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One of the mercenaries looked at Hicks with a puzzled expression and asked, "Almost all of our mercenaries have joined the siege, but only Hicks's team has left the battlefield."

"Before the council member died, he said that some mercenaries escaped the city with their families and the wounded, so the rest were all executed. The situation is very chaotic now. Boss Bolt wants us to find these escapees. Whether they ran into the Seven Shields Alliance or encountered other alien races, they are in great danger. As for the fortress, don't worry, the boss has already made arrangements. By the time we find the others, the fortress will definitely have been captured!"

Hicks, clearly lacking in guile, immediately began explaining to everyone.

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Hicks' actions were clearly not what Lynch had expected. After all, with the addition of players, the Black Beast's storyline had already started to go astray. However, Lynch didn't care. He was also looking for those escaped mercenaries, and another player was among them.

As for Hicks's assertion that the fortress would definitely fall, Lynch had guessed the reason.

According to the original plot, the key to the fall of the Twin Fortresses was the betrayal of the Secretary of State, Beardsley. He destroyed the city gates, which led to the mercenaries occupying part of the city. They captured some nuns and had them raped in public by the imp, threatening the eldest princess to surrender. And the brain-dead eldest princess actually surrendered!

If the eldest princess had surrendered before those nuns were even raped, it would have been one thing, but it was only after those nuns had been thoroughly violated by the little devil and were practically sex slaves that she surrendered. Lin Qi couldn't help but deeply complain, "You're just jealous because you saw them getting fucked!"

The reason why Secretary of State Beardsley betrayed the regime was because he reached an agreement with Bolt, exchanging Princess Alicia's virginity for the Twin Fortresses.

When the eldest princess cursed and questioned him, Beardsley replied quite reasonably, "What's wrong with obeying the strong? That's how I survived. That's why I'm standing here now!"

While the eldest princess was speechless, she was brutally violated, and violated to the point of utter despair...

Bolt's squad had previously been tasked with capturing him, and it's clear Bolt used this opportunity to reach a deal with Beardsley. Ultimately, the Twin Cities fell, Beardsley obtained the elder princess's virginity as he desired, and Bolt secured the younger princess's first kill, adding both of them to the merchandise of the vassal state. The elder and younger princesses were delighted, even later starting to compete to see who did better! A happy ending for everyone!

"Boss Hicks, we've found their trail! They're heading towards Black City!"

Okay, getting off topic. After Hicks's team chased after the main force for more than ten miles in the direction given by the councilor, the mercenary group's scouts discovered the main force's tracks. To everyone's surprise, these people were heading towards Black City. However, after thinking about it for a moment, Lynch understood. They probably wanted to find Bolt's main force to join them and seek protection. They would never have imagined that Bolt was not acting as a local tyrant in Black City, but instead launched a counterattack against the mainland, heading directly towards the Twin Fortresses.

These mercenaries initially fled along a different route than Bolt's army, turning towards Black City halfway through their escape, thus avoiding a direct confrontation with Bolt's forces.

"Speed ​​up and catch up; their main force can't keep up with our squad's speed."

After obtaining information about the whereabouts of the escaped mercenary groups, Hicks immediately led everyone to speed up their journey across the wilderness. A large group can never keep up with the pace of a small team, not to mention that the large group also included many elderly, weak, sick, and disabled members who would be a burden.

"Brother Hicks, there's a fight going on ahead!"

The group pursued for half a day, seeing numerous signs of battle along the way—battles involving mercenaries and other races. The closer they got to Black City, the more casualties they saw on both sides. However, most of the mercenary casualties had been reduced to ordinary people, clearly their families. This situation puzzled Hicks's team; they found it hard to believe that a group of elderly, weak, and disabled mercenaries could have ventured so deep into the wilderness!

When everyone caught up with the main force, they saw the mercenary group fighting a large group of ogres, and they immediately showed expressions of surprise and realization!

A group of ordinary people without combat ability were used as bait, their own flesh and blood attracting the ogres' attention. Then, the mercenaries with combat ability would flank and ambush the ogres from behind, achieving victory with minimal casualties. This was the real reason why the main force had come all the way here: it was brutal, but effective.

