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  Chapter 61 - Late Night Deal
  
  This chapter was sponsored by Andrew Soler, Estela Perez, Hannu Hautalampi and William Wang!
  
  At 4am in the morning, I have about 3500+ Indigo Seagrass in my inventory. They are neatly arranged in bundles of 100 and easily fill up 40 boxes of my inventory. The only other items I have space for are the City Scrolls, some Chilling Wind Pills , a stack of seal cards, and a slot for equipment.
  
  
  
  "Snap!"
  
  
  
  Jade City Sword strikes the head of an Ice Rat, splitting it into two as dark blue blood splatters everywhere. Before it died, it managed to reduce my HP by 300+ with an [Ice Cone]. The damage from these tiny guys is seriously painful.
  
  
  
  It"s about time to return and start creating mana potions. What"s more, it"s getting really late and I can"t keep skipping class or the Professor will take note and deduct points off my grades. If I lose too many credits, I"ll get skinned alive by Wang Xin; sending me to Liu Hua University costs a lot and it"s all borne by the Bureau.
  
  
  
  ......
  
  
  
  As I raise my head, the forest in front of me vibrates as a new monster spawns. Dark blue rays of light encircle an Ice Rat as it spawns. Though the sight is beautiful, I only care about the line of words above the Ice Rat"s head. Damn, I"m finally lucky today -
  
  
  
  [Ice Rat] (Normal Monster)
  
  Level: 1
  
  
  
  Extra: Sealable
  
  
  
  ......
  
  
  
  Hell yeah, after getting chased by bounty hunters, I finally get to meet a Level 1 Ice Rat!
  
  
  
  With a 4 Star Magic Attack growth, this magic pet"s attack is certainly not lacking. Especially when it comes to heavy armor classes, these attacks would be super effective. Even a single [Ice Cone] would equal the attack of a high-level magician!
  
  
  
  I take a Sealing Card from my inventory and raise my hands to perform the seal lock!
  
  
  
  "Shua!"
  
  
  
  The seal card appears below the Ice Rat as the little bugger grumbles aloud. It prepares an [Ice Cone] with both arms and tosses it over. Although it hits me, a Level 1 monster has limited attack power and I only lose 40+ HP.
  
  
  
  The seal card"s magic ensnares the Ice Rat and pulls it in. The most unexpected thing is that I am successful on the first try even though the seal only has a 21.9% chance of succeeding.
  
  
  
  A flash of light appears in one of my pet slots. Great, a Level 1 Ice Rat!
  
  
  
  I open the pet info and take a look. I"m overjoyed-
  
  
  
  [Ice Rat]
  
  
  
  Level: 1
  
  
  
  Attack: ★
  
  
  
  Defense：★★☆
  
  
  
  HP：★★★
  
  
  
  Speed：★★★☆
  
  
  
  Magic：★★★★
  
  
  
  Excellency Rating：90%
  
  
  
  ......
  
  
  
  In the early stages, having a magic type pet is really useful. With an Excellency Rating of 90%, this Ice Rat"s value is unquestionable. Attacks like [Ice Cone] and Frost Magic can continually devastate enemies, so as long as the owner protects it well, this Ice Rat will be able to mow down even the toughest of enemies.
  
  
  
  I happily store the Ice Rat into my pet slot and fish out a City Scroll. It"s time to return to Ba Huang City and repair my equipment before planning what to do next.
  
  
  
  In a flash of light, I arrive at Ba Huang City. Though it"s still in the wee hours of the morning, there are players about. There"s even quite a few players selling their wares on the street. As I look around, it seems that many of the players are Level 30. Basically, a couple of all-nighters would mean level 30 and more than 40% of all players are at least Level 30 already. The speed that mainstream players raise their levels is indeed scary.
  
  
  
  Upon reaching the store, I purchase the necessary ingredients and start to create the Level 5 Indigo Sea (Mana) Pills!
  
  
  
  Indigo Seagrass x 3, Chilling Grass x 1, Alchemy Furnace x 2, after placing these ingredients into the combination interface and confirming the procedure, I hear a ring -
  
  
  
  "Ding!"
  
  
  
  System Notification: You have successfully created [Indigo Sea Pills] using Alchemy. Alchemy Proficiency +1. As the first person to create Indigo Sea Pills, you receive a reward: Charm +1!
  
  
  
  ......
  
  
  
  Yet another point to Charm. It"s already 29 points. Its a pretty useless stat though, I"d rather gain gold coins instead!
  
  
  
  I kept training Alchemy for the next hour. The 3500+ Indigo Seagrass in my inventory have now become 1100+ Level 5 Indigo Sea Pills. Its also the first batch of level 5 mana pills in the entire server. Being shrouded in secrecy, it"s main ingredient surrounded by high level monsters with most players busy leveling up instead of going out of their way to face Level 40 monsters, not many players have been able to find out the secret to refining level 5 mana pills. With the game"s current progress, it"s common for players to gather Seven Star Herbs and Chilling Wind Herbs. I"m pretty sure that only a small handful of players have attained a Level 5 in Alchemy at the moment.
  
  
  
  Opening my own stall, I display the Indigo Sea Pills for sale at a cut-throat price of 1 gold each! Level 4 pills recover 300 MP but the Level 5 pills recover 500 MP, the efficiency between the two is a really large jump. If you think about it, a team using Level 4 pills could get wiped out while fighting a boss because the Healer may have insufficient mana. However, if they were to use Level 5 pills, they can recover 500 MP every minute, which should be sufficient to stay alive. That"s why Level 4 pills can only command 10 silver per pill but Level 5 pills can get 1 gold each......although selling it for such a high price is equal to robbery in plain daylight!
  
  
  
  At the same time, I put the Ice Rat pet up for sale and shout: "Valuable pet with 4 stars in Magic Growth and 90% Excellency for sale! This mythical creature will help you level and PK, interested players please place your bids!"
  
  
  
  Within half a minute, my store is swamped with both players who stayed up late to level and merchants. Both the Ice Rat and Indigo Sea Pills are rarely seen treasures and naturally attract lots of interest.
  
  
  
  The Indigo Sea Pills start to sell off one at a time as players part 1 gold for each pill. Looks like there are many rich players here!
  
  
  
  Looking at the current exchange rate of gold to RMB at 1:11, it seems the opportunity to make quick cash is decreasing as the value of in-game gold drops as most players level up. If I want to make money, I must strike while the iron is hot!
  
  
  
  Many players have bid for the Ice Rat, but only for a few gold, so I won"t even consider their offers. After wandering around the Deep Cold Forest, facing off with countless bounty hunters and even fighting extremely skilled people like Jian Feng Han, I finally managed to capture this Ice Rat. If they think that they can get it for a few gold, they are gravely mistaken.
  
  
  
  ......
  
  
  
  "Di!"
  
  
  
  I receive a message from my friend Yue Wei Liang, Yue Qing Qian"s younger sister: "Brother Xiao Yao, the person in Ba Huang City square selling the Ice Rat... ... is it you?"
  
  
  
  I reply: "Yup, it"s me. What about it?"
  
  
  
  Yue Wei Liang: "Elder sister just went to bed, but she did say that she wants a magic pet really badly to help her level because the effectiveness of using a magic pet in killing monsters is unmatched....."
  
  
  
  "Hmm? Qing Qian wants it? Should I reserve it for her?"
  
  
  
  "Nah it"s okay, I"ll go offline and wake her up so she came come online and speak to you. Don"t sell it before she comes!"
  
  
  
  "Sure!"
  
  
  
  Immediately, Yue Wei Liang"s picture greys out and within a few minutes, both her and Yue Qing Qian"s pictures light up. A message comes right away: "Heehee, Brother Xiao Yao, can you send over the Ice Rat"s stats for me to take a look?"
  
  
  
  I send it over immediately and in seconds, I get a response: "The Excellency is really high......I really want it, Brother Xiao Yao how much are you planning to sell it for?"
  
  
  
  I ponder for awhile: "With this Excellency and Magic Growth potential, it"s market rate should be about 500 gold. But since Qing Qian wants it, I"ll let it go for 200 gold......"
  
  
  
  Yue Qing Qian laughs: "That"s a good price but my pocket money is almost all used up already so I can"t buy gold. I only have 50 gold on me at the moment......"
  
  
  
  "Forget about it, I"ll just sell it to you for 50 gold then."
  
  
  
  "That"s not acceptable!"
  
  
  
  Yue Qing Qian firmly rejects: "How about this, wait for a couple minutes as I wake up my Mom and ask her to transfer some money to me. It"ll be quick, I only need about 10 minutes!"
  
  
  
  "Alright......"
  
  
  
  ......
  
  
  
  I continue selling Indigo Sea Pills and after 15 minutes, Yue Qing Qian finally come back online and appears in front of my store with her dagger in hand: "Brother Xiao Yao, sorry for making you wait......"
  
  
  
  "It"s nothing. So I guess it"s settled?"
  
  
  
  "Yeah!"
  
  
  
  Yue Qing Qian opens her trade window and immediately places 500 gold into the trade.
  
  
  
  I frown and cancel the trade: "Don"t need to pay me 500 gold, that"s a rip off price."
  
  
  
  "No, I cannot take advantage of you." Yue Qing Qian says: "I heard that you got chased by many bounty hunters at Fire Stone Canyon. Even Jian Feng Han went after you, and knowing his skill and your level, I"m sure you must"ve died. After going through so much trouble to seal this Ice Rat, how can I let you lose out?"
  
  
  
  I"m speechless and just quietly reopen the trade window and place the Ice Rat into it. Yue Qing Qian places 500 gold in and the trade is completed!
  
  
  
  ......
  
  
  
  "Shua!"
  
  
  
  The Ice Rat is summoned and it squeaks while wagging it"s tail. Yue Qing Qian laughs and rubs it"s head: "Hey little one, let me give you a nice name!"
  
  
  
  In the next moment, the Ice Rat"s name appears - Bulldozer!
  
  
  
  I stand there shocked as Yue Qing Qian looks at me: "Brother Xiao Yao, how"s the new name?"
  
  
  
  "Not bad, extraordinary taste."
  
  
  
  "Exactly, when killing monster with continuous Frost Magic, it will be just like a Bulldozer......"
  
  
  
  I nod: "Yeah, it"s a Bulldozer..."
  
  
  
  "Oh yeah, Brother Xiao Yao you"ve finally made Indigo Seagrass Pills! Shucks, it"s really expensive, 1 gold a pill......"
  
  
  
  "Why? Prague cannot afford it?" I chuckle.
  
  
  
  Yue Qing Qian purses her red lips, and mutters quietly, almost as if she is sending out a message. Then, she raises her head: "Alright, Uncle Yan Zhao has decided to buy your Indigo Seagrass Pills at 1 gold each. But, he wants a monopoly. You can only sell it to Prague and nobody else. Of course using it yourself and giving to to friends is permissible. What do you think of this deal?"
  
  
  
  I nod: "Deal, I"ll sell the rest of these tol to Prague then. There are 1100 pills here, do you want all of them?"
  
  
  
  "Yes, wait a second as I get someone to send the money over!"
  
  
  
  "Okay......"
  
  
  
  ......
  
  
  
  Not long after, a few players from Prague walk over and trade with Yue Qing Qian. Then, she turns around and opens her trade window. I place 11 batches of Indigo Sea Pill as she places 1100 gold. My heart almost jumps out when I see the gold. I"m rich, really rich! The day at Fire Stone Canyon has not been in vain!
  
  
  
  The two beautiful twins, Yue Qing Qian and Yue Wei Liang go offline after the trade. Me? I hesitate for moment and then place 1500 gold for sale on the online exchange before going offline too. At a 1:10 exchange rate, my gold is selling for 15000RMB!
  
  
  
  Taking off the helmet, my cellphone rings. It"s a game notification showing that my 1500 gold has already been bought by somebody! I receive 15000RMB immediately what indescribable happiness......
  
  
  
  Feeling dizzy, I drop into my pillow and sleep for a few hours before class......
  Chapter 62 - So You Like Me
  
  This chapter was sponsored by William Wang.
  
  TL: Thanks to everyone who wished me well, your godly powers have shown and I"ve gotten better. :D I"ll be testing out some new things, so sorry if you find the website to be a mess. Finally, LETS GET TO 3 MILLION VIEWS!
  
  Next day, in my first period, Chinese class.
  
  I cross my arms in front of my chest, and I silently sit next to the Miss, and fall asleep...
  
  "Hungry..."
  
  Wan Er"s leans on the desk with her white arms, and uses her shoulder to nudge me, "Don"t sleep anymore, the professor is glaring at you. If you keep on sleeping, then he"ll come after you!"
  
  
  
  I open my sleepy eyes, "Eh?"
  
  
  
  "What time did you grind till last night?"
  
  
  
  "4 AM."
  
  
  
  "Huh. I just checked your level, and you"re still at level 32. I think there"s no change..."
  
  
  
  "That"s..."
  
  
  
  I got quiet, but then I say, "I am taking it nice and slow for level 32, taking the scenic route while I grind. No regrets and I don"t give up, that"s the way to live well..."
  
  
  
  Wan Er smiles lightly, and her dimples on the edge of her mouth become deadly, "What? So you didn"t get killed by Feng Han and drop a level?"
  
  
  
  I want to bury my head in the ground... From such a beautiful mouth, how could such toxic words be said?!
  
  
  
  On the side, Cheng Yue smiles and stretches her head back to look at me, "Xiao Yao, I heard that yesterday Feng Han admitted that he went to Fire Stone Canyon to duel you, but he didn"t say anything about whether he won or lost... Say, who won and who lost?"
  
  
  
  I pause, "Winning or losing is common in battles..."
  
  
  
  Wan Er nods like she knows everything and gives me a rotten smile, "Oh, I know the result..."
  
  
  
  I glare at her, "You know nothing!"
  
  
  
  Wan Er shots me a glance, and my eyes land on her snow-white shoulders. Hehe, this revealing tank-top really tempts people to look over there...
  
  
  
  "Look..."
  
  
  
  Wan Er shoves her big cell phone screen into my face. On it is the forums for <>. She says, "This post was made by Jian Feng Han, he posted it yesterday..."
  
  
  
  I glance at it, and I"m surprised. Indeed, Feng Han"s charisma is unique, bringing his [Vanguard] guild into Ba Huang City, making the situation in Ba Huang City extremely confusing. His reputation on the forums is very high as well, there"s a special red sticky for his post--
  
  
  
  【Sticky】 About last night in Fire Stone Canyon! (Poster: Jian Feng Han)
  
  
  
  Text: Ok, I admit it. Last night I did indeed go to Fire Stone Canyon by myself, and I was looking for the legendary healer Xiao Yao Zi Zai who made over a hundred members from [Wrath of the Heroes] unable to do anything to him. I wanted to see what kind of skill he had, so me and him dueled twice. The results? I won"t reveal them. But in conclusion, Xiao Yao Zi Zai is a pretty good opponent, I believe that with people like him, the future of Ba Huang City will be even more interesting!
  
  
  
  ......
  
  
  
  After that, there are countless replies--
  
  
  
  【Post 1】 General Wang Jian: Not revealing the result? Heh, would it be that the legendary fighter #1 swordsman Jian Feng Han lost?
  
  
  
  【Post 2】 Silent Moon: Ha! What kind of person is Jian Feng Han? He"s a hero! How can he lost to some random kid?
  
  
  
  【Post 3】 Clear Ripple: Feng Han keep up the good work! I love you! You"re the coolest!
  
  
  
  【Post 4】 Yue Qing Qian: Coughcough, I think Xiao Yao is the coolest, I"m guessing that Feng Han must have lost...
  
  
  
  ......
  
  
  
  【Post 479】 Jian Feng Han: Yue Qing Qian, how could you have known that I lost?
  
  
  
  ......
  
  
  
  【Post 1246】 Yue Qing Qian: Hehe, Jian Feng Han you"re a famous player... If you didn"t lose, how can you explain about dropping from level 37 to level 36 last night?
  
  
  
  【Post 1247】 Always Tearful: Ah, well said! I would also like to ask, if Feng Han didn"t die why would he lose a level?
  
