novelraw Chapter 24 Once you're here, don't leave.
Chapter 24 Once you're here, don't leave.
A bolt of purple lightning struck, pinning down a tiny, butt-sized absorber, and the swirling magic pulled its remains to Nefarian's feet.
Nefarian looked at the ashes and said, "Still nothing. My luck isn't good today."
The adventure continues.
Nefa killed more than ten absorber insects, but gained nothing.
Grapefruit remained calm and said, "Essence isn't so easy to obtain. I'm prepared for a long battle. This Fire Palace still has six days to go, let's take it slow."
Nefar smiled without saying a word, exuding an inexplicable confidence.
Grapefruit squinted, then suddenly tilted her head and said, "Big root, big root, do you know what that is?"
Sieg glanced at her: "What do you know?"
"The contract Nephalem signed with me is a contract with a gambling element. If I don't get the essence, I only need to pay him one gold dragon coin; if I get the essence we want, I need to pay him thirty gold dragon coins."
"?"
Sieg was shocked!
How many?
Thirty gold dragon coins, that's enough to hire an entire adventure team!
Looking at the bewildered Sieg, Xiyou asked, "What's wrong? I think it's a great deal. Essences aren't that easy to drop. Hiring a spellcaster for one gold dragon coin, isn't that cheap?"
Nefar smiled, his lips pursed, appearing cunning.
Sieg was speechless.
After a moment's consideration, he decided to reveal something: "Senior Nepha must have a reason for accepting this commission! I suspect he's most likely a Sequencer of the 'Alien Path.' Do you know the characteristics of the 'Alien Path'?"
"??"
What kind of heterologous pathway?
Is it a path to godhood?
Grapefruit stared wide-eyed, looking completely clueless.
Nefa was somewhat surprised.
He looked at Sieg and said, "Mr. Daigen seems to have some insights into the path to godhood."
Sieg waved his hand: "It's just hearsay."
"You're being modest. There's nothing to hide. I am indeed a Sequencer of a different pathway. My pathway is very special; it has the power to lock onto 'destiny'."
Nefa paused.
He saw that Xiyou was listening attentively, while Sieg's face remained calm and showed no abnormality.
"I can learn from my failures and then lock in the results I want. Take now, for example. I've killed more than ten parasites and accumulated enough luck. The essence of the parasites... is just a matter of the next one, and the one after that."
"..."
Grapefruit is like listening to a foreign language.
She turned to look at Sieg: "Really?"
Sieg nodded: "The path to godhood is extraordinary, possessing incredible power."
The special ability of Sequence 3 of the Heterogeneous Pathway: [Anchoring Fate].
After confirming that the Nefarian in front of him was indeed the same Nefarian, Sieg knew that this was a sure thing.
Nephallus's explanation of "anchoring fate" is very general and omits key information.
Anchoring fate only applies to "foreseeable events".
If you want to absorb the essence of insects but end up relentlessly grinding slimes, then even with the Anchored Fate, you will never get what you want.
It cannot distort reality.
Anchoring your destiny is like a rice pool: a small pity system after 90 pulls, a large pity system after 180 pulls, and as the number of pulls increases, the drop rate of the featured character also increases until a certain pull guarantees a win.
Without an anchored destiny, it's like a pool with fixed probabilities, where luck can't be changed by luck or spending money. No matter how many draws you throw in, you just won't get the desired result.
"Whether it's true or not, Miss Grapefruit, you'll soon find out."
Nefa smiled and looked in another direction.
Lightning crackled at his fingertips, where a parasitic insect also resided.
Perhaps they felt threatened.
With a "whoosh," a black shadow pounced down, covering the enemy's head; the absorbent insect had launched its attack!
Nefar remained calm in the face of danger, simply raising his hand.
A streak of purple lightning shot out, easily piercing the body of the absorbent insect. A sharp screech was heard, and the absorbent insect curled up and collapsed, falling to the ground amidst the flames.
