1 All Pitfalls

"System:Enter the map of "Witches' Forest"!"

"System:This is a strange land of forest filled with scary cold air. Your magic resistance decreases by 20 points"

Walking through a vague thin mist wall, Chen Bing received two system prompts.

"Is this the Witches' Forest?" Chen Bing looked around with curiosity.

A broad-leaved forest of about 30 meters tall appeared in front so quietly. Looking at it from a distance, one could see thin grey mist floating inside. A broad leaf of palm size fell from the tree and landed on the ground quietly.

A small path that could accommodate two people walking side by side twisted and stretched forward, covered with heavy layers of withered leaves. Chen Bing walked on. His leather shoes stamped on the leaves, which gave out a squeaky sound.

Groups of crows with pitch-black feathers stood in rows on the tree. They looked at Chen Bing curiously with caution. As Chen Bing looked back at them, they screamed and scattered away.

Compared to other crowded places, Witches' Forest was full of historical traces and an odor of desolation, as if it was telling a story of its uncommon past.

Chen Bing marched on the winding path like an ant and met no monsters on his way. Witches' Forest was a hidden map of legends. It was hard to enter but a safe place. Since this was the last stop in this task, he needed not to fight…

Bang!

A burst sound rang up and Chen Bing rolled on the ground by instinct. A huge bone spear flashed across above his body.

If not for his fast reaction, that bone spear would have already pierced through his body!

Shit. No trust at all! Who told him that there would be no more fights on Witches' Forest map?

He got the task information from a veteran player in a well-known game forum and that guy generously shared the information about Witches' Forest map, saying that as long as one walked on the path, the task would be easily done and one would see no monsters.

The moral degeneration of the world is getting worse day by day! A cruel world!

No monster? Then who is this guy striking with a bone spear?

Lich King Nordling!

A very well-known name! Level 80 Boss, about 15 levels higher than himself.

Nordling was very ugly, with a slim figure and little flesh. Seeing that the spear did not hurt Chen Bing, he raised up his hands and screamed with anger.

"This is a forbidden zone, anyone who comes in will be killed!"

Clicking sounds rang up from the dark forest. Skeletons came out from the ground everywhere. Each one of them was between level 60 to 70.

"Shit! How can I survive this?! But let's see!"

A Lich King plus thousands of skeleton soldiers...Chen Bing was stunned.

He could not go back and had no other place to escape to. If his enemy were another kind of monster, Chen Bing would be beaten to death, but luckily these were only dead creatures.

Chen Bing moved his hand and crumbled an ancient magic scroll in his fingers. "Summon! Battle angel of six wings!"

As he shouted, the magic scroll turned to soft light and formed a huge white magic formation over his head.

Great power waved inside the formation and divine light covered the whole forest. A battle angel with six wings appeared in the light and revealed his great figure.

Suspending in air, power and light continuously gushed out from his body. The angel looked down at Chen Bing and said coldly with disdain, "Little man, what do you want?"

The angel is indeed very proud just as everybody said!

But this was a summons for only once. Chen Bing had no time to care about his manners as he might be killed by those countless skeleton armies.

"Go and kill all these dead creatures!" Chen Bing said quickly.

"As you wish!"

Angels were the natural enemy of dead creatures. And the battle angel had noticed Nordling and his skeleton army already.

"God of Light, please bestow the power upon me so that I can kill all these evil monsters!"

The angel prayed honestly and divine light gathered in his hand.

"Divine light punishment!"

The next moment, a huge divine light cross formed in the sky and its light shone upon the whole Witches' Forest.

　—100000!

　—100000!

　—100000!

—100000!

　　…

The damage points over 100 thousand floated over the skeletons, whose level was not low. But as average summoned monsters, their health was only about 300 thousand points. After receiving continuous attacks, they all fell on the ground, with bones scattering around, and died. An army of thousands of skeletons was destroyed within 10 seconds.

"10000 Experience Gained"

"10000 Experience Gained"

"10000 Experience Gained"

　…

Skeletons fell on the ground in large groups and Chen Bing's experience points soared!

"System: Level Up, your level reached 66"

"System: Level Up, your level reached 67"

"System: Level Up, your level reached 68"

In the blink of an eye, Chen Bing's level was upgraded by three!

