MMO: Pierce Heaven Til’ It Breaks

[Quest Title: Search for the Truth]

[Quest Contents: Return to Karan City, disguise yourself carefully, and gather any and all rumors regarding Aragon.]

[Quest Difficulty: Rank A]

[Time Limit: Unlimited]

[Quest Tip: The upper-class demons in Karan City seem to know something, but be careful when asking. It won’t do for your identity to be revealed.]

[Quest Reward: ???]

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It was only when Li Yi returned to the straw hut and engaged Aragon that the Search for the Truth quest officially began.

Aragon did not say a thing to Li Yi. He just lay on his bed wordlessly.

“We’re done here, let’s go.”

Li Yi called the two girls to leave.

He then gave Jiaojiao and Qian’er another 20 Morphing Potions before declaring that they were dismissed. They were now free to do as they liked.

Jiaojiao glared at him. “Why? Why do we gotta split up? I don’t know this stupid city very well, y’know?”

Qian’er nodded too. “Yeah, me neither. The roads here are too convoluted.”

“Well, you can come with me if you want to, but don’t blame if you do.”

Jiaojiao narrowed her eyes. “I smell something fishy.”

Qian’er nodded in deep agreement.

“C’mon, we’ll find our own way. I don’t wanna play with him anymore.”

Jiaojiao dragged Qian’er away.

Li Yi shook his head and laughed. Once he found the right direction, he ran for the Sixth Demon God’s residence in the middle of Karan City.

The Search for the Truth quest required players to interview several dozen upper-class demons in Karan City, and the interviewees were not predetermined. While the players were enquiring, there was also a chance that the NPCs could see through their disguise, leading to a battle.

That was why Li Yi did not take Jiaojiao and Qian’er along. If their cover was blown, things could turn ugly.

The Sixth Demon God’s residence was, without a doubt, the scariest part of Karan City. The Sixth Demon God was stationed here, as were his Four Demon Generals, each of whom had the power of a Demon God.

The Sixth Demon God had an extremely large aggro radius, and the moment a player crossed entered it, the Sixth Demon God would immediately kill them.

Li Yi did not enter the Demon God’s residence immediately. Instead, he held a Potion of Revealment in one hand as he interrogated the upper-class demon gods nearby.

“Hey, friend, have you ever heard of Aragon? What’s with his limp?”

“Do you know Aragon? I find him kinda strange.”

To find the truth, he just had to add Aragon’s name to every sentence.

Li Yu was very careful going on about it. He only ever asked upper-class demon gods who were alone, and only when there were no other demons around. In every other circumstance, he stayed completely quiet.

Despite all his precautions, the 80% success rate meant he still stumbled into a battle.

“Who are you? Why are you going around asking about Aragon?”

An upper-class demon with purple eyes and a pair of horns on its head saw through his disguise and swung a greataxe at him.

Li Yi splashed the Potion of Revealment straight at the upper-class purple-eyed demon.

“Hissss—”

There was a puff of white smoke, and then the purple-eyed demon shrank slightly.

The Potion of Revealment could remove a human’s demon-morph, and when it was splashed into an actual demon, it would actually force the demon into Weak mode.

In the past life, many people had no idea what the Potion of Revealment could do, so they suffered a great deal when trying this Search for the Truth quest.

“Smack! Smack!”

Li Yi unleashed two arrows and took down the purple-eyed demon. His own body blurred for a second, but it immediately solidified again. The quick kill meant that his morph stayed intact.

If he did not use the Potion of Revealment to weaken the demon, he would be revealed every time he killed a demon. It would definitely be a pain.

Of course, there was a disadvantage to using the Potion of Revealment too: a Weakened demon did not drop any items after it died.

Having killed off the purple-eyed demon, Li Yi immediately ran to a different location, going as far away from this location as he could.

Karan was a very big place, but only the upper-level demons near the Sixth Demon God’s residence would provide any information on Aragon.

“Aragon? Oh, that annoying fellow. He seems to be quite old. When I was young, I remember looking exactly the same as he does now.”

“Oh, you mean him? I do know a bit, hehe. He’s a temperamental guy. I’ve known him for centuries, but I’ve never seen him start a conversation with someone else.”

“Aragon? He always has such an annoying expression on his face, I don’t like him. Sigh, I only like Sharon from the west side of Karan City, could you help me convey that?”

The first few times he asked, he only received very normal rumors in return. As he asked more demons, however, he began to hear more about Aragon’s exploits.

East of the Sixth Demon God’s Residence, Li Yi asked an elderly demon.

“Aragon? He’s a survivor of the Ancient God Wars. Hehe, I hear that it was a legendary figure who destroyed his leg, but I don’t know exactly who it is.”

Li Yi asked another young demon, and the youth told him, “Aragon hates demons because legend has it that it was a famous demon, and not a human, who hurt his leg. It’s really weird, and I’m really curious about it. Aragon’s just a lower-class demon, so why would some hotshot take the time to break his leg?”

“Who are you? Why are you going around asking about Aragon?”

A beautiful purple-eyed female demon saw through Li Yi’s disguise, but that problem was settled with a splash of Revealment Potion and a single arrow.

