Am I going to be controlled by the players too?

Sylvia tiptoed away from Freya's arm, walked to the door, and opened it.

Outside the door stood Navel's adjutant.

He was wearing a dark green military uniform, the collar buttoned up tightly, and there was a thin layer of sweat on his forehead.

“I’m sorry to bother you, Miss Sylvia.” The adjutant bowed at the doorway. “But there’s been an emergency, and the kingdom needs your help.”

"What emergency?" Sylvia was taken aback, thinking of the Golden Bishop of the Primordial God Cult who had died in the dungeon.

"It's a beast tide," the adjutant said gravely. "An unprecedented beast tide, expected to assault the military camp in an hour. We request Miss Sylvia's assistance to the royal army in resisting it!"

…………

The fifteenth level, the "battlefield".

This place should have been perpetual daylight, but Sylvia seemed to see a dark cloud instead.

No, that's not a dark cloud.

Instead, a dense, black mist-like tide of beasts covered the entire horizon, stretching from east to west as far as the eye could see, rushing towards them from the farthest reaches of the horizon!

"This...is this the beast tide?"

Sylvia, standing atop the city wall, stared wide-eyed.

Aside from the fourteenth floor, she had never seen so many monsters!

But those maple trees on the fourteenth floor wouldn't attack him in droves!

Even though they were still ten kilometers away, the deafening roar of running could already be heard along with the tremors of the earth. Her feet went numb, and tiny grains of sand danced in the cracks between the bricks of the city wall. The reinforced concrete city wall seemed like paper in the face of these millions of charging monsters, making Sylvia worry that the wall might be breached in an instant.

Wang Guojun... Did you always face this kind of thing when you were in the army?

"Sylvia, the defense of the western city wall is entrusted to you." Navel's voice came through the military headset. "Although we are political rivals in the queen's election, this battle will determine the safety of the kingdom. So, although it is somewhat shameful—please, lend me your strength!"

“That’s natural.” Sylvia nodded.

“You are different from the noble ladies I’ve met; you’re like a real warrior.”

Hearing Sylvia's firm reply, Navel smiled and said, "Then, I wish you good luck in your battle!"

As they spoke, the beast tide had already surged to a distance of eight kilometers.

The black mist grew larger and clearer, revealing all sorts of monsters crammed together like a pot of boiling porridge.

"First long-range strike initiated!"

One by one, the silver-rank mages began chanting incantations, raising their staffs above their heads, the tips of which shone with various colors, like a starry sky that had been ignited.

A massive magic circle unfolded in the air, like a wheel, like petals, like layers of rings, and then transformed into a rain of fireballs in the far distance. Countless fireballs, trailing long flames, crashed into the horde of beasts, exploding into orange-red flowers.

Swarms of monsters, engulfed in flames, fell howling in agony, only to be trampled into a bloody pulp by their companions.

More monsters survived and rushed to a distance of five kilometers.

"Second medium- and long-range strike initiated!"

This time, the mages collectively summoned a meteor shower.

The sky cracked open, and burning boulders emerged from the fissure, much larger than the first wave of fireballs, each as big as a house. The meteors crashed into the horde of beasts, the ground shuddering violently, dust billowing into the sky, and flying debris and flesh flying everywhere, creating one huge crater after another, the edges of which piled up with bits of flesh and broken bones.

Despite the massive magical attacks from the two groups, more than half of the monsters were killed or wounded, but hundreds of thousands still relentlessly charged forward!

"The Third Mid-Range Strike Force is initiated!"

By this time, the monsters had advanced to within three kilometers, and the soldiers who had not reached the Silver rank and could not use magic were finally able to fight back.

In the past, ordinary soldiers of the Kingdom Army could only use enchanted bows and arrows and enchanted crossbows, but now things are different!

"Boom—!"

Deafening explosions echoed one after another.

Flames exploded one after another among the beasts, brighter, louder, and more dense than fireworks.

Machine guns, cannons, bombs... Human civilization unleashed its most extreme violence, forming a metal net of bullets that firmly held back the beast tide three kilometers away!

Bullets struck the monsters, splattering blood everywhere; cannonballs landed among the beasts, exploding into pieces of flesh.

Smoke filled the air, obscuring half the sky, and the air was thick with the mixed smells of gunpowder and blood.

"Roar!"

A giant golden-tier python, the size of a house, broke through the barrage of attacks and charged straight at the city wall!

This is when the gold-level work begins!

"Pseudo-canon: Yan Longxiao!"

Freya used her strongest forbidden magic. With the blessing of the fifteenth layer of abyss buff, a fire dragon roared and pounced on the giant python, exploding into a huge fireball. It then turned into a mushroom cloud and rose up. The shock wave spread out from the center of the explosion, blowing away a bunch of magical beasts around it. The golden-rank giant python turned to ashes without making a sound!

Although she couldn't see any experience point notifications, Freya could feel herself getting stronger, so she waved the staff given to her by Navel, pointed it at another golden-tier giant wolf that had broken through the barrage of bullets, and prepared to use magic again...

"Save your mana, don't keep using your ultimate skills." Sylvia stopped her. "Try to eliminate any interference and stragglers for us, I'll handle the main attack!"

