Summary Chapter: Deathmatch Approaches

What will the New Strategy Team do when they see the Death Rite Bird again?

In short: seduction.

"You bastard, come and hit me!"

Lu Lu Wo stood on the edge of the cliff, shouting loudly. Behind her was a bottomless abyss, and the wind howled as if it were trying its best to blow her down.

Fearing she was too small and inconspicuous, she even untied the chains and fluttered around like a giant moth.

However, the Death Rite Bird paid no attention to this quirky behavior, as it was focused on chasing Bei Er Tuo was leaping and bounding about not far in front of it.

"Captain, help!"

Bei Er Tuo was so anxious he was about to have a heart attack. Being chased by such a huge monster would terrify anyone.

Moreover, the intense "death" aura emanating from the Death Rite Bird constantly erodes one's mind, making one feel like they're going crazy.

This guy was toying with his prey, slowing down every time he was about to catch up with Bei Er Tuo, in order to keep Berto in a state of high-intensity, tense escape.

Mi La and Ai Si Ai Mu wanted to come to their rescue, but the Death Rite Bird ignored them.

Their attacks landed on the Death Rite Bird, causing negligible damage—more like nail clippers than nail clippers.

Is this thing even viable without being nerfed?

Even a dead bird would be annoyed by the constant swarms of flies. The dead creatures clinging to its wings raised their spears, and a dangerous aura instantly enveloped the entire area.

Although they didn't know what was going to happen, they knew to dodge.

A large number of illusory spears rained down from the sky. If you were to be pierced by one, it wouldn't just be as simple as being turned into skewers.

"Tsk."

Lu Lu Wo gave an inelegant shrug. She was about to go and save Bei Er Tuo, but she was blocked by the rain of spears.

Bei Er Tuo glanced back and saw the eerie head of the Death Rite Bird staring intently at him, sending chills down his spine.

Looking ahead, he realized he was almost at the edge of the cliff.

Wait, it's on the edge of a cliff!

A sudden inspiration struck him, and a resolute expression appeared on his face. He suddenly activated his Weapon Skill, increasing his speed and charging straight ahead.

Judging from his appearance, it seemed he was trying to escape the attack range of the Death Rite Bird at all costs.

But how could the latter possibly grant his wish?

With a flap of its wings, the Death Rite Bird swooped down in the instant it took off, seemingly intending to crush Bei Er Tuo to dust with a single bird-cart!

"Hehe, you fell for their trap!"

When they reached the edge of the cliff with nowhere to retreat, Bei Er Tuo suddenly let out a strange laugh.

The current situation looks like he's been forced into a corner. The Weapon Skill he uses is known as "Heavenly Pit" because although it can greatly increase speed, it won't stop until the duration of the Weapon Skill ends.

If he rushes forward, he will reach a cliff; if he runs to the left or right, he will enter the spear-summoning ritual. It is undoubtedly a dead end.

But why can he still laugh?

Because the Death Rite Bird was also rushing towards him, or rather, towards the cliff!

"Ha ha ha ha!"

Bei Er Tuo laughed wildly, then calmly opened his arms and plunged off the cliff.

The wild laughter echoed between heaven and earth, sounding quite arrogant.

"Bei Er Tuo!" Lu Lu Wo, tears welling in her eyes, reached out her hand towards the figure that had fallen off the cliff. "I will never forget your Consecration!"

"You guys are really into acting, aren't you?"

Mi La made a pointed critique, but her eyes were also full of anticipation as she looked at the Death Rite Bird.

If they could actually kill the Death Rite Bird by throwing it, the rewards they would receive would be staggering—

So, everyone in the New Strategy Team stared intently at the Death Rite Bird, their minds racing with thoughts:

Fall down, fall down, fall down!

Just as they had hoped, the Death Rite Bird rushed to the edge of the cliff, half of its body already hanging in the air!

Fall down!

"Squeak--"

The claws scraped against the ground with a screeching sound, and just as everyone covered their ears, something despairing happened.

The Death Rite Bird abruptly stopped.

He not only relied on the foot brake, but the hook in his hand also provided considerable assistance in braking.

But!

"This doesn't make sense."

Lu Lu Wo muttered to herself in disbelief, "It was about to fall just now, but suddenly it stopped as if it hit something. It definitely didn't just rely on its claws!"

That's right, she saw with her own eyes that the Death Rite Bird hit air just before it was about to fall, which is why it didn't fall.

In the parlance of this world, the Death Rite Bird was blessed by the wind.

If Gong Qiying were to explain it, it would be—

There are invisible walls near the cliff, and they only target monsters.

Lu Lu Wo and her friends' idea of killing the Death Rite Bird by falling off the cliff is indeed a good one.

Unfortunately, it's too inexperienced. While the Death Rite Bird can indeed be killed by a fall, it's definitely not that simple.

As for how to skip class, that's for the adventurers to figure out for themselves.

