Game of the World Tree

The wind whistled and ruffled Athos's withered silver hair.

The old mage leaned on his staff and stared at the rolling clouds above the sky, deep and sad, as if he was going to pass through time and space.

At this moment, his hunched back seemed to be even more curved.

"Sorry... Mr. Athos, I don't know..."

Tony opened his mouth, looking guilty.

However, Athos quickly withdrew his gaze from the sky.

He took a deep breath and squeezed out a somewhat ugly smile:

"It's all right, Lord Tony, it's all in the past."

"The catastrophe has brought indelible damage to everyone, and it is because of this that we know the beauty of peace and the preciousness of the blue sky and white clouds..."

"As survivors, we've been far luckier than those who died."

"Live well and work hard for that possible bright future, that's what we survivors should do."

"We should be strong, and we must be strong, the dead are gone, but we can't forget that we still have a future..."

Athos's words were loud, and seemed to contain an incomparably firm force.

Looking at his persistent gaze, Tony froze in his heart, and for a while he was in awe.

"Mr. Athos, you are really a strong elder. After chatting with you, I realized how cowardly I am."

Tony sighed slightly.

Looking at the old man with firm belief, at this moment, he couldn't help but think of himself.

He remembered the unforgettable setbacks he had experienced since he was a child, and he also remembered that he was more fascinated by the game after his recent breakup, but it was actually self-narcotic to escape reality...

Indulging in games and causing a relationship to break up are just appearances.

He has always known that what really surrounds him is the introversion and low self-esteem buried in his bones...

Because he is introverted, he does not like to socialize. Because of his low self-esteem, he escapes from reality and indulges in games.

It is precisely because of this that in the interaction with his girlfriend, when there is a conflict again and again, he does not strive to solve the problem, but chooses to avoid it every time.

Escape again and again, choose silence after conflict time and time again, choose to turn to bury the game, and finally get the other party's complete disappointment.

Just a vicious circle.

Compared to Athos, who faced the tragic past, and the old man who buried his grief and continued to move forward, he was far worse.

"No, Lord Tony, please be confident. Your willingness to embark on a journey for us is enough to show your strength and kindness."

"Without you, we probably wouldn't be able to get here at all."

Athos shook his head and said.

Tony smiled bitterly and did not answer.

strong? kindness?

Do not……

He is very clear that he is willing to participate, but because this is a "game".

He was nowhere near as sublime as Athos claimed.

It is precisely because of this that he feels more and more ashamed when he sees the grateful and respectful eyes from everyone.

Following Athos's narration and Tony's sigh, the atmosphere of the team was a little low for a while.

Until the warrior Poles hit haha:

"Hey, stop talking about these sad things! Why don't you listen to my story with Ramis and Miller?"

"Speaking of which, it's also unfortunate. The three of us were originally mercenaries of a small mercenary group. We had saved a lot of money and were going to retire to open a tavern together. Who knows that we just finished talking to the head of the group. The matter of retirement, the cataclysm is coming..."

"It's really miserable. We have saved gold pounds for more than ten years. When this damn cataclysm came, all the gold pounds turned into waste stones, but food and water became hard currency. What the hell!"

"The most annoying thing is that we also exchanged most of the supplies for gold pounds before we retired, but in the end, all the gold pounds combined could not buy a case of ale!"

"Is it bad luck? Hahahahaha..."

Poles laughed, trying to change the subject.

It's just... His ability to change the subject doesn't seem to be very good. Except for him laughing awkwardly, no one agrees.

The burly warrior laughed for a while, and seemed to realize the awkwardness of the atmosphere.

In the end, he rolled his eyes, his eyes stopped on the silent crowd, and he said dejectedly:

"Damn it! It doesn't look like the stories I tell are funny, and I swear I'll never interrupt in my life again at this unfortunate time."

"Pfft..."

Seeing his naive look like a frustrated brown bear, Mirel couldn't help but smile.

With the laughter of the female mage, the silent atmosphere was suddenly broken, and everyone looked at each other and laughed at the same time.

"Pfft, Bols, don't mention what happened before. If you hadn't always said that gold pounds are easy to carry, Miller and I would not have replaced everything in the end."

Ramis scolded with a smile.

