Chapter 11：Red Zone (1/2)
[Ding! Congratulations! You reached Level 6!]
”Sweet.” Liu Ye nodded in approval as he read through his notifications. In less than twenty minutes, he cleared three camps of wolves, allowing his level to advance once again.
For efficiency's sake, Liu Ye created a small water whip while waiting for the wolves to respawn. Even though there were no opponents in the vicinity, he still swung it around to train and increase his Elemental Mastery.
[Elements: Water 90%]
Although he had to use up an additional 20 small Mana potions, his Water Element was already reaching another breaking point. He still felt like each new point was much harder to achieve, requiring him to spend more and more Mana.
Would he spend all day on the boulder to farm the wolves? Of course not. He could already hear explosions from the distance, meaning other players were getting closer. Liu Ye could only move forward and finish his quest in the nearby area.
Liu Ye added another point to Dexterity and checked the system map. A big blue circle displayed the location of the Bandit Camp and he was almost at its border. Once he finished upgrading his water whip skill, he could finally challenge the quest.
Too bad, fate wasn't on his side.
”Hey man, what are you doing on that boulder?”
A group of three players called out from the distance, catching Liu Ye off guard. He thought he still had time to kill one more camp but ended up burning himself.
Thud!
Liu Ye jumped down without hesitation and rolled on the ground to break the fall. In a flash, he was gone, running to the depths of the forest. Once he disappeared from their view though, Liu Ye came back in a circle and observed them from the shadows.
One could tell they were close in real life based on their nicknames.
[Younger Brother - Lvl. 4]
[Middle Brother - Lvl. 4]
[Older Brother - Lvl. 4]
”Well, that was rude,” Younger Brother commented. ”I was just trying to be nice.”
”Don't mind him. We are not here to make friends,” Older Brother reminded. ”We can only count on ourselves.”
Liu Ye nodded in approval. One couldn't trust anyone in these types of games else they would be quickly backstabbed.
”How did he even climb that boulder?” Middle Brother wondered. He jumped, trying to repeat Liu Ye's feat, but he failed, sliding back down. ”I didn't even know one could climb in this game.”
Awoo!
Just as they were chatting, five wolves spawned in a distance, putting them all on alert.
His brothers immediately got excited while Liu Ye raised his eyebrows in doubt. If that man could really repeat his strategy, Liu Ye would be impressed. Contrary to the theory, it wasn't easy to aim the Ice Projectiles. One had to manually aim and the further the enemy, the easier one could miss.
Liu Ye didn't think twice and already prepared his own set of Ice Projectiles just in case. If this player couldn't kill the Alpha Wolf on the first try, Liu Ye would snipe it for him instead.
The two younger brothers lifted their eldest onto their shoulders, and with their help, Older Brother managed to climb on top of the boulder. They boosted each other till all three of them climbed it.
”Ready?” Older Brother asked as twenty Ice Projectiles hovered in front of him. The other two players were Air and Fire benders so only he could initiate the fight.
”Aye!”
Older Brother prepared to aim and punched, sending the shards ahead. Just as Liu Ye thought, the ice attacks spread out mid-flight, and only half hit the target.
”Oof, that's harder than I initially thought,” Older Brother commented, while the wolves rushed to attack them. ”Don't worry, we are safe her—”
He didn't even finish his sentence when an unknown set of ice shards swooshed through like the wind.
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