Game of the World Tree Chapter 928: Sunrise and Dawn (6): Ice Castle
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The wind howled, ruffling Athos's somewhat withered silver hair.
The old mage leaned on his staff and stared at the rolling clouds above the sky, which was deep and sad, as if he was going to travel through time and space.
At this moment, his already stooped back seemed to be even more curved.
"Sorry...Mr. Athos, I don't know..."
Tony opened his mouth, looking guilty.
However, Athos quickly withdrew his gaze from the sky.
He took a deep breath and forced out a somewhat ugly smile:
"It's okay, Sir Tony, this is all in the past."
"The catastrophe has brought indelible harm to everyone. It is precisely because of this that we know the beauty of peace and the value of blue sky and white clouds..."
"As survivors, we are much luckier than those who were killed."
"Live well and work hard for that possible bright future, that is what we survivors should do."
"We should be strong and must be strong. The dead have passed away, but we cannot forget that we still have a future..."
Athos's words were resounding and seemed to contain an extremely firm force.
Looking at his persistent gaze, Tony felt a chill in his heart and was in awe for a moment.
"Mr. Athos, you are really a strong elder. After chatting with you, I realized how cowardly I am."
Tony sighed slightly.
Looking at this steadfast old man, at this moment, he couldn't help but think of himself.
He thought of the unforgettable setbacks he had experienced since he was a child, and also recalled that after his recent breakup, he became more obsessed with the game, which was actually an anesthesia to escape reality...
Addiction to games leading to the breakdown of a relationship is just a symptom.
He has always known that what really surrounds him is the introversion and inferiority buried deep in his bones...
Because I am introverted, I don’t like to socialize. Because I have low self-esteem, I escape reality and indulge in games.
It is precisely because of this that when interacting with my girlfriend, when conflicts arise time and time again, I do not work hard to solve the problem, but choose to escape every time.
Escape again and again, choose silence after conflict, choose to immerse yourself in the game, and finally get the other party's complete disappointment.
It's just a vicious cycle.
Compared to Athos, who faces the tragic past, and compared to the old man who buries his grief and continues to move forward, he is really far behind.
"No, Sir Tony, please be confident. You are willing to embark on the journey for us. This is enough to show your strength and kindness."
"Without you, we probably wouldn't be here at all."
Athos shook his head and said.
Tony smiled bitterly and did not answer.
Strong? kindness?
No...
He knew very well that he was willing to participate just because it was a "game".
He is far less noble than Athos says.
It is precisely because of this that he feels even more ashamed when he sees the grateful and respectful looks from everyone.
As Athos told and Tony sighed, the atmosphere in the team became a little low for a while.
Until the warrior Bols made a haha:
"Hey, let's not talk about these sad things! How about you listen to the story of me, Ramis and Mirel?"
"Speaking of which, it's also unlucky. The three of us were originally mercenaries in a small mercenary group. We had saved a lot of money and were preparing to retire and open a tavern together. Who knew that we had just joined the group? After the long talk about retirement, the great disaster came..."
"It's really miserable. We have saved gold pounds for more than ten years. When this **** disaster happened, all the gold pounds turned into waste stones, but food and water became hard currency. What a hell! ”
"The most annoying thing is that before retreating, we exchanged most of the materials on hand for gold pounds. In the end, all the gold pounds combined could not afford to buy a box of ale!"
"Isn't it very unlucky? Hahahahaha..."
Boers laughed and tried to change the subject.
It's just that... his ability to change the subject doesn't seem to be very good. Except for him laughing awkwardly, no one agreed.
The sturdy warrior laughed for a while, seeming to realize the awkwardness of the atmosphere.
Finally, he rolled his eyes, stopped looking at the silent crowd, and said dejectedly:
"Damn! It seems that the story I told is not funny. I swear, I will never interrupt at such an unlucky time in my life."
"Pfft..."
Looking at his naive look like a frustrated brown bear, Milaire couldn't help but smile.
With the laughter of the female mage, the silent atmosphere was suddenly broken. Everyone looked at each other and laughed at the same time.
"Pfft, Bols, you better not mention what happened before. If you hadn't always said that the gold pound was easy to carry, Milaire and I wouldn't have replaced everything in the end."
