TERRIFYING EXISTENCE

K-Kill as a sacrifice?

Why are the NPCs suddenly not following the usual routine?

The players watching Demacias livestream were left confused for a moment before they filled the chat with jeering comments:

PfftHes being sacrificed lolol

Hahaha, Demacia, youre in big trouble now! xD

Live streaming your own death, lmao what a show

Demacia:

After hearing the decision of the Chief Shaman, the Orcs who tied up Demacia and the two newbies laughed ferociously as they drew out the machetes hanging from their waists.

Seeing their gleaming blade draw closer to him as his ashen face gets reflected upon its metallic surface, Demacia widened his eyes in a panic and hastily exclaimed in a flattering tone,

N-N-Nowe are on the same side! I have important information to report, T-Taijun!

Looking at Demacias fawning behavior, the two newbies beside him were so dumbfounded that they couldnt even bear to look at this person who they once even called Big Brother

This was so embarrassing!

The corners of their mouths twitched involuntarily and the two turned their heads away pretending they didnt know him.

Lmfao Demacia, are you betraying the elves?

Hahahathis guy is a real bastard, this shit is so hilarious Hahaha

Lol did he really called the Orc King Taijun?

Demacia, listen to me, you should definitely try being a comedian!

The stream was as lively as ever, as comments filled with laughter bombarded the live chat as it moved at light speed.

This guy

Even Ev couldnt help but cringe and felt second-hand embarrassment as she watched the silly antics of this red-haired rascal.

But at the same time, a proverbial light-bulb goes on within her mind.

Although he likes to act recklessly and seek death, this rascal might actually be able to deceive the Orcs

Perhapsit would be a good idea to take this opportunity to plant a seed on the enemy side. If the Orcs believe him, then I could delegate some tasks for him.

And sure enough, after they heard what Demacia suddenly blurted out, the Chief Shaman and Lionheart King Imsh raised their eyebrows slightly.

Dont kill them yet, lets hear what he has to say.

The Chief Shaman said calmly.

The Orcs immediately stopped their actions upon hearing her words.

Demacia breathed a sigh of relief as if he had been granted amnesty.

However, just as he was starting to regain his excitement and organize his thoughts to begin his usual modus operandi of deception

A new system prompt suddenly appeared before him:

You have been captured by the Orcs. You triggered a personal hidden quest: Deceive the Orcs.

A personal hidden quest? Deceive the Orcs?

Demacia was momentarily stunned, then he became overjoyed.

A personal hidden quest!

He actually had triggered another hidden quest!

Hahaha! What luck! Was he actually the most fortunate player in the entire server all along?

Immediately after, the specific instructions of the quest appeared right before Demacias eyes.

Personal Hidden Quest: Deceive the Orcs

Quest Objective: Gain the trust of the Orcs and gather information about the Orcs military situation.

Quest Reward: Overall Personal Reputation Score +1

Whoa!?

The reward is an increased in reputation score!

Seeing the quest reward, Demacias eyes further widened to its largest capacity.

What an incredible reward!

Right now, what he needed most was a way to increase his abysmal overall personal reputation score and Demacia hadnt expected that the system would actually give him an opportunity to address the issue hed been tirelessly working hard to resolve all this time

He couldnt believe his luck!

Demacia felt so moved that he was about to cry

However, just as he was about to praise the goddess within his heart, the Chief Shamans expression suddenly changed into one of alarm.

Hurry! Kill them quickly!

Her expression became intensely serious, almost shouting out the command.

Her order came so urgently that before Demacia and the two newbies could even react, the Orcs had already drawn out their machetes from their waists once more and with a single swift motion, beheaded the three players altogether

Demacias last expression showed a look of utter disbelief, as his severed head bounced up a couple of times before rolling to a stop right in front of the Chief Shaman.

Poor Demacia.

He died at level 24, unable to even accept the rare personal hidden quest the system had granted exclusively into him.

The smell of blood gradually permeated the air as the bodies of the three players then lifelessly collapsed.

Lionheart King Imsh squinted his eyes slightly, and he looked at the Chief Shaman curiously and asked,

Your Excellency, didnt you want to hear what they had to say? What changed your mind?

However, the Chief Shaman did not immediately answered his question. Instead, she looked around in suspicion for a minute before displaying a grave expression and took out a necklace made of string of skulls hidden underneath her chest.

The necklace seemed ancient and adorned with dark crimson hues as it emit a subtle, unsettling aura of chaos and malevolence.

Upon seeing the necklace, the Orc Kings pupils constricted as his face slightly darkened.

As I suspected, you actually brought along this artifact

His tone was filled with deep apprehension and fear!

Of course I would. After all our enemy this time is a God! Although they arent recognized by the Pantheon, they are still a true god nonetheless! We must give our all since we are facing a true god!

