The mysterious, icy voice echoed in Sun Fei's mind and quickly gave him the answer.
After 29,000 gold coins were deducted, he had obtained two bottles of [Healing Potion] and one bottle of [Stamina Potion] from the exchange. The result left a slightly bitter taste in Sun Fei's mouth. Although he had prepared himself beforehand, his "losses were still devastating."
But on second thought, given the pitiful exchange success rate, getting two bottles of [Healing Potion] and one bottle of [Stamina Potion] was already a decent result.
Sun Fei let out a long breath and calculated the time.
Less than two hours remained before the four-hour game time limit. He decisively chose to exit his Barbarian character. A sensation of weightlessness, like passing through a time tunnel, swept over him, and his vision blurred. He arrived at the 3D holographic selection screen he had seen before entering the Diablo World.
This time, Sun Fei noticed some subtle changes on the 3D holographic interface. The Barbarian's equipment had changed to match his level 12 appearance, and he looked mightier and stronger, clearly more formidable than the other six level 0 game characters beside him, who had yet to level up.
It seemed everything on this screen corresponded to the changes in the Diablo World.
Sun Fei experimented a little more and discovered that each character could have only one game account. Since the Barbarian and the mage had already entered the Diablo World, it was impossible to create a second account for either of them as he could in the computer game in his previous life.
That seemed to suggest something else.
But Sun Fei did not have much time to think about it.
After a moment's thought, he selected the mage character and immediately entered the Diablo World.
A soft buzzing sounded, and the sensation of weightlessness, like traveling through a tunnel in space and time, swept over him. Sun Fei once again arrived at the Diablo World's beginner map, the [Rogue Encampment].
After looking around carefully, Sun Fei discovered that this encampment seemed to be in a parallel space separate from the one he had visited as a Barbarian. The story was still at its initial stage, and quests such as [Clear the Den of Evil], [Kill the Traitor Blood Raven], and [Rescue Cain] remained unfinished. Everything was waiting for Sun Fei to complete it again as a mage.
Having already accumulated plenty of experience as a Barbarian, Sun Fei quickly got to work. In the shortest possible time, he accepted the quest to wipe out the monsters in the [Den of Evil], then hurried into the [Blood Moor] and began his plan to level up his mage.
Thirty minutes later.
"Sun Fei the mage" completed his first beginner quest and returned from the [Blood Moor]. After finding Auntie Akara and turning in the quest, he received one skill point as a reward.
By then, Sun Fei had raised his mage to level 3.
While hunting monsters and demons in the [Blood Moor], he had also gotten some ordinary equipment drops, including leather armor, gloves, and leather caps. He equipped everything he could use and put the rest away to sell.
At this point, he had accumulated four skill points.
Sun Fei thought for a moment, then spent the four points: one on the fire spell [Fire Bolt], one on the lightning spell [Charged Bolt], and two on the ice spell [Ice Bolt].
After that, Sun Fei did not return to the wilderness to kill more monsters.
He chose to leave the Diablo World again and returned to the 3D holographic selection screen. This time, he chose to activate the paladin character and immediately entered the Diablo World.
His vision blurred, and a sensation of weightlessness swept over him as he passed through the time tunnel.
He arrived at the [Rogue Encampment] again.
As expected, it was another parallel space.
All the story events and quests in this [Rogue Encampment] were at their initial stage. Auntie Akara gave him the beginner quest to wipe out the demons in the [Den of Evil].
"Sun Fei the paladin" rushed off to the Blood Moor to complete the quest.
Thanks to his experience as "Sun Fei the Barbarian" and "Sun Fei the mage," things went even more smoothly this time. In less than fifteen minutes, "Sun Fei the paladin" cleared out every demon and monster in the [Den of Evil]. He even found time to make a sweep of the [Blood Moor], carrying out a resolute three-alls policy wherever he went: kill all the monsters, loot all the gold, and pick up all the equipment.
By the time he returned to the [Rogue Encampment], he had reached level 3.
He turned in the quest and received a skill point from Akara, giving him four skill points in total.
Sun Fei opened the paladin's skill tree and thought briefly before choosing to put two points into [Might], a skill that increased the damage dealt by him and his party members within a certain range. He put the other two points into [Prayer], a skill that restored health to him and his party within a certain distance.
After doing all that, Sun Fei checked the time. He had less than thirty minutes of game time left.
