attention however ichio did not approach
them to add his friends and instead he
made his way directly to the ceiling
Tower upon arriving once more at the
ceiling Tower icho marveled at his
fortune and returning to this place he
shook his head and scanned the
surrounding structures this area was
vastly different from when he logged in
during his previous life back then the
surroundings were densely packed with
buildings resembling a grand town with a
towering wall encircling the core area
now the in-game architecture was sparse
with the most prominent feature being a
brick Factory encircled by 30 players in
the distance the rest were minor
structures the largest being the small
Guild building constructed by fonza and
others however it could hardly be called
a guild at this stage rather fonga and
his companions had transformed it into a
medium-sized Trading Post near the
roadside Fong's Guild had opened two
windows one for selling items from
within the tower and another for
interactions with the guide since luing
currently resided within Fong's Guild it
was challenging for other players to
meet him to prevent potential riots Fong
had opened this window to allow players
to engage with luing at any time however
most players believe luing had little
practical value he could neither issue
quests nor help players authenticate
items without charging a fee yet early
players had little need for
authentication leaving only a few
herbalists lingering around Ling
gradually he became overlooked While
others assumed he was of limited use
ichio held a different perspective for
he was acutely aware that within the
guide's body lay sealed a Calamity level
monster in truth the guide was a key a
key to summon that very monster however
it was premature to discuss this as the
current players had yet to unravel the
mysteries of the first layer of the
ceiling Tower just as ichio prepared to
enter the tower a player cloaked in a
black robe suddenly appeared before the
guide this player bore the ID of
midnight sonata upon seeing this name
icho pupils constricted to pin Pricks
the cursed cloak the deathly staff the
undead catastrophe this individual was
the notor ious criminal topping The
Wanted list the infamous reded player
yetu indeed even at this stage he had
already acquired the legacy of The
Necromancer faction the gear and weapons
tainted by death energy could only be
collected within tomb environments while
this was not significant in the later
stages of the game it provided a
considerable advantage in the early game
as current players had yet to wield even
copper weapons relying instead on finely
crafted bone Weaponry their clothing
consisted merely of animal hides while
yet used silk garments were a rarity
only seen on NPCs moreover this was
death energy equipment weapons infused
with death energy inherently carried
negative effects any wound inflicted by
such a weapon would quickly become
infected and difficult to heal
especially for living beings as for
ysu's arms although they were hidden
beneath his robe ichio could discern the
pale lifeless hands concealed within
this was precisely the transformation
brought about by consuming the first
tier death energy potion the specific
effects of the death energy potion had
been exposed by players before the first
stage of the potion rendered the
consumer's body Gastly pale and numb
their pain receptors turning them into
oblivious Berserkers and that was merely
the passive effect the active effect of
the death energy potion allowed for the
manipulation of death energy this meant
that even without death energy weapons
YSU could still unleash death energy
effects yio was uncertain why yetu
sought the guide but he understood that
it was best to clear of this former
harbinger of death without hesitation