Players’ NPC daddy.

"If you ask me, those who are always trying to sell their products by taking advantage of the popularity and who are not working hard enough are really ignorant of the immensity of the world. Do they think that little bit of money can leave their ugly marks in this great world?" Penguin said righteously, while deleting all the temptations of poaching from those big companies from his mind.

As expected of a hypnotic evil device, he knew who his boss was in an instant.

"So, do you have anything else important to do?"

"Yes, it's about the original stage plan of the game." Penguin took out a paper document, which was quite rare in 2100.

Everyone else fell silent after seeing the document, except Penguin, who couldn't read the air and spoke about the phased plan in detail.

"It says here that the purpose of the Lion Project is to enter the second phase, which is expected to eliminate more than half of the NPCs, abandon the four kingdoms, and create a desperate atmosphere of the end of the world." Penguin carefully flipped through the document in his hand, frowning as he read.

"It says there's no way to defeat the Lion before the end of the world."

The plan for this stage does not seem like something that could be written by this group of cheerful geniuses. Although the geniuses would write horror stories with a smile, these horror stories have a glimmer of hope called "freedom".

Whether you are a player or an NPC, you can become a hero in this free world and challenge the horror written by the Creator.

But this plan is full of arbitrariness and tyranny, as if an unpredictable god is manipulating everyone to a terrible and desperate end according to his own evil tastes.

"That was done by a disgusting guy. This is his hobby. Not only does he like chaotic and devastating endings, he also likes to conduct all kinds of disgusting experiments."

This answer made Penguin understand instantly. During the initial interview with the production team, someone had disappeared. To be more precise, he was currently wanted for suspected multiple serious crimes.

"She designed the twisted script of the Golden Country. Maybe Blaze was created by her." A muscular man with eyes, whose virtual image is a werewolf.

The werewolf flicked off the cap of the soda with his thumb and started drinking it.

"Then this event..." Penguin couldn't imagine that it would have such a hot start, but the ending would be that players watched the NPCs who fought with them turned to dust one after another, and could only watch the terrible giant rage helplessly. What a terrible impact this development would have on the reputation of the game.

How chaotic and evil must the person who wrote this script be?

"It doesn't matter. This established script was invalidated the moment the NPCs blew the war horn." Cook took the paper document from Penguin's hand and threw it into the air casually.

"This game has never been a one-sided exploration of the world by the players. The NPCs also live in that world and they are searching for the treasures we have buried in that world with the players."

"Although there are quite a few treasure chest monsters in there."

The snow-white paper fell into the swimming pool on the rooftop, and the fate described in white and black words became blurred.

No one knows how this story ends.

The people in the story did their best, and the people who read the story became part of the story one after another, pushing the wheel of time together towards the final ending.

Day 4 of the Giant Defense preparation activity.

The overwhelming activity of the foreigners was causing the [Hermes's Traveling Hat] to feel a bit overwhelmed. While the forgers could work tirelessly under the influence of the fruit incense imbued with dwarven wisdom, the [Hermes's Traveling Hat's] inventory began to decline.

If this continues, [Hermes's Traveling Hat] will go bankrupt and will be so poor that only gold coins will be left.

At this time, a stranger who complained that he was too busy killing monsters in the Nemean Forest and had no time to do commissions to make money gave Hebi an idea.

The exchange house has added an item recycling service, which is not limited to the materials in the Nimian Forest, Titan hybrids, and materials from every corner of the continent. As long as they are valuable, they can be recycled, and the price is slightly higher than the market price.

In less than half a day, the inventory of the [Hermes' Traveling Hat] item was restored, and more than twenty new exchangeable items were added to the exchange house.

"What kind of weird things are these strangers hiding on them?" Herbie looked at the strange plush hood in his hand. After a professional appraiser identified it, the answer he got was [silly hood].

Only the special and extremely evil individual monsters among these mask monsters will turn it into dropped materials when they die.

Does anyone really want something like this?

Yes, it is very popular. The more powerful the foreigner is, the more he wants it.

Because Hebi was looking for blacksmiths from all over the place, Blaze also slowed down and had time to count the most critical props in this battle against the Nemean Giants - [Fragments of Stars].

By the fourth day, Blaze had an entire warehouse full of [Star Fragments].