Not long after, the New Strategy Team was wiped out once again.

By the campfire, Lu Lu Wo bit her nails and said unwillingly:

"It's very difficult to defeat the Death Rite Bird head-on. We have to completely weaken it to have any chance of winning. If we don't weaken it at all, is it really possible for a human to defeat it?"

Jia Paer: Hello.

"We can't even fall to our deaths. There seems to be a spell similar to Wind Barrier near the cliff, but it's ineffective against us. Is there no way to dispel it?"

"Ugh, my mind is a mess, I can't think of anything."

Lu Lu Wo stood up, intending to continue challenging the Calling Ship and the Demi-Human Swordsman, and then fight the weakened Death Rite Bird, to see if things could turn around.

She reached into her pockets but took nothing out, so she turned to Bei Er Tuo and said:

"Do you have any more calming medicine? I'm sleepy."

Bei Er Tuo shook his head before even opening his backpack.

"Why didn't you buy more?" Lu Lu Wo scolded.

Upon hearing this, Bei Er Tuo said earnestly, "Captain, we're out of funds."

"Ah?"

Only now did Lu Lu Wo realize that because they had been exploring the dungeon intensively these past few days and had forgotten to accept any commissions, they hadn't received any funds for a long time.

They had already spent a lot of money cooperating with the Soul Eaters, almost mortgaging their life savings.

This has resulted in the New Strategy Team's account being completely empty.

Lu Lu Wo's face was as pale as her account balance. She said in disbelief, "My, my money."

"Don't worry, Captain."

Bei Er Tuo adjusted his glasses and confidently pulled out a stack of papers. "I've prepared a simple strategy for dealing with Father Gascoigne. With this, we can definitely get through this."

"Good, good!" Lu Lu Wo gave a thumbs up and praised, "You're truly amazing."

"But, Captain."

Bei Er Tuo's glasses were reflecting light, giving off a very imposing aura. "If you really want to get through this economic crisis, you'll have to follow my orders unconditionally for the next few days."

His words were tinged with resentment, as if he had reached his limit of tolerance for the captain's reckless spending these past few days.

"Oh," Lu Lu Wo nodded guiltily.

That very night, the Adventurers' Guild released a guide titled "Super Convenient Warrior Pot Event Strategy Guide - Even Miners Can Learn It!"

"Is this a strategy guide made by the New Strategy Team? I'm a little skeptical of them."

"One serving is only worth the price of a chicken leg, why not buy it and take a look?"

"Hmm, what's written here seems to make some sense? I suddenly want to give it a try."

"Want to give it a try? It's a pity the Earl doesn't give out free Teleportation Crystal anymore, otherwise I would go with you."

That night, the guide circulated in a small circle, like a jar of fine wine, waiting to be aged and bring its deliciousness to the world.

The next day, some people tried to use the strategy, but most people did not have much success. First, the tombstones were not indestructible. Second, theory is no substitute for practice. No matter how detailed the map of the tombstone distribution was drawn by the New Strategy Team, there were always people who could not reliably block the priest in actual combat.

Those who failed for various reasons raised questions.

"Doesn't this strategy guide have too many errors? When I fight the priest, he rarely charges."

"Damn it, that's a lie! I can't stop him at all!"

But even the small group of people who succeeded began to defend them.

"You can't do it? Then why can I? Why don't you look for problems in yourself instead?"

"This guide is so useful! I can get through it in one go without any trouble. I'm a genius!"

"This is a really useful guide for a beginner like me. They marked out different situations in many places, which is very thoughtful."

Once there's a debate, the buzz starts to build.

At the most opportune moment, the New Strategy Team emerged.

To verify the authenticity of the guide, they will lead those who have purchased it to experience it firsthand, charging each person a symbolic fee of one copper coin.

The New Strategy Team consists of five people. Each person can lead nine adventurers into the dungeon after splitting up. They are responsible for guiding how to use their strategies in actual combat.

It's quite rare to see a creator personally teaching people how to use a walkthrough.

"The fact that they dared to come out in person shows that they are confident in the strategy, so I feel that I can trust them."

Especially when the members of the New Strategy Team successfully led the adventurers to trap the priest in actual combat, proving the effectiveness of the strategy, people's confidence in the New Strategy Team greatly increased.

Soon, this guide to skipping school for Father Gascoigne spread far beyond Bei Er Tuo's imagination.

Upon careful consideration, it was discovered that among the guides circulating in the adventurer community, very few were truly geared towards novice adventurers.

They filled a market gap!

The New Strategy Team's funding is rapidly recovering, but due to the special nature of the strategy, it's impossible for them to become rich overnight. At most, they will have enough funds for the next few dungeon explorations.

The most important value brought by the popularity of the guide is fame, and a good reputation at that.

This led investors to approach the New Strategy Team, offering to fund their exploration and support their efforts.

After that, Lu Lu Wo seemed to have been enlightened as if she had received guidance from someone.

