MMORPG: Martial Gamer

Chapter 1692 1692: The Responsibility of the Martial God

After experiencing the World-Destroying Star, the alley behind the main street of Twilight City remained as dark as ever.

In the past, Wang Yu was truly broke, but now he had money and was the lord of Twilight City. He felt like digging into his pocket to buy a house for Hermit to live in.

This wasn't out of filial piety towards an NPC; rather, as the sole heir of Hermit, seeing the old man living like a beggar every day made him uncomfortable.

However, today Hermit did not appear as he usually did—either drunkenly wallowing in self-pity or mischievously plotting to trick others. Instead, he was neatly dressed and sitting there seriously, waiting for Wang Yu, with an extremely solemn expression on his face.

Having played the game for so long, it was Wang Yu's first time seeing Hermit in this state, which made him feel somewhat out of place.

Walking in front of Hermit, Wang Yu respectfully greeted him, "Master, did you call for me?"

"You're here!" Hearing Wang Yu's voice, Hermit slowly lifted his head, looked Wang Yu up and down, and said with relief, "You've grown quite a bit during this time."

"What did you need, Master?"

Clearly, Wang Yu wasn't interested in Hermit's idle chatter. He knew that when the old man wanted to trick someone, he first had to flatter them, and Wang Yu had long figured out his routine.

"Ahem!"

Seeing that Wang Yu wasn't buying into his flattery, Hermit awkwardly cleared his throat and said, "When the blood-red fills the sky, the seeds of war will be sown upon the earth. In this time of divine beings and demons destroying the world, as the heir of the Martial God, you must shoulder the responsibilities that rest upon you."

<System Prompt: You have triggered the class quest "Responsibility of the Martial God." Would you like to accept it?>

"Just as I thought!"

Seeing the system prompt, Wang Yu was not surprised at all; Hermit only had this matter in mind when he sought him out.

Class quests were mandatory storyline tasks for every player, and of course, Wang Yu couldn't refuse. He casually chose to accept it and then proceeded step by step, saying, "Please guide me, Master..."

"Good, good, good!"

Seeing Wang Yu accept without hesitation, Hermit sighed, "As expected of the heir of the Martial God, you truly have a sense of responsibility and courage! I didn't misjudge you!"

Hey, this old man is so shameless, even when praising others, he doesn't forget to include himself.

After a bunch of nauseating compliments, Hermit finally issued the task to Wang Yu: "With the divine beings and demons descending, and the world in suffering, your task is to prevent all of this from happening..."

"What are you talking about?"

Before Hermit could finish, Wang Yu almost broke down, shouting, "Let's get one thing straight, I'm not going to seal those spatial rifts."

The divine beings and demons are all transmitted through the spatial rifts torn open by the World-Destroying Star. To stop all of this, the most direct way would be to seal all of the spatial rifts.

In the Rebirth world, there are four continents; the other three continents have their own legacies and are not related to the national server. However, the national server alone has three hundred main cities.

Each main city in <<Rebirth>> has a fairly large map, and the number of spatial rifts is countless. If the old hermit wanted Wang Yu to seal these rifts, he would have to spend his entire life on this task.

Moreover, the monsters coming out of these spatial rifts have high drop rates and a lot of experience. Every main city and guild would want more of them. Even if Wang Yu really wanted to seal them, wouldn't that make him an enemy of the entire world?

Why does this hermit always have to push him towards death?

"You think you can seal them? Do you have that ability?" Hermit scoffed, "These spatial rifts were torn apart by the energy of the World-Destroying Star and the Magic Tower. Even I can't repair them; how can you do it? Do you think your current level has reached the divine level?"

"Uh..."

Hearing this, Wang Yu's face flushed; it seemed he had indeed overestimated himself.

"Don't be discouraged!" Seeing Wang Yu's embarrassment, Hermit waved his hand and said, "Although your abilities are lacking and not enough to repair spatial rifts, there is one thing that only you can do."

"Please go ahead, Master!" Wang Yu said humbly.

"Go to Holy Light City and Dark City, and bring me the heads of the Son of the Holy Soul and the Lord of the Demon Soul!" Hermit said blandly.

"Oh?" Wang Yu thought for a moment and asked, "Do you have any hints on where these two items are located?"

Holy Light City and Dark City are the largest main cities of the two major factions. Finding two heads in these two cities, while simpler than sealing spatial rifts, is still like searching for a needle in a haystack.

However, in response to Wang Yu's question, Hermit replied, "On their necks!"

"On their necks? While they're alive?" Wang Yu exclaimed in surprise.

"That's right! They are both level 100 divine BOSSes!" Hermit nodded, making a fist gesture towards Wang Yu, casually saying, "Good luck, I believe in your abilities!"

"Damn!"

Wang Yu was utterly speechless. He realized that the Martial God was just a cheat, and his heir had to be a cheat as well. Even if he wasn't, this hermit would force players to become cheats.

After secretly cursing the old hermit a hundred times, Wang Yu, with a face full of black lines, asked, "I can understand killing the Lord of the Demon Soul, but why do we also have to kill the Son of the Holy Soul? By the name, he should be a god of the Light faction. Shouldn't we be helping him?"

"Pah! What do you know!" Hearing Wang Yu's words, Hermit couldn't help but spit out, "What nonsense gods and demons, not a single one of them is good. They're all the same!"

After saying that, Hermit asked Wang Yu, "Do you know what the Dark Invasion is?"

"I don't know..." Wang Yu shook his head.

"The real Dark Invasion is actually orchestrated by these so-called gods and demons!" Hermit sighed and explained the truth about the so-called Dark Invasion to Wang Yu in detail.

In the world of <<Rebirth>>, the Light and Dark factions are absolutely opposed, but the Dark faction mainly consists of human tribes, beastmen, and some elves.

Just as there are no divine beings in the Light faction, there are no demons in the Dark faction; all that exists are followers of the gods and demons.

In simple terms, the world of <<Rebirth>> is a battlefield for gods and demons, and the human, beast, and even elven races are the indigenous people of this world.

The two Dark Invasions were actually two great wars between gods and demons. In the face of powerful gods and demons, the indigenous people are as humble as ants; they have no ability to resist and can only choose to follow the gods and demons, resulting in the Light and Dark factions.

Of course, this world also has strong beings that can rival gods and demons, such as dragons and titans, which can influence their own fate and balance between gods and demons.

However, their power is not enough to compete for territory with the gods and demons, and the gods and demons are unwilling to provoke them; these beings are collectively referred to as the Neutral Faction.

The Neutral Faction often represents bystanders, but more so represents the balance of this world.