Chapter 578: 11.104 First Green Star - Punishment World: "Purgatory" (1)
Once every player finished eating, those who had completed the requirements and collected the necessary key fragments to create one whole key had finally decided to leave this h.e.l.l Labyrinth. The one in the lead is Hei Anjing and his group.
The three key fragments were all given to Hei Anjing. Those fragments merged as soon they got closer to one another. Now a golden key appeared above Hei Anjing"s palms. The world announcement had been heard by all the players when a key had finally appeared. The others who witnessed this scene and also collected the three key fragments had followed their lead.
PING. PONG.
{The first backdoor key of the h.e.l.l Labyrinth had emerged. Congratulations to the following players who created the first key. Player Hei Anjing, Player Abyss-Lou Yan, Player Reaper-Chu Mo. Player Lan She, Player Han Ya, Player An Yuan, and Player Zane.
You can now leave the labyrinth. The carriage that will bring you to the Colosseum is waiting outside. They would bring you to the location of the final phase of the h.e.l.l Trials.
Please use the key to get out of the labyrinth.
Warning! Only the player or the team who collected the key fragments can merge the Key of the Labyrinth.
Remaining Key that could open the Labyrinth: 9/10
Key fragments cannot be stolen. The Merged Key can be stolen.
Now only the labyrinth door can be opened 9 times. Players do your best~~~}
As soon as the announcement had been made the atmosphere among the players had changed. They were still jolly and friendly with each other when they ate together before. But once reality struck them, they finally remembered where they were. The Punishment Gameworld. A cruel trial of life and death where there is only one winner. The sole winner can return to the Abyssal City and resume their carefree lives
Hei Anjing and his team ignored the chaos happening beside him. With Hei Anjing in the lead, he walked towards the giant gate and inserted the key to the keyhole. With a click, the sound of the huge door moving was heard. Some shameless ones tried to fly or jump through the opening door before Hei Anjing and his team could do so.
"Hahahaha~ as long as I pa.s.s through the gates I can live and be the Winner!! Don"t hate me for this!!!"
"Unfair! Me too."
"The door is open! Let"s get out!"
But even before they could pa.s.s through the opened door a hail of needle ice fell from the sky stabbing through their bodies until they were full of holes. Their agonizing screams and cries before death were witnessed by everyone. In the end, the rain of blood fell from the sky and those players that dared to jump over Hei Anjing and his group all turned into a blood rain as their tragic ending.
Silence descended in the area. All players could help by looking at the beautiful white-haired elf with silver eyes under the blood rain.
Hei Anjing turned around and smiled at them sweetly. His eyes narrowly turned into a crescent as his lips were curled into a mischievous smile. He looked so sweet and alluring yet the blood rain tainted his white hair turning it a bit reddish under the moonlight. His white skin was splashed with crimson color which left a blushing effect on his face.
An angelic smile under the blood rain made the scene surreal and contrasting. While his gorgeous appearance and exquisite features made him look like a crazy lunatic staring at them as his prey. This sight made the other players feel chill climbing over their spine and they couldn"t help but tremble under those silver orbs. Within the glint of silver are feelings of mirth and indifference.
They were all stunned and frozen as Hei Anjing looked at them. The feeling of death looming all over their heads clouded their minds. They wanted to run away at this moment but sadly their bodies couldn"t even move at all.
"Sir...Hei? Eh~" Before An Yuan could even reach out Han Ya had pulled him away. He could feel an extremely dangerous aura coming for Hei Anjing at this moment. Even though an undead was felt to unconsciously tremble, that"s how dangerous Hei Anjing is at this moment. He could only stay away.
An Yuan wanted to stop Hei Anjing who was angered by the actions the players had made. The murderous and killing intent coming from Hei Anjing was even felt by his teammates. An Yuan was only an ordinary human being feeling this kind of heavy aura made him lose consciousness.
Zane murmured, "An extremely strong scent of blood." as he glanced at Hei Anjing who was currently smiling at this moment and couldn"t hold back licking his lips. "And a thick aura of killing intent..." His crimson eyes were full of excitement as the blood rain fell on him. This kind of fresh blood is like a nourishment for someone from the Blood Family like him. He closed his eyes and swallowed the essence of blood in his surroundings delightfully.
