Surviving The Fourth Calamity
Chapter 98 - 85: Meeting Players Again_2

Chapter 98: Chapter 85: Meeting Players Again_2

"I’m saying we should just die and respawn," said Wenjian, the mage, with a despondent tone. "But the young master absolutely refused. He insisted on figuring out what secret is hidden here."

"All those adventurers and raiders haven’t discovered this place," the young master puffed out his little chest. "If we uncover this big secret, we’ll become famous!"

Old Age Striking King laughed heartily, "Well, hopefully it’s a bit more impressive than your reputation as the number one sucker."

"It must be a new instance!" the young master said hopefully. "We definitely can’t beat those who play the instances, but we could be the first to clear this one!

Then our names would be etched at the entrance of the instance forever!"

"Everyone will say, ’Look! That’s Wenjian’s young master, the one who got played by a woman!’" Old Age Striking King said without hesitation.

"That’s still better than how it is now!" the young master finally cracked.

"I just found out after coming out," Sui Chen collapsed there, finally speaking up, "I’m really f**ked, why did I agree to come with you guys! I bought a carriage to take pretty girls for a spin, not to crawl underground with you!"

"Pretending to be innocent! You just wanted to find a few scenic spots to take screenshots with women in the future," Nie Xingchen said disdainfully. "If Romance hadn’t thoroughly trashed your prized locations in the group chat, you’d never have come out with us!"

Sui Chen, furious, cursed, "Would I have come out if it weren’t for you saying it was all good places?"

"Did I lie?" Nie Xingchen defended himself firmly, "Isn’t every place beautiful?

Just look at this tunnel, isn’t the scenery beautiful once you get down there?"

Sui Chen sneered, "You actually had time to enjoy the view? I’m f**ked, I nearly got my face chewed off by monsters!"

Old Age Striking King looked at Hill who was just watching the excitement, sighed, and stood up, taking out several ores from his bag: "The cave behind that tunnel is filled with stones like these. They are very beautiful, shining and twinkling in the dark.

Our appraisal just showed a bunch of question marks, originally we wanted to go see Mr. Adrian about it.

Moreover, there were several forks in that cave; we didn’t dare to go in.

If necessary, I’ll notify Baldy and the others to bring people over!"

Hill, puzzled, picked up a few stones. The player’s appraisal system was created by the God of Time and Space, and while it may not give detailed descriptions, the names were always clearly indicated.

I never thought there could exist something that even this deity didn’t know about!

Hill caressed the stones, silently sensing: They were Earth Elemental Ore.

Not like the ones in Hill’s Domain, which were so pure and carried the thick sense of earth.

But these had a certain resentment mixed in.

Hill asked the others, "You haven’t absorbed any, have you?"

They shook their heads, and Old Age Striking King said, "Scared to death, we didn’t dare. We knew they might be Elemental Ore, but feared the conflict of attributes."

Had they already started to differentiate attributes?

"That’s good, these stones contain resentment." Hill planned to inquire about the player’s attributes later. "Absorbing them could easily cause death.

And it might curse the soul, even for you guys; you would have to die a few more times to shake it off."

"Oh my, is it that bad?" the young master wailed.

Well, here’s one who doesn’t care about consequences.

Purification spells won’t do any good. Old Age Striking King stood up and cast a few purification spells on the young master.

"For curses targeting the soul, it depends on the level of the curse," Hill explained. "The Barbarian Lands are terrifying because many Magical Beasts are close to being deities."

"Close but not quite?" Rain Falling on Mortal Dust had a realization. "Like William?"

Hill frowned: William wouldn’t be summoned by players, would he?

If he had to respond to every player’s summons, he’d go insane.

However, thinking about the enraged God of Nobility, Hill had a strange intuition that William couldn’t escape either.

Hill took out a Purification Potion: "For the generous price of 1000 Crystal Stones."

The young master asked in pain, "How soon does it take effect? If it’s possible to hold it off, I’ll just go back and die a few times."

"The longer the curse persists, the worse it gets," Hill said seriously. "Either you die now, probably around five times should do it.

