After the arduous battle, the players welcomed the day of harvest that was filled with the joy of the goods being sold and the curse of the European Seal.
Aside from the dragon scales that the Players had plucked off with their Life Skills, neither the Dead Red Dragon nor the Undead Orks dropped anything special. Naturally, the reason was that Xi Wei had dumped all the original rewards into both the individual and world pools.
At first, Xi Wei had thought that the Players would be displeased that he had split the World Prize Pool into three pools: Bronze, Silver, and Gold. Well, the truth was that some Players had noticed the inappropriateness of the setting and complained about it, even posting an anonymous complaint on the forums and receiving almost fifty likes.
But what did anonymity on the forums have to do with Xi Wei? He could see the essence of the phenomenon, and could tell at a glance that Marni Wilf was being high off his words. Hence, he simply lowered the drop rate of the World Pool by 20% along with those who had liked his post, so that they could properly experience the suffering of the human world …
Either way, Xi Wei realized that he had been worrying too much. Since there were many precious items in the Bronze Pool (such as premium forging stones), many Players who had finished drawing their individual pools and thought that they had enough World Prize Vouchers would start drawing from the World Pool.
And after someone had gotten a World Prize Voucher, the Players who had been holding back began to throw in their Prize Vouchers out of envy. It was just like in many mobile games, where impulsive Players would see the System Notifications that kept spamming 'XXX got an SSR', and feel that the drop rate was high. They could do it if they wanted to, and so they leaped to spend money to draw their Prize Vouchers.
Since Xi Wei did not have a preview, the Players were only aware of the rewards in the Bronze Pool and not what was in the other two pools. To prevent a situation where the rewards in the later pools were precious but not as practical as premium forging stones, many Players, aside from the stingy Players, began to draw from the Prize Pools.
Even after all the grand prizes were gone, Xi Wei generously opened the Silver Pool for the Players even though there were still some miscellaneous items in the Prize Pool.
Compared to the Bronze Pool, the items in the Silver Pool were naturally more tempting to the Players (such as Purple Rare items, Reserve Stones that would not disappear even if the forging failed), which was why the Players were fighting over them.
And just like the Bronze Pool, Xi Wei opened the Gold Pool after the Silver Pool's grand prizes were gone.
The appearance of the legendary weapon, Happy Flames, had sent the Players into a frenzy, searching for those who had slipped through the net to earn RIP in Points so that they could fight until the very end.
The Silver Eagle Duchy's border guards were moved to tears when they saw the players' reactions …
Not only were they able to save people from danger, even though the biggest disaster had been solved by them, they had no intention of stopping at all. They were still continuing to look for all the remaining enemies, strangling the flames of disaster that might reignite in the cradle!
Even if he stopped them and offered them food or even money as a reward, they would only shake their heads in disdain, indicating that they weren't fighting for mere gratitude. They would then turn around and continue on their way to hunt the undead!
What was a hero? This was a hero!
Could the sacred army of the Brilliant White Temple of Glory do it?! (Deafening sound
In the end, Happy Flames was drawn by a newbie warrior.
After hugging Happy Flames twice around the city like a scholar and enjoying the envious gazes of the other Players (especially the Mage Players), he finally auctioned it off.
Being a group second only to warriors, mages naturally wanted to bask in the glory of the legendary weapon. However, they hesitated when they saw the equipment's attributes.
Happy Flames buffed fire-elemental spells greatly, and came with a flame shield that could be used three times a day. The shield's capacity would increase as the Player's level increased, and it would block a direct attack that exceeded the shield's capacity 100% of the time as long as it wasn't divine retribution.
Be that as it may, both the fire-elemental buff and the flame shield conflicted with water-elemental spells, and the power of water-elemental spells would be greatly weakened even with the staff alone.
Moreover, when it came to spirit and magic damage, Happy Flames was no different from a purple rare staff.
Since the mages only had Tide Caller, a pure water elemental class advancement class, Happy Flames was clearly a tasteless and a pity to discard.
— I'm a Player who doesn't fear death. What good is a shield that can only be used three times!
In the end, Edward, who had yet to class change, borrowed some money from Leah the Warrior Princess and spent fifteen thousand game coins to buy Happy Flames.
"Is it really a good idea for you to buy this?"
Leah couldn't help asking even though she had lent Edward the money. "Even without class change, aren't there only a handful of fire-elemental skills for mages?"
"Even if you're the princess of Tierra, you clearly don't understand how wise the God of Games is." Edward smiled. "Even if I could only vaguely understand some of the God of Games' intentions with my mortal wisdom, I know that he isn't a senseless person who would bestow useless items to us believers! He must have calculated his next move, and would show his majestic miracle after that … "
Even as Edward finished, the Players received a notification from the System as if to strengthen his persuasiveness.
New Mage Class Change: Skyblaze Herald]
Class Introduction
[Skyblaze Herald: Able to open a path to the fire element and summon flames from it, communicating with the flames and controlling them to unleash various powerful attacks.]
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[Class Change Requirement: Level 15 and above mages are required to complete the corresponding class-change quest.]
Since Xi Wei didn't dare to use his Fire Authority openly, he didn't allow the Players to create flames directly, instead giving them the ability to summon flames from the fire plane like summoners.
While that would increase the Players' casting time to a certain extent, there was an advantage too: the power of the flames wouldn't be equated to the Players' level. Even the lower-level Skyblaze Herald could summon powerful elemental flames to attack with a long casting time.
As always, there were three sub-paths for the class.
The first was Incinerate. To put it simply, it was a combat style that focused on heat and combustion, with the intent to directly incinerate the enemy into ash. There weren't many active skills, and most of them were passive skills that raised the heat and intensity of the fire element, complemented by fire poison and burns. It was definitely worthy of the name 'Flame'!
The second was Explosion. Flames were just a support, for explosions were the true art! The class didn't care if the flames were strong enough or if the heat could destroy the enemy. Either way, it would be blown to smithereens if it couldn't be burned to death! It was straightforward and powerful, and Xi Wei was looking forward to what the Players who took this path would become in the future …
The last was Flamestrike. Since I've opened a path to the fire plane, why should I only summon flames? Wouldn't it be nice to summon a bunch of fire elemental creatures and cheer from the sidelines? There wasn't much to say. The Players who took this path were essentially summoners, and in terms of combat ability alone, they were the strongest of the three Skyblaze Herald classes, although the Players themselves would become their weakness.
The news of the new class left every Player in shock. The Mage Players who watched Edward win Happy Flames beat their chests and stamped their feet, feeling as if they had accidentally missed out on a hundred million.
Only Princess Leah was staring at Edward in surprise. The latter bowed slightly in return, his expression still that placid smile as if saying 'Don't be surprised, it's just the basics'.
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Chapter 240:
Basics, Don't 6
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