Master the Abyss, starting from an apprentice priest.

Chapter 421 (4k5) 1.1 version flash update——

Two days after the expeditionary force occupied the Acropolis, on March 768, 3 in the Apocalyptic calendar.

Latama, Acropolis.

It is now the early morning hours in the "Fanor Continent", and the corresponding time in the real world is also around 3:30 in the morning.

In the restricted area defined by the eight "scars" in the Acropolis, Thomas, Crocodile, Alicia and other "Saint Guardian" players are gathered here to carry out the routine task of clearing out the "Abyss Beasts".

During these two days, players who joined the "Church" and "Border Court" received a large number of commissioned missions to clear out the Abyss Beasts - these were directly issued by the "Bishop", "General Thunder" and "General Winter", and required the Advent Legion to clear out most of the Abyss Beasts in the restricted area within three days.

The clearing mission was actually secondary; their main task was to prevent the abyss beasts emerging from the "scars" from escaping the restricted area, and the thousands of players did not have any other important tasks to do for the time being, so they all stayed in the restricted area, treating it as a large experience hunting ground.

In the two days since the "Bishop" Luo Xiu Carlos sealed the eight scars with brilliant gold, the number of Abyss Beasts pouring out from the cracks of the scars increased significantly on the second day. However, the number of newly emerged Abyss Beasts is now basically the same as the number hunted, and there is a slight downward trend.

The players really had a great time killing here - the first-tier players of "Mirror of Glow" like Thomas and Crocodile worked together to kill a "natural disaster", six "mad disasters", and dozens of "twisted" abyss beasts in two days.

That "Scourge" level abyss beast was reduced to a sliver of health by Thomas's "Burning of the Devourer" and six uses of [Skull of the Martyr] by other players. As a result, it was killed by the auxiliary Alicia, who gained an epic-quality specialty that increased its output.

Therefore, Alicia began to wonder whether she could switch to output.

The other members of the "Mirror of Light" were like crazy, begging Alicia not to turn around - because she was the only nurse of the "Triple Destiny" of the guild [Glory].

On the status of the group's favorite! .jpg
Thomas has died ten times this week. Even if the instant resurrection scroll that can be purchased three times a week in the [Apocalypse Mall] is taken into account, his number of resurrections has been used up.

Therefore, in the last two days of this week, his playing style became quite doggy.

Even so, he successfully obtained the tail knives of two "Mad Evil" abyss beasts, and obtained two "rare" quality specialties through the kill reward settlement.

Thomas now has two "epic" quality specialties, more than a dozen "rare" quality specialties, and eight "common" quality specialties.

His current combat power is absolutely T0 in the entire Fanor continent.

Through various comparisons and discussions among players on the forum, Thomas estimated that he should be able to rank among the top five players in the "Songyuan Territory", the top thirty in the "Nolan Empire", the top hundred in the "Fanor Continent", and the top 100 in the "Apocalypse World"...

He didn't know about it in the "Apocalypse World" because the players who descended on the "Storm Continent" and the "Broken Continent" had not yet connected the world channel with the players on the "Fanor Continent".

As for the strength level of those players, we can only speculate from the real world by looking at the messages released by up-masters on major platforms.

Thomas had some doubts, but based on his intuition, he felt that in terms of overall strength, the players from the Fanor continent were the best.

However, the players from the "Broken Continent" and the "Storm Continent" seem to have nothing to do with him for the time being. They and the players from the "Fanor Continent" are like different servers with incompatible data.

As for now.

By ten o'clock tomorrow morning, it will be a full month since Thomas started playing the public beta of God's Destiny.

According to the game timing, there is generally no distinction between long and short months, and usually a full month is 30 days.

"Speaking of which..." Thomas stepped on the wet corpse of the Abyss Beast on the ground, came to his teammates, wiped the blood stains on the newly forged "Purple Master" quality warhammer, and said, "It seems that in half an hour, after four o'clock, it will be a full month since the public beta of "God's Destiny"."

"There is a countdown for product refreshes on the [Apocalypse Mall]. I still remember when the public beta was launched, the countdown was still 29 days and 18 hours..."

"Do you think that after four o'clock, the [Apocalypse Mall] will release new products simultaneously?"

"..."

"You'd better hope that the purchase limit of the 'Instant Resurrection Scroll' will be refreshed, little train."

Alicia Sanwu's voice said:
"However, I feel that this should be a minor version update. Like updating from version 1.0 to version 1.1."

She then yawned deeply and said:
"Then just wait, haha ​​- we have made it this far anyway."

