheng Shi slept soundly.

When he opened his eyes the next morning, a trial matching reminder appeared before him.

【Special Trial (Song of Blood and Fire 【War】) has started】

【Matching teammates (1/6)】

【Trial Goal: Grit your teeth during the interrogation of blood and fire (Time limit: 24 hours)】

Cheng Shi looked at the word 【War】 in the game description, and his forehead throbbed.

This was going to be a tough battle.

Although 【War】 was a god of the 【Civilization】 fate, His trials were truly not civilized at all.

Basically, every match was a real fight with real swords and guns. One didn't even need to understand the various clues given by the trial; as long as one killed all the enemies existing around, one could clear the trial.

But the problem was that surviving for 24 hours was a matter that tested one's endurance and spirit.

The enemy wouldn't give you a chance to catch your breath, nor would they slow down their offensive because you wanted to rest.

Under these circumstances, the more capable the teammates, the more advantageous it naturally was.

"Please, match me with a few more warriors. Having me as a slacker is enough, please, please."

【Matching successful (6/6), entering the trial】

The blood-red reminder flashed by, and the scene before Cheng Shi began to slowly distort, and then his whole person instantly disappeared from where he stood.

The sky was gloomy, and smoke filled the air.

Cheng Shi opened his eyes and found himself standing on a ruin. Looking around, apart from broken walls and ruins, there was nothing else.

This was clearly a small town, and now it had been wiped off the map by a cruel war.

A few seconds later, several beams of light landed around him, and exclamations sounded one after another.

The teammates for this trial had arrived.

Cheng Shi looked at them for the first time and found that among the three men and two women, only one was carrying a greatsword, and the rest were like him, not revealing any weapons.

"Hiss—"

Cheng Shi took a cold breath and thought to himself, "Is this going to be another slacker match?"

There were only six types of professions in the 【Faith Game】, namely: Warrior, Mage, Priest, Assassin, Hunter, and Singer.

Professions were not divided into high or low; there were only bad players, not bad professions.

But in reality, due to the biased nature of the trials, the priority of professions in different trials also varied.

Just like today's 【War】 trial, Warrior, Mage, and Priest were definitely stronger than Assassin, Hunter, and Singer.

The six people matched together looked at each other. When the big man in casual clothes carrying the greatsword didn't see other people's weapons, he opened his mouth with some irritation:

"Old rules, don't waste time. Report your fate and profession first, then report your score. I'll go first, Chen Chong, 【Civilization】, Warrior, Ladder 1647."

Chen Chong, 【Civilization】, Warrior, Ladder 1647

The reason for reporting only the fate and not the specific faith was to avoid being matched with players of opposing faiths.

Although everyone in the trial was a community of destiny and should help each other, when matched with players of opposing faiths, some gods would descend additional "divine will," making their believers do some "sordid" things targeting opposing faiths before the trial ended.

Since the game started half a year ago, countless people had died because of this, so players now couldn't be too careful.

"Song Yawen, 【Life】, Assassin, Ladder 1636. Old brother, are you an 'Order Knight'? I seem to have seen this sword in the hands of other Order Knights. It should be a shield-sword, right?"

A thin, tall, bespectacled young man in sportswear beside Chen Chong spoke second. After he finished speaking, he carefully examined the greatsword in Chen Chong's hand, seemingly comparing it with the greatsword in his memory.

Song Yawen, 【Life】, Assassin, Ladder 1636

Seeing his faith recognized, Chen Chong didn't hide it and nodded in acknowledgment. The expressions of the others relaxed significantly.

Believers of 【Order】 were one of the few strangers in the trial worth trusting.

They followed the will of 【Order】, respected the rules, restrained themselves, and were the most popular teammates in the entire game, almost without exception.

As warriors who believed in 【Order】, Order Knights were even more reliable existences in the 【War】 trial.

Reliable and easy to use.

"Xia Wan, 【Life】, Hunter, Ladder 1519."

The order of speaking somehow became clockwise. The short-haired beauty in a camouflage short-sleeved shirt and black shorts beside Song Yawen introduced herself in a very cold tone.

Her figure was tall but not slender, and one could see the bulging muscles on her upper arms through her clothes.

Xia Wan, 【Life】, Hunter, Ladder 1519

Hearing that there was a comrade of the same fate in the trial, Song Yawen grinned and nodded in greeting.