All of this was clearly not done by the Black Beast Mercenary Group, but by the leader, a boy with a strange uniform, medium-length orange hair, and who looked like a girl. He was loudly directing the battle, and it was obvious that the mercenary group's journey here was entirely due to him.

However, when Lin Qi saw the insignia on his uniform and his face, he was completely dumbfounded!

　"Huh?! Why does this guy look familiar? Wait! Isn't that Armin Arold from Attack on Titan, the weakling?! Holy crap! Dude, did you wander into the wrong show?! Why are you in the world of Black Beasts?! What the heck! A newbie badge?! This guy is a player?! So players aren't from the same dimension after all!"

Lynch had always assumed that all the so-called players were from the real world, just like him. But when he saw Armin Arnor wearing a newbie badge, he realized that people from other dimensions could also become players in this world!

"Stop! Stop! This is the ogre leader's totem! We've formed an alliance! Cease the attack!"

After figuring out the situation, Hicks immediately raised a strange mark drawn on an animal hide and rushed in front of the ogres. As soon as the ogres saw what Hicks was holding, they roared a few times and stopped fighting. The mercenaries were also excited to see Hicks. While they were surprised, they also breathed a sigh of relief. Fighting the ogres was by no means easy.

“Hello, I am Armin Arnold. I would like to meet your leader. I have many questions about everything here.”

P.S.: Another extra chapter for everyone! I used to update twice a day, but now it's three. I'm so tired, I feel like I'm not getting enough nutrition. Thank you so much for all the generous donations! I can't repay you with my body, but I can try to update more often. I feel like repaying you with my body would be easier, since you only have three seconds of my time anyway. It takes more than an hour to update one extra page!　

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"A giant that eats people? Could it be a Cyclops?"

"Could there be other continents besides this one? How amazing!"

"You mean we're all virtual? Hahaha! That's hilarious!"

Led by Hicks, the mercenaries who escaped from the Twin Fortresses did not return to the front lines but instead entered the Black City further in. After Armin Arnor described the world of Attack on Titan to the mercenaries and explained that it was a game world, the mercenaries couldn't help but laugh.

In a way, the world Armin Arnold lived in was similar to the situation the mercenaries had faced before: colossal titans constantly attacked towns, and the Survey Corps continuously resisted. The only difference here was that the titans had become ogres, and the Survey Corps had become mercenaries. It was precisely because of this similar environment that Armin Arnold was able to command the battle as before.

Armin Arnor, one of the three main characters in Attack on Titan, has the weakest combat ability and is cowardly. He only becomes normal in the later stages. In the early to mid-stages, his only redeeming qualities are strategy and command. He can be considered a strategist who can turn the tide of battle in Attack on Titan.

"Just think of me as someone from another continent. I want to join the Black Beast Mercenary Group and help you fight, but in return, I want you to help me find something."

Seeing that the mercenaries couldn't understand what he was saying, Armin Arnold immediately sighed and changed his words, while making his request. He explained that he helped the mercenaries escape because mercenaries were the most numerous profession on the entire continent, and he hoped to find the remaining players through them.

Hicks was a straightforward person. He had already witnessed Armin Arnold's abilities, and immediately asked him, "What are you looking for?"

Have you seen this badge? I'm looking for someone who has it.

Armin Arnold readily took out his badge; his target was naturally the player with the beginner badge.

"Hey! Isn't that Lynch's badge?! You're his long-lost brother too!? That's great, Lynch... Wait, where's Lynch? He was just here!"

Upon seeing the badge, Hicks was immediately stunned and instinctively betrayed Lynch. However, when he turned around to look at Lynch, he found that Lynch was gone!

"Someone who came with you has this badge?!"

Armin Arnold raised an eyebrow, a hint of delight in his eyes. He hadn't expected to encounter a player so soon.

“Yeah, he said it was a keepsake left by his father to find his missing brothers and sisters. This guy must have gone to the toilet. Wait a minute, I'll go find him! You bastards, don't stay here, go and rest. Send someone to find out if the commander's operation is going smoothly!”

Since Hicks had already sold Lynch out, he did so decisively and even chased away the mercenaries in the room to go find Lynch himself.

Armin Arnold frowned slightly upon hearing Hicks's words, seemingly not quite understanding Lynch's actions.

