Chapter 77 76 May you treat your life with the same attitude
Chapter 77 76.Wish you treated your life with the same attitude! [1660]
(Extra for brother ‘Huo whole quite well’ [1/20])
It had been several days since Murphy triggered the power trial, but he had been unable to find a suitable target in the 100-percent-unused Cadman City.
After Jade appeared, Murphy had threatened Missy that if she didn’t cooperate then he would use her as his “Black Iron Certificate”, but that was just an artful and exaggerated threat, in fact, the moment Jade appeared and tried to take advantage of Murphy, this pretentious guy was labeled in the bottom of Murphy’s heart.
Though having a silver-ranked vampire as the target of the Black Iron Trials was clearly overblown and inflated.
However, in the current situation, Murphy felt that he didn’t have no chance of winning.
In this remote place in the ruins of the outer city, the dim sunlight continuously spilled out specks of light from the cracks of the thin black smoke flakes, and amidst the ashes wandering on the ground, Murphy, who was holding the Blade of Desire Ethnicity, threw out a scout towards Jade, who was pulling a tattered wing in front of him.
The information that came back formed a tab of information in front of his eyes that moved with Jed:
Name: Bernard Jed Le Sombra
Rank: level 30 – silver body – blood source weakness (30% reduction in all attributes)
Occupation: level 15 Catacomb Swordguard / level 15 Midnight Hunter / Painter – Classical Painting Specialization
Condition: Fragile and Injurious – Mental Weight – Physical Collapse – Natural Entanglement – Deepening Pain – Daylight Curse
Evaluation: Extremely Dangerous
“You’re really hurt enough, I don’t understand what kind of torture you suffered in the Blood Vulture’s Cloisters, but just by looking at your sorrowful body and terrible wrinkles I can tell you’ve had a miserable time.”
Murphy stared at the wounds on Jed’s chest that were completely unhealed and still dripping blood from the emerald green hunting vectors that pierced his chest as he deflected his wrist and juggled his sword, whispering:
“However, we are all dignified midnight nobles, why don’t we skip the boring and vulgar fight and let me help you relieve this long-lasting pain.
You won’t have to go through the indignity that comes with struggling, and I’ll save a little of my precious time.
What do you think?”
“Heh, so underneath the disguise of mediocrity lies such an arrogant and maniacal soul? Tris is really blind!”
Jade wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth.
He got up on the Grave Swordguard’s Grave Ceremony Black Blade with ebony flowers and night bats embellishments, and recovered the tattered and torn Blood Wings behind him, and although blood dripped down with every step, the guy’s aura at that moment was rising in anger.
His bloodshot eyes stared deathly at Murphy and said in a mute voice:
“I am weak! I feel like my soul is going to return to midnight and eternal silence in the next moment, but that’s not something a creep like you has enough guts to humiliate!
Come on, Murphy, you’d better get some more men.
Like that concubine of yours who hides in the shadows, your little slut’s poisonous wife, Phoebus, and get her to come along!
That way you still have some chance of winning.”
“It’s so undignified! Lord Jed, an elegant gentleman such as yourself should not say such vulgar things, and as you say, I would love to have help.”
Murphy sighed and said:
“Unfortunately, this is a Black Iron Trial that I have chosen for myself, and it can only be accomplished by me alone, sacrificed to the Midnight and the Blazing Sun with your noble and powerful blood, so that I may truly step onto this path of power.
You are the perfect sacrifice I have chosen for my quest for power.
So please, from now on, bring the self-consciousness and decency that comes with being a sacrifice.”
“!”
After hearing Murphy say those words, Jade instantly felt that she had been ruthlessly humiliated again.
This asshole!
He actually viewed himself as a trial of strength, where did he get the guts?
“Die!”
Jed growled.
Cold, dark psychic energy converged on the ceremonial sword at the call of the Catacomb Sword Guards to create an eerie edge that would cut Murphy down before his eyes in an almost shimmering blitz of skill.
