Chapter 3409 One Year

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As I mentioned earlier, I was not very impressed with Kurast and did not experience it much, especially in the second half of the journey. Later, I brought Vilas and the others to Kurast to experience it, but they stopped at the third floor of the skinning cellar and failed. After walking smoothly to the second half, I saw model worker children's shoes.

Later, due to level restrictions, when I couldn't break through to the realm of world power, I gained a lot of experience and finally had the opportunity to clear Kurast completely again, completing the first kill of Model Worker Shoes, but At that time, I was already very strong, and I was too lazy to deal with monsters and mazes. I almost flew through the forest area in front of me. When I arrived at Ancient Kurast, I just cheered up and walked around.

Compared with other adventurers, my trip was also a super speed run. After all, I was already in the realm of pseudo-world power at that time. It was so easy to beat up children in a place like the second world.

This leads to the fact that I am not very familiar with Kurast Children’s Shoes.

As a result, because of this, it was too perfunctory before. Now, as a Kurast adventurer, do you want to go through it from beginning to end? I don’t know if it’s retribution.

After thinking about it, I had left the city and arrived at the edge of the Spider Forest.

It took several days to find Ancient Kurast by flying at first. I don’t know what my luck will be this time. It is said that according to the gossip in Kurast Bar, no one has ever been able to get out of this forest within half a year.

Although it is just gossip, it is not groundless. The forest maze in the Kurast area cannot be said to be the most difficult maze among all the experience locations in the five major regions, but it is definitely the largest maze, even if it is just the endless Kurast. A small corner on the edge of a tropical rainforest.

Even among the elves who consider themselves the masters of the Kurast Forest, no one can tell how big their home is and where it is connected. There is a saying that it is connected to the Mist Forest across the Twin Seas. It is the Mist. part of the forest.

Okay, the topic has gone off topic again. In short, I just need to know that I am now facing the largest maze in all experience areas, and there is no way for me to use the special skills of the maze killer.

The only clue is that it is said that as long as you follow the main trunk of the river, it seems to be easier. Of course, it is also more dangerous. After all, water has always been a battleground for military strategists, where the law of the jungle is most vividly displayed.

I was thinking, what should I do if I encounter an imperial crocodile again? It seems like one person can’t finish it all.

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"One, two, three, four, five..."

In ancient Kurast, at the entrance to the tall and decayed city gate, dozens of huge and ferocious torsos of Thorny Wood Demons fell beside it. Crouching at the foot of the gate of the city wall, I, who was slovenly and unkempt, no different from a savage, was using a dagger to stab at the entrance. The time is counted on the wall pillar.

It's been five months.

Throwing away the whiteboard dagger that had only 1 point of durability left and was about to be scrapped, he clapped his hands and stood up, walking towards the body of the Wood-thorn Demon.

It took five months to walk through the forest. I don’t know if I’m lucky. It is said that no one has ever been able to pass within half a year. It should be ordinary adventurers. Like Sister Sharna, as an Amazon, in The forest has a natural home field advantage, and it will definitely take less than half a year. If you have to rush, maybe you can pass through the forest in two or three months.

Although I don't have home field advantage, I have a strength advantage over ordinary Kurast adventurers, so it took me five months to make it, so I can't really judge whether it's good or bad.

Forget it, maybe I just want to take the opportunity to open my mouth and say something. After all, it seems like three days have passed since the last time I spoke.

The monster guarding the entrance to the ancient city of Kurast is the mini-boss Storm Tree, with its group of followers. The mini-boss’s body is the Thorny Wood Demon, which is the one lying at my feet, and the summoner. , like the Eye of Fire, it is considered a gatekeeper. It is usually spawned at a fixed location. As long as you walk out of the forest and come to the entrance of the ancient city of Kurast, as long as it is not preempted by other adventurers, you will encounter it 100% of the time. It's hard to get around it.

His face was as dark as ever, and he didn't see the golden luster. He opened up all the corpses weighing thousands of kilograms of the Thorny Wood Demon, and finally found something pretty good.

Blue level breastplate.

