Outside the trial cave, a team that had lost three battles in a row was in a state of despair.
Old Xu gritted his teeth, trying his best to control the anger in his heart: "Prepare the medicine, come again."
It was a humiliating achievement, as she was the only one publicly announced to have cleared the game, meaning she achieved the first kill alone! And she did it in just one hour and eight minutes, which was incredibly fast.
And their team of three can’t pass?
You have to know that he and the Black Mountain Demon are both professional players, and they are not inferior to her in terms of skills.
What exactly went wrong?
Old Xu frowned, puzzled.
Seeing the gloom on his face, the Black Mountain Old Demon stepped forward with a smile to lighten the mood: "It's okay, Old Xu. The second kill spot is still open. We still have a chance."
Only two kills.
They can't give in any more.
Old Xu thought in his heart and nodded.
The three of them entered the dungeon for the fourth time.
With the experience of repeated failures in the previous three rounds, they progressed extremely quickly in this round. In less than 40 minutes, they entered the last level - 4 magic humanoid bosses.
"Captain, I think we can succeed this time!" Bao Heping, who was hit so hard that he doubted his life, finally smiled.
Old Xu silently cast a look at the Black Mountain Demon.
The latter understood and raised the corner of his mouth meaningfully: "Yes, the second kill spot this time is definitely ours."
After saying that, he dodged to the side, and the attack symbol that was about to lock onto his head suddenly slid onto the head of the peace defender behind him.
Bao Huhe Ping was startled and quickly retreated, but his positioning was far less skillful than that of the Black Mountain Old Demon and Lao Xu. He couldn't withstand the Mage Boss's several ultimate moves, and his ID quickly turned gray.
[(Team News) Defending Peace: Brother Montenegro, save me.]
I lay there for a while and found that no one responded.
[(Team News) Defending Peace: Captain, I'm dead. Doesn't Black Mountain have a resurrection item? Can you please revive me?]
When he joined the team before, the team leader Hunter told him that the Black Mountain Old Demon had a resurrection item. If he couldn't make it through, he could be resurrected so that he could survive until the end of the dungeon.
However, if you fail to resurrect until the end of the dungeon, you will add a death coefficient to yourself. This coefficient will affect the final dungeon experience and gold coins you get, while the living teammates can share the experience and money lost by the deceased.
He had spent so much energy following them in this copy, and if he died now, it would be a waste of time.
The defender of peace waited expectantly for the two to rescue him.
However, no one in the team channel paid any attention.
An ominous feeling came over me.
He lay on the ground, his tone becoming anxious:
[(Team News) Defend the Peace: Brothers, please save me! I can heal you if you revive me!]
ha.
Seeing the rhetoric of defending peace, the Black Mountain Demon laughed.
[(Private Chat) Black Mountain Old Demon: Doesn't he understand what kind of person he is?]
He was just a level 6 Holy Light, and he wasn't very skilled at operating it. The little healing he gave them was not as fast as drinking the medicine himself. If they hadn't learned through asking when he joined the team that he had accidentally learned the [Holy Light Shield] skill, which could save their lives at the critical moment, they would not have been so kind as to let him follow them to the dungeon.
[(Private Chat) Hunter: You're pulling the monsters in well, don't be distracted, keep going]
The Black Mountain Demon replied with a smiling emoticon, stepped over the corpses of those defending peace, and shot with a bow.
About 20 minutes later, a new set of data quietly appeared on the difficult level clearance record:
No.2 Hunter & Black Mountain Demon & Defend Peace (Clearance Time: 1 hour and 12 minutes)
The Black Mountain Old Demon clicked his tongue and sighed with a mixture of emotion and regret.
Then I saw the message sent by Lao Xu alone.
[(Private Chat) Hunter: The manager just sent me a message saying he got the video.]
[(Private Chat) Black Mountain Old Demon: Damn, then we should log off?]
[(Private Chat) Hunter: Okay, let’s go]
Xia Yao’s top priority is to go to the Kingdom of Perth to find Ophelia and give her the letter of introduction, so she tries to avoid monsters on the way as much as possible.
Among the four locations that the NPC is teleported to, only Kasaron Port does not have a skull mark (a skull means that there are wild monsters in the map).
Xia Yao chose that place and handed over 2 gold coins.
I heard the NPC chanting a spell, and a circular formation appeared under my feet. Then a white light flashed before my eyes. When I came to my senses, I was already standing in the southeast port of Casaron.
The port is not particularly far from the Perth Empire. According to the map, it only takes about 2 hours to walk there, but in order to save time, Xia Yao still chose to find an NPC to teleport into the city for the second time.
After paying another 2 gold coins, she finally arrived at the southeast gate of Perth Empire.
The guarding soldiers each held a big sword and looked mighty and domineering. When they saw Xia Yao, a stranger, approaching, they stopped her immediately.
"Where did this strange man come from? Tell me your name!"
Xia Yao took out the 100-point reputation badge awarded to her by the system when she left the village, and said calmly, "Yin Yao, the bard, from Xia Xili Village."
"Xiaxili Village? How could such a remote and desolate place produce a bard?"
The sergeant took the badge Xia Yao handed over with some doubt, but when he saw the symbol engraved on it, his eyes suddenly opened wide and he saluted, "I'm so sorry, we were so abrupt!"
