Chapter 70 Li Lin
Li Wen naturally saw Takebitori. While she mused on Takebitori’s rapid progress through the trial to join the White Blade Society, she couldn’t help but think that if she had known it was Takebitori’s team, why was she waiting here?
“Why are you here?”
Takebitori’s brain froze. No matter how much she overthought it, she couldn’t understand why Li Wen would appear here.
After a moment of stunned silence, she remembered another, even more crucial matter.
“Are you a Player?”
Li Wen tilted her head, “Didn’t I say?”
Of course, she hadn’t said. That was precisely the effect she wanted. When facing Players, being mistaken for an indigenous inhabitant would definitely be more advantageous.
That way, no matter what tasks were assigned to them, they would only consider them as part of the game experience and eagerly complete them.
Takebitori was speechless. She recalled her previous actions and felt so ashamed she wanted to find a hole to crawl into.
Her thigh! How could it be gone just like that!
After a long period of inner crying, her rarely used, brand-new brain suddenly started working.
No, wait. If she thought about it carefully, did it matter whether the thigh was an NPC or a Player? As long as she could latch onto a powerful individual, that individual was a good thigh to cling to.
Once she grasped this logic, Takebitori’s worries turned to joy.
Li Wen, of course, was unaware of her psychological shift. She only saw Takebitori fall silent for a while before suddenly starting to laugh foolishly, which was truly difficult to comprehend.
“Ahem…” Remembering that there were important matters at hand, Takebitori coughed as if to clear her throat. “If you want to take on this mission, then I have nothing to say. You are most welcome. With you here, we can just relax! However, a friend of mine hasn’t arrived yet, and he discovered this mission, so we have to ask for his opinion… though I think he will definitely agree.”
Hearing this, the first few Players exchanged bewildered glances. It turns out this really was a powerful Player? Was she joking about carrying them?
Actually, Takebitori thought that since the game had only been open for a few days, a powerful Player like Li Wen was likely a beta Player. If she were an ordinary Player, it would be fine, but a beta Player… Takebitori herself didn’t know much. Before she could understand the details of this mission from her friend, if she rashly agreed, it might cause unnecessary conflict and trouble.
“It’s fine, Takebitori. We welcome any capable Player to join this mission.”
As they were discussing, a strange voice suddenly rang out.
Li Wen looked in the direction of the voice and saw a young man walking slowly towards them. He was wearing a gray Mage’s robes and a matching wizard hat. The front of the Mage’s robes was embroidered with a pattern of stars, indicating that he was a magician licensed by the Mage Council.
Noticing Li Wen’s gaze, the young man smiled kindly at her, then looked at everyone present. “Greetings, everyone. I am the initiator and organizer of this mission, from the High Prism Tower. You can call me Li Lin.”
Saying this, he took off his wizard hat and bowed very solemnly.
Could it be him?
Li Wen raised an eyebrow, surprised but not entirely unexpectedly.
She had heard of Li Lin’s name and had even met him once. That was when she was studying rituals at the High Prism Tower in her previous life.
Unlike Li Wen, who was just scraping by in the tower, he was the designated successor of the High Prism Tower master and possessed great attainments and talent in the field of magic.
After the Great Convergence, like Takebitori, Li Lin was also one of the contributors to the “Player Establishment of a Nation” event. However, compared to the former, the latter’s reputation seemed less illustrious.
But Li Wen knew that even among all the Players involved in the nation-building event, Li Lin was an indispensable one.
When she joined the Strategy Team, a Player had chatted with Li Wen about a joke concerning beta Players.
He said that after the beta ended, someone compiled a list. The method of compilation was not mentioned, but it contained the top one hundred Players from that beta test. He mocked that the list was fake and had no reference value, because all the beta Players in the Strategy Team could find their names on it.
But Li Wen still remembered that list. If her memory was correct, Li Lin was ranked seventeenth on that list.
“Oh, you’re being too dramatic.” Takebitori couldn’t stand her friend’s pretense and immediately patted his shoulder. “Quickly tell us about this mission.”
Li Lin didn’t get angry. He smoothed his Mage’s robes, which were wrinkled from Takebitori’s patting, and ignored the suitability of the surrounding situation. He directly said, “This mission is very difficult, but the objective is actually very simple… We need to assassinate the Lord of this territory, the owner of that castle, Viscount Wilson.”
Upon hearing this, the Players present didn’t have much of a reaction.
Isn’t it just an assassination mission? Let alone assassinating a Lord, even assassinating a Queen, as long as the reward is sufficient, they wouldn’t be unable to do it.
Li Wen felt that her involvement was indeed correct. She now wanted to see how this person, who ranked highly even among beta Players, would complete this mission.
Li Lin didn’t elaborate much on the mission, such as why the Lord needed to be assassinated, what kind of person the Lord was, etc… He calmly asked everyone to introduce themselves and get to know each other, preferably by stating their profession and level.
“I won’t state my name; everyone knows it…” Takebitori stepped forward first. “My current overall level is 4, and my class is Blood Blade Scholar.”
“Game name: Yuzuru Muon. Overall level 3, class is Hunter,” the female Hunter Player said, raising her hand.
“Game name: Flourishing Endless. Overall level 4, class is…”
After the round was complete, only Li Wen was left.
“Mephistopheles, level 5, Supplicant.”
She said calmly. As for the Witch Disciple, she wasn’t planning on revealing it to others yet.
“Supplicant… It sounds like a Priest-type class,” Li Lin said meaningfully.
“And you? You haven’t stated your profession and level yet.”
Takebitori poked Li Lin’s spine, literally.
Li Lin smiled helplessly. “There’s no need for that, but… never mind. Li Lin, overall level 10, class is Deception Mage.”
“Level ten?”
Someone exclaimed. This was not only the highest level among them but should also be among the highest echelons in the entire game. At least so far, no Player above level ten had appeared on the game forum.
Li Lin didn’t think it was a big deal. He was a beta Player and had a deeper understanding of the game than other Players. Moreover, level doesn’t represent strength, and the initial stages of the path are not difficult to advance.
