We just met and you're giving me a ring, I can't imagine what you'll give me if we spend more time together.
Guiji's Red-Name PK Value is at 9 points, already exceeding the first stage for increased Bloody Treasure Chest drop rates, so opening it will randomly draw two items from her possessions or equipment from when she was alive.
Due to the rather special circumstances at the time, Erin didn't have time to see what she got when she opened the treasure chest. Only now does she have the time to take a look.
The purple full-body suit that Guiji wore when she was alive was somewhat similar to Knight Armor. It occupies the chest, leg, and shoe equipment slots simultaneously, and its main purpose is to enhance synchronization with her sister, to better utilize the combined skill effect. Even so, Guiji's Bloody Treasure Chest drop pool theoretically had a maximum of 13 items.
Although the frequent hunting of newbies didn't help her complete the main quest, she did manage to acquire a lot of miscellaneous equipment.
Erin was lucky enough to draw a relatively valuable accessory ring and what was probably Guiji's main weapon when she was alive.
The ring is a Green (Excellent) magic ring from Diablo called "Ring of Charged Bolts." As the name suggests, the ring is engraved with the spell "Charged Bolts." When activated, it can simultaneously release three Charged Bolts with wildly fluctuating damage and a slow, erratic flight path. It has 5 charges, and once those are used up, she needs to return to a safe zone to recharge it for a fee.
The other main weapon is a "Catachan Mk.III Combat Blade" from the world of Warhammer 40K: Darktide. Its rarity is Blue (Excellent), and it has the dual effects of "+15% damage against unarmored units" and "When your teammate scores a critical hit, your critical hit chance increases by 10% for 6 seconds."
It can be seen that this equipment is specifically designed for newbies with little defensive equipment and for fighting alongside her twin sister.
Although it's unknown how much blood of unlucky newbies has been spilled on it, it is now Erin's.
"Finders keepers. This is for you; I'll keep the dagger. I just needed something for self-defense."
After closing the effect description of the Ring of Charged Bolts, Erin threw it directly to Cheng Tian.
Catching the ring, Cheng Tian also displayed his superb hand speed, quickly shoving it into his equipment slot and subtly concealing the physical contact between the ring and his body.
Cheng Tian hates wearing rings or other accessories because they interfere with his grip on pot handles, sword hilts, and gun grips.
"...Rich woman, I'm broke right now. If you need repayment with my body, I can…"
"Get lost!"
"Alrighty~~"
Cheng Tian did a neat cartwheel and temporarily left the scene.
Yasha ran away, which might indeed affect Erin's next goal, but not by much.
Although Erin doesn't know who Guiji is, she judged from Guiji's high PK Value, low combat power, and obvious behavior of being blinded by money and rushing straight for Cheng Tian, that Guiji is a Red-Name Player who specializes in hunting newbies.
This kind of behavior is considered very shameful and cowardly in Erin's circle of players. Even if they aren't part of the Punishers, a group that prides itself on hunting Red-Names, they don't mind killing Red-Names.
He who kills shall be killed, that's common sense, my friend~
Combining that with the twins' revealed low-health safety skill, a defensive shield generated by a skill or scroll, and their decisive retreat upon seeing her arrow intercept the earth-shattering wave, it seems that their strategy is to prioritize survival in the dungeon. They are probably scared out of their wits at this point, and even if she actively searches for them, it will be difficult to find them easily.
Therefore, Erin very simply put the escaped Yasha out of her mind and began to deal with other things at hand.
The first thing to do is to ensure Cheng Tian's bounty quest progress.
Erin is the type of player who only takes on challenges without affecting her main goals. Therefore, she must first help Cheng Tian collect all the quest items needed for the bounty quest before considering high-difficulty challenges, to ensure that no matter what happens, they have a "hand in the quest items and run" escape route.
It must be said that this little girl's style of doing things does make Cheng feel quite comfortable and highly compatible. Cheng Tian did have the idea of doing his own quest first.
But judging from this situation, she is preparing to help him do it.
The Gray Contract is the only contract that can be signed at any time with just a little money. Its effect is that contract teammates can sense each other within a straight-line distance of 10 meters, the killing of certain types of quest targets can be shared, and killing a teammate will not result in any item drops.
But the reason it is called the Gray Contract is that it can be unilaterally terminated by paying a fine.
For example, Cheng Tian's 2500 team-up fee was paid by the rich woman, and only double the fine needs to be paid to directly terminate the contract. However, after forcibly terminating the contract, there is still a one-minute cooldown period.
As for other more advanced contracts, you need to do quests or consume special items to form them, such as the "Twin Dragons Contract" for two-person teams, the "Oath of the Round Table" for three-person teams, the "Baseball League" for four-person teams, and so on. This type of team-up even has additional attribute bonuses.
Currently, the two are teamed up, which means that even if Erin kills the quest target Cheng Tian needs, the dropped box may also contain the quest items Cheng Tian needs.
And as Batman feared, now, it's really the Moth Gang's turn to suffer.
Since the dungeon Cheng Tian entered does not have the "authentic" dungeon tag, Gotham City, which should have been a linear level, has directly become a large map where you can move freely. The subsequent levels, which should have appeared according to a set route, have also been directly transformed into areas controlled by gangs built around supervillains, each with their own terrain characteristics.
So, in theory, players can even run through four areas and take down all the BOSSes involved in the main quest in this unimportant bounty quest.
But as mentioned before, even if they are killed, it will not have any impact on the bounty quest. On the contrary, it will cut off the possibility of accepting related quests in advance.
Erin is naturally not arrogant enough to want to break through layers of obstacles and kill four supervillains who control the resources of an entire gang within a mere 72 hours and with Batman's inevitable intervention... but if she only kills one, then the taste of an extra challenge is just right.
She just picked Killer Moth from the many candidates, and it just so happens that he is related to Cheng Tian's quest item target, so why not?
Fortunately, Cheng Tian has a fairly detailed map of the power distribution, and that bartender was indeed honest, not giving Cheng Tian a piece of junk for 10 gold coins. But even if he didn't have it, it doesn't matter. She is very familiar with the Old Factory District, Gotham East, where the Moth Gang is located.
If she's not mistaken, the security situation there will definitely be even tighter, which also means that she can encounter more dense and diverse Moth Gang enemy soldiers in a shorter amount of time, which will help Cheng Tian's quest.
Cheng Tian isn't tired, and Erin is even more energetic, so the two of them discussed it and directly took advantage of the night to sneak towards the Old Factory District.
However, what neither of them knows is that their newly formed duo has already made it onto the Moth Gang's must-eat list
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