Sonia’s lips moved slightly, and she smiled and shrugged, “I just thought the titles of these two books were interesting when I passed by, so I took them to read. There’s no special purpose. If they’re not good, I’ll return them later.”
Celia nodded thoughtfully, “You don’t have to explain it to me in such detail…”
Realizing that Sonia’s mind was in a mess, Celia changed the topic, “Actually, I was surprised to meet you at the Sen Manor. I thought you were also participating in the extermination operation.”
“Extermination operation?”
“Yeah, didn’t you hear about it from Professor Teluozan? Well, I guess your growth rate is too fast. The professor would rather let you miss this opportunity than let you take risks.”
“What is the extermination operation?” This term completely hit the farm woman’s knowledge blind spot.
Celia thought for a moment, “I’m not really sure either because it’s a private commission for talented students at the school. People who are not strong enough will not receive an invitation, and students who sign the contract are not allowed to disclose any information about the operation.”
“The reason I know is because Garlean also signed up for the extermination operation… I heard that Leonie is also participating, so I thought you wouldn’t be absent.”
After a pause, she continued, “It is said to be a special event involving young sorcerers from all over Camon City, even the genius sorcerers from the True University are participating!”
Not only Senior Leonie, but also the ultimate experts from the True University are willing to participate in the event!?
Sonia suddenly felt that she had missed a great opportunity, but she understood that it was normal. From the name alone, it was clear that this was a “battle” with danger.
Even though she was already a Silver Winged Sorcerer with fully expanded wings, she was also a “newbie sorcerer” who had just entered the Virtual Realm less than a month ago. Whether it was to protect her or to prevent her from dragging the team down, Professor Teluozan would never allow her to participate in such a dangerous operation too early.
“I still need to quickly make the professor recognize my strength, otherwise I won’t be able to participate in many activities.” Sonia thought to herself.
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…
In the Blood Moon Kingdom, on the outskirts of Camon City, on a hillside.
“Shift change, everything is normal.”
It was 10 o’clock in the morning, and the two adventurers in charge of observing the Virtual Realm passage pressed their necks and reported in a low voice. Soon, two teams came out of the tent in the mountainside camp and changed shifts.
Not long after they stood there, the younger adventurer complained, “Uncle, how long do we have to stay here? The weather is getting hotter, and there’s no air conditioning. But there are so many mosquitoes, even the strong mosquito repellent doesn’t work!”
“We have to wait another 12 hours. If they don’t come back in 72 hours, it can be basically confirmed that the ‘rabbit’ is dead.”
The adventurer in the cloak next to him spoke in a mechanical tone without any emotion. If you observed carefully, you would notice that his arms, thighs, and even one eye were not original, but mechanical.
“If it weren’t for the merits of this commission, I would rather stay in the war zone and kill some water ghosts.” The young adventurer muttered, “In my opinion, the person who caused the Virtual Realm disturbance should die. It not only increases our workload but also poses a security risk for foreign invasions…”
“Only sorcerers can cause disturbances in the Virtual Realm.” The uncle said, “Currently, there are 86 unknown Virtual Realm passages around Camon City, which means that 86 sorcerers have caused Virtual Realm disturbances. One of them might be you. Other people’s words make sense, but you are a sorcerer.”
The young man’s voice suddenly lowered, “I was just talking casually… Don’t you complain either, Uncle?”
“Just like how I accepted that I didn’t have the qualifications to become a sorcerer, I also accepted this natural disaster caused by sorcerers.” The uncle shook his head slightly, “I got tired of complaining before I turned forty.”
The young man changed the topic, “Uncle, how do you plan to use the merits you obtained this time? I’ve saved enough to exchange for the ‘Blade’ sorcery spirit. Now even if I encounter knowledge creatures, I can fight them.”
