Chapter 659 - 622: Divine Punishment City
"Warrior, when you are ready to strike, head to the city gate and find Ror. You can also look around in the shops in the city, but note that they transact not in Gold Coins, but in Demon Essences gathered from the monsters below the city..."
The Angel Leader finished speaking and fell silent.
Da Fei snapped back to his senses and quickly asked Catherine: "Babe, how did you get this entrance slip? Did you know that the exam would be held here?"
Catherine spread her hands and laughed: "Probably dug out from the treasure pile my dad looted? As for the exam site, who knows, but why not take it since it’s free?"
Damn, you’re pretending! You definitely knew, otherwise you wouldn’t be so confident after seeing the special skill of the Multi-headed Serpent Blade. No matter, she won’t say what’s not part of the plot yet.
Da Fei stepped out of the grand hall and started to survey the city, only to be stunned by the scene before his eyes!
A dark red cloudy sky, numerous meteors howling downwards, exploding on the black charred ground where lava boiled, creating thunderous roars. From the crevices of the barren land, hot magma sporadically spurted, splashing everywhere. In this world of lava and scorched earth, countless demons, big and small, surrounded the city where Da Fei was located like iron buckets.
Alright, Divine Punishment City was actually quite small—a fortress covered in golden halos perched on a steep mountain top, resembling a village. A perilous, narrow stone staircase extended from the city gate down to the foot of the mountain, where those red Arrays guarded by heavy demonic forces were undoubtedly the Sealing Arrays that the Angel Leader had asked to be destroyed.
Oh shoot, is this the fierce tiger descending the mountain? This dense crowd of creatures must indeed be the perfect battlefield for the Multi-headed Serpent Blade’s splash and Bloodsucking Skill to shine. Fine, if even a guy like me, equipped with powerful artifacts for both attack and defense, can’t handle them, ordinary players shouldn’t even think about it.
Now that I’m here, I might as well check out the shops in Divine Realm. Outside the hall, the small square seemed to have only three shops: a blacksmith, a pharmacy, and a shop whose purpose was unclear. However, these three shopkeepers, though appearing no different from normal humans, had halos over their heads that betrayed their angelic nature.
Da Fei approached the unnamed shop and asked the proprietor: "What do you sell here?"
The proprietor responded indifferently: "Warrior from the Mortal World, this is the Divine Punishment City Mercenary Guild. Here, you can hire powerful warriors from the Angel Army by collecting Demon Essence. If you pass the trial, you will receive a free Angel Soldier from me."
After speaking, a list popped up showing a lineup of Angel Soldiers with their prices and attribute icons. Power Angels, Energy Angels, Strength Angels—wait! Da Fei suddenly saw a Blazing Angel wielding a Flame Flying Spear!
—Blazing Angel: A large Light Spirit creature, Holy Hall level 7 unit, Attack 35, Defense 35, Damage 50-75, Life 400, Attack Speed 12, Mana 300, Command Value 10, Magic Resistance 75%, Special Skill: Flying Creature, Holy Body, Resurrection, Healing, Crystal Flame Gun, Crystal Ammo Bag.
—Crystal Flame Gun: The Blazing Angel can consume 1-3 Unit Crystals to launch a powerful, long-range Flame Flying Spear from mid-air. (Note: 3 Unit Crystals provide maximum range and power)
—Crystal Ammo Bag: The Blazing Angel comes with a Crystal Ammo Bag, capable of carrying 5 Unit Crystals.
Da Fei was stunned; this angel’s design was the same as the one that British player brought out yesterday. Looking at the price, 500 Demon Essences for one. Oh shoot, so that’s how he got these angels? That British player has already gotten 4 to 5 of them, which means he is far ahead on the path of the Crusaders!
Da Fei couldn’t keep calm anymore. He thought that by reaching the Divine Realm he was already exceptional and awesome, but professional players were already ahead of him, no, it meant a whole professional team was ahead of him. This is unbearable!
Anxious, Da Fei continued scrolling the list—the angels below were, of course, increasingly expensive and elite, with all commanding thousands of Demon Essences, and indeed, those with command values in the thousands were not something current stage players could lead.
Compared to these terrifying attributes of elite angels, the attributes of this Flame Spear Blazing Angel might not be much stronger than ordinary barrack angels, but her Flame Flying Spear was just too excellent—it must be the favorite of professional players with the highest cost-performance ratio and survivability. Moreover, importantly, the Blazing Angel wasn’t limited to one spearing per battle as Da Fei initially thought; as long as the player had enough crystals, she could continue shooting, making her a favorite among tycoon players as well.
Da Fei then asked the mercenary store employee: "Excuse me, can I take the warriors I recruit here to the Mortal World?"
The mercenary staff replied seriously: "You can, provided you must kill demons in the wilderness below the city, or even further, and collect enough Energy Barytes to support the consumption of the Teleportation Array."
