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Chapter 649 - 202: Baby Ke, Don’t You Have a Heart!_2

Chapter 649: Chapter 202: Baby Ke, Don’t You Have a Heart!_2

Upon closer inspection, Wang Laoju’s gaze flickered for a moment.

The blind girl, who appeared to be very young, lay in a pool of blood, having already been killed.

Next to her was a weapon, left intentionally by the murderer as a show of defiance.

Lao Ju, who had fought his way through the city battling Subhumans, was all too familiar with this weapon.

It was the Subhumans’ rusty broad cleaver.

The identity of the killer was clear.

The rioting Subhumans not only caused chaos in the city but even sent people overnight to pursue and kill the city lord’s daughter.

Despite having fled so far, Blind Girl Irena could not escape the pursuit and met with a violent death in the wilderness in the end.

And there was Egret, kneeling on the ground, weeping bitter tears and continually pounding the earth with his hands.

Wang Laoju let out a helpless sigh.

"Designer Ke has no heart, to design such a heavy storyline."

With the Golden Rule shattered, the world fell into chaos, and the Demigods fought for power out of their own selfish desires, with countless families at the borders ending in ruin and death.

Irena would rather have her father bear the name of a coward who abandoned the city just so he could survive and reunite with her. Fearing that her father would not find her if she ventured too far, she lingered near the woods not far from Morne City.

Egret, to demonstrate his loyalty, vowed to defend the city to his death. And when he triumphantly hurried to reunite with his daughter after successfully holding it,

what he found was a permanent separation.

"Alas, restrain your grief," Wang Laoju sighed softly and chose to step forward to converse with Egret.

But after talking to the point of repetitive dialogue, Wang Laoju realized.

"Wait, this city lord really isn’t giving me a reward?"

"How can this be? I’ve completed the mission; shouldn’t you give me a gift or something?"

"Let’s be reasonable, you only lost a daughter, but we Fading Ones have lost an opportunity to level up."

As soon as he spoke, the chat exploded!

Countless question marks tumbled wildly.

"????"

"Ah???"

"Defying the heavens!"

"Do you want to listen to what you are saying?"

"’Just lost a daughter’"

"On the topic of NPC daughters dying and NPCs wailing in despair but I’m only thinking about gifts/Dog Head with flower in mouth"

"Be human!"

"You just said Baby Ke has no heart? Wang Laoju, you don’t have a heart either, do you?"

"Looks like the lingering effects of ’Urban Skyline’ haven’t healed yet, seeing everyone as deceitful."

"Oh no! The residents of the borderlands might not know what kind of king they are about to face."

"A tyrant, off with his head to the guillotine!"

Although the city lord’s daughter’s death was indeed regrettable, Wang Laoju still felt discontent at not receiving any gifts.

So he simply mounted his horse and galloped away from this place of sorrow.

However, all things considered,

there were indeed benefits from Morne City.

Around the map, he had accumulated over ten thousand Runes, enough to level up twice, not to mention.

He also obtained a level 1 Faded Forging Stone and various pieces of apparel.

In "Elden," although there are very many types of weapons,

there are only two ways to enhance them.

One is to use regular quality Forging Stones to strengthen the weapons.

The other is to use Faded.

Generally, the majority of weapons that require a Faded Forging Stone to enhance are much stronger than regular weapons in terms of performance and attached Battle Skills.

And obtaining Faded itself is also extremely scarce.

Therefore, the reward of Morne City was actually included in the exploration itself.

Wang Laoju originally thought that after completing the Morne City side quest, he had already scoured this area thoroughly.

But along the way, he still discovered many things he had never encountered before.

Let’s not even mention the caves hidden underground.

On the westernmost side of Sobs Peninsula, one could encounter a merchant selling lanterns.

After purchase, they could be hung on the waist to illuminate the path.

That way, when exploring the pitch-dark caves later, one wouldn’t face the awkward situation of ’unable to kill a monster with a torch raised, unable to see it with the torch lowered.’

In the central region of Sobs Peninsula, there was a small village called the Sick Village.

