Chapter 1871

The content of the main quest was within Su Xiao's expectations; after all, the very first part of the quest pointed toward the Royal Power.

The good news is that the third part of the main quest is already in a completable state, and the evaluation is very high; after all, Su Xiao had already completed it before this quest was even triggered.

As for the hidden quest, its difficulty of Lv. 5 is enough to indicate that this is a Tier 6 quest; while very dangerous, the rewards are exceptionally generous.

Su Xiao has a total of three Epic-grade pieces of equipment; excluding Zhan Long Shan, there are actually only 【Devourer】 and 【Killing Instinct】, which shows the rarity of Epic-grade equipment.

If it were just rare, that would be fine, but the problem is that the Epic-grade equipment Su Xiao obtains isn't necessarily suitable for his use; furthermore, Legendary-grade equipment is very rare in the trading market, let alone Epic-grade.

Equipment of this grade is mostly circulated within adventure groups or sold to contractors with good relationships; as the saying goes, "fat water doesn't flow into outsiders' fields," and very few contractors sell Epic-grade equipment to outsiders.

The treasure chest rewarded by the hidden quest not only has a 100% chance to open an Epic-grade piece of equipment with a full rating, but also allows one to choose the required category; if one chooses a ring, then what is opened from the chest will definitely be ring-type equipment, while the equipment effect is random.

Even so, the value of this Epic-grade treasure chest is extremely high; Su Xiao only has five minutes to consider whether to accept or give up.

After hesitating for nearly three minutes, Su Xiao chose to accept this hidden quest; he treated this as a guaranteed return.

Su Xiao does not believe that after entering the Dead Silence City, he will definitely be able to obtain the third piece of the Black King set, so the Epic-grade treasure chest rewarded by the hidden quest became the key to breaking even.

The carriage moved forward on the grassland; at this time, there was still half a day's journey to Suonan, which is the entrance to the Dead Silence City.

Inside the carriage, Su Xiao's gaze turned to the Old Monk; at this time, the Old Monk was looking upward with his head tilted back, breathing steadily. This is the Old Monk's unique sleeping posture: the "nostrils-to-the-sky" style.

Veronique lay on her side at the back of the carriage, her body slightly curled, her hand reaching into her baggy pants, pressing against her buttocks with one hand, and a smile appearing on her face from time to time.

The Black King's Soul treasure chest appeared in Su Xiao's hand; he did not use the Fate Dominator and opened this treasure chest directly.

【You have obtained Day: King's Reincarnation.】

【Day: King's Reincarnation】

Origin: Black Throne Continent, Reincarnation Paradise.

Quality: Legendary-grade Set (Unique set; there are only five such sets among Legendary-grade items)

Category: Pendant

Durability: 104/104

Equipment Requirement: Willpower of 20 points or higher.

Equipment Effect 1, Sacred Soul (Passive): When the wearer's HP is below 20%, this effect will be triggered; within 0.2 seconds, HP will be restored to above 50% (this effect can be triggered once every 10 hours, with no consumption).

Hint: Because the set has not been fully collected, Sacred Soul and Trembling Pupil (this is an ability attached to Black: King's Fallen Sacrifice) can only have one activated.

Set Effect (Not activated; must collect all three pieces to trigger the set effect).

Set Effect 1, Undying Will (Passive): After successfully activating the set effect, the wearer will receive the recognition of the Black King and undergo a baptism of willpower. After completing the baptism, the wearer's maximum HP limit will be permanently increased by 50, and willpower will be permanently increased by 5 points. Before HP drops below 5, the wearer will not enter a near-death state. If they enter a near-death state, they will only be slightly affected by the near-death state until death.

Hint: Under normal conditions, if HP is below 12-15, one will enter a near-death state; in a near-death state, movement is slow, and all attributes are temporarily reduced by 95%.

Set Effect 2, Invisible; requires set effect activation.

Set Effect, Invisible; requires set effect activation.

Rating: 50+

Introduction: If my sacrifice can protect the empire for three hundred years, then I am willing to sit upon the throne — Day King: Eders.

Selling Price: Cannot be sold after being equipped.

