At level 40, there would be a fork in the road for each of the seven main classes. Every class would be split into two paths. These two paths not only meant that the skills would be different, but they would also change the attribute growth at the beginning of the class. Thus, after completing the class change quest, the system would give the players a chance to reset their stat points.
When this rule was first announced, a large number of players beat their chests and stamped their feet. If they had known that there would be such a chance, they would not have had to be so cautious. Many players kept half of their stat points, hoping that they would be able to put them where they needed them the most once they had a clear character. This group of people prided themselves as experts with foresight. Now that this rule was announced, it was as if they had suffered a loss. After all, if they did not add half of their stat points, it would be much more difficult for them to level up.
At this point, there was no point in complaining. Everyone had already started to research the two paths of their classes.
The Warrior class was divided into Tank Warrior and Berserker Warrior. The former prioritized defense, and the Warrior's vitality would be more prominent. The latter focused on attack output, and would become a powerful force.
For the Thief class, there would be two paths: Assassin and Godly Thief. The former would have a higher damage output, while the latter would have an advantage in the traditional style of stealthy Thieves.
For the Priest and Knight class, there would be two paths: Light and Dark. It was said that the Light class would have the ability to support teammates, while the Dark class would have the ability to cast curse-type spells.
For the Fighter class, there would be a difference between a Fist Master and a Qigong Master. The former would continue to fight bare-handed, while the latter, with the help of powerful inner strength, would have an area of effect damage that would not lose to a Mage.
For the Archer class, there would be a Godly Archer and a Lurker. Both classes would maintain the Archer's characteristics of sneak attacks, but the former would continue to have the advantage of long-range attacks, while the latter would have the ability to set traps.
Finally, there would be a difference between the Water and Lightning classes for the Mage class. From the skills announced by the official website, it seemed to be the most rigid class division. The main difference was that the Water class would have the freezing effect, while the Lightning class would have the electric shock effect. Apart from that, there were no other classes that had two paths that were so different. The most obvious proof was that the Mage class was the only class that could continue to add points based on Intelligence, no matter which path they chose.
The six members of Young Master's Elite consisted of six different classes, excluding the Pugilist. At the moment, aside from Gu Fei, everyone could already undergo their Job Class Advancement, but as experts, they were all still observing the situation and weighing the pros and cons. As for whether or not he would suffer a loss like last time, only the heavens would know.
After handing over the Windchaser's Emblem to Royal God Call, the man was in high spirits and was ready to set off. Movement speed was extremely important to an Archer. The most common "kiting" style of fighting required sufficient movement speed as a guarantee. When choosing equipment for any archer, shoes were even more important than weapons. Such a top-grade pair of Windchaser's Boots. Furthermore, it was obvious that the quest requirement would be met, so Royal God Call was already gritting his teeth to get his hands on a pair.
"But it's strange." Brother Assist asked. "Your emblem and boots were both dropped from the same quest system, and their names are so similar, so why aren't they a set?"
A set of equipment would have a green font and would activate the dark attribute, but the two pieces that Gu Fei had just obtained were clearly not the case. Moreover, they weren't even Purple grade equipment, but Gold grade equipment.
Gu Fei was, of course, unaware of this. Royal God Call, on the other hand, was satisfied with the pair of boots and did not care about anything else. After equipping the Windchaser's Emblem, he said to Gu Fei, "Alright, I'll go do my 'Bounty Mission' now. I'll leave the grinding side to you."
"Wait a minute? What do you mean by grinding? "Gu Fei caught him.
"I've been bringing you ladies from Amethyst Rebirth to grind levels every day! Now that I'm going to do my 'Bounty Mission' and you're going to grind levels, you can take my place! I've already told them that I'll meet you at the tavern by the east gate at 7: 15. You should know them. Alright, I'm leaving. Don't forget! "Royal God Call disappeared in a puff of smoke after saying this.
"Ah, it's already 7? I'm leaving, too! "War Without Wounds quickly got up when he saw the time." I'm slow, so I need to leave early, "he muttered as he got up.
"I'm going to join the group too. I'll go with you! "Brother Assist and War Without Wounds left together.
In the blink of an eye, three out of the six were gone. Gu Fei looked around the room and saw that only Sword Demon and Young Master Han were left, his two closest comrades.
