Chapter 1478: Chapter 923: Sunrise Dawn (Part 1): Descent 2
Players controlling the Birth Point can, in a sense, gain control of the world.
Thus, Tianchao players, who form large player factions, are fond of exploring new worlds that haven’t yet established a Birth Point.
By some twist of fate, the Dawn World, where Birth Point appeared first, became the international players’ hub.
As for the Dawn World’s special effect, different from other Birth Points, the "Divine Favor"... that’s the perk of the new world.
Not just for the Dawn World, all players venturing into a new world, if their strength is below the silver tier, automatically receive this Divine Favor.
Looking at the Dawn World’s description, Tony nodded secretly.
If he remembered correctly, when the international server had just started, this world had a five-star difficulty rating. He didn’t expect it to drop to three stars now.
This indirectly indicates that players have already gained a foothold in this world.
Thinking of this, Tony had made up his mind.
He decided to choose this world!
After deciding, Tony unhesitatingly pressed the light point symbolizing the Dawn World.
With his motion, a massive suction pulled him from the light point, and the next moment, Tony’s figure was absorbed...
Gradually, his vision dimmed.
The ethereal and melodious background music slowly played, and rows of new subtitles appeared before Tony’s eyes.
These were more detailed introductions to the Dawn World—
[In October of Dawn Era Year One, near a small village east of Segis World, an elf Chosen One named "Crack" discovered a space rift, thus... opening the door to the Dawn World completely.]
[The Dawn World was once a major material realm under the control of the Lord of Eternity, Yteo, where the world divided into two continents, East and West, ruled by two human empires.]
[But now, the Divine spirit has fallen, evil invaded, the human world’s order completely collapsed, over half of all life turned into Abyss Creatures, heralding an unprecedented dark era in the Dawn World...]
[Until... the arrival of the elf Chosen Ones.]
[In December of Dawn Era Year One, the first batch of elf Chosen Ones arrived at the Dawn World, descending upon the Eastern Continent...]
[The dark Eastern Continent finally welcomed saviors who could resist the Fallen.]
[June in Dawn Era 1, after more than half a year of exploration and battle, brave Chosen Ones finally gained a foothold on the Eastern Continent, elf Chosen One "Annie of France" established the first Chosen City in this world "Shantem".]
[July in Dawn Era 1, led by elf Chosen One "Annie of France", the World Tree branches were successfully implanted, making the Dawn World the first Plane World where Chosen Ones could stably arrive. The Goddess’s Divine Favor descends, turning the Dawn World into the fourth initial birthplace of the "Elf Kingdom"...]
[November in Dawn Era 1, the first team of Chosen Ones landed on the lands of the West Continent, establishing the foothold fighting against Fallen Creatures "Dawn Fortress", officially starting the West Continent war.]
[March in Dawn Era 2, after a long six-month war, elf Chosen Ones led the remaining humans to reclaim over half of the Eastern Continent, establishing the Dawn City State Alliance centered on the Chosen City "Shantem"; meanwhile, Chosen Ones of the West Continent also built a vast settlement area centered on "Dawn Fortress".]
[Yet, evil did not vanish, the hidden enemies in the darkness still threatened this chaotic world...]
[Now, brave Chosen One, it’s your turn to make a heroic entrance...]
[When the darkness fades, and the stars shine brightly, will you become the brightest star of this era?]
The introduction slowly passed before Tony’s eyes, watching those lines of subtitles and listening to the increasingly heavy and uplifting background music, gradually, the passion in his heart boiled!
Finally, the last line of beautiful script disappeared from view, the darkness faded, the world brightened.
The familiar sense of weightlessness came, Tony knew, he was about to formally enter the game.
Only, just as he was eagerly waiting, sudden screams came from below.
And then, accompanied by a deafening roar, the world shook violently, Tony instantly felt the world spinning, like tumbling into a washing machine, that discomfort almost made him throw up...
He jumped in surprise, not knowing what happened.
The world spun, the wind howled, abruptly, Tony’s vision darkened again.
The next moment, a strong sense of weightlessness arrived, his body’s sensation gradually returned.
Alongside the return of the continuously disconnecting vision.
Only, when his vision was restored the instant, once he saw the surrounding scenery, Tony’s face turned pale instantly.
The graceful scenes he’d seen in YouTube videos, of players walking out from the World Tree branches’ auras, didn’t appear; the location he found himself in wasn’t the lush World Tree branches.
He was in mid-air, performing a perfect free-fall motion.
The wind howled around him, the scene below appeared as tiny ants...
It was a massive city.
However, it wasn’t the Chosen City "Shantem", which was established by players mimicking ancient European cities he saw on YouTube. It was a dilapidated, unfamiliar city instead.
"WTF?!"
Tony couldn’t help but curse aloud, bewildered, not knowing how he’d ended up in mid-air, nor where he landed.
The ground seemed so small, dusty, estimating roughly, at least a few hundred meters below, would certainly lead to a respawn if he fell.
Yet, as a veteran gamer, waiting passively wasn’t an option.
He had to save himself!
Tony quickly calmed down, began to carefully observe the ground, checked his skills, and his brain worked rapidly...
[Skill: Air Step]
[Description: Rare movement skill for strength-type professions, allows stepping in the air, briefly staying suspended.]
[Skill: Cross Slash]
[Description: Common and useful main skill for strength-type professions, powerful attack, but has a long post-cast delay.]
He currently only had these two initial skills gifted by the Goddess.
Besides, as a player choosing the Dawn World as the initial world, he also received an additional Divine Favor from the Goddess.
Divine Favor has two effects: doubling all attributes before reaching the silver tier, gaining a doubled BUFF; and a random life-saving skill [Eagle Strike] that can be used once daily, with power reaching silver tier until silver tier is achieved.
This is a Ranger-specialized attack skill, with a gliding effect, letting the user leap and drop akin to an eagle, hitting the target.
The wind whistled, getting closer to the ground, the scene became clearer.
Monster roars and weapon clashes were faintly heard, a fierce battle unfolded on the ground.
On one side was a massive, bloated humanoid monster, on the other were several hooded humans in tattered cloaks.
Tony’s gaze swept over the gigantic monster, then looked at the descriptions of his skills, gritting his teeth, he’s already formulated a plan.
Taking a deep breath, first he activated the skill [Air Step], slightly reduced his dangerous speed.
And as the speed decelerated only, Tony concentrated, triggered the life-saving skill [Eagle Strike] given by the Divine Favor...
Golden brilliance erupted over him, accompanied by an eagle screech, forming ephemeral eagle wings behind Tony.
The next moment, he slammed downward toward the massive monster on the ground like a golden meteor...
Dazzling brilliance erupted in the wooden sword given by the Goddess, as he roared fiercely, simultaneously unleashed the skill Cross Slash, the two skills overlapped, engulfing the monster on the ground with his descent.
Simultaneously, the gliding effect of the skill Eagle Strike successfully triggered, as Tony used Air Step once more, lightly leaped, somersaulted mid-air, then gently descended to the ground like a soaring eagle.
With one knee to the ground.
Behind him, the massive monster trembled slightly, then fell with a thundering crash...
