Elf Kingdom: Game of the World Tree-Chapter 234 - 228: Summer Activities are Coming!

Chapter 234 -228: Summer Activities are Coming!

Blue Star, Tianchao Imperial City.

At the dining table, Ji Dong was shoveling rice into his mouth while looking at the official forum of “Elf Kingdom” on his phone.

“Whoa, thirty thousand Half-Beast Army?”

Suddenly, he came across a certain post and couldn’t help but exclaim.

“Don’t talk while eating! And no looking at your phone either!”

Across from him, Ji’s mother glared at her son.

Ji Dong: …

He gave an awkward smile and quickly put his phone away.

However, just as he locked the screen, his phone buzzed slightly with a system notification.

Ji Dong couldn’t resist taking another look and saw the update notice for “Elf Kingdom.”

“The version’s getting updated?!”

He couldn’t help but mutter to himself.

But when Ji Dong noticed his mom’s stern glance after putting down her chopsticks, he quickly slipped his phone into his pocket, sat up straight, and obediently resumed eating his rice…

Of course, his thoughts were already thousands of miles away…

…

August 10th.

For the students of the Blue Star Dynasty, half of their summer vacation had gone by.

And for the beta players of “Elf Kingdom,” it was the fifth update since the game’s launch.

The beta version of “Elf Kingdom” was updated frequently.

However, most updates were minor in-game tweaks that didn’t require shutting down the servers. The developers added many small features without players even noticing, while major updates requiring downtime were rare.

But every time there was such a large update that required players to log off in advance, it meant there would be significant changes in the game.

The first major update was the second test, the second was the NPC task system, the third was the favor and reputation rating system, and the fourth was the third test…

This fifth update felt a bit sudden.

However, at the same time the update news was released, another announcement appeared on the official website of “Elf Kingdom”:

“Summer Event, Double Experience! Half-Beast Invasion, Full Server Mobilization!”

The announcement was simple, just a big image showing the elegant, beautiful Elves on one side and the rough, ugly Half-Beasts on the other, both readying their weapons as though they were about to clash in battle at any moment…

“Could it be the thirty thousand Half-Beast Army that Brother Mu mentioned in his post? Is it a new major storyline? The official team of ‘Elf Kingdom’ designed it so cleverly! Could this have been a setup for the update? It must have been planned long ago.”

*The control over the storyline and the ability to engage players really couldn’t be matched by other games.*

Ji Dong sighed lightly.

After checking the time and confirming the update was over, Ji Dong eagerly lay back in his gaming capsule:

“Launch… Elf Kingdom!”

[Ding——]

[Game connection successful…]

[New version detected, “Elf Kingdom” 1.4]

[Updating version…]

[Ding——Update successful]

[Logging in…]

[Game ID: Transforming Ji Gang]

[Chosen One, welcome back to “Elf Kingdom!”]

With the familiar sound of the system, Ji Dong’s vision dimmed slightly.

Now, he was “Transforming Ji Gang.”

As his vision gradually brightened, background music began to play, and the game’s storyline animation started once again…

Ji Dong instinctively tried to skip it, only to find that the background music was different from his memory, and the new storyline animation was unlike the previous login animation…

So, he gave up the idea of skipping and watched attentively:

The first thing that appeared was a conference room.

On one side sat the Dark Dwarves, and on the other were Elves.

The background music was solemn and grand…

When Transforming Ji Gang recognized a familiar figure among them, he was a bit surprised:

“Brother Mu? How did he end up in the storyline animation?”

While Transforming Ji Gang was bewildered, a low voice from a Dark Dwarf echoed through the hall:

“The Half-Beast Royal Court in the Death Desert has been mobilizing for a month, and they have moved thirty thousand troops toward the Elf Forest.”

As the Dark Dwarf spoke, the entire scene gradually faded, revealing views of the Half-Beast Army marching…

A massive army as far as the eye could see… Along with the Dark Dwarf’s low voice and the roars of the Half-Beasts, an oppressive sense of impending doom descended.

“A war of faith?”

Then, a cool voice sounded.

The scene shifted back to the conference room…

On the Elves’ side, Divine Favored Zero, with bright eyes, spoke confidently and resolutely:

“The Elf Clan… has suffered too much hardship. No matter the difficulties we face, we will never back down again…”

“We shall accept this war! We will join forces with the Chosen Ones to thwart the Half-Beasts’ plot!”

With Divine Favored Zero’s words, the animation’s scene also subtly faded, showing images of Elves being persecuted, and players fighting against Goblins, Half-Beasts, and human mercenaries…

For a moment, the solemn background music turned inspiring, stirring emotions high and full of fervor…

“This war of faith, victory will surely belong to us!”

Finally, in the rousing music, three Elven representatives spoke in unison.

The scene gradually darkened…

Then, a grand line of text appeared before Transforming Ji Gang—

“Summer Event Arrives, Faith War Begins!”

The storyline animation ended there.

