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Chapter 610 Tagged
[DING. Kingdom Announcement: Congratulations to the 'Crimson Abyss' guild party for the first clear of the 'Wailing Ravine dungeon' on normal difficulty.]
[DING. Realm Announcement: Congratulations to the 'Crimson Abyss' guild party for the first clear of the 'Wailing Ravine dungeon' on normal difficulty.]
"Liam is still here?" Mia looked at the notifications as her usually cold gaze showed signs of concern. She knew that the person was traveling out of the kingdom so she couldn't help but wonder what made him turn around.
"This is… " Alex also stared in amazement. "Level 50 dungeon? And he soloed it? Look at this. There are no other party member names. That means he soloed it right? How did he solo a level 50 dungeon?"
Liam was clearly taking no effort in hiding his strength. The two of them looked at each other and nodded in silent understanding. They needed to hasten their efforts as well. Otherwise, they would be left behind in the dust.
Both Alex and Mia were currently in the divine temple city, fishing for quests. They closed the system notifications and hurriedly continued with their work.
The other core members of the Crimson Abyss guild also had similar reactions.
However, several others saw the same notification and for many of them, this was basically a reminder about Liam's current location. The only problem was…
By now the location of almost all dungeons in the various kingdoms was available on the internet so everyone knew where exactly this was.
Liam was deep in the Level 50 to Level 70 zone and it was not possible for anyone to ambush him easily.
While the other guilds begrudgingly dropped the notion of hunting him down near the high-level area, one particular person looked at this with interest.
"Anya, we need to make a trip. Fast."
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Meanwhile… back at the border of the Gresh Kingdom…
Liam sat down on the banks of the ravine beside the elven women as he combed through the loot. There were four mounts of loot piled on the banks.
Most of them were fish parts but there were also other noteworthy items, like leg guards and quick boots. He switched out the ones that had better stats, handed over his minions some weapons to use, and after a few minutes was finally done.
"Damn. Has it really been only six hours?" He bit into a piece of roasted meat, courtesy of Shen Yue which if Luna was awake would have jumped onto immediately.
"This grind is still too slow." Liam sighed.
Lyana, sitting near him, bitterly smiled at this response. If she had strength like this… then she would have never gotten herself into this predicament in the first place.
But what was this still enough to deal with the barbarians? That was something that couldn't be determined at the moment. She shook her head helplessly.
"What are you thinking about?" Liam asked and the elf once again shook her head.
She did not want to break the human's confidence at the moment. Maybe when he improves his level, he would really have a chance to go up against those monsters.
Liam looked at her with a puzzled expression but he was short on time at the moment. So he once again resumed his dungeon farming spree.
Soon a couple more hours passed and he decided to take another break before attempting the higher-difficulty modes of the same dungeon.
He might have run the normal difficulty modes repeatedly but it would be foolish to underestimate the adventure mode and the nightmare mode of the dungeon.
There were definitely some preparations required.
Liam stood up and adjusted his gear one more time. He then distributed some gear to his soul minions as well. Not everything was working and looked like cloth gear with the least weight was the most compatible.
This took some time and then Liam remembered something else that he should have probably been using from the get-go.
That's right, he also had the two other legendary items. He could equip both of them right now and with these, the higher difficulty modes should be a lot easier, well provided that there were no hidden requirements.
Liam hurriedly took out the rabbit's foot neckpiece and the brawler's knuckles. Both the items shone with a golden luster making the elves nearby open their mouths wide.
After the tournament, he had been preoccupied with so many important things that he hadn't even had the chance to examine these two items yet.
"Let's see what you can give me." Liam pulled up the system interface to check out the two items.
[Ding]
[Blazing Sun Knuckles]
[Rating: Legendary, Level 1]
Liam immediately rejoiced. This meant that he could equip it. He quickly looked below to see the detailed stats. Immediately, he was shocked.
This was because unlike Mei Mei's Emerald Crown or Shen Yue's daggers, this one did not bump up any of his stats or give him additional health or mana.
There was only one skill and it seemed to be doing something else entirely.
[Passive Skill: For every elemental wisp commanded, add half a stack of arcane to the attack. Every stack of arcane has a 1% chance to multiply the magic damage a hundredfold.]
Liam stared at the description. He read and re-read the notification but there was no doubt about it.
This was an item that could insta kill someone with a single attack if they managed to generate just the right number of elemental wisps.
The requirement was that one needed to master the control of elements but if one were to do that, then this item would boost their power tremendously.
This was it. This was how a legendary item tilted the game in a player's favor. Such an item could determine victory and loss, life and death single-handedly.
And he had not one, but two of the said godly items. Liam took a deep breath and then looked at the next item's description. Surprisingly, this one was even shorter than the last one.
[Ding]
[Yvette's Lost Necklace]
[Rating: Legendary, Level 1]
[Passive Skill:...]
