Chapter 940 - 886: If You Fall Into a Pit, Stand Up From the Pit
Mitsubishi Team Command Center, with Pandora’s self-destruction, the remaining Demon Generals also turned into dark star fragments and disappeared with the wind, the system prompt of victory resonated through the command center.
The suppressed, long-awaited fervent cheers of the entire team erupted! But more important than victory were the Divine Artifact spoils of war after the victory!
But there were none! Neither Captain Tsukamoto, as the commander, nor any other members received any spoils of war!
The brief cheers abruptly ceased!
Captain Tsukamoto wiped his eyes in astonishment, then regained his composure: "Perhaps the rewards should be claimed from the Demon King who opened the instance?"
All members agreed unanimously: "That must be it!" "But it’s also possible there are hidden treasures on the battlefield!"
Tsukamoto immediately ordered: "Members of the second and third echelons stay to resurrect troops, while the first echelon searches the field for treasures!"
"Understood!"
For a moment, the team began their final activity in a bizarre atmosphere, and Igarashi watched the large screen without blinking.
The battle damage report quickly came in: "34,560 Demon Children cannot be resurrected. 23,410 Military Governors cannot be resurrected. 4,641 Hellhounds cannot be resurrected, 467 Hell Horses cannot be resurrected... Total losses are 74%!"
It doesn’t matter! The loss of these cannon fodder troops doesn’t matter, the key is, where are the spoils of war? Igarashi bit his lip until it bled!
No treasures! The entire battlefield was completely visible, with no sign of anything resembling hidden treasures! Until the instance time limit ended, all team members were teleported out of the instance by the system, returning to the Demon King Hall once more.
So then, the only possibility is the reward from the Demon King! At this moment, the entire team held their breath, waiting for this exciting moment.
At this moment, the Demon King’s wild laughter echoed through the Demon King Hall: "Worthy of warriors I admire, you’ve done very well, very well! Haha, wahahaha!"
—System Prompt: Congratulations! You have successfully conquered Pandora’s Box, receiving the Demon King’s appreciation, your World Reputation +1000, your Hell reputation +10,000, and your Merit +3000 points.
Merit, reputation, World Reputation! Still no Divine Artifacts, not even equipment! At this moment, Mitsubishi Command Center was in an uproar!
"Impossible, even the lower-tier Milos Maze drops Divine Artifacts, Pandora can’t possibly not have any!"
"Not to mention, the difficulty of this instance far exceeds the maze! There must be a problem!"
Tsukamoto immediately instructed the game character to ask the Demon King: "Your Majesty, why didn’t we receive any rewards? That can’t be possible!"
The Demon King was slightly taken aback, then asked dully: "Receiving my appreciation isn’t a reward?"
Tsukamoto anxiously said: "But that’s not enough, there should also be Divine Artifact equipment?"
The Demon King burst into laughter: "Warrior, since you’ve received my appreciation, let me tirelessly explain your confusion—tell me loudly, where does your power come from?"
Tsukamoto was startled, then replied: "It comes from a Divine Artifact called the Destiny Coin!"
The Demon King shook his head and laughed: "How could such a trivial Divine Artifact have such mighty power? Let me tell you, it’s the power of the Demon God, and the coin is just a medium, a medium to request power from the Demon God. Once you activate the coin, the power of the Demon God will surge in, clearing all the obstacles for you—but this is not free, perhaps, it is time for you to pay your debt to the Demon God, got it?"
The Mitsubishi Team was in an uproar! So this is the true face of the Destiny Coin?
Tsukamoto exclaimed in shock: "Your Majesty, you’re saying that all the Divine Artifacts we acquired were taken by the Demon God as his payment?"
The Demon King chuckled: "Perhaps it’s just paying interest."
Interest?! The Mitsubishi Command Center erupted once more!
Tsukamoto anxiously asked: "Then Your Majesty, does this mean every time I acquire spoils in battle, it will be taken by the Demon God to repay the debt?"
The Demon King patted his head and said dully: "Though I am a Demon King, I am still just a mortal manager appointed by the Demon God, it is inconvenient for me to say more about the higher-ups. If you want to know the Demon God’s tolerance, why not try it out yourself?"
Try it out again! The entire Mitsubishi Team fell to their knees!
Tsukamoto, in tears, said: "Your Majesty, our army has already suffered such a significant loss making us bare, how could we dare try again?"
The Demon King said lightly: "Perhaps, the Demon God also wants to know your tolerance?"
Tsukamoto asked in surprise: "My tolerance?"
The Demon King said lightly: "Gaining the appreciation of the Demon God is much harder than gaining mine, I cannot tell you much. In conclusion, if you want to continue the challenge, I welcome you anytime!"
At this moment, the Mitsubishi Team finally understood where the issue lay.
Igarashi’s face was gloomy: "Gentlemen, any thoughts?"
Tsukamoto gritted his teeth and said: "The worst-case scenario is this account might be scrapped, only usable for ranking battles in the arena and online ladder competitions."
Sessho Kanpaku: "But no matter what, the Demon King has given us a hint to try again. NPC’s words must have a reason, this is also our way to directly contact the Demon God, we can’t miss it!"
Igarashi said blankly: "What about our subsequent plans for the Divine Punishment City?"
Dragon of Echigo: "They might need to be postponed. However, this battle wasn’t entirely fruitless, we at least gained the Demon King’s appreciation. If we continue to challenge instances, the Demon King will appreciate us more and more, lowering the threshold to enter the Divine Punishment City, which means we are indirectly conquering the Divine Punishment City."
Tsukamoto nodded: "Makes sense! This Knight of Misfortune is powerful, carrying the hopes of our Japan, it can’t be easily scrapped here!"
Igarashi made a firm decision: "Very well, then let’s seize the time to continue challenging the next instance! I’d like to see how many Divine Artifacts we need to repay the Demon God’s debt!"
"Then, President, our current troop strength is insufficient to launch a major instance battle, should we immediately mobilize reserve forces from various towns?"
Igarashi nodded: "Of course, this is the innate advantage of the Hell Race, the Hell Race is the only one among the 6 regular races that can use Military Teleportation Arrays to transport troops between cities, superiority is self-evident!"
All the members said: "Indeed, if it were another race suffering such major troop losses, they would have to wait for the station to slowly transport troops over. So we can’t waste our racial advantage."
Igarashi bit his teeth and shouted: "Wherever we fall, we must stand up from there. Even if we fall again, we must still stand up, not lose the courage to stand up! Gentlemen, I am revitalized, let’s give it our all again!"
The Mitsubishi Command Center shouted loudly: "Victory! Victory!! Victory!!!" (To be continued. If you enjoyed this work, welcome to recommend it on qidian.com with tickets, your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile users, please read on m.qidian.com.)