Mystery: A Spark

However, in Arthur's memory, this person must have also brought about his own downfall.

Even in previous lives, there were countless examples of this.

For example, that person who said 800,000 versus 600,000, the advantage is with my transport captain, Chiang Kai-shek.

Take, for example, Mingbaozong, who wiped out 500,000 elite troops and hundreds of high-ranking officers of the Great Meng Dynasty in a single war.

This was the wealth that his ancestors had painstakingly accumulated for him, and he gave it all away in a single war.

Let alone an elite army of 500,000, it would take a long time to slaughter 500,000 pigs.

Therefore, the illusion that I have an advantage is something that everyone has to some extent, and Edwina is no exception.

If Arthur told her about the Forsaken Land, she might inevitably become interested in the ruins of the God War, so Arthur gave up on the idea.

"Forget it, I'll think about it tomorrow." Arthur thought for a long time without any results, so he had no choice but to give up and take it one step at a time.

He took off his coat and lay down on the bed to fall asleep.

……

"Ah, look, a new recruit has arrived here." A deep, hoarse voice rang out.

Who's speaking? Arthur opened his eyes groggily and was surprised to find that he wasn't in his room.

Standing before him was a tall, dark elf with an eye patch covering his eyes and covered in green patterns.

Night elves!?

What's going on? Have I time-traveled again? Arthur quickly got up and looked around.

"Holy crap, the Dark Temple? How did I get here?" Arthur found himself standing at the end of a wide corridor.

This corridor is home to a considerable number of demons.

These demons were densely packed together in groups, completely blocking the passageway and leaving no room for anyone to pass.

On the other side of the corridor was a magnificent and enormous palace.

The palace has a dark and somber tone, which makes it seem somewhat gloomy.

On either side of the palace gate are two rows of huge statues, which enclose the wide passageway in the middle, making the passageway the only way to the palace.

Eerie green flames burned on the statues and at the palace entrance for illumination, adding to the eerie and sinister atmosphere.

At this moment, the night elf, or rather the demon hunter, spoke again in his deep, hoarse voice:

“New recruit, what our Illidari Legion needs are true strongmen, and you cannot yet be called a qualified Demon Hunter recruit.”

"But I can give you a chance now."

As he spoke, he first gestured to the dark temple on his left, and then gestured to Arthur's back with his right hand.

Arthur turned around and looked back, only to find a desolate wasteland filled with scattered rocks.

The rocks varied in height, with even the shorter ones being at least three or four meters high.

These rocks, each with a different shape, together form a complex maze.

From Arthur's perspective, one could vaguely see various demons scattered throughout the chaotic rock maze.

"You can choose to go to the Dark Temple or to the wasteland outside the temple."

"No matter what method you use, only when you successfully hunt down one of the demons here can you truly become an Illidari."

"You won't truly die here, but the feeling of death won't be diminished in the slightest. Fight bravely, recruit."

After he finished speaking, the hooded night elf in front of Arthur disappeared, leaving only a pair of recruit blades stuck in the ground.

Arthur glanced at the recruit's sword on the ground, then at the distant Dark Temple, and fell silent.

On one side is the Dark Temple, a place with open terrain and hordes of demons; on the other side is a wasteland with complex terrain that provides easy hiding places and where demons are scattered.

For Arthur, choosing which side to go to was not a problem at all.

"You're crazy! You want me to fight the Dark Temple with these recruit's blades? Are you out of your mind?" Arthur picked up the two blades on the ground and prepared to turn and head towards the wasteland.

He had no interest in provoking the hordes of demons in front of the Dark Temple; it would be better for him to bully the scattered rabble in the wasteland.

But the next second, his body came to an abrupt halt.

"Wait a minute, isn't there a Garden of Pleasure inside the Dark Temple?"

Chapter 11 Unwavering Determination

At the border between the Dark Temple and the Wasteland, Arthur stood silently.

Logically speaking, his best option right now would be to go to the wasteland and try to kill a demon.

Only after he successfully advances to become a Demon Hunter here will the Trial Realm continue.

However, reason ultimately cannot prevail over emotion. What lies beyond the wasteland? Nothing but boulders and demons.

But what about the Dark Temple? That's where the Garden of Pleasure is located.