"What's the matter? You two should be joining a party to grind levels by now, right? Why don't you two take my place and lead that whatever party? "Gu Fei had always been solo grinding, so the mission Royal God Call had given him was too stressful for him.
"I've always been solo grinding," Sword Demon said.
"I've never grinded levels at this time," Young Master Han said as he drank his liquor. "There's too many people." The time between dinner and bedtime was always the peak period for online gaming.
Gu Fei sighed. It seemed that he could not count on anyone this time, so he could only bite the bullet and do it himself.
Changing into his most eye-catching Midnight Spirit Robe and slinging Moonlit Nightfalls on his back, Gu Fei stuffed his hands into his pockets and left the room.
"He's actually a Mage!" Young Master Han sighed as he watched Gu Fei leave.
After more than a month of development in the game, black mage robes were no longer anything new. Robes were not like weapons. High quality ones would glow, and most people would not be able to tell if they were good or bad just by looking at them. As for the glowing Moonlit Nightfalls, Gu Fei had purposely exposed it in the hopes of attracting the attention of bad guys. Unfortunately, things did not go according to plan. Those bandits and robbers who were eager to get their hands on high quality equipment were nowhere to be found, and no one dared to make a move on Gu Fei.
Walking toward the east gate, Gu Fei saw a bunch of women gathered outside a tavern by the east gate. Gu Fei looked at the time and saw that it was 7: 10 PM. He had arrived five minutes earlier than the agreed time. Legend had it that women liked to be late, but that did not seem to be the case in this game!
Taking a closer look, there were a total of nine women. He recognized two of them, Ice Glaze and Luo Luo. The other three looked familiar, while he had never seen the other four before.
Amethyst Rebirth had grown rapidly after its official launch, and they had always maintained the principle of only accepting female players. Now that they had 57 members, Gu Fei was still the only male player.
July seemed to understand that Gu Fei did not have much chemistry with them. She would usually inform Gu Fei when they were in a party to grind levels or do quests, but she emphasized that it was up to him whether he wanted to join them or not. Thus, Gu Fei casually said, "I'm used to solo grinding." July stopped bothering him from then on.
Gu Fei would occasionally bump into these ladies on the streets, but he only felt that most of them looked familiar and did not even know their names. He did not dare to casually greet them on the streets, afraid that he would mistake them for someone else. As such, Gu Fei and Amethyst Rebirth were like two parallel lines that never crossed each other's paths in the past month. Gu Fei was very curious as to how long July would be able to tolerate a person like him who only existed in name.
Today, thanks to Royal God Call's request, Gu Fei was finally able to cross paths with Amethyst Rebirth.
As he approached the nine ladies, Luo Luo and Ice Glaze had their backs facing him. The other four ladies did not recognize Gu Fei at all, while the other three looked at Gu Fei the same way Gu Fei looked at them. They felt that he looked familiar, but they were afraid that they would mistake him for someone else, so they did not dare to casually greet him.
"Ahem!" Gu Fei coughed behind Luo Luo.
Luo Luo turned around and smiled when she saw Gu Fei, "Oh, I didn't think that I would be able to invite you."
Gu Fei smiled sheepishly, "Long time no see." He had not seen Luo Luo for more than a month. In MMOs, this was enough time for a pair of close friends to become strangers.
Luo Luo pulled him over to greet the ladies, "Let me introduce you to everyone. This is Thousand Miles Drunk!"
"Ah!" The four ladies had a look of surprise on their faces. Everyone thought that the only male player in Amethyst Rebirth's all-female guild would definitely have something outstanding about him. Logically speaking, this person would either have an unusual relationship with a core member of the guild, or he would have the heart of a woman despite looking like a male player.
However, these two gossips were quickly overturned after some inquiries. Besides this, even July, Luo Luo, and the others who were acquainted with Gu Fei had a limited understanding of him. Instead, the two external helpers of Amethyst Rebirth, War Without Wounds and Royal God Call, seemed to be close friends of Gu Fei.
Many ladies wanted to dig up information about Gu Fei from these two men. It was just that these two men had a high sense of danger when it came to such matters. The ladies were all curious about Gu Fei and were nervous, so it was easy to imagine how they described Gu Fei.
The ladies were not stupid, either. After hearing enough, they could naturally tell that these two men were just spouting nonsense, which made Gu Fei appear even more mysterious.
Now that this mysterious person had suddenly appeared, the four new ladies were visibly excited and nearly came forward to ask for his autograph.
