Chapter 2

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Ian immediately stood up, putting on his helmet. “I’m going to take a look.” As he said that, he hurriedly stood up and walked out of the door.

“I’ll go too. I feel well enough now.” Su Chen stood up and put on a set of armor beside the table. He also wanted to follow.

“Humph! Then you’ll have to take care of yourself out there.” Ian said that. In fact, Su Chen was also rescued by him yesterday. He casually picked out a sturdy knight’s spear and a handy round shield for Su Chen.

Su Chen also understood the character of this tough guy. He did not show mercy on his words, but he still took care of him. He chuckled, “Don’t worry, I’m very smart.”

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The sky was already brightening in the early morning,

The militia and guards rushed to the south of the town in twos and threes.

“Civilians, stay in your homes! Seal the doors and windows! We’ll take care of this!” The guards shouted as they ran on the street.

Outside the houses by the road, the residents were also busy fixing the doors and windows with wooden planks.

Su Chen held his spear tightly in his right hand and a round shield in his left hand. He followed closely behind Ian and ran toward the destroyed wall in the south.

From afar, they could see the broken stone wall. More than a dozen militia and guards were desperately resisting the giant rats’ attack.

Militiamen carrying shields desperately stood in front. The guards holding the spears thrust through the gaps of the giant shields and attacked the giant rats.

The giant rats were the size of small pigs. Their eyes glowed with a faint green light, and their six limbs were still very thin. Their fur was wet as if they had just come out of a sewer and was abnormally tough. An ordinary knight’s spear could only pierce through its eyes, mouth, and other weaknesses.

However, their claws were huge and sharp, and the iron sheet that was attached to the giant shield was quickly torn apart by the giant rats’ fierce attacks.

“Bang!” A giant shield buckled and exploded. The militiamen directly behind were torn from the chest to the abdomen by the giant rat’s claws, and blood and flesh were scattered all over the ground.

“Damn it! Fill the gap! Don’t let them through!”

The guards on both sides stabbed their spears at the giant rat that had broken through the giant shield at the same time. One pierced through the giant rat’s gaping mouth, while the other pierced through its eyes and directly into its brain. “Go to hell!”

The giant rat that had suffered a fatal attack convulsed and collapsed to the ground.

The backup guards immediately used a new shield-bearer to replace the fallen soldier.

The wounded soldier was not dead yet. His eyes were wide open, and his open chest was spewing blood like a blower. It was hopeless.

‘What a cruel world.’ He said in his heart.

Before Su Chen transmigrated, he was a retired special forces soldier who had carried out many missions that involved killing other soldiers. However, it was a peaceful era after all, and could not be compared to the cruel killing of alien races at this time.

“Mayor, Captain Ian!! There were only a dozen giant rats left, and three were seriously injured. But the eastern wall was about to be destroyed by the attack! Please bring some people to help!” A militiaman saw Ian and Su Chen coming, he quickly went to explain the situation.

Ian adjusted the armor on his head and turned to Su Chen. “Mayor, you take a few people to guard the eastern wall. It should hold for a while. I will go to help you after I clean it up.”

After saying that, he turned around and rushed to the gap in the wall. He jumped up high and pierced a giant rat’s head with his spear. He turned around and smiled at Su Chen. “Go.”

With Ian’s participation, the defensive pressure on the south wall was greatly reduced. Therefore, the guards sent six elite knights to support the east wall.

“Mayor, the guards are at your service!”

They naturally ran in front of Su Chen and bowed.

“Let’s not waste any more time!”

Su Chen nodded and headed to the east wall area with the six guards.

Just as he was about to reach the east wall area, an electronic synthesizer sounded in his head.

[ Congratulations on activating the Strongest Lord System ]

[ Current binding status — Mayor ]

[Description: as the territory expands. The infrastructure is constantly improved, and the rewards are even more generous!]

It began to distribute the novice gift bag:

[ Congratulations on becoming a beginner magician! ]

[ Congratulations on unlocking the trees of all magic advancement! ]

[ Congratulations on obtaining two skill learning points ]

Current Mission:

[ Help the town overcome the giant rat crisis! ]

[ Reward: Basic Defensive Magic Array, 100 Twilight Knights. The final reward is given upon completion of the quest. ]

Su Chen, who was running, was slightly stunned. He quickly understood what the system meant.

If he wanted to obtain a better reward, he had to ensure the safety of the town’s residents and ensure that the town would not be destroyed.

Su Chen entered his sea of consciousness, and a huge blue ocean enveloped him.

Around him, there were ten balls of light of different colors, representing different magical trees.

With his gaming experience from his previous life, under such circumstances, attack magic and support magic were equally important. Thus, with his two main focuses, he had to choose carefully.

It would be best if he used offensive magic, along with a branch of healing support magic.

The offensive magic that had the most destructive power from the beginning was fire and thunder magic.

He looked at the red ball of light with his mind, bouncing in the distance. The framework for a forbidden fire spell appeared in front of him.

Above that spell, however, more spells stretched up high beyond his vision, but they were all covered and veiled with a film of golden mist. 

He found that only the lowest level of basic magic could be learned.

Now was a crucial time; he had to repel the attacks of the giant rat. Su Chen did not have time to study those magnificent and shocking high-level magic in detail. He directly looked at the lowest level of basic magic that could be learned.

There was only one offensive spell, [ Fireball ].

[ Fireball technique ] — Send out an offensive fireball attack.

However, the giant scarlet skin was rough and thick, and its entire body was wet. The power of the fireball technique was likely very limited.

He then tried to touch a purple ball with his mind, and it came alive with pulsating beats of electricity. 

In an instant, a brilliant purple tree of magic appeared in his mind.

The offensive power of lightning magic was stronger than that of fire magic.

Because of its penetrative properties and the paralyzing properties of its attacks, it was undoubtedly Su Chen’s best choice at the moment.

[ Lightning ball ] — shoot out a ball of lightning to attack, chance of paralyzing the enemy.

The giant scarlet rat was dark and damp and also huddled together when attacking. Its wet fur became an excellent conductor of electricity. This allowed the lightning ball to ignore the defense of most of the giant rat’s tough fur.

That’s it! Su Chen was delighted..