Chapter 364: Sean Saves the World
Day 7, Sen Dungeon.
[Friendship comes first, competition comes second, good brothers are in the heart, Pansen brother, we are always good friends]
This is Gong Qiying's reply to Pantheon, the lord of the Stonehenge Dungeon.
[You idiot, your adventurer is no good? I'm so sorry, it looks like the first place will be taken by our family.]
This is Gong Qiying's reply to Dou Wang, the protagonist of Glory Dungeon.
After all, the Gladiator King came here on his own initiative to pick a fight, so it was normal for him to retort a few words.
The crystal ball monitoring the dungeon floated in front of Gong Qiying, divided into hundreds of screens, all from the perspectives of different adventurers, which was still considered a small number.
You asked Gong Qiying how he could see through it? Haha, that's underestimating the city lord's ability. He only needs...
He would click on the one with the brightest picture and the most special effects.
You are guaranteed to see wonderful scenes.
Today is the last day of the meteor shower activity. It is already evening now, and the meteor shower from outside is about to fall on the earth. If there are no other problems, when the meteor shower from outside stops, the joint activities of the dungeons will also come to an end.
On the stone tablet related to the small meteorite, Leon firmly occupies the first place. This is the only one in the top 30 in the Sean Dungeon.
On the glory stele related to the invasion, the Sean adventurers occupied fifteen seats in the top twenty, which was already an overwhelming advantage. Some city lords who were familiar with Gong Qiying sent "congratulatory messages" in advance.
But think about it and you will know that the competition on the last day is the most intense and the most important, so no one can relax at all now.
Well, except for Roger who was AFK in the forest area, this guy really lived a very comfortable life.
"If I'm not mistaken, Sean should be able to make a big splash this time."
In terms of the number of daily supply exchanges, Sion Dungeon has been ranked first for six consecutive days. The biggest contributor is Happiny, and everyone who has eaten it says it is good.
In terms of rewards exchanged for meteorites, Sion Dungeon ranks at the top, but not first. The reason is that many of the dungeons' hidden treasures require more mental energy than the daily supply regulations, so they can only be placed in the exchange rewards. The heritage of more than 40 dungeons is still too huge for Sion at present.
The biggest reason why Sean can get the first place in daily supplies is that it is of good quality and low price.
Something happened today that surprised Gong Qiying.
Many people gave up on invading and catching the little meteorite, and instead went to fight Esti on the last day. Did they finally remember to fight the world-class boss when they saw that there was no hope of winning the game on the last day?
However, the design of this world-class boss, Esti, was both successful and failed. Its strength was indeed worthy of being world-class, which was a success, but its strength was too strong and no one could beat it, so no one came later, which was a failure.
In the Sen Dungeon, there are hundreds of people who go to challenge Esti every day, but half of them are ordinary people with no strength, and the oldest is an old lady in her eighties. This scene makes Gong Qiying completely unable to understand what humans are thinking.
However, the city lords were happy. If there are similar activities in the future, they should take it easy.
"After this event is over and adventurers have a few days to relax, we should release the sunny and cheerful version of Anor Londo."
Gong Qiying looked up at the sky in his body in the outside world. A meteor had already streaked across the horizon. The city of Bed was decorated with lights and colors. On the last day of the meteor shower, there would be a city-wide banquet, organized by Leon and his team, which would also serve as a celebratory banquet.
The festive atmosphere always makes people happy. He strolled on the street and said with emotion:
"It's better to have peace. I hope there won't be any more trouble in the future."
Lake Lienia.
Leon had just chopped down an intruder and wiped the sweat from his forehead.
"Mr. Leon is so handsome, can we take a selfie?" A female adventurer ran over holding a photo stone.
However, halfway through the run, she saw Maru breathing out air and giving her a death stare, so she turned around quite smoothly and ran away cleanly.
"Why is she running?"
Leon scratched his head, he didn't notice what just happened.
"Boss, thank you for your hard work, meow~"
Malu came over from behind, and Leon patted her head naturally and said, "You must be tired, do you want to go back to Menqian Town to rest?"
