Chapter 62: Epic reward, the despair of Elos
"In order to ensure that you can complete the quest, I will give you a reward in advance. Mortal, you can choose one talent, equipment, or skill as the reward."
The Dragon God of Light said gently.
"Reward ..."
Hearing this, Su Ming began to ponder.
What did he need the most now?
Talent, equipment, or skills?
He first excluded the equipment.
"I'm not short of talents, and permanent BUFFs are actually very similar to talents, so let's go with skills."
Su Ming was very short of high-quality skills.
Although players could find skill merchants and use skill books to synthesize skills after entering more advanced cities, they could only get gold-level skills at most.
With the answer in his mind, Su Ming decisively spoke: "I need a synthesizer that can synthesize diamond-level skills."
"Mortal, I don't have any low-grade diamond-quality items here."
The Dragon God of Light said slowly.
Hearing these words, Su Ming almost choked to death.
The items of Diamond-level quality were low-grade items???
The Dragon God of Light thought for a moment, and continued: "Let's do this, I will use this epic skill synthesizer as your early reward."
He waved his dragon claw.
A stream of light instantly traveled hundreds of thousands of light-years and flew to Su Ming.
"Ding! You have obtained a gift from the [Dragon God of Light – Barrones]: Epic Skill Synthesizer."
[Skill Synthesizer – Epic]
Type: Special
Effect: Use a skill book as the main skill book and add 1-10 skill books as the supplementary skill books. Consume a certain amount of gold to create a new skill book. The grade of the new skill is subject to the main skill book.
Note: Synthesis skill books have a certain probability of failure. The higher the quality of the synthesis, the higher the probability of failure.
Looking at the epic skill synthesizer, Su Ming was a little confused.
A Diamond-level quest actually rewarded an Epic-level item.
This reward was really generous.
As expected of the ancient gods, the words "wealthy and capricious" were embodied to the fullest.
"Many thanks to Lord Dragon God for the reward."
Su Ming put away the item and thanked him.
"This is just a trivial gadget to me. Next, I will send you back. The crisis in Aaron Town has come, and I hope that you can complete this task."
"This is a holy crystal of light, and its power can save my inheritors."
The Dragon God of light shook its wings, and a golden crystal appeared in Su Ming's hands. Then, an unknown power acted on him and Su Ming disappeared from the projection plane of the Sea of Emptiness.
The Dragon of Light looked at the location where Su Ming had left. His gaze was incomparably deep, and he could feel a mysterious fluctuation from the depths of the void.
"You said that fate cannot be changed, and Elos must be swallowed by darkness."
"As for who the winner of the bet will be, let us wait and see…"
"Amia..."
...
When Su Ming was still in the dungeon, the soldiers and players in Aaron Town had been crushed by the demon army.
In this quest, players couldn't be revived if they died more than 4 times.
Only less than 3,000 players were still fighting.
The Knights of the Church of Light had suffered heavy casualties due to their previous battle with the demons of the Dark Ridge. More than 90% of the Knights were still lying in the Church for treatment.
A sense of despair filled the tens of thousands of residents of Aaron Town.
At this moment, Elos was using her magic barrier to block the enemy's long-range attacks. Due to the excessive release of magic power, her face was incomparably pale.
As she listened to the cries of the residents and the howls of the soldiers and looked at the ground full of blood and bones, her face grew paler and paler. She bit her lip so tightly that she didn't even notice it was bleeding from her bite.
Why?
Why am I so weak?
It was as if a person appeared in her mind and frantically questioned her.
Seeing that the resistance of Aaron Town was in despair, the black-robed Ron was extremely satisfied.
He walked to the front of the demon army and shouted in a hoarse voice: "Residents of Aaron Town, you have no power to resist. As soon as I give the order, all of you will fall into the demons' hands! But–"
Ron suddenly raised his voice, looked around with sharp eyes, and shouted: "But the great Lord of Darkness, decided to give you a chance to survive! There is only one chance. If you miss it, all of you will die!"
