to withdraw the tide of battle had
decidedly turned against them the
remaining dwarves fought while
retreating yet the traitors began to
remove their armbands in an attempt to
infiltrate the ranks of the elves
fortunately with their vantage point
from above the two of them were able to
spot the traitors otherwise they would
have been lost in The Fray upon citing
them they acted swiftly eliminating the
traitors decisively I in less than 3
minutes guon tion and her companions
completed their mission clearing the
instance the system announced team has
cleared the dangerous level Forest
Wonderland players receive experience
points 50002 red treasure chest one
comma life Essence 30 although this task
appeared deceptively simple the real
challenges lay in the choices of
factions and the trador attempts to
conceal themselves that of course given
the manageable difficulty the rewards
were merely basic yet they had grown
accustomed to this ever since gon
significant power increase dangerous
level instances had ceased to pose a
threat to them leading to a month where
they received little more than basic
rewards a the instance's origin hang Yun
opened the daily instance pan
though mentally prepared he was still
somewhat taken aback to see that the
Dwarven mind instance had turned gray it
truly could not be entered again so be
it I never favored Min anyway others
readily agreed however at that moment
gang reminded everyone we didn't see
Aisha and Eileen in this instance indeed
AC and nuah Le could be regarded as the
leaders of their respective factions yet
neither of their Partners had been
present which seemed rather unusual
could it be that they were battling on
sep fronts although today's scale was
considerable it still fell short of the
total numbers involved in the conflict
between the two factions luu mused gu
tontion shook her head signaling that
there was no cause for concern we will
learn the truth in due time now that we
have chosen our faction the system
should no longer issue tasks related to
betrayal previously the system had
presented such tasks forcing them to
oscillate between the two Powers H I
wouldn't be so sure L Zing scoffed
exhibiting a complete lack of trust in
the system I in an instant everyone
exchanged glances the system often
proved to be quite treacherous and such
a scenario was indeed within the realm
of possibility what kind of large scale
slaughterhouse would ensue then one
could scarcely imagine well we shall
address future matters as they come it
is getting late let us all return to
rest gonon decisively interrupted the
speculation reminding them that as
players regardless of the tasks the
system might present they could only
strive to overcome them this was the
lament of being a Player No matter how
formidable one has strength in a certain
sense they were merely characters
crafted by the system what they could do
was survive until the end uncovering the
system's true nature and exploring the
ultimate purpose of this gaming world
when the group returned to the Villa it
was nearing midnight each retreated to
their quarters to sleep after washing up
guon tion opened her treasure chest and
promptly fell into a restful Slumber her
breathing soon evening out I in contrast
luciu sat anxiously with her damp hair
nervously awaiting the leaderboard
refresh at midnight with only a minute
remaining she watched the seconds tick
by her heart pounding
.00 leaderboard refreshed first place
guonan second place luu third place Jong
amidst the Stillness of the room
laughter erupted luu's face was a glow
with excitement and relief she felt
fortunate not to have claimed the top
spot while also elated to have surged
from 22nd to second place she surmised
that her overall strength paled in