TOP SECRET: Adventures in the Dark Continent

"I see… But let's put that matter aside and focus on the challenge. What is the challenge?" Liu Yang decided to change the subject. The previous issue was quite complicated to resolve.

"Liu Yang, your challenge is to beat a cursed creature of your level in hand-to-hand combat. No spells, equipment, or anything else. Your fight is just using your fists and kicks" The succubus replied calmly.

"A fight? What kind of cursed creatures? Will they be random?" Liu Yang was surprised by the challenge.

But when he thought about the difficulty of dealing with a cursed creature of rank 15, he understood that the situation is more complicated than it appears. This type of creature was as powerful as a level 500 person.

Fortunately, his powers as a village leader helped him to have power close to a level 500 person.

"You can choose your opponent from everyone on the list. Or you can bring your opponent"

"Bring my opponent?"

"Yea. If you bring a cursed opponent on the same level as you, that will be valid"

"What happens to this being cursed after being defeated?"

"It will depend on what you want. The winner chooses the loser's fate"

"Can I choose to lift the curse of the losers?" Liu Yang felt very hopeful when he heard the succubus' words.

If he could lift the curse from Alwine and the beasts, that was the best possible thing.

"It is possible. As I said before, the winner chooses the loser's fate. If you want to remove the loser's curse, that will be possible. But the curse can only be removed from one being. If you want to remove more than once, you need to defeat another opponent. But the reward can only be received once"

"I see… How do I remove the curse from dryads? Do I just need to win the challenge? Or do I have to do something else?" Liu Yang still needed to know about the dryads' situation. Since he promised to help them.

"To remove the curse completely from their bodies and their territory, you must defeat a cursed creature for each dryad. That is, their population is about ten thousand, so you will have to face about ten thousand cursed creatures. On their territory, when you manage to purify all dryads, the territory will automatically be purified."

"I see ... I have one more question"

"Liu Yang, your next question is something I cannot answer. You don't have the requirements to know about it" The succubus commented casually. She made it look like she could read Liu Yang's mind to know what he was going to ask.

"!!!!!!!" Liu Yang was shocked to hear those words, but he recovered quickly. Because he realized that the succubus was able to read his mind.

(It seems to find out more about the Curse of the Night and why this place has the ability to remove the curses. I need to get stronger) Liu Yang thought.

"Liu Yang, what do you want to do first? Purify dryads or purify your slaves?"

"I will purify dryads first. Can I have any help during this challenge? Or do I have to do this alone?"

If Liu Yang could have Fantina's help, that would be much easier because she was also one of the village leaders like him. Besides, he also had Alwine, June, and the beasts with him.

"You can get help from up to nine helpers. This challenge was originally made for people like you. The nine. But as there are only two of you here, there is no problem with that"

"!!!!!!" He was shocked again by this discovery.

(Are the purification challenges for the nine village leaders? How is that possible? If the nines did it together, defeating the cursed creatures would be like a piece of cake. It shouldn't be that easy) Liu Yang didn't believe that the challenge could be that simple.

The power of the nine village leaders together was extremely frightening. If they fought together in the challenge, they could easily win. So it shouldn't be something like that.

"Liu Yang, your thoughts are right. If the nine are together, the challenge's difficulty will be multiplied by ten. Since you only have one other person with you, this will be multiplied by two, meaning you two need to deal with about twenty thousand cursed creatures. Your slaves do not count in this calculation"

"How will the challenge be done? Will I have to face one by one or all at once?"

"You can choose how the challenge will be. Liu Yang, as you have a companion with you, the minimum number of cursed creatures you will have to choose from is two. But it cannot be an odd number, you can only choose even numbers of opponents"

"I see ... Is there a time limit?"

"Ten years. The time limit is ten years"

"Ten years ..." He murmured.

If this was the time, it means that the difficulty was quite high.

"I can start? Or can I make some preparations beforehand? " Liu Yang needed to talk to Fantina for a bit first.

On how to remove Alwine's curse and beasts, he wouldn't talk to them about it because he didn't want them to have much hope.

"You can start anytime you want"

"OK. Fantina, can you show up? " Liu Yang took it out of the housing ring.

Fantina was already dressed in her combat clothes. She wore a set of leather armor to have more flexible movements.

A long, heavy spear was in her hands and the combat aura was at its peak.

After several months of doing nothing like that, Fantina was already too excited to fight again.

"Liu Yang, this woman is really beautiful" That was the first thing she said when looking at the succubus.

As one of the village leaders, she had more mental strength to resist the succubus' natural seduction, so she just found the succubus very beautiful.

"We need to talk a little about the challenge"

"OK"

…

The pair talked for a few minutes about the challenge and what kind of strategies to use.

After the conversation, Liu Yang told the succubus to start the challenge.

"I want to start the challenge. We will fight two creatures in the first round." Liu Yang was wearing his set of heavy steel armor along with a giant sword at his back and two smaller swords at his waist.

"Ok" The succubus spoke in a mechanical voice.

The entire room shone brightly before being transformed into a large coliseum.

The same coliseum as previous challenges.

roar !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

In the stands and on the sides, there were already twenty thousand of cursed creatures screaming and roaring madly. They were already ready to fight.

5…

4…

3 ...

2…

1…

GO !!!!!

ROAR !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The countdown happened slowly. The instant it ended, two powerful roars echoed through the arena.

Boooooooooom !!!!!!!!!!

Two heavy bodies fell in the center of the arena and charged towards the pair.

The challenge has begun.