Just what kind of gossip does this guy have? We must definitely dig it out! the four ladies thought. This was the spirit of female players. They did not place much importance on the strength of others. Instead, they hoped to meet someone with a story, someone interesting.
"Since everyone's here, shall we set off?" Luo Luo asked as she sent a party invitation to Gu Fei.
Gu Fei joined the party, and Luo Luo smiled, "Since you're filling in for Royal, you'll be leading the party!" With that, Luo Luo passed the party leader position to Gu Fei. Following which, a series of system prompts indicated that the party was disbanded.
"What's going on?" The ladies were confused.
"My Command is only 1 point," Gu Fei calmly answered. Forming a party in Parallel World was not something that could be done casually. There was a stat called Command that affected the number of people that a party leader could lead. Every 1 point of Command could increase the number of players in a party by five. Usually, when a party leader grinded levels or did some quests, they would gain experience points for Command. Evidently, Gu Fei had never participated in such activities before, so he did not meet the requirement to be in a ten-man party.
The ladies were in an uproar. A ten-man party only required 2 points, yet Gu Fei did not even have that. This was simply too shocking. Sure enough, he's no ordinary player. The four new ladies were all excited.
"Then, I'll lead the party!" Luo Luo had no choice but to re-form the party.
Everyone headed toward the grinding map, with Gu Fei at the end of the line. The four new ladies gathered together and whispered to each other. Finally, they chose a representative and came to Gu Fei's side.
"Big brother Miles!" the lady called out.
"Just call me Miles," Gu Fei broke out in cold sweat. He was utterly shocked by this nickname. Although this lady was indeed just a little girl, the more she acted like this, the more Gu Fei could not accept this nickname. After all, Gu Fei was a teacher. A lady who looked like a student calling a teacher "big brother" … Just imagining it once more made Gu Fei vomit blood in his heart.
"Oh, Miles!" the little girl called out timidly.
"What's the matter?" Gu Fei asked as he stole a glance at Luo Luo in front of him.
Luo Luo happened to be looking back as well. When she saw Gu Fei looking at her, she returned him an ambiguous smile. At the same time, Gu Fei received a message. He opened it and saw that it was from Luo Luo, "This little loli is very cute, right?"
"What are you talking about …" Gu Fei was sweating profusely.
"Do you mind if I ask you a few questions?" the little girl asked.
"Go ahead!" Gu Fei answered.
"When did you join Amethyst Rebirth?" the little girl asked.
"When it was first established," Gu Fei said.
"Why did you join this girl's guild?"
"We didn't have enough members, so I helped out," Gu Fei said.
"Why don't I see you usually?"
"Uhm … I'm used to grinding alone," Gu Fei said.
"Are you very close to Guild Leader July?"
"We're just so-so," Gu Fei said.
"Oh, thank you," the little girl said as she returned to her group of four.
Gu Fei was at a loss. Did these few questions have any special meaning? Gu Fei clearly did not understand the gossipy nature of finding out the inside story from the mundane.
Seeing the four ladies huddled together and whispering to each other while glancing in his direction from time to time, Gu Fei felt a chill run down his spine as he felt a sense of danger. I wonder what they're up to. I have to drag someone down with me. Thinking of this, Gu Fei quickened his pace and walked to the front of the group. Walking together with Luo Luo, he casually asked, "Where are you grinding?"
"Yunxia Valley," Luo Luo said.
"Oh, I'm familiar with that place," Gu Fei said, adding, "I've been grinding there since a month ago."
Luo Luo was stunned. A month ago, it was the era where everyone was at level 30. Grinding in Yunxia Valley at that time meant that one had the strength to fight monsters ten levels higher. For a Mage to be able to solo a monster ten levels higher than him … Luo Luo knew that Gu Fei was not a simple person, but she did not expect him to be so strong. This should be something that only the top players in the game possessed.
"Then, where are you grinding now?" Luo Luo asked curiously.
"Not really. I've been doing 'Bounty Mission'," Gu Fei said. Gu Fei usually spent about two hours grinding monsters every day. Compared to Sword Demon and the others, Gu Fei really felt that this could not be considered as grinding. However, if he were to tell Luo Luo where he was grinding monsters, she would definitely be shocked to death.
Yunluo Peak was a level 60 grinding map. The average player would definitely not have been there before.
