Ashen Dragon-Chapter 444 - 366 Absolutely Disloyal
Chapter 444: Chapter 366: Absolutely Disloyal Chapter 444 -366: Absolutely Disloyal The discussion among the players surrounding the equipment and treasures on site grew increasingly intense, evolving into arguments.
“If we could take even one of these things back, we’d be rich, wouldn’t we?”
“Absolutely!”
“Look at that, the Fire Lizard Claw Sword, it’s of rare level too!”
“I think these items might be the rewards the Tower Master prepared for us!”
“This trial was so hard, so many people died, it’s not too much to ask for a lot of rewards.”
“But don’t these look like offerings or sacrificial items?”
“What do you know? This is what you’d call hidden benefits from the officials! They need to stick to the game lore while rewarding us, so they have to put the rewards in the form of offerings.”
“And you don’t even know…”
“Anyway, this Fire Giant’s Ring belongs to our Royal Guild! The first rare item can only belong to the strongest guild!”
“Why should it go to your Royal Guild again?”
“Because we have three people who passed the trial! If you don’t like it, come and take it!”
“Hmph!”
“As far as I know, your Paladin is quite strong, but your Spellcasters aren’t that good!”
“Then come and try!”
The arguments among the players escalated, and some people’s eyes turned red with greed as they prepared to fight for the items.
Among them, the members of the Royal Guild were the most fanatic. Taking high-level equipment back could earn them real money!
If they could get the first rare item in the game, their guild leader, the wealthy “Tyrant,” would even reward them with tens of thousands of dollars!
In the face of such immense profit, other tasks, reputation, and rules meant nothing.
The Royal Guild’s Magician picked up the Fire Giant’s Ring, clutching it tightly in his hand, and also stuffed his backpack with several gold coins.
“You better think this through!”
“If you take our equipment here, you’re declaring war on the Royal Guild!”
The other two players from the Royal Guild stood guard in front, facing off against several players who wanted to grab the gear.
“Just because you’re from a powerful family?”
“Your Royal Guild is too much! These items belong to everyone!”
Instantly, the atmosphere at the top of the tower became highly charged.
A battle among the players over this first rare item in the game could break out at any moment.
Meanwhile, Summer Night Autumn Rain quietly distanced herself from the arguing crowd, moving to a corner at the top of the tower.
“This is the final trial—a test of human greed.”
“Knowing that person’s character, these guys blinded by immediate profits are likely in for a bad end.”
“Heh, the people from the Royal Guild…”
Summer Night Autumn Rain chuckled lightly, feeling quite pleased at the thought of the Royal Guild getting a setback.
The Royal Guild, empowered by real-world financial backing, had conducted many monopolistic operations, causing considerable obstacles for scattered individual players like her.
She observed the bustling crowd, her beautiful eyes glowing faintly.
Besides those fighting for equipment, there were still many players who remained rational.
For instance, the female player from the Mechanical God Cult, “Art is Explosion”; the Magician from Magic Coin, “Bright Moon”; and the professional Magician player, “Missile Eater”…
Meanwhile, the Magician from the notorious Dragon Enthusiasts Club, “Loving the Dragon Like the Wind,” stood before the dragon-shaped statue, looking extremely fanatical.
But Summer Night Autumn Rain knew that these guys were all freaks.
The guild leader, “Safis,” was infamous for posting eye-gouging dragon-related porn on forums and was known as the “Dragon Fanatic.”
Summer Night Autumn Rain frowned slightly; she felt that something was still missing.
“No, this is still not right…”
“The final trial isn’t just about resisting temptation. This way, it would only eliminate those idiots from the Royal Guild.”
She recalled the recruitment notice from Isdalia.
“The Dragon Pact Warlocks made pacts with Red Dragons… They possess the mysterious and powerful Dragon’s Spell, and they all serve the sole ruler of the empire with supreme authority—His Majesty Cassius of the Ashen Empire.”
“Serve… loyalty!”
“I understand now!”
