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Chapter 97 The Eight Desire Kings! Player Base! Dragon Clan!

once.

There is a force that has unified the world and dominated the entire continent!

With overwhelming power, they crushed all the disobedient nations on earth!

Even the dragons, who are at the pinnacle of all things and are recognized as the strongest race, were ruthlessly defeated, and the true dragon kings fell one after another.

The war was so fierce that the sky darkened and the sun and moon were obscured.

After their victory, they established an incomparably glorious kingdom, with city after city springing up. As kings, they indulged their desires to the fullest, doing whatever they pleased in absurd and outrageous ways.

All beings call them the "Kings of the Eight Desires"!

However, this vast and magnificent country vanished in an instant, falling apart in a very short time.

They transform into flowers in the water, and the moon in the mirror.

Only one city remained in the desert.

【Ailuentiyou】.

Powerful weapons occasionally flow out of it, attracting many visitors. Some come to acquire these weapons, while others seek the magical artifacts left behind by the Eight Greed Kings.

Above the city, there is a castle floating in the sky.

Mysterious, unknown, and high above.

However, it happened today.

Two uninvited guests suddenly appeared at the Master Craftsman's Workshop, located on the fourth floor of the floating castle.

The place is filled with intricate gears and complex passageways, and the occasional grinding and clicking sounds of mechanisms turning can be heard. At intervals along the walls on both sides, exquisite and ornate magical lamps are embedded.

What hits you is an astonishing heat that fills this floor, emanating from the large forging furnaces operating everywhere, accompanied by the noisy and rhythmic sound of hammers striking metal.

Every now and then you can hear the hissing sound of red-hot metal being poured into water.

But there was no human voice here.

Dull, dim, ancient.

That was my first impression of this place.

Although the place is still running, it seems to lack the most crucial vitality and passion, and there is a sense of twilight pervading everywhere.

But then, at that very moment.

Su Jin and Du Qiangwei arrived here.

[Main Quest Starts: Survive within the castle for more than one day. You must remain there throughout the entire period. After the time expires, you will be automatically teleported back to Earth.]

[Mission Reward: 20000 Story Points (Incomplete)]

castle?

Is it the floating castle of the Eight Greed Kings? Or the guild stronghold of the Crystal Princess and the Twelve Knights? And that sea city in the northwest corner of the continent, it's hard to say whether it has a castle inside.

Su Jin already knew this before.

With his own strength, once he arrives in the world of Ainz Ooal Gown, there are basically only two possibilities.

He charged straight at the True Dragon King.

Or face the player's stronghold.

It would be great to be able to elbow the Dragon King, but unfortunately most of these guys don't live in groups even now. Although there are quite a few Dragon Kings in the Council Kingdom, many of them are fake Dragon Kings, and I could wipe them out with one move.

So it really is the second one.

This is the balance of Gaia. Otherwise, if a Gaia user with strength exceeding level 100 were allowed to run around, the outside world would fall into complete collapse, and those countries would easily face destruction.

So Su Jin's first reaction was to release a large number of golden spiders.

Begin exploring your surroundings.

At that moment, a wide-area annihilation spell suddenly appeared in many places on the wall, instantly covering the area. Su Jin used Instant Step and disappeared in an instant.

Rose immediately activated her spatial teleportation.

But then some inexplicable interference occurred, rendering her actions ineffective. Su Jin suddenly appeared beside her, grabbed her slender waist, and pulled her away. Then, a terrifying explosion erupted.

It's normal that teleportation isn't allowed inside guild strongholds.

That's why the player-exclusive ring is so convenient.

Once you put it on...

They can then instantly teleport within the stronghold and appear in most locations.

Next.

This attack is just the beginning.

As Su Jin and his group moved quickly, other traps were activated one after another. Su Jin summoned his Shadow Legion, which numbered over forty, instantly making the area crowded.

So they each went their own way.

As a result, when faced with these attacks, the second and third-tier shadow soldiers were immediately destroyed once they were hit.

Player outposts are such places.

In reality, NPCs mostly serve as decorations, especially in the era of games.

What's truly terrifying are the traps, the monsters, and the mercenary monsters.

The four-colored crystal monster traps installed on the ceiling of the Great Tomb alone, if attacked together, can wipe out two full-level player teams with ease.

What does this mean?

In player-versus-player combat, being able to take on two opponents is already considered very strong. Even someone like Tapie, who is a world champion, can only take on three or four players; he can't handle more than that.

And the player squad.

A team typically consists of six people.

