"Cheats." Su Yu's lips twitched.
He had not expected Archer to think that way.
Su Yu explained without blushing or skipping a beat, "You've misunderstood. I didn't use cheats. A High-Level NPC passed by just now, and he killed these boars."
"So that's what happened." Everyone in the five-man party except Archer nodded, believing Su Yu's explanation.
Evolution had only just launched, so cheats should not have appeared this quickly.
If it was not cheats, then "a High-Level NPC passing by" was the only explanation. Otherwise, no one would dare believe that the boar corpses covering the ground were all Su Yu's work alone.
Snowflake had sharp eyes. She noticed the "lv2" marker after Kexing's name and exclaimed, "Kexing, you leveled up? I saw you were still level 1 just now!"
"That's because the High-Level NPC casually gave me a buff before he left, letting me solo boars. My Experience Points were nearly full already, and after killing a few boars, I leveled up." Su Yu shrugged.
The five-man party also noticed Su Yu's level and began praising him one after another:
"My god! You're already level 2!"
"We've been killing boars here since the server opened, and we're only level 1 with 85% Experience Points!"
"You didn't get some Hidden Quest, did you?"
The Warrior leading the party walked toward Su Yu and extended his hand:
"Hello! I'm Dongshan Jian, squad leader of the Skycutter Guild. Brother, you're a solo player, right? Are you interested in joining our guild? Our guild is the strongest guild in Demon Realm."
Dongshan Jian went on and on.
Seeing that Su Yu's level was higher than all of theirs, he immediately wanted to recruit him.
As for Demon Realm, it had been another nationally popular full-immersion online game before Evolution launched.
"Skycutter Guild?"
Hearing that name, a sharp light suddenly flashed in Su Yu's eyes, and overwhelming hatred surfaced within them.
In his previous life, the Skycutter Guild had been an extremely famous major guild, ranked third in the country.
The guild leader, Skycutter Sword, possessed extraordinary strength. He was upright and respectable, and had always enjoyed a good reputation.
But Su Yu knew that in his previous life, Skycutter Sword had secretly defected to the Skrull.
The "upright and honest" Skycutter Sword led his core team and delivered the most vicious Backstab to Guo Jia when Guo Jia needed them most, directly causing the failure of the East Sea Defense Battle. More than ten million people died beneath the Skrull's butcher blades.
Thus, upon hearing the name "Skycutter," Su Yu's opinion of the people before him immediately plunged to rock bottom.
However, the Skycutter Guild had not yet betrayed humanity, and the hatred in Su Yu's eyes vanished in an instant.
"No need to invite me. I'm just playing casually. I might quit in a couple of days."
With that, Su Yu turned and left without looking back.
"Hey—" Snowflake reached out, wanting to stop Su Yu. She had not forgotten that they had come to the level 3 monster area to invite Su Yu to party up and level.
However, Snowflake Cream quickly stepped in front of his daughter. "Luoluo, don't disturb this little brother. Let's go back to the level 2 monster area and level up."
As an officer who had just retired from the military, Snowflake Cream had noticed the fleeting hatred in Su Yu's eyes.
Although he did not know why, he knew Su Yu must be in a bad mood, so he did not let his daughter disturb him.
Dongshan Jian and the other four were also deeply puzzled by Su Yu suddenly turning cold and leaving.
The pretty female Priest in the party thought Su Yu was looking down on them and said angrily:
"Tch! What are you acting so high and mighty for? You just got lucky, received a Hidden Quest, and reached level 2. How dare you disrespect our Skycutter Guild?"
Moreover, she was very confident in her looks. Yet when Su Yu's gaze had passed over her face just now, it had not lingered for even a moment. It was infuriating!
"Exactly! We were the number one guild in Demon Realm! Other people couldn't get in even if they begged!"
"This guy's way too full of himself, isn't he? Does he really think he's some expert?"
Dongshan Jian's other two teammates chimed in as well.
Even Dongshan Jian himself felt that Su Yu was looking down on them, and his expression darkened somewhat.
Seeing this, Snowflake Cream understood that there was a deeper reason behind it.
So he laughed heartily and spoke up for Su Yu:
"Haha, since you're all elite players from the Skycutter Guild, I wonder if my daughter and I could join your guild as well?"
Hearing Snowflake Cream's words, Dongshan Jian and the others stopped discussing Su Yu.
Dongshan Jian glanced at Snowflake, then quickly nodded. "Of course! Once we reach level 10 and enter the main city, I'll invite you to join the guild."
Snowflake was, after all, a great beauty, and beautiful women had always been quite scarce resources in online games. Naturally, Dongshan Jian would not refuse.
For the rest of the time, under Snowflake Cream's deliberate guidance, Dongshan Jian's five-man party temporarily forgot about Su Yu. The group chatted and laughed as they continued leveling in the boar area.
Level 4 monster area.
Only Su Yu occupied the vast leveling area.
Su Yu strolled leisurely through the monster area.
After reaching level 2, a single Lightning Arrow could deal nearly 100 damage to a target with zero defense!
The level 4 Hillside Sheep only had 60 health. Even factoring in defense and level suppression, they could not withstand even one of Su Yu's spells.
-78- -62 (Fireball scroll) -80- -61- -83
One Hillside Sheep after another fell at Su Yu's feet, no different from the Black Boars earlier.
"Ding! You killed Hillside Sheep lv4 and gained 4 Experience Points."
"Ding! You killed Hillside Sheep lv4 and gained 4 Experience Points. You obtained the material goat meat."
"Ding! You killed Hillside Sheep lv4."
Though he was grinding levels monotonously, Su Yu's thoughts had long drifted far away.
What he thought about most was still the Skycutter Guild.
In his previous life, the Skycutter Guild had been a colossal force to Su Yu.
Take Skycutter Sword, for example. Even a hundred Su Yus combined might not have been a match for him alone.
But in this life, should he do something to suppress the Skycutter Guild?
For example, delay the guild's development, create enemies for them, or even drive Skycutter Sword himself out of the game?
After careful consideration, Su Yu nodded and decided to do it! He could not allow the traitors' strength to expand without restraint!
But then another problem arose:
The Skycutter Guild had an excellent reputation and had brought over a group of loyal followers from Demon Realm, allowing it to gain the support of most ordinary players.
Recklessly suppressing an upright guild would not only damage Su Yu's own reputation, but also stir up ordinary players' sympathy. The guild would instead grow more resilient with every setback.
How exactly should he suppress the Skycutter Guild?
Su Yu sank into thought.
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