Thomas, Crocodile and Huangdou all nodded, and they found an open area where no abyss beasts were roaming around, sat on the collapsed smooth stone surface to rest for a while, and by the way, recovered from the fierce battle with the abyss beast tide.

They had both opened the [Player Forum] and [Chat Channel] at the same time, chatting with each other and checking out posts that had just been updated by other players in the forum.

Time passed like this minute by minute.

And the time soon came to four o'clock in the morning.

At the moment when the time on the panel reached "04:00", the bodies of Thomas, Crocodile and Alicia suddenly became illusory and blurry, and they were forced to go offline at the same time.

After more than ten seconds, their figures reappeared at their original positions, and the expressions on their faces became surprised at the same time——

"Fuck, flash update?"

“Is there any compensation?”

As a veteran MMORPG player, the first thing Thomas did when he came back online was to open the mailbox panel and glance at the newly appeared red dot on it.

[Flash update compensation: Basic experience value +30000, free attribute points +10, "Destiny Pure Crystal" +1]

【Flash version update: 1.0-1.1】

[1.1 Flash Update Content List]

[Update resident module——]

[Limited-time dungeon #Shadow of Fate#: Face the nightmares of the past. You can obtain basic experience points, free attribute points, and common/rare/epic/legendary quality specialties]

[New permanent resurrection point——]

[You can set resurrection points, the number increases from 1 to 5]

[Implementing Death Penalty——]

[In the current version, the second and subsequent deaths will reduce the main occupation level by 2 level and lose 1% of the current experience points for each death;]

【第3次及之后死亡，有50％概率失去随机专长*1，第6次及之后死亡，有80％概率失去随机专长*1】

[The number of deaths using the "Instant Resurrection Scroll" is not counted as death penalty]

[New products in Tianqi Mall——]

【天启之锚（6r/30r/98r/198r/328r/648r，永久限购6个）、命途纯晶（6r，周限购1个）】

【…】

“…Fuck?”

“Is this really a version update?”

Thomas quickly browsed the updated content on the panel, his eyes fixed on the most critical items.

The first is the permanent module update - "Shadow of Fate".

This is Zhou Ben’s system. Thomas clicked on it and took a look. He found that he needed to consume a “Pure Crystal of Destiny” in order to face the “nightmare of the past”.

In fact, it was just a boss battle that he had experienced before. Thomas looked and saw that the battles that he could face again by consuming the "Pure Crystal of Life" were the "Defense of Red Maple City Fortress" and the "Siege of Caffrey Fortress".

There are also multiple sub-battlefields, such as facing the "Fivefold Fate" enemies - "Ring Flame Bishop" Drummond, "Silver Blood Dragonborn" Quilton, "Storm Lord" Muset, etc.

There is also the option of facing the boss battles of "Quadruple Fate" Fang Head and "Triple Fate" Black Fang, but the rewards for clearing the weekly game are relatively much lower.

There is also a large battle mode where you have to kill enough enemies within a limited time - these subdivided battlefields can be participated in solo or team mode, but the rewards and difficulty for completing the levels are slightly different.

This should be the main module that players can use to stably acquire high-quality expertise in the future...Thomas thought.

He took a rough look and realized that with his own strength, every time he cleared the relatively easy "Shadow of Fate", he could stably obtain 1~2 "rare" quality specialties, as well as about 20000 experience points and about 5 free attribute points.
The more challenging one is "killing a 1th level boss of "Madness+" alone". If you complete it, you can get 1~2 "Epic" quality specialties, and the basic experience and free attribute points you can get are doubled compared to the "Twisted+" boss. For Thomas, this is not impossible with [Devouring Burning], plus some awareness and operation.

As for obtaining the "Legendary" feat - Thomas has no idea for the time being.

That would require a single kill of an enemy with the "Fivefold Fate". Thomas knew that if he really encountered such an enemy, he would be killed instantly.

The "Fate Pure Crystal" used to open the weekly game will be delivered to you in your mailbox every week, and you can buy another one from the [Apocalypse Mall]. If you want to be safe, you can get one "rare" and one "epic" quality expertise in a week.

Thomas thought to himself.

This is a relatively big change.

After that, the number of "resurrection points" increased to 5, which was equivalent to adding 5 teleportation anchor points for players at the cost of "death".

After dying once, you can fly around the entire map. Thomas quite likes this change. Then he can directly "teleport" from his home in Red Maple City Fortress to the expedition front.

For Thomas, the time would be to set up a resurrection point in an important main city, a resurrection point in a monster spawning area, a resurrection point in the "Holy Abyss", and two more resurrection points depending on when they are needed.

