A different world game? A different world game!

As Cana listened to Alyris's story, he couldn't help but rub his temples.

These damned sewer rats are now hiding in their shells and fighting a defensive war.

But under these circumstances, this battle has no choice but to be fought.

The other side was clearly stalling for time, waiting for their evil rat to ascend to godhood.

Once they succeed, they will have confidence, since these guys inherently possess the essence of evil gods, only they were "activated" in advance by those four evil gods.

For a moment, Kana was conflicted, unsure whether to be grateful to the four evil gods or to hate them.

If the enemy succeeds, the rats will be able to turn the tide, switch the roles of offense and defense, and then they will surely let the Night's Watch taste their power.

"It's alright, I've prepared secret weapons for these damned rats. Once the war starts, these secret weapons will be deployed to the battlefield and tear through the rats' defenses," Kana said with a sneer.

While the enemy was making preparations, he was naturally not idle either, and with the more information he had, he was even more well-prepared.

The reason he was willing to temporarily cease hostilities and regroup after regaining half of the land was because he was confident that the advantage of time would be on his side.

Of course, the timing is crucial; otherwise, the advantage will shift to the opponent.

"However, according to the intelligence we received, these rats seem to have different deployments in different areas, and they should have prepared some special measures to defend against our attack."

Furthermore, according to eyewitnesses, more modified rats have appeared in the enemy camp, many of whom have fallen under the influence of the four evil gods and received even more blessings.

Hearing this, Kana waved his hand casually: "Don't take it to heart, it was expected. Just consider it as more rats becoming our experience points."

……

At a junction in a certain war zone, a force of "Guardians of Light," composed entirely of Night Watchers, has assembled.

This unit has only two hundred people in total, but if you look closely, you will find that nearly half of them are new recruits.

Zahanu is one of the newcomers.

At this moment, he was wearing the standard Night's Watch armor, holding a weapon, and following closely beside the captain.

Within the Guardians of Light unit, the Night Watchers operate in groups of five, with multiple groups forming larger teams to coordinate their operations.

Zahanu belonged to the cavalry unit, and he rode a fully armored chocobo.

That's right. Because he joined the cavalry, he chose the [Beast Taming] secondary profession. He hopes to improve his skills as soon as possible so that his mount can also be digitized like him.

At this moment, a small eagle was perched on his shoulder, serving as his "eyes".

"Set up camp here. Teams three, five, and seven, head in these directions respectively. If all goes well, there should be rat patrols there; take them out."

"Those guys don't dare stick their hands out now; they're probably all keeping their hands tucked in obediently," the commander ordered.

The team leaders nodded in agreement, then led their respective team members on chocobos and quickly departed in different directions.

Zahanu was in the fifth squad, and he was feeling a little nervous.

His teammate approached him and comforted him with a smile, "Don't worry, everyone feels this way on their first mission. Everyone gets nervous. You'll be fine in a few days."

Zahanu nodded after hearing this.

The main reason he was nervous was that his level was not up to the average level of the team.

Their captain is level nine, and I heard that if he is given some more time to train in the Tower of Trials, he may be able to reach level ten.

The other members of the team were at least level eight, but Zahanu was not even level five. He didn't even qualify to enter the Tower of Trials.

"You're a lucky newcomer," another colleague said with a smile.

Seeing Zahanu's puzzled expression, his colleague explained, "Most of these rats now provide experience points."

"Because they attracted those vile external evil gods, numerous in number but weak in strength. We people don't have many opportunities to gain experience from them anymore, but it's different for you. This is an excellent opportunity for you."

"Do your best on this mission, and you'll be able to catch up with everyone in no time."

No sooner had he finished speaking than another colleague chimed in with a smile: "That's right, don't let my high rank fool you, I've only been here for less than a year."

With his teammates chiming in, Zahanu quickly calmed down.

"Stop talking, I've spotted the rats," the captain, who was walking at the front, reminded them.

As soon as the words were spoken, everyone immediately fell silent, leaned forward slightly, placed their hands on their weapons, and were ready to engage in battle at any moment.

Zahanu performed the same movements as she had previously trained.

The captain's chocobo flapped its wings, and an invisible wave spread outwards, enveloping every chocobo.

Then, the sound of the chocobos running completely disappeared. Keep in mind, a group of heavily armored people riding chocobos through the forest would make quite a commotion, but now they were completely silent.

Zahanu's eyes widened as she tried to suppress her surprise, silently telling herself, "Don't act like someone who's never seen the world before."

They moved silently and quickly circled around to a small hill, where they saw rats disguised and lurking in the jungle below, cautiously scouting the surroundings.

"Let me see. There are three reconnaissance teams in total, scattered quite a bit, and there are quite a few of them, almost a hundred in total." After one of the team members finished speaking, he looked at the captain and waited for instructions.

Without much thought, the captain turned to look at Zahanu in the team.

"Haha, I knew it," one of the team members grinned.

The team member who said he had joined less than half a year ago had a gloating expression on his face.

Looking at the expressions on her companions' faces, Zahanu had a bad feeling, as if some troublesome thing was about to happen to her.

Sure enough, the captain said, "There aren't many rats here, about a hundred. There are three reconnaissance squad leaders, each of whom is around level four or five. However, the rats are generally weaker than humans."

Furthermore, you have already received the Night's Watch's blessing, so go forth and take care of them all by yourself.

"Huh?" Zahanu couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

“Me?” He pointed to himself, his face full of disbelief.

The captain, expressionless and clearly not joking, nodded: "Mm."

"Will it work?" someone muttered quietly.

"It can be done," the captain said firmly.

Since the captain had said so, and Zahanu was a warlike person, he nodded solemnly in agreement.

"Then it's settled. You wait here for a moment, then ride your chocobo over their heads. Don't let your chocobo participate in the battle yet; feed it experience after it can be digitized."

The rest of you, spread out in your previous formation and surround all the rats. Don't kill them. If any run away, drive them back so Zahanu can kill them all.

"Yes!" the team members responded in unison. (End of Chapter)