Chapter 1 Prologue 0 (1/2)
Chapter 1
The sky was covered by tens of thousands black clouds. The sound of cries, death throes, rain storm, and occasionally the sound of thunder were mixing together.
”Follow the child of heaven!”
”Follow the prince!”
”The Han is dead!”
”Long live Yellow Turbans!”
Below the sky lied the battlefield, a young man wearing a yellow headband and a full set of leather armor was charging into the Imperial army formation. Behind his back, a formation of militias, wearing similar yellow head bands and bandanas, were also charging into the opposite files of formation.
”Zhang Tong is isolated. Surround him!”
”Stop the Yellow Turbans!”
”That monster Zhang Tong is in front. Kill him!”
”Protect the general!”
The yellow headband young man in the front of his troops was Zhang Tong. He was swinging his blade and danced into enemy soldiers dense formation, killing over dozen men in his path. However, he was isolated from his troops. He did not make any mistake in troops commanding or fell into any trap. He purposely dove into the enemy ranks.
”Zou Jing, you coward. How long are you going to keep hiding!?”
Zou Jing, a general of the imperial force, who was being protected by his personal guards, was hiding timidly behind his guards back and was looking around for a chance to get away from this place as fast as he could. His demeanor was nowhere of that of a dignified leader of a battalion.
”Retreat! Sound the retreat!”
Zou Jing shouted as if it were his last word in his life. He crossed with Zhang Tong in the past and witnessed Zhang Tong's ”magic”. That ”magic” still traumatized him even in his sleep. Seeing Zhang Tong within 100 meters in front of him caused his legs to go limb and all his strength escaped him.
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”Brother, we need to help the general. Let's hurry.”
”Understood, I'll be going then.”
”Hah! Second brother is trying to gain more credits. I won't lose to you. I'm going too!”
Three men on the horses, were leading a battalion of a thousand militia footmen in the front. Seeing that Zou Jing Battalion was in disarray and the Yellow Turbans Army were at advantage. They decided to rush in and help. Their troops were form for the purpose of eliminating the Yellow Turbans Army in the first place so there was no reason not to help.
The tall man in front spared no time and rushed in between Zou Jing and Zhang Tong.
”Brat. You go no further.”
A tall red face man with the blue dragon halberd, was charging forward and was making a bee-line toward Zhang Tong. A savage scruffy beard man and a scholarly looking man on a full set of iron armor were following behind.
'Damn it. Those three hypocrites really appear here. I thought they were in other platoon. The novel version said they would appear later to help Zou Jing but it seems they were in the same platoon from the start.'
Zhang Tong recognized the people that were coming after him. They were the important historical figures in the East Han and Three Kingdoms eras. The person in front were none other than Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and Liu Bei.
'I only have one bullet left. Unless I can get close to Zou Jing and kill him with my blade, I can't afford to use it on them.'
Zhang Tong clenched onto his 9mm Glock pistol in his left hand. His right hand was still holding a bloodstained blade. He was saving his last bullet for the emergency. But now he was facing his dilemma.
'I should have save some bullets. I was too immature.'
Zhang Tong relied in his pistol too much in the past. Most of his bullets were wasted on ordinary soldiers before this battle.
'Should I change trend of the history here and now for my benefits in the long run, or should I focus on the mission at hand.'
He glanced at his mission status in the corner of his eyes.
**Main Mission**
Mission Clear Condition: Kill Zou Jing.
Mission Fail Condition: You die, Zou Jing escape, or time limit exceeded.
Mission Clear Reward: 10,000 years of lifespan. Bonus experiences for all your active skills.
Mission Failure: Your location will be shown on the system map to other players for 1 year.
Time Limit Remaining: 1 hour 39 minutes
System Note: Bowsette is bae.
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'No, I have to finish the mission or I'm dead. The punishment for failure is too harsh.'
Zhang Tong dreaded the other players. They were all otherworlders just like him and all of them had at least one unique cheat in their arsenal. Therefore, revealing his location on the HUD map were tantamount to a suicide.
'I wanted to kill you three idiots so bad. But it seems you are fated to live on a little longer.'
Zhang Tong looked in front of him, locating Zou Jing and his personal guards.
'Roughly 40-50 meters between the target and me. I can do it.'
”Time Stop!”
Zhang Tong shouted. The atmosphere around him suddenly paused and the world became greyscale. The rain drops and mud-water-splash on the ground paused in mid-air. Guan Yu and his horse that were charging at him stopped in mid-motion. The chaotic ambience screams became silent. Only Zhang Tong retained his movement, the yellow clothes on him were the only color remained in the world and so his consciousness.
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**Skill Status**
[Time Stop] LV.2
- Stop time and space flow in your current universe for 10 seconds.
Skill Cost: 10 years of the host lifespan.
Skill Restriction: Can only be used once per day. Skill resets at midnight.
System Note: Try activating this skill by shouting ”The W*rld”, you will be surprised!
[Firearms Creation] LV.1
- Create any firearm or bullet of your choice.