  
  
  .......
  
  
  
  【Post 4779】 Ink Painting: No need to say anymore. Feng Han release your battle videos, and don"t tell us that you don"t have it, within 24 hours, all of a player"s data is saved!
  
  ......
  
  
  
  Finally, under the pressure of several tens of thousand players in Ba Huang City, Feng Han promises to release the two battles against Xiao Yao Zi Zai in half an hour.
  
  
  
  "Well?" Wan Er"s eyes were full of bad intention, "For a certain person, some sad video of their defeat will be broadcasted..."
  
  
  
  I purse my mouth, "Hmph, I already got used to it..."
  
  
  
  Cheng Yue smiles, "Don"t worry, winning or losing is common in battles, you can just start over again Xiao Yao..."
  
  
  
  I look at Cheng Yue, and then I look towards Wan Er. I raise the corner of my mouth, and I don"t say anything. Without saying anything, I convey my meaning, look at Cheng Yue, she is way more comforting than you, Wan Er!
  
  Wan Er is exceptionally smart, and instantly understands what I"m thinking. She didn"t say anything, but she clenches her teeth and hmphs. That sound, it makes my heart tremble. Ah damn, am I done for?
  
  
  
  ......
  
  
  
  After a few minutes the video finishes downloading. Wan Er mutes her phone sound and puts her Chinese textbook up. Then she touches the screen and the video starts. It"s the first battle between me and Feng Han. The two beauties widen their eyes, while I"m sitting on pins and needles. Ah, the painful memories. Feng Han"s player and pet tactic has been brought to the point of perfection, killing me is no problem.
  
  
  
  After finishing the first video Cheng Yue sticks her tongue out and says quietly, "Ah, so that"s what happened... Xiao Yao didn"t die for nothing. Feng Han"s battle tactics and control are indeed very high-class, he"s very skilled!"
  
  
  
  Wan Er is clenching her white fists and doesn"t say anything while pouting.
  
  
  
  "Wan Er, what"s the matter?"
  
  
  
  "Hmph, to bully my person like that..." Wan Er"s eyes flash with killing intent and says while fuming, "I should find a chance to go to Ba Huang City and duel this Feng Han person..."
  
  
  
  Cheng Yue immediately holds Wan Er"s shoulders and says, "Don"t be rash. You"re an assassin and he"s a swordsman. His heavy armor is way superior than your leather armor. Even if you are as skilled as he is, you can"t take his hits. Besides you"re not even as skilled as he is..."
  
  
  
  Wan Er"s face goes red, "Skill can be trained..."
  
  
  
  I stay silent.
  
  
  
  The second battle is about to start. In this battle my performance isn"t bad. I copied Feng Han"s man-pet tactics, creating some pressure on him. But then I still lost, so I revealed my trump card with the aggro diversion tactic. While looking at my [Wind Blade] slicing Feng Han"s armor, Wan Er"s tiny fist hits the desk with a bang and smiles, "Beautiful!"
  
  
  
  Immediately the entire classroom became dead silent. On the lectern the old professor pushes his glasses up and asked, "Student Lin Wan Er, do you have a problem?"
  
  
  
  Wan Er stands up with her face flushed red and stammers, "No..."
  
  
  
  She sits down slowly and the Miss"s face is like a ripe red apple. Even I can feel the scorching heat. She looks down towards the desk and clenches her teeth, "Hmph, Li Xiao Yao you"re dead!"
  
  
  
  I wave my hand, "What did I do..."
  
  
  
  Cheng Yue facepalms, "Two idiots..."
  
  
  
  ......
  
  
  
  After quite some time, Wan Er starts to draw skillfully on her notebook. After that she gently pushes the notebook in front of me. On the clean-white paper are some pencil handwriting. Well it"s not really handwriting, but it"s lines of arcs and routes. In total it"s 12 small pictures. All of the pictures are marked with Chinese characters.
  
  
  
  I look for a while. suddenly I realize what it is. I turn and look at Wan Er, "This...This is..."
  
  
  
  Wan Er looks at me silently and her eyes contains traces of excitement, "Yep, it is!"
  
  
  
  Cheng Yue looks from the side and opens her mouth, "Oh..This is Feng Han"s battle tactics! Wan Er you"re amazing, you even have this..."
  
  
  
  Wan Er says faintly, "The man-pet diversion"s bait, attack, and retreat tactics, I"ve already researched and seen them at an earlier time. But when using them, I"m not as skilled as Feng Han is. These are the 12 types of battlefield control in the man-pet tactics. If you can completely understand it then you will know thyself and thy your enemy. With your wits I believe that you won"t lose as badly as before. You should know, although you won the second fight, it was using the game"s loopholes or else you wouldn"t have had any chance of victory. Next time if you see Feng Han, you won"t be able to use the same trick again. A skilled person wouldn"t lose by the same tactics."
  
  
  
  I deeply understand and nod, "Mm, I understand. Thank you Miss. It seems that you really like me..."
  
  
  
  Wan Er"s suddenly stands up, glaring at me, "I...I don"t!"
  
  
  
  Around us a dead silence appears once again.
  
  
  
  On the lectern the professor pushes his glasses, "Student Lin Wan Er, do you have a problem again?"
  
  
  
  Wan Er raises her head and looks eyes full of despair, "Ah....I, I..."
  
  
  
  I quickly stand up and explain, "Old man, Student Wan Er saw a caterpillar on the chair, so she was surprised, look..."
  
  
  
  I stretch my hand and a colorful little caterpillar is dangling on my index finger.
  
  
  
  "Ah..."
  
  
  
  Wan Er yells in surprise again and embraces Cheng Yue.
  
  
  
  I flick away the caterpillar on my finger and silently sit down.
  
  
  
  The classroom is completely silent and the professor is almost completely petrified......
  
  
  
  ......
  
  
  
  Ding Dong...
  
  
  
  Class ends and I rip Wan Er"s 12 battle tactics from her notebook and I carefully tuck it away. I should carefully study this. Damn Ba Huang City is full of tough players, if I don"t carefully train myself, then next time I see someone strong like Feng Han I would get slaughtered again. I really need to study well!
  
  
  
  Nearing the afternoon, after sleeping in 3 classes, I carry my textbooks and leave the classroom with Wan Er.
  
  
  
  On the path of the school yard, the leaves flutter in the sky. Stepping on fallen leaves, I quickly follow Wan Er as if I was afraid that someone would take her away from me.
  
  
  
  Before long, in front of us a few familiar people appear. It"s Liu Ying and his gang. But all these people have already been defeated by me, so I don"t bat them an eye...
  
  
  
  ......
  
  
  
  "Li Xiao Yao, you are really carefree huh?"
  
  
  
  Liu Ying ridicules me from afar and embraces Xu Yue. He laughs coldy, "Looks like your luck with women isn"t bad huh!"
  
  
  
  Wan Er spins around and coldly says, "Liu Ying, what are you saying!"
  
  
  
  Liu Ying didn"t reply, but only looks at me, "Li Xiao Yao. Just you watch and let"s see how more carefree you can get!"
  Chapter 62 - So You Like Me
  
  This chapter was sponsored by William Wang.
  
  TL: Thanks to everyone who wished me well, your godly powers have shown and I"ve gotten better. :D I"ll be testing out some new things, so sorry if you find the website to be a mess. Finally, LETS GET TO 3 MILLION VIEWS!
  
  Next day, in my first period, Chinese class.
  
  I cross my arms in front of my chest, and I silently sit next to the Miss, and fall asleep...
  
  "Hungry..."
  
  Wan Er"s leans on the desk with her white arms, and uses her shoulder to nudge me, "Don"t sleep anymore, the professor is glaring at you. If you keep on sleeping, then he"ll come after you!"
  
  
  
  I open my sleepy eyes, "Eh?"
  
  
  
  "What time did you grind till last night?"
  
  
  
  "4 AM."
  
  
  
  "Huh. I just checked your level, and you"re still at level 32. I think there"s no change..."
  
  
  
  "That"s..."
  
  
  
  I got quiet, but then I say, "I am taking it nice and slow for level 32, taking the scenic route while I grind. No regrets and I don"t give up, that"s the way to live well..."
  
  
  
  Wan Er smiles lightly, and her dimples on the edge of her mouth become deadly, "What? So you didn"t get killed by Feng Han and drop a level?"
  
  
  
  I want to bury my head in the ground... From such a beautiful mouth, how could such toxic words be said?!
  
  
  
  On the side, Cheng Yue smiles and stretches her head back to look at me, "Xiao Yao, I heard that yesterday Feng Han admitted that he went to Fire Stone Canyon to duel you, but he didn"t say anything about whether he won or lost... Say, who won and who lost?"
  
  
  
  I pause, "Winning or losing is common in battles..."
  
  
  
  Wan Er nods like she knows everything and gives me a rotten smile, "Oh, I know the result..."
  
  
  
  I glare at her, "You know nothing!"
  
  
  
  Wan Er shots me a glance, and my eyes land on her snow-white shoulders. Hehe, this revealing tank-top really tempts people to look over there...
  
  
  
  "Look..."
  
  
  
  Wan Er shoves her big cell phone screen into my face. On it is the forums for <>. She says, "This post was made by Jian Feng Han, he posted it yesterday..."
  
  
  
  I glance at it, and I"m surprised. Indeed, Feng Han"s charisma is unique, bringing his [Vanguard] guild into Ba Huang City, making the situation in Ba Huang City extremely confusing. His reputation on the forums is very high as well, there"s a special red sticky for his post--
  
  
  
  【Sticky】 About last night in Fire Stone Canyon! (Poster: Jian Feng Han)
  
  
  
  Text: Ok, I admit it. Last night I did indeed go to Fire Stone Canyon by myself, and I was looking for the legendary healer Xiao Yao Zi Zai who made over a hundred members from [Wrath of the Heroes] unable to do anything to him. I wanted to see what kind of skill he had, so me and him dueled twice. The results? I won"t reveal them. But in conclusion, Xiao Yao Zi Zai is a pretty good opponent, I believe that with people like him, the future of Ba Huang City will be even more interesting!
  
  
  
  ......
  
  
  
  After that, there are countless replies--
  
  
  
  【Post 1】 General Wang Jian: Not revealing the result? Heh, would it be that the legendary fighter #1 swordsman Jian Feng Han lost?
  
  
  
  【Post 2】 Silent Moon: Ha! What kind of person is Jian Feng Han? He"s a hero! How can he lost to some random kid?
  
  
  
  【Post 3】 Clear Ripple: Feng Han keep up the good work! I love you! You"re the coolest!
  
  
  
  【Post 4】 Yue Qing Qian: Coughcough, I think Xiao Yao is the coolest, I"m guessing that Feng Han must have lost...
  
  
  
  ......
  
  
  
  【Post 479】 Jian Feng Han: Yue Qing Qian, how could you have known that I lost?
  
  
  
  ......
  
  
  
  【Post 1246】 Yue Qing Qian: Hehe, Jian Feng Han you"re a famous player... If you didn"t lose, how can you explain about dropping from level 37 to level 36 last night?
  
  
  
  【Post 1247】 Always Tearful: Ah, well said! I would also like to ask, if Feng Han didn"t die why would he lose a level?
  
  
  
  .......
  
  
  
  【Post 4779】 Ink Painting: No need to say anymore. Feng Han release your battle videos, and don"t tell us that you don"t have it, within 24 hours, all of a player"s data is saved!
  
  ......
  
  
  
  Finally, under the pressure of several tens of thousand players in Ba Huang City, Feng Han promises to release the two battles against Xiao Yao Zi Zai in half an hour.
  
  
  
  "Well?" Wan Er"s eyes were full of bad intention, "For a certain person, some sad video of their defeat will be broadcasted..."
  
  
  
  I purse my mouth, "Hmph, I already got used to it..."
  
  
  
  Cheng Yue smiles, "Don"t worry, winning or losing is common in battles, you can just start over again Xiao Yao..."
  
  
  
  I look at Cheng Yue, and then I look towards Wan Er. I raise the corner of my mouth, and I don"t say anything. Without saying anything, I convey my meaning, look at Cheng Yue, she is way more comforting than you, Wan Er!
  
  Wan Er is exceptionally smart, and instantly understands what I"m thinking. She didn"t say anything, but she clenches her teeth and hmphs. That sound, it makes my heart tremble. Ah damn, am I done for?
  
  
  
  ......
  
  
  
  After a few minutes the video finishes downloading. Wan Er mutes her phone sound and puts her Chinese textbook up. Then she touches the screen and the video starts. It"s the first battle between me and Feng Han. The two beauties widen their eyes, while I"m sitting on pins and needles. Ah, the painful memories. Feng Han"s player and pet tactic has been brought to the point of perfection, killing me is no problem.
  
  
  
  After finishing the first video Cheng Yue sticks her tongue out and says quietly, "Ah, so that"s what happened... Xiao Yao didn"t die for nothing. Feng Han"s battle tactics and control are indeed very high-class, he"s very skilled!"
  
  
  
  Wan Er is clenching her white fists and doesn"t say anything while pouting.
  
  
  
  "Wan Er, what"s the matter?"
  
  
  
  "Hmph, to bully my person like that..." Wan Er"s eyes flash with killing intent and says while fuming, "I should find a chance to go to Ba Huang City and duel this Feng Han person..."
  
  
  
  Cheng Yue immediately holds Wan Er"s shoulders and says, "Don"t be rash. You"re an assassin and he"s a swordsman. His heavy armor is way superior than your leather armor. Even if you are as skilled as he is, you can"t take his hits. Besides you"re not even as skilled as he is..."
  
  
  
  Wan Er"s face goes red, "Skill can be trained..."
  
  
  
  I stay silent.
  
  
  
  The second battle is about to start. In this battle my performance isn"t bad. I copied Feng Han"s man-pet tactics, creating some pressure on him. But then I still lost, so I revealed my trump card with the aggro diversion tactic. While looking at my [Wind Blade] slicing Feng Han"s armor, Wan Er"s tiny fist hits the desk with a bang and smiles, "Beautiful!"
  
  
  
  Immediately the entire classroom became dead silent. On the lectern the old professor pushes his glasses up and asked, "Student Lin Wan Er, do you have a problem?"
  
  
  
  Wan Er stands up with her face flushed red and stammers, "No..."
  
  
  
  She sits down slowly and the Miss"s face is like a ripe red apple. Even I can feel the scorching heat. She looks down towards the desk and clenches her teeth, "Hmph, Li Xiao Yao you"re dead!"
  
  
  
  I wave my hand, "What did I do..."
  
  
  
  Cheng Yue facepalms, "Two idiots..."
  
  
  
  ......
  
  
  
  After quite some time, Wan Er starts to draw skillfully on her notebook. After that she gently pushes the notebook in front of me. On the clean-white paper are some pencil handwriting. Well it"s not really handwriting, but it"s lines of arcs and routes. In total it"s 12 small pictures. All of the pictures are marked with Chinese characters.
  
  
  
  I look for a while. suddenly I realize what it is. I turn and look at Wan Er, "This...This is..."
  
  
  
  Wan Er looks at me silently and her eyes contains traces of excitement, "Yep, it is!"
  
  
  
  Cheng Yue looks from the side and opens her mouth, "Oh..This is Feng Han"s battle tactics! Wan Er you"re amazing, you even have this..."
  
  
  
  Wan Er says faintly, "The man-pet diversion"s bait, attack, and retreat tactics, I"ve already researched and seen them at an earlier time. But when using them, I"m not as skilled as Feng Han is. These are the 12 types of battlefield control in the man-pet tactics. If you can completely understand it then you will know thyself and thy your enemy. With your wits I believe that you won"t lose as badly as before. You should know, although you won the second fight, it was using the game"s loopholes or else you wouldn"t have had any chance of victory. Next time if you see Feng Han, you won"t be able to use the same trick again. A skilled person wouldn"t lose by the same tactics."
  
  
  
  I deeply understand and nod, "Mm, I understand. Thank you Miss. It seems that you really like me..."
  
  
  
  Wan Er"s suddenly stands up, glaring at me, "I...I don"t!"
  
