Lord: Sequence Overlord

Chapter 246 A Century of Accumulation and the Shadow of the Abyss on the Front Lines

Chapter 245

In Hunting Canyon, Rosen appeared silently.

They remained hidden in place for a long time without being monitored, and the worst-case scenario they had anticipated did not occur.

Come to think of it, 20,000 years have passed.

Initially, every hunter who entered the Twilight Battlefield and then emerged was under close surveillance.

However, if there is no progress after 20,000 years, even the most stringent surveillance will become lax, and it would not be surprising if they simply gave up.

After returning to Paradise Island via data transmission, Rosen began to cultivate with three minds at once.

The main body refines the primordial oil in the primordial oil lamp, the self-portrait clone is responsible for painting, and finally the divine clone is responsible for hunting spirit beings in the spirit world. With the authority to hunt, combined with the principle of "heaven grants man's wish", the probability of obtaining soul gems will inevitably increase significantly.

Years passed, and a century went by in the blink of an eye that Lawson himself lived in seclusion on Paradise Island.

Initially, Rosen wondered if the time-traveling sketch and the primordial oil lamp could be combined.

The result was not good. Painting is about releasing spirituality to the outside world, but when refining the primordial lamp oil, one must go all out to absorb and refine the primordial essence within it. Any mistake will damage one's own primordial essence. Therefore, he can only use the five times the time of the Time Tower to accelerate and assist his cultivation.

Over the course of six hundred years, Rosen managed to raise his spiritual strength to the maximum of Sequence 4, 78 points.

He did not immediately consider advancing to Sequence 3 because many of his skills had not yet reached their Sequence Rank limit.

Upgrading a skill from LV6 to LV7 is not a difficult task for him.

Just like advancing from LV3 to LV4, advancing from LV6 to LV7 also allows for the fusion of extraordinary materials.

All skills will inevitably undergo a qualitative change when they reach LV7.

Many of Rosen's skills have accumulated two sequence levels without generating new traits, all in order to obtain the strongest traits at LV7, or even directly transform them into special skills.

Most of the extraordinary materials needed to enhance these skills are not difficult to obtain, but fusing extraordinary materials is best done in a special environment.

Glory Blood Seal, Drawing Technique, Human Body Painting Role-Playing, Ash Armor Break, Trap Creation Technique...

With only seven choices, Rosen decided to proceed in order.

He didn't care about the supernatural materials that could be bought from the Main God's Temple and the Spirit Realm Deep Web for enhancing the Blood Seal of Glory.

Rosen had his eye on the Sequence 2 Glory Badge, a rare military medal awarded by the World Government. It not only contained the World Government's fortune in human civilization but also gathered a massive amount of honor-related faith power.

However, going to the front lines was not an easy task for him.

Not counting Chinon on the front lines, he now has two more enemies, Sonia and Wendy, both of whom are Sequence 0.

Sonia is constrained by her eternal bond and cannot openly resort to underhanded tactics, but Chinon and Wendy have too many opportunities.

Therefore, if you want to go to the front lines to kill alien races and earn honor badges, you must choose a battlefield that Qinon and Wendy cannot affect.

Then the scale of the war on this battlefield can't be small, otherwise when will we be able to get the Gundam Sequence 2 badge of honor?

After this process of filtering, Lawson doesn't have many options left.

The Abyss Battlefield can avoid friendly Sequence 0, but there are too many Abyss Lords. If any Abyss Lord feels that he is too strong and becomes a threat, and then contacts several more Abyss Lords, it will only make things more troublesome.

Rosen eliminated them one by one, finally keeping the one that was most suitable for him and the best choice.

Humans and the vast majority of other races do not have reproductive isolation, so there are many, many demi-human races in the main world.

Within the human world, demi-humans like cat-people are almost all slaves.

However, outside the human world, demi-humans are a rather powerful alien race.

It retained some of the advantages of humanity, while also retaining the powerful bloodline advantages of various alien races.

At its peak, the demi-human civilization had three true gods, and currently it still has two. Moreover, one of them has a formidable record of directly killing other true gods. In recent years, the demi-humans have been the alien race that has clashed the most with humanity.

Demi-humans and beastmen are not the same thing. Beastmen are basically humanoid beasts with beast heads and human bodies.

