MMORPG: War God, You are Invincible Again

Picking up his weapon, Lu Hong walked into the small training field of the Mercenary Inn and began to release skills one by one, continuously awakening his former muscle memory.

At the same time, a team invitation appeared in his field of vision.

Clicking confirm, Lu Hong joined Luo Jiuxiu’s mercenary squad.

"You have joined the Luo Tian Mercenary Corps."

"Luo Jiuxiu, the Mercenary Corps Master of Luo Tian, has sent you a mercenary invitation. Do you accept?"

"You have been promoted to Deputy Corps Master by Luo Jiuxiu of the Luo Tian Mercenary Corps."

A series of messages appeared before his eyes.

A message from Luo Jiuxiu popped up in a small dialogue box: "Brother, quickly use the Teleportation Gate and come to the Sailiao Defense Line."

Hearing the name Sailiao Defense Line, Lu Hong first responded, then opened the world map.

Indeed, he found this defense line on the border of the Sacred Empire and the Eagle Alliance.

The Eagle Alliance...

Yes, Lu Hong saw a large new territory marked on the map, and the owner of that territory was the Eagle Alliance.

Suddenly, Lu Hong felt a bit dazed. The two-year dream he had, could it be that he had foreseen the future of the game ahead of time?

And while on the way to the Sailiao Defense Line, Lu Hong quickly previewed the information in the game’s update introduction.

When Lu Hong left, the second expansion pack "The Tide of Naga" had yet to begin.

While Lu Hong was in a coma for half a year, "The Tide of Naga" expansion pack was launched.

And in the Sky Game, "The Tide of Naga" was positioned as a war expansion pack.

Thus, the entire expansion pack was built around war, but at that time, during "The Tide of Naga," there was no rule of character death leading to account deletion, so the expansion pack that the Sky Game officials had initially expected to be playable for at least three years was completed in one year by those crazy players who never died.

This situation gave the game programmers in Sky Game sleepless nights, working overtime to rush out the next expansion pack.

And, regarding the "The Tide of Naga" expansion pack’s issue, this is how the death-logout patch came to be. Although it was initially resisted by all players, Sky Game remained firm, saying if you want to play, play, if not, leave, silencing the players collectively.

One must admit, Sky Game had the guts. This time, despite the setbacks, the reform was ultimately highly successful. The one-time death of an account made players crazier about the game after experiencing it and cherish their game characters even more. Moreover, this feature of account death also led many ordinary players to shift to life-type gameplay, promoting the transformation of Sky Game from a combat game to a more diversified development direction.

Quickly, Lu Hong reached the Sailiao Defense Line through the Teleportation Gate.

Just stepping out of the spatial gate, Luo Jiuxiu, controlling a Mage, was already waiting.

Beside Luo Jiuxiu were two Holy Knights, tall and mighty, clad in magical equipment that glittered and shone brightly.

It was clear at a glance—this was a top-class expert.

"Let’s go, time is pressing. We’ll talk about the rest later, let’s arrange tonight’s battle first."

Luo Jiuxiu grabbed Lu Hong and arrived at the temporary base of the Luo Tian Mercenary Corps at the Sailiao Defense Line.

Here, about a hundred members of the Luo Tian Mercenary Corps were already gathered.

Upon seeing Lu Hong’s arrival and the Deputy Corps Master mark above his head, they all showed discontented expressions.

But with time pressing, Luo Jiuxiu didn’t have the leisure to deal with these people’s emotions, bluntly stating, "The Sacred Empire has issued a combat order to launch an attack on Lanshan Castle at dawn today, to annihilate all enemies inside, to retaliate and strike back at the Eagle Alliance. This time we will be deploying alongside the Imperial Army. Last time we couldn’t take down Lanshan Castle, this time, we must capture it, we absolutely can’t let that Xiong Fang bastard look down on us!"

With time pressing, everyone quickly set the attack direction and strategy, then hurriedly set out.

Lu Hong wasn’t assigned a fixed task by Luo Jiuxiu; he was free to use his abilities.

Lu Hong naturally also enjoyed this freedom. However, he knew this was his first showing; he must prove his ability and value in front of the mercenary corps members. Otherwise, it would probably be tough for him to fit in this mercenary corps in the future. A leader parachuted in, without skills, how could he gain the respect of his subordinates?