As for this flash update of version 1.1, Thomas is most concerned about the "death penalty" -

[The second and subsequent deaths will reduce the main occupation level by 2 level and lose 1% of the current experience points for each death;]

【第3次及之后死亡，有50％概率失去随机专长*1，第6次及之后死亡，有80％概率失去随机专长*1】

This means that players’ “death” is no longer free of cost, but they will have to bear certain losses!

This may be due to balance considerations.

It was the GM of "God's Destiny" who restricted players from infinitely acquiring specialties. Thomas understood it, but still felt a little unhappy.

Because it seemed to be directed at him - [Burning of the Devourer] is a specialty of self-destruction and exchanging death for injury!

However, including the "Instant Resurrection Scroll", he still has no risk of dying 5 times a week - his main fear is losing his "expertise".

The new "Anchor of Apocalypse" in the [Apocalypse Mall] is an item that "locks" important specialties, so that the locked specialties will not be lost due to various external factors such as "loss due to death".

This is a special protection item for important expertise.

Thomas thought that if players wanted to obtain new expertise safely and stably, they would have to obtain it through the "Shadow of Fate" week.

Death has no effect on the weekly version, it only affects the level of rewards you can get from the weekly version.

As for the demotion and experience point loss caused by the "death penalty", it's not that bad. For Thomas now, demotion means subtracting a few attributes, which can be regained by upgrading again.

Thomas, who is a max-level player with triple destiny, can store all his experience points in the "Fountain of the Holy Abyss" and withdraw them when needed.

"..."

"…Fuck?"

While Thomas was thinking about this, the voice of "Sweating Soybeans" came from beside him:

"Hahaha, I feel like the 1.1 update is targeting you, little train!"

"indeed."

"really."

Daguai and Alicia agreed, while Thomas shook his head with a complicated expression.

"Well, in a sense, I wasn't completely shaved, just half shaved!"

Thomas said:
"I can still die five times a week! Five times!"

"Okay, okay, five times, five times."

Huang Dou tried not to laugh, but his hands were already heavily covering his abdomen.

That's when they finished browsing the "version update" content and were ready to have some in-depth discussions.

Suddenly, new content popped up on everyone’s panel!

That triggered a "commissioned mission".

A "commissioned mission" sent from the "Holy Abyss" and from the "Lord of the Holy Abyss"!
[Trigger the commissioned task: Nightmare of Gluttony (difficult difficulty)]

[Recommended level: lv.30+, triple destiny and above]

[Task type: commissioned task]

[The Lord of the Holy Abyss has observed that a terrible disaster has taken shape in the ground beneath the feet of His apostles.

He is neutral, and is constantly observing from the royal court of the Holy Abyss. But His apostles - His "Adventers" are in danger.

He then shared some of His divinity to foretell the dangers that His "adventers" would face.

Right now - quickly activate the mark and go to the "Holy Abyss". You will learn about the truly terrifying enemy in the city of Latama and his true "real name". 】

[Mission Objective: Go to the "Holy Abyss", go to the "Spring of Spirituality", dip into the spring, and the "Lord of the Holy Abyss" will show you the prophecy that He has seen through.]

[Basic Completion Rewards: Basic Experience +10000, Free Attribute Points +5, "Rare" Quality Expertise *1]

【…】

"……Um?"

Thomas quickly scanned the content that was refreshed on the panel.

"What kind of mission is this?" he murmured in confusion.

"The name of the mission is 'Nightmare of Gluttony', and the content of the mission is about the 'real enemy' we will face... and his 'real name'?"

"Wait—'Him'?"

Thomas always felt that if he was teleported back to Holy Abyss at this time, he would see something extraordinary.

But this task is still very easy to complete, which is equivalent to getting it for free.

Thomas then had a brief discussion with his teammates, and together they activated the "Seal of the Isol Royal Court", teleporting themselves from the restricted area of ​​the Acropolis to the royal court of the "Holy Abyss".

When they were actually teleported to the "Holy Abyss", they saw that dozens of players had already received the task of [Nightmare of Gluttony] and were teleported to the square of the Royal Court first.

The "Lord of the Holy Abyss" did not show up, but beside the "Spring of the Holy Abyss" stood eighteen "Apostles of the Holy Abyss".

The apostles looked at Thomas, the crocodile and the others, walked up to them and said:

"Go and scoop up the spring water—the Lord has placed His prophecy in it."

"'The Adventers, you will see the true disaster, the true horror—'"

"This is what the Lord told us to wait here and what he told you."

……

(End of this chapter)