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1.26% The Great Thief / Chapter 25: Aegwynn’s Tome

Capítulo 25: Aegwynn’s Tome

Editor: Halcyon Translation

“The art of Enchanting has been on the decline,” the old Dwarf said dejectedly, as if Lu Li’s words caused him to remember something sad.

“No way, there are lots of people who know about Enchanting. There’ll be more and more Enchanters in the future. Don’t worry maestro, you won’t be lonely,” Lu Li said.

“Those Enchanters,” Qum said as he shook his head, “They have blasphemed Enchanting, and blasphemed our Ancestors.”

Lu Li had no idea what Qum was saying. In his ‘past life’, he liked to read guides, but none of them could explain this Dwarf’s inexplicable words. However, his experience in games told him that this was an opportunity!

“Maestro, I can’t quite understand what you’re saying. I am but a young Elf, and do not know much.”

Perhaps it was because Qum had been holding all of this within him for so long, and upon seeing Lu Li’s respectful attitude, he replied, “The history of Enchanting started with a Magician in the ancient times, and has been developed for tens of thousands of years… modern Magicians strive for efficiency, and try to minimise materials used while maximising their effects. But they’re wrong. As the quality of materials go down, Enchanting will become more and more worthless…”

“The glory of Enchanting has been instead covered with dust and dirt. What a pity.” Lu Li didn’t really know what to say in response.

In the olden times, the materials used for Enchanting were far too valuable, so Enchanting was a very limited discipline. As time passed, Magicians researched how to use lower grade materials or less materials, causing Enchanting to become more widespread and popular.

There were advantages and disadvantages to both approaches, but to Qum, those modern Magicians had ruined Enchanting.

Young Elf, thank you for listening to my story. When one grows old, it’s hard to see from a new perspective.” Qum was indeed quite old. Although Dwarves had quite a long lifespan, even they were not immortal.

“It was my honour. You are a great and respectable Enchanter.” Lu Li sincerely said.

Even in his ‘past life’, Lu Li had never even heard of an Enchanter being able to raise an equipment’s grade simply by Enchanting.

“The river of time has washed away the past; I wonder how many Enchanters there are who also stick to the olden ways. Elf, are you willing to follow my path and continue walking down it for me?” The Dwarf’s eyes were filled with a slight look of helplessness and hope. Lu Li wasn’t someone he was extremely satisfied in, but there were no other options available to him.

Who would have thought that things would have turned out like this? Lu Li came here simply to Enchant his Dagger, but now he had been presented with a rare opportunity.

A rare Trade Skill!

If he said no, he would definitely be a fool. Of course he was extremely willing! “That would be my honour. I am willing to devote my life to this path.”

This seemed to move the old Dwarf and the last trace of hesitation in his eyes vanished. Qum limped into one of the inner rooms of the smith. When he came back, he was holding an incredibly thick and ancient-looking book.

“A Lord Magician gave this Enchanting book to my ancestor, and it was passed down to me. Now, I will pass it to you, Elf. I hope that you will take good care of it.” He passed the ancient book to Lu Li and instantly looked like the burden on his shoulders had been greatly eased.

System: You have received Aegywnn’s Tome (Special). With this book, you can learn the ancient discipline of Enchanting.

The book was very old, but it was not torn or missing any pages. The title page was quite plain, and there was a small string of words in the bottom right corner.

My life belongs to myself, and I make all my decisions willingly and freely. I have never been controlled by anyone; not even gods can do so! I lower my head to others out of respect and admiration, but never out of subservience! – Magna Aegwynn.

What a domineering quote!

Aegywnn… Aegwynn… Lu Li’s mind was blown.

He had guessed that it was some grandmaster who wrote this Enchanting book, but he never would have thought that it was actually Aegwynn.

Aegywnn was called the most powerful Magician and was the Guardian of Tirisfal. She had protected this continent by killing monsters and demons. Together with the Blue Dragonflight, she defeated the strongest Boss in Dawn- the Dark Titan Sargeras, who was described to be the source of all evil. She then sealed his corpse under the Abyss.

Within the players’ hearts, this female Magician was the pinnacle of all existence.

Grand and majestic!

However, Aegywnn decided that she did not want to continue being controlled by the Tirisfal Council and wanted to pass on her power to alter generations. As such, she chose a man- Nielas Aran, the genius court Conjurer. They gave birth to an even greater son- Medivh!

