As Ye Ci's health and consciousness were fading away, she heard a furious roar. The hand that was holding onto Ye Ci loosened its grip.
Ye Ci's head was spinning as she fell to the ground. Her remaining consciousness told her that she was still alive. As long as she was alive, she had to continue the battle. She scrambled to her feet and looked back. Only then did she realize that Ol 'Three had pounced on her and bit Bru's arm. Bru had let go of her due to the sudden pain. That was how she managed to survive.
At this moment, Bru was flinging Ol 'Three furiously. Bru's physique was already very tall. Ol 'Three was hanging from his arm and being swung around by Bru with all his might. Ol' Three's health dropped rapidly!
"Damn you, Leopard! You've ruined my plan! " Bru finally managed to throw Third Bro away. Third Bro was thrown in a parabola and fell heavily to the ground. Third Bro let out a low whimper. He must have been seriously injured. Even so, Ol 'Three struggled to stand up and continue the battle.
Bru, on the other hand, ignored Ye Ci and charged at Ol 'Three. He was determined to kill him with a single strike.
Ye Ci stabilized herself and shook her head. She raised her crossbow shakily and shouted at Bru in a hoarse voice, "Bru, I'm your enemy!" Before she finished her sentence, she fired a series of high damage skills at Bru.
Even though Ye Ci's consciousness was fading away, the arrows still managed to land on Bru's vital points. Ye Ci's vision turned red, and she was relieved to see that the arrows had landed on Bru's vitals.
Bru's health bar was reduced to 1.1% in the blink of an eye. But that was not the worst of it. The skills that Ye Ci placed on him were draining his mana, and he was unable to cast any spells.
Bru was enraged. He gave up on his long-range attacks and charged towards Ye Ci. He didn't transform into an animal because he didn't even have the blue eyes to transform. Ye Ci continued to fire arrows as she retreated, and the number of arrows on her body gradually decreased.
Finally, when Bru's health was reduced to 0.1%, Ye Ci fired her last arrow.
Ye Ci panted heavily when she was 20 yards away from Bru. Bru was in no better condition than her. He was so vain that he could only rely on his willpower to support his body. The two glared at each other with bloodshot eyes, waiting for the perfect opportunity to strike and kill each other.
Now wasn't the time to wait. Ye Ci put away her crossbow. Although Hunters were the kings of long-range attacks, Ye Ci didn't forget that before level 5, Hunters always won in close combat. Although her attack wasn't as strong as a Warrior, it didn't mean that she couldn't win!
She unsheathed her dagger and short sword. Her weapons shone with a cold light and carried a murderous aura.
"Ah!" Ye Ci took a deep breath and shouted. She tried to use this primitive and simple method to increase her fighting spirit and courage. She roared angrily as she charged towards Bru. This was her last attempt. Regardless of whether she could survive or not, this was her last attempt!
How could Bru not have the same thoughts as Ye Ci? He roared as he charged towards Ye Ci. He waved his long staff and prepared to engage in close combat with the Elf.
Both of them didn't specialize in close combat. Both of them didn't have any advantages. At the last moment of the battle, they would fight to the death!
Despite being an NPC, Ye Ci was still filled with respect for Bru. It was rare to meet a monster as hardworking as him, and rare to meet an NPC with such high intelligence. Despite their opposing beliefs, Bru was a worthy opponent.
"Bam!"
"Puchi!"
The two sounds were heard at the same time. Ye Ci felt a sharp pain in her body. Her health bar had dropped to 2%. Damn! This Bru, even if he was weak in close combat, his attack power was too high!
In the dusky sky, the only source of light was the bonfire nearby. Ye Ci stared at Bru's long fanged face. Bru stared back at Ye Ci. They maintained their posture as if they had turned into statues.
Ye Ci gasped for breath. She looked at Bru's health bar — 0%. He was already dead, but she didn't know why he hadn't fallen yet.
"Haha, Elf, you're a good opponent!" The corners of Bru's mouth widened into a frightening smile. At the next moment, he collapsed to the ground, leaving a muffled echo in the silent forest.
Bru had fallen.
This battle ended with Ye Ci's narrow victory.
"You have slain the BOSS of the Swamp of Sorrows, Witch Doctor Bru. Would you like to hide your ID, Horse?"
