After this battle, Bai Pu also gauged his current combat power limit.

In a full-on combat state, he could quickly dispatch two waves of mid-level elite attacks.

If there were another wave, although he relied on his thick skin able to withstand and fight without fear, he definitely couldn't finish quickly and might easily get surrounded by the fearless Blood Ring Team. At that time, with the Blood Ring Garrison of Kalmar Fortress coming in continuously, even if Bai Pu were tougher, he'd be sacrificed here.

More importantly, the third wave of Blood Ring Army that appeared was several times larger than the second and already had mutants of enhanced elite level leading the team!

Without transitioning, and not even reaching Level 4, Bai Pu truly didn't have the confidence to win, so it was best to make a quick escape.

Kalmar Fortress itself is a coastal city, not far from the shore.

Bai Pu arrived at the shoreline, where an expeditionary warship had already been waiting. Naturally, onboard was his most significant "prize" of this trip—Alchemy Master Noel.

Mad Rhino Luz stood like a statue at the bow of the ship, as he wasn't skilled in scaling walls. Bai Pu left him on the ship. Without Bai Pu's command, he would remain like that forever.

When the Blood Ring soldiers of Kalmar Fortress chased to the seashore, they only saw the silhouette of the ship's sails raised and setting sail.

This warship was allocated to Bai Pu by Duke William, for executing [Main Task 2: The Fall of the Royal Alchemy Academy], which was to destroy the Royal Alchemy Academy!

Aboard was Bai Pu's old acquaintance—the elite-level civilian commander Yingwa. He led a group of sailors responsible for taking Bai Pu to Stockholm.

"Dior Brothers, did you hit the Kalmar Fortress garrison general's butt hole?"

Yingwa was looking out from the bow and couldn't help but exclaim upon seeing the pursuing Blood Ring Team.

"Not exactly, I just destroyed about five to ten Blood Ring squads."

Bai Pu wasn't boasting. A Blood Ring squad roughly consisted of one elite soldier and a few common template Dead Plagues. Bai Pu's recent two fights destroyed about ten elites and over a hundred Dead Plagues.

The loss scale, thus, was almost a quarter of Kalmar's remaining forces! No wonder the Kalmar garrison made such a big fuss. With such a loss, the vice-officer defending the city thought it was some expeditionary army corps attacking, intending to storm the city.

Yingwa was even more astonished, his favor towards Bai Pu even reaching a "best friend" level unilaterally: "Dior Brothers, I now believe you're capable of showcasing your prowess in Stockholm."

Bai Pu smiled slightly and then looked at Alchemy Master Noel.

Noel sighed and said, "Seeing the Blood Ring monsters blocking my way, I truly thought I was dead."

[Silver Side Task 2: Escape from Kalmar Fortress Completed.]

[Alchemy Master Noel's favor towards you has increased, current favor level: Friend (3600/10000).]

[Do you want to claim the task reward now? If you do, this series of side tasks will end here.]

[You can also accumulate the rewards for subsequent side tasks and claim them together upon completion.]

Bai Pu chose to continue.

Noel looked at Bai Pu and sincerely said, "My friend, you helped me escape from Kalmar, and I should express my gratitude, but unfortunately, I have nothing on me now. If you can take me back to my hometown of Stockholm, and find my Alchemy Workshop, I will be able to repay you."

Bai Pu received a prompt message:

[Silver Side Task Step 3: Noel's Alchemy Workshop]

[Task Goal: Find Noel's Alchemy Workshop and restore its operation.]

[Task Difficulty: D]

[Task Reward: Unknown]

[Failure Penalty: None]

The reason the task reward is unknown is that Bai Pu needs to discover it himself.

However, one must know, [Blood Mist Butcher's Chainsaw Sword], such a peak golden equipment, was crafted in Noel's Alchemy Workshop! Therefore, the ultimate reward of this ongoing silver side task should at least be a piece of peak golden equipment.

Of course, what Bai Pu values the most is Noel himself and his assistance as an Alchemist for Bai Pu's transition task.

The two are already at a friend level of favor. Bai Pu immediately explained his situation to Noel.

Of course, Noel wouldn't refuse and said, "I will do my utmost to help you, my friend."

Bai Pu received a notification of the transition task progress update. He already had the help of two Flesh and Blood Alchemy Scholars. Task Goal Three (optional): Get help from two Flesh and Blood Alchemy Scholars (each scholar's help can add up to 10% completion) has been completed.

Up to now, Bai Pu's SS-level transition task: Heart of Attack, has achieved a 40% completion rate!

Of course, there's also needing to obtain Princess Christina's heart tissue, occupying 50% completion. Without this step, everything is like a mirage.

"What about the Malmö battle, how is the situation?" Bai Pu asked Yingwa.

Yingwa replied: "The news from the carrier pigeon, our army is achieving successive victories, having completely taken over Karsk. That old guy Horn led the army and retreated overnight to the Jotland territory."

Bai Pu's mind flashed with a map of the Scandinavian Peninsula.

On the map, the Karsk Region is considered the southern gateway of the peninsula, while the Jotland territory is the boundary area between the south and the central part, with only a Manlan territory separating it from the capital of Sweden—Stockholm!

In other words, Marshal Horn's retreat is actually over a thousand miles back, handing over a vast and wealthy area of southern Sweden without any fight!

Bai Pu thought for a while, picked up the radio device of Crazy Zen, and pressed the button.

After the sizzling of the currents, Crazy Zen's voice rang out.

"Gangxin, how's your preparation? When are you setting off to Stockholm?"

Bai Pu didn't answer but instead asked, "Crazy Zen, did you also participate in the Blood Rose War?"

"Of course, it's a world event; not participating would be foolish," Crazy Zen replied.

"The situation on the front battlefield, I believe you are also monitoring. I think the Blood Ring Emperor is preparing for a personal expedition?"

"Oh, your news is quite well-informed, do you have other pawns arranged in the Blood Ring Camp?" Crazy Zen laughed, "That's right, the Blood Ring Emperor Gustav made a decision at the military meeting to personally go to Jotland and lead the Blood Ring Army."

Bai Pu indeed did not have any pawns arranged in the Blood Ring Camp.

He just reasoned it from Marshal Horn's unreasonable retreat.

The Blood Ring Fortress, considered the mightiest force in this world, once appeared with an overwhelming attitude, crazily expanding! From the west to Norway, east to Tsarist Russia, and south to Brandonburg, it has always been actively advancing.

Now being attacked on its homeland by the Expeditionary Army, and retreating a thousand miles, such an abnormal move only represents one situation: the Blood Ring is gathering power.

Before a punch is thrown, there is always a retraction for power-up.

Marshal Horn is already the highest military officer in the Blood Ring Empire, and if he couldn't defeat Duke William's Expeditionary Army, the only way to ensure victory on the front battlefield is to have the Blood Ring Emperor personally lead the war.

Especially since Gustav Adolf is a ruler fond of leading personally.

This was only part of Bai Pu's thinking process.

Of course, Bai Pu didn't boast anything to Crazy Zen. He calmly said, "The climax of the world event is about to arrive. Crazy Zen, I give you an important piece of advice."

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