Ashen Dragon

As an important force of the Ashen Kingdom, the players naturally participated in this battle.

But now there were only a thousand beta testers, which was not enough to influence the overall situation of the war.

The players' strength seemed to rise quickly, but that was just an exception—elite players like Singo, Mantou, and Charlotte, who had reached the fourth level and touched the upper limit, were very few, with only a little over a hundred among all the beta testers.

Most players were stuck at level 2 and couldn't progress any further, which was the norm.

In this hardcore "game," the monsters available for leveling up, like Savage Boars and Hill Giants, were nearly impossible for regular players to defeat. They could only silently complete daily tasks and be the workers of Erezer.

This war with the "Frost Calamity" was on an even more exaggerated level.

According to the player panel, the average challenge level of an adult Frost Giant reached level 8, which was almost equivalent to a mini-boss. And there were three hundred such Frost Giants in this war. Even the elite troops of the Ashen Kingdom required dozens of average casualties to kill one Frost Giant.

Therefore, this quest was only issued to the elite players who had reached level four.

As for the others?

They should just stay in the city and work behind the scenes, contributing their strength. Letting them enter such a battlefield was purely sending them to their doom; the gameplay experience would be terrible.

However, there were still noobs who followed the steps of the professional players into this chaotic battlefield.

"Damn, how come there are so many question mark-level bosses?"

"The number of elite monsters is too high."

"These don't seem to be bosses, just the mobs in this instance!"

"Huh?"

"You—call these mobs?"

Before the words were even finished, there was a "plop" sound. The player who questioned with his soul was smashed into minced meat by a Frost Giant with a club, turning to black screen at light speed before he even had a chance to react.

"Such weak little things."

The Frost Giant scratched his head in confusion and continued running forward.

But soon he was pounced on by a dozen or so Bipedal Wyverns from the sky. After struggling to tear apart four of them, he was finally pierced through by a poisonous tail stinger and his heartbeat stopped, losing his life.

"Let these foolish giants from the primitive era witness the power of Magic Technology!"

Steel Torrent summoned upgraded armor, the [Watcher] model armor was now larger, reaching a standing height of six meters, almost like a mobile suit.

The armor's left arm held an Energy Force Field Shield to block the rocks thrown by the giants, while the right hand's magic ballista kept firing Arcane Missiles, suppressing several Frost Giants at the front with powerful firepower.

"I've been waiting for this day for a long time!"

"Give me your heart!"

A player named "Tata Kai," a Mechanic Mage, activated the "Three-Dimensional Maneuver Gear" modified by Transformation Spell runes, quickly firing anchor hooks, flying directly to the back of a Frost Giant's neck, and slashing it with a knife.

"Swoosh—"

The skin on the back of the neck was sliced open, blood flowing out.

However, this Frost Giant did not die instantly as Tata Kai had imagined. Instead, it subconsciously slapped its neck, squashing him into meat paste.

"Weird little thing..."

The Frost Giant looked at the human-shaped bloodstain on its hand, mumbling in confusion.

This Frost Giant was much larger than his kin, standing at eleven meters tall. In his tribe, he was known as "Big Guy, Kuba." His close-combat ability was second only to the clan leader, Kasa, so it was no wonder Tata Kai targeted this super-sized giant.

"Hahaha, did you come to the wrong set?"

"Let me teach him a lesson!"

Steel Torrent laughed loudly from the cockpit.

He piloted his armor, shooting several Arcane Missiles from the right arm, hitting the head of the Frost Giant multiple times.

"Annoying iron lump! I'm going to smash you!"

The thick-skinned Kuba charged forward despite the missile bombardment.

The Frost Giant raised his massive bone rod high.

"Damn..."

Looking up at the gigantic figure about to envelop him, Steel Torrent felt a sense of impending danger. He raised his left arm and activated the highest level of the Force Field Shield.

"Bang!"

"Crash!"

With a crisp sound, the Force Field Shield shattered like fragile glass under a single blow from the bone rod.

Steel Torrent's armor was deeply dented by the blow, and with an explosion, it turned into a heap of scrap metal. The pilot himself had long been smashed into mince, merging with his beloved armor.

"The guild leader got one-shotted again!"

"What kind of damage is this?"
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"Even heavy spenders like Steel Torrent got one-shotted, which tank can withstand that thing?"

The ground battle was intense, but the aerial battle was much easier as they only needed to dodge the giant's throws.

Singo and Mantou, riding on the backs of wyverns, swooped across the battlefield from above.

Mantou looked at the fierce battle below, especially noticing the instant-killed Steel Torrent, and couldn't help but click his tongue, "What's with this Frost Giant's toughness? It took dozens of Arcane Missiles and one-shotted him with a single hit."

Singo nodded, "The difficulty of this war quest is too high. Even us fourth-level players struggle to make a difference. Let's find some small fry to deal with, and stay away from those bosses."

He pointed at Kasa on the ground.

"Especially—that one."

The battle between Kasa and Dolores was still raging fiercely. Within tens of meters around them, no living creature remained, and the ground was ruined by the aftershocks of their fight. Each clash of their battle axes produced powerful ripples.

The player "Big Blade" from the [Royalty] guild, a Red Scale Conqueror, wanted to try his luck. He aimed at Kasa, preparing to shoot an arrow.

However, before he could release the bowstring, the Frost Giant Chieftain on the ground sensed it all with his beast-like instincts. Seizing the moment when Dolores paused, he hurled a rock into the sky.

"Weakling!"

"Who gave you the guts to interfere in this battle!"

The rock, like a cannonball, shot straight up into the sky, piercing through Big Blade and his dragon, causing them both to fall to the ground.

Mantou couldn't help but swallow, muttering, "Hmm, you're right."

In their view, the information of the [Bone Breaker-Kasa] was marked with question marks indicating extreme danger. If their clearance was high enough, they might see "Challenge Level 16" above the Frost Giant's head.

Singo observed the battlefield and finally noticed a lone Frost Giant far from the central battlefield, with an ordinary challenge level of 8.

"That's the one, Mantou."

"Same old tactic. One of us controls and feigns attack, while the other deals damage!"

"Alright, just don't steal my kill later—"

"You have to beat it first!"

At the edge of the battlefield, two Bipedal Wyverns swooped down rapidly from the sky.