While most of the players were gearing up to attempt the new dungeon, the Living Dead Cellar, Edward and his group, who were the frontline players and the Clearers, were trekking on the beach near the shoreline.
This place was very close to the sea. The tide carried the smell of the sea, and the sound of waves could be heard. The cries of seabirds in the sky filled the ears, but the empty scene on the sea made people feel relaxed and happy, and they didn't feel annoyed at all.
Aside from Edward's group of five, there was a new face in the party. It was Vela, the right-hand woman of the novice village's lord, Angora.
Apart from necessary sailing activities, the people of this world would not enter or even approach the sea most of the time.
The reason was simple: there were far more monsters in the sea than on land, and there were often powerful monsters roaming around the shallow waters.
Even when walking along the shore, they would occasionally be ambushed by amphibious monsters.
For example, a monster that resembled an Anomalocaris but had a thick shell on its back leapt out of the sea, agilely charging at the party!
However, as the top of the Players, Edward's group reacted quickly. Their battle-hardened comrades immediately split up their roles. Joe, who had changed his class to Spirit Swordsman, blocked the sea monster, while Edward, Gou Dan, and Vela dealt damage. Eleena and Jessica healed and supported them.
Not long after, the sea monster let out a mournful cry and fell to the ground, leaving behind two saw-like limbs before disappearing into fine sand.
"Spirit Swordsmen are so damn strong and cool!"
Joe, who was barely injured and managed to land the last hit, exclaimed gleefully. "Awesome!"
As the first Player to successfully change his class to Spirit Swordsman, he was still trying to figure out his path. Even so, with the help of his familiar spirit, his combat experience had become much more refreshing and comfortable.
Take the sea monster for example. If he was a basic Warrior, he would have lost a third or more of his HP after pulling the monster's aggro for so long.
But now that he had a familiar spirit that could split aggro and damage, all he had to do was to switch the main aggro between himself and the familiar spirit to interrupt the monster's combo and avoid being killed in one combo.
Not only was it easier to pull aggro, but his damage was also higher thanks to the familiar spirit's support.
In terms of party contribution, Charle's damage output was only slightly lower than Edward's, who was a Mage of the same level. Moreover, he had spent most of his time defending, only switching to Evil Sword Mode at the very end to deal damage to the Kraken … From the looks of it, a Spirit Swordsman who walked the path of Evil Sword Style would undoubtedly be the damage output champion of this patch.
"Looks like advanced professions are indeed stronger than basic professions … By the way, Mr. Doug, why didn't you advance to Shadow Blade?" After evaluating Joe's performance in her mind, Vela curiously asked the other person in the party who had fulfilled the requirements for class advancement, "Unlike me who's only level 10, you should be at level 15, right?"
"Ahaha, why is that? Actually, I'm also looking for the reason …" Goudan said shyly as he scratched his head.
"Don't listen to his nonsense. He just doesn't want his father's archery skills to be lost in his hands. That's why he didn't change his class to Shadow Blade." "That's because Shadow Blades can't use bows and arrows," Edward said without any sense of civility.
"Captain, don't be like that." Goudan grumbled, "Does it make you happy to expose someone else's secret?"
"It makes me happy! Look at us Mages, we don't even have a class advancement, and we can only eat Sour Bamboo Fruits (a fruit that looks like a lemon). You could have class advancement, but you gave up on it. Of course I'm not happy. " Edward replied openly, and then advised Goudan earnestly. "Seriously, the chance to become stronger is right in front of you, don't give up like that. Don't stop on the path to becoming stronger …"
"What are you talking about, Captain? I think there must be a reason why the Lord God doesn't allow us to change classes directly after we reach a certain level. Who knows, Rangers might even be able to class advance to other classes that specialize in archery in the future?" Goudan guessed, "Otherwise, it wouldn't make sense for Rangers to have an archery skill from the start! The Lord God must be planning something big. "
"Did you come up with that?" Edward asked, frowning.
"No, it's just that many other players have the same guess. Many Ranger players plan to slow down after reaching Level 15. They don't want to change their class immediately," Eggface answered honestly.
Edward looked like he had something else to say, but it seemed that Vela wasn't going to let the party's class debate continue, and so interrupted them first.
"Come to think of it, it's not that I'm unhappy … but is it really alright to let a little girl like Eleena come along?"
Vela asked worriedly, glancing at the silver-haired girl who was happily munching on a lollipop.
Eleena sensed Vela's gaze.
The girl covered her bag of candy and hid it behind her, staring at her warily, clearly not intending to share Xi Wei's candy with her.
Edward, whose thoughts were interrupted by Vela's question temporarily suppressed his suspicions, and decided to ask about it the next time he met Xi Wei. Rubbing his face that was a little stiff from the sea breeze, he smiled.
It wasn't just him — even Joe, Goudan, and Jessica were smiling. Joe and Goudan were smiling as if they had heard a joke, while Jessica was smiling helplessly.
"You're judging a book by its cover, Lady Vela." Edward said.
"?" Vela looked puzzled.
"In terms of ability, Eleena might be the strongest among us," Edward said seriously.
"… Are you serious?" Vela clearly didn't believe Edward.
In response, Edward had no intention of explaining, and simply looked as if he didn't believe her.
"If you don't believe in our ability, why would you entrust us with this mission? Wouldn't Mister Marni, Mister Joey (captain of Marni's merchant escort), and Princess Leah's party be better? "Jessica changed the topic when she saw that the atmosphere was a little stiff.
"Mister Marni is busy building and stabilizing the town's trade routes, and doesn't have time for such a mission. As for Princess Leah, she seemed to like the mission, and even yelled something along the lines of 'Gentlemen, expand Tierra's territory! Today is the day to make a name for yourself!' with her guards. But she was dragged away by Old Vanke, who had a dark expression on his face … "
Both Joe and Goudan's expressions darkened at her words. So you didn't entrust us with this mission because you think highly of us, but you've already asked everyone.
That was when Eleena suddenly stopped in her tracks.
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