You know, this is an item that can only be dropped by the Nemean Lion, a hidden monster among hidden monsters, and the strangers collected so many in just four days.

“We’re not far from the target number.”

Blaze estimated the size and found it was about the same size as the huge rock behind the old lion.

"What about you?" Blaze asked Hebie. Hebie's secret weapon could be said to be the real key to the success or failure of the war.

"I'm still missing a few important materials, but I've posted this request on the commission wall in the exchange house. With the speed of strangers, I think they'll be gathered soon." Hebi frowned as he flipped through the documents and nodded. "It should be completed in two or three days. The Nemean Giant can be awakened by the seventh day at the latest."

"As for you, are you ready for the bait?"

Blaze didn't answer, but stretched his body vigorously.

【Blaze/Black Beast】

[LV: 66+1]

Remaining skill points: 106.

Chapter 139 Everything is gathering towards the giant

There is nothing in this world that can make people more anxious than the word "limited time".

When Hebi hung "Three Days Left" on the doors of the exchange house and the forge, the players began to go crazy.

The Nemean Forest is huge, and the monsters are endless from the Hundred Births Ganges, but you need to rely on luck to find hidden monsters, and you may even have to fight with others for them. Even if you do find one, it may not drop the most important [Star Fragments].

This situation became more and more serious due to the increase in the online rate of players, and even the huge giant defense line became a bit crowded.

What's even more terrifying is that because they have been fighting monsters here, the wealth they have accumulated is shrinking at a rapid speed.

Weapons need to be enhanced, right? Full body armor needs to be enhanced, right? Weapons for the second gameplay mode need to be enhanced, right? Full body armor for the second gameplay mode needs to be enhanced, right?

Even if all of these have been strengthened, do those special weapons still need to be strengthened?

Don’t ask whether it is a waste or not. Not participating in this event is the biggest waste!

What's scary is that this group of NPCs with a high degree of self-awareness heard their plight and provided them with a recycling service where they could exchange items for gold coins, which alleviated their financial crisis.

This is simply a shame!

Is it possible that the NPC will have to lower the price of the enhancement fee again?

Players have their own dignity!

At this time, they saw the [Order Form] added to the exchange house.

It contains some requirements for materials. Completing a commission can earn you gold coins, props or enhancement scrolls.

The player traffic of Giant Defense has dropped slightly, but the online rate continues to rise.

In the huge space below [Hermes's Travel Cap], as players frantically collected materials, a huge object was slowly built.

……

In the Amazon River of Death, Depp holds Lucy and travels through the man-eating forest. Even more terrifying than the man-eating plants are the killers of Azazel who are chasing after them like ghosts.

These guys without a seat strengthened their equipment in the infinite pool of Giant Line, turning from small fry that could be killed in one hit into small fry that needed a second look.

The most threatening ones are the fourth, seventh, and eleventh seats of [Azazel] who are following closely behind. They are all truly top PVP masters.

Originally, Depp and Lucy should have hidden their whereabouts and carefully headed to their final destination.

But Depp asked Lucy to hide, and when he was offline to rest, he happened to see that XX Entertainment had actually advanced the time of the concert when they saw that there were only three days left for the preparation activities for the Giant Line, intending to take advantage of the peak popularity on the last day.

This forced them to take the fastest route.

In "Azazel", those who were keeping a close eye on the last NPC performer were naturally also paying attention to the opening time of the concert. They knew that Depp and Lucy would be anxious to rush to the Epidaurus Theater, so they blocked the key route.

To their surprise, Depp actually rushed straight towards the checkpoint they set.

After the player dies, although they can be revived immediately, they will have to endure a full day of halving their attributes. As long as Depp dies once, this ridiculous escape will end here.

But they couldn't catch Depp, even though they had already sent out three players. Even if a fight broke out, they couldn't do anything to Depp.

Because Depp has Lucy in his arms.

[Singer] has an extremely terrifying auxiliary ability. As long as the singing continues, the assistance will not end.

Even when she was on the run, Lucy never stopped practicing singing.

"Don't worry, this guy has been online for 20 hours, he will get tired eventually!"

The eleventh seat gritted his teeth and comforted his companion who had also endured a long night and was equally exhausted, but Depp's scythe of death came quietly.

The eleventh seat was caught off guard and was killed instantly by Depp, but Depp did not stop and pounced on the flock of sheep like a ferocious tiger.