With such a few traps and mechanisms, they were able to kill 12 level 100 individuals, equivalent to 12 fourth-tier Gaia beings.

The player's stronghold is terrifying.

This is only the tip of the iceberg.

So Shadow·Two-Faced Sukuna roared, realizing how terrifying this place was. He immediately used Spatial Slash to cleave through the walls in front of him, destroying many mechanisms in the process. Then, Sukuna transformed into an arrow and shot off to other places.

Su Jin gained hundreds of plot points, which was truly high risk and low reward.

During this time, Su Nuo's body was shattered in many places.

However, he quickly activated the reversal spell to repair himself.

The situation was extremely dangerous!

Because Su Nuo was the only one left on this side, they faced even more attacks.

With a thought from Su Jin, all the shadow soldiers revived and launched a renewed attack!

Oh.

I'm different from the players!

For the Shadow King, as long as he has magic, his subordinates can reappear no matter how many times they die!

Furthermore, he had specifically stored a large amount of blue potions in the dark dimension.

They all got it for free from the teacher.

Therefore, once the magic power drops to a certain level...

He immediately drank the medicine.

Ahead lies the newly acquired warrior, [Crocodile God Soton].

He even charged forward with a leaping slash, wielding a double-edged short axe!

It has the implication of being unparalleled.

Sometimes Su Jin even found the power of shadow to be amazing. Soton's strength lies in its body; its defense is outstanding. Even flame-level weapons and god-killing armor-piercing bullets cannot pose a threat to it.

The result was that even when made into a shadow soldier, this characteristic was still retained.

The same goes for the orcs.

It still possesses formidable physical strength.

Although it's called a spirit, it's actually more like the Grim Reaper.

The first Shadow King was truly blessed, worthy of being the most loyal fragment of light to the Creator, the chosen second generation, the new successor of the universe.

It's about time, by the way.

[Shadow King] Class - Begin your job now!

As the information and abilities were revealed, Su Jin soon acquired a new profession—yes, it was indeed a magic-based spellcasting profession.

However, it seems to provide faith-based spellcasting levels.

It possesses the characteristics of both.

Come to think of it, the first Shadow King was the one with the most steadfast faith.

Specialized professions are definitely more appealing.

Now that I've created my team and returned to the world of Ainz Ooal Gown, I only have 7,000 story points left. I need to keep grinding monsters and level up [Shadow King] to level 5 first!

In that case...

Your total level will reach 76, and your Faith spellcasting level will be 65.

You can unlock the qualification to learn and cast tenth-tier magic!

Although he didn't even have a single tenth-tier spell.

But where is this place?

Player outposts.

Some of the traps and mechanisms unleash magic of the tenth rank, which is currently being countered by its own [innate ability:]

Analysis of the "Principle of the Law Ring"

This is indeed a crisis, but it is also an opportunity!

However, if the Lime Squad came here, they would all die in an instant.

That's why we need an innovation team.

Rose was also put down by Su Jin.

She quickly apologized.

"I'm sorry, I just..."

"It's alright. Now that you've been strengthened by the spell power system, you've instantly jumped to the third tier of Gaia, and you're considered one of the best among the third tier. But you're still quite a bit short of the fourth tier. The spatial blockade here is specifically designed to target the fourth tier."

"But you are ultimately a different system, with enormous potential."

"While fighting, I'll also try out the solution."

"Let's see if we can break through the teleportation interference here, or at least make you unaffected."

"clear!"

Rose is definitely the type who rose to fame overnight.

Her rapid advancement was all thanks to Su Jin's guidance and the technique [Curse Spirit Refining Technique], which gave her astonishing curse power. This was a great opportunity that other Gaias would envy to death.

"Also, take down some more traps."

"Grind some story points."

"You'll start by taking on the following classes: Priest, Cursed Knight, and Valkyrie."

They range from low to high.

These are basic occupations, intermediate occupations, and specialized occupations.

After all, Rose is different from herself. Since there are no geniuses or wise men of a thousand faces, a complete structure is better. Focusing solely on advanced professions is a serious case of specialization.

In addition, the Cursed Knight is a very strong mid-level class.

However, there are also drawbacks; low-level weapons are prone to damage.

However, she had only just obtained that Dark Silver weapon.

completely fine.

This system is still based on priests and warriors. Even though magical power can strengthen the body, it's still the same when magical power isn't used. The fact that Zenji Naoya could be stabbed to death by an ordinary woman is a good example of this.

If the curse power is targeted.

That would be troublesome.

