You can clear the game with just one life by relying on a useless person!

Chapter 89: The First Wave of Experience Points Arrives

In Dark Fantasy, after completing the prologue, players can enter the free exploration phase.

At this point, you can clear the map, navigate the maze, accept quests, find teammates, and stroll around the streets—there are many things you can do.

Players can also choose to go to different regions. Taking the Western Kingdom as an example, the North and South are recommended initial maps, while other regions are at a higher level.

However, if you're skilled enough or stubborn enough, you can head to the West Coast or even Obsidian Line from the start; the game doesn't restrict that.

Of course, the game will also have a main storyline.

At this time, the main storyline had just progressed to the point where the northern battle of the Obsidian Line had ended, the four kingdoms and the dark races were both severely weakened, and the situation had temporarily stabilized.

In this long chapter, the player's main goal is to meet several conditions before key moments, thereby ultimately propelling their kingdom to launch the first counterattack against the dark race.

However, even if calculated according to in-game time, that's still several months away, so players still have a lot of free time and plenty of time for missions.

Taking the Western Kingdom as an example, the main storyline during this period can be divided into three mission lines, corresponding to the northern part of the Obsidian Defense Line, ...

Central and southern regions.

These are three parallel main lines, which can be said to lead to the same goal through different paths, but it is best to go through them all at once, and the order is up to you.

Players must complete missions in three separate areas, facing off against the leaders/guard bosses of the dark races. Successfully completing these missions significantly reduces the difficulty of the subsequent main storyline battles, while failing all three, or not completing any of the three missions at all, results in a significantly reduced difficulty level.

If that's the case, the subsequent battles will be extremely difficult and may even result in near defeat, and some important and high-level NPCs will be killed.

The ancient altar that Youche is searching for is the starting point of the southern questline of the kingdom, and the remnant soul of an ancient conqueror sleeps inside the altar.

In the game, this task can be triggered by the player. If the player does not come within a certain period of time, it will be triggered by a random NPC adventurer.

The reason why Youche was in such a hurry to be the first to open the map was because if the ruins in front of him were indeed the altar he was looking for, then the first person to enter its core area would be marked, and only then could they communicate with the souls of the ancient conquerors they came into contact with later.

This is a small mechanic of the ruins that you need to be aware of even in single-player mode. Otherwise, the NPC who enters the ruins first in your party will talk to the Ancient King on your behalf, and the buff you get will end up on the NPC.

The buffs given by the ancient conquerors are permanent; if players don't get them, they've lost out.

Of course, if you accidentally let your follower NPC enter the gate first, you can return to town and come back to refresh the mark buff. It's not an irreversible mistake, but that would be too troublesome.

Just then, You Che huffed and puffed as he ran to the vicinity of the ruins. After confirming that there were no traps at the entrance, he immediately stepped inside.

At that moment, he indeed felt an invisible aura locking onto him, and a marked notification appeared in his status bar.

"It really is here."

You Che couldn't help but laugh; this time, it was a perfect shot.

Qingling and Li caught up with him. Li looked at him and asked curiously, "Why are you running so fast?"

You Che didn't explain much: "Just consider it a good omen. Be careful, the enemies in this ruin already know we're here."

As soon as he finished speaking, from behind the pillars and corridors of the old, abandoned building in front of him, where even the roof could no longer be seen, emerged snake-men with long necks and dark scales, wielding old weapons.

"Relics, snake people, and a few giant axes and pendulums would complete the set."

You Che joked, but Li's expression became more serious.

The reason is simple: these snake people are all around level 23, which is no problem for her, but there are many of them. You Che and Qing Ling are level 11 and 10 respectively, so it will be difficult for them to deal with this situation.

"Don't worry, these guys are easy to deal with."

As You Che spoke, he slowly drew the Dawn Echo from his waist.

The moment the longsword was drawn, You Che's expression visibly contorted, and he nearly fell over, but fortunately Qing Ling was prepared and caught him.

Korea:"?"

What's going on here? Giving the enemy a grand salute before the battle even begins?

"—It's nothing, it's just that this thing is much stronger, and I'm not used to it."

You Che steadied himself, wiped his sweat, and said to Li, "Could you please gather them together within a certain area?"

Li glanced at the cold sweat on his forehead before saying, "Okay, leave it to me."

