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Chapter 2019 Too bad

The huge bonfire burned fiercely and intensely, yet it seemed weak due to the surrounding emptiness, like a flame that might be extinguished at any moment.

A dozen or so dark figures stood in a circle surrounding the bonfire. They were like the kindling that kept the fire burning brightly. The firewood was stacked in a grid pattern, and the light of the flames illuminated their attire—ceremonial robes made of rough-polished, strung jade pendants as ornaments and animal hides sewn together.

The fire flickered, revealing a black speck within it—an impurity that the flames could not burn away. The black speck gradually grew larger, transforming into a hunched human figure.

He was in the flames, but instead of being burned to ashes, he grew stronger in the flames, as if he were reborn from the ashes.

He stepped out of the fire, and the flames that had enveloped his entire body finally concentrated on his chest, healing the last wound.

This is how the blessed are resurrected from the campfire.

The priests standing around the fire wore heavy hoods that completely covered their faces, with only a pair of special eyes that could glow in the dark proving that they were not entirely human.

It is a special eye structure that is closer to that of felines, capable of emitting a dazzling light like an oil lamp with just a little bit of light.

Their eyes are far superior to those of felines, like a powerful light source resembling a campfire.

They watched silently as the resurrected one rose from the fire. The resurrected one, equally silent, stepped into the priests' strange, multi-ringed formation. His arrival seemed to make the rings more complete, and the weakness emanating from the fire lessened considerably.
Only at this moment did the encrypted language of the ancient orc priests flow among the priests like a whisper in the darkness, or a gentle breeze.

They only said one sentence.

The dragon has appeared.

……

click-

The soul flame was crushed by a hand, and the fragments became nourishment for the growth of another soul flame.

"How is it?" Greenland looked nervously at the forger who had crushed the soul flame and absorbed the experience points.

Although she instinctively sensed that something was wrong, she was reluctant to give up her experience points and was curious about what the problem was, so she asked the forger to extinguish the soul flame.

"Hmm, on the surface there's nothing wrong, I've gained experience points normally." The forger checked the panel and found no new titles or abnormal statuses.

"As for whether there are any hidden attributes or titles, we may have to go to a specialized place to check, such as the orc priests."

"However, one thing is certain: you absolutely cannot touch these soul flames, just in case. From now on, you cannot touch any soul flames within the orc territory."

“Eh—” Greenland’s ears drooped in disappointment.

The entire medium-sized savage orc settlement was wiped out by the savage orcs' suicidal attack, leaving only a ground covered in soul flames. Combined with the surrounding gloomy atmosphere, it was incredibly eerie.

But in Greenland's eyes, these are all free experience points. You can never have too many experience points, even if you reach the maximum level.

Even if you reach the maximum level, you can continue to gain experience points, which can be accumulated and instantly leveled up to the maximum level when you get a new profession.

Moreover, even if it's not used for upgrading a profession, it can be used to perform some soul-burning prayers, spells, or combat skills, as well as some cursed equipment that requires experience points.

As a result, she was blacklisted in the orc territory, and since she couldn't leave the orc territory during the event, wouldn't she be the only one unable to gain any experience points during the event? "Just in case, I'll also avoid creating Soul Flames during this period." Blaze looked at the Goblet of Fire, his brows furrowed.

He has to admit that he has a certain kind of "super luck," and most things don't end up in an "ordinary" way.

It appears to be an anomaly originating in Greenland, but we cannot afford to be complacent until the matter is fully investigated.

"Blaze, we're truly brothers, sharing joys and sorrows together." Greenland patted Blaze on the shoulder, moved.

"But to be honest, I'm completely confused. I don't spend much time in the orc territory. I only spend about thirty hours a week there."

"Thirty!?" Blazer's lips twitched. There are only 168 hours in a week, and under normal circumstances, even strangers don't have more than thirty hours of activity per week.

"Oh, right, you just said it was you, didn't you? Did you discover something?" Greenland turned to look at the forger.

"So you really were doing something behind my back?"

The forger shrugged.

“I used feng shui to deduce the gathering place of the savage orcs and discovered some unusual things about it, but there is no need to hide it.”

"...That's true. I'm sorry, I've been a bit overly sensitive lately."

Greenland scratched the back of her head. Indeed, the forger had simply found the settlement of the savage orcs using the methods of the feng shui master profession. What did that have to do with her [keeping an eye on Blaze to prevent Blaze from uncovering a world-class crisis]?

From this perspective, it's likely that Blaze came up with the idea of ​​using events to make the game less painful for new players. To make it easier for new players to balance leveling up and socializing, and to reduce the tedious process of searching for savage orc settlements, he brought in the forger.

This is clearly a coincidence that happened with the help of novice, overworked players, and it has nothing to do with Blaze, but rather with her.

Why is she so mean, always suspecting Blazer?

"In short, let's tear this place down first, and tell us what you find as we go."

Demolishing the settlement of the savage orcs is not a difficult task. With Blaze, who is practically a humanoid behemoth, around, all you need to do is take out the Greatsword of the Hunter and cleave it down, and the problem will be solved.

But during this process, something strange happened.

The Greatsword of the Hunting God can generate tremendous wind pressure simply by waving it up; it can easily blow away buildings and sweep away all dust in the air.

But when Blaze swung his greatsword around, the buildings constructed by the savage orcs were leveled, but the dark haze floating in the air, formed from the dust of the savage orcs' deaths, remained motionless.

The gloomy haze only slowly dissipated on its own after Blazer shattered the unsettlingly sharp tower.

This is the power of Feng Shui, which can almost be considered a fundamental discipline for creating the world. Simply adding a few buildings can create a special environment similar to a small world.

Conversely, creating an evil environment only takes a few steps, while creating a more comfortable environment only requires simple environmental arrangements.

(End of this chapter)