After all, you resurrect in the Space-Time Cathedral, where the purification ability is even stronger than the bishop’s.

But if you wait a few days, I have no idea."

A Mage from Wenjian directly took the potion and poured it into the Young Master’s mouth, "Drink up! Dying like this, how much experience is going to be deducted!"

You won’t even make it onto the leaderboards, and your face will be completely gone.

Alright! Pay up! It’s your own fault for being rash!"

Hill watched the Young Master sadly take out 1000 crystals and place them by Hill’s side, thinking that it was pretty decent of him to still be polite under the circumstances.

But now, they have to pay a price for dying, huh? Good.

However, players being what they are, even if their level is reduced to zero, they’ll go crazy when it’s time to go crazy.

"It’s fine, you’re not losing a level. It’s just this period of time that was wasted." An Idler suddenly spoke up to comfort the Young Master.

You wait for the Wenjian guy to finish administering the potion before you say that? Hill even doubted how they communicated with each other. But it made clear that they only lose the experience of their current level.

The Young Master didn’t feel a thing, "No way! I don’t want to die even once. I have to hold on tight to my spot on the rankings!"

Is he number one? Hill wondered.

"What’s the use of holding onto the tenth place?" the Old Age Striking King clarified for Hill.

"Our Alliance only has me on the list!" the Young Master clamored, "The other side doesn’t have anyone!"

The others scoffed in disdain, but Hill got the point a bit: Families that fight on a daily basis like theirs definitely wouldn’t care about the experience rankings.

It’s the merit rankings they’re after.

After thinking for a while, Hill still didn’t want to go down with the players but said, "If you plan to explore here, I can continue to run the store.

Whatever you find, you can bring to me.

I also need to ask my grandfather to see if there’s anyone here who knows."

Hill suspected there might be a connection with the Earth Deity who failed to ascend and drove the beast tide, but the natural consciousness surrounding him and his bloodline didn’t feel much, just very annoyed by the curse.

Rain Falling on Mortal Dust looked excited, "Let’s call more people before William announces the march to Haifasardo.

There was no limit when entering that cave.

Mr. Hill, could there be an even more powerful curse inside? Can we avoid it?

If it’s a matter of taking potions, we can’t afford that."

Hill thought for a moment, "You can hire me to carve a Purification Array outside the cave. For 10,000 crystal stones, I’ll provide the materials."

Rain Falling on Mortal Dust collapsed onto the couch, "Let’s leave it to Snow Old Dog and Baldy to discuss!"

If it doesn’t work out, we can still sell it to guilds running instances."

The Young Master blinked, "What’s there to discuss? I can pay for it."

Someone from Wenjian skillfully covered his mouth, "Act like he’s not here, still better you talk to Snow Old Dog first."

Rain Falling on Mortal Dust shook his head and started tapping incessantly on their tablet.

The Young Master also took out his tablet and started his own conversation. Hill glanced at the Mage who stopped him, felt pity for him for a second, and then he too began responding with a tablet.

10,000 crystals is an amount most people here could afford, but the real issue is who’s going to manage it.

Given the speed at which players spread information, Hill didn’t think it would remain a secret for long, so whether to let outsiders use the Purification Array and whether to charge them became an issue.

Two people from Black and White Path glanced at each other and asked, "So we should tell our Guild Master, right?"

"Whatever! It should have been said long ago." The Young Master waved his hand indifferently.

The Old Age Striking King punched an Idler in agitation, "Look at the kind of friends you make! Seriously, if it weren’t for Cunlü being busy and I’m left alone! Ahhhhhhh!"

She glanced at the two from Black and White Path, "Rainfall must have contacted your Guild Master directly, don’t worry."

"Ah!" Rain Falling on Mortal Dust looked up, "I’ve added Old Dog, Baldy, your Guild Master, and the Young Master to a group, and they are discussing it already."

The two Mages from Black and White Path nodded with grins on their faces.

They first looked at the Young Master, who was still tapping away, with a gaze full of unbearable witnessing, and then in sympathy at the Wenjian Mages.

The two Loli and Shota Mages from Wenjian, emotionless on their small faces, remained undaunted; they had long grown accustomed to it.