"Hide." Ye Ci let out a long sigh. Then, she saw the World Channel's First Clear announcement. It was a moment of glory. But to Ye Ci, it was exhausting. She sat down. No, to be precise, her legs were too weak. She fell to the ground. It was only at this moment that she realized that her body no longer felt like hers. She couldn't even move her fingers. She couldn't even move them.
She knew that this was the system's punishment for her exhaustion from fighting without considering her body's limits. The punishment was severe for the first half an hour. She couldn't move, and her health and mana were recovering slowly. Ye Ci looked at her health bar. She only had 3% of her health. If a monster spawned at this time, she would die a miserable death.
Fortunately, this was Bru's territory. Monsters wouldn't come close. Therefore, for the first half an hour, Ye Ci lay beside Bru's corpse and stared blankly at the night sky. Half an hour later, although his body was still extremely tired, he could at least move. Ye Ci struggled to get up and walked towards Ol 'Three.
It was a short distance, but Ye Ci walked for ten minutes. When she reached Ol 'Three, she heard Ol' Three whimpering. It sounded like it was in pain, but it also sounded like it was comforting its master. Ye Ci looked at the deep wounds on Ol 'Three's body. She took out a bottle of medicine from her backpack and stuffed it into Ol' Three's mouth. She had mana, but she didn't have the strength to activate her pet's healing skill. She could only feed Ol 'Three some medicine to alleviate its injuries.
Ol 'Three obediently swallowed the medicine. Ye Ci stroked its head gently. Ol' Three squinted its amber eyes and made comfortable gurgling sounds. It made Ye Ci feel warm. "Ol 'Three, thank you." Ye Ci patted Ol' Three's head and kept it in the Stable.
Ye Ci stood up slowly and walked towards Bru's corpse.
Perhaps it was because she was too unlucky, Ye Ci only managed to loot a ring, 3 Flawless Gemstones, and a recipe from the World Elite BOSS. Gems were used to embed equipment and increase the equipment's attributes. However, the three gems were of high quality. Even though only one of them was of use to her, it was still a waste to embed it into her current equipment. Hence, Ye Ci decided to keep the three gems until everyone's level and equipment increased or until the price of the gems skyrocketed. Otherwise, it would be a waste.
As for the other two items, Ye Ci was extremely excited. The blueprint was her quest item, Dau 'er's Fragment of the Map. She needed four fragments of the Fragment of the Map. Even though it had been 10 months since the server launched, Ye Ci was still happy to find two fragments of the Map.
Any quest related to the Elven King Dau 'er would definitely not be an easy one. As the saying goes, the road to happiness is strewn with setbacks. Ye Ci was very happy that she was able to find two fragments of the blueprint. Ye Ci was not worried at all. She was confident that she would be able to complete the quest. She did not care about the time that she would need to complete the quest.
The last item was a ring. This ring was actually a purple ring.
Bru's Ring: The only souvenir Bru took from the Orc's territory. It was Bru's favorite item.
Violet Equipment Level Requirement: 0.
Agility + 42
Strength + 54
Wisdom + 47
Equipment Skill: Darkness Dispel (Dispels all negative status effects. Activates once every 3 minutes).
This ring was actually more suitable for Druids. Although Agility and Strength were attributes that Hunters liked, Wisdom took up too much of the Attribute Points. In terms of attributes, it lowered the requirement for Hunters to use it. However, Ye Ci wasn't concerned about this. In the later stages of the game, the Attribute Points could be increased easily. If she refined her equipment, the Attribute Points would be increased. She didn't care about it.
Ye Ci was more interested in the additional Skill, Darkness Dispel.
She didn't have any additional Skills that could dispel Darkness Dispel. Hence, she would be unable to continue fighting in BOSS fights or PvP fights. But with this ring, things were different. For example, if he were to encounter Bru again, he could wear this ring and dispel all the debuffs that Bru inflicted on him, greatly increasing his survivability. The only thing that Ye Ci wasn't satisfied with was the long cooldown time of the Darkness Dispel. It had to be used once every three minutes. If the cooldown could be reduced to once every minute, she would be laughing her head off.
It was better than nothing.
