Chapter 208: The Game Begins
Chapter 208 – The Game Begins
Deafening explosions resounded throughout the Veritas Islands.
What really woke everyone up was the strong tremor from the magic net.
The illusionary barrier enveloping Area 2 was instantly torn apart, the hideous fissure spreading to a hundred times its original size.
It wrapped all of the first four islands, including District 0.
But that wasn’t enough.
It was as if there was a huge beast of lust hidden in the chasm, and the booming roar was like its hungry whimper.
It was still expanding.
However, as an existence standing at the pinnacle of power in this world, it was natural that the Veritas Courtyard could not simply be swallowed up by the void.
A dazzling silver light protected a floating island that just broke free from the void in a dignified manner.
The silver aura came from the spire of the Library of Truth, and any void it shone upon would melt with ice.
Then, six figures flew out from it.
Four men and two women, and the youngest looked to be over 50 years old.
They were all wearing pure white vestments with silver trim and ancient magical hats.
The leader of the group held a huge staff with a key-like tip.
The six of them spread out, each occupying a side.
Silver-white light was released from their bodies, connecting them to each other and outlining a huge hexagram spell formation, cutting off the ever-expanding rift.
The latter’s expansion also stopped there.
Only then did some airships fly out from the island, plunging into the rift to rescue people.
But even then, they couldn’t stop the originally starry sky from being covered in a layer of purple mist.
The sea surface between the islands hid countless hidden purple fissures.
They were like narrow eyes staring at this archipelago.
And such a catastrophe was spreading along the magic net towards the land.
…
There are two kinds of people who live in Veritas.
One is the high-level professionals who are sensitive enough to energy to be the first to notice this explosion that started from the Magic Web.
There was also another kind, those who were of low rank but possessed wealth and status.
They might not be that sensitive, but the rich neighborhoods they lived in also responded at the first time.
The soul barriers installed in every home on the islands from 4 to 20 are automatically activated in distress.
The glow of the energizer stones connected.
From a distance it looked like a dozen glowing bamboo shoots growing on the surface of the sea.
The Basque family was naturally no exception.
Although the two Dwarf couples weren’t masters of anything, there was no shortage of people they had invited who were stronger than level five.
All of them stepped out of the courtyard and looked at the purple sky in the soul barrier, as well as the brightly lit fissures in the air.
Mrs. Basque nervously clutched her husband’s hand, and the latter felt like he was breaking his bones as he clenched his teeth without saying a word.
Megumi stared outwardly at the landscape, but behind her back she communicated frantically with Duo.
“It’s bursting, it’s bursting, it’s really bursting!”
Duo: “Those councilors should still be meeting in District 1, right? How many of them could have survived?”
Huihui: “Definitely better than half of them dying in the game, the council of six can all be there at this point in time, and with six mages of at least level eight striking, or with a library bonus, at least three-quarters of them can survive.”
Duo: “No oh, you left out the development progress of the airships, they’ve only just developed even the Void Shuttle I, the current rescue force is simply not enough.”
“That’s also …… not right, what are you doing?”
Megumi was suddenly alert, “You’re trying to get Basilisk a councilor status?”
Duo: “Yes oh, or you know me. The guy’s a Dwarf and it’s racial politics here, it’s convenient. And he’s built up contacts in the airship trade, which is just what’s needed right now.
“Do you think we can get through to Heine’s old favorites ah, it would be more convenient if we can get on the Shadow Sanctuary line.”
Hui Hui: “I’ll figure it out, I’m going to get a lawyer’s license and blend in with her lawyers, I’m unemployed anyway and have a need for that. You hurry up and brush up on Basilisk’s favorability, we need to speed up, we can’t lose to those skeletons.”
Duo: “I’m afraid it’s hard Oh, his wife is looking at me wrong, I think she has some bold ideas.”
Megumi was shocked, “What then?”
Duo: “I’m going to confess to Basil that I like men, do you want to go along with me?” Megumi glanced at the “manservant-suited Raider” winking at her in the distance and almost yuked up the meal she’d just eaten.
“I’ll try.”
It’s all for the McCalla Mountains ……
That’s right, the McCalla Mountains.
She suddenly had a heartbeat.
Those guys …… should remember what happened after the Void Disaster, right?
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Trail of the Blight.
Mr. Summer holds the Soul Carrying Lamp in his left hand and a silver toilet plunger in his right.
As the light of the lifting lamp revitalized the spirit embers in the air, it tinted them with a silver color.
He shouted, “Bottoms up, brothers!”
Then he drew out his soulfire with a “boing”.
A steady stream of Yuan Material poured into the suspended silver flame.
A few minutes later, he rose from the ground.
He clenched his hands into fists, and a line appeared above his head:
“Field Camping Component Test Successful”
Clap.
The sound of Heine’s applause came from beside him.
He was pleased with how well the thing really performed in the field.
Now for the next step in optimization, we need to start with “concealment”.
Masking light effects, masking soul fluctuations, and masking spirit fluctuations.
It would be easier if it was just the first two.
They just need to bring a bed with them like in minecraft and dig down a few compartments to bury themselves in it to sleep once night comes.
But genjutsu fluctuations weren’t something you could just hide.
Just as he was thinking about countermeasures, an odd fluctuation came from behind him.
As if it was a gaze that exuded intense malice, Heine felt goosebumps fall all over the place.
General Sa: “Crap, a rift delivered to the door?”
Before Heine could react, three figures mangled up with toilet plungers raised.
Even the strange beasts in the rift were startled.
The moment it froze, Catching Goat had already stuck the plunger in and pressed it on its head.
Then it gripped it with both hands and pulled it outward as hard as it could.
A huge purple creature had half of its head yanked out by his hard hand.
Chief Sa and Teacher Xia also pressed the plunger onto its head one after another, pulling and yanking hard.
The strange beast didn’t expect its opponents to be more anxious than it was, and immediately let out a soulful roar that was noisy and distracting.
The three of them couldn’t help but let go of their hands.
Seeing that the thing was about to shrink back, five skin plungers with wires attached behind them fell from the sky and snapped at its head as if pulling out a fire pot.
Heine raised an eyebrow as he watched.
The Northeasterner had fully mastered the art of simulating the appearance of soul sucking into a leather plunger.
Now it was even less obvious that it was a skill he had learned.
It’s no wonder the other brothers thought it was a “plug-in” for a mutation caused by excessive intelligence.
If I hadn’t talked to him myself, I’m afraid I wouldn’t have thought much of it.
I’m really good at this, Northeasterner.
“Pull hard!” Heine commanded.
The routine is messed up again, so I’ll do one more chapter to mix things up, and make up the rest later in the night. Look for it in the morning.
(End of chapter)