Chapter Eleven: Guardians of Glory

  Just as Ding Qiang finished off the Wild Boar King and was running towards the mountain cave, a few players were gathered together near a certain leveling spot outside of Newbie Village 16.

  A level 15 wild boar was killed by a player and then promoted to intermediate miner, these two things happened in less than 5 minutes, it's easy to think of the connection between them.

  "Third sister, do you think these two people are the same person?" said a girl with a clear and crisp voice.

  "Is it just one person?" The girl, known as San Jie, was a law enforcement officer and looked quite elegant. After knocking down the small goblin rushing towards her with an axe using a fireball technique, she furrowed her brow in thought: "It's possible, both of their names are four characters long and they're both hiding their names, what you said is correct, it's very likely that these two people are the same person."

  Speaking of which, San Jie suddenly asked: "By the way, how are all the sisters doing now?"

  "It's okay, big sister and second sister are quite lucky, they were assigned to the same newbie village, both of them should be able to level up to 10 quickly, and then they can specialize. The clear-voiced girl named Nuan Nuan's Hand Heart, whose profession is a Summoner: "However, second sister just sent a message saying that she needs a piece of White Silver Ore, but the sisters' mining skills are not high enough yet, although we've already found a White Silver mine, no one can extract it for now..."

  "White Silver Mine..." Suddenly remembering the system's previous hint, a warm hand suddenly felt a pang in her heart: "If only that intermediate miner was in this village..."

  ……

  Soon, Ding Qiang arrived near the cave where he was just at, but what made him a bit depressed was that the group of people with the deadly poison were still guarding the entrance.

  "Damn it..." Ding Qiang was frustrated now.

  But just a moment later, Ding Qiang was happy again...

  The deadly poison seemed to have received some news, the anger on his face flashed away, and he shouted, leading the dozen or so people guarding the cave entrance to rush in another direction.

  "Boss, those guys have come again?" a Taoist asked.

  "Damn it, are those guys made of wolf skin plaster? Is that all they've got?" a bowman muttered in frustration.

  "No more nonsense, this time we must kill them all back to level five."

  “……”

  "Haven't they finished fighting yet?"

  Watching the group of people disappear from view after taking the lethal poison, Ding Qiang walked out of his hiding place and looked in the direction they left, which was exactly where Baqi Water Dumpling and the mages were fighting earlier, and couldn't help but think to himself.

  The fact and Ding Qiang's guess are not much different.

  Two groups of people were led by Ding Qiang to a place where they started fighting, although the few mages had slightly higher levels and better equipment, but they couldn't withstand the opponent's numerical superiority, especially after the few scattered treasures from earlier found their way back according to coordinates and joined the battle, the mages quickly fell to the ground.

  "With skills like that, you still dare to act arrogant?" The domineering Wonton said triumphantly as he stepped on the corpse of the mage.

  "Come on, let's have a one-on-one fight," the Taoist priest cursed as he lay on the ground.

  "One on one? Bring it on! I'm not afraid of you!" said the domineering Wonton with disdain.

  "Alright, you wait." The Taoist scolded, and immediately released his soul, reviving Runhun.

  There was a Soul Sanctuary nearby, and the mage revived quickly. However, as soon as he stood up, before he could even speak, countless attacks poured down on him, and he died again.

  "Hmph, I have so many brothers here, why would I want to duel with you alone? You actually believed it?" Boss Water Dumpling laughed loudly.

  "Damn it..." The monk cursed loudly.

  Because he didn't want to startle the old man who was studying the big gate inside, this time he didn't run away and come back to life again. Instead, he floated aside in his spiritual state, watching the majestic dumplings and waiting for them to leave before coming back to life.

  What disappointed him was that, seeing his opponent not revive, the domineering group of people did not leave but instead stayed nearby to level up while guarding the corpse, making several people extremely angry.

  Seeing that the other party is about to enter, they are here to protect the secret of the cave. In desperation, they can only start shouting for help.

  The deadly poison was studying the gate over there. Upon hearing that someone outside was causing trouble, he immediately brought people to kill him.

  There were many people on the side of the deadly poison, and the group of people from the dumpling shop couldn't hold back. They ran away in all directions, those who were beaten had their buttocks rolled up and urinated, and they were quickly dispersed in an instant.

  This matter was originally settled like this, but there were still things hanging on the side of the deadly poison. After instructing a few words, he immediately took people back to the entrance of the cave.

  Unexpectedly, just as he returned to the entrance of the cave and continued to study the lock, he learned from the team that the arrogant group had brought even more people...

  "Go, get them." The lethal poison was not pleasant, and with a single order, he led his subordinates to leave the cave entrance once again in a mighty manner, heading towards the distance.

  ……

  A rare opportunity, Ding Qiang took out the key, ran to the entrance of the cave, opened the door, and slipped in with a flash.

  A narrow and long path leads to a bay of lake water, with a highland protruding from the center of the lake, surrounded by silence, without a single sound.