  
  
  Around us a dead silence appears once again.
  
  
  
  On the lectern the professor pushes his glasses, "Student Lin Wan Er, do you have a problem again?"
  
  
  
  Wan Er raises her head and looks eyes full of despair, "Ah....I, I..."
  
  
  
  I quickly stand up and explain, "Old man, Student Wan Er saw a caterpillar on the chair, so she was surprised, look..."
  
  
  
  I stretch my hand and a colorful little caterpillar is dangling on my index finger.
  
  
  
  "Ah..."
  
  
  
  Wan Er yells in surprise again and embraces Cheng Yue.
  
  
  
  I flick away the caterpillar on my finger and silently sit down.
  
  
  
  The classroom is completely silent and the professor is almost completely petrified......
  
  
  
  ......
  
  
  
  Ding Dong...
  
  
  
  Class ends and I rip Wan Er"s 12 battle tactics from her notebook and I carefully tuck it away. I should carefully study this. Damn Ba Huang City is full of tough players, if I don"t carefully train myself, then next time I see someone strong like Feng Han I would get slaughtered again. I really need to study well!
  
  
  
  Nearing the afternoon, after sleeping in 3 classes, I carry my textbooks and leave the classroom with Wan Er.
  
  
  
  On the path of the school yard, the leaves flutter in the sky. Stepping on fallen leaves, I quickly follow Wan Er as if I was afraid that someone would take her away from me.
  
  
  
  Before long, in front of us a few familiar people appear. It"s Liu Ying and his gang. But all these people have already been defeated by me, so I don"t bat them an eye...
  
  
  
  ......
  
  
  
  "Li Xiao Yao, you are really carefree huh?"
  
  
  
  Liu Ying ridicules me from afar and embraces Xu Yue. He laughs coldy, "Looks like your luck with women isn"t bad huh!"
  
  
  
  Wan Er spins around and coldly says, "Liu Ying, what are you saying!"
  
  
  
  Liu Ying didn"t reply, but only looks at me, "Li Xiao Yao. Just you watch and let"s see how more carefree you can get!"
  Chapter 63 - Walking Around Elegantly
  
  This chapter was sponsored by William Wang and OldLian!
  
  "What"s the matter now?!"
  
  Dong Cheng Yue looks at me and then looks at Wan Er, "Is this Liu Ying guy looking for trouble again? Xiao Yao, why does he hate you so much?"
  
  
  
  I spread my hands, "I have no idea, but I would really like to have a talk with him and dissipate any hatred, but sadly he doesn"t want to. What else can I do?"
  
  
  
  "Whatever, it"s better to ignore people who want to take revenge all the time. These kinds of people, if you can"t make peace with them then you can at least hide from them."
  
  
  
  I nod, "Mm, well said!"
  
  
  
  ......
  
  
  
  I still have classes in the afternoon and it"s the most annoying class of all, calculus. Who would have thought that in the Chinese department, we still have to take calculus! What matrices, what sequences, I don"t understand it at all!
  
  
  
  After eating dinner, I escort Wan Er back to the dorms. She needs to continue level grinding and I also return to my dorm to grind for 4 hours straight until 11 at night!
  
  
  
  Toot toot...
  
  
  
  Beside me, my cellphone rings. I accept the call in game and it"s a number that I don"t know. After taking the call I hear a sweet voice--
  
  
  
  "Hello, is this Li Xiao Yao?"
  
  
  
  "Yep that"s me. Who is this?"
  
  
  
  "Guess!"
  
  
  
  "Ru Hua?"
  
  
  
  "What!" The caller is angry, "You little Li Xiao Yao. Now you"re all carefree accompanying some wealthy kids at some wealthy University and you forgot about your old colleagues eh?"
  
  
  
  I think for a while, then I say, "Oh, I know! Shen Bing!"
  
  
  
  "Hehe, finally remembered me?!"
  
  
  
  I laugh, "Of course..."
  
  
  
  Shen Bing is an employee at the Public Security sub-bureau"s technology branch in Xihu District of Hangzhou city and she should have been promoted to bureau leader now. She is an expert in all kinds of technology and acclaimed by the leaders to have good potential. Also she is extremely beautiful and is at least a good 7 points. Her body is tall and she is the princess of the police. She is also the ideal person for many of her male police colleagues. If she wasn"t skilled and didn"t hold a high position. I think she would have belonged to someone a long time ago. Of course I left the police team for so many years. I don"t even know if she is single or not.
  
  
  
  "Haha, it"s Shen Bing. Need me for something?" I continue asking.
  
  
  
  Shen Bing"s tone becomes serious, "That"s... Leader Wang told me to be in charge of staying in contact with you. Remember this phone number because in the future I will use this line to communicate with you. But now I have news for you."
  
  
  
  "Oh, what news?"
  
  
  
  Shen Bing says, "You"ve offended someone called Liu Ying in Liu Hua University right?"
  
  
  
  "Mm."
  
  
  
  "Liu Ying has contacts all over the place in Xihu District. That...I just got news that stated Liu Ying spent 100 thousand Yuan (~$16000) to recruit a mysterious expert. I think tonight they will make a move against you. I hear that as long as the hitman doesn"t kill you, anything else is fine. So watch out, you might get beat crippled..."
  
  
  
  I"m stumped for words, "Damn, what is this.. he found an expert to deal with me?"
  
  
  
  "Mm."
  
  
  
  "Who"s the expert? You should know right?!"
  
  
  
  "Hehe..." Shen Bing laughs lightly, "I"ve hacked Liu Ying"s phone and email and painfully got the information about this expert..."
  
  
  
  "Who is it..."
  
  
  
  "Thunder Hands, Wen Tai Lai!"
  
  
  
  "Ha!" I almost spit up blood.
  
  
  
  Shen Bing continues, "Wen Tai Lai, this person throws very hard punches. I hear that he once broke a person"s 5 rib bones with only one punch. He has quite a few cases in the police office. But now he"s been hired in a bar called "No Returns" and he"s there as a muscle. Usually he"s responsible for the safety of the bar at night and prevent any fights in it."
  
  
  
  I nod, "Mm, I got it..."
  
  
  
  "What are you going to do? Don"t go crazy now..."
  
  
  
  "Don"t worry..."
  
  
  
  ......
  
  
  
  I end the call and I raise my head and look.I"m under Dragon City, so I immediately leave the game.
  
  
  
  I take off my gaming helmet and I take a deep breath.
  
  
  
  To prevent any troubles from happening, I don"t want to make a huge scene. Since Wen Tai Lai is coming to take care of me, then I"ll just take the initiative and attack first. I can"t let him make a huge mess in the school or else Wan Er"s safety would also be threatened. That"s something that I don"t want to see happening.
  
  
  
  I open up my suitcase and take out a huge black coat. Metersbonwe, this coat is great!
  
  
  
  After that I find some sunglasses and I put it in my pocket and prepare for battle.
  
  
  
  After leaving the dorms it"s already 11 o"clock in the night. The school"s gates are already closed. If I want to leave then I would get investigated heavily and they would even dig up my ancestor"s information. If not I won"t be able to leave from the school gate.
  
  
  
  I stand in the corner of darkness and look into the distance. Yep, I can"t leave from the school gate.
  
  
  
  I put power into both my legs and my body rises. I swiftly step on a stone stool and crawl up the school"s walls. With a flip in the air I reach outside the school. I raise my hand calling a taxi, "Master, go to the No Returns bar on Xixi road!"
  
  
  
  "Okay!"
  
  
  
  The taxi arrives on Xixi road with lightning speed and I see a road full of bars. No Returns bar can be considered fairly famous. People from foreign places usually come here because the bars usually invite some famous stars to talk about the place. So the business is exceptionally good here.
  
  
  
  I arrive in front of the bar only to find out that I didn"t bring any money. Also I don"t know anyone here, so it seems I can"t enter. Which means I won"t be able to find that "Thunder Hands" person...
  
  
  
  I look around for a moment and look around. In front there are some little vigorous girls chatting.
  
  
  
  I immediately walk up and say, "Hello beauties~"
  
  
  
  A girl wearing a blue shirt looks at me and says, "Oh? What"s up handsome?"
  
  
  
  I smile, "Well...My friend hasn"t come yet, but he said he was going to treat me today. Can I come in with you all? It"s a bit cold outside..."
  
  
  
  She smiles, "Sure! We"re going in right now. You"re coming right?"
  
  
  
  "Yep, thanks!"
  
  
  
  ......
  
  
  
  I follow them into the bar and before I even sit down the blue shirt person hooks my arms and gives a flower-like smile, "Since your friend hasn"t come in yet how about we stay here and play for a while?"
  
  
  
  I frown, but I look around and see a fat guy staring at me. To avoid suspicion I nod and smile back, "That"s fine, I"ll play with you guys for a while!"
  
  
  
  "Then we"ll roll a dice and whoever loses will drink a glass alright?"
  
  
  
  "Mm, okay!"
  
  
  
  The dice rolls around in the bowl and the girl loses. She immediately drinks a glass of wine. Quickly after that I lose, so I also lean my head backwards and drink a glass as well. Damn I wonder if it"s because they saw my coat, they called me "handsome"..
  
  
  
  After drinking a few wines, the girl starts to become attached to me. Her body waves around with the music. She"s drunk.
  
  
  
  I push her shoulder away and smile, "Excuse me for a second, I need to go to the washroom!"
  
  
  
  "Ohh, quickly go and quickly return..."
  
  
  
  "......"
  
  
  
  I turn around and enter the washroom. An uncle holding a tower is wiping the mirror and I ask him, "Uncle, do you know where Wen Tai Lai is?"
  
  
  
  He looks at me shocked, "What do you need him for?"
  
  
  
  "Oh, I"m his cousin."
  
  
  
  Hatred flashes through his eyes. It seems like Wen Tai Lai is indeed notorious. He points upstairs and says, "Second floor, in the security branch chief office."
  
  
  
  "Thanks!"
  
  
  
  I spin around and leave and go straight to the second floor. It seems like there"s nobody on the second floor. The security is too lax.
  
  
  
  I reach the office and I put my ears on the wall and listen. I can hear a girl"s laughing voice inside.
  
  
  
  Knock knock..
  
  
  
  As a well-mannered person I knock.
  
  
  
  "Who is it?" A rough voice comes from inside.
  
  
  
  I put on my sunglasses and push the door and enter. I see a pretty and flirtatious women on the desk and Wen Tai Lai is embracing her. Both of his hands is on her thighs and I see calluses on his fists. He is indeed a person who boxes.
  
  
  
  I raise my hand and turn off the lights and instantly the room goes dark. Luckily the outside light comes into the room through the window allowing some basic vision.
  
  
  
  "Who are you?"
  
  
  
  Wen Tai Lai angrily glares at me, "Why"d you turn off the lights?"
  
  
  
  I lightly say, "Oh, I heard about you, so I wanted to check out your "Thunder Hands"..The woman can leave first, it"ll be done quickly..."
  
  
  
  Wen Tai Lai couldn"t help but laugh coldy, "What"s this? You want to mess with me on my territory? Dear, you go out first and close the door. 3 minutes later get security and be ready to see a half-dead corpse!"
  
  
  
  The woman nods and walks past me.
  
  
  
  ......
  
  
  
  "Come!"
  
  
  
  Tai Lai yells and prepares his fists. He kicks away the office desk and a few hundred kilograms heavy office desk falls just like that. With that kind of strength no wonder he can do whatever he wants here.
  
  
  
  I raise my hands and clench my right fist and smile, "It"ll be decided in one move!"
  
  
  
  "Ha! I"ll slaughter you today!"
  
  
  
  Tai Lai bellows and runs forward and punches!
  
  
  
  I leap forward and gather energy in my right fist. The speed suddenly increases and I punch at him.. A shapeless air circles my fist and with a bang I blow open Tai Lai"s heavy punch. With a violent force it dislocates his shoulder!
  
  
  
  Crack!
  
  
  
  The sound of his bone breaking can be heard and Tai Lai stumbles towards the corner of the wall. With that, the bones in his arms broke. With his face full of cold sweat he looks at me, "You..Who are you?!"
  
  
  
  "Don"t you want to deal with Liu Hua University"s Li Xiao Yao?"
  
  
  
  "That..So what? If I beat him up, what does it matter to you? Who the hell are you?"
  
  
  
  I turn around and leave a sentence--
  
  
  
  "Don"t you dare do anything in Liu Hua University or else I will cripple you. Also, I am the brother of Li Xiao Yao, Li Xiao Sa!"
  
  
  
  (T/N: "Xiao Sa" means "elegant" in Chinese)
  
  
  
  ......
  
  
  
  I exit the door. Although I defeated him in one strike, I don"t need to be too arrogant. I take off my sun glasses and pull up my sleeve. I enter the washroom to wash my hands and on my pure white shirt I splash a trace of water. So it will seem like I"m a student that mixed into this place and it won"t raise any suspicions.
  
  
  
  Under the fluorescent light the blue shirt girl is looking left and right for me.
  
  
  
  I bend over and secretly leave through a crowd of people. After getting outside I take a breath of relief, "That was dangerous, but at least I got it done!"
  
  
  
  ......
  
  
  
  After returning to Liu Hua University it"s already 2 o"clock at night. I take my key and open the door, then immediately go to sleep!
  Chapter 64 - Don"t Attack
  
  This chapter was sponsored by Hannu Hautalampi, Kevin Cox, Steven Reshaw, Dang Lam and William Wang!
  
  TL: Last chap of the day. Btw, if you guys spot any errors, could you post them in the comments section or email me @ [email protected]? Thanks and dectective mode on!
  
  Early in the morning, with a cup of soy bean milk in my hands, I read the newspaper laid upon the table while sipping on the soy milk.
  
  Beside me Ling Wan Er was also grabbing onto a cup of soy bean milk while nibbling on a piece of bread. The bright sunlight scattered upon her beautiful shoulders, extruding a charming glow. Dong Cheng Yue, with a stack of books in her arms asked, "Are you both really planning to skip Programming class this afternoon?"
  
  Ling Wan Er nodded her head and smiled radiantly, "I have already achieved a grade 3 in that subject. Furthermore I have heard rumors that the professor is a kind old man that never takes attendance. I"m planning to take a walk in the valleys of Fan Shu City and see whether if I can seal any upper tier pets; hopefully I get a pet that has an Excellence above 90%."
  
  Dong Cheng Yue clenched her fist and said, "Hmph so our school idol is actually a delinquent. Li Xiao Yao, what about you? Are you going to the Programming class with me?"
  
  I couldn"t help but smile, "I think I"ll pass as well. I just reached level 32. I am planning to rush to level 35 today. Yan Zhao Warrior, Q Sword, and Jian Feng Han those bunch of people are about to reach 40 aren"t they? If I were to lag behind I would surely be bullied... Oh right, is there anything in the school news today?
  
  
  
  Dong Yue Cheng blinks her eyes, "Nothing special, why?"
  
  "Oh, it"s nothing."
  
  
  
  I lowered my head and continued reading the paper. Looks like my attack on Wen Tai Lai yesterday has yet to spread. This is good in a way for me as well. But, Wen Tai Lai is associated with the underground world; this kind of news would never see daylight. The university is filled with the people who are filled with hopes and dreams. Who would really bother themselves with the fights in the underground world? This is for the best. I can peacefully spend my time in the game.
  
  
  
  ... ...
  
  
  
  Finally Dong Cheng Yue gave in and decided to skip classes as well to accompany Ling Wan Er in her quest to find her pet. As for me, I decided to go online and continue on my path as the Scavenger of Dragon City. Today is a brand new day and I wonder if the Dragon City has any new quests for me.
  
  Returning to the dormitory, I went to the toilet for a moment before going online.
  
  "Swoosh"
  
  I appeared in the game dressed in brand new armor while holding my Jade City Sword. Not far from my location I see the tent of Beast Tamer Dalin. The holes in the roof of his tent are as numerous as the stars in the night sky. However Dalin comes from primitives tribes so he would pay no heed to little details such as this. I only hope that he does not bring back an Orc wife...
  