"'Bounty Mission'? Do you level very quickly?" Luo Luo was curious.
"Nope. I'm just casually playing," Gu Fei said.
Gu Fei's level in Parallel World's overall experience leaderboard had dropped by a lot, but this was not obvious in Amethyst Rebirth. He was still considered one of the top players in the guild. The ladies chatted and gossiped every day and did not pay much attention to efficiency when grinding, so their leveling speed was not the best at all. Honestly speaking, Gu Fei had done them a huge favor by introducing War Without Wounds and Royal God Call to them. Had it not been for these two experts' guidance and assistance, the ladies of Amethyst Rebirth would have been even worse off in terms of levels.
Gu Fei looked to the side and saw Ice Glaze silently walking with her head lowered.
"Do you not recognize me, Lil Ice?" Ice Glaze saw that Gu Fei had not greeted her this whole time.
"Ah! No! "Ice Glaze frantically raised her head.
"Don't tease our shy ladies. Go play with those ladies behind us, "Luo Luo said unhappily as she pulled Ice Glaze over to her side.
"What are you saying?!" Gu Fei almost fainted. Luo Luo seemed to be implying that he was up to no good, "Do you think I'm Royal?!"
"Ah!" Luo Luo was stunned, "That seems to be the case!"
"That beast," Gu Fei said disdainfully.
Ice Glaze suddenly laughed, "That's what he said about you, too."
"Why did he say that?" Gu Fei asked.
"It's nothing. It's just that whenever he mentions you, he always refers to you as' that beast 'or' that beast '," Luo Luo laughed.
"Wait until I kill him!" Gu Fei said hatefully.
All the ladies burst into laughter. "You're bragging!" Everyone pointed at Gu Fei.
Gu Fei was at a loss. He did not understand why his casual words would cause such a huge reaction. Of course, he did not know that Royal God Call was actually a top-notch expert even though he did not think much of him. Although the ladies' standards were average, they could naturally tell after interacting with him for so long. Besides, Royal God Call's name was his trademark.
Now that Gu Fei's level was lower than Royal God Call's and his job class was a Mage, saying that he could kill Royal God Call would naturally be seen as bragging.
After chatting idly for a while, the ladies finally arrived at Yunxia Valley.
Yunxia Valley was no longer as desolate as it was when Gu Fei was grinding. As the training area with the highest number of players at the moment, there were people all over the place. Gu Fei followed along with the party, looking all around him. He really could not find anywhere else in this place that could accommodate the ten of them grinding levels.
As they walked, the ladies came to a stop. Luo Luo furrowed her brows as she looked ahead.
All the ladies were discussing among themselves, "It's them again."
"What's going on?" Gu Fei asked.
"This area should belong to Amethyst Rebirth, but these guys have been coming here for the past few days because they can't find a place to grind. They've had a few duels," Luo Luo said.
"A duel?" Gu Fei did not understand.
Luo Luo looked at him with an even more confused expression.
"A duel for what?" Gu Fei asked again.
"A fight for the grinding map! Now that the grinding maps are overcrowded, no one is able to grind properly due to the constant fighting, so everyone — "
"Oh, I understand," Gu Fei indeed understood. Yueye City, which was known for its valiant fighting spirit, had such a rule. Since the grinding maps could not hold so many players grinding together, it was impossible for them not to fight over the spots. However, large-scale group PvP was definitely not worth it, so the rule of sending representatives for a duel had been established. Who would have thought that Yunduan City would follow suit? This fully demonstrated that the wisdom of the people was the same.
"Let's do it, then!" Gu Fei said.
"But Royal isn't here," Luo Luo was worried, "He's been the one doing it before. Aside from him, I don't have the ability, Xiaobing is a Mage, and the others are even lower in level. "
"I'll do it!" Gu Fei patted his chest.
"You're a Mage too!" Luo Luo was surprised. From a conventional point of view, a duel was a Mage's weakness. Although Luo Luo felt that Gu Fei was capable, she did not think that he would be stronger than veteran experts like Royal God Call. Gu Fei had almost died at Xiaoyu's hands back then. Such a situation would definitely not happen to Royal God Call.
Before they could finish their discussion, the people in the grinding map had already spotted Gu Fei and the others. Evidently, they were familiar faces to them as well. A bunch of them whistled and shouted, "Babes, they're here again!"
