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Chapter 827 - 410: This Must Be a Bug!_2

Chapter 827: Chapter 410: This Must Be a Bug!_2

No matter what, acquiring so much divinity at once was always a good thing.

[You continue on your journey, and a merchant with a crow’s face appears before you.]

[The crow-faced merchant enthusiastically invites you to browse their goods. They are a divine merchant, and you can buy Divine Arts, items, potions, and various other goods from them. Additionally, you can sell the items you no longer need, but all transactions require divinity as payment.]

When earlier texts hinted that divinity was equivalent to currency, Mu You had guessed that there would probably be shops like this, and now he had indeed encountered one.

Mu You clicked to examine.

[You approach the crow-faced merchant, who then shows you their goods.]

[Potion of Divine Power, Potion of Divine Defense, Divine Art ’Rage Wave’ (only purchasable by Water Hero), Divine Art ’Bone Erosion’ (only purchasable by Dark Hero), Divine Art ’Falling Rocks’ (only purchasable by Earth Hero)... Ares Armlet, Wind-Walking Shoes, Freezing Pipe...]

The store listed more than twenty items in total, including one piece of Divine Art for each of the nine series, in addition to two types of potions that increase one point of Divine Power and Divine Defense respectively, each priced at 50 divinity points, but they were limited to one purchase per person unless they encountered another merchant later on.

The rest were all items, with something available for each series. The first thing Mu You noticed was the ’Ares Armlet’.

[Ares Armlet: A Divine Artifact once used by the War God, increases Divine Defense by 100 points, actively use it to enter a state of Divine Arts Immunity for ten seconds. (only purchasable by Earth Hero) Price: 5000 Divine Points.]

A Divine Artifact! For 5000 Divine Points!

This was obviously something he couldn’t afford.

The reason Mu You noticed it was because he also possessed an item of the same name: an armlet that he had previously confiscated from a World Walker, which clearly was only a replica of the Divine Artifact, as could be seen from its effect which only provided standard defense effective only in the Star Spirit World, hence it hadn’t appeared in the usable items panel before.

However, seeing this Divine Artifact made Mu You recall another artifact he possessed: the Moon Scepter.

The description of the Moon Scepter clearly stated it was a Divine Artifact, which should definitely be classified under ’genuine’ items, yet it had also not appeared before in his item bar.

Now, seeing the description of this armlet, he realized that the Moon Scepter could only be used when he entered as the Moon Hero.

Coming back to his senses, Mu You reviewed all the properties of the items, but nothing particularly eye-catching stood out—either too expensive for him to afford or the effects were unappealing.

As for the Divine Arts, those available here were Divine Arts that normally could not be accessed through regular progression, so there was no need to worry about duplicates, however, the Earth Series ’Falling Rocks’ had a somewhat mediocre effect, not as useful as the Ares Hammer.

In the end, Mu You only bought one bottle of each type of potion, enhancing his offense and defense, then left the store to continue his exploration.

...

Meanwhile, as Mu You was progressing smoothly,

elsewhere, in a brightly lit villa in Indonesia,

a curly-haired Black man stared at the ’You Have Died’ message on his mobile phone, unable to recover for a long time.

His name was Manohar, the number 7 hero just now in the game, currently the foremost in tower climbing progress.

Hal was a top leader locally in Indonesia and one of the first to discover this tower climbing quest. On the day the quest was triggered, he immediately organized his men to thoroughly explore the Tower of Heroes and also reached cooperation with two other local forces. With a massive accumulation of intelligence from all three parties, they quickly figured out the gameplay and also uncovered many patterns, such as the merchant that would always appear on the second floor.

Because he knew this pattern, Hal had prepared a large amount of divinity points in advance, planning to shop here to significantly enhance his early combat power, thereby having a higher chance of pushing past the thirtieth floor.

His climbing in the last two days had followed this routine, and today was no exception. The exception was that today he encountered a player before reaching the store.

[You have encountered hero number 2459, an Earth’s Follower, HP: 21/51.]

"Rookie newbie?"

That was Hal’s first thought upon seeing the opponent’s number. As a ’veteran player’ of the Tower of Heroes, he knew how many people had started the quest so far. A number like 2459 was definitely a newbie who had just started the quest today.

Upon seeing the opponent’s health information, his assumption was further confirmed: losing thirty HP on the simplest first floor, if not a rookie then what?

So, Hal didn’t hesitate at all and simply chose to attack. Novices like these he had encountered many during his climbs. Facing him, a seasoned player fully equipped, they stood no chance at all.

He was already waiting to quickly collect the spoils and visit the next store when, suddenly...

[After a tough battle, you gradually became overpowered and were killed by hero number 2459.]

[You Have Died, all progress made inside the tower is stripped away...]

"???"

Hal almost thought he had seen wrong and read those two lines over and over again, still somewhat in disbelief: He, the top progress expert, had actually been defeated by a half-dead rookie?

This must be a bug!