Aethelgard: The Survival Game (Chloe) novel Chapter 54

Chapter 54

Chloe wasn’t sure what Corrosion meant in this game, but she instinctively fea unitary about s

As she moved along, she scooped up a handful of soil whenever her hand brushed the ground Anything Rate or above bes straight into her backpack, and whenever she spotted something Epic, she stopped to harves in property

She looked like a scavenger who had never seen decent loot before, snatching up every bit of scrap and treasure

Chloe knew exactly what she was doing

Still, every time she dug into the soil, something about it felt wrong on an instinctive level

Ground this rich with rotting leaves should have been packed with microbes and crawling with insects

But there wasn’t even an ant in sight.

t was as if the entire forest held only plants, and no animals at all.

The more she noticed, the more a chill crept over her.

Chloe was definitely interested in the treasures scattered all over this forest, but she wasn’t the kind of person who

lind her.

She was new to the game right now.

And if she died, none of those resources would mean a thing.

So Chloe kept retreating through the forest at her own pace, steady and methodical

But the moment she spotted a swaying flower ahead, she stopped

Dream Lily: A lily that blooms in every color imaginable, forever growing in silence wherever blood has ques

Rarity: Epic.]

Traits: Supreme Toxicity, Magical Alchemy Ingredient, Dream Energy Medium Magical Construction Materal Kor Material, Bloodthirsty, Corruption Concentration.]

If you spot this flower, chances are you’re not really in the real world anymare !

Chloe broke out in a cold sweat as she read the description of the Dream Lily fear pencil

She swallowed hard.

Knife in hand, Chloe stared at the flow: r’s traits and hesitated in the dead sience of the forest the chose Sphere.

Instead, she took out the Crystal of Knowledge Its silver white glow his up the small patch of grace and

The moment that light spilled out, it felt as it cool ripples had washed through Chloe and Neithe and the vague, hazy feeling hanging over her disappeared

Only then with the Flora Whisperer’s Cap still on her head did Chive realize she had lost ther

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She had been leaving marks the whole time while tracking and collecting Vitality Fuel

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Not only that, she had marked her route on the way back too. Chloe clearly remembered following those signs the entire

time.

But now…

Now she realized she was deep inside the pitch black Forbidden Forest, completely alone, and there wasn’t a single marker anywhere nearby.

She had been led astray.

Her breathing faltered for a moment, but fear was useless here. Instead, she went unnaturally calm.

She immediately checked her backpack, along with her Energy and Health.

Her Energy had only dropped a little, but at some point, her Health had been cut in half.

And yet the Active Vitality Fuel, the Epic Fleece-Grass, the Fire-Leech Moss, and all the Herbs she had collected were still

‘eal.

t was only the materials and soil she had picked up on the way back that turned out to be illusions.

Chloe’s gaze settled on the swaying multicolored lily in front of her.

So this flower is behind it all, she thought.

She checked her status again. She wasn’t poisoned.

she’d been extra cautious when entering the forest, wearing all kinds of protective gear, especially her Magic Protective Mask, ensuring every breath was filtered.

The toxicity must have been weakened by that.

Chloe slowly moved closer and tossed out a Pyro Sphere no bigger than a ping-pong ball, aiming it at the multicolored ly

The flower just swayed in the fire, as if nothing had happened.

Chloe thought it over. As long as this flower stayed here, she would keep getting lost.

So without another second of hesitation, she pulled out the most time-tested weapon in five thousand years of history a

itarter’s hoe.

Chloe gripped the hoe and started digging right at the base of the flower.

It didn’t matter what kind of plant it was. Even a magical one would lose halt its life once its roots got dug up

With one clean strike, Chloe dug up the entire multicolored lily in one piece, roots and soil and all

It was only then, with her Flora Whisperer’s Cap on, did Chloe finally notice the text boxes floating beside the lily

[Hungry.]

[Wants blood.]

[Lakes humans.]

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Korrupton!

Chloe’s expression didn’t change. Hoe in hand, she dug up the multicolored lily, roots and all, and stuffed at traght chor system backpack

Every Player had a limited number of slots in their system backpack, and Chloe had deliberately kept some emper

actly this kind of situation.

Fortunately, the multicolored lily actually went in

The real threat of the lily lay in its deadly toxicity and hallucinogenic properties.

At this moment. Chloe was just glad she had scored that Epic Wish Chest earlier.

Sher let out a slow breath and forced herself to look around calmly.

Night had fallen completely

Without her realizing it, six whole hours had slipped by. It was almost six in the evening.

Now Chloe had some real experience under her belt.

If she ever used another Resource Card, she should start around four in the morning.

Because as things stood, she was going to be stuck gathering resources in the dark for quite a while.

Chloe nook a deep breath

lite swung her hoe into the ground and found the soil strangely soft, like there was something hidden underneath

Chine glanced down

There was a Durt Pit. limered with bones of all sorts.

be belonged to canines. Some belonged to humans.

The case selenons were so badly corroded that one tap from Chloe shoe reduced them to powder. The Dream Cas is be synously to as a lot of the bodies were streaked with deep black marks

Thanathaly Chices Mage Pronection Gloves were keeping ber safe from the poison

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afing die hor. Chloc hooked out the human remains below, and attached to them were a player backpack and several piers of gra

[Congratulations! You’ve obtained Player Backpack and Pelics, ID: N-8763.]

[Do you want to open it?]

Chloe didn’t open it right away. Instead, she keps fishing through the pit with her hoe, dragging out most of what was left But after that first notification, no new player prompts appeared.

Chloe knew for sure that the Player Relics she had just pulled out definitely didn’t belong to anyone from her current batch of new players.

Even without a system notification, the material and workmanship of that backpack alone were enough to tell her its original owner had been far above the level of any rookie player.

Before her batch of newbies, there were other Players who’d been thrown into this game. And judging by what she was seeing now, they had never made it home.

Chloe took a deep breath.

She might not know much about games, but she knew every game had a Final Ending.

If the previous batch of Players had beaten the game, then Chloe and the others would never have been thrown in here in the first place.

Either way, stumbling across a veteran Player’s backpack was not a good sign.

And in a way, those relics were proof enough of just how dangerous this game was, and especially how dangerous this Forbidden Forest was.

Chloe decided she needed to get back to the outer edge of the forest as fast as possible. She had already made a killing here so it was time to quit while she was ahead.