A silver metal pendant appeared in Su Xiao's hand; 【Day: King's Reincarnation】 is completely different from 【Black: King's Fallen Sacrifice】, not just in color, but in nature.

If 【Black: King's Fallen Sacrifice】 is an equipment of a dark nature, then 【Day: King's Reincarnation】 is the opposing light.

What Su Xiao couldn't figure out even more was that the two were clearly two pieces of a three-piece set, yet they conflicted with each other to such a severe degree that their abilities could not even coexist. He couldn't help but check the basic attached abilities of the two pieces of equipment again.

Sacred Soul (Passive): When the wearer's HP is below 20%...

Trembling Pupil (Passive): When making eye contact with an enemy unit with willpower below 20 points, the enemy will feel fear; after the enemy kneels on the ground, the feeling of fear is greatly reduced.

Of these two abilities, Su Xiao can only activate one. He, of course, chose Sacred Soul (Passive). Trembling Pupil is a god-tier skill for bullying the weak, but he is about to enter the Dead Silence City, which is not a place for bullying the weak; it would be good enough just not to die there.

The third piece of the Black King set is definitely the most important one. If that piece of equipment cannot act as a mediator, Su Xiao does not believe that these two mutually repellent pieces of equipment can be combined into a set.

Su Xiao had just put 【Day: King's Reincarnation】 around his neck when the carriage stopped.

Bang, bang, bang.

Amu, in front of the carriage, tapped on the carriage cabin and told Su Xiao in the team channel that they had arrived at Suonan. This is Amu's habit; although it has the ability to speak, it rarely does so. Except for Su Xiao, Bubu Wang, and Beni, Amu basically does not speak to outsiders.

"We're here."

Su Xiao pushed Veronique; heaven knows why this woman slept so sweetly that she was even drooling.

"Let me sleep a little longer, just a little..."

"..."

"..."

Su Xiao and the Old Monk exchanged a glance and both jumped off the carriage.

A cold wind blew past; the surroundings were desolate, with yellowed withered grass clinging to the surface, making a crisp "crack, crack" sound when stepped on.

Ahead was a vast expanse of ruins, with broken walls standing everywhere; this was a large city that had almost been razed to the ground. On the city walls, which were less than two meters high, stood a large row of thick wooden stakes with beams set between them. Below the beams, withered bones hung by steel cables swayed in the wind; conservatively estimated, there were hundreds of them.

Seeing these skeletons, the Old Monk knelt on one knee, pressed the metal book against his chest, and closed his eyes.

"Thank you for your hard work, heroes of the empire. I, Ken Lahan, pay my respects to you here. Three hundred years have passed; you... can leave now. I'm sorry, I'm sorry..."

The Old Monk's voice was somewhat choked, and his shoulders trembled slightly. The Moon Queen beside him floated up slowly, the scales on her tail emitting a faint light.

The Moon Queen floated up about two meters and stopped; she began to sing a ballad that no one could understand. It was somewhat harsh, but had extremely strong penetrating power.

Pitter-patter~

The skeletons collided with each other, making crisp sounds. They weathered rapidly, turning into bone dust that was blown away by the wind. In places where no one could see, these people, who hadn't even left their names behind, were protecting the living on this continent.

With a thud, the Moon Queen fell to the ground; her body gradually turned into water and seeped into the soil.

【Hint: The Hunter has witnessed the liberation of the nameless heroes; you have obtained 5% of the World's Source.】

Seeing this hint, Su Xiao was somewhat surprised; this was much easier than obtaining the World's Source by killing powerhouses.

In the carriage cabin a few hundred meters behind, Veronique sat up, wiped the drool from her face, and stretched.

"Is there anything to eat? I'm starving..."

Before Veronique could finish speaking, she realized something was wrong; she was the only one left in the carriage.

Thump, thump~

A knocking sound came from the back of the carriage, which made Veronique breathe a sigh of relief. She scratched her messy hair and said, "What's the matter? Can't I just sleep a little longer?"

Bang!

A face, mostly rotted away, was pressed against the carriage window. Veronique's body stiffened.

"H-hello there."

"ROAR!!"

A humanoid monster, its entire body mostly rotted, with grey-white pupils, pounced into the carriage.