As for demi-humans, they at most have some alien features, but on the surface they are not much different from humans.

Two months later, Rosen boarded the Spirit World train bound for the front lines in the Divine Tree Empire.

It's possible to cross over via data transmission, but because the war on the demi-human side is so intense, there are even barriers set up by true gods between the front lines and the rear. Simply using data transmission to cross these barriers would cause him considerable trouble.

Anyway, he didn't have anything urgent to do, so he might as well take the military recruitment train and see the scenery along the way.

The recruitment trains that travel between continents and empires recruit not ordinary soldiers, but Divine Lords of the lowest rank 4 and the normal rank 3. After training and assessment at the front lines, they can basically become mid-level officers.

Logically speaking, each empire should have teleportation arrays that connect directly to the front lines.

However, this is not feasible on some front lines because the alien invasion is too fierce. If a teleportation array is deployed there, the aliens might be able to capture it and directly invade human territory. Therefore, teleportation arrays are not allowed to be deployed on these types of front lines.

Initially, the choice was to establish the teleportation array slightly behind the front-line battlefield.

However, it was later changed to the Spirit World Train because not everyone is suitable to become an officer, and not everyone is suitable to join the military system. If an unsuitable person is placed in an unsuitable position, they will only harm themselves and others on the battlefield.

The journey of recruiting soldiers on the Spirit World Train to the front lines is actually a test for each person.

Those suited to become officers join the officer corps, while those unsuitable become battlefield free agents, operating in small squads on the fringes of the battlefield to conduct guerrilla warfare. Ultimately, everyone is assigned to positions that suit them best.

The train has only nine carriages excluding the locomotive; the first three carriages belong to Sequence 3 and the staff.

As for the six carriages behind, they naturally belong to passengers in sequence 4.

Although it's called a train carriage, the interior space is almost the same as that of a small town.

The carriage is equipped with all kinds of entertainment facilities, and the demi-human slaves who serve as attendants are all top-notch. If you like one, you can take him away for free when you get off the train. It is worth mentioning that these demi-human slaves hate the demi-human race very much.

Every race has classes and oppression; there are countless examples of people being driven to the brink of death by their own kind.

Coupled with the allure of money and power, it is easy for spies to be planted between races.

There are even double agents who, on the surface, are persecuted and hate their own kind, but in reality, they are spies within spies who have infiltrated the community.

Rosen wandered around the carriage for a while and had already discovered several spies within spies through mind reading.

The probability is a bit too high; it seems to be one of the hidden tests.

If you can't even tell whether the people around you are human or ghosts, then you can forget about becoming a military officer.

Rosen didn't let any of them go, inviting all the spy-spy demi-humans, regardless of gender, into his room inside the train carriage.

The train attendant, hidden in the shadows, observed everything and quietly recorded what he saw.

The following day at noon, Rosen left the room alone.

Without attracting the attention of other passengers, he quietly arrived at the connection between the two carriages and wrote a few spiritual runes on a mirror. The ordinary mirror immediately pulled him into the mirror and made him disappear.

At the same time, at least a thousand people disappeared from the nine carriages of the train through various means, based on clues they found.

There were so many clues on the train, but after a whole day, nothing was found.

Such a person is clearly not suitable to be an officer. No matter how outstanding their talent, they can only be commanded by others on the battlefield.

Of course, only a very small number of the thousands who pass the initial screening will ultimately receive military ranks.

After entering the mirror, Rosen appeared directly in the study of a mansion.

His identification documents were on the desk, but nothing else.

"A spiritual realm, a virtual world, or an illusion?"

Rosen picked up his identification documents with some uncertainty.

According to his identity information, he is currently the mayor of Aoki City. Due to unknown reasons, the entire city of Aoki was transported to an unknown place by a distorted space and is now facing unknown dangers at any time. He needs to protect Aoki City as the mayor.

Following the normal course of the test, he needs to unite the forces of Aoki City to deal with the unknown dangers.

His performance during that period will determine whether he is suitable to be a commander.

However, Rosen doesn't like to follow the usual path. He's not good at commanding, nor does he need to study how to command.

Black cat or white cat, a good cat is one that can catch mice.

On the battlefield, no means are spared; as long as the goal is achieved, no one cares what methods are used.

