Chapter 36 (1/2)

Translator: Atlas Studios

Editor: Atlas Studios

The Supreme Presbyterian Church Observation Group was actually an intelligence organization directly under the Dark Council. Most of the members of the Observation Group were from the Thief Class. They were responsible for collecting battlefield intelligence for the Dark Council and spying on the military direction of the Holy Order Assembly and the Chaos Corps. They even occasionally dispatched assassins to assassinate important targets under the instructions of the Supreme Presbyterian Church.

Similarly, the leader of the Observation Group, Hidro, was also an Undead Thief. However, one could say that he was the cornerstone of the Thief Class. He wore total black and a fierce fur armor that radiated fog from time to time. That was the legendary five-piece Demon Armament of the Thief Class: the Natural Disaster and Guilt Outfit. Two daggers on his waist were flashing with a purple-red flare that was considered a Level 160 Legendary dagger called Chaos Fragment.

Despite having a slightly crooked body, even if one could see his sharp gaze under the facecloth, when he lowered his head, one would feel as if there had never existed such a person. Even if such a Thief passed by, one might very likely not notice him!

There was totally no sense of existence! Hidro perfectly interpreted the hidden talents of the Thief Class. In the past, the Thief Classes in the Chaotic Era had frantically chased after Hidro, which was the ultimate goal of a Thief. In contrast, powerful Thief NPC Wagner of the Holy Order Assembly was not that sought after.

Since they ranked third when it came to dungeon clearance, Fatty and rest had the chance to meet this Thief Class cornerstone called Hidro. They received their additional rewards just like the system prompts said. When the Bandit Camp Dungeon had started, that Undead Thief NPC, who had activated the quest plot, had been foreshadowed. He had told the players that they would either eliminate the bandits or report the situation back to the Supreme Presbyterian Church Observation Group.

However, the rewards for reporting to the Supreme Presbyterian Church Observation Group seemed to be given only to the top ten parties that cleared the dungeon faster.

“The glory belongs to the council!” Hidro was a cold person. After making this fanatical declaration to open the Dark Council Camp, he allowed Fatty and the rest to receive their reward.

Although this was an additional reward, that wasn’t much of a fancy move. It was nothing more than letting the five players randomly choose a reward.

Didn’t what could be obtained with such a lucky draw depend entirely on one’s luck? Of course, there would certainly be some good stuff, depending on whether one could draw it.

Fated Sky, who was the first one to draw a prize, was lucky. He actually drew a Level 20 Hammer Crafting Blueprint. Although the hammer was the main weapon of the Prophet Class, the Warrior Class could also use it. However, the attack speed and frequency would be slower. Nonetheless, if their attack was high enough, Warrior players would not reject such a weapon. Most importantly, the Level 20 Weapon Crafting Blueprint was now rare, which determined the price of this blueprint!

Fated Sky had made a good start, so everyone immediately got excited. It seemed that the items obtained from this lucky draw should be higher-level items than those dropped by common monsters.

The second to draw a prize was Snail of Darkness, who wasn’t as lucky as Fated Sky. He obtained 30 dungeon points.

Dungeon points could be exchanged for rewards with a specific NPC. However, dungeon points were useless if there were very few of them, as the minimum item that could be exchanged was worth 200 dungeon points. If players wanted to exchange dungeon points for good stuff, they would have to accumulate more points.

Next, Crayon Knife drew a Skill Book. Although it was the Prophet Class Healing Ward, it was only a Level 10 Skill Book. There were probably many on the market, so it was not worth much. On the other hand, Luo Moling drew a Novice Healing Salve Recipe, which was considered mediocre…

Finally, it was Fatty’s turn…

Although he was full of expectation, when he obtained the reward, his face nearly darkened.

He had actually obtained a treasure map!

A treasure map was a useful thing in any game, so Fatty shouldn’t have scowled. However, the problem was that the treasure map in the Chaotic Era was different from the map of other games.

One would basically not dig anything useless with the treasure map in the Chaotic Era. In fact, the treasure map was an important source of rare blueprints in the game! The so-called rare blueprint was different from the common Crafting Blueprint, as the common Crafting Blueprint would be dropped by common monsters. When one was forging, the equipment rank would range from Normal to Legendary. It was harder to forge equipment of a high rank.

This was not the case for rare blueprints. After forging such a blueprint, the minimum result was a Superior Rank item! This rare blueprint either came from a high-end boss or a treasure map. The treasure map could also allow a player to dig parts of the Demon Armament!

In other words, this treasure map was definitely good stuff!

In that case, why was Fatty’s face so dark? The reason was simple. It was too hard to dig the treasure map!

The treasure map Fatty had drawn was a worn, yellowish sheepskin scroll. After opening it, he saw a simple, sloppy picture-like map with a huge cross-shaped symbol on it whose exact position couldn’t be seen. At the bottom of the treasure map, there were several lines of text written in strange fonts!

Yes. Not only did this treasure map have a rough logo, but every time a treasure map was obtained, the player also had to learn the corresponding language before they could interpret the text on the treasure map. The languages in the Chaotic Era were divided into the mainland language, the Dragon Clan language, the Advanced Sprite Clan language, the God language, the Demon Clan language, and the Orc language. There were many languages. By completing all kinds of main quests, side quests, adventure quests, and so on in the game, the players could learn these languages and raise their level.

In the game that Fatty had played for four years, he had also encountered some treasure maps. He could see that the language on this treasure map should be the Demon Clan language. He supposed the level was not very high. With Level 1 or Level 2 Demon Clan language proficiency, he could translate it.

Because the text on the treasure map was a poem that was obscure and hard to understand, which could be considered a riddle, only after guessing this riddle could he know the exact location of the treasure map. After finding the place, he would look for the treasure based on the picture-like map.

It would be very troublesome, right? Yes, it was very troublesome, not just ordinarily troublesome. This was why Fatty’s face darkened when he obtained the treasure map.