Custer's Tomb, an eerie Undead Castle.
We stepped on the rotten ground, surrounded by withered trees and carrion-eating crows. Once they heard our voices, they would flap their wings and circle above our heads. It was as though if we fell to the ground, they would pounce on us and turn us into living skeletons.
"Whose quest is this?" I frowned and asked.
Hong Lingwu said, "This is the quest that Xiao Yi received. Didn't she share it with us?
She just has to sneak into the depths of the tomb and kill Custer. "
"Yes."
Invincible Red Braised Meat coughed and asked, "That … Just now, after Samsara and I died, what happened? How did you guys escape from Annihilation and Annihilation?"
Xiao Yi smiled. "It is not simple. Kill them all, and there is no need to escape."
"Ah?!"
Invincible Red Braised Meat was shocked. He looked at Hong Lingwu as though he was asking.
Hong Ling Wu nodded her head and unhurriedly said, "Fortunately, the scholar was here today. Otherwise, we definitely wouldn't have the ability to contend against Heavenly Execution and Earthly Extermination. Especially that assassin called Distant Walker. His attacks were truly vicious. Without the scholar, Tong Ruo Xing and Xiao Yi would definitely have died."
"He was alone?
How many did he kill... "Samsara asked calmly.
Hong Lingwu sighed. "About half. Almost half of the Holy Domain players died under Scholar's sword. I saw it with my own eyes."
"What?!" Samsara's eyes widened. "One person killed more than ten people?
Those people... were all Holy Domain players. How could they be so easy to kill... "
"Are Holy Domain players really that strong?
I don't think so … "I replied with a question.
Invincible Red Braised Meat and Samsara were stunned. Xiao Yi and Rose Funeral's eyes were filled with worship. Tong Ruo Xing scoffed and did not say anything.
Hong Lingwu smiled and said, "Indeed. Sacred players seem strong, but Scholar has already surpassed the level of an ordinary Sacred player. Even though God's Retribution and Earthbreak are both wearing the Ares Set, they are still far from being a match for Scholar."
"Those two's mechanics are terrible. They can't grasp the rhythm of their skills and randomly use their skills. If they meet a true expert, they'll die," I said. "Let's not talk about this. Let's hurry into the map and prepare for the quest."
"Alright …"
It was clear that after this battle, everyone's attitude towards me had changed. Even the arrogant Invincible Red Braised Meat and Samsara looked at me with admiration. After all, in the game world, the strong were respected. Those who were strong would always receive more respect.
Inside the ancient castle, beneath the main hall was a tomb. In fact, it was an incomparably stinky underground city.
When we entered, we immediately heard a low roar. It was the unique roar of the undead. When we walked down the stairs, we saw a group of undead patrolling the tomb with swords and spears. They were all Level 260, a level worthy of the 15k quest difficulty.
Xiao Yi revealed a trace of surprise and said, "Wow!
Level 260 warsong monsters, everyone, be careful. I can't guarantee that I'll be able to keep their HP... Level 260 is too high. Their Attack is at least 50% higher than a Level 255 warsong monster, so their damage should be around three times... "
Hong Lingwu gripped her sword and said, "Be careful, who's the main tank?
Go lure the mobs... "
I smiled inwardly. Just Level 260 mobs, and they were nervous?
If they saw the T-rex quest we did, wouldn't a Level 265 warsong monster be even more amazing?
However, our Snow Moon party, Ling Xue and Bing Cha, the two tanks, had the War God Set. Their shields were also pretty good, so it was only natural that they would be able to block the mobs.
At this time, Hong Lingwu suddenly grabbed my arm and said, "Scholar, wait a moment..."
"Hmm?
What is it? "I turned around and asked.
Hong Lingwu was a bit embarrassed to say it, but she still smiled and said in a small voice, "You got a full War God Set from Earth Destroyer, right?
Look at me, I haven't been online for a long time, and my equipment has fallen behind. How about you sell the War God Set to me? "
I nodded with a smile. "Sure!"
"Mn, I'll give you a reasonable price!"
"Ha, it's so vulgar to talk about money between friends. How much are you offering?"
"15 million RMB!"
I was shocked. "OMG, more than half the market price?"
