Chapter 32: Warrior God Moonlight
Editor: Halcyon Translation
“How do we know that you won’t just run away after you get the money?” someone queried.
Before Lu Li could even respond, someone shot back: “Get out of here, this guy is an expert who has gotten 2 First Clears. Why would he want your small bit of money?”
No one could respond to that, as he truly was incredible. He had sold a skill book yesterday and everything on sale had been obtained today. This made all the ordinary players feel useless in comparison.
This was probably the first Steel equip that had been put on sale!
This was probably also the first Bronze suit that had appeared in game!
“For these two Bronze equips, I bid 200 real money.” The crowd was silent for a moment, before someone shouted out a price.
“Let’s not mess around. For those two Bronze equips, we the Great Qin Empire bid 2000 real money.” Lu Li didn’t even need to say anything before someone raised the price significantly.
This was a textbook seller’s market, without any fear that no one would want to buy it.
The price that Lu Li had set was 4 gold together, or 2 gold per piece. According to the current trade market, gold had an exchange rate of 1000 to 1. As such, a bid of 2000 real money was just to test the waters.
“We the Gods of Dusk bid 4000 real money, but would also like to remind everyone not to bid too highly. These attributes are good, but it is only level 5. Let’s not hurt each other but be amicable instead.” This was spoken by a senior player who was experienced and reliable. He accurately pointed out a key issue - these equips were too low level.
Several unions in the crowd hesitated, as they needed to consider this.
“5000 real money.” The silence didn’t last long before another bid was called out. The price had now surpassed Lu Li’s original marked price.
Lu Li followed the voice to find Drinking Alone standing in the crowd. He was obviously attempting to buy it for his Union, and if no one increased the bid, he would happily take it at 5000.
“10,000!” A cold, yet magnetic voice sounded from the crowd. It had a mysterious charm to it.
Water Fairy!
The name was shouted and like magic, the crowd split to make way for her.
This was the first time that Lu Li had seen Water Fairy in person. However, he wasn’t unfamiliar with her. She would later become Dawn’s first competitive representative, with her image being placed on a large promotional poster.
Water Fairy as an extremely beautiful woman in every sense, with long legs and a charming, slender waist. She maintained a youthful appearance with her immature facial features, but her demeanor was cold and arrogant. As such, she had gained the image of a goddess to the players.
It wasn’t clear whether it was because of Water Fairy’s presence, or that 10,000 well and truly exceeded the value of these items, but no one placed any further bids.
“Add me as a friend.” Water Fairy’s voice was actually very soft, like a typical Japanese girl. It was too bad that this was ruined by her monotone intonation.
Lu Li gawked for a moment, before attempting to send Water Fairy a friend request. However, he was met with a system message which told him that the player he was trying to send a request to forbade friend requests…
“Ah… I can’t”
So, she was also someone who didn’t accept friend requests.
After a second, Water Fairy responded: “It’ll work now.”
Lu Li didn’t receive a cold system prompt this time and successfully added Water Fairy as a friend.
“Water Beauty, I worship you, please add me.” Other people saw that Lu Li and Water Fairy had added each other, so they also quickly sent their invitations. However, they were all disheartened when they rejected by the system.
How could this Thief who was hiding his face add her, but a genuine person couldn’t?
“Water Beauty, I am from the Gangnam Royals, please add me. Perhaps my union could work together with Drizzle Court sometime.” Gangnam Royals were ranked 2nd among the unions, but upon hearing a proposition like this, one couldn’t help but chuckle.
A player like Water Fairy had no regard for unions.
A union would provide its resources in exchange for a person’s allegiance - it was a mutual relationship.
High-ranking players like Water Fairy, Beast King Hunter, Glacial Autumn Wind and Berserk Warrior Moonlight usually did not engage in union matters, regarding themselves as equals to the unions. They usually spent more time on their own matters.
Only Drinking Alone and Indifference were the kind of people to regard matters of their union to be their primary occupation. However, they would be unable to rise and become the best of the best.
“When can we PVP? You can choose the time and place.” This was the reason for the friend request. The female tycoon was showing her aggressive side, and if he were to decline, she would probably scream and attack him.
“Wait until I’m free.” Lu Li wanted to tell her that as of now, she wasn’t a match for him, but he was scared that he would be killed by her nearby supporters.
Water Fairy seemed to trust that this ‘expert’ was in the middle of something, and left after completing the transaction with several other members of the Drizzle Court Union.
Spending this kind of money just for a PVP match was something that only Dawn’s first female tycoon would do.
