Chapter 177 -177-Caelan, Let Me Join Your Team!

After a brief moment of astonishment, those awakeners who had just been stunned senseless finally came back to themselves.

And after regaining their senses, the very first thing they did was rush straight toward Caelan.

"Boss Caelan, you’re seriously way too cool!"

"Boss Caelan, could you give me an autograph??"

"Boss Caelan, are you still going to continue? I want to team up with you—just tell me what to do, and I’ll do it!"

Faced with the enthusiasm of the awakeners surrounding him, Caelan frowned slightly.

He had been planning to withdraw.

After all, the mission had already been completed, so all that remained was to wait for the rewards to be distributed.

However, at that very moment, a notification suddenly appeared before his eyes.

[Friendly Reminder: If your total score exceeds 30 million, you will obtain the final reward!]

The moment he saw that notification, Caelan’s eyes immediately lit up.

He had originally not planned to do another round.

But since the prompt had already appeared like this, then he might as well farm another round of points and secure the final reward in one go.

So Caelan nodded and said, "In that case, I’ll do one more round."

When the awakeners present heard Caelan say that, excitement immediately appeared on all their faces.

According to the rules of [Deathborn Paradise], as long as one survived until the end, one would receive an additional score reward.

For them, that extra score reward was still very considerable.

Once it was added into their total score, it could even be exchanged for some valuable items.

In short, staying in the same camp as Boss Caelan was definitely a稳赚不赔 deal.

Thinking of this, those awakeners who had originally been standing there in a daze immediately became excited again.

At the same time, they secretly prayed in their hearts that this time, no matter what, they absolutely must not reincarnate as Deathborn.

After all, as long as they were not Deathborn, then everything would be easy to handle.

They only needed to follow behind Boss Caelan and watch themselves earn points.

Anyway, Boss Caelan’s strength had already far exceeded their imagination.

He was simply a bug-level existence.

In the blink of an eye, the halo appeared once again.

And the figures of Caelan and the others disappeared from where they stood.

In the next moment, Caelan appeared once more inside [Deathborn Paradise].

The familiar scene emerged again.

The difference was that this time, behind Caelan, there was a large crowd of awakeners following along with him.

"Quick, stay behind Boss Caelan! We’re getting carried this round!"

"It’s stable, this round is definitely stable! Line up properly, all of you—who the hell is shoving me??"

All of the awakeners believed that the Deathborn in this round would, just like before, be surrounded at their respawn point and slaughtered over and over.

However, in the very next moment, a dazzling black light suddenly flashed before their eyes.

At the same time, Caelan clearly felt a power of death rapidly transforming his body.

Eh...

Surely I’m not...

In the next moment, Caelan’s body shriveled up at a speed visible to the naked eye.

At the same time, his personal status panel also underwent an enormous change.

[Caelan]

[Level: 649 (Temporary)]

[Class: Deathborn King]

[Skills: Deathborn Summon, Deathborn Lightsword...]

[Description: A guy chosen as the Deathborn King. His skills seem to have undergone some kind of mutation. He is an extremely dangerous individual.]

...

Those awakeners who had followed behind Caelan all went numb after seeing that Caelan had actually turned into the Deathborn King.

For a moment, the entirety of [Deathborn Paradise] fell into a strange silence.

None of them had expected the start of this round to open in such a way.

They had originally thought that by clinging to Caelan’s thigh, they would be able to lie down and win this round with ease.

But who could have expected that Caelan, the thigh they had been counting on, would instead turn into the Deathborn King?

Wasn’t this just a joke??

On the other side, Caelan licked his lips, and a faint smile appeared on his face.

"Well then... sorry, everyone. This round, I’m a Deathborn!"

In the next instant, he gripped his longsword with one hand.

At the same time, his figure vanished from where he stood like a gust of wind.

Don’t do this!!

After a brief moment of shock, the awakeners present instantly came back to their senses.

They all fled in every direction, doing their best to survive a little longer.

According to the rules of the game, only players who belonged to the [Deathborn] camp from the very beginning could enjoy the extra score reward in the final settlement.

If these awakeners were infected, not only would they be unable to obtain the extra reward, but a certain amount of their score would even be deducted instead.

"Run! Hurry up and run!"

Caelan did not rush to act.

Instead, he quietly looked at these normal awakeners who were fleeing in all directions.

The cat-and-mouse game that came next would only be more interesting, wouldn’t it?

On the other side, after that brief moment of panic, those normal awakeners immediately remembered the cave where Caelan had hidden in the previous round.

It had to be said that aside from Caelan’s own great strength, the defensive position he had chosen was also exceptionally good.

Around the cave, there were only a few narrow paths.

Therefore, if one wanted to attack the cave, one could only use a trickling tactic, sending people in bit by bit, rather than launching a large-scale assault.

After confirming their defensive position, and after noticing that Caelan had not followed after them, those normal awakeners all let out sighs of relief.

"Great, we actually made it here alive! Looks like Boss Caelan probably didn’t react in time himself that he would become a Deathborn!"

"This place is absolutely a heaven-chosen location. As long as we unite and hold this place together, we’ll definitely have hope of winning!"

"That’s right! If Boss Caelan summons dragons again, we’ll just hide deep inside the cave. He won’t be able to hurt us at all!!"

"Brothers, hold the line! If we can just endure until the end, then we win!"

...

Inside the cave, those normal awakeners immediately took up defensive stances.

Faced with the attack Caelan was about to launch, they now actually felt a trace of confidence.

After all, the cave itself possessed a tremendous advantage.

Under that kind of advantage, the [Divine Mirror Dragonlords] would basically lose their usefulness.

Drag it out and wait until time ran out.

That was the plan of the normal awakener camp.

However, at that very moment, someone suddenly realized that something was not quite right.

He pointed at the distant sky and said with a shocked expression, "Quick, look—what is that!?"

...

On the other side, after seeing that those normal awakeners had already chosen their hiding place, the corner of Caelan’s mouth rose slightly.

Choosing the cave he had used just now—these guys did have some brains.

And Iverson, who was beside him, had also become a Deathborn.

Only, his expression at the moment was somewhat stiff.

"Caelan, they’ve hidden inside the cave. What are we supposed to do now?"

"The dragons don’t seem like they can help much. How about we just charge in and kill our way through??"

Caelan gently shook his head.

Charging in directly was not elegant enough, and it was not very interesting either.

Since they wanted to play, then he would play with them for a bit.

[Dark Simulation]!