Chapter 454 (1/2)
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I returned to the entrance of the Fireblade Valley and went to find the scout captain. I walked up to him to turn in the quest, and I pa.s.sed him 100 horns, along with a Sealing Stone that contained a Fireblade Warhorse.
The scout captain's eyes lit up with a wild joy from the instant he saw the Sealing Stone. He slapped me on the shoulder heartily as he yelled, ”Young warrior, your strength is utterly astounding! Alright then, here is your reward! I hope that you will be able to continue fighting for the survival of the human race!”
My lips twisted as I mouthed the words, ”Actually I'm an undead, you dumba.s.s…”
Ding~!
System Notice: Congratulations, you have completed the S Rank quest [Fireblade Warhorse Horn]. You have gained 120000 EXP, 40000 gold, 9000 Reputation, and the quest reward: ”Soul of the Earth Bracers”.
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Bracers?
I urgently opened up my bag to fish out a pair of rough-looking bracers glowing with purple light. My heart was filled with shock and joy when I saw how strong they were.
Soul of the Earth Bracers (Purple Gold–grade, Outstanding★★★)
Defense: 350
Magic Resist: 320
Strength: +87
Stamina: +82
Tactics: +17
Pa.s.sive: Increases user's physical attack power by 8%
Outstanding Property: Increases user's attack speed by 10%
Cla.s.s Requirement: Warrior
Level Requirement: 115
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These were a great pair of bracers. They added 10% attack speed and 8% Attack. They were the perfect option for a full-offensive warrior who was always trying to improve his DPS. They even gave me an additional 17 points of Tactics.
My luck's off the charts! I actually got an Outstanding Purple Gold–grade item from an S Rank quest! What a pleasant surprise this was!
I had reached Level 116 not long earlier, so I had met the requirements to equip these bracers.
The wristguards I was wearing now were still my old and well-worn Flame Dragon Gauntlets. They were a Level 65 Dark Gold–grade item, so they were pretty trash by now. Every time He Yi noticed them, she would glower at me and say, ”Lu Chen, your wristguards are way too c.r.a.ppy! How about I go to the auction and get some proper ones?”
I kept putting it off. Given my personality, I still preferred to get my equipment from grinding. As for going to the auction to buy something, that was something for rich people to do, and I wasn't one of them!
After I equipped the Soul of the Earth Bracers, my stats skyrocketed, once again proving just how c.r.a.ppy my Flame Dragon Gauntlets had been until now.
ID: Broken Halberd Sinks Into Sand (t.i.tle: Purgatory Thunder)
Cla.s.s: Undead Swordsman (Dark Gold Swordsman)
Level: 116
HP: 12610
Attack: 1717~2185
Defense: 2145
Magic Resist: 1965
Reputation: 129764
Tactics: 136 (+78)
Luck: 22
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My total HP, Attack, and Defense had risen once again. However, the most eye-catching improvement was the boost to my Tactics. Now that I had 136 Tactics, my stratagems would be boosted by 136%. In other words, my Martial G.o.d stratagem would now boost attack power by 94%, a simply ridiculous number!
Beiming Xue and Gui Guzi's Famous General Skills could raise attack power by 50%, but they were far too restrictive. A player needed to either use a bow or be a cavalryman to benefit from their skills. For anyone else? Useless. This constraint was simply far too severe. This was especially true in a 5v5 compet.i.tion where balanced cla.s.s composition would ensure total uselessness of their constricted stratagems. At that time, a skill like Martial G.o.d, which boosted everyone's Attack regardless of cla.s.s, would be king!
Today was simply the best! I had also obtained an enormous 51% of the EXP I needed to reach the next level, so it looked like it wouldn't be a pipedream for me to reach Level 117 in the next 24 hours! I was one step closer to accomplis.h.i.+ng the herculean task that was reaching Level 120!
Now that there was nothing else interesting left in Fireblade Valley, it was time to return to town!
Swhoos.h.!.+
When I arrived back in Sky City, I saw that He Yi and Murong Mingyue had set up shop not too far away from me. The two girls were leaning against the wall as they rubbed their drowsy eyes.
Oh, they haven't gone offline yet?
I walked up and squatted in front of them while saying, ”Eve, why haven't you logged off yet? Are you not going to work tomorrow?”
He Yi shook her head, ”The recent territory war was quite tiring. I'm going to take a small break from work. Things at work have slowed down anyway, and I threw a few dinner parties too. But the bad thing about dinner parties is that I always need to drink wine when I attend them…”
Murong Mingyue said, ”Lu Chen, are you high? Did you have too much fun in Fireblade Valley?”
”I had quite a bit of fun actually!” I took out a Sealing Stone which contained a Fireblade Warhorse and showed it to the two girls.
I chuckled and said, ”Take a look. What do you think about this?”
Whoos.h.!.+
The Fireblade Warhorse's stats appeared in front of them, causing their tiny mouths to drop open in utter shock.
”Lu Chen, is this a warhorse you found in the Fireblade Valley?” He Yi asked.
”Yeah.”
”This Sealing Stone… Where did you get it? It's a crazy good item…”
”Heh heh, I extorted it from the NPC…”
”Extorted huh…” He Yi said as she gave me a blank stare. She couldn't help but chuckle after that as she continued. ”You'd even dare to extort an NPC, you must really yearn to not be welcomed in these lands…”
I laughed out loud. ”That's nothing. I mean, I've even killed NPCs before, so extorting one is small beans to me. Oh, Eve, that's right. I have around thirty of these Sealing Stones with me. This means that we can get thirty more Fireblade Warhorses for our guild members. Go and find Xu Yang and tell him to choose thirty loyal high-level magic knights or wanderers in our guild. We'll pa.s.s these thirty Fireblade Warhorse Sealing Stones to them. It's about time we focused our resources to create a proper cavalry unit for our guild.”
”Hmmm, no problem. I'll immediately go and wake up Xu Yang and get him started on this. We should be able to deliver these Fireblade Warhorses to their lucky owners by tomorrow morning.”
”Okay, that sounds great!”
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He Yi woke up Xu Yang with a phone call and he immediately started hustling as the rest of us prepared to go offline.