Chapter 649 - Failed Prophecy (1/2)
Nie Yan didn’t know why, but he felt an uneasy premonition gripping at his heart, telling him something big was about to happen.
This intense intense feeling nagged at his mind, leaving him unable to focus on anything else.
In the previous timeline, the storyline of the Vengeance of the Undead expansion started out with a player stumbling upon Necromancer Vorderman’s Necklace of Death. Slowly corrupted by its influence, they transformed into a powerful Necromancer. Reviving Vorderman, the two raised an army of undead and took over a stronghold. With the stronghold as their strategic point, they erected a tower that flooded the sky with endless death energy, turning the place into a paradise for the undead.
What happened after was something straight out of a horror story. The undead started swarming out to the nearby strongholds. Every person they killed would be reborn an undead. Their army grew larger and larger, to the point of becoming an uncontrollable disaster which threatened to engulf the entire continent. Both the Viridian and Satreen Empires mobilized into action. With the Paladins and Priests as the main fighting force, the players and NPCs slowly repelled the undead back bit by bit. However, though the lands could bask in sunlight again and new life was born, many NPCs had died fighting against these forces of darkness. This ultimately led to players gaining much more influence, allowing them to control the political power in both nations.
Nie Yan wasn’t sure if someone had obtained Necromancer Vorderman’s Necklace of Death. If this was indeed the case, it would probably be the start of the Vengeance of the Undead expansion.
Once the expansion went live, it would be an unprecedented disaster of apocalyptic scale.
Nie Yan suddenly thought of his Great Prophecy skill. He wondered if it would be useful in predicting this disaster.
Nie Yan arrived at a square outside Asskickers United’s office in Calore. Opening his skill window, he activated Great Prophecy. A pillar of white light fell down from the sky and completely enveloped him inside. A warm light energy slowly spread out through his body.
Just as Nie Yan was about to sense something, a powerful dark energy suddenly corroded the light energy from Great Prophecy. BANG! He felt a huge blow to his chest akin to his heart being split apart.
Nie Yan staggered back and spat out a mouthful of blood.
Great Prophecy has failed. All stats -30% for 5 days.
Seeing this notification, Nie Yan couldn’t help but knit his brows. “How could Great Prophecy fail?”
It was probably because the scope of this event was too large for him to predict. This failed prophecy meant Nie Yan couldn’t use Great Prophecy again for the next 10 days.
Nie yan had no way of confirming whether this really was the Vengeance of the Undead expansion. If he tried to warn the elders of the Viridian Empire about this disaster and he was right, they could prepare and make sure the calamity of the previous timeline wouldn’t repeat itself. But if he was wrong and it was just him panicking over nothing, what awaited him was his own personal calamity. As the guild leader of Asskickers United, there was no way he could take this risk. Not to mention he had no idea when or where the undead would actually attack.
「Guo Huai, tell the Engineers to stop crafting catapults and trebuchets and focus on producing Gnome Magic Cannons. Also, invest 15,000,000 gold into upgrading the walls of all our strongholds,」Nie Yan said. This was the decision he came to after much reflection. For the sake of safety, Asskickers United had to prepare their defenses.