The turmoil on the forum continued to ferment.
Before long, Skycutter Sword personally made a post using his own ID, accusing the Emperor Blood Guild of summoning the Dragon King boss and causing this Novice Village crisis.
"Emperor Blood must take responsibility for the deaths of over a thousand players!" Skycutter Sword declared.
At the same time, Skycutter Sword produced key evidence from several hours earlier, showing Emperor Blood players posing as them to collect "village entry fees."
Naturally, Emperor Blood refused to admit it, and engaged in a fierce war of words with Skycutter on the Official Forum.
As a rich second-generation heir, Emperor Blood God Slayer was well versed in tactics such as "buying paid posters and controlling public opinion."
Under the power of Zhonghua Coins, large numbers of paid posters flooded into the Official Forum.
Even though Skycutter Sword's evidence was conclusive, the paid posters savaged him mercilessly, and the comments beneath the post were filled with insults.
The entire Official Forum became a complete mess.
Looking at the chaotic Official Forum, Su Yu frowned and closed the forum interface.
After this war of words, the Skycutter Guild's reputation would definitely suffer considerable damage.
Combined with their repeated setbacks in the game, the Skycutter Guild certainly would not develop as smoothly as it had in his previous life.
But Su Yu was thinking further ahead.
The ultimate purpose behind suppressing the Skycutter Guild was still to deal with the Skrulls.
Although he had now limited the Skycutter Guild's development, the process had also produced quite a few negative effects.
For example, the several hundred bystander players in the square who had been caught up in the disaster for no reason. And the Official Forum had drawn so much attention that many players had stopped grinding levels and gone there to argue instead.
He had to find a way to draw the players' attention toward "improving their strength and leveling up quickly" as soon as possible, rather than wasting time insulting each other on the forum.
What should he do?
Su Yu fell into thought.
He thought for about five minutes.
"Got it!"
Five minutes later, a spark of inspiration flashed through Su Yu's mind. "I remember that clearing a Level 5 Dungeon for the first time gives the system a chance to make a Server-wide Announcement!"
Perhaps the "broadcast message" segment after the Server-wide Announcement could guide the players back onto the right path!
With that thought, Su Yu no longer hesitated.
He raised Ice Shield and strode toward where the village chief had fallen.
Fifteen minutes had now passed since the Star Forger Dragon King departed, and the remnants of his breath attack in the square had completely dissipated.
However, what remained was still not to be underestimated.
As Su Yu stepped on the ground corroded by the breath attack, small damage numbers such as "-5" and "-8" still occasionally appeared above his head.
But Su Yu's Ice Shield had 208 shield points, more than enough to withstand it.
When he reached the village chief, Village Chief Amon was lying on the ground, gasping heavily. Quite a bit of bluish substance still hovered above his body, corroding his skin.
Su Yu could do nothing about the village chief's condition. He was not a priest and had no healing spells, nor did he even have a single Health Potion on him.
Still, Su Yu crouched down and asked with concern, "Village Chief Amon, do you need me to call the village physician over?"
"No need. I can endure it." The village chief struggled to sit up from the ground.
Su Yu hurriedly reached out to support him.
After sitting upright, the village chief looked up at Su Yu. "Adventurer, if I'm not mistaken, you were the one who provoked the Star Forger Dragon King, weren't you?"
The village chief stared at Su Yu as though he could see through everything.
"That's right, it was me. But this matter has to begin with Annie."
Su Yu did not hide anything and carefully explained the latter half of the Tear of Goddess Savi questline.
Village Chief Amon listened attentively.
After hearing it all, he sighed. "Sigh! I was the one who had Sam adopt Annie back then. I knew long ago that Annie was extraordinary, but I never expected things to reach this point."
"How about this, Adventurer? Relay this matter to Princess Alijeh of the Empire and let her decide what we should do next."
"But Princess Alijeh is not someone commoners like us can meet whenever we wish. To see her, you must first obtain some proof, such as the Howling Moon Wolf King's Head, a testament to your strength."
Village Chief Amon rambled on.
At the same time, changes appeared in Su Yu's quest log.
"Ding! Congratulations! You have triggered the Main Storyline, Glory of the Broom Empire!" "Glory of the Broom Empire (1/100)" "Quest Requirement: Reach Level 10, participate in killing the Level 10 boss Howling Moon Wolf Leader, and obtain the quest item Howling Moon Wolf King's Head." "Quest Reward: Village's Best Horse (Mount) x1, Village's Best Sword (Consumable) x1, Experience Points x2000."
In Evolution, players could ride mounts upon reaching Level 10. He had not expected the first stage of the Main Storyline to reward one. Not bad!
As for the Star Forger Dragon King Aurelion Sol who had just flown past, if a player was strong enough, they could force him to become their mount as well. It was simply impossible for anyone to accomplish that.
"Don't worry, Village Chief. I'll slay the Howling Moon Wolf King as soon as possible!" Su Yu promised.
"Keep it up, Adventurer! May the Princess's radiance be with you!"
The village chief nodded at Su Yu, then went to attend to the other players.
After bidding farewell to the village chief, Su Yu headed to the area inhabited by Level 8 Woodland Grizzly Bears.
Woodland Grizzly Bear lv8 Health: 120
Su Yu had only one goal now—reach Level 5 as quickly as possible.
After reaching Level 4, Su Yu had killed over a hundred Level 5 Silver Snakes for 510 Experience Points, gained 50 Experience Points from soloing the Silver Snake boss, earned 2,250 Experience Points from Tina's Struggle, and 1,000 Experience Points from Annie's Revenge.
It took 4,000 Experience Points to advance from Level 4 to Level 5, and his experience bar was now only 190 points away from being full!
"Level 5, here I come!"
With that thought, Su Yu fired a Lightning Arrow from his hand toward the grizzly bear.
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A pale blue magic damage number popped up above the grizzly bear's head.
The grizzly bear was not killed instantly.
Woodland Grizzly Bears already had high defense, and it was four levels above Su Yu. Under the level suppression, Su Yu could only deal half of Lightning Arrow's normal damage.
After being attacked, the Woodland Grizzly Bear roared and charged at Su Yu.
But Su Yu had been prepared. With a wave of his hand, he threw out a Fireball scroll.
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The Woodland Grizzly Bear's health bar was emptied, and it fell to the ground with a whimper.
"Ding! You have killed Woodland Grizzly Bear lv8. Reward obtained: Experience Points x8, Grizzly Bear Paw x1."
Su Yu made a rough calculation. Each grizzly bear gave 8 Experience Points, which meant he only needed to kill another 23 grizzly bears to level up?
With that thought, Su Yu stopped holding back.
One Lightning Arrow after another shot from his hand.
Chains of lightning spread and surged.
Fireballs activated from scroll after scroll.
One grizzly bear after another fell at his feet.
Bit by bit, Experience Points gathered and filled his experience bar.
Finally, after killing 23 grizzly bears, a flash of golden light appeared, and Su Yu reached Level 5!
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