Twilight City quickly returned to its usual peace after the war.
The tragic war seemed to have long gone.
Only the dark treants stationed outside the city proved that the war had existed.
They repaired damaged houses and rebuilt the collapsed buildings.
The production and living in Twilight City returned to usual in two days.
Nothing else changed except the significant decrease in the troops.
The residents restored Twilight City to its original state, but the world was shocked.
December 7th, evening.
Everyone thought that this day was just like any other day.
The moment the afterglow of the setting sun reached the horizon.
A blurry, blood-red moon appeared in the sky.
New moon.
The crescent moon was very shallow.
One might even miss if one didn’t intentionally observe.
However, this time, it appeared when the moon was high in the sky.
This scene immediately made people turn their heads.
The natives were okay. They felt it was sparingly odd, but the players immediately exploded with great enthusiasm.
That was because this scene was directly connected to the system notification.
Crimson Moon!
New expansion pack!
Every time the system issued a vital mission, it would bring about massive changes.
No one wanted to miss this opportunity to rise!
It was only the beginning of the month, but she could already see a hint of red.
The Crimson Moon would rise in advance?
Several players began to discuss the reason for this. They vowed to get a share of the profits when the system released the new expansion pack.
Many people began to make their plans.
With the size of the players, when all of them moved, the entire primary plane immediately produced a different aura.
It attracted the attention of those main forces.
Before the new expansion pack was released, the situation had become delicate.
All the forces were like flames buried in a barrel. Once they encountered sparks, they would instantly cause devastating damage.
Richard was startled when he saw the Crimson Moon in the sky. But his emotions deviated from the players.
Windsor told him personally…The Crimson Moon would rise at the end of the month. Its purpose was to fulfill the goal of Teacher Peim of the Red Dragon General Store.
Now that the Crimson Moon had appeared in advance, would it leak out and alert the gods?
Or… Had the other party planned all of this?
Thoughts flooded his mind. Although he was familiar with Windsor, he could not tell her everything about the fate of the Crimson Moon.
Just like how he didn’t tell Windsor that the rotten authority was in his hands and that the statue that sealed the soul of the dwarf god was under his control.
Richard released a long sigh after he pondered.
Things had gone beyond his tone.
The gods, wary of the ancient gods, would retaliate once the Crimson Moon appeared.
At that time, no one knew what changes would happen to the world.
“S-rank mission, we can’t wait any longer. The end of the month is coming soon, and we don’t know how it will take to complete this mission.”
“I will immediately have an extra transcendent in my hands after this mission.”
The vampire grand duke in the blood coffin was the transcendent he mostly hoped to conquer.
He couldn’t miss the opportunity, no matter what the price was.
During a time of massive change in the world, the value of having a transcendent was immeasurable to Twilight City.
The vampire duke differed from the eight-armed naga who guarded the treasure vault.
The other party could only defend the city and could not make other arrangements even if they broke through to level 20 and possessed extraordinary battle strength.
A free transcendent could play an immeasurable role.
Richard as his thoughts spun.
He had to complete the S-rank mission as soon as possible and complete it for the old teacher of the Red Dragon General Store, who had lost his heart.
Only let him feel pity, unable to wait for Xina and the dark valkyrie to return.
His confidence would have increased by one point if he had these two top-notch heroes.
But now, there had been no news of them. It was not in Richard’s nature to wait without knowing when they would return.
He didn’t like being passive. He was better at holding the initiative in his hands.
He looked up at the sky and took a deep breath.
His deep eyes reflected the two moons.
He would immediately set off for Solan City if Xina and the dark valkyrie couldn’t make it by December 10th.
He was going to complete the S-rank mission.
During this period, he would bring along the most powerful trump card, the god’s ancient tree.
He called Karu on his return from the agriculture area.
The wrinkled-faced Karu saw Richard’s grave expression as soon as he entered the room.
His heart thumped, and his expression turned solemn.
Karu bowed and quickly asked, “Lord, did we encounter something we can’t solve?”
It was rare for him to see the lord in such a state.
Richard slowly informed the man of his decision.
“Three days later, I’ll leave with the stone statue of the dead and the skeleton blood dragon. At the same time, the god’s ancient tree will follow.”
Karu quickly realized the significance of this matter.
A transcendent was an irresistible temptation for Twilight City.
There was no room for rejection.
“Please send the underground troop to guard this place. We don’t have enough troops.”
Although there were ten Guardian Mummy and three King of the Imperial Troop lairs to replenish them.
However, half a year’s accumulation had been depleted in a single day. And one couldn’t replenish them shortly.
“I’ll give the order to Sel.”
Richard said and handed a fiery core to Karu.