"Nice. Three levels upgraded in a minute. Would be even nicer to kill Lich King!"

Chen Bing felt glad to see his level increase. However, he gained no loot since summoned creature's could not produce any loot when killed.

Chen Bing, refusing to give up hope, walked around to check and found nothing. And the battle angel now was in a fight with Lich King.

He was still 12 levels lower than Lich King even after his level increased. With this gap, he could not do much to harm Lich King and might even be killed. Therefore Chen Bing did not go near them and stood by.

The battle angel with six wings issued aggressive attacks and Nordling screamed under his attack. But after watching them fight for a while, Chen Bing quickly calculated their dmg and health, feeling a bit worried.

The battle angel could restrict dead creatures but not Nordling, who was pretty strong.

In the current situation, the battle angel could not rival Nordling.

The battle angel still had a few great skills that he had not used yet but Nordling was not naïve. It seemed that the battle angel would die.

I thought you were very powerful because of your attitude. But you cannot even defeat Lich King and have to ask for my help in the end.

Chen Bing teased the battle angel in his heart but after all, he could not let the angel be killed. Once the battle angel was dead, he could not get his task done.

Chen Bing quickly took out a tool from his backpack, Divine Lamp of Desire!

"Tool: Divine Lamp of Desire"

"Type: Specialized Consumable"

"Quality: Legend"

"Possible to be taken back to homeland or not: No"

"Requirement: none"

"Special Effect: God of Desire Lamp Cocoro will be summoned out. Cocoro has no fight power but he can help players to fulfill their desires."

"Remaining Uses: 2/3"

"Remaining Uses: 2/3"

"Instruction: Divine Lamp of Desire has magical power but it needs desire to fulfill the task. If you have a desire, it means that your golden coins are not enough."

…

Divine Lamp of Desire, a very rare tool of legendary level. Chen Bing used it once to enter Witches' Forest.

"Dear master, how can I help you?"

Cocoro, wearing a blue Arabian robe, came out from the lamp and asked this politely. His body was formed by mist and smoke and he was floating in the air.

What good manners this Djinn has! Stupid battle angel, you better learn from it!

"Cocoro, help me to find a priest with great healing skill to make sure that the battle angel will not be killed by Lich King. The cheaper, the better!"

Chen Bing scolded the battle angel in his heart and said this quickly to Djinn.

Divine Lamp of Desire was powerful and theoretically Cocoro could fulfill any request he just made.

But the more valuable his request was, the more golden coins he needed to pay for it and the price would rise exponentially.

Chen Bing wanted to have the Djinn summon a more powerful angel, and then Lich King would be dead. But without checking, he knew that he almost used up all his golden coins and could not ask Djinn to summon an angel.

That's why he chose to do the task of Witches' Forest. It would have been much easier to just make a wish to the divine lamp.

Roroco turned his head and cast a glance at Lich King and the battle angel in the fight, answering, "No problem. Priest fee is 50 golden coins and our deal costs 300 golden coins!"

What!

To hire a priest costs only 50 golden coins and this guy wants to earn 250 golden coins. What a price!

Chen Bing had only 1000 golden coins. 300 coins was one third of his overall fortune.

But he did not hesitate and quickly handed over 300 golden coins to Cocoro.

The task of Witches' Forest deserved this much!

"Deal is made!"

Cocoro took the coins and Bang! He turned to a bundle of black clouds.

The cloud fell on the ground and transferred to a teleportation circle. It beamed with light and a tiny figure appeared in the circle.

It was a Lolita priest with a poker face in a white robe, called Elsa.

"Are you the adventurer who hired me by divine lamp?" Elsa stared at Chen Bing and asked.

"Yes. Help me to heal that battle angel and keep him alive!"

He did not expect a Lolita priest but Djinn was reliable so that this priest should have a strong healing power.

"My fee is 50 golden coins for one hour. Please pay me first!"

Chen Bing was stunned.

Cocoro, that bastard! I still need to pay the hiring fee?

Chen Bing gritted his teeth and he still had one last chance to use the divine lamp. He decided to have a good talk with him during the last time he used the divine lamp and take back his money and then kill him! That guy should have a lot of good stuff with him. I might even get some super tools to upgrade my homeland!