Chapter Fifteen: A Hefty Reward

  Haha, the contract has been sent out! I estimate it will be signed in two or three days. I'm really looking forward to it. Thanks to Sugar Bean Editor and Persimmon Editor!

  I am a lovely person, wherever I go, people love me; wherever my car goes, it's loaded with flowers and they bloom.

  In his past life, Lin Jie was the first person to specialize in the Deathblow skill. It was also at that time that he had the capital to call out to high-level players. The drop rate of the Deathblow skill book was very low, and even so, its price was still not satisfactory, showing just how unpopular it was.

  "Do you want to use the skill level promotion scroll?"

  Yes!

  "Your skill 'Death Frenzy' has been upgraded to level 2."

  Lin Jie was overjoyed.

  Frenzy of Death (Level 2): Passive effect. Each time you attack, consume 9 life points to deal an additional 3 damage.

  Proactive effect, blood volume below 5% allows use. You gain 120% damage reduction, 120% attack bonus, 120% critical strike damage bonus and 10% critical strike rate bonus for the next 5 seconds.

  This is Death Frenzy, a skill with a growth value of "1"! The strength or weakness of a skill can be seen from two aspects: one is the intensity of the skill itself, and the other is its growth value. For example, Fireball Technique, as the strongest basic damage spell for mages, means that every time you upgrade the skill level by 1, you can increase the damage by 16%.

  And the increase in death rate is 100%!

  Spoils of War greaves are golden-grade greaves produced by the Cat Demon's Lair, with very good attributes, stronger than Lin Jie's bronze greaves.

  Miso Agile Leggings (Golden)

  Requirement 3rd level, heavy armor

  Defense 7-12

  Strength + 6

  Stamina +4

  Sprint +5

  Additional: Jump Power +3

  As for the remaining two items, one is a reinforcement stone that can only be used to reinforce equipment, worth 5 silver coins. The other is a quest item.

  The priest runs first to revive the corpse, and then revives others one by one. The priest's resurrection technique can reduce death loss experience and durability. A well-practiced priest is very popular in dungeons.

  Qiu Yuan rushed over excitedly, grabbed Lin Jie's hand and said "Thank you, we cleared the level!"

  "Heh heh." Tofu Brain chuckled foolishly.

  Yao Lan handed over the spoils of war to Lin Jie and Wu Ye with a smile on his face, "You two handle it, we just want the honor."

  At midnight, both eyes were straight and busy sending videos. Lin Jie didn't stand on ceremony either, took over the distribution rights, and distributed the equipment as needed. Of course, he secretly assigned a beautifully styled but mediocre thief's leather armor to Qiuyuan, she loved beauty, and shouldn't mind the attribute restraint.

  "I declare!" Azure exclaimed with excitement, glancing at Lin Jie with a smile, "Expert-level Cat Demon Lair, cleared!"

  "Hurray!" Everyone cheered, Lin Jie couldn't help but smile, and the team's atmosphere was still pretty good.

  "Go out of the book and issue an announcement!"

  "Alright, let's go!"

  Many people rushed to show their faces on the global channel, until Lin Jie suddenly came up with a sentence, "Don't you need the materials for the Cat Demon King?"

  BOSS's body is full of treasures, after grinding the bones can be forged, teeth can forge weapons, and fur can make clothes, it can be said that it has a wide range of uses. Autumn's face turned red, and she quickly squatted down to dismantle the Cat Demon King into a pile of sparkles.

  Ding~

  Global Announcement: Congratulations to "Team Azure" for clearing the Expert-level Cat Demon's Lair in 7 hours and 23 minutes! As the first team to clear the Expert-level Cat Demon's Lair, the team leader Azure is rewarded with 20,000 experience points and 20 reputation points in the City of Light.

  Global Announcement: Congratulations to "Team Azure" for clearing the Expert-level Cat Demon's Lair in 7 hours and 23 minutes! As the first player to clear the Expert-level Cat Demon's Lair, XX (name hidden) has been rewarded with 40,000 experience points, 100 reputation in the City of Light, and 10 silver coins.

  ……

  The announcement brushed the full frequency, and the first place outside the bulletin board also became "Youlan Team".

  Hiding his name was naturally Lin Jie, now is not the time to be high-profile, otherwise it would attract the enemies of his past life, and he was still powerless to resist with his current self.

  As a commander and BOSS killer, the system determined that Lin contributed the most, so he naturally received the best reward.

  The experience value soared to 3rd level 45%, Lin Jie let out a sigh of relief, and the attributes finally returned. After the level drop, although the attribute points will not decrease, they will be temporarily sealed until the level rises again. It's impossible to reset attribute points by dropping levels.

  Lin Jie brought his team to the entrance and took out the cat demon's sharp claws he had collected along the way.

  "You have completed the task with a completion rate of 89%, rewarded experience value 17454, silver coin 5, and reputation in Mereville 200. Additional reward: Quill Blade Longsword (Bronze)"

  "I got a skill book!" Qiu Yuan exclaimed in surprise.

  "Congratulations." Tofu's subconscious congratulations, but the tone was sour, it could be seen that he didn't get extra rewards. The guy's undisguised tone made everyone laugh out loud.

  Lin Jie took a glance at the skill book cover, "Dark Shadow Frenzy, not bad control skill, you can go try it out in the monster territory later, very useful."

