The Sealed World

"Based on our personnel allocation, this [Instance] is definitely suspicious, so the seemingly simple 'Clearance Conditions' must be hiding some catch."

"But... precisely because our Clearance Conditions at least look very simple, perhaps we can start from there and choose some opportunistic, unconventional way to clear it."

As Huang's voice fell from the driver's seat of the fodder wagon, Kui immediately applauded from the wagon bed.

"That makes sense!"

At that moment, they were sitting in a wagon heading out of the city.

Naturally, the reason was exactly as Huang had said... they needed to "find another route."

There might be some catch involving the Dark Race inside the city or around Lilai City, but...

Huang's plan was to take advantage of the night and simply change locations—run all the way to an area where Dark Creatures were active and kill a couple of underlings. Wouldn't that do?

Although the journey might take several days...

The overall "cost-effectiveness" of this plan was very high.

Rather than jump into the obvious trap prepared by the "Death game," they might as well find a way themselves!

These veteran Players were all quite flexible in their thinking, and in fact, most veteran Players placed great importance on the "cost-effectiveness of clearing" an Instance.

In an [Instance], if they couldn't gain many benefits, it was best to preserve their strength at the lowest cost and in the shortest time, while avoiding excessive losses of [Items].

After all, no one knew what kind of trouble might arise in any given [Instance].

The night was deep, and the main road leading out of the city was utterly empty.

Night Valley had a very short average duration of daylight. The area around the Abyss at the westernmost end was even in a state of "eternal night."

So