Game of the World Tree - Chapter 935

935. Chapter 929 Sunrise (VI): Ice Castle

The wind howled, ruffling Athos’s withered silver hair.

The old wizard leaned on his staff, his eyes fixed on the rolling clouds above the sky, deep and sad, as if he was going through time and space.

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

“Sorry… Mr. Athos, I didn’t know…”

Tony opened his mouth, looking guilty.

However, Athos quickly withdrew his gaze from the sky.

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

“It’s okay, Master Tony, it’s all in the past.”

“The catastrophe has brought indelible harm to everyone. It is because of this that we know the beauty of peace and the preciousness of blue sky and white clouds…”

“As survivors, we are much luckier than those victims.”

“Live well and strive to live for the possible beautiful future. This is what we survivors should do.”

“We should be strong and 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 incomparable firm power.

Looking at his persistent eyes, Tony’s heart trembled and he stood in awe for a while.

“Mr. Athos, you are really a strong elder. After chatting with you for a day, I realized how cowardly I was in my daily life.”

Tony sighed slightly.

Looking at this old man with firm beliefs, at this moment, he couldn’t help but think of himself.

He thought of the unforgettable setbacks he had experienced since childhood, and also thought of the fact that he had become more obsessed with games after his recent breakup, which was actually a self-anesthetization to escape reality…

The breakup of the relationship caused by his addiction to games was just an appearance.

He always knew that what really surrounded him was the introversion and inferiority buried in his bones…

Because of his introversion, he didn’t like to socialize, and because of his inferiority, he escaped from reality and indulged in games.

It was precisely because of this that in his relationship with his girlfriend, he did not work hard to solve the problem when conflicts arose, but chose to escape every time.

Escape again and again, choose to remain silent after conflicts, and choose to turn to immerse himself in games, which eventually brought the other party’s complete disappointment.

It was just a vicious cycle.

Compared with Athos who faced the painful past, compared with the old man who buried his grief and continued to move forward, he was really far behind.

“No, Master Tony, please be confident. You are willing to embark on this journey for us, which 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 didn’t answer.

Strong? Kind?

No…

He knew very well that he was willing to participate only because it was a “game”.

He was far from being as noble as Athos said.

It was precisely because of this that he felt more ashamed when he saw the grateful and respectful eyes cast by everyone.

With Athos’s story and Tony’s sigh, the atmosphere of the team was a little low for a while.

Until the warrior Bols laughed:

“Hey, let’s not talk about these sad things! How about listening to the story of me, Ramis and Milel?”

“Speaking of which, it’s also unlucky. The three of us were originally mercenaries of a small mercenary group. We had saved a lot of money and were about to retire and open a tavern together. Who knew that just after I told the leader about retiring, the catastrophe came…”

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

“The most annoying thing is that we specially exchanged most of the supplies on hand for gold pounds before retiring, but in the end, all the gold pounds added up couldn’t even buy a box of beer!”

“Isn’t it unlucky? Hahahaha…”

Bols laughed and tried to change the subject.

But… his ability to change the subject didn’t seem to be very good. Except for him laughing awkwardly, no one else agreed.

The sturdy warrior laughed for a while and seemed to realize the awkward atmosphere.

Finally, he rolled his eyes, his gaze paused on the silent crowd, and said dejectedly:

“Damn it! It seems that the story I told is not funny. I swear, I will never interrupt at such a bad time in my life.”

“Puff…”

Looking at his silly look like a depressed brown bear, Miller couldn’t help laughing.

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

“Puff, Bols, you’d better not mention the previous things. If you hadn’t always said that the gold pound was easy to carry, Miller and I would have replaced all our things in the end.”

Ramis scolded with a smile.

Miller also shook his head and complained:

“Yes, it’s all your fault.”

However, although the words he said were complaints, there was no resentment in their eyes.

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

With this commotion, the originally depressed atmosphere in the team was swept away.

The team escorting the magic energy core regained their high spirits and optimism.

Athos looked at the few people who, following Bols’ lead, began to expose each other’s shortcomings, laugh and scold each other, and his eyes became softer.

He looked up at the sky with rolling clouds and said,

“It’s still early, let’s keep moving forward. If everything goes well, perhaps we can get out of the central plains today.”

With Athos’s order, the laughter and scolding in the team slowly stopped.

The expressions of the few people returned to a serious and vigilant look, and continued their journey.

Tony slowly withdrew his gaze from the few people.

He did not continue to ask about the whereabouts of Athos’s son, but took a deep breath, refreshed himself, and followed the pace of the few people.

The past is the past. Only by facing difficulties and welcoming tomorrow can we have a better future.

…

The journey that followed was quite normal, not difficult, but not smooth either.

The group continued with their previous tactics, with Tony as the core, fighting as they walked, defeating one monster after another that blocked their way forward.

As the battles continued, the group’s coordination became more and more smooth.

Tony gained more and more experience points.

From Iron to Silver is a watershed, and the required experience points have increased significantly.

That’s why Tony’s promotion speed slowed down all of a sudden. It wasn’t

until everyone crossed the central plains and entered the hinterland of the canyon forest that runs through the north and south of the Western Continent that his experience bar barely reached halfway.

However, although he hasn’t officially been promoted to the Silver rank, Tony has become more and more proficient in using [Eagle Strike], and his combat level has greatly improved compared to the beginning.

At this moment, he even suspected that if he encountered a vicious incident like robbery in reality again, relying on the experience he had accumulated in the game, he might be able to kill the opponent with his bare hands…

The topography of the Canyon Forest is more complex than all the terrains they have walked through before. Although it is less than ten kilometers wide, it is difficult to cross and requires a long and winding road.

Not only that, there are more fallen monsters hidden here, and every step forward must be cautious.

