Chapter 3 : This Is the End
Chapter 3: This Is the End! The Death Church Has Arrived!
“Damn, what the hell is this!” After seeing what the C4 looked like, Jiang Chen was completely dumbfounded.
“How should I put it… the developers really know how to have fun.”
A cute pink bear crossbody bag.
This is supposed to be C4? Since when does C4 look like this?
“Forget it, that’s not important. What matters is checking out the next part of the story.”
As he spoke, Jiang Chen picked up a bottle of cola from the table, twisted open the cap, and took a big gulp.
His eyes remained fixed on the game screen.
However, just as Jiang Chen was fully focused—
“Pfft!”
A sudden pop-up made him spit out his drink.
【First recharge of 6 yuan grants a “Rare” exclusive transforming weapon for your character: “Misty Moon Dream.”】
Displayed in the pop-up was a pink Lolita-style parasol called “Misty Moon Dream.”
“Trying to trick me into Pay-to-Win? Everyone knows Pay-to-Win only has zero or infinite times—don’t even think about it!”
After closing the pop-up, Jiang Chen turned his attention back to the story.
“Normally, an NPC appearing at this point is meant to push the plot forward.” As he spoke, Jiang Chen rubbed his chin.
Especially after seeing the new character’s introduction, he became even more certain.
【Lilith Evans】
【Title: One of the Empire’s Twin Stars】
“I remember Vivian also has the title of Twin Star. The next part of the plot should be the two of them going somewhere secluded to have a duel.”
“This is probably meant to let players get familiar with the controls. Then I just casually click a few times and pass, and the Twin Star will say something like ‘As expected of a genius on par with me.’”
“‘Although I lost this time, next time I definitely won’t lose to you,’ or something like that.”
“And then it smoothly pushes the next part of the story. Probably some kind of side quest.”
As a veteran gamer, Jiang Chen had seen this kind of plot no less than a hundred times. It was always the same trope—he could recite it by heart.
“Honestly, for this kind of story, not having a skip option is really discouraging for players.”
Just as Jiang Chen expected, Lilith dragged Vivian through alley after alley.
Soon, they arrived at a place resembling the city’s old district. There were a few abandoned buildings covered in moss.
The ground was no longer as clean and tidy as the main streets—it was littered with trash.
Compared to Jiang Chen, Vivian’s mind was in complete chaos.
First, she glanced at the crossbody bag from the corner of her eye, filled with confusion.
Does the god not know what C4 looks like?
Also, what are “plot” and “skip”?
A duel? Lilith wants to duel me?
Lilith is one of the Twin Stars?
That’s impossible!
She knew exactly what kind of person she herself was, and she also knew what Lilith was like.
Lilith was nothing more than a spoiled rich girl—how could she possibly be one of the Twin Stars?
Just as Vivian was lost in her thoughts, Lilith’s slightly puzzled voice rang out.
“You also went to find that goblin from Rose Town? The one that always wanders around the streets?”
Lilith stared at Vivian, a hint of suspicion flashing in her eyes.
“This dress—its style and craftsmanship—aside from the light pink color, it’s almost identical to mine. Did you also have it made at Granny Ovi’s place?”
Also?
Vivian vaguely realized something.
Sure enough, Lilith now wore an expression of doubting life itself.
“I underestimated you, Vivian. I didn’t expect you to have the same idea as me.”
“But I’m curious—where did you get so much money? That goblin charged me 10 gold coins for promotion, and with Granny Ovi’s tailoring, that’s a total of 100 gold coins.”
100 gold coins?
Vivian almost froze on the spot.
She had only spent 10 silver coins and 1 gold coin!
As expected… it’s easy to make money off the rich…
Unable to understand how Vivian could possibly afford 110 gold coins, Lilith sighed, her expression somewhat helpless.
“Forget it, that’s not important.”
“I also didn’t expect those goblins to exaggerate the promotion so much.”
“What ancient family heir, one of the empire’s youngest Twin Stars, blessed by the gods in childhood, future nine-ring legendary mage…”
Hearing this, Vivian understood everything.
It really was the same goblin—and they didn’t even change the content.
And aren’t you people completely irresponsible in business?
That’s a big client who paid 10 gold coins! Why couldn’t you at least tweak the lines a bit?!
No… they did change it—they added “Twin Star.”
While Vivian was ranting internally, Lilith spoke again.
“In any case, we’re now tied to the same rope. You don’t want your identity exposed and suffer a social death in the academy, right?”
“So there’s only one path now—cooperation.”
“Cooperation? How?” Vivian wanted to ask, but couldn’t make a sound.
Lilith didn’t notice anything unusual and continued:
“During the assessment, we’ll team up and enter the Eternal Tower. That way, even if our performance is poor, outsiders won’t know.”
“I’ll also prepare some magic items that can pass inspection… as long as we’re not discovered, our results won’t be too bad.”
Cheating?
Vivian’s heart skipped a beat.
If they were discovered, they would definitely be disqualified!
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Seeing this part of the story, Jiang Chen was also confused.
“Is this right?”
“Shouldn’t they be fighting?”
Jiang Chen felt deeply shocked by the developers’ thought process.
“So this means she’s a temporary tool teammate for the next phase?”
“In other words, she’s just a useless pretty face, and my task is to help her pass the assessment.”
“Then help her hide her identity, and after clearing it, I get some reward. Still a cliché, but at least there’s a tiny bit of innovation.”
Jiang Chen muttered.
Hearing his muttering, Vivian didn’t even know what to say anymore.
How is this “no problem”?!
Why don’t you first look at what level the two of us are at?!
If she’s useless, am I not the same?!
And what the heck is a “tool teammate”?!
However, before Vivian could figure out the meanings of all these strange terms, chaotic footsteps suddenly came from the alley entrance.
At the same time, her body involuntarily raised its head, and several figures in black robes stepped out from the shadows.
When the emblem on their robes came into view, Vivian’s pupils shrank sharply.
“The Death Church!”
The empire’s infamous evil cult, hunted by the churches of all righteous gods.
And the very reason she hadn’t dared leave her apartment these past days.
Wuwuwu! It’s over!
Vivian immediately realized something was terribly wrong.
I knew it—the moment I left the apartment, the Death Church would come after me!
What do I do now?!
Although Vivian knew that the one controlling her body was a god, the problem was that the god was only controlling her body.
What good does that do?
She was just weak—even if controlled by a god, she was still weak… wait.
Vivian suddenly realized something.
She was already a One-Ring Mage now, and even among One-Ring Mages, she was one of the rare few who already had a class.
It was just that everything had happened so easily that she subconsciously ignored it.
If that was the case, then with the god controlling her body, maybe she really could fight…
However…
When she saw that there were no fewer than twenty members of the Death Church, and more than half of them were at least Two-Ring—
Vivian felt she might have been happy too soon.
And at that moment…