Whose world-class drama are they criticizing?

If you ignore the tangled, twisted plant and the dense spores.

Sacred and blasphemous.

These two completely different temperaments were strangely combined together.

Ryan proudly raised his head; his skills were truly superb.

"...This sword is for killing people now, isn't it?" After a long silence, Kiri suddenly said, "It's not for killing the Curse of Withering."

Players aren't considered people, are they?

Ryan pondered this question.

He observed Kiri's expression and noticed that the latter's pupils trembled.

“I asked you before, have you seen this sword before?” Ryan asked.

This question left Kiri silent for a long time.

After a long pause, as if he had made a decision, he stared at Ryan with a complicated look in his eyes. "Straw Sword, this is my brother's sword, and also the sacred sword passed down through my family."

Damn it.

The boy who loved me died in a plane crash.

Ryan finally managed to find a big red one, only to bump into the original owner, instantly creating an awkward situation.

He stared at Kiri with a serious expression. Was this old bastard going to make me pay him back?

Back when it was just scrap metal, why didn't you say it was yours when we asked you?

I reforged it with Azure Silver Stone, so I'll claim it as yours.

“I picked this up.” Ryan placed the straw sword behind his back and began to guard his food. “I didn’t steal it.”

"Just like this sword."

Kiri ignored the matter and continued recounting the past: "Our family crest is 'straw,' and we used to be called the Straw Knights, a very strange and unpleasant name."

"Kubing Village used to be called Daohua Village, and straw and rice flowers don't go together at all. But that silly old man said that straw doesn't wither. It's the remains of golden wheat ears after threshing. According to custom, we burn it before it withers. We burn straw in the autumn, and rice flowers will bloom in the spring."

"It's all sweet talk."

Kiri paused, then added, "But my brother isn't exactly a saint either."

"...He formed the Knights not to liberate Blighttown, but for the treasure deep within, but in the end he was also trapped in the town forever because of the treasure. What an idiot."

It turns out that the sickly knight I met that day, who was waiting outside a house and calling out "Baby, my baby," was actually Kiri's older brother.

You two are truly Haier brothers, each with your own unique skills.

Ryan wasn't interested in the story, but he was interested in the baby.

Blighttown is the birthplace of the Blight Curse, and within its depths, forbidden Blight artifacts naturally arise.

This is the same principle as 'Azure Silver Forging Stone'.

After hearing these words, he finally understood the meaning of Kiri's words after his madness: "We are all straws, waiting for spring to burn us all to ashes." No wonder his role was cut from the story, with such a dung monster having all this backstory.

“The cowardly straw dares not die.” Kiri looked at the rotting roots wrapped around the straw sword. “The straw has been withered for thirty years, and so has this sword.”

“...Me too.” After a long pause, he slowly said, “My brother is a greedy and ambitious man, and my younger brother is a cowardly deserter. The Straw Family declined thirty years ago.”

Kiri had tried to die. A few days ago, when he met Ryan, he even had to fight the train one-on-one, but he never managed to die. His injured parts were replaced by roots, and he realized that this would only hasten the worst outcome.

Even burning the spores on your face with blazing fire didn't work.

Most other patients would be reduced to ashes if burned like this.

But Kiri couldn't die, perhaps because he had coexisted with the curse of the withering disease for thirty years, and his soul had become one with the curse.

Kiri didn't know why he was saying these things. Perhaps people who are terminally ill always talk nonsense. He raised his hand and looked at the dense, withered roots on his skin. Over the years, he had always asked himself why he hadn't died back then.

After a long silence.

“For the sake of all this cleaning, please promise me one last thing, Ryan Lumin.” Kiri stared into Ryan’s eyes, “When I’m completely withered, you must uproot me.”

Ryan nodded. "Brother Bao, I'm going to kill you for the reward."

I'll kill your brother while I'm at it.

However, killing Kiri is a bit troublesome; the Apostle of the Blight is difficult to kill with just the Blazing Fire.

We must use Lu Ming's sword to sever his soul.

Lu Mingjian can even sever the concept of twilight, so naturally he can sever the soul as well.

However, Ryan still has a long way to go before he can reach the point of severing souls, and his training progress has been stuck at 0.75 without any progress.

He then thought of Kiri's profession, the broken-oath paladin. Kiri's broken oath was perhaps from when he escaped from Blighttown thirty years ago.

and many more.

Escape... Ryan seemed lost in thought.

"If you don't want to end up like this freak."

Kiri looked at Ryan, who was deep in thought, and said finally, "You should not use this sword, and you should not go near Blighttown."

It was seeing young Ryan that made Kiri say those things.

Because thirty years ago, he was also sixteen years old.

"I understand."

Ryan, as if struck by a sudden inspiration, was suddenly enlightened; a thunderous roar shattered all his doubts, and he found the solution to the predicament.

