The Great Thief - Chapter 272

Chapter 272
“Why are you wasting your breath on him?” Moonlight rushed forwards and swung his axe to split the negotiator in two .


“Do you guys think we would have conceded if he offered $10 million?” Lu Li smacked his lips and left the arena when the System gave them the victory prompt .
“These are just the qualifying rounds . He’s not dumb; there’s no way he would offer $10 million,” Moonlight said, shaking his head .
Before the first 10,000 players were found, the matches were called the Qualifiers . The actual competition would start after this, with the last 16 players being part of the Finals .
“What if it was the finals?” Lu Li was a little puzzled .
“You say that like we’re guaranteed to make it into the finals,” Moonlight laughed . “Even if it was the finals, there wouldn’t be a need to concede . If we can make it into the top three, the prize money in addition to various other endorsements will give us a few million dollars, if not 10 million . ”
“Have you ever been to the Shadow Cup finals?” Lu Li asked .
“A few times,” Moonlight nodded .
He didn’t really like talking about his past, but he wasn’t so sensitive that he would refuse to talk about it at all .
This guy was obviously a veteran, but Lu Li suddenly realized that Moonlight had never participated in any of Dawn’s tournaments in his previous life, whether it was the Shadow Cup or Dawn’s own professional tournaments .
The impression that Moonlight gave off was that he was constantly fighting .
Lu Li’s rebirth had actually changed Moonlight, or rather, it had put Moonlight on a different path .
This was probably a good thing .


They didn’t run into any more weird attempts at bribery in the later matches . March Rain got to face a wide variety of different players and her skill improved by leaps and bounds .
Soon, they had completed all ten matches and there was only half of the day left .
They decided not to spend it at the Warsong Canyon as they were sick of PVPing . Instead, they went and started an Instance Dungeon .
The Howling Caves had four difficulties . They didn’t consider clearing the Regular Difficulty and they had already cleared the Elite Difficulty, so they settled upon Heroic Difficulty .
It wasn’t necessary for them to do the Nightmare Difficulty . Although there was a chance for Gold equipment to be dropped, it was just too draining to be worth the small chance .
Compared to when they were still clearing the Elite Difficulty, everyone had now become stronger . Everyone had gained quite a few pieces of level 25 Silver equipment .
In fact, they were actually concerned that they would instantly clear the first few Bosses on Heroic Difficulty .
The EXP that they received was higher than in the Elite Difficulty, especially for those who were not yet level 26 . Sakura Memories even received a Skill Point .
The equipment that was dropped was quite good as well .
Hachi Chan received a level 25 Leather Hat which was a classic drop from the Howling Caves . Its special effect would deal 200% rebound damage to whoever hit her head .
Whoever hit her would be really unlucky!
Most people would aim their attacks at the head, as this increased the chance of a critical hit or applying a debuff .


Someone like Lu Li would prefer to stab the back of another’s head with his dagger .

Remnant Dream also received a good piece of equipment . Its special effect made her pet go berserk, increasing its attack and critical hit by 30%, but decreasing its attributes after the effect .
As Beastmaster, equipment like this was basically God-like .
Skum dropped a decent Pants Mold for Lu Li . After Skum, they began to fight Serpentis, but they were defeated two times in a row . The players reluctantly then decided stop for the rest of the day .
As Lu Li already had the required materials for the pants, he decided that it would be convenient to Forge them now .
Basilisk Hide Pants (Superior Silver): Armor 22, Agility +12, Constitution +8, Special Effect 1: Critical Hit +6%, Special Effect 2: Increase Stealth effect by 10% . Equipment Requirement: Level 25 . Durability 55/55 .
Lu Li’s current pants were already quite strong .
Spellbreaker’s Pants (Steel): Defence 10, Strength +4, Critical Hit 10%, Equipment Requirement: Level 5, Durability 25/25 .
Everyone else thought that Lu Li’s single level 5 equip was rather unsightly .
However, he simply didn’t want to give up the +10% Critical Hit; this effect was too strong . In fact, the Perfect Silver level 25 Dagger that he had equipped yesterday only added 8% critical hit .
A level 5 equip that had 10% bonus Critical Hit was considered to be godlike .
But now, his Supreme Three Ring added 25%, his Bracer added 5%, his gloves added 5%, his dagger added 8% and his new pants would add 6% . As such, the loss of 4% critical chance appeared less significant .
Lu Li had already reached a bottleneck in critical chance anyway; adding any more would have diminishing returns .
It was impossible to gain 100% Critical Hit and critically strike with every attack . Dawn’s calculations prevented such an absolute situation from ever occurring .
Lu Li had previously read some data analysis on how a pre-level 30 Thief would be capped at 40% critical chance .
Replacing his pants would not only increase his Armor, but would also give him a worthy special effect .
It wasn’t that he was lacking in items that increased his Stealth effect, but that this Critical Chance cap was quite significant .
He had personally experienced Stellar Union Silver Radiant’s powerful Detection Badge firsthand . Against the Badge, the Evil Faction’s number one Thief, Blood Dagger, could be easily killed when detected .
He already had the Supreme Three Ring which gave him a 20% increase in Stealth, and now the pants would give him an additional 10% . It was unlikely that he would be easily detected from now on .
Other than this, Lu Li didn’t make any more equipment for himself . He helped Wandering forge a one-handed shield before moving on to Water Fairy’s three Molds . He was even lucky enough to forge an exquisite piece of equipment .
After this, he gave his level 5 pants to Shen Wansan . He knew that they could be sold for a high price with a little bit of hype .
The next day, Lu Li did a bit of levelling while he was waiting for the competition to start again .
“Don’t put too much pressure on my sister,” Lonesome Flower complained to him in a message . “It’s one thing for her to be competing with you guys, but I hear that you guys are relentlessly teaching her PVP strategy when the match starts . Are you forcing her to do this?”
“That is definitely not the case . ” Obviously, Lu Li wouldn’t admit it
When it came to talking about March Rain, Lu Li didn’t want to be too candid as he understood the perspective of an older brother .
“She printed a stack of PVP information and brought it to school, but it was found by her teacher . Luckily, I am quite familiar with her teacher, otherwise, the consequences would have been disastrous . ”
College students had more freedom to play games, but the school obviously couldn’t allow that .
Studying game strategy in class couldn’t be forgiven, especially for someone like March Rain who loved to study .
“We absolutely had nothing to do with that . ” Lu Li would refuse to admit it, even if he was beat to death . “With Moonlight and I, she doesn’t really need to do too much . Haha… hahaha… . ” he dryly laughed .
“Good . Quickly finish the matches so you can return my sister . ” Lonesome Flower was a sistercon, but he wouldn’t unnecessarily create a scene .
Of course, he didn’t know how Lu Li was training his baby sister .
The second day of the Shadow Cup was very important . The 10,000 qualifying players would be decided by the end of the day and the real competition would begin shortly afterwards .
With the real competition came real prize money .
Even if you couldn’t make it into the finals, there was still some prize money up for grabs .
This money came from a portion of the ticket price .