Magic Farm 87
by CristaeChapter 87: Seventy Thousand Points
Qi Yu lightly licked the tip of his tooth, every cell in his body trembling at the sight before him.
It was as if he had returned to the apocalypse, to that moment when, all alone, he had unwittingly stumbled into a Rift Monster’s nest.
But things were no longer as they once were.
Now he had a healthy body, magic at his side, and powerful equipment and tools at his disposal.
Besides, swallows were nothing like those disgusting, useless Rift Monsters.
They were warm, living points.
He kept careful track of the time.
He could stay here at most two hours; after that, no matter how enticing this place was, he would have to return at full speed—otherwise, he would have no way of making it back to the shelter before darkness fell.
Qi Yu wasted no time.
He raised the Heart of the Giant Tree staff high, mana surging forth like a wild waterfall.
The rain falling from the sky had given birth to these swallows, but it could also be transformed into a mage’s blade.
[Killed Level 1 Swallow x100…]
[Killed Level 1 Swallow x68…]
The survival panel kept chiming with notifications.
On the points leaderboard, the number beside “I Love Survival Games” began to climb at a terrifying pace.
11,200, 12,361, 12,999, 13,878…
In no time, he surpassed MyFateIsMineNotHeaven’s, leaping into second place and rapidly widening the gap, beginning to chase down the first-place contender.
01 District Regional Channel:
【TheMoreYouGrindTheWorseItGets: ??? Can someone tell me what on earth is happening now?】
【LiverKing: Damn, did he really poke a swallow’s nest?】
【TinyOldMe: @ILoveSurvivalGames, Boss, can you share some tips? There aren’t any rewards for ranking anyway, so we’re not really competing. If there are points to be had, let’s all get some.】
【ReachForTheMoonInSeptember: He’s really strong. Even the two of us together can’t match him. You’re @-ing him now, but do you really think he has time? Don’t you see how fast his points are rising? He’s busy slaughtering swallows.】
…
Exhilarating!
A mage’s area attacks were performing to perfection in this situation.
With every wave of his magic, he reaped a vast harvest of beautiful points.
There were so many swallows that, from time to time, a few would slip through the magical barrage and rush up to Qi Yu.
At first, Qi Yu would still take care to finish them off in time, until he happened to discover that these swallows, mostly Level 1 mutant creatures, couldn’t even break through the defense of his Guardian Mage Robe.
With that, he had nothing left to worry about, and Qi Yu became a relentless point-gathering machine.
In the 01 District Regional Channel, even IDs that rarely appeared were popping up:
【BlueSeaTide: ?】
【IAmLily: Please tell me there’s no such thing as cheating in Survival Games.】
【WhereIsMyHair: Awesome.】
【LiverKing: I want to know, too. At this rate, don’t tell me there are tens of thousands of swallows just standing still for him to kill?】
【StrayDogOnTheRoad: Even if there were tens of thousands of swallows standing still for me, I couldn’t kill them this fast.】
【CockroachTasteIsWeird: Wow, so many leaderboard bosses coming out of the woodwork.】
…
Event Points Leaderboard.
First place, I Love Survival Games. Points: 43,309.
Second place, ReachForTheMoonInSeptember. Points: 17,000.
Third place, MyFateIsMineNotHeaven’s. Points: 12,180.
MyFateIsMineNotHeaven’s, having just enjoyed a burst of double points, confidently opened the leaderboard.
At first glance, he thought he’d been killing monsters so frantically that he was hallucinating.
Uncertain, he exited and checked again.
He clicked back in.
First place, I Love Survival Games. Points: 43,900.
It was even 600 more than just now.
What the hell?
He opened the regional channel—everyone was talking about it.
【MyFateIsMineNotHeaven’s: @ILoveSurvivalGames???】
He wasn’t the only one doing this, but Qi Yu, of course, ignored them all equally.
MyFateIsMineNotHeaven’s stared at the absurd numbers, finding it all preposterous.
【MyFateIsMineNotHeaven’s: @ImVeryDominant, where are you? Why aren’t you here yet?】
【The group member you @-mentioned is no longer in the group.】
MyFateIsMineNotHeaven’s: ???
He checked the small group list—ImVeryDominant’s ID had vanished.
MyFateIsMineNotHeaven’s felt as if darkness had fallen before his eyes.
He opened his friends list, scrolled from top to bottom, but ImVeryDominant was nowhere to be found.
He’d been deleted by ImVeryDominant.
What the hell?
MyFateIsMineNotHeaven’s searched for the other’s ID, tried to add him, but couldn’t.
There was only one explanation for this: he’d been blocked by ImVeryDominant.
01 District Regional Channel:
【MyFateIsMineNotHeaven’s: @ImVeryDominant get out here! You bastard, what’s your game?】
Players who had just been fiercely debating how “I Love Survival Games” was pulling off his feat were instantly energized by this message.
With the new event, everyone was mechanically killing swallows. When there were no swallows attacking, they’d sit down to rest, refresh the leaderboard, and kill time in the regional chat.
Even if MyFateIsMineNotHeaven’s had fallen from grace, he was still one of the most talked-about figures in District 01.
Everyone knew ImVeryDominant was his follower.
What was going on?
Was there infighting in the Hall of the Gods?
With drama to watch, players weren’t even checking the leaderboard as diligently.