The silence in the area was broken when a player could no longer calm down his harshly beating heart and fell down on his knee. He kowtowed before Hei Anjing asking for forgiveness multiple times.
"I"m sorry. Please forgive me. Spare. Please spare my life. We are at fault. My lord spares us. Please spare our lives!!"
The player who first kowtowed yelled to be forgiven. Seeing that Hei Anjing did not react at all, his smile slightly disappeared. As the sweet smile on Hei Anjing"s face slightly mellowed the other players that the suffocating pressure around the area lessened as well. To be spared the same way. Almost all of the players had kneeled on the ground and kowtowed towards Hei Anjing. Asking him to spare their lives.
Some stubborn ones didn"t want to kneel and stayed standing. But at this moment Hei Anjing"s smile had long disappeared the same as the blood rain which Zane had just finished absorbing.
"Tsk! How boring~" mumbled Hei Anjing but everyone in the area had still heard it.
Everyone had seen him wave his hand once and turn around to take his leave. Ye Xiajie followed as he held his wife"s hand. Lan She and Chu Mo remained calm the whole time and followed a few steps behind their lords. Han Ya who was carrying the unconscious An Yuan in his arms was still frozen stiff until Zane patted his shoulder to wake him up from his stiffness.
Zane said, "Let"s go. It"s time to leave."
"Yes. Indeed," said Han Ya as they followed behind Chu Mo and the rest.
Once they"ve pa.s.sed through the opened doors, the giant gates are slowly closest once more. This time no players took this chance to pa.s.s through the opening of the gates. As beyond those gates is that gorgeous little devil who could reap their lives so easily with a single wave of his hand.
Once the back of Hei Anjing and this team had faded from their line of sight, they all turned around to look at those players that didn"t want to kneel to be spared. Now they had long turned into an ice statue slowly melting into a blood mist that no one could recognize anymore.
"Who told you that someone Player Abyss would take an interest in would be someone weak. This is the first time I"ve seen a cruel ice elf like that!"
"Isn"t that hail from before made of ice needles? Those corpses were punctured and are now full of countless holes. They look hideous."
"f.u.c.k! There are only 9 keys left. Would the ones that couldn"t find a key remain in this Labyrinth!!?"
"Ah! Those guys have the key! Steal it!!"
Once again chaos had restarted behind the closed door of the labyrinth. But at this moment Hei Anjing and his team were now riding a carriage pulled by undead horses to their final destination. The City of h.e.l.l, Purgatory.
Hei Anjing was seated on his husband"s lap while looking at the outside scenery of the carriage. There is nothing but black trees and a red sky with a huge full moon as scenery. They would also sometimes hear some monsters growling in the dark but couldn"t even see their figure. For normal players, this scene would most likely make them nervous but the ones inside this carriage were no ordinary players.
Each of them was holding wet towels to wipe up the blood on their faces and skin. Hei Anjing left the cleaning for his husband and Ye Xiajie happily did it for him. Serving his wife had always been Ye Xiajie"s happiness.
Ye Xiajie spoke, "Baby, close your eyes for a bit. I"m wiping your face first~"
"Un!" Even in a bad mood Hei Anjing followed his husband"s words and closed his eyes.
"Don"t look so sad. The last trial is battle royale. You can play as much as you wanted. I will accompany you..." said his husband who is smiling at him as he tries to coax him to be happy instead.
Ye Xiajie smiles as he gently cleans up his wife"s face with the wet towel. Cleaning up blood on the skin is troublesome and they need to use as many towels as they could use to remove the sticky feeling on their skin.
"Un!"
Chu Mo murmured, "There better be a bathroom or a hot spring, even a pool is alright in the place they are bringing us to or I"ll get angry."
"We do need to take a bath. Blood is so sticky," said Lan She.
Han Ya commented as he saw his friend licking himself. To him blood is food after all he is a vampire but the sight is disgusting.
"Idiot! Stop licking yourself! Are you a dog?!" said Han Ya.
Zane replied, "But it"s so delicious~ this is fresh blood. A delicacy~"
Chu Mo laughed at him.
