MMO: Pierce Heaven Til’ It Breaks

There were too many pressure points when it came to fighting Golden Eye, when very little room for error. The slightest misstep would lead to the entire party wiping out.

The second time Li Yi and company tried it, they had the right ideas, but there were still too many gaps in their coordination. When the darkness descended upon them, several members stumbled again, colliding into each other and getting petrified. This led directly to the failure of the second attempt.

It was much easier said than done, that was for sure.

Brother Windcloud Nine resurrected the party again, but even after the third attempt, they had yet to make it past the first segment.

Li Yi suggested, “Why don’t we call it a day? Let’s record this down and try again tomorrow.”

Mindless attempts would not lead to anything substantial. Instead, the party would wind up in an endless spiral of failure. Rather than stay here and die over and over again, it was better to have a good day’s rest and allow everyone to think carefully about their performance today. That way, they could prepare themselves for maximum efficiency.

“Alright, then let’s try again tomorrow.”

Li Yi’s suggestion was unanimously approved, so he summoned the red-robed spirit and made a record of the floor with the Record Crystal. That way, they could come straight to this floor next time and continue right where they left off.

The party was dismissed, and the members rubbed the Return City Stones in unison, leaving the area one after the other.

Li Yi went back as well. The Divine Punishment by the gods had dealt a decent amount of damage to Starting Point City too, and as Castellan, he had to go and note down the losses.

When Li Yi returned to Starting Point City, he saw that more than half of the buildings had been destroyed, and about a dozen NPCs had fled to nobody knows where. Initial estimates valued the losses at over a million Gold Coins, at the very least.

Just then, Jiaojiao and the others returned as well. Li Yi asked them to stay online for a little longer and perform ten Major City Construction Quests each before logging off.

Starting Point City was not very large. Li Yi had only reconstructed a small part of the ancient imperial city, not because he was lazy, but because he thought Starting Point City was already large enough.

After they completed their ten Construction Quests each, Starting Point City was more or less good as new.

Jiaojiao, Little Elf from the Magical Realm and the others logged off to rest, but just as Li Yi was about to log off as well, the fat penguin Alenod bounded up to him.

“Dear respected Lord Castellan, someone’s waiting for you at the Castellan’s residence.”

When an NPC made such an announcement, it was more likely than not that the guest was also an NPC. Li Yi was not surprised by that. However, when he returned to the Castellan’s residence and saw the ‘guest’, it still came as a shock to him.

The guest had black hair, purple eyes, and a seductive face. She wore purple armor that exposed her midriff and only covered her snowy white peaks, and a scarlet patterned mini skirt, revealing her long fair legs. It was none other than the Second Demon God, Aersith…

“Custodian of the Luo Lan Empire’s Blademaster Aragon, are you very surprised to see me?” Aersith bowed slightly and smiled at Li Yi.

Li Yi nodded. “That I am. To think that Your Holiness the Second Demon God came all the way here from the Demon God Castle. Color me astonished.”

Li Yi truly had not expected this at all. In his mind, while the upper-level monsters in King of Pantheon were very smart, their ‘status’ meant that they could only move in very limited spaces. Most of them only existed near their spawn spots. He had never been heard of any NPC traversing entire maps like Aersith had.

“Didn’t you already guess my identity?”

Aersith raised her hand and her face was immediately obscured in a black robe. This was her form as the intelligent leader of the Traitors’ Alliance.

“I knew it was you…”

Aersith seemed a little wry. “Haha, to think that the daughter of the Great Demon God King is actually a traitor defying the demons! I understand if you find it hard to believe. A long time ago, even I couldn’t quite believe this was real…”

Li Yi said with a laugh, “Lady Demon God, I don’t think you came all the way here just for a chat, did you?”

“Haha, I came here to ask for your help.”

Aersith stood up and said, “You know who I am now, and I’m sure you understand where I’m coming from, too. Several millennia ago, when they were deciding who should be the Great Demon God King, they stripped me of my rights to the role just because I advocated for peace.

“I harbor no jealousy over my inability to become the Great Demon God King. I just felt slightly helpless, because I was powerless to stop those who advocated for war from attacking the Pantheon Continent.

“My strength is limited. I don’t want to see the demons die out, but I don’t want to see other races get hurt either. I can only do what is within my power to protect the benefits of both sides. That is also why I founded the Traitors’ Alliance, so I could protect those who had wandered into Foreignland, the ones demons consider outsiders.

“You are Blademaster Aragon’s true custodian. The demons of the war faction have decided to launch a full-scale war on the Pantheon Continent in five days, and I alone am unable to stop it. That is why I wish to seek your help.”

Li Yi narrowed his eyes. “A full-scale war with the demons?”

In the past life, such a full-scale war with the demons had taken place once before. After that, they launched the Pantheon Mystery pre-expansion event, Wings of the Sky.

The full-scale war was the demons’ last insane hurrah. Using Blood Sacrifice, they multiplied the First Demon God Genghis’ power several times over, making the demons nigh unbeatable.

Any major cities that were conquered would instantly become demon territory. If a Celestial Capital was captured, the demons would lay claim to the entire continent.

A demonic full-scale war was a very big deal. In the past life, the Eastern Continent did not have a king and the demons captured their Celestial Capital, so players could not use their teleportation doors or Return City Stones for a whole two months and more.

Li Yi looked at Aersith, utterly surprised. This did come as a shock to him.

The fact that Aersith is telling him that meant that she had well and truly sold out the demons. This had not happened in the past life at all.

‘Could it be because I have a high Affinity with her? So she trusts me?’

Just as Li Yi’s mind was wandering, Aersith asked, “Custodian of Blademaster Aragon, will you help me stop the war?”

“How do you want me to help?”

Aersith shook her head. “Just tell me, yes or no.”

Li Yi nodded with a laugh. “Sure, I’ll do it!”

“Ding!”

System notification: [You have elected to help Aersith stop the war, greatly earning her favor. Her Affinity with you has increased by 500,000 points.]

“Ding!”

[Congratulations, your relationship with the Second Demon God, Aersith has now reached Worship.]

[Congratulations, you have attained the Rare Achievement, My Friend is a Demon God. Your rewards for the achievement are all Attributes +1, and you have earned the right to use Traitors’ Alliance Teleportation (requires the purchase of an Alliance Return City Stone from the Alliance’s Quartermaster).]

Li Yi was in a great mood as he asked Aersith, “Alright, tell me. How do you want me to help you?”

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