  In his previous life, Ding Qiang did not obtain any of the King's Heart fragments. Fortunately, two people in the Holy Alliance had fragments and from them, he roughly learned some things to pay attention to when obtaining the King's fragments.

  Where there is treasure, there must be a BOSS guarding it. This is the universal principle of the Placement of Divine Traces game.

  The storage location of the fragments of the King's Heart is also the same.

  At this point, it was impossible to retreat. Ding Qiang put away his weapon, stretched his body and tried not to make any noise as he ran quickly towards the lake at the end of the path.

  Nothing unusual happened along the way, and soon Ding Qiang arrived at the side of the lake.

  That clear and calm lake water, like jade, is rarely seen in reality. On the land that protrudes from the center of the lake's surface, a stone table is placed. In the very center of the stone table, a seal is quietly placed.

  The treasure was right in front of him, Ding Qiang plunged into the water with a loud splash, and after a few strokes, he swam to the other side. After climbing ashore, he quickly ran to the stone table and hastily stuffed the piece of paper into his bosom...

  [Badge of Honor]: Allows you to exit combat mode at any time and place, taking effect when put into your backpack.

  "Could it be a badge of honor?" Ding Qiang's heart suddenly burst with joy.

  Being able to leave combat state at any time and anywhere means being able to go offline at any time, which is the case for ordinary professions. However, for warriors, it's far more than that.

  The Badge of Honor is for warriors a divine existence

  Warrior's Charge can only be used when not in combat state, once in combat state, it cannot be used. However, after obtaining the Honor Page, Warrior's Charge will become flawless and its power will almost double.

  After getting the badge of honor, he took a glance around and found nothing, then Ding Qiang turned around and jumped into the lake, running towards the direction he came from.

  A moment later, just as he had just climbed up to the other shore, the water in the lake suddenly boiled violently like a blooming flower, as if something was about to emerge from beneath, and the entire lake slowly bulged upwards...

  A moment later, a huge head as big as a lake appeared in Ding Qiang's line of sight.

  [Honour Guardian] : Guardian BOSS, specific strength unknown.

  The BOSS of the guardian type has a large span of strength, and its specific strength is high or low, and it is related to the treasure it guards. For example, the treasure chest guardian is slightly stronger than ordinary small monsters, while the guardian of the King's Heart fragment is estimated to be at least epic level.

  Before the big head was fully dug out from underground, Ding Qiang turned his head and ran. Here, going offline is a dead end. This BOSS has extremely high intelligence, he will guard the player's offline location, waiting for them to come back online. The time spent offline is safe, but unless he doesn't log in again, it's likely that you'll still be hard-pressed to escape death once you log in again.

  As he ran, Ding Qiang turned his head back and took a quick glance. At this moment, the guardian had already revealed its entire body, with strong limbs and a stout physique, lying on the ground like a giant lizard. Seeing that Ding Qiang had already run far away, the guardian let out a loud roar and stamped its forelimbs fiercely on the ground.

  Rumble!

  The entire mountain began to sway back and forth under this great force, and in a moment of instability, Ding Qiang almost fell to the ground.

  He exerted himself with his feet, his body bent forward, his wrist lent a force, and his body rolled on the ground before scrambling up again. Seeing the entrance of the cave right in front of him, Ding Qiang swiftly darted out with a whoosh.

  Ran out of the cave, slammed shut, locked with a thick iron lock, and removed from combat state. Since he was below level 10, he couldn't use the recall spell, so Ding Zhong had no choice but to crush the recall scroll he had just bought at the store, gritting his teeth in pain. His figure flashed, and when he reappeared, he was already at the village's resurrection point.

  "Hmm..." Looking at the Honor Medal quietly wrapped up, looking at the bustling new players around him, Ding Qiang finally let out a long sigh of relief.

  Although these people can't bring him any sense of security, ...if he's going to die anyway, at least there'll be someone to share the blame!

  Have to say, sometimes Ding Qiang's heart is dark.

  Just then, he suddenly felt the ground beneath his feet tremble violently again, while other players in the village were at a loss and asked each other what was happening.

  "What's going on? Is it an earthquake?"

  "Are there earthquakes in the game? That's hilarious?"

  "So what's going on?"

  "How do I know?"

  “……”

  "A shrill... roar" From afar, a loud and clear howl echoed through the air. Immediately following, accompanied by a violent shaking, a black figure burst into mid-air, scanning its surroundings before flying towards the village in the distance.

  "Look, a monster is coming!"

  "Is it a giant dragon?"

  "I don't know..."

  Those whispering newcomers on the side may not know, but Ding Qiang recognized him at a glance...

  This ferocious monster that's charging over, who else could it be but that huge lizard from earlier? I didn't think that even from such a distance, the other party would still be able to sense my presence. It seems that this King's fragment really isn't easy to get one's hands on...

  "System Alert: The Guardian has detected you, entering combat mode."

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