Your secret game is absolutely poisonous!

Chapter 206: Fan Fengyi

Vesaros re-entered Arad. No matter where he was when he logged off, he would return to the town every time he logged on, or more precisely, to the inn run by Celia.

“Today is also a day full of hope.”

"My dear adventurer, it seems that you are going to go out on an adventure again. I will always pray for you behind your back!"

Walk out of the hotel.

This is the main street of Hedonmar, the capital of the Principality.

The rising sun shines through the gaps between the white buildings covered with green plants on both sides of the street, casting patches of mottled light and shadows that dance on the travelers passing by, creating a dreamy, peaceful and energetic feeling.

This country, which is not very large in size and population, is always full of vitality. Adventurers from all corners of the world gather here, and different countries and even races coexist peacefully.

The clinking sounds of iron in the blacksmith shop, the roar of magic machinery in operation, the shouting and yelling of hawkers are endless, and every corner is filled with rich details of life.

now.

Standing here.

Not the Lich Vesaros.

But it is the Ghost Swordsman Vesalos.

It has only been nine days since I came into contact with the secret realm of Miracle City and ventured to the Arad Continent.

Vesaros has been completely immersed in it, and the lich sometimes feels extremely confused... With his own strength, status and experience, why is he so attracted to the secret realm constructed by the lord's mental power?
He thought about it.

Three reasons are summarized.

First, the charm of the Arad continent itself.

The elements of this world are both familiar and unfamiliar. It contains a very complex magic system, as well as very advanced knowledge and superior power, which is irresistible to any lich with a thirst for knowledge.

Although we haven't explored this world for a long time, various clues show that the world of Arad is by no means simple.

Not only is there a powerful and mysterious existence like the great magician Mal, but there are also unknown places including the heavens and the demon world, as well as a powerful existence called apostles.

Nature inspires a desire to explore.

Second, the world atmosphere is real, detailed and full of immersion, plus the feeling of almost living a second life again.

The culture, history, politics, military, etc. of the world of Arad.

It is also very complete and there is no sense of disobedience.

It makes people feel strongly involved.

Vesaros has been a lich for centuries.

He used to be feared or dreaded wherever he went.

Although he possesses great strength and status, he can never escape the various strange looks brought by his identity label, and no one will ever treat a lich as a normal person.

And that is indeed the case.

Liches are evil, extreme, ambitious creatures who will do anything to pursue knowledge or immortality.

Although Vesaros himself doesn't care, it would be a very fresh and interesting thing for him to change his identity, change his perspective, or even change the world.

When he appeared in the continent of Arad as a ghost swordsman, he got rid of all identities in the real world, eliminated the barriers of the real world, and could even adventure with elves such as Artus and Nancylia.

This feeling is indeed very novel and interesting.

Third, of course, is the appeal and fun of the secret realm mechanism.

The design of the "copy battlefield" in the Arad continent has been praised by adventurers as a secret realm within a secret realm.

There are countless small secret realms crammed into a big secret realm.

Such design innovation and powerful resource integration and material optimization capabilities are unprecedented in the thousands of years of Vesaros history. How can it not be amazing?
This is absolutely genius!

Adventurers can challenge various areas of Gran Forest repeatedly and quickly, and each challenge can directly reach the target area, avoiding the long and repetitive journey every time they enter the forest.

Efficient combat.

It is also closely connected with the plot.

Except for the design of the small secret realm.

The rich level system, equipment system and online social attributes, based on the already interesting foundation of the Arad continent, have added development and real-world vanity comparison, so that the gains and achievements in the secret realm can be accumulated into real assets.

……

This is only part of the advantages of the continent of Arad.

But it can instantly kill the Eternal Night Forest and even all the high-level dungeon secrets that Visaros has ever known. No wonder even he is deeply attracted and can't stop.

Soon after.

According to the method provided by Blackrock Hammer King.

Vesalos triggers the main storyline of "Dark Thunder Ruins".

He first went to the Ghost Swordsman Dojo in the backstreet area of ​​Huttonmar to find his instructor GSD to upgrade his skills. Then he would go through the blessing point on the map and use fast travel to teleport directly to the entrance of Gran Forest.

Fast travel feature.

It’s definitely not in the original work.

Because the video game scenes themselves are miniature.

There are only a few representative scenes in the entire Hettonmar, and it doesn’t take much time to walk from one map to another. However, the Arad continent in Miracle City is different. The entire Hettonmar is fully built.

Although the city is small, it has hundreds of thousands of people.

