Mini World Game Console

There are no important holidays in July, just two solar terms: Minor Heat and Major Heat.

But even Minor Heat is seven days away, so Ren Suo didn't plan on waiting.

Currently, in the "Critical Exclusive Game" section, there are five games. Since Ren Suo has not yet advanced to a level 4 player, he can continue to pick one from within or choose to refresh all games before selecting.

By the way, Ren Suo now has 435 Merit Points.

If not for that official prompt from Naiser, Ren Suo would already be overly cocky, wanting to play the popular games in the "World Store"—yes, the ones where each game is priced at least 400 Merit Points.

But the anticipation of advancing to level 4 Player successfully suppressed Ren Suo's desire to spend.

He is like a shopper with a cart full of items, yet still pressing down on his own hand, painfully waiting for the 618 or Double 11 sales before splurging.

"Play the free games first, then consider whether to buy new ones!"

Ren Suo took a deep breath, calmed his mind, and looked at the five free games in the section.

Actually, there were only four—"Fighting Overlord" was a 4-star+ game, beyond his selection range.

Considering value for money, Ren Suo could only opt for "Butterfly Effect," but as a puzzle game without in-app purchases, Ren Suo did not hold high expectations for his own intelligence.

"Refresh it."

Ren Suo did not take long to decide and directly refreshed the five games.

Such an action, commonly referred to as 'picking over thousands and choosing the worst one,' often leads to the situation of 'ending up with an even worse batch.'

However, Ren Suo didn't seem to be that unlucky.

There were no special effects for the refresh; the five games just changed outright.

Ren Suo glanced at them and felt somewhat... surprised.

Of the five games, four offered less than 200 Merit Points as the highest reward.

But one game offered a high reward of 300 Merit Points and seemed to be an action role-playing game, which was very exciting.

What's most important is that this game had a time limit—even though there were still 23 days, if Ren Suo didn't encounter other circumstances, he should have ample time to complete it.

"Mage Under the World Tree"

'This game is an action role-playing game. Evil fruits from the World Tree begin to fall, and Players will portray the last Magician to purify these fruits, or else monsters corrupted by Desire will emerge en masse. Completing the game can reward up to 300 Merit Points, with exclusive rewards depending on the Player's chosen paths; there may be subsequent chapters and in-app purchase options. Game difficulty: 3-star+.'

The exclusive completion rewards of this game, like the one Ren Suo saw before in "Sacrifice," depended on the Player's gaming experience.

Even though Ren Suo couldn't discern the details, from the word 'Magician', it was clear that Ren Suo could probably enjoy himself as a Master Mage's turret.

Choosing this game was a no-brainer. However, Ren Suo glanced at the other four games and also at the time limit of this one.

Ren Suo felt that, although he had a choice, due to many reasons, he actually didn't have much of a choice...

His idle thoughts quickly dissipated as the new game appeared on the main screen, and Ren Suo, with his anticipation for the role of a Master Mage, entered the game with rejuvenated vigor!

'Abandon your rationality, break free from your cage, sever your chains, and trace back to your craving...'

'What is so-called sin compared to Desire?'

In the scene, indescribable strange creatures were entrenched in purple-black Filth. Black streams spread from the murky earth toward the immaculate sky. Finally, they merged into one, forming a withered, purple, round fruit. With a muffled sound like a growl, the fruit exploded, scattering numerous seeds.

And among them, a gleam of light, impossible to ignore, shone with striking purity amidst the purple-black seeds and fruit juice.

With a sound softly shattering, this gleam of light blossomed on the screen—

'Start Game' 'Load Game' 'Recall' 'Quit'

"...That effect isn't bad," Ren Suo murmured, but he was actually relieved inside.

Finally, there was another game with a load option... He hated auto-save!

And this time, he could customize his character's face again!

After some thought, Ren Suo crafted a handsome guy with silver-white hair and a rather flamboyant hairstyle—this fit his image of a Mage.

This game was different from all the others.

After clicking on the game, seven levels appeared on the screen, each with a distinct scene. When Ren Suo tried to select any scene, a prompt popped up, "Once the game starts, all levels may involve combat, and only after clearing them can you choose new levels."

