"Yo, I didn't expect the early Crimson-Eyed Black Dragon to be so polite." Su Yu was a little surprised.
Crimson-Eyed Black Dragon had been a major figure in his previous life! He and his team had contributed at least 30% toward Emperor Blood Guild becoming one of the nation's top ten guilds. Su Yu had never expected him to be so adaptable in the early days.
"Fine, I forgive you." Su Yu replied, "But you need to tell the truth too. Which guild are you from? I've dealt with Skycutter Sword before, and he doesn't have anyone like you under him."
"Uh..." Crimson-Eyed Black Dragon hesitated.
After a while, he replied, "Boss, we're actually members of Shepherd Cloud Guild. Our leader wants that Skill Scroll you're selling in Warehouse, but we really don't have enough Psionic Coins, so we had no choice but to resort to this."
"Shepherd Cloud Guild?" Su Yu chuckled.
Su Yu was more familiar with Shepherd Cloud Guild than anyone, because he had been a member of it in his previous life.
Shepherd Cloud Guild's parent organization was the offline Shepherd Cloud Group, one of the nation's top thirty corporations—and Su Yu's own company.
Half a year after the disaster in his previous life, Shepherd Cloud Group had sold off all its physical assets and entered Evolution with all its employees. That was when Su Yu had finally gotten the chance to enter the game.
So when Crimson-Eyed Black Dragon mentioned "Shepherd Cloud Guild," Su Yu had nearly burst out laughing.
Still, he replied seriously, "Shepherd Cloud Guild? Even better! I have quite a bit of history with your leader, Shepherd Cloud Enemy. How about this? I'll teach you a way. If you pull it off, I'll put in a word with Shepherd Cloud Enemy and get you a promotion and a raise!"
Crimson-Eyed Black Dragon: "Really? Thank you, boss! (*≧▽≦)"
Su Yu: "=.="
Two minutes later, Crimson-Eyed Black Dragon logged off.
Then he opened the Official Forum and wrote a heartfelt post under his own ID—"Farewell, Skycutter. My Heart Has Gone Cold."
In the post, Crimson-Eyed Black Dragon claimed that he had originally been a member of Skycutter Guild. He had privately received an order from Skycutter Sword to block the village entrance and collect village tolls.
He hadn't wanted to do such a thing in the first place. Who would willingly do something so hated by both heaven and earth?
But for the guild's sake, he had gone anyway. He would bear the blame himself!
Yet to his surprise, Guild Leader Skycutter Sword had just privately messaged him, telling him to admit that he was a member of "Shepherd Cloud Guild" and shift the forum controversy onto the innocent Shepherd Cloud Guild!
Crimson-Eyed Black Dragon refused. His conscience wouldn't allow him to do that.
So he spilled everything.
At the end of the post, he sighed, "I never thought Skycutter Sword was this kind of person! I must have been blind! I, Crimson-Eyed Black Dragon, now swear on my ID that I will permanently leave Skycutter Guild and never have anything to do with them again!"
Crimson-Eyed Black Dragon's post caused a huge uproar on the forum!
The forum regulars had a good laugh. Who would have thought that after one reversal, this juicy scandal would get a second reversal?
The members of Shepherd Cloud Guild were stunned. How had they ended up at the center of the scandal while watching it unfold?
The members of Skycutter Guild were shocked. Their leader had actually done something like this behind their backs! No wonder they hadn't known.
Skycutter Sword was furious. He went onto the forum and took a look. Who the hell was this "Crimson-Eyed Black Dragon"? He had never seen such a shameless person in his life!
In short, after Crimson-Eyed Black Dragon made his post, the original conflict between two sides gradually escalated into a chaotic battle among many parties.
Shepherd Cloud Guild seized the opportunity. Whether it was true or not, they stepped in and condemned Skycutter Sword's despicable conduct.
Naturally, Skycutter Sword refused to admit it.
With people spamming, pretending to be the other side, and making snide remarks, the Official Forum became a complete mess.
None of this had anything to do with Su Yu, however.
After logging in, he headed straight for Silver Snake Valley west of Nolan Village. Entering the territory of the level 5 Silver Snakes, he prepared to stack Goddess's Tear to its limit first.
As a level 5 monster area, Silver Snake Valley naturally did not have a single player in it.
Su Yu went all out and began sweeping through the Silver Snakes in the area.
Lightning Arrow!
Fireball!
One spell after another slammed into the monsters.
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Su Yu's Lightning Arrow was still formidable, capable of instantly killing level 5 monsters.
But by now, the Fireball magic scrolls were beginning to lose their edge. Their average damage of 62 points could no longer instantly kill Silver Snakes with as much as 70 Health.
Su Yu didn't mind, though. If one Fireball scroll couldn't kill them, he could just use two!
Under Su Yu's "money offensive," his terrifying leveling speed continued unabated.
The Silver Snakes of Silver Snake Valley suffered terribly. Under Su Yu's harvest, they fell one after another like stalks of wheat in a field.
During the leveling process, Su Yu also obtained a piece of equipment usable by the Mage class.
Wind Velvet Belt lv5 (Common): Defense +4
Unfortunately, he couldn't equip it yet, so Su Yu could only toss it into his backpack for the time being.
Every time Su Yu used a skill, Goddess's Tear's "Bonus Mana" increased by 3 points.
When dealing with Emperor Blood Guild, Su Yu had already used more than thirty skills.
So after another ten-odd minutes of leveling and the killing of roughly 180 Silver Snakes, Goddess's Tear was finally fully stacked!
Goddess's Tear (Rare)
Accessory
Maximum Mana +150
Trait: Maximum Mana +450
At the exact instant Goddess's Tear was fully stacked.
"Ding! Epic Hidden Quest Annie's Revenge triggered. Accept?" "Accept!" "You have accepted the quest Annie's Revenge (Epic)." "Quest Description: You used the trap in the cave to destroy Annie's beloved toy, Toy Bear Tibers. Annie bears a grudge against you." "Now, she has called her friend—Star Forger Dragon King Aurelion Sol—to attack you." "As the high-status Dragon King, Aurelion Sol will not launch a second attack if he fails to kill you in one strike." "Quest Requirement: Survive one strike from Aurelion Sol!" "Aurelion Sol arrival countdown: 5:59:56." "Quest Failure Penalty: Permanent account ban!" "Quest Reward: Goddess's Tear upgrade, Experience Points x1000, Main Storyline Glory of the Broom Empire 0/100."
Su Yu carefully read through the long string of quest details.
As he read, his mood changed rapidly.
At the beginning of the quest, when Su Yu saw the words "used the trap in the cave to destroy," he was left speechless.
He hadn't even entered that cave, all right? They couldn't even bother revising the quest text.
But when he continued reading and saw the name Star Forger Dragon King Aurelion Sol, Su Yu immediately broke out in a cold sweat.
Aurelion Sol was an extremely powerful level 84 NPC.
Among the known NPCs in the game world, only twelve were stronger than him.
Even in the outside world, there were only around fifteen Skrull Star powerhouses stronger than him.
It could be said that Aurelion Sol stood at the pinnacle of power in the entire game!
But such a powerful existence was actually coming to Novice Village? And he was going to attack Su Yu?
Su Yu found it utterly unbelievable.
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