  Looking at my skill tree, my trip yesterday to Ba Huang City wasn"t in vain. First, I have earned 15000 RMB. Second, I"ve also learned several new skills from the Swordsman Instructor. Just as I expected, the Scavenger of Dragon City job is recognized by the Swordsman Instructor. The 2 skills I learned appears in my skill tree -
  【Haste LV-1】：Mana cost: 10, Increase attack speed by 2% and movement speed
  
  1% Duration: 15 seconds.
  
  
  
  【Defense LV-1】：Mana cost: 50, Increase defense by 1%
  
  
  
  ......
  
  
  
  On the surface these skills only augment my basic stats, but they are essential skills. Haste increases my attack speed and movement speed. A LV 10 【Haste】 could increase my attack speed by 20% and movement speed by 10%, making it an important tool for chasing and escaping. As for 【Defense】, it is a skill that works only when I am standing still. If LV 1 【Defense】 increases my defense by 1%, then LV 10 【Defense】 would increase my defense by 10%. At higher levels, the effects of these skills would become more apparent. Thus making these skills essential for survival.
  
  These 2 skills are ranked C.
  
  On a side note the Swordsman has another basic skill, Heavy Strike. But I am unable to learn that skill. This is due to the fact that one of the requirements in learning 【Wind Blade】was to forgo the chance of learning【Heavy Strike】. Fortunately, 【Wind Blade】 has 3 times the damage output of 【Heavy Strike】, thus alleviating my disappointment.
  
  Today I am going to grind 【Haste】 and 【Defense】 to LV 4, so that my overall prowess is greatly boosted.
  
  ......
  
  
  
  Carrying the Jade City Sword I steadily walk towards Beast Tamer Dalin and respectfully say, "Teacher, are there any quests for me today?"
  
  Dalin was using a tree branch to floss his teeth and with a "pui" spits out a monster bone with a radius of 5 cm. Then with a "hehe" laughter, he says, "Lad, you are improving swiftly. Since this is the case, help me chase away the orcs from the southern forest of Dragon City. These indescribably dirty Tigermen are simply too vile. They have already consecutively robbed us of our supplies three times. Go there and find the camp of the Tigermen and destroy their entire camp. Kill at least 1000 of these Tigermen and afterwards I will bestow upon you great rewards and honor!"
  
  I nodded my head and said, "Yes, teacher!"
  
  "Ding!"
  
  System Notice: Received quest 【Exterminating Tigermen】！（Quest Grade: A）
  
  
  
  Quest Description: Head towards the southern forests and look for the orcs" brethren -Tigermen"s camp and kill 1000 Tigermen before reporting back to Beast Tamer Dalin. When executing the mission, do exercise great caution as the Tigermen are incomparably vicious and possess great might; a misstep could cost you your life. Hundreds of adventurers had already lost their lives from their sharp claws.
  
  
  
  ......
  
  
  
  A quest grade of A, this would surely prove to be difficult. This also means that the level and abilities of the Tigermen are above mine. Fortunately my skills and equipment are sturdy. Let"s go!
  
  
  
  Baby Bobo shook his stinger and flew gracefully towards me, landing on my shoulders. Together with my big yellow bee, we head off!
  
  Heading south through the verdant greens protected forests of Dragon City for around 10 minutes, another new field appeared before me and the system notice warned -
  
  "Ding!"
  
  System Notification: The area ahead is classified as a danger zone. In recent times, the orc tribe began a large scale migration from the wilderness and a large group of orcs are currently resting at the forest ahead!
  
  Raising my head, I unsheathe the Jade City Sword and with the shake of my arms Baby Bobo flew up and entered battle mode.
  
  "Roar!"
  
  
  
  Before I got a chance to get close, the leaves of the forest shook and a large shadow lunged out. Not only me, but even Baby Bobo was frightened and squealed in fear. It was a male beast crawling on the ground, weighing at least half a ton. His body was covered with thick black fur and his head was hideously distorted. On his hands were claws and on his butt was a round hairy ball. Actually that would be his tail -
  
  【Merciless Bear】（Normal Monster）
  
  
  
  Level: 39
  
  Attack: ? ? ?
  
  Defense: ? ? ?
  
  Life: ? ? ?
  
  
  
  Skills: ? ? ?
  
  Description: A brethren of the orcs, the Merciless Bear harnesses strength equal to that of wild bears and yet retain a portion of their human intelligence. It"s rumored that their ancestors were humans living in the wild mountains and jungles. These intelligent humans were able to understand the art of changing one"s form and were able to transmogrify into wild beasts, one of them became the founder of the bear tribe.
  
  
  
  ......
  
  
  
  "Kid!"
  
  The Bearman lowers his head and looks down towards me with some kind of sticky substance trickling down from the edges of his mouth. He laughs ferociously, "Such smooth skin and tender meat. You would do fine as my meal. That small wasp, what is it?"
  
  
  
  I lift my sword and slide my feet, drawing a semicircle in front of me with my blade. At the same time, appearing beneath my legs were the markings of an Eight-Trigram formation. In a split moment, I activate 【Defense】and raise my defensive abilities by 1%. At the same time, I shake my arms and a flash of dazzling light envelops me activating 【Haste】, increasing my attack speed by 2% and movement speed by 1%. Time to start attacking!
  
  
  
  I run forward with my blade slightly lifted. A golden hexagram starts shining on it and along with whizzing sound of the wind, I used a 4 combo strike to hit the Bearman squarely on its head.
  
  "334!"
  
  "319!"
  
  "297!"
  
  
  
  Tsk tsk, the defensive ability of the Bearman surely isn"t something to laugh about. It"s comparable to that of Jian Feng Han...
  
  
  
  Suffering from the pain of the blows, the Bearman howls angrily at me. Raising its sharp claws, he swipes towards me.
  
  "Pah!"
  
  "412!"
  
  Sharp pain immediately gushes to my arms, giving me a big shock. It"s a fatal(better than critical) blow against me. Despite the pain, I don"t retreat. Instead I roll forward and a white aura starts to emanate from beneath my feet, I activate the skill 【Strength of a Thousand Men】!
  
  
  
  I start a torrent of strikes against the Bearman coupled with a solid body slam. Finally I finished the charge up for the most destructive strike, 【Wind Blade】 and a single, powerful strike slashes at the neck of the Bearman. With the sound of its neck breaking, fresh blood gushes forward from the wound. That last cut was too vicious, it removed a staggering 700+ health from the Bearman. Together with Baby Bobo the level 39 monster was severely wounded.
  
  
  
  "Roarrrr!"
  
  Upon the second claw swipe from the Bearman, I consciously predicted the angle and speed of the swipe. At the last instant, when the swipe was about to land on my shoulders, I sidestepped, dodging the attack.
  
  "Miss!"
  
  
  
  Splendid, it was a lot simpler than I thought. With the Swordsman class" 0.9 growth in agility, I have a greater range of possible movements, especially when dodging and attacking; even within the 9 main classes, the swordsmen"s movements are unrivaled. That"s why most gamers choose to play as a Swordsman. Even if its health and defense are beneath that of the Knight and its attacking power is unable to equal that of a Berserker"s, with its unparalleled movements, the Swordsman class is the true path to kingship!
  
  
  
  ......
  
  
  
  "Ka Cha!"
  
  After dodging, I maneuver myself to the back of the Bearman and with a slash of my sword, I decapitate the Bearman and its remaining 5% health disappears. Judging by the ease on how the huge head of the Bearman could be cut off by me; this shows that my offensive power is beyond ordinary. At the same time, with a "Pa ta" sound, an item dropped from the first Bearman I killed. It is a level 33 Wild Bow, green tiered. Although its stats weren"t bad, I don"t have any use for it. So I drop it inside my bag.
  
  Picking up the sole silver coin dropped from the Bearman, I step over its corpse and move on. Prying open the bushes, I find the land in front me filled with Bearmen, indicating that this must be the Bearmen camp. Looking at the map again, I realize that the Tigermen camp was at another area not too far off from my current position. Moving stealthily towards the location indicated on the map, I pass through a grove of maple trees and finally hear the roars of tigers.
  Under the scorching sun, I find a half-man, half-beast monster prowling around the grasslands. On its body was a head resembling that of a young man. However growing on its face were golden facial hairs, together with a great golden mane. But on its forehead was long flowing blood-colored hair. The monster was equipped with light leather armor and as for its hands, it was morphing between one of a normal human"s and sharp claws. Together with its war boots, the monster shows an incredibly arrogant look-
  
  【Tigerman】（Normal Monster）
  
  Level: 40
  
  Attack：？？？
  
  
  
  Defense：？？？
  
  
  
  Health：？？？
  
  
  
  Skills：？？？
  
  
  
  Description: A brethren of the orcs, these beastmen possesses the overwhelming strength of a tiger and retain a portion of their human intelligence. It"s rumored that their ancestors are humans living in the wild mountains and jungles. These intelligent humans were able to understand the art of changing one"s form and were able to transmogrify into wild beasts, one of them being the founder of the tigermen tribe.
  Chapter 65 - Addicted to Money
  
  This chapter was sponsored by William Wang and Johannes Ganghofner!
  
  "Time to go..."
  
  I take a deep breath and hold onto my sword. A level 40 Tigerman. The only thing I"m afraid of is that its attack is higher than the Bearman"s. On a side note, the Tigerman"s form is a lot cooler than the Bearman"s. The Bearman is just a huge bear crawling on the ground while the Tigerman is a human form warrior with the face of a tiger!
  
  
  
  "If I kill him then my mission will be 0.1% finished!"
  
  
  
  I activate[Haste] and [Defense] and then grasp my sword and dash towards it. Killing monsters doesn"t require extensive body control, so this guy shouldn"t be a problem. Before I even get close to the Tigerman, a golden hexagram starts to appear on my sword, level 4 [Combo]!
  
  
  
  Bang bang bang...
  
  
  
  With the attacks of the [Combo], all 3 sword strikes land, but the attacks weren"t as effective as I had hoped--
  
  
  
  "247!"
  
  
  
  "229!"
  
  
  
  "221!"
  
  
  
  Damn! Even after 3 strikes, I only did 700 or so damage. Is my sword falling apart? No, it"s still at 100% Durability!
  
  
  
  The Tigerman suddenly stands up and reveals a sinister smile. It raises its claws and laughs, "Ignorant human! You are looking to die if you invade my territory!"
  
  
  
  Whoosh!
  
  
  
  The claws magically extend 2-3 yards out. This is the monster"s attack?!
  
  
  
  I have no way of dodging it and I feel a pain blossom on my shoulder; I lost a huge chunk of HP--
  
  
  
  Tick!
  
  
  
  Battle Notification: You"ve been struck by the Tigerman"s 【Violent Sweep】 and lost 311 HP!
  
  
  
  ......
  
  
  
  I almost fainted from the pain. Although I didn"t get killed instantly, I lost 311 of my HP with only one strike. What kind of attack damage is that?
  
  
  
  My body trembles slightly and Bobo repositions himself. I rush towards the other side of the Beastman and with a whoosh a ray of light appears under me. I start my custom combo, [Strength of a Thousand Men]!
  
  
  
  "78!"
  
  
  
  "98!"
  
  
  
  "82!"
  
  
  
  "117!"
  
  
  
  "614!"
  
  
  
  ......
  
  
  
  A series of attack damage numbers fly up and I regain some confidence. [Strength of a Thousand Men]"s [Wind Blade] is still a reliable attack. Even though the Tigerman has such a high defense, it still can"t go against my [Wind Blade]!
  
  
  
  At the same time I feel a wave of pain on my shoulder. The Tigerman"s attacks are extremely fast and it finished two strikes in an instant. It even bellowed loudly, trying to scare me!
  
  
  
  Whoosh!
  
  
  
  "+600"
  
  
  
  I cast [Heal] to recover 600 HP and return to a safe HP range where I"m not in danger of dying. Unless the Beastman has another trick that can instantly kill me, I can live if I have good control over my pet and myself!
  
  
  
  Using the 12 pet-man tactics that Wan Er gave me, I slowly step deeper and deeper into understanding how the game works and the differences between it and reality. It goes without saying that as I understand more and more, my power in game becomes stronger and stronger.
  
  
  
  At the same time as I was using [Strength of a Thousand Men], my mind lingered on something else. How was Jian Feng Han able to break my combo, making my 4th strike miss? Now that I think of it, the biggest weakness in my combo was my pause between strikes. Although I learned the combo, it doesn"t mean that it"s omnipotent. In fact every combo will have some imperfection and since Feng Han"s insight and control are both top-class, it"s fairly normal for him to break my combo.
  
  
  
  Whoosh!
  
  
  
  My sword slices through the air as soon as I finish my 3rd strike of [Strength of a Thousand Men] on the Tigerman, I rush next to the Tigerman. Thus, when the 4th strike, my ram, lands, the Tigerman has no time to react and he gets stunned for at least 1 second. As I thought, by rushing towards my target, the time between the 3rd and 4th strike got shortened. At the same time I hear a ring next to my ear--
  
  
  
  Ding!
  
  
  
  System Notification: Player has successfully realized secret arts, harmony with your combo 【Strength of a Thousand Men】 has increased by 0.9%!
  
  
  
  ......
  
  
  
  Oh? Harmony?!
  
  
  
  I"ve finally understood! After creating a custom combo, there"s still this thing called harmony. Now I"m even more certain that the programmers who participated in creating <> were skilled in real life; or else they would not have possibly been able to make these small details. Mm, this game is getting more and more interesting!
  
  
  
  ......
  
  
  
  Growl!
  
  
  
  Yet another Tigerman falls dead in front of me and I pick up the silver coins and throw them into my bag. I look at my mission progress: 14/1000. It looks like that I need to spend the entire morning here. But, from fighting so many Tigerman, I"ve figured out a couple knacks. The behavior of the Tigermen are indeed very violent, not only do they have strong skills such as [Violent Sweep], they also have another one called [Mountain Sink], which raises defense 10 times; which is why I can"t seem to able to scratch these Tigerman.
  
  
  
  Well I continue anyways, kill kill kill!
  
  
  
  I keep on going until 10 o"clock in the morning and finally with a clang, after I killed off the 419th Tigerman, besides the black-iron and green equipment, it dropped a shiny item. An Illustration card, a blood-red illustration card. It"s the Tigerman"s illustration! As I hold the card in my palm, my face is full of tears. Ahh, thank you God...
  
  
  
  Whoosh!
  
  
  
  The seal disappears in my palm and it enters as one in my seal window. From now I can seal Tigermen whenever I want!
  
  
  
  【Tigerman】
  
  
  
  Attack: ★★★★☆
  
  
  
  Defense: ★★★★☆
  
  
  
  HP: ★★★☆
  
  
  
  Agility: ★★★☆
  
  
  
  Magic Power: ★★☆
  
  
  
  Skills: 【Violent Sweep】【Mountain Sink】
  
  
  
  ......
  
  
  
  I look at the seal once again and double check, the Tigerman"s stats are really nice. In addition, the path that these pets take is very obvious, strength + defense, 5 points in strength to maintain a strong attack and 5 points in defense to maintain the strong front. With its 4.5 stars in attack and defense, it"s enough to guarantee good basic stats for the pet. So this is a good all-around pet!
  
  
  
  At the current stage, people like Yan Zhao Warrior and Jian Feng Han have attack oriented pets. They all have extremely strong attack damage but don"t have enough defense. When they meet the high attack, high defense Tigerman, those pets are pretty much already dead. The Tigerman has [Mountain Sink], which can increase its defense by several hundred points; even my Baby Bobo may not be able to damage it by much, so obviously the pets such as Hellhound have no chance!
  
  
  
  Hehe, Tigerman, how OP!
  
  
  
  Of course the biggest counter to these attack + defense pets are magic pets such as Yue Qing Qian"s Bulldozer. [Mountain Sink] can resist physical attacks, but it doesn"t do anything against magical attacks.
  
  
  
  As I happily continue killing Tigerman for the mission, I need to be more vigilant. Before killing any Tigerman I need to carefully check their level. A level 1 Tigerman is as good as cold, hard cash!
  
