Chapter 145 The Road to BOSS (2/2)
”He still made a high profile move.”
Bennett sighed with profound resignation and sipped his herbal potion that was meant to suppress his wounds.
Out of the blue, Wang Yuan received a call. His face lit up with joy and exclaimed, ”Stardragon has promised material aid!”
Bennett was surprised. That was not a small sum, but Stardragon had agreed to it so readily. He asked, ”What did they say?”
”Well, they said they are very grateful for our help.”
Bennett frowned in puzzlement. ”Help? What did we do?”
On second thought, Bennett realized that Stardragon must have thought that they had sent Black Phantom. Black Phantom was seen as a representative of the Blood Pact Society, and his actions were inevitably labelled as representing the Dark Net Organization.
Bennett was at a loss, not knowing whether to cry or to laugh. Black Phantom had unintentionally done him a favor. He would definitely not clarify this wonderful misunderstanding. ”Well, I guess I owe him a favor then. Oh, what did Hesla say?”
Wang Yuan pushed his black-frame spectacles. With a flash of contempt in his eyes, he snorted, ”They are still pushing away the responsibility.”
Bennett shook his head. He had long known Hesla's way of doing things, and only Stardragon was easier to talk to. If he really wanted to dig out some material aid from the five other stingy nations, it would not be without some long, tedious negotiation.
”With Stardragon's assistance, the initial resources are more or less enough. Let's start the shelter program as soon as possible. The war will break out any time now. The sooner it is implemented, the more people we can shelter.”
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Sleepy Winter and his group finally completed the Camp-destroyer series mission [Battle of the Tedramira River]. Their evaluation was naturally low, but because it was a Super-Level mission, the EXP they had gotten was considerable.
They should have been very happy with the results, but whenever the three of them recalled Frenzied Sword's performance, they immediately felt that the reward from the mission was just too meagre. Comparison always made it worse. The feeling of being far behind someone just felt horrible, not to mention that they had in fact started out at the same time. Rainy Kim was rather calm, but Sleepy Winter and Twinkle Fried Rice were really fed up.
Thinking about it again and again, Sleepy Winter finally sent a chat request to Frenzied Sword.
”Frenzied Sword?”
”Sleepy Winter, why are you looking for me?” Frenzied Sword asked in a humble voice.
”I just wanted to ask, did you trigger a secret quest? We saw you on the battlefield…” Sleepy Winter sent out the video message.
”Oh, you guys were there, too?” Frenzied Sword was surprised.
Why does this tone feel so annoying? Sleepy Winter coughed dryly and chatted half-heartedly before asking about Black Phantom. The video showed Black Phantom in action. Sleepy Winter was well aware that Black Phantom was an advanced figure who had been seen around Big Horn Village, and he was very curious about how Frenzied Sword came to know him.
Frenzied Sword kept beating around the bush and refused to talk about the main topic. Sleepy Winter knew that he was unwilling to share information about the secret quest, and he could only bid farewell and hang up the communication sullenly.
”Did he say anything?” asked Twinkle Fried Rice.
”No.” Sleepy Winter shook his head. He was in fact a little envious of Frenzied Sword, but he knew secret quest was something that came with luck. Then, an idea came to his mind.
”Why don't we try speaking to Black Phantom?”
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The sky was turning bright near the horizon. It was dawn.
At Han Xiao's request, the helicopter landed on a hilltop in the wilderness. Han Xiao asked the pilot to stand by, and stepping off the plane, he took a deep breath. The fresh air invigorated him.
After flying through the night away from the Tedramira River, he was getting ready for his Advancement when Frenzied Sword dropped offline.
A player going offline is akin to disappearing. That gave the pilot a shock. Seeing that Han Xiao's expression had remained unchanged, he suppressed his shock.
Different players had different peculiarities. Although the world had all kinds of Espers that made everyone well accustomed to abnormalities, over time, more and more people would realize the peculiar nature of the players' community, and there would definitely be some interesting developments. Han Xiao could not wait to see this happening. Then he could validate some of his guesses.
Putting aside these thoughts, Han Xiao focused his attention on the interface—the requirements for advancement had been met, so a level-up would mean an Advancement.
He looked at the EXP that he had accumulated over the past two months. Minus the EXP that he had used up for skills improvement and integration of blueprints, he still had a full 6.1 million EXP left!
Finally, a second Advancement! Han Xiao was secretly leaping in joy. His progress had been as fast as a rocket, especially since he had gotten a huge channel to reap EXP after the players appeared!
After this Advancement, he would officially become the top figure on Aquamarine, and this was only the beginning. This meant that he could set foot in areas that he had previously found to be too dangerous, to acquire those rare Abilities and Skills. Quests that could trigger dangerous situations, Abilities, Skills, and Equipment—all that would have a huge impact on his combat capability.
He was already halfway there to becoming someone like Bennett and Hila who could take on BOSS Level Quests with their template Abilities.
Advancement!
Han Xiao entered his EXP.
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[Mechanic (Trainee)] Level-Up LV 5
+50 Energy, +1 Dexterity, +1 Endurance, +4 Intelligence!
Attained 3 points Unassigned stat points!
Attained 1 Talent Point!
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You have completed your second Advancement.
Endurance and Health points ratio increased to 1:20!