◎A 16-year-old human is just a half-grown child◎
In fact, the moment the cloak fell from his head, Xia Li immediately confirmed two facts:
One is that the other party did not die in the sea during the last battle at Monte Outpost. Not only did he not die, but he also slipped into the human royal city and followed her all the way.
The second is that the child mentioned by the Skeleton Mage in the letter turned out to be the Demon Hunter.
Although she did not know the details of the relationship between the Skeleton Mage and the Demon Hunter, from the content of the letter and the portrait full of the elder's love for the younger, Xia Li knew that if she used the Skeleton Mage as an introduction, the other party would definitely hesitate.
As expected, after she said the words "Skeleton Mage", the Demon Hunter was obviously stunned.
After a while, he finally turned his thin but upright figure and slowly said, "How did you know?"
His voice was clear and cold, as if everything around him had nothing to do with him. If it weren't for those deep brown eyes staring straight at her, Xia Li almost thought that her plan would fail.
"It's a painting. The person in the painting looks just like you, with a small mole on the left side of his nose." Xia Li picked out the important part to explain to him.
The Demon Hunter frowned slightly when he heard this: "Where is the painting?"
"Answer me a question first, and I'll tell you." Xia Li smiled at him with narrowed eyes. Only Xia Li herself knew the little calculation behind this smile.
Collins thought for a moment and said, "Ask."
"Tell me the secret behind the Skeleton Ring."
What a joke! She was just worried about not having any clues for the side quest, and now the other party offered it to her, how could she let it go?
Perhaps not expecting her to ask this question, Collins looked at her with a complicated expression: "Is the Ring of Magic so important to you humans?"
Nonsense! With such incredible attributes, incredible special effects, and incredible upgrade settings, who wouldn't want it?
However, considering that the other party was an NPC, and a demon NPC at that, Xia Li considered that the other party might not directly understand their feelings as players, so she changed her words: "The magic ring is as important to us as fur is to an animal. The two are interdependent. Do you understand?"
Collins said he didn't understand and shook his head.
Xia Li decided to give up explaining for now: "Alright, forget it if you don't understand. This topic is beyond the scope of our discussion. You haven't answered me yet, what is the secret of the magic ring?"
"If you knew this secret, would you give up the ring?"
In response to her urgent inquiries, the other party not only did not answer, but asked questions here and there, and in short, did not give her a definite answer.
Xia Li lost her patience.
If she can't get what she wants from the NPC, her final choice is to turn around and leave.
Seeing her about to leave, Collins stopped her and said, "I don't know the secret of the magic ring you're asking about. I only know that the magic ring is very dangerous, and no one except Arnold can possess it."
"Arnold?" Xia Li stopped and raised her eyebrows.
Collins: "The Skeleton Mage, his full name is Van Arnold."
Xia Li said "oh" and was about to leave.
"You haven't told me where the portrait is." Collins frowned, took a step forward and stood in front of Xia Li.
Xia Li rolled her eyes at him: "You didn't even answer my question, why should I answer you?"
I originally thought that there would be clues for the side quest, but the other party didn't know anything about it. Naturally, Xia Li's attitude was not good.
Collins looked at her, wanting to retort, but then he thought, what she said wasn't wrong; he hadn't actually answered her question directly. So he bit his lip, and despite his reluctance, he lowered his arm and stepped back, making way for her.
If Xia Li had not fought him twice before, and had not fought him for the third time tonight, she would never have imagined that the dignified Demon Hunter could have such a pitiful and aggrieved side.
After all, the other party was just an NPC, and it was an NPC who had pushed her to complete the queen's mission, and there was no deep hatred between them.
Of course, if we have to say there is any hatred, it can only be her and the other party's positions.
She is a human and the other party is a demon. According to the background of the miracle, she and the other party are destined to stand on opposite sides.
But, after all, the human race and the demon race are just official settings. Xia Li just looked at him, thought for a while, and finally sighed: "Let's go find Bruce, the blacksmith in the city."
How could she bear to reject such a poor child?
Demons have much longer lifespans than goblins, with the latter able to live up to 200 years, while the former often live up to 500 years.
So a 100-year-old Demon Hunter compared to a 500-year-old is roughly equivalent to a 16-year-old human being compared to an 80-year-old human being. A 16-year-old human being is just a half-grown child.
Xia Li looked at the demon hunter's back as he hurried away after thanking him, shrugged, and prepared to go back.
Suddenly, a red berry on the ground caught her attention.
There was nothing on the ground just now, but after the witcher left, a berry appeared on the ground.
Xia Li picked it up and used the identification spell: [Berries grown near Locke's Lumberyard]
Locke Lumberyard?
Xia Li knew this map. It was a logging site deep in the heart of the Shia continent. Long ago, a lumberjack named Locke lived here, hence the name Locke Lumberyard. Later, Locke died, and the logging site was left behind.
In her previous life, she had passed by a logging camp while hunting wild monsters, but she did not have a deep impression of it, so she did not know that only logging camps produced the berries in her hand.
