After Duke William left, Blood Spider looked at Bai Pu, slightly confused: "What happened?"

Bai Pu said flatly: "It seems I can congratulate you; there's a clue for your career change quest."

"??" Blood Spider's eyes were filled with question marks, "Are you saying Duke William is the key figure for my career change quest? But he just mentioned it briefly without much detail."

Bai Pu said: "Duke William mentioned the word 'Hunter,' which means he has a rather deep understanding of the Blood Curse Hunter profession. As the main boss of the faction, he is certainly qualified to offer guidance on your career change quest.

"As for why he didn't say more… do you understand the principle of equal giving and receiving?"

Blood Spider nodded vigorously: "I understand, I need to improve faction reputation and Duke William's favorability, right."

"Not faction reputation, but battle merit."

Bai Pu patiently explained, "You should have participated in the 'Blood Rose War (Prologue)' world event, right?"

Blood Spider nodded quickly: "I haven't confirmed it yet; I want to hear your opinion."

"Click confirm."

Bai Pu explained: "Duke William's favorability is not so easy to improve; you should start by gaining battle merit, preferably charging to the top in merits. It's like a company boss would pay more attention to the top sales champion under him; then perhaps you can receive guidance from Duke William."

Of course, even if you receive guidance from Duke William, it doesn't mean Blood Spider can directly complete the second career change quest. After all, she's already Level 6, the key steps to completing the quest are certainly in the Advanced Spirit Realm.

Duke William's guidance can provide a path for her to take, which is equally important.

Blood Spider pulled out her notebook and began writing rapidly before asking: "With you around, I probably can't reach first in battle merits, right?"

Bai Pu shook his head: "I am going to do an important task alone next. This task can't be completed in the short term, and battle merit can only be acquired when submitting the task. In other words, my battle merit will stay at around 300 points in the short term."

Blood Spider said: "You want to do the task alone? You don't need my help?"

Bai Pu shook his head: "You'd better stay on the frontline, under Duke William's command, take more tasks and kill more of Blood Ring's strong foes. After gaining enough battle merit, you can then seek Duke William for clues about the next steps."

Blood Spider nodded repeatedly, resembling a poor student who pretends to understand after listening to a lecture.

…

The Blood Rose War has begun.

After the main army of the Divine Luo Expeditionary Army led by Duke William arrived, they had initially planned to rest for a while and wait for Qin's new antidote to be made.

But the Blood Ring Fortress would not wait idly.

After Malmo City fell, the Blood Ring Fortress continually dispatched armies, gathering a formidable Blood Ring Mutant army from within Norway and Tsarist Russia to march on the front lines!

The Divine Luo Expeditionary Army and the Blood Ring Mutant army engaged in a massive battle on the northern plains of Malmo City.

One by one, new mutant troops showcased their abilities.

The Blood Ring Scout Team, capable of short-distance flight, sprouting fleshy wings.

The Blood Ring Long Halberd Knight Legion, riding warm-blooded horses, clad entirely in heavy armor decorated with blood-colored patterns.

A vast number of Dead Plague vanguard troops… and a small number of Deep Red Death Plagues.

It's fortunate that the "Deep Red Death Plagues" are currently scarce, as this new plague variant has not yet spread widely, and the antidote previously made by Qin remains effective.

This war is unbalanced.

In terms of soldier quality, the Divine Luo Expeditionary Army certainly can't match the Blood Ring Mutant army; after all, expedition soldiers are human, they fear death, and can see their morale collapse!

But regardless of how severe the casualties, the Blood Ring Mutant army will not retreat one step, unless the leader holding the Upper-Rank Blood Ring Curse Seal—Marshal Horn—orders a withdrawal.

The advantage of the Divine Luo Expeditionary Army lies in its numbers, capable of tasking several militia to beat up a Dead Plague! When it comes to elite levels, several human Elite Knights will gang up on a Blood Ring Heavy Hammer Warrior.

You must know this includes the joint legion of hundreds of Lords from the Holy Roman Empire, sourcing quality troops from most of the European Continent. Previously, Sweden represented vast lands with few people, naturally affecting the number of mutant legions.

The battlefield remains chaotic; it's impossible for strict matchups of soldier-to-soldier or elite-to-elite. Therefore, the expeditionary side experiences certain casualties.

Both sides fought fiercely throughout the day.

This was when the advantage of Blood Ring Elites became apparent; whether Dead Plagues or Mutants, none needed rest, as if they were tireless machines!

When hungry, they'd even devour the bodies of expeditionary soldiers right where they stood, the spectacle so gory, it was like hellish demons! Incredibly terrifying.

The expeditionary army's morale plummeted quickly—facing such death-defying, tireless opponents, even the slightest pressure could break psychological defenses, let alone the horrifying aspect of cannibalism?

Nonetheless, this battle eventually concluded with the expeditionary army's victory.

The reason was Duke William's prowess; aided by two palace mages, he infiltrated Marshal Horn's command and executed a decapitation strike.

The effect was significant; Marshal Horn, injured, fled. If not for his Mutant Guard's desperate resistance, perhaps today he would have perished under Duke William's Vulture Eagle Sword.

As Marshal Horn retreated, he ordered the legion to pull back. This Marshal, a well-known Northern European commander, despite abrupt defeat from peak power attack, commanded skillfully, leaving a Blood Ring Lance Array as rear guard without panic, exiting the battlefield safely.

Duke William, usually concerned with his status, disregarded his identity for a surprise attack but still failed to achieve ideal results!

The Duke's expression was grim, and upon learning of hundreds of expeditionary soldiers infected by Deep Red Death Plagues' toxins, forced to drink Qin's concocted sleeping potion into slumber, his face grew even darker.

Luckily, Qin provided a suggestion: the Blood Ring Team was controlled layer by layer through Blood Ring Curse Seals. If numerous elite mutants—such as Blood Ring Heavy Hammer Warriors, Blood Ring Heavy Swordsmen, Blood Ring Heavy Cavalry—were assassinated, it would sever Marshal Horn's and the lower Dead Plague's connections.

Thus, the Awakened in the Divine Luo Expeditionary Army received many assassination missions.

Such infiltration assassination is an impossible task for ordinary people. Yet here in the Spirit Realm, the difference between individuals is vast; infiltration assassination is not too difficult for agility specialists like Blood Spider.

She only needed to infiltrate the Blood Ring Army's camp, swiftly kill her target, and then escape using high speed—she even infiltrated Sun Quan's Western Camp during the Three Kingdoms: Chibi scenario to assassinate Bai Pu. If not for Gan Ning's ambush, Blood Spider surely would've escaped.

Blood Spider wasn't the only one; there were other Awakened active on the battlefield executing assassination missions.

But none were as diligent as Blood Spider!

She resembled a blood-colored ghost, hanging outside the Blood Ring camp, waiting for her Main Battle Skills' cooldown time to end, then sneaking in to kill an elite, fleeing, waiting for the next skill cooldown, and then sneaking in again!

This was beyond diligence; it was risking her life.

The two leaders of Blood Ring had even set up ambushes aimed at Blood Spider, yet she managed to escape using the acceleration skill of the accessory "Hendrick's Pocket Watch."

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