It takes at least half an hour to walk from the city center to the outskirts of the city, and it takes an hour to ride a horse from the outskirts of the city to the entrance of Gran Forest. It would be a waste of time if you have to run back and forth every time you go in and out.

Therefore, Qi Ji set up many blessing points throughout the continent of Arad.

As long as adventurers activate the blessing, they can consume a small amount of gold coins for fast travel, thereby greatly shortening the travel time. This not only ensures the authenticity and immersion of the game scene, but also improves the rhythm and experience of the game.

But just when Visaros walked out of the Ghost Swordsman Dojo and went to the blacksmith shop to repair his equipment.

"Damn it! My hammer was left in the deepest part of Gran Forest. Anyone who can bring it back to me will be handsomely rewarded!"

An old blacksmith with a pale beard and short stature like a dwarf pleaded with several local adventurers with an anxious look on his face.

These adventurers were all natives of the continent of Arad. When they learned that they had to enter the deepest part of the Gran Forest, they all looked at each other in confusion and ultimately rejected the old blacksmith's commission.

Vesalus' heart moved.

The old blacksmith is Xinda, the most famous forge master in Hedonmar.

He seemed to be in trouble, and this should be a good task. By building a good relationship with this old guy, you might be able to get a discount on equipment repairs in the future.

Gold coins are also a very scarce resource in the continent of Arad.

Adventurers can exchange some with Miracle Coins, but in order to ensure the balance and experience of the secret realm, the amount that each person can exchange is not too much, not to mention that Miracle Coins are a more advanced and equally scarce resource.

So try to save Arad gold coins whenever possible.

Repairing equipment is one of the biggest daily expenses.

Vesalus then took the initiative to find the old blacksmith and expressed his intentions to him.

"Adventurer, do you want to explore the Dark Thunder Ruins in the deepest part of Gran Forest?"

"good."

"Great!"

Xinda was overjoyed and immediately said, "Please do me a favor and retrieve the hammer left by my master. I will reward you handsomely and will never treat you unfairly!"

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【Ding! 】

【Trigger the secret realm branch! 】

[Quest Name: Sinda's Hammer!]

[Mission details: ...]

[Quest Objective: Clear the "Dark Thunder Ruins" to obtain "Sindar's Hammer" with a chance of success.]

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Triggered another branch line.

The continent of Arad has a very large task system.

These can be divided into main tasks, side tasks, activity tasks, etc.

Among them, the main task is naturally the main line of DNF, which can promote the development and changes of the world plot.

The side quests are huge.

Qi Ji included most of the tasks in the original work.

In addition, many original side quests and daily tasks have been added.

This not only enriches the worldview and makes it more interesting, but it can also actively guide adventurers to clear maps through tasks based on the territory's current demand for materials, spirits, and equipment.

For example.

The territory is short of spirit.

He will initiate a quest, allowing adventurers to challenge the return to nature mode, thereby increasing the probability of Arad's spirit being revealed.

These tasks can generally earn gold coins, materials, equipment rewards, or gain the favor of special characters, paving the way for subsequent hidden plots. Most of them can bring very good positive and negative feedback to adventurers.

"give it to me!"

Vesalos is full of confidence.

He was about to venture into the Dark Thunder Ruins.

It would be convenient to take on an extra side quest at this time.

A few minutes later.

Entrance to Gran Forest.

Hundreds of adventurers gathered here.

At the entrance to each dungeon area, adventurers can see projections of adventurers from other time and space. At a glance, there are hundreds of them densely packed together.

But because they are not in the same time and space.

So you can only see the general outline but cannot touch or interact with it.

On the chat screen.

Various information keeps scrolling.

Luke: "We're buying equipment and materials. We also take on people like Graka and below who can clear maps. The price is 500 to 1000 per person. If you're interested, please look for the Howling Fang Adventure Group!"

Wool Warrior: "Flame Graka is missing one of three, please contact me if you are above level 15!"

Mao Mengmeng: "Looking for a team to explore the Dark Thunder Ruins!"

"..."

It’s so lively!

Vesaros formed a team with Blackhammer King, Cranky Chicken, and Nancylia, and the moment they established contact with each other, they immediately emerged from their invisible state.

This way you can not only communicate on the chat screen.

You can also communicate face to face.

Blackrock Hammer King: "Everyone, are you ready? According to the latest intelligence, ice-attribute attacks are a significant threat in the Dark Thunder Ruins, so I prepared some ice resistance potions. Share them among you."

Nancy Liya: “Thank you!”

Cranky Chicken couldn't wait any longer: "I can't wait any longer, let's go in quickly, I want to get the first kill!"