"Thank you!"

"Your experience has given me a lot of inspiration!" the boy said excitedly. "Now I finally know what to do!"

?

what?

Kiri didn't expect Ryan to understand so quickly. Aren't you going to struggle a little more?

So you're backing down already?

It seems that her experience has terrified the young master.

Ryan was excited. Since the other players were also in the back mountain, he headed deeper into the back mountain.

The players are very excited right now.

Today is the last day of the beast tide, and the riot of wild beasts has brought forth treasures hidden deep within. Makka Pakka stands proudly in the filthy, muddy land, holding aloft the fragment of the key in his hand.

[Key to the Church of the Blazing Fire (1/3)]

"Hiding it inside the belly of the diseased giant bear, that's fucking insidious."

"Luckily, we were a step ahead and fed the bear until he pooped, hehehe."

"We've found the key to the back mountain, where do we go next?"

As the players were chatting noisily, Ryan walked straight up to them. He tapped his straw sword lightly, producing a clear, ringing sound that echoed through the mountains. The players then noticed Ryan and quieted down.

It is now dusk, and day and night are beginning to merge.

The brilliant sun and the silvery sun each occupied half of the sky, and the rose-colored sky and the bright white sky blended and harmonized, like an overturned palette.

“You who seek the light but have no light, you have already picked up the first key.”

The text is still written in the style of a young man from ancient times.

Dusk has fallen—

Ryan stood amidst the dazzling white sun, half of his profile radiating sacred glory, the other half radiating a serene and austere beauty.

He proclaimed loudly, "Follow me to assassinate the princess of the 'Withered Disease'!"

[Lord of Chuguang City, Azure Silver Apostle Ryan Luming, issues the first chapter of the main quest.]

[Assassinating the Blighted Princess: Following Ryan in the attack on Blighttown]

[Quest Reward: Ryan Lumin's Favorability +10]

crazy.

Kiri was stunned.

What did you learn from being born?

How could my experience lead you to such a crazy conclusion!

Chapter 62: Escape is the only solution!

"Follow me to assassinate the princess of the Plague."

Kiri's experience provided Ryan with valuable insights.

How to persuade the evil, lightless ones to leave? Ryan finds a solution.

He knew what to do next.

That is—escape!

Deserting in the face of battle!

This is the most taboo and evil path that can completely destroy a persona!

The first closed beta test is almost over, and in half a month, Eden's second closed beta test will begin.

Despite the advantages of the browser game mechanics developed by the old blacksmith, Eden's situation isn't too bleak. The most fundamental factor is that Ryan is genuinely popular; the character is more popular than the game itself.

In the original timeline, his character model was already a top seller in the doujinshi (fan-made comics) world; in this life, due to a series of accidental events, players have given him a character profile of a sharp-tongued, tsundere, yet gentle and tragically strong young man—a seemingly tough but actually kind-hearted boy who will secretly drop pearls for players in secluded corners...

Modeling and character design—this approach has been invincible from the 21st to the 25th century.

Even if the storyline and gameplay are terrible, there will always be Zerg hybrids who will buy it.

Therefore, Ryan's mission is clear: to completely destroy the image he has in the players' minds.

Simply insulting players is no longer enough.

He had tried it before.

"Tsundere" is such a versatile word that even if Ryan really wanted to let their mother go, the Zerg hybrids would misinterpret it as "tsundere".

Is someone crouching down and taunting a player in front of their grave?

The effort is still not enough.

He was afraid that his persona would evolve from 'tsundere' to 'bratty little devil'.

Even if they are killed outright, there will always be filial sons to make amends.

Moreover, if Ryan were to kill the player directly, he would become a red-named NPC, and he didn't want to go that far.

Therefore, only that one solution remains.

The Zerg hybrids launched a campaign across the comment section, decimating the army of trolls targeting Lion's humps. Even if he did something outrageous, he would always be silenced by the annals of history.

Ryan glanced at his comment from a day ago; not bad, it had been upvoted a thousand times.

Upon clicking, one finds that Ryan's fans are all criticizing him, saying he's only jealous because he's unhappy with his life.

These guys haven't even played the game, but they've already created a super topic for it.

The super topic is called 'Milk Powder Group', lol.

The Lu Ming family has truly flourished now.

That wretched Zerg hybrid.

We must go to extremes, completely destroy the Zerg hybrids, to an extent that defies historical record.

Viscount Kiri's experiences provided Ryan with entirely new perspectives.

run away!

Since the Zerg hybrids see 'Lane Lumin' as an arrogant but gentle city lord, simply running away in front of them on the battlefield will shatter their illusions.

And 'Sick Town' is the perfect stage, with enough manure and enough deliciousness.

Once the player has fought their way deep into the enemy territory, to their last breath, and is about to commit suicide, the game will turn around and run away!