Those eliminated people who remained in the carriages were not destined to be commanded forever on the front lines. If they possessed the strength of a titled demigod, the strength of a forbidden sequence, or special auxiliary abilities, they might very well obtain military ranks and become commanders.

Rosen opened a corner of his divine territory and released some of the troops he had accumulated over the years.

One hundred thousand Shadow Fiends, a full ninety thousand Sequence 5, plus ten thousand Sequence 4. There are also ten thousand Metal Slimes, all of them Sequence 4.

Finally, Rosen released 10,000 Sequence 6 Wood Elves, along with 100,000 Sequence 5 War Treants and 10,000 Sequence 5 Treant Priests.

These are not all of his accumulations. He has not yet released the Ash Bee Legion, the million-strong Guardian Legion, or the legion of fanatical believers created by the Void Prison through tormenting prisoners.

Since harvesting that massive amount of divine crystals a century ago, Rosen has loosened restrictions on the development of his legions.

With so many extraordinary soldiers, Rosen doesn't need any command skills at all.

Besides, he doesn't know how to command, while Alicia has been learning these things since elementary school. It wouldn't be difficult to find a commander among 100,000 Shadow Demons, let alone the Guardian Legion, whose leader was selected from among the 30 billion believers in the entire Ancient God Realm.

The only creature without a commander is the Metal Slime, but these brainless cuties are all you need to do is charge in.

The massive demi-human army outside Aoki City hadn't even gotten close before being assassinated by the Shadow Demon and crippled by the Treant Priest's ranged war magic. In the end, when they desperately tried to get close to Aoki City, they were overwhelmed by the metal slimes in a torrent of metal.

Ultimately, there were no casualties in Aoki City, and no fighting force from Aoki City was even used.

Rosen's display of force was so exaggerated that even the person in charge of the assessment couldn't stand it anymore.

Before the demi-human legion could be completely wiped out, a Sequence 1 thief from the demi-human side had already beheaded Rosen.

Rosen held out for a moment under the protection of his legion, but was still killed by a Sequence 1 thief who broke through the metal slime's defenses.

At the moment of death, Aoki and Ajin vanished, leaving only a vast white void.

Rosen didn't resort to any more methods because what he had already used was already quite frightening.

Finally, a Sequence 1 rogue performs a decapitation strike, perhaps just a reminder that he must better protect himself on the battlefield.

"Put away your super units."

An unfamiliar voice came from the depths of the void.

The moment Rosen recalled all his superhuman units, he was teleported to the train conductor's office at the front of the train.

"You are the most terrifying Sequence 4 I have ever seen."

The train conductor looked at Rosen and said with emotion.

"you flatter me."

Rosen said politely.

"After deliberation by the Operations Staff, it has been decided to grant you the rank of Major General..."

The train conductor said solemnly, "Once you arrive at the front line, the Operations Staff will assign you several staff officers. At that time, you will have the authority to mobilize a logistics force of 200,000 people. All casualties of your superhuman troops on the front lines will be compensated by the World Government Military Department after the war."

"No problem, I'm already very satisfied with this offer."

Rosen smiled with satisfaction.

Having received a higher rank than he had expected, Rosen happily left the train conductor's office after saying goodbye.

The World Government's military rank system is very flexible; the capable rise and the mediocre fall, leaving no room for slacking off.

Because the alien races will not show mercy, their capabilities will be immediately apparent on the battlefield.

Rosen, the Major General, had an easy time joining the army, but he didn't have a single real soldier; they were all logistics personnel. In a sense, he was almost a mercenary. But that was fine; if they really wanted him to join the World Government's military, he would have to find an excuse to refuse.

The spirit train traveled to the front lines, a journey that took a full three months.

Along the way, they had to pass through many void wormholes built in the spirit world. All of these void wormholes were fortified with war fortresses. Traveling by transmitting data made it impossible to fully appreciate the vastness of the human world. Rosen witnessed quite a lot along the way.

Although these things can be learned through the deep web of the spirit world, they are very different from personal experience.

On this day, the Spirit Train passed through the void wormhole guarded by the last war fortress.

After passing through the void wormhole, the spirit train stopped at a station located in the spirit realm.

Rosen looked up from the platform. There were metal structures everywhere. As far as he knew, he should be inside a planetary fortress. Such a war fortress was comparable to Sequence 1 and was strong enough to prevent Sequence 1 from breaking in even after dozens of hours of fierce attacks.

