When the Goddess of Love heard the system message, she couldn't hide her sense of disappointment on her face. It turned out that during the years she was imprisoned in the realm of death, all her temples had vanished. It seemed that no one on the continent remembered her anymore.
The Contestation for the Guardian Deity ended, and the gods began to calm down and discuss how to get out.
"The Luo Shu Demon God" had set up this array, named "Nine Underworld Sea", which was his strongest array. It not only trapped people but also gods. The original purpose of setting up the array was to trap all those who came to rescue the Underworld City or restore it.
To solve this array normally was impossible. Over the years, many heroes and wise men had proved this point. So, the only way was to use violence to break it.
By gathering the magic power of dozens of gods and outside the "Nine Underworld Sea" array, as long as the attack lasted for a certain period of time, it should deplete the durability of the array.
At this moment, Julie beside me hesitated for a moment and suddenly said, "Actually, my father was ordered by the city lord to dig a tunnel that leads to a hundred miles away. It should lead to the outside. But it seems that it hasn't been fully completed when the demon god launched the war."
The gods were stunned for a moment and looked at each other, then shouted in unison, "Humph, we, the noble gods of the race, can't be like mice and dig tunnels!"
Yusra and I were already extremely excited. Finally, we had a hope to leave here.
However, with the Guardian Deity, the reconstruction task still wasn't completed. Was it necessary to open the array?
I asked the gods about the reconstruction task, but they didn't know.
The god who claimed to have been the Guardian Deity of six cities suddenly smiled and said, "Actually, in addition to the city-building stone, a city being recognized by the system also requires a 'City Law' and the selection of a city lord. This city lord is usually appointed by the king."
I suddenly said, "Can I be the city lord myself?"
That god smiled and said, "As long as your contribution to the city reaches half of the total value, you can be the city lord and write the city law yourself. Of course, if you become the city lord, the king who governs this territory will regard you as an enemy country or a rebel and might send troops to attack you."
Well, let's just give up.
The gods began to give me rewards to thank me for rescuing them.
The rewards were good, all star and moon-level rare equipment, about thirty items. Unfortunately, they could only be used after level 80. Only the Farmer God gave me a special item that was not limited by level, "Yu Hoe", which improved planting and excavation skills by one level.
The Goddess of Love gave me a 0-level pet: "Chuchi." It was a little angel with wings, holding a small bow and arrow in its hand.
"Chuchi, 0-level, first level of the angel type, attack-type pet, painless attack, the attacked object won't realize that it is losing blood."
"HP 50, MP 30, strength 6, constitution 5, spirit 8, agility 8."
Dizzy, being attacked without realizing it is too stupid. With this Chuchi, it's not invincible, right? Hide in one place and shoot as you want.
Yusra was watching my Chuchi beside me, her eyes turning green, biting her lip, but wouldn't open her mouth to play with me.
My heart softened again, so I handed the little angel to Yusra to play. I watched Yusra become gentle all of a sudden. I shook my head repeatedly. If this girl was half as kind to me as I am to her, she wouldn't be so annoying.
The gods all set off to attack the "Nine Underworld Sea" array. We hurriedly asked Julie to lead the way and went to the city lord's mansion to look for the tunnel.
The tunnel was under the main hall table of the city lord's mansion. Julie opened the entrance of the tunnel, and we were about to enter when I suddenly remembered something.
On the table in front of me, there were three stone platforms. Judging from their shape, they seemed to be places to store books. I walked over and used the archaeological technique to study the characters on the stone platforms. There was no result.
Julie beside me said, "This is written as; 'Underworld City Law', 'Building City Instruction' and 'Underworld City Journal'."
I suddenly realized that I had forgotten there was an "ancient person" beside me.
Julie recognized the several parchment books and stone inscriptions that I had found from the ruins of the city lord's palace a few days ago.
I put the laws and logs of the Ghost City back in their original places, but I still hesitated for a long time before actually doing it.
This building decree was obviously issued by a king thousands of years ago, approving the construction of the city. Now that the dynasty has changed many times, if I put this building decree up... I really can't say what would happen.
