Chapter 2: New Century (Epilogue)
Chapter 611: Demon Furnace and Fear Demon King
Bai Yuekui stared at the pile of scrap metal before her, her eyes wide, frozen in place.
After a long moment, she finally reacted.
“My, my Raijiken!” The wealthy woman, who was usually unperturbed by anything, finally teared up, overcome with anger.
“This was my favorite Grandmaster-level weapon! I spent so long grinding, spent so much money, and there was only one like it on the whole server. How did you manage to break it while repairing it with a 0.1% chance? Wuwuwu!”
Enzo glanced at Bai Yuekui expressionlessly.
He thought, why ask him? She should ask the King of Winter. The forging platform inside was controlled by the system. He was just a figurehead worker. Did she think he could repair weapons or craft equipment by randomly banging away? Impossible. This world still had to follow basic rules. All equipment manufacturing was done by the system according to the forging steps!
Weapon repair was the same principle.
“A 0.1% chance is still a chance, not 0. Alright, stop wailing at the blacksmith shop. The next version will have Grandmaster-level weapons anyway, so you’ll have to change them sooner or later.”
Enzo irresponsibly blew a smoke ring, like a heartless scumbag.
“Wuwuwu! You compensate me for my Raijiken! My Raijiken ahhh!”
Bai Yuekui cried her heart out. Enzo shook his head, closed the shop, and hung a “Temporarily Closed” sign in Bai Yuekui’s direction.
Then he turned and went to Groin’s blacksmith shop, putting up the “Open for Business” sign.
It was morning, and Groin was still asleep.
This lazy Dwarf Grandmaster only appeared in his blacksmith shop for less than two hours in the evening.
At the same time, Xi Wei, who was hunting in the wilderness, trembled and shot an arrow, accurately hitting a fly three meters away in the sky.
[Player ID Bai Yuekui has experienced collapse and despair. Mission completion progress: 500/500. Completed.]
[Congratulations to the host for completing the daily Villain Mission. Reward: Champion-level troop building. Drawing reward… Congratulations to the host for obtaining the Champion-level troop building: Demon Furnace – Fear Demon King Legion.]
“Woohoo!” Xi Wei whistled.
Although he didn’t know what a Fear Demon King was, judging by its comparison to Sark, he knew that any demon faction creatures produced by the system would be awesome!
He couldn’t return to Winter Fort to establish the new troop building yet, so Xi Wei could only open the details of the Demon Furnace and Fear Demon King to feast his eyes.
[Demon Furnace]
A demon manufacturing plant in the Revendreth region of the Shadowlands. Denathrius rules Revendreth and is one of the six Eternal Ones of the Shadowlands. In the Demon Furnace, he manufactured the Nathreza, the Fear Demon Kings.
[Fear Demon King – Tier 7 Champion-level troop – Growable]
Fear Demon Kings were created by Denathrius. They are vile and cunning, possess superb magic control, and have extremely enhanced melee combat abilities. They seethe with twisted fel energy. For unknown reasons, the Demon Furnace that created them was pulled into the Kael’thas Plane.
These monsters have corpse-like, ashen skin, no hair, two sharp fangs protruding from their mouths, and wide, bat-like wings that blot out the sun. Green fel energy burns fiercely in their eye sockets. They are like vampires that prey on mental energy, treating those with weak wills as their food and slaves.
Requirements to manufacture a Fear Demon King: Balrog Heart x1, Fallen Magic Crystal x1, Flower of Uttermost Evil x1, Gold Coin x50, Villain Points x100,000.
(Note: Fear Demon Kings are ferocious and their fel energy has a strong corrosive effect on living beings. It is not recommended to place the Demon Furnace within the territory of the Wintery Empire!)
“Ah, this…” Xi Wei scratched his head helplessly.
This troop building was indeed very tempting, but the fact that it couldn’t be placed within the Wintery Empire’s territory was a major drawback. Did he have to go outside the Wintery Empire every time he recruited troops?
He couldn’t forcibly build it in Winter City either.
The system had clearly stated that Fear Demon Kings possessed fel energy. This was different from Sark’s fel flames; the former was the twisted source, while the latter was just a processed product. The radiation intensity was different. If the Demon Furnace were built in a populated area, all the surrounding living beings would suffer.
“System, your reward is indeed good, but it’s as good as giving nothing. Not only are there requirements for the construction location, but these materials don’t even exist in the Prime Material Plane!”
Xi Wei’s face darkened. After all the trouble and the risk of the harem catching fire, he had obtained something useless.
Useless but a pity to discard!
[Ding! System product, guaranteed quality! The Demon Furnace comes with a spatial teleporter. The host can set a coordinate, place the Demon Furnace at the specified coordinate, and deploy the spatial teleporter to achieve long-distance free troop transportation.]
“Now that’s more like it!” Xi Wei nodded with satisfaction, stroking his chin.
He blinked, and a bold idea flashed through his mind, a strange smile appearing on his lips.
“System, can I place the Demon Furnace in the Abyss Plane? Then I’ll deploy a teleporter and later issue a long-term dungeon mission to the players to attack the Abyss. This way, the material problem will be completely solved, the players will have something to do, they can level up, and provide me with a continuous stream of Villain Points. It’s killing three birds with one stone!”
[… For a host like you, I think the most luxurious lamppost should be installed.]
Xi Wei was unfazed by the system’s mockery. “So, is it possible to operate like this?”
[It is possible, but this system does not recommend the host to deploy coordinates in the middle or lower layers of the Abyss. The demons there are powerful and numerous. If the Demon Furnace is destroyed and they come out of the teleporter, this system cannot help the host clean up the mess.]
Xi Wei: “Aiya~ Who wants you to clean up my mess? Aren’t you embarrassed? How annoying!”
System: . . . . . .
“Don’t worry, let me recall which lords in the Shallow Abyss are easier to bully.”
Xi Wei stroked his chin. In the Shallow Abyss, it wasn’t that the demon lords closer to the Prime Material Plane were weaker. The strength of demon lords in the entire Shallow Abyss was relatively uniform. It was impossible to truly differentiate their strength based on the layer.
[This system recommends the Fifth Layer of the Abyss. The lord of the Fifth Layer of the Abyss: Sotan, the Fallen Flame – Sotan-Trik-Natto’otto, who is also the deity of the Orcs. His actual strength has already fallen to Demigod. He is currently suspected to be severely injured. The host can hunt Sotan-Trik to obtain more Divinity to refine his Godhead.]
“Sotan-Trik? That Orc King who disappeared during the Third Continental Strife? When did this guy become an Orc God?” Xi Wei frowned, recalling the illustration of a Red Dragon on a sheepskin scroll.
It was an extremely massive ancient Red Dragon, whose dragon horns had even transformed into a deep red crown.
[Ding! I don’t know~]
“Alright, then let’s deploy the Demon Furnace in the Fifth Layer of the Abyss! As for the coordinates, let’s choose a marginal area. We need to keep a low profile at first!”
[Analyzing the Fifth Layer of the Abyss… Analysis complete. Coordinates that meet the requirements have been screened for the host: Plain of Broken Bones, Dragonflame Sea, Canyon of Torment, Ashes Desert. Please choose!]
Xi Wei: “Ashes Desert.”
[Coordinates confirmed.]
[Constructing Demon Furnace… Deploying Teleporter…]
