Chapter 260 – Golden Dragon (1/2)

Chapter 260 – Golden Dragon

The most drool-worthy item that dropped from the five Lords in Everlasting City was the Sub Legendary Winterthaw Dagger of Molag. Its attack power was rarely seen among one-handed weapons. Even some Sub Legendary two-handed greatswords paled in comparison. It was one of the most sought after weapons by Thieves and Fighters.

Each possessing unique properties, only three Winterthaw Daggers existed in the game. When all of them were obtained, no more would appear.

Another notable item that dropped from Everlasting City was the Darkbright Leather Armour of Solga. Its drop rate was even lower than the WInterthaw Daggers.

Of course, this was due to it being one of a kind!

Since this was only a fragment of the Darkbright Leather Armour of Solga, its properties were naturally inferior to a piece of Sub Legendary-grade equipment. Only when all the fragments were gathered together would its true power be restored.

But even after a very long time, no players in the previous timeline had ever restored the Darkbright Leather Armour of Solga. So the existence of this Legendary item was eventually forgotten.

Nie Yan didn’t expect for something like this to drop on the guild’s first pioneering expedition.

The properties of the Darkbright Chestpiece were shared in chat.

Darkbright Leather Armour of Solga (Legendary)

Requirements: 290 Dexterity, 360 Strength

Darkbright Chestpiece (Fragment)

Requirements: 130 Strength

Description: This chestpiece still contains strong remnants of magic power. Seek out the other fragments—Darkbright Fine Feather Silk and Darkbright Rune Cloth—to restore the Darkbright Leather Armour of Solga.

Properties: Defense 370–386, Dexterity +20, Speed +20, Jump +10, Stealth +10, Cloaking +10, Reflex +10

Darkbright Barrier (Rank 3): Absorb 30% of all incoming damage up to a maximum of 1200 points for 3 minutes. Cooldown: 1 hour.

Restrictions: Thief; can be equipped by any faction.

What high defense! The properties of the Darkbright Chestpiece were undeniably great, especially the supplementary Darkbright Barrier (Rank 3). This piece of equipment was better than some Level 50 Dark Gold-grade Thief armour!

But the rather high Strength requirement made many of the Thieves in the expedition team shrink back. An abnormal player like Nie Yan was perhaps the only one who could equip this Darkbright Chestpiece.

“Anyone want this chestpiece?” Nie Yan asked.

Nearly all the Thief team members shook their heads. With such an intimidating Strength requirement, how could any of them equip it?

Nie Yan looked at One Strike Vow and asked, “What about you? Want it?”

These players formed the core of Asskickers United, and a future Shadow Dancer like One Strike Vow was naturally no exception. If any of them wanted a certain piece of equipment, Nie Yan as their guild leader would do his best to provide. There were numerous other opportunities for him to obtain better equipment anyway.

One Strike Vow shook her head. “I have 80 Strength, but all of that is from equipment and gems. There’s no way I can equip it.”

One Strike Vow still only had 80 Strength at her current level? This meant she had put all of her points into Dexterity!

When a Thief reached 500 Dexterity, a portion of it would be added to their attack power. At 1000 points, this bonus was doubled. Almost every Thief liked to focus on this stat, but very few actually chose to go all in. Although a full Dexterity Thief was very nimble with high attack speed, their fatal flaw was that they sorely lacked damage. So many players who attempted this difficult build would eventually end up abandoning it, having no choice but to add some points into Strength.

If One Strike Vow reached 500 Dexterity, keeping up her gear quality to compensate for the lack of damage, she could be considered to have achieved some minor success with the build. And after reaching 1000 Dexterity, she would be all in the clear.

A few other top Thieves also shook their heads when asked. Only Nie Yan met the requirements for the Darkbright Chestpiece. He could even equip it right away.

“I guess I’ll take it then,” Nie Yan said. When he no longer needed the Darkbright Chestpiece, he could simply toss it in the treasury. By then, many players in the guild would meet the requirement to equip it.

Nie Yan checked his stats after equipping the Darkbright Chestpiece. They had increased significantly. It gleamed with a dark luster, resembling a black jewel—bizarre and mysterious.

The other two pieces of equipment were Dark Gold-grade. Both were snatched up by the players for around 20,000 merit points each.

After calculating the price of the Darkbright Chestpiece, Nie Yan distributed 500 merit points to every member of the team, causing them to rejoice.

Nie Yan wasn’t the least bit miserly when distributing merit points. This made the players respect him all the more.

On a different note, the Goblin Hunter gave an extremely generous amount of experience. This allowed for almost all of the players to rise up by a minimum of 80% of a level, and so many people levelled up.

Aside from the three pieces of equipment, Nie Yan’s group obtained the fifth Energy Key Fragment.

When all five Energy Key Fragments were gathered together, they started shining brilliantly before gradually merging into a complete glowing key.

Everlasting City Energy Key (Special Item)

“Boss, what’s this good for?”

“According to the official website, it’s used to open the gates to the Inner Sanctum of Everlasting City. What’s that?”