Even if the skill had a 3 minute cooldown, Ye Ci was still very satisfied with the skill as she did not have any Dispel skills.
She put the ring on her finger and inadvertently saw another ring. It was the Ring of Accuracy dropped by Fleeting Time. It was thanks to the ring that she was able to defeat Bru. But for some reason, Ye Ci found the orange-yellow ring to be an eyesore. She frowned and reached out to take off the ring. Then, she threw it into the corner of her bag. She would never admit that she was able to defeat Bru because of Fleeting Time's ring. Ye Ci thought to herself. Even without the ring, she would still be able to defeat Bru.
That's for sure.
Ye Ci did not forget her purpose for coming here after cleaning up Bru's corpse. She was here to harvest the Calming Grass for the city lord.
The Calming Grass grew on the altar behind Bru's spawn point. Ye Ci did not know what the altar was used for, but she could tell that it had been abandoned for a long time. Half of the stone structure on top of the altar had collapsed, and weeds were growing at every corner of the altar. Parasitic vines were growing on top of the altar, and the grayish-white stones were covered in lush greenery. Even though the sky was dark, Ye Ci could still sense the contradiction between the decadence and vitality of the place.
A few glowing plants could be seen growing in the crevices of the altar, which was overgrown with weeds. Ye Ci walked closer to the altar. It was indeed the Calming Grass that she was looking for. Ye Ci did not know how much of the Calming Grass would be suitable for the city lord, so she plucked all the Calming Grass that grew on the altar.
Even though Elves had good night vision, Ye Ci still picked up a piece of wood from the bonfire and used it as a torch to search the altar. This was a habit that Ye Ci had developed over the years. She would never give up on searching a place just because of the lack of light. She could not guarantee that she would only be able to enter a place once. That was why she would seize every opportunity to reap the most benefits she could from the place.
Ye Ci did not find anything special after circling the altar. She summoned the red pony that she had not ridden for a long time and climbed onto the pony with great difficulty. She then galloped towards Dark Clay City.
Perhaps it was because of Bru's death, Ye Ci's good luck, or perhaps all the venomous creatures were asleep. Ye Ci did not encounter any ambushes along the way and arrived at Dark Clay City smoothly.
Ye Ci did not complete the mission because there was no time limit. Instead, she entered the largest inn in Dark Clay City and booked the best room. She ordered the servants to prepare hot water and good food to relieve her fatigue.
Ye Ci took a warm bath to her heart's content, and let her character lie down on the soft, dry bed in her room for a good rest.
After doing all this, she went offline without any hesitation. It was late at night in the game, and it was dark outside the game. Bai Mo had just finished his bath and was whistling as he walked out of the bathroom. He bumped into Ye Ci who was searching for food in the kitchen.
He noticed the fatigue on Ye Ci's face. Her face was pale, as if she had just gone through a great ordeal. He called out to her, "Little Ci, where have you been? You look like you've just stolen a chicken. "
Ye Ci was too tired to argue with Bai Mo. She rolled her eyes at him and asked weakly, "Did you leave any food for me?"
"I did. Why don't you take a seat? I'll heat it up for you." When Bai Mo saw that Ye Ci did not even have the energy to speak, he knew that she was extremely tired. He did not know why, but he still went to the kitchen to heat up the food for Ye Ci.
Ye Ci walked into the living room and sat down on the sofa. Although she was not fighting with her own body, her mental fatigue had affected her body. She was still feeling extremely fatigued even after logging out of the game. She even felt the urge to vomit when she recalled the battle with Bru.
Ye Ci turned on the TV, which was playing a boring soap opera. She closed her eyes and listened to the blaring sound of the TV, but was unable to catch a single word. She only felt very tired and sleepy. She couldn't wait to fall asleep.
After some time, Ye Ci was awakened by a gentle pat on her head. She opened her eyes and saw Bai Mo bowing down at her, "Little Ci, eat first. You can sleep after you've eaten."
"Okay." She struggled to sit up straight. Bai Mo had already filled her bowl with rice. He placed the bowl on her lap and handed her a pair of chopsticks. There were three dishes and a soup on the table in front of her. They were all her favorite dishes. They were piping hot and looked very appetizing.
Despite her exhaustion, Ye Ci's stomach rumbled with hunger. She began digging into the food without hesitation.