Therefore, we still need to develop in a hexagonal pattern!

"Remember, the priest only needs to be leveled up to level 10, while the cursed knight only needs to be leveled up to level 5. The special skill that comes later is not worth getting."

Unlike Gaia, players progress through a series of job advancements.

Various combinations are needed to meet the advanced requirements.

For better cost performance.

Some professions don't need to be fully upgraded.

But Su Jin was sometimes very curious about what the effect of reaching the maximum level was, so he often switched jobs. In terms of understanding of jobs, he might not be the best, but he was definitely a person with extremely high expertise.

He was also thinking about it.

Where exactly is this castle?

The location of the Eight Desires King guild was quite strange back then.

Some people even made bold guesses.

Perhaps what's in the sky is just a decoy, and the city below is the real base.

However, the highest level in the city is only 700 points.

If you max out all the resources, you can only create 7 max-level NPCs.

Absolutely rubbish.

The Great Tomb has a total of 2,750 points.

Therefore, the thirty guardians of the city of the Eight Desire Kings are a big problem.

Furthermore, the Eight Desires Kings Guild is clearly not the top-ranked Seraph Guild, because only Seraph players can join that guild.

But the Elf King's father was a light warrior among the forest elves.

The race is wrong.

He was also one of the Eight Desire Kings.

Moreover, floating castles are not the same as sky cities. In the gaming era, there should be quite a few players who like floating strongholds.

There are still many mysteries.

Before that.

The top floor of this castle.

Some NPCs are having a meeting and exchanging ideas.

"The wealth gained from the arms trade is enough to sustain the stronghold for quite some time. Hmph, if it weren't for that, those guys wouldn't even be able to come to this surface city."

"that is."

"This used to be the capital! Not just anyone can come here!"

Everyone was very dissatisfied.

But no way.

Guild strongholds require gold coins for operating costs, and actions such as setting traps, reviving NPCs, or summoning mercenary monsters also require money.

If you don't make money, you'll just be living off your savings.

Even bankruptcy.

Therefore, for the safety of the city, 30 guardians wearing various magical items were dispatched.

Ok.

Although some things are just like that in their eyes.

They're just mercenary monsters.

As long as you spend gold coins, you can summon monsters, and these monsters will exist forever!

This was the key to the past eight people's rule over the world.

Unfortunately, the battle back then was so fierce that there aren't many [Summoning Scrolls] left now.

The once unified land has now dwindled to just one city.

The losses are outrageous.

Ugh.

As for them, they have always been guarding this castle.

Dental experts are quite clear about which side is the tip of the tooth and which is heavier.

It is unacceptable to place the main force in the lower levels.

"It's all that wretched Platinum Dragon King's fault. He stole the Tooth People's guild weapons and threatened us, telling us to stay here or he would destroy them."

Speaking of which...

The other NPCs also angrily cursed.

"The dragon race is despicable and shameless! They resort to such underhanded tactics!"

"They dare to call themselves the strongest race? They're just trash who were beaten to a pulp by the Teeth."

"reptile!"

"They've really lost all shame!"

Both sides are now stuck here.

This created a standoff.

Even if the guild is destroyed, these NPCs will still exist, just homeless. This means they will be free from constraints and will instead create a new wave of tooth disasters that will sweep across the Tooth Continent!

"What we've always hesitated to admit is that gathering resources by forging and selling weapons is also useful."

"Besides money."

"Through the Master Craftsman's Workshop on the fourth floor, we can produce even more [Greems]."

"The more numerous we are, the more wary the dragons will be of us. This means we'll cause even more trouble, so we'll only become more and more locked in a stalemate. That guy probably won't dare to do anything about it either. If we manage to take back the guild weapons, things will be really bad."

"So that cunning thing established the Council in the northernmost region."

"This allows us to monitor all areas here."

The result came at this moment.

Their teeth were clenched in fear and anger.

"What's going on? Is there an intruder?"

"And they've already reached the fourth floor?"

"How did you do that?"

"We don't use teleportation magic here, otherwise there would be no point in using the suspended castle. We only go from low to high."

"The first floor alone has multiple solid outer walls and tiny, toothed magic arrow towers. Gargoyle legions slumber throughout the outer perimeter of the castle. Their bodies are impervious to swords and spears and are immune to low-level magic."

"Even if you manage to break in, the first thing you'll have to do is navigate the first level of the [Water Bodies Lower City] area, where flying fish monsters will automatically spawn, and the water source will flow into the city below."

After crossing the moat, you'll reach the designated area.