Chapter 25 My friend, I lost miserably!
In the cave, Loen was playing with the serpentine twelve-sided dice in his hand. His complicated eyes fell on it, with a feeling of love and hate.
Trying to defy fate, overthrow Olympus, and pull the king of gods off the throne is nothing short of a gamble with little chance of success.
But for gamblers, without capital, they are not qualified to sit at the table, let alone have the opportunity to win big with a small investment.
And these badges are the bargaining chips that Hecate promised to give to Loen.
To be more precise, it should be this [accidental dice] that gave it to him...
Of course, everything has a price.
In order to get these chips of different specifications and values, Loen must complete the corresponding oracle issued by this twelve-sided dice.
Based on his exploration and research over the past half month, he roughly understood the operating rules of this thing:
First of all, there are currently three types of oracles released by the dice, divided according to their difficulty.
The first type is refreshed once every morning, with a deadline of one day. The danger level is lower than his strength, and it is classified as a [mission]. Usually, it can be easily completed with brains and hands, and the reward is a bronze badge;
The second type is refreshed every Monday and lasts for one week. The danger level is equivalent to his strength and is classified as a [Trial]. It is relatively difficult and requires careful handling to pass safely. The reward is a silver badge.
The third type has an irregular refresh time and an irregular deadline, and the degree of danger far exceeds his strength level. It is named [Profanation] and is often fraught with danger, requiring him to risk his life and almost escaping death. The reward is a gold badge.
Based on the specifications of the rewards, this is a bit like the three levels of champion, runner-up and third place in the ancient Greek Olympic Games.
However, Loen, who used to work in a game company, is more accustomed to using the refresh time and difficulty level classification, calling them [Daily Book] - [Weekly Book] - [High Difficulty Book].
Generally speaking, every time the refresh time comes, the twelve-sided dice will be thrown randomly three times, and the emblem of the twelve main gods of Olympus that appears on the points will decide who to trick.
For example, the three objects selected in today's [Daily Book] are the God of Light Apollo, the King of Gods Zeus, and the Queen of Heaven Hera.
However, as mentioned before, the difficulty of the daily book is quite limited, and the range of choices and the standards for completing tasks are also quite broad.
You can curse at the gods from a distance, spit at the temple, steal the offerings from the gods... and so on.
If you don't want to use your brain, you can just attack the people they protect.
For example, catching some seafood to make soup without praying is a disrespect to Poseidon, the god of the sea; deliberately trampling flowers and crops is an insult to Demeter, the goddess of agriculture; shooting down a few birds for barbecue is an insult to Zeus, the god of the sky...
As for killing pigeons, swans, laurel trees and other symbols corresponding to the gods, it can basically be counted as part of completing the task.
Moreover, faced with the three options in the daily book, Loen does not need to complete all of them, he only needs to choose one of the three, which further reduces the difficulty of the task.
Theoretically, as long as he is not stupid enough to seek his own death, and actively increases his strength and stubbornly looks for trouble with demigod heroes, hidden bosses, top-level monsters, and spirits of the gods, the [Daily Book] will pose no threat to him.
As for the [Zhou Changben], this thing is more mysterious. It has specific regulations and task objectives, and the result depends entirely on luck.
For example, among the three options in this weekly edition, one either needs to go fight with those Atlantis mad dogs, or there is a great risk of exposing oneself, or one has to destroy one's martial arts to make escape more difficult. One could lose one's life if one is not careful, which is well worth the difficulty of the [weekly edition].
By the way, although you only need to complete one task every week in the [Weekly Book], you can also take the initiative to increase your intensity and achieve multiple goals within this week, with a total limit of three.
Of course, the risk factor will increase dramatically and the cost will be quite severe.
Loen struggled back and forth for a week and barely completed two tasks under the noses of those Atlantis mad dogs, but he himself was almost shot into a sieve by the secret arrows of Orichalcum steel.
If he hadn't habitually left himself some escape routes, he might have survived the first seven days.
As for the last [High Difficulty], the triggering mechanism is still unclear. So far, Loen has only encountered it once, which was when this twelve-sided dice helped him upgrade to a demigod as a [welcome gift]...
Since it is called [High Difficulty Edition], the content will more or less have some "inhumane" and "torturing" elements.
Whether it's defilement of Athena, single-handedly attacking the Temple of Apollo, or facing the Atlantis Guards... any of these three items is definitely a high-end game.
If it weren't for Loen's own luck, having been struck into the deep sea by the King of Gods, being taught a lesson by Hecate, and being raised as a monster by Circe for sixteen years, yet still being able to jump around vigorously, and having developed tenacious vitality and super high adaptability, he estimated that eight out of ten of the remaining demigod heroes would be sent to die.
Fortunately, this [high-difficulty level] seems to require a unique triggering mechanism, and the interval is at least calculated in months, so I don’t have to worry about one wave of problems coming after another.
After organizing his thoughts, Loen raised his hand and pinched his furrowed brows, then opened his eyes and looked at the two silver badges and the serpentine twelve-sided dice in his hands.
The so-called high risk high reward.
He had to work very hard to complete the oracle mission, and the badges that were awarded to him were more than just decorative items.
They are the bargaining chips for a comeback and opportunities to overcome the current crisis.
Loen took a few deep breaths, rubbed the serpentine twelve-sided dice in his hand, and muttered to himself.
"Goddess of Dice, please don't let me down this time. Please ask Hermes for blessing. I'm in a hurry to escape. Or Athena and Zeus will work. At worst, I can use Ares to kill the opponent!"
As he spoke, he held his breath and threw the dice in his hand down.
The blue-gray twelve-sided dice spun several times on the ground before slowly coming to a stop, revealing a few rose petal patterns.
At the same time, a silver badge in Loen's hand disappeared and turned into a silver oracle rune, appearing above the bronze altar in his mind.
"【Aphrodite's Favor】: The goddess of love and beauty grants you attraction to the opposite sex, which lasts for one week."
“…”
Luo En was speechless and cursed in his heart.
Are you kidding me?
I'm in a critical situation, what's the point of this BUFF? Am I expecting that the Atlantis guards on the other side are all gay? And then they'll sell their asses to the other side?
After secretly complaining for a few words, Loen took another deep breath and forced a distorted smile on his stiff face.
Don't be angry, don't be angry, there is still one more chance.
Take a chance and your bicycle will turn into a motorcycle!
Loen tried his best to prepare himself mentally, picked up the twelve-sided dice on the ground, shook his hands, then made up his mind and threw down the dice of fate that would decide whether he could be saved or not.
The blue-gray dodecahedron bounced a few times on the uneven rock ground, rolled into a low-lying area, and finally stopped. Several clusters of flame patterns came into view.
At the same time, the last chip in Loen's hand also disappeared and turned into an oracle on the bronze altar.
“[Blessing of Hephaestus]: Gain one chance to repair a damaged object (demigod quality or below).”
Oh my god, you two are playing a trick on me, right?
At this time, what use is the blessing of the God of Craftsman? Should I build a tomb for myself in advance or carve a tombstone in advance?
Seeing that these two unlucky ones were cast out among the twelve main gods, Loen could no longer hold back and looked at the crappy twelve-sided dice in his hand with a look of wanting to cry but without tears.
My friend, I lost miserably.
Dice girl is online and you can tease her now.
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