Chapter 2: New Century (Epilogue)
Chapter 442: Special Mission for Special People
Before Yan could speak, Xi Wei had already taken the initiative to speak:
“I suddenly remembered something. I mentioned before that for you to change professions, you must undergo a sublimation of the spirit. This is a very difficult matter. As a loyal defender of my Wintery Empire, I, as your King, should provide you with as much help as possible.”
If these words had been said before, Yan would have been overjoyed. But now, coming from the King of Winter, whose HP bar was blood red, he felt a chill all over his body.
“Your Majesty, this, this matter, please don’t trouble yourself. The so-called sublimation of the spirit must be realized by myself. How can it be called a sublimation of the spirit with the help of external forces?”
As he spoke, he shifted his feet and subtly retreated.
However, the Crusader, who was in tune with the King of Winter, had already blocked his path from behind.
“That’s not how it works.”
Xi Wei smiled, his sinister gaze sweeping over Yan. This player, when he first entered the game, had a half-meter-long mohawk and was also quite prickly, a rare player with 99 pounds of rebellion in his 100-pound body.
For such a rare player, Xi Wei generally adopted a strategy of crushing them to death.
“In our Wintery Empire, there’s an old saying: when helping others, you must help them to the end, not give up halfway. Since I’ve already thought of a way, I should offer you help.”
The surroundings were already completely surrounded by Crusaders.
Seeing that he could no longer escape, Yan gritted his teeth and, with a forced courage, knelt on the ground and thanked Xi Wei:
“Since Your Majesty has decided, I am willing to obey Your Majesty’s arrangements.”
In reality, his heart was already dead. Players with low favorability with the King of Winter never had a good outcome. The example of those assigned to the frontier to slack off and farm was a case in point.
“Very good.”
Xi Wei clapped his hands with a smile.
“Follow me.”
With that, he stood up and walked ahead alone, while the Crusaders escorted Yan closely behind him.
This was not the end. Xi Wei also used the system to issue special missions to a certain group of players. Of course, Yan was unaware of this mission, otherwise, he would have bolted immediately, even choosing to die rather than follow.
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On the other side, Bai Yuekui and the others, who were comforting the mother dragon with load-bearing pillars, suddenly received a system prompt. Upon closer inspection, they realized it was a special mission unique to them. However, after reading the mission content, everyone’s expression became somewhat peculiar.
“Big Sister, why would the King of Winter issue such a strange mission?”
“How should I know?” Bai Yuekui shrugged.
“Perhaps Your Majesty Winter has some peculiar hobbies… Anyway, let’s follow the mission requirements for now. It’s a full 20,000 experience points, and each of us is rewarded with five large health potions.”
The so-called large health potions were what players called diluted Life Springs. They were currently the only healing potions in the entire game. Moreover, only the King of Winter produced them. Apart from these, player-made healing potions had terrifying side effects, such as becoming stiff all over when reaching 20% HP, or losing 2% HP per second for a minute after healing 50% of their health. No one thought these potions should be called healing potions; poison would be more fitting. This made the diluted Life Spring a coveted mission reward for all players, as popular as equipment enhancement scrolls. After all, a large health potion often meant a life. Since the game opened, the level gap between players had been widened by the number of deaths. The top fifty highest-level players were basically those with very few deaths.
With the leader’s command, the other members of the Blood Rose squad did not hesitate. They had been trying to help the mother dragon for half a day, but still could not alleviate her symptoms. Fifty doses of the medicine were too powerful; the mother dragon had completely lost her mind. To control her, everyone had to use extremely strong steel cables to tie up the poor mother dragon.
“Roar!”
The mother dragon, feeling extremely uncomfortable, let out a painful wail. Bai Yuekui, seeing its pitiful state, couldn’t help but stroke its head and gently comfort it, saying, “Good girl, hold on a little longer, you’ll be free from suffering soon… Alright, let’s go hand in the mission.”
This mother cave dragon weighed about five tons. If this were in modern society, lifting such a heavy beast would be a fantasy for these young girls. But in the game, with the help of mages’ Levitation and Gale spells, and the greatly enhanced physique of warrior-class professions, lifting such a large dragon became effortless. They lifted the “roaring” mother dragon and, led by Bai Yuekui, galloped towards Winter Fort.
The mother dragon continued to wail all the way. Halfway through, they encountered Bryant the Blue Dragon, who was transporting stones for road construction. Bryant was very sensitive to the dragon’s cries. Although the dragon’s blood was very thin, their appearance was similar to that of giant dragons, and their roars often conveyed similar meanings.
“Which family’s dragon is this? It’s almost winter, and it’s still so passionate…” Bryant shook his head and sighed helplessly. Looking at the mother dragon’s bloodshot eyes, he suspected it would dare to charge forward even against an actual giant dragon, despite the bloodline’s suppression. Desire had completely clouded its mind. He wondered which male dragon would have terrible luck and encounter such a creature later. Why did he have this thought? Bryant felt it was obvious. Seeing the humans frantically dragging the mother dragon towards the royal palace obviously meant they were going to find other male dragons to mate with!
“How shameless!” Bryant withdrew his gaze and muttered inwardly. “Such ants, whose minds are filled only with biological instincts all day long. No wonder they can only be a lower-class creature like a dragon for their entire lives. Unlike us dragons ~ our minds are filled with the vastness of the stars, with poetry and the distant future!”
“Bryant, can you walk faster? We’re waiting to unload ahead! I don’t know how you, such a huge dragon, move so slowly. What are you doing?!” Bai Yao frowned and tapped Bryant’s head twice. This was undoubtedly a provocation to a dragon, a trampling of dragon dignity! Bryant was indeed indignant, so he exerted all his might to pull the pile of stones, which was taller than his body, towards the destination. At the same time, his space ring was already full of stones. Space rings cannot negate mass, meaning he was currently carrying two mountains.
“I’m asking you! What’s your attitude! Believe it or not, I’ll complain to the Master!”
“Demi! Don’t push your luck too far, dragon!” Bryant glared fiercely at Bai Yao with his purple eyes, letting out a deafening roar: “I will definitely deliver the stones to the destination within half an hour! Don’t think about deducting my wages because of this!”
