Chapter 197: Lich And Elf

Thousand Lake City.

Multiple races live together, a mix of good and bad.

This is a crucial force in the Eternal Night Forest.

The highest Rank in the Eternal Night Forest is the Sixth Stage; there are eight Fifth Stage regions like Thousand Lake City, but not every Fifth Stage area has a city. Some areas are dangerous Jedi where people do not gather.

The more unique point of Thousand Lake City is.

This is the only high-level area that has not been seized by the Eternal Night Dragon King, and there are many complex reasons why, which are difficult to explain in one sentence, but two reasons, one internal and one external, played a relatively important role.

In the process of the Eternal Night Dragon King occupying the Great Forest.

Hundreds of large Tribes and large forest cities were destroyed.

The survivors of these places always need a place to go, including the Elf Elder Artus and other Strong, gathered in Thousand Lake City, and all forces formed a powerful force by grouping together.

Ultimately making Thousand Lake City one of the most important bases to resist the Eternal Night Dragon King.

This is the internal cause.

What is the external cause?

The Eternal Night Forest stretches for thousands of miles.

But it is only one of many areas on the Chaos Continent.

There are also many large areas outside the Eternal Night Forest. Some areas even give birth to large Kingdoms or even Empires with a population of hundreds of millions. The overall strength is far above the Eternal Night Forest.

There are always people better than you.

The Great Forest, with its many Tribes, does indeed have a long history.

But if you look at the entire Chaos Continent, it is only a sparsely populated place on the edge. Although the overall population size is not huge, it has quite rich products, which will naturally attract the covetousness of various Outsider.

External Forces want to penetrate.

Thousand Lake City is the most ideal Base.

At this moment, in Thousand Lake City, there are not only the remnants of the Native faction represented by Artus, but also many agents of External Forces, or organizations and Forces supported by External Forces.

Although each has Evil Intentions.

But they have reached a consensus on defending Thousand Lake City.

For hundreds of years, the internal and external forces have joined forces to resist the Eternal Night Dragon King. Coupled with the restrictions of the Territory Law and the protection of the ancient Great Formation of Thousand Lake City, although they have encountered extremely dangerous crises several times, they have never been truly Broken Through by the Darkness Race.

In a short period of time.

As strong as the Eternal Night Dragon King.

It is also difficult to Annexation this City.

……

Before opening the City today, Qi Ji consumed a Mirror Stone and, with the Territory People, Elder Artus, as the Anchor Point, descended to Thousand Lake City. He then took a simple tour and sightseeing of the City.

“Thousand Lake City lives up to its reputation!”

This City was built at the confluence of multiple rivers and many lakes. A large amount of rich water resources, coupled with the rugged Terrain, formed hundreds of waterfalls, and a dense water network divided the City into many areas.

The Main City area consists of sixteen adjacent islands.

The architectural style of each District is different, which is related to the main Race living in that area.

For example, in the Districts with more Elven Race, half-elves, and Flower Fairy Clan, there will be a large area covered with vegetation on the island, and the architectural style will also be based on tree houses and flower houses, thereby reflecting the beauty of natural harmony.

And in the island area where the tiger people, bear people, Jackalmen, and half-Orcs account for the majority, the overall feeling is empty and wild, and the architecture is full of Tribal style and shamanic elements.

As for the island Districts with more Dwarves, the architectural style of the entire island is full of granite and Steel features, as well as a large number of specially made chimneys, and there is often the light of the Crucible and the burning exhaust gas released from it.

At least thirty different Forest Races live in Thousand Lake City.

The sixteen island Districts, each with its own characteristics and strong styles, are not completely isolated. If viewed from a high altitude, it can be seen that most of the islands are connected by bridges.

With sixteen Main City areas as the core, there are many scattered scraps forming Towns. Overall, it looks like a compass of a god has been smashed on the Land. While the scenery is very beautiful, it is also full of strong local characteristics.

If the travel destination in the Eternal Night Forest has a ranking.

Thousand Lake City is definitely the King.

It is a must-visit place.

It best reflects the characteristics of the many Tribes of the Great Forest.

Qi Ji knows that the strategic significance of Thousand Lake City is far more important than it seems.

First of all, there are more than one million permanent residents here.

The potential population behind it is six or seven times this number!

Because there are many Tribal residents in Thousand Lake City, and the Old Nest of these Tribal residents still exists in the Great Forest. These Tribes are the core of the Tribe. Moving a part to Thousand Lake City is only to play the role of insurance or trade demand.

Thousand Lake City has a huge influence on the Great Forest!

