Genius Player

Della quickly opened the Tales of Dungeon players' ranking page again. The first name was still that of her old guild leader. Nothing had changed, so Della started looking at the ranks below her.

Della searched carefully until the fiftieth rank. Nonetheless, no matter how carefully Della looked at the ranking list, she still couldn't find Zee's name on the list.

"Is there a mistake?" thought Della cautiously. Nevertheless, Tales of Dungeon was no small game. Tales of Dungeon was a big game known for the very high level of professionalism of its game developers. They shouldn't have made such a big mistake. Because of all the top-ranked players, it has always been the treasure of the game developer that can become the figure of the game itself.

Ding!

[Zee: Is there something you want to ask me directly? You've been silent since earlier.]

While Della was thinking, Zee suddenly asked her again. Della fell silent. It felt rude for her to suddenly ask him about his rank.

But, her curiosity was currently aroused. If in this new guild of hers they really had someone stronger than Guild Leader Domination, Della thought ... Maybe her future in the guild wouldn't be as bleak as she had previously thought.

Zee stood quietly in front of Della's character as the man patiently waited for Della to reply to his message. When Della looked at it again, the equipment Zee was wearing was indeed all high-level equipment. Judging from the previous battle, Zee should have taken the class of a mage. But the appearance was very strong like a warrior.

While Della was focusing on Zee's appearance, another message came into her account.

[Zee: Um ... So?]

Della finally regained her senses. She felt very embarrassed for having doubted the man's strength earlier. Now, it was no wonder that the man looked calm even though just the two of them entered the dungeon. If only this event didn't have to be completed with a team ... Della was sure Zee would be able to complete the dungeon even if he was alone.

Not to mention that instead of helping, Della had been giving the player a hard time ever since. Della embarrassedly typed, then immediately sent her message to the man.

[Athena: Ah ... Once again, I'm sorry I gave you trouble earlier.]

[Zee: Ah, no no. This is nothing. Like I said earlier, please don't feel too burdened when you're on the same team as me. I'm happy that I can conquer this dungeon with others.]

Della smiled as Zee's message again calmed her heart. In the past, Della had always been burdened when playing in a team because her team always demanded all its members to be active and useful in the conquest of the dungeon. Those who were less useful would usually not be invited anymore and given the smallest share of the dungeon's proceeds. All of that is very detrimental to the player. So, even if players conquer the dungeon by forming a team, they will still compete with each other.

Yet, Zee didn't do any of that. Not only did he let her do whatever she wanted, but he also didn't hesitate to help her when his strength was needed. The man acted like he didn't need anything else, other than the fun of playing the game.

Della thought for a while before the girl typed something using her keyboard.

[Athena: Um ... Can I ask you something?]

[Zee: Of course. You are free to ask me anything. Ah... I'm glad that a pretty girl like you would be curious about someone like me >< ]

This time, Della no longer felt annoyed when teased and instead smiled when she read the reply message sent by Zee. The man, who always blatantly said what he wanted, was not as bad as Della thought. And most importantly, the girl now knew that the player named Zee had no ill intentions toward her.

Della became more confident as she typed another message to Zee.

[Athena: Um ... You're obviously very strong. Despite that, why isn't your name on the ranking list?]

Della started to feel bad when Zee didn't reply to her message immediately after that. The girl was really afraid that Zee would take offense to her question. Della was just about to type her apologetic sentence when the message from Zee finally came back to her game account.

[Zee: Um ... If I may know, which ranking list are you looking for my name in? My name ... My name seems to be on another ranking list #akward].

Della raised her eyebrows in confusion. The ranking list was usually separated by level so that new players wouldn't worry too much about their strengths. The higher the player's level, the more outstanding the players who could enter the ranking list. With her good equipment, Della had previously guessed that Zee was a player with a level range of 100 to 110. But now... It seemed that Zee hadn't reached that level yet.

Della was searching for Zee's name on the player ranking list at levels 80 to 90 when another message came in and was sent by Zee.

[Zee: In case you didn't know, I'm level 150 right now.]

Della almost choked on her saliva as she read the new message sent by her guildmate. In the game Tales of Dungeon, a player's highest rank stopped at level 150. And since the game's inception, Della had never heard of someone actually being able to reach that legendary level. The difficulty of leveling up after players reached level 100 made Della believe that no player had been able to reach that legendary level. Della nervously opened the ranking list for level 140 to level 150 players, only to find that Zee's name was actually there.

Even more amazing, on the ranking list, there was only Zee's name glowing with a description of what awards the player had achieved. He was the first to reach level 150, the first player to conquer a legendary dungeon, and more.

In essence, the man she was playing with was a genius who had conquered the game in just one year since Tales of Dungeon's release.

The corner of Della's mouth twitched, as she quickly closed the ranking list page.