"So residents of Aaron Town, please seize this precious opportunity. I have great expectations for you… tsk tsk tsk…"
Ron's strange laughter entered everyone's ears.
Hearing that they had a chance to survive, the eyes of the residents of Aaron Town became hopeful.
"Hand over Elos, and everyone else can live!"
Ron said cruelly.
All of a sudden, the tens of thousands of residents were in an uproar.
"No, we absolutely must not hand over Miss Elos!"
Most people were very determined.
Oh, What a crowd of mobs?
Ron sneered, secretly released a wide range of mental skills, and tempted them: "Think about it, if you sacrifice one person, tens of thousands of you can be saved, isn't this a good deal? Don't you want to survive? Moreover, as a servant of God, Elos will give her life to save his subjects. This is the will of God!"
How could ordinary people resist after being polluted by dark magic? Their eyes immediately changed.
"Yes, we can live as long as we hand over Elos!" the residents murmured.
A woman holding her toddler pleaded with a sobbing voice, "Miss Elos, my child is only 1 year old and she has a long life ahead of her. So ... so please step out!"
"Yes, yes, Miss Elos, please save us!"
One person's words instantly infected ten people, a hundred people...
It was like a lightning strike for Elos. She froze in place, and her eyes were full of disbelief.
Why is this happening?
Hearing the residents' words, the players, as modern people, were naturally furious.
"Why do you want others to sacrifice their lives for just a bunch of trash like you?!"
The unhappy players immediately stepped forward and retorted.
"What's the matter with you adventurers! As a servant of God, Elos must save us!"
"Yes, hand over Elos!!"
"Hypocrites, didn't you say you were willing to help us? Why don't you come forward!"
Affected by the secret spells, the residents had lost their minds.
They said all kinds of abusive words.
Hearing this, Elos lowered her head. Others could not see her expression, but they could see that her body was trembling slightly.
Ten, a hundred, a thousand ... a million people.
Curses, questions, accusations... Countless voices suddenly rushed into Elos's brain.
Why do you want me to die?
Your life is important, mine is not?!!!
She... She was completely devastated.
The corner of Ron's mouth curled up slightly as the power of depravity appeared.
Elos raised her head and revealed a beautiful smile, but there was no emotion in her eyes.
The players clenched their fists and wished that they could kill Ron.
Eros walked down the city wall step by step. She passed through the demons and came to the magic circle in front of Ron.
"Jie Jie Jie, the great Lord of Darkness is about to descend!"
Ron's expression was filled with madness.
He took out a bottle of black potion.
"This is a bottle of depravity potion made from the emotions of 100,000 people before they died. If you are firm enough in your heart, you may still have a chance to survive. But I don't think it's possible, haha."
Ron twisted the cap off the bottle.
The black mist carrying the wailing sound poured into the magic circle, and a black flame emerged and enveloped Elos.
It did not cause damage to Elos's body because it was the fire of depravity, a flame that only targeted the soul.
The power of light bursts out of Elos's body.
But under the erosion of dark resentment, this pure light was transforming into extreme darkness!
The terrifying power bursting out of it poured into the altar behind her, and the outline of a black gate appeared in the sky.
"They... Damn it ..."
Elos looked at the residents blankly. Suddenly, her heart filled with killing intent, and her transformation speed increased.
Seeing this, Ron said in a stern voice: "See this? Miss Elos, from the beginning, no one cares about your life. All of them are always taking advantage of your goodness. So go ahead, get angry and hate everything!"
"Who says no one cares about her, Ron? Shut your lousy mouth now!"
"I'm telling you, today, I'll protect Elos' life!"
The sudden sound immediately attracted everyone's attention.
At these words, a glimmer of life emerged in Elos's eyes, and her transformation speed slowed down.
Everyone followed the sound and saw the person who spoke.
It was [Cang Hai]!
The players were extremely surprised.
Su Ming stood at the foot of the city wall, facing the army of tens of thousands of demons by himself.