Beside Xia Wan's left hand was also a woman, who was relatively petite and a bit baby-faced.

She was wearing a black turtleneck shirt and white sweatpants, wrapping herself up tightly from head to toe, leaving only her face exposed.

"Nangong, 【Sinking】, Priest, Ladder 1396."

Nangong, 【Sinking】, Priest, Ladder 1396

When the words 【Sinking】 were spoken, the expressions of the two 【Life】 believer players in front sank.

【Life】 and 【Sinking】 happened to be opposing fates.

Song Yawen looked at Nangong with some suspicion, his examining gaze not friendly.

Xia Wan remained motionless, her expression still cold, but her slanted eyes carried some scrutiny.

Nangong didn't feel good either. Both of the first two were players of her opposing fate, and this trial still required surviving for a whole day. She could only pray that the gods these two believed in were not opposing hers.

Opposing fates only caused unease; if the faiths were also opposing, that might mean people would die.

Next, it was Cheng Shi's turn. He looked at Nangong beside him, and a meaningful smile suddenly appeared on his face.

"Cheng Shi, 【Life】, Priest, Ladder 1501."

"?"

"Cheng Shi"

The moment the words fell, the people present had their own joys and worries.

The happy ones were naturally the two of the same 【Life】 fate, and the worried one was only Nangong, whose expression became extremely ugly.

Seeing that the atmosphere was wrong, Chen Chong frowned and reminded:

"Faith differences can only be put last. 24 hours is very long. Survive first, then talk about other things."

Seeing that he had more teammates of the same fate, Song Yawen naturally just smiled. Xia Wan remained cold as usual, Cheng Shi was happy to watch the show, and Nangong lowered her head and didn't speak.

Only the last player who hadn't introduced himself glanced at Cheng Shi with a somewhat strange look, his demeanor somewhat unpredictable.

"Cao Sansui, 【Existence】, Mage, Ladder 1906."

Cao Sansui, 【Existence】, Mage, Ladder 1906

"How much???"

As soon as this score came out, everyone took a cold breath.

Others felt they had hugged a big thigh, only Cheng Shi sucked his teeth, his expression like constipation.

"Tsk, 【Existence】..."

Chen Chong's expression looked much better. He raised an eyebrow and asked with a smile:

"Memory Traveler or Time Walker?"

"Memory Traveler" was a mage who believed in 【Memory】, and "Time Walker" was a mage who believed in 【Time】. In the 【Existence】 fate, there were only these two gods.

There was no opposing fate of Cao Sansui among the six people on the field. He could fully reveal his identity so that everyone could understand him, thereby better cooperating with his teammates.

But he didn't answer immediately. Instead, he pondered for a moment, his peripheral vision sweeping over Cheng Shi many times, examining him repeatedly. Only after he couldn't see anything did he loosen his mouth and say:

"Time is like a gap, and I am like the wind."

This was the prayer of 【Time】 believers.

He was a Time Walker. Just as the name suggested, players of this profession could control time.

Hearing that there was a Time Walker among the teammates, the smile on Chen Chong's face became even brighter, and Cheng Shi also cracked his mouth and laughed.

This was a sincere smile.

"Brother Cao is awesome!"

Song Yawen's performance didn't look like an assassin who advocated low-key at all. He kept giving thumbs up. If he weren't unfamiliar, he would have even wanted to go over and give Cao Sansui a hug.

"With Brother Chen leading the team and Brother Cao sitting in command, it's stable, comrades!"

His gaze swept over everyone in turn, but skipped Nangong.

Nangong's face was full of embarrassment, but there was no way; her situation was indeed terrible.

Seeing that a teammate was about to be isolated at the beginning of the trial, Cheng Shi shook his head secretly.

Because losing a combat power for no reason due to fate differences was the least steady choice. To ease the relationship between teammates, he turned his eyes and suddenly said:

"The dual-priest system is actually very suitable for the 【War】 trial. My intuition tells me that Nangong is not our..."

"'Enemy'."

Everyone looked at him in surprise, and even Nangong looked at this competitor of the same profession from an opposing fate in disbelief.

He was actually speaking for her?

"You..."

Cheng Shi tilted his head and revealed a brilliant smile:

"Let me reintroduce myself, Cheng Shi, a priest of 【Birth】."

"???"

"Holy crap? You're a man, and you're actually a Goddess of Mercy for children??" ===== CHAPTER 4 =====