At the same time, strange energy fluctuations spread out.
"Deception, that's the essence!"
Grapefruit pointed at the fist-sized, iron-gray crystal floating in mid-air, her eyes wide.
That is--
The essence of the parasitic insect!
"Hehe, congratulations."
Nefa offered his congratulations, but his tone was as calm as if he were discussing the weather.
He looked at Xiyou and said, "Miss Xiyou, you should believe in my abilities now, right? If you need more essence in the future, please come to me again. Thirty gold dragon coins can be exchanged for a specific essence, and there is a high probability that it can be obtained in a Sui Palace adventure. I think you won't refuse."
Grapefruit is completely convinced.
She also possesses the essence, specifically the [Mayfly Spirit Essence], which is coveted by first-tier spellcasters.
Reflecting on the hardships I endured in acquiring the essence—
One of the most renowned and prestigious adventure groups in Blackscale City, the Zenith Adventure Group, worked tirelessly for her, mobilizing over seventy people and spending a month and a half, making six trips into the Fire Palace to finally acquire her.
At the last minute, they settled the score.
The Zenith Adventurers gave her a collar, totaling seven hundred gold dragon coins!
If we had known about Nefarian sooner, things wouldn't have come to this.
Xiyou looked at him and said, "Senior Nefa, do you still have a chance to advance to the second tier? I don't need the first-tier essence anymore, but I can ask you for the second-tier essence."
Nephallus shook his head: "I fell from Tier 2. Whether I can regain my former abilities is no longer related to my adventure in the Cinder Palace; it depends on whether my body can recover its health."
is it?
That's difficult.
the other side.
Sieg had already walked up to the iron-gray crystal, reached out his palm to touch it, and infused it with magic.
The crystals quickly dissolve, transforming into streams of pure energy that penetrate the skin.
Sieg closed his eyes.
Light burst forth in the darkness; he saw the flickering candlelight, the fire of his heart.
Strands of gray energy snaked their way in, encircling the heart fire, and finally condensed into a satellite-like shape, slowly swirling.
A spell was imprinted in my heart, that was—
[Malicious link: Sorcery/Control/Buffs.]
[By linking two targets together, if one of them is you, you can absorb some of the other's attributes. When the physical distance between the two targets exceeds three meters, a malicious link will drag them together, forcing them to move closer. The malicious link lasts for one minute.]
Become!
Sieg opened his eyes and nodded to Grapefruit.
Nefarian stood with his hands at his sides and said, "Miss Grapefruit, our contract ends here. Next, I plan to go inside the Scarlet Fortress... What about you? The Scarlet Fortress has a designated evacuation point; I can take you there."
Xiyou waved her hand: "No need, no need, you go ahead with your work! When you get back, come to the regimental headquarters to find me, and I'll give you the final payment."
"Alright then! Well—"
Nefar nodded, then turned back alone and quickly disappeared from sight.
Sieg looked at Grapefruit and said, "Let's go."
"Let's go."
Grapefruit took a step forward and returned the same way.
Where are we going?
Sieg grabbed her by the back of her collar, pointed to the clearly visible white lights on the distant horizon, and said, "The evacuation point is over there. Where are you going?"
Grapefruit said seriously, "Leaving already? You've come all this way to the Fire Palace, aren't you going to stay and have some more fun?"
"?"
What does "play" mean?
The beacon tower is fraught with danger; what can you do there?
Sieg raised his hand and reiterated, "Let's go! We've got the essence; there's no reason for us to linger here. Let's go back."
"oops!"
Grapefruit is reckless and willful to a certain extent.
She suddenly stepped forward, grabbed Sieg's arm, and pressed her not-so-shabby chest against his, truly a soft and fragrant sight.
Looking at Sieg at close range, she actually pleaded, "Don't rush back! This is my first time at Scarlet Fortress, let me explore a bit more. Miss Xiyou is a genius spellcaster, there won't be any danger!"
no……
Let go!