The Great Thief - Chapter 560

Chapter 560

Perhaps it was the rain that was messing with him, but he had no idea when he had found this Skill book . He had wasted more time than he needed to .

Lu Li could finally leave the beautiful scene of Stranglethrone Vale that he didn’t really like .

Everyone had things that they hated, and there were two things that Lu Li hated the most – being poor and being in the rain . It was probably because he was poor that he hated the rain .

Now that he had acquired Fan of Knives, he abandoned the rest of his plans, because there was no longer any need for them .

He then spent the next two days levelling . His main strategy was to pull the monsters and get four Mages to cast Blizzard together . When the monsters were about the same HP, he would rush in and cast Fan of Knives .

The damage of Fan of Knives was quite low, so it would be considered quite good if he could kill at least ten of the twenty monsters in every wave .

In fact, Lu Li was quite satisfied with how efficient the system was . Without Fan of Knives, he would normally only kill 4-5 of the monsters .

The Mages didn’t wait too long for him to get the last hit either .

After tediously levelling up, Lu Li reached level 37 and was slowly making his way to level 38 . At this level, he could already go to Zul’Farrak, but his teammates’ levels weren’t high enough .

He had instructed Square Root 3 to find exquisite anti-toxin equipment from the Market for them, but there was little progress, even after a few days .

He could find anti-toxin equipment, but their other properties would be lacking . Most equipment that had anti-toxin had lower attack and defense . There was nothing that was as good as what they already had .

Without that equipment, their levels just needed to be higher .

Level 35 was the absolute minimum . Otherwise, they simply wouldn’t be able to tank all the different kinds of powerful toxins that those ancient monsters had .

It wasn’t as if there was no one attempting Zul’Farrak right now . In fact, there were actually many players in Zul’Farrak trying to complete it . There were even some elite teams that had defeated the first Boss on Elite difficulty .

The loot was said to be quite bountiful; the team that had achieved the First Clear had received a level 35 Gold equip .

For a Gold equipment to drop at Elite difficulty was unthinkable .

With such a precedent set, thousands of players flooded into the demonic ruins in order to reap some of those rewards .

Even the major guilds couldn’t wait much longer . They drafted their Instance Dungeon teams and officially announced Zul’Farrak as the current main objective of the guild .

Only Ruling Sword had held back their players and continued to strenuously farm .

According to what Lu L had told Square Root 3, there was no point in doing this Instance Dungeon if you weren’t level 35, unless if you had Anti-Toxin equipment .

When he was free, Lu Li would go to the Mercenary Hall .

Since Zul’Farrak’s first Boss had been defeated, perhaps a team had been able to find the Ancient Demon Eye rare material . He hoped to be able to upgrade his ring before they started doing the Instance Dungeon .

The materials that it asked for this time were ridiculous . Everything together would probably be worth around one to two million .

For a rich person, this one to two million wasn’t even enough for clothing . Yet, for a poor person, this money was enough to radically improve their lives .

The Mercenary Hall was quite a lively place .

In his past life, Lu Li really liked coming here and talking to the mercenaries who would just squat around in the corner of the hall .

They would sit around and watch the players coming in to find a suitable target . They would then relentlessly sell themselves in hopes of earning a hiring fee .

This game was like a society for many reasons . One of them was because there were so many players who were living at the bottom of the economic ladder .

"Brother, do you want someone to farm for you? I have a party of four – 3 Mages and 1 Warrior . You can take potions and continually be levelled up . You’ll catch up to the mainstream in no time," a Warrior said, pushing in and pulling at Lu Li .

As the others weren’t as quick, they had no choice but to back off .

There were few players that would pull out a knife if they didn’t have their way . As this was also a safe zone, most players knew that friendliness was more likely to attract business . Their employers were often wealthy tycoons that didn’t like killing .

"Sorry, I’m not looking to farm," Lu Li shook his head as he replied out loud .

He saw that these players were all being so friendly and that they were just making money to sustain themselves, so it wasn’t easy for him either .

"Well… do you need a quest to be completed?" The warrior was a little disappointed . His party’s main purpose was for farming . All they needed to do was add the player and go farm . It was relatively risk free and also didn’t get in the way of their own levelling progress .

Some of Dawn’s quests were quite complex and it was difficult to guarantee the completion of every single one .

If they ran into an unreasonable employer, not only would they not be paid, but they would also receive a bad review in the Mercenary Association .

Players here could see another player’s previous employment record . As such, unless you set a really low price, there would be very few players who would hire someone who had been poorly reviewed . As for setting a low price, it was already difficult to maintain yourself, so a low price meant that they probably couldn’t even pay for the potions used .

"No, I’ve put up a quest and I’ve come to see if anyone has accepted it," Lu Li said as he pointed inside .

The Warrior reluctantly let him go and continued looking for the next target . He couldn’t help anyone who could spend 20 gold to scroll through the quests in the main hall .

Lu Li entered the hall and looked at the monitor in the employment hall .

There was all sorts of information on it . Lu Li waited for his quest to come up . He didn’t actually have any hope that it would be accepted, but he was surprised to find a pair of golden wings on it .

This meant that someone had left a message .

Perhaps that person really did find the Ancient Demon Eyes!

Not all players could leave a message . You needed to have the employer’s item or some useful information . It needed to be inspected by the Mercenary Association before a message could be left for the employer to contact them .

The authenticity of the information was divided into three classes – red, gray and gold .

Red was unreliable, gray had some credibility, but was unconfirmed, and gold meant that the person had the item on hand .

Lu Li found a self-service check in machine and after passing authentication, he quickly saw the message .

Laugh into the Heavens – what a strange name . Lu Li frowned as he tried to send this person a private message . As long as he had the item, Lu Li didn’t care what his name was .

System: Sorry, your message has been rejected .

Dammit, Lu Li was speechless . He hadn’t been rejected for a long time, so it was unusual when he heard the prompt . What was this player doing? He wasn’t playing properly .