Chapter 168: The top of the sacred tree, the battle to defeat the Dark Night King Dragon
[Goal 1 of the second stage: Arrive at the resort on Hawaii Island and get information about the sacred tree from the village chief.]
In Carriage No. 15 of the Sea Train, five members of the Freak Union were sitting at a square dining table. They had finished breakfast and were enjoying dessert while discussing their future plans.
"Tell me, am I the only one here who hasn't been to Hawaii?" Anson Deer took a bite of salad.
"I haven't been here either." Yuri flipped the pages of the book.
"Come on, of course you have to use a travel voucher to come to a holiday destination like this. I called you before, but I don't know where you went." Asuka said contemptuously.
"We adults are very busy." Anson Lu said perfunctorily.
He remembered that Asuka seemed to have mentioned this. It was during the third and fourth rounds of copies that Asuka asked him to go to Hawaii for fun, but at that time he was busy investigating the principal's affairs and had no time to pay attention to others.
"Just when you turned eighteen, you are qualified to call yourself an adult?"
"What else?" Anson Deer said, "So Crow, have you ever been to Hawaii?"
"I have a friend in the gambling world in Hawaii. He has lived in seclusion, but his gambling skills are still as superb as ever, so I often come here to challenge him." Urushihara Ritsu smiled.
"Oh, what about you, Teacher Chu?" An Senlu looked at the silent Chu Qimo.
"My master lives in Hawaii. I come to see him every six months to show him my progress in swordsmanship." Chu Qimo took a sip of tea and said calmly.
Ansen Lu remembered that Chu Qimo had said that his master was a descendant of Mount Hua, who had adopted Chu Qimo since he was young and taught him swordsmanship day after day. Although it sounded ridiculous, it might be true.
"I see." Anson Deer stretched lazily, "Anyway, we've eaten, let's go."
"Lu Jun, before this, didn't you say you had something to discuss with me alone?"
"Oh, I almost forgot. We need to discuss this first."
"You two are gay, aren't you?" Asuka Uesugi drank the milk in one gulp and said contemptuously.
The two ignored Asuka and went to a corner of the restaurant car, leaning against the wall and talking in a low voice.
Yuri looked up from the book and quietly stared at the silhouettes of Anson Lu and Urushihara Ritsu.
When she was playing chess with Ansen Lu in the principal's office, she asked Ansen Lu about the "principal". He did not answer, but just said that he had his own reasons.
At that time, on the night of the fourth round of the copy, when Anson Lu was talking to her on the phone in the hotel in Tokyo, it was the first time she heard Anson Lu's collapsed voice and the first time she saw him look so fragile.
Obviously this person has always been so strong, mysterious, and unshakable by the outside world.
But at that moment, Anson Lu was like a child who had let down all his defenses. He poured out his suppressed emotions to her without reservation, saying that he missed the person he called "Principal" very much.
Combining all the facts, even she could see that the principal of Shangshi High School was a very important person to Anson Lu.
But Anson Lu never mentioned a word about the principal in front of her.
But that was the only thing he had concealed.
Therefore, Yuri didn't think much about it, but just looked away and continued to read the words in the book.
"The principal sent you a scheduled email two months ago," Urushihara Ritsu concluded. "He said that in the fifth round of the dungeon, you will fight with your parallel self?"
"That's right." Anson Lu shrugged. "And the key point is... the principal himself has experienced this incident, and he and his parallel world self have reached a tie."
"In this case, isn't this an opportunity to test your strength, Lu Jun?" Urushihara Ritsu raised his eyebrows.
"Yes, as long as I can win the game in the arena, it means that at least at this point in the fifth copy, I am stronger than the principal at that time." Anson Lu clenched his stiff fingers.
"Yes, the principal should also want to see...you accomplish what he failed to do."
"That stinky old man, if he didn't send this email to provoke me, then what is he trying to do? I will definitely beat him to pieces in the blink of an eye."
"You are really full of fighting spirit, Lu Jun. I feel relieved now."
