Chapter 1: The Rose Wall That’s About to Be Kicked to Pieces (Fourth Update, Monthly Ticket Bonus)
“Holy shit, Food Wars! I’m rich!”
A loud shout came from the distance, followed by a burst of wild laughter.
“That guy’s really lucky. That world can get you a ton of recovery items.”
“Lucky my ass, that’s a no-combat world. Who’d want to go to that crappy place to learn cooking? Only people who’ve gotten C-rank or below three times in a row end up in a derivative world like that.”
“Don’t knock it, I’ve been there. That world’s got a ton of beautiful female characters, but if you dare mess around, heh, I’ll eat my own shit live if you make it out alive!”
The guy who shouted earlier was probably a Lv.5 contractor too, otherwise he wouldn’t have gotten the notification at the same time as Su Xiao.
A sharp gleam appeared in Su Xiao’s eyes. Among the anime he’d crammed on before, one was ‘Attack on Titan World.’ Although the world seemed small in the first two seasons of the anime, that wasn’t the case at all.
The Titan world was a massive one, with an incredibly vast expanse beyond those three walls…
After about ten minutes or so, the trading square grew even noisier. Some workers who needed to enter derivative worlds started looking for people to take them along.
A group of people stood out in the trading square, about a few dozen gathered together, all wearing the same clothes—probably from the same adventure group.
At the front of the group stood a man with blonde hair and blue eyes. He had a gentle demeanor and was discussing something with his team members.
Su Xiao focused his gaze and realized it was Adam, the guy he’d traded with earlier using his Mind’s Eye skill.
Right now, at least a dozen workers were crowded around Adam, their expressions urgent, probably hoping Adam’s Brotherhood would take them through the derivative world.
Adam was calmly organizing these people. After recruiting about ten workers, he waved his hand to dismiss the rest.
The workers who didn’t make it into the group looked regretful, some even trying to pay more to join. It seemed the Brotherhood adventure group had a good reputation.
Although protecting workers came with decent rewards, Su Xiao didn’t plan to take anyone along. The things he did in derivative worlds were way too intense; workers would be dead for sure if they followed him.
[Time’s up. Derivative World: Attack on Titan begins. No anomalies detected in this world. Spatial coordinates stable. Consumed 0.015 ounces of space-time power.]
[Based on consumed space-time power, contractor’s minimum overall evaluation for this world must reach D-rank.]
After Reincarnation Paradise’s announcement ended, the surrounding contractors noticeably grew louder. Even though they were entering the derivative world in the same batch, many derivative worlds were opening simultaneously, so they wouldn’t necessarily end up in the same one.
The familiar sensation of teleportation came over him. Su Xiao instinctively covered the back of his head, but he still got ‘knocked on the head,’ and his consciousness grew hazy.
In that haze, Su Xiao was full of resentment. With a being as powerful as Reincarnation Paradise, couldn’t they find a different way to teleport?
When Su Xiao’s consciousness recovered, he was already standing on a lively street.
The street was bustling with traffic and crowds. The pedestrians were all simply dressed. An apple stall by the roadside and passing members of the Garrison Regiment made Su Xiao feel like he was in some small European medieval town.
The stone-paved road wasn’t very even, and since there hadn’t been much rain lately, every passing carriage kicked up a cloud of dust.
Tall buildings lined both sides of the street, all in that European medieval style with pointed tile roofs.
Clang, clang.
A distant bell tower chimed a few times. Su Xiao looked up and saw it was ten in the morning.
[Entering World: Attack on Titan]
World Difficulty: Lv.7. Hard (This world has already entered a large number of contractors.)
World Source: 0% (Hunter exploration or interaction with current world characters will increase it. At settlement, it will be calculated together with mission difficulty to form the final score.)
World Introduction: Legend, Founding Titan, Division, Kingdom’s Destruction. Great Migration, Establishment of the Three ‘Walls of God.’
Titans: A type of giant humanoid creature. Ordinary Titans have no intelligence or purpose, instinctively devouring humans. They cannot move at night. Their numbers are vast and have yet to be fully counted.
Under the protection of the Three ‘Walls of God,’ humans inside the walls have lived a peaceful life for a hundred years, like birds in a cage. Resources within the walls are scarce, and outside the walls are scattered Titans. The threat of Titans has never been extinguished.