In addition, Thousand Lake City looks broken and complex in Terrain. In fact, transportation is very convenient. Because of the convergence of thousands of water networks, there are large and small Ports.

A glance.

The masts are like a forest, very lively.

The shipping routes of this City can not only reach most areas of the Forest.

There are also two crucial waterways, one of which can enter the vast Sea to the west, and the other can enter the Great Grassland of the South to the south.

In the Western Sea, there are hundreds and thousands of Sea Race Kingdoms, and hundreds of millions of Sea Race people.

In the Southern Great Grassland, there are also hundreds of millions of Orcs living.

These two places do not directly interact. If resources and goods need to be transported and traded, Thousand Lake City is the most important transportation hub. The market Potential and Profit can be imagined!

But because these two routes are too long.

They will pass through areas of various sizes in the middle. The Territory Laws of each area are different. And because more than ninety percent of the areas of the Great Forest are occupied by the Darkness Race, the difficulty of this long-distance shipping is very high, so it is basically in a state of severance.

Of course.

Qi Ji is not here for Travel.

He hasn’t thought about occupying this place in a short period of time.

Today is the day when the “Thousand Lake City Internet Cafe” officially opens.

He attaches great importance to coming here in person to encourage morale and guide the Work.

The Miracle City Headquarters is located on Maple Island, one of the sixteen City Districts of Thousand Lake City.

This island is named after its resemblance to maple leaves. It is an Outer District of Thousand Lake City and is also an important transportation and shipping hub, so the proportion of the floating population is very high, and the commercial atmosphere of multi-races is particularly active.

There are multiple Streets in Maple Island.

Among them, “Adventurer’s Street” is very special.

As the name suggests, it is a place where Adventurers and travelers of all races in Thousand Lake City gather.

There are more than a dozen Headquarters of various Territories in Thousand Lake City, as well as more than thirty Adventurer’s Inns and more than ten Adventurer’s Taverns. There are a large number of catering and tourism service facilities specifically for serving Adventurers.

Why does Thousand Lake City allow the Human Territory to establish a Headquarters in the City?

And even set up a special zone for management?

Because the Dungeon Lords who can survive in the Eternal Night Forest all have their own tricks, and Thousand Lake City wants to survive, it has to win over all the Forces and Strength that can be won over.

Only in this way can it barely survive under the threat of the Eternal Night Dragon King.

Moreover, the Human underground city is not only a Force, but also a source of resources. The resources produced from these Adventure Halls are also of great significance to Thousand Lake City.

Not only is it Thousand Lake City.

Many large Cities on the Chaos Continent.

Will specifically open Adventure Zones.

Because it is not the first time to build a Headquarters in Thousand Lake City.

So it can be done in just two or three days.

The current scale of the Miracle City Headquarters is not large, with a Second-Tier Secret Realm Hall, an Adventurer’s Guild, a Soul Altar, and a Territory Warehouse.

The Guild, Altar, and Warehouse are all hidden behind.

The Secret Realm Hall faces Adventurer’s Street.

Hanging the Miracle City sign.

“Artus, you have done a good job, and you have not disappointed This Lord.”

Qi Ji praised the efficiency and Result of the Elf Elder and announced, “I plan to recruit the first batch of two hundred local Adventurers, of which the Elven Race can obtain half of the Quota.”

Elder Artus was overjoyed.

The number of Foreign Race Adventurers that the Human Territory can recruit is limited.

In general, the proportion cannot exceed one-tenth of the total number of Adventurers.

It can be seen that the Adventurer Quota of Miracle City is actually very precious. Now that they are close to the water, the Elven Race has obtained such preferential treatment, and the Development and Potential of the Territory will be ahead of other Races in the future.

Time is of the essence.

Artus immediately took action.

First, he selected a hundred Elves.

Let them awaken their Adventurer’s Soul first.

In this way, the performance of the Thousand Lake City Internet Cafe will be guaranteed, and with the quality of the Territory’s Secret Realm, it will attract a large number of local people and Adventurers in a few days, thereby forming Influence and constantly attracting traffic for Miracle City!

Everything is ready.

The Adventure Hall officially opened.

In this Process, it attracted the curiosity and Spectators of many local Adventurers.

However, just as this group of Adventurers were curiously discussing, a group of uninvited guests came to the Hall first, and their arrival made Artus frown directly and look unhappy.

Who would have thought.

The first visitors to the Miracle Adventure Hall were a group of Undead.

The leader was a Lich with a small body, a long robe with complex magic patterns, a large Hood, and a gloomy Aura.

He was followed by an Undead Knight in full Gothic heavy armor.

He also brought multiple Undead Warriors and Undead Mages.

Artus: “Visarous, what are you doing here?”

