Chapter 37: Space Mage
Following Ruan Yuming to see Chen Ping again, Chen Ping was no longer as composed as before, pacing anxiously in the hall alone.
"Still a City Lord, yet not calm at all," Wen Yu thought to himself.
"City Lord!"
"Enforcer! You've returned safely!" Chen Ping's eyes lit up when he saw Wen Yu.
"Are you injured?" Chen Ping continued to ask.
"I'm fine, thank you for your concern, my lord! Why are you so anxious?"
"It's because I heard Fang Yuyan's report! That you might have encountered the Demon Race? How is the situation?"
Sure enough, when it came to the issue of the Demon Race, even the City Lord had to take it one hundred percent seriously.
"Rest assured, it has been resolved! There was no Demon Race. Just some humans acting under the banner of the Cannibal Tribe!"
"Oh? There is such a thing? Tell me the details!" Hearing that Wen Yu had already resolved it, the anxiety in Chen Ping's expression turned into curiosity.
Wen Yu then explained in detail the situation he encountered at the Cannibal Tribe. He told Chen Ping about the Demon Race Altar and the person named Cai Yu at the Time!
"My lord, do you know Cai Yu? And the Chen Jia he mentioned?" Wen Yu asked curiously.
"I naturally know of Chen Jia, the leader of the Sun City priesthood. Because of his priesthood, the casualty rate of Sun City warriors against the Demon Race has always been at the lowest level. As for Cai Yu? Never heard of him, he must have been one of Chen Jia's subordinates. Colluding with the Demon Race! Truly deserves death!" Chen Ping said hatefully!
"Sun City? Could you please tell me, which cities are First-Tier and Second-Tier Main Cities?"
"Naturally, that's no problem. You would know sooner or later, it doesn't hurt to tell you in advance!"
"There are two First-Tier Main Cities! Sun City! Moon City!"
"And there are five Second-Tier Main Cities! Sunshine City! Moonlight City! Starlight City! Human King City! Heavenly King City!"
"And it is said there is a Super Main City above the First-Tier Main Cities? I am not clear on this, only the City Lords of Sun City and Moon City know if it is true!"
"Alright, that's enough for now, you still need to grow!" Chen Ping said, patting Wen Yu on the shoulder.
"Right! I haven't thanked you for rescuing my subordinates yet! This is the reward you deserve."
Just as Chen Ping finished speaking, his whole person seemed to go dull, his eyes became vacant, and his whole body stood straight like a machine!
"Ding! ~"
"Congratulations on completing the hidden task — [Rapid Rescue]!"
"Congratulations on obtaining [Evil-Warding Ring...]"
"Due to unknown reasons, your reward has changed!"
"Congratulations on completing the hidden task — [Rapid Rescue]!"
"Congratulations on obtaining [space mage class change scroll]!"
"Congratulations on obtaining [level up card]!"
"Congratulations on obtaining Gold * 1000000"
"Thank you for your contribution to the Human Race!"
...
The system notification sounds rang out one after another, and Wen Yu was left stunned.
"What's the situation? What unknown reason?"
Wen Yu just wanted to ask Chen Ping, but he saw that Chen Ping ignored him completely, turning around mechanically and walking towards the back hall.
"What is this situation? What's wrong with Chen Ping? Did Daji control it? Should I intervene?" Wen Yu pondered.
"Intervene my ass, this is clearly not something I can handle, better run!"
— — — — — —
Arriving at the entrance of the City Lord's residence, Wen Yu looked back with lingering fear.
"Don't say I'm not loyal, brother! Chen Ping! Even you can't afford to provoke this! This Person Wen is even more screwed!"
"Let's see what the changed rewards are! Seems like there's some Space Mage thing?"
[space mage class change scroll] (Sealed)
"?!"
Is this a Hidden Class? Space Mage! The name alone sounds insanely strong!
"This game really has a Hidden Class setting! This Person Wen is about to become a god who controls space!" The appearance of the Space Mage also disrupted Wen Yu's plan; his original plan was to transfer to a Fire Mage to maximize output!
"I must keep this for myself! Goodbye, Fire Mage! We're not close! Really not close!" Wen Yu had already started fantasizing about himself traveling through various Times and spaces.
"Maybe not. What if it only unseals at the third class transfer? Then Fire Mage is still an old friend!"
Checking further down.
[level up card]
Introduction: Usable within level 30, level +1
"Such a plain introduction! Yet it makes one tremble with power!" Although the introduction was short, Wen Yu knew how to use it immediately.
