The "King Arthur's Betrayal" instance dungeon was adapted from the story of King Arthur's escape from the Martyr's Palace to Yan Jing City. The players' final quest was to protect King Arthur as he escaped back to Yan Jing City.
Letting the swordbearers protect Yuan Kou as he escaped was something that Guhan found laughable.
This instance dungeon was the entrance to a hidden instance dungeon that was unlocked in the ruins of Xianyang City by one of the Yaoguang Sword Sect's swordbearers who possessed the Sword in the Stone.
This instance dungeon was a Famed Sword level instance dungeon. The entry requirement was six swordbearers below Famed Sword level. The core members of the Yaoguang Sword Sect had formed five teams to clear the instance dungeon. At the same time, they began to clear the instance dungeon "King Arthur's Betrayal".
However, what the Yaoguang Sword Sect could not believe was that for the past month, they could not even clear the instance dungeon, let alone obtain an evaluation of S class or above. Among the five teams, no matter which team it was, when they reached 60% of the instance dungeon's progress, they were unable to continue. They were stuck at that rate for a month.
The Yaoguang Sword Sect had used various methods and developed more than ten tactics. However, they were still unable to clear the 60% threshold. Now, the morale of the Yaoguang Sword Sect's clearing team was very low. A portion of the members had already expressed their desire to not waste time on this instance dungeon.
What was more serious was that the news had somehow reached the ears of the ninth and sixth sects, the "Nine States Sword Sect" and the "Heng Shan Sword Sect". They had also found the players who possessed the Sword in the Stone and completed the chain quests to begin clearing the hidden instance dungeon.
Although these two sects had started clearing the instance dungeon later than the Yaoguang Sword Sect, they relied on their deep foundations to far surpass the rising Yaoguang Sword Sect. Thus, they were able to quickly catch up. Together with the Yaoguang Sword Sect, they were stuck at the 60% threshold and could not move.
However, with the foundations of these two sects, the Yaoguang Sword Sect estimated that they would surpass the threshold sooner or later. When that happened, all the efforts of the sect would become a joke.
That was why the Yaoguang Sword Sect found Guhan, the player who had successfully cleared the SSS class instance dungeon for two hundred years. He hoped to borrow the power of the Military Governor to help the Yaoguang Sword Sect break through the bottleneck.
Guhan read the information for four hours. During those four hours, Guhan did not say a word. Yaoguang Yaoguang Sword Sect did not say a single word as he sat opposite Guhan and drank tea. Yaoguang Yaoguang Sword Sect did not say a word.
Yue Ming Mingyue Yue Chen Chen of Moon could not stand the atmosphere.
After four hours of reading, Guhan Sword Sect had grasped the basic situation of the instance dungeon introduced in the information.
In addition, Yaoguang Sword Sect also attentively attached the detailed log records and video recordings of every instance dungeon raid to the back of the information. This was equivalent to telling Guhan all the information Yaoguang Sword Sect had about the hidden instance dungeon without holding anything back.
This was Yaoguang Sword Sect's greatest trust. It was also Yaoguang Sword Sect's greatest sincerity. Guhan Sword Sect was moved by this sincerity and trust.
…
Four hours later, Guhan Sword Sect's body, which had been sitting upright all this time, suddenly relaxed. His whole body leaned weakly on the sofa, seemingly exhausted.
"Mr Military Governor, have you finished reading the information?" Yaoguang Sword Sect waited for Guhan to rest for another ten minutes before he could not help but ask.
"Yes!" Guhan Sword Sect nodded and rubbed his temples. "Moreover, I have some clues."
"Really?"
Yaoguang Sword Sect could no longer remain calm. More than half of the tea in his hand spilled out. This was probably the best news he had heard in the past month.
"Really, but it is just a guess. I need more information to prove my guess!" Guhan Sword Sect's voice was weak. "This requires time, a lot of time."
"Information? We have more!
Our people have collected millions of words of information related to King Arthur. We can provide it to Mr Military Governor! "Yaoguang Sword Sect said excitedly.
"Give it to me!
You have my contact number. When the time comes, just send it to me! "
Guhan Sword Sect nodded. "As long as I can find the information I need to prove my guess, I have a 70% chance of clearing the entire instance dungeon.
As for the S-class instance dungeon, before I truly understand the strength of the team, I cannot make a judgment. "
"Good!
I will send all the information and the ability information of the team members to you now. "Unconsciously, Yaoguang Sword Sect's address of Guhan Sword Sect had added the word 'you'.
Yaoguang Sword Sect's sword wielder was only one step away from the Immortal Sword. Using the word 'you' to address Guhan Sword Sect was a very prestigious thing.
"There is no hurry about the information!"
Guhan Sword Sect waved his hand. "Before that, I want to talk to you about my reward and then sign a contract. This is better for all of us."
"Of course, Mr Military Governor Sword Sect, whatever reward you want, Yaoguang Sword Sect can promise you!" Yaoguang Sword Sect said with sincerity.
"First, the entire instance dungeon is not completed in one go. It requires many experiments, which will waste a lot of my time farming Essence Sword Pills.
So I want to start from today until the end.
It's fine if I don't succeed, but once I succeed in the S-class instance dungeon, I want 100 Quark Essence Sword Pills as compensation. "
Guhan Sword Sect's first condition was that the market price of 100 Quark Essence Sword Pills was about 10000 RMB. In other words, Guhan Sword Sect's daily labor fee was 10,000 RMB, which was higher than the salary of a civil servant.
"No problem, it's fair!"
