Chapter 50 (2/2)

Besides, according to the City Lord, he would still continue to select a few suitable adventurers and send them to reconnoiter some of the main cities that had lost contact until the reconnaissance quest was actually completed.

Even as Liu Ming left, the City Lord hinted that Liu Ming could find a place to hide first if he really was unable to complete the quest.

When others completed their quests, Liu Ming could also complete his. However, the rewards he gained wouldn’t be very lavish.

If the other three players heard that there was such a good thing, they would definitely choose to do this.

However, Liu Ming felt that such a task with free rewards was too degrading and it was not like him to pin the hopes of completing the mission on others either. Hence, Liu Ming rode the Purgatory Nightmare towards the north of Lotter City and attacked without hesitation.

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Although the Darkness Camp looked horrifying, only Kelop City, which was led by a cultist City Lord, was in such a dire state. The other main cities were, at most, caught off-guard.

Although the main cities were caught off-guard and had suffered huge losses, the main cities’ City Lords quickly killed the cultists after recovering from the shock.

The major cities that were somewhat free naturally had to respond to the king’s order and send some people to the fallen cities to complete the quest. Hence, Liu Ming encountered several batches of players, who had also taken on the reconnaissance quest, when he was halfway through his journey.

After having a few conversations, Liu Ming finally found two suitable teammates.

The three of them embarked on the journey together and soon arrived at their destination, Cara City—which was about 350 kilometers away from Lotter City.

As soon as Cara City’s outline appeared in front of the three of them, they knew that the city was almost destroyed.

At this moment, black clouds rolled in the sky above Cara City, turning everything within a 50-kilometer radius into a land of eternal darkness.

Anyone who was not a fool would understand that Cara City had completely become one of the Darkness Camp’s main cities. There were no other possibilities. However, a so-called reconnaissance quest naturally would require them to do more than just taking a glance from afar.

In order to truly complete the quest, they would have to infiltrate the city and find three key pieces of evidence in the city to prove that they had completed the mission.

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After Liu Ming and the other two players changed into the camouflage equipment issued by the City Lord, they split up and headed towards the city’s City Hall, as well as other important buildings.

Along the way, Liu Ming was almost ignored by the groups of low-level undead creatures that passed by, thus saving him plenty of effort. However, that was all the camouflage equipment could do. Only the low-level undead creatures and magical beasts could not tell that Liu Ming and the other two were wearing camouflage equipment.

The Darkness Camp’s NPCs, who were slightly more intelligent, would be able to tell that Liu Ming and the others were from the Brilliance Camp. This was why the mission was considered very risky.

Besides, apart from the high-level NPCs, the ones who truly posed a threat to Liu Ming and the others were the players from the Darkness Camp.

Attacking the high-level NPCs required some logic, but the players would not use any logic. They would just attack and kill at will. However, Liu Ming had, fortunately, always been lucky. Hence, he did not encounter any mishaps along the way to Cara City’s City Hall.