  
  
  ......
  
  
  
  I kill until 11 o"clock AM and almost 600 Tigerman have been killed by me. The entire forest of Tigermen have almost been annihilated by me and there aren"t many almost left. In a ray of golden light I leveled up to 33. After killing 400 more and then handing in my mission, I should be able to reach level 34 without any problems.
  
  
  
  At this time with a tick, a message came from the beauty Cang Tang (Previous Wizened Vision), "Li Xiao Yao, disconnect and come for lunch. Remember to bring money. This lunch is your treat since you lost to Jian Feng Han..."
  
  
  
  I have nothing to say. As per the bet, I lost and Wan Er even treated me to Song Helou before, so I should keep my promise.
  
  
  
  "Okay I"ll disconnect right now. You guys are leaving right now right?"
  
  
  
  "Yep."
  
  
  
  The Tigerman"s respawn time is about 3 hours or so, so that"s good. I"ll disconnect for lunch and when I come back they should have respawned and then I"ll continue killing them!
  
  
  
  I immediately disconnect in the forest, grab a coat and start to leave!
  
  
  
  With a bang my hands get grasped by a fat hand. I raise my head and it"s Glasses Tang Gu!
  
  
  
  "Xiao Yao, are you eating with the two beauties Ling Wan Er and Dong Cheng Yue everyday?"
  
  
  
  "Yeah what about it?"
  
  
  
  His face is full of jealousy and admiration, "Damn, give it to me straight. What"s your relationship with those two? Why does Ling Wan Er refuse so many different invitations for a meal and yet she sticks with a guy like you? How are you better than us?"
  
  
  
  I look at him then point at the mirror next to him, "Hey, look at yourself in the mirror. If you can tell me how you"re better than me in any area, then I"ll bring you too..."
  
  
  
  He looks and then scratches his head, "I don"t think I am..."
  
  
  
  "Okay I"m going out for lunch. I still need to grind when I come back!"
  
  
  
  "Wait!"
  
  
  
  "What now?"
  
  
  
  Tang Gu quickly brings a pile of disks from his bed and with a red face he says, "Help out a brother. This is Ling Wan Er"s album, all genuine. Help me...get her signature. Just have her write her name on the title pages of all of them. If you help me then you will forever be my brother! Thank You. Thank You."
  
  
  
  I glare at him with incomparable contempt, "Shameless!"
  
  
  
  Tang Gu"s face goes completely red, "Can"t be helped. I only like a few girls in my lifetime and Wan Er is one of them. I need to give these disks to quite a few friends..."
  
  
  
  "Fine, I got it. Every signature costs 100 Yuan (~$16) or else no deal..."
  
  
  
  "You...you"re evil!"
  
  
  
  "Do you want the signatures or not?"
  
  
  
  "I want it! I want it!"
  
  
  
  Tang Gu takes out 10 bills and I hold onto them and smile, "Easy money..."
  
  
  
  "Get me the 10 signatures or else I"ll kill you!"
  
  
  
  "Don"t worry!"
  
  
  
  ......
  
  
  
  I carry the disks and run on the school yard pathway. Beneath the girl"s dorm are two beauties wearing skirts, waiting for me. From afar Wan Er sees me carrying some discs and she shows her surprise, "You..this..."
  
  
  
  Cheng Yue is also surprised as well, "Oh? Heart of Time? Isn"t this the album that you released a few years ago, Wan Er?"
  
  
  
  "......"
  
  
  
  ......
  
  
  
  In the dining room, while waiting for food I lay out the disks, take out a pen, and with a smile I look at Wan Er and say, "Oh beautiful and kind Miss, can you sign each disk for me?"
  
  
  
  "I know that you are not my fan!"
  
  
  
  I nod, "Mm!"
  
  
  
  "How much money are you getting for these signatures?"
  
  
  
  I"m shocked, "You...you"ve misunderstood, I"m not that kind of a person!"
  
  
  
  Wan Er smiles, "You"re addicted to money, do you think that I don"t know how you"re like? I"ll take 50% of what you received. No, that"s not right. I"ll take 70%. Take it or leave it!"
  
  
  
  My face goes completely white. The demons of this world; they get more and more evil!
  
  TL: Same thing, could you guys find the errors? Thanks.
  
  Honorable mentions from last chapter:
  
  Fathomed
  
  Nhi
  
  kcz117
  
  Akkor Dance
  
  Chan Yong Kim
  
  John Nguyen
  
  Ryan Chung
  
  Rothenell
  
  Filip Bendevski
  
  Thanks!
  
  Btw, 3 chaps today? I"m going for it!
  Chapter 66 - 100% Superiority
  
  This chapter was sponsored by William Wang.
  
  TL: Third chapter gonna take a while, lots of work
  
  After lunch, the three of us walk side by side along a small, maple leaves paved street. The lingering refreshing fragrance of Osmanthus flowers filled the air.
  
  "Oh right m"lady, this morning you mentioned that you were going to catch some pets, have you succeeded yet?" I ask.
  
  Lin Wan Er purses her red lips and replies, "Currently, not yet."
  
  I ask, "Then, have you chosen the pet you want to focus on capturing?"
  
  "Hmm, a type of Firefox, its magic offensive abilities are extremely powerful. On top of that, I like its cute appearance..."
  
  "Oh, so how are you progressing along? Have you met a level 1 Firefox yet?"
  
  "Not yet, I haven"t found its illustration yet..."
  
  "Pfffffffffff..." I accidentally spit out the coke I was drinking.
  
  "You!"
  
  Lin Wan Er looks at me with an enraged look on her face, "You still owe me a favor... you haven"t returned the favor from that time yet..."
  
  I ask, "What favor?"
  
  Dong Cheng Yue reminds me, "That time in the classroom, you were surrounded by Liu Ying and Xu Yue. It was Wan Er that grabbed onto your arms and pretended to be your girlfriend so that you were able to keep the final shreds of your dignity..."
  
  "..."
  
  Dong Cheng Yue looks at us as if we were preforming an interesting show and giggles, "So, how do you intend to repay that favor?"
  
  ... ...
  
  Under the shade of the tree, as groups and groups of students walked by, the eyes of every single male student were affixed intensely upon Lin Wan Er. It was a shock to them to think that there would still be a beautiful lady existing here.
  
  As for how I would repay the favor to Ling Wan Er...
  
  I placed the discs on top the cap of the rubbish trash bin beside me and walk firmly to Ling Wan Er"s side. Stretching out, I hook my arm through the tender white arms of Ling Wan Er. From my arms, I could feel her soft and tender arm. The top beauty of Liu Hua university sure does let men go crazy.
  
  "Does this consider as returning the favor?" I ask.
  
  Ling Wan Er opens her charming mouth and stands there in a daze, like a beautiful doll, and stares blankly for a few seconds. Her dazed look causes the surrounding students to stop in their tracks and focus their attention on her.
  
  
  
  ... ...
  
  
  
  "Li Xiao Yao..." Ling Wan Er says in a gentle voice after a long pause.
  
  "Yes, m"lady?"
  
  Ling Wan Er raised her left hand, her five fingers white as snow. She gradually curls her hand into a fist, looking at me sweetly, she says gently, "Do you know what I feel like doing the most right now?"
  
  
  
  I swiftly retract my arm and collect the discs I placed by the side, "M"lady, you should hurry and go online to train your level, I"ll be taking my leave..."
  
  I disappear so fast that a trail of smoke could be seen behind me.
  
  Ling Wan Er grits her teeth, her face flushed and speaks under her breath, "Hmph, that bastard. I"ll fix him sooner or later!"
  
  Dong Cheng Yue grabs her hand and giggles, "Are you willing to do that?"
  
  "..."
  
  ... ...
  
  
  
  Under the bright sunlight, I appear in the southern forest. In front of me, two new Tigermen immediately lunge towards me. Damn it, both of them attacking together gives me a lot of stress.
  
  
  
  Lifting my hands and unsheathing my Jade City Sword, I swiftly activate 【Turmoil Sword】, 【Defense】 and 【Haste】. At the same time, I duck and punch a heavy blow towards the ground. The LV-4 Binding Chains activates and ties up the Tigerman on my right. Next, with my Jade City Sword, I rush towards the other Tigerman while summoning Baby Bobo. With a flash of my sword, I slash at the Tigerman .
  
  The golden light from my combo constantly bursts forth crashing into the leather armor of the Tigerman. The next moment, I receive a horizontal swipe from the Tigerman at my shoulders. I slightly shift my body and with a white aura emanating from beneath my feet, I activate 【Strength of a Thousand Men】. At the same time, I purposely manipulate the timing between the third strike and the following ram, such that when striking the third blow, the target would be at close proximity to myself and it would be impossible for the opponent to dodge the coming ram. Even with Jian Feng Han"s ability to maneuver his character, it would be very hard for him to cause the fourth hit to miss if I did this.
  
  "Pah!"
  
  
  
  I knock back the Tigerman with my ram and activate Wind Blade. The cut removed 600+ health from the Tigerman"s health bar, the damage output high as usual. At the same time, a system bell rings-
  
  "Ding!"
  
  
  
  System Notification: The player has understood the intricacies behind the skill 【Strength of a Thousand Men】. The harmony with this skill increases by 0.7%
  
  
  
  ......
  
  
  
  My growth of my harmony to the skill has been growing at a slower and slower pace. However, in one afternoon, I raised it by 14.9%. I wonder what changes would happen to the skill after its harmony reaches 100%. Would my 【Strength of a Thousand Men】 increase in rank? Or would it allow me to accomplish a 1000 hit combo, such that even a hundred Jian Feng Hans would fall under my 【Strength of a Thousand Men】?
  
  Thinking about this, I couldn"t help but smile gleefully. How pitiful is Jian Feng Han, boasting that he has the top battle abilities and yet, ended up beheaded by my hands. He must be regretting that he died to me at Fire Stone Canyon. Although I lost to him once, my win against him boosted my reputation by a lot. Furthermore, it would be hard for him to challenge me again, because he might be seen as narrow-minded if he did so. Thus, all he can do is to keep this grudge to his grave.
  
  ......
  
  
  
  Continuing to wander around the forest, as I was killing my 797th Tigerman, Lady Luck finally descends upon me.Deep in the forest, a Tigerman was standing under a tree, roaring softly. Its body was dyed blood red, its armor was razor sharp and on its head was a line of words that almost made my heart stop-
  
  
  
  【Tigerman】（Normal Monster）
  
  
  
  Level：1
  
  
  
  Description：Sealable
  
  Damn, it finally appeared. A level 1 Tigerman!
  
  Tears were about to fall from my eyes. Putting Baby Bobo in a defensive state, I grab one of my sealing card which I have previously stocked up to exactly 3 stacks totaling 297 sealing cards. Bring it on!
  
  Raising one of my sealing cards, I lock it onto the Tigerman and it reflects the success rate of 7.7%. The success rate is really goddamn low!
  
  
  
  "Shuaaa"
  
  
  
  The sealing card flies out of my hands, causing a light hexagram to appear at the Tigerman"s feet, only for it to flicker and disappear. It failed!
  
  Wait, is that all that it did?
  
  
  
  Continuing on, the second card, the third card... I kept throwing the sealing cards as if they were worthless. At the 19th card, the level 1 Tigerman finally gives up with a roar, turning into a flash of white light which flew towards my pet slot. I immediately open my pet slots to take a look at the stats of the Tigerman.
  
  
  
  【Tigerman 】
  
  
  
  Level：1
  
  
  
  Attack：★★★★☆
  
  
  
  Defense：★★★★☆
  
  
  
  Health：★★★☆
  
  
  
  Agility：★★★☆
  
  
  
  Magic：★★☆
  
  
  
  Skills：【Violent Sweep】【Mountain Sink】
  
  
  
  Excellence：81%
  
  
  
  ......
  
  
  
  Hm, this Tigerman should be at least worth a hefty sum of 500G!
  
  
  
  I must make sure to keep this Tigerman well. Containing my excitement, along with Baby Bobo, we start to kill Tigermen again!
  
  While gradually increasing my harmony with my custom combo, I tried to subconsciously avoid the attacks by my target. This is a necessary skill for survival since if a close range fighter were to allow an enemy to land every single blow on him, it would be difficult to climb to the upper tiers of the ranking. This was similar to how if long range fighters do not understand how to keep their distance from their enemy, they would only end up as cannon fodder.
  
  
  
  After killing Tigermen until around 3PM, I finally hit the quota for the quest while my Jade City Sword was about to lose its edge from all the cutting. Furthermore, in my bag there were around 10 or so green-tiered equipment, they could probably be sold for a few dozens gold coins total. The drop rate here isn"t bad.
  
  "Di!"
  
  
  
  I receive a message from the great beauty m"lady, "Li Xiao Yao, what is your charm level?"
  
  "29, what"s wrong?"
  
  "Seriously? 29? You not lying are you?"
  
  "I"m not lying... why?"
  
  The great beauty m"lady begins to panic, "You... how did you get 29 points? I"m only at 19 myself. Huhu, do you know what charm is used for?"
  
  "No idea..."
  
  "Idiot! Charm is used to determine the intimacy between the player and the NPCs. It also determines the highest amount of damage a player can get. Even more so, it determines the drop rate from killing monsters, other players and your own drop rate. Charm is a factor that is of utmost importance..."
  
  "Ok, I understand it now. Hahaha..."
  
  "Laugh your ass off, I"ll go and continue on with my training..."
  
  "Yeah, see you m"lady!"
  
  
  
  After turning off the message box, I start to return to town to claim my rewards for the quest. Looking at my experience bar, I"m currently at 74% in level 33. After finishing this quest, surely I"ll be able to level up. After all, this is a grade A quest, the experience points from its rewards must surely be satisfying. If my luck is good, who knows, I might even be able to get a gold tier equipment, although the chances of that are extremely low.
  
  
  
  ......
  
  
  
  "Sha sha..."
  
  
  
  I had barely walked a few steps on the grasslands with my Silver battle boots, before I hear the ferocious roar of a tiger from behind me. Hm, it"s probably just another respawned Tigerman.
  
  However, with the breeze lightly blowing, I glance behind me for a moment and for an instant, I am stunned. Praise the omnipotent wind god!
  
  Not far from the grassland, as I expected, a new Tigerman has respawned. Furthermore, it"s level 1!
  
  ......
  
  
  
  Brimming with excitement, my heart was about to leap out of my throat. I immediately pick up my pace and move towards the Tigerman. At the same time, I reach for my sealing cards. Two level 1 Tigermen in a day, just what kind of good luck am I experiencing today?
  
  
  
  "Shua!"
  
  
  
  The sealing card disappears under the feet of the Tigerman . Continuing on, the second card!
  
  Before long, I lost 77 sealing cards, wasting an entire 14 minutes of my time.
  
  
  
  On the 78th card, cold sweat drips down my back. If this goes on, will I use up all of my sealing cards without a single success? If that happens, won"t I regret sealing this Tigerman to the point where I feel like dying? But, from the other precedents, the harder it is to seal the monster, the more likely that the monster that comes is extremely strong. This Tigerman might just as well be the treasure that I had been praying for.
  
  While thinking about this, I threw out the 119th sealing card.
  
  "Shua!"
  
  The Tigerman turned into a ray of white light and entered my pet slot. Opening my pet slots, its Excellence was 81%, the same as before?
  
  Wiping my eyes, I realize that I had the previous one.
  
  
  
  Opening the stats of the other Tigerman, with just one look, I felt as if my heart was about to stop.
  
  
  
  【Tigerman】
  
  
  
  Level：1
  
  
  
  Attack：★★★★☆
  
  
  
  Defense：★★★★☆
  
  
  
  Health：★★★☆
  
  
  
  Agility：★★★☆
  
  
  
  Magic：★★☆
  
  
  
  Skills：【Violent Sweep】【Mountain Sink】
  
  
  
  Excellence：100%
  
  
  
  ......
  
  
  
  Fuck! To think it was a Tigerman with 100% excellence. This time, I"ve struck gold.
  
