Game of the World Tree
Chapter 580

Chapter 580

【 DIVINE ARTIFACT REPAIR SYSTEM 】

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A weakened demigod determined to flee was still beyond the players’ ability to restrain.

When the other onlooking players noticed their target had vanished, they merely muttered a few complaints before quickly moving onto other matters.

Winterhold had only been recently established, and there were still many tasks left to complete. At any given time, there was no shortage of daily task available.

Although the city was located in a relatively remote area and teleporting back to Chosen City required a high amount of contribution points, thus making it a troublesome process. It still remained a highly popular gathering point for players due to the abundance of magical beasts nearby and its proximity to the “Shattered Divine Kingdom” dungeon.

As a result, Winterhold boasted one of the highest active player counts among the seven newly constructed cities.

However, for the members of First Legion, the way Athos easily escaped from their base was rather frustrating.

“Wait a minute… where did that guy go? he got away just like that?”

They looked at each other in confusion.

Tomato Stir-Fry, holding the crimson battle axe and several vials of demigod blood they had acquired, furrowed his brows in thought.

…Something about this situation felt off.

After suffering numerous player deaths and expending valuable resources, including an expensive holy statue of the Eternal Lord and several magical stone bombs, their only tangible rewards were a damaged battle axe and a few vials of blood.

Although the demigod’s blood was said to be high-quality magical material, which was even endorsed by elf NPCs, compared to the resources they invested, the outcome seemed like a net loss…

He had expected there to be a follow-up questline, especially since this involved a demigod.

“Boss Tomato, how’s the axe? Is it worth anything?”

While Tomato Stir-Fry was evaluating the gains and losses from the ambush, a fellow player asked curiously.

Tomato Stir-Fry shook his head.

“Just like many of the items found in the Divine Ruins, it’s currently unidentified.”

“Although this item was slightly damaged, it’s still quite powerful. I tested it earlier and it boosts attack power by at least 30%. It also has ‘Sharpness’ and ‘Bleeding’ special effects. I bet there may be more hidden effects I haven’t discovered yet…”

“Overall, it’s pretty decent. I’d say it’s on par with the Lionheart Sword, which was roughly equivalent to an upper-silver grade golden legendary weapon, possibly even a lower-gold grade weapon.”

The Shattered Divine Ruins contained a large number of abandoned equipment.

Alas, most of them were damaged, and even players who had learned the [Appraisal] skill were unable to identify them and have only receiving strings of question marks.

This was naturally due to the equipment exceeding the identification level of the players.

Still, many of these items, though unidentifiable, could still be used.

Players often estimated their effectiveness based on damage output during use and the performance boosts in combat.

Of course, this usability applied only to equipment designed for humanoid forms and certain recognizable, lost weapons.

Given the vast array of species that participated in the Thousand-Year Holy War, much of the items recovered from inside the ruins proved incompatible with player physiology.

For example, an armor crafted for species with multiple arms or legs, or those with bodies many times larger than a typical player character, simply could not be worn. Even when such items were successfully retrieved from fallen corpses, they remained effectively useless.

In addition, modifying it was equally out of reach. Not even Carlos, the most renowned blacksmith in the Elven Forest, could make them usable. Whenever approached with such equipment, he would just shake his head and say with regret:

“These are divine artifacts. Though they contain only traces of divine power, they are not something we mere mortals can repair. At the very least, you’d need the skills of a legendary blacksmith.”

Currently, the Elven Forest had no smith of such caliber.

Therefore, the only viable use for such equipment was to offer them as offerings to the Goddess in exchange for contribution points.

The Guild Heart of Nature had attempted to contact the dark dwarves to find a legendary blacksmith in the underground. However, such craftsmen were extremely rare and selective, and no results had been achieved so far…

As such, for these unusable equipment, most players ultimately opted to just used them as offerings.

Fortunately, the system’s compensation for such items was significantly higher than the scrap metal obtained from fighting orcs.

One player once offered a set of mysterious armor that couldn’t be worn and received tens of thousands of contribution points in return!

Thus, even with the high danger level of the Shattered Divine Ruins, it continued to draw a steady influx of players.

Whether it was discovering usable legendary items or offering them up for contribution points, the new dungeon remained extremely attractive.

“A golden legendary weapon at upper-silver tier! And with attack boosts, plus Sharpness and Bleeding effects! If this were auctioned… it would easily start at a million contribution points, even in its damaged state! Just imagine if it were fully restored… this axe would really be incredible!”

A player exclaimed in delight, staring at the crimson axe in Tomato Stir-Fry’s hand.

“Yeah, only if it could actually be repaired… Too bad no one can fix this and we’ve already spent a fortune. Just the statue of the Eternal Lord alone was purchased with premium currency back then, so its contribution point value is nearly the same.”

Tomato Stir-Fry shook his head again.

“Well, I guess that’s true, boss… Let’s just hope the divine blood we collected can fetch a good price. I think the folks over at Moe Moe might be interested in buying it, since they’ve got quite a few life-oriented mages researching anything related to the gods.”

A guild member sighed.

