126 Chapter 126 - Blossoming Crimson Lotus (2/2)
With a command from Drifting, many flame wheels crashed into the monsters inside that marked circle. At the same time, Drifting and Gu Fei casted Blazing Tree of a Thousand Inferno.
Seeing that Drifting was able to insta-kill many players with an AOE spell in the tavern and given the fact that he did not equip the powerful Yew Staff on himself and wanted to trade it with others instead, he clearly possessed monstrous Spell Damage.
The neatly stacked Descending Wheels of Flames from the ladies with Drifting's Blazing Tree of a Thousand Inferno cleanly killed off all the monsters that that had entered the drawn circle.
Everyone cheered once more. With the method now secured, grinding could finally continue at a steady pace. ”Miles, you don't have to eat any fruits today!” some of the ladies playfully teased Gu Fei.
”Anyone would get tired of eating those all the time,” Gu Fei riposted.
”Don't worry; I'll let you eat my Heal,” Luo Luo said as she bestowed Heal on to him.
Gu Fei emotionlessly stared at Luo Luo. Luo Luo stared back at Gu Fei with eyes that withheld a myriad of meaning.
Oh, how blue the sky was, as a flock of mystical creatures flew toward the south....
The level grinding proceeded without a hitch, with the ladies passionately awaiting more performances from Drifting's Blossoming Crimson Lotus.
Drifting did not provide much information with regard to that spell. Although the gossipmongers were scorching inside with questions, they still had the common sense of online gamers and did not pester Drifting about it upon seeing that he was trying to keep it a secret.
Nonetheless, everyone more or less discovered quite a few things about the spell after laying eyes on it. It seemed that the spell had no specific AOE. Just like the Ring of Fire spell, the Blossoming Crimson Lotus spell used the character as its core to unfold from. This explained why Drifting was able to stand at the heart of the spell and not suffer any damage.
Besides that, from that first time that it was used, the spell can be said to have extremely tyrannical Spell Damage. That staff of his might perhaps be some top-grade equipment just like my Moonlit Nightfalls, Gu Fei deduced in his mind. However, since Drifting was at level 41, only four people in the entire server of Parallel World would be able to appraise his equipment. As such, no one knew if Drifting had any other equipment that increased his Spell Damage.
No further incident happened afterward and the ladies ended today's level grinding session in a happy note. This was something that Gu Fei found surprising, as he felt that Royal God Call should have cried for help in English at least once today! Did that kid actually get lucky enough to acquire easy 'Bounty Mission' targets consecutively?
Upon asking Royal God Call directly, it was truly as Gu Fei had thought. Ever since that black-capped Warrior at the tavern, the missions Royal God Call had acquired afterward were all very easy to handle.
”How many times?” Gu Fei asked.
”Fifteen times so far,” Royal God Call replied, feeling very pleased with himself. This level of efficiency was indeed shocking. Gu Fei reckoned that the Windchaser Emblem's instant submission effect and every minute update of the coordinates had saved Royal God Call at least two thirds of the usual time.
”Seems like it is smooth sailing for you now; you better pray that you don't pick up a target with only a minute left of his or her PK-value duration!” Gu Fei said.
”Are you dumb? I'll just find players with more than 2 PK points! The rewards are better and there's no fear of the time issue you mentioned,” Royal God Call immediately mocked Gu Fei for his mistake, considering how rare it was for Royal God Call to have an opportunity to do so.
”Do you still want my help?” Sadly, Gu Fei had something he could use against Royal God Call as well.
”Big bro, I'm sorely mistaken…” It was evident that Royal God Call still needed him.
”Alright, I'm about to log off; you should do the same, too!” Gu Fei admonished.
”Log what off? Let's just pull an all-nighter!” Royal God Call spiritedly said. Gu Fei did not bother to reply to him. G*d d*mn! I even gotta deal with people's attitude despite my difficult time questing; how annoying! The expert, Royal God Call, had quite some pent-up grievances in his heart. The grievances were not mostly about Gu Fei but more about the unfairness he felt for himself. He was a famous top-rate gamer in the online gaming community, yet when he had actually gotten a quest for himself, he could not even handle it on his own. Royal God Call could only feel sorry for himself, which was a far cry from his glorious past self, as he shot his sixteenth target of the day. ”Come online earlier tomorrow!” that was the message he had sent to Gu Fei in the end.
”I'll try my best,” Gu Fei replied to him; he was bidding farewell to Drifting and the others over by his side as well.
Whereas Gu Fei and the Amethyst Rebirth' ladies were about to log off, players like Drifting would still devote themselves into the game to maintain their positions as top rankers. Just like how Royal God Call would continuously play without discerning night from day and vice versa, these people's gaming schedule could also not be measured using normal human beings' standard.
The three were very shocked when they heard that the others no longer wished to continue grinding, telling them that they still wished to continue grinding and the ladies and Gu Fei could take their leave first.
”Will you still be grinding with us tomorrow?” Gu Fei asked Drifting. With him around, Gu Fei no longer had to cast spells, thereby making things much easier for him. Since he was sick of constantly eating apples already, Gu Fei feared that he would also get sick of eating pears, peaches, and bananas if he continued to do everything by himself. There were only so many types of common fruits in reality and it would be far too depressing if he ended up hating them because of playing Parallel World.
”We'll keep in touch tomorrow!” Drifting said.
”Until then,” After adding him to his friends list, Gu Fei bade them farewell. Drifting watched him walk off toward the city.
”Let's go!” Left Hand of Love and Right Hand of Cool called Drifting over.
”There's more to that Thousand Miles Drunk,” Drifting commented.
”What?” the two asked for him to explain his comment further.
”Although he hasn't shown it, his Spell Damage is actually very high,” Drifting continued.
”How do you know that?” Left Hand of Love asked.
”Do you recall the party's first attempt at monster luring? That mess of Descending Wheel of Flames only hurt most of the monsters once or twice,” Drifting explained.
”Yeah, I remember that. It's fortunate that you used Blossoming Crimson Lotus to resolve that predicament. Otherwise, those ladies would be in big trouble,” Left Hand of Love agreed.
”That's right. The monsters headed toward the ladies since they attracted the monsters' aggro with their spells, but I noticed that the monsters that Thousand Miles Drunk had lured did not change their target and continued to chase after him,” Drifting continued.
”So what?” Left Hand of Love asked.
”Idiot. That means that the monsters' aggro was still on him! He used his Fireball spell to pull those monsters and bring them over. Even when the ladies' Descending Wheel of Flames hit those monsters, he still held the monsters' aggro. Think. How high is the damage output of his Fireball spell to accomplish that?”
Left Hand of Love finally comprehended everything and exclaimed, ”Can it be as high as yours?”
”I don't know. It's too bad that that party of ladies' Spell Damage is really low. They would probably die back then if I didn't step forward in time. If not, I could've checked the damage output of Miles' Fireball spell,” Drifting said in a disappointed tone of voice.
”How can his damage output be as high as yours? Won't that mean that his equipment is even more insane than yours, given how his speed is of someone with a full-Agility build?” Right Hand of Cool was an Archer, so he had pretty good judgment when it came to the Agility stat and movement speed of a character.
Drifting said, ”If the problem does not lie with his sword, then it probably lies with his robe. I've tried appraising him several times, yet those two items just couldn't be appraised.”
The two men behind him nodded their heads.
”Let's take a look around this grinding map and search for an area that doesn't have monsters resistant to fire magic; this way, I can gauge how powerful his spell's damage output is,” Drifting told the two as he made his way toward another area within the grinding map.