This is a masterpiece of the scientific system and a product of the spiritual technology system.

The scientist system is second only to the aristocratic system, and this planetary fortress alone is enough to justify its name.

As soon as Rosen stepped off the platform, the rank insignia handed to him by the train conductor was already slightly warm on his shoulder.

Like the Star Emblem, this thing is a projection of a miraculous treasure. Different rank projections not only have communication capabilities, but can also record merits on the battlefield.

He activated the communication function, and the chief of staff responsible for receiving him was already waiting outside the station.

Outside the station, Rosen walked toward a burly, imposing man.

"Hello, I am Rosen Howard."

Rosen stepped forward and looked at his chief of staff.

"Hannis Rodlin, Sequence 4 Military Strategist".

The burly man looked down at Rosen and introduced himself in a seemingly calm manner.

Rosen sighed inwardly; it seemed the regional military command on the demi-human side had delivered a huge problem for him.

Military strategists are a superhuman category that has existed for less than ten thousand years.

Initially, they were not considered to belong to the scientist category, but later military strategists were classified as scientists.

Because a true military strategist is not just someone who can command battles. Being good at commanding combat is only the most basic ability of a qualified military strategist. A military strategist must also be able to comprehensively enhance the combat effectiveness of soldiers and develop their own unique war skills.

Because of the need to study warfare skills, military strategists were classified as scientists.

Strictly speaking, military strategists are an extraordinary category that is sublimated from the category of heroes.

Military strategists are extremely rare; they are usually high-ranking military officers, and are the direct descendants of those personally trained by the world government's military.

Such a strategist, ranked Rank 4, came to serve as his chief of staff.

Who will he listen to on the battlefield? Besides, as a military strategist, being used as a chief of staff shows that Hannes is both capable and a troublesome troublemaker. It seems that the first thing he needs to do is to completely subdue Hannes.

"Lead the way, my chief of staff."

As Rosen spoke, he walked toward the military vehicle next to Hannes.

It has no wheels, possesses flight and space travel technology, and also boasts powerful firepower and defense, but it still cannot compare to the Void Warship. The Void Warship, which can stealthily travel through the void, is the true heavy weapon of war for the military.

Hannes personally drove the military vehicle, leading Rosen all the way to the void warship docked in the shipyard.

Rosen looked at the void warship in front of him with a solemn expression. The lowest level of void warships is Sequence 3, and their actual combat power is no less than that of Sequence 2. Because they are products of the spiritual technology system, they are usually only piloted by the military's elite.

The regional military command gave him a void warship. Did they intend to have him risk his life on the battlefield?

"Let me introduce this to you. This is the Void Destroyer, Abyss Shadow..."

Hannes introduced it with some excitement.

As Rosen listened, he roughly understood what was going on.

This Abyss Shadow Void Destroyer originally belonged to a Sequence 2 warship commander, a special advancement sequence of the Knight Sequence. However, this warship commander died in battle a few years ago, and the Abyss Shadow was also severely damaged and underwent major repairs.

The Shadow of the Abyss is now repaired, but a suitable warship commander to succeed it cannot be found.

Picking any random warship commander would not only waste the Abyss Shadow, but the commander would also be unwilling to pilot it for the sake of the future.

However, the Shadow of the Abyss couldn't be left to rot in the dock, and that's exactly when he appeared.

Although he was not the warship commander, he had 100,000 Abyss Shadow Demons. The Abyss Shadow was originally a void warship made primarily of Abyss Shadow Demons, so 100,000 Shadow Demons were enough to temporarily control the Abyss Shadow.

If he is willing to join the military and become a professional soldier, the regional military command would not mind letting him continue to wield the Shadow of the Abyss.

If he is unwilling, that will not affect the Shadow of the Abyss waiting for its true master.

As for whether there are other reasons behind this, Rosen does not know for the time being.

However, he did realize that he might have misunderstood Hannes.

He wasn't necessarily sent to his side because he was a troublemaker, but because the Shadow of the Abyss was too valuable. Only by placing a direct subordinate of the military by his side could the regional military command feel at ease entrusting the Shadow of the Abyss to him.

Hannes looked down at people, perhaps simply because he was quite tall, at 2.5 meters.

(End of this chapter)