Chapter 165: Reach The Top (2/2)

While I was socializing with the grunts, Murong Mingyue, Gui Guzi and Beiming Xue also formed their own parties and made the atmosphere even livelier than it already was. It was the sign of a good guild environment.

He Yi walked up to me and said, “It looks like your reputation as a CGL Hall of Famer and a top player is doing wonders so far, Lu Chen. It’s so good to have you back. Before your return, I wasn’t sure the guild had the power to take on a super guild like Gods of Destruction, but now? Hehe, it’s only a matter of time~~”

I smiled back and nodded. “Yeah, Gods of Destruction are so-so at best. If their numbers weren’t so ridiculous, I could’ve beaten them solo…”

“Is that a boast?”

I curled my lips and replied, “Sure, why not? The words boasting and bragging are actually synonymous with absolute confidence, you know?”

“Now you’re just spinning it to make yourself look good~~”

“Hehe, come on, it’s time to add our members into our party!”

”Mn!”

He Yi and I walked side by side. When I put a hand on my sword, I felt like a super bodyguard for some reason. I was He Yi’s Divine General as she said, and I adored the nickname because it was the goal I had been working toward since a long time ago. The fact that my efforts were recognized made me happier than I would admit openly.

A breeze hit us when we arrived on the stone bridge at the eastern gates, and my Bloody Purgatory Cloak fluttered slightly in the wind. He Yi watched me as she asked with a smile, “What is your plan to do after this, Lu Chen?”

“Oh?” Surprised by her question, I replied without hesitation, “To keep you company, of course~”

“Oh? To do what, exactly?”

“To conquer all our enemies and reach the top of the world, of course!” I declared forcefully and raised my sword like a knight swearing fealty to his princess.

He Yi giggled before nodding at me. “Very good. Then let us begin our conquest right here at Floating Ice City!”

“Yes!”

I thought for a moment before saying, “The power structure in Floating Ice City is still a bit unclear at the moment, but I think we can consider Gods of Destruction and Mad Dragon as our direct competitors, and Peach Garden the knife in the darkness we need to watch out for. I’m sure they’ll rise to the surface very soon, and if I’m not mistaken they’re even scarier than Gods of Destruction was!”

“Mn. And what about our allies?”

He Yi blinked once, knowing or unknowingly left me speechless for a moment. It took a while of thinking before I finally said, “For now, we have no allies. Maybe Snowy Cathaya…?”

“Got it. If we can make an ally out of Snowy Cathaya, we’ll be able to truly establish ourselves as a powerhouse in Floating Ice City. If we don’t, Gods of Destruction may just destroy us and devour the whole city in one go!”

“Yeah!”

I looked at the land across the bridge and smiled. “We may be hanging around in Floating Ice City for another month or so before the super cities open. Speaking of which, which city do you think we should join: Sky City, Wind City or Vanished God City?”

He Yi said, “I’m fine with whatever. You can decide!”

“In that case, let’s wait until we get more info~”

“Okay!”

…...

It didn’t take long before eight people with a beautiful ancient sword around their shoulder area showed up. They were the elite players we had been waiting for!

Chaos Moon was a high-level warrior with great looks and great equipment. Her skill was yet to be determined.

Moon Dew was a high-level priest with great looks and great equipment. Her skill was yet to be determined.

Moonlight Stone was a high-level mage with average looks and average equipment. Her skill was yet to be determined.

A Broken Smile was a high-level tactician, possibly the best tactician the guild had right now.Unfortunately, he still wasn’t good enough to be of use. A tactician was best deployed during group fights, especially during the latter stage of the game where a fifth-promotion tactician could apply their buffs to a hundred players. It didn’t take much to imagine how much destruction a tactician could cause just by buffing his allies with Encourage and increasing their Attack.

As for the rest, they were walk-ons that didn’t deserve a close examination. In reality, our party only really needed priests, mages and archers. As for melee fighters, He Yi and I alone were enough to handle anything!

He Yi’s level wasn’t very high. She was Level 55 and she hadn’t reached her third class promotion yet. Still, I could see that she had been grinding very seriously as of late.

After our ten-man party was formed, it was time to depart!

Our party composition was scientific, or in other words, acceptable: 5 melee fighters, 2 mages, 1 priest, 1 archer and 1 tactician. This party had someone who could use Encourage and Intimidate, tanks, long-ranged attackers and Ice Dragon Howl spammers. Unless we ran into a super boss or something, there was practically no middle-level grinding zone we couldn’t handle

Chaos Moon asked me a question, “So, where are we going, brother Broken Halberd?”

The muscles in my face twitched for a second. She must be a natural socializer; not many people would address the other person as their “brother” during their first meeting.

I opened the world map and mulled over the available choices for a moment. A while later, I said, “How about we head to Silverscale Coast?”