My Players Are So Fierce

“First floor: Cleared!”

“Zone A on the second floor is mostly cleared. We’re currently eliminating the retreating Ratmen and some troublesome bioweapons.”

“Zone B is under attack by what seems to be a ‘Werewolf’ entity. We need support!”

“The third floor is occupied! Some Heretics are hiding in the food storage area, attempting to negotiate with us, willing to trade their research results. Should we capture them as prisoners?”

One hour and twenty-five minutes after the assault operation began, the Player Corps received continuous reports of success. These updates were constantly relayed to “Lady Shui” and then passed on to Lady Natalie for assessment.

The difficulty of this battle was extremely high, not only because the strange power system of the R-9 base was completely different from the outside world’s “sword and magic,” but also because the scholars of the Scholar Faction, though not adept at combat, constantly devised all sorts of weird things to aid the battle, completely disrupting the original operational plan.

The players and Blood Covenant hunters had to adapt on the fly, as the base also contained some extremely harsh “instant death” mechanisms.

For instance, during the pursuit, the unfortunate student party accidentally entered a corridor filled with slicing lasers, reminiscent of a classic Resident Evil scene, resulting in total annihilation except for Cheche, who escaped using a random adventure teleport.

The direct consequences of such damnable “instance design” and “Terrain Kill” were that, even though the base was largely occupied, the player’s army suffered losses exceeding half of its strength, which was terribly heavy.

Such heavy losses were not only due to the high strength of the monsters and disgusting instance terrain, but also because, before the operation, leaders of major guilds insisted their players protect the NPCs, aiming for a perfect rating.

As a result, at least a third of these tragic deaths were caused by players sacrificing to protect NPCs.

However, considering they could reappear lively in three days, Commander Lady Natalie could proudly proclaim zero casualties for this operation!

“Where are Lady Lena and Lord Yvette?”

Natalie was resting at this time.

The Watcher Holy Blade in her hand had cut down a lot of bizarre entities along the way, now in a frenzied state, rebuking Natalie for lacking endurance, complaining that only mature men can satisfy its strange preferences.

For this, Natalie merely saw it as the Sacred Blade doing its oral exercise.

In the psychological counseling session by Crow, a substantial part was persuading her to reassess her relationship with the Holy Blade more rationally, which Natalie found quite reasonable, thus adopting an increasingly aloof attitude toward the Sacred Blade.

Yet this Sacred Blade was quite a rogue.

The cooler Natalie acted, the more the Watcher felt she had a “strong demeanor,” becoming more handy in use.

Faced with Natalie’s inquiry, “Lady Shui” reviewed the recent intelligence summary and responded:

“Lady Lena is dealing with a half-elemental, intelligence-enhanced Cannibal Demon in F Zone on the first floor, marked as the 9th bioweapon, which is probably the most dangerous bioweapon in the R-9 base.

Lord Yvette led a ten-person squad into the pathways below the third floor for hunt and cleanse.

Dusk is breeding mutant Ratmen here. According to the Blood Covenant Hunters’ report, the Ratmen here are smarter and more dangerous than those outside, and Lord Yvette cannot allow them to escape uncontrollably.”

“Hmm.”

Natalie nodded, closing her eyes for a moment of thought, then asked:

“What about the base’s leader? Didn’t Miss Biqi report she was trying to capture the ‘Explorer’ leader?”

“There’s been no news back yet, but the capture operation has likely failed since the dangerous ‘Werewolves’ now roaming across the second and third floors burst forth from their combat area, causing significant casualties to the Rock Dwarves.”

“Lady Shui,” proving herself an excellent deputy candidate, detailed her speculations to Natalie, causing the White Knight Huntress to frown.

She immediately stood up, lifting the Watcher, and the elite Witch Hunters beside her also rose.

This was clearly a move to capture the dangerous leader of the R-9 base.

Don’t be fooled by Natalie just being a silver White Knight; wielding the Watcher Holy Blade and possibly under Avalon’s attention, she could almost be hailed as a “reserve saint,” with combat performance far exceeding the silver tier.

“Lady Shui,” holding the green speed relic, followed behind. Her “exclusive mount,” Brother Huozi, closely followed his wife with a large shield, embodying a “husband follows wherever wife leads” trend.

But as they hadn’t walked far in this bizarre metallic base, a report from Ambo reached Lady Natalie’s Adventure Assistant. Responding to the communication request, the White Knight Huntress heard Ambo on the other end shouting:

“We captured an important person, Captain. That guy is He Lu’s mentor, a Spiritual Energy traitor of the Circle Tower; Niu Niu interrogated him. He said this base has a hidden fourth underground level, with an entrance deep in the third-floor F-217 warehouse, having a concealed downward spiral staircase.

But there’s something very dangerous there!

It’s a trap!

Don’t go there alone, have two Golden Ones lead the way!”

“Received! Your intelligence is timely, Ambo.”

Natalie paused for a moment, then answered: