Chapter 826: This Boss Can Only Suggest You...

Countless souls online witnessed its beauty with their own eyes, and it had accompanied most players through endless, leisurely, and joyous years.

They also witnessed its destruction with their own eyes.

Of course... not everyone perished because of it; in that terrifying eruption of energy, time... and space began to distort.

When a fraction of the people came to their senses, they found themselves stepping upon an entirely different land.

Here were faces once incomparably familiar, yet imbued with vast differences.

For instance, the place where they currently stood was the Underfoot, and not Hendon Myre.

Yes, it was that very Underfoot where the Headless Knight once guarded the gates.

They could even see the former mentor of the Ghost Knights here, that blind old man G.S.D, and they could see Feng Zhen, the master of the Wind Fist Style who ran the dojo, but one must remember that this place... was once a land where one fought against countless monsters.

Not to mention... completely opposite to the positions in memory, the Snowy Mountains, which originally lay to the west of the Underfoot, were now situated in the east, transformed into a wall of desperate ice.

The Sky Sea, which originally lay to the north of the Underfoot, was now located to the south of this world, a Sky Sea of endless ruins, revealing a waterfall flowing in reverse.

It was as if they had arrived in another world, where the things within the world, like two sides of a mirror, had undergone a startling reversal.

Some called this phenomenon the Great Devastation, and after the Great Devastation, the distortion of time and space caused the world lines of the past and future to undergo earth-shattering changes as well.

Some were saved from this immense catastrophe because of it, transferred through the distorted time and space to another continent similar yet different to the previous one, while others perished because of it, turning to ash along with that continent.

At this moment, everyone's mind held only a blank space, and utter disbelief.

Nor did anyone know how much time passed before many people finally accepted this reality from their half-understanding conjectures.

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A group of elves, including Sera, at the Canglan City store...

"I heard them say this game, Dungeon and Fighter, has launched a brand-new version, should we go take a look too?"

"What are we going to do there?" Lorlin, beside her, asked curiously.

"I heard the scenery there is exceptionally beautiful!" Sera said happily, "Many people recommended it to us before, should we take advantage of the new version to go see it?"

"There is scenery to see?!" Elder Civi beside her looked over with a face full of wonder.

"Yes," Sera spoke up, "It is said there is also a Sky Tower, just like a miracle, should we go take a look!"

"Great, great!" Hearing that there was scenery to see, the group of elves instantly grew enthusiastic, "This Dungeon and Fighter seems to be a free-to-play game too, it costs no money, we can just play it directly!"

"Then let's try it first..." an elf said happily.

It costs no money, and they can look at scenery, it was simply wonderful!

With that said, all of them logged into the game.

An hour later...

Having finally stumbled their way into the new city, looking left and right just like those warriors of old, everything was filled with a sense of novelty.

"Sera, where is that Sky Tower you talked about..." Lorlin crouched by the roadside somewhat petulantly, "We've been searching for so long, why haven't we found it yet...?"

"Uh... wasn't it said to be right to the west of Hendon Myre?" Sera also looked strangely at the city before her eyes.

"Could it be that the person who told you the Sky Tower was exceptionally spectacular was just boasting?" Lorlin said with dissatisfaction.

"Why don't we find someone to ask around." At this time, Elder Civi beside them also spoke up.

"Very well." Sera nodded, "Then let's find a veteran player to ask."

"Look at that one... looks so fierce, the equipment is so good! Must be a veteran player!"

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Luo Piaoling, who was currently doing a leveling quest, suddenly saw a group of players walk up to him.

"Hello, how come the Sky Tower can't be found anymore?"

"..." He remained silent for a long time, looking at the simple, sincere, and even expectant questions on their faces, the expression on his face shifting.

He seemed to have many words he wanted to say, but when the words reached his lips, he knew not how to speak them.

Carrying a deep regret, it was only after a very long time that he spoke up, saying, "I'm sorry, we failed to protect Arad."

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Perhaps, the stories of these warriors, along with that world, had come to an end here.

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The Yuanyang City store.

"Boss—!"

At this time, Boss Fang was playing League of Legends while listening to music, when suddenly a voice message popped up from QQ. Upon opening it to listen, a roar like an eastern river lion almost deafened his ears.

"Who is this..." Boss Fang took a troubled glance: Theia?

"When did I add her as a friend...?"

After thinking about it, he remembered; after all, she was a major customer who had spent millions when opening her first membership card, so having a friend slot was absolutely standard practice.

"What do you want..." Boss Fang said gloomily.

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At the Yuanyang City store, a blonde woman could be seen slumped over the computer desk weeping disconsolately, incomparably heartbroken: "Our Arad Continent... blew up! Waaah—!"

