76 Chapter 76 - Compassion Surging Ou (2/2)
”Can you lend me a helping hand, please?” Will-low's helpless expression had no doubt moved Gu Fei.
Gu Fei nodded his head in the end, ”Alright! I'll give it a try. I'm not guaranteeing anything, though! You also need to help me plan this.”
Will-low's gloomy demeanor had shifted to one teeming with radiance and grace upon hearing Gu Fei's promise, ”Just say it. What do you need?”
”Go to the Auction House and get me some equipment, especially clothes. It must be different from what I'm currently wearing. If you see accessories with fire attack proc rate, get some of those, too,” Gu Fei instructed her.
”Ah—but I don't have money on me now!” Will-low was stumped when she heard the kind of help Gu Fei needed.
Gu Fei took out his money pouch, separated 200 gold coins from the rest, and gave them to Will-low, ”Now go!”
Will-low accepted the coins, feeling shocked. She looked as if she could not believe that this was happening. She pondered for quite a while, before saying, ”You can't stay inside the house once I leave. I'll have to add you as a friend to give you access.”
”No need. I'll just wait outside!” Gu Fei headed outside. He did not want to simply reveal his identity like that.
Will-low activated her Stealth and went to the Auction House while tightly holding on to the gold coins. Gu Fei did not loiter around either. He continued hunting for the target of the 'Bounty Mission' that he had accepted previously. Unfortunately, the target was not inside the city. As Gu Fei followed the coordinates, he noticed that he was about to leave the city gate. He was hesitating whether he should continue chasing or not, when he suddenly smacked his forehead. He remembered something crucial.
He did not add Will-low as a friend, so he had no way of contacting her. He quickly retraced his steps while he could still remember the way back. Ultimately, he managed to find the house that Will-low had taken him to earlier. He stepped forward to knock on the door, yet he could see no one when the door finally opened. Will-low canceled Stealth when she saw that it was Gu Fei.
”I thought you had left already!” Will-low vented.
Gu Fei could only smile at that as he stepped inside. Will-low took a bunch of items out of her dimensional pocket and tossed them on the table.
”Flaming Robe: adds 7 points to Intelligence and 10% more to fire damage. It cost 100 gold coins; Fire's Blessing: a necklace that increases proc rate of additional fire attack by 6%. It cost 10 gold coins; and finally, two different Ring of Flames: the one with additional 7% proc rate cost 10 gold coins, while the one with additional 6% proc rate cost 12 gold coins. There's an emblem that adds 7% more to fire damage, but I didn't buy it since it costs 50 gold coins. There're 68 gold coins remaining. Here, take them back,” Will-low finished explaining the different items and handed the gold coins back to Gu Fei.
”Hmm… Not bad,” Gu Fei said as he inspected the different items in his hands. Actually, he did not know how in-game items were priced. Even if he did know, he could not do anything about it. This was because the way Parallel World's cities were set up was similar to that of regular MMOs with two different servers: The prices of in-game goods varied from each city or not at all!
Gu Fei swapped his old equipment with the new items. Upon equipping them, Sacred Flames of Baptism's additional fire attack proc rate reached 49%. This was akin to the fire attack activating with every two slashes. As for his new clothes called Flaming Robe, it boosted Intelligence by 7 points and increased the fire damage dealt by its wearer, making the additional fire attack even more fearsome. Weapons' additional magic damage could be boosted by a trait that increased magic damage.
After he changed his clothes, Gu Fei asked Will-low, ”So where can we find this Vashy Lushy fellow?”
”Not online yet. But I know Vast Lushness' daily routine! I'll bring you to that vile person later. And then, I'll remain on Stealth on the sidelines and see you in action!” Will-low excitedly said.
”We don't know that for sure yet... I might be the one receiving a beating,” Gu Fei said, ”There're so many of you, yet you all couldn't do anything to that person... Vast Lushness has a lot of allies, right?”
Will-low nodded her head.
”What's that person's job class, anyway?” Gu Fei asked.
”Priest,” Will-low answered.
Gu Fei furrowed his brows, as this was a job class that he had never gone up against before. Among the current seven main job classes in Parallel World, he had zero confrontation with Priests and Knights. After all, these job classes' current skills were mainly used to assist and support other players. Carrying assaults in the frontline and ambushing others were not their fortes.
Because of Gu Fei's tendency to overlook these supporting job classes, he had almost no understanding of them. When Brother Assist analyzed the enemies during their assault on No Smile back then, Gu Fei recalled hearing from him that Priests who focused on building their Endurance were hard to kill.
”What sort of Priest build does that person have?” Gu Fei asked Will-low, sounding very professional.
”It's one focusing on Intelligence and Spirit,” Will-low answered.
Although Priests lacked Strength and Agility, they had great Intelligence and Spirit. Spirit, in particular, was the Priests' strongest stat. There existed two kinds of Priest builds in Parallel World currently: Endurance-based build, which increased their chances of survival; and Intelligence- and Spirit-based build, which improved their healing spells' bestowing speed. Most Priests would choose the Endurance-based build. As for those who preferred Intelligence- and Spirit-based build, they were usually experts confident of their ability.
Gu Fei was of course oblivious to all this, but he felt assured upon hearing that this particular Priest did not have an Endurance-based build.
While he was reflecting on this matter, Will-low happily shouted, ”Ah! Vast Lushness is online!”
Gu Fei smiled faintly, ”You're probably not this happy whenever that fellow is online before.”
Will-low felt slightly embarrassed, but she regained her composure soon after, ”Vast Lushness habitually leaves the Priest Academy to head to the nearest tavern. When they form into a gang, they then head out to grind levels together. But things might be a little different today.”
”Why's that?” Gu Fei asked.
”Because you just slew their guild leader, Silver Moon,” Will-low explained.
”Your target is someone from Past Deeds, too?”
”Of course it's someone from Past Deeds, considering how tyrannical that fellow is!” Will-low said dejectedly, before suddenly asking, ”Did you really slay Silver Moon in a tavern?”
Gu Fei nodded his head.
”Where?” Will-low spread a map out on the table as she asked.
Gu Fei did not know where it was located, but he still remembered its coordinates. He pointed the location out after roughly searching through the map.
”Silver Moon and his gang were here... They're probably waiting for Vast Lushness to get online before grinding together. If they waited there earlier, Vast Lushness probably got online at...” Will-low's finger moved on the map, before stopping and tapping on a designated log-off point nearest to the tavern, ”This Mage Academy right here.”