Hicks didn't return for more than half an hour. Instead, Lynch appeared in front of him, carrying a thin demon corpse in his hand. This demon was different from the other scantily clad demons; it was dressed in gorgeous clothes.

"Are you another player? Which city wall are you from?"

Before Lynch could speak, Armin Arnold spoke first, looking at Lynch as if he had found a lost companion, and subconsciously assuming that Lynch came from the same world as him.

However, Lynch had no intention of wasting words with him. He threw the little devil's corpse on the ground, pulled out two knock-off egg knives, and charged at Armin Arnold like a cheetah. There was really nothing to say to a weakling like him.

"Wait! We don't actually need to kill each other..."

"What happened to the promise of being a total weakling?!"

However, it was clear that Armin Arnold's memories differed from Lynch's. Although somewhat panicked, his reaction speed was surprisingly fast. His 3D Maneuver Gear activated immediately, and he sprang up like a spring, actually dodging Lynch's attack. Lynch then launched three attacks, all of which missed. In the real world, such attacks would be enough to kill any armed police officer! It seems that the world of Titans is more cruel than imagined, even someone as weak as Armin Arnold had such a reaction.

"Wait! We can join forces... Ah!"

Armin Arnold kept shouting "Wait!" trying to reconcile with Lynch and join forces, but Lynch completely ignored him.

As an assassin trained by the organization, Lynch has always been used to working alone and carrying out the most dangerous missions by himself. In many cases, it is better to have no teammates who are not well-coordinated or strong enough. Clearly, Armin Arnold was categorized by Lynch as a bad teammate.

Lynch had exceptional patience, staying close behind Armin Arnold. Every move he made was aimed at the vital points. Suddenly, Armin Arnold cried out in surprise, and as he was catching up with the wall at high speed, he fell violently off the wall.

Lynch naturally wouldn't let such an opportunity slip by. Armin Arnold only then remembered to fight Lynch to the death and prepared to draw his knife, but it was too late. One of the two knock-off egg knives had already slashed across his throat, and the tip of the other had already pierced his heart.

After Armin Arnold showed a weakness, Lynch instantly killed him. Without the 3D Maneuver Gear, Armin Arnold was no different from an ordinary person.

"What happened?!"

The sounds of fighting attracted Hicks, who lived not far from Armin Arnold. As soon as he entered, he saw Armin Arnold lying in a pool of blood, and Lynch looting the corpse!

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"The alien royal family remaining in Black City suddenly attacked us, killing Armin Arnord and Captain Hicks!"

Faced with Hicks's questioning, Lynch didn't even raise his head. He collected Armin Arnold's beginner badge, as well as the items and magic crystals he had dropped. Perhaps because Armin Arnold had been fighting ogres, he actually had more than twenty magic crystals on him, which was quite a fortune.

After confirming that no other items had fallen, Lynch stood up and pointed to the little devil's corpse right at Hicks's feet, offering an explanation.

"There's even a royal family of alien races... Wait, something's not right! I'm not dead yet... Ah!"

Hicks then noticed the body of a minor demon and immediately knelt down to examine it. However, he quickly realized that Lynch had said he killed Armin and him, but the minor demon wasn't injured! Unfortunately, before Hicks could finish speaking, a chilling sensation pierced his heart from his back. Hicks's vision went black, and he collapsed onto the minor demon's body without even leaving a last word.

"Isn't he dead now? I'll leave the badge to you to keep it a secret for me."

Lynch watched Hicks's retreating figure and muttered to himself. When he showed him the badge, Lynch never imagined that he would one day encounter another player with the same badge. Now, Hicks could keep this secret for him forever. Not only did he hear Armin Arnold looking for the badge in his room, but everyone who had seen the badge was also dead. Lynch hadn't been idle for the past half hour.

The imp's corpse wasn't royalty; it was just an ordinary imp. Lynch had retrieved his clothes from the place where he'd previously discarded the corpses of imp royalty.

"Ding! You have killed a Tier 2 or Tier 3 mercenary, gaining 150 experience points and 23 kill points. You are currently in the novice stage, so the rewards will not be issued for now."

