Saving the World in an Apocalypse-Style Text Game-Chapter 36 - 39 The Earth-Shattering Dragons Breath_1
Chapter 36: Chapter 39: The Earth-Shattering Dragon’s Breath_1
Chapter 36 -39: The Earth-Shattering Dragon’s Breath_1
The next day.
When Lin Xun woke up, he felt refreshed and full of vigor.
The dark-haired beauty would probably have her hands full today, but he didn’t need to clock in for work and decided to indulge in his game while lingering in bed.
Book of Salvation, activate!
His soul’s strength had recovered to 2/2, and the shell of the Yellow Bishop was still intact, no need for reshaping. In other words, he had two lives to spare.
All regions of the castle in the game had been thoroughly explored, without any omissions.
Lin Xun controlled the Yellow Bishop and returned to the starting point of his dream – the White Moon Chapel.
In front of the chapel at the crossroad, the familiar options appeared again.
He had already visited the tower in the east and the castle in the north. To the right of the chapel, the west direction was blocked by ruins, whereas straight ahead to the south…
[In front of the chapel, South: You gaze into the distance. At the end of the desolate road, a ‘Fallen Subspecies Sea Dragon’ is blocking the way. Half of its scaled body is revealed from the shadows of the ruins, incredibly massive. As it moves, the earth trembles with a thundering roar, accompanied by ripples of crimson airwaves.]
Upon careful thought, Lin Xun realized that he had just obtained a level 32 shell last night. Wouldn’t using that shell to fight the Sea Dragon Boss nearly guarantee his victory?
Although the engineer in its blood state was instantly killed by a single skill from the Yellow Bishop, the engineer in its peak state was definitely unbeatable for the Yellow Bishop.
After all, the level gap was too significant.
But on second thought, the potential of the engineer shell pales in comparison to the Yellow Bishop, not just by a slight margin.
If he allowed the engineer to receive the enormous amount of experience points from defeating the Boss, the Yellow Bishop would miss the chance to level up. It was a trade-off he hesitated to make.
He had to take the long view, not to forsake the path of sustainable development for a momentary trivial gain.
Moreover, he was playing during the daytime. He shouldn’t forget that under sunlight exposure, shells of non-Blood-Sun faction would go mad and die.
Determined, Lin Xun blew his horn, summoned his warhorse, and selected to head south!
[You set off on the path to the south.]
[You reach the end of the road and stand before a massive creature…]
[It has a mountain-like body, with festering flesh exposed where its scales have fallen off. Its jaw houses layers of hooked teeth, and its fin-shaped limbs are robust and powerful. Now and then, it swings its massive tail, leaving deep pits on the ground.]
[The ‘Fallen Subspecies Sea Dragon’ also notices you. Its gigantic red eyes stare at you…]
[What will you do?]
[1. Shout loudly, “What are you looking at?” Then charge forward on your horse and jab it with the dragon-slaying power of your staff spear aimed at its rear-end.]
[2. Kneel on the ground, beseech “Oh Lord Dragon, I’ve come to offer tribute,” give a wry smile, and offer your Turkmen Blood Horse as its food.]
[3. Raise your staff spear, cast “Profane Sunlight” at it, then mount your horse, flee while taunting, “Hahaha, you can’t touch me!”]
“…Can I choose not to pick any?”
Looking at the three options, Lin Xun examined each carefully. And after a while, he figured out that there was one word written all over each option: “Death.”
With no other choice, he decided to use the process of elimination.
The second option was the first to go. Considering the sinister nature of this game, choosing to beg would probably serve him as its meal too.
The first option wasn’t reliable either. Putting aside the issue of the mage’s close combat skills, even if he switched to the Law Knight charging with a spear, if that didn’t kill the boss, he would surely meet his doom.
Having two lives backed by Yellow Bishop’s shell, if he couldn’t defeat the dragon, he could always rely on the engineer when night fell.
Moreover, he had the “Thunder Dragon Staff Spear,” a dragon-slaying weapon. There was nothing to fear!
