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Chapter 651 - 203: The Stinking Outlander Came to King City to Beg for Food?_2

Chapter 651: Chapter 203: The Stinking Outlander Came to King City to Beg for Food?_2

"Please, let’s just stick to the facts. King City Rodel, a city nestled at the foot of the Golden Tree, whether you look at the storyline setup or the city’s role, it all points to being the endgame. From a design perspective, the best loot is bound to be here. How could there be anything else that would be more visually impactful..."

As the stream chat debated, Wang Laoju panned the camera around.

After taking in the 360-degree view, he couldn’t help but sigh deeply.

Rodel is indeed worthy of being called the King City.

The spot where he was standing seemed to be just one of the high towers within King City, not the main thoroughfare of King City itself.

But he could already see the spectacular and dazzling Golden Tree that seemed so close at hand.

The tree trunk was so thick it nearly occupied half of the screen, shining with a brilliant golden light.

Looking down, the gold and glittering buildings were scattered in an orderly fashion, their Baroque style not lacking the royal elegance and dignity, with broad avenues that highlighted the extraordinary stature of royalty.

Beneath the majestic buildings, a closer look would reveal the signs of decay and weathering in the architectural details, with dilapidation pervading the entire King City.

Still, one couldn’t help but imagine how resplendent its heyday must have been.

Even more visually striking was the carcass of a giant dragon that lay atop King City.

The creature was so massive that its head and tail even pierced through the entire King City, forming a ’bridge’ that lay on top of the rooftops of the buildings.

It could be said that every corner of King City was filled with elements that shocked the players.

Just as Wang Laoju was eagerly preparing to explore the vicinity—hoping to score some top-notch loot to pocket for a dimensional smackdown back in Nimgreifu—a Giant Golem began to awaken not far from him.

This colossus was identical to the one he had encountered in Morne City before.

But its combat strength was on an entirely different level.

Lao Ju had just rushed to its base and swung his sword twice.

But he found that the creature had only lost a sliver of health.

Its health was frighteningly thick!

And what was even more shocking,

This Giant Golem did not display a boss-level health bar UI.

In other words,

It was just one of many common monsters in King City...

As Lao Ju marveled at the Golem’s vast health pool,

The Golem launched its attack.

It lifted its broad foot and slammed it down hard.

"Boom!!"

The ground trembled continuously, the resulting whirlwind and violent shock damage instantly reduced Lao Ju’s health bar—which had increased by 50% since level 20—to zero in one fell swoop!

Without any chance to struggle or breathe, he was killed instantly!

The Fading One killed in an instant respawned in front of the teleportation treasure chest at Return Tower.

Upon seeing this, the stream chat exploded.

"Damn, that damage... shocking!"

"The bosses in King City really are the real deal, ahhh! Their stomping attacks are on a whole different level than the Golems in Nimgreifu..."

"King City Golem: You country bumpkin from out of town, come to our King City to beg? You dare to act so mighty! Even on the turf of our glorious golden banner, you think a hillbilly from Nimgreifu can strut around?"

Glancing at the joking banter in the stream chat, Lao Ju finally snapped out of his sheer amazement, smacking his lips.

"The monster level in King City is just too high, we’re really not ready to be here yet..."

"I’m beginning to doubt whether we’ve really explored half of the progress bar..."

"Forget it, let’s just follow the Omen main quest line for now."

"But before we head to the main quest, there’s one last spot we haven’t explored in the Nimgreifu area."

"We might miss something good or some plot if we don’t check it out first, so let’s get this last place mapped out."

...

In the central area of Nimgreifu, inside Mongliu Cave.

After checking the map for half a day, Wang Laoju discovered that this was the last unexplored spot in the region.

The cave wasn’t very large overall.

At the end,

He encountered an NPC named Patch that was so aggressive.

Initially, Wang Laoju took him for a legitimate boss.

Because his health bar was showing.

But he soon felt that Patch was extremely weak, certainly not worthy of being called a boss.