“I see that you haven’t consumed much. The equipment on your body is also an old version from a few years ago. Are you planning to use the merits to exchange for the latest version of accessories? If I didn’t have the heart to undergo physical transformation, I would also want to buy a ‘Silver Wolf Arm’ to play with.”
The uncle looked at him, and the cold gaze of his mechanical eye made the young man shudder. But the uncle quickly turned his eyes away and stared at the Virtual Realm passage, which seemed to be a spatial depression thirty meters away from the hillside.
“I plan to use the merits to buy some information.”
“What information?”
“Information about my child.”
“What child—Isn’t that illegal?!”
“I know, that’s why I’ve been saving merits for so many years. Otherwise, the other party wouldn’t take the risk.”
“Are you crazy!” The young man was shocked, “Why do such a thankless thing? You could use these merits on yourself to improve your combat power by two levels. You could use them to buy Moon Candy, gamble, or play. It would be enough for you to have fun for a year. Why do you want to use them to take a look at a stranger?”
“He’s not a stranger, he’s my child.”
“But what’s the difference from a stranger? You have to pay to even know what he looks like or what his name is.”
“But he’s my child. He was born because of me.”
“I can’t understand, you might as well give the merit to me.”
“You’re an Artificer, you’re young, you don’t understand. When I was young, I was like you, eating moon candies when I had money, gambling at the First Blood Casino, and modifying my own body. But as I got older, these entertainments lost their thrill for me, I lost interest in tomorrow.”
“Until one day I remembered, when I was young, I had a child with a woman to earn a childbirth fund. It was like the sky suddenly lit up, I found my life goal – to see that child.”
“You’re an Artificer, you can explore the Virtual Realm, you can study magic. But I can’t, if it wasn’t for the 70% full-body mechanical modification, I wouldn’t even qualify to join the war zone as an adventurer. Even the easiest entry-level gun technique, I can’t cross the threshold of ‘magic’.”
“I heard that Artificers are people who pursue miracles. That child is my miracle.”
The uncle pointed to his left eye: “I didn’t replace my left eye with a prosthetic one, because I want to see my child with my real eyes.”
The young man muttered softly: “Still can’t understand…”
The uncle let out a mechanical laugh: “Don’t try to understand me, it’s illegal.”
Bang!
Suddenly, the young man who was knocked flying fell in a daze, he cursed: “Uncle, what are you doing all of a sudden–“
The next second, all his words were stuck in his throat.
Because he saw a girl with orange hair in a dark blue battle armor standing where he had just been.
The girl stepped on the uncle’s body, her sword was covered with red and blue liquid. The uncle’s head had flown out, his mechanical spine was directly broken, spraying out red blood and blue machine fluid!
The young man’s pupils shrank, a screen popped up in front of his eyes: “Detecting–“
Snap!
When Lorien cut off the young man’s head, the two resting adventurers in the camp were also dealt with by other extermination team members.
In a short while, all 163 extermination team members gathered in the camp. Everyone was wearing dark blue battle armor, and all their weapons were special alchemical products, even the fist Artificers were wearing gloves! However, in the short few seconds of their arrival, a circle of constantly flashing blood light shackles appeared on their necks, making them look like humanoid light pollution.
“There are four rules to the game.”
“First, you must use a star weapon for the final blow when killing, otherwise you will not score when killing the target.”
“Second, try to survive for 48 hours without dying.”
“Third, try to kill as many targets as possible. Humanoid monsters are the priority, followed by others. Artificer monsters are the priority, followed by others.”
“Fourth, everyone must activate the transfer miracle in their battle armor to return here when the time comes, after 48 hours, the Star Cluster will automatically destroy this Level 2 Virtual Realm passage.”
“The holy stars connect us, the starlight will guide our path, let the game begin!”
Everyone’s pupils were glowing with a purple-blue light, hearing the command, everyone saluted uniformly, and then dispersed at the same time!
If you look from the sky, you can see that only a few blue dots are moving towards the villages in the north and south, most of the blue dots are heading towards Camon City in the west!