"Then I'll definitely save it for level 29, right? Upgrade directly to level 30 at 29, isn't that the most cost-effective?" He put the card into his bag.
"Worth it! This trip was really fucking worth it! A Hidden Class! How many Hidden Classes are in this world, and I got one! Hahahaha"
"This Person Wen's path to invincibility is going to get further and further!" Wen Yu was truly happy.
"No, I still can't be arrogant. Fighting a Cannibal Tribe priest was so difficult, my magic damage is still not enough."
Wen Yu took a simple look at his attributes: Level 20 (180 / 1512000)
Magic Attack 53080+1390
Still a long way to go, the next focus is on leveling up and improving Talent!
"You have a new message!"
[Sharp Blade - Lin Sirong]: "What are you doing?"
Brother Rong? What does he want with him?
"The Glory City bronze BOSS has refreshed, hahaha, we are fighting it. Want to come and see the terror of my Sharp Blade?" Lin Sirong said.
"Refreshed?" Wen Yu calculated the Time, it was about Time.
"Okay!" Having nothing else to do, he might as well go and see.
The [enforcer mask] hadn't been obtained yet, and the monster had already refreshed, causing Wen Yu's plan to mess with the War God Guild to fail!
"It's fine, there will be plenty of opportunities later!" After saying that, Wen Yu also ran towards the Goblin gathering place!
When he arrived at the Goblin gathering place and took a look! Good heavens! Have all the Glory City players arrived?
The outer layer of Goblin warriors and Goblin mages were surrounded by players three layers deep.
"Are they leveling up that fast? One by one? Can they all fight level 15 monsters now?!" As he said this, Wen Yu looked at the leaderboard.
[Time] 20 (1%) (Mage)
[Dynasty - Emperor] 18 (32%) (Archer)
[Magic Fantasy - Doomsday] 16 (96%) (Mage)
[Sharp Blade - Wang Bin] 16 (49%) (Archer)
[Still Not Calling Mom] 16 (40%) (Warrior)
[Magic Fantasy - Yu Yu Hakusho] 16 (10%) (Archer)
[Gathering Righteousness - Righteous Brother] 15 (97%) (Warrior)
[Sharp Blade - Lin Sirong] 15 (79%) (Warrior)
[Hidden Kill - Asura is Here] 15 (60%) (Assassin)
[Dynasty - Morning Star] 15 (58%) (Warrior)
"That shouldn't be possible, the big shots of various guilds are only level 16 or 15, can casual players fight level 15 monsters already?" Wen Yu was curious, but he was too lazy to delve into it.
He ran towards the location of the Goblin Archers!
"Look! It's Big Shot Time! He really is in Glory City!"
"It's him! Big Shot Time! Can you sign for me!"
"Please! Big Shot, give us some equipment!"
"Give us some equipment! You are number one on the leaderboard! You must have a lot of unused equipment on you, right?! Give me a weapon to use!"
...
"Give you my ass!" Wen Yu thought to himself.
After listening to a circle of them, why were they all acting like beggars.
Some were asking Wen Yu for equipment, some were asking Wen Yu for gold coins. What kind of players were these.
There were even some who had lost their minds and wanted to kill Wen Yu to loot him; for such players, Magic Missile was naturally served! He looted several pieces of trash equipment into his backpack, and Wen Yu took them out and threw them away directly.
If he remembered correctly, this should be Wen Yu's first contact with a group of players in the game.
To be honest, it didn't feel good!
Continuing deeper, it didn't take long before he saw the Goblin Archers. The players surrounding them were all Sharp Blade, and there were a dozen or so rare casual players.
The damage to the BOSS was also strange and varied; some were single digits, but most were still able to hit double digits, with an occasional triple-digit popping up.
The BOSS's arrows, however, seemed a bit more ruthless. With skills fully activated, every arrow could knock a player down.
Wen Yu just stood on a tree watching, while also looking for Lin Sirong's position.
"Where are you? I don't see you, Brother Rong!"
"I'm standing on the big tree to the east!" Lin Sirong replied shortly after.
"You're not fighting?" Wen Yu was a little curious.
"Talk later, let them fight themselves. If they can win, I won't intervene."
"You're treating this like training new recruits!" Wen Yu couldn't help but complain.
"Don't say that. Although everyone's damage is low, if you look closely, you'll find that some people can dodge skills, while others are bound to die. Those who can dodge skills and have operation skills are the future core of our Sharp Blade! This game still relies on operation." Lin Sirong said.