With that, she soared into the sky, her white hair scattering in the wind, and arrived in front of the giant wolf in a few seconds!

"Martial Arts Technique: Judgment of Purification!"

Using a technique similar to the one Cicero had employed, Sylvia swiftly sliced ​​through the giant wolf's head like lightning. With a flash of light, the wolf's head slid off its neck, its body still charging forward before collapsing. Without pausing, she charged towards another magical beast that had broken through the barrage of bullets!

"boom!"

A massive fire dragon grazed the hem of Sylvia's clothes, the heatwave whipping up her white hair and scorching a few strands at the ends, while turning a giant ape that was pouncing on her to ambush her into charcoal!

"Go, Immortal Board! Rise up!"

Li Xianyu stood on the city wall, took out her bamboo flute and played. The flute's mournful sound was like wind piercing through withered bones. One by one, the corpses of the already dead monsters rose and pounced on their companions; Paul, also carrying a longsword, charged alongside Sylvia, helping her defend against monsters attacking from the flanks and rear.

Looking left and right, Bugu thought to himself that he couldn't turn into his original form and rush down to feast, and he didn't have any ranged attack methods. After thinking for a while, he simulated a hallucination of himself intercepting dozens of monsters not far away and going in and out of the monster horde seven times.

Then I found a deck chair, drank the coffee that the logistics soldier brought me, and basked in the sun.

One hour, two hours, three hours...

The behemoth's attacks lasted for a full five hours, wave after wave, like an unending tide.

The gun barrels were glowing red-hot, requiring mages to cast spells to cool them down from time to time; the battlefield was filled with a mixture of gunpowder, machine oil, and burnt protein smells.

The third wave of monsters had been wiped out, leaving corpses piled up like mountains. And the black line reappeared on the horizon, farther away than before, but slowly thickening.

The fourth wave of beasts is coming.

Everyone was exhausted and collapsed on the spot, taking the time to rest.

…………

What time is it?

Sylvia took the water from the cuckoo and asked questions as she drank.

"10:30." Bugu glanced at her watch. "Would you like some coffee, Sylvia? I'll go make some more."

"No need, you should rest too." Sylvia smiled. "You single-handedly stopped hundreds of gold-tier magical beasts today... I never realized you were so amazing."

“Yes, yes,” Freya exclaimed, “If it weren’t for you, our battlefield would probably have been destroyed just like the southern battlefield!”

The news from the military camp was not kept from them. The southern battlefield was once occupied by monsters, but fortunately Navel, who was stationed in the center, arrived in time to prevent a major disaster.

“Bugu is very reliable!” Li Xianyu also came over with a smile, reaching out her hand, which was covered in corpse oil, to pat Bugu’s shoulder, but Bugu dodged away in disgust.

"It's not as amazing as everyone says~" Bugu said shyly, "It's just what Bugu should do~"

Anyway, Bugu just simulated a bunch of monsters and a simulated version of himself fighting.

"We're genuinely praising you, not flattering you, so just accept it."

Sylvia smiled, as if she wanted to say something—

Suddenly, he felt a jolt throughout his body.

Her eyes widened suddenly, her gaze clearing after a moment of confusion. She began to look around, and her pupils contracted the instant she saw the cuckoo with its head tilted to the side!

Then, he drew the sword of righteousness and slashed at the cuckoo!

"clang!"

Cuckoo retreated in time, leaning back as the sword sliced ​​through her shoulder before striking the city wall, sending bricks flying and leaving a huge sword mark on the wall!

"Sylvia, what are you doing!"

Freya and Li Xianyu quickly stepped in to block Sylvia's path!

At this moment, the white-haired girl frowned, looked around carefully, and breathed a sigh of relief after finding Freya, Li Xianyu, and Paul all safe and sound.

Then, he said to Freya, "Get out of the way, she's a monster, we have to kill her!"

"What monster? Sylvia, are you crazy?" Freya exclaimed in surprise. "Cuckoo has always been our good friend!"

Very well, have you even hypnotized my teammates?

At this moment, it was not Sylvia who attacked Bugu, but Cheng Cheng, who had quickly logged into the game after recalling everything!

Since it's hypnosis, killing the hypnotist should solve the problem, right?

Ignoring Freya and the others' attempts to stop him, Cheng Cheng flashed past Freya and Li Xianyu, charging towards Bugu!

"Om-!"

With a flash of sword light, Bugu was unable to dodge in time and was beheaded with a single sword strike!

Cheng Cheng brandished his sword, shaking off the blood. Cuckoo's head rolled to the ground, its eyes wide open in death!

The entire audience was stunned!

Li Xianyu's lips trembled, then she broke the silence, screaming at the top of her lungs:

"Sylvia, what have you done?!"

"Sylvia, what's wrong with you...?"

Paul's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets; he never imagined that the young lady would kill her teammate for no reason!

Freya stood beside Cheng Cheng, lost in thought, but still with a strange expression on her face.

"Sylvia, what are we going to do now?!" Li Xianyu asked anxiously. "Without the cuckoo, how are we going to fight off the beast tide?!"

"It's simple, I'll just fight back."