Chapter 220: Frost Turtle (1/2)

Sweet, it was a high-rank Blood Dance Legion NPC, a Dark Gold Rank boss at that. Aside from Princess Sophia and Shadow Dancer Xue Wei, he should have no rival when it came to his rank at the current stage of the game. Of course, an NPC’s level would be updated along with game development and story progression. Sophia might be only Dark Gold Rank now but it wouldn’t be long until she reached the Legendary or even the Divine Rank.

I was excited to see Prophet Bly. I’d actually encountered an NPC in this lousy map that even birds wouldn’t take a shit on. This smelled like a super quest. My chance to get rich is here!

Prophet Bly’s eyes were turbid as he listlessly looked at the tall tower at the center of the lake. He sighed. “If we cannot obtain the Devil Suppressing Sword, how will we explain ourselves to Princess Sophia?”

At his side, an undead knight said in a silly voice, “Don’t worry my lord, we can go to a human village and get a shoddy blacksmith to make a blade. He’ll engrave the words ‘Devil Suppressing’ on it and we can report back to Princess Sophia then!”

Prophet Bly shook, stunned at his subordinate’s idea and shook his head. “Alfredo, you are from an ancient and distant eastern kingdom. Some things aren’t as simple as you think they are.”

The knight was also stunned by the prophet’s response.

This is my chance!

I quickly went forward and the knight immediately drew his sword and shouted, “Who goes there? You dare trespass into the Blood Dance Legion’s frontline stronghold?”

I almost laughed out loud. This shabby encampment could be called a stronghold?

Prophet Bly hurriedly blocked him. “Stand down, Alfredo. This warrior is a part of our Blood Dance Legion. He might even be a sentinel sent by Princess Sophia herself.”

I was a bit speechless. I’ve already reached the fourth military rank of the Blood Dance Legion, and the title of Ash Knight hung above my head. Hence, how could this old guy ignore me like this?

I walked over and answered with faked respect, “Lord, I come from a Blood Dance Legion encampment. May I help you with anything?”

Prophet Bly shot me a glance and then helplessly shook his head. “Sigh, Princess Sophia had actually sent us a skinny skeleton warrior. It will be difficult to complete this task!”

Fuck you!

I secretly cursed him. I took off the Purgatory War Helmet and my handsome face appeared in front of Prophet Bly. More importantly, my eyes glowed with bloody light, a sign that I was a high-rank undead. Furthermore, my skin was intact and I had all five of my facial features. The old man instantly jolted.

“Ah?! I-it’s an Asura. Heavens, another Asura has appeared in the Blood Dance Legion. How wonderful! Brave warrior, I am assured now that I know about your Asura identity! Yes, there is a very important matter waiting for you to complete it!”

I nodded. “What do you want me to do?”

Prophet Bly’s expression dimmed. “Princess Sophia is on the eve of recovering our lost land. She is rebuilding the Violet Empire in the Violet Forest but the devil energy there is too dense. We need a divine sword to purge it, and the Devil Suppressing Sword that sits at the top of the Devil Sealing Tower is precisely that. We need that sword for the resurrection of the Violet Empire. Only with its divine powers can we subdue the spread of the Night Creature plague.

I took a deep breath and hesitated, somewhat worried. This old man’s not going to give me a hellish quest, right?

Like I had anticipated, Prophet Bly raised his bony hand and smiled. “Young warrior, your task is very simple. You just need to enter the Devil Sealing Tower, kill all the devils inside and bring me the Devil Suppressing Sword. Then, you will be generously rewarded!”

This quest really was hellish. I’m supposed to kill all of these devils that needed to be suppressed by a divine weapon? Isn’t he thinking too highly of me?

Prophet Bly gave me a doubtful look that also questioned my capabilities. “However, before then, you must complete a different quest. Only then can I send you over to the island at the center of the lake.”

I nodded. “Go on!”

Prophet Bly pointed at the skeletons behind us. “It has been half a year since we’ve stationed ourselves here and we haven’t eaten anything at all. Look at these pitiful children, they’ve starved to the point of being only bones. Princess Sophia prohibits us from taking a single human life but perhaps you can find some food for them. Dragonfall Lake has many Frost Turtles. They are vicious creatures that have already killed three of our scouts. Kill a few, at least 500, and bring me their legs. I will give you a decent reward!”

I was delighted when I heard the quest details. Very nice, it wanted me to kill Frost Turtles. This meant that I could forage some Rank 7 Cooking ingredients while completing a quest!

Moreover, it seemed that this quest had to be completed for me to be sent to the island in the middle of the lake. The only other option was a long swim. Whether or not the breath meter was enough aside, this lake was called “Dragonfall”, and the name must have some implications. Obviously, a scary creature was hidden in its depths. Heavenblessed gathered the best players from all around the world, and no name was random and without a reason.

At this time, Prophet Bly spoke again. “Go at once, young warrior. News from our scouts have arrived, saying that a human army has appeared in the forest at the other side of the lake. They have stationed themselves there and there must be some high-level mages among them. Perhaps they too are trying to get a share of the Devil Sealing Tower. You must hurry!”

I was startled. Fuck! So it wasn’t an exclusive quest. The human faction had their own camp and a similar quest to gain entry to the Devil Sealing Tower. I had to hurry this time or else those bastards from Flower Room might get there first. My quest for Devil Suppressing Sword might even fail!

The Blood Dance Legion was considered a part of the Dark faction and the Light faction that was on the other side of the lake was Floating Ice City’s royal army. Both factions had set up a temporary camp by the shores of Dragonfall Lake and the struggle between them reflected my current race against Flower Room.

I couldn’t let Flower Room get on this first. My workshop would fall behind. Even though Spring Mud and his pals couldn’t be considered first-rate experts, if they entered the Devil Sealing Tower or even complete their quest and get a few Dark Gold–grade super equips, they would become an even greater threat!

Though me and Lin Yixin didn’t care about a second-rate guild like Flower Room, we had to suppress them early on. Delaying it would be extremely foolish.

Ding~!