Chapter 179 – Ripples of the Heart (1/2)
Chapter 179 – Ripples of the Heart
Translated by: Deception, Vk, GGP
Edited by: Sac, Video, Seb, Noah
This chapter was sponsored by Michael McFarland, Matthew Luther, John Ford, Bob Van Der Wende and Julius Rumbutis! Thanks!
Late at night, Ba Huang City.
Sitting quietly under the northern gate’s walls selling stuff, I gained 900G in just one night. The drops I acquired from the Five Barbarians Desolate Tomb sold like hot cakes and were gone extremely quickly. Now that the preliminary level cap provided by had increased to 150, equipment that was lower than level 100 became a part of the ‘temporary equipment’ category which meant I had to clear my inventory fast. If the average level of the players increased, equipment under level 50 would lose their market.
“Di!”
A message from Wolf came, “Brother Xiao Yao, have you seen the official information bulletin update?”
“No, what about it?”
“There’s going to be an event that starts tomorrow at noon called ‘Demons’ Descent’. In all three cities, boss level monsters will start spawning at a high frequency and have a high drop rate. Brother Xiao Yao, we have to take advantage of this event!”
“Is that right?” My heart skipped a beat. “Then, be prepared by 10 AM tomorrow. Everyone in the studio must be online; we can’t let this event slip through our fingers!”
“Yup, I’ll go offline and rest!”
“Okay!”
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Turning off the chat, I quickly visited the game’s official website and sure enough, on the sidebar was a huge banner saying ‘Demons’ Descent’. In order for this event to start, an Emperor Tier boss had to have been defeated; it seems like our completion of the Five Barbarians’ Desolate Tomb quest line progressed the main storyline.
Opening the event details, there was an abundance of information.
【Demons’ Descent] When the first Emperor Tier boss had been defeated, his soul’s death caused earthshaking tremors throughout the continent. All of the boss’ that were hiding in seclusion will begin to stir and will appear. All major cities will be ambushed by 3 Emperor Tier bosses, 10 Purple Tier bosses, 20 Gold Tier bosses, and 50 Silver Tier bosses. These bosses will give out generous rewards and killing these bosses will greatly improve your fame in the city. Please do not abandon your city in their time of need, young adventurers; the time to display your power has come!
Monster Drop Rate Overview
【Emperor Tier Boss Drop Rate]: Emperor Tier Equipment (10%), Purple Tier Equipment (40%), Guild Creation Tablet (70%), Guild Prestige Tablet (20%), SS Ranked Skill Book (5%), S Ranked Skill Book (20%)
【Purple Tier Boss Drop Rate]: Purple Tier Equipment (20%), Guild Creation Tablet (40%), Guild Prestige Tablet (5%), SS Ranked Skill Book (2%), S Ranked Skill Book (5%)
【Gold Tier Boss Drop Rate]: Gold Tier Equipment (50%), Guild Creation Tablet (20%), Guild Prestige Tablet (2%), SS Ranked Skill Book (1%), S Ranked Skill Book (3%)
【Silver Tier Boss Drop Rate]: Silver Tier Equipment (50%), Guild Creation Tablet (10%), Guild Prestige Tablet (1%), SS Ranked Skill Book (0.4%), S Ranked Skill Book (1%)
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Looking at the Boss Drop Rate Table, my eyes almost turned bright red: this was a great opportunity! Zhan Long was still in its infancy but the main foundation had already appeared with Old K, Dong Cheng Lei, Wolf, Matcha and me as the close combatants, Darling Duck as the Healer and Fox as the long range support. Combine that with a couple new recruits, we had a total of 21 members! Among these players, I was already on the CBN Battle Network Leaderboard top 1000 and thus I would be the centerpiece that attracts other experts to join. Given time, when Old K, Dong Cheng Lei and Wolf become experts in their own right and when the Zhan Long Studio’s funds have surpassed 100,000, only then would we have finally been able to establish a foothold in Ba Huang City!
In addition, we needed to establish our guild soon since skilled players would start being discovered and right now would be the perfect time to attract them. If we missed this opportunity then our competitive strength would be severely affected as we would be left with no choice but to recruit second rate players!
I looked at the boss drop rates with joy. Ah, the [Demons’ Descent] event was simply something for us to use as preparations; we had to grab a Guild Creation Tablet during this event! Furthermore, since Ba Huang City would be visited by 83 bosses in total, and we would have a 10% drop rate for the tablet from the Silver Tier bosses while there was a 70% chance of it dropping a Guild Creation Tablet from the Emperor Tier bosses. That was practically a guaranteed drop and thus this event was for sure the optimal opportunity to establish our guild!
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Looking at the clock, I realized it was past 11 and thus sent a text message to Wan Er.
“Wan Er, you and [Hero Mound] will most likely be participating in tomorrow’s [Demons’ Descent] event, right? You should get to sleep early tonight and wake up early tomorrow to prepare. I’ll be sleeping early too.”
Wan Er replied back to me on the chat, the sound of her sweet laughter coming through loud and clear, “I’m currently helping Dong Cheng with her quest! Q-Sword has already set up the preparations needed for tomorrow’s event, so there won’t be any confusion tomorrow. Ah, that’s right! You still want to establish Zhan Long and this is a once in a million opportunity. It’s perfect for you since all of the Guild Creation Tablets being sold in any of the three cities are at least over 50,000 RMB, you wouldn’t be willing buy one at all.”
I stayed quiet, “It’s not that we can’t afford one, we just aren’t willing to buy one…..Wan Er, Zhan Long can fight and kill any Purple Tier boss, that’s for sure. It’s the Emperor Tier boss that poses a problem. If possible, would you and Dong Cheng come to Ba Huang City and fight alongside us?”
Wan Er hesitated slightly, “B…but I’m already [Hero’s Mound]’s deputy chief, it’s hard to say if I can come over and help you… At the most, I could, not participate with [Hero’s Mound] and not join the event with you, so no one would be offended? Xiao Yao, work hard, you have to get a Guild Creation Tablet this time. Set up Zhan Long as soon as you can, so that Dong Cheng and I can join~!”
I couldn’t help but smile, “Yea yea, I got it, are you hungry? How about I go and get you something to eat?”
Wan Er smiled in return, “There’s no need; it’s raining at the moment. You should really go to sleep and eat breakfast with Dong Cheng and me tomorrow! Although… although right now that idiot Dong Cheng is whining about how hungry she is…”