Why the hell?! Why am I dead again! "
Back in the Lancaster Hideout, Marni accepted a quest to clear out the swamp fishmen who were making a comeback. In a moment of carelessness, he was struck by a fishman's dagger that was covered in poison, and before he could recover his HP, his vision went black and he lost consciousness.
When he realized that he was poisoned to death by the fishman's backstab, he promptly posted a post on the forums asking for help.
Even so, the resurrection time had already passed by the time nearby Cleric Players arrived. His corpse was already gone, and he would have to wait three whole days before he could be resurrected.
No one knew better than Marni what it meant to die for three days at a time when the levels of the Players were very close. It meant that he would have to spend more time and experience to make up for the EXP he lost in that period of time.
Even if he was dead and without a body, Marni still felt a dull pain in his liver at the thought of living a life where black and white were reversed and day and night were not separated.
In fact, Marni had never died suddenly even after living such a life, most likely because his body would recover to full health each time he resurrected …
That even gave Marni the idea that he should quit being a frontline Player and retire as a logistics Player.
Still, every time he remembered the adventure that only frontline Players could enjoy at the start of the event, as well as the feeling of having a better grasp of the market value of dropped items, Marni gave up on the idea and decided to continue carrying bricks and work hard.
The God of Games would definitely be moved by his undaunted spirit.
"Come to think of it, all I can do for the next three days is browse the Player forums again …"
Though Marni sounded as if he was complaining, he wasn't actually upset about it. Being the person who undoubtedly had the highest number of deaths among Players, Marni knew better than anyone how painful it was to be locked in a small black hut for three days before the Player forums were established, unable to move, speak or even feel the passage of time.
In comparison, it was much better now that he could communicate with others with the forums.
Be that as it may, Marni suddenly noticed that some Players were discussing something weird after browsing through a few posts on the forums.
"Game? What game? Does the God of Games actually know how to play games? "
It was only after he asked the Players about the situation that he noticed a 'Switch Page' option at a corner of the forum page.
If he chose to switch, a new page that had never appeared before would appear.
According to the description on the page, this new page had a strange name called 'Steam'.
The page was empty except for three strange icons.
The first icon was titled Thunder and Lightning, the second was Tierra Blocks, and the third was The Great Revolution (a card game similar to Dou Dizhu).
Marni chose the first icon: Lightning, and a smaller interface popped up, playing simple animations and background music.
Marni understood how the game worked after a quick look.
In this game, players seemed to be playing the role of a knight riding a Thunder Griffin. While flying forward, they had to deal with the magical attacks of the enemy Griffin Knights, as well as the cultists standing on the ground and various golems.
Defeating enemies, be it gryphons, cultists, or golems, would earn points.
Along the way, players could also pick up different Magic Scrolls dropped by their enemies and learn various new offensive Spells.
Still, there was one thing Marni didn't understand: why would griffins forget old spells after learning new ones? Were griffins that stupid?
After playing for a while, Marni's griffin was shot down while he was fighting seven or eight enemy griffins.
"I can keep playing with game coins?" Marni was just about to try the other two games in satisfaction when he noticed that a countdown timer appeared after he died. "1006 points feels pretty high. Let's not waste money and keep playing."
But after he canceled the countdown timer, a leaderboard of Players' points appeared.
The first name on the leaderboard was a guy called Vulcan, and his points were as high as 114514!
Gaping at the leaderboard, Marni realized that he was only in the fifties, and there were only around sixty Players on the leaderboard.
"Damn it, I'm actually so far away from first place? Wait, there's a note beside the game … "
Then, he noticed that there was a note beside the game leaderboards stating that the God of Games would reward the top hundred players, and the higher the ranking, the better the reward.
After blanking out for three seconds, Marni decisively started another game.
But this time, the System notified him that 'Free experience used up. Please insert coins to restart game'.
"That scared me. So it only costs 10 game coins? That's so cheap!" Ten game coins was not a lot even for newbie Players, let alone Marni who was rich and imposing. He didn't hesitate to start another game.
But his luck was even worse this time, and he died after hitting 9527 points.
"Continuing requires 10 game coins? I'm continuing! "
Not long after, Marni became dizzy from the dense hail of bullets and ran around in a panic, only to be shot down again.
"Continuing costs 100 game coins for a second time? That's daylight robbery! "Marni couldn't help cursing." I'm continuing! "
Even so, he didn't last long in his second attempt.
"1000 game coins for a third time? That's enough to strengthen my equipment to level 3! " Marni wanted to curse the profiteer by reflex, but quickly cowered when he remembered that the God of Games had created these games. "I'm continuing!" He gritted his teeth.
In the end, Marni stopped at 20000 points and realized that he didn't have a fourth chance to continue. He would have to admit defeat if he died three times in a row.
"But this way, I should be able to make it to the thirtieth place." He delightedly opened the leaderboard, only to find that he had dropped to sixtieth place, while the last name on the leaderboard was over one hundred and fiftieth. It seems that more and more Players are paying attention to the game interface and the notification of rewards from the God of Games.
His reward was going to fly away at this rate!
Marni made up his mind. "I'm already dead anyway. You guys can stay here and fight for points like me if you can!"
Once again, he put in 10 game coins into Thunder.
[Thunder, activate!]
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Chapter 164
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