After listening to Lin Sirong's words, Wen Yu also looked carefully.
Wen Yu really did notice a few clues, and two players left a good impression on him.
One was a female assassin named [Sharp Blade - Qi Yue], whose operations were smooth, and she could bypass to the BOSS's back every Time to use the Backstab skill to deal critical damage.
There was also a warrior player named [Sharp Blade - Zhang Chunlai], whose damage wasn't high, but he could always effectively block the BOSS's skills, and combined with his movement, he became one of the few bright spots on the battlefield.
"As expected of the National Team, these people might have been soldiers originally, their physical fitness and combat awareness are indeed not comparable to ordinary players." Wen Yu thought of his own way of fighting the BOSS.
He found that apart from high output, he could indeed stand still and kill everything easily. But he didn't have a single bright spot.
"No operation, just stats!" Wen Yu sighed and made up his mind to learn from Lin Sirong when he had Time.
At least he needed to be able to dodge some simple skills directly.
And Sharp Blade's conquest of the level 18 bronze BOSS continued, and the Sharp Blade warriors really won some face for Lin Sirong.
In the end, Lin Sirong didn't enter the field, and the BOSS was eliminated.
As for what it dropped, Wen Yu didn't care.
He traded all the unused equipment on him to Lin Sirong and started running towards the Gale Forest.
Since he wanted to level up, Wen Yu naturally had to pass through the Gale Forest to fight in the level 30 monster territory.
But the level 30 monster territory was extremely hard to find, and after searching for a long Time, Wen Yu only found the location of the level 29 monsters.
Not wanting to waste any more Time, he started farming directly!
"Ding! ~"
"Killed Wriggling Magic Worm, EXP +812 (EXP +180% for killing monsters 9 levels higher)"
"Congratulations on obtaining Gold * 18"
Wen Yu was still very satisfied with the EXP; at level 20 fighting level 29 monsters, one could give 812 EXP.
[Magic Missile] [Ice Shard] [Chain Lightning] after skill cooldown reduction.
Wen Yu could kill 2400 monsters per hour.
He could level up in less than 1 hour.
Start farming!
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Chapter 38: Millionaire!
"Ding!~"
"Region Announcement: Congratulations to player [Magic Fantasy - Doomsday] for successfully establishing the guild [Magic Fantasy]! Achievement [Guild Supremacy] unlocked! As the second player to establish a guild! System rewards: Reputation +600, Gold *30,000, EXP +150,000."
"Region Announcement: As the second guild established in the Huaxia Region, [Magic Fantasy] receives system rewards: Guild Level +1, Guild member EXP from killing monsters +5%."
"..."
"Looks like I'm not the only lucky one; [Magic Fantasy] also managed to get a guild founding token!"
Wen Yu felt that the days of a hundred flowers blooming for guilds might be approaching.
He checked the guild founding token in his backpack.
"I need to sell it quickly. Once guilds start popping up one after another, this thing won't be worth much."
Wen Yu wouldn't receive the [enforcer mask] until tomorrow, so he would consider who to sell it to then.
He glanced at his level: Level 22 (132,850 / 1,712,000).
"No more grinding, it's been nearly two hours. I'm exhausted!" Wen Yu finally caught his breath.
Two hours of grinding monsters. He had farmed a pile of high-level, low-quality equipment, which Wen Yu listed on the auction house.
"It must be very late now. I didn't grind rabbits again today! Tomorrow it is! I'll grind rabbits for two hours first thing when I log in tomorrow!"
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By the Time Wen Yu logged off, it was already 12:30 AM.
He went to the dining room and saw a note left by Aunt Huang; in the fridge were his dinner and breakfast for tomorrow morning.
The arrangement with Aunt Huang was for her to come and cook one meal every afternoon.
Wen Yu decided that he needed to be more regular with his diet in the future. Eat breakfast, skip lunch, and then wait until 4:00 or 5:00 PM to eat again (friends who want to lose weight can try this: eat around 8:00 AM, and then eat the second meal within 8 hours. You can also ask me in the comments; I went from 210 to 140, and although it took over a year, it was healthy).
However, today was an exception. With the series of events in the special dungeon, Wen Yu hadn't had Time to eat.
After simply heating up the meal and eating, Wen Yu finished washing up and took a stroll around the garden downstairs, planting everything that needed to be planted.
It's just that, might this ginkgo tree be a bit too big? But luckily, it didn't block Wen Yu's view.
Arriving at the rooftop, the terrace garden was already surrounded by various small green plants.