“This is the token to communicate with the fire elemental lord. Crush it if you encounter an invincible existence in Twilight City.”
Fire elemental lords were his last resort.
It would mean Twilight City had reached a point where it could no longer continue once they used them.
Karu naturally knew what it meant, having experienced several battles.
Gratitude engulfed his heart. Richard trusted him so much.
A strong sense of pride and responsibility arose.
Karu held his chest and bowed after a solemn response.
“I won’t let you down!”
Richard nodded.
“In the next three days, we will expand the Twilight City troops.”
It was time for Twilight City to send out another wave of soldiers with such a massive loss this time.
He had enough confidence with close to 400 units of rare resources.
Richard took out two lifelike statues from his pocket after Karu left.
One had broken wings on its back and octopus tentacles on its head. It was half-seated, and its light was dark and evil. An indescribable sense of oppression shrouded the statue.
The other had a grave face and a short stature. It held a tiny axe in its hand but was powerful. It gave off a holy feeling that could not be touched.
The ancient and the dwarf god statues.
The two treasures in his hands contained the highest level of power.
The sacred-blood dwarf had said that the dwarf god statue needed to break the seal in their bloodline.
However, the dwarf god statue lost its function as a key due to the lack of energy.
It required millions of rare resources to reactivate.
It was not a loss to spend millions of rare resources to open the bloodline in the sacred-blood dwarves and activate their potential.
But what he valued the most was the value of the statue itself… The dwarf god slept inside.
Moreover, the other party had left behind a prophecy that the Crimson Moon would rise and return.
This made him have other thoughts.
The dwarf god might know more secrets about the Crimson Moon.
All the information he knew about the Crimson Moon came from Windsor, the leader of the Phoenix-Tail Flower Chamber of Commerce.
Although the other party had no reason to lie to him, as the owner of a territory, it was not a good thing to have too many sources of information.
Moreover, the other party was not his subordinate. It would be their disadvantage even if Twilight City cooperated with the other party.
On this day, the Crimson Moon had quietly appeared. That made him feel that things weren’t simple.
Everything was going in an uncontrollable direction.
It would be vital for the plans of Twilight City if Richard could get more information and grasp the context.
Richard pondered and no longer hesitated.
He reached out and grabbed the dwarf god statue.
[Ding~ Do you wish to spend 1,000,000 rare resources to activate the dwarf god statue?]
Richard did not hesitate when he heard the notification.
“Confirm.”
He confirmed, and the resources on his attribute panel instantly decreased by one million.
At the same time.
The dwarf god statue released terrifying energy.
All the dwarves in the primary plane turned to look toward Twilight City.
They sensed that something vital was about to happen to them.
Some elderly dwarves looked up at the sky and then toward Twilight City. The ancient prophecy suddenly rang in their minds.
Tears streamed down their faces.
Their god had returned!
Richard’s expression was as calm as ever when he sensed the statue’s unbridled divine might.
The ancient god statue emitted faint light that enveloped him.
He could even feel the hunger and desire to devour from the ancient god statue.
“A good deal of gods.”
The statue sensed the dark light. The divine power momentarily froze and quickly avoided that direction.
Fear hides in a mouse’s genes when it sees a cat.
The divine might that surged lasted for more than ten minutes before it gradually dissipated.
Richard looked at the statue and found it had been dimmed but now emitted a hazy light. It seemed to have come alive, and he even saw it blink.
That moved his heart.
His spiritual power spread out and enveloped the statue in his hand
Deep inside.
It was like he entered a towering mountain. And rocks enveloped everything.
Deeper, deeper… It went straight to the core.
‘Kacha!’
Richard’s initially sluggish mental power suddenly turned carefree. It was like he had broken through some kind of boundary.
A remarkable image appeared in Richard’s mind the next second.
A short but oppressive figure sat on a bronze throne.
The figure wore a silver crown on its head and a cape made of gorgeous bird wings. Bewitching rings covered its hand. Its cheek radiated a peaceful sleep.
The figure still brought about soul-tormenting pressure even though it had not awakened. It was like an ancient dragon was entrenched in it.
A name suddenly appeared in his mind.
Dwarf God.
Richard watched the scene silently.
He had seen quite several gods. The dog-headed warriors had survived in the land of the broken laws and revived. He was now a mysterious god hidden in the divine kingdom. He was the ruler of the 333rd level of the bottomless abyss, the King of Decay.
However, Richard had never seen one so clearly before.
After a moment of silence, its spiritual power was about to explore.
Suddenly, the dwarf god slowly turned its head.
Its closed eyes slowly opened.
Richard felt the divine might had increased by thousands of times.
He was like a lone boat in a level 18 storm that could capsize at any moment.
“Countless years have passed. Has the era finally changed?”