Volume 6: Fighting for the World Chapter 222 Tower of Faith
After the operation to kill Almadi, I didn't waste any more time to replenish the dead bone dragons. Anyway, I was about to be promoted to the ninth level. At that time, the main combat arms under my command would definitely be replaced by the higher-level black bone dragons, and the bone dragons were destined to be eliminated. At present, the top players of other professions are also working hard to earn seniority points to strive for early promotion. I can't relax at all. Therefore, every day after that was spent in hard killing - from time to time in the human world, I went to the Western Continent to bully those weak or lonely light players, moving towards the lofty goal of "slaughtering tens of thousands of people"; in the "Dead Soul Space", I no longer signed "Soul Contracts" to subdue my subordinates, but slaughtered the bone dragons in the "Dragon Bone Mountain" to earn more seniority points. After struggling for more than half a month, I finally earned the required 100% seniority points in late January and could be promoted to the ninth level of the Undead Holy Mage profession.
At this time, "Tianxia" has not yet released an announcement about a certain player being the first to be promoted to the ninth-level profession. As I expected, my chances of regaining the title of "first to be promoted" are very high. Naturally, I dare not delay any longer. After logging off and resting up, I rushed to the promotion place, "Castle of the Dead", to see what kind of promotion task will be assigned to me this time. I hope it won't be too abnormal. I'm just an ordinary player and don't want to be used as an omnipotent superman.
Apart from causing those Light players to run around in panic, nothing happened along the way, and I arrived at the "Castle of the Dead" smoothly. Recently, they would come to visit me every ten days or half a month for one or another task, and as my strength continued to increase, those NPC Undead Holy Mages rarely acted like seniors when they saw me, and became more and more polite, which showed that my status among the Undead wizards should be getting higher and higher.
I entered the Death Temple, which was specially opened for professional promotion after the system upgrade. After submitting the promotion application, it was the old man who came out to greet me. His old face was full of smiles, but my brows were furrowed so much that they were almost tangled together. What I worry about is really what will happen. He actually asked him to do it again. Needless to say, the promotion task assigned to me next will definitely not be an easy task to handle. Alas, the number one seed is so valued that I don’t need to apply. It is determined that I will definitely choose the most difficult promotion task. There is no need for the younger brothers to come out to walk the formalities. The big boss has already appeared in person.
"Ah, hello, Ah Dai. It's so nice to see you appear in the Temple of Death for promotion so soon. You are also the number one in the profession of Undead Wizard. I am so happy. You have lived up to my expectations of investing heavily in you..." Almost every time we meet, the dead old man would brag about it tirelessly, without considering my feelings at all, and would not change his words. At first, I didn't know the reason, and thought that this NPC god might be a narcissist. Later, I vaguely learned some inside information from Long Xing Tianxia, and it turned out that he was secretly competing with Lucifer, the Lord of the "Devil Prison" and the King of Depravity. The old man gave Taotao to me, and his investment in me was obviously rewarded. The player that Lucifer favored was delayed because of some things, and his development was relatively lagging. He has not yet been able to stand out in the magic knight profession, which has become a great pride of the old man in gaining the upper hand in the verbal dispute with Lucifer. The dark camp is not a monolithic entity. It seems that the two dark gods also represent different interests. This is probably the main reason why two dark professions of the same nature as the light profession have two gods. There is confrontation in close cooperation. Even within a large enterprise, there may be differences. The relationship is too complicated, far from what we outsiders can understand and worry about. Just focus on your own development and don't care about so much.
"Hello, respected Lord Death, I am also very happy to listen to your teachings again. I wonder what the ninth-level career promotion task assigned to me will be?" Knowing the temperament of the old man, I don't have the leisure to chat with him. Getting straight to the point is the best strategy to get out of trouble.
The old man seemed to have something more to say, but business was more important, so he couldn't continue to talk nonsense. He restrained his smile and said seriously, "This time, I think you will still choose the most difficult promotion task, right?"
"Yes, Lord Death." The additional basic mental attributes and skill rewards obtained from the last siege of Almati were calculated separately and had nothing to do with the rewards obtained for completing the promotion task. The rules were still the same as before. If you wanted to get more promotion rewards, you had to complete the most difficult promotion task.
"Are you sure?"
"I'm sure!" I didn't hesitate at all. This is the fate of top masters.
The old man then took out a scroll with a task marked on it. "This is a promotion task called 'Tower of Faith'. It was originally an additional task that had to be completed when advancing to the tenth-level Holy Spirit Mage profession. Now it is given to you as the most difficult promotion task for the ninth-level Undead Holy Mage profession."