  
  
  Hugging my Jade City Sword, I hurriedly left the forest and went directly to Dalin, completing my quest. Using his big hands, he pats me on my shoulders and says, "Lad, you have done well this time. Take these gold coins, the ** of Ba Huang City"s pub have already endured to their utmost limit waiting for you to visit them!"
  [TL: In the raws ** was also used]
  
  
  
  "Ding!"
  
  System Notice: You have completed the grade A quest 【Exterminating Tigermen 】, you have received 19000 experience points, 50 gold coins and your reputation in Dragon City has increased!"
  
  
  
  ......
  
  
  
  Shrouded in a ray of golden light, I reached level 34. This rate of leveling is really awesome.
  
  At the same time, I send a message to Ling Wan Er, "M"lady, have you caught your pet yet?"
  
  "Not yet..." Ling Wan Er sounds a little depressed.
  
  
  
  "Pull me into your party!"
  
  
  
  "Oh?"
  
  Almost immediately, the invitation letter arrives and I join the party. Indeed, the party only consists of the 2 beauties Ling Wan Er and Dong Cheng Yue.
  
  Dong Cheng Yue giggles happily, "Oh, why did Xiao Yao come here?"
  
  
  
  I didn"t say anything and only sent a picture of the stats of the Tigerman into the group chat. In an instant, both of the beauties were stunned-
  
  "Tigerman ... Excellence 100%, this..."
  Chapter 67 - Transparent Wrist Guards
  
  This chapter was sponsored by William Wang!
  
  TL: 3/3. 4/3 maybe? Don"t count on it though.
  
  "Li Xiao Yao, how did you get this level 1 Tigerman? 100% excellence, you"re aren"t deceiving us are you?" Wan Er doesn"t seem to believe that I have such a high-class pet.
  
  Cheng Yue also says, "Yeah, this pet is definitely god-tier...What are those two skills all about?"
  
  
  
  I say, "[Violent Sweep], it"s similar to [Heavy Strike], but it is a lot stronger. [Mountain Mass], it adds defense: raises level * 10 defense, which means, a level 40 Tigerman get an extra 400 points in defense. I just got this pet and I also have another 81% Tigerman. You two, do you want them?"
  
  
  
  The two beauties go silent for half a minute.
  
  
  
  Finally, Wan Er says, "Since you got the pets, I"ll grab some money and buy it..."
  
  
  
  "It"s going to be very expensive, and Miss, didn"t you say you could only take 50 thousand Yuan from your bank card every month? This 100% superiority Tigerman, it"s worth at least 1000 gold coins, you know that right..."
  
  
  
  Wan Er pauses and says, "Actually, I have another bank card and there"s a few million on that..."
  
  
  
  "Then that"s a done deal!" I clap my hands, the time to make money has arrived!
  
  
  
  Cheng Yue tries to help her friend, "Wan Er, don"t be so rash. This Tigerman"s attack and defense are 4.5 stars, and it might not be as good as you think. How about..we let Xiao Yao give a discount or something in the name of our friendship..."
  
  
  
  Wan Er laughs lightly, "What do you say Li Xiao Yao?"
  
  
  
  I think for a while, and say, "Actually, me and the Miss have always been in a employer- employee relationship. Look, Miss doesn"t let me say her name and with Miss here and Miss there, I feel goosebumps everytime I say Miss..."
  
  
  
  Wan Er giggles, "That"s fine, just call me like Cheng Yue..."
  
  
  
  "Okay, Wan Er..."
  
  
  
  "Wait, I still feel that this doesn"t feel right!"
  
  
  
  "So you two don"t want these Tigermen?"
  
  
  
  "We want them, of course we want them. I"m good now. We"re heading towards Ba Huang City right now!"
  
  
  
  "Mm..."
  
  
  
  Cheng Yue continues, "How about this, sell the 100% superiority Tigerman to Wan Er, and sell the 81% superiority Tigerman to me. Also, throw in a discount for us, how about it?"
  
  
  
  "That"s fine, 40% off then. The 100% excellence will be sold for 600 gold coins, and the 81% will be sold for 300 gold coins."
  
  
  
  "Expensive!" Cheng Yue expresses her discontent, "What"s so good about these Tigermen..."
  
  
  
  Wan Er couldn"t help but smile, "Cheng Yue you don"t understand. The value of the Tigerman isn"t in its aid in level grinding, it"s value is prominent in player killing. The current pets of most players all have explosive attacks, every level when the pets gain 10 points, the points are all put into strength, and that guarantees a good leveling speed. Some also put 5 in strength and 5 in defense, to guarantee a good attack and a good survivability. But this Tigerman, if you put 5 in strength and 5 in defense every level, then when it gets to level 40, its defense will have 500 points, and with [Mountain Sink], that"s 900 points of defense. With level 40 players and pets, how many can break through 900 points of defense?"
  
  
  
  Cheng Yue is stunned, "So...So that"s how it is! Fine, I"ll spend a bit of money to buy some gold coins. Li Xiao Yao, we"ll get to Ba Huang City in around 90 minutes or so, so you wait a bit!"
  
  
  
  "Mm, that"s fine, I"ll wait for you two!"
  
  
  
  "Okay!"
  
  
  
  ......
  
  
  
  After discussing the prices, I don"t have anything to worry about now since I don"t need this 100% excellence Tigerman. The reason is very simple, what I need is explosive damage, and not survivability. Under my [Heal], Baby Bobo"s HP isn"t any problem unless I meet people like Jian Feng Han, who can instantly kill Bobo. Putting all of his stat points into strength, I can also maintain a good leveling speed, so why would I go for extra survivability when what I really need is a good leveling speed.
  
  
  
  Sigh, in this wilderness, I wonder how many people still want to kill me.. If I didn"t have Bobo to help me level grind, I"m afraid that I might still be under level 30 wandering around and who knows how long it might take to rush to level 40 and get promoted the second time? I don"t want to be [Scavenger of Dragon City] for a lifetime, because then all my future holds is "Master Scavenger", and it doesn"t sound good...
  
  
  
  Whatever, the two beauties still have a while until they reach Ba Huang City, no need to rush, I"ll grind a bit more first!
  
  
  
  I take my sword, and walk in front of Beast Tamer Dalin, and with a burning gaze he appraises me and laughs, "Boy, you are strong enough now, and I"ve already gave you the mission of collecting food for passing winter in Dragon City. The long winter lasts for 5 months, and if we didn"t have enough rations, we won"t be able to pass through it. But not long ago, I"ve received news. In the fertiles lands at the south-west of Dragon City, there"s a farm called "Ma Ling"s Farm". Ma Lin is an experienced hunter, but an extremely strong wild boar invaded the farm. Boy, go to Ma Lin"s farm immediately and kill off that wild boar and drag the corpse back, then Dragon City will have 3 more days of food!"
  
  
  
  Ding!
  
  
  
  System Notification: Do you accept the B-rank mission 【Wild Boar Hunt】?
  
  
  
  I quickly accept it. Now that I have the mission, it"s very simple. I"ll find Ma Lin"s farm, kill that wild boar, and bring back the meat.
  
  
  
  I open up the minimap, and the location of Ma Lin"s farm is already jot down. It"s a trip of around 20 minutes.
  
  
  
  I leave immediately and after a 20 minutes walk through a forest, I reach a land of wilderness, and within that wilderness a wisp of smoke rises. There"s a small wooden house there and in front of the wooden house there are fences surrounded by a few chunks of farmland, but sadly the vegetables such as lettuce in the farmland have already been trampled over, a huge monster is huffing over there!
  
  
  
  Looking at the monster, a pang of panic starts in my heart. What kind of wild boar is this?! This is like the king of all boars!
  
  
  
  Rumble...
  
  
  
  The ground shakes and a wild boar of at least 5 tons is trampling all the crops. The fences laced with thorns are being thrown left and right, and the boar"s body is full of spikes now. Surrounding that boar is a layer of fat and I"m guessing that my sword will have a bit of trouble piercing through that. The boar is at least 2 meters tall, its basically a living tank!
  
  
  
  I inch forward, with my sword in my right hand and look from a close distance. The huge boar"s stats appear in front of me--
  
  
  
  【Prideful Boar Prince - Qiu Fu】 (Elite-rank Monster)
  
  
  
  Level: 40
  
  
  
  Attack: 420-550
  
  
  
  Defense: 700
  
  
  
  HP: 10000
  
  
  
  Abilities: [Earthquake] [Brutal Combo]
  
  
  
  Description: Qiu Fu is an extremely violent boar. He is the leader of a nearby tribe of boars and it has committed countless evils by destroying farmlands. He is one of the wanted targets of Ba Huang City
  
  
  
  ......
  
  
  
  Hehe, an elite-rank monster, this is a mess. His 550 attack which isn"t too bad but his 700 defense is pretty hard to deal with. With my armor I only have 500 or so defense while this guy already has 700. I don"t even know if my sword can piece through that. Whatever, I"ll deal with it when it comes!
  
  
  
  With a whistle, I summon Bobo. My sword trembles and I use my level 2 [Defense] which increases 2% defense, and level 3 [Haste] which increases 6% attack speed and 3% movement speed. Time to go!
  
  
  
  Whoosh!
  
  
  
  I leap over the fallen fences in one jump and from a distance, I flick my wrist making a golden hexagram appears on my sword. I start with [Combo], and with bangbangbang I attack the boar prince"s rock-hard butt. It even created sparks! I have no words...
  
  
  
  "138!"
  
  
  
  "112!"
  
  
  
  "117!"
  
  
  
  Indeed, it doesn"t come even close to breaking his defense. My 800 attack can"t break past his 700 defense, unless my attack is 20% higher than my opponent"s defense, my attacks can"t reach their full potential!
  
  
  
  Huff huff...
  
  
  
  The boar turns around, and with its sharp ivory horns, it suddenly stabs towards me. It"s the [Brutal Combo]!
  
  
  
  I raise my sword, but I wasn"t able to block it. My 505 defense can"t go against it"s 550 attack. With a level difference of 6 levels, this pressure is too high!
  
  
  
  Bang bang bang...
  
  
  
  A wave of pain enters my chest and after being stabbed by his horns, it really hurts. A chain of damage numbers fly up--
  
  
  
  "312!"
  
  
  
  "297!"
  
  
  
  "224!"
  
  
  
  What a brutal attack!
  
  
  
  I get Bobo to attack it and I cast [Heal] on myself with a wave of my hand. Luckily I have 966 HP or else I would have been killed by the first attack. A B-rank mission? No way!
  
  
  
  I keep slashing with my sword and strike countless times at the boar, but the max damage I do is only 200 points of damage. How long will it take to kill off this 10000 HP boar?
  
  
  
  Wait, that"s not right. The system wouldn"t be that biased, the monster has to have a weak point, such as the eyes, and attacking at that point, I should be able to ignore a certain amount of defense!
  
  
  
  Growl!
  
  
  
  The boar continues to rush towards me, but this time I"m prepared. The instant before it reaches me, I dash right, and slash at the eyes of the boar!
  
  
  
  "478!"
  
  
  
  Indeed, I guessed correctly. I can ignore a large portion of defense by attacking vital spots!
  
  
  
  Now that I have something to rely upon, my sword starts to dance. I cast [Heal] on Baby Bobo and then circle around the boar, stabbing at him with my sword. The boar"s body is very strong and durable but his speed is too low, so his turning speed is also very slow. Even if I didn"t have Bobo to divert aggro, I can keep on circling around this elite-rank monster and kill him off.
  
  
  
  I raise my head, hm? A short tail flutters around, and under it is some pink tender skin....this spot...it counts as a weak spot right?
  
  
  
  Thinking that, I get excited, and I prepare my sword. With a whoosh, the bottom of my feet starts to glow. At the next instant, I use [Strength of a Thousand Men] and keep on striking, straight at the prince"s weak spot!
  
  
  
  Growl...
  
  
  
  This guy cries out, and at the same time 5 damage number flies up--
  
  
  
  "179!"
  
  
  
  "201!"
  
  
  
  "221!"
  
  
  
  "198!"
  
  
  
  "779!"
  
  
  
  ......
  
  
  
  That last hit was really fierce. Nice!
  
  
  
  In the end, after a few combos, the boar"s HP reached its end. Following a desperate cry, my experience bar rose by a huge chunk. Damn, that was nearly 40% of my total experience bar, elite monsters are the real deal!
  
  
  
  Whoosh!
  
  
  
  The boar falls and also drops an equipment. It"s a shining equipment and even has a trace of a faint gold glow. I immediately rush forward and pick it up. As I saw the stats, I couldn"t help but laugh, is this because of my 29 charm? This is quite the drop--
  
  
  
  【Transparent Wrist Guards】（Gold-rank Equipment）
  
  
  
  Type: Leather Armor
  
  
  
  Defense: 45
  
  
  
  Agility: +25
  
  
  
  Endurance: +23
  
  
  
  Others: Increases attack damage by 30 points
  
  
  
  Level Requirement: 35
  
  
  
  ......
  
  
  
  Holding the wrist guard, my heart shakes from the excitement.
  Chapter 68 - A Huge Deal
  
  This chapter was sponsored by William Wang.
  
  TL: Trans Change: Ling Wan Er -> Lin Wan Er. Sorry! 4/3 :D
  
  This pair of wrist guards adds agility by 20, making it a somewhat god-level equipment for agility-based classes. Furthermore, it adds 30 attack which makes it a dream equip for those in the assassin, gunner and archer class. After all, agility-based classes aim to boost their attack speed and critical strike chance, thus most of them choose to pump their stats into agility. On top of that, their damage growths from boosting the strength stat is rather low, making it unwise to waste their points on the strength stat. Although adding agility would also boost their damage, their class" damage tends to the lower end. This increase in 30 attack is at least equivalent to 42 stat points, thus making the total stat boost from this wrist guard come up to a staggering 90.
  
  
  
  ......
  
  
  
  From the gamers I know, Yue Qing Qian, Yue Wei Liang and Lin Wan Er are assassins, making the equip ideal for them. Although I have a good relationship with Yue Qing Qian, she is a member of the Prague. Furthermore, Lin Wan Er is the one whom I spend my days going to class with, leaving class with and having meals with. To add to it, she is my employer. If I were to give this pair of wrist guards to Yue Qing Qian, and if Lin Wan Er finds out afterwards, I"ll probably get killed?
  
  However, if I were to give this directly to Lin Wan Er, wouldn"t that be too shallow? Given my relationship with her, if I were to just simply give her a gold-rank equip, people would suspect that I have feelings for her. After much deliberation, I decide that the best method for me is to sell this pair of wrist guards to Lin Wan Er, thus getting rid of it easily and sparing her from owing me one.
  
  As to whether I should bring the wrist guards to sell at the Ba Huang market, currently I won"t consider this option. The only ones who have the means to purchase these wrist guards would only be those from Prague, Wrath of the Heroes or Vanguard; none of which I consider as my friend. As for the General Family, given how poor they are, I doubt they have enough to buy it. Selling this wrist guard in the market would probably just lead to the bolstering of my rival"s forces. This absolutely must not happen as my current strength does not allow me the confidence that I could defeat them even after I strengthen their forces.
  
  ......
  
  
  
  After making up my mind, I place the wrist guards into my inventory, pick up the 1 gold coin on the ground and grab the tail of the boar prince. Lets bring you back with me to the Dragon City to make some smoked pork!
  
  "Pah!"
  
  
  
  However, due to my excessive force, the tail of the boar snaps apart. I have sinned, I have sinned...
  
  
  
  After thinking for awhile, I turn around, head towards the fence and pull out several long strands of vines. Based on my past experience in the wild, these vines should be exceptionally flexible; learning how to braid vines was indeed a smart move. Furthermore, here in the game, my strength is much stronger than in reality, making it an easy feat to tie the vines into 2 long ropes. Tying both of the ropes firmly to the front canines of the boar, I started tugging on them, using all of my strength.
  Using great strength to pull, OH YEAH! Bring on the music!
  
  Little miss sitting at the front of the ship while I walk along the shore.
  
  
  
  Loving tenderly, both of us connected together by a string while walking leisurely.
  
  
  
  (纤夫的爱 <-Song name)
  
  
  
  ......
  