Chapter 611 Corrupted
[Ding]
[Yvette's Lost Necklace]
[Rating: Legendary, Level 1]
[Passive Skill: For every five enemies surrounding, gain an additional 5% boost in all attributes]
[Yvette loved her pet rabbit very much. The rabbit protected her from grave danger thereby dying in the process. So Yvette made a necklace out of the rabbit's feet to always stay with her as a protective charm]
"This is…" Liam gasped. At first, this might look like a weak skill but when the number of enemies increases, the real strength of the skill would come into the picture.
And for what he was doing at the moment, this particular neckpiece was a good item to have.
Liam quickly equipped both items. "Not bad." He threw a few punches in the air, trying to collect elemental wisps. However, this was easier said than done.
It looked like it would require some practice. And right now since he was mindlessly grinding, this was the perfect time to practice.
Taking another two swings, Liam thought of something crucial that was still missing. "In Mei Mei's Crown, there was a clear requirement for leveling up the item. What about these two?" He looked at his knuckles in deep thought.
The problem with legendary items was that these were powerful, game-changing items to have inside the game but that was about it. They were only godly inside the game. They couldn't even be brought outside the game.
In his last life, there was a rumor going around that the Gu family also possessed a secret legendary item but in the end, they did not manage to bring it outside.
So after seeing Anya flash her emerald crown both inside and outside the game, everyone from the Gu family was burning with jealousy.
In this lifetime, Liam did not want this same thing to repeat. They had three legendary items in their guild so they had to figure out how to bring these items outside to the real world.
"It definitely has to do something with the leveling up." Liam silently stared at his knuckles for a few seconds and then nodded. "Perhaps this one will increase in level if I managed to gather more wisps?"
The more he thought about it, this made sense. As for the rabbit's foot necklace, the only conclusion he could reach was that he needed to fight bigger mobs more.
Perhaps when he triggers the passive skill enough times or if he fought against several enemies on his own, the neckpiece would unlock and go to Level 2.
However, these were just conjectures at the moment. He needed to try out some things to confirm these theories.
"Alright. Time to attempt the adventure mode." Liam walked into the ravine, entering the waters along with his soul minions.
As he did, he could feel the fiery gaze of the elves on his back. In fact, he noticed that they had been watching him keenly ever since he summoned the soul minions.
It didn't look like it but he had observed each and every one of their reactions. Some were of disgust and some were of fear, but no one acted out. They only showed their emotions subtly before hiding it.
So the elves don't like necromancers huh." Liam smiled and suddenly turned to look at the elven ring leader. Lyana felt a chill sweep across her body as she quickly bent her head down.
Liam chuckled. Sooner or later, they were going to witness his minions fighting with the barbarians so what was the point in hiding from them now?
He did not care if they were disgusted by him or looked down on him. They could do that all they want as long as the cooperation was smooth. Besides, even if they did not want to corporate, he always had other methods to get information from them.
"I will be going in then." Liam chuckled and entered the dungeon. He gave the elf another meaningful glance before entering the depths.
On the side, Lyana dazedly stared at the man's disappearing back. In the shallow waters of the ravine, his tall figure was no longer visible. Only then she sighed in relief, but still there was hesitation in her eyes.
Now she understood where Liam's power and indomitable strength were coming from. He had displayed everything right in front of them. Every single one of the vile creatures was put on for show.
"Leader, he is corrupted. We-" One of the elven women began to say something but Lyana quickly interrupted her. "No need. Don't say anything now."
Not just her but all of them had seen Liam take out the soul army. They were not fools. They could see that Liam was able to command the undead, several of them.
The elves were against this as they considered themselves beings of nature. Anything that went against the natural flow of things was considered blasphemy.
But at the same time, this was the person who had rescued them.
Without this person, they would be caught between the greedy humans and the bloodthirsty barbarians. However, they could also not ignore a corrupted person.
"We will not make a decision for now. Let's wait." Lyana muttered in contemplation.
She was not naive enough to think that every corrupted person was evil but evil came in all shapes and sizes. This person particularly… was very ruthless.
Sigh. She let out another deep breath. Evil or not, at this time, they needed this person's help. Especially at the speed at which his strength was improving… they might really be able to go back…
While the group of elves silently contemplated various things, inside the underground network of rocks and water, Liam started the new dungeon run.
In the adventure mode, the mobs were bigger and faster compared to the normal mode. The fishes jumped out of the water in droves, making both Liam and the undead extremely busy.
Though the fight this time was more intense, the swarm of undeads dealt with all the mobs easily. The added gear and the constantly flowing in experience points also helped as several of the undeads leveled up making the fight easier.
Chapter 612 Definitely getting him today
Several miles away from the dungeon's location…
"Come on. Come on. Faster. At this rate, we are going to lose them." A chubby hunter commanded his pets in a hurry.