While gesturing to the boss, she pointed at the screen and cried, "We were just playing the game earlier... strolling the streets... and as we played, it blew up—!"

"Look... it was perfectly fine just now!"

This group of people from the Western Polar Region particularly loved to play this Dungeon and Fighter.

Of course, besides them, there were also some veteran players currently playing, and even quite a few returning veteran players; at this moment, they looked toward the boss with faces full of anger and incomprehension: "Boss, this... what is going on?!"

Boss Fang was completely at a loss: Hiss—! If you don't understand the game, or can't beat it, or can't clear the dungeon, it's fine to look for the boss, but how can you come looking for this boss for something like the explosion of the Arad Continent?

This boss can only suggest that you...

"Uh... don't look at those things." Boss Fang opened the official website and said, "Look here, there is a brand-new version about to be released, the Apostle Anton Raid, the largest raid in the history of Dungeon and Fighter, a twenty-man raid! And there are new Second Awakenings."

Theia, beside him, looked over along the direction Boss Fang was pointing with his finger.

"Look here." Boss Fang said again, "May First, the Labor Day Pack, there are new Labor Day avatars, and an attached gift box, which has a very high probability of yielding a 'Pure Golden Amplification Ticket' or an 'Amplification Protection Ticket.' Although it's not May First yet, pre-sales have already begun."

Amplification was a type of enhancement method with higher returns than reinforcing, and as everyone knew, once equipment was reinforced above ten, if the reinforcement failed, the equipment would shatter, which meant returning to square one overnight.

And the Epic and other high-level equipment in Dungeon and Fighter were particularly difficult to obtain, so...

"An Amplification Protection Ticket—?!" Theia looked at the screen of Boss Fang's computer, only to see that in the pack introduced on the official website, besides the Amplification Protection Ticket, there were also Abyss Orbs and other items, all of which were good things that could previously be sought but not easily found. Most importantly, within this pack, there were no garbage items, which meant that it was one-hundred percent guaranteed to contain rare items upon opening!

In this way, wouldn't it be possible to...

Theia even began to imagine herself with a full set of plus fourteen or plus fifteen amplified equipment in the future; previously she simply dared not think about it, because once it failed, the equipment would be gone, but now it was different, with the Amplification Protection Ticket, failure would only cause the amplification level to reset to zero!

"Is this pack really such a good value for money?!" Theia looked at Boss Fang excitedly.

"Mhm—!?" She looked further down again, and found that there was also a 'buy more, get more' promotion. Buying one set, two sets, three sets... all the way to ten sets of packs all came with very generous bonus items. Buying three sets gave an eighty-level selective Epic pot; buying eight sets gave an eighty-five level (the current maximum level) random Epic weapon pocket pot (it was random... if one opened a weapon for another class, one could go look for a disassembler, because Epics could not be traded); buying ten sets even gave a discontinued title...

"Are these... really given for free—?!" She looked at Boss Fang with incomparable wonder, her eyes shining.

Immediately after, she became somewhat puzzled: "It's only two hundred or so spirit crystals for one, and all of them are such precious things, won't you lose money on this?!"

You must understand that in the past, these items were either completely unavailable or simply impossible to buy, no matter the price!

"Of course they are included. It was specifically to aid our brave warriors in challenging an even more formidable monster, the Apostle Anton, that this event was launched."

"The Apostle Anton!?"

One had to know that it was the predecessors of these very Apostles who had once waged war against Carloso, the God of Creation. Although the plot did not reveal much, many subtle details indicated that the wills of those twelve gods, which had ultimately drifted back into the deep recesses of the universe, were directly connected to the Apostles who now stood at the pinnacle of the world—or rather, they were the Apostles' past incarnations.

Could it be that one day... that God of Creation, who had destroyed the continent of Arad, would also become a dungeon boss!?

"I must strive to become stronger!" A look of unprecedented determination flared in her eyes. "I have seven characters, and every single account can buy a set... I'm still short by three sets... Should I perhaps buy a few fewer?"

"No... I cannot miss this chance to grow stronger! As long as I can become powerful... one day, I will surely be able to fight Carloso!"

In an instant, her gaze hardened with absolute resolve: "I want to buy ten sets!"

"I want to buy six sets too!"

"I'll buy eight sets!"

"I want to become stronger as well, I'm buying ten sets too—! Carloso, prepare to die!"

"Boss! Top up my account!"

She slammed her hand against the table with matchless, overbearing aura.

At that very moment, the entire shop erupted into a frenzy!

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Owner Fang looked at the system panel: "Progress of 'Journey to the West' accelerating..."

"System upgrade accelerating..."

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Ugh... condensing the lore of Dungeon Fighter Online into just a few sentences while trying to make it clear really takes a bit of time... I'm running late...

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