Whose world-class drama are they criticizing?

I got carried away and forgot to apply buffs and perform any tricks.

"Your dad's here again!"

Chapter 77 Instant Kill

"Sorry to bother you."

Ryan closed the door and immediately started his monkey-like buffing antics.

First and foremost is the essential Divine Guidance Technique; using it as a guide before engaging the boss is the key to victory.

Secondly, we must prepare for protection.

Princess Kuss was undoubtedly a stigmata; Kiri contracted a sexually transmitted disease after just one glance at her.

When interacting with this special group of people, Ryan must take absolutely necessary precautions.

After putting on a hood, covering his mouth and nose with cloth soaked in holy water, and finally putting on two layers of gloves, Ryan finally felt somewhat relieved.

Using the blessings he had just accumulated, Ryan leveled up again, replenishing the magic he had consumed.

[lv15→lv16]

[Magic Power 11 → 12]

[Light Mage lv11→lv12]

Once a Light Mage reaches an even-numbered level, they can unlock a new spell.

Without hesitation, Ryan chose the second-circle [Radiant Resistance], which consumes two mana points and increases resistance to curses.

In addition, he just killed a level-less Blighted Knight and received another blessing, so he can level up again.

In that case, the straw sword can burn for another ten minutes. Ryan looked up at the sky; the yellow sun had completely set, the blues were almost over, and the daylight would soon fill the sky.

Once the straw sword is extinguished, then retreat; that would be doing the best one can.

Anyway, it's a good thing that there's no fog door in the Eden boss room.

Ryan took a deep breath and pushed the door open again.

The ground was covered with withered straw.

The castle's interior is still decorated in the Gothic style of a hundred years ago, with scarlet murals hanging on the walls and the Straw Family's crest hanging on the walls, only they are all covered with ivy.

This is the birthplace of the Curse of the Withered Disease, but it is no different from any other castle.

If we ignore the very center, that twisted, thin tree.

The tree's canopy extends through the three layers of the castle, its roots dig deep into the floor, and the entire slender tree takes on a curved shape.

A girl lay on her side beside a tree, seemingly becoming one with it. She was completely naked, her body covered by a thin layer of bark, and her eyes were closed as if she were asleep, without even the slightest fluctuation of magic.

What concerned Ryan most was the witch's hair.

It was a deep, eerie dark green, with countless strands of hair hanging down and dragging on the ground. Upon closer inspection, Ryan discovered that the hair was embedded in the ground, and was actually the withered roots.

Withering and Disease

This is the third generation of the curse, the final successor of the [Plague].

She is still asleep and has not woken up.

Ryan was thinking of sneaking up and stealing a couple of blows, but after taking only a few steps, he was shocked to find that his accumulated stunts were actually climbing.

He's still not awake, and he's already getting sick?

Just how rotten must these pants be?

The closer he got to the center of the castle, the faster his accumulated disease value increased.

Before he can even get close to the Sickly Princess, Ryan will wither away.

No, he has already entered the interior of the "Sickly Princess".

Ryan suddenly realized that the entire castle was writhing, like a resurrected monster. The walls were covered with ivy, and the floor was rapidly withering, revealing a pale, bark-like surface.

He immediately realized that the castle had long been assimilated by the sickly princess.

The outside still looks like an ordinary castle, but the inside is already riddled with the roots of disease.

The entire castle is like a living, giant dung monster.

Ryan felt a chill run down his spine. Not only could living things wither, but even inanimate objects could wither. This was the power of the withering disease.

The place where the diseased princess slept was the breeding ground for the disease.

He became aware of this horrifying fact.

All the furniture and architecture of the castle, from tables and murals to even the floor beneath your feet and the ceiling above your head, are part of the withered plant and possess the power of infinite regeneration.

spore.

We must find the spores inside the castle!

I'm speechless. The first stage of the boss fight actually requires solving a puzzle!

Huge, thorny vines surged from the castle floor. Ryan barely dodged their attacks. The ceiling also underwent a strange change, with a layer of fine fungal spores seeping out and dripping with a blight-causing sap.

If you get splashed with this manure, the cumulative value of the disease will skyrocket.

That's awful...

Ryan infused his magic into the Blazing Fire Sword, and the sudden surge of flames evaporated the liquid. After several consecutive strikes, the giant vines ignited and regenerated. Ryan knew that he couldn't burn them all with his own flames. He needed to find the spores of the Blight Castle!

Where is it hidden?

First floor? Or second floor?

Or is it the giant tree in the center?

His gaze swept quickly across the castles, where the withered princess had hidden the spores in a corner.

We must not act rashly.

Ryan's mind raced. The blight spores were the source of magic for the blighted plant. The plant could regenerate indefinitely because it relied on the blight spores to transport magic.

By observing the trajectory of magic, one can find the source of magic.

