Am I going to be controlled by the players too?

Before Leo could change direction, he was struck by the demon's hand and sent flying like a kite with a broken string. His body burst into flames in mid-air and he landed as a charred corpse.

"team leader!"

Finn's eyes were bloodshot as he watched his captain die a horrible death. His extreme rage made him lose his mind, and he slashed his own neck, causing blood to gush out like a waterfall!

"Aaaaaaah! Die!"

The giant bluestone hammer shone brightly at that moment, like a mountain descending from the sky, crushing the demon's chest!

"boom--!"

A massive cloud of dust engulfed everything.

When the dust settled and the giant hammer vanished without a trace, the massive body of the Fire Demon shattered into countless sparks, leaving only a fist-sized crystal burning with black flames and seven Origin Stones shimmering with a faint light, which fell to the ground.

Finn knelt on the ground, quickly drank a bottle of potion, stuffed his wound with his clothes, and gasped for breath.

After a long time, the bleeding was finally stopped.

The demon of burning at the stake has been successfully defeated.

He struggled to his feet, collected the embers and Originium dropped by the demon, staggered to Leo's charred corpse, removed his helmet, knelt on one knee, and whispered a eulogy to the captain's remains:

"Rest in peace, my brother. May you walk in the Lord's Kingdom, on the path paved with precious gold. May the Lord's grace and love, and the promptings of the Holy Spirit, be with you forever."

After placing Leo's body on the prison van and completing all this, he turned around and stared intently at the white-haired girl huddled in the corner with bloodshot eyes.

"Hey! Is it possible to reconcile?"

"Reconciliation? Delusion!"

Finn walked over step by step, roughly lifted Sylvia from the ground, and threw her into the prison van:

"Traitor! Lackey of the devil! You scum shouldn't live in this world! When we return to the court, I will make you taste every torture imaginable!"

"Ugh……"

Dude, I didn't actually want to kill you at first...

"Pfft!"

The moment Finn turned around, the cold blade, without any warning, pierced through his chest from behind.

Finn's body stiffened abruptly.

He slowly lowered his head, looking at the sword tip protruding from his chest, his eyes filled with disbelief.

He turned around with difficulty, looking at the expressionless white-haired girl, at the sword that appeared out of thin air, with the power to cut through his armor, and at the precise and ruthless way she killed him.

This... is something a noble lady should never do.

"Where did you... pull that sword from...?"

"demon……"

He left behind his last words, then his body went limp and he fell silent.

…………

As the night wind blew, only the sound of the wind and the chirping of insects remained in the mountains and forests.

"Destiny may bring success, but fate may also bring failure. It seems that in the end, I, Sylvia, will prevail!"

Cheng Cheng stared coldly at Finn's corpse, his eyes filled with three parts indifference, three parts mockery, and four parts nonchalance.

He stepped out of the prison cart expressionlessly and began skillfully looting the spoils. He quickly found the embers and source stones dropped by the burning demon, as well as Cicero's Sword of Righteousness.

"Obtained: Fire Seed - Burning at the stake *1: Can unleash a jet-black flame attack"

"Received: Originium*7"

Adding the two I had saved up before, and the one that Cicero dropped after the rollback, the number of Originium in my backpack finally reached ten.

Finally, I can do a 10-pull.

Just then, a light blue system notification appeared before his eyes:

Congratulations! You have successfully completed the first level of the game.

"Rating: S (Wow, that's how you solved it! That's amazing!)"

"Rewards being processed..."

"Rewards: Originium*10, Great Hero EXP*20, Snow Mountain Dragon Bone*1"

"Finally... it's over."

Cheng Cheng let out a long sigh of relief, his whole body relaxed, and an unprecedented sense of exhaustion welled up in his heart.

He plopped down on the ground, looked at the mess and corpses everywhere, and couldn't help but start complaining:

"What a terrible game... The difficulty is ridiculously high, there's practically no tutorial, and you can't even find a way to recharge. Players have to figure everything out on their own..."

"I died more than 20 times before I finally beat the first elite monster, and then there was a hidden boss and a third-party force causing trouble... This game designer knows how to make people feel disgusted."

If it weren't for the infinite rollback feature, he would have deleted the game and left long ago.

However, the sense of accomplishment from figuring things out step by step and finally clearing the game is definitely much more satisfying than those games where you can become stronger by spending money.

"Chapter 1 has been completed. You can choose to exit the game at any time or continue exploring the current world."

