CHAPTER 565: CHAPTER 385: GUARDIAN OF DEVOURING GOD

The method of effectively damaging Pope Shalivan’s Phantom quickly spread among the adventurer community.

Many were excited, believing that this intelligence meant the Phantom of Shalivan could soon be defeated, spurring them on to challenge him with more vigor.

On the other hand, the adventurer’s guild had already picked the members for the Crusade Team, but remained inactive, not immediately participating upon learning the mechanics.

During the daytime at the adventurer’s guild.

"President, let’s wait a bit longer," Luluwo, with the tired look of someone who stayed up late, said, "It’s rare to have so many people willing to charge at the leader, even as cannon fodder. This is a good opportunity to gather intelligence."

The guild’s Crusade Team didn’t join immediately not because of some mystical reason like "things won’t be that simple if we just tell them directly."

It was purely to see what surprises the large number of adventurers might bring.

"It’s rare to see adventurers so eager."

Ceder nodded as he looked at the intelligence brought by Luluwo.

After multiple validations today, the true mechanism of Shalivan’s Phantom was finally confirmed: only when an adventurer uses a full-powered strike can they deal a normal attack to it, rather than requiring a specific physical power threshold.

However, dealing a normal attack doesn’t guarantee causing damage; ultimately, facing this leader does require strong capabilities, which somewhat discouraged people.

"By the way, President, since so many people are challenging the leader, perhaps it’s a good time to try that idea?" Luluwo suggested.

Soon after, the adventurer’s guild released a commission to all adventurers.

Sponsored by the guild, adventurers dedicated to challenging Shalivan’s Phantom could collect a portable Image Stone from the guild. All they had to do was attach the Image Stone to their head and record the battle scene against Shalivan’s Phantom, then submit it to the guild for a reward.

This is truly a "camera on the head."

The guild had specific personnel responsible for analyzing the combat footage, trying to summarize and understand the battle habits of Shalivan’s Phantom. This method was very effective, in just two or three days, the guild had summarized the most common moves of Shalivan’s Phantom and the possible derivative maneuvers, each marked with the probability.

Thanks to the willingness of so many adventurers to challenge Shalivan’s Phantom and collect data, and owing in part to Gwendolin’s high popularity, even due to Shalivan imprisoning Gwendolin, otherwise, people wouldn’t have been this enthusiastic.

From adventurers operating individually in small teams to now working together to collect intelligence for analysis, the efficiency has greatly improved, making one marvel:

Big data is powerful.

At this rate, the Crusade Team will likely make their appearance in two days, and before the Crusade Team goes into action, there might even be unexpected individuals succeeding in being the first to defeat Shalivan’s Phantom.

During this period, Luluwo should be the most leisurely, as once people are no longer forced to struggle for a living, idleness sets in.

Recently, the Skyrim Strategy Group’s strategy release pace has slowed. The strategy for Yanor Londo hasn’t even started because currently fewer people can access the area compared to others, they feel the returns wouldn’t justify the cost of creating a strategy.

While waiting for the guild to fully analyze Shalivan’s Phantom, she stayed at home lounging—she had a house in a Small Safe Zone in Lake Lienia—and someone would deliver various newspapers to her daily, even international ones.

For example, now she’s reading a newspaper from the neighboring Warrior Country.

"A small border country that supplies seafood to the Warrior Country suddenly experienced a disaster caused by parasitic monsters, and seafood prices have surged."

"The War Festival is in full preparation; to awaken the citizens’ lost warrior glory, the King wants to make this the largest festival in history, allegedly attended by strong figures not inferior to the Sword Saint. Should I go to take a look then?"

"The Warrior Country’s third prince, Temude, failed in slaying a dragon and was seriously injured. The evil Madness Qi Dragon has settled at the border and is raiding towns. Oh, I’m curious to see just how powerful this so-called Mad Dragon is, compared to the previously fleeting Sky Comet Dragon."

"Speaking of, isn’t the Warrior Country allied with dragons? Why does it feel like it’s been a long time since a Dragon Knight appeared?"

Luluwo closed the newspaper and said to the person beside her, "Gus, are you interested in taking a trip to the Warrior Country? I’ll cover the travel expenses."

Elsa, who had been out of the public eye for some time, was currently in the small room, flipping through a novel while snacking, seemingly not hearing the proposal.

After returning from the Sain Dungeon, she was uncertain about where to head next, and was eventually taken in by the chance encounter with Luluwo, spending the recent days recuperating.

As she turned to the last page of the novel, she suddenly sighed heavily.

"What’s wrong?"

"The series stopped..."

Elsa’s expression was quite sad as she gently closed a novel by "Star Little Linai," which was about the Four Knights Under King and was quite enjoyable.

"Is that so? But I have her new work here, just got it the other day." Luluwo handed over another novel.

Elsa took it with a surprised and slightly delighted look on her face.

Then she fell silent as she read the author’s name, "Star Big Linai," on the cover.