“Are you talking about the Spider Lair? I heard that the monsters inside are pretty strong. The LV3 monsters inside there are as strong as LV5 monsters outside, and don’t even mention the Elite monsters and Bosses.” Azure Sea Breeze was excited by this idea, but also worried. After all, dying meant losing EXP.
“Find some people to work with us, it should be fine,” Lu Li confidently said, “Do you have any friends? We’ll make a five-man team.”
It would be fine for the two of them to kill some of the weaker monsters, but Elites and Bosses were out of the question. Instance Dungeons were good opportunities to earn money and items, but the risks were high.
“You think I have friends? I’ve been training by myself all this time.” Azure Sea Breeze felt quite awkward; every expert had ten or so followers, but he didn’t have any.
“Then I’ll go and find a few people.”
Lu Li had been planning to call Square Root 3, but what happened yesterday had caused him to lose faith in the Star Moon Union’s people. He thought about it for a while and rejected the idea.
Lu Li’s friend list was pretty much empty. Apart from Square Root 3 and the newly add Azure Sea Breeze, he only had one other person- Drinking Alone.
Screw it, if it wasn’t for his help yesterday, the Star Moon Union definitely wouldn’t have given in so much. Lu Li directly called him, “Are you free?”
“Hey Mr Expert, what’s up?”
“A LV3 Instance Dungeon- have you ventured out into the wilderness yet?”
“We tried once last night, and everyone died.”
“I want to find a few people to do an Instance Dungeon together; do you have any Druids who have learnt Bind and Regeneration, as well as some other healing spells…”
“We’ll be there soon. Where do we meet?”
“At the entrance of the village. The one at the north, near the Wild Wolf Territory.”
Lu Li and Azure Sea Breeze didn’t wait for long before they saw Drinking Alone walking over.
Drinking Alone was a Warlock, and was followed by a little demon who was jumping around. Evidently, he was already LV4. With him was a female Druid and a female Warrior who wielded a large two-handed axe. Lu Li couldn’t see their levels, but they had equipped new weapons over their Common beginner ones.
“I say, bro, this is crazy. Wait, is that Northern Tang Dream? It’s got to be Northern Tang Dream. And that guy at the front is Drinking Alone.” Azure Sea Breeze was shocked to see who was joining them.
The last game he played was ‘Shadow Realm’, and he was quite familiar with all the famous people.
Lu Li looked over, and saw that the person walking with Drinking Alone was indeed the Grand Hegemony’s North Tang Dream.
In Dawn, there were a few famous beauties. There was the bewitchingly beautiful ‘Dancing Flower Charmer, the lolicons’ favourite ‘Not A Primary Schooler’, the cold goddess ‘Water Fairy’, as well as the dashing and elegant ‘Northern Tang Dream’!
Northern Tang Dream was one of the key figures of the Grand Hegemony, and was even more famous than the leader.
“LV4 Warrior, Northern Tang Dream.” She wore a suit of thin plate armour, which emphasised her slim figure. Coupled with her beautifully sparkling eyes and valiant-looking eyebrows, it was no wonder that she not only had male admirers, but many female admirers as well.
“Hello big brothers, I’m the Druid Northern Tang Kitty. I’m a bit rusty, so please take care of me.” Northern Tang Kitty was also a beauty. It was just that she was quite short, and had a soft and cute voice- a typical loli.
“As long as you know how to heal, that’s fine. This is my friend Azure Sea Breeze, a LV5 Warrior.” Lu Li casually glanced over at Northern Tang Dream, then turned away, looking extremely calm.
“Hey there beauties.” Azure Sea Breeze said shyly. He didn’t even dare to look at them in the eyes- a typical otaku!
Apart from being slightly shocked at Azure Sea Breeze’s level, the women didn’t appear to be too warm.
Comparatively speaking, Lu Li was in fact doing better than Azure Sea Breeze- after all, he had a Skill Book and Bronze grade equipment. When Drinking Alone told them this, even Northern Tang Dream became interested in this person.
What methods had this person used to earn a powerful Skill Book and Bronze grade equipment?
There were thousands of people in the Grand Hegemony, and even until now, no one had been able to obtain a Skill Book like the Frost Nova. In total, they had only found 10 or so Bronze grade equipment, all of which were obtained from killing Elite monsters in the wilderness.
Hearing that Lu Li wanted to find people to do an Instance Dungeon, Northern Tang Dream had immediately headed over.
“2 Warriors and a Thief. Our team seems a bit skewed towards the melee side. Should we call over someone with a ranged profession? I only came to have a look at the expert who could get so many good things in a day.” Northern Tang Dream was called the Dashing Beauty, and was a straightforward person, saying whatever was on her mind.
In Dawn, skills were very important. Not only were ranged professions safer, their attacks were usually more effective. As such, they were especially important for clearing Instance Dungeons- no one used teams with three melee professions.
