Chapter 604: Chapter 512: A Day in the Life of Nightingale (Part 2)

Unlike the snow-filled Cenolan, Chosen City still presented a vibrant scene with green trees and blooming flowers.

This was because it was close to the Mother Goddess’s body, where the life force was strong.

And the alternate space opened by the Mother Goddess isolated the inside from the outside, allowing this place to always maintain a warm climate.

Nightingale took off her heavy coat, tucked it under her arm, and walked briskly toward the central district.

Due to her mission, it had been about two months since she last visited here.

Along the way, she couldn’t help but observe her surroundings.

*”It always feels like… Chosen City has expanded again.”*

Looking at the increasing number of buildings around, she couldn’t help but mutter to herself.

In just two short months, Nightingale felt that Chosen City had become quite unfamiliar.

The surrounding buildings were taller, the roads seemed more well-maintained, and there were even more Chosen Ones coming and going.

In addition, the whole city seemed to be shrouded in a tense atmosphere.

Most of the Chosen Ones were in a hurry, as if afraid they didn’t have enough time.

There were far fewer people playing around.

Nightingale did know what was going on.

She learned from private channels that the Mother Goddess had given the Chosen Ones double experience rewards.

*”These guys, once they get double rewards, they act like they’re on steroids.”*

Nightingale shook her head.

Having spent a long time with players, she had picked up quite a few of their sayings.

She navigated through street after street, and the buildings before her began to seem familiar.

Nightingale had arrived at the core district of Chosen City.

Contrary to the newly constructed outer city with its increasingly uniform architectural style that resembled human cities, the buildings here were diverse, with abundant greenery and a strong sense of nature.

This was also the location of the three major guilds of the Chosen Ones and the residence of the first batch of Chosen Ones to arrive in this world.

At the same time, this was also the area with the most expensive land in Chosen City…

Nightingale’s steps turned even more buoyant.

She made her way effortlessly to a three-story villa with a black roof, set down a wooden basket full of gifts, tidied up her appearance slightly, and then stepped forward with a hint of nervousness to gently knock on the door.

After just a moment, there was no response.

*”Not back yet?”*

Nightingale felt a slight twinge of disappointment.

She sighed softly, picked up the basket, and prepared to leave.

However, just as she was about to turn away, a surprised voice came from the distance:

“Huh? Isn’t that Sister-in-law Nightingale?! Hey—! Captain, why are you kicking me? That hurt.”

Nightingale’s eyes lit up as she looked over.

The speaker was the player Hu Lu.

Except now, Hu Lu was rubbing his butt with a plaintive look at the bento box beside him.

At this moment, the bento box wore a slightly stiff expression.

“Oh, stop pretending. We know you never turn on the pain sensation, do you think we don’t know that?”

The Optimist rolled his eyes at Hu Lu, ridiculing him from the side.

“Tch!”

Hu Lu clicked his tongue.

“Ah! I’m exhausted! Exhausted! We’ve been running around in the Death Desert for so long, I really need a nice bath this time, I feel like I’m getting stinky… Then I’ll get a good sleep…”

Chopin yawned and said.

“Don’t hurry off to rest just yet, sell the loot first.”

I Am Invincible reminded from behind.

The five players walked with arms around each other’s shoulders, their armor and robes were somewhat damaged, and they looked a bit disheveled.

However, their eyes were bright, carrying a strong aura, followed by three carts full of spoils of war.

This was the Bento Squad returning from the Death Desert.

Seeing the familiar group, Nightingale’s eyes turned into crescent moons with her smile:

“You all made it back…”

“Well done! These are the gifts I brought for you! Specialties from the Oros Half-plane!”

She happily raised her basket.

…

Inside Bento Squad’s villa.

Hu Lu was on the balcony examining the half-plane specialties brought by Nightingale, Chopin hummed a tune as he soaked in the bathtub, while the Optimist and I Am Invincible gathered in the yard, sketching an array on the ground, preparing to exchange some of the spoils for contribution points…

Hmm… it was as if they had agreed on it, each doing their own thing, with none of them staying in the living room.

Only Bento and Nightingale were left, sitting on the couch in the living room.

The atmosphere was slightly delicate.

“Ahem, this is a specialty from the Death Desert, a gift for you.”

Bento cleared his throat twice, pulling out a beautiful piece of animal skin.

Nightingale’s eyes lit up, she put it away and her voice turned ever so gentle:

“Thank you.”

Silence followed again.

After a while, Nightingale looked at Bento, unable to resist asking:

“How long do you plan to stay this time; are you going back to the Death Desert?”

Bento nodded:

“We came back to rest and prepare for the big battle two days from now.”

“The big battle, huh…”

Nightingale murmured.

She knew the Chosen Ones were preparing for battle, and also knew there were only two days left until they set out.

Recently, more and more Chosen Ones had been gathering in the Elf Forest, and this was the reason why.

It was said that this time, the Chosen Ones would form an army of one hundred thousand to launch an attack on the Death Desert.

The Bento squad, consisting entirely of Silver Professionals, were among the elite forces of the Chosen Ones and would definitely be participating.

*”Ah, if only I were a Chosen One, I could go with you.”*

Nightingale said a bit wistfully.

Bento fell silent for a moment, then said:

“You have more important things to do.”

Nightingale was already a devoted Believer.

And every devout Elf Believer had a task system, with not a single one idle since the open beta.