All the creatures here seemed to have gone mad, their eyes emitting a strange, fiery red glow.

If they attacked consecutively a few times, one would enter a crazed fiery state, losing a large amount of blood explosively, which was quite alarming.

Wang Laoju even died several times in this village before he managed to get a shield with fire resistance attributes.

Above the Nimgreifu region, in a marsh with hidden currents, there was a field BOSS called [Tibia’s Call Boat].

It was the weakest BOSS Wang Laoju had encountered so far.

Its attack method was basically very weak, not to mention the low damage, the attacking moves were also feeble.

After quickly dispatching it, one would gain a few thousand Runes and an item called [Ashes of the Militia’s Remains], as well as an item known as [Death Root].

At this time, if one returned to Big Blessing, one would meet a strange man calling himself ’D,’ who would share an obscure story about ’Death Bursters.’

Through ’D’s narration, players could learn.

Death Bursters are spiritual beings that are non-living entities residing outside the boundaries of the Golden Rule.

The law they abide by is ’Death Determined by Destiny,’ which stands in stark contrast to the Golden Rule.

They are one of the culprits responsible for disrupting the peace of the world.

One must eradicate them thoroughly to ensure the stability of the Golden Rule.

After that, D would inform the player that if they continued to hunt more Death Bursters and collect more Death Roots, he would introduce the player to [Beast Sacrifice].

"Playing up till now, it feels like the plot is very fragmented, and the audience is quite bewildered and confused. However, one can always vaguely sense the enormity of this world’s lore," Lao Ju said, doing a brief recap of the storyline.

"What we know so far is that the Golden Tree, which we can see from any corner of the interstice, is the physical manifestation of the Golden Rule and is worshipped by most of the creatures within the interstice. And have you guys noticed that the closer we get to the area covered by the Golden Tree, the monsters we encounter all have some golden-colored skills? For instance, the Big Tree Guardians we met at the beginning, their armor and the armor of their warhorses are all golden."

"Then, there’s the Omen, which uses abilities that also have a golden hue."

"One can conclude from this that those who believe in the Golden Rule can receive guidance from the Blessing and thus gain increased strength."

"The purer the faith, the stronger the power, and the moves also tend to be closer to the color of the Golden Tree."

"And the one overseeing the Golden Rule is the deity ’Supreme Will,’ mentioned right at the beginning CG."

"However, with the shattering of the Magic Ring, it seems like that old Deng, the Supreme Will, is gradually losing control of this area."

"As a result, more and more other factions have emerged."

"Whether it’s the Blood Finger from the Curse Blood faction we first encountered."

"Or the Death Bursters we just came across."

"As well as those strange villagers from the Sick Village who worship crazed fire."

"There’s also a Sword Tomb outside of Morne City, with inscriptions on it that mention an ancient sect, the Storm Knights."

"These people seem to completely disbelieve in the Golden Rule."

"So, does that mean our mission as Fading Ones is to take out all the enemy forces that don’t believe in the Golden Rule, and then let the Golden Rule unify the world?" Wang Laoju guessed, stroking his chin.

However, the information obtained at the current stage is limited, and there’s not much intelligence that can be integrated.

But Wang Laoju really enjoyed the method of using fragmented information to slowly complete the puzzle of the entire world’s lore.

Especially for "Elden," a game that outwardly appears as if ’players only need to fight and kill to get through,’

yet sneakily hides pieces of the world lore story in the nooks and corners, waiting for players to discover them inadvertently.

This design also gained the approval of Wang Laoju and many of the viewers in the streaming room.

Those who like to fight and battle could just grow stronger along the way, smash every BOSS’s dog head without having to understand the world lore to enjoy the game.

Instead of being forced to watch the damn, stinking long cutscenes that players might not even accept.

Players who like collecting storylines could also slowly piece together the truth from all the traces discovered through exploration.

They could enjoy the thrill of patiently waiting for the truth to emerge after unraveling the mystery, not suddenly being fed a heap of information they can’t even remember.

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