He solemnly returned the badge to Xia Yao and immediately ordered his soldiers to stand to the sides.
A spacious passage appeared in front of Xia Yao.
Xia Yao put the badge back into her backpack and smiled faintly: "Thank you. Oh, by the way, where does Ms. Ophelia live?"
The Eternal NPC is not displayed on the map, and players can only patiently search for it for the first time.
But now that she had the Sergeant to ask, she didn't waste her precious time.
"Ms. Ophelia? She lives at 15 Rhodes Street."
"Okay, thank you." Xia Yao nodded slightly to express her gratitude.
Seeing her leave, several confused soldiers bravely asked, "Boss, why did you let her go?"
"She has a badge."
"What badge?"
"Baron's badge."
"She's so young! And she's already a baron?!"
Xia Yao, who deliberately slowed down her pace and listened to the conversation between the soldiers behind her, suddenly understood.
It turns out that the badge the system gave her not only represents 100 reputation points, but the icon below it also means that she has been granted the status of "Baron".
Baron is at the lowest level of all titles. Although it looks low, it is still a title, and a title is a symbol of status, so under normal circumstances, the sergeant will be courteous to her.
Unexpectedly, as the first person to leave the Novice Village, she could receive such an honor. Xia Yao frowned and no longer put the badge in her backpack. Instead, she hung it openly on her left chest.
On the way to Ophelia's residence, Xia Yao received a prompt from the system:
[Dear Yinyao, you have reached level 10. Would you like to go to the Bard Class Hall to receive your assessment task?]
After players reach level 10, they can find the hall mentor of their profession to receive assessment tasks. After completing them, they will receive a recognition badge. Only with the badge can they be considered full-time and recognized by the Perth Empire. Then they can take on some important tasks and receive generous rewards.
If the player does not plan to do the assessment tasks, he can be considered as a casual job. Although casual jobs have restrictions on tasks, they are freer than regular jobs and are not bound by many rules of the professional hall. They can do whatever they want, which is the best choice for players who are used to being free and easy.
Knowing her own personality well, Xia Yao clicked the cross in the upper right corner without thinking.
Little did she know that this action of hers would reduce her personal reputation in the Hall of Poets from neutral to indifferent.
Boom boom boom.
Xia Yao knocked on Ophelia's door.
Soft footsteps were heard in the house, and then the arched wooden door opened, revealing a calm and lovely face.
"Who are you……?"
The person in the house was wearing an apron and holding a spatula, and it seemed that he was cooking.
"Hello, Ms. Ophelia. I'm Yinyao, a bard. I'm here to bring you a letter of introduction from Mr. Aldridge."
"Aldrich...?" The person in the room looked puzzled.
Xia Yao was stunned for two seconds, then looked up at the door number. She was sure she was in the right place, so she said, "Yes, it's Mr. Aldridge."
Ophelia stood behind the door, thinking hard.
The atmosphere was a little awkward.
Just as the two of them were silent, the NPC uncle who was pushing a lawn mower in the garden next door shouted with a smile: "Ophelia, why did you forget about your brother again?"
Ophelia's eyes lit up when she heard the reminder: "Oh, yes, Aldridge is my brother. I'm so sorry, my memory is not very good."
Xia Yao: "...It doesn't matter."
Thanks to the uncle next door.
Hmm, wait a minute, Xia Yao suddenly realized something and looked at the person in front of her. She had smooth skin, thick hair, and a young voice. She was obviously only in her early twenties, but she was actually the gray-haired Aldridge's...sister?
But she didn't ask any more questions, and walked into the inner room calmly. The table in the living room was filled with various ingredients. Xia Yao looked as she walked, and suddenly, she found a framed certificate of honor hanging on the wall near the stairs - Perth Imperial Cooking Master: Ophelia.
Xia Yao:! ! !
She unexpectedly ran into another master of life and profession!
What an honor!
But unfortunately, she had no intention of delving into cooking, and enchantment was the subject she most wanted to get started with.
He silently withdrew his gaze and handed the letter of introduction to Ophelia.
Ophelia took it slowly, tilted her head and stared at the letter, her eyes becoming confused again.
Xia Yao's heart trembled. Could he have lost his memory again?
Just then, a foul smell wafted from the kitchen. Xia Yao glanced at Ophelia, who seemed to be in a panic, and slipped into the kitchen.
The stench came from the iron pot. I looked at the thick black water gurgling in the pot.
Xia Yao: ...Yeah, poisoned.
"Ophelia, do you have any antidote at home?"
If she doesn't solve this problem, she won't be able to make any progress today.
Ophelia hummed slowly after hearing this: "What... did you say...?"
Xia Yao: Okay, just pretend she didn’t ask.
A master chef usually needs to try all kinds of food, and most of them have detoxification potions. Xia Yao simply looked for it in the kitchen, and sure enough, she found the potion soon.
After coaxing and tricking Ophelia into drinking the antidote, Xia Yao finally noticed that Ophelia's eyes gradually became clear.
"Ah, what did you just say?" Suddenly, Ophelia shook her hand, which was uncharacteristically true. "You said you met my dead brother?!"
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