They struck while the iron was hot and simply released a simplified guide to the Death Knight route in the graveyard area.

They collected the experiences of ordinary adventurers suffering in dungeons, analyzed the difficulties and challenges in these experiences, updated and iterated the strategies, and launched a guide suitable for newcomers.

How convenient is this kind of guide?

They even managed to analyze the behavior patterns of weak monsters like Skeleton Monster, listing Skeleton Monster most common moves and countermeasures.

The countermeasures even went into detail about how different professions should respond, taking mainstream professions such as Warrior, assassins, and mages as examples.

Of course, in reality, monsters behave very randomly; they only chose the most obvious moves to explain.

The workload behind this was undoubtedly enormous, and everyone in the New Strategy Team lost a lot of weight.

It was at this time that competitors emerged.

The market always reacts quickly. After the New Strategy Team set an example, many other groups took notice and launched their own strategies for those who are not good at handymanship.

The Death Knight route guide for the Graveyard area has already been made, so they can switch to other areas, Farron Keep, the Forest, or even the Gourmet Area.

The Roguelike in the cemetery area were naturally discovered, and the rewards there were incredibly tempting to everyone.

According to the survey, nowadays, three out of every ten people who enter the Zane Dungeon are there for the Roguelike.

This is already a terrifying proportion, because a large number of people enter the Gourmet Area every day to collect ingredients or mine.

Naturally, people started wanting walkthroughs for Roguelike levels, but how could walkthroughs for such highly random levels be made so easily?

All people could do was record the effects of the various blessings and the results of different choices in the events bit by bit.

Presumably, when more information becomes available in the future, people will be able to explore the levels of the Roguelike game more skillfully.

However, this craze has also led to the emergence of poorly made guides. If you use them rashly, your exploration journey may end in disaster.

The New Strategy Team has maintained a steady mindset this time, producing high-quality strategies in a solid and methodical manner. Although the speed is slow, the value is high.

Gradually, word-of-mouth built up.

The fame that Lu Lu Wo had previously tried so hard to gain arrived quietly while they were focused on making money.

Fate is a wonderful thing.

Today, an unexpected guest knocked on the door of the New Strategy Team.

Lu Lu Wo opened the door, and standing outside was an unfamiliar elf.

"Hello, I'm here to discuss cooperation," Si Telan said with a smile, tucking a strand of hair behind her ear.

Lu Lu Wo looked completely bewildered.

The next day, she joined an organization called the "Sun Warrior Training Class" as a specially appointed lecturer.

This organization was founded by Si Telan and the Sparkfire Church to train newly recruited Sun Warrior, teaching them combat skills against both humans and monsters so that they could better help others.

Assistance and intrusion have become one of the mainstream gameplay styles. If you are strong enough, you can accumulate the souls needed for upgrades in a short time, which is very efficient.

Therefore, people from other cities came in droves, choosing to become either assistants or invaders.

The purpose of the Sparkfire Church's classes was to spread its doctrine, while for Si Telan, it was merely out of interest.

Lu Lu Wo's strategy guide is very suitable for training newcomers, which is why they invited her to join.

Although everyone was very enthusiastic, Lu Lu Wo felt something was off.

Having single-handedly ushered in the era of the Great Invasion, she mingled among a group of Sun Warrior, watching them shout slogans like "Down with all invaders" every day. Just thinking about it makes one feel a bit strange.

Every Sun Warrior's graduation gift is Slave Headscarf, which has almost driven Lu Lu Wo to desensitization.

As the days went by, the Zane Dungeon continued to bring surprises to its inhabitants.

An adventurer named Hua Lai Si compiled a book called "Ten Thousand Ways to Die in the Zane Dungeon," which sold very well.

The book "Historical Research on the Farron Keep" was also released shortly afterward, thoroughly popularizing the story of the Undead Legion. Now, some people are even laying flowers at the Fortress gates.

The Roguelike board has a special section called "The Endless Cycle of Events," which records the events and blessings that have occurred there, and it is updated daily.

The red quest "[Golden Figure in the Hunting Forest]" is posted in the Adventurers' Guild, next to which is "[Wolf Knight Buying Painting Fragment at a High Price]", posted by Da Er Chester.

The message "[Seeking to purchase Tear Drop Larva]" was undoubtedly posted by Sword Saint Gapar, who had been unable to obtain this precious item for resetting skill points.

[Who can help me kill that damn Forging Golem?] Posted by: Luo Jieer.

[Acquiring Magical Items that Protect Against Electricity] Posted by: Vierde.

Today is just another ordinary day.

As agreed, Lu Lu Wo accompanied some of the new Sun Warrior to the entrance of the Sene Underground City, intending to train them.

But standing in front of the portal, she suddenly had a strange feeling.

The Zane Dungeon is different today than usual, but I can't quite put my finger on what's different.

She quickly noticed something was amiss.

"Why did the portal close!?"

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