HBWnovel Chapter 206: Chapter206-The Fall of the Divine Emissaries
Chapter 206: Chapter206-The Fall of the Divine Emissaries
The month-long major event finally concluded, and as expected, John and Qing led their respective factions to achieve the highest military merits.
In John's camp, the first half of the campaign relied heavily on Lily and Elaria's healing team, which amassed a significant amount of merit points.
Within just seven days, they surpassed 10,000 points, almost ten times more than the second place!
In the latter half, John discovered a new method to earn merits-using alchemy to create weapons and armor for the Everglow army.
John meticulously calculated that a Burn Mark Armor, which took about three minutes to craft, could earn him 100 merit points.
John could produce hundreds of such items daily, resulting in thousands of merit points each day.
On Qing's side, the approach was more straightforward and brutal.
Training troops, constructing fortresses, and other tasks were tightly contested by several merchant generals, but in the end, Qing managed a crucial overtake to secure the top position.
The rewards for this major event were unexpectedly two pieces of Demigod-tier equipment, which surprised John.
They received the Crown of the Goddess of Nature and the Staff of the Moon Goddess.
These items significantly boosted Elaria's capabilities. In exchange, Elaria gave the ring to Lily.
With their combat power greatly enhanced, John and his team began planning their counterattack against the Divine Emissaries.
According to Sara, the remaining three Divine Emissaries were currently gathered at the Snow Mountain Palace.
As soon as they were ready, they could launch their assault.
Before setting off, John and his team devised a meticulous plan.
Sara would distract the Order Emissary, John and Elaria would confront the Night Emissary, while Qing and Exiled Immortal would handle the Vengeance Emissary.
However, the snow mountain was an entirely new map, and none of them had ventured there before.
Moreover, the distance between Everglow City and the snow mountain was considerable.
The journey alone took nearly ten days.
Upon arriving at the snowy mountain, being a late-stage map, John and his team encountered numerous formidable monsters along the way. Creatures like the behemoths they had once faced in the Deep Forest were now common in the snowy mountains, with average levels hovering around 70, making them extremely powerful adversaries.
Despite their current strength, John and his team expended considerable effort to navigate through the dangers and reach the Snow Mountain Palace.
As Sara had described, the three remaining Divine Emissaries, led by the Night Emissary, were all present.
They were visibly surprised to see Sara and John's group arriving together. Initially, they thought Sara had paid a high price to bring John and his team here.
However, before the Night Emissary could even speak, the battle erupted.
Since Sara had voluntarily asked for this, John didn't refuse and extracted the Huntress Goddess's Authority, bestowing it upon Helena.
After all, Helena, having earned the recognition of the Godslayer Bow, was the ideal candidate to inherit the Huntress Goddess's Authority.
Anyone else would fall short in terms of compatibility.
With the Divine Emissary threat finally resolved, John and his companions split into two groups.
Qing, Helena, and Exiled Immortal stayed behind in the Snow Mountains to continue pushing forward with the main storyline, while John took the others back to Everglow City.
Although the large-scale event had ended, the main quest for Everglow City had yet to begin.
This time, John and his team had a significant advantage since the main quest in Everglow City was issued by Florence, Old Mac's daughter.
With this connection, they easily obtained the questline and spent nearly a month completing it, helping Florence collect hundreds of forging materials.
Their reward was a Demigod-tier armor.
Unfortunately, John found the armor impractical.
It hindered his ability to deploy his wings and affected his use of black flames.
Reluctantly, he gave the armor to Qing.
John genuinely admired the armor's sleek design, which resembled powered exoskeletons, unlike the bulkier traditional armors.
However, compatibility issues left him no choice.
On Qing's side, progress with the Snow Mountains' main quest was much slower.
Over a month had passed with no significant breakthroughs.
The main quest's objective in the Snow Mountains remained unclear, leading to further delays.
This meant that John had less than seven months left.
Time was running out, and John's combat power, though formidable, still fell short of the Demigod tier and was significantly behind the gods.
For instance, Divine Emissaries like Sara typically had a combat power around 40,000 points, qualifying them for the Demigod tier.
Though John was close, making further progress was challenging.
However, around this time, Deception, who had been missing for nearly half a year, suddenly reappeared, bringing with him some good news.
He had finally located the remaining three apostles' sealed locations in the Abyss and could help John obtain all their Authorities at once.
For John, this was an invaluable opportunity.