The Last Petal Falls

By Lee Duong

Cheng Peng ignored the glaring red alarm on the system panel and strode forward in the corridor surrounded by blazing flames. The flames were like ferocious goblins, floating in all directions. From time to time, a tongue of fire licked over with the help of the mountain breeze, causing his health bar to drop a little. "

• Language: English
• Publisher: The Last Petal Falls
• Release date: May 20, 2024
• ISBN: 9798869386922

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Cheng Peng ignored the glaring red alarm on the system panel and strode forward in the corridor surrounded by blazing flames. The flames were like ferocious goblins, floating in all directions. From time to time, a tongue of fire licked over with the help of the mountain breeze, causing his health bar to drop a little.

This job of night raid is really difficult!

He laughed at himself, but his men moved ruthlessly. He thrust out with his jujube wood spear, knocking down a bandit who was holding a big knife and rushing out of the sea of fire. Then he kicked the bandit, who was only injured but not dead, to the left.

With a loud crash, the wooden wall that was broken by the fire could not withstand the impact and suddenly cracked. The bandit who was stabbed in the waist and unable to move let out a shrill scream and fell into the bottomless darkness.

Eighth. Thirty-two to go.

The thick leather boots stepped over the burning wooden boards, and the end of the corridor was right in front of me.

Another bandit rushed out.

Cheng Peng destroyed it without much effort, but the corridor engulfed in flames was already showing signs of collapse, and pieces of burning wooden boards fell from the ceiling behind him.

We have to work harder. He frowned, took a few quick steps, and finally rushed out before the entire corridor collapsed completely.

Suddenly, the view in front of me opened up to a fairly large courtyard. In the corners of the courtyard were stone locks and weapon racks, and it looked like it also served as a training ground.

In the center of the martial arts arena, several guys who were neatly dressed and much more ferocious than the previous bandits were glaring at him.

Who are you? Why are you attacking the Black Dog Village? A guy who seemed to be the leader shouted at him, Are you looking for death?

court death?

Cheng Peng smiled.

My name is Cheng Peng, Cheng Peng from the Xiyuan Army - I am a colleague of the group of people who attacked the mountain stronghold yesterday. Since they had already left the sea of fire, he was not in a hurry. Yesterday, we Xiyuan brothers were treated to your hospitality, so today I came here specially to thank you.

The bandits looked at each other, not knowing what to say for a moment.

This is a matter of course. It's just a low-level copy, and the NPC's intelligence level can't be too high. It would be weird if they could answer such a complicated question!

Actually, you don't have to think so complicated. Cheng Peng raised his spear, I am a soldier, you are bandits, it's that simple.

Yeah, what is there to talk about with a group of dungeon monsters that are destined to make players repeatedly refresh them?

Faced with five roaring bandits rushing towards him, he showed no fear and faced them with his gun.

The first thing that came over was a single sword.

Cheng Peng didn't dodge at all. His red tassel shook, and his spear pierced the bandit's chest before the knife reached him, and blood spurted out.

The bandit was hit by the bullet and his momentum suddenly slowed down. He exerted force with his waist and shoulders at the same time, and his spear shook, throwing the bandit aside. He was about to block another bandit, but he let go of the spear, rushed out half a step, and bumped sideways into the arms of the second bandit.

The bandit was holding a large axe and was extremely tall and strong. Although the axe looked gray and inconspicuous, if he was hit by it, there was no doubt that his health bar, which had already lost half of the half in the sea of fire in the corridor, would be reduced by more than half - or he would be sent directly back to Luoyang City for free to be resurrected.

But will he be hit?

of course not!

Taking advantage of the moment when the enemy lost his balance due to his collision, Cheng Peng pulled out the short knife inserted in his leggings, raised his hand and stabbed upwards, piercing the throat of the burly bandit all the way to the handle.

The bandit's body froze for a moment, but he took this opportunity to hold the bandit's right wrist with his left hand, stretched out his right hand to grab the leather armor behind his right shoulder, turned around suddenly and bent over, using his waist and arms to pull up the body that was a head taller than him, turned around a little, and threw him heavily over his shoulder, hitting a guy who was rushing towards him from behind.

After knocking down two enemies with one blow, Cheng Peng did not stop. He suddenly leaped forward and pulled out the red-tasseled jujube wood spear from the bandit who was caught by his companions before he fell down. He chased him in two steps and stomped hard on the back of the burly bandit who was bleeding from his throat, and also stepped on the back of the one who was pressed under him.

With the spear flashing, he stepped on the two enemies and fought fiercely with the remaining two bandits, waving the spear.

While fighting, he stomped hard on the chest, abdomen, head and face, without distinguishing them. All you could hear was a crackling sound, screams and the sound of broken bones, and blood foam even sprayed on his face.

After a while, the screams finally stopped, and the leader of the bandits died under his gun.

