booktalesy Chapter 4387 Contribution and Settlement
Chapter 4387 Contribution and Settlement
Chapter 4387 Contribution and Settlement
Where is Rigota's body?
This issue was not addressed in Sean's memory.
But the answer is not hard to guess; there are only two possibilities: either Sean dealt with it, or the Forty Thieves who later occupied the tree hole dealt with it.
After Sean sacrificed his own soul to allow Rigota's soul to reside in his body, his physical body entered a state of unconsciousness.
In this state, Sean has almost no chance to consciously accomplish anything.
Therefore, in Angell's view, it is highly likely that the forty bandits who later occupied the tree hole disposed of Rigota's remains inside.
Angell shared his guess.
A hint of sadness flashed in Uriel's eyes: "If it was the Forty Thieves who did it, where would they put Rigota's remains?"
Angel shook his head: "I don't know. Maybe it will be buried in the ground, or maybe it will be thrown into the swamp."
This swamp forest is full of skeletons, but Angor can't tell who Rigota is just by looking at the skeletons.
Uriel was silent for a moment, then said softly, "If I had known this would happen, I should have spared one of them."
“Don’t worry about it,” Blanche comforted her. “You only killed the Forty Thieves here, but in reality, they should all still be alive.”
"It's not too late to interrogate them after we catch the Forty Thieves in real life."
"Moreover, even if we find Rigota's remains in the instance, it's just a fake. Only in reality is everything real."
Uriel thought about it and it seemed to make sense. He nodded, "I understand. Shall we settle the account now? I want to log off..."
Uriel wanted to settle his account offline, and Blanche also wanted to settle her account to talk to Camillo about "The Way of Seeking Oneself". For a time, the votes for settling accounted for two votes.
Only Kemai was still thinking about achieving a perfect score.
With the score at two to one, Kemai could only turn to Angel for help.
Not only Kemai, but Uriel and Blanche also looked at Angor. They knew that in the end, only Angor could truly decide the next step.
Angel did not make a decision immediately. Instead, he looked deeply at Blanche and, under her questioning gaze, said softly, "Seeing is not always believing. Reality is not always true, and dreams are not always false."
Clearly, Angell was responding to Blanche's earlier comment.
Blanche looked puzzled and curious, wanting to ask.
Angel simply shook his head slightly and said, "I'm just feeling a bit sentimental all of a sudden, don't worry about it."
Then, he closed his eyes and entered a God's-eye view.
Blanche thought about it and stopped dwelling on it. Perhaps Angel was just correcting some of her views. Indeed, there are places in this world where what you see isn't always what you get.
On the other side, Angor had already begun to survey the Misty Swamp Forest instance, wanting to see if there were any areas left to conquer.
Although he himself prefers to reach 100% completion before settling the score, there is no need to force himself to stay if there is really no place to conquer.
His gaze swept across the swamp forest shrouded in thick fog, and Angell saw only deathly stillness.
Although the collapse of the instance has not yet reached its final moment, most of the various birds, fish, and insects that had previously appeared in the instance have now disappeared.
Collapse represents the disintegration of space, where a small change can have far-reaching consequences.
Those creatures, caught in this situation, will quickly suffocate due to the loss of air.
The reason they were able to maintain normalcy, barring any unforeseen circumstances, is due to the special protection procedures of the instance.
Angell scanned the area, including the "indigenous area," which had long since crumbled and disappeared.
Currently, it seems that there's really nothing to conquer in Angell.
He sighed; it seemed this was the only way to settle the matter.
Perhaps, imperfection is also a kind of perfection?
Thinking of this, Angor was about to speak up and explain the situation, but at that moment, his gaze suddenly fell on the very center of the instance, which was... the area of the Dead Tree Stronghold.
There seems to be another figure here?
Angell suddenly opened his eyes, turned his head, and looked south.
The group was puzzled, wondering what Angor was doing, but they instinctively followed Angor's gaze southward.
A thick white fog blanketed everything.
The fog was so thick that even the swaying shadows of the trees could no longer be seen.
"Sir, is there something over there?" Kemai asked curiously after a moment.
Angel didn't speak immediately, but kept his eyes fixed on that direction.
Just as Ke Mai was about to say something, Blanche suddenly tugged at his sleeve, made a "shh" gesture to him, then pointed to her ear and mouthed: Listen carefully.
Ke Mai subconsciously pricked up his ears.
With all his attention focused on his hearing, he faintly heard... footsteps?
It sounds somewhat familiar.
It sounded like the dull thud of iron boots on the ground.