Lamis laughed and cursed.
Miler also shook his head and complained:
"Yes, it's all your fault."
However, although the words they spoke were complaints, there was no resentment in their eyes.
On the contrary, there is only the tacit understanding and friendship of old friends for many years.
With such a commotion, the somewhat gloomy atmosphere in the team was completely gone.
The team escorting the magic energy-gathering core returned to its high-spirited and optimistic appearance again.
Athos looked at the people who began to tease each other, laugh and curse as Bors started, his eyes became softer.
He looked up at the sky with rolling clouds and said:
"It's still early, let's keep moving forward. If everything goes well, maybe we can get out of the central plain today."
With Athos's order, the laughter and curses in the team slowly subsided.
The expressions of the few people returned to serious and vigilant looks, and they continued on their journey.
Tony slowly looked away from several people.
He did not continue to inquire about the whereabouts of Athos's son, but took a deep breath, cheered up again, and kept up with the pace of several people.
The past is past. Only by facing difficulties head on and facing tomorrow can we have a bright future.
……
The rest of the journey was quite satisfactory, not difficult, but not smooth either.
Everyone continued the previous tactics, with Tony as the core, fighting as they walked, defeating monsters that blocked their progress one after another.
With the continuous fighting, the team's cooperation became more and more perfect.
Tony gained more and more experience points.
The transition from black iron to silver is a watershed, and the required experience points increase significantly.
Because of this, Tony's promotion speed suddenly slowed down.
It wasn't until everyone crossed the central plains and entered the hinterland of the canyon forest that ran through the north and south of the Western Continent that his experience gauge barely reached half of it.
However, although Tony has not yet been officially promoted to the Silver rank, Tony has become more proficient in using [Eagle Strike], and his combat level has also been greatly improved compared to the beginning.
At this moment, he even suspected that if he encountered a vicious incident such as robbery again in reality, relying on the experience he accumulated in the game, he might be able to kill the opponent with his bare hands...
The landscape of the canyon forest is more complex than any terrain we have traveled before. Although it is only less than ten kilometers wide, it is difficult to traverse and requires a long winding path.
Not only that, there are more fallen monsters hidden here. Every step forward must be done with caution.
However, the overall combat effectiveness of everyone is no longer what it used to be. Although there were several thrills along the way, in the end, thanks to everyone's efforts, the dangers were averted.
Finally, on the thirteenth day of the journey, everyone finally walked out of the difficult canyon forest.
At this time, everyone is still more than 600 kilometers away from Dawn Fortress.
In other words, in the past ten days, the distance in a straight line has increased by more than 100 kilometers.
Of course, if converted into actual kilometers, it would be much more.
After all, everyone took many detours along the way in order to avoid powerful monsters.
At this time, Tony was also glad that he could contact the Chinese players in time. How necessary it was to get their support.
If they really had to walk the remaining 600 kilometers on their own, they might not be able to reach the finish line if they didn't walk for more than a month.
Not to mention whether there will be monsters that he can't contend with on the way, just looking at his personal online time, Tony will not be able to satisfy such a long journey.
He has to work during the day, and now he has a few days of vacation on the weekends and when it is his turn. When converted into game time, it is actually only twenty days at most.
So, he must complete this task within this time.
The good thing is that as time goes by, the distance between teammates on the mini-map is getting closer and closer. It is obvious... the Chinese players are coming soon.
Tony calculated that based on the current distance and the average speed of the Celestial Players in the past few days, they would be able to meet each other in three days at most.
If it's early, maybe two days will be enough.
By the way, Tony's experience gauge is about to be full.
After accumulating enough experience points, it’s time to advance to the Silver rank.
However, unlike promotion to the Black Iron rank, promotion to the Silver rank not only requires sufficient experience points, but also requires a special item-"Silver Job Transfer Quota".
In other words, Silver job transfer scroll.
Tony specifically inquired in advance how to obtain this item.
The most mainstream method is to enter the Demonic Labyrinth located in the first level of **** through the plane passage in the Segas world, and kill the demons in the labyrinth to obtain it.
By the way, it is said that the Demon God's Labyrinth was originally located in the world of Segas. At that time, the World Tree had not yet become the "World Tree", and the Demon God's Labyrinth was located at the roots of the World Tree.
