Chapter 38: The Rite of Advancement

Annan has always been very ruthless to himself.

Say you can fall asleep, and never lie in bed when you wake up. Don't smoke or drink, think you're full, never take an extra bite, and have a balanced nutritional intake every day; I think it's not good to play with my phone before going to bed, I will never turn on my phone once after I go to bed, I will stop eating three hours before bed, and I will not open the game again.

After all, he is not the product manager next door, and no matter how serious he is, he will not die suddenly.

Because he never fishes during working hours, all tasks can be completed before leaving work, and there is no need to stay up late and work overtime. This is a good habit that he developed when he was a student.

And Annan never takes on any superfluous tasks that are beyond his ability - all the workload he takes on is just enough to complete when he works at full strength.

He was like a perfect rational machine. Precise, elegant and perfect, his boss praised him for being excellent, and doctors said he was healthy.

This perfect control over himself is the reason why he is able to maintain his normality through common sense even after losing half of his feelings.

After he informed Priest Luis and Salvatore of the important news, he had already reached the limit of what he could do.

The rest of the things are no longer something he can do well with or not. It was useless to think about it, so he left Luis and Salvatore to stay up late and work overtime, and he soon fell asleep peacefully.

This familiar atmosphere of colleagues staying up late and working overtime to go to bed early after finishing their work makes Annan sleep extra sweetly and feel refreshed after getting up.

When he woke up again, there were already players logging in one after another.

Obviously, there should be a significant number of players who are not sleeping at all, but are stuck in an eight-hour time point.

Because Annan didn't seem to wake up, they didn't bother Annan very rudely, nor did they rush to find people to talk to and look for clues to the task, but went to find some breakfast to eat, and at the same time water forums, chatting, or organizing a group to walk around the city and enjoy the scenery of the other world.

Annan was very pleased.

This shows that this group of players is still very mature.

can clearly understand the truth that sharpening knives does not mistake woodcutters, which means that at least he is not a hairy boy.

So Annan was moved and assigned a new task for them:

[The old viscount from Roseburg really wants Don Juan Geraint's life—and likewise, he wants yours]

[He does have forces from the royal capital behind him. And he has other forces secretly supporting him, but so what? In any case, you don't want to throw in the towel here, your adventure has just begun]

[For this, Don Juan Geraine is ready]

[As Don Juan said, 'This is not revenge, but murder.'] You have successfully defeated a vicious murder plot, and now it is time for your revenge."

[No worries, no pity, do your best, unscrupulous means-]

[Just because of the evil present, you are all righteous]

[Obtained Main Quest: Disaster of Roseburg/Defending Frozen Water Harbor]

[Main Quest: Plague of Roseburg (0/20)]

[Mission Requirements: Use your own means to sneak into the territory of Roseburg without checking and successfully infiltrating (0/1), creating chaos at the right time, and preparing for Don Juan Geraine's plan (0/1)]

[Special needs (+10~100 reviews): depending on the specific contribution]

[Special Requirements: Cannot be completed at the same time as "Defend Frozen Water Harbor"]

[Main Mission: Defend Frozen Water Harbor (0/20)]

[Mission Requirements: Before the plan is successful, assist the militia to take security measures to ensure that the Frozen Water Port is not attacked (0/1) and ensure that "Priest Luis", "Salvatore Heta", and "Don Juan Gerante" survive (0/3)]

[Special needs (+10~100 reviews): depending on the specific contribution]

[Special Requirements: Cannot be completed at the same time as "Disaster in Roseburg"]

After suddenly receiving the main quest, the players immediately discussed it in the forum.

They roughly understood that it was Don Juan Geraint who had woken up, consulted with the other two important NPCs, and made up his mind to take revenge on Roseburg.

That's a good thing.

Players feel this way from the bottom of their hearts.

After all, the entire frozen water port belongs to friendly units.

After the player landed in the tense and exciting, but not hearty enough, he fell into the dilemma of having no monsters to fight, no copies to brush, and only some simple tasks that could be done on a daily basis.

