Chapter 91: Crimson Cloak (2/2)
Beiming Xue also laughed. “Can I address you as boss too, Lu Chen?”
“Do as you wish!”
Finally, it was time to check out the third drop. A quick check revealed that it was a black cloak with amazing stats, meaning that we struck gold in our mini excursion today.
Crimson Cloak (Dark Steel–grade)
Defense 37
Agility +12
Passive: Increases user’s evasion rate by 1%
Level Requirement: 50
……
It was yet another Dark Steel–grade leather cloak that added 12 points of Agility. Just like with the wristguards, it was the perfect stat boost for archers, assassins and other Agility-based classes. Normally, archers and assassins only allocated points into Stamina and Agility. Agility boosted player’s attack power, attack speed and defenses slightly, so it was the best natural stat for archers and assassins.
Clearly, this equipment was also going to Beiming Xue!
I tossed the cloak to the beautiful dark archer and smiled. “Lil Beiming, that’s quite the haul you got today, don’t you say? Two Level 50 Dark Steel–grade items and 25 Agility in total! That has to add at least 20 points to your Attack, am I right?”
Beiming Xue nodded with a smile. “That’s right!”
The cloak appeared behind her immediately when she equipped it. It greatly accentuated her cold beauty to the point where it transcended her race, and she looked like a hunter who lived and breathed the forest with her bow by her side. She was so stunning that Gui Guzi and Du Thirteen forgot to speak for a time.
I couldn’t help but smile at her. “Beiming, are you attending university?”
“Yes, I’m in my first year right now.”
“How will you study if you come to Suzhou?”
“Don’t worry, I deferred my studies about two months ago, so I have an entire year to explore Suzhou. I haven’t been there before, so I’m looking forward to it~”
“Alright then!”
Now that the loot had been fully distributed, Beiming Xue took out a crimson skill book from her bag and showed it to everyone. She smiled. “This is the skill book for Desperate Gambit. Who wants it? Er, at Rank 1 it increases attack damage by 10% and lowers the target’s Defense by 5%. At Rank 2, it increases attack damage by 20% and lowers the target’s Defense by 10%. It’s very powerful!”
I pondered for a moment before replying, “Both Gui Guzi and I can use this. Should we roll the dice?”
But Gui Guzi shook his head without hesitation. “It’s fine. I’m building my character to have a perfect balance of Defense, HP and Attack, but you are building fully offensive, right? This skill book is clearly a classic offensive-type trump card, and it’ll only be wasted on someone like me. It can only display its full power in the hands of an attacker like you.”
We were too close for pretenses, so I said, “Alright. In the future, any offensive-type skill book we get is mine, and any defensive-type skill book we get is yours.”
“No problem!”
I accepted the skill book from Beiming Xue and gave her 200 gold in return.
Swhoosh!
The skill book vanished from my hands, and a new skill appeared in my skill list. It was as amazing as Beiming Xue said: At Rank 1, the damage boost was 10%, but at Rank 10 the damage boost was a whopping 150%, meaning that it was 1.5 times more powerful than a critical hit! It was much, much stronger than Slayer Slash, so it looked like I would be changing my standard combo to Ice Ray + Slayer Slash for the slow debuff, followed up by Pardon + Desperate Gambit for one-shot in the future.
We left together to turn in our quest. To our surprise, Beiming Xue’s headquarters was also Frost Mound. It was only now that we realized that Beiming Xue was a Night Creature herself. Maybe it was because she was a female player, but her appearance was nothing like the walking abominations that were Gui Guzi and I. Her skin was perfectly flawless.
“Lil Beiming, how did you come by this class?” I asked.
Beiming Xue gave me a naive smile. “Well… almost everyone in my family has a congenital heart disease. On the launch day, I got a bit too excited and fainted right after I created my character. Thankfully, the game equipment detected my condition and sounded the alarm, so I survived after being sent to the hospital…”
It was a terrifying story. “Fuck, please don’t get too excited when you come to Suzhou!”
Beiming Xue smiled. “I might get just a bit excited if you’re a handsome man in real life, boss…”
I looked at Gui Guzi and Du Thirteen. Then, I patted my chest in relief and said, “Well, that’s a relief because there are no studs in Bloody Mercenaries.”
Gui Guzi and Du Thirteen cried rivers of tears while Beiming Xue hid a giggle behind her hand.
A while later, Beiming Xue asked, “Boss, are you planning any more events in the near future?”
“What’s wrong, is your login time erratic?”
“No, I just want to know. I often log into the game after 5 pm.”
“Okay. Everyone should work hard to increase their levels for the next couple of days. Actually, I’m just going to set a goal for you all: I want Gui Guzi to reach Level 55, Du Thirteen to get Level 50, and Beiming Xue, Level 55, in three days. After that, we should find a priest so that Bloody Mercenaries can officially challenge bosses that are Level 60 and above. Our ultimate objective is to score a Hero’s Token in half a month’s time!”
“Oh, okay! Sure!”
Beiming Xue smiled innocently. “I missed being part of a team. I’ll work hard to increase my level as instructed. You all should work hard too!”
“Mn.”