Skycutter Sword's Guild Invitation

Walking back to the village, Su Yu was mostly pondering how to complete the Hidden Quest and dodge the Star Forger Dragon King's attack.

The penalty for failing the quest wasn't a joke – permanent deletion of the account!

If he failed, Su Yu's three days of effort and such a good start would all go up in smoke, which he absolutely couldn't accept.

"I don't have any ideas on how to break the situation yet, but I can learn the Mage Profession's Life-saving Skills first," Su Yu suddenly thought.

The Mage Profession had three signature Life-saving Skills in the early game: [Invisibility], [Blink], and [Ice Barrier].

[Invisibility] was useless in front of the Star Forger Dragon King, so let's not mention it for now.

As for the remaining two, [Ice Barrier] couldn't be learned in Novice Village; you had to go to the main city and reach Level 20 to receive the relevant quest.

"Looks like the only option right now is to do the Hidden Quest for [Blink]. Yeah, let's do that!"

Having made up his mind, Su Yu's steps became much lighter as he quickened his pace towards Nolan Village.

But before doing the quest, he had to turn in the completed quest first.

The Magic Hut in the east of the village.

Su Yu opened his backpack and placed a fist-sized [Silver Snake Gall] on the wooden table in front of him.

"Pism, I'm here to turn in the quest."

The old Mage Pism was facing away from Su Yu, tinkering with something using a crucible.

Hearing Su Yu's voice, he reluctantly turned around: "Couldn't you wait a little longer to turn in the quest? You interrupted my train of thought. Oh, it's you! Why are you back so soon?"

When the old Mage saw that it was Su Yu, the reluctance on his face quickly turned into flattery: "What do you want to buy this time? I just got a new batch of goods."

"I'm here to turn in the quest," Su Yu interrupted him, while pointing at the [Silver Snake Gall] on the table.

"This is..." The old Mage's eyes widened as he looked at the [Silver Snake Gall], which was twice the size of a normal Silver Snake's: "This is really the Silver Snake Leader's gall! How did you do it, young man?"

At the same time, he looked at Su Yu: "Don't tell me you hired a large number of adventurers and used their lives to pile up until the Silver Snake Leader died?"

The old Mage couldn't help but sigh in his heart: It's good to have money!

"That's none of your business. Hurry up and give me the Skill Scroll," Su Yu urged.

"Alright," the old Mage said, feeling somewhat dejected after being rebuffed.

But he quickly took out a Skill Scroll covered in electric arcs and a beautifully packaged letter, and handed them to Su Yu.

Ding! Congratulations on completing the Rare level Hidden Quest [Join the Scholar's Sanctuary (Modified)]! Reward: [Scholar's Sanctuary Invitation] x1, Skill Scroll [Chain Lightning (Excellent)] x1, Experience Points x500.

[Scholar's Sanctuary Invitation]: With this letter, you can join the [Faction: Scholar's Sanctuary] at any Scholar's Sanctuary branch in major cities.

[Chain Lightning (Excellent)]: Throws a Lightning Arrow at the enemy, dealing 260% Spell Power as Magic Damage, then leaps to other nearby enemies, affecting a total of three targets. Also has a 30% chance to Paralyze enemies for 1 second.

Cooldown: 8 seconds, Cast Time: 1.0 seconds, Mana Cost: 20 points.

Su Yu directly learned the [Chain Lightning] Skill Scroll and upgraded it to Rare Quality.

[Chain Lightning (Rare)]: Throws a Lightning Arrow at the enemy, dealing 390% Spell Power as Magic Damage, then leaps to other nearby enemies, affecting a total of three targets. Also has a 40% chance to Paralyze enemies for 1 second.

Cooldown: 6 seconds, Cast Time: 0.5 seconds, Mana Cost: 30 points.

[Chain Lightning] could attack four targets at the same time, making it a very good AoE skill in the early game.

After learning [Chain Lightning], Su Yu's leveling Speed ​​increased significantly, at least he didn't have to single-target monsters one by one.

As for the [Scholar's Sanctuary Invitation], he could only use it after entering the main city, so it was temporarily useless.

Su Yu put the invitation back into his backpack and turned to walk out of the house.

The old Mage was a little reluctant to let him go: "Adventurer, be sure to come often!"

"Okay," Su Yu waved his hand behind him and walked out of the Magic Hut.

Stepping out of the Magic Hut, he arrived on the bustling street.

Su Yu walked towards the west side of the village, preparing to do the Hidden Quest for the [Blink] Skill Scroll.

But just then, he saw five Players lined up and walking towards him.

The way the five people walked faintly carried a power of deterrence, and the Players nearby detoured away from them in unison.

When Su Yu saw these five people, a cold glint flashed in his eyes.

Because Su Yu would recognize the leading middle-aged Warrior even if he was reduced to ashes – it was Skycutter Sword!

It turned out that not long ago, the people from the Skycutter Guild had spread to every corner of Novice Village 6.

On the one hand, they were investigating who was impersonating them to collect village fees.

On the other hand, they were also looking for Su Yu, looking for this high-end Player who had put a large number of valuable equipment and Skill Scrolls on the shelves – "Nemesis".

After all, the Skycutter Guild had a large number of people, and the investigation into the first aspect had made some progress, initially locking the target on the Emperor Blood God Slayer Guild.

As for the second aspect, Skycutter Sword had just received intelligence that Nemesis had returned to the village and entered the Magic Hut, so he rushed over with his men in a hurry.

Su Yu squinted his eyes and sized up the Skycutter Guild's group of five.

Skycutter Sword, Qing Li, Overlord Tiger, Bumblebee, Leisurely My Heart.

These five people were all Core Members of the Skycutter Guild.

Five traitors!

Su Yu barely restrained the urge to obliterate Skycutter Sword with a single Lightning Arrow, standing still and waiting for the other party to speak.

Skycutter Sword's attitude was quite sincere.

When he was three meters away from Su Yu, he took the initiative to extend his hand: "Hello, little brother, I am Skycutter Sword, the Guild Leader of the Skycutter Guild. You must be 'Nemesis,' right? I'm here to sincerely invite you to join our Guild."

Skycutter Sword extended his hand, wanting to shake hands with Su Yu.

But Su Yu didn't extend his hand, instead looking at him coldly: "Oh? You're worthy?"

Su Yu's words immediately enraged the four Players behind Skycutter Sword.

Overlord Tiger and Bumblebee had originally disagreed with the Guild Leader attracting Nemesis into the Guild, believing that Nemesis was just an ordinary Player with a bit of luck, and once everyone's levels increased, he would naturally fade into the crowd.

Now seeing that Nemesis was so disdainful of them, the two of them were immediately furious:

"Hey, kid! Why don't you go ask around about what kind of Guild Skycutter is before spouting nonsense here?"

"We're giving you face by inviting you to join the Guild. Do you really think you're all that?"

Qing Li and Leisurely My Heart didn't speak, but their expressions were also very unpleasant, clearly showing that their impression of Su Yu was very poor.

Skycutter Sword was deep in thought. He didn't show any displeasure, but said proudly: "When it comes to whether we're worthy or not, I think we definitely are."

"Our Skycutter is the largest Guild in the Demon Realm. We hold more than half of the clearance records for all the high-end dungeons!"

"Now that our entire group has transferred to Evolution, I believe that it won't be long before we become the number one Guild in Evolution!"

"So our Guild is very suitable for high-end Players like you to join. Would you like to consider it?"

Su Yu didn't speak, still maintaining a disdainful expression.

After Skycutter Sword finished speaking, he directly released Chain Lightning, locking onto Overlord Tiger on the far left.