"Crusade Book: Zhenyuan Garrison Crusade Mission". Guhan held a piece of advertising paper that looked like a leaflet. On it were the half-length portraits of three beautiful girls and a lot of descriptive words. This was the main reason why Mingyue had invited Guhan.
Crusade Missions were a very rare type of mission in Sword Maiden Online. Unlike Instance Dungeons that could be cleared by anyone, Crusade Missions required players to obtain the Crusade Book in order to defeat specific bosses and boss maps.
The drop rate of the Crusade Book was very low. Many players would only be able to participate in a Crusade Mission once in their lifetime. This was also a lifelong regret for these players.
In contrast to the drop rate of the Crusade Book, the rewards of Crusade Missions were very rich. Every boss would drop a certain token of the Sword Maiden and some very rare items. Therefore, whenever a Crusade Book appeared in the auction house, it would cause a crazy bidding war. The final price would often reach hundreds of thousands of RMB.
"I know that Brother Military Governor is very powerful. I hope that you can help the Mingyue Faction to complete this Crusade Mission."
Mingyue swirled the wine glass in her hand and said leisurely, "I wonder if Brother Military Governor is willing to help Mingyue?"
"Crusade Mission!"
Guhan looked at the Crusade Book in his hand playfully. "I'm afraid that not many players can resist the temptation of participating in a Crusade Mission. However, I'm very curious. Why did you invite a newcomer like me? Are you that confident in my strength?"
"Firstly, Toad strongly recommended you to me. He said that your strength has surpassed the so-called level limit." Mingyue counted her jade-like fingers as she spoke.
"Secondly, Military Governor, the glittering title above your head. 'The King of Yue Goujian's Number One Swordsman'. This title is definitely not something that a weak person can wear."
"Thirdly, this Crusade Quest has a limit of five players, one Famed Sword, and two Treasured Sword. Unfortunately, the three of us have already taken up the slots for Treasured Sword and above. What's left is the slot for Ancient Sword."
"Fourthly, the reward for this crusade mission is no small matter. If he isn't someone I can trust, I don't want him to join this mission."
Back then, Ming Yue's reasons were very convincing. It seemed that she had indeed thought it through before she decided to invite Guhan to join this crusade.
"Your reason is very good. I have no reason to refuse!"
Guhan nodded. "If you want me to join this crusade, I have a few requests as well. I hope that Lady Brightmoon would agree to them."
"Hey, you really don't know what's good for you. Our big sister invited you to join a crusade mission that you might not be able to join for the rest of your life, and you still dare to raise conditions!
Do you believe that all I have to do is shout in the World Channel, and a bunch of top-tier ancient sword wielders will fight to please our Big Sis and beg her to bring them along? "
The moment Guhan spoke, An Ran exploded. It was obvious that he was extremely dissatisfied with Guhan's unappreciative actions.
However, what An Ning said was the truth. If Ming Yue had really sent a World Channel to recruit people back then, the number of players who wanted to join would be able to line up from Yuzhang City to Yanjing City.
"Hehe!"
Guhan sneered. "The Zhenyuan Garrison Crusade Mission is not a simple mission. Since it was first released, it has appeared more than 200 times. The success rate is less than a pathetic 5%.
Which of the players who go to do the crusade isn't a famous expert?
However, more than 95% of them have failed. It's not that I'm looking down on you, but based on your current strength, you will fail a hundred times if you go a hundred times. "
"Oh, from what you're saying, with an unreliable ancient sword wielder like you, we can pass this crusade mission!" An Ning's face was full of disdain as she mocked.
"Hmph, that's right. With me here, the success rate is this!" Guhan stretched out a finger.
"What do you mean by one finger?
One percent? "
"No, it's a hundred percent!"
After Guhan finished speaking, he retracted his finger and turned to look at Ming Yue, who had been silent all this time. Clearly, he did not intend to waste any more words with An Ning. He wanted to communicate with someone who could make the decision.
"State your conditions!" Ming Yue stopped smiling for the first time.
"You gave me four reasons just now, so I'll give you four conditions!" Gu Han raised his finger again.
"First, I will only help you temporarily. After the crusade mission is completed, I will leave the team. You are not allowed to stop me!" Guhan stated the first condition.
"No problem, I agree!" The first condition did not involve any benefits, so Ming Yue agreed readily.
"Second, I will be in charge of the command of this crusade mission. All of you must listen to my commands!
You are not allowed to violate a single word! "
At this point, Guhan glanced at the indignant An Ning. "Especially this lady An Ning. If any of my commands are not obeyed, I will kill myself immediately and leave the crusade mission."
Guhan's second condition put Ming Yue in a difficult position. Although she had the SSS rank halo on her head, that was only the halo of the initial dungeon. For an unfamiliar crusade mission, how could Ming Yue place all her trust on a newbie who had just entered the game!
Especially an ambitious woman like Ming Yue back then.
Therefore, Ming Yue hesitated. She instinctively wanted to reject Guhan's request.
