My Players Are So Fierce

The outsiders’ return to the Black Flame Maw Position was not just to retrieve Lord Hether’s relics; they had other objectives here as well.

However, the emergence of the Lord of Darkness’s infection signifies a rather terrifying omen.

Although Lord Hether and the released Lord of Darkness have been swept into the depths of the Star Realm, before being exiled from the material world, the Evil God likely already spread his power.

The spread took form just like the chosen hunters Grand Marshal Huggson observed in Moss Valley.

Given the Lord of Darkness’s current state, his chosen one has to be the unwilling Lord Hether, but that doesn’t mean he can’t use his power higher than reality to create a batch of “dark chosen ones.”

Considering the extreme scenario, perhaps the Lord of Darkness’s chosen ones are still trapped in the ruins of the position and haven’t left.

Allowing these dangerous entities to roam freely is undoubtedly not advisable, thus the clever little players immediately alerted and reported to the NPC upon encountering the infected, and this news was forwarded by Adel to Murphy, currently in the Shadow Valley.

The Vampire Governor immediately sensed the danger of this matter and quickly issued a task to the advanced players currently in Shadow Valley:

[Ding!

Random Event ‘Dark Poison’ has been triggered!

Event Content:

A group of explorers from Transylvania unexpectedly discovered the Evil God’s plot during their return to Blackflame Mountain Pass, and the Lord of Darkness expelled from the material world by Lord Murphy with a Star-world Tear left behind his corruption.

A group of individuals resembling the Evil God’s chosen ones are active around the ruins of Blackflame Mountain Pass.

The brave explorers are trapped in a crisis, but the message they sent back heralded a new risk.

Lord Murphy decided to extinguish this agitated black flame before it ignites, thus he summoned the brave to join him in intervening in this catastrophe at Blackflame Mountain Pass.

Task Requirements:

Use the Earth Priest’s Earth Walking Technique to reach the ruins of Blackflame Mountain Pass as quickly as possible, find the infected of the Lord of Darkness and any potential dark chosen ones, and execute purification.

Task Rewards:

Unknown.]

After issuing the task, Murphy immediately found the Earth Priests in the valley, asking them to provide Earth Walking Technique teleportation services for the players about to assemble, while he himself went with Veylanther, Bonnie, and the Clan Guard through the transmission portal to Blackflame Mountain Pass.

According to Murphy’s estimation, given the Lord of Darkness’s situation at the time, being faced with exile, there wouldn’t be much time to select vessels for his power.

He undoubtedly spread his power seeds indiscriminately.

The zombie-like Wolf People infected were the sacrifices unable to bear this gift; they were merely remnants of the Evil God’s power, and the truly dangerous entities still lurked underground at Blackflame Mountain Pass.

Thus, Murphy’s goal was clear.

Upon reaching the position scoured by alchemical flames, he entered the underground tunnels.

As for how to accurately find the chosen ones of the Lord of Darkness in this complex and increasingly dangerous area due to terrain variations at the passageway, this matter didn’t require much skill.

Do you remember the two cans of “data deleted” leisure soda Murphy drank at the Marsh Museum?

That concoction elevated Murphy’s perception of Subspace Power and entities to a significantly keen level, allowing him to sense the spread of dark aura in the cavern upon entering.

Much like the Witch Hunter’s lock-on perception of Natural Enemy, Murphy didn’t need to specifically search to discover the highlighted traces in his view.

As expected, these entities chose their hiding spot here, as corrupted by Star Realm’s taint, more precisely, within the passages the Ratmen previously dug leading to the core of Blackflame Mountain Pass.

These tunnels sunk into the earth allowed them to evade the ravages of Star-world Tear and remain hidden over the past days; the corrupt energy shielded these entities’ mutated aura and, if not for the spur-of-the-moment visit by the small players looking for “treasures,” these entities might have successfully evaded detection.

This wave, ah, this wave is where the small players have achieved another great triumph.

“Actually, the problem isn’t significant because the tainted spiritual energy from the Star Realm is equally lethal to these newly born dark chosen ones.

Empowered by the Evil God, their thoughts and spirit are already disrupted, and under such circumstances, further invasion by corrupt energy can easily lead to catastrophic consequences.”

Veylanther, who had considerable research on these mysterious powers, followed Murphy as they pursued further and explained to Bonnie and the other vampire guards:

“The further one walks down the path of heretics, the easier it becomes to go mad, not just because the wretched chose the wrong deities to worship, but also because the powers of Evil Gods always target thoughts and souls; that’s the most notable power characteristic of Subspace Creatures.

Their powers can bypass the body’s protection of the soul, directly affecting the true vulnerability.

Or to say, they prefer to corrupt souls before twisting inferior creatures’ flesh.

That’s why heretics are adept at hiding.

Their corruption usually starts from the inside out, when a heretic’s flesh begins to distort, that’s when they’ve reached the end of the path, and in that form, they are truly poisonous entities, with every drop of blood capable of tainting the world.