As she spoke, she rushed forward without hesitation, stomped the ground heavily after a loud shout, sending several snake-men flying and attracting the hatred of almost everyone.

"Hiss!"

The snake-men immediately flicked their tongues, brandished their broken scimitars, and surrounded Li.

Li originally planned to take out a few first to avoid having too many and being difficult to control, but at that moment she saw a lightsaber fall from the sky!

"Buzz"

The lightsaber enveloped an area of ​​several meters around her, and as Li stepped into the halo, she noticed that her health points were slowly decreasing.

"What is this thing?"

You Che shouted, "I'll summon two more lightsabers to form a circle. You just need to lure those snake-men to the center and then get out of there!"

Li glanced back at him, then did as she was told without saying anything. She was also very curious about what methods You Che had that gave him the confidence to deal with so many snake people of level 20 and above.

Are you going to grind the snake-man to death by using this lightsaber to drain his health?

She abandoned her attack skills and instead led the snake people in circles around the ruins. You Che summoned his second and third lightsabers, which formed a triangle in the center of the abandoned building.

It was at this moment that Li successfully led the snake people through the area where the lightsaber lights overlapped.

"Now! Li, get out of the way!"

Yu Che seized the opportunity and swung Dawn Echo with all his might!

At first, Li thought she probably didn't need to dodge, but then she noticed the amazing magic power emanating from the three lightsabers that were beginning to vibrate violently. Her expression immediately changed, and she dared not be careless and leap backward. She even used her small skills to get out of the blast radius as soon as possible!

then--

"Boom!" The three lightsabers exploded at the same time!

The explosion's light engulfed all the snake-men standing within its range, causing the already dilapidated building to teeter on the brink of collapse, with its internal stone pillars and brick walls beginning to crumble!

Although the power of the three swords exploding is far less than that of the maximum six-sword combination, it is not necessary to deal with a group of snake people. Theoretically, two swords would be enough.

However, there were too many snake people here, so You Che added an extra one just in case the explosion range wasn't enough. The price was that even the ruins where they were located began to collapse.

"Boom boom—"

[Experience points +230, Experience points +230, Experience points +240 —]

Your level has been increased.

The sound of collapsing buildings and system notifications rang out at the same time, but You Che didn't have time to open his personal panel because the collapsing bricks and stones were already in front of him!

Fortunately, he and Qingling were already standing at the entrance, so they didn't have to worry about being caught in the swarm. Li's quick run and jump also...

Even if they run outside the building's perimeter, nothing will happen.

At this moment, looking at the brick and stone buildings that had been transformed from ancient ruins into battlefield wreckage, Li was speechless.

"—You actually had such an outrageous weapon hidden away?"

She turned to look at You Che beside her, but then paused, stunned.

Because You Che gave her a forced smile, then tilted his head back and fell, even dropping the broken longsword from his hand.

Korea:"???"

What's going on now?!

You Che didn't actually fall to the ground, since Qing Ling was still beside him, but he leaned weakly against her, covered in sweat.

Li was stunned: "Wait, what's going on? Was that some kind of self-harm skill?"

She walked over and squatted down, poking You Che's stomach: "Why did you only stand there for a split second the whole time? Was it even three seconds? That's so lame!"

You Che hadn't recovered his strength yet, and upon hearing this, he could only glare at her angrily: Who are you calling three seconds? Want to try?

Li glanced at him sideways: "You like this? Really?"

Yu Che: "————"

You better remember this.

Qingling was an innocent child and couldn't understand the riddles they were playing, so she could only blink innocently.

Two chirping sounds came from outside the ruins; it was Yuzu warning from afar: Be careful, there are still enemies!

Youche and Lidu turned their heads and saw that, apart from the building that had just collapsed, snake-people were now poking their heads out from the other ruins and beginning to gather in their direction.

Clearly, the explosion was so loud that it attracted their attention.

Li immediately switched to a fighting stance, glancing at You Che at the same time: "Can you even stand up? You three-second brat?"

You Che had just propped himself up with Qing Ling's help. After taking a deep breath, he picked up the Dawn Echo from the ground, his facial expression twisting once again.

Part of it was out of anger.

"If you call me that again, I'll show you what's what!" You Che grinned, "The same tactics as before!"

"Okay." Li smiled, said nothing more, and turned to face the group of snake people.

soon.

"Drink! Ha!"

"Sixfold Light Burst!"

"Rumble—"