"Big Sis, you must promise the Military Governor this!"
At this moment, Toad spoke. There was no trace of a joke on his face. He said to Ming Yue in a serious tone, "The Military Governor has studied this game for twelve years and has looked through millions of game guides. I can guarantee that there are not many people in this world who understand this game better than the Military Governor.
Big Sis, believe in Toad and listen to the Military Governor's commands. There will be no mistakes. "
"…" Ming Yue closed her eyes and thought for a long time. Finally, she said slowly, "I agree to this. I will tell An Ning to listen to your commands throughout the mission."
"Very good. Third, don't recruit anymore people for this crusade mission. The four of us are enough!"
Guhan's words shocked Ming Yue again. Crusade missions were very difficult. Other players would bring as many people as possible to complete a crusade mission. However, this guy did the opposite. He didn't even bring the maximum number of people. Could it be that he really had a unique super guide?
"Why?
I know a very strong Ancient Sword Tier player. With him, we can have a full team of five. The success rate will be higher, "Ming Yue said.
"There's no need for that. One more person means one more reward. The reward for the Crusade Mission won't increase just because there are more people. Furthermore, I've already said that with me here, the success rate is one hundred percent." Gu Han said arrogantly.
At that time, Ming Yue still felt that it was not right, but when she thought of Gu Han's words that if there was one more person, they would take away a portion of the reward, Ming Yue unconsciously agreed to it … As expected, greed was the nature of every normal human.
"Fourth, the distribution of rewards."
When Guhan finally said this, Ming Yue's ears immediately perked up. This was the most important question. What kind of ridiculous request would this arrogant guy make?
"First, this mission's distribution mode must be adjusted to be distributed by the leader, not by free looting or random distribution.
But don't worry, you will be the leader. I only ask that you give me all the items that can increase sword element. "
"What do you want these things for?"
When Ming Yue heard that Guhan wanted to use the leader distribution mode, Ming Yue thought that Guhan wanted to control the distribution. She didn't expect that he just wanted all the items that could increase sword element.
This was because if it was freely picked up or randomly distributed, there was a chance that the Prime Sword Pellets would fall into someone else's hands. Once they came into contact with a player, these Prime Sword Pellets would automatically be bound to them, and they would not be able to be traded. Only through the Leader Distribution Mode could the Prime Sword Pellets be concentrated on one player.
But why did this Military Governor want all the pellets?
Even if the entire mission went to him, there would not be more than 100 pellets. Wasn't a mere 100 sword element more valuable than the other rare items?
Ming Yue naturally didn't know that with Guhan's pitiful 0.009 conversion rate, only a large amount of sword element could bring him one step closer to his dream.
"I promise you, everything that can increase sword element is yours!" Ming Yue might have been puzzled by Guhan's request, but she quickly agreed to it.
"Also, I don't have to take anything else that the Boss drops, but if it drops a manual for Heavenly Sword, it must belong to me!" Guhan stated his final request.
"You want the manual for Heavenly Sword?!"
Ming Yue's expression changed. "That's the keepsake of Heavenly Sword, which is ranked first in Treasure Sword Record. You want such a valuable keepsake with just one request?"
Heavenly Sword was the strongest Sword Maiden among all the Sword Maidens at the level of treasured swords. The manual for Heavenly Sword was Heavenly Sword's exclusive keepsake. Only by gathering all ten manuals of Heavenly Sword and handing them to Heavenly Sword could one obtain Heavenly Sword's acknowledgement and obtain the chance to synchronize with her.
The drop rate for Heavenly Sword manuals was very low, and it could only be used after gathering ten of them.
Once upon a time, a Heavenly Sword keepsake had been put up for auction and sold for 6 million RMB, becoming the most expensive sword keepsake in history.
Up to this day, there had not been a single player in the entire game who had a Sword Maiden Heavenly Sword. Did this guy intend to become Heavenly Sword's wielder?
"The manual for Heavenly Sword is indeed very valuable, but it's only a matter of time before it drops!"
Gu Han calmly said, "According to the statistics, in this crusade mission, the drop rate of the 'Heavenly Sword' secret manual is less than 0.5%, which is a one in two hundred chance. If it doesn't drop, then I'll have to return empty-handed, which is equivalent to a wasted trip. Do you still think my request is too much?"
"What's more, the crusade quest for Zhenyuan Garrison Mansion has a 5% chance of dropping that thing. Compared to that thing, the keepsake of Heavenly Sword is nothing."
Back then, Ming Yue did not speak. Just as Gu Han had said, although theoretically, there was a possibility that the token of the Heaven-relieving Sword would be dropped in the 'Zhenyuan Garrison Crusade Mission', the probability of this happening was too low, so low that it was almost zero. This fellow called 'Commander' would most likely return empty-handed.
Moreover, she only cared about the thing that Guhan had mentioned. As for the keepsake of famed swords, it no longer meant much to her.
"Alright, it's settled then!" Ming Yue made the final decision.