Chapter 38: Sword Saint Lantis

  Along the dim and rugged road, walking a distance into the mountain cave, soon Ding Qiang came to a middle-aged warrior wearing slightly worn-out clothes.

  "Hello, young adventurer, may the god of war be with you." The middle-aged warrior gave Ding a salute that was common in the NPC world, then fell silent.

  The NPC's name is Sword Saint Lantis, but despite the domineering name, his attire lacks any air of a sword saint. His armor is tattered and worn out, the longsword in his hand has rusted to an unbearable extent, and it's unclear whether he can even draw it from its scabbard. If there's anything that can be associated with a sword saint, it would be his eyes radiating electric-like light, his unruly long hair, and his dense beard.

  Turning a deaf ear to Lantis' words, Ding strong casually opened Lantis' trading window.

  Butcher God Sword, Starlight Shooting Sun Bow, Heavenly God Staff, Doomsday Shield, Slaughterer... and so on. Various dazzling orange weapons almost blinded Ding Qiang's eyes.

  These weapons are all majestic in appearance, but the price is also quite expensive, and they all have their own small notes, which can be recognized as high-end goods at a glance.

  [Godslayer Sword]: A legendary-grade weapon, said to have once slaughtered the gods in heaven... Price: 10,000 gold coins.

  10,000 gold coins is a considerable amount for current players, but if they must make it up, some big guilds should also be able to come up with it. Not to mention the distant past, after this period of reselling equipment and flame protection potions that dropped in the instance, even Ding Strong now has over 100,000 gold coins on him.

  But...

  Looking at the dazzling array of weapons that made his heart skip a beat, Ding Strong didn't feel excited or eager to start trading immediately. Instead, he drew out his long sword and slashed fiercely at the NPC known as Sword Saint Lantis...

  When attacked, Sword Saint Lantis suddenly burst into a great rage, his angry voice shaking Ding Qiang's ears with a buzzing sound: "Who are you? How dare you attack the Sword Saint?"

  Ding Strong didn't back down after his shout, and Sword Saint Lantis was no longer polite either. He immediately drew out his long sword, which was already stained with rust, and stabbed it fiercely towards Ding Strong.

  Hmph!

  Ding Qiang's head suddenly popped up with a damage number...

  No! The great "Sword Saint" actually only knocked off less than 100 points of Ding Qiang's life with one blow...

  Ding's movements didn't stop, the long sword in his hand chopped down several times, and Sword Saint Lantres' life dropped sharply, his body also becoming unstable.

  In an instant, with a miserable cry, the majestic Sword Saint died at Ding Qiang's hands.

  "System Prompt: You have killed Sword Saint Lantis. Your reputation with Sword Saint Lantis has changed to hatred. Your reputation with the Atlantis Continent has changed from neutral to cold."

  As for this bright red system warning, Ding Qiang didn't take it seriously and stood still on the spot.

  Lantis is a rather strange NPC, his name appears yellow to ordinary players, which means he can be attacked. Although he has an extremely arrogant name on his head, his actual strength is the same as the things he sells - all are shoddy goods.

  Those God-slaying swords and Starlight Sun-shooting bows are all knockoffs.

  In the previous life, a player accidentally discovered the existence of Lantis. Looking at the package with those weapons, the player's hands trembled with excitement and immediately gathered 10,000 gold coins from friends and family to buy the God-slaying Sword from the list in the cave.

  After buying it back, I found that this weapon, although its appearance looks powerful and its name is very impressive, is actually a completely useless item.

  This long sword is not a weapon, it's actually just an ornament...

  In the game, there are many items that have no practical use and only serve as decorations, such as female players' hair flowers, rings, male players' arm tattoos, and necklaces. These things are just like pets that can only be appreciated for their appearance, with no other use besides looking good.

  This Butcher God Sword, including other weapons, are all such decorations...

  However, this Sword Saint Lantis is not entirely useless. In fact, the one who discovered this was precisely that player who got cheated.

  He spent 10,000 gold coins to buy a piece of junk. Feeling depressed, he killed the NPC on the spot. Although he had received warnings about the reputation of Atlantis, in his anger, he didn't care about that either, so he didn't take it to heart.

  Moreover, from then on, whenever he thought of this matter, he would run to here to kill Sword Saint Lantis once. After a long time, after killing this NPC more than ten times, suddenly, one time, after Sword Saint Lantis' blood bar dropped to zero, instead of falling down, he became invincible and stood there smiling at the player.

  At this time, players can receive the warrior's transfer occupation task from him...

  In gaming terms, it's like "You passed the trial set by Randi for you, and you feel that your potential is about to be unleashed..."

