<h4>Chapter 802: In a Difficult Position</h4>


    <strong>Trantor: </strong>As Studios <strong>Editor: </strong>As Studios


    <i>With your twin in the reflection, protect the sacred glory from being stained...</i>


    If it weren’t for this statement, Rhode would have dragged Sovann to the Eastern ins already. But now, he had to reconsider his decision. Since the mission indicated for him to bring Christie along, it meant that she yed a critical role and as a yer who hadpleted years of missions, Rhode was well aware of this. After analyzing the mission, the other ‘Christie’ emerged in his head instantly.


    Up until this moment, Rhode still hadn’t fully figured out the identity of that ‘Christie’. However, it was apparent that she was kind toward him. Not only did she repair the daggers of Gracier and Madaras that were severely damaged in the battle against the Duke Fiend, but she also pointed out the location of their holy sword cards. Moreover, she had even warned him of the Undead Army’s invasion...


    Rhode thought that the other ‘Christie’ was mysterious. Judging from this mission, it seemed that she might be rted to the Astral Temple. A mission and its corresponding rewards were always associated, so it was no exception for Christie in this mission. If he didn’t bring Christie along for this mission, perhaps this mission couldn’t bepleted and the rewards would be wasted.


    But Rhode wasn’t willing to bring her there...


    Christie’s weak, frail body was a huge problem where even running a hundred meters would leave her panting. How would it be possible for Rhode to bring her out for an adventure? Even though the essory Lydia had given her ensured that she was protected from illnesses, it didn’t mean that she wouldn’t get hurt and the situation would be grave if she was harmed. From a yer’s perspective, Christie’s defense value was almost negative, where a single hit could be a critical blow. Most importantly, Rhode couldn’t revive her if anything were to happen to her.


    Of course, Rhode could board the floating boat and summon the fire elemental creatures to deal with the Undead Army roaming around the altar. After the battle ended, he could then safely bring Christie along andplete the mission. However, this wasn’t possible because he wasn’t sure if the Eastern ins weed his army into their territory. Moreover, the Undead Army in the Eastern ins wasn’t as easy to deal with as the one in the Winter Castle. The Undead Army that attacked the Winter Castle was a group of misceneous soldiers. On the other hand, the shes between the Eastern ins and the Country of Darkness had been going on for centuries, where the Country of Darkness wouldn’t be that naive to send out only low-level troops. Rhode learned from Sovann that the Eastern ins were far from peaceful with Gargoyles flying in the air and Death Knights wreaking havoc in the streets. Not only that, but oftentimes Skeletal Trolls and Abominations would also show up and cause trouble. The number of high-level Undead Creatures in the Eastern ins were almost as much as the number of Undead Creatures that Cullen had led to attack Rhode’s fortress. This was also why the Battle Mage Group instantly left the Eastern ins because they failed to defend against their invasion.


    In turn, this also showed how powerful the Eastern ins were. Rhode dealt with the high-level enemies by relying on his construction system, Canary, and Mini Bubble Gum. On the other hand, the Eastern ins depended solely on their strength. In the early stages of the game, the Eastern ins was one of the rare non-core regions, but held guards with an average level of 50. Back then, yers at maximum level weren’t even level 50 yet...


    The Eastern ins held the most number of formidable figures in the entire Light Maind. Rhode knew there were three figures who were in the Peak Legendary Stage and 12 figures in the Intermediate Legendary Stage. The Eastern ins was the only ce in the Munn Kingdom that had a human army with an average level of 55 and above.


    The Eastern ins’ powerful strength was their strongest capital to keep away from disputes within the Munn Kingdom. They were focused only on eradicating the courageous Undead Creatures who trespassed into their territory and cared nothing about external matters. If not, they would have be the Munn Kingdom’s star forces.


