Saving the World in an Apocalypse-Style Text Game

Chapter 224: Chapter 158 The Shell of the President of Direct View Association, the strongest Mage!_2 Chapter 224: Chapter 158 The Shell of the President of Direct View Association, the strongest Mage!_2 [The ‘President of the Direct View Association of Knowledge Seekers’ looks at you gratefully. It’s wide, mismatched eyes glance at you and its lips murmur, but it can’t utter a word.]

[The light in its eyes dims, and its head drops weakly…]

[You pull out the sleeve sword lodged in its chest, leaving a spattering of mottled blood.]

[You have defeated the ‘President of the Direct View Association of Knowledge Seekers’. Your experience points have increased dramatically!]

[The power in your shell begins to boil, the level of your ‘Fallen Earth Giant’ shell has increased. Current shell level: 43]

[You have received ‘A Small Piece of Enlightening Spirituality’*1]

[You have received ‘The Seal of the President of the Direct View School Association’ (Item)]

[You have obtained the ‘Eyeball of the Abyss Pleasure Demon’ (Epic+ Level Item)]

[You have obtained the ‘Eyeball of the Ancient King’s Red Dragon’ (Epic+ Level Item)]

[You look at the crippled president’s shell in front of you…]

The ‘President of the Direct View Association of Knowledge Seekers’, a tall, skinny elder, was the most powerful and highly ranked individual in the city of Sofia. He controlled the most formidable organization in the city of wisdom – the Direct View School Association. Unfortunately, this superior figure has been reduced to an invalid, killed by a puncture wound to his left chest. Compatibility: 113% (+45%)]

[Would you like to possess this shell?]

Lin Xun takes a deep breath and discards the glossy shell of the scholar.

Then, without hesitation, he clicks ‘Yes’!

[You have possessed the shell of the ‘President of the Direct View Association of Knowledge Seekers’!]

[Your eye sockets are empty, you are blind and you can’t see anything. You struggle to rise, but your legs are paralyzed and you have lost the ability to move.]

[All you can do is crawl forward, groping the ground in the darkness…]

Lin Xun is about to complain about this hellish ordeal.

Just why did they have to blow up my eye? He would have to make a trip to Bennett to get it re-implanted.

[In the darkness, you can faintly hear the footsteps of some giant creature getting louder and louder…]

“Damn it! The giant monster is back!”

Lin Xun immediately starts moving quickly.

[You have possessed the shell of the ‘Fallen Ancient Theater Dancer’!]

[You spring to your feet, ignoring the gaping ‘Scholar of the Direct View Association of Knowledge Seekers’ next to you and dash towards the carriage like a cheetah…]

[The ‘Brilliantly Colored Winged Boots’ beneath your feet shimmer, making you swift like the wind!]

[The ‘Scholar of the Direct View Association of Knowledge Seekers’ gapes at your speedy swearing figure fading into the mist, and reacting to the approaching giant footsteps, tags along swiftly.]

[The carriage appears in your sight shortly… Strangely, next to your shabby carriage, there was another opulently designed brass carriage.]

The carriage door is wide open, and an elegant female scholar is frantically waving at you, urging you to hurry up and get in!]

[You sprint to the carriage, grab Rona’s outstretched hand, and step onto the carriage!]

[The ‘Scholar of the Direct View Association of Knowledge Seekers’ behind you, panting heavily, scrambled onto the carriage.]

[The giant’s footsteps are right at your heels!]

[The carriage door closes, the brass carriage starts at full speed, the sudden acceleration almost throws you off your feet.]

[This is more than twice the speed of your dilapidated carriage!]

[The carriage dashes into the mist, leaving the area…]

[The giant’s footfall still lingered around ‘the ruins of the Direct View School Association’]

Sensing safety at last, Lin Xun lets out a sigh of relief.

He never imagined that Rona would come to the Direct View Association to rescue him.

Rona’s carriage was obviously of a higher grade. If he had relied on the slow start-up speed of his old carriage, he might not have had time to escape before being discovered by the giant monster…

[‘Rona – the Scholar of the Multivision Association of Knowledge Seekers’ strokes her chest, clearly shaken by the close call.]

[She tells you that she was in the office instructing your puppet when it suddenly disappeared. She knew then that you, who had gone to the Direct View Association, must have run into trouble.]

[She’s still waiting for the fulfilment of your promise, she obviously couldn’t let you die in vain.]

[At this point, Rona winks at you.]

[You immediately understand her point: her promise consists of two things, your promise of affection and your plan to join forces to take down the ‘President of the Multivision Association’.]

