The Legend

5. Teaming Up [II]

Several flashes of white light appeared, and Ryan and his companions appeared in the town square. The Ember Dragon and his group went to learn skills and buy potions. Ryan and Teagan disposed of all their useless green equipment, exchanging it for dozens of silver coins. Teagan then bought some mana potions and talismans. 

Soon after, the Ember Dragon and his group returned. The Ember Dragon and Ember Fox had both learned the level 15 skill, Magic Shield, which reduces physical damage by 5%, an essential survival skill for mages, becoming increasingly powerful in the later stages of the game.

"Where are we going to farm goblins?" Teagan asked Ember Dragon.

"Come with us, we'll be there soon. That place is better than the Dark Cave. There are some players leveling up there right now, but we'll be fine if we stay far away from them." Clearly, the Ember Dragon had been to the Great Goblin Plains once.

"Some people are leveling up there, won't they clear the area out?" Teagan was quite nervous. Players who could level up in a level 18 monster zone must be very strong. If they book the whole area and chase away everyone else, their whole team would be wiped out.

"Probably not, let's go." With that, Ember Dragon led the way, followed by the group. They left the town and headed south, crossing two small hills before arriving at a plain. This was the Great Elf Plains.

From afar, they could see burly goblins wielding wooden clubs pacing back and forth—they were indeed green-named monsters. Upon closer inspection of their attributes, Ryan and Teagan were dumbfounded.

Great Goblin Warrior (Green Name Monster)

Level: 18

Health: 1250

Attack: 190

Defense: 110

The goblin warriors were tough, with high health, defense, and powerful attacks; it goes without saying they're difficult to defeat, and low-damage classes have no chance of breaking through their defenses. Fortunately, their team had a Destruction Warlock named Teagan, which makes the fight a bit easier.

"Everyone, let me lure one over first and see. If it doesn't work, we'll retreat." Teagan said as he took a few steps forward, waved his fan, and threw a poison amulet which hit a large goblin warrior on the head not far away.

The goblin warrior, already green-skinned, turned even greener after being poisoned. He roared and charged towards Teagan. Ryan, seeing this, met him head-on with a wild roar that stunned the goblin warrior, then brandished his warrior's sword and slashed wildly.

-80, -85, -79, -81…

A series of damage numbers floated above the goblin warrior's head, which was incredibly frustrating to see; the damage was just too low.

At this moment, Ember Dragon and Ember Dragon activated their magic shields and unleashed lightning attacks on the goblin warriors. Meanwhile, Ember Tiger cast a long wall of fire nearby. As expected, the goblin warriors' aggro was drawn to Ember Dragon and Ember Fox, and they rushed towards the two of them through the wall of fire.

Ember Dragon and Ember Fox fought their way back, pursued relentlessly by the goblin warriors. Ryan was also busy, hacking and slashing from behind.

As expected, no matter how high the goblin warrior's defense was, it was doomed. Too many people were attacking it, using magic attacks, physical attacks, and poison spells to reduce its defense. Its little bit of health was quickly depleted.

With a roar, the goblin warrior fell backward, turning into a large amount of experience points, dropping a pile of copper coins and several silver coins, along with a piece of green leather armor, which was picked up by Ember Fox.

"Hahaha. So, what do you think?" Ember Dragon laughed.

"Hmm, not bad." Ryan also felt quite relaxed. It seemed that fighting monsters with more people makes it less tiring.

"Keep going, everyone! Let's go all out and try to reach level 20 tonight!" Teagan shouted enthusiastically, casting another poison amulet, which attracted a goblin warrior.

About two hours later, it was already midnight. Ryan wanted to log off and go to sleep, but then he thought that this was a rare opportunity, so he decided not to log off. He wanted to quickly level up to 15 and equip the Ghostly Blade and the Shadow Cloak, as it wasn't safe to just leave them in his inventory. So, he stayed online.

Another half hour passed, and a golden light shone down on him, and Ryan leveled up to level 15, immediately equipping the Ghostly Blade and the Shadow Cloak, and his attributes increased significantly, with his defense exceeding 60 and his attack approaching 100.

The entire team was in high spirits, and no one suggested logging off. Ryan was even more embarrassed to log off. His damage output was currently high; he could take down more than 150 HP from a Goblin Warrior with a single strike, making him a key player. If he logged off, wouldn't that put the Ember Dragon and others at risk?

Ryan thought to himself "I'll ask for leave tomorrow and stay up all night tonight."

Before long, Teagan also reached level 15, and Ember Tiger followed suit, reaching level 15 as well. Ember Dragon and Ember Fox spent another half an hour grinding before reaching level 16.

The nearby goblin warriors have been almost completely wiped out, but there were still many more if they went deeper. However, many players were leveling up there, and conflicts could easily break out if they went too far in.

"Everyone, let's call it a night. We need to go to sleep," Ember Dragon said apologetically.

This really put Ryan in a difficult position. He checked the time; it was exactly 2 AM, and dawn would be breaking in a few hours. If he logged off and went to sleep, he'd definitely be unable to wake up the next morning. But if he didn't log off, the game wouldn't continue. Ryan was incredibly frustrated but understood the situation.

“Alright, let’s log off then.” Teagan then said to Ryan, “Ryan, let’s go back to the city and learn some skills as well.”

"Okay." Ryan nodded, then looked at Ember Dragon and the others, and said, "Let's add each other as friends, and level up together when we have the chance."

"Okay." Ember Dragon nodded and smiled. The two added each other as friends, and then logged off together with Ember Tiger and Ember Fox.