Chapter 173
Chapter 173: An Unordinary Day in an Ordinary Small Valley
The Pet System had just started less than two days ago, and while the Pet incubation period took seven days players need not wait the full seven days before getting their own Pets.
In a small valley on the east of Bailey Town were a massive number of players of different levels busy minding their own business when they heard of some interesting news. There were players nearby who were training to raise their levels. They were half an hour into their training when more and more players came to observe their actions. Apparently they had on amazing equipment and were going up against Killer Bees.
No one knew how powerful Pets were. So that particular news was intriguing, and many players rushed to the site to witness all the goings-on.
A burly Swordsman stood there equipped in a full set of Gold equipment and with a longsword. He looked exactly like a guard at the entrance of a city. He was silent as he allowed ten gigantic Killer Bees that had surrounded him spray waves of black poison needles at him. The needles hit him and fell to the ground, but the Swordsman remained stationary.
Standing more than ten meters away was another Titanwraith Berserker who, this time, was fully equipped with Dark Gold equipment. Both of his hands were empty. His eyes were focused on the Killer Bees nearby that appeared to be next in line to Attack him. By his feet were dead Killer Bees that were yet to be refreshed away by the system. It was quite a sight to see the mutilated corpses.
Behind the second player was an Elementalist also in Dark Gold equipment. He had his eyes on a pretty Aquamancer who was training alone at a corner of the valley. He appeared to be in deep thought and kept on checking up on the Aquamancer until an equally attractive Priest reminded him to keep his focus. Only then did he face the approaching Killer Bees that were fluttering their wings.
“Thunder!”
With that, a dark violet Elemental Ball emerged in the palm of the Elementalist as his fingers opened like a blossoming flower. The Elemental Ball split into two while electrical charges were discharged.
The observers could only see two beams of dark violet electrical lights flashing across the battlefield. A huge web appeared all of a sudden outside the perimeter of where the Killer Bees were and it immediately contracted!
The Killer Bees had not even the time to make a single sound before they were made into a pile of ashes and scattered across the ground.
“Wow!”
A group of ladies cheered with high-pitched voices from afar!
“That’s so cool!”
“So handsome! I’m not going to marry anyone but him in this life!”
It was a move that had been done multiple times that it should not be something that got anyone excited, but the handsome Electromancer had made it look so elegant and sleek as if it were a performance. At that moment, he looked absolutely charming in the eyes of the ladies.
However, it was not just the female players. The male players were also amazed by his movements, and some regretted not having chosen to be an Elementalist in their hearts. Everything about his execution had been so astounding that no one had the thought of being jealous. It was pure amazement.
The happiest one of all was still the pretty Priest who was next to him. Although her equipment was inferior to his, she was glad she got to be near him and experience everything at such a close range. It was very satisfying for her to be able to observe his every movement.
“Defend!”
While Bewitching Priestess was obsessively staring at the Electromancer, an imposing voice that carried a little dissatisfaction was heard echoing in the air.
“Ah! Oh, alright. Alright, leader.”
The thunderous voice woke Bewitching Priestess from her daydream. She blushed as she hastened to reply before throwing out a defensive buff over to a monster that looked like a lion cub. She continued with different types of buffs such as those of the Attack and Support types. She healed the HP of those around her while glancing at her boss who was sitting on the green lawn right behind her. As she finished, she let out a breath of relief as her eyes once again went to the Electromancer.
“…”
Noticing his party member getting distracted again, Scarlet Bauhinia raised his eyebrows as he stayed silent. Agreeing to bring that little brat, Homme Fatale, had been a huge mistake. He ended up needing the Level 11 Evilfrost Tiger to escort himself, Bewitching Priestess, and Homme Fatale. The more the mistakes piled up, the bigger the tragedy was going to be.
Poor Evilfrost Tiger. Although it had inherited the excellent bloodline of an excellent Boss, it still found it a struggle to go up against Level 24 Killer Bees under the circumstance of being Tier 1. Then again, it was not fully its fault. Bewitching Priestess had a problem with keeping her concentration on what mattered. She did not even do her job well in healing. It was really a mystery as to how she was officially crowned the “Princess of all Priestesses” by his comrades in the League…
That was just too unbelievable!
But he was not the only one who had issues with Bewitching Priestess and Homme Fatale. Beastboy, who was standing on the opposite side, was even more down in the dumps. He was actually very fond of the Princess of all Priestesses, but the ladies were only interested in men with good looks.
‘Why do they not understand and appreciate the beauty of a man’s masculinity?’
Feeling a little depressed, Beastboy aggressively opened his arms and moved them around, killing two Killer Bees that intruded the restricted range. He clapped them between his hands and smashed them to smithereens like they were nothing.