“Next is this big Steel axe for a Berserk Warrior. Everyone has already seen its attributes. If you have it, it doesn’t matter who you fight in a PVP. You will be the one reaping the rewards!” Lu Li didn’t say anything more and announced the starting price.
The Elven race was unsuitable to be a Main Tank and those who played Warrior as an Elf would mostly follow the Berserker Warrior path. As this was Elven territory, this typical Berserker Warrior weapon would almost certainly be sold.
Elf characters were also beautiful, which is something that tycoons loved. Elf Berserker Warriors had therefore made a name for themselves in being extremely wealthy.
“Wait!” Suddenly, someone called out to Lu Li.
“Woah, who do you think you are? Just because you say wait, should we all just wait?” Those who were about to name a price were all startled by the shout and nearly choked on their own saliva, while others began to shout back at her. If it weren’t for the fact that you couldn’t attack anyone here, they would have started fighting long ago.
“I am Moonlight.” The voice was firm and steady, unaffected by the scolding.
Others were laughing, but Lu Li didn’t even crack a smile.
Within 2 or 3 years, Moonlight would quickly rise up within the game community.
There were too many Thief experts, so there was too much dispute over the title of Thief God, but the Warrior God was absolute. Many people used this to refer to Moonlight!
Some people said that he possessed an evil spirit because of how bloodthirsty he was. He once picked a Union called Twilight Gloom and fought them. In that battle, he had completely broken all his equipment and lost several levels, but had also managed to kill several hundred of the opposing players.
With such a glorious outcome, should you just accept your victory?
No!
It wasn’t many days before he was re-equipped with a full set of high quality equips and killing people from that union.
No one knew how the situation was resolved, but Moonlight had shocked the entire player-base, and no one dared to offend him from then on.
Others claimed that Moonlight was some Godlike player with a smurf, because his technique was too good and his levelling speed was too fast. The equipment on his body was also the best, which was not the mark of an amateur.
Who knew that today was his lucky day? Two future experts had unexpectedly arrived. Lu Li was a little shocked.
He was curious, however, as to why Moonlight had told him to stop the auction.
Chapter 33: Trade
Editor: Halcyon Translation
“I’ll trade you a Steel grade equipment for Thieves, how about that?” Moonlight took out a piece of equipment and showed Lu Li its stats.
[Swift Leather Boots] (Steel): 8 Armour, Agility+4, Special Effect: Swiftness- when Stealthed, Movement Speed+10%. Lasts for 10 seconds. Cooldown Time: 120 seconds. Effects cannot be stacked. Level Requirement: LV5. Durability: 30/30.
Lu Li’s eyes constricted. This piece of equipment would be fantastic for PVP battles.
However, it definitely wasn’t worth as much as Lu Li’s Axe. The Bloodseeker’s Axe was a weapon, whereas the Swift Leather Boots were Armor. It would be impossible to directly trade them.
Moonlight wasn’t an idiot. He saw the hesitation in Lu Li’s eyes, and hurriedly added on, “If you want money to cover the difference, I can transfer money in real life.”
All the spectators fell silent. Both of these Steel grade equipment were incredible, and were things that most players could only dream of. To be able to take out a Steel grade equipment to trade? It was likely that both of them had more.
Truth be told, Lu Li did indeed have another 3 pieces of Steel-grade equipment. One was his bow, one was a piece of Armor, and the other was the Dagger that had been Enchanted by the Dwarf!
“No need for the money. Help me with something and I’ll trade with you.” Lu Li thought for a moment before giving up on the real life money.
He lacked money in real life, but his $45,000 in his account gave him some breathing space. His priority now was the Escort quest given to him by Sentinel Captain Carolina - the 24 hours time limit was quite short. As well as this, he would forfeit his rewards if he exceeded this time limit and there would be further penalties if Tap died.
Moonlight was quite skilled and was a powerful Berserker. He was an excellent attacker and had quite a bit of HP and Defence too. Getting his help for this quest would be crucial.
Lu Li had considered asking Drinking Alone and the other people from the Grand Hegemony to do the quest with him, but seeing as he had rejected their offer to join them, he didn’t feel that it was right to ask them.
“Deal.” Moonlight had already thought for quite a long time, and Lu Li thought that he would refuse. However, in the end, he nodded.
What was there to think so long about? Just what was going on in this guy’s head?
Lu Li didn’t bother signing a System Contract. He knew that although Moonlight had a reputation for being extremely bloodthirsty, he wasn’t a liar or a scammer.
Moonlight was so shocked that Lu Li trusted him this much, that he directly gave the equipment to him. After thinking for a few moments he also sent Lu Li a friend request, but was coldly denied by the system.