He was confident!
There was no way that such a little scumbag who wasn’t even a black iron could block this decisive blow that brought together a hundred years of experience and power!
Murphy really didn’t have the confidence to overwhelm Jade in a frontal battle, but after he repeatedly read the rules of the power trial, he realized that there was actually a “loophole” to be exploited in this seemingly non-trivial rule.
“Snap!”
With the Dark Pace, he kept on sliding and distancing himself while waving his left hand backward, and Firmis, who was hiding high up in the back, saw the agreed-upon gesture.
She hesitated for a moment.
Because such an intervention didn’t seem to be in line with the principles of the Black Iron Trials, yet when she thought about it, it was true that she hadn’t really intervened in the deadly fight between the two men down below, it was just that
Missy was very hesitant, but she still followed Murphy’s previous instructions and gathered her remaining spiritual energy on top of the Secret Energy Staff, and again pointed that night bat-carved staff towards the sky.
Psychic Energy Blast – Gale Blow!
Release!
“Bang!”
With a muffled sound like an air cannon, the heavy spiritual energy shot up into the sky and exploded in the thin layer of star world smoke under Missy’s precise control.
It was like a pair of rough hands ripping apart the curtain that blocked the sunlight.
In the next instant, the blinding golden sunlight poured out in the form of a waterfall.
The golden beams of light in the large holes of torn open smoke and fluff like a stage spotlight illuminated the entire neighborhood below, Jade who was caught unawares and Murphy who had been prepared for this moment were simultaneously included in the sunshine under the rebuke:
This is the world of light, no evil spirits allowed!
“Hiss.”
It was like hot oil pouring down, and like fire burning.
Murphy’s skin that was protected by the Elder’s armor rose up under layers of smoke, making him so painful that even his defensive movements were completely out of shape at this moment, and the dark steps under his feet were out of control, causing him to stumble and almost fall, and he was barely able to support himself by using the sword in his hand to prop up his body.
But this is already considered good.
At least he didn’t have so many horrible negative statuses on his body, while Jade, who was carrying a full six deadly Debuffs in front of him, was miserable.
His entire body looked like it had been poured into sulfuric acid.
With the lack of Blood Essence and the collapse of his flesh due to multiple bat-forming escapes, even the slightest direct sunlight would cause him excruciating pain.
What’s more, this was the blazing sun that tore through the night at dawn, which was the moment in nature when the sun’s spiritual energy was the most active in the day.
“Ah!!!”
Painful screams lengthened, like a banshee’s wail spreading across the uninhabited ruins at this moment, and Jade, who had fallen to her knees under the sunlight, was in so much pain that she couldn’t even hold her sword.
He prostrated himself on the ground in a futile attempt to block out the sunlight with his hands.
The skin exposed to the light was blistering and carbonizing, and he struggled, desperately trying to squeeze the dark psychic energy in his body to create shadows to block the sunlight.
But Murphy slid forward.
He bit his broken pocket watch in his mouth to keep himself from crying out in pain.
With white smoke billowing from his body, he swung Tris’ Elder Blade and mercilessly attacked Jade in her “daylight weakness” with his master-level Blood Wyvern Swordsmanship.
This was his only chance to win!
This was the battle plan he had already set up when he considered Jade as the target of the trial, utilizing the terrain to create a bug and achieve a tricky over-level challenge.
But even if it was tricky, Jade’s overwhelming strength was unquestionable.
After realizing that he would most likely be shaded alive by Murphy here, Jade immediately lost his will to fight, knowing that now was not the time to save face!
He himself must run now!
“Get lost!”
Power originating from the Silver rank erupted in the miserable screams of Jed, who was as miserable as a burning ghost, knocking Murphy back with a sharp claw swing before scurrying towards the nearest shadow to hide.
But in the instant of his start, Murphy raised his left hand to cast a spell in a Psychic Binding motion, and the Psychic Shock-Suffocation, which he had practiced to proficiency under Tris’ repeated instruction, was released in the next instant.