With his mind set, Lin Xun selected the third option.
[Brave Apostle, you lift your staff spear, chanting the spell…]
[The ‘Fallen Subspecies Sea Dragon’ puzzledly gazes at you, not understanding what this tiny thing is doing.]
[A flash of red light…]
[Profane Sunlight strikes directly at the massive head of the subspecies sea dragon, causing blood to splatter everywhere.]
[It roars in anger, opens its foul-smelling mouth wide, and a dangerous, crimson glow starts to gather within it!]
[Knowing that you are outmatched, where will you choose to flee?]
[1. The White Moon Chapel behind you.]
[2. The Blood Tower to the east.]
[3. The Clock Tower ruins to the west.]
The text before his eyes turned blood red, trembling continuously. The options seemed to have a time limit.
Without thinking, Lin Xun instinctively chose the safe house – the White Moon Church.
[You ride your battle horse, fleeing frantically toward the White Moon Church.]
[After galloping all the way, you finally escaped to the entrance of the White Moon Church. You fall off the horse in a heap, but don’t forget to shut the church door behind you.]
Seeing the text, Lin Xun let out a sigh of relief.
He would run out soon to fire off another skill at the Sea Dragon Boss, and then continue to flee.
Wasn’t this a way to fight the Boss without getting hurt?
At this thought, he couldn’t help but grin.
[Apostle, just as you’re secretly rejoicing and believe that you have escaped danger unscathed…]
[You see a red dragon breath filling your entire field of vision.]
[You’re dead!]
???
“I really underestimated how unforgiving this game is…”
Lin Xun held his head, feeling his blood pressure shoot up.
[The weak Wandering Soul is reborn in the familiar Small Church…]
You can die even in the safe house… And what about the promise that the Dragon Hunting Spear, although a replica, would have real dragon-slaying power after being reforged?
Plus, he had incorporated the White Moon Pure Silver Staff into the reforging process, so the result should be at least as strong, if not stronger.
“Counterfeit goods are just unreliable!” Lin Xun cursed under his breath.
What now?
Was this a dead end, where only using the Engineer’s unconventional methods could lead to victory?
If he hadn’t joined the organization, if he hadn’t killed the Engineer last night and obtained his Shell, this game would have reached a dead end!
Lin Xun had a hunch that the game wouldn’t provide a definite dead end, there must be a solution.
He could perform the Shell Reshaping operation with his eyes closed now.
Exhaust one point of soul strength, manipulate the Yellow Bishop back to the White Moon Church.
The text that appeared surprised him greatly.
[The central building of Saint Lance – the White Moon Church, has been destroyed and leveled to the ground by a devastating power, leaving only rubble.]
“Holy shit! Is this Boss that strong? A dragon breath leveled the damn safe house?”
Lin Xun was dumbfounded.
Now, he didn’t need to worry about giving experience points to the Engineer.
With that level of attack power, the Engineer would be no more than cannon fodder.
“What the hell can I do now?”
Despite racking his brains, Lin Xun couldn’t think of a solution.
Looking through the options for fighting the Boss, it seemed any choice would lead to death.
The safe house couldn’t keep him alive, let alone the other options, considering the whole White Moon Church was leveled.
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What kind of maddening game design has a Boss reducing the safe house to flat ground in a single move?
If he hadn’t set his resurrection point in the castle’s small church, he couldn’t imagine what would’ve happened next.
After thinking carefully, Lin Xun suddenly realized something was off!
Huh? Leveled?
Yeah! Leveled!
A light bulb went off in his head, and suddenly everything became clear!
At the crossroads near the White Moon Church, the option for the west was as following:
[To your right lies the west: Saint Lance’s tallest landmark, the Artemis Clock Tower has collapsed. The small mountain of rubble and debris blocks your way.]
If the Sea Dragon Boss could reduce the safe house to a flat ground with a single dragon breath, then perhaps he might also be able to level the ruins of the collapsed clock tower on the west, removing the rubble and debris on the road.
Hidden Map!
These four words flashed across Lin Xun’s mind!