The Lich chuckled, “I heard that Elder has introduced an Adventure Hall to Thousand Lake City, so I specially brought my subordinates to support it. Elder Artus doesn’t want to drive me away, does he?”

Is he?

Qi Ji was a little surprised.

He knows “Visarous”.

An Old Lich who is exactly one thousand two hundred years old!

He is an Elder of the Pale Truth Society, a genuine Fifth Order Existence. This kind of Strength is a Top-Tier Experts in the entire Great Forest, and he is also one of the strongest people in Thousand Lake City.

Artus looked at Qi Ji: “Lord, if you don’t welcome him, I will drive them out!”

Qi Ji said calmly, “It doesn’t matter, as long as they are not here to make trouble, the Miracle City Adventure Hall welcomes Adventurers of any Identity and any Race to come and Adventure.”

“Is that so?”

Visarous hehehe smiled: “Coincidentally, I also have an Adventurer’s Soul, and I have already reached the Third Rank. Let me see what’s so special about the underground city that Elder Artus values.”

Artus was a little anxious: “Lord, you don’t know, this person, he…”

Qi Ji said calmly: “It doesn’t matter, Miracle City embraces all rivers, and even the Undead Race can be tolerated. And after seeing the Secret Realm of Miracle City, I think these Undead will not be thinking about harassing you all day long.”

Artus was stunned.

He did not tell the Lord the Inside Information.

Why does he seem to know everything like a prophet?

Artus is very disgusted with this Visarous, not only because the Elf Race and the Undead Race are inherently at odds, but also because Visarous was also an Elf in the Great Forest.

At that time, this Place was not called “Eternal Night Forest”, but “Sacred Tree Great Forest”.

Visarous, who was only three hundred years old at the time, had outstanding Talent and was originally expected to become the youngest Elf Elder of Sacred Tree City.

However, this genius, who was highly expected by the entire Race, a strong candidate for future Elder or High Priestess, was obsessed with knowledge and, for the pursuit of forbidden knowledge, carried out cruel Experiments without any bottom line.

Eventually, due to the exposure of the scandals, the Elf Elders of Sacred Tree City were collectively shocked.

Visarous was therefore expelled from the Great Forest.

No one expected that Visarous not only did not reflect after being expelled from his homeland, but instead, he sank deeper and deeper on the path of pursuing forbidden knowledge, and even joined the oldest and most mysterious Lich organization on the Continent, the “Pale Truth Society”.

This organization is not simple.

It is considered to be one of the top Undead Race Forces on the Continent.

Although there are not many Members, each of them is a powerful Lich from all over the Continent and from all Eras.

Later

The Eternal Night Dragon King descended to the Great Forest.

He destroyed Sacred Tree City with absolute power.

At least seventy percent of the Elves died in this Cataclysm. Many Strong were transformed into Black Elves by the Eternal Night Dragon King and became loyal slaves of this Dark Monarch. The High Priestess died in battle, the Great Elder was seriously injured, and the Elves were torn apart.

The Lich Visarous saw the Opportunity.

He brought the Undead Race Forces back to the Great Forest.

Ultimately, he made great Merit in the defense of Thousand Lake City.

Therefore, Thousand Lake City has an island dedicated to the Undead, and the Undead Race has also become one of the important Forces in the area, thus becoming a Big Shot in Thousand Lake City.

At this time.

Adventurers entered the Hall one after another.

Among these Adventurers, most of them were Foreign Race Adventurers, but Human Adventurers could also be seen.

Although most of them came from the underground cities in various areas of the Eternal Night Forest, some Adventurers also came from afar from outside the Eternal Night Forest.

“Miracle City?”

“Have you heard of it?”

“Never heard of it.”

“Does the Eternal Night Forest have this underground city?”

“This is only a Second Rank Foundation Headquarters. The level of the underground city is estimated to not be too high. It is probably an underground city supported by the Elves.”

“No matter what.”

“There is a new Secret Realm to play.”

“Let’s go in and try it first!”

“……”

Adventurers began to “go online” one after another.

Visarous and his subordinates also walked into the Adventure Hall.

The Lich was not interested in Miracle City or Adventure, and he did not take Lord Qi Ji seriously at all. His Ambition was very big. He wanted to seize the entire Thousand Lake City.

Because as long as Thousand Lake City is completely controlled.

With the support of the Pale Truth Society.

Even if he can’t defeat the Eternal Night Dragon King, he can contend with him and rule nearly half of the Territory of the Great Forest, and he will also become a generation of Lich Kings.

But it’s not easy to seize Thousand Lake City.

So Visarous turned his attention to Artus.

