Chapter 76 - March into the Shadow World

After seeing Li Cheng sit down, commander Vic did not hesitate to start the meeting.

“I think everyone knows that the passage to the Shadow World had suddenly opened, and we don’t know much about the Shadow World either…”

“The Shadow World’s an independent main plane, and no large-scale passages have ever opened up in the past. According to my understanding, there are a lot of dangerous creatures in the Shadow World!”

“Therefore, we mustn’t let them enter the main world!”

At this point, everyone’s expression became serious. Vic’s gaze landed on Li Cheng. “Earl Netherworld, you opened the passage to the Shadow World. What information do you have?”

Hearing this, everyone’s gazes returned to Li Cheng, hoping to get some useful information from him.

Li Cheng’s expression did not change as he calmly said, “The Shadow World has existed for a long time. In the past wars between Gods and demons, the Shadow World has always remained neutral. However, I think all of you know of the characteristics of the Shadow World by now. That place has a fatal attraction to evil creatures!

“The evil creatures in the Shadow World have far exceeded the usual standards. This isn’t what the Shadow Dragon wants to see. Due to certain reasons, it can’t act personally. Therefore, it wants to borrow the power of the Otherworld Lords to kill these evil creatures to achieve a balance.”

Hearing this, everyone nodded thoughtfully. Li Cheng’s words helped them understand many things.

If the Shadow Dragon had coveted this main world, it would not have used the players to destroy those evil creatures.

Then, a commander reported, “Commander, our forces are very tight right now. The Undead Army in the east has affected a lot of our forces, and the cleanup of the Church of Poison hasn’t been completed except for the area that the Earl Netherworld’s in charge of.”

When he said this, he did not continue. The meaning was already very obvious. Everyone present understood that the Church of Light did not have the extra military strength to enter the Shadow World.

For a moment, the combat meeting room fell into silence.

After a long time, a regimental commander asked, “What about the other churches?”

It must be known that not only the God of Light had established a church in the main world. There were also other powerful Gods.

“They’ve all been thrown into the eastern front.” Commander Vic sighed deeply. To carry out two large-scale battles in a short period of time, even the powerful Church of Light could not bear it.

Hearing commander Vic’s words, the meeting room fell into silence again. It was not that they had no other choice, but they really did not have the extra troops to throw into another battlefield.

Li Cheng then stood up and said, “Leave the task to me.”

As soon as he said that, the meeting room fell into silence again. Unlike the previous two times, the silence this time was of complete shock. So many of the other Gods’ churches could not mobilize their forces, and he, a Lord of the Otherworld, could do it?

Was he going to deliver vegetables?

However, seeing that it was Li Cheng who said it, these people did not refute him because Li Cheng had created too many miracles. In just a few days, he had taken the title of Earl of the Church of Light, and within a short day, he had completed the mission of cleaning up the Church of Poison stronghold in his area. If even Li Cheng could not do it, they truly could not think of anyone who could!

After thinking briefly, commander Vic asked, “Earl Netherworld, are you kidding?”

Li Cheng shook his head. He continued, “Of course not, but this time, the main force will be the players. I hope that the church can release enough contribution points for them. Everyone knows that the Shadow World’s dangerous. Without sufficient benefits, the players won’t agree to go.”

Hearing this, Vic’s face displayed some hesitation. Releasing enough contribution points meant that the church had to give more benefits to the players. It was related to the church’s financial problems. This was not something that he could decide alone.

However, in the end, Vic still nodded his head fiercely. “Yes, but I’ll need to discuss the specific data with a few archbishops. Earl Netherworld, you’ll only need to release the quest.”

“Okay.” Li Cheng smiled. Just as he agreed, the system’s voice rang in his ear.

“Ding, dong, you’ve received the top secret mission of the Church of Light—the SSS-class mission, Holy War, March into the Shadow World!”

After receiving the mission, Li Cheng immediately checked the relevant information.

[Holy war: March into the Shadow World (SSS)]

[Mission description: The passage to the Shadow World opened by accident. The Church of Light is ready to send you to clean up the evil creatures inside.]

[Mission Nature: only hidden (top secret)]

[Mission difficulty: 1 billion]

[Mission details:]

[1. Build a holy war army (0/3 billion).]

[2. Clear out the evil creatures in the shadow world.]

[3. Paladin survival (70 million/10 million).]

[4. Ensure that the creatures in the shadow world are unable to invade the main world on a large scale.]

[Quest reward: This quest is a top secret quest. The reward will depend on the score!]

Looking at the description and content of the quest, Li Cheng frowned slightly. A one billion difficulty quest was indeed a top secret quest and the four quest requirements were not a big problem for Li Cheng.

Because of Li Cheng’s existence, the Divine Dragon Alliance had inspired many people. Their development was not bad. Each of them had at least 1,000 units of troops. In other words, as long as a few million players accepted Li Cheng’s mission, they would be able to complete it. With Li Cheng’s popularity in the Divine Dragon Alliance, this was not difficult to achieve.

As for the second request, it did not say how many evil creatures they had to clear out. According to the past practices of the Church of Light, as long as they completed the requirements of the Shadow Dragon, they could be said to have met the standards.

As for the third request, it was very simple for Li Cheng. These 70 million paladins were all allocated by the Church of Light to Li Cheng’s troops. Although they said that they did not have the extra troops, they still had the 70 million paladins. Even in Li Cheng’s eyes, this was a relatively terrifying number.

Although these paladins’ levels were not very high and most of them were at the intermediate level, their numbers were there. Based on Li Cheng’s experience in the Shadow World, he definitely would not go to those dangerous places without the right numbers.

In a big battle, the Paladin Army would naturally suffer some casualties, but Li Cheng would also ensure that those numbers remained low.

As for the fourth quest requirement, Li Cheng was certain that the creatures from the Shadow World would not enter the main world on a large scale. There was absolutely no need to worry. This could be said to be a free mission. If he could not complete it, he would not even want it!