Hong Lingwu said helplessly, "There is a market price, but there is no supply, or I would've bought one a long time ago. Since you don't need it yourself, why don't you sell it to me?"
I nodded and sighed. "If Bing Cha was as generous as you, I would've made a fortune from her a long time ago..."
Hong Lingwu laughed. "Forget it, Xu Bing just doesn't want to fatten you up. If something happened to you and you needed money, do you think Xu Bing would care?"
"Cough cough, let's not talk about her. Let's trade..."
The [War God Set] was still in my bag. I immediately opened the trade window with Hong Ling Wu and placed the [War God Armor] into it. After Hong Ling Wu confirmed it, she also entered the transfer amount. The string of zeros after the [15] dazzled me and made me happy.
"Ding!"
Trade complete!
Hong Lingwu thought for a moment, then said, "One more time!"
"What?"
"Just accept the trade!"
I opened the trade window again and Hong Lingwu gave me 5 million RMB. She said with a smile, "This is the reward for helping us. I'll give it to you in advance in case I forget and ask for it later."
"It's fine, I won't be embarrassed."
As I spoke, I placed a peerless Holy Artifact shield into the trade window. It was the equipment that Earth Destroyer dropped.
"Here, this comes with it..."
Hong Lingwu couldn't help but smile, "Thank you!"
The trade was complete. I didn't think that I would receive such a generous return just because my name was red.
Swhoosh!
With a flash of light, Hong Lingwu had changed into a full set of War God Equipment Set that was glowing with divine light. She had also changed her shield. Her overall defense had at least doubled!
"Let's begin!"
After equipping her new equipment, Red Ribbon stepped forward. With a wave of her sword, she attracted the attention of one of the skeletons. She then thrust her longsword forward, piercing through the skeleton's armor and pulling out its decaying internal organs. Her attack power was considerably high. Only, her weapon was slightly weaker than the Skeleton's.
Hong Lingwu smiled. "Not bad, your Attack is much stronger than before. Before, it was good to hit two hundred thousand damage."
I nodded. "You should pay more attention in the auction house. If you can bid for a weapon above Earth Divine Armament, you'll be strong. As the leader of a large guild, your strength cannot be lower than the top experts of the guild."
"Why?" Hong Lingwu was puzzled.
"Simple, strength speaks in the game. If you aren't strong enough, you won't be able to control others."
I looked at Red Braised Meat and Samsara and said, "You will be the core members of the Temple of the Moon in the future. Do you think I'm right? If Xiao Wu isn't as strong as you, will you be willing to submit?"
Red Braised Meat laughed and didn't comment.
Samsara said directly, "Yes, from my point of view, it's best if the leader is stronger than me. Otherwise, without any prestige, it will be difficult to command the army..."
Hong Lingwu covered her mouth and smiled. "Okay, I understand."
Unknowingly, Samsara and the others had tacitly accepted that they were members of the Temple of the Moon.
The team started to grind monsters in the map. I kept Eyes of Star open in case Heavens Execution came to ambush us again. However, they didn't come. It looked like they had given up.
Red Braised Meat and Samsara tanked a skeleton, killing it cautiously. Their attack power wasn't higher than Dancing Red Ribbon's. Every slash dealt around 250,000 damage to the monster. This was actually quite a high number. After all, there weren't many players in the world who could maintain an attack of over 500,000.
As for me, each attack dealt over a million damage. When it was a critical hit, it was over two million. This made Hong Lingwu and the others speechless. A few minutes later, Hong Lingwu couldn't help but ask, "Scholar, what's your Attack?"
I calculated and said, "My actual Attack is around 1.7 million. I haven't calculated it, my math isn't good."
Invincible Red Braised Meat shuddered. "Damn..."
Hong Lingwu sucked in a deep breath. "Even so, the monsters here have at least 500,000 Defense. Logically, you shouldn't be able to deal such high damage..."
I smiled. "I don't know. Maybe my level is high and the stats of the monsters are weakened?"
"Or... Maybe..."
Actually, I knew better than anyone that this wasn't a problem of being weakened. This was the destructive effect of the Eternal four-piece set. It had a high chance of ignoring the target's Defense and dealing maximum damage. It would be a miracle if my Attack didn't exceed a million!
One could say that with this additional stat, be it leveling or PvP, it would be twice the result with half the effort.