Some had already bloomed into beautiful little flowers, though Wen Yu didn't recognize them.
Lying on the small lounge chair on the rooftop, Wen Yu stretched comfortably!
"So comfortable! If only I had a cup of hot tea!"
...
Immediately, he opened the forum and started browsing.
The trending topics were still the same ones.
After Tomorrow Talent Strength Chart!"
"[Minotaur Castle] Hell-level Monster Stats — Free"
Tomorrow City Today's Great Battle Video! And War Damage Report!"
"[Magic Fantasy] Guild Established! Emperor, are you afraid?"
Wind City Bronze BOSS snatched by unknown player! Guild Master Youming is furious!"
""Time" teaches you how to clear the White Wolf King
"Why are the zombies in the City in the Forest so terrifying?"
...
"Plagiarism is truly fierce..."
Wen Yu first opened his own post about the White Wolf King.
He glanced at the view count; it had already reached 2.03 million.
"Holy crap! 10 million incoming! Over 2 million people actually watched it! I'm rich, I'm rich!" Wen Yu said excitedly.
"I need to get Li Jue to level 15 quickly, there's another wave at [Minotaur Castle]!"
He exited and browsed roughly again; it was either bait posts or monster analysis posts. It made Wen Yu lose interest.
Tomorrow City Today's Great Battle Video! And War Damage Report!"
OP: On September 8th at 10 PM, an 18-level Bronze BOSS [Despair Demon Lizard] suddenly appeared in the wilderness of Tomorrow City (485, 295)! Members of the Fengyun Guild discovered it and organized a team to clear it, but the news leaked. The arrival of the War God Guild triggered the first-ever guild war in [After Tomorrow]! —————— (Video)
Wen Yu clicked to watch the video. The player recording the video was standing quite far from the BOSS, looking down from what seemed to be a high point. Wen Yu still remembered that the [Despair Demon Lizard] was a magic-damage monster that could breathe fire! Extremely badass!
At the beginning of the video, only the Fengyun Guild was fighting, and the speed of taking down the BOSS was extremely slow. When the BOSS's HP dropped by about 1/10, the War God crowd arrived. What followed was an endless hack-and-slash! They didn't even fight the BOSS anymore. Just crazy fighting each other.
It seems they have built up deep resentment in Tomorrow City over the past few days.
Wen Yu also saw the War God Guild Master, Zhan Wudi, in the video.
He didn't see the Morning Glow set in the equipment he was wearing; he didn't know if it was because he couldn't beat it or if he hadn't reached level 15 yet.
"No wonder I couldn't see you, Zhan Wudi, on the leaderboard. Fighting like this every day, it would be a miracle if you were strong."
In the end, the BOSS was snatched by the War God Guild.
Wen Yu estimated that Tomorrow City would probably be even less peaceful in the future.
1st Floor: Congratulations to the War God Guild!
2nd Floor: Congratulations your f***ing face?
3rd Floor: The 1st floor is a total animal!
4th Floor: The War God Guild deserves to die.
5th Floor (OP): According to statistics, this battle lasted 1 hour and 5 minutes. It ended with the death of the BOSS. In this battle, all members of the Fengyun Guild died more than 3 Times, and all members of the War God Guild, except for the Guild Master and Vice Guild Master, also died more than 3 Times. Although equipment is looted by the killer after being killed, most of the deaths were caused by the [Despair Demon Lizard]. The final losses suffered by the two guilds are estimated to exceed 10 million!
"...That's a bit much, right? A Bronze BOSS, what good stuff can it drop besides a guild founding token? Losing 10 million in one fight, even getting the BOSS won't make up for that loss."
They were truly fighting out of anger now, completely disregarding gains and losses.
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"Achoo!"
Sneezing, Wen Yu woke up.
He opened his eyes, dazed, and looked around. He was still in the rooftop garden!
"Holy crap, I fell asleep while browsing the forum! What Time is it?" Wen Yu felt like he might have caught a cold.
His phone had long since shut down.
He quickly ran downstairs to check. The Time was already 10:20 AM.
It's so late! Oh my god, gotta log in quick!
He quickly ate breakfast, sent a message to Aunt Huang asking her to please bring some medicine and buy some tea.
After Tomorrow! Launch!
...
"Boss, you're online!" As soon as Wen Yu logged in, he received a message from Li Jue.
"Yeah, I had some other things to take care of this morning. Just got here!" Wen Yu replied.