Malu shook her head with a satisfied look on her face, threw the mercenary's sword, which was stained red with blood, into the water at her feet to wash it clean, and said:
"Not tired at all. The number of invaders is much less than during the day."
"Yeah, I feel the same way."
Leon looked up at the sky, and when he accidentally saw the black hole in the sky, he quickly lowered his head and said:
"By now, everyone's results and rankings have almost stabilized. I'm sure many of you are tired. It's not bad to stop here."
"Boss, aren't you going to try harder to surpass Stellan?"
Leon shook his head, let out a long breath, and said:
“I’m tired too.”
After the fight with Tepi that day, he never saw him again. The name Tepi could not be found on the Glory Monument. He didn't know what the other party was doing now.
He won the victory with almost no suspense, but he felt not as happy as he expected. Maybe revenge is most satisfying the first time.
Malu saw Leon's mood, so she smiled and said, "Let's go, boss. I'm looking forward to the banquet tonight!"
Leon also smiled and nodded, "I'm looking forward to it too. President Cid personally went out to get a piece of rainbow fruit for everyone. Tonight's dessert will definitely be great."
"Mr. Leon, is there any for us?" The other adventurers asked to join in the fun. "We've been busy for so many days, we're really hungry~"
"Of course, everyone should come tonight. I'm afraid that Bed City can't accommodate us."
[The Glory Dungeon "Gilles" has been invaded!!!]
Seeing the invaders appearing again, Leon regained his energy, raised his arms high to the sky, and shouted loudly:
"Just focus on finishing the last bit of work, and then we can go to the party together!"
"Oh!" The adventurers also shouted, but there was fatigue in their voices.
"I'll treat you tonight's wine!" Leon shouted again.
"Everyone charge!!!"
This time, there was no more fatigue in the adventurer's voice, only the purest excitement.
Today is destined to be a special day for the Sean adventurers. For the first time, everyone felt what it means to have a sense of belonging.
Although he was tortured to death by Sean every day, he felt a sense of pride when he saw his own adventurers at the front of the Monument of Glory.
Especially those adventurers at the front of the list have high reputations, impeccable character, and often treat everyone to meals. People will only think that these people deserve the title.
The sound of fighting was deafening. As time passed, the invaders found that this group of Sen adventurers were becoming more and more energetic, which made them cry out that they were not human.
As midnight approached, there were only a few invaders left and the adventurers relaxed. Some went to the Catacombs of Casas to return to the Royal City, while others stayed where they were and waited to return to Bed City.
The Adventurer's Guilds in both cities prepared banquets, but for those veteran Sean adventurers, they were more accustomed to the atmosphere of Bed City.
The Royal City is good, but due to its special status, it is impossible for everyone to have a complete party. Bed City does not have such concerns. Count Charon fully supports all activities related to Sean.
This time, before the bell for closing the Senn dungeon rang, most of the adventurers had dispersed on their own. Everyone was tired after fighting for so many days, and today they just wanted to indulge themselves.
Soon after, the lights in the city of Bed were as bright as day.
"Everyone, raise your glasses!"
In the central square of Bed City, Leon raised his glass high.
The decorated square was packed with people, everyone raised their glasses, and the bards played their instruments.
Looking around, familiar faces flash by.
Dahl held the smallest wine glass and said to the Fran guards behind him, "Let's indulge ourselves tonight." Everyone cheered.
Stellan was trying her best to pull Melgar, who had gone crazy with alcohol, and Liznay was making hellish jokes about drunk people with a silly look on her face. In the end, both of them were hung in the sky by vines by Vainma for public display, while Chef Kulipa was happily cooking beside them.
Roger and Drew, the drinking buddies, had already started clinking their glasses, but when they turned around, they ran into the magic professor Seth. The other party asked him, "How is your thesis going?" which made Roger immediately humble. It was only after Tulsi comforted him that he regained his spirits.