I still felt that I wasn't killing them fast enough, so I summoned Ling'er and T-rex Xiaoqing. This shocked Hong Lingwu and the others. They had seen Ling'er before, but Xiaoqing had never seen one before.
"Damn!
Is this a giant dragon? "Samsara couldn't help but ask.
I nodded. "Yes, T-rex, one of the more ferocious types of giant dragons. Heh, don't the girls in school say that T-rex is the dinosaur of dinosaurs, eating people without spitting out bones?"
Hong Lingwu asked, "Scholar, are you going to become a Dragon Knight?"
I shook my head. "No, not a Dragon Knight. I'm just a warrior-type player who rides a giant dragon. I don't count as a Dragon Knight."
"OMG..."
Hong Lingwu's expression was self-explanatory. "You're already so strong. If you ride a giant dragon, how are you going to survive?"
I couldn't help but smile, "It's not about living or dying. I just want to get stronger. Don't forget that Holy Helm City, Beast Soul City, Falling Flame City, and Fire Dragon City are still eyeing the China server. If we don't get stronger, we'll be eaten clean by them. I don't want to see that happen."
"Hehe, you're right. We need to become stronger too!"
Hong Lingwu said with a smile. This surprised me. This woman seemed to have become a naive girl again, and not the scheming leader of the Temple of the Moon.
Maybe Hong Lingwu was an angel to begin with, but she became a devil for Wang Junjie. But after the damage, the result was unknown.
The battle continued. Ling'er's powerful Attack and Defense didn't need to be mentioned. T-rex also joined the battle. Although it wasn't even Level 200, it opened its mouth and bit the skeleton's head, refusing to let go. It didn't stop until the skeleton's head was bitten off. It looked like T-rex had perfectly inherited its savage nature.
Skeletons gave a lot of experience. It was a main quest after all, so Xiaoqing's leveling speed was like a rocket.
Just like that, four hours passed in the blink of an eye. We had killed our way through the underground tomb.
We chatted while grinding mobs.
Hong Lingwu didn't treat me like an outsider at all. She asked, "Everyone, what do you think needs to be done if Temple of the Moon wants to rise as quickly as possible?"
I was silent and decided not to speak.
Samsara said, "Open up leveling maps, recruit famous experts, build up the guild's prestige, and treat low-level players well."
Hong Lingwu nodded and smiled. "Well said!"
Samsara smiled and said, "Boss Xiao Wu, I think you know the specific steps, right?"
"Yes..."
Hong Lingwu sighed and stopped killing mobs. She turned and said, "I've decided to implement a salary system in the guild. First, there will be five management players, the five of you. Your monthly salary will be 500,000. Are you all willing to stand with me through thick and thin to rebuild Temple of the Moon?"
Red Braised Meat was the first to nod. "I am willing!"
Samsara stilled. He clearly didn't think that Hong Lingwu would be so generous. At the current development of the game, even Holy Domain players had a hard time getting enough equipment to make money. A stable income of 500,000 a month was something everyone dreamed of.
"I am also willing..." Samsara expressed.
As for the three girls, they joined Temple of the Moon without hesitation. They almost swore on the spot.
Xiao Yi smiled. "Boss Xiao Wu, why don't you recruit Scholar?"
Hong Lingwu smiled. "I don't dare... Scholar is the soul of Snow Moon. Recruiting him is the same as directly offending the Ling Family. My dad repeatedly stressed that we can't become enemies with the Ling Family."
"Then before you..."
I stopped Xiao Yi halfway through her sentence. Previously, Temple of the Moon and Snow Moon were enemies because of Hong Lingwu because of Wang Junjie. It was best not to mention her sad past.
So I continued, "Xiao Wu, we've found the five management players, but the guild still needs a group of elite players, just like the Yinyao Cavalry of Snow Moon. What do you plan to do in this regard?"
Hong Lingwu nodded. "Yes!
So after this quest is complete, I will recruit ten thousand first-class melee players for Temple of the Moon's main guild. For these people, they will be paid 1000 RMB a month. "
I was slightly shocked. "That's ten million RMB a month..."
"Yes, but if we can protect the An County, I believe the pressure will be greatly reduced with the income of the territory."
"Yes."