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1.46% The Great Thief / Chapter 29: Keep Grinding Until It Dies

Chapter 29: Keep Grinding Until It Dies

Editor: Halcyon Translation

-7!

The Seal Transformation actually had a very dangerous hidden effect; after transforming, the effects of Lu Li’s equipment would be nullified. This meant that he had 0 armor.

What would happen if you had 0 armor and were hit by a Boss?

Death!

It was only natural that he felt anxious.

The blueish green lake appeared dim and ripples could be seen across its surface. Just as Lu Li thought he was about to get hit, a red light shone down from the setting sun and he broke through the surface with a splash.

An arrow shot through the air, hitting Kleig directly in the head. Although it only dealt a little bit of damage, there was still a noticeable spray of blood. Kleig wailed and abandoned the small seal at the surface, instead charging towards the damned Elf Warrior near the bank.

“Dammit. This monster’s defense is insane; I barely even damaged it,” Azure Sea Breeze cried out in surprise. He changed his weapon from the crossbow to a long sword and shield as the turtle rushed towards him.

While this was happening, Lu Li had climbed back onto shore and stabbed Kleig in the tail.

-7!

He was shocked - what kind of defense was this? When he hit Bosses from Instance Dungeons, he would deal at least 10 to 20 damage. When he PVP’ed with other weaker players, he could deal up to 100 damage. Kleig was only a level 3 Boss, but he could only deal 7 damage.

Kleig sobbed like a baby; its cry was high pitched and sad.

It opened its mouth which was densely filled with teeth and began attacking Azure Sea Breeze. Each tooth looked lethal, like the tip of sharp knife.

“I was scared earlier, but it turns out it has very low attack.” Azure Sea Breeze breathed a sigh of relief after he was attacked, putting away the potion he was about to take.

It was only after Lu Li had checked the Battle Announcement that he understood why he said that.

Battle Announcement: Azure Sea Breeze’s Charge deals 4 damage to Kleig; Kleig deals 8 damage to Azure Sea Breeze…

The damage that Kleig was dealing to Azure Sea Breeze was not Boss-status-worthy.

However, when they saw Kleig’s HP, Lu Li and Azure Sea Breeze’s faces both went dark. 30,000HP!

This was 2 times higher than a level 5 Instance Dungeon Boss!

How many potions would they need!?

No one would give up on a Boss just because they were afraid of using too many potions. They simply had no choice: for the sake of better equipment and materials, they had to do it.

Kleig was powerful in the water, but when it reached the shore, it became somewhat slow and weary. It lay on the ground unmoving, while Lu Li stood still and attacked it. This allowed him to attain an extremely high Skill Completion value, which in turn allowed for the Boss to be stunned often and gave Azure Sea Breeze some breathing space.

After fighting for 30 minutes, Azure Sea Breeze had used 10 potions and the Boss had lost more than half its HP.

In the midst of the struggle, Kleig suddenly moved and rushed towards the lake.

“Dammit, it’s going to recover!” Lu Li really wanted to slap himself.

Most amphibians and other monsters with a similar biology had the ability to return to a more suitable environment and recover large amounts of HP.

Under Lu Li’s and Azure Sea Breeze’s angry stares, Kleig’s HP bar slowly increased by 10. Not only did this mean that they had lost several minutes of their time, but there could be an even greater effect that they didn’t know about.

“It’s okay, let’s pull it to the small forest to fight it.” They both felt exasperated, but the system didn’t make any further announcements. They had already gotten this far and couldn’t give up now.

Kleig was slow in following, as they travelled further and further away from the Moon Reflection Lake.

By the side of the lake, there were many similar trees that were all densely packed together. Kleig was having trouble getting through them, but the aggro system forced it to follow them.

When they felt that they had gone far enough, Lu Li and Azure Sea Breeze once again began to attack.

This time, when it reached 50% HP, Kleig didn’t try anything new. It simply made a futile effort to hit Azure Sea Breeze’s Bronze shield. Not knowing what would happen if it spent too long away from the water, its damaged was reduced by a significant amount. Its HP went from 50% to 30% without taking a single critical hit.

When it reached 30% HP, Kleig began to twist its body and clumsily attempted to return to the lake.

“Block it and pay attention to your positioning.” Lu Li rushed over, blocking the front of the Boss, but the Boss knocked him aside.

Kleig’s knock-aside skill might have had a cool down, so Azure Sea Breeze quickly copied Lu Li. This time they were able to successfully block the Boss.

They didn’t know how long it would stay in this agitated state, but after 30 seconds it calmed down once again. This signaled the continuation of their struggle in depleting its HP.

Azure Sea Breeze’s potions were almost completely used up. He had used 11 potions in this fight alone, and if it weren’t for Lu Li helping him loot the Goblin Businessman, this fight would have been impossible.

“I still have 6 bottles, it should be enough.” Lu Li took a few bottles from his own bag and threw them onto the ground.