He decisively left the Diablo World and returned to the 3D holographic selection screen from before entering the game. This time, he chose to activate the necromancer. Amid a soft buzzing sound, the sensation of weightlessness, like passing through a time tunnel, swept over him, and Sun Fei entered the Diablo World once more.
The [Rogue Encampment].
Another parallel game space-time.
"Sun Fei the necromancer" accepted the quest from Auntie Akara the nun, then rushed off to the [Den of Evil] in the [Blood Moor] as if his pants were on fire.
Since this was his fourth time doing the exact same quest, he was even faster. In less than ten minutes, he killed the [Den of Evil] boss, "Corpsefire," and returned to the [Rogue Encampment].
By then, Sun Fei had also raised the necromancer to level 3.
Sun Fei began allocating his points.
The necromancer's starting equipment included a wand that added one point to [Raise Skeleton], allowing him to summon a [Sword Skeleton] from a monster's corpse to fight for him. So Sun Fei chose to put three of his four skill points into [Teeth], a skill that summoned barbed teeth to damage enemies. He put the remaining point into [Amplify Damage], which could curse a group of enemies and increase the damage they took.
He made that choice because he needed those two skills for the upcoming battle in the real world.
Of course, the skill Sun Fei really needed most was [Corpse Explosion].
Considering that the Holy Church existed in the real world, he reckoned that necromancers and the like would all be regarded as evil. Once discovered, the Church might well act like the fanatical clergymen of medieval Europe in his previous life, slandering all nonbelievers as evil heretics and tying them to stakes to burn them to charcoal.
Although those were only guesses, Sun Fei had to guard against the possibility.
After all, according to Brook and Angela, the Holy Church possessed irresistible power on the Azeroth Continent. Until he became truly powerful, it was better to avoid provoking it.
Thus, skills with obvious necromantic characteristics, such as [Raise Skeleton], could not be used openly in the real world. But [Corpse Explosion] was much less conspicuous and could play a major role in battles between armies. Corpses were the one thing never in short supply when two armies clashed. In a necromancer's eyes, those corpses were practically human-shaped grenades, with astonishing killing power. They would definitely catch the enemy off guard and throw them into disarray.
It could be said that Sun Fei had chosen the "high-risk profession" of necromancer despite knowing the Holy Church existed on the Azeroth Continent precisely because he wanted the [Corpse Explosion] skill.
But while allocating his points just now, Sun Fei had been dismayed to discover that [Corpse Explosion] could only be learned once a character reached level 6.
Sun Fei calculated the time.
He found that he had less than thirty minutes left before the game time limit. Raising a character from level 3 to level 6 in thirty minutes would be extremely difficult, unless he could find an excellent leveling spot where monsters and demons gathered.
Sun Fei thought for a moment and decided to kill [Blood Raven].
The Burial Grounds where [Blood Raven] was located teemed with monsters, and they were all relatively high-level, yielding plenty of experience. Although it was a little dangerous for Sun Fei at his current level as a level 3 necromancer, he had accumulated considerable experience as a Barbarian. If he prepared thoroughly and proceeded carefully, there should not be any major problems.
A powerful enemy was at his doorstep in the real world, and the situation was perilous. Sun Fei had no choice but to take a gamble.
After accepting the quest from Kashya, the [Rogue Encampment]'s military leader, Sun Fei spent the last eight hundred-odd gold coins he had on necessities such as [Minor Healing Potions], [Minor Mana Potions], and [Stamina Potions], then set out immediately.
By then, night had fallen in the Diablo World.
Darkness covered the wilderness, and the faint roars of demons could be heard.
After leaving the [Rogue Encampment], Sun Fei downed a bottle of [Stamina Potion], got his bearings, and raced toward the Burial Grounds in the [Cold Plains]. Everywhere he passed, the startled roars of monsters rose around him. Sun Fei ignored them; he had to make every second count.
But soon, something Sun Fei had not expected happened.
At night, the monsters and demons in the wilderness seemed especially excitable. Once disturbed, they went mad, like a super pervert who had just taken a little blue pill and spotted an utterly beautiful woman running naked. Their eyes lit up, and they howled excitedly as they chased relentlessly after Sun Fei.
Soon, all kinds of monsters-[Fallen], [Dark Huntresses], [Gargantuan Beasts]... More and more joined in, pursuing Sun Fei like an enormous monster parade.
Well, this is the last chapter describing the Diablo World.
All the foreshadowing that needed to be laid out is finished.
Look forward to a king with a level 12 Barbarian, a level 3 mage and paladin, and a level 6 necromancer showing off in the real world.
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