Quadruple split.

Chapter 2291 The Corpse Collector and the Soul-Teasing Dream

【Corpse Collector】

Category: Special side mission

Quality: Epic

Introduction: After seven hundred years of discussion, the Dragon Council finally completed the evidence collection and voting, and withdrew the seventy-two felony charges against the dragon lich [Sapphire Icescale]. They believed that the reason why the compatriot committed such a heinous crime was because her lover during her lifetime and after her death, the abominable Bone Sage [Hausgaron Rastar] was too crazy. After Sapphire's death, he was still unwilling to let her go free. He finally sneaked into the dragon tomb, stole Sapphire's body, and transformed her into a terrifying undead bone dragon.

The Grand Archon of the Sun Dynasty, Donard Joe Herzog, provided crucial evidence. This great leader was very understanding. He said more than once that although Sapphire played a key role in the Battle of Eskeni nine hundred years ago that destroyed three main armies of the Sun Dynasty, both the Archon Barak at that time and himself now believed that the Sage of Bones was the culprit, and Sapphire Icescale, like the 400,000 heroic souls sleeping under the Eskeni Plains, were victims of that madman.

Finally, with the efforts of three generations of archons, the Dragon Council, the pride of the dragon clan, finally withdrew all charges against this compatriot, and decided to send a young and responsible dragon to go into the cursed land with the dynasty's team to comfort the souls of the dead, recover the bones of Sapphire Icescale, and let her return to the dragon's tomb to rest forever.

Of course, besides this, you also have a small task...

Mission objective: Enter the Ice Star Tower, retrieve Hausgarn's Notes, Hausgarn's Experimental Log, Hausgarn's Investigation Report, and the Everfreeze Star, and bring them to the Sunday Outpost two kilometers away from the Eskeni Mass Grave.

Special Objective: Enter the hidden tomb of the Ice Star Tower and gain the trust of 'Echo of Sapphire'.

Warning 1: If you leave the cursed land, Eskeni Mass Grave, without the [Eternal Frozen Star], you will be regarded as a hostile unit by the [Fireworks and Explosives Engineering Corps, th Special Company].

Warning 2: Except for Christina Yuk, all other units will receive damage equal to 3% of their maximum health for every minute they stay in the cursed land, and their maximum health will be reduced by 0.5% of its theoretical maximum value.

Mission Success Reward: [Fireworks and Explosives Engineering Regiment·30th Special Company] will give the Eskeni mass grave the final "purification" within minutes.

Penalty for mission failure: None

Special objective success reward: Destroy all non-undead units within the cursed land except for the Sailor Moon team members.

Special target failure penalty: None

[Remarks: None]

……

"I see……"

Lucy nodded slightly, a look of realization flashed across her eyes, and she said softly, "That's what happened."

"what happened?"

After noticing that Lucy had finished reading the task, Mika simply closed the task bar and looked around the 'Cursed Land' which had all kinds of negative characteristics such as gloomy, desolate, and dead silence, and asked casually: "Xiao Qian, do you understand anything?"

"Yes, as far as I know, we should be in the coastal area of the southeastern continent in the year 4977 of the Holy Calendar."

Lucy nodded slightly and explained in a brisk tone, "This place was once called the Eskeni Plains. However, during a siege nearly a thousand years ago, too many lives were lost and it became known as the [Ancient Battlefield: Eskeni Mass Grave]. If nothing unexpected happens, there are at least 300,000 bodies buried under our feet, and they all died violently."

“Hoo—(Woo, I’m scared!)”

Christina let out a dragon roar with disdain, her eyes flashing with ferocity, and it was obvious that she didn't care about a mere three or four hundred thousand wronged souls.

"Don't be impatient, dear boy. I know you can't wait to drink the blood of your enemies."

Lucy casually comforted her partner who kept making anxious dragon roars, and then said seriously: "Let's not talk about the digressions for now. There are three things to note in this game. First, time is not in our favor. If we play for a full three hours, our health limit will be reduced to one tenth of the normal state. Because of the limit, even if Big Brother is a Berserker, I'm afraid he will only suffer losses and won't be able to gain any advantage."

Kasena spat on the ground and gritted her teeth in dissatisfaction, "It's really annoying."