"'Tower of Faith'? What is that place? How come I have never heard of it?"
"The 'Tower of Faith' is a mysterious place. Ordinary people are not qualified to know of its existence. It is located in the human world. The tower enshrines a bit of divine consciousness of the various gods. There is a special passage that can directly connect to the space where the gods reside. Its function is to obtain the right to spread the faith and glory of gods in the human world, and to gather the power of faith of all believers in the world for the gods to absorb and transform into their own divine power to enhance their strength."
"So, the God of Death is also enshrined in the 'Tower of Faith'?"
The old man shook his head, his face looked a little sad, and he told a sad story. "Originally, Lucifer, the king of the fallen, and I were the two great gods of the dark power, and we were also qualified to receive the offerings of the 'Tower of Faith'. Unfortunately, we fell out with the birdman Michael, the great god of light. After many years of unprecedentedly fierce battles of light and darkness, Lucifer and I were unfortunately defeated and forcibly expelled from the 'Tower of Faith', which seriously affected the effect of spreading the dark faith in the human world. Michael took the opportunity to occupy the space that Lucifer and I had in the 'Tower of Faith'. Part of the territory, enhanced their ability to develop believers in the human world, and to gather and absorb the power of faith, and their power is getting bigger and stronger. This directly led to fewer and fewer dark believers in the human world, and the power of faith that could be gathered became weaker and weaker, which indirectly affected the increase of my and Lucifer's divine power, making it difficult to improve our strength. Over the years, although Lucifer and I have never given up the struggle, we have never been able to make much progress, and we don't have enough strength to defeat Michael and regain everything we have lost. "
"So, do you want me to send a little of your consciousness back to the Tower of Faith to be worshipped?"
The old man put away his nostalgia and rolled his eyes. "Return to the 'Tower of Faith' to accept offerings? You think it's a door-to-door delivery service? It's not that easy. If we don't defeat Michael, the birdman, and drive him out of the occupied territory, there's no way Lucifer and I can return to the 'Tower of Faith'. How can you just send us there whenever you want?"
"What do you want me to do? Go to the Tower of Faith, look at the relics you left behind, and remember the past glory of the declining necromancer profession?"
"Since I was defeated by Michael and forcibly expelled from the 'Tower of Faith', my strength has been greatly reduced, and I have lost the nourishment of dark energy. I have been eroded by the power of light. The trace of my consciousness left in the tower has also been suppressed by Michael to an extremely weak level, thus interrupting the spiritual connection with my body. I don't know how many years it has been since I last felt the existence of the 'Tower of Faith'. Fortunately, with the rise of your new generation, the dark forces in the human world have gradually developed and strengthened, ushering in another spring for the dark forces, and successively dealt heavy blows to the Church of Light, killing many of their NPCs and angels of light. Even the Holy Angel Almity suffered a great loss at your hands, consuming A lot of Michael's power. As the two rose and fell, I finally restored a little spiritual connection with the 'Tower of Faith' and could roughly sense its location. Your mission this time is to find the 'Tower of Faith', enter the place where I was originally worshipped, and use your dark power to nourish my almost exhausted spiritual consciousness in the tower, so as to promote its gradual recovery of vitality and vitality, and play its due role, so as to lay a better foundation for us to defeat the Church of Light and Michael and help me return to the 'Tower of Faith', so as to speed up the progress of the struggle. It's still the old rules, requiring you to do it alone, and not seek any external help during the process, otherwise the promotion mission will automatically fail. "
"Where exactly is the 'Tower of Faith'? Is it difficult to find? Is it under the control of Michael or the Church of Light? What kind of danger will I encounter?"
"'The Tower of Faith' is a mysterious place. It has no fixed location. It will wander around the five continents at will. It is rarely seen by ordinary people. According to my intuition, I infer that the 'Tower of Faith' has just moved to an area in the Chinese mainland in the past few days. It should not change its location for the time being. It is just right for you to visit. The 'Tower of Faith' exists independently and is not controlled by any gods. Even Michael, the strongest one, cannot interfere. Otherwise, Lucifer and I would have no place to stand long ago. How could we retain that trace of divine consciousness and wait for the opportunity to make a comeback? Knowing the approximate coordinates, with your strength, it should not be too difficult to find it. The 'Tower of Faith' is constantly changing its location. Moreover, Lucifer and I lost our sense of it before and it has been silent. I guess Michael should not have the leisure to visit it from time to time. To sense its exact location, dispatch personnel to garrison nearby, and prevent any danger before it happens, there probably won't be much of an obstacle before you find the 'Tower of Faith'. As a devout believer in me, you already have the qualifications to enter the 'Tower of Faith'. However, according to the rules, every god enshrined in the tower will have a 'Guardian of Faith' stationed in the tower, who can use his own power to nourish the divine consciousness of the god he believes in from time to time. After Lucifer and I were forcibly expelled, we were unable to send our 'Guardian of Faith', and it must have been replaced by Michael, the birdman, who arranged his own men. After you go in, you should face the challenge of the 'Guardian of Faith' sent by Michael. Only by defeating him can you safely use your dark power to nourish my divine consciousness and complete this most difficult promotion task."