The Elf Elder is already old, seriously injured, and has only a few years of Lifespan left. If he can be tempted and corrupted and allowed to degenerate into a Lich, Thousand Lake City will have two Fifth Order Liches, and the overall Strength will be greatly improved!

As for Adventure?

Visarous has lived for one thousand two hundred years.

He has been to underground cities, no less than a thousand or eight hundred.

Although he was indeed obsessed with Adventure for a period of time when he was young, with the growth of Experience and the increase of Secret Realm seen, he has long lost interest in Secret Realm.

The so-called Adventure.

It’s just a child’s play.

But he needs to find a Reason to get close to the Elves.

Only in this way can he have the Opportunity to entice these stubborn guys.

This is also why Visarous will appear in the Adventure Hall.

This is a good Opportunity… These Stupid, ancient Elves will know sooner or later that only by embracing the Undying and joining them can they save the Great Forest and fight against the powerful Eternal Night Dragon King!

Of course.

This is not urgent.

Otherwise, it will cause the Elves to dislike.

Visarous is a Lich. In theory, he has an infinite Lifespan, so what he lacks least is Patience. For him, whether it is five years or ten years, it is nothing.

Before this.

Pretend to Adventure first.

Just as Visarous was thinking like this.

“Oh my god!”

“Is this a whole Continent?”

“Amazing, this Secret Realm, it seems to have something!”

“……”

Visarous was about to activate the Secret Realm Crystal, but he was attracted by the exclamation of a group of Adventurers in front of him. When he saw the Content presented in the Secret Realm Crystal, the Lich and the Undead around him were also stunned.

The Character chosen by this Adventurer is the Gunner.

The Scene presented at this moment is the opening Plot, where the Gunner, in order to evade the Chase, jumps from the Heavenly Realm into the Sky Sea, and as a Result, unexpectedly passes through the Sky Sea and falls towards the Arad Continent.

In this Plot Story.

The Adventurer can directly overlook the Arad Continent, especially most areas before Level 60, and various rich Terrain environments, buildings, and Towns are enough to create a huge Impact and Experience for any Adventurer who has not seen the world.

“Lord!”

At this time, a female Adventurer of the Fox Race came to Qi Ji.

She humbly asked, “Is this ‘Arad Continent’ Secret Realm really a whole Continent?”

Another half-Orc Adventurer looked doubtful: “Impossible, it’s estimated to be at least a texture, how can there be such a big Secret Realm, this is simply impossible to do!”

However.

Facing the questions of the Adventurers.

Qi Ji answered: “What you see in the Secret Realm Crystal is part of the ‘Arad Continent’, and every area you see can be reached. The Scale and Depth that this Secret Realm can explore are far greater than you imagine.”

“What?”

“What you see is what you can reach?”

“Is this true?”

“But how is this possible!”

“This is equivalent to creating a World!”

“……”

The Adventurers were both shocked and suspicious.

Not to mention them, Artus is no exception.

However, unlike the Outsider Adventurers who do not understand Miracle City, Artus has seen Qi Ji’s Means and has seen the various rich Secret Realm of Miracle City. He knows that this Great Lord can definitely do all this.

In this Secret Realm.

He created a whole Continent!

“Your Excellency.”

“Where is the place where the Gunner first appeared?”

“Why does the Arad Continent appear under the Ocean?”

“Can we go back up in the future?”

“……”

“This Lord can only reveal so much Content.” Qi Ji refused to answer these messy questions. “Arad is a World with a long History and is a Paradise tailored for Adventurers. Please understand this World through your own Efforts.”

The Lich Visarous heard this.

He also couldn’t help but be curious.

Is it true that a Lord can make a whole Continent at one go when making a Secret Realm?

Impossible!

Visarous has been to many underground cities, and there are not a few Fifth and Sixth Order underground cities. The scale of this Super underground city is not much different from that of an Empire. The Secret Realm that has been polished for hundreds of years is very large.

But even so.

This Secret Realm is also composed of dozens or hundreds of smaller Secret Realm units.

Visarous has never seen a Lord who can directly create a rich and prosperous Continent… After all, this is too wasteful of Resources, and how many Materials will it consume meaninglessly!

“No wonder he was chosen by Artus… This underground city seems a little different.”

Without thinking too much.

Visarous activated a Secret Realm Crystal.

There is only one Secret Realm Option: Arad Continent.

There is only one Secret Realm? I heard that some Dungeon Lords will create special facilities and connect all the Secret Realm Cores of the Territory, so they can create a larger body and a larger-scale Secret Realm.

This underground city.

Will it also do this?