In the end, I didn't put the building decree up. I just glanced at the laws of the Ghost City from thousands of years ago, and they were so simple. It was just something like "Players are not allowed to engage in PKs within the city, otherwise they will be caught." "Players are not allowed to damage city buildings or public property." "No stealing or robbery." ...
There are no regulations regarding NPCs, because the intelligence of the NPCs in the previous game was so stupid that they just sat at home or stood at the door, remaining motionless and waiting for the players to ask questions. There was absolutely no possibility of committing crimes. Unlike now, that Calandra, as an NPC, would also be wanted.
Looking at the Log of the Ghost City, it is the history of the Ghost City before its destruction. It has been blank since then, and only a few narrative passages have appeared up to now.
"Ghost City in 52981, the founding stone of the Ghost City was returned by the witch 'Yusra' and the 'apprentice' 'With the Contest of Heaven' to the city. The self-repair of the Ghost City began."
"List of contributions of the Ghost City citizens: With the Contest of Heaven, 58%; Yusra, 41%; Julie, 1%."
My heart stirred. I never expected that due to the restoration of the Ghost City, all the buildings were counted as the achievements of me and Yusra. So, according to the game regulations, since my contribution exceeded half, I should be able to become the Lord of the City!
Just now, the god said that I could still take charge on my own, but I still didn't dare to take this risk. It would be better to go to the King. The King, even if he didn't want to give the Ghost City to me, couldn't violate the game settings, right?
After descending the secret passage, there were already several collapses along the way, and due to the narrow space, after a difficult journey of several dozen hours, we finally reached the end of the passage.
In front of us were dozens of skeletons. From the damaged equipment, Julie recognized that they were the city's lord and soldiers. It seems that when the city fell, the city lord chose to escape, but unfortunately, the passage was not completed.
From the condition of the cave wall, these people were desperately digging before their death. Unfortunately, they still couldn't dig through the passage, either dying of illness or severe injuries.
Because it had been several thousand years, their equipment and items had deteriorated to the point of being irreparable. Only a few gems on the city lord were collected by Yusra.
I asked Julie to step aside and summoned Xiao Pan: "The earth-eating beasts have all died in the Underworld. Can you still summon a batch?"
Xiao Pan shook his head: "The earth-eating beasts are also generated by the human appetite qi. They will be refreshed in three days. However, Gorging can eat anything, so Yusra sister summoned it."
Yusra summoned Gorging, and Gorging saw Xiao Pan and showed a reluctant expression in his eyes. Both of us felt a tightening in our hearts.
Xiao Pan looked at Gorging for a long time and then said: "Baby, now I am also someone else's pet. I can't help it. Just listen to Yusra sister. This sister is much better than my current master, hehe."
We breathed a sigh of relief. Yusra hurriedly told Gorging to bite a passage upwards.
The boss at level 60 was indeed extremely powerful. A pile of earth and stones fell into Gorging's stomach, and it was digested in an instant, becoming energy. Gorging and the food-eating beasts were the ones that upgraded by eating.
Even such a powerful Gorging took an hour to open the passage.
Finally, we came out. Bathed in the sunlight above, I let out a long howl.
Now, let's go and complete the mission right away. Yusra's mission was not received from the King, but from an archaeologist in Guofeng City. She went there herself.
Back in Guofeng City, I asked Julie to wander around the city while I went to the archaeologist's place first. Yusra got a book called "Ancient Wizard Black Magic Formula" and I didn't receive any rewards because I wasn't a high-level wizard. However, the archaeologist was very happy and because she was attracted by my high charm, she gave me a book called "Ancient Characters Dictionary".
I shamelessly asked Yusra to pay for the cost of the teleportation array, and we arrived in Tianzhu City, the capital of the kingdom.
The palace guards reported and the King summoned us to meet.
After I recounted my experience of completing the task, the king's face showed no smile at all. It seemed as if the completion of the task had disappointed him.
The king interrupted me: "Alright, as long as I give you an order to build a city, you just put it in the lord's mansion of the City of Shadows. This task is considered completed. I'll give you an early reward now: 2000 points of merit, and you'll be promoted to a third-class baron. Minister of the Treasury, find a suitable treasure for the Sky Baron, according to this SSS-level task reward, it should be a special item without level restrictions."
