[T/N: For next 4 days, till next Wednesday, there will be one 1 chapter per day instead of 2. Have a great day~]
After breaking through the Chaotic World Guild's encirclement and leaving the city, the people from Dragon Soul continued to follow Lin Mo.
In the crowd, someone asked in a low voice, puzzled, to the vice guild leader Su Muqiu, "Brother Muqiu, why are we helping Rulebound again this time? Does he have another deal with the boss?"
"Not sure. I didn't hear the boss mention any cooperation," Su Muqiu said, "But this is the boss's order. We just do as we're told."
Someone else asked, "Then how long are we protecting him this time? We've already helped him break out of the city. Can we withdraw now?"
Su Muqiu replied, "The boss's order this time is to protect Rulebound and Liuli the entire time. They are not to be threatened by the Chaotic World Guild in any way."
"There's no time limit. Unless the Chaotic World Guild is destroyed."
As soon as those words came out, the members of Dragon Soul looked at each other.
Their curiosity about Lin Mo had already reached its peak.
"Who exactly is this Rulebound? How can he make our Boss Aoshi value him so muchm"
"Yeah! These past few days, it feels like we've been revolving around him under the boss's orders!"
"Even for Vice Guild Leaders Su Muqiu and Whisper, the boss has never shown this much importance, right?"
"The strangest thing is, the boss never does business that isn't worth it. The previous few times were because Liuli agreed to help us craft equipment. What is it this time?"
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Walking at the front of the crowd, side by side with Lin Mo, Ning Xi opened the map and suddenly noticed something, "Brother Lin Mo, this isn't the direction to the Venom Marsh dungeon, right?"
"Caught by your little clever brain again," Lin Mo glanced at Ning Xi and smiled, "We're going to the Black Mine."
"The Black Mine," Ning Xi said in surprise, "So we're still going to do the City Lord's assessment quest first?"
It turned out that Lin Mo's plan had never changed from beginning to end.
He still intended to complete the City Lord's assessment quest first, seize military authority, and then clear the remaining three poison-type dungeons to carry out the A-rank hidden quest, Eradicate the Darkness.
He had cleared Snake King Island first because Wang Junjie was chasing too aggressively.
Lin Mo could only use that method to attract Ming Yuexin's attention, join the Divine Nation Guild, and use their power for free to restrain Wang Junjie.
So even Dragon Soul Guild, perhaps even its own internal members, might not know.
But Lin Mo understood clearly: Dragon Soul must have been instructed by Ming Yuexin to protect him.
However, Lin Mo also knew even more clearly, "Dragon Soul is only a temporary solution."
"They can't hold off Wang Junjie for too long."
After all, for now, Dragon Soul was able to defeat Chaotic World's ten-thousand-strong army with just a thousand people because they were equipped with a large number of magic scrolls that Lin Mo had obtained from the Shadow Holy Hall dungeon.
But magic scrolls had limited uses. Eventually, they would run out.
When that time came, Dragon Soul would no longer be Wang Junjie's opponent, nor would they be able to help Lin Mo anymore.
So Lin Mo couldn't rely entirely on Dragon Soul. He had to have his own bargaining chip.
And his bargaining chip was still the military authority in the City Lord's hands.
A level 50 NPC army would be enough to ensure that Wang Junjie could no longer pose even the slightest threat to Lin Mo anywhere within the entire Level 3 main city region.
With the escort of that NPC army, Lin Mo would be able to clear dungeons and carry out the A-rank hidden quest without obstruction, including killing the fifth-tier boss, the Dark Ruler.
Of course, this NPC army was also only a temporary measure and could not be used by Lin Mo forever.
So, after completing all that and gaining a wave of rewards from the dungeons and the A-rank hidden quest, filling up the fifty million cumulative recharge funds.
Lin Mo's next step would be… to build his own power.
Divine Oracle was never a battlefield for just one person.
Even in his previous life, Ning Xi, the SSS-level talent holder known as the number one Empress of the Dragon Nation server, had countless S-level and even SS-level talent experts as her right-hand supporters to secure her position.
No matter how strong Lin Mo was alone, he still only had two hands and two legs.
And he possessed one ready-made, huge advantage.
That was… the memories of his previous life.
Aside from Lin Mo, no one knew, 'In my previous life, Zhao Ling'er, a naturally talentless player who was abandoned by her family and betrayed by her boyfriend, like a withered leaf, received a baptism when Divine Oracle descended and unlocked an SS-level talent. In just half a year, relying on herself, she rose from an unnoticed nobody to the top hundred of the Dragon Nation server, admired by thousands.'
'In my previous life, Yu Jin, an S-level talent powerhouse who sold off his company assets to build a guild and poured everything into it, was betrayed by the member he trusted most within the guild. He ended up losing his wife and child, his family ruined, and on the eve of Divine Oracle's descent, he jumped to his death from his company building.'
'In my previous life, a single father who desperately farmed solo in Divine Oracle to earn money to save his daughter with leukemia. Before he could earn enough, his daughter passed away. Unable to bear the blow, he gave up on himself and ultimately stepped onto a dead-end path. He was the server's first hidden class holder, Shadow Sword God, Black Night.'
Sometimes, Lin Mo felt fortunate that although his past self had failed at almost everything, he had an exceptionally good memory.
With these memories, Lin Mo could gradually recruit these hidden Dragon Nation peerless powerhouses from his previous life, change their fates, and bring them under his command to serve him.
He could either lie flat like in his previous life.
But since fate had given him another chance, then in this life, he would aim for the very top.
Build the strongest guild.
By then, even ten Wang Junjies would be nothing more than ants he could crush at will.
Just as Lin Mo was thinking this, soon, he arrived at his destination: the Black Mine.
As a wild map with monsters as high as level 38, it was naturally deserted.
Looking ahead, within the massive mine, aside from piles of sand and stone, countless black shadows could be seen darting around.
They were the overlords of this area, and also the targets Lin Mo needed to kill for his assessment quest: level 38 monsters, Dark Predators.
The quest objective required killing 500 Dark Predators.
At this moment, Su Muqiu gave an order to the surrounding guild members, "All troops enter the mine and assist Rulebound with the quest."
"No need," Lin Mo stopped Su Muqiu and said, "I'll handle the quest myself. You just guard the outside for me."
It wasn't that he didn't want Dragon Soul to help.
The main reason was: the monsters inside the Black Mine were level 38.
Even though Dragon Soul's players were all ranked within the top ten thousand on Blaze City's leaderboard, with their current level 28 to 29 strength, they had no chance of defeating Dark Predators.
Going in would just be suicide.
Besides, "If nothing unexpected happens, Chaotic World Guild's people will be chasing after us soon."
Lin Mo said to Su Muqiu, "I need you to block Chaotic World Guild for me. I'll finish the quest as quickly as possible."
Su Muqiu nodded, "No problem. Leave it to us."
Without another word, Su Muqiu immediately gave the order, "All units! Defend the Black Mine!"
"Yes!"
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