Chapter 730 – Bad News (1/2)

Chapter 730 - Bad News

On the border of the desert after we walked into the forest, the scenery gradually became more green. The soft sand also gradually became more firm and moist. As we continued forward, we still didn’t meet a single player. This map was on the frontier of Moon City. It was at least an hour away from the main city. Most players wouldn’t walk so far to grind levels. Besides, the level of the monsters here weren’t low, which made it more dangerous to grind levels here. Only middle to high level players would come to such a distant map to grind.

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Our twenty horses charged forward for some more time. The greenery around us become thicker and more dense. An enormous valley appeared ahead of us. It was the first map that we had come upon since entering Moon City, Moon Valley. The valley itself was very lengthy. It guarded the borders of the city and was very close to the desert. This map was the only way we could reach Moon City from Tian Ling City. Furthermore, it was immense; similar to Ba Huang City’s Fire Stone Canyon with layer upon layer of smaller maps. It was as though it was a never ending map. Furthermore, there was a diverse group of monsters and was a main grinding map for players.

“Moon Valley?” Matcha furrowed her elegant brows and continued to study the system map, “Guildmaster, are we just going to walk straight in? If we go any further, we may end up meeting several Moon City players.”

I gripped my reins and smiled, “Let’s go and maintain a low profile. Even if we do see any Moon City players, we’ll do all we can to avoid them. Let’s take this chance and walk around the map. We didn’t come here this time to kill people but rather to get a better understanding of Moon City. That wayat least we’ll have more preparation. At least we won’t be caught too off guard during the country battles.”

Matcha nodded.

My Flying Scythe War Horse lowly whinnied and stepped down into the valley. Hooves clattered against the rocky slope. Behind me, Matcha, Li Mu, Wang Jian, Meng Yao and the others followed close behind. Now that we had entered a Moon City map, we already assumed a battle stance. Everyone had already pulled out their swords and cautiously glanced around. After all, this was enemy territory and we were the outsiders.

“Grr…”

Right in front of us, a couple of tigers roared. They were Level 137 Titan Tier monsters. No wonder there weren’t many people grinding levels here. The monsters were terrifyingly strong. Even we would feel some pressure if we grinded here. As usual, I let my Ancient Heavenly Tiger God charged forward to clear the path. Titan Tier monsters had a ten hour spawn rate, which meant it’s been awhile since someone’s been here. That was good too, at least we were somewhat safer here.

As I dashed forward, I raised my Dragon Reservoir Sword and “Ka ka ka” I threw out three slashes. Li Mu and Wang Jian each used a [Blade Rush] and cut down the tigers. Our group swept past, and left behind the three tiger bodies. They didn’t drop much so we didn’t bother to stay.

I lowered my voice, “Let’s draft out a map so that we can take note of the details about Moon City. If Tian Ling City ever decides to launch an attack on Moon City, then Smile and the rest will definitely work the geography to their advantage. If we don’t take the time to understand these maps, then we’ll definitely be at a disadvantage.”

Li Mu shuddered and smiled, “Haha, you’re really thorough.”

As we continued forward, the path became more precipitous. Even the Steel Blade Horses’ speed was being affected. However, Matcha was drawing out the maps very well. She noted everything from the topography to the structure of the ground and the lakes that lie within the valley. This Moon Valley was actually split into five different smaller maps, each with a different terrain. If we hadn’t walked in, we would’ve never been able to tell.

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As we continued, Wan Er suddenly narrowed her eyes and said, “Careful, there’s people ahead!”

“Ok!”

I leaned over and hid in the brush. We were completely covered in the bushes and I activated [Camouflage]. There were around twenty people ahead of us in the forest. They wore the Moon City insignia on their shoulders. Furthermore, there hung a three colored French Flag beside the players’ names. They were like us. The moment that we entered Moon City, everyone’s ID had a Chinese flag right beside. This was a way to tell the difference between players.

Old K walked his horse over and gripped his battle axe. He excitedly whispered, “They’re French players, and are all around level 117-120. They aren’t too high, should we go over and cut them down?”

Li Mu grunted, “Guildmaster, what do you think?”

I glanced around and said, “Let’s not fight and go around them. It’d be best if we don’t exchange blows with them. Once we fight with them, then the French forums will immediately blow up with our location. That would only lure thousands of armies after us and we’ll never be able to complete our scouting mission.”

Li Mu nodded, “OK!”

I gripped my Dragon Reservoir Sword and tugged on my reins. My Flying Scythe War Horse slowly backed away and went around the group. The nineteen horses behind us also followed behind me without a sound. These were all [Zhan Long]’s core players and so naturally they wouldn’t botch up things. Even Old K, that bad tempered kid, quietly went around with me. The discipline of a guild was extremely important.

Before we had walked very far, “Sou!” a [Fierce Ice Arrow] suddenly shot above my head. I quickly halted my horse and heard a “PA!” as Wan Er opened up her Iron Umbrella to block the arrow. I looked around, only to see a blonde Level 121 archer sitting among the tree branches. He shouted, “Everyone be careful, a group of Chinese players are here!”