bookcurios Chapter 896 Final preparations
Chapter 896 Final preparations
"Very good, then the time is set for tomorrow noon." Seeing that the two churches had made commitments one after another, Dorrent nodded with satisfaction.
He then sighed softly, looked at everyone and said:
"Our opponents this time aren't ordinary mortals. Although the Life Spirit Goddess hasn't officially returned, her strength is likely comparable to those great gods. Furthermore, in Darkland, I can sense no fewer than seven angels walking the mortal world. If the dream overflows and the gods enter reality, we won't necessarily have the upper hand."
"This matter is extremely dangerous. I hope everyone will participate in this war with the awareness of certain death. They must bring all their cards to the table. They must not be careless, and they must not hold back."
"I will do my best." Zhou Ning nodded slightly and made his promise.
Dorent said with a smile:
"I believe in your promise, and your character is recognized by the Ascetic Church."
He then pointed at the unfamiliar elderly pastor and said to everyone:
"I forgot to introduce him. This is Victor Bennett, the Archbishop of the Ascetic Church in charge of the Ruines Diocese. He is also an angel. In this war, he will be in charge of commanding the Sun Guardians and the Knights Templar."
After Victor and the others got to know each other, they discussed some details of the war. They planned to meet at St. Raymond's Cathedral at 1: PM. The main forces of the three factions would launch an attack on the Darkland Fortress, dethroning Charles VII. The Ascetic Church's Sun Watchers, the Templars, the War God Church's Wings of Law, and the Stargazers of the Starry Sky Church would simultaneously target all alchemy shops and herbal medicine stores in Darkland.
In terms of combat, the Ascetic Church will be responsible for the main attack, the God of War Church will still use the decrees to assist, using the decrees to try to prevent participants in the battle from falling asleep, and the Starry Sky Church will be responsible for checking for omissions and filling in the gaps to make up for the shortcomings in attack.
When these angels communicated, they argued like mortals, refusing to give in. Even a simple division of responsibilities would take them ages to debate. By the time all the details were finalized, it was almost six in the morning. Dorent stood up, clapped his hands, and said,
"Okay, since everyone has no other opinions, this discussion ends here."
"Everyone, please remember, don't sleep when you get back, and don't even think about resting. Otherwise, you might be misled into a dream by the other party's ability, which is similar to that of a word spirit. Of course, I believe that with your strength, sleep is no longer a necessary option."
The fog around the palace dissipated, and Zhou Ning felt a distinct feeling of falling. Just the next second, Zhou Ning found himself back in that remote hall.
Before leaving, Meredith walked up to Zhou Ning, walked side by side with him, and said in a vague voice:
"Lend me your Falric Code."
Zhou Ning didn't ask him what it was for. He directly grabbed the "Fariq Code" from the void and handed it to him. He watched him pick up a pen and quickly write a decree on it:
"The God of War says: Those who carry this command will have the power to enter and exit the dream realm."
As the last word fell, a mysterious golden symbol rose from the decree, and Meredith's face turned slightly pale.
He tore off the paper and returned it to Zhou Ning along with the Falik Code, saying softly:
"It can only be used once. The format of the decree is as follows, but I'm not sure if you can write it yourself."
Most likely it is not possible... The prerequisites mentioned by the God of War are simply useless, and you can't just take advantage of the other party.
As he spoke, his eyes began to wander. It was obvious that he was not used to being alone and wanted to leave.
The personality of this Angel King is still as good as ever... The only character flaw is probably that, just like my own love for Victor, he is rather socially anxious. This is also a human flaw that every angel must have, and there is nothing that can be done about it.
This decree is also very helpful to me. At least it is impossible for me to not be able to cheat.
Zhou Ning thanked him, put away the decree and the Falric Code, and said to Meredith:
"Be careful in today's battle. Archbishop Edward has returned to most of his strength and is far stronger than what we faced on Hood Island."
"Okay." Meredith nodded slightly.
After saying goodbye to each other, Zhou Ning walked out of St. Raymond's Cathedral along the same route and paused for a moment at the church door.
A moment later, he appeared next to the Golden Oak Herbal Shop near the Canal District.
The shop door was closed at this time. Zhou Ning closed his eyes and sensed a little, but did not detect the presence of Matthew Pesa.
No, there are still some.
In the Golden Oak Herb Shop, he sensed the lingering aura of corruption and decadence left by the other party in the room.
The aura was extremely weak, proving that the owner of the aura had been away for some time.
But Zhou Ning could still feel that this aura was very similar to Richard Pesa's at that time.
Zhou Ning took a deep breath, then exhaled without stopping. There was nothing he could do now.
Zhou Ning took out his pocket watch and checked the time. It was almost 6:40 in the morning, less than 7 hours before the decisive battle began.
Since he couldn't be sure of winning this decisive battle, all he could do now was to harvest the last wave of leeks before the door-opening mission was completed. He would swing the sickle with all his strength.
Zhou Ning had originally thought it was still a little early, but when he returned to the Holy Star Cathedral, he was surprised to find it already packed with people. There was even a long line of people setting up stalls in front of the church. This made Zhou Ning quite relieved, at least they knew not to sell things in the church.
Most of these people are reselling supplies and materials purchased from the city, and their business is pretty good.
What surprised Zhou Ning a little was that many players came over to take photos with him, and some even had tears in their eyes and looked reluctant to leave, as if they were going to die soon. It was simply outrageous.
Needless to say, this is the consequence of the post by the black man Grantham, which made many people blindly follow and really think that they would die.
In contrast, his business today was also ridiculously good, which seemed to have given that little black guy a boost and a big marketing push. After a while, his area was blocked by traffic and the inventory of goods continued to decline.
At around 8 o'clock, Shuidi Chenxing, Jinse and XB, who he was more familiar with, also arrived. Shuidi Chenxing and XB, the two 2Bs, even pulled him to take a photo with sad faces, which made Zhou Ning want to slap them in the face.
Currently, the top three in the camp activities are still Shuidi Chenxing, XB and Yanran Weilue. If this ranking remains unchanged by 12 o'clock, they will be the opening heroes of the second session.
Zhou Ning had already prepared their rewards, and three bottles of dragon blood mixture were the best reward at this stage.
In the next few hours, although he had tried his best to overestimate the players' spending power, the fact was that he still underestimated it. Shuidi Shenxing's first place was still very stable, but the competition for the second and third places was still very fierce.
XB had his own guild, but its members were almost entirely guileless, easily deceived. This time, he'd even spent all his money. Yanran Wei Le had the full support of the Tang and Song poetry guild. In the final two hours, Zhou Ning's wishing pool was almost completely empty, forcing him to temporarily equip some inferior equipment, but his contribution points continued to soar.
Finally, around noon, the second-place finisher from the previous round, Sugar Mountain, reluctantly withdrew, forfeiting the opportunity. Rumors of Wayne Stewell's death had circumvented the issue, and the cost of this round was far higher than last time, so there was no need to fight so hard. The final spot for the opening hero was decided: Shuidi Shenxing, Haicheng, and XB, in that order. Master Yan Wu once again placed fifth.
Unlike the last time, this time the heroes who open the door are all roaming gunners!
After final statistics, Zhou Ning had earned 6 billion experience points in just six hours that morning, more than double his previous record. As for Viktor, his figure was even more astronomical. Is this the true spending power of players? Zhou Ning felt like he was dreaming.
After a brief thought, he wrote a series of tasks and distributed them to three players.