Chapter Twelve: Rare Monsters

  A copy of "Frost Mirage" is located in the far north of the Eastern Kingdom, within the Aeolian Forest, which is the hometown of the "White Elves". The background story is that a White Elf mage became infatuated with elemental magic and, in pursuit of ultimate power, sacrificed his own heart to the Ice Queen, gaining control over frost.

  But tragically, the White Spirit who gained power was unable to withstand the Frost's power due to physical limitations and was soon consumed by it, completely becoming a madman.

  The player's task is to defeat the crazed white sorceress and lift the icy grip on Aethoria Forest.

  Li Yi saw many brave explorers on the road, but their destinations were mostly just to take a look at the outside world and they all returned soon after.

  The level of wild monsters on the world map of the mainland of gods, the lowest is 20 levels, and there are also elite monsters and leader monsters mixed in. If you're not careful, you'll encounter one and immediately return to the city for free.

  Li Yi walked carefully and cautiously, seeing strange things appearing in front of him, he immediately turned around and avoided them, never confronting them head-on.

  Once you reach level 10, there is no more 'newbie protection'. As soon as you die, you lose money and experience. The most frustrating thing is that after death, your soul and body separate, your soul automatically floats to the nearest temple, but your corpse remains in place.

  In the state of soul, nothing can be done except running away. To revive, you need to find a corpse to attach to, but if your corpse died in a monster pile, even if you come back to life, you will still be killed instantly.

  At this time you have two options, continue running as a corpse or return to town and revive weakly.

  If you choose to return to the city, your character will revive in a weakened state with zero durability on all equipment and a one-level decrease. Additionally, the weakened state (all character attributes halved) will last for 3 days.

  This punishment is quite severe, which is why Li Yi is being extra careful.

  "Oh great spirit of the gods, I implore you to save our hometown!"

  On the edge of the Aegean forest, in a dilapidated village, the leader of the White Elves led the villagers to kneel before the giant statue of the Elf God, praying incessantly...

  The sky is floating with pale blue snowflakes, and all the trees here have been frozen into ice crystals.

  "Who are you? Why have you come here? What do you want to do?"

  The leader of the White Spirits discovered Li Yi and ran in front of him, shouting loudly.

  The names above the heads of these white creatures are yellow, indicating that they are neutral zone NPCs and will not attack players proactively. However, if a player dares to attack them, they will show no mercy either.

  In his previous life, Li Yi didn't understand these things. He stabbed the leader of the White Spirits with a dagger, but the other party countered with a 'Holy Cut', instantly killing him on the spot. This wasn't the end of it either. As long as he revived, this group of White Spirits would gang up and beat him again. He died dozens of times before finally managing to escape by dragging his corpse away...

  When he came back again, he found that all the names of the White Elves had turned red.

  White is friendly, yellow is neutral, red is hatred.

  Later he brushed through a dozen or so "Frost Puzzle" copies, before this group of white elves' attitude towards him changed back to 'neutral'.

  The BOSS in the copy of "Frost Puzzle" is only level 15, but this group of white elves has a minimum level of 50, and each one is an elite. Such a strong team would actually be worried about praying for a small BOSS at level 15, as Li Yi said, it's simply too ridiculous, completely a scam.

  Li Yi didn't respond, when interacting with unfamiliar NPCs, it's safer to remain silent than to speak.

  "Leader, I just saw a statue of the Elf God shining with a white light, could it be..."

  "What does it portend?" The White Spirit leader looked up and down at Li Yi several times, and his attitude changed immediately: "Human, this is the Aegean Forest, our White Spirit's hometown. Since the evil 'Aldras' stole the Heart of Elements, the green forest has become what it is now..."

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  The leader of the White Spirits said gloomily: "It's very dangerous here, you'd better leave as soon as possible."

  Li Yi still ignored him.

  System Prompt: The Aeolian Forest's White Elf Tribe has increased their favorability towards you by 20 points.

  At this time, looking at the leader of the White Spirit, a big question mark appears above his head, which is a prompt to receive the task.

  "Last time I blocked 'Aorldas', I lost a crystal necklace, maybe... it can be found in the depths of Aegean Forest?"

  Received the task, help the 'White Spirit Leader' retrieve the lost necklace.

  It's okay.

  Li Yi ran deep into the Aeolian Forest.

  Finding the Necklace is a crucial task to enter the Frost Puzzle instance. If players do not receive this task, they cannot enter the instance on their own unless they team up with others and the team leader has this task.

  "'Ice and Frost' has no limit on the number of entries per day, as long as you're willing, you can soak in it from dawn till dusk, brushing until you vomit, it's truly the king of all gods, the first toilet."

  "'Frost Puzzle' copy is very popular, BOSS 'Aldras' drops full profession frost suit and full profession weapon, it's the only copy that players can access before level 15, so business here has always been booming, with brushing, following, demanding... etc. Li Yi from his previous life earned his first black gold in this place."

  Of course, for Li Yi, what's most important right now isn't the equipment he can get from the instance, his first goal in coming here was to catch a small wild boar.

  Li Yi walked into the gate that flickered with blue light. The system prompted: You have entered the copy 'Ice Frost Mystery', difficulty level 'Normal'.

  The scene slowly emerged from the fog, still a scene of Aeolian Forest, but colder than outside. Not only were the trees frozen into ice crystals, but also several white elves could be seen frozen into ice crystals in the distance.

  Three-headed Frost Wolf howled in front, pacing back and forth from time to time.

  Frostbite Wolf, Level 8 (Normal) Attack Methods: Quick Movement, Tear Bite.

  Li Yi dodged three-headed ice frost wolves, turning left and right to avoid one monster after another, skillfully navigating through the forest.

  The method of passing through the Frost Maze in Li Yi's own research is more detailed and accurate than the strategies written by so-called "experts" on the website, for one reason: he has been through here from level 10 to level 25.

  No choice, who made him black the wrong person for the first time, and ended up on a thorny head. As a result, the other party found someone from a guild to surround and kill him every day. He was also helpless, so he would drill into the copy again and again.

  After walking for about ten or twenty minutes, a patch of frozen grass appeared in front of us. A small blue wild boar was standing there all alone.

  Unlike the reddish-black wild boars outside the novice village, this little wild boar's body surface was blue, like it was made of ice crystals.

  Oni Inoshishi (Variant), Level 5 (Rare Monster), Attribute: Ice, Attack Method: Enhanced Charge, Tear Bite.

  This 'rare' little wild boar is exactly Li Yi's target!

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