Although the bandits were low-level NPCs, they were not completely without intelligence. When faced with such a vicious killer, how could they have the courage to fight? So the remaining one immediately turned around and used his hands and feet, like a stray dog, to run away without a trace at a speed even faster than when he rushed up.

What a trouble... If we don't kill all these guys, the mission won't be considered accomplished... Cheng Peng looked at the Remaining bandits: 24 people clearly written on the task information of Eliminate the Black Dog Village in the system panel and couldn't help but sigh.

There are smart ones in artificial intelligence, such as our own talkative electronic butler, but there are also stupid ones, such as this old-fashioned system intelligence.

Obviously, even the leader of the Black Dog Village was killed by him, and the defensive walls and corridors were burning like the Olympic torch. In a few hours, this village will become a pile of ruins, and then become a repeatedly refreshed copy... He can't even count this as completing the mission, he must kill them all...

Who designed this idiotic mission? Cheng Peng complained as he widened his eyes and began searching for the remaining 24 bandits.

He liked face-to-face combat, and was not opposed to sneaking and fighting in the dark, but this kind of work of searching for remnants and eradicating the roots really made him a little unhappy.

After walking around in the burning stronghold, he eliminated several groups of bandits, found the bandit leader who had just escaped and a cook who was as fat as a Ukrainian pig, killed these two bad guys one by one, and then killed a group of guys hiding in the secret room, and obtained some cloth and silver from a rat-like character who looked like a military advisor.

However, after doing all this, there was still only one bandit left.

How strange! Where on earth is this last one?

Although I really want to find the last bandit and complete the mission perfectly, time is running out.

Not only the corridor, but the entire village was on fire.

Seeing the fire in the village burning more and more fiercely, Cheng Peng sighed - if he didn't leave now, he would be in danger.

Just as he was about to pour some water on himself to avoid being burned to death by the fire he had set, he unexpectedly found the last bandit in a broken water jar.

However, when he saw the appearance of this bandit, he was stunned.

Damn! Are there any children among the bandits?

Looking at the little guy who was only twelve or thirteen years old at most, soaking wet, shivering and unable to speak, Cheng Peng could not help but curse and suddenly felt a headache as big as a bucket.

What the hell kind of mission is this!

Before coming to the Black Dog Village, he had anticipated various possible situations - for example, the bandits might be backed by the Yellow Turbans, or perhaps this village was actually a secret fortress of a large family, or there was a top master living in seclusion among the bandits... all kinds of possibilities that could hinder the completion of the mission. However, he never thought that he would encounter such a situation just as the mission was about to be completed.

Just stab it with one shot. It's very simple.

But he was in a difficult situation.

Cheng is fearless, but he must be fearless of his own conscience.

Even if it's just a game, killing children...

After hesitating two or three times, he finally kicked the boy who was kneeling on the ground begging for mercy away.

Fuck the mission!

If I ever hear that you're a bandit again, I'll catch you and nail you to the wall and burn you to death!

Watching the kid crawling away, and seeing the words Mission Failed gradually appearing on the task panel, he shrugged his shoulders and felt a lot more relaxed.

We can do the missions and stuff later. At least I had a good time tonight.

After comforting himself, he soaked his whole body and rushed out of the fire in the corridor. Before leaving, he remembered to exercise the signature right of the first down at the wall of the village that had turned into the entrance of the copy, and carved the words Xiyuan Cheng Peng was here with the tip of the gun.

After everything was done, Cheng Peng hummed a little tune, carried a jujube wood spear soaked in blood, and swaggered away from the place that used to be the Black Dog Village.

Half an hour later.

You mean, because you didn't want to kill the child, you gave up the easy reward for the mission? A middle-aged man with ordinary appearance and a bitter smile between his eyebrows, commonly known as complaining face, frowned at Cheng Peng, Cheng Peng, why are you taking these game NPCs seriously?

It's just a game, so I don't need to embarrass myself. Cheng Peng said calmly, It's just a game, why should I force myself to do something I don't want to do?

Xu Tu, who claimed to be his military advisor, frowned for a long time, but finally shook his head and sighed helplessly.

Forget it. Everything has its pros and cons.

Since he is unwilling to go against his conscience and kill even an NPC, he will naturally not betray his friends.

Xu Tu understood this principle very well.

It is precisely because Cheng Peng is such a person that he is willing to step behind the scenes and concentrate on being a military advisor.

People standing in the front stage should shine. As for those dark things, it doesn’t matter if Cheng Peng can’t do them. He, Xu, is best at planning and implementing all kinds of conspiracies and tricks.

Let's forget about the past and look forward to the future. Do you remember recording the entire battle?

Of course. When have I ever forgotten something? I've already set up sharing for you.

That's good. Xu Tu's complaining face finally had a smile on it, Let's go offline, you go find Wend, I'll find Xiao Xiao, and we'll go to Li Wei's house to make a promotional video.

Another promotional video? Cheng Peng asked in distress, Is it necessary to do so many?

"Brands are made, fame is hyped. Don't you want to become a celebrity in the