“You keep one, just in case the Boss goes berserk. I’m not sure if I can tank it all,” Azure Sea Breeze said.

Victory was in sight, but neither of them could guarantee that an accident wouldn’t happen.

“If we kill the first wild boss, we could get on TV!” Lu Li laughed, his hand movements continuous. He regularly produced an 85% Skill completion on Shadowstrike that stunned Kleig for 2 seconds.

“Ever since I got to know you, getting on TV doesn’t seem like that much of an accomplishment anymore.” Azure Sea Breeze used to think that he was an expert, but now that he knew Lu Li, he realized that were players so strong it was almost unnatural.

“I’m just lucky.” Obviously, Lu Li couldn’t say that he had experienced rebirth, which would be even more unnatural.

“Your luck is one thing, but what is most important is how diligent you are. Every time you fight a monster you are practicing; it seems like every time I see you you’ve significantly improved. With such great leaps of progress, how can you mix with people like me?”

“I have no choice. If I don’t work hard, I’ll be eliminated quickly. To most players this is just a game, but to me this is my job, my hope,” Lu Li responded.

“Work?” Azure Sea Breeze was surprised: “You have to earn money by playing this game?”

“Yep, it looks like you aren’t a newbie yourself - you must have played games for a few years already. What do you think of Dawn?” Lu Li already knew this about Azure Sea Breeze, but he couldn’t show it. The story needed to slowly play out.

Azure Sea Breeze had a shield equipped and struck Kleig on the head with it with a Shieldstrike. The Boss was stunned as he heard Lu Li ask the question and he immediately replied without hesitation: “I think this game is good compared to the others.”

“The business opportunities in this game are finite and the money that can be made is comparable to work in real life. Are you still studying or are you working?” Only someone who had experienced rebirth would know that Dawn’s market was big. In one year’s time, it would expand across the world, spawning a rich professional scene.

“I studied in the big four, and am about to start looking for work.” Azure Sea Breeze was somewhat serious; university graduates were basically just unemployed people. This was a phenomenon that had appeared 200 years ago. With the development of better intelligent systems, finding employment was becoming more difficult.

Welfare had become a large part of people’s living income, which was a severe social problem. That is, until Dawn had appeared.

“How about we band together to make money in this game?” Lu Li was 80% sure that Azure Sea Breeze would agree because most of this generation couldn’t find a job. As such, they spent most of their days playing these video games.


Chapter 30: Bountiful Reward

Editor: Halcyon Translation

“I’ve previously tried to work part in time in games. It’s easy to earn money.” Azure Sea Breeze still hadn’t graduated yet and didn’t know how difficult it was to find a job, so he didn’t accept the offer too easily.

“I sold a skill book yesterday and made 25,000 in real money,” Lu Li said casually.

Azure Sea Breeze immediately responded: “You sold a book for 25,000?”

“I still have some equipment in my backpack and if I sold them, I could probably make several thousands more. Even if I was really unlucky and sold them all at their minimum price, it would still be 20,000 in real money.” Lu Li was fanning the flames of Azure Sea Breeze’s interest.

Azure Sea Breeze’s breaths were short and the sword that he was gripping was shaking. His blood surged as Lu Li showed him a whole new world.

Currently in society, everyone was becoming ‘smarter’, which resulted in needing less manpower. A marketing student like Azure Sea Breeze could only earn 10,000 per month at most, by working from early morning until late at night. He would also need to accept the various difficulties with leadership, making the whole experience stressful.

Moreover, Azure Sea Breeze was not part of a rich family. While he didn’t live in a slum, his parents were just ordinary workers who rented.

“I’m planning for a group of around 10 people…”

“Count me in!” Lu Li hadn’t finished speaking but Azure Sea Breeze had already called out.

“I told you all this so you would join me. Now focus on the boss - you don’t know when it’s going to go berserk. When it does, protecting your HP is the top priority,” Lu Li reminded him.

These two had been in a fight with Kleig for over an hour now. It was almost night, but they still hadn’t killed it yet. Maybe it didn’t want to waste any more time, as it had reached 5% HP and was still not in berserk mode. It even transformed into a weaker state. A straightforward announcement was then made by the System.

System Announcement: Lu Li and Azure Sea Breeze have successfully achieved the first clear of a wild boss - Kleig!

This announcement had not yet been made to the World Announcements or the Faction Announcement, but once it was made in the Local Announcements, many people immediately came out from the bushes.

Elegant Village Sister: “What kind of things does a Wild boss drop, let me see…”

Grinning Laugh: “It shouldn’t be that much weaker than an Instance Dungeon boss, but the fact that these two people could kill it is pretty impressive.”

Festive Sacrifice: “The people who completed the first clear of an Instance Dungeon also included these two experts. I’ve heard of Azure Sea Breeze who is an expert in the game ‘Shadow Realm’, but I have no idea who this Lu Li is.”

