159 Not on the Same Level (2/2)
”Advancement Quest? Just once?”
Grandiose Dragon and the two girls were in disbelief. He had only just met them once and he recommended this monster to Violetmoon Devilite as a pet? What a person…
Violetmoon Devilite was deeply shocked when she heard what Qin Ruo said. She stared at him nervously, ignoring the fact that Ice Pythons were not such lovely pets. This Pet Egg was worth 2,000 gold coins. If it was deemed useless after it hatches, it would be a waste.
Seeing Violetmoon Devilite's worry, Qin Ruo smiled and said, ”Don't worry. Some people may not really understand a monster, even if they deal with it every day. Some can do it with just a simple encounter. The duration when I dealt with the Ice Pythons in the dungeon was not short. In fact, I was grinding for more than an hour. During the quest, I had even asked my friend for some information. If you are really worried or you don't like it, then I will pay the fee to change one for you.”
Violetmoon Devilite quickly shook her head and hurriedly explained, ”No, no, no. I did not mean that. Don't be angry. I just thought… it is quite awkward… Since Brother Qin said so, I certainly believe in your opinion.”
As soon as Grandiose Dragon heard this, he felt very uncomfortable. He curled his lip at Qin Ruo, who seemed ”very arrogant”. Then, he interjected sarcastically, ”Oh, you took more than an hour to finish the Advancement Quest? Must be too tough even for you.”
”Haha!”
Qin Ruo laughed and said, ”Not only more than one hour… At that time, I remember using a couple of hours!”
Qin Ruo did not care about Grandiose Dragon looking down on him. There are some things that Qin Ruo was not good at. One of which was understanding sarcasm in stupid people's comments. Still, it was not necessary to deal with outsiders.
The two were not on the same level at all.
Nevertheless, poor Grandiose Dragon was completely out of the loop. When Qin Ruo exposed his ”weakness”, Grandiose Dragon's face turned smugger. On the surface, he still pretended to be concerned and continued asking, ”Ahem. How can this happen? I recall that I didn't face much difficulty when I was doing my quest. Did you forget to bring potions or something else?”
The expression on his face could fool others to think that he was Qin Ruo's best friend, being concerned about his well-being.
Qin Ruo glanced at him, and simply continue to play along.
”I don't know either. At that time, I brought enough potions. There were more than ten groups of MP potion in my backpack. I just feel that the quest was very difficult, and I wasted more than an hour on the Ice Pythons.”
”…”
When Grandiose Dragon heard that Qin Ruo had brought more than ten sets of MP potions, he was also shocked. Together with Blue Princess, he looked at Qin Ruo, impressed. Soon, he recovered from that shock.
”How could this happen, you ask. Well, I still remember that when I was doing this Advancement Quest, I also met a group of Tier 4 monsters, there was a huge number of them… But I led them into a room and they all got trapped at the entrance. I was able to kill them one by one!”
He seemed satisfied as he told his story. Little did he know, Violetmoon Devilite was secretly laughing.
After all, acting was her profession. In her eyes, the amateurish acting of Qin Ruo and Grandiose Dragon could not fool anyone. Besides, in the conversation, she noticed that the two groups of Tier 4 monsters they encountered during their own Advancement Quest were quite different.
One was Swordsman and the other, an Elementalist. Although they had faced Ice Pythons and some kind of melee monster, the difficulty was absolutely different.
Grandiose Dragon could trap the monsters in front of the entrance. As long as he had enough potion, it was no problem for him to kill more melee-type Tier 4 monster. On the other hand, Qin Ruo needed to deal with a versatile monster with melee and long-range attack ability. It was far more dangerous!
Unfortunately, Grandiose Dragon did not realize it. He did not notice the hidden meaning in Qin Ruo's words. He was complacent and kept trying to belittle Qin Ruo to make himself look better. God knows how he had dramatized this matter.
As expected, in the admiring stare of Qin Ruo and Blue Princess, Grandiose Dragon soon started to tell his story about how easy and quick his Tier 4 Advancement Quest was.
After he annihilated more than ten Tier 3 and Tier 4 monsters, it took only forty minutes for him to kill two Level 43 Lava Trolls. However, he had consumed a bit more MP Potions, about three sets. He had also used up a lot of HP Potion too.
As soon as Grandiose Dragon was done talking, he looked at Qin Ruo, proudly, asking, ”What about you?”
”At that time, besides the Ice Pythons, you probably have met other Tier 4 monsters too right? I heard that in the Tier 4 Advancement Quest, you will meet at least one or two Tier 4 intermediate monsters. Ice Pythons. Hmm… it can only be regarded as Tier 4 beginner monsters. What is the most difficult monster you have ever encountered? How did you pass?”
”Haha, let's not talk about this, it is too embarrassing.”
When Qin Ruo thought of when he was pushed off the cliff, he spoke a half-truth.
”Come on, it doesn't matter. You've advanced anyway. We're all friends and we won't laugh at you.”
Grandiose Dragon chided. In the end, Qin Ruo had ”no choice” but to reveal the ”truth”.
”All right then!”