Dark Sand: My Players Are All Actors
Chapter 89 - 84 This Isn’t Fair!

Chapter 89: Chapter 84 This Isn’t Fair!

On the city walls, Meng Yuan fought alongside other players.

Perfectly coordinated, flawless, seamlessly integrated.

In fact, as a legitimate Order Restorer, Meng Yuan could use the exclusive talents of the soldier, assassin, scholar, and Ranger in battle, which he indeed stealthily did, but no player could tell; they all thought he was just an ordinary Ranger player.

The reason was simple: the exclusive talents of other roles were actually passive effects, and even when activated, they weren’t that noticeable.

As for the scholar’s overwhelming righteousness, Meng Yuan found that quietly reciting a few lines of poetry to himself during battle could also be effective.

In short, Meng Yuan’s current performance was entirely in line with his persona: a Ranger whose skills weren’t the absolute best, but who could stand shoulder to shoulder with top Ranger pros by relying on his brilliant brain circuits, exceptional luck, and his unique talents, especially in support roles.

He even earned many admiring glances from other players, which made Meng Yuan feel a bit embarrassed.

After a period of bloody combat, the city walls were littered with the bodies of bandits, and their offensive had noticeably slowed, showing signs of fatigue.

"How’s the situation inside the city? Should we send some people to support?"

"I don’t know, I don’t think they’ve asked for help."

Casually killing off the last of the bandits who climbed the wall without knowing any better, the players on the wall stopped and felt a bit at a loss, unsure of what to do next.

It was at this moment that they heard someone shouting loudly from below.

"Whoa!"

This was followed by a commotion.

The players on the city walls were startled, wondering if some powerful leader or boss had breached the city and if they should support?

But looking down from the city wall, they saw the bandit chief excitedly bouncing around on his warhorse, waving a cross spear, and charging towards the city gates.

Behind this bandit chief, many other bandits followed suit—some in heavy armor, some dragging cross spears, and others holding two Eastern Barbarian blades—all of them running excitedly after the chief towards the gate.

The players on the walls exchanged puzzled looks, quite bewildered.

"What’s going on?"

"Are the bandits fleeing? No, that can’t be right, aren’t demons supposed to be fearless and never retreat according to the settings?"

"That’s not bandits, those are other players!"

"Damn! They’re trying to snipe kills! What are you waiting for, hurry and follow them!"

The players on the city wall hesitated for a moment before realizing that these players below were extremely cunning!

They had taken advantage of the distraction to counterattack the bandits, aiming to snipe kills!

The battle on the city wall had not finished before the struggle below had already drawn towards its end. Several bandit leaders who were commanding the troops had been taken out by the players; their weapons and the armor they wore were all divided among them.

The most outrageous part was that with victory in hand, some players even tried to knock a bandit chief off his horse, and stole the horse too!

Thus, armored in heavy gear and holding a cross spear, and now mounted on a warhorse, a player had forcefully and manually switched his class to an Eastern Barbarian General before the game system in "Dark Sand" ever opened the class transfer option.

Meng Yuan glanced over; the player’s name was Fan Cun, and he was also a well-known infantry player on the ranks. Meng Yuan and Shangpin had paid attention to him before.

His most notable characteristic was if Zhao Haiping’s intelligence was a 9, then his intelligence would only be a 1.

He was truly skilled in combat, but it seemed he had traded his intelligence for it.

By this time, Fan Cun had donned a set of full-body armor and mounted his warhorse, clearly having an excessive sense of self-confidence. He rode around inside the city a couple of times to get used to it, trying to rediscover the feeling he had when he first acquired the "Skilled Rider" talent.

He originally wanted to test out his cross pike against a few bandits to see if there was a disparity between the buyer’s show and the seller’s show with the bandit leaders, but to his disappointment, he found that the bandits within the city had already been mostly cleared out by the other players, leaving only a few stragglers stubbornly resisting.

What a letdown!

He then noticed that there were still plenty of bandits outside the city, so with a "wo-hoo," he charged out on his horse!

His teammates, who were still scavenging the spoils of war and considering swapping their weapons for the bandits’ longspears and Eastern swords, saw that Fan Cun was charging out alone. They quickly realized what was happening and immediately followed.

If the bandits wouldn’t come to us, then we’ll go to them!

After all, they were all just bandits; the sooner they were eliminated, the sooner it would be over. One person acting recklessly was a mere delivery, but a group of people acting recklessly was called a surprise attack.

The players were in high spirits after their recent fierce battle, feeling their appetite for fight was not yet satiated.

Although many players had already died and used up their re-spawn attempts, the remaining players felt no sadness or hesitation due to the loss of their companions. Instead, they were even more excited!

The fewer the comrades, the bigger the stage!

Atop the city walls, Chu Song also saw Fan Cun charging out alone and frowned, but still shouted, "Everyone, prepare for a counter-attack! The two reserve teams in the city, follow up, and the thousand-men team on the walls, start advancing forward to support the Ranger and encircle the bandits!

"The decimated units, check the map and team panel to reorganize, maintain formation and don’t charge recklessly. There’s plenty of bandits left, enough for everyone!"

As the commander, Chu Song naturally disliked this kind of undisciplined behavior, but considering this was the players’ first large-scale national war and they hadn’t undergone systematic training, it was impossible for the players to be taught and follow orders perfectly from the start.

The emergence of some hot-headed players was inevitable.

Since the onslaught of the demons had already begun to weaken, Chu Song still issued the order to counter-attack nonetheless, allowing other players to provide cover and coordination.

After the battle was over, they would consider these issues in the debrief.

...

"Continue the siege!"