In 845, the Maria Wall (the third outermost wall) was kicked open by the Colossal Titan, allowing Titans outside to enter. After massive casualties, humans fled to the inner Rose Wall.
During this period, the protagonist Eren’s mother was devoured by a Titan. Eren swore revenge against the Titans and joined the Training Corps, aiming to become a member of the Survey Corps to drive out the Titans.
In 850, the second ‘Wall of God,’ the Rose Wall, was breached. (This is the story’s entry point.)
Main Mission: Rose Wall Dina Fritz Battle.
Hunt Mission: Eliminate Violator Contractor No. 18433, Eliminate Violator Contractor No. 16770, Eliminate Violator Contractor No. 14030, a total of three violators.
When the hunter enters within one kilometer of a violator, the tracking function will automatically activate.
Warning: Do not mention anything about ‘Paradise’ in this world. If the warning is ignored, execution will be enforced!
Tip: This world’s main mission is an offensive-defensive mission. Please actively cooperate with contractors other than violators.
Tip: Detected that the hunter does not know this world’s language. 100 Paradise Coins have been consumed to automatically learn this world’s language.
World, Begin!
…
After reading through the hunt mission, Su Xiao’s expression turned grim. Was Reincarnation Paradise crazy? It had assigned him three violators to hunt. Fortunately, there was no penalty for failing the hunt mission.
In this offensive-defensive mission that required cooperation from many contractors, Reincarnation Paradise had given him a bunch of hunting targets. That was really frustrating.
Su Xiao had heard of offensive-defensive missions before. They were main missions much harder than the chain missions from the previous world.
In offensive-defensive missions, contractors were usually on the defensive side, working together to fend off large waves of incoming enemies.
If the defense succeeded, the mission was complete. If it failed, it was basically a death sentence. As the saying goes, when the nest overturns, no egg remains intact. If the defense line broke, how could anyone involved in the defense survive?
In this world, Su Xiao got a strange feeling from Reincarnation Paradise. It seemed almost urgent about eliminating violators. Could something big be about to happen in Reincarnation Paradise?
He didn’t need to think about that for now. Su Xiao immediately checked the details of the main mission.
[Main Mission: Rose Wall Offensive-Defensive Battle.]
Difficulty Level: Lv.7
Mission Brief: Resist the Titans flooding in after the Rose Wall is breached, and seal the breach in the Rose Wall.
Mission Info: The Rose Wall, the second wall. After the outermost Maria Wall was breached, the Rose Wall faces the threat of the Titans directly.
Mission Duration: 10 natural days.
Mission Reward: 3 attribute points, 8000 Paradise Coins.
Mission Penalty: None.
…
After reviewing the main mission details, Su Xiao understood the severity of the situation.
A Lv.7 difficulty mission, high rewards, and no penalty for failure—these three points together meant this mission was extremely difficult.
Pfft.
While Su Xiao was thinking about his next move, a loud burst of steam came from the distance.
The sound came from the direction of the wall. Su Xiao looked at the wall, which was at least fifty meters high.
On the outer side of the wall’s top, a massive head appeared. The head was almost the size of a house, with pale skull and blood-red muscles exposed. Steam rose from it, suggesting the head’s temperature was quite high.
Boom!
Su Xiao felt a tremor under his feet. A boulder ten meters in diameter whistled past over his head. After hitting the ground, it rolled far away, flattening a large stretch of buildings.
In an instant, corpses littered the ground, and ruins were everywhere.
The Colossal Titan had kicked a hole over ten meters in diameter in the Rose Wall. The hole was right at ground level. With the airflow blocked by the large wall sections, the hole whistled as wind passed through.
In less than five seconds, the Colossal Titan vanished without a trace, leaving only a large cloud of steam.
Su Xiao looked at the huge hole in the wall a few hundred meters away. The main mission was now clear: hold the hole and stop the mindless ordinary Titans from breaking in.
But would a Lv.7 main mission be that simple? Of course not.
Five minutes later, Su Xiao heard another loud crash from the side.
Ten minutes later, another crash came from behind.
The Rose Wall had been kicked open in three places: east, west, and south.
These holes all had to be guarded by contractors and the natives of the Titan world. However, aside from the Survey Corps, the combat power of the other regiments was too pathetic, so the main force would still be the contractors.
Reincarnation Paradise had teleported over a hundred contractors into the Titan world!
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