Beastman Empire, Ancient Rock City.
An ancient wall over fifty meters tall stood towering over the desolate land swarming with Holy Shaping Monsters. Yet the teams of Tier 3 players patrolling atop the walls paid them no mind at all, merely carrying out the missions issued by their guild as they paced back and forth, as if the countless Holy Shaping Monsters below the walls did not exist.
To the many players of the Eastern Continent, these nightmare-like Holy Shaping Monsters now resembled wooden dolls. They showed no intention of attacking Ancient Rock City. Even the large groups of players bringing goods to Ancient Rock City, as well as those heading there themselves, drew no reaction from them. They simply wandered about in silence.
A merchant caravan of over a hundred players drove more than a dozen carriages slowly toward Ancient Rock City in the distance. The countless Holy Shaping Monsters around them seemed entirely blind to their presence, completely ignoring them.
A Level 136 Tier 3 Swordsman escorting the caravan looked at the Holy Shaping Monsters around them, each above Level 120, and could not help marveling inwardly. "The Sacred Heart Amulets sold by the Hand of Sacred Heart are truly incredible. Along the way, even strange-rank Holy Shaping Monsters couldn't be bothered with us when we were only twenty or thirty yards away."
Even NPCs had been helpless against the Holy Shaping Monsters currently rampaging through numerous kingdoms and the Black Dragon Empire. Because of this, making money by transporting goods through merchant caravans had become increasingly difficult.
Yet now, simply wearing a Sacred Heart Amulet could completely prevent attacks from Holy Shaping Monsters, making caravan transport even safer than before.
The Level 137 Guardian Knight leading the group sat atop a carriage, looking at the Sacred Heart