Chapter 329: Mining Cave (2/2)

“They are strong, but they die when they are killed.” Simba shrugged. “They can’t keep reviving like us.”

“And then there’s the fact that not many people dare to accept Mister Marni’s escort quest these days.” Zazu chimed in. “With that strange luck he has, no amount of money would suffice to pay for contract violations.”

The other two children nodded in agreement.

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Simba was about to announce the day’s schedule.

Since they were already here, they would naturally proceed with the event quests that would soon start.

Moreover, they were never really hopeful about completing the prerequisite quest of finding the entrance to the high elves’ ruins. There were just so many Players who had come to Crookes, not to mention that there was no lack of first-rate Players present. Trying to steal the quest from them was just too difficult for a tiny party that hadn’t even change class.

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Still, while other players were searching for the entrance, the children could search for swampmen, completing the mini side quest to earn a little EXP.

It was worth mentioning that the children had already gone past level 15—the mark for class-change, and each of them were over level 20. The reason they didn’t change class was because the required quests were too troublesome, just there would be even more quest items needed, thereby increasing the demand of those items amongst the Players.

Of course, asking Mufasa for help would get them those items, but Simba’s group believed that they already owed Mufasa too much.

After all, he did rescue the orphans from a rotten young noble, bringing them to the Church of Games and be blessed with a System thanks to the grace of the God of Games. They would become good-for-nothings if they can’t even complete a trivial matter like obtaining their own class-change materials, which was why they never asked and focused all their efforts in collecting the items.

Suddenly, the ground was shaking violently.

Before Simba and the others could get up, one could see from the city that the peak Mount Meredith was visibly crumbling.

Soon, a colossal serpent with scales resembling mineral ores slithered out of the shattered mountaintop.

It was still some distance away from Crookes, but its size could still be determined by comparing it to the peak.

It would rise as high as twenty meters into the air if it straightened itself vertically, and its body was long enough to coil around two soccer fields.

But if one looked closer, they would notice that it was not a giant serpent but a mine shaft that had become sentient, although its head was quite serpentine.

And the instant they saw it, the Players could see the name hovering above the monster’s head.

[Illum crystal lifeform-Tunnel Eye Serpent, Level 35 (increases as time passes)]