Summer Night Autumn Rain’s eyes lit up as she grasped the key to the problem.
The key was loyalty!
The Dragon Pact Warlock must be absolutely loyal to the Emperor, treating him as if he were a deity—and that was the final trial!
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With that realization, Summer Night Autumn Rain quickly adjusted her clothing and hurried to the human-shaped statue of Cassius.
She knelt before the statue, clasping her hands together as if in prayer.
“But…”
“Lord Cassius is truly handsome!”
“How can an NPC in a game completely match my aesthetic tastes!”
Although Summer Night Autumn Rain’s posture appeared devout, her thoughts were somewhat impudent.
“This is…”
“I see.”
“Art is Explosion” also noticed Summer Night Autumn Rain’s perplexing actions. After thinking for a while, she also went up to pray.
The few Magician players looked at the two praying female players, then looked at the infatuated “Loving the Dragon Like the Wind,” their expressions rather odd.
“Tsk tsk, Cassius has a lot of female fans! Apparently, he even has a support group in real life.”
“There are male fans too, aren’t there?”
“The members of the Dragon Enthusiasts Club are all perverts! They post those ridiculous pictures on the forums every day!”
“You have to admit, Boss Cassius’s modeling is top-notch!”
“Yes, he’s the best-looking one I’ve seen. Too bad he doesn’t appear often…”
“How much gold could this statue sell for…”
…
At the top of the tower where the players couldn’t see, the “Dragon Fire Maiden” Misha hovered in the air, surrounded by swirling flames.
Her golden eyes were still blazing, but her gaze was particularly stern, even carrying a hint of killing intent.
Her eyes seemed to pierce through the thick stone walls, seeing the scenes within the Tower of Everflame.
“These vulgar wretches…”
“How dare they touch the sacrifices I prepared for His Majesty Cassius? They’re courting death!”
Misha clenched her delicate hands, causing a fierce blaze to erupt from her palms.
The players fighting over the equipment had already been sentenced to death in her mind.
“They don’t even respect His Majesty; they are unworthy to be noble Dragon Pact Warlocks! They don’t even deserve to live in the Ashen Empire…”
Misha declared.
She then looked at the human-shaped statue, her expression softening slightly.
Two women possessing dragon veins were kneeling and praying before the statue of His Majesty Cassius—just as she usually did.
Moreover, they had golden eyes, signaling the dragon veins.
This made Misha feel a sense of kinship and regard them as equals.
For the sake of her own revenge and to better assist His Majesty in managing the Tower of Everflame, Misha always acted mature and composed, decisive and ruthless.
But despite her experiences and early maturity, Misha was still, at heart, a teenage girl.
She still longed to find “subordinates” or “companions” with whom she could get along.
“In such chaos, they still pray to His Majesty. They are qualified to become Dragon Pact Warlocks,” she concluded.
She looked toward the dragon-shaped statue.
The man stood before the statue, not making a prayer gesture, but his expression was exceptionally devout.
“That look in his eyes… He’s like one of those zealots,” Misha thought to herself.
But he didn’t know that the thoughts of this “zealot” were much more impudent, enough to be burned at the stake.
And that look, more than devout, was obsessive, almost drooling!
Misha blinked and whispered, “He is also qualified to become a Dragon Pact Warlock.”
“These three Starfallers have passed the trial and proven their loyalty to me.”
“They are all qualified to become proxies for His Majesty—the Dragon Pact Warlocks.”
After saying this, Misha looked at the top of the tower again, her brows furrowing slightly as hesitation filled her eyes.
Because there was another group of Starfallers.
They passed the trial, remained untempted by the sacrificial items, but didn’t show their loyalty either.
After a moment of thought, Misha finally made up her mind.
“Hmph…”
She snorted coldly, her beautiful golden eyes flickering with fiery light, sending ripples through the air.
She parted her lips slightly and uttered, “Teacher Ramp once taught me…”
“Loyalty that is not absolute, is absolutely disloyal!”
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