Just as he was about to execute a quick kill with two slashes.

He noticed that the NPC suddenly started begging for mercy, praising the Fading One controlled by the player profusely as a hero among heroes, rare for a hundred years, someone who would surely become the King of Elden and wouldn’t stoop to his level.

This mixture of flattery and groveling was just too much for Wang Laoju to bear.

How come even the borderlands, a place full of legend, still have these kind of opportunistic, craven NPCs...

However, this unique character design adds a touch of humor to the grave style of "Elden".

After Lao Ju chose not to kill him, Patch squatted down on the spot and started doing small business.

But all the items in the shop were junk and quite expensive to boot.

Besides, Patch had also prepared a treasure chest for the Fading One as a token of gratitude for sparing his life, a modest gift with the best intentions.

"Good, good, this lad Patch knows his place. It was worth it to spare him." The moment he heard about the treasure chest, Wang Laoju instantly perked up.

Opening treasure chests is a gamer’s big moment in life.

Not a single player can resist the temptation of seeing a treasure chest and not opening it!

Without a second thought, he stepped forward.

He decisively chose to open it!

Only, this time Lao Ju encountered the same kind of trap as the one at the Return Tower!

As soon as he opened the chest, copious white mist swirled around.

And in the moment before the Fading One was teleported away,

he could hear Patch’s mocking tone.

’Oh, oh, oh?

You really are a shameless thief, aren’t you, trying to steal someone else’s treasure chest.

I can only say you had it coming, this is divine retribution!’

As the words fell, Wang Laoju found himself teleported into a dense forest.

Stunned for a few seconds, Wang Laoju then realized he had been played by an NPC...

"God damn it! I spare your measly life and you have the gall to accuse me of stealing your chest?" Wang Laoju couldn’t hold back any longer. "How can there be such a shameless NPC..."

The audience, however, greatly enjoyed the show, and ’hahaha’ barrages of messages filled the screen.

"It’s Patch, right? Wait for me to come back and chop you down with two strikes!" Just as Lao Ju was about to teleport,

he noticed another problem.

Patch might be bad, but he wasn’t a fool.

The trap he set on the treasure chest directly disabled the player’s teleport function.

Which meant, Wang Laoju now couldn’t teleport straight back to settle the score with Patch.

To unlock the teleport function,

he had to find a nearby Blessing Spot and sit there for a Blessing, which would refresh the scene and allow its use.

But in the thick forest he was teleported to, there were no Blessing Spots nearby...

And to make matters worse,

just a short distance ahead, there was a huge brute named the Rune Bear, rubbing up against a tree.

After trying a few moves with it, Wang Laoju realized...

The bear had thick skin and astonishing attack power.

A few swipes from its paws could empty a player’s health bar.

If he died near here without having unlocked a Blessing Spot, who knows where he’d resurrect.

The nearly ten thousand Runes he’d managed to save up felt like a heavy burden he couldn’t afford to lose.

Therefore, Wang Laoju had no choice but to steer clear of the Rune Bear and began to cautiously search for a Blessing Spot nearby.

After wandering around for a bit, Wang Laoju suddenly noticed a strangely shaped octagonal arch temple.

As he approached, the location name popped up.

[Entrance Well to the Xifala River]

The temple well was small, with nothing else inside after walking in.

Just a small elevator stood before him.

"Looking at this, it seems to be a small underground cave." Wang Laoju muttered to himself as he stood on the elevator.

The elevator shone with a hexagonal blue light, almost as if it had activated some magic formation, and started to descend slowly.

While waiting to reach the bottom, Wang Laoju glanced at the time.

He had just realized he had inadvertently been streaming for six hours straight.

From noon to evening.

"Elden" was indeed captivating, with an open-world concept that was refreshing and so many elements to explore.

So much that time had flown by without him even noticing.

At that moment, Mianmian’s voice came from the living room.

"Dinner’s ready, come and eat~~"

"Oh," Wang Laoju responded loudly right away. "I’ll come right after I finish exploring this little side quest!"