After three hours of asking, Li Yi had interrogated every demon god around the Demon God’s residence. Finally, he obtained a useful rumor claiming that one of the Sixth Demon God’s Four Demon Generals knew something about Aragon that no one else did.

Now that that was done, it was now time to enter the Demon’s God residence and ask the ones in there.

This was the most dangerous segment of the Search for the Truth quest.

Li Yi checked the Potions of Concealment that he had left and realized that he did not even half of his original stash left. He could only splash three more demons at the most.

Here was to hoping that he could obtain a useful rumor after asking three demons!

Li Yi waited outside for over another half hour before he walked into the Demon God’s residence.

Compared to outside, the upper-class demons in the Demon God’s residence looked even more intimidating. They wore extravagant clothes and walked a leisurely pace, the very embodiment of a noble.

Li Yi found an upper-class demon who walked alone. Once he made sure they were out of view, he asked the demon about Aragon.

Haha, you got the right guy. I know more about Aragon than anyone else. It was the Third Demon God himself who broke his leg, but do you know why? He actually dared to try and steal the Third Demon God’s title. Hahaha, what an arrogant fellow…”

The progress bar for Search for the Truth instantly surged forth, reaching 90%.

It was finally done.

Li Yi heaved a long sigh and kept away the Potion of Revealment, striding into the front hall of the residence.

The Sixth Demon God’s trusted aides, the Four Demon Generals were right here, so he just had to ask them and then he would be free to leave.

Li Yi entered the front hall and saw the Four Demon Generals.

The first Demon General was missing an arm, the second Demon General was missing a leg, the third Demon General only had its lower half left, and the fourth Demon General only had half a head.

The Four Demon Generals were all upper-class purple-eyed demons, but they looked extremely intimidating.

That was why players who saw them would first secretly ask themselves, “Who did this to them?”

Li Yi had done this quest in the past life too, so he knew that the person behind all of their wounds was none other than Aragon.

When Aragon was in a rage, they tried to stop him, and that was how they turned out like this…

The first Demon General pointed its only arm and barked at Li Yi, “Lower-class demon, this isn’t the place for the likes of you!”

“Begone!” shouted the other three Demon Generals in unison.

“I am only here to ask about Aragon.”

“Aragon? Curse that man!”

“Don’t mention that name to me unless you mean to anger me!”

“I can’t stand it, I’ll go kill him now!”

“Aragon, that b*stard!”

The Four Demon Generals roared angrily, but none of them noticed that Li Yi had slipped past them and was making a beeline for the Sixth Demon God’s chambers.

“I once swore that no matter who it was, I would kill anyone who mentioned Aragon’s name in my presence!”

“We all swore that Aragon must die!”

While the Four Demon Generals were still howling, Li Yi had already advanced far ahead.

He used Pseudocide!

“Ba-thunk!”

As soon as Li Yi left the front hall, he used Pseudocide and fell to the ground, so that he would not be pulled into a battle with the Four Demon Generals.

Actually, he did not have to use Pseudocide. It was not very important because any player from any class could run out of the front hall at this time, so they would not be pulled into a battle with the Four Demon Generals. Still, it was better to use Pseudocide for a bit, just in case.

Li Yi got up and ran straight from the Sixth Demon God’s chambers.

“Who goes there? How dare you enter my territory?”

As Li Yi was running, a black light barrier rushed at him from ahead, capturing him in an instant.

He had entered the Sixth Demon God’s aggro radius and attracted its attention.

Li Yi ran forth a quickly as he could Even under the influence of the Sixth Demon God’s Territory barrier, he could still run fairly quickly. 812 Holy Points were not for show — they made him the strongest player at this point in time.

Around this time, other than Li Yi and his associates, the average Holy Points a player had was around 20 or 30. Even the slightly better ones only had 60 to 70 points. Compared to Li Yi’s 812, that was barely a drop in the ocean. It was nowhere near close.

Li Yi ran desperately and somehow made it into the residence before the Sixth Demon God could teleport in front of him.

Yes, he made it!

“Psst… Psst…”

A column of back smoke rose up ahead, and the Sixth Demon God appeared before Li Yi.

“God Mode!

“Territory Release!

“Water Clone!”

The gold-colored light barrier spread rapidly with him in the center. Li Yi drew his Orange Quality Bow and aimed for the Sixth Demon God…

“Tch-psh-bish-tst-pst-brrrr—”

He abruptly shot out two Powered-up Arrows, followed closely by — a Meteor Arrow!

“Bam-bam-bam-bam-bam-bam…”

Both Li Yi himself and his clone used a small-scale Star Arrow at the same time, culminating in a magnificent scene.

“Pfft! Pfft!”

The two Powered-up Arrow penetrated the Sixth Demon God’s body, but before the red damage figures could even appear, the two sets of Star Arrows reached him first.

All the attacks were completed in one breath!

The Sixth Demon God raised its head, its voice deep, “Who dares to insult me…?”

“This is my True— Overlord Arrow!”

As Li Yi yelled, a gigantic phoenix made of flames flew from the Orange Quality Bow, spreading its wings and carrying a wave of heat with it as it rushed forth abruptly. It then crashed into the Sixth Demon God squarely.

“Barroom!”

The Demon God’s enormous hall began to shake violently…

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