Chapter 57 -57-Zone 4 Worldfall Ruins — Dragonkin Isle
When John saw that the quest objective was actually asking him to conquer the Worldfall Ruins,
he was a little stunned.
He was naturally no stranger to Worldfall Ruins.
They were usually located within special terrain,
existing in a form similar to dungeons.
But they were even more mysterious than ordinary dungeons.
That was because once a dungeon had been cleared once,
it would enter a cooldown period before it could be challenged again.
Moreover, the first-clear reward and special rewards only existed on that very first run.
Any players who cleared the dungeon afterward
would no longer be able to obtain them.
But Worldfall Ruins were different.
They had no cooldown, and there was no such thing as a one-time exclusive reward.
They could be challenged an unlimited number of times.
The equipment and all kinds of rewards inside
would keep refreshing endlessly.
Although their difficulty and danger were far higher than those of ordinary dungeons,
the rewards produced within were still worth the risk.
That was why the Worldfall Ruins in every major zone
were essentially extremely rich resource points!
John immediately followed the system prompt, opened the world map,
and began searching for Zone 4’s Worldfall Ruins.
"So the location is actually near Storm City in Zone 4."
After seeing the coordinate point,
John’s heart stirred.
"Looks like the players of Zone 4 have already discovered this Worldfall Ruins.
Otherwise, there wouldn’t have been so few people coming to besiege me just now."
At the current stage of the game,
most players had already begun entering main cities and exploring the surrounding areas.
So it was not strange that some players had discovered the existence of Worldfall Ruins.
The reason John had not discovered one yet
was purely because during this period he had been busy hunting down Zone 4’s Lord-class player Link,
as well as completing his own Class Advancement Quest.
Otherwise, John could have fully mobilized his guild’s strength
and had players help him search for Zone 5’s Worldfall Ruins.
"But that’s fine too. Compared to farming my own zone’s Worldfall Ruins,
farming someone else’s is definitely more satisfying."
Looking in the direction of Zone 4’s ruin,
a mischievous grin appeared on John’s face.
He immediately activated his Pass Permit
and teleported near Storm City.
...
The moment he arrived at Storm City,
he headed straight for the Worldfall Ruins without pause.
With Phantom Blink boosting his travel efficiency,
it took him only ten minutes
to reach the location of the Worldfall Ruins.
At that moment,
John looked up.
Above the vast blue sky,
a gigantic floating island hung suspended high overhead.
The instant his gaze fell upon the island,
the related information popped up.
[Zone 4 Regional Ruin: Dragonkin Isle]
[Description]: A ruin left behind from the previous era.
This island was once the homeland of the now-extinct dragonkin race.
Until one day, divine punishment descended without warning.
All dragonkin were exterminated, their souls extracted,
leaving behind only puppet-like bodies.
Under the influence of that heavenly punishment,
those bodies turned into monsters that knew only how to attack any living being that entered the region of Dragonkin Isle.
...
On Dragonkin Isle,
some Zone 4 players had already made their way onto the island.
They were currently fighting the dragonkin monsters there.
Slash!
One player struggled to pull his greatsword out of a dragonkin corpse.
Before they even had the chance to pick up the equipment dropped by that dragonkin,
a piercing dragon roar suddenly echoed from the distant sky.
The expressions of the several dozen players changed immediately.
Without needing any orders,
they instinctively and tacitly retreated toward the nearest tall building.
The fortresses on Dragonkin Isle were similar to temporary footholds.
They could briefly shield the players from attacks by other dragonkin.
After hiding inside that tall building,
the group finally let out a breath of relief.
Watching the ferocious flying dragonkin gradually move farther away,
they finally began speaking in hushed voices.
"Damn it, the monsters on Dragonkin Isle are way too strong."
"Yeah. Even killing the most ordinary one takes us forever."
"These monsters are too tough, and we’ve already run out of potions.
If we drag this out any longer, we’ll probably die here."
"Odeso, what do you think?"
The players’ gazes all fell on a warrior player.
He was a burly paladin named Odeso.
He was the second of Zone 4’s three specially selected priority trainees.
He had awakened an SS-rank warrior talent.
The share of resources allocated to him
was only slightly less than what Link, with his Lord-class profession, had received.
The players who had come up to Dragonkin Isle with him this time
were specifically here to help him grind monsters
and obtain the rewards from Dragonkin Isle.
Unlike the grand spectacle at Weathered Mountains,
where tens of thousands of players had mobilized together to grind down a single gold-grade boss,
the group assigned to Dragonkin Isle
were all elites among elites.
And every one of them possessed either a flying talent or a flying item.
Otherwise, they would never have been able to reach Dragonkin Isle in the first place.
At the same time,
because Dragonkin Isle had no teleportation array,
only this small group of elite players could come up to help with the farming.
Completely different from the tactic used underground,
where players helped Link chip away at a gold-grade boss’s HP,
this team was employing an elite-strike strategy.
Among all the players present,
the lowest level was no less than 35.
In any major guild,
they would all basically qualify as vice leaders.
And yet at this moment,
all of them were willingly grinding levels for Odeso alone.
That alone showed just how much importance Zone 4 placed on him.
However—
even though everyone gathered here was an elite player of Zone 4,
the strength of the monsters on Dragonkin Isle still far exceeded their expectations.
More often than not,
the moment they killed one ordinary dragonkin,
other dragonkin would hear the commotion and come rushing over.
As a result, after wasting two whole days on this island,
they had gotten nothing except some EXP.
They had not even managed to pick up a single piece of equipment.
It left them utterly frustrated.
"Odeso, say something already.
Should we head back down first, rest and regroup, then come back up to tackle this place?"
Seeing that Odeso had remained silent the whole time,
one player could not help urging him to make a decision.
Odeso stared from afar at the boss hall located at the highest point of Dragonkin Isle.
There was still an extremely long distance between them and that hall.
At this rate,
even if they stayed here for a month,
they might not necessarily reach it.
A hesitant look appeared on his face.
"What you’re saying does make sense.
But every time we come up here, we have to pay a huge price.
It won’t be easy to gather another batch of flying items."
Hearing that,
everyone fell silent.
It was true.
Among them, only a few actually had professions or abilities that allowed flight.
The rest had relied on flying items provided by Zone 4 to get up here.
If they wanted to come up again next time,
they would have to spend time preparing another batch of flying items.
Just as everyone was still hesitating—
a massive explosion suddenly sounded from outside.
Even the tall building they were hiding in
began to shake violently along with it.
"What happened?!"
The players immediately rushed to the windows and looked outside.
Then,
they saw an utterly shocking scene.
All the terrifying dragonkin monsters that had originally been circling the surrounding area
were now moving together toward a certain distant location.
And that direction
was exactly where the explosion had just come from.