Chapter 107: Thunder General (1/2)
My equipment was of pretty high quality, all things considered. I had a Gold-grade weapon, two Silver-grade, two Dark Steel–grade and three Steel-grade items. The number of people who shared my level of equipment in Floating Ice City could be counted on one hand, so I was confident that I had the strength to farm the mobs on the fifth floor of Ancient Thunder Temple.
The Thunder Knights’ iron-padded hoofs shook the man-made floor beneath us, but they weren’t really a big threat to me or Lin Yixin. In general, we had no reason to lose a 2v1!
The Thunder Knight was a Level 65 Night Creature, so its experience yield was already 25% higher than an average mob’s. Moreover, since their levels were much higher, the experience boost was just obscene. A little past 10 pm, Lin Yixin’s experience bar already reached 35%. She was so excited that she decided to grind till morning to reach Level 60 and get her third class promotion!
I stared at my own experience bar—Level 56, 57% full—and said, “I lost so many levels that day, but it looks like I’m finally returning to the Top 3~”
Crack!
Lin Yixin cut down a Thunder Knight in front of her with a beautiful combo before replying, “Do your best. You need to be stronger than this if you wish to gain a solid footing in Floating Ice City!”
I nodded. “Thank you, Beauty Yi.”
“Oh?”
Lin Yixin looked at me, her beautiful purple eyes tinged with a bit of confusion. “What are you thanking me for?”
“If you didn’t team up with me and come here, I wouldn’t have been able to level up this quickly…”
“Hehe, you’re welcome!” Lin Yixin waved her pale hand once before adding, “Don’t forget to treat me to supper later!”
“Yeah. It would be even better if the final boss dropped a Hero’s Token!”
“If that is the case, you will owe me an entire month of suppers…” Lin Yixin said.
Bewitched by her attractive smile, I lost control of myself and thoughtlessly blurted out, “No problem. I’ll even treat you to a lifetime of suppers if you want to!”
“Ah?!”
Lin Yixin gaped at me and panicked a little. Once she collected herself, she rolled her eyes and me and chided, “Cut the nonsense already, will you? We need to clear out all the mobs before 10:30 pm and defeat the boss later. Let’s become the first party to clear this Ancient Thunder Temple!”
“Yeah!”
……
Several minutes later, Gui Guzi’s name lit up in the friend list. They must have finished eating dinner already. He sent me a message that said “Boss, I saw Murong Mingyue and From Water at the eastern square of Floating Ice City!”
“Oh? What are they doing there?” I replied quickly.
“Oh. Got it…”
“Yeah. Anyway, I’m going back to the grind!”
“Sure!”
I ended the call and felt a bit of emotion welling inside of me. Neither Sister Mingyue nor He Yi had given up on our collective dreams after all. We might not be working together, but we were all working hard to realize that dream in our own way.
I asked Lin Yixin while killing the Thunder Knights, “Beauty Yi, how goes the recruitment for Snowy Cathaya?”
She smiled a little before replying, “Why do you want to know? Do you want to join my guild or something?”
“Nah, you are overthinking it!”
“...”
But Lin Yixin didn’t get angry at my rejection. She even smiled at me before replying, “Well, we’re currently at max capacity. It can’t be helped, a Rank 1 guild can only accomodate 200 members at most, so we’ll have to wait until the guild reaches Rank 2 before we can recruit more.”
I couldn’t help but laugh at her reply. “This isn’t necessarily a bad thing, isn’t it? I’m sure that all the members you recruited are elites who can take on ten average players on their own, am I right?”
“Yo, someone’s gotten a bit smarter than he used to be, I see.” Lin Yixin cocked her head at me before asking, “So, when are Bloody Mercenaries establishing their guild?”
“For now, we have no such plans!”
“I see!” Lin Yixin looked a bit put down by my reply, but she quickly recovered and said, “Things should be done one step at a time, I guess. Snowy Cathaya may be the first official guild in Floating Ice City, but we lack the foundation Gods of Destruction started with, and most of our members don’t really know one another. It will take time to wear them in. Seriously though, the max member limit for a Rank 1 guild is so low! 200 isn’t enough at all!”
“Yeah.”
I nodded in agreement. It was true that the guild member limit in Heavenblessed was extremely limited. For a Rank 1 guild, the max limit was 200 members. For a Rank 2 guild, the max limit was 1000 members. A Rank 3 guild could have up to 2000 members, a Rank 4 guild could have up to 5000 members, and finally a Rank 5 guild could have up to 10000 people. There was no Rank 6. If a guild wished to participate in a big war, anything under Rank 5 was below the acceptable standards.
……
Crack!
Two fierce strikes later, the last Thunder Knight in the temple finally fell to our blades!
At the distance, a war general clad in dark cyan metal armor suddenly appeared at the center of the hall in a flash of darkness. He was kneeling on the ground on one knee and holding a broadsword that was crawling with lightning. His long, black hair hung messily at the edges of his helmet like weeds, and the man himself was as silent as death.
“It’s the boss!” Lin Yixin exclaimed in surprise.
I echoed her response with a nod. “Yeah, it looks like the final boss of the Ancient Thunder Temple has finally appeared! Yiyi, your level is higher than mine. Can you see its stats?”
Lin Yixin nodded and brought up the boss’s stats with a wave of her hand.
Thunder General Dio (Silver Rank Boss)
Level: 68
Attack: ???
Defense: ???