Wait, iron boots?!
Could it be...?
Kemai's eyes widened suddenly, and he uttered a name in a low voice: "Evil spirit?!"
As his words fell, a human figure slowly emerged from the white mist, gradually revealing his entire body as he approached, enveloped in the mist.
The armor was tattered, the skin was bluish-black, and there were arrow holes and various bruises on it.
The person who came was an evil spirit.
Or rather, it was the living dead body of Priest Sean.
When Kemai saw the evil spirit suddenly appear in front of him, he subconsciously took a few steps back. Although he already knew the truth, the evil spirit's intimidating power still made him somewhat afraid to look directly at it.
Uriel, on the other hand, seemed somewhat agitated, reaching out a trembling hand as if to step forward.
In his eyes, this was not an evil spirit, but... Rigota.
However, before Uriel could step forward, he was stopped by Angor: "Don't be misled by his previous memories. He is still in the form of an evil spirit. Look carefully into his eyes."
Uriel followed Angor's gaze to the evil spirit's eyes, which were gray, lifeless, and empty.
Even though the evil spirit saw the three of them, it did not react at all.
Without a doubt, the evil spirits we see now are still evil spirits.
A complex emotion flashed in Uriel's eyes, but he ultimately stopped in his tracks.
"Why did the evil spirit suddenly come here?" Kemai asked in a low voice, puzzled.
Angel shook his head: "I don't know, but his condition seems to have changed somewhat from before."
Although the evil spirit's eyes were as empty as ever, they were less bewildered. Before, he was like a lost soul in the misty swamp forest, wandering aimlessly, stopping and starting.
But now the evil spirits seem to have found a clear target; they are not wandering or swaying, but walking straight toward them.
Just seconds later, the evil spirit appeared in front of them.
He didn't even look at Angel and the others, but simply walked past them and headed towards the... withered tree behind them.
The gate of the withered tree was wide open, revealing a dark passageway inside.
The otherwise unremarkable doorway seemed to hold an irresistible attraction in the evil spirit's eyes. He quickened his pace, taking two steps at a time, and swiftly stepped into the doorway.
It disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Angell asked softly, "Shall we go take a look?"
Although Angell was asking a question, he was already walking towards the tree hollow as he asked it.
The others followed suit.
Although Blanche and Uriel wanted to settle things quickly, the sudden appearance of the evil spirit still piqued their curiosity.
The group filed in and followed the winding passage to the cramped tree hollow below.
The evil spirit was now standing in the center of the tree hole, its gaze fixed on the round stone slab engraved with blood-red inscriptions, lingering there for a long time, as if it were pondering something.
After several minutes, he finally moved and walked step by step to the stone slab.
Under everyone's watchful eyes, the evil spirit slowly sat cross-legged in the center of the stone slab, and as he sat down, a text box appeared out of thin air in the very center of everyone's vision.
At the same time, text messages were rapidly updating on the text bar.
"Every journey has an end."
"But at the same time, the end is also the beginning of a new life."
"Witnessing the transition from the end to the beginning, the completion level has been slightly improved."
As soon as these words appeared, everyone immediately looked at the dungeon exploration completion status at the top, and the previous 98% completion status quietly changed to 100%!
Perfect completion!
The second perfectly cleared dungeon in the entire Dream Crystal Plains was born at this moment!
As Ke Mai looked at the word "100%", his joy and excitement were completely overflowing, and his whole body trembled.
Blanche and Uriel were also pleasantly surprised, but their understanding of a perfect completion was ultimately superficial. They subconsciously felt that this was better, but they didn't know why.
Only after they meet more people in Dream Crystal Plains will they understand the profound significance of a 100% completion rate for challengers.
As the completion rate reaches 100%, a new Wonderland prompt will reappear.
"The exploration completion rate of the current special wonderland—the Living Dead in the Misty Swamp Forest—is 100%."
"Based on the exploration completion rate, you will soon be entering the revenue settlement list."
This time, the Wonderland Authority did not ask them "whether to settle the account" again, but jumped directly to the settlement countdown.
Ten seconds later.
A message popped up in everyone's text box at the same time.
"You are about to enter the special rewards settlement list."
Note: Personal exploration rewards will be available after the special rewards are settled.
What is a special reward?
The text box also provides a detailed explanation of the rewards that can be obtained after perfectly clearing the dungeon.
However, to freely choose rewards, one must be among the top three in contribution.
Those whose contributions are lower than the top three, although they cannot freely choose from the list, will still receive special rewards, which will be directly assigned by the powers of the Fairy Realm.