    In the game, yers had also investigated the Eastern ins’ history because they were too strange and mysterious. There was lots ofmon boundary between the Munn Kingdom and the Country of Darkness. However, the Undead Creatures were fixed on dealing with the Eastern ins and their shsted for centuries. Some yers had even dug up evidence indicating that ever since the Creation War ended, the Undead Creatures’ attacks on the Eastern ins had never stopped. In other words, the Eastern ins was the only region that maintained a state of war since the Creation War ended. Although neither sidesunched anyrge-scale attacks, everyone knew that the Eastern ins had never been peaceful.


    But the problem was why the Undead Creatures were so ‘passionate’ toward the Eastern ins.


    The yers never came to a conclusion. Some yers believed that there were some legendary artifacts hidden in the Eastern ins while some yers asserted that the Eastern ins might have imprisoned one of their superiors while the Undead Creatures had been trying to rescue him. However, these were just spections because the Eastern ins was an excessively confined region where even the NPCs didn’t have much information about them. But the yers were sure about one thing—there must be a top secret in there!


    They weren’t so certain without reason because in the game, the Eastern ins couldn’t hold on any longer after the Munn Kingdom crumbled. Instead of fleeing their territory, the Eastern ins made a secret move and blew up entirely!


    The Eastern ins was about 10,000 square kilometers wide and yet every inch of it had been blown uppletely by its own people. It was the scariest explosion the yers had witnessed in their lives. The white ring radiance erupted across thend, burst into the clouds, and was clearly visible from Casabianca in the distance. The ground shook and waves crashed as though the omen of the end of the world. After the horrific explosion ended, the curious yers gathered and were almost scared out of their wits. The mountain ranges of the Eastern ins became a deep, bottomless pit as though an invisible, enormous hand had dug into it!


    From the start, the yers suspected if it was one of thetest weapons created by the Country of Darkness. But the yers of the Munn Kingdom quickly learned that it was the doings of the Eastern ins’ people because earlier on, the yers had received a mission to help the Eastern insplete a ‘crucial ritual’. Afterpleting the mission, the yers were transported away immediately. Even though they didn’t know what exactly was going on, they witnessed an explosion in the Eastern ins clearly...


    This was why even the inexperienced yers determined that there was a top secret hidden in the Eastern ins. If not, the Eastern ins didn’t need to take things so far. A territory with 100,000 people all vanished in a puff of smoke! Not even a nuclear bomb was that powerful, so how did they do it?


    It was a pity that this secret also disappeared in the ck billows of smoke.


    This was the impression the Eastern ins had given to everyone—tough, powerful, and mysterious—which was also why the nobles of the Munn Kingdom believed that Rhode was born in the Eastern ins. The people of the Eastern ins mostly had ck hair and pupils and were mysterious and formidable.


    This went to show that the Eastern ins was definitely not a peaceful ce. In the early stages of the game, it was a highly restricted area where yers couldn’t enter recklessly. Rhode’s fire elemental creatures could deal with the low-level creatures easily, but they would bepletely powerless against high-level creatures like the Skeletal Trolls.


    What gave Rhode a huge headache was that there seemed to be signs of a Shadow Demon among the Undead Army that attacked the Battle Mage Group’s home...


    A Shadow Demon... It was a creature that even Rhode didn’t wish to face. Was the system fooling with him to have him bringing Christie along?


    It was due to this reason that Rhode was troubled. He didn’t want to lose the rewards, but he also wasn’t willing to risk Christie’s life. The lowest level of the Undead Creatures was 40, where Marlene would have a hard time, not to mention a fragile little girl like Christie.


    The difficulty of this mission was so high that it didn’t seem to be possible for him to aplish.


    Rhode didn’t ask Christie if she was willing to go with him because he knew that as long as he asked, she would surely ept without any hesitation. Despite her gentle, fragile appearance, the people around her knew that she was a determined person who would never refuse Rhode’s invitation.


    Therefore, he had to make his own decision. But...


    At this moment, Canary turned up and smacked the table before him.