As the captain, King Blackrock Hammer walked into the entrance of the Gran Forest map. This entrance was in the shape of a vortex and could only be seen by adventurers. When you walked in, you entered the interface for selecting the dungeon.

An aerial map of Gran Forest appeared before his eyes.

This forest is very large, and currently the Mirkwood, Thundering Ruins, Toxic Mirkwood, Frost Grakka, Grakka, and Flame Grakka have been unlocked.

The six copies are distributed in different areas of Gran Forest.

Although these areas are interconnected within the forest, adventurers are restricted in their range of activities when challenging the secret realm. They can see other areas from afar but cannot cross the boundaries.

Now outside of six copies.

There is another "Dark Thunder Ruins".

Judging from the location on the bird's-eye view map, it is located in the deepest part of Gran Forest, a small corrupted black forest. It is not difficult to see that it must contain a lot of secrets.

Selection complete!

Officially enter!

quack quack!
The crows were crying strangely.

The four adventurers opened their eyes.

They were already in a silent and gloomy forest.

Most of the plants here are withered and the air is extremely cold. There are many places similar to tombs among the ruins caused by the fire, and many bones are even directly exposed outside.

gloomy.

Surprising.

Cranky Chicken: "This is the Dark Thunder Ruins? Why does it look like a mass grave?"

The Blackstone Hammer King explained, "The Dark Thunder Ruins are located in the deepest part of the Gran Forest. It is said that this was once the town and home of the Gran Forest elves, but was destroyed in the Gran Fire disaster several years ago."

Cranky Chicken: "Where are the elves?"

Nancy said with a look of regret, "Almost all of them are gone. Most of the elves paid the ultimate price to repair the damaged Grand Magic Circle, and this should be their graveyard." King Blackhammer said, "That's right. No one has lived here for a long time. I don't know why it has become like this."

Vesaros: "I heard from Celia about something called 'transfer phenomenon'. In recent years, mysterious transfer phenomena have frequently occurred on the continent of Arad. It's possible that some evil force has been transferred here, causing mutations."

Cranky Chicken scratched his head. "Transfer phenomenon? What's that?"

"This is one of Arad's recent bizarre disasters."

The Black Stone Hammer King explained, "As the name suggests, it involves people, monsters, even simple energy, diseases, and even the legendary apostles being transferred from one place to another without warning, causing all sorts of unpredictable disasters and causing destruction."

Vesaros: "Many of the current anomalies on the continent of Arad are caused by transfer phenomena. The most famous one is the Wailing Caverns incident a few years ago."

Wailing Cave.

Located near the Alvin Line.

The Alvin Line is mainly used to defend against the Delos Empire.

Therefore, this place is actually the border between the principality and the empire.

It is said that a series of strange phenomena occurred near the Wailing Cave outside the defense line at that time.

The Delos Empire suspected that the Principality of Belmar was behind this, so it sent several investigation teams to investigate. After paying a huge price, it discovered that the legendary fifth apostle "Lurker" Shilok was transferred there and went crazy.

To prevent the apostles from continuing to lose control and cause disasters.

The Delos Empire sent a large number of masters, plus the four famous sword masters in Arad, to encircle and suppress Shilok. In the end, they paid an extremely painful price to eliminate Shilok. This battle became an epic battle sung by many bards.

Vesaros: "Hmph, this is definitely not a natural disaster. There must be someone behind the transfer phenomenon. I don't know what his ultimate goal is, or what hidden secrets he has."

Nancy Liya: "We'll get to the bottom of this sooner or later, starting with the Dark Thunder Ruins!"

Ado.

The action officially begins.

The four adventurers had just taken action.

They felt the breath of the undead and the wailing sounds.

One by one, ragged zombies with hideous faces stood up from the dense forest cemetery.

“It’s indeed the undead!”

"Be careful, these are all level 18 and 19 monsters, they might be hard to deal with!"

"..."

There are two types of zombies that appear in the Thunder Ruins, one is a zombie with green skin, and the other is a zombie with blood-red skin.

Both types of zombies have thick skin and flesh and are difficult to be injured by swords and guns.

The former moves faster and has greater physical strength. It can easily tear steel with one claw and also has corpse poison.

Although the latter has weaker mobility and cannot use corpse poison attacks, it possesses dark attribute spells that can condense black energy balls, thereby attacking adventurers from a distance and posing a greater threat.

"Look how awesome I am!"

Sharpshooter Nancy Liya stepped forward and threw several grenades to blow up the zombies in the front row. Then she conjured up a machine gun out of thin air and suppressed the group of zombies with bullets.

