Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
“This is the awakened Extraordinary Seed?”
Meng Yang observed the few players’ states through the Summoning Pixie once they had awakened the Extraordinary Seed, and was secretly surprised.
He assumed that these magic potions were not very effective, and he would have been pleased if just two out of five people were awakened as a result of consuming it. However, it unexpectedly awakened four out of the five people.
As for Xu Zhe, the player that Meng Yang had first come into contact with… He probably just had bad luck.
What surprised Meng Yang even more was that the players’ awakening had also improved his own stats slightly. Although it was quite unnoticeable as he only felt a little bit of difference, unlike the four players’ staggering changes, the prospect of gaining players’ abilities or attribute bonuses still made him feel extremely excited.
“Doesn’t this mean that there’s no need for me to awaken the Extraordinary Seed or cultivate? It’ll be good as long as I’m able to share the players’ abilities.”
Meng Yang thought of this excitedly. Although the improvement brought by a few players was not significant, there were about fifty players here. If all of the players awakened the Extraordinary Seed, then the growth rate would be more tangible.
“If I build more summoning circles in the future, and summon five hundred, five thousand or even fifty thousand players from another world, I’ll be invincible.”
The more Meng Yang thought about it, the more he felt like it would be achievable. As long as the players shared a little bit of their extraordinary power, it did not matter whether it was strength improvement or agility improvement. If he managed to get enough players to enter this Other World, he would achieve greatness without lifting a finger.
“Summoner, you have yet to awaken the Extraordinary Seed. You can only share the bonus Extraordinary Power with five summoned creatures.”
Meng Yang was only just beginning to feel that his future was starting to look promising. After all, he only needed to consider establishing more summoning circles in the future and allowing more players to enter the Other World, after which everything would be smooth sailing. However, the voice of the Summoning Pixie in his mind suddenly sounded.
“Huh? You can’t be serious.”
Meng Yang heard the sound coming out of the ball of light, and the joy on his face disappeared without a trace. “I can only share the Extraordinary Powers of five players?”
“Summoners who have yet to awaken the Extraordinary Seed would only have five Summoning Seats. You’d only be able to link and share the weak Extraordinary Powers of five summoned creatures,” The Summoning Pixie glowed and answered.
“Is that so?”
“Meng Yang suddenly got a toothache. He had overlooked the fact that he only had five Summoning Seats. The reason for these five seats was because when he activated the Summoning Pixie, he could activate his five summoned resurrections directly within himself. Hence, he could only link with five players’ abilities.
He had used the summoning magic circle to summon the other player, whilst the energy supply was from the magic crystals. For this process, he was almost merely just an intermediary.
With his current summoning ability, he could summon a good number of players through the summoning circle with the help of magic crystals. However, he personally only had five Summoning Seats, and subsequently only had five number links that he could share.
This was like the pet system in certain games whereby the hunter could grab a pile of babies and leave them in an animal pen, but he could only carry two with him at any one time.
“Then, are the choices for the five Summoning Seats fixed permanently now?”
Meng Yang felt that he could more or less understand the Summoning Pixies’ statement now, and asked once more.
“The summoner can choose five targets from amongst the summoned creatures to share some of the summoned creatures’ abilities. The more the summoned creatures improve in this world, the more bonuses the summoner gains,” The Summoning Pixies replied again.
“That’s good to hear,” Meng Yang breathed a sigh of relief. He needed to clarify all these important questions. Four players had awakened the Extraordinary Seed for now, but if more of them awaken later on and acquire Extraordinary Powers such that they become even more powerful… he would undoubtedly regret binding his four seats to the current batch.
“Still, the magnitude of these bonuses seems to be a bit low! Summoning Pixie, how much Extraordinary Power bonuses did I get?”
Meng Yang clenched his fist and tried to sense his body’s state. Then, he asked again.
“Summoner, you will gain 1% extra power bonus for each selected summoned creature,” The Summoning Pixie replied.
“Only 1%?” Meng Yang’s facial expression instantly darkened. It was no wonder that after seeing those players awaken the Extraordinary Seed, their strength, resilience, and defense had significantly improved, whereas he could only feel a slight improvement.
The gap was really too big.