  "Really." Qiu Yuan blinked her big eyes, "In the future, will we still play Go together?"

  Everyone looked at him with eager anticipation.

  Lin Jie shook his head, "I reckon it won't be for the time being, I really don't get along with Zhan Yi. However, if you're willing to join me in the Wild Team, I'll welcome you with open arms."

  "It's all about benefits!" Autumn said with a huff, coincidentally speaking out the thoughts of many. In the game, building friendships was easy, as long as they felt that being with you had its advantages, and Lin Jie clearly fit this requirement.

  "Sorry, Fusheng." Youlan apologized, she wanted to keep this expert, but she understood that this small team couldn't retain him.

  "If there's nothing else, I'll take my leave then." After receiving the reward at midnight and leaving the team, he shouted before departing, "Floating Life Brothers, get the news that Wood Castle is about to open, our leader will ask if you're interested in going together next time."

  "It can be done, but I need to be in command and all the warriors that can be used are mine. That's my condition." Lin Jie said calmly.

  Midnight awkwardness smiled and left.

  Everyone looked at each other, that was the president who had just returned triumphantly in the middle of the night, how could Lin Jie be so disrespectful? Youlan searched for a moment and saw Ou Yi's figure, shaking his head and saying "Let's disperse first?"

  "Disperse?" Lin Jie smiled and said, "There's still a mission reward that hasn't been received yet."

  "Ah, that cat demon herder." Autumn suddenly realized, she looked at the direction where Midnight left and then at Lin Jie's cunning smile, asking strangely, "You... did it on purpose?"

  "Let's keep this between us."

  Qiu Yuan: "......"

  Arriving at the military officer's tent, Lin Jie found Commander Cline, a level 60 paladin.

  "Sir, I've caught a Cat Demon Herder who's in charge of scouting out the frontline intel," Lin Jie said as he held up the broken blade and released the Cat Demon Herder.

  "Human, you think you can catch me? Haha!" The dwarf appeared for an instant and activated his teleportation magic, but was struck by Lin Jie's sword to the wall. The cat demon herder's teleportation magic only required half a second to release, and only someone like Lin Jie, a reborn person, could prepare in time.

  But in everyone's eyes, this scene is: Reacting to BT!

  Klein grasped the Cat Witch Pastorer with one hand and said, "Speak, what is your purpose!"

  "What is your race, name, and why have you come here? What kind of magic are you studying?"

  "I... I am called Morka, an Arctic Dwarf..."

  "You gain 1100 experience points, Mel's Town reputation +5."

  Ask one sentence, answer one sentence, everyone is rapidly gaining experience in Q&A.

  It's so cool to follow Lin Jie on a mission! Everyone couldn't help but sigh, and their resentment towards Zhan Yi increased by several points.

  After asking a full 20 questions, I finally got all the task rewards in hand, and just the prestige alone earned me 50 points.

  "Thank you, this is most useful for the alliance," Klayne said respectfully.

  "You gain 20 reputation with the Exodar and 2 points of Alliance reputation. Kael'thas teaches you a technique for harnessing your power, increasing your Grip of the Hand talent, ignoring 1 pound of equipment weight."

  Lin Jie was overjoyed and had a chance to receive an NPC's transmission, luck wasn't bad.

  "Let's add each other as friends, I'll leave first." Lin Jie said with a smile to You Lan.

  The vinegar tofu brain stretched out its hand, as if it wanted to say something.

  Lin Jie smiled and handed over a friend request.

  Tofu Brain looked at him excitedly and nodded in agreement. He thought Lin Jie would despise adding a newcomer like him.

  Lin Jie returned to the town of Mereville, rented an alchemy room for 1 silver coin, and took out Duan Reng and Cat Demon King's sharp claws.

  As a heritage equipment, the Broken Blade naturally wouldn't have just this much power. To unseal it requires countless materials. Lin Jie from his past life had obtained the Broken Blade for many years and only managed to unseal 3 of its seals.

  The first seal requires various rare, precious and even unique materials.

  The second seal requires the blood of the lord.

  The third seal, requires... killing players! And the player must be willing to be killed. In their past life, Lin Jie found it difficult to lift the third seal until before the tournament, she found herself and let Lin Jie kill her to lift the seal. For a whole month, the two of them went online every day just to do one thing: killing and being killed. Until the seal was lifted.

  The fourth seal... Lin Jie thought back on his memories and couldn't help but smile bitterly.

  Pour the cat demon king's claw into a strong solvent, like a concentrated sea water, and it gradually turned into a drop of dark green **.

  This drop fell onto the rusty mark on the broken blade under Lin Jie's gaze.

  "Hiss——"

  The blade flashed faintly, but then dimmed again.

  Bronze Severing Blade (Legacy)

  No occupation restrictions

  Demand first level

  Attack 26-32

  Strength + 7

  Stamina +7

  Health +150

  Jump + 7

  Movement Speed +9

  Block +3%

  Addition: Attribute is sealed and unable to identify weapon type

  Additional Skill: Sweeping Strike - You consume 10 rage points and deal 3 times 130% damage to the target.

  Weight 5 pounds

  Lin Jie looked at the properties of the broken blade and put it behind him. This life, I must let you... roam freely under the sky!

  As Lin Jie left, the shadow behind him smiled coldly and slowly disappeared.