Lu Li immediately sent over a friend request and they both appeared in each other’s friend lists.
The spectators could only watch as the Steel grade equipment in front of Lu Li disappeared. The last remaining item was the Hunter Skill Book.
If it was just a regular Hunter Skill Book, only Hunters would be interested. However, this Trueshot Aura skill would give an entire team a Buff to their Physical Attack Damage. Moreover, melee teams were currently quite favoured due to the Spider Lair Instance Dungeon.
As such, many rich people were interested in buying it for the purpose of strengthening their union.
“We’ll swap a Thief Skill Book with you. How’s that?” If Lu Li decided to accept, then he wouldn’t auction. Auctions were simply too savage - items and equipment would often be sold at many times their actual value.
“That’s fine, but it has to be an Ultimate Skill or an Enhancing Skill for Thieves.” Lu Li knew that if he wanted be strong in Dawn, he had to think towards the future.
He desperately needed money, but making himself stronger was the top priority.
“What’s an Enhancing Skill?” Everyone had blank looks on their faces. Moonlight, who had decided to hang around was looking confused as well.
Everyone knew about Ultimate Skills. Thieves’ skills gave combo points, which could be used for Ultimate Skills. However, no one had ever heard of Enhancing Skills before.
Lu Li could only patiently explain. “Enhanced Skills are extensions of normal skills. For example, there’s Enhanced Charge, Enhanced Stealth, Enhanced Blizzard and Enhanced Backstab. There are also some skills that aren’t quite Enhanced, but are similar. For example, there’s a Druid skill called Little Leopard Transformation which is similar to the Cheetah Transformation skill, but its stats are even better.
“My friend found a Chain Lightning Skill Book. Does that count as Lightning Arrow’s Enhanced Skill?” asked someone in the crowd.
“One’s a single target skill and the other is an AOE skill. Chain Lightning is very valuable, but it’s not the Enhanced Skill of Lightning Arrow,” clarified Lu Li.
“As expected of an expert.” Everyone was in awe of Lu Li’s knowledge. Many people sent out friend requests to Lu Li, but all of them were, as usual, were coldly rejected by the system. Yep, he was definitely an expert - only experts were this hard to add as friends.
“I have a Backhand Backstab Skill Book. Is it different to Enhanced Backstab?” a female Hunter timidly asked.
“Backhand Backstab isn’t an Enhanced Skill, but is an Ultimate Skill. Would you like to trade with me?” Lu Li calmly asked.
“I… I train by myself, so… so wouldn’t it be a bit of a waste?” The Hunter was a young girl, and didn’t have a full set of equipment. The drop rate in Dawn was incredibly low, but as long as one had the patience and skill, it wouldn’t be too difficult to obtain a full set of Common grade equipment. This girl was definitely a newbie.
“In the future when you have pets, this skill will also Buff you pets. Plus, once you have this skill, it’ll be easy to get into a good team,” Lu Li patiently said.
The early stages of the game were often the most difficult for Hunters. This was because Tame Beast Skill Books were incredibly rare, in addition to having low accuracy and low attack speed. If a Hunter didn’t have any good equipment, it would be almost impossible for them to find a good team. The girl in front of him obviously fell into this category, but he was curious as to how she had obtained a Skill Book like Backhand Backstab.
[Backhand Backstab]: Instant Cast. When you are at your target’s side, consume all of your combo points to backhand backstab your target, causing Equipment Damage x (1 + 30% x number of combo points) worth of Damage. Proficiency: 1/1000.
This Ultimate Skill was quite powerful, but if one had to point out a drawback, it would be that Backhand Backstab required difficult positioning. As such, most Thieves in Dawn chose to use Eviscerate as their Ultimate Skill. However, to Manual mode players, this skill was easier in being able to achieve surprising effects.
The Hunter girl was convinced by one of Lu Li’s reasons, and then nodding, opened up a Trade Window with Lu Li.
Lu Li let out the breath that he had been holding and traded with the girl.
Lu Li felt a bit guilty, perhaps because he felt that he had taken advantage of this girl. He sent her a friend request, hoping that he would be able to make it up to her in the future.
Trueshot Aura was quite a good skill and was very rare. However, it simply couldn’t be compared to the Backhand Backstab. At least to Lu Li, he had received much more than he had given, and thus the exchange hadn’t been very fair to the girl.
The Hunter girl was very surprised that Lu Li would add her as a friend. However, being added by an expert made her quite happy, so she accepted the request without hesitation.
Gifts
-- Gift
received Weekly Power Status
200+ Power
Ranking 
18 Power
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