The tall Monk Soldiers had already reached the front line. By now, both city gates were wide open, and the demon’s forces had suffered heavy losses, so the remaining bandits were no longer climbing the walls but instead concentrated their forces on attacking the main gate!

Both factions stood firm near the city gate, engaged in a brutal melee combat.

The towering Monk Soldiers, wielding large scythes, charged towards the city gate. Their strength was even greater than the average bandit leader, and they believed that as long as they could break through the defenses of the natives and allow their troops to enter the city, they would inevitably turn the tide.

However, before the Monk Soldiers could reach the gate, they saw a bandit leader on horseback wielding a cross pike, impaling a bandit wielding an Eastern sword and dragging him along the ground for quite a distance!

The players themselves were at best on par with ordinary elite bandits in strength, but the cross pike, with the added force of a cavalry charge, had an exaggeratedly devastating effect.

Seeing this scene, both the Monk Soldiers and the bandits were stunned.

What’s going on? Defected?

But they’re all demons, how could there be any talk of defection!

It wasn’t until that bandit leader charged at the Monk Soldier again on horseback that it noticed there wasn’t any dark aura on the opponent’s body. It was clearly a native who had donned the bandit leader’s armor!

Watching the cross spear stab towards it, the Monk Soldier swung the broad naginata, parrying the long spear.

With a huge clank, Fan Cun’s hands were numbed from the shock, almost losing his balance and falling from his horse.

"Wait, could this be a mini boss?"

Fan Cun reined in his horse and turned back, only now noticing that this Monk Soldier was a good two heads taller than the other bandits, unnaturally bulky, and dressed in a distinct fashion.

"Come quick, we’ve spawned a mini boss!"

Fan Cun shouted, and the players following him swarmed up, encircling the Monk Soldier.

All eyes were on the Monk Soldier’s naginata, their covetous gazes making no secret of their desire.

Clearly, it was a valuable item!

The Monk Soldier’s dark eyes shifted, showing a surprised expression, and for a moment, it was even hard to tell who the real demon was.

...

"That Eastern Barbarian General over there must be the ultimate boss of this instance, right?"

"Shall we try to take it down?"

"Can we do it with just this few of us?"

"No worries, we’ve still got one life left, even if we die, we can just probe its weaknesses."

The Ranger players all looked to Yun Ying, waiting for his final decision.

Previously, the Ranger group of a thousand had busted out of the south gate of the county town, circled around to the flank of the demonic bandit army, striking and moving, causing great trouble to these bandits.

Each of these Rangers had the unique talent "Hero Leaves No Trace," and they were fighting in extremely open terrain, with steadfast will and smooth communication. The bandits were repeatedly infuriated, trying to encircle them, but always failed, managing to break out every time.

However, they were still fighting on the demon’s turf. Although they had restrained many demons, this thousand-man team had gradually lost more than half, now only 300 or 400 remained.

As the tide of the frontal battle seemed to be turning, the thoughts of these Ranger players became more active.

They set their sights on that Eastern Barbarian General, who was directing the battle with a round fan!

If they could take out this General... could they directly end this war?

To venture deep alone and slay a general, pluck the flag - this sounded full of swagger!

Ordinary soldiers would not dare to make such a suicidal move at this time, but these players knew they still had a chance of resurrection even if they died, and immediately became eager to try.

Yun Ying exchanged opinions with Chu Ge who was far away on the city wall, and then decisively nodded, "Charge!"

The game players immediately sprung into action, charging towards the leading Eastern Barbarian General!

...

Within the bandit army’s formation, the Eastern Barbarian General dropped the round fan.

In the frontal battlefield, the bandits were already revealing signs of defeat, and the addition of the Monk Soldier hadn’t been able to turn the tide of the battle but had been surrounded by a dozen of the elite warrior players, stuck in a fierce battle.

And on the flank, those remaining 300-plus Rangers, they were actually attempting to break into the formation to execute a beheading operation!

Why were these native phantoms so fierce?

This was completely unfair!

Just when defeat seemed imminent, yet unable to find the Reincarnator, the demon that had possessed the body of the bandit general could no longer hold back.

"I will not believe you won’t show yourself after I slaughter all these natives!"

Black smoke began to pour continuously from the seams of the Eastern Barbarian General’s armor, and its body began to swell massively!

A longsword stabbed from diagonally behind, aiming for the gaps in its armor!

The Rangers had given their all, but in the end, only a few like Yun Ying managed to get close to the bandit general.

Yun Ying had little hope initially, but when he saw the bandit general motionless, his heart leapt with excitement.

Could a sneak attack be successful? Hit the jackpot?

But the next second, his longsword seemed to stab into hard rock, unable to penetrate even a fraction.

Instead, thick black smoke kept spreading, engulfing everything around!

Within the black smoke, the body of the Eastern Barbarian General swelled many times over, and the dark energy from the bandit soldiers around it was continuously drawn out and funneled into its body, causing it to swell even more!

Yun Ying hadn’t even had time to realize what was happening when a massive hand came slapping towards him.

"Boom!"

Yun Ying was sent flying, and even at 20% pain sensitivity, it felt like he had hit a wall, his bones trembling!

Luckily, that sensation was only momentary, and then he was back at the revival point in the county town.

He was one-shot!

A huge dark cloud rose, and the players on the battlefield all froze, turning to look in the direction of the Eastern Barbarian General.

Countless streams of dark energy were pulled from the bodies of the bandit soldiers, converging towards that enormous figure. A massive monster appeared on the battlefield!

The players were flabbergasted.

Was the demon not playing fair?

They had agreed on a cold-weapon combat, and now you’re pulling out magic tricks?

This was not fair!

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