Murphy also added a bit of “fancy work” to this ordinary skill.
The dark psychic energy belonging to him turned into an invisible hand that clasped Jade’s neck and strangled him so that he couldn’t breathe, and at the same time, Murphy continued to release his psychic energy and dragged the struggling Jade from the ground into the air with his left hand rising up.
It was like an invisible sling hanging a criminal in mid-air.
The sufferer’s tragic struggle would make the suffocation effect deepen and accelerate, thus bringing a hint of the brutal beauty and ritualistic feeling of an execution to this ordinary skill, and also making Missy, who was obscenely hiding in the shadows high above the ground and watching the battle, see a bright light.
Hey! This execution maneuver is good!
Simple to learn, but also handsome, for a mediocre skill to put the finishing touches, let’s call it “Midnight Noose”.
“Poof!” The Ethnic Blade of Desire pierced through Jade’s shoulder from behind, then picked up Murphy’s wrist and severed the bone, then turned his left hand into a scarlet claw and grabbed at Jade’s heart, intending to take his life while he was weak.
However it wasn’t that simple.
Ear-piercing raven whistles exploded around Murphy.
Jed wasn’t just a grave sword guard, he was an elite midnight hunter.
Summoning the death-defying crows to peck at their enemies was their specialty, and naturally, the summoning at the time of fighting for one’s life did not skimp on the release of psychic energy leading to Murphy’s entire body being wrapped by a large group of life-threatening black crows in the next second.
A moment dozens of spiritual energy piercing attack made Murphy instantly turned into a “blood man”.
Just like in the Souls game, because of the greedy knife by the boss, directly staged the blood disappearance technique, even more tragic is that this momentary delay allows Jade to break free from the midnight noose.
But instead of turning around to counterattack, he also staggered his body and lunged at the nearest shadow.
“Bite him!”
Murphy whistled as he swung his sword to settle these psychic black crows.
The disembodied Star Realm Giant Wolf pounced out with a wail, chasing after Jade under the command of his “Wolf King” and bringing down the miserable superior vampire with a paw from behind.
Jed screamed in pain as he tore wildly at him, without a trace of decency, and it was clear that the Sons of Midnight had no honor under the wrath of the true and noble Sun.
Jed’s entire skin was on the verge of being carbonized, and all he could do was struggle to pull a miserable blood trail through the sunlight before finally crawling into the shadows that had saved his dog’s life.
He kicked the giant wolf of the astral realm away from him and staggered to his feet to continue his charge into the darkened room before him.
And Murphy swung his sword to cut down the last of the ravens.
A grimace flashed across that handsome face as he wiped away the blood, and with his sword in hand, he charged towards the dark house with his own limping Star Realm Giant Wolf.
He would not give up!
Like facing Jopan Markie straight on in the Smuggler’s Woodlands, Murphy would never hold back when it was time to fight for his life!
Even though he already had the Administrator System to summon cute and fierce little players to do almost everything he wished for, it was just a game that could go AFK at any time for the players, but for Murphy .
This was all he had!
This is his life!
What normal person can live their life with an attitude as casual as playing a game?
“Swish!”
Missy flapped her batwings and glided down from the heights, landing on the ground where Murphy and Jade were fighting to the death.
The blood and gruesomeness around her made her clench her fists as well.
She who came from a noble background had never had the experience of pressing everything to obtain a victory like Murphy did, and the impression left on her by this battle was destined to be indelible.
She knew she shouldn’t help.
This was Murphy’s trial of strength, but at this moment she still couldn’t help but lean on the Staff of Secret Energy and walk towards the House of Darkness.
“Yo, little girl, hello again.”
A familiar voice came from behind, causing Missy to stop and turn around, and then she saw the old knight Finok riding on a red warhorse wearing oak armor and carrying a large oak holy blade.
Her gaze tightened and she instantly raised her staff.