As his consciousness transitioned, Transforming Ji Gang found himself back in his guild dormitory in Chosen City…

However, thinking about the storyline animation, he couldn’t help but mutter to himself:

“To actually appear in the storyline animation… Brother Mu has so much prestige, I’m envious… I wonder when I’ll get to be in it too…”

Of course, the animation was something Eve had concocted.

Naturally, it was put together using some game footage, with some of her embellishments and exaggerations.

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For instance, Eve’s line transformation and the final words of the three were added by Eve in post-production…

On the other side, when Li Mu logged in and watched the storyline animation, he was utterly baffled.

Because he had no recollection of Divine Favored Zero saying those lines, nor did he remember spouting any words so full of embarrassment…

Overall, though, the effect was quite good.

At the very least, Transforming Ji Gang was much more excited about the new storyline…

Upon entering the game, Transforming Ji Gang immediately noticed the system announcement that dominated half of his screen—

[Summer Event Arrives, Faith War Begins!]

[Event One: Double the Experience, Double the Joy!]

[As a thank you to all the players supporting “Elf Kingdom,” from August 10th to August 20th (Blue Star Time), all players in “Elf Kingdom” will receive a Summer Event buff, doubling the experience and contribution points earned from tasks and monster kills!]

Double experience and contribution points!

Seeing this news, Transforming Ji Gang looked thrilled.

He was among the most dedicated players from the third test, but even now, he was only level 15. Whenever he saw those Black Iron Middle Rank players from the first and second tests, he couldn’t help but feel envious…

“This is such a rare chance! It’s a great opportunity to surpass them! Many of those first and second test players have jobs; for these ten days, I’m not doing anything else. I’ve got to grind to level 21!”

Transforming Ji Gang clenched his fist.

Then, he looked further down…

[Event Two: Limited-Time Discount at Exchange Store!]

[As a thank you to all the players supporting “Elf Kingdom,” during the summer event, all items in the “Elf Kingdom” contribution store are half-price!]

“Holy crap! Half-price!”

Transforming Ji Gang was practically panting.

Not to mention the skills from the exchange store being at full proficiency, the exchanged equipment was much better than scavenged gear, especially blue rare and above! They all had at least one special effect!

But, that equipment was also very expensive, especially the Black Iron Middle Rank’s purple epic gear, which cost tens of thousands of contribution points per set!

As for the golden legendary, let’s not even talk about it; those were strictly for rich and elite players.

If it weren’t for creating a guild, Transforming Ji Gang might have considered it, but setting up the “Autobots” guild consumed a lot of his resources, so he could only aim for a Black Iron Middle Rank graduation set of purple epic gear.

Even so, it was challenging.

Until now, Transforming Ji Gang only managed to scrape together two pieces of purple epic Black Iron gear, a sword and a piece of armor, still lacking shoes, pants, kneepads, and bracers—a total of four pieces…

And that wasn’t counting the secondary weapons, like the senior member Bento and Little Xian Miao, who also had secondary weapons like daggers.

However, with the exchange store’s discount, Transforming Ji Gang finally saw an opportunity…

“Tasks! I need to crazily grind tasks! Take this chance to gather enough contribution points to finish my equipment!”

Transforming Ji Gang’s eyes burned with determination.

Then, he looked at the third event notification…

[Event Three: Defensive Construction Tasks]

[Major storyline incoming! The Half-Beast Army is poised to attack the Elf Forest! During the summer event, “Wall Construction” and “Defensive Core Building” defense construction tasks will be available, and completing these tasks will grant extra experience and contribution points!]

“Hmm? Defense construction tasks?”

Transforming Ji Gang was slightly intrigued.

He quickly checked the task system and noticed new tasks indeed had been added, with an exclusive [Summer Event Tasks] section for them.

What’s more… the rewards for these tasks were high, at least fifty percent more than ordinary daily tasks!

“Nice! I’ll be doing those in a bit!”

Transforming Ji Gang nodded in approval.

Then, he looked at the final event notification—

[Event Four: Lucky Draw!]

[During the event, the exchange store will have a lucky draw feature, allowing players to draw with lucky tickets.]

[The lucky pool includes all items from the exchange store, with chances to draw golden legendary gear, purple epic tomes, 100 resurrection coins, 30,000 contribution points!]

[Ways to obtain tickets are as follows:]

[Method 1: The top 100 players completing the most event tasks daily will receive 1 ticket.]

[Method 2: The top 100 fastest leveling players daily will receive 1 ticket.]

[Method 3: The top 100 players earning the most experience and contribution points daily will receive 1 ticket.]

[Method 4: Players killing Half-Beasts in the Faith War can exchange 100% kill contribution for 1 ticket. (100% contribution for a solo kill, reduced proportionally when in a team)]

[Note: Methods 1-3 reset every 24 hours, and rewards are distributed at midnight; Method 4 does not reset, but tickets can be exchanged repeatedly; tickets are bound to players and cannot be traded.]

“Oh, whew!”

Upon seeing this event message, Transforming Ji Gang’s eyes turned red with excitement.

“Lucky Draw… Golden Legendary!”

“I’m going to grind! For these ten days… I’m going to grind like crazy!”

“Golden Legendary… here I come!”