Joining the Party

Looking at Lin Yu, Guan Canghai asked, "Can you show me your stats panel? I need to make sure you're strong enough."

Hearing Guan Canghai's request, Lin Yu opened his panel, adjusted which parts were displayed, and showed him his attributes.

"Uh..." Guan Canghai fell silent as he looked at Lin Yu's attributes. They were far too extreme: he had only seven HP, yet his mana was as high as 6,500. The panel made Guan Canghai think of special talents; Lin Yu clearly possessed one. As for his class, even though Lin Yu hadn't shown it, Guan Canghai had already guessed what it was.

To be honest, Guan Canghai wanted to reject him outright because he was a mage. Mages in Era were far too weak.

On second thought, though, Guan Canghai felt there was no need to reject him so quickly. Lin Yu had reached level 10 by this point despite playing such a weak class, which proved he was definitely no weakling. Perhaps his mage was different from the others.

With that in mind, Guan Canghai decided to ask what Lin Yu could do. "May I ask what you specialize in?"

Faced with Guan Canghai's question, Lin Yu fell into thought. To be honest, he couldn't think of what he specialized in at that moment. Apart from melee combat, he was good at everything: Potion Refining, Forging, ranged damage, control, support, healing, and more.

"I can do a little of everything except melee combat." After some thought, Lin Yu decided to tell him the truth. As he spoke, he held up one hand and gestured to indicate a tiny amount.

Guan Canghai was somewhat puzzled by the answer. A little of everything? Then what exactly did he specialize in?

"Can you show me?" Guan Canghai asked, looking at Lin Yu.

Lin Yu nodded to show he could.

How should I demonstrate it? He glanced around. There were so many people here that it would be difficult to cast attack magic, so he would cast a defensive spell instead.

With that thought, Lin Yu immediately took out his staff and cast an Ice Shield Spell.

As Lin Yu raised his staff, a massive ice shield appeared between them.

Guan Canghai was somewhat surprised to see him cast it. As far as he knew, mages had to form hand seals to cast spells. Seeing Lin Yu cast one with a wave of his staff was genuinely a little beyond his expectations.

After demonstrating the Ice Shield Spell, Lin Yu waved his staff, and the ice shield before him turned back into magic and dispersed into the surroundings.

Next, Lin Yu demonstrated elemental spells such as Fireball Spell, Ice Cone, and Lightning Strike.

After dispersing the lightning coiled around his staff, Lin Yu looked at Guan Canghai and asked, "Is that enough?"

Guan Canghai folded his arms and fell into thought.

After a moment of silence, Guan Canghai finally spoke. Looking at Lin Yu, he said, "Is there anything else besides those?"

"There's also control, healing, and enhancement. I can do quite a lot. Which would you like to see?" Lin Yu nodded and asked in return.

Guan Canghai immediately noticed that Lin Yu had said he could use enhancement. Looking at him, Guan Canghai said, "Enhancement? Can you show me what it's like?"

Hearing the request, Lin Yu began considering which enhancement spell to use.

There were many types of enhancement magic. Besides the Magic Enhancement Lin Yu had used before, there were spells such as Strength Enhancement, Speed Enhancement, and Defense Enhancement. Lin Yu was now considering which one to use, and after a little thought, he decided on Strength Enhancement.

Looking at Guan Canghai, Lin Yu raised his staff and pointed it at him.

The next moment, a beam of light struck Guan Canghai.

The instant the light hit him, Guan Canghai felt something enter his body, and his strength increased considerably out of nowhere.

Feeling the change in his body, Guan Canghai hurriedly opened his panel. He noticed that his physical attack had increased by 108.8 points, rising directly from 285 to 393.8.

Next, Lin Yu cast several more enhancement spells, and Guan Canghai's speed, defense, reaction, and other attributes all increased by 108.8 points.

Feeling the changes in his body, Guan Canghai immediately sent Lin Yu a party invitation without hesitation. If he had still been hesitating over whether to let Lin Yu join his party after seeing him cast elemental magic, that hesitation vanished as soon as he witnessed Lin Yu's enhancement magic. In its place was urgency.

For Guan Canghai, support players were much harder to find than damage dealers, especially a top-tier support like Lin Yu. A few skills had increased his physical attack by over a hundred points and more than doubled his other attributes. If a support like that wasn't strong, what was?

What was more, Guan Canghai had just heard Lin Yu say that he could use control and healing in addition to enhancement.

["Guan Canghai" has sent you a party invitation.

Accept / decline]

Looking at the party invitation, Lin Yu clicked accept. A nearly transparent list appeared on the right side of his view. It was the game's party list, and five names were now displayed on it.

Party (5/5)

Guan Canghai

Mu Yu Yumu

I Am the Heavenly Emperor

Mo Wenjun

I'm Just Passing By

Guan Canghai then introduced the other three to Lin Yu. After a brief conversation, Lin Yu and the other three became acquainted.

"All right, now that everyone's here, let's set out," Guan Canghai said once they had gotten to know one another.

Through their conversation, Lin Yu had gained a general understanding of the group.

They probably knew one another in real life, and Mu Yu Yumu and I Am the Heavenly Emperor were both women.

At first, Lin Yu hadn't realized at all that I Am the Heavenly Emperor was a woman. If their conversation hadn't revealed it, he wouldn't have been able to tell. From listening to them, Lin Yu learned that Mu Yu Yumu and I Am the Heavenly Emperor were both university students, apparently at the same school.

Listening to the conversation between the people ahead of him, Lin Yu silently followed them out of Newbie Village.

Just then, Guan Canghai turned to look at Lin Yu, who was behind and to his side, and moved closer. "Hey, Brother Passing By, want to reconsider joining my guild? A million a year, the five social insurance contributions and housing fund. If that's not enough, you can name your terms. All the benefits are negotiable."

Guan Canghai had been looking for a chance to bring this up along the way. After learning how strong Lin Yu's support abilities were, he had resolved to get Lin Yu to join his guild no matter the cost.