Chapter 191 - Sacrifice or Salvation? (1/2)

There were no major festivals in July, only two solar terms: Minor Heat and Major Heat.

However, there were still seven days before the Minor Heat solar term, and Ren Suo did not intend to wait until then before starting a new game.

There were a total of five games in the [Exclusive Level Up Games] section. Since Ren Suo had not been promoted to a Level 4 Player as yet, he could pick another game listed in the section to play, or he could choose to refresh all the games before selecting one.

At present, Ren Suo had 435 merit points.

If not for the hint given by the official Naisser Ren, Ren Suo would have been gloating over the number of merit points he had and purchased the popular games in the [World Shop] to play. Those were games that cost at least 400 merit points each.

However, the expectations of what being a Level 4 Player would bring successfully curbed Ren Suo’s desire to spend his merit points.

His current situation was just like pushing a filled shopping cart but still holding back from checking out. It was as if he was a hardcore, frugal consumer who would curb all desires to buy anything and wait until 6/18 or 11/11 to splurge.

“I shall decide if I want to buy any games after I finish playing the free games!”

Ren Suo took a deep breath and calmed himself, then looked at the five free games listed in the section.

In fact, there were only four games he could choose from; “King of Fighters” was a 4+ star game, which he could not play.

Based on his cost-benefit analysis, Ren Suo decided that “Butterfly Effect” was the only game he should pick. However, that was a puzzle adventure mystery game, and Ren Suo did not have high hopes for his own intellect.

“I should refresh the list.”

Ren Suo did not deliberate for too long before choosing to refresh the list of five free games.

Such behavior was typical of “picking and choosing but ending up with an unfavorable option”, and there was an extremely high chance that he would end up with a “worse” list than he started off with.

Nonetheless, Ren Suo might not have been that unlucky.

There were no special effects for the refresh process and the five games on the list immediately changed.

Ren Suo took a quick glance and was faintly… amused.

Of the five games, four of them had the highest reward of less than 200 merit points.

However the last game had the highest reward of 300 merit points, and it also appeared to be a thrilling role-playing action game.

Most importantly, there was a time limit to complete that game, though there were still 23 days left. If Ren Suo did not encounter any special circumstances along the way, there should be sufficient time for him to complete the game.

“The Mage Under the World Tree”

[This is a role-playing action game with various checkpoints to complete. The player will take on the role of the last mage in the world who would go forth to purify the quietly falling evil fruits of the World Tree. Otherwise, corrupt monsters defiled by their desires would be bred. The maximum reward is 300 merit points, and the specialized reward would be related to the route taken by the player at the time of mission completion. There are possible expansion chapters, and in-game purchases are available. The difficulty rating of the game is: 3+ stars.]

Similar to the game “Immolation” that Ren Suo came across previously, the specialized reward given upon mission completion was also based on the player’s game experience in “The Mage Under the World Tree”.

Although Ren Suo could not deduce much about the game from its description, the word “mage” in its title was sufficient for Ren Suo to conclude that he would be able to enjoy the thrill of being a master wielder of magic.

There was no doubt that he would pick that game. However, Ren Suo still browsed through the other four games, and then considered the time limit he had to clear “The Mage Under the World Tree”.

Ren Suo felt that although he had five options to choose from, there was actually nothing for him to choose from, due to a variety of reasons…

His senseless thoughts soon vanished, as the new game appeared on the main screen. Ren Suo energized himself and entered the game, looking forward to being a master wielder of magic!

[Forget your logical self, break free from your cage, break away from your shackles, and chase your desires…]

[What are sins in the face of hopes and dreams?]

On the screen, a filthy purplish-black pan enclosed a creature, which was too strange-looking for Ren Suo to even describe it. A black current of air began spreading from the impure, polluted earth into the pure, unpolluted air, and eventually…

The two merged into one, forming a round and dried purple fruit. Following a dull roar, the round fruit cracked and split apart, and seeds flew in all directions from within…

Amidst all of that, a bright light that could not be ignored emerged. The holy aura of the light shone through the purplish-black color of the seeds and sap of the fruit.

Then, with a muffled crack, a curtain of bright light illuminated the screen—

[Start Game] [Load Saved Game] [Reminisce] [Exit Game]

“… The special effects are pretty good,” Ren Suo muttered to himself.

He was relieved. There was finally another game which allowed reloading from savegames… he hated instant-saving games!

Moreover, he could customize the character as well this time!

Ren Suo thought for a moment and made an extremely handsome character with golden-white hair in a scene style—that was somewhat similar to his impression of a mage in his mind.

That game was different from the games he played previously.