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    deep within the wilderness of the divine empire, a group of players found a ruin that looked like a fallen ancient city.

    "commander, this place seems to be a quest area," said a tier 3 twilight (elven thief) as he returned from investigating the area ahead.no?v(el)b\\jnn

    the commander of the team, who seemed to have a priest-related class and an elven variation, fell into deep thought before looking around. "what do you think? do we continue exploring ahead or return first to replenish our potions and scrolls?"

    one of the members, who seemed to have a hidden class of elven knights and who was also their main tank, shook his head. "i think we can continue first and see what is ahead. we can first confirm if there is anything worthy to explore here before deciding to continue or go back altogether."

    the main marksman of the group, an elven archer, nodded as she seconded. "i agree with yuwon. we should try to confirm if we are not wasting our time here." continue reading stories on empire

    "we have been exploring the areas around here for quite a long time already, yet we haven''t gained anything up until now. i think it is better to see i there is something beneficial to us in there before deciding to invest more time," she added with a rational mind.

    "let''s continue. we have gotten nothing from this exploration. it is better to try our luck since we are already here," said an elven elementalist.

    the members of the twenty-man team started voicing their respective opinions one after another before they finally decided to continue exploring ahead.

    these ruins seemed to be quite ancient and given their past experiences and accumulated knowledge from the previous games that they had played before, there was a high chance that this area could give them a special quest.

    they could not just give up and leave right now, especially when there was a high possibility that they could finally get something after spending quite a long time exploring this place.

    given that there was now a constant flow of elites arriving at the awakened continent one after another, those who managed to arrive first needed to look for more opportunities to get ahead of the others.

    adjusting to the new environment of the awakened continent would require a lot of time and effort, especially when the concentration of the surrounding mana in this place was much denser compared to the aurora continent.

    the players needed to spend quite a long time training in certain facilities scattered around divinity city and put quite an effort into the process before they could even move freely in such an environment.

    this adventurer team that managed to get a little ahead of the others wanted to keep their momentum so that they could maintain their advantage over the other groups or guilds.

    they did not expect that the monsters in this place were absurdly strong as it would require them a full team alongside a bunch of their trump cards before they could even take down a single group of regular monsters.

    the health and mana potions were still fine as their prices were relatively fair given the place that they were in. but the other types of supplies that could help the players when exploring the wilderness such as invisibility potions, aggro-clearing potions, underwater breathing pills, and other forms of buff potions and pills were also on display in different shops around the divinity city.

    then there were also some large-scale destruction scrolls, sealing scrolls, curse scrolls, restrictive scrolls, and others with utility effects from the scroll shops.

    these resources were something that the top experts of the game needed when exploring or grinding. these were some sort of necessities that they needed when adventuring.

    moreover, the prices of these special scrolls, uncommon potions, and unique pills were as absurd as the return and teleportation scrolls.

    even the wealthiest tycoons of the game would have their pockets bleed if they wanted to stack or replenish their supplies with these ''necessities''.

    this was one of the reasons why the experts scattered on different maps around divinity city were doing their best to look for any opportunities to increase their strengths and improve their equipment.

    if they wanted to get the investment that they had poured into the supplies they were carrying, then they had to double their effort and spend more time in the wild while trying to look for extra benefits.

    so long as they landed big on a certain map, acquired a rare item or treasure, or even got a high-end quest, everything would be worth it.

    as the adventurer team explored the ancient ruins, they somehow found an underground passage that led them to a spacious hall that looked like a huge treasure trove.

    the hall did not contain actual treasures, but its walls and pillars were clearly made of expensive materials.

    adding to the luxurious design of the entire hall, the group could tell that this place was something of great importance.

    "what is this place? it is beautiful!" said the elven archer as she moved her eyes in every corner of the hall.

    the elven knight then reached the center of the hall and found a huge golden casket at the center. given its size and the special engravings on its surface, this casket looked more like an ancient coffin used for powerful individuals or kings of the past.

    seeing this, the eyes of the group suddenly turned bright as if they had finally found a great treasure that could make the name of their team resound on the continent.

    they quickly ran toward the ancient coffin with excited faces, planning to see what it was.

    little did they know that these actions of theirs could cause a massive disaster.

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