"Can you guys not be so shameless?! You've already lost so many times, yet you're still here, "a lady shouted.
"Perseverance and perseverance! This spirit is worth learning from, "someone shouted, clearly intending to be shameless to the end.
Gu Fei did not wait for Luo Luo's reply and took the initiative to walk to the front, "Come on out for a duel!"
The other party was stunned when they saw Gu Fei, "Why is there a change? Where's that arrogant rascal? Call him over! "
"He's not here," Gu Fei said.
The other party muttered to themselves. They had lost to Royal God Call several times in a row, yet they still dared to challenge him. Naturally, they were prepared. In order to deal with Royal God Call, they had specially found an expert Thief and were prepared to make use of their job class to counter each other. They could tell that aside from Royal God Call, the other ladies did not have much PK ability, so they did not expect to change their lineup at the last minute.
However, they did not expect that the same lineup that the other party had maintained for several days would be replaced by a new character instead of Royal God Call.
"Appraisal!" The other party did not want to lose again.
"Mage!" Everyone was elated when the Appraisal results came out. Although there were question marks on their equipment, no one cared. It was a piece of cake for them to fight a mage one on one.
"Who's up?" Everyone began to scramble to be the first. Honestly speaking, this team had been fighting with Amethyst Rebirth for this grinding map for a long time. After obtaining the grinding map, they very generously invited the ladies to grind together. Although it would be a little crowded with two teams, it was better than not having a grinding map at all, so they believed that the ladies would not reject it. After that, they would naturally get to know each other.
This was the original intention of this team. Who would have thought that, although the ladies were not strong, there would be a skilled Archer in the team, who had defeated a few of them over the past few days? Although they had hired a Thief today, they were still feeling a little uneasy. Now that the expert Amethyst Rebirth was not around and a Mage was taking the challenge, everyone wanted to show their faces in front of the ladies.
"Oh, right," Gu Fei turned around and asked Luo Luo, "We have to be lenient in this PK, right?"
Luo Luo nodded her head, but she had her doubts. There was no need to ask this question. Players had thought of this method to avoid losing levels, so why would they end up dying in a PK battle?
"Be careful." Luo Luo came over and whispered to Gu Fei, "It's hard to say whether this PK is light or not. You can't say for sure."
"Don't worry. I'll be careful," Gu Fei reassured her.
Luo Luo nodded her head, "If you can't handle it, come down quickly. We'll just find another spot."
Gu Fei was stunned, "When I said be careful, I meant that I'll be careful not to kill them …."
All the ladies were stunned. The men on the other side heard this clearly and immediately flared up.
"This guy is even more arrogant than that smelly kid!" someone reprimanded.
Gu Fei was too lazy to explain. He took two steps forward and rubbed his hands together, "Who's going to do it?!"
"I'll do it!" a Thief stepped out from the crowd. He had originally been invited today to deal with Royal God Call. When the others saw that he had stepped forward, they did not have the nerve to argue with him.
Gu Fei nodded his head and asked, "How much HP do you have?"
"What?" the man was stunned.
"I said, how much HP do you have?" Gu Fei asked seriously.
"What? How can I tell you that?! "the man was astonished. This was a PK, so it was best to keep one's stats a secret. Who would ask such a question?
"I can't go easy on you if you don't tell me how much HP you have!" Gu Fei was still very serious. He was not an MMO expert like Sword Demon and the others, who knew the game data like the back of their hand. They could use Appraisal to roughly determine their opponent's stats. Gu Fei did not have any concept of this. He only saw that the man was a Thief, a job class with low HP. Since he was within his spell's AOE, he asked about his opponent's HP out of goodwill.
However, the average gamer would not be bothered by such an abnormal thought process. Under the reprimand, the Thief felt that he was being discriminated against and angrily said, "Rascal, I want to duel you to the death!"
Duel to the death meant to fight until one side died. It was a term invented by some pretentious pranksters. When facing an opponent who was clearly weaker than them, asking "Do you want to duel to the death" before fighting would make them look very impressive.
Gu Fei had heard of this term before, so he laughed, "There's no need for that, right? It's getting harder and harder to level up these days! "
The man thought that Gu Fei was afraid, so he became even more arrogant, "Don't be so polite. Aren't you afraid that you won't be able to go easy on me? I'll give you this chance. Kill me if you have the guts! "
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