Chapter 494: Chapter 494
"Why are there so many guards coming over?"
Outside Luke’s shabby wooden house, Tian Ci and the others watched as guards from the City Lord’s Mansion continuously emerged, and they were taken aback:
"Could something have happened inside?"
In just a moment, the group found themselves heavily surrounded by the suddenly appearing guards centered around this wooden house:
The few were utterly confused:
"What’s going on here?"
Meanwhile, players attracted from afar were forcefully barred by the guards from approaching, only to hear one guard shouting:
"City Lord’s business, clear the area, no gathering allowed."
A few curious players were rudely pushed away by the guards. A guard clad in silver armor shouted angrily:
"Anyone daring to force their way in, will face death!"
In an instant, hundreds of guards with a Level as high as Lv45, all fully armed, pointed their spears at the onlooking players. Finally, the curious players obediently stood at a distance, speculating among themselves.
Given the notoriety of the "Haunted House" in Ussuri City, everyone wanted to know what the sudden action by the City Lord’s Mansion meant, and whether it might trigger some hidden quest or something.
But they were bound to be disappointed, as the "Haunted House" in Wusu City is about to become history tonight.
At that moment, the previously tightly closed wooden door suddenly opened, and Lin Yi stepped out, saying:
"I’m sorry, I have to leave now."
Following Lin Yi was a man, who made Haji gasp in shock:
Handsome Dude was stunned:
"When did this guy get in there?"
The City Lord of Ussuri City, Frankie, stood at the doorway watching Lin Yi, making a final effort: Tʜe source of this ᴄontent ɪs novel·fire.net
"Chosen One, are you sure you don’t want to reconsider?"
"I’ll trade you three Fourth Transformation Mythical Equipments, how about it?"
Three Mythical Equipments!
Handsome Dude and those nearby were shocked to hear this:
"So generous! Offering a Level 40 Mythical piece, and three at that!"
They were all very curious about what had just happened inside that made this City Lord bleed so much.
But it seemed Lin Yi still wasn’t willing?
Lin Yi paid no attention to Frankie but instead walked over to Zhang Xinying and the others, saying:
But a silver-armored general Lv55 blocked Lin Yi’s way, shouting sharply:
Lin Yi stopped in front of the general and turned around to look at Frandy, calm and at ease:
"So, City Lord, are you planning to take it by force if I don’t give it to you?"
Lin Yi knew that without a necessary cause-and-effect relationship, the natives could not attack the players, or they would face punishment from the system.
Especially in front of all these witnesses, hence Lin Yi had the courage to refuse the request.
Lin Yi had never imagined that the City Lord of this city was actually a living corpse modified by the Corpse Demon Race with Demigod Level strength.
Now that there are Corpse Demon modifications even in the Indonesia War Zone, Lin Yi realized it wasn’t hard to imagine that the entire continent had probably been infiltrated by this evil thing.
And their levels and status were so high. Imagining the consequences if they suddenly defected after the Demon Race’s arrival made Lin Yi shiver.
Frankie gave Lin Yi a deep look:
"Chosen One, you will regret your decision."
Then with a wave of his hand, the guards automatically made way for Lin Yi and the others to leave.
Before leaving, Lin Yi shot back a glare at him:
"There is no one in this world who can force me to make any decision. Whether I regret it or not is my own business, don’t trouble yourself over it."
After saying this, Lin Yi led Zhang Xinying and the others out briskly.
On the way, Zhang Xinying curiously asked:
"What happened inside? Why was the City Lord there?"
Lin Yi, keeping his head down, headed towards the outside, saying:
"Let’s find a safe place first before talking."
Then, under Haji’s lead, they found an inn to settle in.
Lin Yi didn’t hide what happened inside. Upon learning that the next quest was to head to the Hell Difficulty [Cursed Forest] instance, Haji was shocked:
"Hell Level? Did I hear you right?"
Lin Yi asked, surprised:
"You know about this instance?"
Although Lin Yi had been to this battle zone in his previous life, due to the special relationship between the two battle zones, the number of times Lin Yi came here wasn’t many.
So Lin Yi wasn’t very familiar with the various aspects of this battle zone either.
"The [Cursed Forest] is a newly opened instance in our battle zone. Currently, the major guilds led by the KOS Guild are all vying for the Hell Difficulty first clear of this instance, so there is no Hell Level clear record yet."
"And it’s also the first 15-man raid instance opened in our battle zone."
Meanwhile, Handsome Dude pulled up a video of the earlier clearing of Nightmare Difficulty from the website:
"This is the KOS Guild’s first clear video of the Nightmare Difficulty, take a look."
"There is no information on the Hell Difficulty instance found, it seems like they are keeping it very secretive."
After watching the video, Lin Yi commented:
"Watching this doesn’t help. The Hell Level difficulty and the earlier difficulty of the instance are completely different."
"We’ll only know when we play it ourselves."
Tian Ci was instantly enthusiastic:
Except for that [Mutated Cave] instance, it had been a long time since they had properly done an instance.
