Orochimaru revealed a look of surprise. He had also been to that ruined town and hadn't detected any aura emanating from a boss.
Although Akainu disliked Orochimaru, he knew that since they had already formed a partnership, some information didn't need to be concealed. He said with a serious expression, "Although you killed the Black Wind Mountain Bandits, and they can barely be considered a boss-level dark monster, they were only a pseudo-boss contaminated by the black blood of the third layer's [Centipede Sage]."
There was a slight disdain in his tone, implying that Orochimaru shouldn't think too highly of himself for killing the Black Wind Mountain Bandits.
Orochimaru asked with interest, "Is there something different then?"
"True bosses don't wander casually in the Black Mist Wilderness; they all have their own territories."
Akainu sneered, "Furthermore, like emperors, they are surrounded by countless dark monsters acting as guards. If you don't kill the boss, those dark monster guards will continuously revive and fight until they wear you down."
Orochimaru frowned slightly and remained silent.
Although this boss battle mode was difficult, it had appeared before, like the initial Underworld Wanderer Salina and the Vampire Baron, both of whom were similar emperor bosses with territories.
But hearing Akainu's tone, it was clear there was still information left.
"The most special thing about the Black Mythology bosses is that the very center of the monster's territory isn't the boss's main body, but a teleportation gate!"
Akainu's expression was serious. He didn't continue speaking but instead pulled out a contract.
Team Contract (Tier 2).
Once the contract content was violated, there would be severe backlash. The backlash could destroy Orochimaru's soul and body, leading to severe injury and near-death at best, or immediate death at worst.
The subsequent information was obtained by the Navy Alliance at the cost of the lives of over a dozen Navy scouts.
Among them, four returned after completing the Huangquan Task, while the rest were still trapped on the Road to the Underworld performing tasks, and two had already been confirmed dead.
The cost of cultivating scouts, in terms of reward points consumed, was no less than that of ordinary combat players.
It was even more.
Therefore, only if Orochimaru agreed to sign the team contract was Akainu obligated to reveal the remaining information.
"The Navy Alliance can rest assured, I will not go back on my word!"
Orochimaru's smile remained unchanged. He cut his finger and dripped blood onto the team contract.
A faint, ethereal thread of contract power coiled around him. It wouldn't cause any trouble normally, but once the contract content was violated, the contract power would take effect.
The power of the contract came from the rules of the Reincarnation Game, or rather, the rules of the Game Merchant Fang Yi.
Even if Orochimaru broke through to [Tier 3], he wouldn't be able to break free and would still have to endure the backlash of the contract power.
Unless, a player could surpass the Game Merchant.
Is that possible?
Although the Game Merchant had never restricted players' strength growth and even helped them wholeheartedly, it was precisely because of this that players became even more aware of the huge power gap between themselves and Fang Yi.
"Hmph, I still trust the contract more."
Akainu cursed inwardly, did he really think the Navy Alliance's intelligence department was useless?
A little investigation would reveal that Orochimaru was infamous: first, he cooperated with Sunagakure but then assassinated him, then he incited conflict between Konoha and the Daimyo, framed Sarutobi Hiruzen and usurped the country, and finally killed the Daimyo.
He was simply two-faced and the epitome of shamelessness.
In the Pirate World, he would definitely be the most despicable and shameless evil pirate.
However, since the other party was willing to sign the contract, there was no need for him to make trouble by exposing the other party's misdeeds and breaking ties.
After all, the Navy Alliance and Orochimaru would soon be conquering the newly discovered Dark Gold boss.
Orochimaru asked, "Can you tell me now? I've been looking forward to it for a long time."
"After the Navy scouts risked their lives to rush into the teleportation gate, they were transported to a special space."
Akainu frowned, recalling the reports from the resurrected Navy scouts.
The Navy scouts naturally didn't have the ability to break through to the center of the boss's territory.
Their ability to enter the teleportation gate relied entirely on stealth skills and agility attributes. Several Navy scouts risked their lives to attract dark monsters, while the remaining scouts rushed in.
"Inside the special space is a fragment of a time river."
"At first, the Navy scouts thought they had been transported to an ancient world, but as time slowly passed, in about three days, the entire Guo Bei County city would be contaminated by dark power."
"The previously harmless and non-aggressive civilians transformed overnight into fallen ones, female ghosts, Buddha demons..."
"According to the investigations of several waves of Navy scouts, the source of the corruption was found to be Lanruo Temple outside Guo Bei County, a terrifying Grandma Tree Demon."
At this point, even Akainu showed some apprehension, saying, "Preliminary judgment is that it's a [Tier 2] Dark Gold-level monster."
Orochimaru raised an eyebrow.
Dark Gold-level monster?
The Abyssal Evil God, which almost destroyed the Ninja World, was also Dark Gold-level, and it was only barely killed with the combined efforts of most players in the Ninja World and aid from the Pirate World.
This Grandma Tree Demon was actually the same level of monster as the Evil God.
No wonder the Navy Alliance sought his cooperation.
They were willing to give a portion of the boss's dropped game items to an outsider.
Even with Orochimaru and all the top players of the Navy Alliance, the probability of conquering a dark monster like Grandma Tree Demon was not high.
Once the strategy failed.
Deceased players would be trapped on the Road to the Underworld and unable to act for a period of time.
However, even after losing their top players, the Navy Alliance would still have a large number of mid-tier combatants and could use this opportunity to quickly annex [Death Tower First Floor].
Good plan, good tactics.
The Navy Alliance's think tank was quite impressive. If the strategy succeeded, they could collect Grandma Tree Demon's game items and enhance the combat power of their top players.
If the strategy failed, they would still gain something.
Killing two birds with one stone, they wouldn't suffer any loss either way.
However, Orochimaru didn't care about such matters. The Fire Empire had long been forged into an impenetrable fortress by him. Even if he disappeared for a period, the Navy Alliance would have to pay a huge price if they wanted to annex it.
At most, he would lose some peripheral maps, which was completely within his acceptable range of loss.
Orochimaru said with a smile, "Let's go to Grandma Tree Demon's territory. I'm just a mercenary, so the money for the Giant Totem will be handled by the Navy Alliance, right?"
"Wait, not everyone is here yet."
After the news of the successful cooperation with Orochimaru was relayed back to the Navy Alliance, after some time,
Three beams of teleportation light shone.
"Are we leaving now? This old man still wants to fight Whitebeard first. He actually said my iron fist is not as good as his broken saber..."
Garp scratched his head and let out a loud laugh.
His muscles were as solid as steel, with clear contours. He looked like refined steel that had been tempered a thousand times. With every step he took, it felt like he could collapse the ground.
He sized up Orochimaru and asked in confusion, "You're Orochimaru, the strongest player in the Reincarnation Game? Just as Tsuru said, you look very unlikable."
Necromancy, spellcasting, snake mastery...
These were all abilities that leaned towards dark attributes. Even if a player dabbled in just one, the aura they exuded would gradually gravitate towards the dark side.
Much less a [Necromancer Snake Master] like Orochimaru, who possessed all of them.
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