"Boss, let me update you. As of 9 o'clock just now, 24 hours have passed since we released the video. A total of 2.08 million people paid to watch our video. For the Minotaur Castle dungeon stats, we charged 10 yuan per person, but in the end, only about 15,000 people paid to buy our video. It's quite low, maybe they are all waiting for the free version."
Wen Yu thought about it; 24 hours had passed, so those who wanted to watch it should have already watched it. Those who hadn't wouldn't watch it either.
"Let's split the money!" Wen Yu said.
"Okay Boss, I've tallied it up here. It's a total of 10,554,020 yuan. I'll transfer 10 million to you, okay? Does that work for you?"
Wen Yu thought about it; it was close to his psychological expectation.
"Are you only taking 550,000? Let's just split it 9:1 as we agreed before."
Having earned so much money, Wen Yu felt Li Jue should take more.
"No need, Boss. I'll transfer 10 million to you, and then if there are any scattered people buying our video to watch later, it'll all count as mine, okay?" Li Jue said.
"Alright, let's settle on that. Just transfer it directly to me." Wen Yu thought about it; this arrangement was reasonable. Maybe a few more tens of thousands of people would buy the video later.
"By the way, what level are you?" Wen Yu asked.
"Level 11!"
"..." You have the nerve to say that, you really are a noob!
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Chapter 39 [ See Andrology at Kowloon ]
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After agreeing with Li Jue to level up as quickly as possible and reach level 15 to take Li Jue into the [ Minotaur Castle ] to film a video, Wen Yu returned to Novice Village No. 13241.
Saying he would come to farm rabbits first thing meant he would come to farm rabbits first thing!
Wen Yu had tried wearing accessories with agility stats to farm, but the effect was very mediocre. It didn't make it much faster.
With nothing else urgent to handle, Wen Yu maintained his rabbit-farming efficiency at about 3,000 per hour.
When tired, he would stop to catch his breath.
After farming for two hours like this, he gained 100 intelligence points.
Wen Yu glanced at his attributes.
Magic Attack: 65400+1390
Intelligence: 32412+288
Wen Yu did some mental calculations. Compared to before he started farming, the improvement wasn't significant. To him, hitting the [ Cannibal Tribe ] priest from before shouldn't feel much different.
It even gave Wen Yu the illusion that there was no improvement at all.
"Continue farming." With nothing else to do, Wen Yu prepared to keep at it!
"Enforcer! Enforcer!" Just as Wen Yu teleported in front of a rabbit and raised his sword to strike, he heard someone calling him.
Sure enough, that man had come again.
He ran towards Wen Yu with the familiar form of address.
Wen Yu looked down at the rabbit about to be struck, and the rabbit also looked up at Wen Yu.
...
-50
The sharp sword returned to its sheath! No one can save the rabbit that This Person Wen wants to kill!
"What is it?" Wen Yu turned to look at Ruan Yuming.
"Enforcer Sir! The City Lord invites you!"
"..."
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"Enforcer, you're here!" Chen Ping walked towards Wen Yu, looking him up and down.
"Leveling up very quickly, Enforcer."
"Thanks to the City Lord's blessing!" Wen Yu said politely.
"Hahaha, good!"
"I didn't call you here for anything else this Time, don't worry. Your [ enforcer mask ] upgrade is complete, take it and see!"
Wen Yu took the [ enforcer mask ] and immediately examined it.
[ enforcer mask ] (Artifact)
Introduction: A mask worn by Enforcers of Second-Tier Main Cities and their subordinate Tier 3 Main Cities and Novice Villages. When wearing the mask, the ID can be modified at will. It allows free travel across various Second-Tier Main Cities and their affiliated regions. When wearing the mask, all killing acts will be forcibly defined as "Enforcement"!
Characteristic: Illusion (The mask can change its appearance according to the master's will.)
Class Requirement: None
"?" Not even giving a vest? Directly giving a second identity?
"What does changing one's appearance mean?"
"Newly added Second-Tier Main City Enforcer privilege. Does this mean I can go directly to a Second-Tier Main City now?"
Wen Yu decided to test the mask's illusion function first.
After saying goodbye to Chen Ping, Wen Yu returned to his "home" in Glory City.
He hadn't been back for a few days, and the home was still the same. However, the < Dodo Candy House > next door had gone out of business. It had now become a barbershop.
"Figures, with candy at 5 gold coins each, if you didn't go out of business, my university education would have been for nothing."
Returning home, he put on the [ enforcer mask ].
He activated the illusion function.
He saw the [ enforcer mask ] slowly fade and eventually disappear, and Wen Yu's face finally turned into another face.