Note: You can return to the game at any time after exiting.

"Withdraw! We must withdraw!"

Cheng Cheng chose to withdraw without hesitation.

After playing for so long, he felt like his brain was about to stop working. He desperately needed to return to the real world, play a few rounds of "Yuanshen" to relax, chat with fellow anime fans in the group, look at the funny pictures posted by his fellow members, and unwind from his tense nerves.

"You...you're finally leaving?"

Hearing Cheng Cheng's mutterings to himself, Sylvia couldn't help but ask herself a question.

"I'm going to use the restroom and rest for a bit. I'll be back soon."

After saying that, the world in front of Cheng Cheng began to blur, and his consciousness seemed to be pulled away, rising rapidly upwards.

…………

Cold and stiff.

This was Sylvia's first feeling after regaining control of her body.

She slowly opened her eyes and found herself lying on the cold, muddy ground, surrounded by familiar barren mountains. Not far away, Finn, a member of the church's executive council, was sleeping soundly on the ground, oblivious to everything else.

Immediately afterwards, those complex and chaotic memories from before, like the lightest ice cubes, kept surfacing in her mind.

The feigned brotherhood with Cicero...

A calm and calculating approach when facing the Church's executive court...

The decisiveness and ruthlessness when summoning demons...

And finally, that ruthless backstabbing...

"vomit--"

Sylvia could no longer hold back and collapsed to the ground, retching violently, tears streaming uncontrollably from her eyes.

No, it's not.

that's not me!

That was definitely not me!

It's all that "god-like" guy's fault... Just what is that guy?

He is definitely not a god. Gods would not be so cunning, so cruel, and would not associate with demons.

He...he is the real demon!

He also said that he would be back soon—this devil has his eye on me!

Sylvia curled up on the ground, her body trembling with fear and nausea; she felt her faith, the worldview she had built up over the past decade, shattered overnight by that demon.

After a long while, she gradually calmed down, stood up, and looked around blankly.

The night remained deep, and in the distance, the howls of wild beasts seemed to echo.

Sylvia was terrified and just wanted to escape this hellish place immediately.

But... those children... those children who scattered and fled in the chaos, they are so young, can they survive in this dangerous mountain forest?

The sense of responsibility in my heart outweighed my fear.

She was Claire's daughter, and no matter what happened, she could not abandon those innocent lives—even if her own life was in danger.

Sylvia took a deep breath, wiped away her tears, her eyes hardened again, carefully discerned the direction, and began to walk towards the path the children were most likely to take to escape.

Everything that happened tonight was a nightmare she couldn't wake up from. But she knew that until she found all the children and brought them home safely...

She cannot fall.

…………

Gaming guru: "Fate/Immortal Crown, awesome!"

Exit the game and return to reality.

Cheng Cheng wrote a lengthy post of several hundred words on Baidu Tieba, analyzing the advantages and disadvantages of this new game:

The technology is undoubtedly top-notch. In an era when virtual reality headsets were just being released, they were able to develop such a realistic sensory simulation system that could even simulate taste, smell, and the dizziness of being drunk. This groundbreaking achievement is comparable to when Megvii brought a top-tier open-world adventure game like Genshin Impact to mobile platforms.

The AI ​​dialogue is also exceptionally well done. Coupled with modeling and physics engines that are almost indistinguishable from the real world, it doesn't feel like something from a small studio. Its level is enough to win a full sweep of this year's TGA awards and meet the great "GenShen" at the top.

The disadvantages are also obvious.

The storyline is guided by a debate, and while an open world is fine, it's too free, lacking any core driving force. Moreover, the difficulty curve is designed to prevent players from completing the game, with numerous monetization opportunities but no in-app purchase options, resulting in a terrible gameplay experience.

Secondly, as a gacha game, the creation of beautiful girls is particularly important.

However, Cheng Cheng forcibly controls the female lead throughout the game, while Sylvia can only express her dissatisfaction in her mind. It's difficult to create a good character like that... In this respect, it feels inferior to "The Primordial God".

At the end of the post, Cheng Cheng included a link to the game "Destiny: Immortal Crown".

Perhaps because he frequently engages in online arguments, he has attracted a lot of attention; as soon as the post was published, both fans and enemies left comments below it.

Tieba user - Lunar Colony: "Fate/Grand Order: Immortal Crown? Is it a new Type-Moon game? I don't know about it. Is it as good as Fate/Grand Order?"