“No need, melee teams are pretty good too,” Lu Li said as he shook his head, “Did you guys bring any restoratives? Instance Dungeons need a lot of consumables.”
“We’ve got a lot of Bread and Spring Water,” Northern Tang Dream said in a generous manner, “Just ask us for some if you need any.”
Spring Water was similar to Bread- it could restore MP.
“I’m not talking about Bread and Spring Water,” Lu Li shook his head, “Do you have any potions that can instantly recover HP during battles?”
“We had a quite a few bottles, but we used them all yesterday. We only have 3 bottles left.” As one of the high profile members of the organisation, Northern Tang Dream was frustrated by their poverty.
Health Potions that could be used during battles could be obtained from quite a few places: the Potion Shop sold them, and they could be dropped by Elites in the wilderness. Alchemists could also make them if they had a recipe. However, to the players of the current stage of the game, buying them from the Potion Shop was the only viable option.
In the Village’s Potion Shop, 5 bottles spawned every hour. Not only was each bottle valued at 1 silver coin, buying them also required luck. Many organisations often left people at the shop to wait for them to spawn.
“Without Potions, Instance Dungeons are a bit difficult. Everyone, come with me, and follow my orders later on.” Lu Li remembered seeing a post in the forum in his ‘past life’, and had remembered it because of how amusing it was.
There were all sorts of people in the game. Some liked to mess around, but who would have thought that their work would have actually come in handy now?
If everything went to plan, they would be able to obtain some Potions.
Lu Li led his group towards the Forest, and came to a campsite.
“This is the Goblin Businessman, “Northern Tang Dream was surprised, “He has quite a few good items, but they’re all really expensive. I only have 3 silver coins.”
The items weren’t just “quite expensive”. Not too long after the game had started, many people had met this Goblin Businessman, and found that he had lots of great items. However, until now, no one had ever bought from him before.
The price of items was 5 times that of the normal price!
Lu Li couldn’t afford any of the items either- he didn’t have a single silver coin on him.
However, this didn’t matter. Lu Li walked over to the Goblin Businessman and started to verbally abuse him, “You dirty Goblin, what is this crap you’re selling?”
The people behind him stared with eyes wide and mouths open, and even Northern Tang Dream’s jaw dropped.
Lu Li wasn’t extremely handsome, but he seemed to be an intelligent, temperate and calm person…
However, this impression of him was turned on its head.
“You despicable Elf, where is your elegance and dignity? You have insulted the great Krolly. Krolly’s items are the best in the entire Continent!” The Goblin was furious, and began to argue with Lu Li.
“What the hell is wrong with your head? And why are you so smelly? I bet you live in the sewers… don’t ruin the word “great” by using it to describe yourself, alright?”
Lu Li didn’t hold back at all as he continued to verbally abuse the Goblin Businessman.
System Announcements continuously rang out in his ear:
You insulted the Goblin Businessman Krolly, Goblin Reputation -5.
You insulted the Goblin Businessman Krolly, Goblin Reputation -5.
…
You insulted the Goblin Businessman Krolly, Goblin Reputation -5. Your relationship with the Goblins has dropped from ‘Friendly’ to ‘Neutral’…
After falling to ‘Neutral’, Krolly’s items would no longer be available for purchase by Lu Li and his teammates. However, Lu Li didn’t show any sign of stopping at all, and began to insult him even more.
“I heard that insulting NPCs can cause them to attack you.” Azure Sea Breeze said as he swallowed a mouthful of saliva and looked at Krolly’s level with fear. It was LV53.
Moreover, any NPC with a name was usually Elite grade, or even a Boss.
“He can probably insta-kill us in 1 hit…” Northern Tang Kitty was on the verge of tears. Her LV4 EXP bar was only 2% full. If she died right now, she would go back to LV3.
“What the hell is Lu Li doing…”
Lu Li’s new teammates all took a step back.
The poor Goblin was at a clear disadvantage in this insult competition with Lu Li. The system only gave him enough intelligence for negotiating with players for money; he had no skill at all in an insult standoff.
“The great Krolly curses you, despicable Elf,” He cried out, “You will be killed like an animal by the Goblins, and your pitiful cries will be heard in every corner of the Continent…”
System: You insulted the Goblin Businessman Krolly, Goblin Reputation -5. Your relationship with the Goblins has dropped from ‘Neutral’ to ‘Hatred’…
“Alright, Sea Breeze, start attacking. Everyone else, follow suit.” Lu Li took a few deep breaths before yelling to his teammates.
Azure Sea Breeze’s face fell as he pleaded, “Big bro, I’ll call you big bro, alright? I’ve never done anything to make you angry. I also saved you 10% EXP today, so why do you have to do this to me?”
“Cut the crap, get to work!” Lu Li said as he stabbed Krolly with his dagger.
-1!
Almost as soon as he was injured, a green +1 appeared.