【ImVeryDominant: Nothing much. If you don’t treat me like a person, why should I work for you?】
【ImVeryDominant: It’s my bad luck to have followed a boss like you. HandsomeBelow died for no reason and you didn’t care. I did so much for you, and you never considered my wishes, just forced me to go to your shelter to farm points for you.】
【ImVeryDominant: MyFateIsMineNotHeaven’s, what makes you think you’re any better?】
【CockroachTasteIsWeird: Wow, this is explosive!】
【ReachForTheMoonInSeptember: 6.】
【MyFateIsMineNotHeaven’s: I already said, when it comes time to exchange points for rewards, you won’t get less than your share, and there will be extra compensation.】
【MyFateIsMineNotHeaven’s: If you didn’t want to, you could have just said so. Why pretend to agree, just to trick me out of my teleport scroll and items?】
【ImVeryDominant: Screw you. Still pretending? You sent the teleport scroll over and then said, ‘Come over in half an hour.’ Is that what you call giving me a chance to refuse?】
【ImVeryDominant: Weren’t you so arrogant in private chat? Why don’t you dare use that tone here in the regional channel?】
【ImVeryDominant: As for tricking you out of your scroll and items—weren’t you the one who gave them to me? Because you’re stupid!】
He was completely tearing off all pretense.
MyFateIsMineNotHeaven’s was nearly exploding with rage.
Since his rebirth, in Survival Games, who hadn’t treated him with deference?
This was the first time someone had called him out by name and insulted him in the regional channel.
What he couldn’t accept most of all was that this person was his former follower.
【MyFateIsMineNotHeaven’s: You can wait for death, @ImVeryDominant.】
ImVeryDominant’s heart skipped a beat when he saw this.
But then he remembered the secret he’d learned by chance, and felt a bit more at ease.
【ImVeryDominant: What, planning to silence me?】
【ImVeryDominant: I know you have an item that can attack players remotely. If you’ve got the guts, come at me. Everyone, if my ID ever goes gray, MyFateIsMineNotHeaven’s is the prime suspect!】
An item that could attack players remotely?
Now everyone was shocked, and marveled at ImVeryDominant’s courage—knowing the other had a deadly item in hand, yet still daring to provoke him so fearlessly.
Moreover, he was willing to risk so much just to break with MyFateIsMineNotHeaven’s. This boss must be truly harsh in private.
MyFateIsMineNotHeaven’s was gnashing his teeth with hatred. If he could appear in front of ImVeryDominant right now, he’d tear him limb from limb, make him regret every word he’d said.
【ImVeryDominant: Oh, I forgot. Maybe you’ve already used your item? If you really could silence someone, you’d pick ‘I Love Survival Games’ first. After all, you hate him so much your eyes are practically bleeding.】
【ImVeryDominant: You curse him every day in the small group, but he’s just too strong. He snatched your triple crown and made you furious.】
【GrumpyOldBro: Wow.】
【TheMoreYouGrindTheWorseItGets: Damn!】
【CockroachTasteIsWeird: Can you even say that?】
【ReachForTheMoonInSeptember: Spectacular.】
【StrayDogOnTheRoad: Does the boss know he’s hated this much?】
【LiverKing: Maybe you should check—the boss already has over sixty thousand points.】
【LiverKing: If I were the boss, I’d be grinning ear to ear. Points can actually be exchanged for good stuff. As for someone else’s hatred? Who cares? What difference does it make?】
So, it turned out, even swallows could feel fear.
Qi Yu had already downed several bottles of mana potion. Calculating the time, he was just considering how to retreat.
Unexpectedly, the swallows seemed to be thinking the same thing.
He had no idea how this enormous forest could hide so many swallows, as if they were endless.
But no matter how endless, after being farmed for tens of thousands of points by a mage who could cast area spells and pop potions, even they would be afraid.
Vast swathes of snowy white points—no, swallows—beat their wings and fled the area.
Qi Yu finally breathed a little easier.
If the swallows hadn’t retreated, he would have had to.
Any longer, and he might have ended up dumping the magic scrolls in his backpack.
He opened the event page on the survival panel.
Even he was startled by his points.
First place, I Love Survival Games. Points: 69,998.
Qi Yu stared at the number for a few seconds.
A wind blade shot out, cutting down the last few swallows at the rear.
Points: 70,001.
Perfect.
He swept all the dropped items into his backpack with a single click.
Just as Qi Yu was about to leave, his gaze swept over the black giant tree standing quietly in the rain.
A curious idea took root in his mind.
Swallows seemed to love using these mysterious black trees as nests.
So, what if he dug up a few and planted them at his shelter? Would he get a buffet every day?
No sooner thought than done.
Once his mana had recovered a bit, he walked straight to the base of a tree, pressed his palm to the trunk, and let earth-colored light flow forth.
His spiritual power channeled the earth element deep underground, allowing Qi Yu to see the tree’s roots below the surface.
He couldn’t help but marvel: this tree, long since lifeless and dead for who knows how many years, still had such a complete root system.
Since he was transplanting the tree, even if it was dead, Qi Yu did his best to preserve its integrity.
[Obtained Mysterious Ancient Tree (Lifeless) x1.]
He really could dig it up.
Qi Yu looked at the black tree icon in his backpack and bent down to dig up five more.
Time was almost up; six should be more than enough.
Before leaving, he thoughtfully used earth magic to fill in the massive holes left by the digging.
Afterward, he cast a wind spell to enhance his speed and hurried on his way.
Time to go home!