Lin Yi shook his head and said:
"Let’s rest today, and go tomorrow."
At this moment, it was already midnight, 11 PM, in the real world. Having initially planned to spend just one day in Ningzhong City, everyone was already exhausted. Subsequently, they experienced the upheaval in Galia City and the incident in Takri Village, and finally traversed the narrow border, crossing the mountain range to arrive at Ussuri City in the Indonesia War Zone.
Even if one had a body made of iron, one’s spirit couldn’t handle it, not to mention that everyone was using helmets instead of gaming pods.
Lin Yi himself was fine, but he had to consider the girls.
Moreover, Haji also said:
"Even if you go now, you can’t enter the instance; this instance is time-limited."
"It opens at nine o’clock in the morning and closes at eight in the evening."
Lin Yi thought to himself, this is just right:
"Then everyone should have a good night’s sleep to rejuvenate. We can rush back early tomorrow morning to enter the instance."
Since Lin Yi had already spoken, everyone else decided not to insist:
As everyone logged off to rest, Lin Yi said to Haji:
"Thanks for today. Here, take this."
Lin Yi took out a bag full of five thousand gold coins and handed it over, but Haji, with a frightened expression, declined:
"No, no, no, I’m truly willing to help you all. I can’t accept this."
"Thanks to your help today, we saved a lot of trouble. Just these pieces of equipment alone cost a lot of money. You must take it."
Lin Yi didn’t even give Haji a chance to refuse, placing it directly on the table:
"Thanks again for today. Goodbye."
Then he simply chose to log off.
Haji stared at the bag full of gold coins on the table, momentarily lost in thought:
Looking at the empty room, Haji suddenly smiled:
"As expected of Hua Country’s number one, Feng Hua, truly lives up to the name."
"Cursed Forest’s Hell first kill?"
A playful smile appeared on Haji’s face as he said:
"Looks like there will be a good show to watch tomorrow."
As a world-renowned figure, Feng Hua’s various feats circulated in game forums in each battle zone.
After understanding Feng Hua’s past, it’s not hard to see that for someone skilled in creating miracles, a hell difficulty instance first kill shouldn’t be much of a challenge, right?
Haji picked up the gold coins from the table, thoughtfully logged off as well.
After logging off, Lin Yi suddenly heard a knock at the door. Standing outside was Ouyang Hao, asking:
"Boss Feng, I ordered some midnight snacks. Want me to get you something?"
Jade Qilin, who followed, immediately brightened up with excitement:
"I want some, I want to eat. What’s on the menu?"
Jade Qilin leaned against the door, eagerly responding to Ouyang Hao outside:
"Buddy, count me in."
"Kid, hurry up and open the door for this lord."
Looking at Jade Qilin, who looked like he hadn’t smelled meat in ten years, Lin Yi couldn’t help but laugh as he walked over to open the door:
"Even a ravenous ghost reincarnated wouldn’t look like you."
As the door opened a crack, Jade Qilin darted out like a rocket, landing on Ouyang Hao’s shoulder.
Lin Yi opened the door and said:
"You guys eat, I won’t have any."
"Oh, also ask Xinying and the others if they want to eat."
Returning to the room, Lin Yi lay on the bed, browsing the Indonesia War Zone official website on his phone, checking some information about the [Cursed Forest] instance while also going through some supposed strategies.
Perhaps it was because too much had happened that day, a wave of drowsiness hit, and Lin Yi drifted off into sleep.
When Lin Yi woke up, the sky was already beginning to brighten.
According to the plan, the group had breakfast, then boarded the first 6 AM flight, spending two hours returning to Binhai City.
Meanwhile, in the game Indonesia War Zone:
KOS Guild President Chavez asked his sister Saka, puzzled:
"Are you sure it’s the City Lord of that Floating City?"
Previously defeated by Lin Yi with a single strike, Centaur Saka nodded resolutely:
"It’s definitely him. I even specially looked up the video from the previous trial online afterward, identical to the BOSS in there."
"Just a bit shorter."
Chavez looked confused:
"How could he suddenly appear here?"
Saka, playing coyly on the side, said:
"Who cares why he’s here, he did kill your sister yesterday."
"Brother, you must avenge me."
Chavez glanced at his sister Saka, pretending to agree with her request:
"Alright, if I encounter him next time, I’ll definitely avenge you."
Only after receiving Chavez’s promise did Saka leave, satisfied.
But Chavez didn’t really take it to heart; just because Saka didn’t understand didn’t mean Chavez would be foolish too.
Killing the City Lord of the Floating City?
Almost like growing tired of living.
Chavez quickly put the matter aside, then said to the team in front of him:
"Move out, we must clinch the instance’s first kill today."
A group of people cheered as they headed towards the [Cursed Forest] instance outside the city.
At this time, on the Indonesia War Zone official game website, the forum was naturally dominated by the heated debate over who would claim the hell instance’s first kill.
Besides KOS Guild, the top ten guilds in Indonesia War Zone had already dispatched the pioneering teams, all aiming for the first kill.