Miller also shook his head and complained:

"Yes, it's all your fault."

However, although what they said was complaining, there was no resentment in the eyes of the two.

On the contrary, there is only the tacit understanding and friendship of old friends for many years.

With such a commotion, the originally gloomy atmosphere in the team was also swept away.

The team that escorted the core of magic gathering returned to a high-spirited and optimistic look.

Athos looked at the few people who started to scoff at each other, laughing and scolding as Bors started, and his eyes became softer.

He looked up at the cloudy sky and said:

"It's still early, let's move on. If it goes well, maybe we can get out of the central plains today."

With the order of Athos, the laughter and scolding in the team slowly ceased.

The expressions of several people returned to serious vigilance again, and they continued to embark on the journey.

Tony slowly retracted his gaze from several people.

He did not continue to inquire about the whereabouts of Athos' son, but took a deep breath, regained his energy, and kept up with the pace of several people.

The past is in the past, face the difficulties and face the future in order to have a bright future.

...

The rest of the journey was quite satisfactory, not difficult, but not smooth either.

Everyone continued their previous tactics, with Tony as the core, fighting while walking, defeating one monster after another blocking their progress.

And as the battle continued, the team's cooperation became more and more rounded.

Tony gained more and more experience points.

Black iron to silver is a watershed, and the required experience points increase significantly.

Because of this, Tony's promotion speed has slowed down all of a sudden.

It was not until everyone crossed the central plain and entered the hinterland of the canyon forest that runs through the north and south of the western continent, and his experience trough barely reached half.

However, although he has not yet been officially promoted to the silver rank, Tony has become more skilled in using [Eagle Strike], and his fighting level has been greatly improved compared to the beginning.

At this moment, he even suspects that if he encounters a vicious incident such as robbery in reality again, with the experience he has accumulated in the game, he may be able to kill the opponent with his bare hands...

The landform of the canyon forest is more complicated than all the terrains that have been traveled before. Although the width is only less than ten kilometers, it is difficult to cross and requires a long winding road.

Not only that, there are more fallen beasts hidden here, and every step forward must be taken with care.

However, the comprehensive combat effectiveness of everyone has long since changed. Although there have been several thrilling adventures along the way, they are all saved by the efforts of everyone.

Finally, on the thirteenth day of the journey, everyone finally walked out of the difficult canyon forest.

By this time, everyone was still more than 600 kilometers away from the Dawn Fortress.

In other words, in the past ten days, the straight-line distance is more than 100 kilometers.

Of course, if it is replaced by actual kilometers, it will be much more.

After all, in order to bypass powerful monsters along the way, everyone made a lot of detours.

At this time, Tony is also glad that he can contact the Celestial players in time, and how necessary it is to get their support.

If they really want to let them walk on their own, the remaining more than 600 kilometers, if they don't walk for another month, I am afraid they will not be able to reach the end.

Not to mention whether there will be unstoppable monsters on the way, Tony can't satisfy such a long journey just by looking at the individual's online time.

He still has to go to work during the day, and now he is taking advantage of the weekend, and it is just his turn to take a few days off. In terms of game time, it is actually only twenty days at most.

Therefore, he must end this mission within this period of time.

Fortunately, as time goes by, the distance between teammates on the small map is getting closer and closer, it is obvious... the players of the Celestial Dynasty are coming soon.

Tony calculated that, according to the current distance, combined with the average speed of the players in the past few days, they will be able to meet in three days at most.

And if it's early, maybe two days.

By the way, Tony's experience gauge is about to be full.

After accumulating enough experience points, it is time to advance to the silver rank.

However, unlike promotion to the black iron rank, promotion to the silver rank not only requires enough experience points, but also requires a special item - "silver job transfer quota".

In other words, the Silver Career Transfer Scroll.

Tony specifically inquired about how to obtain this item in advance.

The most mainstream method is to enter the Devil's Labyrinth in the first layer of hell through the plane passage in the world of Seggs, and kill the devil in the labyrinth to obtain it.

By the way, it is said that the Labyrinth of the Demon God was originally located in the world of Saiggs. At that time, the World Tree had not yet become the "World Tree", and the Labyrinth of the Demon God was located at the root of the World Tree.