This Aegywnn’s Tome didn’t have any stats, and apart from Enchanting offered nothing else. Nevertheless, it was worthy of its name.

Of course, when Lu Li opened this Enchanting book, what he saw was not only powerful Enchanting formulae, but also lists of required materials that shocked him. He completely understood why the ancient ways of Enchanting had been abandoned.

It was a pity that he was not a Magician- if he was, he could have maximised the potential of this incredible book.

Who would have thought that the Novice Village in the Moon Shadow Valley held so many secrets.

In actuality, there were many secrets hidden in Dawn. Every race had powerful heroes who had left behind secrets to be found in various villages.

Lu Li knew that he did not have much of a lead on other people, and that there were definitely other players who also had incredible equipment and items.

However, he knew more than others, and put in more effort!

After saying goodbye to the Dwarf Qum, Lu Li left the smith and handed in the Collection quest for the Silver Leaved Grass.

As expected, the reward was the Alchemy Skill. This skill was important for any player, and especially essential for any solo Thief.

This was because Alchemy had a branch called Poisons. This allowed players to create poisons which could be applied on Daggers, causing them to deal extra damage. Some poisons could even apply Debuffs, such as lowering Movement Speed, Paralysing the enemy, lowering the effect of healing, etc.

From morning until night, Lu Li had been online for over 12 hours. He hadn’t eaten or rested, and was completely worn out.

After learning the Alchemy skill, Lu Li planned to log off, but the World Announcement suddenly shone out with a chain of gold letters.

System: Under the leadership of player Indifference, Capcoman, Yew, Still Water Flowing and Hunderhunch have set a new record for Spider Lair (Elite level). Current record: 1 hour 12 minutes 32 seconds!


Capítulo 26: Surprise

Editor: Halcyon Translation

Lu Li stared for a few moments before recovering.

At this point, it was normal for their record to be broken. However, for the new record to be a whole 10 minutes faster than theirs was a bit surprising.

The people in this World Announcement weren’t just any ordinary players - they were part of one of the most famous unions- the Blood-red War Flag!

This union was ranked 3rd in all of China, and 9th in the whole world. It was said that the boss of the union was an army veteran, and many of the members were also veterans. If it wasn’t because their requirements were so high, resulting in them not having as many players as the other unions, their ranking would be even higher.

To Lu Li, creating new records for Instance Dungeons didn’t have much point. After all, it was just an extra Bronze grade equipment. However, creating new records was important for large unions- they would rather exchange 10 pieces of equipment in order to bring more fame to their union.

Indifference was the Blood-red War Flag’s Commander of the Instance Dungeon group and was said to be the god of PVE. Yew was also famous within the Blood-red War Flag, and was an expert in PVP. Apart from newbies, there wasn’t anyone who didn’t know of him.

Them appearing on the World Announcement was the equivalent to the Blood-red War Flag appearing on the World Announcement.

Everyone was also wondering why the top ranked Glory Capital and the second ranked Gangnam Royals had fallen behind by so much.

Perhaps it was because they had bought his guide. Lu Li bitterly smiled to himself. He had said that his teammates could do whatever they wanted with the information, so of course they would have sold the information as a guide.

Lu Li had been planning to log off anyways, and seeing this, he didn’t feel much motivation to continue playing for the day. As such, he decided to log out.

Lu Li received a fright when he took off his game helmet.

His little sister, Lu Xin, was looking at him with an expression of fury. He hadn’t seen her so angry in a long time, and it made him feel reminiscent.

“Big brother, you played for a whole day!”

Lu Li looked over, and saw that he had been given a plate of untouched egg fried rice.

Lu Li stretched out and stroked her little head, “Big brother’s in the wrong. I’ll definitely eat properly from now on. By the way, Xin Xin, big brother’s already earnt some money in the game.”

“Really?” The little girl’s attitude immediately changed. She simply couldn’t help it- the Lu brother and sister had never hidden their desire for wealth, due to their poverty.

“Realer than real!”

“Liar,” The little girl pouted, “I heard a few of my classmates say that this game is really hard, and it’s really difficult to earn money in there.”

“There are people in your school playing?” Lu Li felt a bit guilty. He didn’t have the money to send his little sister to a good school. She was currently studying at the Slum District’s Primary School. Not only was the teaching inferior to other schools, but the environment wasn’t great either.