She felt as if she had fallen into the same ground as Murphy, and was next to face a fight for her life against an opponent that was simply impossible to defeat.
“Whereas the men are fighting for survival, a lady should stand by and watch in silence, and be ready to shower the victor with blessings and kisses.”
The old knight whispered:
“It’s not your place to get involved, back off and don’t let some of Vampire Murphy’s finesse go to waste. Heh, I originally thought that you were the hidden danger in these ruins that should concern me the most, but after witnessing that scene just now, I suddenly realized that .
Even in your current little group, you are far from being the leader!
Murphy!
Very well, I’ll remember that name.”
“Bang.”
Behind Missy, the walls of the Dark House collapsed in a massive burst of psychic energy, and as she watched with clenched pupils, Jed, who was covered in blood and had become a “charred monster”, limped out of the darkness.
Murphy!
Murphy!
She watched as the man raised his staff.
But the next instant, after Jed had taken two steps out of the way, the matriarch’s own guard fell to his knees with a weak plop, and the ceremonial black blade in his hand smashed down into a pool of blood.
Behind him, Murphy, who only had one arm left, was cupping a weakly beating vampire heart in his hand, and at his feet lay the headless corpse of his loyal Star Realm Giant Wolf, while on the other side was the right hand that clutched the Ethnic Blade of Desire.
“I actually ahem, don’t have to show up at this time.”
Murphy coughed up blood and said to Jed, who had fallen to his knees and was struggling to look up from the ground to stare him dead in the face:
“There are many ways I could have put you to death, Your Excellency, but you helped me once, and whether that was out of sympathy, or a kind of pity, I owe you a favor .
I just wanted to give you the last dignity of attending your funeral with heartfelt sincerity.
Rest in peace, Lord Jed.
By this passing of death, your ambition is added to my journey.
I will make good use of the power you left behind.”
“Pfft.”
Jed tried to say something, but opened his mouth and spewed blood.
He then fell to the ground in a violent convulsion, the sunlight pouring over him transforming him into a faded statue, giving the ambitious man eternal silence in this land of ashes.
And Murphy.
He tilted his head with the Heart of Jed in his hand.
The bloodstained face with blood stains still lingering at the corners of his mouth that didn’t belong to him struggled to smile at Missy with the grace and decency expected of a midnight nobleman.
It was just that in the scene at hand, this smile was more or less too frightening.
It even made Missy subconsciously take a step back.
She really rarely saw such a hideous vampire, as if this was the posture that their race should have had in this continent full of malice.
It was tearing away all the elegance and hypocrisy of the exterior, and displaying the ferocity and venom within in a bloodthirsty, beast-like stance.
Missy suddenly realized that she had been a vampire for so many years, but she didn’t understand the power of Midnight’s Gift as well as this “one year old” newcomer to the blood race in front of her.
But behind her, the old knight on his horse suddenly applauded.
He shouted:
“Congratulations, Vampire Murphy, I applaud the victor, and perhaps I should sound the death knell for the evil spirit as well! You are a potential threat, and I have to be at your”
“Swish.”
An object was kicked by Murphy and sent flying under the old knight’s horse.
The thing shimmered with a scarlet shimmer in the sunlight, causing Finnock to squint and roll off his horse to pick it up.
“The key is yours! But you’ll never get into the cloisters without the help of the last few Sons of the Blood Vulture.”
Murphy coughed:
“Is this enough to buy us a life?”
The old knight didn’t answer.
He picked up the shards of desire on the ground, and after confirming that the thing was real, he took one last look at Murphy and the stunned Femis, and mounted his horse to leave without a word.
“Ha.”
Murphy grinned.
In a heavenly weakness he collapsed to the ground to be held again in the arms of Missy who blinked over, he could no longer hear Missy’s anxious cries but he saw what he had been wanting to get to before he passed out:
【Novice Orientation Quest (6/6): Return to the End and Beginning, Completed!
(End of chapter)