After some thought, Li Boyang decided to take on a team mission involving military intelligence gathering, as he believed that the chances of success were higher for this type of mission.
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Chapter 182 The Prophecy of the Horned Demon Clan
Arriving at the crystal screen displaying intelligence-gathering missions, Li Boyang read through them one by one from bottom to top.
The tasks on the random screen are arranged according to the amount of military merit rewards; the tasks that reward more military merit are listed higher.
Generally speaking, the higher the ranking of a task, the more difficult it is. Although the reward for military merit is greater, it is not within its selection range.
On the crystal screen, the last task is: Go to the Horned Demon City of Gwent, draw a map of the area around the city, a team task, reward 1,000 military merit points.
The military merits rewarded by the Human Alliance missions are indeed much greater than those for killing members of the Horned Demon Clan, but the danger is also exceptionally high.
Find the hidden path to Seth City. Team mission. Reward: 2000 military merit points.
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Li Boyang spent about half an hour looking at the map of Gwent from the bottom of the crystal screen, and finally decided to accept the map drawing task.
This one is a bit easier than the others. Although you have to cross the Angry River to get to the other side, you don't have to get close to the Horned Demon Clan's city, making it relatively safer than other missions.
The map drawing task was just released and is still within the task acceptance period. It will only start after the task time ends. During the period, anyone can accept this task, which is why it is called a team task.
After choosing the task he wanted to accept, Li Boyang left the main hall of characters and found an inn to stay in.
The quest takes half a month to complete, so I'll use that time to refine the Broken Golden Lotus.
Holding the jade slip containing the blood sacrifice technique in his hand, Li Boyang sat cross-legged, closed his eyes, and focused his mind, channeling his innate true energy into the jade slip. He then received a message in his mind.
A quarter of an hour later, Li Boyang opened his eyes. He had already learned the blood sacrifice technique.
He scratched his finger with his fingernail, forcing out a drop of blood that fell onto the broken golden lotus pod. The blood was instantly absorbed into the pod.
Immediately afterwards, Li Boyang placed the lotus seedpod in his palm, and his innate true energy flowed continuously into the broken gold lotus seedpod according to the method recorded in the blood sacrifice technique.
The lotus leaves of the broken golden lotus seedpod shimmered with a hazy golden light.
The process lasted for half an hour before Li Boyang let out a long sigh of relief, and the golden light on the Broken Gold Lotus Seedling disappeared.
After this round of blood sacrifice, Li Boyang vaguely felt a strange connection between himself and the Shattered Golden Lotus Seedpod, but this connection was very weak and could break at any time.
Sensing the intermittent connection emanating from the Broken Gold Lotus Seedpod, Li Boyang knew that the first step was complete. As long as he dripped a drop of his essence blood into the Broken Gold Lotus Seedpod every day for seven days and used the blood sacrifice method to refine it, the magical artifact would completely recognize him as its master after seven days.
For the next seven days, Li Boyang remained in the room, continuing to refine the Shattered Golden Lotus Seed.
The Horned Demon City of Gwent.
The main hall of the city lord's mansion was filled with many people, each with a fierce look on their face and a solemn expression. One of them, a member of the Horned Demon Clan, had bronze horns, indicating that he was a Golden Core Realm expert.
The Golden Core Realm Horned Demon sat high above the crowd, exuding an aura of extreme majesty without needing to speak.
Below him, a horned demon knelt respectfully on the ground, seemingly awaiting its fate.
The horned demon awaiting punishment was none other than Kress, whose Golden Lotus Pod had been stolen by Li Boyang.
At this moment, these horned demons were gathered in the city lord's mansion, discussing the issue of Li Boyang.
Among the Horned Demons, there has always been a prophecy.
When war breaks out with the human race, the Horned Demon race will experience a leapfrog development, and the path to becoming a great race is not far away. However, the war with the human race will also be the source of the Horned Demon race's annihilation.
The human race's God of Slaughter will grow stronger in this battle. The moment the Horned Demons ascend to become a great race, the God of Slaughter will descend and destroy everything the Horned Demons possess.
This prophecy appeared a thousand years ago, and the great prophet who uttered it has long since passed away. As time went by, the Horned Demons had almost forgotten about this prophecy.
Until the war in the wasteland began, and the opponent was none other than the human race as prophesied, this prophecy was unearthed from the corners of history and began to circulate among the horned demons.
The Golden Core Realm Demon, seated high above the crowd, calmly said:
"Cress, are you sure the person the Great Prophet foretold has really appeared?"
In fact, he did not believe in this legend. Golden Core Realm experts all have the awareness that their fate is in their own hands, not in the hands of heaven.
However, the Great Prophet was not only one of the strongest among the Horned Demons, but also the wisest among them, having led the Horned Demons out of one predicament after another.
The prophecy left by the great prophet cannot be ignored, which is why all the important figures in Gwent City have been summoned today to discuss how to deal with the legendary human god of war.
Kress knelt on the ground, head bowed, and respectfully replied:
“I dare not deceive Lord Faerûn, for the man’s appearance is exactly the same as that in the images left by the Great Prophet.”
The prophecy left by the Great Prophet was not just written words, but also contained the influence of the human race's god of war in the jade slip. It was widely circulated among the Horned Demons, and almost everyone who was qualified to know or come into contact with the three words "Great Prophet" had seen it.
Among the Horned Demons, half believed in the Great Prophet and half did not. Kress was originally a skeptic, but the moment he saw Li Boyang's face, he became a believer without a doubt.
Li Boyang's appearance was almost identical to that in the images left behind by the Great Prophet; not only in appearance but also in spirit, so he had no choice but to believe it.
Feren is the name of a Golden Core Realm expert and the city lord of Gwent, responsible for guarding the city.
Feren stared at Kress for a moment before saying in a low voice, "What do you all think?"
The horned demon sitting to the lower left of Faerun replied nonchalantly:
“My lord, I think there is no need to discuss this matter at all. The great prophet has been gone for thousands of years, and he left behind more than just this one prophecy. As a result, none of them have been verified so far. Therefore, his prophecies are really unreliable. There is no need to make a big fuss over a prophecy and ruin our plan to attack Qingwei City.”
This horned demon clearly belongs to the disbelief faction.