Chapter 637 - The First Tribulation (1/2)

Chapter 637 The First Tribulation

The reputation store was full of equipment.

Everything that one could think of was there. Epic-level necklaces, weapons, and armors of all professions and all attributes. And the attributes were also very good.

A few of them could even compete with Andonara’s Hero’s Sword, but they certainly couldn’t compare to Roland’s Nether God’s War Scythe or Shuck’s Holy Sword of Light.

These two pieces of equipment were divine artifacts.

The equipment in the reputation store also cost a lot of reputation, starting from a low of three thousand and going up to about eight thousand.

Even Roland could only afford to buy medium-grade weapons right now.

While Roland didn’t need the equipment, that didn’t stop him from browsing the reputation store.

Men often say that women dilly-dally when shopping for clothes, but in reality, men were similar when shopping for PC accessories in computer centers.

Besides, when one came across these reputation shops with tons of top-notch gear they didn’t have, they’d look around and compare and contrast to see which one was right for them.

Even Roland was constantly checking out the items in the reputation shop right now.

Finally, he gave up looking at the equipment and started looking at the items like skills and attributes.

Since equipment could be bought, skills and attributes could also be bought.

Of course… it was more expensive and seemed to have less value for the cost.

For example, an epic longsword with over 20 points in Cleave and Impale that came with Blind-Fight and First Initiative only cost 4000 reputation points.

But to learn a First Initiative specialty would cost 4500 points, which seemed like a huge loss.

However, it was clear to everyone…

Equipment, while important, was not a part of them; it could be damaged or lost.

But skills and attributes, once learned, were forever their own.

Under normal circumstances, no one could take it away. Roland looked around and found the page about magic power, and after looking at it for a while, he spent 2000 reputation to add 10 points to his magic cap, and another 2000 reputation to add 2 to his magic power regeneration speed.

Now that the Magic Shield was improved, his shield wouldn’t break as long as he still had “blue” himself, and no one would be able to kill him.

This meant that the magic cap and magic regeneration speed were equally important.

Moreover, the more magic power he had, the more magic power he could output in the same amount of time by relying on the talent Magic Power Control, indirectly increasing the power of his spells.

As for Schuck, he redeemed his reputation for the constitution attribute.

It was an undisputed fact that Saint Samurai had high resistance to everything, but low health.

So by strengthening his health points, he was making up for his shortcomings.

Although the reputation store was appealing, not many people could afford to buy anything in it right now.

The players soon focused on the main event.

They began to build defenses near the Realm of Devils’ portal. As the only transportation hub, it naturally had to be well-protected.

The players were building fairly quickly, and a large number of Mages were coming in through the portal.

All the player Mages in the entire server inherited Roland’s magic concepts.

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Although they couldn’t use exaggerated destruction spells like Roland, they knew Language Proficiency, Rock to Mud, the water-making spell, and the food-making spell, and used them quite well. Almost as well as Roland did.

So… players had no logistical troubles at all.

A temporary city was soon built in the Realm of Devils.

Thick, high walls encased the devils’ portal, a large number of low-level and casual players protecting it.

The other players split up into groups and began to scout and sweep deeper into the Realm of Devils.

When they encountered a devil, they simply attacked it regardless of what it was. But there were accidents… Some players occasionally came across a succubus on her own and talked business with her.

The succubus, a rare neutral creature of the Realm of Devils, also took a great interest in the players. After several days of sweeping, they had killed quite a lot of devils, and the male players had brought back dozens of succubi.

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None of these succubi had signed a contract, and in theory, they could be trusted.

But also, as a result, there were some dissenting voices in the vanguard of the expeditionary army. “I don’t agree with letting the succubi in. They can’t be trusted and are most likely spies, let alone letting them fight with us.” Solisa of the Phoenix Guild slapped the table hard. “You men, can you stop being so horny? Those are devils, they are demons, they have horns on their heads and goat hooves on their feeteven so, you guys can still get down with it? You’re humiliating yourselves.” The vanguard was commanded by a dozen of the more famous guild chairmen jointly.

“Why not?” Moogle, the logistics head of Fatter Cat, who was also the interim logistics head of the expeditionary army, looked at Solisa with a very strange expression. “They are female, intelligent creatures, and humanoid, but there are just some parts that slightly differ from us humans. You can’t discriminate against racial minorities, that’s not good.”

When Solisha heard this, she was so angry that her chest ached. “So you men only speak up for men. Regardless, I strongly disagree with the succubi entering our army.”

“This is indeed a problem.” Roland nodded and said, “We are at war. In a war, if there is something like a branch of military prostitutes or those that bring a woman along, it is easy to cause envy when someone has it and others don’t, which isn’t good for unity and also affects morale.”

Roland’s words still carried considerable weight.

After all, he was now the highest level in the whole server.

He was also the most powerful person in the whole server; even Betta, with his Wetland City, still couldn’t match Roland in terms of organizational strength. “Then what do you think should be done?” Moogle threw up his hands. “You can’t split them up. You know well how hard it is for many male players to find a suitable NPC who can accompany them. Not everyone can pick up the queen like you.”

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Roland was a bit helpless. “It’s not really that hard. For those friends who find a succubus companion, they can just transfer to work in the logistics team, right?”

The crowd thought that was a good suggestion.

Logistics was important… but it wasn’t too important for the players.

Because of the water- and food-making spells, logistics was more of a token security measure. There was no problem throwing the succubi over there.

Solisa thought for a moment and said, “That’s fine, as long as those succubi don’t appear in front of our main force.”

The crowd smiled faintly and stopped talking all at once.

Although Solisa’s reservations against the succubi were quite legitimate and sound, all the male players present were quite quick-witted.

They could all see that the female players were jealous.

After all, there were plenty of options for female players before.

They could have a relationship with the noble NPCs in the game, but also with other players.

There was a wide range of options.

But it was different for the male players; although they could also find female NPCs to “play with,” it was difficult for ordinary women to withstand the physicality of male players. There weren’t many female professional NPCs, and those that were were dominated by the nobility.

Just like Roland’s inability to break the queen’s defenses now, male players were murderous weapons to the average female, and it could result in death if they weren’t careful.

So the male players would go after female players most of the time.