"Let's go..." Anson Lu left the carriage, walked down the stairs, and stepped on the dark beach. "Let's not talk about the third part for now. The second part looks tough enough."
"So, why is the beach black?" he asked casually, looking down at the beach.
"The magma produced by the eruption of Kilauea volcano poured into the cold sea water hotly. The magma was pushed by the waves and continuously hit the rocks and reefs, gradually forming a black sand beach." Urushihara Ritsu said slowly.
"Oh, you are worthy of being called Crow." Anson Lu recognized Crow's erudition.
“I’ve only heard a little bit about it.”
The waves appear particularly vibrant under the strong contrast with the black sand. The reciprocating waves hitting the dark beach seem to soothe this dead and scorched earth.
From time to time, the cries of seagulls could be heard from the sky, bringing some coolness and vitality to the charred earth.
"It's quite different from my impression of Hawaii." Asuka got out of the car and stared at the giant tree built on the crater.
"It seems that the game system has made some adjustments to the terrain for the operation of the copy." Chu Qimo said.
"In this instance, we are the crew members of the Rescue, and we need to listen to the villagers' requests for help." Anson Lu said helplessly, "So, we need to find the nearby towns first."
Yuri used the method Anson Deer taught her to navigate on the map and look for the location of the resort. She looked up and looked around, her clear eyes resting on the resort at the end of the forest, "That direction."
"Go." Anson Deer took the lead.
Twenty minutes later, Hawaii resort.
Anson Lu couldn't see a single person in this resort. Every household had their doors closed. When he passed by those beach villas, he would take a look to see who was inside, but he only saw some NPCs with stiff faces.
"Sure enough, the villagers are all NPCs." Anson Lu spread his hands.
Soon, an old man wearing a flowered shirt and leaning on a cane came from the other end of the village.
"I've heard of your names. You are the crew members of the Rescue. You drift on the sea, specializing in rescuing islands where super-dimensional events occur. I'm the village chief here, and I need your help." The old man said in a hoarse voice.
"Good RPG lines." Anson Deer narrowed his eyes, "So, what help do you need?"
"A month ago, the gods appeared on our island and brought this sacred tree with them. According to the gods, only by entering the high-dimensional arena at the top of the sacred tree and winning a battle in the arena can we gain its recognition." The village chief coughed and said, "Only in this way can we have a chance to make this sacred tree disappear completely."
"Oh, so we have to get to the top of the sacred tree and enter the arena?"
"That's right." The village chief sighed, "If we don't destroy this sacred tree as soon as possible, it will absorb the magma of the volcano and one day in the future it will explode with rapid heat energy and raze our village to the ground."
"Okay, leave it to our Rescue crew - Xiaolu, Xiaoxiang, Xiaorui, and Xiaomo." Anson Lu patted his chest.
"President, please don't be awkward." Chu Qimo said lightly.
"You didn't mention yourself at all!" Asuka complained.
"Oh, right, brave men of the Rescue, when the gods created the sacred tree, they also created a giant black dragon. That dragon will protect the sacred tree and prevent any outsiders from getting close." The village chief said in a trembling voice, "That's why none of us can get close to the arena on top of the tree in the past month. We can only ask you for help."
"Just kill it?" Anson Deer confirmed with him.
"Yes." The village chief lowered his head.
"The idea is clear now." Anson Lu nodded and looked at the four people behind him: "Did you hear me, crew members of the Rescue, shout our slogan - kill the black dragon, overturn the arena, and destroy the sacred tree!"
[The goal of the second stage has been updated - kill the black dragon, near the arena at the top of the sacred tree. ]
"Who the hell is calling you Rescue?" Asuka held her forehead with her hand. She was almost overwhelmed by this name.
"Asuka, girls who swear will never get married." Chu Qimo reminded.
"The earth is about to be destroyed, and I can't even get married. Besides, I just want to be alone." Asuka hugged her shoulders and snorted.
At this time, Yuri raised his head and looked towards the other end of the crater. The pitch-black dragon that the village chief had mentioned was located at an altitude of about 600 meters in the lower part of the sacred tree, resting on a huge branch.