Take Hua Yu, who had awakened the Extraordinary Seed, for instance. Even if his strength had increased to the point where he could lift 1 ton without batting an eyelid, Meng Yang would only be able to lift an extra 10 kilograms at his current strength.
“Then, should my current goal be to awaken the Extraordinary Seed?”
Meng Yang felt that his previous joy had been meaningless. It would be impossible to become stronger while doing nothing. If his strength did not improve, he could only link and leech 1% of the Extraordinary Power of each of the five players. Compared with the improvement of the players’ strength, this bonus was too insignificant.
The only thing to do now was to wait until he had awakened his Extraordinary Power and get more Summoning Seats to link with more players.
“I should go to Phoenix and ask her about the specific ways to awaken the Extraordinary Seed by myself and through cultivation.”
Now that he was sure that his next step would still require him to naturally improve his strength to better survive in this Other World full of monsters, Meng Yang was no longer hesitant.
The success rate of taking the potion to awaken the Extraordinary Seed was higher than what Phoenix and Hera had predicted. This time around, four out of five people had succeeded. However, it still depended on probability, and there was no guarantee that it would be the same next time around. This was all based on chance.
Meng Yang decided to take a more conservative approach. Of course, he knew it would not be easy; otherwise, Phoenix and Hera would not be the only two Extraordinaires in the entire camp.
Now that four players had awakened the Extraordinary Seed, other players who had yet to do it were definitely looking forward to it. After all, this was considered a career advancement. In the previous mission, there was a reward called Goddess’ Favour, so it was about time to honor it.
“Your Excellency, Lady Hera had requested me to inform you that the man that was brought back to camp has woken up.”
Just as Meng Yang was about to go and look for Phoenix or Hera, a handsome face suddenly appeared before him.
“Huh?” Once Meng Yang took a closer look at the person speaking, he was slightly stunned. It was actually Sun Shuai.
Meng Yang did not understand why the other party would help send Hera’s message. Still, in light of the recent announcement that this person’s favorability had dropped back to zero, he merely said dimly, “This is not something you should be doing, adventurer.”
When Sun Shuai heard Meng Yang’s reply, his handsome face instantly turned aggrieved. The only thing he could do was put on a brazen expression and follow after him from behind.
A footman had no rights, which was especially true for those who did not have good favorability.
Since returning to the camp, Sun Shuai had been following the NPC he captured around. This included when the other party was handed over to Hera for the latter to heal his injuries. He had been following him around to check whether he could restore his favorability and prestige.
Furthermore, Sun Shuai had a vague feeling that some side mission was hidden in this male NPC. After all, Phoenix asked them to bring this NPC back to heal his injuries; Perhaps a new storyline would be triggered.
Once he arrived at a simple wooden within the camp, Meng Yang saw Hera as she stood by the door, with the middle-aged man was lying on a broken bed next to her.
“This is the leader of our camp, His Excellency Meng Yang from the East Land.” As soon as Meng Yang appeared, Hera introduced him to the middle-aged man.
When Gussa heard that Meng Yang was the camp leader, he instantly became excited as he struggled to get up from the bed. “Your Excellency Meng Yang, please help us.”
“Help you?” Meng Yang was slightly confused when he heard Gussa’s words.
“Yes, our camp is in danger. We… we need your help.” Gussa got out of bed with much difficulty and knelt before Meng Yang on one knee, his tone extremely distraught.
“Mr. Gussa, please elaborate on the situation.”
Meng Yang lifted the relatively strong middle-aged man in front of him. At this point, he knew that the other party also had Extraordinary Powers. Therefore, if he could recruit him as his subordinate, he would be very useful in the future.
Moreover, there were other camps as mentioned by the other party, which made Meng Yang become extremely interested. He was also very eager to learn more about other camps located in the City of Despair.
Sun Shuai, who had been hiding behind him, heard the conversation between the two, and his eyes suddenly lit up. He was ecstatic as he thought, ‘I knew it, I knew it… I triggered it, and there really is a new storyline.’
At this moment, Sun Shuai felt that his favorability, which had been reduced to zero, was all worth it. The feeling of personally triggering the plot by himself really made him feel exhilarated.