Bai Mo sat on a stool and looked at her with a smile, "Eat slowly. I've already eaten. I won't fight with you for your food."
Ye Ci finished the first bowl of rice like a gust of wind. She was finally able to eat her second bowl of rice.
"What did you do? Why are you so tired?" Bai Mo asked.
"I killed a World BOSS."
"Witch Doctor Bru?"
"Yup."
Although Ye Ci did not pay much attention to the impact she had on Bru's First Blood, it did not mean that others were not paying attention. Perhaps they were already used to Ye Ci's First Blood, so Bai Mo was not surprised that Bru's First Blood was Ye Ci. He smiled and said, "Ah, that's great."
"What's great?" Ye Ci asked as she gnawed on her pork ribs.
"Ever since Bru was killed, there has been a post on the forums. I heard that it was made by the officials."
"What betting post?"
"The Swamp of Sorrows is a neutral zone, so we can't rule out the possibility of players from the four continents killing it. Since there was only one person's hidden ID on the World Announcement, the officials have listed the top experts of the four continents as Solo Kings to place bets on. Players can place their bets, but they have to pay 100 gold coins each time they place a bet. Three days later, the officials will announce who killed Witch Doctor Buru. When that time comes … "Bai Mo seemed to have thought of something as he laughed heartily.
"Why are the officials so bored?" Ye Ci furrowed her brows. She had chosen to hide her ID because she did not want anyone to know about her identity. Now that the officials were using it to place bets, she might as well have announced her identity from the very beginning.
"Let me tell you something. Both you and him are on the leaderboard." Bai Mo blinked, "And you two have the highest number of votes."
Ye Ci was speechless as she stared at Bai Mo, "What's with that smile on your face?"
"Nothing. I'm just telling you that I placed a bet on you. I placed 100 bets on you, and that's 10,000 gold coins. How much can I earn from that?" Bai Mo stared at Ye Ci with a sly smile, causing Ye Ci to be angry. She lowered her head and continued eating.
"Are you saying that I should thank you for thinking so highly of me?" Ye Ci rolled her eyes. Why is the harmless Bai Mo so perverted?
"Eat your food." Bai Mo did not waste time arguing with Ye Ci. He patted Ye Ci's head to express his understanding of her indignation, and told her about the recent situation in the guild. "Purity Essence has been following the second squadron. I've asked him to familiarize himself with the team, and I did not ask him to be a commander. You said that you wanted him to be a commander, but I don't think we have a commander yet. We don't need him to be a commander for the time being."
"Yup. With his equipment, it's better for him to just follow the rest of the players in the dungeon." Ye Ci had always trusted Bai Mo's arrangements. She had no objections when Bai Mo mentioned Purity Essence's arrangement, but she did not say anything, "By the way, take care of yourself. To Pour Out Words And Ink and Mi Lu."
"Don't worry about that. I'll take that into consideration." Bai Mo stretched his back. He seemed a little tired, "By the way, we tried to clear the fifth BOSS today. Unfortunately, we did not clear it."
"How's Wolf Pack doing?"
"I don't know. But I heard that they're progressing better than us. Even though they're stuck on the fifth BOSS, they're not as troubled as us." Bai Mo took a deep breath, "To be honest, everyone is tired from clearing dungeons every day. We're not a big guild like Wolf Pack. Many of us are still not used to this kind of progress."
"Once we're done with this dungeon, the lvl30 group dungeons will come to an end. We can rest for a while and comfort ourselves." Ye Ci was not directly involved in the management of the guild, but she understood what Bai Mo was trying to say. For a guild like Up Everyday, even if its members were passionate, it would still be difficult for them to keep up with established guilds like Wolf Pack and Tang Dynasty. This could be seen from their dungeon clearing. Wolf Pack and Tang Dynasty had sent out three parties to clear the dungeon. Even a young guild like Blade of Steel had sent out two parties. Not to mention older guilds like Blank Space and World Conqueror.
On the other hand, Upwards Ho! had only formed a single party. The remaining members were either unstable, their levels were too low, or they were Locust players. They would not be able to make it big.