Da da da!
Da da da!
The machine gun firepower was extremely fierce. Under the dense coverage of bullets, several stone pillars of the ruins were quickly riddled with holes, a large number of stone tombstones were destroyed, and the group of corpses were suppressed and beaten back, making it difficult to get close.

Bullets cannot tear through zombies' bodies.

Each zombie not only has thick skin and flesh, but is also surrounded by a powerful aura of the undead, which is enough to offset most damage. Even if damage is caused, it will be automatically repaired instantly as long as the health bar is not depleted.

"Roar!"

The two blood-red zombies burst out black energy from their ten fingers, instantly condensing into an energy ball and attacking Nancylia. At the same time, several green zombies launched a roundabout attack from the left and right.

not good!

Black Stone Hammer King and Visaros launched a ghost slash to counter the energy ball. The collision of the two dark energy offset the attack, while the fighter Grumpy Chicken launched a whirlwind kick and a series of combos to repel the approaching blue zombie.

Mountain Collapse Strike!
Cross cut!
Three-section slash!
Wisaros, holding a bulky but powerful secret infantry giant sword, charged into the zombie group. With his powerful continuous slashing, he instantly chopped several zombies into pieces of rotten flesh.

Nancy Liya stopped her intense strafing and switched to a flamethrower to suppress the enemy again.

Blackrock Hammer King and Cranky Chicken also attacked with all their might.

Although these dozen zombies had thick skin and long health bars, they were ultimately unable to withstand the full-force attack of the four adventurers and were all wiped out in just five minutes.

Cranky Chicken laughed: "Although he has some tricks, but with the four of us working together, we can easily defeat him!"

Black Stone Hammer King: "Don't be careless. It's getting colder around here. We can't stay here for long. We must find the leader as soon as possible."

Nancy Liya: “Yeah, these zombies are too hard to fight, and they consume too much energy!

The dungeons in the Arad continent do not have rooms or grid maps to serve as guides. Every time an adventurer enters a dungeon area, it is equivalent to being thrown into a completely open area for free exploration.

Can you find the BOSS quickly?

It is the key to whether you can pass the copy quickly.

The problem is that the Dark Thunder Ruins have only just been discovered.

Everyone is not familiar with the terrain here, how can you determine the location of the BOSS? In fact, even if you have played the map many times, the location and distribution of monsters will change every time you enter.

"Most undead prefer cold to heat."

Based on his understanding of the undead, Vesaros suggested, "This place's chilling aura must have a source. We just need to follow the direction of the chill and we'll definitely find the leader."

Makes sense!
The four of them took action immediately.

Along the way, they discovered many cat demons, zombies, as well as various obstacles such as swamps, jungles, and poisonous flowers.

In addition, many buildings and traces of the Gran Forest elves' lives were found in the dense forest. Not many years ago, this place was the home of the elves, but now most of the elves have died and are buried in this land.

Probably harboring resentment.

That's why they were transformed into zombies by evil energy.

The deeper the adventurers go into the Dark Thunder Ruins, the colder they feel. One by one, they gain a negative buff of slowness. However, the zombies they encounter become more and more flexible and stronger.

There are quite a few elite zombies among them.

These elite zombies should be the elves with relatively strong strength before them, so the zombies they transform into are also more powerful than other zombies. Their health bars alone are two or three times as much as other zombies.

Finally after a hard fight.

The four adventurers finally found the source of the cold and undead power.

This is a unique zombie. His face is more hideous than that of ordinary zombies. His blue skin is covered with ice crystals, and his eyes are flickering with blue will-o'-the-wisp. The ground is frozen wherever he passes.

[Boss: Corpse Snatcher, Bone Prison Breath], Tier 2, 5-star unit, Secret Realm Level 20...

"Finally found!"

"Looks like we're lucky!"

"Hurry up and defeat it, otherwise the effects of the cold will become more and more severe as time goes by!"

"..."

The four adventurers decisively took an ice resistance potion that had been prepared in advance. This potion could make them more resistant to ice in a short period of time, thereby reducing some of the ice damage and negative effects.

"Humans...damn humans...I want revenge...revenge!"

The blue ghostly fire in Bone Prison Breath's eyes flickered more and more violently.

A burst of icy energy erupted from under his feet.

It instantly enveloped the surrounding area of ​​dozens of meters, freezing the large grasslands and jungles, as well as Visaros and the Black Stone Hammer King who tried to approach, and covering them with thick ice.

Cranky Chicken exclaimed in surprise: "Holy crap! So fierce! This guy is really something!"

