Chapter 266: The Wrath of the God Tower, the Statue of War
It was raining on the day of the funeral. Anson Lu stood in a corner of the cemetery holding a black umbrella. Jiang Yijie stood beside him. The two of them silently watched the wailing crowd.
In front of the tombstone, the priest's pious eulogy echoed in everyone's ears. After a long time, he engraved words written in Italian on the surface of the tombstone.
——You are a devil and an angel.
Cosimo's golden hair was wet by the rain and hung down in front of his forehead, covering his blue eyes.
He pursed his lips, his body trembling with cold, but he couldn't utter a word.
Jiang Yijie whispered, "I used to think that this two-faced man was unworthy of being the captain of the law enforcement team. I even thought about pulling him down. I had been secretly competing with him for so long, but I didn't expect things to turn out like this in the end."
He recalled what happened in the Tower of Babel copy the day before. In that huge arena, the devil named "Soul of Babel" stood in front of everyone and slowly raised his head. The entire towering tower trembled and thousands of eerie green lights went out.
At the end of that fatal battle, Lorenzo used the sacrifice of nearly 150 players as the foundation and released "The World Hates Me". The back of the Mad Bell Pope spread out 150 dark arms like a devil, like a Thousand-Armed Buddha being dragged into hell.
Lorenzo was born to die, and with those waving black arms, he rushed towards the Soul of Babel with a roar. Every disgusting hand behind him was clinging to the Soul of Babel stubbornly, like a baby hugging a giant, or like a mortal body fighting against a god.
In the end, with the sacrifice of Lorenzo de' Medici, main sequence players such as Cosimo and Anson Deer were able to survive, and the Tower of Babel copy was declared breached.
"Let's go, Captain Jiang." Anson Lu took one last look at Lorenzo's tombstone and turned away. "We can't let Lorenzo's sacrifice be meaningless."
"And Tong Muli." Jiang Yiji added.
Anson Lu was silent.
He lowered his head, looking at his trouser legs soaked by the rain, and recalled the girl in the national team who had been feeding the pandas and calling him "senior".
"Well, that girl is pretty good."
"I am friends with her father and have watched her grow up," Jiang Yijie said. "I once promised her father that I would protect her, but I failed."
"Captain Jiang, we've lost enough people..." Anson Lu said almost word by word, "It's really enough...so we can't lose any more."
Jiang Yiji wanted to say something, but he had already walked away with an umbrella. The rain was falling, and Anson Lu's figure was gradually lost in the corner of the street.
On May 9, the law enforcement team disclosed the current situation to the impatient public - the Tower of Babel dungeon was declared breached, but a total of 42 sequence players died in this dungeon, including the captain of the law enforcement team, "Crazy Bell Pope" Lorenzo de Medici, and the "Bamboo Shadow Therapist" Tong Muli of the Chinese National Team.
At the same time, all 100 ordinary players who entered the copy were wiped out.
The only positive news is that Anson Deer obtained the final-level item - "Wrath of Babel", which is the biggest gain from defeating the Babel Tower copy.
Moreover, the Tower of Babel dungeon provides huge amounts of materials and experience points as rewards to every participating player. According to rough estimates, there are nearly two thousand pieces of End-level materials and ten thousand pieces of Black Moon-level materials in the spoils of the Tower of Babel dungeon.
On May 10, the Enforcement Team held a funeral for all the players who died in Operation Babel. With the death of Lorenzo and the grief of the whole country, Cosimo de' Medici was naturally promoted to the new captain.
Moreover, the truth of the "former chess player's Moscow rampage incident" was made public, and Anson was cleared of all charges. What Lorenzo had done was exposed to the world, and his image of being clean and great like a god gradually collapsed in front of the people, but no one could feel resentful towards him.
May 10th, Huaxia Official Building, conference room on the 19th floor.
There were only two figures in the spacious conference room. The silver metal walls reflected a faint luster, and the lights in the four corners of the ceiling cast a cold light.
"President, what exactly is the function of that prop?" Lan Xiao asked.
What she was referring to was naturally the end-level item obtained from the Tower of Babel copy - "Wrath of Babel".
"It suppresses a target for 10 seconds, inhibiting all its means of life recovery, and making it unable to use any skills during this period." After a pause, Anson Lu added: "It can be used on the World Boss."
