novelraw Chapter 180 -180-Angel King, Holywing Angels
Chapter 180 -180-Angel King, Holywing Angels
At the same time—
[World Announcement: Player "Faustus" has successfully activated the hidden instance [Ancient Echo]! All players may complete the prerequisite quest to obtain an instance key and enter the instance to personally experience the arduous struggle of humanity’s ancestors one hundred thousand years ago!]
The moment the announcement came out, the entire world of Stellar exploded.
An instance!
And a hidden instance at that!
One run inside meant a huge profit no matter what!
It did not take long before some players stumbled upon instance keys while doing their daily quest chains, while others got them as direct drops from monsters.
Like people flocking to a market fair, everyone rushed into the instance in swarms.
But when they came back out, every one of them wore a strange expression.
Because it did not take long for everyone to discover one thing—
Each player’s experience inside the instance was different!
There was, however, one detail that everyone noticed after coming out.
At the entrance to Soul Devouring Vale, two statues had been erected.
The more some players looked at those two statues, the more familiar they seemed.
"That guy... doesn’t he look exactly like our guild leader Faustus?"
"The woman looks familiar too. Isn’t that Queen Kelly?"
"Hiss— our guild leader is truly unbeatable! He actually got involved with Queen Kelly, one of the Three Human Emperors!"
"Tsk tsk, what do you mean ’got involved’? Aren’t you tired of living in this game? But seriously, whatever happened to Queen Kelly afterward?"
"She mysteriously disappeared! A hundred thousand years ago, Queen Kelly suddenly vanished without a trace. Otherwise, how could her faction have been wiped out?"
"That’s right. After that, it was Emperor Abraham’s turn to unite the human race, and then he turned around and acknowledged the Godkin as his masters."
"Holy shit, the people writing history were way too lazy, weren’t they? ’Mysteriously disappeared’? That’s such a half-assed explanation!"
"Exactly. I could make up something better with my feet!"
...
Daniel had gained quite a few benefits from this trip through the instance.
The Class Awakening Scroll from the final quest reward would save him quite a bit of trouble in the future.
As for the exclusive instance called [Flame of Heritage], one look was enough to tell him that it was absolutely tied to the main storyline of the new version. It was definitely no simple thing.
Unfortunately, neither of those items could be used right now, so he tossed them into his inventory to gather dust for the time being.
Then he sat down and sorted through the matters currently at hand.
The first issue: the full-scale World War had not started yet!
That was because the mainstream player base still fell a little short in both level and numbers, though by his estimate, it would not be long now.
When that time came, he not only intended to participate—he also meant to seize every benefit for himself.
For example, the Temples of the Gods in every World Zone.
Each World Zone had two supreme-grade slots, and he was determined to claim them.
Then there were the non-human race factions in each World Zone. Every faction had one or two supreme-grade powerhouses.
He planned to recruit every single one of those non-human supreme-grade experts into his own ranks.
That way, he would gain a whole army of supreme-grade enforcers under his command.
There was also the matter of developing the Aerial Realm.
Right now, the players’ levels were still too low. Dealing with the monsters of the Aerial Realm was a bit too difficult for them.
They naturally could not handle legendary-grade monsters yet, meaning they could only farm the ordinary ones.
But those monsters dropped neither experience nor gold coins, which made them poor targets for player growth and a waste of time.
It would be best to wait until the players reached a leveling bottleneck before arranging for them to begin opening up the Aerial Realm.
Of course, the most pressing matter at the moment was still his class change quest!
The class change quest he had accepted was [Form the Holy Angel Legion], which meant he had to make a trip to the Angel Plane.
After the new version launched, the entrance to the Angel Plane would appear, but Daniel could not be bothered with all that trouble.
"I’ve got an Angelic Crystal in my hands!"
Daniel’s eyes lit up.
With that thought, he took out the Angelic Crystal.
[Ding! Are you sure you want to use [Angelic Crystal]? Note: After use, you will be directly teleported to the [Temple of Heavenly Light] in the Angel Plane!]
