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Chapter 701 - 216: Tragic Hero - King of Omens!_2

Chapter 701: Chapter 216: Tragic Hero - King of Omens!_2

"You just circle around to her back and you’re done."

"My favorite bosses to fight are the humanoid ones."

"Valkyrie is just too easy to beat."

"Are you still acting all high and mighty, bro? So many of us players are getting tortured to death in that area, and you’re here with a ’just use your hands,’ right?"

"Holy Tree Stage, if you’ve got the guts, come on over, a cure for all the discontent/Dog Head."

Amidst the playful barrage of comments.

Mr. Tough’s way of speaking also went from the initial bold proclamations.

To the mid-period silence.

To the nonsensical talk after being killed dozens of times by the Valkyrie in the end.

Meanwhile.

Yuan’s Magic Ring tutorial video was also gradually drawing to a close.

"...Through the layout of this area around the Holy Tree, we can sense Mikaila’s caution, which also indirectly reflects that he’s still not fully developed his wings and to directly challenge the Golden Rule is quite difficult."

"In order to help the Holy Tree grow quicker and gain strength to rival the Golden Tree, Mikaila nourishes it with his own blood, allowing it to grow rapidly."

However, even with such measures, it seems unable to compete with the Golden Tree, and because of the magenta corruption constantly seeping from inside Marlene, the Holy Tree began to rot from the inside out. This is why we, the Fading Ones, feel more of the desolation of corruption the closer we get to the roots of the Holy Tree. (For more details, refer to the ’Holy Tree Totem Tube Coat’ equipment.)

After finishing everything, Mikaila pondered, if I, in my current juvenile state, can’t expand the power of the Holy Tree, what if I could become my complete form?

And so, he began to cocoon himself, eager to shed his juvenile state and grow into his complete form to replace the Golden Tree sooner."

But it was also during this period.

The Black Blade conspiracy erupted.

Mikaila’s cousin Lani started to stir up trouble.

After the night of the Black Blade conspiracy, Gedwin died violently, and Marika smashed the Magic Ring in anger.

This directly triggered the Broken Star War.

My brothers and sisters began fighting over the Magic Ring.

Not long after, Mikaila had cocooned himself.

Perhaps it was his divine nature that naturally attracts all things. (For more details, refer to the ’Enchanting Tree Branch’ item.)

Or perhaps it was because he nourished the Holy Tree with his own blood, which caught the keen interest of Monger, the "Blood Monarch" from the Blood Sect."

In any case, he was spirited away by Monger amidst the chaos.

"The more crucial point as to why they could march straight in and kidnap Mikaila is that at that time, the strongest combat power of the entire Holy Tree—the Valkyrie and the Honourable Rotten Knights—were not inside the Holy Tree."

"Because by then, the Magic Ring had already been shattered, and my brothers and sisters were all busy fighting for power. Control-freak Marlene, of course, wanted to take advantage of the situation to get a share for her brother, aiding in the subsequent development of the Holy Tree’s power."

No sooner had Marlene left than her own brother was kidnapped.

When the Valkyrie finished battling and had cleared out a group of folks around the tundra that had ties to the Golden Power, they came home to find their brother missing and immediately flew into a rage.

Where’s my brother?

He was just here cocooning, such a big Brother to love, where’d he go?

The thought was that it was the work of the hardliners in King City.

So Marlene led her troops from the tundra, making a furious beeline for King City, resolved to take her brother back.

"From our god’s-eye view, Marlene was indeed wrong to blame King City this time."

"Although it was the political center that once received admiration from thousands."

"The conditions inside King City during the Broken Star War were not optimistic at all, hardly having the time or energy to kidnap Mikaila."

"Just think about it."

"The Grand Prince is gone, the Magic Ring is shattered, the Supreme Will is missing, and both Marika and Radagan have suddenly vanished. King City is suddenly without a linchpin."

"So after a short man was chosen to replace a tall one, Gedwin’s offspring—Gerrick—was placed on the throne."

"And just as Gerrick had ascended, he was faced with an assault by the General of the Broken Star..."

Having heard much about Ratan’s renown for sealing stars in the sky with his own strength, the mere mention of ’Broken Star’ terrified Gerrick so much that he dressed up as a maid overnight and abandoned King City.

Now King City truly became a city without a king.

"But, as they say, chaotic times breed heroes."

"At this time, another vicious character stepped onto the historical stage of the borderlands!"

"Menggete!"

"Perhaps using another name to refer to him, my friends might be better acquainted."

"Evil Omen Demon—Malchite!"

Upon mentioning this character, Yuan’s tone also became a bit more somber.

Although the Omen tortured players to death in the early game, anyone who takes the time to learn about his life would realize what a tragically heroic character he was.

The heroism of Omen was no less than that of Ratan, the General of the Broken Star.

Monger and Menggete, a pair of twin brothers, seemed to be cursed from birth.

They bore an atavistic appearance akin to a molten furnace with many forms.

That is, their bodies were covered with horns, which compared to the normal members of the Golden Family, was grotesque.

This atavistic phenomenon was also deemed by those who followed the Golden Rule of the Golden Family as a ’bad Omen,’ a curse bringing shame to the Golden Rule.

In reality, this atavistic phenomenon wasn’t confined to royalty.

Many commoners’ offspring would also exhibit similar conditions.

But being seen as impure, those commoner children that were born showing aspects of molten-furnace atavism would be hunted and killed by specialized Omen hunters as soon as they were discovered.