Now that the goddess has become the ruler of the Dawn Era, the first level of **** has also been controlled by the World Tree and has become a place to take root. This increasingly larger maze has naturally moved.
Of course, Tony will definitely not be able to go to the Demonic Labyrinth now, so he can only use other methods.
There are three types, one is obtained through tasks, one is drawn through special prize pool lottery tickets, and the other is directly redeemed with contribution points.
The first two methods of obtaining are unstable and rely on luck. If you are lucky, you can trigger the task of obtaining a job transfer quota while walking. A lottery ticket can enter the soul at once, but if you are unlucky...
It is said that there is a very famous player in China. When he was drawing a lottery a long time ago, nine out of ten shoes were white shoes.
Unlucky guy or something, that’s probably the miserable situation.
Of course, Tony neither triggered any special tasks nor did he have enough lottery tickets. At the same time, he did not believe that he could really be the lucky one who was enchanted by the shot.
So... if he wants to be promoted in the Dawn World as soon as possible, there is only one last way left for him.
Exchange directly with contribution points.
Use your contribution points to exchange for job transfer quotas in the mall. It is said that this was only available after the official global opening of "Elf Kingdom". Now it is only open to the silver level.
As for the Silver low-level job transfer quota, the contribution required in the mall is 200,000 points...
This is already a huge sum of money, at least... for new players.
However, Tony, who has already received half a million contribution points, can still use it.
Not only that, he calculated that if he redeemed his job transfer quota, the remaining contribution would be enough to support him in exchange for a set of epic silver equipment.
Presumably by that time, his strength will be greatly improved.
Of course, this is just Tony's consideration.
Now the team has walked out of the canyon forest, and judging from his system mini-map, the supporting Chinese players are getting closer and closer to him.
If you can endure it for a while, after the mission is completed, go to Shentem through the teleportation array, then teleport from Shetem to the world of Segas, and then go to the Demon God's Labyrinth in the first level of **** to get a job transfer quota. It's also an option.
After all, the cost of earning a job transfer quota is much lower than exchanging it directly, and the drop rate of Demon God's Labyrinth seems to be quite high.
If you hold back for a few days, you can save hundreds of thousands of contribution points, why not?
However, let’s not mention the promotion for now. Now that the players we have introduced are getting closer and closer to the team, it is time to share this exciting news with everyone.
"Everyone, the other chosen elves will be able to join us in three days at most. After we leave the canyon forest, we can take a breather."
Tony said to everyone.
After hearing his words, everyone’s eyes lit up.
"Great! If we can join up with the golden-ranked Chosen One, no matter how powerful the monster is, it will no longer be a threat!"
Boers said excitedly.
Lamis also breathed a sigh of relief.
After a long period of nervous breakdown, I finally got some relief.
"We cannot relax. We will continue to move forward in the next few days. The concentration of magic power in this area is not low. We still cannot stay where we are for too long. We must leave the canyon forest as soon as possible."
Athos looked solemn and warned.
After hearing what he said, everyone's eyes narrowed and they nodded in agreement.
"By the way, where are we now? Where is the front?"
Lamis glanced at Milaire, who was holding a map, and asked.
Mireir's eyes fell on the unfolded parchment map.
However, looking at the yellowed and broken map, her eyes gradually became serious.
She paused for a few seconds and couldn't help but glance at Athos. There seemed to be some complexity in her eyes:
"Ahead, there is the snow-covered mountain..."
"Snow-covered mountains?"
Boers and Ramis were stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but turn around and look at Athos.
Athos' expression remained calm.
However, many times, calm often means not calm.
Noticing the changes in the expressions of several people, Tony's eyes narrowed slightly.
Snowy mountains...?
He hesitated for a moment, then quickly checked the mainland information collected by the players from the survivors of the Western Continent, and soon saw the relevant information.
Snowman Mountain is a towering mountain range in the eastern part of the Western Continent. It is very famous and is covered with snow all year round.
However, the spread of its name is not because of the steep terrain or the magnificent scenery, but because it was once the holy land in the hearts of all the mages in the Western Continent.
The former number one school in the Western Continent, the Imperial Academy of Magic, is located on the Snow Man Mountain.
Also known as - Ice Castle.