Yaoguang Sword Sect agreed without thinking. It was only 10000 RMB. As long as he could pass the S-class evaluation, this was a very cost-effective deal.
"Second, I must join the team of six people, and the team must completely listen to my command!"
Guhan Sword Sect's second condition. Basically, Guhan Sword Sect's cooperation in all the instance dungeons. Guhan Sword Sect was not willing to accept the command of a fool.
"Command is not a problem … but …" The second condition made Yaoguang Sword Sect hesitate.
"Mr. Yaoguang, do you think that I'm not strong enough and will be a burden if I join the team?" Guhan went straight to the point and said what Yaoguang was thinking.
"That's right. I won't hide it from you, Mr. Military Governor. As you can see, the intensity of the battles in this Instance Dungeon is quite high. Six Famed Swordsmen are already very difficult to deal with. If we lose one of them, I'm afraid we won't even be able to complete 50%. After all, you are only an Ancient Sword Wielder."
"Your information is outdated. I'm no longer an Ancient Sword Wielder!" Guhan declared proudly.
"Military Governor, you're already a treasured sword wielder?"
Yao Guang's complexion became much better. With the strength of a treasured sword rank Sword Maiden and the strength of an Admiral Sword Master, perhaps they could just barely match the strength of a Famed Sword rank sword wielder. However, there was a requirement, and that was that the Admiral's treasured sword rank Sword Maiden must be one of the top Sword Maidens in the 《Treasured Sword Record》.
"May I know who Mr. Military Governor's Sword Master is?"
Yaoguang made up his mind. If Guhan could get his hands on one of the top 20 Sword Masters, he would agree to this condition.
"I don't have a Sword Master at the moment!" Guhan's reply almost made Yaoguang fall off his chair.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Military Governor. Before you get your Sword Master, I will definitely not let you enter the Instance Dungeon!" Yaoguang did not always listen to Guhan. In the face of certain things, Yaoguang chose to persist.
"Don't worry. I don't have a Sword Master, but I do have a Famed Sword Master!"
Guhan's words were like dynamite, exploding in Yaoguang's ears. This person … How could he have a Famed Sword Master?
This was impossible.
"Famed Sword Master, King of Yue's Goujian Sword. Does it meet your requirements?"
Guhan threw another bomb in Yaoguang's ears. That was King of Yue's Goujian Sword, ranked 18th in the Famed Sword Record. How could a newbie like Guhan, who had only entered the game for less than a week, possess King of Yue's Goujian Sword? A Famed Sword Master that had not appeared for more than 40 years?
"This is impossible?
Becoming a Famed Sword Master in a week? Mr. Military Governor, how did you do it? "Yaoguang lost his elegance once again and asked urgently.
"Sorry, it's a personal secret. No comment!"
Of course, Guhan would not tell Yaoguang that he only had around 2,000 quarks of Sword Essence. He was not a Famed Sword Master at all.
As for the Moongazer Serpent, it was grafted from the dead Kenzu Fleeting Year Calendar.
Could it be?
He consumed a large number of Essence Sword Pills, so he became a Famed Sword Master in just a few days?
That was not right. Essence Sword Pills could only be consumed once a day. Even if he consumed a purple Essence Sword Pill with 1,000 quarks of Sword Essence, it would still take him ten days!
Unless he consumed a golden Essence Sword Pill, the kind that cost 5,000 quarks!
That's right, it must be like this. This was the reason why he owed 7 million RMB. He owed money because he bought the golden Essence Sword Pill!!!
Guhan did not know that Yaoguang had already very considerately imagined the reason why Guhan had a Famed Sword Master.
After understanding the reason, Yaoguang regained his calm. People were like this. If they could not understand something, they had to find a reasonable explanation to calm down.
"Since Mr. Military Governor has the King of Yue's Queen, the second request is naturally not a problem. I agree to it, Mr. Military Governor."
"Thirdly, I need a large amount of sword mark dust, crystals, fragments, crystals … enough for me to raise the King of Yue's Mark to grade 1!"
Raising a Famed Sword Master to grade 1 required a large amount of resources. For a sect like Yaoguang Sword Sect, these resources were a huge expense. It was more than ten times more expensive than 100 quarks of Essence Sword Pills per day.
"Mr. Military Governor, isn't this request a bit too much?!"
The flesh on Yaoguang's face twitched. If he agreed to this request, he would really have to pay a huge sum of money: "I heard that the success rate of the King of Yue's Mark is only 20%. If you want to raise the King of Yue's Mark to grade 1, I'm afraid you'll need 10 million RMB. Mr. Military Governor, isn't this a bit too much?"
"Is it a bit much?" Guhan smiled, "Is it a bit much compared to the First Clear's S-rank evaluation?
It's just a drop in the bucket. "
"Just like the Essence Sword Pill, I'll give it to you after it's done!" Yaoguang gritted his teeth. As long as he could succeed, he would accept this 10 million.
"No, before we leave, I want to raise the King of Yue's Mark to grade 1!" Guhan said resolutely.
"That's impossible!
If we fail, then wouldn't our Yaoguang Sword Sect lose 10 million RMB? That's impossible! "
"Mr. Yaoguang, think about it from another perspective. If we have the King of Yue's Mark to grade 1 join the team, even if we use brute force, we should be able to push through the 60% threshold!
Oh right, I forgot to say that my King of Yue's Mark is natural, not man-made! "
"…" Yaoguang's eyes were bloodshot as he stared straight into Guhan's eyes. After a long while, he closed his eyes. "Sure, but if you fail, then you must join my Yaoguang Sword Sect. You must serve my Yaoguang Sword Sect for at least three years."
"Deal!"