  Normal job change quest can only be received after player's level reaches 30, but here in Lantis, there is no such restriction.

  At least you should be able to defeat this fake Sword Saint...

  Occupational tasks are a very long task chain, the real difficulty is only in the second half, the first half is just some small tasks, just suitable for Ding Qiang's current level, can save a lot of time for future career change.

  If a warrior completes their professional mission, they will be rewarded with a legendary weapon that can be used for a very long time without needing to be replaced, which is why Ding Qiang is so eager to accept this mission.

  However, unlike normal quests that can be received upon reaching a certain level, whether or not this quest can be received largely depends on the player's luck. If they are lucky, they will receive the quest after killing Lantres for the first time, but if they are unlucky, they may have already reached level 30 by killing Lantres multiple times without passing Lantres' test...

  After a brief moment, under Ding Rong's astonished gaze, Sword Saint Lan Ti's body slowly stood up, and the name on his head turned yellow once again.

  "Young adventurer, your unyielding gaze and sharp sword blade remind me of when I was young."

  "Congratulations, you have passed the trial of Sword Saint Lantis. Will you accept the quest [Warrior's Trial]?"

  "Agreed." Ding Qiang immediately nodded without hesitation, what a joke, he came all the way here just for this. Whoever refused would be an idiot.

  "System Prompt: You have triggered the quest [Warrior's Trial]."

  "Young man, go run a lap in the dark cave and bring back the note I left there."

  "System Prompt: You have received the quest [Dark Cave's Notes]."

  Dark Cavern, a small instance slightly higher in level than the Searing Gorge, but unlike the Searing Gorge it does not have a heroic mode and is not followed by the Firelands quest chain. It's just a simple instance that few people go to, with average difficulty.

  Normally, you need to be level 30 to receive the job transfer task, but the Dark Cave is just a small instance for levels 16-18. Going there at that time was simply a waste of time. But now, although Ding Qiang's experience is slightly less, it can still be accepted. This is the advantage of being able to receive the job transfer task ahead of time.

  Receiving the task, Ding Qiang opened the duplicate channel and entered the keyword "Dark Cave".

  "Alt channel: Dark Cave Crushing Team, four missing one, come and go, coming speed M."

  Ding Qiang hastily inspected the other person and found that he was a 17th-level warrior. After asking Ding Qiang's level, he directly invited him to join without saying another word.

  One pancake, two pancakes, three pancakes, four pancakes. They all have the same name and look like they're playing together.

  "Alright, everyone's here, let's gather at the instance entrance quickly." The captain said in the team channel.

  “GOGOGO！”

  The Dark Cave instance was really not that difficult, so Ding Qiang didn't bother to look at it much. He closed the team interface and rushed towards the instance.

  Ding Qiang rushed over just as Yipian and Erpian arrived.

  After chatting for a few sentences, the remaining two people also arrived at the entrance of the instance. With a command from the captain, the shadows of the five people disappeared into the instance gate.

  "That warrior, we hit you and you stop, we stop and you stop." The captain said with a smile, he was a warrior holding a shield, looking like he was ready to be an MT.

  "Hmm." Ding Qiang responded, he didn't know why, but he always felt that something was off about this team.

  After entering, several people stood in position, looking at the front with a few small monsters coming out, shouting loudly, and rushing out with a swoosh, slashing down on the small monster in front of them.

  "Start fighting..." one of them shouted.

  "Can't take it anymore?" From the damage output of this attack, Ding Qiang felt that it was still better to wait a few seconds for the hate to stabilize before continuing to deal damage.

  "It's okay, just let him hit it, no need to ask more questions, we've been hitting this copy for several days, and it's very familiar," Er Biao said.

  "Oh."

  After a moment, the life of one of the pancakes was almost gone, but the healer in the team still hadn't made a move.

  After a moment of confusion, Ding Qiang opened up the team list and took a look, only to discover what had been feeling off since earlier.

  Warrior one bun, thief two buns, archer three buns, mage four buns.

  "What the...? Where's the treatment?" Ding Qiang shouted.

  "Treatment?" The crowd looked at Ding Qiang with disdain.

  "Crush, do you understand crush? We're going to the next instance, we never use healing...". The crowd responded with disdain: "Forget it, you wouldn't understand even if I told you, just listen to commands..."

  "My god......" Ding Qiang was speechless.

  No treatment, one pancake quickly fell down, and the remaining two or three pancakes struggled to dry out a small monster, which also soon fell to the ground.

  "We got off to a good start today, killing a small monster right away." The captain ordered in the team: "Warriors speed up and resurrect after dying, get ready to kill the next small monster."