To Lin Qi's surprise, a system notification popped up unexpectedly after killing Hicks. This was the first time Lin Qi had received a notification after killing a target. Although the notification was essentially useless, Lin Qi still grasped the key points. It turned out that each stage had levels. Hicks was at Tier 2, Level 3. Previously, it only showed as Tier 2 without a detailed level. The so-called kill points and experience points were also appearing for the first time. Experience points were obviously used to level up, but kill points puzzled Lin Qi. However, it was clear that to gain kill points, one had to kill targets of higher tiers!

In truth, Hicks wouldn't have been so pathetic in a head-on fight, but he never expected Lynch to stab him in the back. His death was rather ignominious. If he hadn't encountered Lynch, he could have continued his reign until the very end, conquering all the queens and princesses...

After killing Hicks, the first thing Lynch did was loot the corpse.

However, Lynch found nothing of value on them. Not only Hicks, but all the other mercenaries Lynch killed were also penniless, which made Lynch complain about how miserable these mercenaries were.

The players are definitely richer; the balding uncle gave Lynch a pair of knock-off egg knives, while Armin Arnold contributed his 3D Maneuver Gear.

"Jet-type 3D Maneuver Gear: Tier 2, Excellent. Agility +5. Attached Skills: Jet, Sling. Jet: Allows for a short-distance dash after activation, 3-second cooldown, requires mana crystals, each low-grade mana crystal can be used for 5 jets. Sling: Launches a sling, which can be used for shooting or climbing, each low-grade mana crystal can be used for 3 launches, the sling must be retrieved after each use."

After reading the instructions for the 3D Maneuver Gear, Lin Qi finally understood why Armin Arnold had suddenly fallen during the battle; it turned out the device had run out of magic power.

Although this device is only at the second tier, it is still very useful for Lin Qi. For assassin-type players, the most feared opponents are those who are fast and have long reach. With the jet, Lin Qi has an extra close-range skill. Whether it is a mage or an archer, being approached by an assassin will not necessarily kill them, but they will definitely be half-dead.

As for the sling, although it may seem useless at first glance, it is extremely useful in certain situations, making it the ultimate escape technique! It's just a pity that the sling can't be sprayed continuously like Spider-Man's webs; it breaks after use…

By now, Lin Qi had seen quite a few pieces of equipment and had a general understanding that equipment was divided into levels. The highest level he had seen was the sixth-tier Dark Bible. Each tier was divided into five grades: Common, Fine, Excellent, Epic, and Legendary. As for whether there were any levels above Legendary, he didn't know.　

After inspecting the spoils, Lynch began to set up the scene to make it look like the Imp had assassinated Armin Arnold, only to be caught by Hicks and both of them died in the process.

"Assassins! The alien royal family has sent assassins! Captain Hicks and Armin have been attacked! Help!"

After setting up the scene, Lin Qi began to scream his heart out throughout the entire Black City. His acting was so realistic that even top-notch actors were impressed...

P.S.: I'm updating three times a day, and I'm still getting called slow, even ridiculously slow! As a completely new book—no contract, no online publication, no recommendations, and only five days old—what more do you want...? What more do you want from me...? I can't help but start crying and singing...

Everyone says readers are insatiable and heartless, wanting authors to update non-stop 25 hours a day—and that's absolutely true! And the loudest ones don't even give flowers or tips! This kind of behavior—like soliciting a prostitute and not paying—is utterly depraved!

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"I never expected you wouldn't die on the battlefield, but in Black City. Give you a proper burial. Hicks's squad will be led by the vice-captain. Turn Black City inside and out. Find out how these alien royal assassins got in!"

Hicks's murder in Black City plunged the entire city into chaos for some time. Just when the city was leaderless, Bolt returned in triumph with his main force. The Twin Fortresses, betrayed by Beardsley and due to the eldest princess's irrational attempt to rescue hostages, completely fell. Bolt did not stay in the Twin Fortresses but destroyed all of their defenses and returned to Black City with a large amount of supplies and prisoners, clearly intending to make Black City his base.

Bolt's joy of victory lasted only until he saw Hicks's body. He had already considered Black City his territory, but he never expected that someone would carry out an assassination here! Because Lynch's methods were professional, Bolt never suspected that it was his own people who did it.