However, just as the members of First Legion involved in the battle against the demigod were lamenting on their situation, a new system message appeared before them—

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【Hidden Quest Completed: Demigod’s Divine Envoy】

【Rewards Obtained: 30,000 Contribution Points, 100,000 EXP (Max-level players will receive 10:1 conversion to Contribution Points), 40 Resurrection Coins】

The players weren’t surprised by the contribution point reward.

After all, this had already been hinted at when they triggered the hidden questline.

Since max-level players could no longer gain additional EXP, all new experience points would be automatically converted into contribution points at a certain rate. So, for them, defeating monsters was essentially the same as earning currency.

Contribution points remained highly valuable.

Although their overall worth was gradually declining, they were still considered a stable in-game currency, especially since many high-grade items remained exceedingly expensive.

That being said, the players weren’t particularly surprised or impressed by the quest rewards. At best, they found them barely acceptable.

At their level, quest rewards like this were no longer their primary source of income. Instead, the real value lay in monster drops.

Take the crimson battle axe, for example. Although it was damaged, its value far exceeded that of the quest rewards.

The only problem was how to distribute it as splitting it among 80 players wouldn’t yield much per person. In fact, the average gain might end up being less than the quest reward itself.

After some discussion, they decided to use the most traditional and effective method in online games: an open auction. The highest bidder would receive the item, and the contribution points they would get in return would then be equally divided among the members who participated.

However, just as the players assumed the rewards had already concluded, another new system message appeared:

【Additional Reward Acquired: Divine Artifact Repair Voucher (100,000 Contribution Points)】

…What’s this?

A Divine Artifact Repair Voucher?

Worth 100,000 contribution points?

All players who had participated in attacking Athos,including their leader Tomato Stir-Fry were briefly stunned.

“Hey, did you guys also get any extra rewards?”

“Uh… yeah boss, something called a Divine Artifact Repair Voucher?”

“Same here!”

After comparing notes, they discovered they had all received the same reward.

Furthermore, in each player’s personal status interface, a new glowing golden voucher appeared after the resurrection tokens and lottery tickets.

Its name: Divine Artifact Repair Voucher (100,000 Contribution Points) Quantity: ×1

It was also account-bound and could not be traded.

While players were still filled with curiosity, confusion, and excitement about this unexpected reward, a new server-wide notification appeared on the top of every player’s screen that were currently online.

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【The guild First Legion has unlocked the Divine Artifact Repair System】

【Divine Artifact Repair System is now fully available to everyone in the Exchange Store】

The Divine Artifact Repair System?

The players blinked in surprise.

Tomato Stir-Fry suddenly seemed to realize something. His expression lit up with joy, and without hesitation, he sprinted toward the temple.

The other players quickly followed suit.

Upon reaching the temple’s main hall, Tomato Stir-Fry stood before the statue of the Goddess. With practiced ease, he drew the symbol of the Scepter of Life over his chest, knelt devoutly, and recited in a precise and reverent tone:

“Praise be to Nature, praise be to Life, praise be to the great Goddess Eve!”

Then… he seamlessly accessed the Exchange Store.

As usual, the items listed in the store were dazzling and expensive. However, for someone like Tomato Stir-Fry who had already graduated from upper-silver gear and ranked among the top five in combat strength across the entire server, these items were no longer his target.

He scrolled directly to the bottom of the store interface and located the newly added feature:

The Divine Artifact Repair.

This was represented by a golden icon resembling a forge. When focused on, additional information appeared:

[Divine Artifact Repair]

Used for repairing damaged divine artifacts.

Players can spend contribution points to restore damaged divine artifacts.

The required contribution points scale proportionally with the degree of damage and rarity of the item.

Once repaired, the artifact’s full attributes will be revealed.

Additional Note: Divine Artifact Repair Vouchers can be used to offset part of the contribution cost.

Free Divine Artifact Repair Voucher allow one artifact to be repaired without any contribution cost.

So it really was a divine artifact repair system!

And that’s how the vouchers are used!

Tomato Stir-Fry’s face lit up with excitement.

This truly was the perfect feature at the perfect time. He had accumulated a fair number of unidentified yet usable pieces of gear during his time in the Shattered Divine Ruins dungeon!

According to Master Carlos, those were all likely divine artifacts!

Excited, he retrieved a cracked shield from his storage ring, which was an item he had picked up in the dungeon and decided to test the system with it.

He deliberately did not use the crimson battle axe, as it had not yet been auctioned.

Just before finalizing his choice, he hesitated and instead selected another damaged piece of equipment that he had successfully identified to test the waters.

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【This item is too damaged and is not a divine artifact. Repair not supported.】

Tomato Stir-Fry: “…”

“So it only works with divine artifacts, huh?”

He removed the unusable item and re-equipped the initial cracked shield.

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【This item is a damaged divine artifact and can be repaired. Repair cost: 535,000 Contribution Points. Proceed with repair?】

Tomato Stir-Fry: “…”

“Five hundred and thirty-five thousand contribution points?!”

At that moment, he was utterly stunned.

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