"Ding!~"
"Please set your appearance!"
"Please name your character!"
"Damn! There's even a system prompt? This really gave me a second face. Is it a human skin mask?"
Wen Yu thought about it, but really didn't know what to turn the second face into.
He hardened his heart! Game ID! [ See Andrology at Kowloon ]!
He naturally thought about setting the face to look like Old Yang!
...Wen Yu thought about it and decided against it. Don't want to bring unwarranted disaster to Old Yang if he ends up causing too much trouble later.
ID: [ See Andrology at Kowloon ]
He just casually molded the face, as long as it looked like a person.
"Ding!~"
"Appearance and ID set successfully, confirm?"
"Confirm!" Now when he goes out to do bad things, no one should be able to connect them together, right?
He glanced at the leaderboard; there was no change. The newly set face and ID were not recognized by the leaderboard.
That will do!
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"Good brother! Look at what this is? [ guild founding token ]" Wen Yu had been thinking about the [ guild founding token ] he still had on him. When looking for a sales channel, the first person he contacted was naturally Dynasty - Emperor! Big guilds like theirs had money!
Ever since [ Time ] was exposed, the two had added each other as friends. Apart from when Sharp Blade founded their guild previously, and Wen Yu told Emperor where the [ guild founding token ] dropped, they hadn't had any other contact.
"President Time, you got another [ guild founding token ]? It's useless. We're miles apart, can you send it to Mobei City for me?" Not long after, Emperor sent a message back.
"I accepted a quest to handle some business in another main city! A 24-hour quest. During these 24 hours, I can traverse across Tier 3 Main Cities!" This Person Wen was lying through his teeth.
"How about it? Do you want it?"
"I do! Of course I do. How do you plan to sell it?" Emperor replied immediately.
"This way, I didn't plan to auction it! I sold the first one to Sharp Blade for about 30 million, Magic Fantasy got one, this is the third one, I'll give you a deal. Good brother! Charging you 15 million gold coins. But I only want gold coins!"
"You come first, let's meet and talk!" Emperor replied.
"Alright, wait until later, I'll finish today's dungeons first."
After agreeing on a Time with Emperor, Wen Yu walked towards the [ Dungeon Teleporter ].
The only dungeons he could farm were still [ White Wolf Kings Lair ] and [ Minotaur Castle ].
It took a total of 30 minutes to finish both dungeons.
He successfully looted the Phoenix Breath accessory Wen Yu had been longing for.
[ Phoenix Breath Ring (Left) ] (Platinum)
Level: 20
Introduction: Rumored to have been conceived and born in the place where the Phoenix rests. Wearing it is said to make enemies feel as if the Phoenix is alive!
Magic Attack +300
Intelligence +50
Agility +50
Luck +5
Set Effect (1/5): None
Class Requirement: Mage
Wen Yu decisively equipped it. After equipping it, due to the lack of the [ shining ring ]'s +5 all-attribute bonus, his defense and HP dropped slightly, but his output increased again!
Finally, the [ shining ring ] successfully retired!
"Just the last necklace left! Drop it for me soon!"
He glanced at his backpack.
Excluding the equipment reserved for Li Jue, Wen Yu now had 4 Gold equipment, 6 Silver equipment, 5 Platinum accessories, 6 Gold accessories, as well as the [ plea bracelet ], [ desolate bracelet ], and [ shining ring ] that Wen Yu had taken off himself.
Plus the two types of return scrolls he always carried, the super artifact [ wooden sword ] / skill upgrade card / Space Mage class transfer scroll.
The utilization rate of Wen Yu's backpack had already reached over half.
"Good thing I traded the equipment to Brother Rong last night, otherwise I wouldn't even be able to fit it all."
He called Li Jue over, traded the 3 parts of the Dawn Assassin set to him, and incidentally also gave Li Jue the [ plea bracelet ], [ desolate bracelet ], and [ shining ring ] that had retired from his own body. Who knows if the [ shining ring ] would ever have a day to shine again!
"If these things were sold in the Novice Village, they would definitely be worth tens of thousands, hahaha!" But Wen Yu was too lazy to do that.
After urging Li Jue to level up well again, Wen Yu immediately set off on the road to Mobei City.
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Chapter 40 Merman Dungeon
Wen Yu did not wear the [enforcer mask]. Since he had already told Emperor, at least his wandering around for these 24 hours wouldn't arouse anyone's suspicion.
Descending upon Mobei City once again. It was completely different from the last Time he visited.
