[Blazing Ember City]
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
White light poured down as Lin Mo, Ning Xi, Ling Xiao, and the five of them appeared inside the city at the same time.
Without a second's delay, Lin Mo headed straight for the City Lord's Mansion.
He met the City Lord of Blazing Ember City, Roga, and submitted the completed assessment mission to him.
At that moment, an exciting system notification rang in his ears—
[Ding~ Congratulations on completing the mission City Lord's Assessment (Intermediate). You have received the following rewards: EXP +5,500,000, Silver Coins +27.5, Reputation +11, City Lord Favorability +5, Obtained Level 33 Tier 3 Purple Equipment · Heart of Flowing Fire, Obtained E-rank Magic Knight Skill Book · Flame Thrust +1, Divine Artifact Nirvana Luck +1%!]
Whoosh!
Golden light, like warm sunlight, poured down from above and enveloped Lin Mo.
[Ding~ Congratulations on reaching Level 34. All five attributes +1, Free Attribute Points +3! EXP required for next level: 13,000,000! Divine Artifact Nirvana Luck +0.5%!]
Buzz!
Lin Mo suddenly felt a jolt in his heart, excitement surging inside him.
Of course, what excited him wasn't the level-up, it was the equipment from the mission reward.
"Tier 3?"
"Purple?"
Although before completing the mission, it had already clearly stated that the reward would be a Tier 2–3 piece of equipment.
Tier 2 was guaranteed, while the chance of getting Tier 3 was "extremely small".
Anyone who often plays games under a certain Penguin company knows.
When the officials define something as "extremely small probability," that basically means infinitely close to zero.
Yet the Divine Revelation officials were actually so generous, giving Lin Mo a Tier 3 piece, and a purple-quality necklace at that.
Heart of Flowing Fire, universal for magic classes.
Lin Mo himself couldn't use it, nor did he need it, but this thing would be worth quite a bit on the market.
At the very least, starting from one hundred thousand.
After returning from the Black Mine mission, everything Lin Mo had obtained earlier from the Snake King Island dungeon had already been sold in the auction house.
His assets had reached the expected full forty million.
The more money Lin Mo had, the stronger his desire to earn even more became.
So even though this piece of equipment was only worth about a hundred thousand, every little bit adds up.
On top of that, the Magic Knight E-rank Flame Thrust could sell for another twenty thousand.
Lin Mo happily stored the two items in his backpack.
Right then, just like last time when Lin Mo completed the beginner assessment mission, City Lord Roga once again removed a token from his waist and handed it to Lin Mo, "Go, take the warriors of my Blazing Ember City and defend its safety!"
This time, the token was silver.
Clearly much higher in quality than the previous bronze one.
But Lin Mo was still not satisfied, "City Lord, I want to mobilize more military forces."
Regarding Lin Mo's "ambition," Roga seemed to have expected it.
He chuckled, "Young man, I truly did not misjudge you."
"In that case, continue to accept my final test."
As soon as he finished speaking—
[Ding~ Do you wish to accept the mission City Lord's Assessment (Advanced)?]
Lin Mo did not hesitate and accepted the mission.
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[City Lord's Assessment · Advanced (Highest Level)] (Normal Mission)
— Difficulty Rating: 1300
— Description: In order to invade the human Blazing Ember City, the Shadow Clan Leader, Dark Ruler · Riga, has long infiltrated his forces within the territory of Blazing Ember City. Recently, Shadow Clan minions have been discovered in the south of the city. Please head to Death Valley, eliminate the Death Soldiers corrupted by the Shadow Clan within Death Valley, and find the Shadow Clan minions hiding there and kill them.
— Mission Progress: 0/500 (Death Soldiers), 0/10 (Shadow Clan Minions)
— Mission Rewards: EXP +7,000,000, Silver Coins +40, Reputation +20, City Lord Favorability +8, Random Equipment +1 (Guaranteed Tier 2, medium chance Tier 3), Random Skill Book or Magic Scroll +1 (Guaranteed E-rank, medium chance D-rank), Advanced Command Token +1 (Limited Time).
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The difficulty had increased by another 160 points.
Clearly, this was already the highest-level assessment.
At this moment, City Lord Roga also spoke frankly to Lin Mo, "Warrior of my Blazing Ember City. As long as you complete this assessment, I will grant you an Advanced Command Token."
"At that time, the brave cavalry, infantry, and archers of my Blazing Ember City, a total of one thousand elites, will be at your command."
The City Lord's words gave Lin Mo tremendous confidence.
Because the Intermediate Command Token from earlier could only mobilize five hundred soldiers.
Five times the Beginner Command Token, yet still not enough to satisfy Lin Mo's needs.
Especially since he had just witnessed with his own eyes how Dragon Soul Guild's thousand elites were swallowed in an instant by the Chaotic World Guild.
Chaotic World was Wang Junjie's greatest trump card.
So to deal with that trump card, the card in Lin Mo's hand had to be even bigger.
"If I can get this Advanced Command Token and control a thousand troops, dealing with Chaotic World Guild will be easy."
With that thought, Lin Mo left the City Lord's Mansion, determined to complete the assessment mission as quickly as possible and seize control of the troops.
He regrouped with Ning Xi and the others.
"How is it, Brother Lin Mo? Did you get the command authority?", Ning Xi didn't completely trust Ling Xiao and the others, so she ran to Lin Mo's side and asked in a low voice.
Lin Mo said, "There's one last assessment mission. Once I finish it, I'll get the highest command authority."
Ning Xi nodded, "I'll help you complete the mission!"
To be honest, Lin Mo really did need Ning Xi's help.
After all, when killing the Level 38 Dark Predators earlier, Lin Mo had already felt some pressure on his own.
This higher-difficulty advanced assessment mission would definitely require hunting Death Soldiers at an even higher level than the Predators.
So without delay, following the map's guidance, the group of five quickly headed toward the south of the city.
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Meanwhile, at the city's resurrection fountain—
All 1,500 players of Dragon Soul Guild gathered there.
They were counting their losses.
Except for Dragon Soul Aoshi, all 1,512 guild members had been wiped out, with a near one hundred percent death rate.
Everyone lost levels. Lost equipment. Lost silver coins. Lost potions.
"This time our losses are way too big!"
"We've never been defeated this badly!"
"No choice, Chaotic World just has too many people! Nearly a tenfold difference in numbers! Even though we were wiped out, their losses definitely weren't small either!"
"Let's sort things out and recover our lost levels as soon as possible, so we don't fall behind other guilds!"
Just as the Dragon Soul players were preparing to regroup and rebuild, Su Muqiu suddenly received a message.
His expression turned fiery as he issued an order to the surrounding Dragon Soul players, "Everyone, prepare for action!"
"Another action? What action?", The crowd was full of confusion.
Su Muqiu said, "Rulebound has left the city. Continue protecting Rulebound!"
The moment those words came out, everyone was baffled.
"We have to protect Rulebound again and keep fighting against Chaotic World Guild?"
"Chaotic World people want money more than their lives. They're like lunatics! Trading with them is totally not worth it!"
"And why do we keep revolving around Rulebound? He's not even a member of our Dragon Soul Guild. Why is he worth our entire guild risking our lives to protect just him?"
Just as Su Muqiu didn't know how to explain it to these brothers who had fought alongside him through life and death.
Dragon Soul Whisper shouted, "This is the boss's order!"
"We only need to obey!"
"All troops assemble, move out!"
"Yes!"
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