"'Guardian of Faith'? Is he an angel or an NPC from the human world? What level is he and how strong is he?" It sounds like we only need to face one enemy this time, but it can be considered the most difficult promotion task. This guy must be extremely powerful.
"If there have been no adjustments or changes in the past few years, the 'Guardians of Faith' arranged by Michael should be in charge of a special type of NPC called 'Scavengers'. They were all level 10 professional cardinals or Knights of the God of Light. For various reasons, they announced their abdication before they died. Because of their extremely firm and devout faith, they were chosen by Michael to become 'Scavengers', and have a life that is almost immortal. Although they do not have high-level equipment and props including artifacts like the current cardinals and Knights of the God of Light, and they use some very ordinary goods, because of their long lives, their own strength can be continuously enhanced. In terms of actual combat experience and personal ability, they are far superior to those current cardinals and Knights of the God of Light NPCs, and they are also proficient in some very special skills, which can be used. Therefore, this is a one-time task, with only one chance. Once you break in and leave, the 'Tower of Faith' will move on its own and will no longer be in its original position. If you fail to defeat the 'Scavenger' you encounter and are killed by him instead, then you will lose the opportunity to complete the most difficult promotion task, declare failure, and then come to the 'Castle of the Dead' to undertake the promotion task of the next level of difficulty."
"So what is the specific strength of the 'Scavenger'? What level of angels can it summon? What are their pets?"
"These are confidential information and cannot be disclosed to you in advance. Different 'scavengers' have different abilities. One may just be able to restrain you and not give you the strength to fight back, or you may still have room to maneuver and have a little hope of winning. It all depends on your luck. Remember to stay calm and observe carefully when facing a 'scavenger'. Don't be intimidated by some appearances. Try your best to win and don't give up easily. Perhaps you can create a miracle again."
It's the same old trick again. Every time it comes to substantive issues, the old man will give me a "no comment", which is really depressing. However, facing a former cardinal or a Knight of Light with a tenth-level profession alone, and not being able to gather a group of undead subordinates in advance, the difference in strength is indeed quite large. From the tone of the old man, although these "scavengers" have retired and have no high-level equipment and props, they may have some special abilities and are also not easy to deal with. I just hope that I will have better luck and meet a former cardinal who is fragile. Maybe I can still fight. What if it is a former Knight of Light who chases me and kills me crazily, and I don't have the opportunity to activate the "Touch of Death" to replenish my mental strength, then the chances of winning are slim.
After asking the old man some more related questions, he said goodbye and left. Although he said that the "Tower of Faith" would not be moved to other places in the next few days, he only gave a rough range. I don't know if it is in the deep mountains or dense forests. It is also in the central continent, where high-level monsters gather. It may take some time to find it. If the "Tower of Faith" is moved away in advance, the old man will say that it is my bad luck, which is equivalent to the failure of the promotion task. It is really unfair. Therefore, even if there is only one chance to complete it, I dare not delay it. For the sake of safety, I hurried to the central continent. I just hope that the old man's words will not come true when he said that he would never appear next to the nest of a holy beast. Before facing the "scavenger", I have to fight with the holy beast first. That would be really bad luck.
The area given by the dead old man is deep in the central continent, quite far from the "Gate of Time and Space". It takes at least ten hours to travel there. In addition, there are groups of various monsters along the way, some running on the ground and some flying in the air. They may be attacked at any time. It takes some time to avoid them. I have to leave as soon as possible. I rode Taotao and ran on the ground, summoning the white bone dragon to escort me. Those light players in the western continent have been scared of me. When they saw such momentum, they hid far away. Few of them took the initiative to find trouble with me. There was no trouble along the way. I passed the "Gate of Time and Space" smoothly and entered the central continent. I continued to replenish my mental power to summon more white bone dragons to deal with various unknown situations. According to the appearance area of the "Tower of Faith" given, I rushed there as soon as possible.
