The soldiers at the top of Stoneberry’s wall waited anxiously for Zen’s flags to fire. The strategist remained unmoving. From their perspective, they weren’t sure if he was asleep or waiting for the right time. With nothing to hold them back, the enemies rushed forward valiantly—the hobgoblins and half of the brutes charged forward from the three magician’s squad. There seemed to be a different kind of fire in their eyes that made them scarier than before.“Permission to fire, sir?!” the garrison commander shouted from atop the walls when he saw the catapults drawing back, getting ready to fire.Zen raised his hand as a signal for them to hold their fire. It was too soon to let the cannons loose. Those catapults wouldn’t reach them due to the angle of slope and gravity unless the game developer forgot to code in realistic physics.Swoosh!As the catapults let loose, Zen quickly observed their trajectory and yelled c

With the goblin lord leading the march and a magician giving the remaining goblins cover from the cannons, there was little the humans could do apart from waiting for his arrival. For them to force him to make a move personally, this batch of humans was commendable. After observing the flow of the battle for this long, the goblin lord concluded that there were no magicians among the humans. Everything was done using human inventions and tricks. Whoever the general was, he was outstanding. If he surrendered, the goblin lord might accept him into his camp as an adviser.“Stop the cannons,” Zen frowned after the blasts made no difference to the battlefield.By now, the goblin lord was already halfway up the slope. It wasn’t a particularly steep climb, but the ascent was still considerable. Zen sat on the platform, and slowly, the goblin lord’s height increased as he came towards higher grounds. That monster was huge! He had to be at least five meters t

After plenty of sleep, Zen woke up feeling hungry again. His party members were already awake, and Zen received a flurry of messages from the famished folks. Rushing to get washed and heading to the kitchen, Zen decided to check the new message sent by the Godfather. Apparently, they had yet to claim their rewards from the treasure hunt event.“Good morning!” Zen greeted hurriedly as he arrived at the kitchen. Everyone, including Damian, was already gathered. Zen also spied two familiar invigilators and greeted them before getting on with breakfast orders, starting with Liu Feng’s.Once everyone was nursing a beverage, Zen worked his magic in the kitchen. In just ten minutes, every available pot and wok were bubbling away. The heat from the stoves carried delicious scents to envelope the entire kitchen, tempting those who passed by. However, with Guild Survivor members lurking outside and acting as security, nobody else dared trespass. In just two weeks o

"Do you remember what monsters were on floor 4?” Zen asked Sasha.Shaking her head, the Draconian sniper turned to ask if anyone else in their party remembered. Unsurprisingly, nobody did. After all, they were powerful assassins. Why would they remember details about their enemies, especially those who were weak?Ring!Looking at the call notification, Zen realised that Damian was trying to connect to them. Quickly, they accepted and joined his group call.“Ahem! Can you hear me now? I sent the pedometer program to you in the mailbox. It required a little tweaking to send a program over because I doubt the academy thought there would be a programmer attending. Please let me know if you have trouble installing the software.”One by one, Damian guided everyone step by step in downloading and installing his customised software. According to the cyborg, the system administrator kept blocking his access for unauthorised codes detected in the emb

Ping!On the way back, Zen received a notification from the game. Oritha received one at the same moment, and they exchanged questioning looks. “Oh? It appears as if I can claim the smokescreen grenades too,” Damian announced through the group call. “I can also see the new main quest. That’s very convenient!”Jaw falling open, Zen quickly checked his notification. Sure enough, the updated party quest-sharing system marked the chain quest as completed for everyone in Godly Food. They claimed the rewards happily and stared at the new quest requirement that Liu Feng accepted on everyone’s behalf.===Quest: Shady Business Part 2Objective: Infiltrate the Kobold’s Mine and obtain a map layout for the Shady MerchantQuest item: Self-updating magical mapReward: 5 flash grenades===Whatever purpose the Shady Merchant had in mind for recruiting them for his scouting mission, Zen didn’t