"I'm actually not very good at guild development. Bai Mo, I'll have to rely on you guys to discuss this. If you want me to lead the charge and take the First Blood, I'll definitely do it. But don't tell me about this kind of personnel management. It's giving me a headache. " Ye Ci did not like to deal with people, so when she heard about personnel management, she felt tired.
"Understood. We've already put the next step of the guild's development on the agenda. You don't have to worry about it. Since you're anxious to get the First Blood of Castle Ruins, why don't you help To Pour Out Words And Ink and Mi Lu? I think their brain cells are dying." Bai Mo knew that Ye Ci was anxious to get the First Blood of Castle Ruins, but now she was unwilling to help To Pour Out Words And Ink and Mi Lu. This made him a little anxious. Although this was for the good of To Pour Out Words And Ink and Mi Lu, if she continued to be so stubborn, Wolf Pack would get the First Blood.
Of course, Ye Ci understood the meaning behind Bai Mo's words. She sighed. Everything was coming together. Even someone like her who had been reborn would not be able to deal with it clearly. She could only bow her head to reality.
"Alright. When's the next time we enter the dungeon?"
"Tomorrow morning at 10am."
"I'll follow you into the dungeon. No matter what, I didn't follow you into the first 4 BOSSes. If this goes on, I'm afraid that people will think that I'm a freeloader." Ye Ci teased herself. Bai Mo smiled and did not say anything.
That night, Ye Ci went to bed very early. Perhaps it was because she had spent too much energy dealing with Buru the Witch Doctor, she slept very soundly that night. She did not even have a single dream. And she only woke up when Bai Mo knocked on her door.
"Little Ci, it's 9am. Get up and have your breakfast. We need to gather the party." Bai Mo was now a typical househusband. Waking up early in the morning to prepare breakfast was his job, and he seemed to be doing his job diligently.
"Got it." Ye Ci was still very sleepy, but she quickly got up when she remembered that she had to fight Ol 'Five today.
After tidying up and having her breakfast, Ye Ci logged into the game. She took a look at her quest interface as soon as she logged in. Although she had completed the quest to find the Spirit Calming Grass for Lord Moore of Dark Clay City, she had no intention of handing in the quest just yet. After all, she had never completed the quest in her past life. The description of the quest in the forums was very vague, and there was no guide for the quest. She could only guess on her own. The quest in her hand did not have a time limit, but she was afraid that the next quest would have a time limit. That would be troublesome.
After all, this was an Epic-tier quest. If she failed in any part of the quest, the NPC would reduce the reward. But if the NPC refused to hand in the next part of the quest, that would be the worst case scenario.
Ye Ci decided not to hand in the quest in the end. It was better for her to clear the dungeon first.
After making up her mind, she prepared to teleport to Red Lake City with her City-recalling Stone.
However, when she was halfway through rubbing the Return City Stone, she suddenly received a message. The person who sent the message really surprised her.
It was from UnbridledWillow. Ye Ci originally thought that UnbridledWillow would take the initiative to send her a message based on her relationship with him. However, if it was the relationship between Gongzi You and Blade of Steel, then the chances of him sending her a message would be much lower than that of Red Rain under the Heavens. Ye Ci was still thinking about how to contact him, but she did not expect him to take the initiative to contact her. Ye Ci could not help but let out a long sigh of relief. She had solved a huge problem for herself.
Sometimes, people who have added each other as friends may not even speak to each other.
UnbridledWillow and Ye Ci were probably friends who had such a relationship. Although they had added each other as friends, they had not really spoken to each other. Especially when the relationship between Ye Ci and The Setting Sun was so delicate, there was no need for UnbridledWillow to talk to Ye Ci.
That was why Ye Ci was extremely cautious when she spoke to him. When she received a message from Unbridled Willow, Ye Ci gave up on the idea of activating her City-recalling Stone and accepted the call.
"Gongzi You, long time no see." UnbridledWillow's words were like the greetings of a friend who had not seen each other for a long time.
She chuckled, "That's right, we're all busy." "That's right, we're all busy."
Ye Ci sometimes thought that some things were ingrained in her bones. For example, the treachery of merchants, the hypocrisy of politicians, and the shrewdness of commoners. These were probably placed in everyone's hearts when God created them. Although UnbridledWillow had been neglected by his family for many years, it did not mean that he was not a good merchant. It also did not mean that he did not have the characteristics of a merchant. On the contrary, just as Green Hill's Moon's report said, this person was actually more shrewd and aware of current affairs than The Setting Sun.
