Murong Shanshan and I exchanged glances. Just as I thought, the story arc had reconnected.
When Lin He fell in battle at the Undead Valley and was corrupted into an Undead Commander, he had been tasked with guarding the first level of the Heart of the Rift. The Evil Swordmaster, the boss of the second level, was a Platinum-grade boss whom Murong Shanshan and I had yet to defeat, despite exhausting every effort.
The content of this quest was simple: enter the Heart of the Rift, retrieve the head of the Swordmaster, and while we were at it, snatch back that broken sword. What baffled me was that such a rusty greatsword could be the Guardian Sword of humanity—the Blade of Light. If that were true, then countless humans must have perished under its edge, given the bloodthirsty nature of the Evil Swordmaster. He rarely left anyone alive.
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