"See? I told you the boss would definitely give that answer." After leaving the counter, Wei Yi spread his hands helplessly.
As one of Origin Mall's oldest customers, he was highly experienced and had long expected this outcome.
"I'm looking forward to it even more now." Xia Ying smiled. "By the way, what level are you in Casual Mode?"
"Thirty-something."
"That high? I'm only level twenty-seven."
"It's fine, I'll help you level up..."
Kolo.
Because of the Calamity corruption, transmitting messages over long distances had become exceedingly difficult.
Even so, what had happened in Orlan still spread to other cities and nations.
A mysterious force had appeared out of nowhere. None of its members could die, and their purpose was to hunt all manner of corrupted entities and magic beasts.
Of course, some of them disliked fighting and spent their days wandering through the cities.
When these people had first appeared, they had been extremely weak, inferior even to ordinary magic apprentices.
Yet after experiencing just a few battles, their strength would increase tremendously.
Many of their professions and the magic they used had never appeared on Kolo before.
Countless rumors and speculations quietly began to emerge.
Some said they were people from beyond the heavens, who had come to Kolo to help civilization resolve the Ninth Calamity and completely drive out the Calamity.
Some said they were a civilization left behind from the previous era, existing in a certain ideological form and currently in the midst of revival. That explained their inability to die, their rapid growth in strength, and their unknown magic.
Others said they were humans corrupted by the Calamity who had retained their independent minds, but whose worldview had changed completely. Their goal was to subtly influence Kolo's current deadlocked situation from another angle...
Rumors abounded,