Daniel’s face lit up with excitement. "Use it! Use it!"
[Ding! Use successful. Beginning teleportation!]
...
Whoosh—!
When he opened his eyes again, he had already arrived in the Angel Plane!
[Ding! Congratulations, you have discovered the Angel Plane. Contribution Points +1,000,000!]
While listening to the system notification, Daniel looked around.
He was standing inside a grand hall so luxurious it was almost absurd.
Everything was made of crystal—crystal walls, crystal ceilings, even the lamp stands were crystal!
The entire hall glittered so brightly it was almost blinding.
Just as the legends said, the angel race really did love all things shiny.
In front of Daniel stood a statue of the Angel King.
He casually threw an appraisal skill at it.
[Angel King Statue (peak supreme-grade)] (Angel King avatar)
"Supreme-grade?"
Daniel blinked and instantly understood.
This Angel Plane, like his Aerial Realm, was a small world.
And the maximum power a small world could bear was only supreme-grade. It did not matter how powerful the Angel King’s true body was—it could never descend here in full.
So the one remaining here was definitely just an avatar. The true body could be anywhere else.
Still, not having to face the Angel King at supreme-grade was excellent news!
After all, he still had a quest hanging over him.
He had to train at least one hundred Holywing warriors.
He had no intention of wasting time here. As long as he kept quiet, gathered some equipment, and developed steadily, that would be enough.
Daniel turned and headed straight out of the angelic temple.
Whether he came to the Angel Plane or not was one thing—but now that he was here, there was no way he was going back empty-handed.
The moment he left, the statue of the Angel King behind him slowly opened its eyes.
It let out a cold snort and muttered to itself,
"This human bears a blood-deep enmity with my angel race, yet he somehow obtained an Angelic Crystal?"
"And he thinks I’m going to grant his wish? Dream on!"
...
Daniel flew high above the Angel Plane.
The Angel Plane was not particularly large—about the same size as Aetheria.
He remembered that in his previous life, one player had acquired a hidden class called Hymn Priest.
That person had once revealed on the forums that the Angel Plane had no fewer than a million Holywing Angels.
Holywing Angels—every last one of them was a legendary-grade warrior of the angel race!
What a terrifying force that was!
Daniel could understand it, though.
Like the other top-tier races, the angels were an innate race.
In other words, as they aged, their strength naturally rose with them.
As long as they were not useless, simply reaching adulthood was enough for them to attain legendary-grade.
Unlike races such as humans, beastfolk, sea folk, and dwarves, who had to struggle desperately in battle and push themselves constantly in order to enter the ranks of the strong.
So the fact that the angel race had over a million Holywing Angels was not strange at all.
If not for the difficulty of their reproduction, their numbers would probably have been even greater.
As Daniel was thinking over these things, he had already flown above a city.
Holy Light City!
The moment he came to a stop above Holy Light City, several hundred angel patrol guards flew toward him.
"No further! Who are you?"
"Do you have a pass?"
Of course Daniel did not.
He gave the patrol guards an up-and-down look and discovered that every last one of them was legendary-grade.
So these were the Holywing Angels?
They looked fairly young. They should be quite suitable as enforcers.
When the angel patrol captain saw that Daniel said nothing and that his eyes were still darting around shiftily, he immediately grew angry and signaled his subordinates to prepare for battle.
Daniel frowned.
Were all angels this hot-tempered?
He tossed out a calm reply. "You want to fight? Then come."
The moment he finished speaking, he drew back Stellar Wrath!
"Wind’s Embrace!"
"Hunting Domain!"
"Shadowfont!"
"Aetherlance!"
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—!
Several arrows glowing with holy radiance shot out and pierced straight through the angel captain before him!
-300,000,000!
-300,000,000!
-300,000,000!
[Ding! You have killed the angel expert Riels. You have obtained [Holywing Battle Armor (legendary-grade)], [Holy Feather (legendary-grade)], [Blood of Angel (legendary-grade)], gold coins +2,000,000!]