The Castle of Withered Disease has hundreds of thousands of roots that connect every object in the castle, even every brick and tile. Each root is working with magic, winding and intricate like a maze, its structure more complex than a ball of yarn, weaving together an ocean of magic.

Ryan focused his attention, trying to memorize the origin of a magical root system, but this was difficult due to the sheer number and complexity of the data. He calmed himself down and finally came up with a solution.

That is to give up thinking.

Seeing that the withered vines were about to be whipped into a spinning top, Ryan turned and left the boss room.

With a "click".

He took a lock out of his pocket, hung it on the door, and locked it with a click.

They locked the withered vines inside the house.

Ryan carried the lock with him to trick the player. He planned to lock the door from the outside after the player entered the dark room and then enjoy his meal.

The lock is made of mithril forged by the old blacksmith with a blazing fire, the same type as the one in the church, and it can't be destroyed by withered plants.

[Cannot be opened from this side]

"Okay, you decrypt it and I'll decrypt it too."

The door was locked from the outside and couldn't be opened. Ryan's amazing skills completely baffled the withered vines.

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The players watching from afar were both amused and exasperated by Ryan's incredible skill; this Harkin was truly something else.

And what about locking the boss inside the boss room?

The withered vines whipped at the door, unable to break the lock, but easily destroying the door itself, tearing it to shreds in an instant.

But this gate is also part of the castle, covered with withered roots that have the ability to regenerate infinitely. Just as it was torn to shreds, it instantly healed, firmly confining the withered vines within the castle.

The castle could only cut off the magical supply to the gate, thus canceling the gate's regeneration.

But precisely because the magic of the gate had been removed, the root vein connecting to the gate was now crystal clear in Ryan's eyes.

The surrounding hundreds of thousands of roots surged with magic, but this one alone was not. It was as clear and distinct as a firefly in the dark, and would never be disturbed again.

Follow this blank rootstock to find the location of the castle spores.

In the bedroom on the second floor.

In a flash, the door was smashed open, and a multitude of vines enveloped Ryan. But then, a blazing fire flickered, and Ryan deflected seven blows in quick succession. In the brief moment the vines were ignited, his figure had already left afterimages as he stepped onto the vines.

He dared not approach any closer; just taking a few steps closer caused his susceptibility to rise by ten percent.

But Ryan can see the spores.

The spores were as small as beans, wriggling on the walls, but even such a tiny spore kept the entire Blight Castle running.

Ryan suddenly flung the straw sword toward the spores, and the blazing fire was flung out along with the sword energy, cutting through the bedroom and burning the spores to ashes.

The spores are the core of the wilt disease patient; once ignited, the entire body will be burned.

The same goes for castles.

The blazing fire poured in instantly, filling the Fire Accumulation Bar of the Withered Castle to its maximum. The magic core was burned, and the hundreds of thousands of roots connected to the spores were ignited.

The castle's health bar was emptied in one go.

Thus, in the eyes of the players, the once wabi-sabi, gloomy, and barren city suddenly turned into a sea of ​​fire!

In the sea of ​​fire, the witch who slept beside the slender tree, the crimson spores on her chest trembled and throbbed, her eyelids trembled slightly, and finally she opened her eyes. Her withered body gradually became shiny, and the brown bark peeled off layer by layer, piling up at her feet.

Barefoot on the ground, her long, dark green hair trailed behind her.

"Ah...it's an apostle of Azure Silver."

"Are you also going to take away Mother's 'humanity'? Then burn me first."

She looked at Ryan and raised her fair fingers.

"The Lightless..."

"A creature that refuses to die—"

“I, Demeter, will plant withered seeds in you.”

The riddle, though incomprehensible, was incredibly sophisticated. Players immediately realized that the second phase was approaching, and this was a transition CG for the hidden boss.

Demeter, the "Princess of Withering and Disease"

But the next instant, the players' pupils trembled violently.

But then, that fair hand instantly grabbed Ryan's throat, and the withered seed pierced his neck!

Ryan's strength was completely drained, and he could no longer hold the straw sword.

The sword slipped from his hand and fell into the shadows.

—And there it went extinguished.

Chapter 78 Shadow Slashes the Body, Light Slashes the Soul.

Am I messing with you?

Players were terrified; it was over in seconds?

After completing the second phase, he instantly teleports to the face and throws a technique. Who designed this clever little trick?

All of this happened so fast that the players didn't even have time to react.

They watched helplessly as Ryan was hit by a throw, his neck was gripped, and the withered seed pierced his artery, turning his veins a withered yellow color.

All of his magic and strength were devoured by the withering disease seed.

The disease accumulated rapidly, increasing to fifty percent in a very short time. In just a few more breaths, Ryan would be completely withered.

Ryan lost his grip on the straw sword, and it fell to the ground. The blazing fire, deprived of its magical power, was about to go out.

It's all over, all over. Ryan can't even hold his sword anymore.

Players are really panicking now. Are they really going to get a bad ending?