Chapter 1915: Strength in Numbers
The people of Sea Dragon Mercenary Regiment who were surrounded had fallen into a complete meltdown.
They didn’t even have a chance to adjust tactics to retaliate. The opposition had 100 or so helpers who were fierce as wolves come over.
The regiment leader, Tea Smoothie, thought they were going to all be killed as group together.
It wasn’t anything major to be killed altogether once. It would cost them a few dozen equips.
But for them to kill until they no longer wanted to kill?
How many times was killing until no longer wanting to kill?
It all depended from person to person!
Any normal person had Instance Dungeons to attempt, arena battles to fight, and had to make money for their girlfriend. Having a girlfriend also needed time, so they would lose interest after two or three times at most.
But this was Her Tears!
He was one of the most abnormal people and most bored person in all of Dawn. He didn’t need to fight Instance Dungeons, didn’t need arena battles, didn’t need to make money, and didn’t need time for a girlfriend.
His hobby was to fight, and in a shameless way.
Moonlight liked to challenge himself, while Her Tears like to give the opportunity to challenge himself to other people. Once, he had taken hundreds of players to chase after one person, and guarded a corpse from morning to night without tiring.
Her Tears killed until he no longer wanted to.
Tea Smoothie had now naturally realised who he had messed with – the d.a.m.n couple!
One was the leader of Ruling Sword and Judgement Spear, and the other was the head of Drizzle Court and Peerless City. Both were already level 70, so why didn’t they just stay home like good children? Why did they have to come out here and fight monsters?
What was the repercussion for killing Water Fairy?
After being destroyed as a team once, Tea Smoothie saw how his 700-man mercenary regiment exponentially grew smaller, as though it had been afflicted by a virus.
Within a short few minutes, there were only 100 or so people left. It wasn’t that this 100 or so people weren’t afraid of death; it was because they weren’t online and didn’t even know what type of monster that their group had messed with.
Tea Smoothie had chosen to return to home straight away and stopped at a hotel to go offline.
He hesitated a bit before he went offline. In the end, he couldn’t bear breaking up the group. The Sea Dragon Mercenary Regiment had existed from the moment the game began. The group had raided countless people and built themselves up bit by bit. They never imagined that they would end up like this now because of messing with a couple.
Could they withdraw the group in order to keep safe?
This was impossible. Withdrawing to keep themselves safe wouldn’t work against Her Tears. He led a team that had a clear division of tasks. All the people on the scene were quickly filed and cla.s.sified.
Each of these people had a PK value. They could all be found in the reward system.
Hence, each of the a.s.sa.s.sination groups rushed to locations dispersed everywhere.
Her Tears had specifically found someone in the Grey Valley Stronghold’s campgrounds to hang these players’ life status, times, locations and pre-death videos on digital screens.
Lu Li and Water Fairy didn’t partic.i.p.ate in the pursuit. They only followed the soldiers to the scene to tackle the hedgehog formation of the Sea Dragon Mercenary Regiment, and killed Tea Smoothie themselves.
Then, they went off to mind their own quests.
Dragonmaw Stronghold had already become Ruling Sword’s territory. There were Stealthed Thieves around here everywhere. Anyone who dared to come were asking for a death wish.
Of course, there were people watching from the side. Lu Li and Water Fairy were also embarra.s.sed to show PDA.
These Thieves were busy people too. Other than protecting high-level personnel, they also completed quests of the Nether Drakes.
After farming enough Reputation, Lu Li and Water Fairy returned in front of Neltharaku. Neltharaku was rather satisfied with the mess they created – how could he not be satisfied? Nearly all of Dragonmaw Stronghold had been destroyed.
Hence, Lu Li and Water Fairy received another increase in Reputation.
“Anything else that we need to do?”
“I had once sealed my powers into a Nethervine Crystal, and turned it into an Enchanted Nethervine Crystal. This type of power contained by the Enhanced Nethervine Crystal was enough to release enslaved Nether Drake from the hands of the Dragonmaw Orcs. Head towards Netherwing Ledge and collect Nethervine Crystals. Netherwing Ledge is a small island floating among the southeast side of Moon Shadow Valley. Once you collect enough Nethervine Crystal, then return to me to report the completion of the quest. Friends, be careful of the Dragonmaw Orcs on the island.”
Netherwing Ledge was a floating island and required a flying mount to get there. It held a large quant.i.ty of medicinal herbs. Many players rode flying mounts to come here again and again to wander about. They could earn a couple hundred dollars at the end of the day.
Even accounting for inflation, a couple hundred dollars per day was enough for those at the bottom of society to leave poverty and become wealthy.
That was, if you didn’t get sick in the first place!
The monsters here weren’t as strong as the ones at Dragonmaw Stronghold. Void Nethervine Crystals were found growing along the side of giant crystals.
Lu Li and the others left after gathering the crystals. They also took with them any medicinal herbs and ores along the way.
Maintaining a business also required frugal and diligent management.
Then again, after being together with Lu Li on top of her falling out with her father, Water Fairy had already started to gradually change her spending habits. Only at times where real money needed to be spent did her true nature surface again.
“This time was a lot faster than last time,” Neltharaku commended Lu Li and Water Fairy again for their work efficiency.
“The main thing is that the quest information you gave us was quite complete,” Lu Li said modestly. “What do you need us to do next? Please go ahead and tell us.”
“Take the Enhanced Nethervine Crystal and return to Dragonmaw Stronghold. Search for the enslaved Nether Drakes, then release the magical powers inside the Nethervine Crystal. My power will burst forth from within and help the Nether Drakes break free. The Drakes have become weak from so much suffering; you must help them defeat those Dragonmaw Orcs!” Neltharaku said.
This was a simple quest.
The people of Ruling Sword still hadn’t returned, and the newly refreshed Dragonmaw Orcs were yet again met with destruction.
Completing quests as a group was always fast; any target was destroyed quickly. Even Lu Li and Water Fairy didn’t need to move a muscle to kill them.
“Friends, there is one more thing I need to ask of you. I’m sorry, but you’re our only hope. If my spouse can’t be liberated, then the Netherwing family will probably die out without any descendants,” Neltharaku said, finally thinking of his poor wife.
“Rest at ease, friend. We will definitely bring her to you safe and sound,” Lu Li promised.
“Before you leave, the only thing I can do is give you a hand.”
Neltharaku provided Lu Li and Water Fairy with a Buff. In the next half an hour, their damage and attack speed would be increase by 15%.
It wasn’t difficult to find Neltharaku’s partner, Kaireenaku. She was chained and imprisoned on Dragonmaw Stronghold’s large platform.