Alone and Infinite.

Chapter 47 The Seed of Determined Life
Smaug?
All the apostles stared in astonishment at the white-glowing text before them, but the hall's notifications continued to refresh like a flowing stream.

[Second Phase Main Quest: The Battle of Smaug]

[Mission Objective: Survive to the end]

The final stage of the main storyline will be unlocked after completing the second stage.

[Note: The ranking of the Five Armies Battle is now open]

[Apostles may contribute to the Battle of Smaug using any means, including but not limited to control, status effects, damage, and attraction.]

The Apostles' contributions will be quantified as war contribution points and included in the leaderboard. Rewards will be distributed based on rankings after the trial concludes.

[Ranking of Contributions in the Battle of the Five Armies]

1. (Empty) [Reward: Seed of Destiny (Provided by the Temple of Light)]

2. (Empty) [Reward: Dragon Blood Potion]

3. (Empty) [Reward: Dragon Fang Blade (Special, Blue)]

4. (Empty) [Reward: Dragon Scale Leather Armor (Special - Blue)]

5. (Empty) [Reward: Random Weapon Chest (Blue)]

6-10. (Empty) [Reward: Random Armor Chest (Blue)]

10-20. (Blank) [3000 points]

[Notice: Battlefield information platform is now open]

Battlefield information platform? Before Li Xia could figure out what this was, a page that looked like a group chat suddenly popped up in the upper left corner of his vision.

And amazingly, it doesn't obstruct the view; if you don't focus your attention on the page, it will become very faint and blurred.

Isn't this just a group chat?
Almost instantly, the group chat erupted into a frenzy, like boiling water.

Cute Beast (Apostle No. ****): "Wait, really? I'm fighting Smaug?"

Tyrannosaurus Rex (Apostle #****): "Is the Temple trying to kill us? This is Smaug, not Smaug!"

Baron Despair (Apostle No. ****): "You can hide in the water the whole time and basically get through it lying down, but you won't get any contribution points."

Mu Xia (Apostle No. ****): "Stop spouting irrelevant information here, get to the point! Smaug is strong, but he's not without a chance, otherwise the Temple wouldn't have issued such a mission."

Upon seeing this nickname, Li Xia silently closed the input box. He could already imagine how his messages would be distorted if he sent them under the pseudonym 'Xia'.

Aheral (Apostle #****): Am I the only one curious about what the first-place reward, the Seed of Destiny, is? And what is this special blue item?
This message went unnoticed, as if it had been completely ignored.

Li Xia looked at the flood of chat messages, and the occasional message asking about the reward, but no one replied. This was quite interesting.

Either no one knows, or those who do know are tacitly keeping silent.

So it's very precious? Li Xia pinched his chin and began to consult his cheat.

[Your Majesty, the Seed of Destiny is a rare S-class resource with extremely limited production. It is only effective at Tier 3, and its effect depends on the user's fate. This is a special reward from the Temple of Light to apostles with exceptional potential.]

[Your Majesty, please strive with all your might to obtain the Seed of Destiny of Origin Life. According to the Hall's statistical probability, an Apostle who obtains the Seed of Destiny of Origin Life has a 16.7% chance of breaking through to the ninth rank!]

Li Xia thoughtfully turned off the notification. The effect of this thing was not fixed, perhaps that was the origin of the "destined" in its name?

Although it's still unclear what this is, just take it!

Looking at the chat group again, they had finally finished chatting.

Watchdog (Apostle #****): "Although this is a Tier 1 world, Smaug is almost the extreme of Tier 1 worlds. Those who know, know. The template of this monster is not the same as our human template."

Watchdog (Apostle No. ****): "For the same Tier 1 extreme value, the monster template can be much higher than the human template, not to mention that we are now the newbies."

Watchdog (Apostle ****): "There's not much of a chance. Hide, or wait to die." Blackjack (Apostle ****): "What do you mean there's no chance? If there really is no chance, how did Smaug die in the original story?"

Watchdog (Apostle #****): "Bard has the Black Arrow, that's an anti-dragon Noble Phantasm. What, you have the Black Arrow too?"

Li Xia nodded, "I have it!"
Soon the chat channel was filled with heated arguments. Li Xia shook his head. Such group chats were almost meaningless; they were basically just people chatting aimlessly.

However, he soon discovered that things were not so simple, because while Blackjack and the watchdog were arguing fiercely...

A new conversation popped up in the group chat.

Kagura (Apostle No. ****): "You two are so rich! You can chat for so long over a single sentence at 10 o'clock!"

The intense, battlefield-like group chat came to an abrupt end.

Two heart-wrenching screams seemed to suddenly echo through the quiet town of Changhu. Roughly estimated, the two had just argued about two hundred times.

Cloud (a prospective member of the Brotherhood of Steel): "Actually, everyone knows in their hearts whether there is a chance or not, it's just that we can't bear to part with the items we exchanged for in the previous faction."

Claude (a prospective member of the Brotherhood of Steel): "I think everyone knows that many of those items are targeted at specific purposes, and their effect on the battlefield is not very significant."

After that, the communication platform fell silent. Obviously, there was nothing worth saying, and people were no longer willing to speak up.

The communication platform has finally returned to its original purpose.

Li Xia closed the chat panel, ignoring the people in front of him, and hurriedly left with his followers. That person was right about one thing.

Bard may be the key to this battle.

A strange, sharp roar seemed to echo from the distant horizon, and a small point of light, like a spark, appeared in the distance.

Immediately afterwards, the point of light transformed into a fiery red line that stretched across the sky, tearing through the clouds and rapidly approaching Changhu Town.

In just a moment, the ferocious dragon revealed its full form.

Smaug was extremely large; according to records, it was over 140 meters long from head to tail.

However, Li Xia measured it with a combat power detector, and it was 62.4 meters long. If you remove the tail, it is less than 30 meters long. Even so, it is still a huge creature.

The scales resembled layers of metal armor covering the dragon's skin. Its head was enormous and ferocious, with a gaping maw filled with sharp fangs. The breath it exhaled was hot and smelled of sulfur. Its eyes were like two burning flames, gleaming with malice and greed.

The enormous roar of the dragon roused the slumbering town. The guards jumped in fright, pounding the alarm bells and roaring with all their might.
"The dragon is attacking!"

Looking at Smaug circling back and forth in the sky, Li Xia felt as if there was a huge mountain above his head that might collapse at any moment.

It's hard to imagine just how oppressive such a monster is without facing it directly.

Smaug didn't seem to want to kill Lake-town in its sleep; it preferred to see its people wail in fear and beg for mercy before it.

This is Smaug, the last dragon known as the 'most evil' and the 'tyrant'.

'dang dang dang'

The alarm bells rang incessantly, and in an instant, the once peaceful and tranquil Changhu Town was thrown into chaos.

Just then, a brand new notification suddenly popped up in front of Li Xia.

[Hidden Human Faction Quest: Rally]

Bard is assembling the Lake-town archer guard.

Please try to reunite with Bader.

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1. Monthly pass 2. Recommendation vote

(End of this chapter)