Chapter 18: Chapter 18 The Death God Comes
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Li Yao carefully roamed through the Mogul Mountain Range, it was already noon in the game.
After leveling up to level five with Dumb Mon and Changeable Witch, Li Yao said his goodbyes to prepare for the mining task, only to receive another voice message from Mon.
“Wow, big brother, you’ve become famous you know, our boss slaying video is now number one on the weekly hit chart.” Mon excitedly said.
“Hey, young missy, it’s midnight in the real world, didn’t you go to sleep?”
“What, brother you’re not excited at all, this is number one on the weekly hit chart, your video has three hundred million more hits than Xiao Ze’s, and there are many professional gamers thanking you and big guilds inviting you to join them. Don’t you know how big your name is right now?” Mon grumbled.
“Alright, alright, I got it, you go to sleep now, I still have tasks to do, that’s it.” Li Yao hung up the communication.
When he uploaded the video, he already knew the result, which is just what he wanted.
In fact, what Li Yao wanted to do, some top-tier studios have already begun.
That is, to help players earn medals, especially some capable top-tier studios, they don’t make a living simply by ‘Gold Farming’, they rely on their skills.
Sweeping dungeons on behalf of others, also known as gold groups, is the main business of these top-tier studios.
The market in the past two days changed constantly, Li Yao found out. Three experts carrying a boss, if passing the challenge mode dungeon and getting a One-Star Black Iron Medal, the price is one thousand credit points.
If it’s a One-Star Silver Medal, then it is three thousand credit points, which sounds terrifyingly high, literally an ordinary person’s monthly salary.
But for the wealthy, let alone the slightly affluent middle class, this amount of money is nothing. These people don’t have the technical skills, but they do want the attribute bonus of medals or to show off in front of girls, finding a gold group is the easiest solution.
Thanks to the recently passed virtual law, if it was a few years earlier, Li Yao estimates that the price would be at least ten thousand, with silver ranging from thirty to forty thousand. The virtual law made the game operate more legit and orderly, even the pricing has a basis for conversion.
Li Yao’s first earnings would also come from helping others get medals. He consulted a bit, and set the price at five thousand credit points per person.
Furthermore, he was the one carrying three, not three carrying one. He could play five times a day, just what he would make in one day was a number he couldn’t even make in a year before.
Li Yao was not in a hurry, with his current fame and the Platinum Medal he had, there would be countless customers lining up for him at any post or area call in the evening gaming hours.
Li Yao hung up, and looking around the environment, he unintentionally spotted something sparkling.
“To think that one could find a treasure chest, it seems being a thief is quite promising.” A thief’s stealth can more freely move between monsters.
System: Opening the treasure chest…
Click
A silver light flashed past, Li Yao opened his first silver treasure chest. Li Yao hastily placed the items from the chest into his backpack.
“System: You have obtained the Military Heavy Crossbow”
“System: You have obtained the Skill Book of Arrow Rain”
“System: You have obtained a silver coin”
Seeing the attributes of the two items, Li Yao was once again overjoyed. This was the advantage of being in a low population area, otherwise how could he have obtained a treasure chest, let alone a silver treasure chest.
Military Heavy Crossbow
Quality: Blue Fine
Features: Two-Handed Slow Crossbow
Attack: 20-25
Strength: 14
Agility: 12
Equipment Level: 5
Professional Equipment: Hunter, Warrior, Knight
Li Yao fiddled with the heavy crossbow for a while and then put it in his backpack. The heavy crossbow had extremely high attack power and insane attributes, but its drawback was obvious, it was too heavy. Equipping the heavy crossbow would cause a significant slowdown in attack and movement speed, and the firing speed of the heavy crossbow was too slow. Even for a skilled veteran hunter like Li Yao, it took about four seconds from loading the arrow to firing it.
This crossbow can be seen as a sniper rifle, usually used to bait mobs or for stationary output.
As for Arrow Rain, it is the only group attack skill book for hunters in the early stages. Without hesitation, Li Yao learned it straight away. Li Yao could imagine the terrifying sight of switching to the heavy crossbow and releasing Arrow Rain when faced with a mob.
Feeling good, Li Yao tracked down the NPC friend. The guy gave him a transfer certificate, saying that as long as he got the contract from the mine, it would be his private property.
Li Yao thanked him, was just about to enter the mine when he received a call from his sister. She had called yesterday and was delighted to hear that she had received the gear he mailed. She was playing with her little classmates from school.
“Brother, we were ambushed, I and my friends were killed once.”
Li Yao’s face immediately changed, asking: “What happened?”
Li Jia frustratingly said: “I am doing tasks with my classmates, then a group of people came over and wanted to team up with us, we refused, then they started attacking us. We couldn’t escape and died once.”
“What’s happening now?” Li Yao immediately stopped attacking his target and began to teleport back to the city as he asked.
“We revived once, but they are still chasing us.” Li Jia was so frustrated she wanted to cry, she was just playing the game peacefully, why did they suddenly get hunted?
Li Yao ran towards the highest building of the Tower of the Sun: “Which Sun Tower are you in, what are the specific coordinates?”
“Sun Tower No. 5682, let me see the coordinates, they are 58256, 27568.”