  
  
  A mysterious sight appears in the forests at the frontier of Ba Huang City. A little swordsman is using all of his efforts to pull along a gigantic wild boar, step by step he goes forward but his speed is unbelievably slow. The size of the wild boar behind him is seriously beyond huge. Fortunately, my 350+ strength isn"t just for show, at least I can inch forward.
  
  After dragging the boar prince for an excruciating long period of time, I"ve only just covered 60% of the distance. At this moment, in the party chat, Lin Wan Er"s sweet and refreshing voice sounds, "Hi, Li Xiao Yao, where"s your pet? Dong Cheng and I have reached Ba Huang City!"
  
  I groan, "Wan Er, I won"t be heading back to town yet. I accepted a quest and now I am currently dragging back my quest item. I"ll require... around 30 minutes. Wait for me for a moment!"
  
  Lin Wan Er replies with a tinge of displeasure in her voice, "Hmph, you idiot. You knew that we were coming and yet you went ahead to accept a quest. Are you purposely putting us both up on display in Ba Huang City for others to see?"
  
  I couldn"t help but laugh. To be honest, Lin Wan Er and Dong Cheng Yue could be considered gorgeous even among beauties. The appearance of them both at Ba Huang City would surely cause a big uproar. In fact, it"s high probable that the 2 girls are being surrounded and stared at by countless players at this point, especially at Lin Wan Er. A beautiful assassin in leather design does especially well to ignite the passion within the hearts of men, and the slender thighs and slim waist together with her well-filled 34D, who knows how many people have fallen under her feet...
  
  
  
  Thinking about this, I began to put in more effort to pull the boar prince. Damn it, I cannot allow my beautiful employer to be ogled at by those bastards in Ba Huang City.
  In order to soothe the 2 lonely and bored girls, I take a screenshot of the wrist guard"s stats, convert it into a picture and send it to them via the party chat, saying, "Wan Er, what do you think about these wrist guards?"
  
  Lin Wan Er stays silent for a moment and then says excitedly, "Wow, its stats are really exceptional, wonderful! Li Xiao Yao, from which boss did you hunt this equipment from? Going solo, you killed a gold-rank boss? Unbelievable..."
  
  I couldn"t find the words to reply for a moment, "Of course I can"t defeat a gold-rank boss, this was dropped from an elite monster..."
  
  "What kind of luck is that..." Lin Wan Er was speechless.
  
  Dong Cheng Yue chuckles, "Li Xiao Yao, hurry up and return, don"t make us wait too long. Judging from your actions, you probably intend to gift this wrist guards to Lin Wan Er hm?"
  
  I quickly repliy, "No, I don"t have that kind of intention..."
  
  Lin Wan Er laughs, yet her laugh seemed to have a profound meaning to it, "So... you intend to sell it to me?"
  
  "Yeah, that is possible!"
  
  "I am not buying!" Lin Wan Er firmly rejects my offer.
  
  
  
  Whoosh, in an instant my heart plummeted, "Wan Er, you"re not buying? These wrist guards add so many stats and yet... you really don"t want it, not even a single bit?"
  
  Lin Wan Er, after seeing me panicking, starts to smile brightly. After a long pause, she sends the picture of another equipment into the party chat. Opening it, I almost fainted -
  
  
  
  【Dawn Breastplate】（Gold-rank Equipment）
  
  
  
  Type：Heavy Armor
  
  
  
  Defense：125
  
  
  
  Strength：+29
  
  
  
  Endurance：+25
  
  
  
  Others：Increases defense by 40 points
  
  
  
  Level requirement：35
  
  
  
  ......
  
  
  
  Heavy armor hmm, armor-type equipment. Damn it, 125 defense points, must be really sturdy. On top of adding 25 endurance, it adds a bonus 40 defense, it"s the kind of equipment that I really need. This Dawn Breastplate is totally a cheat code.
  
  
  
  "Um..." I mutter to myself, not knowing what to say. I end up standing at the same spot staring blankly.
  
  
  
  Lin Wan Er, with an accomplished look on her face, chuckles, "So, how is it, you darned Li Xiao Yao, I"ll trade this Dawn Breastplate of mine for your Transparent Wristguards, it should be a fair trade right? Gold-tiered equipment for another gold-tiered equipment, you aren"t losing out..."
  
  
  
  I swiftly went to check the ranking of the equip on the equipment ranking board, locating the ranking of Dawn Breastplate amongst other gold-rank equipments... In the multi-purpose equipment rank board, it is ranked in the 9th place whereas the Transparent Wristguards is ranked 24. Truthfully speaking, if the trading were to occur, the one that benefits from the trade would be me... However, am I the type of person to try to profit off beautiful ladies? Of course not!
  
  Thus, I say, "The Dawn Breastplate"s ranking is much higher than that of my Transparent Wristguards. How about this, lets trade equipments but on top of that, I"ll pay you an additional 100 gold coin. So, for your Tigerman, you only have to pay me 500 gold coins..."
  
  Dong Cheng Yue giggles, "Well, that isn"t too bad, Wan Er gets to save some money..."
  
  Lin Wan Er says, "Alright then, I shall fully respect your decision!"
  
  "Hmm, Wan Er, where did you find this Dawn Breastplate?"
  
  "It is a long story, Yue Er and I went joined a party with a few other healers and archers to fight a level 40 boss. After killing the boss, I happened to roll it..."
  
  
  
  "Why not party with a berserker or a monk?"
  
  
  
  "Stupid, if I formed a party with them, would I still have the right to roll this breastplate for you?!"
  
  "Yup, m"lady is the wisest and the strongest!"
  
  "..."
  
  ......
  
  
  
  After a long time, I finally arrived at the Dragon City. Standing in front of Beast Tamer Dalin, I was ready to collapse. I refuse all quests he had for me and say, "Teacher, I have already completed your request and brought back the boar prince"s corpse to you. May I request that when you make smoked meat or bacon, a portion of it could be given to me..."
  
  Dalin roars with laughter and says, "No problem, lad. You really don"t disappoint me. Come, this is the rewards for your hard work!"
  
  
  
  "Ding!"
  
  
  
  System Notice: You have completed 【Wild Boar Hunt】, you have received 14000 experience point, 10 gold coins and your reputation in Dragon City has improved!
  
  ...
  
  
  
  "Shua!"
  
  Shrouded in golden light, I level up to level 35. Good, now I can equip the Dawn Breastplate. Taking out the return scroll, I crush it and smiling to Dalin, I say, "Teacher, see you later!"
  
  Dalin waves his hands towards the spot where I just disappeared.
  
  
  
  Immediately after arriving at the teleportation circle, I can see 2 small orange circle indicating the location of my party members, Lin Wan Er and Dong Cheng Yue.
  
  
  
  Swiftly making my way towards them, I spotted the two charmers leaning against the city walls carrying a bored expression. All of the players that walked past them, whether intentionally or not, carefully slipped secret glances towards them, afraid that they would be despised if the two goddess realized their furtive glances.
  
  
  
  Walking straight to them, I raise my hands and wave to them, "Hi, guess I made both of you wait..."
  
  Dong Cheng Yue looks up with a startled expression and then laughs, "Xiao Yao, your new style looks not bad. Dressed in a whole body of metal armor, you have converted to the heavy armor class right? Hehe, actually Xiao Yao really looks handsome dressed in war armors. Wan Er, what do you think? Don"t he really look like a handsome wandering swordsman?"
  
  Lin Wan Er glances at me then avoids looking at me, lowering her eyes to the stone ground, the edges of her mouth move up to form a smile. Then, she raises her face with a solemn poker face and says, "Hmph, let"s start the deal. Trade me!"
  
  I open the trade menu and start to trade with Lin Wan Er. Then, I place into the trade window the Tigerman with 100% Excellence and the Transparent Wrist Guards into the trade menu, while Lin Wan Er moved her Dawn Breastplate together with 500 gold coins into the trade. Pata, the trade was successful!
  
  ......
  
  
  
  Afterwards, I immediately place the 500 gold coins into the Treasure House to sell. The real money value of the gold coin has been falling steadily recently. The sooner that I sell these gold coins of mine, the less profit I"ll lose. At the same time, I take out the Dawn Breastplate from my inventory and put it on. Hua, and in an instant, the dull-looking Armor of the Earth turns into the Dawn Breastplate which emits a light golden glow. I instantly feel refreshed and a sense of security envelops me, this must be the feeling of a surge in my defense stats-
  
  【Xiao Yao Zi Zai】（Scavenger of Dragon City）
  
  
  
  Level：35
  
  
  
  Attack：610-816
  
  
  
  Defense：601
  
  
  
  Health：1176
  
  
  
  Magic：430
  
  
  
  Charm：29
  
  
  
  ......
  
  
  
  My defense has finally reached 600 points.Whether I"m fighting other players or monsters, my ability to resist their offense attacks should have been raised by quite a fair bit. Furthermore, what stands out the most is my health, which has reached 1100+; the result of the 25 endurance from the Dawn Breastplate. Together with the swordsman class" 0.8 endurance growth per level, I have a total of a 200 point boost to my health. With more health, I have better tanking ability such that I won"t be defeated a few seconds into the battle!
  Chapter 69 - A Meter of Sunshine
  
  This chapter was sponsored by William Wang, Sebastian Hagelin and Stefan Karlson!
  
  TL: Thanks to all the detectives who have found the errors within the chapters! 1/2
  
  Whoosh!
  
  A golden hexagon starts to glow, shining radiantly on Lin Wan Er"s snow-white face. She anxiously stood looking at the emerging Tigerman within the hexagram. Slowly, the Tigerman stood up, he had tough leather armor, bulging muscles and a ferocious face. As soon as he was summoned, he knelt down on one knee next to Lin Wan Er.
  
  
  
  The players around us all gave shocked glances at the Tigerman because none of them have ever seen half-beast half-human pets. Even though the intelligence of this Tigerman isn"t too high, his strength is incredible, his tenacity is decent and his defense is high, a perfectly balanced pet.
  
  
  
  Lin Wan Er happily stood next to her new pet. As the wind blew, her cloak started to drift in the wind, revealing a pair of long and slender legs. Stepping on a pair of leather boots, her beauty attracts the stares that were meant for her pet.
  
  
  
  I turn around and quickly give the 81% Tigerman to Dong Cheng Yue. Little did I know that Cheng Yue would immediately call out her pet too and the result was that there were two of the same pet standing there, creating a huge disturbance!
  
  
  
  ......
  
  
  
  "You guys should leave Ba Huang City, before more people notice you guys..." I lean on the City Wall and remind them.
  
  
  
  Lin Wan Er nods. "Yue Er, lets go back and get the levels of our Tigermen up to par. How are you going to add your stat points?"
  
  
  
  "My pet"s excellence is quite low and I need a defensive pet so I"ll add 4 points to Strength and 6 points to Endurance. That way, my pet"s defense won"t be too different from yours. Right?"
  
  
  
  Lin Wan Er lightly smiles, "Then I"ll go 6 Strength and 4 Endurance, keeping a high defense and not sacrificing too much attack."
  
  
  
  "Okay, the owners of 100% Excellence pets are really shameful..."
  
  
  
  "You! Let"s go!"
  
  
  
  "Okay!"
  
  
  
  The two beauties turn around and smile at me, "Li Xiao Yao, it"s getting late so me and Yue Er are going back to Fan Shu City and leveling our Tigermen to level 15. So in about an hour can you come to our dorm since we need to go out?"
  
  
  
  "Go where?"
  
  
  
  "We want to go the Mall to buy some things, like clothes..."
  
  
  
  "Wan Er, isn"t your card locked so you can"t spend any money?"
  
  
  
  "That"s because I can"t use it to buy in game gold, I can use it to buy clothes..."
  
  
  
  "Ohh...Okay. I"ll be waiting for you under your dorm. Are we going to eat dinner first?"
  
  
  
  "We"ll eat dinner in the mall!"
  
  
  
  "Alright!"
  
  
  
  .....
  
  
  
  According to my employment contract, I need to follow Lin Wan Er wherever she goes. So, I"m definitely not going to get the chance level tonight. All I can do is accompany the two to the mall, but its not too bad, staying in the game all the time is taking a toll on me.
  
  
  
  The Xihu District"s Mall is near Wen Yi Xi street and I"ve been there before but Wan Er obviously is more familiar with the place than me; her Audi TT quickly flashes through the city. Dong Cheng Yue is sitting in the back, "The Tigerman"s growth is really good. My level 15 Tigerman already has about 400 defense, if I get him to level 40 he"ll have about 1000 defense..."
  
  
  
  I turn around, "Take it slowly. Don"t add so many points into defense, you might not be able break the defense of heavy-armor players or monsters if you keep adding points into defense."
  
  
  
  "Yeahhh, I"ll be careful. Wait, Xiao Yao, why aren"t you driving and making your employer drive?"
  
  
  
  I stiffen.
  
  
  
  Lin Wan Er, focused on the road, smiles, "His IQ is too low to drive..."
  
  
  
  I curl my hands, "From now on, I"ll be the one to drive..."
  
  
  
  ....
  
  
  
  30 minutes later, at the cafeteria in third floor of the mall.
  
  
  
  A bowl of spicy Kabobs is in front of me. With my chopsticks, I hold up a Needle Mushroom and ask, "This meal is being paid for by Wan Er, right?"
  
  
  
  "Yup"
  
  
  
  "Owner, we want another 10 Beef Kabobs!"
  
  
  
  "You!"
  
  
  
  Spicy Kabobs with sweet yogurt; a god-like pairing, it heals souls!
  
  
  
  After finishing the meal, Wan Er and Cheng Yue bought some clothes. Afterwards, we went to the fourth floor. Cheng Yue clamored about watching a movie. But there weren"t many new films and the girls had already watched Transformers 5 so in the end we randomly picked a movie called <>.
  
  
  
  Since it was a love themed movie, in the theater, there are many couples already there. Dong Cheng Yue and Wan Er both got a huge bucket of popcorn and sat next to me. Dong Cheng Yue was quite familiar with me and easily starts to talk with me, she even started leaning on me! Lin Wan Er was a bit more reserved. Twirling her hair, she says, "Li Xiao Yao, where are you training your level, where you got the gold-tiered wrist guard?"
  
  
  
  I think about it for a moment, "Professional Quest!"
  
  
  
  "Oh? Who"s your profession"s instructor?"
  
  
  
  "Sorry, I can"t tell you. I might get killed by those bounty hunters..."
  
  
  
  "YOU...."
  
  
  
  Lin Wan Er stomps her foot in anger. She"s quite cute when she gets angry and the guys next to us, waiting to enter the theater, started looking at their own girlfriends. In comparison, Wan Er was a lot better than the lot of them combined and as a result, I attracted a lot of aggro.
  
  
  
  One is fine but two? Who is this guy!
  
  
  
  Even though I knew that this would happen, I couldn"t have done anything about it. This is probably the Legendary Lying Gun where the two girls beside me are actually just my friends. If not for the air conditioned bed, I wouldn"t even be here right now...
  
  
  
  .....
  
  
  
  After a short while, the movie started playing. The start of the movie was about a couple meeting and after another 100 minutes, the ending of the movie finally came. The male MC was sitting in a cave by himself, waiting to die. At that point, he saw a meter of sunshine coming from the cave"s entrance and was entranced by it. Because of it, he walked out of his cave and suicided by jumping off a cliff. And then... then the movie explained the origin of the meter of sunshine...
  
  
  
  Beside me, Dong Cheng Yue starts to wipe away tears...
  
  
  
  When the lights finally came back on in the theater, I see Lin Wan Er"s also red but she quickly put on her sunglasses. She asks, "Li Xiao Yao, what do you think of the movie?"
  
  
  
  I pause, "I don"t have any thoughts!"
  
  "Do you believe in the meter of sunshine love? For each other, they were willing to give up their lives! Do you want to have a girlfriend like that?"
  
  
  
  "Hmph, life in the modern age is very tough, everyone is busy trying to make money. Who has the time to talk about love? There"s still evil and the flag of justice hasn"t been lifted! I don"t have time to think about love!"
  