Groups of players were visible everywhere. Many were guild players. The variety of guild names ahead almost dazzled Wen Yu.
Fortunately, Dynasty was the only major guild in the entire Mobei City. Dynasty also didn't grab everything they saw like War God did. Therefore, the situation of fighting every day like in Tomorrow City did not form here. As for whether the smaller guilds were competing with each other, that was not something Wen Yu cared about.
The group of solo players in Mobei City was also extremely large.
I'm afraid a large part of them came with the intention of joining Dynasty.
However, ever since the Talent list was announced, most guilds had updated their recruitment standards. And for guilds like Dynasty, where you sign a contract to join and get a salary plus commission, it was even more so.
Wen Yu felt that they didn't even look like game guilds anymore. They looked more like a massive corporate group.
And Wen Yu's arrival naturally aroused the competitive discussion of the massive player groups.
"Look! Time!"
"Damn it, it's just 'Look! Time!' every single day! Aren't you annoyed looking at Time!... Damn! Time!"
"? Why did he come to Mobei City?!"
"How did he come to Mobei City?!"
"Is a war about to start! Time PK Dynasty!"
"Royal City PK! A battle between Rank 1 and Rank 2!"
...
When Wen Yu arrived at the area where Emperor was, Wen Yu was surprised to find that Emperor was indeed quite fierce. He wasn't even level 20 yet, but he was already farming level 26 wild monsters with a guild player! And the speed was really not slow. He could take down one in two arrows. Since the Archer mechanism was different from the Mage, Wen Yu could only stand there stupidly after casting skills, while the Archer could shoot at any Time as long as he had arrows.
[Magic Scorpion]
Level: 26
Health: 1500
Magic Attack: 280
Defense: 200
"Hello~"
"Time, you're here! Someone in the guild just said they saw you at the teleportation array, I guessed you were almost here!" Emperor also greeted Wen Yu enthusiastically and incidentally introduced the teammate next to him to Wen Yu.
[Dynasty - Morning Star], he had heard of his name for a long Time.
Just by watching them farm monsters, one could tell that this Warrior's Talent should be related to defense.
"You knew as soon as I got off the teleportation array, not bad! A local Emperor of Mobei City~ Everything is under control~" Wen Yu said lightly.
"Look at what you're saying, it's not because I saw you coming. I had to mentally prepare in advance! The pressure of meeting the Rank 1 big brother is so high!" Emperor continued:
"The matter of building a guild is not urgent, 15 million gold coins is no problem. I have another thing I would like to ask for your help with."
"I received a hidden quest that requires clearing a hidden dungeon. I can't pass it! Since you are in Mobei City, come with me for a trip! With both of us, it shouldn't be a big problem!" Emperor said.
"The reward for the hidden quest is unknown, but the strength of the monsters makes me feel that the reward after clearing it won't be small."
"15 million gold coins! After it's done, regardless of whether the reward satisfies me or not. Plus the guild founding token, 30 million gold coins will be offered!" Emperor said.
"Hidden dungeon? Like the special dungeon [Demon Race Altar]?" Wen Yu thought for a moment and agreed. Anyway, he had nothing to do now.
All the quests he had to do were finished, and today's dungeon runs were also completed. Going for a trip wasn't a problem, not to mention that Wen Yu didn't seem to have encountered a hidden dungeon before.
So the three of them ran deeper into the desert together.
On the way, Wen Yu and Emperor chatted, and they got a little more familiar.
"I really don't know what the capital is thinking. Since deciding to vigorously push [After Tomorrow], they have strategically withdrawn from all other games. They brought everyone over." Vice President Morning Star said.
Wen Yu felt that the big shots behind the scenes probably already knew the essence of this matter.
It's just that the country hasn't said anything yet, so they can only move forward first.
Wen Yu certainly won't say it either. Wen Yu doesn't do things that overstep his authority.
Now the Dynasty team can easily clear the [White Wolf Kings Lair] hell difficulty. As for the [Minotaur Castle], there is still a distance, but currently, they have reached the point where they can clear the abyss difficulty with some effort. Emperor is indeed strong. Wen Yu carefully looked at his equipment later. A four-piece dawn set. Morning Star also had a three-piece set on him. But thinking about it, it makes sense; having monopolized the resources of a whole city in the early stage, it would be unreasonable if they couldn't beat it.
This made Wen Yu even more curious about what kind of hidden quest it was, that they couldn't pass it even with such good equipment.
The three of them ran wildly in the desert, and any monsters they encountered were killed instantly.
