Master Changsheng

Chapter 84, 083: Two Coincidences

desert.

It's still a day's journey to the outer city of Chaos City.

Two fourth-tier orcs, acting on orders from the twenty-eighth prince, hurried on their way with resentful expressions on their faces…

"A trashy outer city where even Tier 2 characters are rare, and they're sending two Tier 4 characters there??"

"In this time, how many enemies could the two of us have killed?!"

"I think this prince has probably gone mad!"

"Silence! The prince's dignity cannot be insulted. Didn't you see that General Dao and General Li are completely submissive?"

"Those two are fifth-tier powerhouses from our orc kingdom!"

The sweltering heat, coupled with the endless desert, made the two fourth-tier orcs quite irritable.

At this moment, all they wanted was to reach the outer city of Chaos City as soon as possible, and then enslave those damned humans to provide resources for their great orcs.

"what?"

"Have you noticed that it suddenly feels much cooler?"

The previously short-tempered orc suddenly stopped and asked his companion a question.

But when he turned his head, he suddenly froze!

His companion, who had just been comforting him, had become a tall skeleton. As he turned his head, the skull's mouth opened and closed, as if speaking to him…

This strange phenomenon sent chills down the spine of the fourth-tier orc!

Just as he was about to raise his weapon in defense, a whispered voice reached his ear: "Transformation!"

The sound rang out, and the orc's body transformed into a skeleton at an incredible speed...

In the last moment before his consciousness faded, this hot-tempered orc saw two figures dressed in black robes not far from him.

One of the figures in black robes had just retracted his arm…

"Will, did they cause trouble in the Principality of Bucklin?"

"...It's them."

"Desert orcs, they deserve to die!"

"...Good riddance."

"Of course! Since we're not in town, there's something I need to tell you: don't mention the name An Kai in town. I've heard my master say that he's the embodiment of greed, evil, and tyranny!"

Compared to Hanks' Warrior spirit, he's miles behind!

"……good."

Two figures clad in black robes slowly vanished, enveloped in a mass of grayish-brown magical energy…

"I wonder if Hanks Warriors has eaten enough..."

As she was about to disappear, Sally-Buklin, now a necromancer, shrouded in a black robe, gazed towards the outer city of Chaos and sighed softly.

Will Bucklin, standing next to him, wanted to say: The name you forbid me from mentioning is the same person as your Hanks Warrior.

Would he starve himself?

Will Bucklin didn't believe it.

But considering his current situation, Will Bucklin abandoned this explanation that would only cause trouble for Ankai…

The two figures in black robes vanished, and the two orc figures in their original positions turned into bone dust, slowly melting into the scorching sands of the desert…

...

The next day.

Mage Tower.

[Attribute Points +1]

An Kai breathed a sigh of relief as a system notification appeared before his eyes.

The first day at the Mage Tower was a pretty good experience.

Ankai added the newly acquired attributes to his [Endurance] in order.

[Endurance +1]

[Endurance: 386]

I stood up and stretched.

He took out a low-grade magic stone from his storage ring.

Then he took out a piece of hind leg meat from another storage ring.

Place both items together on the [Beast Meat Refining Table] platform.

With a thought, he activated the [Beast Meat Refining Platform].

In an instant, the low-grade magic stone turned into dust, which was then manipulated by the [Beast Meat Refining Platform] and melted into the beast meat.

About half a minute later, fresh meat appeared.

[Enhanced Hind Leg Muscles: Lv1]

[Quality: Average]

[Note: Even if you have a huge appetite, this one piece of hind leg meat is enough to fill you up!]

A familiar prompt appears.

Ankai picked up the hind leg meat, grilled it briefly, sprinkled it with seasonings he had scavenged from the outer city of Chaos City, and began to eat it with relish.

Sitting on the simple stool created by the [Freezing Spell], I opened my side story and treated it as my own little story about eating.

It's the same reason I liked to watch short videos while eating in my past life...

"Tsk tsk, that dragon knight is really unlucky."

"Oh ho? The Mage Association really found the God of Magic? Oh~ another piece of fake news!"

"Is the Kingdom of Shak in chaos too?"

...

As he read, An Kai muttered his own comments until he saw two messages related to him…

[Episode 21: The Town of the Dead Appears in the Kingdom of Shak. The mysterious necromancer didn't appear this time, but that didn't stop the Town of the Dead from devouring the entire human population of the Kingdom of Shak!]

...

[76: The fourth-tier orcs sent by the desert orcs were attacked by the black-robed creatures and have gone missing. Their probability of death is extremely high...]

...

An Kai frowned upon seeing these two messages.

That old bastard Donglin dared to enter the Kingdom of Shak, which means that the strength of the Town of the Dead has increased again.

Ankai guessed that the reason the town of the dead had disappeared for so long was because it was plotting to conquer the city of the Shak Kingdom, which it had just devoured.

"Old man, you really know how to live!"

Muttering to himself, while pondering when that old bastard Donglin would die, he saw the [76th side quest]...

Upon seeing this, An Kai could no longer contain himself and abruptly stood up: "What a coincidence?!"

He had barely made his escape when two fourth-tier orcs were inexplicably eliminated.

"Black robe..."

In today's desert, if you pick out ten people and ask them which faction the ones wearing black robes belong to, that's a good opportunity.

Eight of them would say without hesitation that they came from the town of the dead.

The remaining two were dressed in black robes and said they came from the town of the dead.

Since the town of the dead appeared once outside Chaos City, more and more people in the desert have chosen to wear black robes.

This has resulted in the fact that, despite the fact that the town of the dead has only made a handful of appearances, their legends are found everywhere in the desert.

Murder today, robbery tomorrow—suddenly, a scapegoat has been found for all the bad things happening in the desert…

Therefore, when Ankai saw the side quest, his first guess was either the Desert Humans or Chaos City…

However, in the side quests, the person in the black robe uses the term "living beings" instead of more specific terms like "human" or "orc."

Furthermore, anyone capable of killing a fourth-tier orc must also be at least a fourth-tier or higher.

Such strength is now only possessed by the inner city of Chaos City and the desert orcs.

An Kai repeatedly observed the side storylines, which eventually made him somewhat certain of one thing.

That was the black-robed figure appearing in the desert, most likely the "necromancer" who hadn't appeared in the town of the dead!

Necromancers are living beings too...

Was it a coincidence or was it specifically done for him?

On second thought, I realized that I had never been exposed in side quests, such as becoming the behind-the-scenes city lord of the outer city of Chaos City.

This shows that he hid it very well, meaning that if Donglin sent people to take action this time, it was very likely a coincidence.

Of course, it's also possible that someone else did it, and Ankai is prepared to continue observing the daily updates of the side quests.

He believed that the truth would eventually come from above.

This observation lasted for two and a half months.

Two and a half months later.

Ankai added the newly acquired attribute to his [Intelligence] attribute.

Intelligence +1

【Intelligence: 401】

Just then, a side quest refreshed, so Ankai wasn't in a hurry to level up his spells or head to the third floor.

Instead, she casually opened a side quest...

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