Fingerly was so bored that he was swaying like a naughty boy, just waiting for a toast. Matilda couldn't stand to see him standing in such an awkward manner, so she asked Alayya to tie him up.
Fingri and Melgar looked at each other from a distance. Although they didn't know each other, sadness was revealed in their eyes.
Luluwo's group was not here. They were still traumatized by the previous attack and stayed in Lienia of the Lake.
Leon seemed to see the store manager Mareda in the crowd, and in the blink of an eye he found Gapar, whom he had not seen for a long time, in the crowd. Although he was wearing a hood, he recognized him at a glance. When he was about to call out to him in surprise, Gapar smiled and shook his head, pointing to the wine glass in his hand.
Leon smiled knowingly and shouted:
"Cheers to our great victory today!"
The sound of wine glasses clinking resounded throughout the city of Bed!
As if by telepathy, at the adventurer's banquet in the royal city, Luluwo also shouted "Cheers!" along with everyone else.
This guy said he was afraid and wanted to hide in Lake Lienia, but in the end he still sneaked into the royal city to get free food and drinks.
As a result, he was discovered and pushed onto the stage, and he had to host the banquet anyway.
The beautiful sight of meteor showers was still in the sky, but people were already tired of watching them, so magicians who specialized in performances collectively released a huge fireworks show that could cover the sky. The crackling sounds pushed the lively atmosphere of the banquet to a climax!
The prosperous atmosphere here seemed to have also reached the cold palace.
In the dim bedroom, King Ainz III broke a water cup, and the water stains on the ground reflected the bustling scene of the royal city.
In the reflection, the light from the fireworks slightly illuminated his face, which contained only endless sorrow.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry"
He didn't know what the people outside were doing, but they seemed to be celebrating something.
But he knew that what would be heard in the royal city next would not be the cheers of celebration, but the screams of slaughter.
Ainz III, who thought his heart had grown numb, felt a heart-breaking sorrow again. This was a deep despair. If he were an immortal, he would have turned into a zombie by now.
These past few days, he could feel that the unknown existence seemed to be cold towards him. Apart from conveying emotions of fear and despair to him every day, there was no additional communication. Ainz III had a glimmer of hope in his heart. What if the unknown existence had forgotten about the matter of the royal city?
But the next second, he felt the unknown existence again, because one of the stars in the sky burst into a dazzling purple light, enchanting and mysterious.
Looking at the light of the stars, he immediately understood what the unknown being had been doing during this period of time.
He also planned an incident similar to lycanthropy in a city in another country.
It’s not enough that one country suffers, another one is added!
It is a small border country far away from the kingdom, close to the ocean at the edge of the continent. The light of civilization rarely illuminates there. It is unexpectedly targeted by unknown existence. It is really sad.
And now, the unknown existence is going to use a city of that small country as an appetizer to make Ainz III see even deeper despair.
A different scene was reflected in the water stains.
It was a small border country where the clothing and even skin color were different from those of the people in the kingdom. The people there had a more yellowish skin color and black hair color, and the entire country was covered with plants that looked like reeds.
The city seemed to be holding some event, and it was as lively as the royal city now, with people singing and dancing and children laughing.
Suddenly, the stars in the sky burst into purple light, and people looked up at the sky at the same time.
The next second, someone's eyes changed.
A bloodthirsty red light appeared in their eyes, and the bodies of those people twisted instantly. They were not transformed into beasts, but seemed to be controlled by parasites in their bodies. Their postures reminded people of the zombies wandering in the cemetery. Some people were even broken out of their bodies by thick and long worms, and turned into complete monsters.
They pounced on the humans around them, and the lively scene suddenly turned into a miserable hell.
The laughter disappeared, the singing and dancing turned into running away, and the children stopped laughing because they had met with misfortune when they looked directly at the stars.
Looking at this tragic scene, Ainz III fell to his knees and howled silently.
That country is weak, its resources are scarce, and even its citizens have little talent for spiritual practice. It would be impossible to stop such a disaster, and the surrounding countries would probably be too lazy to help, and would perhaps only take action when the situation escalates further.