"Second, don't think about special missions. That's impossible. I can guarantee that the Ice Star Tower Cemetery is definitely more dangerous than the Ice Star Tower Magic Center. If you have the ability to sneak into the cemetery, it would be more feasible to shut down the tower directly."

Lucia looked at the blue and white building looming in the distance and said in one breath, "Finally, although this game is much more dangerous than I expected, as long as we play normally, we still have a greater chance of winning, so we must keep a calm mind."

“Hoo—(I…I’m still scared.)”

"That's right Nana, of course we will kill them all."

"Stay close to me. My healing aura can at least help offset the normal health loss."

"I won't go in. Help me keep my health at around 70%."

"Don't panic. We are not at a disadvantage in intelligence. We will play a backup plan this time."

……

[Soul-drawing Dream]

Category: Special side mission

Quality: Epic

Introduction: After having nightmares for who knows how many thousandth time, a young man with the blood of a sinner flowing through his body finally realized that compared to the title of the most talented young man in the City of Miracles in the past three hundred years, he has another identity, that is, the descendant of the great sinner, the Sage of Bone [Hausgarn Leixing]. Although time has diluted the blood of that devil to almost nothing, the scenes in the dreams that are engraved in the depths of his soul are still enough for this genius to make the right decision.

The only problem is that although the ancestor in the dream looks and has the same name as the infamous Bone Sage, he does not look like a demon who has fallen into evil and has blood on his hands. In fact, the dwarf looks like an introverted, dull and kind person.

The friendly devil in the dream made the genius of the City of Miracles feel at a loss. Although he had no intention of reporting to the Parliament of Truth, for a long time, the dwarf who always wanted to talk to him failed to do so. Until recently, the old man in the dream who always sat by the fireplace with a sad face sighed deeply and muttered without any beginning or end.

'It's almost too late'

After leaving these words, the Sage of Evil Bones disappeared from the man’s dream, and after that day, this cold, eerie yet inexplicably warm dream also disappeared in the man’s sleep.

A year later, the man finally came to this cursed land. Accompanying him were his best friend, lover, and confidant.

He was determined to uncover the secret of the Sage of Evil Bones with the information he had deciphered from his dreams over the years!

Mission objective: Enter the [Ice Star Tower], collect seven [Ice Star Emblems], and activate them all at the top of the tower to gain control of the [Ice Star Tower].

Special Objective: Enter the hidden tomb of the Ice Star Tower and gain the trust of 'Echo of Sapphire'.

Warning 1: There are a large number of undead guards inside and outside the [Ice Star Tower]. The long years have made them lose the ability to distinguish between friend and foe. They will attack any living being, including the descendants of their master, without mercy!

Warning 2: Undead guards affected by the Ice Star Tower cannot be completely killed. They will recover their form every once in a while and have a high resistance to the attack types that kill them. Warning 3: For every minute you stay in the cursed land, you will receive damage equal to 3% of your maximum health, and your maximum health will be reduced by 0.5% of its theoretical maximum value.

Reward for successful mission: Control of [Ice Crystal Tower], immunity from the effect of Warning 3.

Penalty for mission failure: None

Special objective success reward: Eliminate all non-undead units within the cursed land except for the members of the [Card Master] team.

Special target failure penalty: None

[Remarks: None]

……

“It doesn’t feel good.”

Guo Shi Wushuang frowned, then looked up at the tall, majestic, light blue [Spiritual Tower] in front of him, and after being silent for about five seconds, he turned to look at the Holy Light Old King: "You go in and take a look first."

"it is good."

The Holy Light King did not hesitate at all and nodded in agreement immediately. In the three minutes that followed, the five members of the Card Masters did not have any overt communication. It was obvious that the current situation was not beyond their pre-match predictions and was still within the level that the five members of the Card Masters could handle with 'tacit understanding'.

Just like that, after the preparation time was over, Holy Light Old King walked into the [Spirit Tower] in front of him without hesitation. The structure was similar to that of a wizard's tower, but it did not have any elemental power. Instead, it exuded a cold and dead aura from the inside out. The official camera also considerately enlarged the picture, allowing countless viewers to appreciate the scenery inside the tower with Old King.