HAHAHAHA~
Lan She spoke, "Even if he licks himself, it"s not like he could lick his whole body. Let him be."
Hei Anjing spoke, "The last stage is supposed to be a battle royale. You can eat your feelings during the trial, Zane. There should be more with higher grade bloodline coming even purebloods. I get some for you~"
"For real!? Thanks, Boss Wife!!" exclaimed Zane.
"Hm~ that t.i.tle that sounds bad~ just follow after us kids. Eat until you burst," said Ye Xiajie while his eyes are only directed to his wife as always.
Zane saluted, "Affirmative, Boss!"
Lan She spoke, "I"m more worried about An an for the last event. He would need to kill in order to survive in the last trial."
"He doesn"t need to kill. I can protect him," said Han Ya as he wipe the sleeping face of his lover with his arms.
An Yuan couldn"t bear the killing intent that Hei Anjing emitted and fainted in shock. Obviously, this professor had never faced a situation where he had to kill a living human being. All he had been killing all this time are monsters and he would be kind towards those who look a bit humanoid as well. Plus, there is always Han Ya or the rest preventing him from killing. So An Yuan had no experience with murder which is rare in this Abyssal World. Plus, it was within his kind nature to be protective of the lives of those who look the same race as himself.
Everyone in the carriage didn"t speak a word to advise something to Han Ya. This is his choice. He is willing to protect An Yuan"s pure kindness until the end. But is it worthy? In this world where death, betrayal, and cruelty are norms, such a kind soul would be tainted in the end no matter what. What Han Ya is trying to do in the end is just worthless.
The topic had been changed when Hei Anjing spoke, "After this event, we should be able to return to Abyssal City. Husband~ where should we live in the city?"
"Don"t worry, Baby. This husband of yours has a house. It"s big enough for us and them." said Ye Xiajie as he kissed his wife"s nose.
The ticklish feeling made Hei Anjing giggle. This shameless couple started flirting inside the carriage. If not for the presence of their teammates they would make up on the spot. But they still kiss each other without caring for their audience.
Their teammates acted blind at the scene and didn"t openly goggle at the shameless couple or they would do even worse things inside the carriage. With how crowded the carriage is, there wouldn"t be a place to escape if they overdid things.
Those who were there to escort them could even hear the sounds of lips clashing and m.u.f.fled moans and groans inside the carriage and there was some confusion imprinted on their faces.
City of h.e.l.l, Purgatory
Nine carriages from the Labyrinth of h.e.l.l arrived within the city premises. The top 3 teams were given a suite in the largest hotel within the City. While the others were given ordinary rooms which aren"t bad themselves.
The remaining surviving players had only reached 20 players at most and most survivors were solo players. These solo players aren"t that bad themselves and most of them are Veteran players who came to h.e.l.l on purpose to gain the rewards instead of falling into the Punishment world instead.
But compared to Hei Anjing"s team made up of rankers and monstrous newbies the others were still lacking.
Stopping in front of a huge and towering hotel, the newbie players who were lucky to survive all that chaos looked at the luxurious building before their eyes in awe.
"Wow~ it looks so expensive!!"
"There"s something this nice in h.e.l.l!?"
"Stop looking around like fools, we need to enter the building now."
"Hey! That"s the carriage of Lord Hei and his team"
"S-Stay away! We can"t die before the last trial begins."
Most players had stayed away from Hei Anjing and his group. Those who had witnessed the ma.s.sacre of fairies on the first day by Ye Xiajie or when Chu Mo and Lan She killed Spirit Kings in a group even Hei Anjing"s sweet smile as he created a blood rain from the dead bodies of those players who offended him. No one would dare to poke this dangerous group.
Some demons in hotel staff uniforms welcomed the players upon their arrival. They were even more respectful in the presence of Ye Xiajie and Hei Anjing who got out of the largest carriage.
"Welcome to the Purgatory, Players. Your rooms had been arranged accordingly. Please follow this one to show your way inside the hotel. Someone would come to bring you to the Colosseum on the third day. For now please take your rest and we will arrange your itinerary for the whole evening just for tonight."