God-level Hero

Chapter 1328 - 1234: Poisoning the Offerings

Hero promotion succeeded, and after a heartfelt hug, Savara spoke with deep emotion: "If it weren’t for you, Master, I would have soon exhausted the last bit of my strength beneath the icy waters of the Dragon Tomb North Pole, dying forever. Meeting you is a miracle in despair itself. To repay you, please let me become your Vice Hero!"

——System Prompt: Your contracted follower Savara requests to officially become your Vice Hero. Do you agree?

Vice Hero? It was only now that Da Fei realized Savara had always been in a follower’s status. Even as a hero, she was just a follower hero; now, she’s finally transitioning to an official status! This is what they call ’dedicating one’s body’, so there’s no reason to say no. I’ve been feeling quite empty since Deirdre left! Agree—

Wait! Speaking of Deirdre, Da Fei suddenly remembered something. The reason I dared to let Deirdre leave was because she has the Banshee Contract Summoning Book with Selvia, making it almost impossible for her to betray and be poached by other players. As for Savara, with our Dragon Clan Contract and such high goodwill, betrayal is also out of the question!

The same goes for the follower hero Tamilia. Because her Holy Vine is on my ship, she has no chance of betrayal either. As long as they don’t betray, why limit the growth of subordinates by drafting them into Vice Hero roles? As an example of limitations, the achievements and rewards Tamilia and I receive from disassembling the Hydra Soul completely differ in magnitude; these are systems’ restrictions on players.

Of course, there’s a crucial issue: Da Fei is still enduring the cost penalty from Makar’s Time Hourglass and cannot level up, having used the hourglass twice within two days. This means a host of Vice Heroes can’t level up either, with unknown punishment effects. If I bring Savara in, she might not be able to level up, and in this critical time of raiding and plundering, how can she not level up?

Weighing the pros and cons, Da Fei smiled and said: "I think there is still a much higher and broader development space for you. I shouldn’t limit your development. As long as our contract remains, what’s wrong with continuing as my most faithful follower?"

Savara smiled and said: "You’re right, Master. My Dragon Clan Contract with you is a sign of my loyalty. Since that’s what you wish, I’ll follow suit. Sadly, I won’t be able to experience the leadership from your powerful attributes, but I’ll continue to strive forward!"

Indeed, unable to become the Vice Hero, Savara, Tamilia, and Da Fei are in a relationship of equal partnership. Da Fei’s attributes give them no bonus. However, they are all magic heroes, so it’s not much of an impact. Of course, Da Fei can’t casually give followers equipment because once given, it’s generally irretrievable. It seems I should find time to gather her a Divine Equipment set in the future.

Da Fei smiled and said: "Great, then onwards and upwards. Our next target is to clear out all patrols surrounding the winery."

"Understood!"

Now, it’s clearing time. For a level 0 hero, even needing double experience couldn’t stop Savara’s rapid level ascent.

With no difficulty left in clearing, Da Fei focused Blood Eagle’s gaze on the forest, upon the large winery area in the center. With such an expanse and so many dense patrol teams, it was impossible to engage in combat without alerting the enemy.

In such cases, the approach should still be poisoning by infiltration, especially the kind of large-scale poisoning Savara previously mentioned. Da Fei focused on one winery and warehouse after another, trying to find a breakthrough. After all, once an entire warehouse of wine is poisoned, it would be unavoidable for them to fall into the trap. But the premise is one must enter the warehouse and have enough time to poison.

During Blood Eagle’s patrol, Da Fei suddenly saw a group of people dancing around a bonfire in the vineyard clearing from afar. His mind stirred, and Blood Eagle hurried to investigate. As he got closer, eye-catching national flags appeared among the crowd—damn, they’re Japanese players!

There had to be Japanese players! Da Fei had already guessed who they were!