Ainz III saw the future of the kingdom in this, and the despair in his heart was like a bottomless abyss.
The purple stars in the sky were twinkling, and from them came the ridicule of an unknown existence. "He" was very satisfied with the current situation of the small border country and the reaction of Ainz III.
Ainz III stared at the stars with a dead expression, watching numbly as the meteor shower continued to pass through the sky until there were fewer and fewer of them.
His body was half illuminated by the fireworks at the banquet and half covered by the darkness of the shooting stars, but he himself had stopped thinking.
It was not until the last meteor streaked across the sky and the purple starlight continued to flicker that he finally reacted.
"ah!"
Ainz III screamed and fell to the ground, burying his head deeply in the ground, not daring to look at the tragic scene that was about to happen in the royal city.
Far outside the city, at the Light Eagle Regiment's base, Eliphis, who was curled up on the bed, suddenly stood at attention, like a telephone pole.
In a trance, Ainz III seemed to hear a sharp sneer that echoed throughout the universe. He could not help but shed tears, and his tears became a medium, allowing the unknown existence to force the current scene of the royal city into his eyes. He even heard the voice of a cheerful boy.
"Captain Luluwo, come on, come on, we want you to set off the last and biggest firework!"
"Oh, just let it go." The strange woman's voice came. Although her words sounded like she was disgusted, her tone revealed her eagerness to try. "Then I'm going to let it go. You guys count down."
"three!"
The tail of the last meteor disappeared into the horizon.
"two!"
The stars in the sky are twinkling rapidly.
"one!"
A purple demonic light burst out, and people looked up at the sky at this moment!
The wind became violent at this moment, and countless stars were twinkling, as if an unknown existence was laughing wildly.
Ainz III screamed crazily. He didn't want to see the next scene, absolutely not!
“Swoosh—”
He could hear something rising into the sky and he looked up.
“Bang!”
Huge fireworks, enough to light up the entire royal city, exploded in the sky.
"What is that?"
The pattern of the fireworks was carefully designed by the adventurers. In the center was a burning flame. In the center of the flame was a strange spiral-shaped sword, which looked quite lifelike.
Around the flames were figures that Ainz III had never seen before, including a wolf-like warrior wearing a pointed hat, an ugly gorilla with two horns on its head, a skeleton overlord wearing a crown, and bishops of different heights, weights, and sizes.
One after another, completely unfamiliar characters to Ainz III gathered around the bonfire in the center of the fireworks, shining brightly in the sky above the royal city, and the dazzling light they emitted even overshadowed the purple starlight.
When the fireworks faded, the adventurers' banquet continued as normal, the laughter did not diminish at all, and residents in other areas even cursed because they were woken up by the fireworks.
Ainz III was stunned, his mouth opened wider and wider.
It seems like nothing happened?
I don't know when the violent wind stopped, and the stars seemed to be frozen, with the purple starlight suppressed.
Even the monsters wreaking havoc in the small border country suddenly stood there stupidly, as if they had lost contact with the existence that controlled them.
As if uncertain, the purple star flashed a few more times, like a salted fish trying to struggle.
However, the adventurers' laughter continued, and the city defense soldiers rushed over to warn them to keep their voices down and not disturb others.
The purple star was completely silent at this point. If the star had expressions, it would probably be the same as Ainz III's current one.
Ainz III sat on the ground in a daze, watching through tears as the adventurers and the city defense soldiers fought each other, Luluwo running and setting off fireworks like an outlaw, the adventurers playfully trying to stop the soldiers, and the soldiers' leader shouting for reinforcements.
The scene of the adventurers disrupting the order did not make him angry. Instead, he felt a long-lost vitality. He opened his mouth and muttered to himself as if he suddenly had some strength:
"Nothing happened?"
Amid the cheerful crowd, Gong Qiying took a sip of beer and looked up at the sky in confusion. Did a star twinkle just now?
Never mind, it’s not a big deal anyway.
Nothing will happen.
(End of this chapter)
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