But such a pursuit of extreme, cost-effectiveness seems not to be high.

This Lord may have some Talent, but it feels like he is not very smart.

In fact, the Reason why there is only one Secret Realm is that the Headquarters cannot directly connect to the Core Main City, but can only connect to other Main Cities and Subordinate Cities, and Thousand Lake City is too far away from the Main City of Miracle.

The Second-Tier Headquarters restriction is still too great.

So there is only one “Arad Continent” that can be used.

But in Qi Ji’s opinion, the Secret Realm is refined rather than more. Although there is only one Arad, it is an interactive Online Game, and it has very rich game Content and playability, which is especially suitable for attracting new people and attracting traffic for the Territory.

Without thinking too much.

Visarous created a Ghost Swordsman as his Character.

Why choose the Ghost Swordsman? The “Ghost” gives people a feeling closer to the Undead. As a thousand-year-old Lich, of course, he has to choose a Character and Role that better fits his Identity.

First of all.

Is the opening Plot of the Ghost Swordsman.

The Story of the Ghost Swordsman is very simple.

He was originally a boy from an ordinary family. He was living a very peaceful life. Suddenly one day, his left hand underwent a Mutation and turned into a Crimson Ghost Hand.

This Ghost Hand.

Has powerful Strength.

It can also affect people’s minds and make people go mad.

The boy killed his close relatives in a loss of control, and from then on, he embarked on the path of wandering in order not to harm others anymore. However, the shadow and sense of guilt of killing relatives still haunted him as a nightmare for many years.

One afternoon.

The Ghost Swordsman woke up from the nightmare of that year again.

The Place where he is now is exactly where the Adventure begins – Roeland!

Thus.

The first battle began.

Visarous controlled the Ghost Swordsman and slashed all the Goblins in a few strokes.

After discovering the settings of the “Arad Continent”‘s Health Bar, Mana Bar, and the chat interface and interaction mechanism in the Town.

“This Secret Realm is indeed very unusual, a bit interesting…”

He also had to admit.

This is indeed a stunning Secret Realm.

Not only is the gameplay and fun very rich, but the Art Style is also very unique, both familiar and refreshing!

Next.

First, he completed the task of saving Seria.

Under the guidance of Seria, the Adventurers came to Gran Forest to conduct an Investigation and challenged Dark Woods, Thunder Ruin, and Poisonous Dark Woods one after another.

The battles they have experienced.

Each one is more difficult than the last.

The Leader of Dark Woods is a Level 5 Bullhead Giant Beast, which is very Thick-Skinned and Tough and has a lot of Pressure. It has the Strength of Second Rank One-Star. Visarous also spent a lot of Effort to defeat it.

As for the Leader of Thunder Ruin, it is a Level 7 mutated Goblin “Falling Thunder Keno”. Although it is also Second Rank One-Star Strength, the Level is higher and the Suppression is stronger, and the Falling Lightning attacks it releases are astonishing.

The entry condition for Thunder Ruin is Level 5.

But if the Adventurer’s Rank does not reach Level 6.

Falling Thunder Keno can kill them with a few Falling Lightning.

Most of the current Adventurers can’t beat it, so they can only turn around and go to Dark Woods to brush equipment and Leveling, and then continue to challenge Falling Thunder Keno after their Levels reach Level 5 or above and their equipment is better.

Visarous found Artus through the game’s private chat: “Elder Artus, the difficulty of this Thunder Ruin is quite high, and other Adventurers can’t beat it in a short time.”

Artus: “What do you want to say?”

Visarous: “Why don’t we join forces to kill this Falling Thunder Keno and pave the way for other Adventurers?”

Artus did not reply.

But he did not refuse.

This gave Visarous an Opportunity.

He immediately said: “Elder Artus plays the Mage. I just dropped a Level 5 Apprentice Staff. This equipment can enhance your Combat Power.”

Artus thought about it: “I’ll take the Staff. I won’t take advantage of you either. I’ll exchange it with an old Heavy Sword.”

After the two reached a consensus.

They decided to team up to challenge Falling Thunder Keno.

A group of Elves surrounded Artus’ Secret Realm Crystal, and a group of Undead surrounded Visarous’ Secret Realm Crystal. In the Secret Realm, the two Big Shots had already formed a Team Up and entered the Thunder Ruin Dungeon.

The other Adventurers were all amazed when they saw this situation.

Elves hate the Undead, and the Undead don’t like the Elves. After all, one symbolizes Life and the other represents Death. They are fundamentally two extremes that are incompatible.

At this moment.

The two sides actually joined forces.

Just to challenge a Goblin Falling Thunder Keno!

（PS: Begging for votes! ）