The width of that branch was incredible, it could support at least two or three football fields, which was more than enough to stop the giant dragon. Compared with the sacred tree, the figure of this dragon was extremely small, like a speck of dust in the desert.
"How do we get up there?" she asked emotionlessly.
"My sled can seat two people." Anson Deer spoke first.
"I allow two people to stand on my back." Asuka curled her lips.
"I can create an ice surface, but it consumes too much mana, and I won't have much combat power once I'm on it," said the Icelandic girl.
"My situation is similar to Miss Yuri's, Lu Jun. The crows I created will disappear after flying a certain distance, so it consumes too much mana for me to use skills to travel faster." Urushihara Ritsu spread his hands.
At this time, they looked at the last person who had not spoken.
Chu Qimo shrugged his shoulders and answered honestly: "I don't have the ability to fly. It's up to you to arrange it."
"Can you please stop persecuting Teacher Chu?" Anson Lu put his hand on Chu Qimo's shoulder. "Is it shameful to not have the ability to fly? Isn't he the only one in the union who can't fly? What's there to be embarrassed about? Everyone has their own expertise, okay?"
When he said this, Asuka burst out laughing and said unhappily:
"Please, who is persecuting Teacher Chu?"
"President, I also think that you are the one who has the biggest objection to me." Chu Qimo said deeply.
"I agree." Asuka nodded.
"Please, fellow flight attendants, stop talking nonsense, finish the dungeon as soon as possible, and go back for vacation." Anson Deer changed the subject and called for the Christmas sleigh in his heart.
“Yo——”
A light cry was heard from the other side of the sky, and two elks, pulling a sled, came galloping over. Lightning flashed between their hooves, clearing away the thick gray fog.
"I think we can try to bypass the black dragon and sneak up to the arena," Anson Deer said without hesitation. "If we fail, we can fight it head-on."
"Lu Jun, in my opinion, it is impossible to avoid that dragon." Urushihara Ritsu put his hand on his chin and thought for half a second, "Besides, the higher the place we fight, the more disadvantageous it will be for us."
"Taking a step-by-step approach is the safest way." Chu Qimo agreed.
"That seems to be the case." Anson Lu scratched his hair, "Then let's just kill the black dragon from a height close to the ground."
"So, who are you going to follow?" Asuka Uesugi put one hand on her waist and frowned slightly.
"I'll just be with Miss Asuka." said Teacher Chu.
"Okay, but could you please stop calling me Miss Asuka? Just Asuka will do." Asuka said helplessly.
"This is not polite." Chu Qimo said calmly.
Asuka exhaled, "Come on, where on earth did you come from? Did you go crazy practicing sword skills with your master in Huashan?"
Chu Qimo defended himself: "I only practiced swordsmanship in Huashan before I was ten years old. After that, I followed my master to travel around the world. I didn't practice in a closed environment from childhood to adulthood. Please don't misunderstand me."
"Then you are just a simple idiot." Asuka added.
"What about you, Crow?" Anson Lu ignored the two men and looked at Urushihara Ritsu.
"I'm the same as Chu Qimo." Urushihara Ritsu said calmly, "Lu Jun, with your strength, we naturally don't have to worry, but my skills can be used to ensure the safety of Asuka and Chu Qimo."
"Okay." Anson Lu thought that what this guy said was quite reasonable and he was unable to refute it.
He turned around and saw that while the four of them were talking, Yuri had quietly sat on the sled. She was playing with her mobile phone with her head down, and the screen was showing the system's built-in game "Minesweeper".
As if she was imitating Anson Deer, recently, this Icelandic girl would play Minesweeper on her mobile phone when she had no books on hand, and she also liked to borrow Anson Deer's mobile phone.
However, what is different from Anson Deer is that she is very serious even when playing this kind of puzzle game, and can basically complete it every time.
While the sun was shining brightly and the fog between the volcano and the sacred tree was not so thick, Asuka Uesugi moved forward, spread her dragon wings, and her beautiful cheeks were gradually covered with layers of scales.