After running for half an hour, an oasis appeared in front of Wen Yu.
"We're here! This is it!" Emperor said.
Following Emperor into the oasis. Wen Yu used Insight Technique and found that the surrounding monsters were also level 28.
The attributes were not too exaggerated. Emperor should be able to fight them himself.
"We're almost there, it's just by the lake in the oasis."
Approaching the lake, Wen Yu didn't feel anything wrong.
Emperor smiled and pulled Wen Yu into the team.
"Ding! ~"
"Discovered hidden dungeon — Merman Dungeon!"
...
That's impressive. You only see the system prompt after accepting the quest. There's no fear of others coming to snatch it from you.
"Let's go! You hold the line, Xiao Xu! The two of us will output fiercely, let's try to pass it in one go!" Obviously, Wen Yu's joining filled Emperor with confidence for this operation.
Unlike special dungeons and regular dungeons.
As Emperor confirmed entry, the three of them seemed to turn into three wisps of blue smoke and slowly floated into the water, and this was something Wen Yu could clearly feel.
When Wen Yu opened his eyes again and felt his body turn back into human form, he had already entered the underwater palace.
Wen Yu also saw a magical scene because of this.
Turning around to look back, the palace gate was wide open, and it was pitch black outside. Occasionally, a ray of light would shine through, allowing Wen Yu to see strange-looking fish.
It was as if the whole person was in the deep sea. Yet, only at the palace gate did it seem like there was an invisible wall separating the seawater outside.
"How magical." Wen Yu couldn't help but exclaim.
"Indeed, we were all startled when we first came in. There were terrifying big fish outside, and their teeth were so sharp that it felt like they could bite me to death in one bite." Morning Star said.
"I don't know how this dungeon was created. It's clearly a small lake in the desert, and you can even see the bottom of the water on the surface. But once you come in, it's this ghostly look." Emperor continued: "Alright, let's go!"
Wen Yu immediately prepared for battle, with Magic Shield on his body.
The three of them walked forward. Before long, a Merman warrior holding a fish fork appeared in front of Wen Yu. It had fish fins on its head, but its body leaned towards a human body, except that fish scales grew on its body. Its hands and feet were more like duck's feet, with a structure similar to duck webs.
[Merman Warrior]
Level: 31
Health: 8000
Physical Attack: 800
Magic Attack: 900
Defense: 600
Skills:
Merman Fish Fork (Violently throws the fish fork, dealing 150% physical damage to the enemy)
Water Splash Leap (Spits out a water column to strike the enemy, dealing 100% magic damage to the fan-shaped area in front)
"..." The attributes of this mob are almost the same as that Cannibal Tribe. It would be strange if you two could clear it. I don't know how fierce the BOSS must be.
"But it's actually a level 31 monster, why did it appear in the range of a Tier 3 Main City." Wen Yu was puzzled.
"This monster's health is probably around 8000, and its attack power is also very high!" After Morning Star finished speaking, he rushed up.
"I saw it, level 31 monster, health 8000, physical and magic attack power are both close to 1000, defense 600." Wen Yu finished speaking and directly fired a Magic Missile.
-8000!
"... So this is how you farm dungeons?" Emperor was a bit speechless.
"You say that, didn't you see me farming the White Wolf King? I could one-shot the White Wolf King, can't I one-shot this?" Wen Yu said:
"If you didn't watch me fight the White Wolf King, go buy it and watch it quickly. So stingy? Not even willing to spend 5 yuan!"
"... I watched it, it's just..." Emperor really didn't expect Wen Yu to be this fierce.
"Don't 'just' anymore, hurry up. Why did this monster only jump out one by one?"
"This dungeon is like this, every monster is one by one, and there are about 30 of them along the way." Emperor said.
"That's too easy. It's not me bragging to you, just monsters with similar attributes to this, more than 100 surrounded me yesterday and didn't kill me. Don't worry, Big Brother Time will carry you this round." Hearing that the dungeon mechanism was actually monsters jumping out one by one, Wen Yu felt that he could start showing off in advance.
Coming one by one, isn't this just a gift?
"Thud!"
The monster's huge body fell to the ground with a bang, and Wen Yu turned to look at Emperor.
"Is it cleared?" Wen Yu asked.
"Probably not yet, it didn't prompt me that it was cleared. We don't know what's next either. We were just blocked by this BOSS."
"Let's walk and see. Isn't there still a path ahead." After speaking, Wen Yu took the hidden quest trigger and the robot who only knew how to shout 666 and continued to walk deeper into the dungeon...