Arthur wanted his body to move towards the wasteland, but his legs wouldn't obey him and instead kept wanting to go towards the Dark Temple.

In the end, Arthur succumbed to his own legs.

After all, whatever he wants to do, a pair of obedient legs is absolutely essential.

But now his legs were determined to lead him toward the Dark Temple, so Arthur had no choice but to turn around reluctantly.

Holding the recruit's sword in both hands, Arthur looked at the vast number of demons before the temple and felt a chill run down his spine.

Although he felt he was overestimating himself, Arthur's heart was still restless.

After all, that's a paradise on earth. Don't you know what the value of a paradise on earth is?

Moreover, as the demon hunter instructor just said, this is a trial illusion, and Arthur's death here doesn't count as a real death, so he can just wander around as he pleases.

Of course, you won't actually die, but everything you feel here is real, making it an immersive game with 100% pain.

Although the monsters in the Dark Temple are powerful and numerous, Arthur felt there was no need to fight his way up.

If this dark temple is the same one from the game, Arthur remembers that there was an iron chain leading directly to the second floor.

The Garden of Pleasure is on the second floor!

In the game World of Warcraft, only the Demon Hunter can double jump and glide, so only this class can walk along this chain to the second floor.

Therefore, this road was jokingly referred to by Demon Hunter players as the "employee passage," meaning that Illidan had reserved a passage specifically for his Demon Hunter employees.

Only Demon Hunters can jump up there in the game because the game mechanics restrict the character's movements and actions.

But here, Arthur could climb the chain in many ways.

But the prerequisite is that he must break through the blockade of the demons in front of the temple and successfully reach that place.

Since the demon hunter instructor just said he could choose which side to go to, it means that the demons on the Black Temple side should also be within his capabilities.

After all, it's a trial. How could someone be so unethical as to set up a trial that offers absolutely no hope of passing?

So Arthur decided to give it a try and bravely choose the side of the Dark Temple.

He didn't mean anything by it; he just thought that if he took the initiative to challenge himself with something more difficult, maybe he would get a higher score in this trial.

Although Arthur didn't know whether there was a scoring mechanism in this trial, it didn't matter.

He mainly enjoys high-difficulty challenges; he has no other intentions whatsoever.

After thinking about it, Arthur simply threw away the recruit's sword in his hand. Anyway, he wouldn't use it, and carrying it would only be a burden.

He stretched his arms and legs on the spot, warming up briefly.

Of course, his body was already very hot because his heart was hot.

After warming up his hands and feet, Arthur assumed a standard starting position.

Then......

“Go!!!”

"what!!!"

......

"Holy crap, that hurts, that hurts..."

In Arthur's own room, Arthur lay on the bed, curled up in pain.

Just now, in order to take on a challenging task, he bravely charged towards the Dark Temple.

However, what happened next was nothing short of horrific.

There is a mechanism in the game World of Warcraft that states that the greater the difference in level between a player and a monster, the farther away the monster can detect the player.

Conversely, if the player's level is significantly higher than the monster's, the monster will not attack unless the player walks directly in front of the monster.

When Arthur used his max-level character to raid the Dark Temple in his previous life, he was practically unstoppable, cutting through everything with ease and having no equal in the slightest.

If he doesn't approach them, the monsters won't pay any attention to him.

Moreover, even if he deliberately lets the monsters surround and attack him, his character won't lose much health.

But just now, Arthur had only taken a few steps forward when the demons' hatred was drawn to him.

The scene that followed can only be described in four words: "divided and eaten".

Arthur sensed something was wrong when the demons first discovered him; these demons were probably much stronger than him.

This illustrates that achieving his first demon kill through the Dark Temple is virtually impossible.

In other words, the designers of this trial illusion never intended for anyone to be able to enter the Dark Temple from the very beginning.

But if you don't intend for people to enter the Dark Temple from the start, can't you at least use some kind of fog to cover it up?

If that doesn't work, just close the door. Let people know that you can't get in here in the first place. Then Arthur will have no choice but to give up his idea and obediently go to the wasteland to kill demons, right?

But instead of using mist or anything like that to cover it up, it just stood there, the dark temple gleaming in the light.

Not only that, but they also insisted on leaving the gates of the Dark Temple wide open.

How dare they show this to people! Disgusting!

How can this be so unethical? Is this how people do things?