A few seconds later, a scarlet dragon descended on the island of Hawaii.
Under the scorching sun, the red dragon's brow ridges curved slightly, as if it was frowning. It snorted coldly and spread one wing reluctantly, allowing Chu Qimo and Urushihara Ryu to stand on its thick shoulders.
Seeing this, Anson Deer also sat in the Christmas sleigh with peace of mind. He glanced at Yuri beside his shoulder and looked at the minesweeper record she had just set - 29.05 seconds.
"Is this a record of intermediate difficulty?" Anson Lu asked casually.
"advanced."
"Uh, you wouldn't just break the world record, would you?" Anson Deer said in surprise.
He remembered that the official world record for advanced minesweeper was 33.95 seconds, and Yuri's record was 29.05 seconds, which was 4 seconds faster than the world record. Can one only say that this is genius?
"I wrote down the formula and saved myself the trouble of calculating."
".As expected of you." Anson Lu was speechless. He thought that people with a photographic memory would find it very convenient to play any game.
"I just want to know what you usually play."
"Very good, you have succeeded in crushing my self-esteem. Is this the super genius girl from Iceland?"
"You're lying." Yuri flipped through the clearance records on his phone, his face expressionless, "The highest record on your phone is 24 seconds, which is 8 seconds faster than the world record."
"That must be because I pressed the buttons randomly. Haven't you seen me having a hard time playing at a medium level?"
"The record of random pressing," she paused, "is 8 seconds faster than the world record?"
"It happens sometimes."
".Forget it." Yuri turned his face away and returned the phone to him.
"You're already very good, classmate Yuri." Anson Lu sighed softly. He knew that Yuri was inexplicably competitive, especially towards him. Others had never seen her compete like this.
"Hey, have you guys had enough chatting?!" the red dragon, which had already spread its wings and flew into the sky, asked in a deep voice.
"Enough, enough, I know you are anxious, but don't be anxious yet." Anson Lu smacked his lips. If he continued chatting, he would have to fight two bosses later - a red dragon and a black dragon.
"Christmas sleigh, take me to the top of the sacred tree." Anson Deer raised his eyes and looked at the giant dragon in the sky, "Get closer to the black dragon and make as little noise as possible."
"Yo——" The two reindeer stepped on the lightning, dragged the sled hard into the air, and rushed to the top of the sacred tree. Their speed was no less than that of a helicopter.
"Minesweeper."
"What?" Anson Deer turned his head, his eyes stinging from the wind.
"Next time, teach me how to play." Yuri's snow-white hair was blown in the air by the wind.
"You need me to teach you this. If you don't want to teach me, forget it." Anson Lu was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Okay, next time I'll show you how I got that record."
The Christmas sleigh rushed up along the sacred tree, like a red bird flying across the sky, passing over countless twisted and winding huge branches, and in a blink of an eye it had reached 600 meters above the sacred tree.
There, lived a dark dragon that was more than twelve meters long. It suddenly raised its scarlet eyes and captured the uninvited guests from the island.
[Boss name: Dark Night Dragon (juvenile)]
[Boss Level: Level 27]
[Boss Kill Reward: ???]
[Boss Killing Difficulty: ? ? ? ]
[Attention, you are about to enter a difficult Boss battle. Players, please be alert and be prepared. Once the battle begins, the Dark Night King Dragon will do his utmost to hunt down his enemies to the other side of the world!!!]
"Go for it." Anson Lu raised the corner of his mouth, "It looks like it's quite fun."
The next moment, the sled landed at the end of the branch and Anson Deer fell off the sled. Just then, a scarlet mad dragon spread its wings and flew over, slowly retracting its movements and landing beside him.
Chu Qimo and Urushihara Ryu fell from the red dragon's shoulders, and Yuri slowly moved his feet out of the sled and stood on the branch.
"Chess field."
The young man took a deep breath, and the Ice Ocean chessboard unfolded along the branches, covering the black dragon that was still lying on the ground. In an instant, the Dark Night King Dragon became completely furious.
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