Volume 2 Chapter 7: Leveling up with MM (1)
The next day, I got up early as usual and entered the game. I was almost level 33, so I had to practice and try to reach level 33 before Wanxing came online to M me. That way, I could get a new knight skill, "Faith", which is an auxiliary skill that can eliminate some of its own bad states and weaken the effects of curse spells. With the armor's curse spell effect of -25%, I don't have to kill skeletons anymore! According to the agreement with Wanxing yesterday, I can decide the leveling location. I don't have good intentions... Hehe, you stole my information so many times, it's not too much for me to take a little revenge as a prank, right?
Around 6:00, I upgraded and learned the skill Faith. At level 0, it can reduce the duration of adverse states such as freezing, burning, paralysis, and dizziness by 10%, and can weaken the effects of curse spells (such as attack reduction, defense reduction, etc.) by 10%. It's a very practical skill!
After playing casually for more than an hour, I received a message from Wanxing: "Blood Sky, I'm online, where are you?" This young lady got up quite early! But if not, her level would not have risen so quickly.
"I'll be back in the city soon. Go get ready first. Just bring some life water with you. The place I'm taking you to is very dangerous, so you don't have to fight monsters. When you're ready, wait for me at the South Gate. By the way, remember to bring the antidote and holy water."
Hehe, I’m kind of looking forward to a dangerous place… I really want to know what kind of expression you will have when you, a young lady, reach “that” place!
I returned to the city. Although I still had most of the potions left in my backpack, I still replenished some and repaired my equipment to ensure it was in perfect condition. After all, this was my first time going to that place today - of course I had been there during the internal test, but my level was much higher at that time.
When we arrived at the South Gate, the girl was already waiting there. She was wearing a black tights that showed off her curvy figure. She was holding a Well, it was the standard outfit for a thief! Although the color of the outfit wasn't very good, a beauty was still a beauty, and it was still very pleasing to the eye...
I took out a bottle of monkey wine and handed it over to ask for a trade. Wanxing also took out the blue pupil ring, and also included several pieces of equipment that No. 11 stole from me. Hey, this girl, I understand what she means: the settlement agreement only has those three clauses. Apart from these, she is unreasonable to steal my things, so return them all to me, and the grudges between the two sides are written off. After the transaction, I immediately put on the ring. Hehe, this treasure is back with me. With its help, it is less dangerous to go to that place.
By the way, I used my gaze to look at Qian Qian Wan Xing. Is this girl level 25? I was extremely surprised. She was only level 21 on the 8th. Now it is the morning of the 15th, which is only six days. For ordinary players, even warriors, it takes six days to level up from level 21 to level 25. The online time is about 15 hours a day. If you have good equipment and team training, you can level up faster. But for thieves... if you practice alone, you may spend twice as much time as ordinary professions. That means that even if this girl doesn't ask me, there is someone to help her level up. But even so, she has put in a lot of effort. It's understandable before the 8th. In the first few days after entering the game, she was very interested and it was not uncommon to play all night. But to persist for more than a week, it takes a certain amount of perseverance.
No matter what, since I promised to take her to level up, let's go, hehe...
"Are you ready?" I asked, and Wanxing nodded.
"Let's go to the dark cave."
Damn, so depressing. I didn’t ride the Black King... This girl is so agile. She always runs to the front in a flash, and then I have to wait for a long time before I catch up. Although she didn’t say anything, I still feel unhappy. It was me who took you to level up, why should I chase after you?
Entering the first floor of the cave, there were more people here to level up, and there were few bats to be seen. Wanxing curled her lips, as if wondering why I brought her to this useless place, but seeing that I didn't kill the monsters and just walked forward, she realized that this was not the destination yet, so she didn't say anything.
When we got down to the third floor, there were fewer people. From time to time, rats, scorpions, centipedes and the like would pounce on us. Wan Xing's face turned ugly, and she no longer dared to move forward alone. She followed me closely. Hehe, this disgusting monster is really lethal to girls, but this is not enough!
Entering the fourth floor that I often visit recently, there are no other players, and all kinds of skeletons fill the passage...
The white skeleton, the creaking noises, the floating green phosphorescent fire...Haha, it's a good horror movie scene! Oh, no, the fantasy uses virtual reality technology, which is much better than the movie effect. This immersive feeling can definitely make you feel like being an actor in "Tomb Raider"!
Looking back at Wanxing, her face is as pale as those skeletons. Well, she hasn't screamed yet. Is she braver than I expected? We need to add more ingredients!
The density of monsters did not allow me to pass through unimpeded, so I swung my spear and smashed the skeletons that blocked my way one by one. Wanxing saw me start to kill monsters and asked in a trembling voice, "You...are you planning to level up here?"
I shook my head and said, "No, not yet. Follow me closely."
“Oh my God, where are you going? This place is full of undead monsters. You are a knight, not a warlock. It is not suitable for you to level up in a dark cave! And... and..."
Humph, and what? You're afraid of saying it, right?
I set the status of the armor to be visible, and said in an innocent tone: "Miss Wanxing, please take a look at the properties of my armor!"