It was better than the one I was wearing. I reluctantly cheered up, smiled, identified it, and put it on. If I lost even the fun of dropping equipment, then I didn’t know that I would be the only one left in this world. , can you find other reasons to smile?

one Year.

Yes, it took almost seven months to clear the Rogge area and the Western Kingdom, and now about five months have passed. Roughly speaking, a full year has passed.

A year has passed in this testing world.

What is this concept?

The longest period of time [when I ran away from home] was probably the first time I fell into the hell world, where I wandered for nearly ten months before returning to the mainland.

That was only ten months.

Moreover, there are little ghosts, twin tails, and Xiaoxue accompanying them and talking to them.

Now, I have spent a year alone.

Then, realized.

It turns out that the so-called loneliness and loneliness are such simple and crude things.

There is no need for a profound state. Standing on a high place and looking down at the world, it feels cold.

There is no need to be high-minded. You are in a city, surrounded by people and have no friends.

There is no need to lose anything, miss anything, or want something that cannot be obtained.

All you need to do is throw a person into a deserted world and live for a year and a half. Loneliness and solitude are such simple and pure things that have nothing to do with sex or art.

There was a time when I couldn't stand it anymore and wanted to go back to Camp Rogge and ask Evelina how long I wanted to stay in this testing world and how long it could last.

Aren't you tired? Not sleepy? Not thirsty? Aren't you hungry? Isn't it boring? It’s time to rest, it’s good for you and me.

However, remembering my arrogant attitude when I heard Evelina mention the test of loneliness, I really didn’t have the nerve to question her.

When I finally got thick-skinned, I planned to be shameless, but I lost my courage.

Yes, this is a test.

Do I regret it? Am I going to give up?

No, there isn't.

Precisely because it is difficult, precisely because you will suffer, whether physical, mental, or both, it is called a test, isn't it?

The test isn't riding a roller coaster at an amusement park or sliding down the tallest slide at a water park.

I can't question Evelina because of my current mental suffering. This behavior is completely like a student roaring at the teacher's incompetence: Why are the test questions so difficult? Why do you fail the exam if you don't study hard? Why do you want me to study seriously? Why do you fail me? You should explain it clearly to me!

The naive me even wanted to laugh.

No matter how thick-skinned he is, even thicker than an old drunkard, at this time, he still has no shame in going back to find Evelina to make a fool of himself.

As for the proportion of asking time, it is indeed very important, but what can you do if you know it?

If it is shorter, this sleep will be almost over. It can indeed get rid of the current loneliness, but it means that the test will take longer.

As time goes by, I have to continue to endure it, but it can be tested by more time. I don’t know what it is that Evelina allows me to surpass, but according to this trend, I’m afraid it won’t be one or two years, or even ten or eight years. A test that can be completed.

Of course, I am talking about the dream world. If it were in the real world, after ten or eight years, the day lilies would be cold.

So, how to choose the length? So what if you know?

It's not that I haven't thought about it, if in the real world I didn't just sleep for a long time, but slept for a long time, the Holy See Mountain might have been cold.

It's not impossible, but since Evelina gave me such a test, she shouldn't cheat me so much. How should I put it? Although this salted fish sword is very nagging, petty, and picky about details, it won't. He doesn't have the slightest flaw, but his heart is very soft. He is a typical sharp-tongued person with a soft heart.

Perhaps, maybe, if I really have any past or future lives, I might have caused it tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of years of trouble and endured my willfulness for many, many years.

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but smile, let's just treat it like this, it's so miserable that this poor bastard, Evelina, had to deal with a rotten person like me.

If you want to have some fun for yourself, you always have to learn the skill of comparing misfortunes to make yourself happy.

I haven't smiled for a long time, and the corners of my mouth are a little stiff and stretched.

I rubbed my chin, and the lingering loneliness did not dissipate, but a clearer and firmer awareness arose in my heart, which drove me to continue to take steps forward.

Humans, only when they are pushed to the limit, will they constantly feel emotional. It turns out that they can still achieve this level. It turns out that human beings are more adaptable than cockroaches...

Ancient Kurast is divided into four areas, the lower level of Ancient Kurast, the ancient Kurast shopping mall, and the upper level of Ancient Kurast. Then through a long, long cherry blossom slope, you can hear the red bean paste buns ...Ah, I got the wrong script again. It is through a long water ladder that you can reach the center of ancient Kurast - Cui Fank.