He seemed to be able to tell what was beneficial to him and what was not with just a glance.
Ye Ci felt very lucky because she was placed in the group of people that UnbridledWillow could make use of, just like how UnbridledWillow was also placed in the group of people that she could make use of. Ye Ci did not feel that it was unfair that she was used by UnbridledWillow. Instead, she felt that it was natural.
In this world, the scariest thing was not being used by others, but not being used by others. Only those who were used, and those who were good at using others, could live better. Therefore, Ye Ci did not mind UnbridledWillow's use of her at all. In any case, she would not let others take advantage of her for nothing.
The two of them exchanged pleasantries for a while. In the end, UnbridledWillow could not hold back his temper anymore. After all, whether or not The Setting Sun could clear the dungeon was only a small matter to Ye Ci. However, it was a matter of whether or not he could seize power.
"Gongzi, have you been clearing Castle Ruins Up Everyday recently?"
Ye Ci narrowed her eyes. As expected, he was the one who hurriedly threw out the question. It seemed that UnbridledWillow was also a little anxious because of The Setting Sun. According to her understanding, although UnbridledWillow's team was progressing faster than The Setting Sun's team, he had just joined the guild. He was not particularly clear about the personnel and operations of the guild. Although everything was handled by Zero Arsenic, Zero Arsenic was the old man's confidant. He would definitely not help him wholeheartedly.
On the other hand, although The Setting Sun had fewer elites under him than UnbridledWillow, he had already mingled with these people as soon as he started the game. Moreover, many of these people only knew that The Setting Sun was the guild leader. How would they know that these two people were secretly competing with each other? Moreover, although The Setting Sun had been shouted at by the old man, he had been the successor of the old man for so many years. His intertwined relationships and his ability to deal with people were not bad at all. Now, in a situation where victory or defeat would be determined in a single dungeon, The Setting Sun actually had the drive to win. Although his current dungeon progress was a little slower than UnbridledWillow's, with his current drive, he believed that he would be able to rush up very quickly.
How could UnbridledWillow not be anxious? In the face of this duel, although it seemed that he had a lot of advantages, he knew that he was the one who was attacked from the front and the back. Under these circumstances, he could not ask for Zero Arsenic's help, nor could he do anything about The Setting Sun. There was only one way, and that was to ask for external help.
However, this external help had many restrictions. First, he had to have some friendship with him. Second, he had to be very disagreeable with The Setting Sun. This way, he would not betray him one day. After looking around, there was only one person who could fulfill these two conditions — Gongzi You.
Although he suspected more than once that his first encounter with Gongzi You was deliberately arranged by that woman, so what if it was intentional? Now, as long as he could defeat The Setting Sun, it was not impossible for him to become the other party's tool.
There were no eternal friends in this world, nor were there eternal enemies. There were only eternal interests.
UnbridledWillow did not know what kind of grudge there was between Ye Ci and The Setting Sun, but according to his information, if The Setting Sun was defeated, this woman would not be any less happy than he was. In this situation where they had the same interests, Gongzi You would naturally choose to cooperate with him.
However, the problem now was that Gongzi You had never expressed any dissatisfaction with The Setting Sun. The above were all his best guesses. What if … what if Gongzi You was not willing to cooperate? Will he reveal my intention to cooperate with him? If so, there's nothing worse than that.
This was also the main reason why UnbridledWillow had been beating around the bush with Ye Ci for so long. He wanted to test Gongzi You. But … he thought that he had underestimated this woman. Not only did she not take the bait at all, she even pretended to be ignorant. He did not know if she really did not understand what he was saying, or if she did not have any intention of dealing with The Setting Sun. In the end, UnbridledWillow had no choice but to reveal his trump card.
"Didn't Blade of Steel keep pushing the Castle Ruins?" Ye Ci laughed dryly. She narrowed her eyes in satisfaction. One of the best ways to obtain the most benefits was to make the other party's appetite drop to the lowest before killing them in one blow. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to qidian.com to vote for me. Your support is my biggest motivation.)
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