Joe laboriously sat beside Edward. Both of them were showing signs of HP decreasing over their heads, and they would die in seconds judging by how much HP they had left.
"I didn't think we'd get wiped out in the end …"
Even Joe, who had always been a little simple-minded, appeared helpless.
This was probably the first time the Players had truly failed.
In the past, the Players would only get wiped out in dungeons where the number of players was limited, and they would be wiped out by Bosses because their resurrection skills didn't have time to cool down or the level difference between them and the enemy.
On the other hand, the Players' battle record had always been pretty good when they encountered Wild Bosses, and it could even be said that they had yet to taste defeat.
It was a pity that their winning streak was about to end.
"It takes three days to revive after we die. What a pain in the ass."
"That's not the only problem." Edward was looking further ahead. "Our corpses would turn into zombies after we die, and the wood elves would most likely clean up the mess … our Reputation with the wood elves would fall even further if that happened."
Reputation with the wood elves was acknowledged to be the hardest to farm among all places where regional reputation was unlocked. There was no other way around it.
In fact, aside from Marni, who would occasionally trade with the wood elves for goods from the outside world and thus had a higher Reputation than the other Players, the other Players couldn't farm Reputation with the wood elves no matter what they did, and would sometimes lose Reputation because they pestered them too much …
"No way, right? We're helping them defeat their nemesis … "Joe exclaimed in disbelief." It's not like you didn't see how powerful and disgusting that devil was. Even if the wood elves could win, they would have to pay a price that wouldn't be lesser than ours! Isn't it unreasonable that the wood elves' Affinity with us would drop after we risked our lives to defeat it? "
"Because they are different from us, they don't know the cause of the matter, they don't understand how much effort and energy we spent to defeat the enemy, they only know the final result … is that we released the demon that had been sealed for thousands of years, destroyed such a large area of the forest, and in the end, we all became zombies because of our own actions."
Edward couldn't help sighing. "The God of Games must be trying to remind us that not everyone is worth helping."
"I think you're overthinking it." Joe rolled his eyes and whispered to Edward. "Speaking of the seal, how did such a powerful thing get out? Could it really have been released by our people? "
After all, most people would take a detour and stay as far away from such a seal as possible. In his impression, only players would seek death to such an extent.
"No. Even if Marni likes to brag, he wouldn't lie about something like this. "
Edward shook his head. "And don't you think the Secret Eye is more suspicious than Marni?"
Ever since the incident at the Unnamed Town, the Society of the Secret Eye had been haunting all sorts of conspiracies.
The most recent one was in the Trinia Forests, intent on stealing the elven divine relic Sefarim.
If someone had to be the scapegoat, the Secret Eye would be more suitable than the Players.
Although Edward did not say it out loud, there was a strange feeling in his heart, as if he had forgotten something.
"Really?" Joe mumbled. "Why do I feel like Marni is trying to hog the Boss's reward for himself …"
"Wait!" Edward was suddenly enlightened by Joe's mutterings. He turned his head and put his hands on Joe's shoulders, staring at him without blinking. "What did you say? Say it again! "
"What is it? Don't be like that, I'm a little scared … "
Joe was startled by his reaction, and instinctively covered his pecs with both hands.
Keeping a straight face, Edward loosened his hands and swung his wand at Joe's head.
A bright red '1' appeared over Joe's head.
"Stop it, I don't have much HP in the first place." Joe adjusted his helmet, which had been knocked askew, before saying seriously, "What is it? I can apologize if I'm being too harsh … "
"No, repeat what you said before." Edward said.
"I didn't think we'd get wiped in the end …"
"That's too much. Just say that."
"I think you're overthinking it … Alright, alright." Joe only became serious when he saw Edward raise his wand again. "Marni wants to hog the Boss's reward for himself? Is that it? "
"That's right! The Boss's reward! "Edward exclaimed in realization." Why didn't we get any rewards after defeating the devil? Shouldn't we usually get a golden legendary item after defeating an enemy of this level? Even if we're unlucky, we should at least get a purple rare item. But we didn't get a single item even after we defeated them! "
"Maybe we're unlucky …" Joe guessed, but soon denied it himself. "That's not right. Zonyan the Black Hand didn't come today either, he shouldn't be that unlucky …"
"And the quest the God of Games assigned us isn't complete either. I thought it was because we were poisoned and we would all get wiped out, which is why the quest was deemed a failure, but it doesn't seem to be the case. "
Edward rose to his feet and looked at the gloomy Players who were cutting down the zombies that had turned into zombies. "The Boss didn't drop any rewards!" he yelled. "There must be a little devil that got away! Find it, kill it, and we'll get a godly item! "
The eyes of the Players, who had been dispirited after suffering heavy losses in the quest, promptly brightened when they realized the crux of the matter.
Indeed, it would be worth it even if they died and lost 30% of their current EXP if they could get a legendary item!
All at once, they began to search for the Boss's location.
How much motivation could a group of excited players muster to find something before they were killed?
Not to mention the little devils, even the moles that were a few meters underground were dug out by them, and they stared at the players in bewilderment.
"Found it! It's over there!"
Soon, Edward found the little devil hiding in a hollow piece of rotten wood. "At least you didn't escape, or I would have disappointed the God of Games. Take this, Arctic …"
"Hey!"
A large book wrapped in metal chains flew out from the side, striking the head of the little devil that was trying to escape and killing it in a second.
"Eleena ahhhh —!" Edward, whose kill had been stolen once again, was on his knees.
Eleena, on the other hand, happened to get the last bit of EXP, and her petite body shone with the light of leveling up.
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Chapter 222
Evading the Net
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