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Chapter 167 - 166: Side-Task (Seeking Subscription)

Chapter 167: Chapter 166: Side-Task (Seeking Subscription)

In this stone house, apart from the five [Players], there were also around ten children.

These should be the captured royal bloodlines or noble children that General Tudah mentioned during the western expedition, and even some of the Transcendents!

For example, Li Changhe’s ’Western Witch’

Moon God’s ’Knight Offspring’ all had extremely high stats in certain attributes.

They are most likely the offspring or disciples of these ’Extraordinary’ beings.

This was not unexpected, as Li Changhe had already seen a three-digit number of Transcendents in Great Tang. It seemed somewhat justified for the Sun Kingdom to capture unripened Transcendents as ’sacrifices.’

[Moon God] returned after circling around the children: "As expected, they are all western nobilities. There is even a duke’s child. According to the legend, they were captured while fleeing after their four cities were conquered."

"God’s Whip... It is indeed the military force that brought terror to the whole of Europe. They could even defeat Rome. Destroying a duchy is nothing to them." [Dew] said: "They are the strongest force in the West during this era. Of course, we could not defeat them after the [Player] abilities are unlocked, and we can only run now. Don’t even think about confronting them directly."

"Anyway, according to their accounts, all the nearby small countries have already been wiped out." Moon God said: "It is unlikely for us to seek help from other external forces."

Actually, this was everyone’s plan. Escaping was not difficult, although their attributes had changed, their [Backpack] had been unlocked.

Dew’s [Backpack] contained [Consumables] that could hide their figures. Using this, it should not be difficult to escape from Sun King City.

Although the time was short, as long as they coordinated well, it was possible to recruit some reinforcements.

At the time of the [Chang’an Plague], Li Changhe and Moon God were in such a situation. They originally wanted the [Player] to destroy the ratmen’s Teleportation Gate on their own, but unexpectedly received help from the entire Great Tang army.

It led to a large-scale battle between Transcendents and Monster Species.

This was so-called [Plot Assistance], a supportive relationship that the [Player] had to communicate and handle on their own.

They originally planned to get in touch with nearby small countries to see if they could gather some military forces.

After all, such a twisted and dangerous country like the Sun Kingdom would certainly not be trusted by its neighboring nations. If they could form a coalition army, that would be even better.

Unfortunately, the surrounding small countries and city-states had already been annihilated.

"So, will the families of these noble children send troops to rescue them?" Li Changhe asked in a soft voice, frowning at his own tone.

"Pfft!" Moon God coughed to suppress his laughter: "It’s unlikely. Since Loulan was renamed to Sun Kingdom, the surrounding countries haven’t stopped sending troops to attack, but with the invading armies threatened by the black storm and annihilated, their elite forces have long discovered that laying siege is a dead end. Over time, they no longer dared to launch direct attacks. They could only be on the defensive, and once caught, it meant certain death."

"There are actually such strange countries." Tiantong shook his head: "Give them a few more years, and they will dare to attack Jerusalem and Changan!"

All the [Players] sighed, this place was too strange. With God’s Whip as their offensive force and the black storm as a passive defense, the country’s strength increased with the Sun King’s sacrifices.

No wonder those nobles didn’t dare to retaliate.

"Well, let’s abandon the plan to seek external help." Li Changhe pondered for a moment: "Tomorrow we will be thrown into the Sun God’s Tomb. It would be difficult to find allies tonight. Let’s focus on unlocking our [Player] abilities."

"As of now, when we are thrown into the Sun King’s Tomb, we should unlock one more [Skill] or [Title Skill]." Blackwood Night, who had completed several [Plot Tasks], had a better understanding of these restrictions: "[Plot Tasks], besides those special [Large-scale Plot], usually restricted [Player] abilities and unlocked them as the plot progresses or as [Players] dig deeper."

"[Skill], [Title Skill], and [Player]’s original attributes. In total, we need to trigger three unlocking opportunities, and looking at the plot, we will trigger at most one type of them tomorrow." Moon God murmured: "It won’t work, even if we only recover one type. We, the LV5 and above [Players], will be significantly weakened without any one of those."

Indeed, with low attributes, [Skills] would deal low damage, and even [Equipment] could not be used.

[Skills] and [Title Skills] are the core tactics of LV5 [Players]. Missing any one of them would not work.

If they wanted to complete tasks such as [Destroy Sun King’s Sacrifice/Destroy Sun King City/Kill Tomb of the Dead], they had to retrieve all their abilities.

Of course, Li Changhe’s only idea now was to get his body back first.

"There aren’t many clues..." The [Players] frowned and thought, while secretly taking out food from their [Backpack] to replenish their physical strength.

When night fell, the stone house’s door was suddenly opened.

The noble children, terrified, leaned against the wall.

They had heard that the Sun Kingdom loved using their noble blood as live sacrifices, and as captives of the Sun Kingdom, they could imagine their fate.

A young man in a black robe holding a bone staff entered, followed by a group of soldiers.

The soldiers were wearing thick iron armor with sun-like patterns on it. They were likely not God’s Whip soldiers but the army of the Sun Kingdom.

The young man had a plain face, not particularly handsome, and his body was somewhat thin, but he seemed to have a very high status. The soldiers behind him lowered their heads and followed him.

He glanced over the ’high-quality sacrifices’ in the house.

"Don’t worry, everyone. Sun King has issued a decree to let you enter the Sun King’s Tomb tomorrow." The young man in the black robe said with a slight smile: "Look forward to it; you will meet the great Sun King!"

"Go to hell!" The [Players] cursed in their hearts and lowered their heads. They didn’t dare to draw attention now.

The young man’s eyes stopped at a girl in the corner and laughed, "Duke Roduo’s daughter, you should be even more looking forward to it. This is an unimaginable, great being!"

That girl appeared to be 15 or 16 years old. Although her luxurious clothes were a bit dirty and dusty, she was extremely calm at the moment: "Your Sun Kingdom will be punished. Allah will not let you go!"

She was probably the duke’s daughter that Moon God had just mentioned, her father and brothers were defeated by God’s Whip, and their lives were unknown.

Now she was captured. She knew that no matter her attitude, she would end up in the same situation.

Why not maintain the last bit of dignity! The dignity of a noble!

The young man in the black robe smiled, his face filled with coldness and malice.

He ordered the soldiers to take the duke’s daughter out of the stone house.

"It seems that before meeting the Sun King, you still need some discipline. Duke’s daughter? Are you so noble? Do you think they dare to enter the city to save you?" The young man’s face was filled with a cold smile, and the bone staff in his hand slammed onto the girl’s shoulder.

’Crack.’

The girl’s face turned pale instantly. Judging from the sound, it was a fracture.

The young man’s face showed a cruel smile.

"You guys don’t think you can get through tonight easily, do you?"

The [Players] sighed in their hearts. The [Evolution Game] had arranged such a pervert, forcing the [Players] to conflict with the plot task.

[Side Quest: Kill Priest Rudus]

[Unlock one [Player] ability]

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