When Wanxing saw it, he was stunned.
I seemed to be talking to myself: "Sacred is such a rare attribute, I can't waste it. I level up the fastest by killing monsters here."
Wanxing had no reason to refute me. In Fantasy, items with sacred attributes were indeed very rare, and once you had them, they would be the nemesis of undead monsters. Look at me knocking down a skeleton with four shots (my thrust was upgraded in the past two days, and my own attack power was upgraded, so my experience was increasing rapidly). What else did she have to say?
However, when they arrived at the entrance to the fifth floor, Wan Xing finally couldn't help it and said timidly, "Can you please not go down? The leveling speed here is fast enough."
I played dumb and asked, "Why don't you go down ? The zombies, corroded ghouls, mummies, etc. below have much higher experience than skeletons."
It would have been better if he didn't say anything. Just hearing these names was disgusting enough for these monsters. Wan Xing's face looked as if he had eaten shit, and there was a hint of crying in his voice: "I'm scared..."
As if she felt that this was too weak, she changed her words and said, "Those monsters are of very high levels. I'm afraid they're in danger!"
I pretended to be in deep thought, and after thinking for a moment, I suddenly said, "Your HP is over 500, right? Didn't I give you Monkey Wine? After drinking it, your HP will be over 600. Those monsters can't kill you in seconds, and I don't want you to fight them. Just stay with me, and I guarantee you won't be in any danger."
Well, if you hadn’t told me I wouldn’t have noticed that this girl kept the monkey wine I gave her and didn’t drink it!
"That wine... I was going to give it to my friend. My level is so low, even if I drink the wine, those monsters will only take away more than half of my health if they touch me. It's really dangerous!"
"It's okay, it's okay," I explained. "Monsters on the fifth floor just have many skills and all kinds of curses that are annoying. In terms of attack power alone, they are not necessarily higher than skeletons! And they are not very agile, so you can just avoid them. Well, do you have the Xiao Huan Dan with you? If not, I can give you some. That should be fine, right?"
Under my "enthusiastic" invitation, Wanxing reluctantly followed me down to the fifth floor. Hehe, I thought she was quite reasonable since she took the initiative to return all the stolen items to me, and I didn't want to bother with her, but I really level up fastest by killing spiritual monsters now, and I originally planned to change places if she couldn't stand it, but after coming here, seeing her expression of fear and trying to save face, it was more and more interesting, and for some reason, I wanted to tease her.
The fifth floor of the dark cave, wow, it's basically an exhibition museum of all kinds of zombies from all over the world! Look, the one that looks a bit like a dried corpse, except for the slightly greenish skin color and two deep black holes in the eyes, it's the most normal-looking zombie; the one on the left, damn, crooked eyebrows and slanted eyes, the nose has rotted into a lump of meat, the lips are gone, and the yellow teeth make me feel sick; the one on the right has local characteristics: wearing the official court dress of the ancient Qing Dynasty in China, a long braid dragging behind the back, with white eyes but no pupils, a long tongue sticking out, and the limbs jumping forward stiffly, well, did the designer watch too many Hong Kong ghost movies? Wow, the corroded corpse ghost in front, covered with pus and bloody facial features, it's fine, but there are so many fat corpse worms drilling in and out of the seven orifices, I... I want to vomit, it wasn't so perverted during the internal test! It is said that the public beta version has been refined a lot in terms of art, but this kind of refinement... is it the bad taste of which shitty art designer? Damn, what's grabbing my feet? I looked down and saw a half-body zombie, with its intestines hanging all over the ground and pus and blood oozing out of the wound on its waist...
Ugh... I suppressed my nausea and swallowed the stomach juice rising up my throat. I gave myself a belief and then swung my gun to attack. After all, the monsters here were of high level and it would be unbearable to be surrounded by them.
Fortunately, these zombies will fall to the ground after being killed, and all the strange nuclear shapes will disappear. No matter what kind of zombie it is, it will turn into a dried corpse after death, which does not look annoying.
Relying on my high attack power, I killed them quite quickly. After a while, I had cleared a large space near the entrance. I was finally able to take a breath and suppress the nausea.
Alas, that’s why we should not have the intention to harm others. I don’t know what Miss Wanxing is feeling now, but for me... I’ll just skip lunch and dinner today!
Looking back at Wanxing, this young lady was leaning against the wall and retching! Her face was terribly pale, and tears were rolling in her eyes. This time she was not pretending. You know, I was just nauseous, but for a girl, this scene... was really very, very scary! She must not have any mental sequelae!
Am I going too far? But... I didn't know it would be like this!
I said cautiously, "Miss Wanxing, you don't look very well. Is it because the monsters here are too disgusting? How about we go to another place?"
"No!" It was an unexpected answer, and very firm.
"No need to change places. This is indeed the most suitable place for you to level up. The monsters don't have much health, but they give a lot of experience. They mainly use curse spells that can reduce attack and defense, but the properties of your armor can just restrain the curse. And I saw you used faith. Are you level 33? Then it will be easier to deal with them."