"So this floor is the library?"

The soul fire in the eyes of the Holy Light King swayed slightly, and he moved quickly among the large number of bone bookshelves in a manner that was both efficient and alert. In the process, he discovered countless terrifying undead creatures, moving undead creatures!

Beautiful, pearly-white banshees, the more beautiful they are, the more dangerous they are, shuttle between the bookshelves in groups; huge, terrifying-looking stitched monsters patrol the "aisles" with heavy steps; dozens of eyeballs scattered in the air are suspended slowly, and the soul fire in their eyes is cold and wooden.

In addition, what frightened Lao Wang even more was the large number of his "kindred spirits" on a visual level. To put it simply, they were all kinds of skeleton creations. Even the skeleton soldiers, which were theoretically the lowest rank among the undead creatures, looked extremely hideous and terrifying.

For example, if the low-level skeleton soldiers summoned by Yidong are the kind of mass-produced goods "wearing tattered cloth, carrying rusty knives and swords, and having a little loose bones"; the low-level skeleton soldiers summoned by Wenqiu are the high-level goods "wearing old armor, holding sharp weapons, and at most having a little lumbar disc herniation"; then these low-level skeleton soldiers in front of Lao Wang are... strong and muscular men.

That’s right, although these skeleton soldiers are not wearing anything, not only are their texture as smooth as jade, but their skulls and chests are also burning with Pengbai’s soul fire, and the weapons in their hands all have high-level enchantments, and they look like they are definitely not ordinary weapons.

It is no exaggeration to say that in Lao Wang's eyes, the individual strength of these low-level skeleton soldiers is basically able to crush about 70% of the players. In other words, there are more than a dozen of these things in the tower at a glance, and each of them has a strength close to the peak of the high level!

Not only that, what made his skull shiver was that the bone products here were not just skeleton soldiers, there were also skeleton assassins, skeleton archers, bone bats and other monsters, all of which were incredibly strong, to the point where they made people break out in cold sweats.

However, as Guo Shi Wushuang had keenly noticed before, even though these things were very powerful and were said to have all fallen out of control, they would only attack living beings mercilessly.

And the Holy Light King... is not a living being in the strict sense!

In fact, like Yidong, he is also a very rare "Eternal" in the [Realm of Innocence]. However, unlike the latter who maintains the "alive" form in most cases, Lao Wang has always maintained the "dead" form since the first day he entered the pit.

Compared to Yidong's zombie-like 'death', Holy Light King's 'death' was much more intuitive. It was just a clean skeleton without any extra parts and without any missing necessary bones.

In short, as he remains 'dead', the Holy Light King is theoretically no longer a 'living being' in the normal sense. Compared to those worldly living creatures, he is now more like a 'living' 'undead'.

As the name suggests, living undead are...undead who are not dead.

Fortunately, these undead spirits that have not died are not really considered "living spirits", so even though there are a lot of powerful monsters here, none of them will cause trouble for the Holy Light King.

This is actually not difficult to explain. Perhaps a long time ago, the undead soldiers within the control range of this psychic tower would ruthlessly kill any uninvited guests, but as stated in the mission description, they have now lost the ability to distinguish between friend and foe. In this case, they will either kill each other until only one is left, or they will just attack the living.

Therefore, Guo Shi Wushuang made a bet before seeing the situation inside the tower.

Obviously, he won the bet.

Ten minutes later, the Holy Light King reappeared at the entrance of the Ice Star Tower, holding an emblem with a pair of dragon wings and a hazy blue light in his hand.

"Hard."

Guo Shi Wushuang nodded slightly and asked concisely, "What's the situation inside?"

"This is terrible. I haven't looked at the top yet, but there are nearly a hundred monsters with strength at the level of a small chicken on the first floor alone."

"Yes. Is the emblem well hidden?"

"It's just so-so. When it comes to ordinary puzzle games, you, Xueyue, and Manguan are all better than me."

"Will we get beaten if we go in?"

"For sure, he will be beaten to death."

"Then it's hard work for you."

"No problem, can the three colors just sense me?"

"Yes, the tower's magical barrier collapsed long ago."

“So we can make a link?”

"can."

"scope?"

"It can be pulled full."

"Then chain once a minute."