"This Yusra wizard, although this task is unique, yet, because you assisted in its completion, your contribution is also significant. So, I'll grant you 500 points of merit and promote you to a third-class quasi-baron. Minister of the Treasury, also find a growable wizard equipment for her."
The Minister of Treasury responded and left.
During this time, I boldly said: "Your Majesty, my contribution to the City of Shadows has exceeded half. May I be appointed as the lord of the City of Shadows?"
The ministers on both sides immediately fell into a commotion. Some shouted "Brave!" and "Impolite!"
The king, annoyed, waved his hand: "Be quiet. Although you have the status of a baron, according to the rule of the gods, you can only be the lord of a small city. However, determining the lord based on contribution is the rule of the gods. So, I hereby announce that you are already the lord of the City of Shadows!"
The King took the pen and paper handed to him by the attendant and wrote down "Building Order": "Originally, the specifications of the City of Shadows were that it was the capital of a county. The lord of the City of Shadows should also serve as the governor of the county. However, this situation is special, so I ordered that the City of Shadows be made a subordinate city."
After receiving the Building Order, I couldn't help asking again: "May I hope to become the lord of the region of the City of Shadows?"
The ministers were once again in a commotion. The king's face was also very bad: "As long as your contribution accounts for four-fifths of the City of Shadows, according to the rule of the gods, you can indeed become the lord of the City of Shadows. If you can't, then only those with a rank of baron or above can I grant them the City of Shadows!"
At this moment, a minister strode out: "Sir Josban, the baron's merit has never been rewarded. His merit is sufficient to obtain the City of Shadows. Please, Your Majesty, grant him this city."
The king shook his head: "The City of Shadows currently has no population and all kinds of facilities are ancient. It's impossible to start production. I'm granting him this city, but he will surely blame me. For now, it will be owned by the kingdom."
At this time, the Minister of Treasury returned, with a mocking look, and handed me and Yusra two things.
Yusra received a pair of shoes: "Gecko skin shoes, growable, the highest level can be Y grade, increase sensitivity, dark magic and earth magic effects."
Although they are growable, the highest level to Y grade is already rubbish. Moreover, for wizards and mages, shoes are the least useful thing, because their agility is of no use at all!
Mine was even worse: "Super umbrella, special item, a super equipment for the traveler... "
Damn it, now that I'm doing construction and leveling up, how can I have time for traveling!
I was about to speak when the Minister of Treasury whispered in our ears: "You'd better not raise any objections. If you dare not accept the gifts bestowed by the king, hehe..."
Helpless, I and Yusra thanked the king and left the palace.
Disappointed, I returned to the Ancient Style City and found Julie. We rode back to the City of Shadows.
This time, we didn't have to crawl underground. We directly passed through the array and landed on the ground of the City of Shadows from the sand sea.
After putting back the Building Order, a white light appeared before my eyes, and the system warned: "The task of rebuilding the City of Shadows has been completed. You have gained 2000 reputation points. Your reputation now ranks tenth on the continent and has been listed on the continent's celebrity list."
After adding so many reputation points, it's only now that I'm the tenth in the game. It seems that there are many freaks in this game.
In the attribute bar, the management option of the City of Shadows appeared, but I was distracted.
I stood still, furrowing my brows urgently, and then opened the game help to study it carefully. This lasted for exactly ten minutes. Beside me, Yusra couldn't hold back any longer and forcefully pushed me awake, saying: "BT, Lord of the City! What are you doing? Are you so excited that you've gone completely crazy? Your psychological resilience is just too poor, isn't it?"
I suddenly raised my head and stared at Yusra intently, making her feel extremely uncomfortable: "What are you doing? You're really stupid!"
I had an unusually serious and sincere expression on my face and slowly said: "Yusra, since I was demoted to be the Lord of the City from the Palace, I have been thinking about one thing. This thing requires your help! However, after much consideration, I have always found it difficult to speak out..."
Yusra composed herself and said seriously: "Well, actually, without you, I couldn't complete this mission or get out. We... we can be considered friends... If there's anything, I will definitely help you."
I looked at her and said word by word: "I - we - get - married - together!"