Blood Eagle flew closer and saw, indeed! Among them were the goddesses Suzuki Maki, Kato Meihui, Hase An, and Matsuyama Ai from the Alliance, whom I encountered outside City 3; and from the Dark Alliance side, there were more female players of the Hell Race, with more than thirty people in total!

My God! This must be the entire Sakura Group, right? This is an insane level of participation—all from last time, just the few of them trying their skills left over a thousand of my army unable to move, and now, if these 30 people team up, how could we handle it?

Having witnessed Japan’s progress firsthand, Da Fei felt even more anxious and pressing. Merely killing some Pan Gods, stealing grapes, or smashing altars as small acts might not significantly hinder Japan’s God of Wine progress; bigger moves are needed.

What is a bigger move? Kill the God of Wine? That’s madness! And speaking of altars, it seems like that bonfire nearby is a jade-glowing stone platform—that’s the altar?

Damn! Is this what the Unicorn King meant by making a scene? This would surely be an all-out war, right?

Da Fei found himself in deeper conflict again. In any case, it’s better to monitor the situation first. Let’s see what they’re up to. Of course, the greater possibility is a substitute playing. Given the business of the Japanese goddess teachers, they almost certainly don’t have time for games themselves.

During the dance ritual, the altar’s stone platform flashed white lights repeatedly, and a few players in the party also flashed white, causing surrounding Pan Gods to clap and cheer, gifting each one a bottle of wine—if not mistaken, this is the same wine Da Fei obtained by killing Pan Gods!

Then these players blurred and disappeared. Da Fei raised an eyebrow, is this logging off? Or leaving the Wine God domain?

In confusion, other players continued to claim wine and disappeared. Is the reward for their dance task here just this wine?

Exactly! They are players too. Without the wine, how would they maintain their activity in the Wine God Secret Realm? If so, let’s monitor them for ten minutes.

Then, the altar flashed again, and someone appeared; still those familiar goddess names to Da Fei, but not the ones who vanished just now!

This moment caused Da Fei’s calmness to falter! Initially, I thought the Sakura Group only had 30 members, but now, clearly, it’s an assembly line operation; an actual count might even be twice the size! How massive is this elite organization?

No! A large-scale plan must be made! Burn, kill, loot—destroy this entire area completely, leaving them with no game to play! Yes, the key is to burn everything—burn this entire area and the winery to completely ruin them! How? By burning the wine in the winery!? But grape wine isn’t dwarf spirits, can it even burn?

While Da Fei’s mind was racing, these new goddess players took out a large platter of roast whole pigs, vegetables, and other foods, prompting more cheers from the Pan Gods: "S-grade hotel delicacies! What a fabulous offering! We want more, more!"

The Japanese goddesses cheered in return: "Yes, lords! We will make sure the God of Wine’s festival is held flawlessly!"

Watching these Pan Gods sing and dance, carrying the offerings into a lavishly elegant large wooden house, Da Fei raised an eyebrow at the word ’festival’? S-grade hotel dishes as offerings? Is Japan engaging a Master-level chef for this? Of course, that’s not important; what’s important is, as long as there is food, you can poison it! If the God of Wine eats their poisoned offerings, won’t that nullify their efforts?

Da Fei smiled, promptly formulating an operational plan! As for how to infiltrate this cafeteria, it certainly comes down to Silena’s Invisibility Branch!

Just then, a system prompt chimed:

——System Prompt: You have killed three Pan God Forest Patrols...

——System Prompt: You have killed 63 Pan Gods in the Wine God Secret Realm, and you have received the achievement "Illusion Realm Killer" ×63. In the Wine God Secret Realm, Nightmare Space, Jade Dream, and other illusion realms, Attack +63, Defense +63, Stamina +63, Life +189. For each Pan God killed, you will gain one layer of the Illusion Realm Killer effect.

Oh yeah, clearing complete!

Da Fei smiled at Savara saying: "I have a plan..." (To be continued. If you like this work, please give a recommendation ticket or monthly ticket on Qidian (qidian.com). Your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile users, please go to m.qidian.com to read.)