I frowned. Could it be that she saw through my intentions and deliberately turned the tables on me? But her analysis was reasonable and didn't seem fake.
"Miss Wanxing, this is just a game after all. The most important thing about playing games is to have fun. If you make yourself uncomfortable, then what's the point of leveling up quickly or getting a high level? I'm a professional player and I make a living from playing games. Leveling up and killing monsters to get equipment is my job. It's understandable that I have to endure it, but you don't have to do that, right? Anyway, I'm here to level up with you for the next three days. We don't have to be here. It won't necessarily be much slower for us to go to Sanfeng Mountain."
"Because it's a game, I have to persist!" Wan Xing said loudly: "If I can't overcome even a little fear in the game, how can I have the courage to face difficulties in reality? You don't have to worry about me. Since we agreed that you can decide the leveling location, then go wherever you think is fastest. After all, bringing me with you will slow down your leveling speed. If you go to a place with less experience, others may surpass you. I don't want that to happen."
Well, I am being petty... It seems that Wanxing is very persistent in her demands in some aspects. When she was on the fourth floor, she was still hesitant because of fear and even had the idea of retreating. But when she really reached the fifth floor, this excessive fear aroused a strong mental backlash in her. She wanted to conquer the fear in her heart... Now, if I insist on changing places, it will cause her dissatisfaction, right?
Wanxing's behavior reminded me of her evaluation of me, but isn't she the same? A girl with such a personality... is admirable, but not necessarily liked by men!
Since she insisted, I didn't care. It was just a zombie, wasn't it? Although it was a bit disgusting, I got used to it after killing them. It was no big deal.
The monsters on the fifth floor are mostly between level 48 and 52. I am level 33 and Wanxing is level 25, so our average is 29. Therefore, we can basically get the highest 100% level-corrected experience bonus! In other words, I can get double the basic experience by killing monsters here, and the other two can get 20% extra experience by teaming up. The basic experience of zombies is above 3500. For each zombie killed, we can get at least 8400 experience points in total, of which I can get 4779 points. If I practice alone, I can get 6300 experience points for each zombie, which is not much slower. Wanxing's level is rising very fast. For each zombie I kill, she gets more than 3600 experience points, and I can kill more than 100 per hour. Considering that she needs 4 million experience points to upgrade to level 25, she can upgrade in just 9 hours. Don't be too happy.
After killing for a while, I found that the monsters here were really nothing to be afraid of. I was not afraid of curse spells such as "Death Breath" and "Fear". First, "Faith" plus armor could weaken their effects by 35%. Second, my attack was too strong, so it didn't matter if it was reduced a little. In terms of defense, the effect of "Solidity" was enough to offset the defense reduction of the curse. The defense provided by "Holy Flash" was as high as 35-85, with physical damage -10%. I also had an attribute ring that also had physical damage -5%. Adding the blood-sucking effect of the demon gun, the attack power of the zombies was only about 500. After deducting all the above, although I couldn't kill the monkey without drinking the water of life, the consumption was not large. The only annoying thing was the corpse poison of the corroded corpse ghost. This guy was much more powerful than the belly snake. Not only did he spray poison from his mouth when attacking, but even when he died, he would have a corpse explosion, with poisonous pus splashing everywhere. If you got it, you would have a 50% chance of being poisoned. Moreover, the poison was extremely strong, losing 50 blood per second for 60 seconds!
Another kind of monster that is very troublesome is the corpse witch. The corpse witch itself has no power, but its witchcraft can revive the killed zombies. The level, HP, and experience of the resurrected zombies are only half of the original, but the attack and defense attributes remain unchanged. In theory, with less HP, it is faster to kill, isn't it the same? But the problem is that once the zombie level drops, I can't get the correction reward. Killing one only gives more than 1,000 experience, which is a big loss.
Fortunately, I brought enough antidotes, and the number of corpse witches was not too large, so I prioritized killing those I encountered. Overall, my efficiency was satisfactory.
Look at Wanxing again. She follows me closely. When there are too many zombies, she will retreat away. Zombies... you can tell that they are monsters without any brains. As long as Wanxing doesn't attack actively, their attention will be basically focused on me . Moreover, the thief is so agile that even if the zombies want to chase her, they can't catch up.
But looking at her expression, you can tell that she hasn't fully adapted yet. Not only are her brows furrowed and her lower lip bitten, but her movements are also stiff. She looks almost like a zombie. Well, but a beautiful zombie like this can at least be considered a beautiful corpse, right?
In order to make her feel more relaxed, and her current state was also very dangerous - for example, once she was only concerned with avoiding a zombie that went around behind me, and unexpectedly a corpse wizard appeared, causing several zombie corpses (what an awkward term) under her feet to be resurrected. As a result, she panicked and did not rush out of the encirclement in the first time. Fortunately, the newly resurrected zombies would pause for 5 seconds to determine the target of attack. I heard her scream and turned back to help her, thus avoiding her being killed instantly - I started chatting casually while stabbing.
