Child of Destiny

Chapter 1651: Appearance of the Plague Race

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In the end, Shin decided not to join the battle, especially when he was curious about the background of the mysterious group that set an ambush just now. He was also quite interested in the special method of finding the other possessors of the Fallen Godʼs Fragment.

He just glanced at the battlefield and sent a message to Exheart, informing the latter about the bits of information that Shin had ʼgottenʼ from Asesino and others earlier. Then he left immediately after.

He did not care whether Exheart would listen to his advice and inform the rest of his friends. He just left and went deep in the Plagued Lands to farm some points ʼpeacefullyʼ.

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Exheart, on the other hand, put a lot of weight on the information that Shin had given him, particularly when he learned that everything was a multilayered plot schemed by one of the main perpetrators of this event.

He could now help but feel an intense shiver down his spine when he realized all of this, especially about making this place a core source of the Plagued Energy once enough Plagued Monsters were killed.

There was also the matter of the fallen players turning into Plagued Creatures once they died here while being exposed to too much plague energy.

Regardless of all these, they had more than one reason for them to leave this place as soon as possible.

Exheart immediately informed his friends, roughly explaining everything, before saying that it was better for them to leave. Some trusted him and showed their support while others were quite skeptical of his words.

Exheart could not blame those guys either. After all, this place was indeed a good place to farm more event points. If only he had trusted Shin, then he would most likely not have left as well.

But since it was a huge plot, he would rather look for another place to farm rather than stay here.

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A couple of hours after Exheart and those who believe his words left, something strange happened on the battlefield.

Zombified people started crawling out of the ground, taking the form of fallen players, and started slaughtering everyone.

Plagued Monsters also started appearing one after another, signifying that this place had already transformed into a plague nest.

The combined numbers of the plague zombies and monsters started to surpass the killing rate of the experts fighting here, turning the tides of the battle.

It did not take that long until all the remaining players were annihilated, transforming the majority of them into plague zombies as well.

The major turning point was not the number of monsters. But it was the highly skilled plagued zombies, who had inherited the skills and abilities of the fallen players. Their battle A was so high, rivaling those elite NPCs.

Some of the players with keen senses were able to notice the strangeness when Exheart and those who believed him pulled out from the battlefield.

Most of them were from the top forces, who were still holding their grounds strongly despite losing their leading figures.

Losing their leaders was just one of the reasons why left retreated. The other reason was they had suspected something the moment they realized the changes in the atmosphere, particularly the level of the plague energy gathering in the battlefield the more Plagued Monsters were killed.

They were not that dumb to not realize what was going on, so they also slowly retreated from the battlefield as soon as they could.

Some of the lone wolves with sharp noses also followed, leaving those greedy ones who refused to let go of the benefits.

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At first these ʼzombiesʼ were like mindless beasts, who knew nothing but killing anyone near them. But later when the fallen players started logging in their accounts after the ban was lifted, they realized that they had taken over the bodies of these plagued zombies.

They immediately realized that they had been converted into a Plagued Race and sided with the force behind the plague.

They had realized that they were infected by the plague and were unable to revert to their original state unless the event ended.

They had unwillingly converted to the opposing camp of the event, not giving them the choice.

What was even more depressing about this was that they had lost all the event points that they had farmed up until now.

What they had gotten instead was something called plague points, which would increase the contaminated land with their plague energy or infect more people by killing them.

But these plagued points were not something they could exchange for physical items or tools like what the side of the Righteous Churches was offering. Instead, they could convert it into physical stats that could last for as long as they wanted so long as they were not purified by the Holy Blessings or Scared Powers of the church.

They could also increase their ranks through this, which had the limit of Plague Chieftain. Anything beyond that was out of their authority.

They could even keep it to themselves even after the event was ended, but they would be forced to side with the Evil Faction in exchange. After all, they would be no different from the Corrupted Creatures or Demonic Races at that point.

They would become another branch of the Evil Faction within the Awakened Continent if they did not get themselves purified at the end of the event, which would mean they were converting into the Plague Race permanently.

Regardless, this Plagued Land Event now had two camps that would be fighting each other.

In the end, the plot that Asesino had designed worked. Even though they had ʼexchangedʼ Kenʼs ʼlifeʼ in the end, everything could be said had worked out.

The sad part was they became the ʼconditionʼ of this ʼwarʼ.

Since they were the main initiator of this event and got infected by the original plague, they were unable to be purified. They had also become the mini ʼbossesʼ of this event that needed to be taken down during the course of the event.

But if their side had won by some sort of miracle, then there was also the chance that they would survive all of this.

However, they were not confident about it after seeing the battle powers of the pinnacle god of the game.

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What had happened in the Plagued Lands quickly spread in the gaming circle as a lot of people posted it on different online platforms.

It did not take that long before it became a hot trend in the forums. After all, this was another big development in the two huge ongoing events with the game aside from the group stages of the United Cup.

After the recent appearance of the Bug Tribe scouts at the Dark Cloud Kingdom, which somewhat turned the tides of the ongoing war, this Plagued Land Event at the Awakened Continent had also progressed to another level.

What interested the players more was this new major race that could be available to the public – this Plagued Race.

Some ʼexpertsʼ online started calculating the pros and cons of this new race and the process that one needed to convert into one.

For now, there was only a single way to become one, which was to voluntarily let themselves get infected by the plague at the Awakened Continent.

This was going to be hard since only the elites of the elites could reach the second continent. This alone discouraged a lot of people. But that did not mean that they would stop backseating those who had already been infected.

Arguments broke out between these people, although most of them only joined the fun.

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Almost an entire week (real-world time) had passed since Shin had defeated Ken.

He had spent most of his time hunting in the Plagued Lands, grinding more event points while training his breathing techniques and polishing his fighting style.

His name was firmly seated at the top of the leaderboards as he had hunted quite a lot after killing Ken and earning himself a huge gap from the others.

During his time in the Plagued Lands, a lot of things happened. Aside from hunting some regular plague monsters, he had also encountered quite a lot of players from the Plague Race.

At first, many people wanted to take him down, even planning to infect him. After all, he was a very powerful person in the game, so their side would gain a powerful combatant once they were successful.

Unfortunately, none of them succeed even after working together and attempting to trap him with a monster horde.

They had only presented themselves as bonus points for Shin along with the plagued monsters that they had brought.

Any form of plot was ineffective against him due to his overwhelming power. He could also freely escape if he had encountered a troublesome situation.

Given his insane speed and several means to escape under his arsenal, it was impossible to catch someone like him. That was unless they found someone equally strong to hold him down.

In the end, those people stopped bothering him. They even started avoiding him completely, not wanting to give him extra points.

His efficiency dropped sharply because of this, making him somewhat upset. He could not do anything about it aside from actively hunting in the depths of the Plagued Lands.

During this time, more and more people also started to appear in the region as the other experts joined the event, especially when the chieftain-rank Plagued Monsters were appearing more frequently.

The competition became much more intense, especially when some of these experts had other motives, such as joining the other side.

Plots also became more common as some people started scheming to earn more points. Some sold their ʼcompanionsʼ to the Plague Race Players in exchange for some regular Plagued Monsters that the other party controlled.

These ʼtransactionsʼ became more common as more people arrived and joined the event.

It did not take long until everything got out of hand, forcing the Righteous Churches to act.

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