Chapter 224: Moon Pavilion (1/2)

The Rule of Skill was a special authority that Xi Wei had bestowed upon all his believers in the Church of Games.

And it was exactly why buffs work for Players, but not for believers of other gods.

One of which was Eleena’s Survival Tactics: Infinity.

Most Players would have assumed that it was an AoE purification skill from its effect just a moment ago, but that was not true.

After all, the real effect of Survival Tactics: Infinity was to forcefully reset the status of every Player—be it friendly or hostile—within its area of effect.

Yes—it worked only on Players and would not work on allies or enemies. All buffs or debuffs would all be reset, and everything including the Players’ HP and MP would be replenished in full.

Given that Eleena was the Saintess (in-training) and that Saintessess were of equal rank to popes or other religious leaders, she was therefore given such authority over all Players (believers).

It was an overwhelming skill from most perspective, although the technique itself wouldn’t work on Eleena since she was the caster.

That was exactly why it worked better when used amongst a group rather than a solo.

Aside from the exceedingly long cooldown period for that skill, it was also costly in terms of MP—casting it would have been a major issue if Eleena had not just leveled up and had her blue bar fully refilled.

Moreover, the skill wouldn’t reduce in MP cost or cooldown time after leveling up, but increase in area of effect.

One way or another, Survival Tactics: Infinity would never work on the elven girl Selene. Therefore, she was still infected at the moment, and the way she was not struggling to get out of Marni’s arms meant that she probably wouldn’t last long.

The Clerics’ purification and exorcism skills worked only on other Players as well. And while potions would work indiscriminately, the problem was that the Players who had brought Antidotes (Miranda Grape) had already used up every bottle of it and had no spares to give her.

Still, it was fortunate that Marni was amongst the more mature of Players and promptly realized that he was merely wasting time here. Hence, he quickly carried Selene with him and returned to the elven capital as the other Players made way.

One should mention here that the dropped item from the dead devil was golden legendary brass knuckles named Nightcry’s Return—Dead Undead. The item also had a passive skill called Jacob’s Limbs that inflict additional damage on hellspawn and undead, but its stats were otherwise mediocre, even underserving of being a Legendary item.

While the other Players were trading looks on how to actually use the item, the brass knuckles were already taken by Princess Leah with a smile since she was one of those who had contributed in the battle against the devil. Hence formally becoming the Iron Fist Princess, she promised that everyone was going to get a share, and that the other Players would be compensated in game coins after she returned to the Lancaster Hideout.

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When the guardsmen outside Trinia’s bounded field were startled by the droves of humans that were rushing towards them urgently, thinking that they were about to lay siege to the elven city.

It was fortunate that with Marni’s silver tongue and the fact that the elven girl in his arms was clearly barely alive, the guards allowed him to enter the capital city.