And now, the goddess has become the master of the Dawn Era, and the first level of hell has also been controlled by the World Tree, becoming a place to take root, and this increasingly huge labyrinth has naturally moved.

Of course, Tony definitely can't go to the Devil's Labyrinth now, he can only use other methods.

There are three types, one is obtained through tasks, the other is drawn through special prize pool lottery tickets, and the other is directly exchanged for contribution.

The first two acquisition methods are unstable and depend on luck. If you are lucky, you can trigger the task of obtaining a job transfer quota while walking. A lottery ticket can be sent into the soul at once, but if you are unlucky...

It is said that there is a very famous player in the Celestial Dynasty. A long time ago, when the lottery was drawn, almost all of them were white board shoes.

Bad luck or something, that's probably what happened.

Of course, Tony didn't trigger any special quests, nor did he have enough lottery tickets. At the same time, he didn't believe that he could really be the lucky one.

So... if he wants to be promoted as soon as possible in the morning world, there is only one last way for him.

Redeem directly with Contribution.

It is said that the exchange of contribution points in the mall for transfer places is only available after the official global opening of "Elf Nation", and now it is only open to the upper ranks of silver.

As for the silver transfer quota, the contribution required in the mall is 200,000 points...

That's a lot of money, at least...for new players.

However, Tony, who has already received 500,000 contribution points, can still take it out.

Not only that, he calculated that if he redeemed the job transfer quota, the remaining contribution would be enough to support him in exchange for a set of epic silver equipment.

Presumably at that time, his strength will be greatly improved.

Of course, this is just Tony's consideration.

Now the team has walked out of the canyon forest, and judging from his system minimap, the supporting Celestial players are getting closer and closer to him.

If you can endure it first, after the task is completed, go to Flash through the teleportation array, and then teleport from Flash to the world of Segers, and then go to the Devil's Labyrinth of the first layer of hell to brush the transfer quota, which is also a kind of choose.

After all, the cost of changing job quotas is much lower than direct exchange, and the drop rate of Demon God Labyrinth seems to be quite high.

If you hold back for a few days, you can save hundreds of thousands of contribution degrees, so why not do it?

However, not to mention the promotion for the time being, now that the players who are being introduced are getting closer and closer to the team, it is time to share this exciting news with everyone.

"Everyone, the other Elf Chosen will be able to join us in three days at most. After we leave the canyon forest, we can take it easy."

Tony told the crowd.

After hearing his words, everyone's eyes lit up.

"That's great! If you can merge with the golden-ranked Chosen Lord, no matter how powerful the monster is, it won't be a threat!"

Poles was excited.

Ramis was also relieved.

The nerves that had been broken for a long time finally got a little relief.

"We can't relax. In the next few days, we will continue to move forward. The concentration of magic around here is not low. We still can't stay in place for too long, and we must leave the canyon forest as soon as possible."

Athos said with a solemn expression.

After listening to his words, everyone's eyes narrowed, and they nodded in agreement.

"By the way, where are we now? Where are we ahead?"

Ramis glanced at Mirel, who was holding a map, and asked.

Miller's gaze fell on the unfolded parchment map.

However, looking at the yellow broken map, her eyes gradually became serious.

She paused for a few seconds and couldn't help but glance at Athos, her eyes seemed a little complicated:

"In front, there is Snowman Mountain..."

"Snow Man Mountain?"

Poles and Ramis were stunned for a moment, but at the same time they couldn't help but turn their heads and looked at Athos.

Athos's expression remained calm.

However, a lot of times, calm often means not calm.

Noticing the changes in the expressions of several people, Tony's eyes narrowed slightly.

Snow over the mountains...?

He hesitated for a moment, and quickly checked the mainland information that the players had collected from the survivors of the Western Continent, and soon saw the relevant information.

Xuemanshan, which is a majestic mountain range in the eastern part of the Western Continent, is very famous and is covered with snow all year round.

However, the spread of its name is not because of the steep terrain or the magnificent scenery, but because it used to be a holy place in the hearts of all mages in the Western Continent.

The first university in the Western Continent, the Imperial Magic Academy, is located on the top of Xueman Mountain.

Also known as - Ice Castle.