"I see. The World Boss must have a skill that can restore health." Blue Owl raised his eyebrows. "If I use 'Babel's Fury', I might be able to suppress its health and make it lose the chance to turn the tables..."
"Yes, the significance of this item is that it allows us to kill the low-health world boss with 100% certainty, instead of letting it suddenly use its ultimate move to restore full health, and then all of us will die under its feet."
"Well, in this way, the sacrifices of those people are indeed meaningful." Lan Xiao said.
"Not only that, I need the materials obtained from the Babel Tower dungeon. This dungeon gave me a lot of End-level materials. With these materials, I can create the last three End-level chess pieces." Anson Lu said casually:
"Also, upgrade the Queen's statue to the final level."
Lan Xiao pulled his cap down and said deeply, "In this way, I believe we will be able to defeat the World Boss."
"Okay, got it." Anson Lu said suddenly.
"What?"
"Ragnarok chessboard, I drew about three million evolution coins." Anson Lu said, standing up from the swivel chair and looking at Lan Xiao:
"You should go and meet up with Crow and the others. They are formulating a strategy for the World Boss battle on the fifteenth floor."
"Okay, President."
Blue Owl nodded, and Anson Deer then left the meeting room.
May 12, Hokkaido, Sapporo, port.
Two figures stood in front of the port, quietly watching the coming and going of the tides.
Anson Lu put his hands in his pockets and said slowly: "I have collected the chess set of the Twilight Gods, but found that their previous bond has not been activated because a chess piece is missing."
"Is there a chess piece missing?" Natasha asked.
"Well, you are the last piece of the chess set of the Twilight Gods." Anson Deer said, "If I hadn't chosen you at that time, perhaps I would only be able to fight against the dragon with an incomplete chess set now."
"...It's me." Natasha did not refute. She believed in every judgment of Anson Deer and felt honored to be chosen.
"From now on, we will be separated for a long time, at least in your eyes." Anson Deer shrugged.
"It doesn't matter. It will be my honor to be able to help you no matter how long it takes." Natasha raised the corners of her lips slightly at him, then leaned forward to salute.
As soon as she finished speaking, she disappeared into the wind.
Anson Lu opened Natasha's chess type panel. He hesitated for a moment, then gently moved his fingers. Natasha's chess type panel kept changing from "The Lord of the Lamp God - Natasha" to "The Blue Rainbow Walker - Natasha", then to "The Last Traveler - Natasha", and finally to "The Statue of War - Natasha".
The Statue of War, this is the last piece of the puzzle in the "Twilight Gods" chess set.
In other words, only the Queen's Stone Statue that has advanced to the End Level can complete the bond of the Twilight Gods chess set. Such harsh conditions also determine that the "Twilight Gods" chess set is the strongest force among the old chess players.
If Anson Lu had not chosen the Queen's Statue as the infinitely advanced chess type, it would have been impossible to unleash the true power of the "Old Chess Player".
All that.
It seems like it was destined.
He lowered his eyelids and read Natasha's introduction to chess types almost word by word. Then he put away the chess type panel and walked away.
May 13, China, Xuelu Town near Beijing.
This is a village surrounded by mountains and clouds. Anson Deer climbed to the top of the mountain alone. Then he stopped there and looked at the lonely mountains.
"Let's give it a try..." Anson Lu put his hands in his pockets and said expressionlessly, "Ragnarok chessboard, unfold."
The chessboard area covered an area of nearly 250 meters in radius, almost covering half of the mountain range. It was shining with golden light, and the shadow of a temple seemed to be floating in the sky. The whole world was shaking and trembling for the gods who were about to descend.
"Come out." Anson Lu just said this.
The next moment, five towering figures that were taller than the clouds slowly emerged from the mist. Their bodies, which covered the sky and the sun, formed a formation and swallowed up all the light that came towards them.
In addition, a sacred statue with a radiant glow and holding two green rainbow swords stood in the middle of them. The height of this statue was only two meters, and compared with the other five, it could only be described as "tiny", but she was a well-deserved end-level chess player.
Just ten seconds later, the young man standing on the top of the mountain put away the chessboard.
Anson Deer turned his head and looked around, muttering, "The effect is not bad, um, it depends on how strong the dragon is..."
After he finished speaking, he headed down the mountain.
At this moment, the thick fog surrounding the mountain tops had been blown away, and all fifteen mountains had disappeared, leaving only a puff of gray smoke, and the earth was still roaring violently...
(End of this chapter)
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