"Madan, I don't see any point in this. He is only going to kill us." A tall blonde scoffed. While the two of them continued to argue, two more notifications rolled in.
[DING. Kingdom Announcement: Congratulations to the 'Crimson Abyss' guild party for the first clear of the 'Wailing Ravine dungeon' on the adventure difficulty.]
[DING. Realm Announcement: Congratulations to the 'Crimson Abyss' guild party for the first clear of the 'Wailing Ravine dungeon' on the adventure difficulty.]
"Fuck! Already? He is going to leave for sure now. He is soloing the dungeon runs and he definitely won't solo the hard mode. Damn it. Damn it. We are going to lose him." Madan cursed out loud.
"And that is your biggest worry? What about how he is soloing the dungeons?" Anya sighed tiredly. It was tiresome to talk to idiots.
The group tried to rush but no matter how much they tried, they only managed to reach the area a few more minutes later. And by then the next announcement also already arrived.
[DING. Kingdom Announcement: Congratulations to the 'Crimson Abyss' guild party for the first clear of the 'Wailing Ravine dungeon' on the nightmare difficulty.]
[DING. Realm Announcement: Congratulations to the 'Crimson Abyss' guild party for the first clear of the 'Wailing Ravine dungeon' on the nightmare difficulty.]
Everyone stopped in their tracks in shock. This was the notification for the nightmare level? That monster also soloed the nightmare difficulty mode?
"That's it. He cleared the hell mode also. Now he definitely won't be there." Madan spat out in a huff.
"What are you blabbering about? That guy is soloing a Level 50 dungeon. This is a bad idea. Let's go back." Anya frowned.
Perhaps because they were in a high-level zone, she felt as if she was constantly being watched from all directions. Because of this and the fact that she was skeptical right from the beginning, she did not want to continue with this.
However, Madan still firmly nodded. "This time, we need to settle the scores. We are definitely getting him today." He had a determined look on his face.
They were almost there so he increased his pace and finally a few more minutes later the group arrived at the 'Wailing Ravine' dungeon.
"Huff. Huff. Huff." Madan panted as he looked around. Unfortunately for him, there was not a soul in sight. "Damn it." He gritted his teeth in frustration.
"I told you so." Anya immediately scoffed.
"Dear sister, you told me shit."
"Shut up. I told you that this was a bad idea from the beginning."
Madan shook his head helplessly with a sigh. This was already a lost cause from the beginning and he was too tired to argue with the Russian bitch at the moment. So he simply gave up. "Fine. Fine. Let's just leave."
"Hmph." Anya scoffed.
The group turned around when suddenly a person appeared in front of them out of thin air. "Leaving so soon?" Liam looked at the hunter who stood on the spot completely frozen.
"What happened? These days you seem to be slacking quite a bit. You did not even check for the presence of stealth players around?"
"Tch. Tch. If you continue to be careless like this, this game will swallow you whole." Liam smirked but his gaze was cold and his sword was drawn.
The other party also had a similar reaction as they glared back at him.
Seeing this, the five elven women on the side wondered what was happening. Lyana in particular was tense.
Though everyone here was human, the two sides were glaring at each other as if they had a blood feud between them.
What was happening? Who were these new people? Was there going to be a dangerous battle taking place? The elf was a war veteran so she could clearly see everyone's defensive body signs.
Lyana's gaze flickered with interest as she mentally prepared to escape and run away in case of danger.
However, weirdly almost an entire minute passed by and no one was making any move. Now the elves started getting confused. The two were glaring at each other but they were not fighting?
Just as they were thinking about this, one side finally made a move. "BroooOOO! Please put that sword away!" Madan dropped to the ground, sitting down abruptly in a defenseless manner.
"Bro, sit down, please. I am only here to chat." He smiled awkwardly.
Liam frowned. He had already expected these stalkers to show up here because the dungeon notifications were basically giving away his location but there was still something amiss.
He looked at the big group which was basically a bunch of beasts except for the two humans. Only Madan and Anya were in front of him.
Where were the other two? Were they planning some sort of ambush? Liam's mind began to spin as he rapidly thought of all possible scenarios.
In stealth mode as well he had searched for them but he couldn't find them. Now that he had surprised them with his presence, he was still not able to find them.
Seeing Liam looking around seriously, Madan loudly laughed. "Bro? Who are you searching for? This is it. Only we both are here."
"Why?" Liam asked directly. If he wanted he could kill this guy in front of him in an instant but he was curious to know why they were here.
"Bro! You really don't know? Come. Come. Sit first." Madan laughed.
However, he saw that Liam was not budging and still stood like a tall immovable mountain, staring at him like a wild animal.
"Bro! Chill. Chill. Like I said we come in peace. As for the other members of our group, we have no idea where they are. We are no longer in that group. Are you now interested in talking to me?" The hunter smiled in glee.