The councilors who once ruled ancient Kurast were invaded by hell and controlled by the evil power of model workers. They transformed into a group of killers. Each one has a cooler name than the other, and their appearance and appearance are decades ahead of the trend—— Chiguo's muscular torso was only wearing a bright red loincloth, and half of his body was like a beetle's gray shell, with ferocious spikes growing on it.

Although saying this seems to be very disrespectful to the parliamentarians who were once rulers, Kane, a great scholar who knows both ancient and modern times, seemed to have talked to me. These parliamentarians had already fallen before they were controlled and did not deserve pity and sympathy.

The topic changed, and we got to Cui Fank, killing the congressmen who had become the guard dogs of the model workers. Further down was the hatred cage. The model workers would warmly welcome every guest in the blood pool on the third floor. Of course, the guests would generally feel at home. Go away having fun, the nickname Model Worker is not for nothing, provided you are strong enough to withstand its warm greetings.

Of course, if the interest is high enough, there is a sewer area underground in ancient Kurast, which is also a place worth exploring. It is larger than the sewer system in Lugaoin. It can be seen that when ancient Kurast was prosperous, At least not worse than Lu Gaoyin.

Anyway, I'm not in the mood.

I had just arrived in ancient Kurast and reached the lower level. Before I had time to comment on the decayed ruins of once glorious buildings, I encountered the warm welcome of the indigenous people. The warriors of Zakarum were more hospitable than the last. , brandishing a long-handled battle ax nearly as tall as a man and rushed over.

These Zakarum warriors are given a lot of experience, but the explosion rate is a bit shabby. They must have been ascetics during their lifetimes. Their weapons and attack methods are reminiscent of the Moon Clan in the Rogge area. The Sheep-Headed Man also wields a A long-handled battle ax, extremely fierce.

If it's not difficult to deal with, the priests of Zakarum are the most troublesome enemies in the entire ancient Kurast besides the MPs. They especially like to follow a group of Zakarim warriors. If that's not enough, they also hide in dark corners. Here, he hid himself, and then began to use magic to instigate people. Every projection must have its master. One can only imagine how much of a thief the real Zakarum priest is.

The ancient city of Kurast was very big, but the roads were not roundabout. The roads were all in all directions, and the field of vision was broad. You could see the end at a glance. You don’t have to worry about getting lost here. It was very friendly to adventurers. Although I am not afraid of mazes, I still Love this kind of place.

The only troublesome problem is that the monsters are a bit dense, and you have to face battles every time you advance a short distance. Zakarum's warriors run very fast, and it is not easy to get rid of them. It's a bit difficult to get through.

It took three days to find the ancient Kurast Emporium. The price was...well, the price was to upgrade one level. Now I am at level 19. The level has been improved a lot, but it seems to be a disadvantage to my speedrunning plan. A little taunt, the higher the level, the more time is wasted in fighting. Have you ever seen a speedrun master waste time on mobs? You have to read the file even to open a door, dear.

As we moved forward, we swept away the confused clouds that were twisting and turning in the forest. After arriving at ancient Kurast, we were as strong as a gust of wind. It only took less than a month to arrive. Cui Fanke.

On the way, I accidentally wandered into an abandoned temple and was attacked by a group of bats. One of them seemed to be a mini-boss-level dark bat, but he didn't drop anything good, and he didn't have any blue equipment. He was stingy and unlucky.

Cuifanke is not big. Judging from the appearance and layout of the building, it should have been the administrative center of ancient Kurast. The members of Shamat gathered in the deepest part of Cuifanke, in a central parliament hall with ancient Greek architectural style. It is also hidden there. They are the entrance to the prison of hatred, so they are said to be the watchdogs of model workers.

I was not in a hurry to find the congressman. I logged in to Cui Fanke's teleportation site first. Although it felt useless. After killing the model worker, I would definitely go straight to the demon fortress and never come back. But since it was easy to find, I just thought of it. Leave a memory like "The former savior came here".

Uh, I always feel like I have set up another fg. Is it an illusion...

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