Following that, Wonderland Authority announced the top three contributors to the current Misty Forest instance via a text message.
They are: Angell, Kemai, and Uriel.
Although the Fairy Realm Authority did not release detailed information about contributions, ranking Angor first still surprised him somewhat.
He got on the bus halfway through, and he still managed to be number one?
However, Angel didn't care. The first and third place winners only had one special reward, which was just that they had priority in choosing compared to the latter two.
Moreover, this so-called priority selection right is actually irrelevant, because everyone can see the reward list, and if they really want something, they can simply let each other know in advance.
However, this was tough on Blanche. The other three could exchange choices, but she was the only one who couldn't select from the reward list and could only passively receive the rewards.
But Blanche didn't feel too disappointed.
It's normal that Kemai and Uriel each obtained a fragment of the truth, and their contributions were high.
With the help of Angor's various abilities, it would have been impossible to suppress the Forty Thieves so easily without his illusion nodes. Even Kerma's acquisition of the Fragment of Truth was also thanks to Angor.
Therefore, it is perfectly normal for Angell to have made such a high contribution.
He may not have directly obtained the truth fragments, but he was deeply involved in the acquisition process of the other two truth fragments, except for the second one.
It could even be said that without Angor's help, they wouldn't have been able to complete the Misty Swamp Forest dungeon perfectly, let alone achieve a perfect clear.
The powers of the Fairy Realm are clearly fair, taking into account all aspects, and the ranking of contributions is also very objective.
And then the ranking of contributions was announced.
A list of rewards appeared in the text box, with only two categories: "Wonderland Exclusive" and "Special Limited".
The "Wonderland Exclusive" option is packed with dozens of reward items.
It includes Wonderland items, Wonderland buildings, Wonderland pets, Wonderland skills, and Wonderland identities.
It can be said that it covers almost all the reward categories that have appeared in the current Wonderland dungeons.
However, after a quick glance, Angell noticed that although the reward items seemed numerous, their overall quality wasn't particularly top-notch, and most of the Wonderland's output was even inferior to the "Journey Hut".
But upon closer reflection, this is quite normal.
After all, the Misty Swamp Forest dungeon is only an E-rank dungeon; how could it possibly produce such overpowered items?
Angell personally thought it was just so-so, but the others were dazzled by it. Even Blanche, a wizard apprentice who had seen all kinds of alchemical tools in real life, was dazzled by the rewards.
There are many rewards here, and although the effects may not be great, they seem to be available for immediate use once obtained.
For example, the Wonderland skill.
The techniques she would need to cultivate for a long time to acquire in real life are given to her as a free gift upon clearing the game here?
This is just too incredible.
However, what Blanche was most interested in was not the Wonderland skills, but... the Wonderland identity!
"The Scout's Self-Cultivation: The identity of a scout who silently cultivates himself can slightly improve his speed, climbing, stealth, and environmental awareness."
"The Brutality of the Great Thieves: The recognition from the Forty Thieves enhances their deterrent effect on ordinary people."
"Heavenly Melody: This is a gift from singers with heavenly voices, greatly enhancing the variability of the voice, a boon for those who are tone-deaf."
"Clergy's Glory: ..."
"Shaman Doctor: ..."
The identities of the characters in Wonderland should be derived from those appearing in the dungeon, including those from the Forty Thieves, Rigota, Priest Seymour, and even natives and caravan members.
Having acquired an identity grants one a certain advantage.
Although these are just regular bonuses, according to Angor, in some dungeons, your status can determine your treatment.
For example, "The Bandit's Bravery" can intimidate ordinary NPCs in dungeons and gain certain benefits simply by looking at them.
There's also "Heavenly Melodies," which is enough to put on a stage if you go to a dungeon with musical performances.
Those who held the positions of doctor and priest also had their own advantages.
However, what Blanche cared about was not the benefits, but rather that once she obtained the identity, she could directly access the information about that identity, allowing her to play the role without any pain!
It's worth noting that in order to play the role of Detective Rachel well, she studied criminal psychology, behavioral science, trace evidence analysis, and even spent time researching clothing coordination.
Now, if she gets a detective identity, she'll have all of that right away.
Even in a crowd, you don't need to strike any detective poses or wear detective attire. Just by wearing your identity badge, others can recognize you as a detective at a glance.
This is the power of a fairyland identity.
Blanche's hobby is playing different characters. She enjoys communicating with others in different ways, using the tone of the character to mask her social anxiety and shyness.
Therefore, this fairyland identity really touched her heart.
Unfortunately, she couldn't choose for herself...