“A Real Lie”
Translator: Larbre Studio Editor: Larbre Studio
"Bastard! The devil!"
After 15 minutes, Elsa, with angel crystal in hand, stood at the teleportation circle and glared at Chen Bing before leaving.
She wanted to argue but now Chen Bing was in control of the deal and her last three sunflower seedlings were all in Chen Bing's hand.
She might have been forced to give more things if not for those three sunflower seedlings.
The Lich King was killed and the angel with six wings became the scapegoat. Chen Bing even got three sunflower seedlings from the moneygrabber Elsa. He was in a good mood. Humming a tune, Chen Bing continued with his journey in Witches' Forest.
He saw no other monsters on the way. A bundle of faint lights appeared in front, deep in the forest, with the noise of a stream.
Chen Bing felt refreshed, as he felt that he was going to reach the destination soon. So he walked even faster.
Walking out from the dark forest, Chen Bing put one hand up to block the dazzling sunlight and then found himself at a huge cliff. A few more steps away was the deep blue sea.
A tomb stood in a small slice of lawn near the cliff.
"Witch Catherine's Tomb"
A shadow of a woman wearing a black robe appeared near Chen Bing. She walked slowly towards the tomb and looked at the words written on the tomb quietly. Then she turned around and looked at the boundless sea.
"So I died here. The Witch Empire, which used to be so prosperous, now turned to the sea."
The woman spoke gently. She was the well-known Witch Catherine.
Chen Bing asked with curiosity, "Master Catherine, do you have any idea why Grasia Land was destroyed?" The sea in front of him now was where Grasia Land had been located.
"I forget. But my instinct told me that was a very unpleasant memory so I do not want to mention it. It's meaningless to think about it now. Thank you, young adventurer. You took my soul back to my hometown and this is your payment."
Catherine shook her head. The empire only existed in the past and she'd been dead for a long time. Her memory would only bring her pain and nothing more.
"System: 'Real Lie (Duplicate) Ring gained!"
"Gear: Real Lie (Duplicate)"
"Type: Ring"
"System: Magic"
"Quality: Legend"
"Able to be taken to Homeland or not: No"
"Requirement: No"
"Attribute: Intelligence 50, Spirit 100"
"Special Effect: Real Lie"
"Real Lie: Lie can make you strong and lie might become true. But please remember that you will gain nothing by being too greedy!"
"Guide: Magic ring made by Witch Catherine. It has unimaginable power and will make your lie become true. But this is only a duplicate so you can only use its power once. It is said that the real ring was destroyed together with Grasia Land. You may find it if you have the power to go back to the past."
Catherine handed over the ring to Chen Bing and her shadow turned to a bundle of faint white light and disappeared.
"System: 'Witch's Sigh' is completed. Task difficulty index A!"
"System: Lich King Nordling is killed. Task assessment improved!"
"Final Task Assessment: S"
"System: You gained task reward as follows:"
"Experience: 1000000"
"Gold coins: 200"
"Current game popularity +10"
"Homeland popularity +1"
"'Witch's Night' gained"
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"Certificate: Witch's Night!"
"Type: Game entrance certificate"
"Game System: Magic"
"Game difficulty index: Unknown"
"Possible to be taken back to Homeland or not: Yes"
"Requirement: Level 3 Homeland teleportation circle"
"Instruction: You can use this certificate to enter game world of 'Witch's Night I' by Homeland teleportation circle and find out the secret of Witch Catherine's death"
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"Lich King was not killed for nothing!"
Chen Bing felt satisfied after reading all the system prompts.
The reward for the task "Witch's Sigh" was only a Real Lie duplicate. Now he gained not only the ring but Homeland popularity and a certificate to enter the next game.
Chen Bing saw Homeland popularity for the first time, as no one had mentioned it in the forum. Needless to say, it was very rare and few gained it.
As for the certificate for the story game, "Witch's Night", he could take it back to Homeland to start a new story game and it had a much higher value than the Real Lie Ring duplicate.
He'd earned a lot in this task!
"System: you have an unread message!"
Chen Bing wanted to see more of the Witches' Forest and then the system prompt rang up again.
"It's already 6?"
Chen Bing checked the time and clicked open the live-streaming platform internally installed.
The game he was playing right now was called "Homeland." But different from other games, "Homeland" consisted of different kinds of games.
Players created a role in "Homeland" and got their own empty homeland. Through the homeland, players could enter any game they preferred and with a bit of luck, one could bring rare tools and loot back to build their homeland.
