Chapter 586: Chapter 505: No… This Can’t Be!

Time in the game world always passed quickly.

At least, it seemed so to the players immersed in the “Elf Kingdom.”

Even at four times the speed, they still felt that time flew by.

Unknowingly, more than two months had passed in the Segis World…

The clear-skied autumn had ended, and the continent welcomed the cold winter once again.

Of course, due to the geography leaning towards the warmer south, even as winter arrived, the Death Desert and Dark Mountain Range remained warm.

However, further north, the northern part of the Elf Forest experienced its first snowfall.

In these two months, the dragons visited the Elf Forest twice, once a metallic dragon and once a colorful dragon.

However, because of their long lifespans, these giant lizards were not very sensitive to the concept of time, so both visits were still late…

And the players added 10 more prospective “Dragon Knights” with the dragons’ visits.

Like before, most of the players chosen by the dragons were silver level players, though there were a few Black Iron Rank players, mostly max-level Druid players.

This further solidified the idea that druids were more favored by the dragons.

If things continued at this rate, within a few years, the players might be able to form a squad of Dragon Knights.

However, Eve understood that the frequency of five dragon eggs per month might not continue for too long.

After all, dragons were scarce in number.

Even if they had stored many dragon eggs without dragon marks, the small population could not sustain it indefinitely…

Of course, for now, the frequent visits by the dragons could still be maintained for a while.

And all players who signed contracts with the dragons privately formed a Dragon Knight group under Li Mu’s leadership, to exchange information on raising dragon babies and cooperate on missions.

Nurturing a dragon companion required a lot of effort indeed.

Some dragons were chatty, some were battle enthusiasts, and some were gold-eaters…

To cultivate a good relationship with the dragons and help them grow and adapt to combat faster, the players who contracted with dragons became like babysitters, revolving around their dragon companions every day, meeting their various needs in addition to completing necessary tasks.

However, many enjoyed the process.

Except for the optimistic ones.

He was in a state of joyful pain…

While other players found taking care of dragons to be exhausting, his dragon… was a money burner.

To raise his Golden Dragon, this famous tank warrior player had become a pure workaholic.

He wandered in the wild area every day, spending lots of time paid-boosting rich players in the public test server, all to earn gemstones (crossed out) milk money for his Little Golden Dragon named Kristen…

However, his Kristen was the most majestic and beautiful dragon in the entire server.

After having seen the transformed forms of Red Dragon Tibilia and Black Dragon Mairrel, the optimistic player eagerly anticipated his Little Golden Dragon’s transformation…

Although, who knew when the dragon would advance to the Golden Rank…

As for the interaction between players and their dragon companions, Eve was quite pleased.

*She noticed that having dragon companions increased the Dragon Knight players’ sense of identification with the “Elf Kingdom.”*

Dragon Knight players were gradually increasing, their strength also slowly growing.

They were all important potential forces for future faith wars.

Not only them, but the overall strength of players in the entire Elf Forest was quietly changing as well.

In two months, over 80,000 out of the server’s 160,000 players had reached level 30, just one step away from reaching 90,000.

The remaining players, although not level 30, were mostly above level 20 as well.

*It was foreseeable that there would be a surge in player progression after this.*

One of the two mission conditions Eve set, “Organize a 100,000 Elf Army,” was likely to be fulfilled soon.

The progress exceeded Her expectations significantly.

But that was understandable.

Today’s public test players were no longer blindly crossing the river like the closed-beta players.

They were walking on the paths paved by their predecessors, with occasional guidance from experienced players, naturally progressing faster.

Among the factors contributing most to player progression were the diligent and industrious Seventh Demon God Azazel, the rapidly farmed-out instances of the Underworld, the monster-rich underground forest near the Silent Alliance City-State, and the northern, demon beast-dense part of Elf Forest…

The other condition of the story mission, “Map the necessary route to advance into the Death Desert,” was also proceeding orderly.

The number of Black Iron Level players was increasing, with the total close to doubling, reaching over three thousand.

Among them, Eve selectively allowed a silver quota once more, and the number of silver players reached 150.

These individuals entered the Death Desert to become the main force for exploring and recording maps.

In two months, with so many people spread out, they almost explored the northern and eastern parts of the Death Desert.

This area already took up a quarter of the Death Desert. While it seemed small, it was already enough for the players’ early-stage invasion.

The currently explored map of the Death Desert already marked large and small red dots, indicating the Half-Beast tribes, both medium-sized and large ones.