Although he had barely been hurt, Krolly’s reaction was incredibly surprising. He helplessly started screaming, as if he was a little girl being violated.
Lu Li didn’t say anything as he ran behind Krolly and start stabbing at his behinds.
The other people started to realise that something was off. This Goblin Businessman didn’t retaliate when being attacked, and because of the weight of the things he was carrying, his speed was incredibly slow.
However, he regenerated his HP almost instantly.
“Stop standing around, hurry up and help me. We still need to go do an Instance Dungeon!”
The others all hesitated for a moment before also attacking.
The moment they started attacking, they almost all started crying.
System: Because you have attacked the Goblin Businessman Krolly, your relationship with the Goblins has dropped to ‘Hatred’…
“Goddammit Lu Li, go die!” Azure Sea Breeze inwardly screamed. He had already offended an entire race; how would he survive in this game?!
The Goblins were a neutral faction, and were famous for their business and scroll-making. They were one of the biggest races.
Everyone else’s faces also weren’t pretty, but they held it in.
“Don’t worry, it’s easy to earn reputation with the Goblins. Just find a random Goblin NPC and give him a few gold coins. You’ll be able to get your reputation back up.” Lu Li comforted them.
The others were speechless- he wasn’t sure if they were surprised by what he said, or if they didn’t believe him.
“It’s a small bug. However, getting to ‘Worship’ is a bit hard.” Lu Li quickly explained.
The Goblin race’s reputation was the easiest to earn out of all the different races. As long as you had money, you could quickly raise your reputation with them. It was just that being on friendly terms or being worshipped by them didn’t have much point- the greedy Goblins wouldn’t give you any discounts, no matter what.
“Unbelievable… wouldn’t we be able to kill as many Goblins as we want and earn their equipment?” Northern Tang Dream’s objections were now gone, and was even considering slaughtering Goblins for a living.
“Not every NPC is as easy to bully as Krolly. He’s a special case. In future, we won’t bully any more cute little Goblins.”
“We can’t kill him, he regenerates too quickly.” Drinking Alone yelled.
“The point isn’t to kill him,” Lu Li calmly replied, “Just keep attacking. We’re nearly there.”
After yelling for a while, Krolly finally couldn’t take it anymore. He roared, then took something out of his bag and threw it at Lu Li’s head.
Lu Li quickly picked it up, but didn’t stop attacking.
[Small Health Potion]: Instantly restores 50HP, is not restricted by battle. Cooldown Time: 30 seconds. Potion Resistance: 20.
Potion Resistance can be explained like this: If a Potion has a Potion Resistance of 80, then using the same type of Potion next time will have 20% reduced effects, and the Cooldown Time will be increased by 20%.
Of course, the more Potion Resistance, the better.
A Potion with a Potion Resistance of 20 was simply trash. However, at the current stage of the game, the only option most players had was to escape from battle to sit down and eat Bread. Being able to instantly recover 50HP was already not bad.
When Lu Li shared the Potion’s stats with everyone, they were all filled with motivation.
After throwing out an item, Krolly soon found that his weight was still too heavy to be able to run away, and could only continue to throw items out.
It was a pity that they were all Potions. After a while, he had already thrown out 5 bottles of Potions, but still wasn’t fast enough to run away. He screamed, “Krolly won’t forgive any of you. You will suffer under the flames of the great Goblins!”
After screaming, he threw out an item, which smashed into Northern Tang Kitty’s face. She yelled out, then quickly picked it up, and shouted in joy, “Aiya, it’s a Bronze grade equipment!”
[Whisperer] (Bronze): 10-18 Damage, Intelligence+2. Level Requirement: LV4. Durability: 17/20.
What an incredible Bronze grade Magic Staff!
“Woohoo!” Azure Sea Breeze whooped, and everyone began to attack even more furiously.
After throwing out another few Potions, the Goblin Businessman once again threw another Bronze equipment in front of Lu Li.
[Night Leather Armour] (Bronze): 8 Armour, Constitution+1. Level Requirement: LV4. Durability: 11/20.
The stats of this piece of equipment were quite average, and couldn’t compare to the Magic Staff from earlier. However, none of them complained- this was a piece of Armour, and could save their lives in the Instance Dungeon.
After throwing out 2 pieces of equipment, the Goblin Businessman could finally start to jog.
“Northern Tang Kitty, Bind!” Lu Li called out.
Northern Tang Kitty immediately scrambled into action, and unleashed one of her Druid skills, Bind, on Krolly.
Success, rooted for 3 seconds.
Another Potion!
“Sea Breeze!”
Pa, Charge, stunned for 2 seconds, Potion!
Pa, Shieldstrike, stunned for 2 secoinds, Potion!
Northern Tang Dream’s battle sense was pretty good. Just as the Goblin Businessman recovered from a stun, she immediately stunned him again.
It was a pity that it was another Potion!
Northern Tang Dream and the others all started to give up, seeing that Krolly was about to escape.
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