Annie's Revenge

After leaving the Baron's manor, Su Yu headed towards the Mage Guild on the east side of the village.

As he walked, Su Yu recalled the main storyline of the "Saintess of Oran City" from his previous life.

Speaking of this main storyline, it all began with the Golden Flower Empire.

The game world of "Evolution" was vast. The human world alone comprised three major empires, over a dozen kingdoms, and hundreds of duchies, not to mention the surrounding elves, orcs, goblins, pandaren...

The Golden Flower Empire was one of the three major human empires.

Currently, it was the first expansion pack of "Evolution," and the only areas open were the Golden Flower Empire and its affiliated kingdoms and duchies. More areas would be unlocked with subsequent game updates.

The "Saintess of Oran City" main storyline was essentially the main quest for the entire Golden Flower Empire in the first expansion pack.

It primarily told the story of a rural girl named Garcia who met the Imperial Princess, led the imperial army, and ultimately defeated the northern rebels.

At that time, almost all players participated in this main storyline event.

Of course, most players were doing insignificant side quests, and very few lucky individuals got to participate in the main quest.

Su Yu entered the game too late, missing the first few expansion packs. He had only briefly skimmed through the entirety of the event in the data compiled by veteran players.

He remembered that lore enthusiasts in the game had said the "Saintess of Oran City" questline was very similar to the deeds of "Joan of Arc" in reality.

Both were rural girls who led national armies, and in both cases, a woman represented the nation's will.

Joan of Arc was known as the "Maid of Orléans," and Garcia was eventually canonized as the "Saintess of Oran City."

Beyond that, Su Yu didn't know much.

However, being able to participate in the "Saintess of Oran City" main quest was definitely a great fortune!

The rewards for the main quest were extremely generous. Even a player like Su Yu, who used an "infinite gold cheat," was very covetous of the rewards.

Upon entering the Mage Guild, Su Yu exchanged two "Medals of Honor" for two skill scrolls.

The first medal was, of course, used to exchange for "Blink."

As for the second "Medal of Honor," Su Yu considered it carefully and decided to exchange it for "Invisibility."

"Invisibility" was the most difficult-to-obtain spell among all the excellent quality skills for mages. Moreover, Su Yu didn't lack damage at the moment; he lacked functional spells like this.

After exchanging for the two skill scrolls, Su Yu clicked to learn them directly.

[Blink (Excellent)]: Teleports you 15 meters forward. If there are obstacles along the route, it will stop. Removes all stun and immobilize effects. Instant cast, 15-second cooldown, 20 mana cost.

[Invisibility (Excellent)]: After a 3-second cast, enters "Invisible" state, lasting for 20 seconds. If you attack or cast a spell while "Invisible," the "Invisible" state will be canceled. Instant cast, 5-minute cooldown, 30 mana cost.

With these two spells, Su Yu's survivability greatly increased, and he no longer had to rely solely on "Ice Shield" and dodging.

Su Yu waved his hand, upgrading both skills to Rare quality.

After upgrading to Rare quality, "Blink's" teleportation distance reached 20 meters, and the cooldown decreased to 12 seconds.

"Invisibility's" duration increased to 30 seconds, and the cooldown was reduced to 4 minutes.

Furthermore, these two skills could be materialized in reality, where their true usefulness was immeasurable!

After learning the two skills, Su Yu glanced at the mission countdown for "Annie's Revenge."

There were 40 minutes and 29 seconds left until the "Star Forger Dragon King" arrived.

Within these 40 minutes, Su Yu had to make the best possible preparations to deal with this mission.

Su Yu opened his private chat window with Snowflake: "Snowflake, regarding the 'Annie's Revenge' mission, if it were you, what would you do?"

Earlier, while doing quests at the Baron's manor, Snowflake, out of curiosity, had asked Su Yu about the follow-up quests for "Tears of Goddess Savi" via private message.

Su Yu hadn't concealed anything; he told Snowflake about the follow-up quests and the related "Annie's Revenge" quests.

Now, Su Yu was asking Snowflake because Snowflake was an "eyewitness."

By communicating with Snowflake, Su Yu could at least eliminate one incorrect answer.

"Emmm..."

Snowflake thought for a long time and replied, "I remember there's a cliff next to Wolf King Valley on the west side of the village. If it were me, I'd stand on the cliff and jump down 2-3 seconds before the 'Star Forger Dragon King' arrives."

"Using gravity to accelerate my character could achieve a very high speed, perhaps allowing me to dodge the fatal attack with high speed."

"Hmm, that makes sense," Su Yu replied.

Su Yu hadn't considered the method of standing on a cliff and jumping down.

However, since it was Snowflake's suggestion, this method was definitely not going to work.

"How about it? Are you going to adopt my idea?" Snowflake replied excitedly.

Su Yu: "No, I have another plan."

Snowflake: "Then what's your brilliant idea?"

Su Yu: "If you want to know, come to the village chief's place in 40 minutes, but it's best if you stay a bit further away."

After replying, Su Yu closed the private chat interface.

Su Yu's plan for dealing with the situation was very simple: stand next to the Novice Village chief.

As the most prominent "star" in the Novice Village, the chief's location had the most players around him, and NPCs were also relatively concentrated.

Furthermore, the village chief held a special position. Standing beside him, the Star Forger Dragon King would definitely have its attack range controlled.

As long as the Star Forger Dragon King's attack range was less than 20 meters, Su Yu could easily dodge it using Blink, thus completing this quest!

"Hmm, that's the plan!"

Su Yu reviewed the plan and found no flaws, deciding to proceed.

However, before going to the village chief, Su Yu wanted to buy some more equipment to increase his movement speed, thereby improving his survivability.

Thus, Su Yu went to the warehouse and bought all the equipment he could find that increased movement speed.

Most of the equipment that increased movement speed were leather armors:

Shadowmoon Cloak lv1 (Excellent) (Defense 5, Movement Speed +0.4);

Assassin's Pauldrons lv2 (Excellent) (Defense +4, Movement Speed +0.2);

Shadow Boots lv1 (Excellent) (Defense +5, Movement Speed +0.5).

These were all green-tier items that only increased movement speed, making them rather useless to ordinary players, but perfectly suitable for Su Yu.

After putting on these leather armors, Su Yu transformed, looking more like an Assassin player.

His movement speed also reached 2.4.

A movement speed of 2.4 meant he could walk 2.4 meters per second. When running at full speed, he could reach a high speed of 12 meters per second! This already far exceeded the limit of normal human speed!

Wearing this set of equipment, Su Yu arrived at the village center and stood beside the village chief.

There were still 29 minutes and 12 seconds left until the Star Forger Dragon King arrived.

The village chief was an old man with a white beard, and he was currently smiling as he handed out quests to players.

He had no idea that disaster was fast approaching!