Although the world itself is enough to surprise and satisfy them, there is always something missing.

Now there is nothing missing.

The main quest has finally advanced to the point where it can fight monsters.

According to the players' thoughts, they must all want to visit Roseburg. Not only because they can "legally kill monsters" over there, but also because they don't have to worry about reducing Don Juan's favor.

It's all the more because it's a new map...... Maybe there's something good that can't be bought in the frozen water port, and a new task that can't be accepted.

Annan also knows that this is indeed the case.

After all, Roseburg is closer to the interior than Coldwater Harbour. In the past, when the Frozen Water Port still belonged to the Duchy of Winter, this used to be the border fortress of the Noah Kingdom, and the communication with the mainland was much closer than that of the Cold Water Port. It is indeed not as large as the cold water port, but the number of residents is more than doubled.

Although in theory, Don Juan was the lord of the entire North Sea Domain, and the Viscount of Roseburg was a vassal who guarded him. But after all, he was only the third son of the Geraint family, not his father...... Not even his grandfather.

Today, the Port of Frozen Water remains the most important city in the North Sea Territory – after all, it is the only large port in the North Sea Territory. However, after the ban on cross-border trade with the Duchy of Winter, the most prosperous area has become Roseburg.

But Annan had already guessed what the players were thinking.

So he directly set the two missions to a maximum of twenty people each. In other words, only half of the players will be able to travel to Roseburg...... This will prevent the home from being burglarized.

There is a master tactician surnamed Sun once said that all tactics change home.

Annan was worried that after he threw forty nails into it, the other side would think the same as himself......

After setting this up, players quickly identified the top 10 people who had the best head-on combat in the last battle through discussion and election...... and the ten anchors who are the oldest, have the most bad water, and are the best at making trouble. Go pick up this difficult lurking mission, and be a purchasing agent by the way.

The three people who had completed the task perfectly before were among them. On the contrary, Jiu'er took the initiative to choose the guard defense.

After the player assigned the task, Annan went to the Church of the Silver Lord with Salvatore.

"Just in case."

Salvatore explains: "In the advanced ritual, you can't be interrupted. And no one dared to attack the church, after all, the power of the Silver Lord Church ...... Anyway, it's safer for you to stay here. ”

"And you're going to absorb the fire for me?"

Annan raised an eyebrow and asked rhetorically.

Salvatore looked serious: "Because there really may be spies or assassins who have infiltrated me, and they should be close to me." Otherwise, they couldn't be sure that I was in the basement at that point...... After all, if I had been free at the time, there would have been no way for these black fires to detonate. They're just spellcasting materials to me before they detonate.

"If you're worried about me, just finish your steps as soon as possible and come out. One more transcendent, and the Frozen Water Port will be much safer. ”

"I see."

Annan nodded earnestly.

Then, he stood on the ritual circle that had been drawn beforehand.

The circle is made of red gemstone fragments, and has not yet been formed.

Under the watchful eye of Priest Louis, Salvatore recited the incantation of the School of Transformation for the first time in front of Annan:

"The partridge in the east, the crane in the west, the sparrowhawk in the south, the owl in the north. Blackened with iron, whitened with fire, yellowed with precious stones, red with blood—"

I saw that the fragments of gems on the circle gradually melted and separated. The thin circle became three-dimensional, and the triple circle of black, yellow, and white began to rotate slowly and quietly around Annan.

At this point, Salvatore breathed a sigh of relief.

"Well, it keeps you safe, and we can wake you up at any time...... Now, get ready for the nightmare. ”

As he spoke, he handed a note to Annan: "Just pronounce the name on it." ”

Annan took the note and read softly:

"Skeleton ......"

"I—listening."

A deep voice suddenly sounded in Annan's heart with a heavy echo.

The next moment, a line of data suddenly appeared in front of his eyes:

[Incomplete Purified Nightmare Fragments Detected]

[Level Requirements: Gold Tier and below]

[Occupation Requirements: None]

[Special Needs: None]

[The requirements are met, and you will fall into a nightmare after ten seconds, ten, nine......]