I have an Apocalypse City-Chapter 812 - 813 Cursed Land_1

Chapter 812: Chapter 813 Cursed Land_1

Song Jian looked at the orb the size of a chicken egg in Cecilia’s palm, which emitted a faint golden glow, its surface brimming with rich Divine Power;

“You just need to put it into the inventory slot, and you can use it, each activation can last for 3 hours. Afterwards, the divine power will automatically recover. After twenty-four hours, it can be used again!” Cecilia said with a smile;

“The cost is but a single sentence, I wonder what words are so valuable?” Song Jian didn’t reach out to take the orb, a hint of a smile appearing at the corner of his mouth, as he spoke indifferently.

“All you need to allow us is to construct a temple to the Goddess of Dawn within your territory!” Cecilia said;

After the city was successfully built, all the land of the City of Hope could only be leased, not sold, this was one of the city rules Song Jian had established.

“You are completely free to lease a piece of land, the terms are negotiable, and the rent is only one Doomsday Coin per year!” Song Jian said with a smile: “This is my show of gratitude for the help the Church of the Goddess of Dawn has provided to me in the past!”

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“I, on behalf of the Church of the Goddess of Dawn, thank you for your kindness!” Cecilia bowed slightly, then said after performing a curtsy: “However, everything of the church temple will belong to the Goddess of Dawn, including the land. Her followers would not wish for the Goddess’s temple to be sited on leased land, for it would be a desecration to the Goddess!”

Song Jian was taken aback, fell silent, deep inside, he was reluctant to sell any inch of land within his territory, but when facing a deity, he simply didn’t have the right to choose;

To agree to Cecilia’s request would mean that a piece of land not under the control of the city’s lord would appear in the City of Hope. If he refused, then Song Jian had to consider what consequences might follow from refusing a deity;

Song Jian’s brows furrowed involuntarily, as he continually weighed his options, while Cecilia wore a smile, quietly watching Song Jian. Her outstretched palm remained still, a dazzling Pearl of Dawn continued to emit a soft radiance.

Song Jian stared at the Pearl of Dawn, yet felt its light to be somewhat glaring;

After a long while, Song Jian slowly shook his head, refusing: “I’m sorry…”

Before Song Jian could finish speaking, Cecilia retracted her extended hand and said coldly, “Understood!”

Having said that, Cecilia turned around and left without any hesitation;

Song Jian took a deep breath, knowing that even without any system alert, his reputation with the Church of the Goddess of Dawn might plummet severely;

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Leaving the City of Hope, heading towards the Magic Crystal Mine, all the way, Song Jian felt a heavy heart. Before the gods, Song Jian felt like an ant facing an elephant, utterly insignificant;

However, having been in this strange game for so long, Song Jian also knew that gods could not directly appear and take action. Otherwise, this game world wouldn’t exist at all, it would have been torn apart by the wars of the gods long ago;

But each deity had their own spokesperson and church in the game, their influence in this world was immense. Having refused the goodwill of a High Priest of the Goddess of Dawn, he feared that trouble might follow.

Song Jian quickly arrived at an area shrouded in gray fog, where no life existed, everything was silent. Song Jian could even see bones of small creatures scattered everywhere, those who had inadvertently entered this area and were killed by the Desolate Land before they had the chance to escape;

The Magic Crystal Mine was within this area, and as Song Jian stepped onto it, he instantly felt as though the air had become heavier, as if he had entered another region;

At the same time, a system alert sounded in his ear;

System: You have entered the land forsaken by the gods, the Cursed Land, all attributes are weakened by 5 points, losing 2 Vitality Points per second;

Song Jian instantly felt a trace of strength being drawn out from within him, becoming somewhat weak, but fortunately, his attributes were strong, and his recovery rate had long surpassed the loss of 2 Vitality Points per second, so stepping onto this land had no significant impact on him;

If it were other ordinary players, they would probably be so scared by this prompt that they would immediately leave here and not continue to explore further;

“I wonder who was so bold to explore here and even discovered the Magic Crystal Mine inside; they should be rewarded when they return!” Song Jian thought to himself.

Continuing inside, Song Jian quickly discovered a dark pit. Around the pit, there were some monsters a little over one meter tall, with sturdy builds, their bodies an abnormal shade of gray. They held hammers almost as tall as themselves and wandered aimlessly around the entrance;

These monsters looked like dwarves, but they were renegades of the dwarf clan, the Gray Dwarves who were been hunted down by their own kind.

Moreover, these Gray Dwarves had also all lost their lives and become something like Zombies;

“Elite Gray Dwarf Zombies, level 40, Vitality Points 9000/9000”

Song Jian counted; at this entrance, there were a total of twelve Gray Dwarf Zombies. These monsters had tough skin, their bodies full of strength, and they wielded heavy hammers with no mean force. Furthermore, having always stayed in the Cursed Land, their resistance was extremely high. Although these Gray Dwarf Zombies weren’t as powerful as elite BOSS monsters, they were clearly much more formidable than ordinary monsters of the same level;

Song Jian’s mind stirred, and he instantly summoned the Five Elements Heaven-breaking Sword, executing the Ten Thousand Swords Flying Immortal Art toward the twelve Gray Dwarf Zombies at the entrance;

In an instant, the Five Elements Heaven-breaking Sword flew into midair, transforming into eight radiant Spirit Swords, flying towards the entrance of the mine;

“Lucky, summoning eight Spirit Swords on the first try!” Song Jian mused to himself. Still, the eight Spirit Swords covered the entrance area, slashing towards the twelve monsters;

In the end, only six of the monsters were injured, while the other six, not only unharmed but also enraging their hatred, swarmed and pounced towards Song Jian;

“Each Spirit Sword can inflict over seven hundred points of damage, which is quite good. Although it cannot kill any monster instantly, such power far exceeds the damage of ordinary players!” Song Jian quickly retreated while thinking to himself.

The only regret was that in this attack, Song Jian had clearly locked onto one monster, but after executing the Thousand Swords Art, he attacked an area nearly six or seven meters wide at the entrance;

The sword then flew back to Song Jian’s hand, and at this moment, the monsters were less than five meters away from him. Song Jian swung the long sword towards the monsters once more, and in an instant, the Five Elements Heaven-breaking Sword split into five, five shimmering swords of different colors quickly formed a cage, firmly trapping the twelve monsters in the center;

Five Elements Sword Array, rise!

This was a Sword Formation skill inherent to the Five Elements Heaven-breaking Sword. Once executed, it created a space of its own, inflicting continuous damage on all the trapped monsters;

The murky Sword Qi enveloped a large area, but Song Jian’s vision could penetrate the gray sword mist and see the scene within the Sword Formation. At that moment, countless flashes of sword light appeared around the twelve monsters, these flashes of light left deep, bone-deep wounds on the bodies of the monsters;

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