The Chief Shaman spoke solemnly.

Moreover, this divine artifact originally belongs to our Divine Father!

Upon hearing her words, the Orc Kings face paled considerably.

However, his eyes were soon drawn to the necklace the Chief Shaman is holding as it suddenly emitted a faint and eerie glow.

Seeing the state of the necklace, the look on the Chief Shamans face grew increasingly grim.

Indeed, as expecteda terrifying existence was observing us a moment ago.

A terrifying existence!?

Imsh the Lionheart King was astonished.

Then, he asked with a tone of uncertainty,

You meana true god!?

Yes and Im afraid that terrifying entity relied something to those elves! Your Liege, you should also be aware of the capabilities of this artifact.

The Chief Shamans eyes gleamed with uncanny light.

King Imsh fell silent for a moment and sighed.

Ive heard some legends about it. From what Ive heard, a thousand years ago, our Divine Father managed to defeat that ancient entity mainly with its help. Butthis necklace is truly terrifying. If possible, I hope that we would never have to use it this time

The Chief Shaman raised an eyebrow and then chuckled lightly.

That will depend on the strength of our army. If we can successfully defeat the elves and make this new god fall from grace, then we wont ever need to use this artifact

But upon hearing the words of the Chief Shaman, the Orc King did not respond.

He stayed silent yet his gloomy expression revealed that he was not at ease.

Seeing King Imshs despondent demeanor, the Chief Shaman sighed out loud.

Your Liege, theres no need to worry. We have an army of thirty thousand warriors and can also summon several Totem Guardians. Victory will be ours just as long as this terrifying entity doesnt directly intervene. Of course, if they do personally intervene, then well have to make a choice

She then drew a bow-shaped symbol upon her chest and fervently declared,

This new god will surely fall! Everything is for the glory of our Divine Father and the future of the Half-Orcs!

She then looked at the corpses on the ground.

The corpses of these elves shouldnt go to waste eitherthey are all fine materials for sacrifices!

After saying this, the Chief Shaman raised the necklace and closed her eyes as she solemnly uttered a prayer.

Shortly afterwards, the skull necklace gave off a burst of deep light.

A spine-chilling energy then gradually emanated from the necklace, as it cast an eerie light upon the lifeless forms of the three Elves, which caused their remains to slowly disintegrate

However, during the process of the bodies disappearance, the Chief Shaman couldnt help but let out a surprise exclamation.

Whats wrong?

The Orc King asked but the expression of the Chief Shaman only showed a look of confusion.

Half of the sacrifices flesh and blood are missing

Elven Forest, World Tree.

On one of the massive branches of the World Tree, three orbs slowly coalesced, and after a while, three tall individuals clumsily emerged out from each them.

Ahhh goddammit! I failed the hidden quest! M-My reputation reward is gone!!

A heart-wrenching scream echoed throughout the whole area.

It was none other than Demacia who was just resurrected.

Ughwe died.

I knew I shouldnt have followed along. Shiet, Ive wasted ten revival coins

The other two newbies also resurrected at the same time, looking dejected.

I used twenty-four revival coins and the personal hidden quest is now gonefucking hell, the reward for that quest was a reputation boost too!

Demacia felt entirely heartbroken.

In contrast to Demacias grief, his livestream chat was still filled with joy:

Ahhe died so suddenly!

How tragic lol!

Hahaha! He died even before he could accept the quest. Lolol youre really are unlucky Demacia.

Demacia, did your intention to fool them somehow got revealed?

Watching the fast moving live chat, Demacia grumbled in frustration,

How would I know!

He then closed the livestream after a few moments and let out a long sigh

The three newly revived players then looked at each other in an awkward silence.

Are we going again?

After a while, one of the newbies asked.

Go? No freakin way man, my hidden quest is already gonescrew this, Im gonna study instead! Hit me up once the Orcs starts attacking the city!

Demacia sighed and quickly logged out.

Eves mood was not much better than the trio as she silently watched from her mindscape Demacia and the two newbies log off from the game.

My presence must have been discoveredHow did those Orcs knew that I was spying on them? I should have hidden my presence well

Not to mention, half of their avatars flesh and blood disappeared when I teleported the bodies of Demacia and the other two.

What is it? Did something interfere with my teleportation? Im already a true god, so no one should be able to stop me from teleporting the players avatars

Moreover, I sensed a strange aura lingering within their avatars when I checked their condition just now.

A trace of doubt arose within Eves heart.

What could it be?

Suddenly, it occurred to her that this upcoming war of faith might not go as smoothly as she had initially hoped

Taijun was a term used by chinese people to address the japanese officials (a bit like Master) during their occupation of china before and during WW2.

After the war the term has been instead used in a sarcastic manner mostly as a way to deride the masters who had lost.