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Chapter 186 - 185: Preparing for 100 Years (Extra Update Requesting Subscriptions)

Chapter 186: Chapter 185: Preparing for 100 Years (Extra Update Requesting Subscriptions)

"They completely drained my moonlight!" The Moon God jumped up with a curved blade in hand, slashing the last skeleton undead in half, and his Moonlight Armor began to dissipate.

There were at least five thousand undead units on this level, and the [Players] had consumed a lot of their physical or energy strength in dealing with them.

This was only thanks to everyone having area-of-effect attacks. If they had to hack at them one by one, they would probably be exhausted by the end.

Li Changhe was slightly better off, constantly drinking potions while recovering energy with his [Energy] trait.

During this time, his energy did not consume too much and even recovered to more than 60%.

The number of people in the Mo Blade formation remained at ten, and together with Dew’s [Mountain Top Spider], they had killed nearly a thousand skeleton undead.

"What now... should we wait here for the Assassins above to destroy the altar? Or should we recover for a while and then go confront the Sun King?" Dew whispered.

She was also exhausted, and the consumption of her [Title Skill] was faster than the recovery.

"Honestly, I feel safer going straight out now. If anything, we can just come back later." The Moon God sighed, looking at the entrance to the deepest part of the tomb and shaking his head, "It’s a pity we don’t have a choice."

A figure dressed in a golden robe slowly appeared from the entrance in the deepest part of the tomb. The Grand Priest whom the Moon God had pursued was bowing and following to the left and right of the figure. Behind them...

A huge purple light flickered, as if the roar of some colossal creature was coming forth, shaking the tomb chamber.

[Task Information: The Sun King Appears]

The [Players] received a prompt in their minds. In fact, even without the prompt, they all knew that it was the Sun King.

The sense of imminent danger made all their bodies shiver involuntarily.

[Character State Triggered]

[Gain 2-hour immunity from Undead Death Curse, you can choose to restore the [Player’s] body]

All [Players] received this prompt in their consciousness.

Li Changhe’s face changed slightly. Was the Sun King already carrying a curse just by appearing on the scene?

Was the purpose of the ’Character’ to prevent [Players] from being cursed to death by the Sun King in the first few moments?

"I’ve kept you waiting, dear [Players]."

The Sun King and Grand Priest stopped about fifty meters away from the [Players]. Now, Li Changhe could finally see the appearance of the Sun King.

A relatively short Caucasian man, wearing a bronze mask that covered the left half of his face. The half face exposed was unremarkable with blond hair and blue eyes, not exactly handsome.

He was wearing a golden robe adorned with gems and gold scales, a outfit that would likely become a hot topic if worn on the streets.

His voice was not loud, but it echoed throughout this level of the tomb.

"Have my servants taken good care of you?"

With his laughter, the hearts of all [Players] sank and cursed his cunning.

If the Sun King had appeared half an hour earlier, the [Players] would have torn him and the skeleton monsters apart.

Now, their excessive consumption had left them uncertain whether they could handle the Sun King.

Even more disturbing was the fact that the ’Sun King,’ as a [Plot Character], seemed to know about their [Player] identity.

This made the [Players] feel very uneasy.

"Do you plan to fight me in this ’Character’ form?" The Sun King glanced at the children in front of him and shook his head slightly.

Did he even know about the existence of ’Characters’?

The Moon God chuckled and raised his hand slightly to his teammates.

His space flashed and when he reappeared, the little boy’s body had transformed back to its original form.

He changed back into his original body and checked his [Player Panel] one more time before nodding at the other [Players].

He was testing whether his attributes and [State] would change after retrieving his body, lest he fall into the Sun King’s trap.

With the Moon God’s assurance, Li Changhe and the others also flashed their spaces and took back their original bodies.

Li Changhe put on the [Great Wall Mountain Armor] and the [Ghost Face Mask].

He also took out the [Abyss Whisper] Mechanical Bow.

The previous little girl’s body could never wear this.

Li Changhe checked his panel again, and his [Energy] didn’t decrease, it was still 8+2. The character’s attributes were still with him.

That was even better, he was even stronger than before the task.

Still, the Sun King remained distant, not attacking, and allowed the [Players] to recover their bodies and put on their [Equipment].

He was extremely confident, and even the Grand Priest by his side couldn’t help asking in a low voice: "King..."

The overwhelming power displayed by the [Players] had frightened him. The extermination of all the skeleton soldiers in this level and the transformation of their bodies in front of him had deeply unsettled the old priest.

The Sun King raised his hand to stop him, and seeing the [Players] all now fully restored, he said with a light laugh: "Are you all ready now? Can we begin our talk?"

"Talk? About what?" The Moon God asked with a smile.

At the same time, through the [Friends] system, he said to Li Changhe: "I’ve already switched my [Title Skill], you be ready with an arrow."

"Don’t worry. I’ve been ready for a long time." Li Changhe replied.

The Moon God also participated in the [Chang’an Plague], and he had received rewards for changing the world plotline, so he must have had a second [Title Skill].

"I know that in your [Player] mission, I am the target of your extermination." The Sun King spread his hands and smiled, "But we can still cooperate."

It wasn’t surprising that the [Players] knew about his identity, that he knew about the [Player’s] mission, and could even deduce this from that information.

"Cooperate?" The Moon God repeated the word, smirking, "By committing suicide? You can do that... just slash your own throat."

"No... Slashing my throat wouldn’t do any good." Tiantong laughed in response, "Why don’t you just stand there and let us do our job?"

"This kind of cooperation can be considered."

The [Players] naturally wouldn’t believe the Sun King’s words, and it was most important for them to recover their strength and energy as soon as possible.

Yet, the Sun King didn’t get angry. "Once every hundred years... I’ve already experienced several [Player] attacks before you came. Which time was this? The fourth or the fifth? Each time I died, the world reset itself. I also unconsciously repeated the same actions. Being assassinated by an Assassin, my kingdom under attack by neighboring countries, and in the end, being killed by you, [Players]. Until the last century before my death, a [Player] used a method to restore my memories, allowing me to finally find a way to break the cycle. By using the God’s Whip to suppress the Assassins and creating the Black Storm from the sacrifices and knowledge I had accumulated over the centuries. And then waiting for you to appear!"

Li Changhe and the others were somewhat shocked as they listened.

This was the reset method, or replication, of a medium-scale [Plot Task].

If Li Changhe and the others hadn’t encountered the handsome man who had changed the world plotline in the [Chang’an Plague], they would probably have been reset in the same way.

This Sun King had already gone through four or five storylines, but for some unknown reason, a [Player] had restored his memory of the reset.

And now he knew that after a hundred years, he would be killed by [Players].

According to him, the Assassins and surrounding countries would all become forces to weaken the Sun Kingdom.

Having long known all of this, the Sun King had taken measures to counter it.

As a result, the original [Plot Task] had become much more difficult.

The original task might have just been for [Players] to control ’Characters’ and join forces with the various factions to fight the Sun King’s guards, and ultimately kill the Sun King in the tomb. Originally, there should have been a large number of Transcendents and Players standing here facing the Sun King.

But now... they had nothing.

Because the Sun King had been preparing for this for a century!