[Rona continues to tell you that she thought that after arriving at the Direct View Association, at most, she would need to join forces with you again to fight your way through the Direct View Association.]

[She hadn’t expected the trouble you encountered to be the ‘Mist Barrier Monster Overlord’…]

[Rona pauses, her eyebrows knitted tightly, clearly shocked that a ‘Mist Barrier Monster Overlord’ could hatch in the city of Sofia.]

“The ‘Seeking Knowledge Scholar of the Direct View Association’ on your side noticed that you’ve gained fresh manpower. He fawned over Rona, explaining to her the matter of the Direct View Association getting destroyed by the giant monster yesterday.”

“Ignoring the incessant chatter of the Direct View Scholar, Rona winked at you instead.”

“You understood her intention once again…”

“Do you want to join forces with Scholar Rona to kill the ‘Seeking Knowledge Scholar of the Direct View Association’? ”

Lin Xin smacked his lips; Rona was really considerate.

However, he had his own plans; it wasn’t the time to kill for profit just yet.

He pressed ‘No’ in his hand.

“Seeing your slight shake of the head, Rona went directly back to the driver’s seat, closed her eyes, and waited to return to the ‘Multivision School Association’.”

“The ‘Seeking Knowledge Scholar of the Direct View Association’ on your side immediately shut his mouth.”

Rona’s carriages are indeed of high quality.

The journey from the Direct View Association to the Multivision Association, which usually took nearly half an hour, now only took a little over ten minutes.

Lin Xun took this opportunity to eagerly open the Shell Panel.

Checking the properties of the President of the Direct View Association.

“Shell—Seeking Knowledge President of the Direct View Association”

“Real name: Unknown”

“Compatibility: 113% (+45%), Compatibility exceeds the critical point, Shell Quality increases!”

“Shell Quality: Epic+ Level”

“Shell Level: 50”

“Shell Equipped: Knowledge Radiance Wand (Epic Level Equipment) A small wooden wand with mottled patterns, embedded with a shiny pure white crystal at the top. The crystal is filled with countless small characters flowing like a tide. Wearing this equipment, the spells you cast will be able to ignore most of your enemy’s magic resistance, especially the damage caused to defensive knowledge skills.”

“Shell Equipped: Association President’s Robe (Epic Level Equipment)..… Wearing this equipment, your resistance to knowledge skills will significantly increase!”

“Shell Equipped: Pre-loaded Magic Ring (Epic Level Equipment)”

“Shell Skill: Knowledge Grating (Epic+ Level)”

“Shell Skill: Knowledge Luminosity (Rare+ Level)”

“Shell Skill: Knowledge Spear (Epic+ Level)”

The Shell of the Direct View President, supplemented by his innate ability, has reached an astonishing Epic+ Level, same as the Earth Giant.

This Shell is also a high level 50!

The president’s weapon, ‘Knowledge Radiance Wand’, was an unexpected delight, capable of ignoring enemy’s magic resistance and causing extensive damage to defensive spells.

He no longer needed to worry about low Knowledge levels, and being unable to break through the ‘Knowledge Grating’.

Looking at a list of Epic+ Skills, Lin Xun felt a sense of accomplishment.

Only Knowledge Luminosity was slightly disappointing, with its sole Rare+ Skill level.

The informed Scholars he had acquired previously were the same, hence he suspected that the upper limit of this skill might only be Rare+ Level.

Otherwise, given the strength of the President and the Scholars, that shouldn’t have been the case.

Apart from quality improvement, there were no new shell skills for the President’s skills compared to the Scholar’s.

With a brief thought, Lin Xin knew where the strength of the President lay.

It’s important to note that the two eyeballs dropped by the President were all Epic+ Level, and they must carry powerful special skills.

He opens the item bar and clicked on the exclusive item ‘The Leader’s Face’.

Appoint the 50-level President as the ‘Leader’!

“You have appointed the Shell of the ‘Seeking Knowledge President of the Direct View Association’ as Leader!”

“Follower ‘Knowledge-seeking Scholar of the Multivision Association’s’ Shell level increased, current shell level: 50 (+5↑)”

“Follower ‘Fallen Earth Giant’s’ shell level increased, current shell level: 50 (+7↑)”

“Follower ‘Fallen Yellow Bishop of the White Moon Church’s’ shell level increased, current shell level: 50 (+28↑)”

…

A wave of text rushing over the screen, the shell level of all the shells in the Shell Column increased to level 50.

Lin Xun’s strength took a qualitative leap.

Then, he turned to look at the two newly acquired Epic+ Level eyeballs in the items.

He couldn’t help but look forward to the new special skills…