The seventh seat never expected that this madman would dare to strike back and attack dozens of PK players who were chasing him while carrying a burden.

The seventh seat put up a hasty resistance, but was defeated by Depp's attack, which was enhanced by his singing.

The fourth seat was a highly skilled necromancer from hell. The moment Depp approached, he summoned a huge demon arm to grab Depp, and Depp summoned a huge bony hand to hold it.

The fourth seat has no weaknesses and has amazing reflexes. It is said that he is a talented e-sports player in real life. Depp's counterattack can't scare him at all, and he can even take the opportunity to kill him.

But this guy is a minor.

Depp pulled a large pile of indescribable objects from the warehouse and scattered them towards the Fourth Seat. The system's protection for minors took effect, and a large amount of holy light and mosaics instantly filled the Fourth Seat's vision.

"You're so dirty!" The fourth man screamed and was killed by Depp with a knife.

Everything happened so fast that some people didn't even have time to react before the three strongest among them were killed instantly.

After that, Depp stopped running away, and the skeleton's face seemed to have some kind of fanatical smile.

The terrifying appearance of the Grim Reaper sent a chill through them, and they suddenly recalled the true nature of the murderous guild, Azazel. The real Azazel was not a herd animal, not a third-rate guild that bullied the weak with its numbers, but a complete loner.

The temptation of getting a lot of wealth by killing red-named players puts them at a disadvantage of fighting one against many at a time, so being hunted down is commonplace.

[Azazel] Like a poisonous snake, like a wild boar.

Their prey has nowhere to escape, and those who come after them will only become their meal.

The killers suddenly realized that the reason this guy kept running away was to calculate their fatigue value and the 24-hour death penalty.

Even if the three strongest men were resurrected, they would not be able to stop Depp before he arrived at the theater.

"Don't underestimate office workers."

After being online for 23 hours, the system still judged that Depp was in a safe period of time. He flipped his sickle and approached these fakes of "Azazel".

He had no intention of escaping from the beginning. He was a PK player, and if he was being chased, he would kill all the people chasing him.

Then he would leisurely choose the most gorgeous dress and the most expensive princess shoes for this little kid, and use the props that exploded from the killers to exchange for the most beautiful hair accessories.

Even if it's a development game, he will PK all opponents!

……

Day 6 of the Giant Front.

Five enormous Nemean lionesses emerged from the ground, their level at LV150. Their high level wasn't the most terrifying aspect; the terrifying part was the coordination of these five over-level 5 monsters, fighting as a team.

Most of the players in the Nemean Forest were wiped out, but because they had several escape props, there were no casualties.

Five Nemean lionesses attempted to approach the walls of the Giant Line, but because their massive bodies were so attractive, millions of players rushed out at once.

Most of them would be killed instantly, but they did not hesitate at all. They died heroically and continued to die heroically after being resurrected. The five Nemean lionesses could not get close to the giant's defense line in this zombie-like crowd.

Finally, the first-tier guilds such as [Fairy Kingdom] came online and with amazing strength, they drove the five giant lionesses back to the vicinity of the Hundred Fetuses River.

The giant lionesses stopped moving and gathered in one place as if they were guarding something.

The players vaguely guessed something.

During the six days of frantic fighting, they discovered that when a large number of Nemean lionesses were defeated, Nemean lionesses would appear. Male lions and lionesses have a mutually protective relationship, so what were these five huge Nemean lionesses protecting?

They vaguely guessed the real purpose of this war preparation.

Those five giant lionesses are very powerful, and it’s not like just a few people can defeat them, but there are a lot of players, so many that it’s a qualitative change.

No single player can mobilize and drive all the players at once.

No player can do that.

The players spontaneously gathered at the Giant Line. The sixth day came to dusk and night was about to fall.

Blaze stood in the empty warehouse, surrounded by countless points of light, the brightest of which formed a lion full of vigor and ready to strike.

Leo S

[Immune to 80% piercing and slashing damage. When equipped with [Fur] or armor with the [Fur] affix, piercing and slashing damage will be ineffective, but you will suffer more fire damage.]

This is a challenge to the throne's power, a roar of defiance to the corrupt king, the fallen king.

[An evil spirit is watching you]

"And I saw you, too."