Lu Li and Azure Sea Breeze didn’t have any time at all to bother with these players’ comments. They were too busy staring at the loot!

A wild boss dropping items was especially magnificent, with a bloom of equipment and materials flying everywhere.

They hastily picked up all of the items, afraid that a stranger would appear and steal them.

“You pick things up really quickly!” Azure Sea Breeze exclaimed.

“I have a lot of bonus Agility,” Lu Li responded. In his previous life, he had stolen many things by picking them up quickly, which led him to offend many unions.

“Well, I don’t know how to respond to that.” Azure Sea Breeze was speechless.

“Let’s see how good the items are. After all, this is the first Wild Boss,” Lu Li said with anticipation.

He really needed more money; it was 60,000 for the penalty fee, in addition to finding a new house, changing schools for little sisters, food and clothes…

4 Equipment:

Bloodseeker’s Axe (Steel): Damage 18-36, Strength +5. Special Effect: Attacks with this weapon have 10% armor penetration. This effect cannot be stacked. Equipment Requirement Lv 5, Durability 30/30.

Snake Skin Bag (Bronze): 10 Spaces, reduce weight by 5%.

Jungle Herdsmen Helmet (Bronze): Armor 6, Intelligence +2, Equipment Requirement Lv 5, Durability 30/30. (One piece of the Jungle Herdsmen suit, exclusive to Druids)

Jungle Herdsmen Leg Guard (Bronze): Armor 10, Intelligence +2, Equipment Requirement Lv 5, Durability 30/30. (One piece of the Jungle Herdsmen suit, exclusive to Druids)

1 Skill Book:

Shield Wall: Instant Cast, 60 second cooldown. All damage received is reduced by 60%, lasting for 5 seconds. Need to have a shield equipped. Proficiency 0/1000.

There was also 1 piece of material:

Horn of Kleig: Forging Material, provides 5% additional armor piercing for weapons. Requires high level forging.

There was also a significant amount of money that was dropped. Between the two of them, they received 13 silver coins and several potions. However, the Boss was only level 3, so the potions weren’t of a very high level.

The axe was clearly the best item and by far the most valuable.

The Snake Skin Bag was currently not very valuable, as two 6 space bags didn’t sell for more than 1 Gold. Lu Li planned to hold on to the Snake Skin Bag, as he regularly opened treasure chests which required him to have a large storage space.

As for the two bronze equips, it was hard to say.

Even though they were bronze equipment, their attributes were good. In addition to this, when both were equipped, there would be an additional effect: Recover skill duration increased by 6 seconds.

Recover: Instant Cast, consumes 30 mana to restore 15 HP on a target, subsequently restores 5 HP every 3 seconds for 9 seconds.

Recover was one of Healer Druid’s most used spells. This suit extended the skill duration, which was valuable in a combat situation.

“Are you interested in the Axe? It’s pretty useful while training.” Lu Li passed the axe to Azure Sea Breeze.

Azure Sea Breeze brandished the axe and returned it to Lu Li: “This is more useful for a warrior playstyle and not at all for me. Go sell it for money, I’d like the skill book.”

This axe was suited to a Berserk Warrior, but Azure Sea Breeze had taken the defensive route. However, the skill book was clearly useful for him.

After using Shieldstrike to draw aggro, a Defense Warrior could then use Shield Wall to guarantee the safety of the whole party. Azure Sea Breeze didn’t hold his interests back.

Lu Li had no qualms with giving it up; the skill book’s value wasn’t even close to that of the Steel Axe.

“You can take this 6 space bag. I have a 10 space one already.” Lu Li took out the bag and threw it at him. “I’ll sell the rest and split the money with you later.”

“Don’t do that.” Azure Sea Breeze waved his hand. “If it weren’t for you, I wouldn’t have even found the boss. All I did was spend some of my time. Taking this skill book is already more than enough.”

“We fought it together, we have to split it evenly,” Lu Li responded.

“What I’m saying, Big brother, is that since you formed the party, you are the leader. You can’t lead by just splitting everything evenly - you have to look at the members’ contribution and what they want.” Azure Sea Breeze started to sweat profusely, “Friendships have unspoken rules, and the party will need to be the same.”

Hearing how serious he was, Lu Li kept the rest of the items.

Azure Sea Breeze was more passionate about the group that he was, and didn’t stop talking about it, asking: “What now? Do we need to recruit more people?”

“We can slowly recruit people. Tomorrow, our first order of business is to help someone break an Instance Dungeon record. Aren’t you in touch with a few large unions? Ask them how much they are willing to pay to improve the record by 5 minutes.”

Lu Li had many ways to make money in mind, but unable to carry many of them out. As of now, the market of helping other people grind was still in its fledgling stages. Most unions were just trying to survive.

“Let’s go back. We don’t have much time left.” When the game went into night, the wild was significantly more dangerous. They both took out their Hearthstones and activated them.


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