“Gahhh!”
Beastboy appeared to be enjoying himself as he roared!
“Alright!”
“Got them good left and right!”
“One more shot!”
The crowd kept sending over their cheers that were full of praise. The only thing that made Beastboy unhappy was that none of the voices were female.
Scarlet Bauhinia shook his head as his attention went to Beastboy. He was his third mistake for the day. Anyone unfamiliar with Bauhinia Clan would have assumed that he had raised a bunch of psychotic killers. He had no idea why that fellow loved crushing skulls so much. He did the same to everyone and everything, be it players or monsters, as long as the head of the enemy was within his grasp.
At that moment, an unexpected voice came to his ears, and it made him lose his cool. He asked Bewitching Priestess to take good care of the Evilfrost Tiger first before he got back to the person on voice call.
“You’re sure?’
“There’s no mistake about it! I was just near the main entrance of the city when I witnessed Brother Slayer’s Heart leading a party of players.”
Scarlet Bauhinia slightly furrowed his eyebrows as he pondered for a moment before he said,
“Do you know why he went to the Mythical Battlefield?”
“Leader, I’m sure you know Slayer’s Heart’s temper… if I actually followed them to find out, and if he went to the Mythical Battlefield for other matters, and if he ever noticed me… things would become very ugly for us.” The person on the other side sounded quite helpless.
“Or leader, you could always ask Brother Slayer’s Heart to see if he has plans to recover and return. If he is willing to come back in, the strength of our Clan’s Field Commanders would again increase by one more rank!”
Hearing the suggestion voiced out by his fellow brother, Scarlet Bauhinia did not immediately reply.
After quite a while…
“Forget it. Just leave him be. If one day he ever comes around, he’ll come to me,” Scarlet Bauhinia said.
“Oh, alright then.” That man seemed a little disappointed with Scarlet Bauhinia’s answer. But it did not take long before he changed the topic. “Oh, right. A new friend of his seemed quite the powerful player as well.”
“Huh?”
Scarlet Bauhinia had already forgotten about the incident on his mind a few days back. He did not immediately remember Qin Ruo.
“An Aquamancer, Level 40. His name is Qin Ruo.”
Only after getting reminded by that person did Scarlet Bauhinia realize and recall that he seemed to have heard about that person. He was a newbie who had gotten very close to Slayer’s Heart, and he seemed to have just advanced into Tier 4.
“What about him?”
“He just engaged a Level 42 Beastblood Berserker an hour ago by the entrance of Savis Town. I saw the battle on the website. It was really unique. His speed and method are very peculiar, kind of similar to Homme Fatale’s. Also, he was the one who initiated the first move. After killing that Berserker, he did not receive a red tag.”
“I remember that guy. He was only a Tier 3 a few days ago, wasn’t he?”
“That’s right. I think he has great potential. Coincidentally, he has yet to join any group. Why don’t we…”
Scarlet Bauhinia was suddenly tempted as he listened to his words.
The news allowed him to piece together every puzzle that he had had on his mind about Slayer’s Heart. He immediately understood the reason behind the questions that Slayer’s Heart had asked him about the selective Advancement Quest.
Qin Ruo’s Honor Points were not obtained from the Mythical Battlefield!
They were from the Advancement Quest!
In a Tier 5 Advancement Quest, Scarlet Bauhinia himself had also acquired Honor Points in the form of the system reward back then—sixty points.
In Tier 4 Advancement Quests, the Honor Points should be one-tenth of that obtainable in Tier 5 Advancement Quest. So, he knew about those Quests better than anyone. If his guess was right, that player by the name of Qin Ruo should be that same person who came out on top of the selective Advancement Quest. If that was the case, his potential would be a great deal, far higher than a number of players. Furthermore, he should have Honor Points that were multitudes higher too!
He was already eligible to acquire a rating of the selective Advancement Quest among Tier 4 quests. Scarlet Bauhinia was not clear about the difficulty of that selection, but to be able to obtain such a high rating during Tier 4 showed that he was not one to be messed with as even in the entire Bauhinia Clan, only a few were capable of that.
In that instant, he had an impulse to send a voice message to Qin Ruo to immediately to recruit him over himself! If he were able to get this kind of a player over, it did not seem impossible to have this guy become a Field Commander as competent as Homme Fatale in the future! If he ended up in other Clans, it would undoubtedly be a tremendous loss to him. Since they were the first to have made contact with Qin Ruo, they would probably have the highest chance to pull Qin Ruo over to their side…
Just then, thoughts of Slayer’s Heart’s attitude toward Bauhinia Clan came to mind, and hesitation started to set in Scarlet Bauhinia’s heart.