But the sawmill is so far away from the royal city, how could it suddenly end up here?
Xia Li raised her eyes and looked in the direction where the demon hunter left. It seemed that there was a clue to the side quest.
The next morning, Xia Li was woken up by the ding-dong-dong of private messages. Although she didn't have the habit of sleeping in, there was a big difference between waking up on her own initiative and being woken up by force.
So I opened the friend list and decided to drag the message bombarder into the blocked list.
However, before dragging her in, she still had to read the message first.
[Steamed Fish: Hi, Big Sister, long time no see! ]
[Steamed Fish: Big Boss, do you want to open the adventure scroll? We're all ready! (Starry Eyes)]
[Steamed Fish: This time our main forces have reached level 20 and above. Everything is ready. Don't worry, Big Boss!]
[Steamed Fish: Huh? Big Boss isn't here?]
Adventure dungeons (also called private dungeons), as mentioned before, in principle, as long as there is one person in the team who is at level 20, the adventure dungeon can be opened, but anyone who is really stupid enough to do so will fall into the trap set by the official.
In the previous life, a small guild accidentally obtained an adventure scroll. In order to grab the first kill reward of the adventure copy as soon as possible, except for the team leader who was at level 20, the rest of the team members were all below level 20.
As a result, the entire team was defeated by the boss.
Of course, failure is inevitable in the process of opening up a dungeon. Xia Li feels that failure is not the biggest problem. The biggest problem is that the adventure dungeon has a limit on the number of failures and the effective time limit.
To put it simply, any player team can enter a public dungeon like Valikiro and play it once, twice, or N times, today, tomorrow, or the day after tomorrow, there will be no problem.
However, private dungeons are different. Once a scroll is used to open a dungeon, the player must complete it within 3 days (72 hours), otherwise the dungeon will be automatically scrapped. In addition, the player is only allowed to fail 5 times, otherwise the dungeon will be invalidated.
Because of this, even though she was the first person in the guild to reach level 20 at that time, she never notified Baili Xi and the others to start the dungeon.
Because only after ensuring that all members have improved their strength, she will be sure to get the first kill.
The steamed fish guy was still chattering away sending her messages. Xia Li's face darkened and she directly pulled him into the blocked area.
Then, the next second, Bailixi sent her another private message: [Ali, Dark Storm also got the adventure scroll]
Xia Li's eyes paused, and she immediately replied: [How did you get it?]
The other side: [They spent a lot of money to buy it at the trading center]
Trading center?
Xia Li suddenly realized that she had actually forgotten that there was an inconspicuous NPC in the trading center who sold all kinds of strange props all year round, including adventure scrolls with a very low drop rate.
To put it bluntly, the probability of getting an adventure scroll from that NPC is no less than a player being hit by a comet in the sky while taking a shit at home.
But! How could a scroll with such a low probability be obtained by someone from Dark Storm?
Xia Li looked incredulous: [They're squatting there 24 hours a day?]
No way, no way, there is no way someone would really squat next to an NPC all night without eating, drinking or sleeping, right?
Baili Xi: Not really, but it's almost there. That NPC refreshes its items every three hours. Ten minutes before each refresh, Dark Storm's crew arrives and chases away all other players. I heard they've been doing this for over two weeks. This morning at 6:00 AM, they unexpectedly discovered an adventure scroll spawned by the NPC, so they paid a large sum of money to buy it.
Rather than being so perseverant as to get the scroll, Xia Li was more curious about how heavy the "heavy sum of money" that Baili Xi mentioned was.
So he slowly tapped the virtual keyboard: [How much did it cost? ]
Opposite: [1000 gold coins...]
1000?! Or gold coins?! This is crazy!
Xia Li stared at the number with wide eyes, her face filled with shock. 1,000! That's a full 1,000 gold coins! Even the second-largest guild wouldn't have to spend so lavishly, right? All of Fengyun Tianxia's liquid assets combined only add up to a little over 500 gold coins! Dark Storm had so much money that they couldn't do anything else with it, but had to buy adventure scrolls. Were those people's brains stuck in a door?
Oh, that's indeed possible.
Xia Li looked up at the sky, and suddenly remembered Leng Bingshuang's silly face. If it was this master who issued the order, then all the actions could be explained...
Seeing she hadn't replied, Baili Xi sent another message: [Since they also have the scroll, should we start the dungeon sooner?]
Xia Li wanted to say that there was no need to worry too much, because not all scrolls were the same. It could even be said that most of the scrolls in the hands of players would not be repeated, so even if the scrolls were bought from Dark Storm, the copy on their side would be different from the one in Fengyun's hands.
Everyone fights on their own and doesn't interfere with each other, so there's naturally no such thing as snatching spoils.
However, the official did not mention such details on the forum at all. What Xia Li knew was all gained from her experience in the previous life, so even if she knew that it was unlikely to be repeated, she could not tell Baili Xi.
However, she thought about it and decided that since the main team had reached level 20, let’s start!
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