  "Is it because there aren"t any girls that like you?"
  
  
  
  I clench my teeth, how did she know?
  
  
  
  Dong Cheng Yue is giggling, "It"s already past 10, lets go back, before the school closes."
  
  
  
  "Yup!"
  
  
  
  .....
  
  
  
  This time, I drove the car. When we reached the school, the school gates were just about to close. With my foot on the gas, we did a 100 meter sprint and narrowly entered the school. The guards that were in charge of closing the gate looks at our car with hate.
  
  
  
  After sending the two girls back to their dorm, while walking on the paths in the school, I dialed Shen Bing"s number -
  
  
  
  "Hello, Li Xiao Yao!"
  
  
  
  "Yup, sister Shen Bing, are there any special situations, especially about Lightning Hands?"
  
  
  
  "Nope, how are you? Yesterday, nothing happened right?"
  
  
  
  "Uhh..." I thought for a moment before continuing, "Last night, I went to No Returns Bar and broke the arms of Wen Tai. Looks like Wen Tai kept the thing down low and hasn"t said anything about it yet."
  
  
  
  "Oh, it"s probably like that. He probably wouldn"t intentional destroy his reputation by saying that someone defeated him. Oh, are you alright?"
  
  
  
  "At that kind of level, its impossible for him to hurt me. Oh right, Shen Bing, our custom line needs to have some more security or else someone might eavesdrop."
  
  
  
  "Mm, I got it. I already secured the line before calling you for the first time. Don"t worry!"
  
  
  
  "Good, is there anything else? Leader Wang hasn"t contacted me recently."
  
  
  
  "There"s nothing, just relax and guard Lin Wan Er! Oh right, Lin Wan Er...is she as beautiful as they say she is?"
  
  
  
  "Umm, I don"t know..."
  
  
  
  "Looks like she"s pretty; to be able to make Li Xiao Yao stutter, she isn"t simple. Alright, I won"t tease you but you should be careful. We"re quite close to Lin Tian Nan so that Wan Er is safe."
  
  
  
  "Got it..."
  
  
  
  ....
  
  Ending the call, I realize that I"ve already been on the job for an entire week. But during the entire time, there hasn"t been anything big but I still feel some danger; the real danger hasn"t come yet but when it does come, I need to be ready.
  
  
  
  Back in my room, I sit in front of my desk. Randomly looking through the recent material from class, I feel like I could die from boredom. What Four Treasures, Old Saying, I can"t understand any of it. So, I open <>"s official website and look at Ba Huang City. At the top is a red post -
  
  
  
  [Sticky] Vanguard vs. Prague, Ba Huang City"s King"s fight is near?
  
  
  
  .....
  
  
  
  The general contents within the post was that for the past few days, Vanguard and Prague players have been fighting a lot, to the point where there were two 100 player parties battling. The two guilds are both top 10 in the entire chinese sever and because there"s only 1 first place in Ba Huang, sooner or later they will have a huge fight.
  
  
  
  I sip on my cup of tea, smiling. If they want to fight, then fight! It doesn"t matter to me but hopefully Yue Qing Qian and Yue Wei Liang aren"t involved in the fights, all I care about within the two guilds are those two girls.
  
  
  
  There were also a lot of random events in Ba Huang City. For example, someone found a level 50 Boss but when a couple hundred players went to kill it, they got annihilated. Someone also found level 7 herbs but within the entire city, there weren"t any players that reached level 7 in herb picking so they could look at the herbs. The most ridiculous event is probably the new Ba Huang City"s top ten beauties list. When I looked at it, I didn"t know any of them! I thought that within Ba Huang City, Yue Qing Qian and Yue Wei Liang were the prettiest, even if they were a bit young...
  
  
  
  .....
  
  
  
  While thinking about it, on the other bed, Tang Gu suddenly sits up, "Li, why aren"t you sleeping? There are classes tomorrow morning..."
  
  
  
  "Okay."
  
  
  
  Crawling onto my own bed and pulling up the blankets, I quickly close my eyes. There"s going to be a lot of things that I need to do tomorrow. Rushing to level 35 isn"t much, I need to rush to level 40! According to rumors, every class" second promotion is very essential where players get their second power spike.
  Chapter 70 - Dark Dwarves
  
  This chapter was sponsored by William Wang!
  
  Thanks again to all the people who pointed errors in previous chapters!
  
  In the morning at the General Studies of Chinese Characters class.
  
  The professor held an extremely thick book in his hands, reciting the contents from the book with modulated cadence.
  
  "Sha sha sha..."
  
  
  
  Beside me, the sound of continuous scribbling of pencils drifts over and outside the window, the birds chirp joyously. Leaning by the window sill, my head gradually nods off into a nap. After a while, someone shook me and I almost knocked my head on the table. Turning around, I see Lin Wan Er staring angrily at me, "Yesterday, what did you do?"
  
  "I didn"t do anything. Didn"t I go with you guys to the movies?"
  
  "Oh..."
  
  Glancing around her table, I saw Lin Wan Er"s scribbling on her workbook, drawing a portrait resembling her Pet. It was the Tigerman in game, drawn vividly with its domineering look. Tsk tsk, the beautiful m"lady really does have a wide range of talents!
  
  
  
  ......
  
  
  
  "It really does look like the real one!" I tilt my head and laugh.
  
  
  
  Lin Wan Er gently smiles, "Its okay, I"m just doodling..."
  
  
  
  Dong Cheng Yue is by Wan Er"s side, toying with her phone. After fiddling with it for a moment, she says, "Guys, big news! Just ten minutes ago, the first level 40 player appeared."
  
  Lin Wan Er and I say with a mysterious harmony, "Who?"
  
  "Not telling you two..."
  
  "..."
  
  "Fine, its Q Sword of Fan Shu City, and our future guild leader." Dong Cheng Yue chuckles, "I really didn"t expect Q Sword, a swordsman, to level at a faster pace than me, a mage."
  
  I asks, "Yue Er, what level are you at?"
  
  "Level 38."
  
  
  
  "What about Wan Er?" I ask once more.
  
  Wan Er opens her pair of charming eyes widely and stares at me. After a long time, Wan Er realized that I was referring to her. She, while looking a little uncomfortable with how I addressed her, says, "I"m currently level 39, with my experience bar at 17%. There are no classes this afternoon, so I should be able to hit level 40. But we are students, how can we compare with Q Sword..."
  
  "Hm, Q Sword seems to be in a rush to reach level 40, I wonder what is he planning..."
  
  Dong Cheng Yue says, "Taking the top spot in the player ranking board naturally comes with many benefits. Firstly, it spreads the player"s name far and wide. Next, it allows him to garner popularity from the other gamers, such that when he creates his own guild in the future, he doesn"t have to worry about being unable to recruit top level gamers."
  
  Lin Wan Er, also browsing the internet through her phone, says, "Actually, the most important thing is that at level 40, after job change, the new techniques are far stronger than our current ones. Let me see, for swordsman, after reaching level 40, you can learn 【Swordsmanship Specialization】, which increases sword-type damage by 25%. On top of that, you can learn either 【Flame Blade】 or 【Ice Blade】; Level 1 【Flame Blade】 increases damage by 3% whereas level 1 【Ice Blade】 increases damage by 2% and reduces the enemy"s speed.
  
  
  
  While speaking, Lin Wan Er looked at me, "Li Xiaoyao, your job could also be considered as a swordsman, which one of the two skills are you planning on training?"
  
  I replied immediately, "The effects of 【Ice Blade】 could reduce the enemy"s speed and could be considered as a control technique, one of the ideal skills for PK. Although 【Flame Blade】 has a high offensive power, but I do not lack offensive ability. My Wind Blade can also increase by attacking power by 3%, thus offsetting the setbacks from not learning 【Flame Blade】."
  
  Dong Cheng Yue rubs her hands together and giggles sinisterly, "Hee hee, today I shall also strive to reach level 40, and I shall start going on the offense!"
  
  Lin Wan Er couldn"t help but smiles, "A level 40 mage isn"t just as simple as being able to go on the offensive. There is still the 【Pillars of Ice & Fire】 which blasts away all monsters in a 5 meters radius. Only after learning 【Pillars of Ice & Fire】 can one proclaim themselves as a true qualified mage!"
  
  
  
  "Yup, yup!" Dong Cheng Yue eyes glittered with hope.
  
  
  
  ......
  
  
  
  After lunch, the two beauties, eager to rush their levels, excitedly run back to their dormitory. As for me, I walk leisurely back to my sleeping room. There"s no need to hurry, after all I am only at level 35, there"s still quite a long way off from level 40. Today, I could probably reach level 37-38, but reaching level 40 is still an impossible task.
  
  "Shua!"
  
  
  
  Appearing by the side of the Dragon City, I find Beast Tamer Dalin roasting a python over a bonfire. The python was as thick as a bowl, with scales that were gray in colour and it belonged under the category of Desert Snakes. Pi Pi Pa Pa, the crackling sound of the fire could be heard from where I stand. The persistent python was clinging onto its life and continuously writhing its body around. Apparently, the python did not understand what kind of person the Dalin is. Dalin, with one hand seasoning the python with pepper, was smacking the snake on its head with his other palm and shouts angrily, "Show some respect to your elders and stay still, if you continue to squirm around I"ll deep-fry you!"
  
  
  
  I tremble at the sight. My master is really not an ordinary person.
  
  Carrying the Jade City Sword, I walk up to him and ask, "Teacher, I have come again. Are there any quests for me?"
  
  Dalin looks up and replies, "Oh, kid, you finally appeared! This morning, Captain Frost passed by our campsite and told me that in the Fire Stone Canyon, east of Dragon City, they sighted a group of Dark Dwarves. These detestable dark dwarves originally resided underground. However, due to their greedy nature, they are extremely passionate about seeking gold. Apparently, some rumor spread amongst them, saying that underneath the Dragon City, countless gold bars and precious stones can be found. Hmph, those Dark Dwarves have gathered in thousands of troops in the Fire Stone Canyon, they are definitely aiming to invade us!"
  
  
  
  While saying this, Dalin suddenly stands up and pats my shoulder, "Kid, there is no room for complaints, you are to immediately head forth to Fire Stone Canyon and punish the bunch of greedy Dark Dwarves!"
  
  A piece of golden sheepskin appears in front of me and on top of it, written in a large font is the word "Bounty". Dalin looks at me with great expectations and says, "Lad, go to the Fire Stone Canyon, kill at least 2000 Dark Dwarves, and their names will be recorded on this magical scroll. On top of that, you have to kill at least one of the leaders of the Dark Dwarves, only then can the quest be considered complete!"
  
  "Ding!"
  
  
  
  System Notice: Received quest 【Hunting Dark Dwarves】! (Quest Grade A)
  
  
  
  Quest Description: Head forth to Fire Stone Canyon and kill at least 2000 Dark Dwarves. On top of that, you must exterminate one or more dark dwarf leader. Great caution should be exercised since Dark Dwarves are blessed with innate magical talent and they are incomparably greedy and savage. Once caught by them, even if you possess thousands of lives, you will end up getting killed by them. Thus, just before they grab hold of you, it would be best to free your worries by stabbing yourself.
  
  
  
  ......
  
  
  
  "Damn..."
  
  I unconsciously grin. I got the quest just like that, a grade A storyline quest! Given that is a storyline quest, the rewards are bound to be shockingly bountiful and also, without doubt, the difficulty of the quest will also be unthinkably difficult. No matter, let"s slaughter our way in and then think about it later!
  
  After fixing my equipments at the quartermaster and retrieving Indigo Sea Pills from my storage, I"m ready to head off!
  
  Walking along a familiar road, I pass through the Desolate Cloud Swamp and head directly toward the Fire Stone Canyon. Unlike before, the levels of the players now are already considerably higher compared to a few days ago. In fact, when I was passing by the Desolate Cloud Swamp, there were quite a few parties training there. Also, at the edge of the forest, there was a new space created just for the players. It was a temporary campsite created by the Ba Huang City"s NPC scouts. Blacksmiths, pharmacists, whatever basic needs a player requires could be found there.By adjusting according to the players, the NPCs of Ba Huang City are extremely intelligent and this is one of the plusses in the game.
  
  "Hi, that level 35 big brother dressed in heavy armor? Do you want to come with us to fight the Cloud Water Snake? We only require a heavy armor class!"
  
  A distance away, a party was extending their hands and inviting me to join them. Such a pity that the Cloud Water Snakes no longer catch my eye, my target is the Dark Dwarves in the Fire Stone Canyon!
  
  Shaking my head while smiling, I step into the shallow waters and reject their offer, "Thanks, but I am currently on a quest and I"m heading towards another map. So, have fun and good luck!"
  
  That guy shakes his head and hehe laughs, "Yeah, good luck to you too. The monsters in front have extremely high levels, don"t die!"
  
  "Of course!"
  
  With the blessings from those strangers, I step on the road to leveling. On my way, I find that the levels of the monsters are higher than before. Last time I came, the monsters were level 37 but now, they"ve been replaced with level 39 monsters. Obviously, this showcases the capabilities of the CPU of Destiny; the levels of the monsters would follow the majority of the gamers. As most of the gamers level up, the levels of the monsters change accordingly.
  
  
  
  Reaching the entrance to the Fire Stone Canyon, shoosh shoosh sounds became apparent, as the harsh wind blew against me, I glanced around but there was no other players to be found. On a rock far away, there were a few level 40 small devils. Given that most of the players are around the 32~34 level range, killing these monsters would be difficult for them.
  Standing on the cliff, I leap and slide into the area of the Fire Stone Canyon together with Baby Bobo. Opening my map to take a look, I realize that I"ve already passed by the Deep Cold Forest and can"t expect another Ice Rat to appear for me, I guess I better just proceed on with the quest. After all, leveling is the most important thing right now! On the map, towards my east, the whole region was dyed blood red and on top of that, there was a quest mark. That would probably be where the temporary camp of the Dark Dwarves is, I guess?
  
  
  
  ......
  
  
  
  Carrying my Jade City Sword, I move carefully towards the location indicated on the map. After walking for around 10 minutes, the land in front of me starts going downwards and looking downwards, in the middle of the valley below, there"s a large basin - Slayer"s Basin.
  Yet another map within a map! Standing at the edge of the basin, I look towards the horizon. I could see thick black smoke rising up and at least tens of thousands simple and crude tents spreading out sporadically within the basin. Each and every dark dwarves, all possessing a beard, is busy doing something. Some were busy crafting some kind of weapon and some were stripping the skins of their hunts. More importantly, all of their names were red, indicating that they were the monsters I needed to hunt to complete my quest!
  
  
  
  "Sha..."
  
  
  
  My Battle Boots begin to move and I slide down along the edges of the basin. At the same time, my Dawn Breastplate shines with an untainted glow. With this Dawn Breastplate from Lin Wan Er, I look like a high level warrior.
  
  
  
  Reaching the ground, I regain my balance and look around, not far away from me, there"s a small tent, within it resides four dark dwarves. Two of them are surrounding a soup cauldron, one"s stripping a wild goat of its skin and the last one is sharpening the edge of a war axe. Hu chi hu chi, the dark dwarf who was stripping the goat"s skin wheezes as he does the chore, commenting, "Damn it, these goat meats comes with a nasty stench, making me feel like vomiting. I prefer the taste of human girls. Last night, when we were raiding the human village, we killed all of the women after playing with them. I feel like... the prince"s way of doing things is way too violent, why can"t we bring those human girls here?"
  
  
  
  Ga ga, the dark dwarf who was sharpening the war axe laughs and says, "Suo An , shut up. Don"t you dare question the prince"s way of doing things; you are too arrogant. If you don"t shut your mouth, this elder shall remove your head from your body with a swing of my axe, making you end up just like those humans!"
  
  
  
  ......
  
  
   While carrying my sword, I confirm the distance between me and the dark dwarves. The distance which monsters would be aggro-ed would be around 20 meters, whereas the dark dwarf who is removing the goat"s skin was just around 20 meters away from him. Hm, I shall start with him, otherwise a 1V4 would be too stressful!
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