The Legend

15. A New Team

Before long, the three arrived at the Goblin Plains. There were hardly any players left there; those of sufficient level didn't bother leveling up there, having all gone to explore new maps in the level 2 capital city. Those who weren't high enough level either dared not come, or were unaware of this place.

"Let's get started, and try to reach level 20 as soon as possible." Teagan returned to his usual self, his resentment having mostly subsided. But ever since that night, he had formed a grudge against the Ember Clan, and they would never speak to each other again.

"Take your time, don't rush. I believe we'll get what we want before dawn," Ryan said with a smile.

"Thanks for your encouraging words, but I've attracted a monster." With that, Teagan threw out a poison talisman, which attracted a giant earth spirit warrior.

Ryan and Bloodshot teamed up and easily defeated the attacker in a few swift moves. However, they didn't gain much experience from the fight.

Teagan muttered as he fought, "At this rate, I can reach level 20 in at least three hours."

Ryan laughed and said, "Who cares how long it takes? There's no use in rushing these things."

"Yeah." Teagan sighed deeply.

Bloodshot couldn't help but ask, "Why don't you two find a regular team?"

Ryan said with a wry smile, "I'm a newbie, and he's a semi-professional player. Where are we going to find a regular team?"

Bloodshot shared the sentiment and said softly, "Actually, I'm not a professional gamer either."

"Then let's team up together from now on."

"Sure."

At this moment, Teagan blurted out, "Oh dear, that's what they call 'every gain has its loss.' Beautiful lady, welcome to our group."

Bloodshot smiled slightly and said, "Thank you."

"You're welcome." Teagan said, grinning and laughing heartily.

The three-person team stayed up all night, hacking and slashing at the goblin warriors, but their experience points only increased a little bit every now and then, making it feel incredibly tedious.

By late at night, Ryan and Teagan's experience points had reached 85%, meaning they needed another hour to level up. However, the goblin warriors here were almost all wiped out, leaving the three of them anxious. Where could they possibly grind now?

Ryan said, "Why don't we log off and play again tonight?"

Teagan shook his head and refused, "We can't log off. We have to keep searching. I refuse to believe there aren't any monsters around here."

With that, Teagan walked deeper into the area. Ryan and Bloodshot followed behind, searching everywhere for any lone goblin warriors.

Deep within the Goblin Plains lies a strange camp, with several dilapidated tents pitched and wisps of smoke rising from them in the distance. Under a large tree near the camp, an old man stands leaning on a cane—an NPC.

Teagan's eyes lit up, and he exclaimed with delight. "There's a mission!"

Ryan and Bloodshot also spotted the old NPC and suggested they go check him out. Ryan had been playing the game for so many days and hadn't received a single quest yet.

The three quickly approached the NPC. The old man looked weathered, leaning on a wooden cane. His clothes were old and he was balding. He looked very ordinary.

"Sir, do you need any help?" Teagan took the initiative to speak to him. He was the only one in the team with extensive gaming experience, so it was up to him to strike up a conversation.

"Young people, where do you come from?" The old man asked in a hoarse voice.

"From Earth," Teagan blurted out. 

"Is that a village or a city?"

"It's a world, a human world."

Ryan and Bloodshot, who were behind him, couldn't help but chuckle.

“Young man, no matter where you come from, as long as you help me kill the Goblin Overseer, I will give you a very generous reward.”

Ding! Mission prompt!

[Do you accept the mission to eliminate the Goblin Overlord?]

Teagan accepted without hesitation. Missions were rare and hard to come by, so there was no reason not to accept one.

Ding!

[Your team has accepted the quest to eliminate the Goblin Overseer. Quest difficulty: 500. Quest color: blue]

[Mission objective: Go to the goblin camp, eliminate the goblin overlord, retrieve the goblin overlord's head and deliver it to the old man. You will receive a generous reward]

Clearly, this was a very difficult task. Even a fool could see that the Goblin Overseer was a boss. Otherwise, the task wouldn't be blue.

"Hehe..." Teagan grinned, his joy evident on his face.

"What are you laughing at?" Ryan asked.

"How about this? If you log off and go to sleep, where would you get this kind of quests?"

"The Great Goblin Overseer is very likely a boss!"

"Boss is great, who wouldn't want to fight the boss?"

"But there are only three of us." Ryan was a little worried, afraid that they wouldn't be able to defeat this boss.

"What's wrong with three people? Didn't the two of us beat that level 20 blue-named boss to death last night?"

"..." Ryan couldn't argue with Teagan, and thought to himself, "If only everyone could be as lucky as last night."

At this moment, Bloodshot asked, "You two killed a blue-named boss yesterday?" She was very surprised, thinking that such a thing was unlikely to happen. It would be easy to deal with a low-level blue-named boss, but how could two people with slightly higher levels fight it?

"Yes, it was the skeleton priest on the second floor of the Dark Temple. The level 20 blue magic wand and level 20 blue elemental skill book that little girl Ember Fox used were dropped by the boss we fought last night."

"So you two were the ones who fought the boss on the second floor of the Dark Palace!?" Bloodshot was stunned. She had also leveled up on the second floor of the Dark Palace last night. When the boss spawned, she was nearby, so she went over to join in the fun and see what the boss looked like. She had no intention of fighting it, but she got caught up in the PK battle between the War God Alliance and the Gods' Clan, which made her depressed all night. Later, she heard that the boss had been inexplicably defeated, and neither the Gods' Clan nor the War God Alliance managed to get the rewards.

"It wasn't entirely the two of us who fought it. We were lucky on that end. You see, when we went in, we saw that the boss had less than half of its health left, so we took our chances and crushed it to death." Teagan was bragging without thinking, blatantly lying. It was more like the boss crushed him to death.