“Wait up, my friend is in that Beginner’s Village, he’ll be right over,”
“It feels like I’m troubling him, doesn’t it?” Li Jia hesitated.
“Don’t worry, he’s my buddy, I’ll have him contact you soon.”
Having said that, Li Yao addressed the Administrative Officer of Beginner’s Village, “Hello, I would like to go to Mirror Image number 5682.”
The male elf responded indifferently, “50 silver coins.”
Traveling to another Beginner’s Village’s Mirror Image required a lot of money. Fifty silver coins was a significant sum of money and even major guilds seldom spent so extravagantly.
Without further ado, Li Yao forked out the money. With a flash of light, he arrived at the Beginner’s Village that Li Jia resided in.
Halfway there, Li Jia sent another voice message, “Big bro, you might as well not have your friend come over. The expert that Big Sis Bing invited got killed.”
“Calm down, I have it under control,” Li Yao reassured.
“But I heard Big Sis Bing saying that the expert was from a professional team and had participated in A-level competitions.” Li Jia began to worry for Li Yao.
“Chill. Just trust my buddy, he’s really strong.” Li Yao said helplessly, having been reincarnated and knowing well that the former experts in free play mode weren’t much stronger than ordinary players at this stage. It would take quite some time for the gap to widen.
Li Yao saw from afar a clear space where a male player’s corpse lay on the ground. A female Paladin was dueling a warrior. He then set his game character to Star Fire.
On the viewing side, Li Jia and a little girl were present, along with four male players.
The female Paladin was pushing back the warrior player gradually, then swiftly knocked him down.
Li Jia immediately cheered, exclaimed loudly, “Humph, I told you guys that you can’t beat her one on one.”
The leading male Mage, Shengshi Madman, snorted, “She just took advantage of superior equipment.”
The little girl next to Li Jia retorted, “Didn’t you guys just use superior numbers to kill me and Dragon Bro?”
With disdain, Shengshi Madman said, “I’m running out of patience. I’ll ask one last time, do you want to join us in play? It’s your fortune that we took a liking to you girls. You’ll level up as fast as a rocket. If you refuse again, I’ll have my team surround and slaughter you all, bringing you back to zero.”
Li Yao, who had climbed a big tree, was both annoyed and amused by the scene. How absurd it was not to be accompanied in game play but rather to be courted. His sister was definitely a beauty, and the other two girls were not too shabby either. They were all femme fatales. Likely, the guys on the other side were jealous and wanted to form a team with the girls. However, they were rejected and thus enraged.
Aiming to demonstrate their strength in one-on-one fights, they were cut down by the girls. From the male players’ mortifying expressions, the thoughts of the other side were apparent.
By then, the fallen male player, Dragon Roams the Sea, had revived. With an ugly face, he castigated, “How despicable! You guys didn’t keep to the agreement of one-on-one dueling. The reputation of Shengshi Worldwide is ruined by scum like you.”
The insulting Dragon Roams the Sea said, “Did signing a contract with Qionghua Club make you cocky? You think you’re an expert? You forgot how you bootlicked my elder brother just a few days ago.” Shengshi Madman shot a glance at the revived Hunter, “Little girl, have you made up your mind?”
The female Paladin, Instant Elegance, lifted her sword with one hand, stating indifferently, “Who’s next?”
Shengshi Madman’s face darkened even more, coldly retorting, “You really don’t give face to our Shengshi Club, do you want a war with Shengshi?”
Instant Elegance scorned, “Your brother can’t even represent Shengshi Club, let alone you.”
Shengshi Madman’s face turned green. He was steaming with rage after being exposed in public, “Attack! Kill them all together. Our men are on their way. Today, I will kill these little women back to level 0.”
The few men rushed forward, without noticing a leisurely sheep beneath them.
Boom…
A loud explosion rang out, knocking the leading warrior and paladin onto the ground, with large damage numbers appearing above their heads.
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Li Yao’s Exploding Sheep was counted as half his pet, boosted by attributes and thus causing substantial damage to even elite warriors with thick armour, let alone the level three players with little equipment.
The explosion nearly killed two heavily-armoured professionals in one shot. The group was startled by the huge blaze, stopping the Shengshi players in their tracks.
“What’s happening?” Covered in dirt from the explosion, Shengshi Madman roared.
The warrior up front climbed to his feet, saying, “It’s Star Fire. We were attacked by Star Fire.”
No sooner had he finished his sentence than a yellow light pierced his throat.
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With a bemused look in his eyes and his hand clutching the arrow in his throat, the warrior collapsed, drained of life.
All eyes were on Li Yao, perched up in the tree, their faces filled with horror.
Seeing Li Yao crouching on the stout tree trunk, his long bow gleaming yellow, the Shengshi Madman players’ faces turned a ghastly white, “Oh no, run.”
Feeling a shiver down his spine, the Paladin lifted the shield in his hand instinctively to protect his head and upper body.
Boom…
An empowered arrow harboring level three force slammed into the Paladin’s shield.
Crack…
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Despite the shield reducing damage, the Paladin’s health bar instantly depleted, and he slumped onto the ground.
The remaining few players were white as a sheet. They never expected the two shields among them would be killed in an instant…