However, the comprehensive combat effectiveness of the group has long been different from the past. Although there were several thrilling moments along the way, they were finally saved with everyone’s efforts.

Finally, on the thirteenth day of the journey, the group finally walked out of the difficult Canyon Forest.

At this time, the group still had more than 600 kilometers left to the Dawn Fortress.

In other words, the group has shortened the straight-line distance by more than 100 kilometers in the past ten days.

Of course, if it is converted into actual kilometers, it will be much more.

After all, in order to bypass powerful monsters along the way, the group has taken many detours.

At this time, Tony was also glad that he could contact the players of the Celestial Empire in time, and how necessary it was to get their support.

If they really had to go on their own, the remaining 600 kilometers would not be able to reach the end without walking for another month.

Not to mention whether he would encounter unbeatable monsters on the road, Tony could not meet such a long journey just by looking at his online time.

He had to work during the day, and now he had a few days off during the weekend and his turn to take a day off. If converted into game time, it would actually be no more than 20 days.

Therefore, he had to complete this task within this period of time.

Fortunately, as time passed, the teammates on the small map were getting closer and closer. It was obvious that the players from China were also about to arrive.

Tony calculated that according to the current distance and the average speed of the players from China in the past few days, they would meet in at most three days.

If it was early, maybe two days would be enough.

By the way, Tony’s experience slot was about to be full.

After accumulating enough experience points, it was time to be promoted to the silver rank.

However, unlike the promotion to the black iron rank, the promotion to the silver rank not only required sufficient experience points, but also a special item – “Silver Job Transfer Quota”.

In other words, the silver job transfer scroll.

Tony specifically checked how to obtain this item in advance.

The most mainstream method is to enter the Demon God Labyrinth in the first layer of hell through the plane channel of the Segos world, and kill the demons in the labyrinth to obtain it.

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

Now, the goddess has become the master of the Dawn Era, and the first layer of hell plane has also been taken under the control of the World Tree and has become a place to take root. This increasingly large labyrinth has naturally moved.

Of course, Tony certainly can’t go to the Demon God Labyrinth now, so he can only use other methods.

There are three types, one is to obtain it through tasks, one is to draw through special prize pool lottery tickets, and one is to directly exchange it with contribution points.

The first two methods of obtaining it are not stable and rely on luck. If you are lucky, you can trigger the task of obtaining a job transfer quota while walking, and you can get it with a lottery ticket. If you are unlucky…

It is said that there is a very famous player in the Celestial Empire. A long time ago, when he was drawing a lottery, nine out of ten were white shoes.

Poor unlucky people, that’s probably the miserable situation.

Of course, Tony had not triggered any special tasks, nor did he have enough lottery tickets. At the same time, he did not believe that he could really become the lucky one who got the prize.

So… if he wanted to get promoted in the Dawn World as soon as possible, there was only one last way left for him.

Use contribution points to exchange directly.

It is said that using contribution points to exchange for job transfer quotas in the mall is only available after the official global opening of “Elf Kingdom”. Now it is only available to the upper silver level.

The lower silver job transfer quota requires 200,000 contribution points in the mall…

This is already a huge sum 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 exchanged the job transfer quota, the remaining contribution points would be enough to support him to exchange for a set of epic silver equipment.

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

Of course, this is just Tony’s consideration.

Now the team has walked out of the canyon forest, and from his system small map, the supporting Chinese players are getting closer and closer to him.

If you can be patient, after the task is completed, you can go to Shantem through the teleportation array, then teleport from Shantem to the Segos world, and then go to the Demon God Labyrinth in the first layer of hell to brush the job transfer quota, which is also an option.

After all, the cost of brushing the job transfer quota is much lower than directly exchanging, and the drop rate of the Demon God Labyrinth seems to be quite high.

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

However, let’s not talk about promotion for now. Now that the players we are guiding are getting closer and closer to the team, it’s 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 a break.”

Tony said to everyone.

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

“Great! If we can meet with the Chosen One of the gold rank, no matter how powerful the monster is, it will not be a threat!”

Bols said excitedly.

Ramis also breathed a sigh of relief.

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

“We can’t relax. We have to keep moving forward in the next few days. The concentration of magic power around here is not low. We still can’t stay here for too long. We must leave the canyon forest as soon as possible.”

Athos said with a serious expression.

After hearing his words, everyone’s eyes fixed and nodded in agreement.

“By the way, where are we now? Where is ahead?”

Ramis asked, looking at Milel who was holding a map.

Milel’s eyes fell on the unfolded parchment map.

However, looking at the yellowed torn map, her eyes gradually became solemn.

She paused for a few seconds and couldn’t help but look at Athos. There seemed to be some complexity in her eyes:

“Ahead, it’s Snow Mountain…”

“Snow Mountain?”

Bols and Ramis were slightly stunned, and at the same time they couldn’t help but turn their heads and look at Athos.

Athos’s expression was still calm.

However, many times, calmness often means unpeace.

Noticing the changes in the expressions of several people, Tony’s eyes condensed slightly.

Snow Mountain…?

He hesitated for a moment, and quickly checked the continent information collected and sorted by the players from the survivors of the Western Continent, and soon saw the relevant information.

Snow Mountain, that is a towering mountain range in the east of the Western Continent, very famous, with snow all year round.

However, its name spread not because of the steep terrain, nor because of the magnificent scenery, but because it was once a holy place in the hearts of all wizards in the Western Continent.

The former first institution of learning in the Western Continent, the Imperial School of Magic, is located on Snow Mountain.

Also known as – Ice Castle.

Suddenly I realized that the length of this chapter may not take me half a month to write… It’s already late (laughing and crying)

(End of this chapter)