Bone Prison Breath rushed up quickly and was about to attack the Ghost Swordsman who had turned into an ice sculpture.

"Chicken, block it!"

"okay!"

The irritable chicken didn't dare to be careless and jumped up directly. He stepped on Bone Prison Breath with an eagle kick in the air, then grabbed the opponent and tried to throw him to the back. As a result, the moment his hands touched the zombie, a fatal chill suddenly hit him.

Frozen Chicken's hands into ice.

"not good!"

The Angry Chicken immediately changed its strategy, dodging Bone Prison Breath's icy claws, and used a powerful downward kick to first make it lose its balance, and then followed up with a quick and powerful forward kick to kick it away.

"Mind Energy Wave!"

She gathered her mental energy to shatter the ice in her hands, and finally released a white mental energy bullet, which hit the zombie in mid-air, creating a light-attribute attack with a restraining effect, and blasted it more than ten meters away on the spot.

This series of attacks is beautiful.

But the damage caused to Bone Prison Breath is very limited.

This guy's health bar is very thick, and it is difficult to defeat him alone. Not to mention the consumption of physical strength and mana, just the continuous cold air attacks from this monster are difficult to withstand.

Fortunately, it happened at this moment.

With the help of Nancy Liya's flamethrower.

The two ghost swordsmen were freed from the ice.

Vesaros said solemnly, "This undead's large-scale freezing technique is extremely powerful. If four of us are hit at the same time, we're doomed... However, this force is mainly transmitted through the ground, so we can avoid it by jumping and staying in the air."

"understand!"

"Go together!"

This battle must be decided quickly.

Nancy Liya once again took out the Gatling gun to suppress from a distance, while the two Ghost Swordsmen and the fighter took turns to attack, and retreated whenever they could not bear the cold air entering their bodies, and repeated this round-the-clock battle.
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200!
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198!
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245!

……

Although Bone Prison Breath was very powerful, the adventurers cooperated well and gradually found the pattern and rhythm. Finally, after a hard and arduous battle, they successfully defeated this BOSS.

"Won!"

"Hahaha, great, I passed it in one go!"

"Luckily, there are four of us, otherwise it would not be easy to defeat this guy!"

"This Bone Prison Breath's ability is quite interesting. Although it's a Tier 2 unit, it should be of rare quality. Once I have better equipment, I must play the Return to Truth mode to spawn the spirit!"

"..."

It’s time to settle the rewards again.

Exciting flip moment.

【Your level has been upgraded! 】

Vesaros gained just enough experience to help him break through the level.

From level 17 to level 18.

At the same time, three treasure chests appeared.

One of them is the basic clearance reward, which can be obtained without any cost or conditions.

One of the other two treasure chests is a paid treasure chest, which requires a fee to open and can get an additional reward.

As for the third treasure chest?
The other three don't have it, only Vesaros has it.

This is because Vesaros has accepted a mission related to this area.

This special treasure chest is the mission treasure chest, and there is a certain probability that the props or materials required for the mission will be spawned from it.

Open the basic treasure chest first.

[You have obtained the "Ancient Elf Ring (Purple)"! ]

Purple again!

[Ring of the Ancient Elves], level 13 equipment, strength +9, intelligence +9, magic defense +240, maximum health +50, maximum mana +20, restores 9 mana per minute.

A ring that is universal for all professions and has very good attributes.

Vesaros was very satisfied and decided to keep trying. He paid 2800 Arad gold coins and opened the paid treasure chest again. However, he only got 1500 gold coins and a blue cloth armor top.

Overall, it's a good small profit.

But it obviously didn't bring much surprise.

Finally, the mission treasure chest was opened.

【You have obtained "Sindar's Hammer"! 】

Vesaros felt refreshed again. This was the item he needed to find for the side quest.

The mission props that need to be collected in the continent of Arad are obtained through the relevant treasure chests when passing the level.

This also depends on the drop rate. Sometimes you can get it in one go if you are lucky, and sometimes you have to explore many times before you can get it and complete the task.

Visaros was lucky again this time, so he got the things at once and could complete the side quest directly.

And just at this moment.

Cranky Chicken suddenly exclaimed.

Nancy Liya asked, "Chicken, what's wrong? What did you get?"

Cranky Chicken: "I got an item called 'Vatican Windbreaker'. Why is this item pink, a quality I've never seen before?"

what's the situation?
The quality of pink?
Obviously, the best quality equipment ever found in the continent of Arad is purple equipment, and adventurers have not seen pink equipment yet!
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