As the first holographic game, even games like "Fruit Ninja" and "Jewel of Atlantis" became much more attractive. Once "Homeland" was born, other traditional online games lost their players one by one at the worldwide level.
Game live-streaming was one of the derivatives of the game industry. Due to the difference in networks and technologies, traditional game live-streaming platforms could not be used in "Homeland." But since most of the games in "Homeland" had a live-streaming system installed internally, as long as players met the requirement of the game, they could do live-streaming.
Chen Bing did not like game live-streaming that much. But there was no online forum in "Homeland." He had to go offline to find a traditional game forum.
But the time in "Homeland" went differently than the time in reality. Someone even joked in the forum that if a baby was born when you went offline to check information in reality and then after you returned to the game, that baby would already have grown up into an adult.
Game live-streaming then became the most convenient way to get information. Game streamers were quite diverse. After lurking in the live-streaming platform for a while, Chen Bing followed a female streamer called Cloudy.
Cloudy was a pretty girl but in the game, almost everyone was good looking. Cloudy was not a popular streamer. Even until now, as the game had already entered the middle and latter periods, only a few players followed her.
Chen Bing followed her, but not because she was a beauty.
A lot of players in the live-streaming platform were much sexier and more beautiful than Cloudy.
"Hi, all, thank you for watching my live-stream! I've got big news today!"
Cloudy had already begun her live-stream and she was clear about her followers' style, therefore she got to the point directly.
Cloudy played a video online.
Chen Bing's eyes were caught.
It was a deep mine cave, and over hundreds of dwarfs were digging in a mine. Chen Bing looked more carefully and found a young handsome man among the dwarfs. Gleams of blue light wrapped around the young man and those dwarfs that stood close to him.
"Did you see that, my friends? Yes! It's "Dwarf King Contract." Let me explain it.
"By using Dwarf King Contract, one can order dwarfs to help dig the mine for 24 hours, and all experience and minerals that are dug out all belong to the player. These dwarfs all have mining skill at master level. The player who uses this contract can improve his mining skill experience rapidly within one day!"
Cloudy explained a strange scene on the screen.
"That young man there, is it Blue Moon Lord?"
"That's him. I've seen him in the game. It's said that he's a rich second generation and doesn't know where to spend his money!"
On the platform, some players made bullet-screen comments and recognized the young man's identity.
Cloudy continued with another piece of big news. "Well, some friends already recognized him. He is Blue Moon Lord! He made an announcement this afternoon that his mining skill will reach master level this evening and he'll become the first player that's ever gained the Legendary Grand Master title and reward!"
"Shit! The first Legendary Grand Master, which means he can get the Blessing of Gods Outfit, a whole set of legend gear!"
"Blessing of Gods Outfit when the bill is settled up will give the player an extreme high score. It's very powerful itself, and can even turn a pig into a master. This time, the first place must be this young man in the game."
Normally, since not many players followed Cloudy, the bullet-screen comments were only a few. But after this information was told, the bullet-screen comments increased rapidly.
In this game, there were five players with living skill at master level, who could get the Legendary Grand Master title.
Meanwhile the players could get extra rewards from the system.
And the first one who got the title of Legendary Grand Master would be rewarded with the Blessing of Gods Outfit.
This was a whole set of legend gear at an unimaginably high price!
In the past, all the players who got Blessing of Gods Outfit all ranked first in the integral settlement credits and were rewarded with an extra game bonus.
Therefore, good players all wanted to get the title of Legendary Grand Master.
After reading the information, Chen Bing murmured, "Thank God. My efforts were almost in vain." He then tipped Cloudy one gold coin and turned off the live-stream.
Chen Bing usually tipped Cloudy 10~100 silver coins every time after watching her stream depending on how useful the information was. After all, she did not have so many followers. If he did not tip her anything, someday she might choose to stop live-streaming.
But this was the first time he tipped one gold coin.
Not because Chen Bing was rich, but the information he got just now was valued much more than one gold coin!
He made all those efforts to get the Real Lie Ring duplicate in order to win the title of Legendary Grand Master. If Blue Moon Lord got that title before him, all the efforts he made would be in vain and he would lose thousands of gold coins.
It was Cloudy's first time to earn one gold coin for a tip. She hurriedly said: "Thank you…"
But when reading the name of the person who had tipped her, she put on a strange look. Before she read out the name, another player called "Absolute Beauty" tipped her one gold coin.
Cloudy said hurriedly again, "Many thanks to Absolute Beauty for your gold coin!"
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