“They’re like big brother. They joined unions to earn money, and receive $800 per month. Big brother, can I play as well?” Whenever Lu Xin talked about money, her eyes would always sparkle.

Lu Li shook his head, went over, and poured the leftover egg fried rice into the bin.

“Big brother, what are you doing? You can still eat it if you heat it up… I put a whole 2 eggs in!” Lu Xin was quite annoyed at Lu Li’s behaviour.

“I just said I’ve already earnt money, but you don’t believe me. Let’s go out to eat.” Lu Li took his little sister’s hand as he started to walk out.

Lu Xin could only reluctantly look at the egg fried rice in the bin, and walked out of the house with her big brother.

They lived in a small alley which was extremely cramped. However, there were many, many people living there. Many people called this sort of place a ‘doghole’; it was only 1 step up from homelessness.

Lu Xin was incredibly pretty and cute, while Lu Li was young and strong and would always help out his neighbours. Seeing the Lu brother and sister, the neighbours would always greet them warmly.

“Oi, Lu boy, why didn’t I see you picking up Xin Xin today?” An old uncle yelled out while pouring out a bucket of dirty water.

“Hello Uncle Zhao, something came up today, so I couldn’t go.” Lu Li explained.

“You can’t do that,” Uncle Zhao stopped Lu Li, angrily saying, “You know how unsafe this place is. If it wasn’t for me today, Xin Xin said she might have been bullied. Such a pretty girl walking by herself in this sort of place just isn’t safe.”

What Uncle Zhao had said was true. After all, the Slum District was where the lowest members of society lived.

Lu Li looked at his little sister in shock, “Xin Xin, those bullies from the rubbish dump followed you again? Why didn’t you say anything?”

Lu Xin looked down with a bit of guilt, “I didn’t get the opportunity to tell you.”

“Look after your little sister properly. You should know that girl from the eastern alley was nearly violated. If I wasn’t…” Once people reached a certain age, they liked to talk a lot and nag. However, this was out of the kindness in his heart, and Lu Li sincerely thanked him many times.

After saying goodbye to Uncle Zhao, Lu Li walked out of the alley, and turned to walk towards the rubbish dump.

Lu Xin quickly stopped her brother, anxiously saying, “Big brother, don’t be rash. I’m fine, right? Don’t fight with them… if someone dies, then you’ll go to jail…”

Lu Li didn’t want to worry his little sister, so he could only put that thought away. It seemed that the beating he gave them a few days ago was too light; these people healed way too quickly.

“Alright, I won’t fight with them. Let’s go eat for now. Tomorrow’s Sunday, so let’s go and find somewhere else to move to.” Lu Li was originally planning to give the Star Moon Union the penalty for breaking the contract, and then rent a better place to live when he had saved up a bit.

However, seeing what had happened today, which happened regularly, Lu Li decided that it would be best for them to move as soon as possible.

Lu Xin’s eyes widened, “Big brother, you really earned money?”

Lu Li gently patted her head and said, “You little rascal, did you really think that your big brother would trick you? I’ve really earnt a lot of money, so tonight you can eat whatever you want. Let’s have a good meal.”

After eating, Lu Li had a shower and immediately entered the game

This week, Lu Li not only needed to earn enough money to cover the contract penalty, but also enough to move to a better home. He had to give it his all.

There were only 2 hours until night fell in the game, but he still hadn’t opened the treasure boxes at the bottom of the Moon Reflection Lake. However, he decided to raise his level first.

Before he even left the village, his communication device rang- it was Azure Sea Breeze.

“Lu Li, you’re finally online.” Azure Sea Breeze said.

“I was having dinner. What’s up?”

“I have some things to give you. Where are you right now?”

“What is it? Let’s meet at the place where we first met.” Lu Li decided that it would be easier for them to meet at a familiar place.

“Alright, just meet me there. I’ll be there soon.” Azure Sea Breeze said and ended the call.

Not long after, Lu Li saw Azure Sea Breeze, the Elf Warrior, jogging over.

“What is it? You were being so mysterious.” Lu Li said.

Azure Sea Breeze immediately opened up a trade window, and threw a pile of things in.

“Holy crap, where the hell did you get these?!” Lu Li simply couldn’t stay calm.


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