Chapter 145 – Explosive Levelling (1/2)
Chapter 145 – Explosive Levelling
Occasionally, when Ignore Level Difference proc’d, Tang Yao’s spells would deal over a 100 damage, but they usually didn’t exceed 10. Even then, his DPM (damage per minute) was still quite significant because he was making up for the low damage per hit with the sheer number of spells he was outputting.
The Lord-class Scaled Frog’s health fell at a constant pace. Even though it wasn’t by much, it still gave Nie Yan and Tang Yao hope of seeing an eventual end.
This was a Level 30 Lord!
It couldn’t be compared to an Elite!
In his past life, when a player encountered a Lord-class monster in the wilderness, they would immediately notify their guild. Hundreds of members would then be mobilized to deal with it because Lords were often the sparks for many major guild battles. Lords would usually drop Dark Gold-grade equipment upon death. However, if the player was lucky, then Legendary-grade equipment fragments might drop. Even with terrible luck, they were guaranteed equipment of at least Gold-grade which could be sold for quite a bit of money.
Now, under Tang Yao’s intense barrage of spells, the Lord-class Scaled Frog’s health was being gradually chipped away, 99.9%, 99.8%…
Even though the battle was progressing at a snail’s pace, Tang Yao and Nie Yan were nonetheless in high spirits.
If they successfully killed it, then everything would be divided between just the two of them. Just how much experience would they receive?
For the time being, Nie Yan wouldn’t know the answer to that question. Even back in his prime, he had never killed an equal level Lord-class monster with just two people, let alone one that was of a much higher level than him. Now, however, he was accomplishing feats that he would have never dared to attempt or imagine were possible in his past life!
“Nie Yan, do you know how much experience a Lord-class monster will give? This guy is so tanky. He has more than ten times the health of an Elite,” Tang Yao asked, his mind trembling from excitement. He just couldn’t imagine it.
Would he level up once, twice, or maybe even more?
“You’ll probably go up two or three levels. Focus on attacking. Ifyou slow down, its health will start recovering,” Nie Yan answered. Thankfully, Tang Yao’s magic power was high enough. Adding the Ignore Level Difference procs, his damage was quite impressive. If it were any other Mage, they probably wouldn’t even leave so much as a scratch on this Lord-class Scaled Frog’s health.
“Don’t worry. My damage output won’t stop.”
Compared to before, Tang Yao had shown remarkable improvement. As for a relatively mindless task like this, he absolutely wouldn’t make any mistakes.
I should prepare some Magic Power Potions for next time, Nie Yan thought. If Tang Yao’s Magic Power was increased, hunting monsters would go by much faster. However, they were relatively expensive. A batch of potions with Magic Power +20 would sell for at least 3 silver per bottle. If their effects were more potent, they would fetch an even higher price. For him, though, money was not the issue. It was the fact that, at this point in time, they were rare and thus difficult to obtain from the marketplace.
While contemplating, he continued to carefully monitor the movements of the Lord-class Scaled Frog. Thanks to Tang Yao casting spells from higher ground, it was currently still in a state of confusion with no idea of where the attacks were coming from, leaving it with no choice but to blindly move around in the hopes of spotting its aggressor. He had a higher attack range than Tang Yao with the crossbow, being able to shoot from almost 40 meters away, so if it wandered out of Tang Yao’s cast range or approached too closely to Tang Yao’s position, he would be able to immediately fire at it from a safe distance and lure it back. His crossbow bolts were shot from level ground, so the Scaled Frog would always move toward whichever direction he fired from. However, since there were no follow-up shots, it would eventually stop investigating after moving several steps. As a result, the Scaled Frog was never able to wander off too far or too close.
While they were still chipping away at the boss’ health, Nie Yan suddenly received a call from Hao Cheng.
「Hey, how are things over at your side? How long till Tang Yao reaches Level 15?」Hao Cheng asked.
「If I were to give an estimate, probably in around three hours.」
「Really, it’s still going to take that long? Well, I guess that make sense. At your levels, you guys probably need a lot of experience to level up. Anyway, we’ve finished establishing the guild. We’re just recruiting by the auction house right now. We’ve already brought in over a thousand members, and there’s still a steady stream of players coming in, but the treasury is still completely empty, so some of them are already starting to worry. I’ve assured them that it’s going to be filled up soon, so they’re all waiting to see… but if nothing changes, I’m worried a lot of them are going to start leaving over the next few days,」Hao Cheng explained. The first batch of members were extremely important. If they felt the guild was worth being a part of, they would recruit their friends to join them. After all, even though having strong elites was an important factor, the foundation of a guild was laid through the efforts of its ordinary members.
Nie Yan thought for a moment before replying,「You can tell them they’ll be seeing more benefits soon, and right now, they can go to the Starry Night Potion Shop to receive a discount. Members with up to 100 merit points will get 5% off purchases with a 30 copper limit. Members with up to 500 merit points will get 5% off purchases with a 1 silver and 50 copper limit…」In this fashion, he would be driving business to his potion shop, and by limiting how much they could purchase with the discount, he would prevent other guilds from buying large quantities of goods through proxy, but above all, he would be incentivising the members of his guild to increase their contribution.
「You know the owner there?」
「That’s the explanation you can give to our guild members.」
「Alright, this should convince a lot of people to stay,」Hao Cheng excitedly said. Getting a discount from the Starry Night Potion Shop was an incredible boon for their guild. Right now, it was the most influential potion shop in all of Calore. With over a hundred Junior Alchemists and several hundred Apprentice Alchemists working there, it produced more than 60% of the concoctions circulating in Calore’s market. This building that towered over its surroundings had in a short time become a holy place for Alchemy. Any Alchemist with half a brain would apply there, and some contracted Alchemists would leave their guilds to join through a recommendation from a friend. Hao Cheng had never once heard of the Starry Night Potion Shop offering a 5% discount to any guild. This move would undoubtedly inform all their members that they had the Starry Night Potion Shop supporting them from behind-the-scenes. With such a powerful backer, who would dare doubt their guild’s ability to provide?
Hao Cheng quickly notified the others of the good news.
Back in the forest, Nie Yan and Tang Yao were still busy wearing down the Lord-class Scaled Frog.
Elsewhere, Heaven Breaker had just returned to Victorious Return guild headquarters after finishing a dungeon run.
“How’s the progress? Did you find out more about Young Sparrow Hawk?” Heaven Breaker asked Tangerine who stood beside him.
“Yes, he’s a member of a pretty mediocre team. They haven’t even run Black Flame Forest yet. He was last spotted in that team two days ago. Recently, he’s been nowhere to be found, so we still don’t know how he’s been levelling so quickly.”
“I see, then he’s probably just an ordinary player who got lucky. When you find him, force him to reveal where he’s been levelling.”
“We also received another interesting piece of information from a player named Chen Bo1. Apparently, Nirvana Flame and Young Sparrow Hawk are close friends.”
“Nirvana Flame…” Heaven Breaker’s expression turned icy upon hearing this name.