"Players can customize their character's appearance and gender each time they enter a new level."

This prompt left Ren Suo slightly confused, but it didn't seem like there was a time limitation—as long as the protagonist didn't die, he should be able to advance through the other levels step by step.

So who was fighting in the other levels?

With some doubts, Ren Suo clicked on the first level—the dilapidated Monastery.

As the screen changed, the character appeared at the Monastery's door amidst scattering feathers.

A woman dressed in a red Mage Robe, wearing a Red Hood, turned her head to look at the protagonist. She was very beautiful, but the red eye patch on her right eye and her fierce gaze made her look rather menacing.

"Are you the Magician from outside..." Red Hood said, "I am the Magic-Armed Mage, Red Hood. Who are you?"

Ren Suo thought he would have to choose a name at this point, but Red Hood turned her head and said, "Never mind, I'll just call you Magician."

"You will be the only one worthy of that name... if you truly can help us escape this endless 'Prayer'."

"But you seem to lack an Offering? Then take these."

A game prompt appeared: The Magician obtained "Flying Feather," "Healing Seed," and "Fragment of Sword."

At that moment, corresponding icons for the Offerings appeared in the empty frame at the bottom right corner of the screen, looking like the Spells mentioned in the game.

"The Magic Power of a Magician can only be activated by harnessing the power of Offerings. And Offerings can be plundered from Demons."

"To purify this Monastery, we need to find a way to 'Sacrifice' or 'Redeem' all the Demons here, and then the true Demon rooted deep within the Monastery will appear."

"In the end, as a Magician, it will be up to you to deal with the Demon, and then this Monastery will be completely masterless," Red Hood said, "A Forbidden Fruit without its master, even if still filled with poison, will no longer have any effect on the outside world."

Having said this, Red Hood charged into the Monastery, and Ren Suo quickly controlled the Magician to follow closely. As soon as he entered, he was dumbfounded—the Monastery was as big on the inside as it looked from the outside!

And it was filled with many monsters wrapped in evil auras. With just a glance, Ren Suo saw at least a hundred of them!

"Let's begin."

Red Hood rushed forward, and Ren Suo definitely couldn't fall behind. He looked at the three Skills he had now. Knowing what "Healing Seed" would do without trying, he decided to try "Flying Feather" first.

As soon as Ren Suo pressed the button, the Magician shot forward with a SWISH. The entire screen changed, dazzling his eyes.

A displacement ability, almost like Teleport!

Then Red Hood summoned three Blood Orbs and shot Red Arrows at a huge Patchwork Monster. Ren Suo used "Flying Feather" to dash over and pressed the only Attack Skill that seemed viable, "Fragment of Sword."

The next second, a One-handed Iron Sword materialized in the Magician's right hand, thrusting toward a specific area on the monster with an upward jab!

The Patchwork Monster immediately shifted its target and slapped its palm toward the Magician!

It was then that Ren Suo noticed the health and mana bars at the top left corner of the screen; the health bar was instantly reduced by a fair amount from that slap. It looked like a very classic action combat game.

But what happened to the so-called Mage becoming a close-combat Mage?

To avoid attracting the attention of other monsters in the hall, Ren Suo and Red Hood lured the Patchwork Monster out of the Monastery, taking a full three minutes to completely kill this minor monster.

When the Patchwork Monster fell, there was no loot explosion or blood explosion; instead, the flesh on its body turned into black smoke and dissipated, leaving behind only a gaunt man on the ground.

"I'm so hungry... so very hungry..." He knelt on the ground, arching his back like a dried shrimp, his face haggard and seemingly out of his mind.

Hm?

While Ren Suo was baffled, Red Hood said indifferently, "Alright, choose, Magician."

"Do you 'Redeem', or do you 'Sacrifice'? Of course, it's 'Sacrifice', don't you think?"

On the screen, the Magician raised both hands.

The right hand exuded blood-red Energy, the entire palm wrapped in bloody light, representing "Sacrifice."

The left hand exuded green-white Energy, the entire palm wrapped in light, representing "Redemption."

"The so-called Magician, by their very existence, is the law itself, capable of arbitrarily deciding the fate of Demons."