Chapter 33: Sharp Tools for the Job

Although the daggers were good, Xiao Fen still hoped that such daggers could undergo a manufacturing process. At this time, he incomparably missed Sylvia, who was currently pushing the Main Quest process in some unknown place.

Speaking of the Main Quest process, Xiao Fen took a look at the entire progress. After the Radiance of Lux mission was completed, the Main Quest progress at that time had reached 30%.

While proving that Lux’s series of missions had a close influence on the Main Quest, it also showed that during the time they were fighting hard, those Trialists of the Li Family hadn’t gone to do any missions at all.

And now, the Main Quest progress had reached 35%.

Although the number didn’t look high, thinking that only 30 minutes had passed since the two separated, and relying on Sylvia alone, she was able to push the Main Quest progress forward by 5%, the hardship and effort behind it could be imagined.

Xiao Fen could see this progress, and he believed Li Ruran and Sayena could see it too. Whether they would fall into a dilemma because of this, struggling between investigating Xiao Fen and pushing the Main Quest progress, Xiao Fen was not clear about this point.

However, Sylvia had talked with Xiao Fen before. In the final settlement, whoever made a greater contribution to the mission progress would receive higher rewards.

In other words, if Li Ruran and Sayena continued to maintain this onlooker attitude now, the rewards they could obtain during the World settlement would likely be very few.

If considering that they had already lost 3 Trialists before, it could be said that this time they were likely spending more than they earned.

A normal leader would absolutely not sit by and watch such a thing happen, but Xiao Fen couldn’t imagine how Li Ruran would consider it.

Sometimes, when a person went crazy, they might ignore everything. So Xiao Fen never forced himself to imagine from other people’s perspectives; he only considered how to do the next step well.

For now, what Xiao Fen needed to consider was how to better guard this block. Whether it was Jack or Li Ruran and the others, they were all targets of this mission. Better guarding the block would also make Xiao Fen safer.

Of course, if the Web ultimately couldn’t stop Jack, Xiao Fen would also need to consider the next actions.

In fact, when Xiao Fen saw the SS-level mission difficulty, he already had some calculations in his heart. This difficulty was simply not something he could complete. From that moment on, Xiao Fen was already considering the entire dynamics of this World.

However, he had very little knowledge about this World in his hands, and it was vague and unclear. He didn’t know the final event direction, which was very bad.

Not clear about the overall direction of the event, Xiao Fen couldn’t deduce what exactly happened in history at the same time, let alone carry out targeted defense.

Up to now, after he integrated all known information, there was only a rough framework, but in this framework, there were still some issues hanging in the balance.

Undoubtedly, in history, Lux discovered the fragments of the World Tree earlier than Jack, and when his life was threatened, he used the fragments of the World Tree to transform his body into a Web.

The power of the Web came from the fragments of the World Tree, or rather, from the living house under Xiao Fen’s feet.

So, who exactly was fighting Lux in the house at the beginning?

If it was Jack, why didn’t he take the fragment back then?

If it wasn’t Jack, then there must have been a third Awakened person present at that time. This individual was powerful enough to suppress Lux, and what role did this Awakened person play in the end?

Thinking a step further, Jack or the third Awakened person should have known about the existence of the World Tree fragment before. Because of some reason, they couldn’t search during the day, so they searched at night. The terrifying sounds and the giant Stitched Monster eventually made this block completely desolate.

Then why didn’t they find the fragment back then? Why was it that only Lux found the fragment in this abandoned building shortly after arriving? If this was a coincidence, it was too unbelievable.

Everything wasn’t complicated before the Lux series quests appeared. As Sylvia had said, in the standard historical records, Jack betrayed the Awakened organization, settled in London, and was eventually destroyed by the Awakened. Jack then disappeared.

For a long time, the process of this Trial World followed the previous procedures. The Trialists constantly destroyed Jack’s lairs, failing to complete all tasks repeatedly, and accepting the World Tree’s settlement.

However, when Xiao Fen entered this world as a guest and observed the past from a more objective perspective, he always sensed a hint of conspiracy in this history.

If he had enough time, Xiao Fen was willing to imagine this event from the perspective that Lux was the traitor. Of course, there were many other perspectives, such as Lux actually being Jack, and so on.

But there wasn’t much time for him to wander off in his thoughts now. Facing the approaching opponent, Xiao Fen had to do everything possible to make himself stronger.

Before that, since his level couldn’t be raised, Xiao Fen had actually valued those items more.

Besides hoping his dagger could be improved once to increase its power, Xiao Fen also placed great importance on armor.

Unfortunately, the defense of ordinary infantry coats in this era was only 6. As for armor, the strength requirement was too high, and Xiao Fen couldn’t wear it at all.

In the end, Xiao Fen decided not to think too much. Besides buying two daggers for self-defense, he saved all the remaining Gene Points.

The next few minutes passed in the process of constantly opening treasure chests. In the end, Xiao Fen didn’t get a Spell Fragment for Weapon Crafting, but he did get one potion of Strength +10 and one potion of Strength +20. When he had packed all the loot, a heavy bell tolled outside the house.

“Dong”, just once. At 1:00 AM on November 8, 1888, the countdown began for a case in history.

Around this case, Lux, an Awakened person, paid with his life, and Jack the Ripper, a Legendary Awakened person, disappeared.

Xiao Fen stretched his neck to revitalize his body. Following the task instructions, he handed the World Tree fragment to Yggdrasil. Soon, a top-down view of the entire block appeared before Xiao Fen’s eyes.

Xiao Fen activated the energy of the World Tree fragment. The house emitted a sort of dissatisfied sound from underground. Finally, in the top-down view, those Webs began to move again, slowly radiating outward to all sides.

The rustling sounds that reappeared in the sky above the block made all the Natives tremble with fear.