If he couldn’t command respect, his role as Deputy Corps Master would probably be short-lived, and he would soon be replaced by Luo Jiuxiu.

Gripping the Heavy Sword in his hand tightly, Lu Hong prepared to move forward.

This warrior account’s stat distribution was very balanced, compared to Lu Hong’s distribution, there were some deviations. However, the level cap increase also made this balanced stat distribution reach the standard line of Lu Hong’s previous account, so it didn’t feel very unfamiliar.

Soon, an official NPC from the Sacred Empire received Luo Jiuxiu, who arrived near Lanshan Castle, approved the battle plan they provided, and assigned the south side of Lanshan Castle to them to attack.

Lu Hong also used this time to take a detailed look at the system-provided mission introduction.

Why did the Sacred Empire decide to launch an assault and attack on Lanshan Castle? The matter traced back to Duke Leishan. Leishan had visited the Sacred Empire recently, threatening Emperor Const of the Empire, leading to strong resistance and combative psychology against the Eagle Alliance within the Sacred Empire. On this basis, friction and conflict arose between the Eagle Alliance and the Sacred Empire at the defense line of Star Sea.

And six days ago, Duke Leishan’s troops hired a group of mercenaries to attack a military town at the Sacred Empire’s border, killing all NPCs and players in the town.

This act ignited the wrath of the border soldiers.

And this attack on Lanshan Castle is a retaliatory measure initiated by it.

Lanshan Castle, of course, is one of Duke Leishan’s territories, but its defense and troop strength are not very strong, so initially, the Sacred Empire NPCs wanted merely mercenaries to resolve Lanshan Castle, according to intelligence, there are only about 300 garrison troops in Lanshan Castle.

To this end, the task-accepting Luo Tian Mercenary Corps formulated a plan to launch a sneak attack last night.

As a result, they did not expect that Lanshan Castle seemed to have learned in advance about their attack plan and actually recruited players for defense counterattack.

And those recruited were precisely Xiong Fang, Luo Jiuxiu’s arch-enemy.

Last night, they were ambushed by Xiong Fang and suffered a major defeat, one of Luo Jiuxiu’s major accounts was even directly slain by Xiong Fang on the spot.

Due to the defeat in battle, the Sacred Empire’s NPCs reduced the hired commission fee by sixty percent; it was definitely a loss, but Luo Jiuxiu couldn’t swallow this anger, and still chose to grit his teeth and complete this task. The Empire officials also knew that Lanshan Castle had reinforcements, so they dispatched troops for the main attack, assigning Luo Tian Mercenary Corps as collaborative players.

In the darkness, they arrived at the outskirts of the huge fortress Lanshan Castle, accompanied by streaks of fiery meteorites tearing through the night sky.

Roaring explosions resounded in all directions.

Lanshan Castle, under the first Mage magic attack, was intercepted by hostile Mages, and a huge spotlight slowly rose into the night sky, like a bright pearl, instantly illuminating the night.

"Attack!" Luo Jiuxiu, full of anger, directly ordered the Luo Tian Mercenary Corps members to charge towards the southern defense of Lanshan Castle.

The Holy Knights transformed into solid walls, blocking the hostile Mage’s bombardment from the city towers.

Meanwhile, the Mages of the Luo Tian Mercenary Corps also launched their counterattack, with Ice Burst, Flame Burst, and Rain of Fire raining down to bombard the city defense.

Under the fire coverage bombardment, the durability of Lanshan Castle’s southern wall was decreasing rapidly, but within three seconds, the durability began to rise again.

This must be due to the Earth Element Mage inside the castle starting to repair and reinforce the city defense.

Both sides thus fell into a stalemate for the time being.

Xiong Fang also appeared on the city tower above, shouting down to Luo Jiuxiu below: "Luo girls, didn’t you have breakfast or what? Why can’t you even break the city gatehouse? Hahaha, you got beaten last night, and you dare come to die today? Does your account cost nothing?"

These words immediately infuriated Luo Jiuxiu, a series of magic Ice Cones shot out from the Magic Wand, aimed at Xiong Fang on the city tower.

Nonetheless, Xiong Fang held up a shield with ease, intercepting all the Ice Cones without causing any damage.