173 Underground Forest No. 3 (2/2)

Brainiac sipped his tea without any emotion.

The red tea dripped down his bones.

Yoda felt his pants getting wet. As he was about to stand up, Brainiac said, ”Hmm, I believe you'll be able to find your own niche. Eternal Kingdom is a place for you to fulfill your dream. Lord Sherlock said that more than 2,000 citizens were happily pursuing their dreams.”

Brainiac stood up and bowed to Yoda as he said, ”My mission is accomplished. I hope you can find your dream and niche.”

Brainiac left. Yoda was thinking while he smoked his red-hot steel stick.

Dreams… perhaps become a man that doesn't depend on his wife? Like what Lord Sherlock had called him—Master Yoda?

Yoda smiled. He tried to brush aside his unrealistic thoughts. He looked at his bed, which now had a pool of tea stains. Then he looked outside the window. There was the word ”Dream” on the wall. He muttered to himself, ”The Devil Lord is very bad…”

Winterfell was still waging a fierce battle against the Ancient Gods. After defeating the enemy at Area No. 10, Eternal Kingdom earned a short, well-deserved rest, according to Lord Sherlock.

Sherlock obtained a large sum of Magic Stones, a large cache of equipment, an Airship Magical Core, Mana Propulsion Device, Magic Cannons, and other miscellaneous loot.

The gamers also had generous rewards.

Besides having two sets of Green Excellent equipment, the greatest benefit was the upgrade of their combat skills.

On the battlefield, they were repeatedly killed and revived many times. The death rate for the past month was equivalent to the death rate for the past two days.

Hence, they gained lots of combat experience. Most of their Weapon Levels had reached Level 3. Some gamers had Weapon Level 4.

The result of the superior equipment and high Weapon Levels was the first challenge of ”Specter College: Training Grounds” without any injury!

When this achievement was posted on the forum, more and more gamers were able to challenge the Instance Dungeon without any injury.

This was very bad news for the graduating students of Specter College.

The graduation rate would decline, but not very sharply. With the new contract, if the gamers had four Goblins with either a Gnome or a Houndhead Man in a team, they would fight with two graduating Lichs. If there were more than two Gnomes or Houndhead Men, they would have to fight against four graduating Lichs. That would mean fighting against eight BOSSES.

With such a setting, the graduation rate would soar.

More and more gamers chose to reincarnate as either a Gnome or a Houndhead Man.

But the Lich students' happy graduation period ended.

Sherlock felt that the war with the Ancient Gods army wouldn't end. As he had expected, a Winterfell envoy arrived at Eternal Kingdom.

A Gnome who was dressed in a Tuxedo.

”Respectable Lord Sherlock, I brought along the Merchant Alliance's utmost respect for you and regards from Dungeon Lord Onionhead. Thank you for contributing to the defense of Area No. 10.”

”Thank you. What else do you have for me?” Sherlock asked the Gnome in his Dungeon Lord Main Hall.

”The Merchant Alliance has a new mission for Lord Sherlock.” The Gnome took out a map and said, ”Are Lord Sherlock and your citizens able to defend Underground Forest No. 3?”