Da Fei clenched his heart, does this mean as long as the British camp here for a long time, they could continuously send special level 7 Angel soldiers back to the Mortal World to join the National War? But knowing the nature of the game, even teleporting two people to the Divine Realm is not that easy, so teleporting troops would be even harder, right? It’s likely the British’s progress isn’t going very smoothly either.
While pondering, the clerk continued, "However, if you sell Energy Baryte to us, you could get more troops and better equipment, why bother with low-end battles in the mortal world?"
Damn! What hurts is that the gameplay here is too high-end! Despite these angel mercenaries having impressive attributes, who knows what attributes those demons at the mountain base might have?
Then Da Fei took a look at the equipment store, needless to say, one word, "awesome!" Two words, "expensive!" Then he looked at the pharmacy, needless to say, one word, "awesome!" Two words, "expensive!" In short, Divine Punishment City, small as it is, has everything one needs, as long as you camp here for a lifetime, you will have whatever you desire. However, besides special soldiers like angels, no gamer would use their precious essence to exchange equipment potions, as the equipment here, though fine, is not irreplaceable. And by the way, camping one map for a lifetime doesn’t count as playing the game, does it?
Anyway, having seen enough, it was time to head into battle.
Da Fei went to the fortress gate and found the lady in golden armor, Ror, incarnated as a human. Alas, if only she were a Floating Angel, then Da Fei could peek at the sun under her skirt.
Ror looked down at the Demon Army below the cliff and said gravely, "Warrior, the demons below are not something mortals can easily confront; we need to activate the barrier extending to the target area of the Sealing Array. The demons within the barrier will be significantly weakened. However, even so, their numbers are still beyond what mortals can handle. This is only the hardest beginning, countless Trial Knights have failed, and you guys, are an exceedingly rare non-knight combination, perhaps you can bring a chance for a turnaround, if you’re ready let me know."
Damn, what does it mean by an exceedingly rare non-knight combination? It’s because these good opportunities always come to those in the knight profession first, right? Looking down at the dense demons below the cliff, Da Fei frowned; rushing in without knowing the strength of the demons is indeed very troubling. Moreover, under normal circumstances, wouldn’t such a task typically have one knight and one priest, one attacking and one healing? The problem is, neither of us knows how to heal! So did Catherine place her hopes on that blade’s Bloodsucking Skill?
No way, bloodsucking, no matter how awesome, can’t compare to Healing Skill. But even if I could learn Light Magic now, so what? With my abysmal Magic Power knowledge value, how many Spells could I cast? Not to mention without troops for cover—
Wait? Troops? Da Fei’s eyebrows twitched, I do have troops! Don’t I have one in my mailbox? Although it is extremely difficult to teleport players from the Mortal World to the Divine Realm, let alone troops, I have a mailbox, a mailbox that transcends all space, available whenever called!
Immediately, Da Fei opened his mailbox. The lame Unicorn Boss, mailed after the match, appeared outright!
—Unicorn (Unnamed): Medium-sized, Leader-level Light Spiritual Creature, Attack 65, Defense 45, Damage 56-65, Health 5500, Mana 500, Attack Speed 13, Move Speed 24, Magic Resistance 75%, Special Skill: Blinding Attack, Anti-Magic Barrier, Follow the Light, Charge, Maiden Riding.
Anti-Magic Barrier: 25% complete dodge chance against magic in a 50-meter radius around the unicorn.
Follow the Light: As long as someone in the battlefield releases Light Magic, the unicorn will also release that Spell without consuming Mana.
Maiden Riding: The unicorn allows female NPCs or female players to ride it, sharing their health once in riding state.
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My setup indeed poses problems, although one covered in Divine Artifacts boasts formidable attack and defense, it doesn’t guarantee a significant advantage. But with this Unicorn Boss, it’s different; even if lame, a Boss’s 5500 health is still Boss health, and under the Bloodsucking Skill’s life-sharing, it’s like Catherine’s health is multiplied by ten! No wonder that Korean girl was so unabashed back in the match. And I also have the Blood Eagle, it possesses a Petrification Aura. With the unicorn maintaining health plus Petrification Aura, it’s outrageous if we can’t win!
Nothing more to say, no room for loss in the first battle, retrieve the mailbox items!
A flash of white light, a majestic, tall Unicorn appears beside Da Fei. Da Fei lets out a long laugh, then jovially says to Catherine, "Darling, hop on, let’s get ready to leave!"
Catherine’s eyes widened, she blinked a few times then quickly got over it, clambered onto the horse, and laughed heartily, "Captain, there’s no surprise with whatever good things you bring out now!"
Hahahaha, this is the highest compliment an old gold-digging wife can give me! Da Fei confidently said to Ror, "All set!"
Ror said gravely, "Good, the barrier is only open for Trial Warrior. This battle will be your hardest and also your easiest to gain Merits, open the gates! Attack!"
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