Chapter 89: Gathering
After contributing a bottle of Holy Spring Brew, I was finally free.
I jogged to Alna’s cabin.
At the door stood a petite figure, who had been waiting there for a while.
It made sense, the commotion was too loud.
She grabbed Zane’s little hand and pulled him inside, then closed the door tightly.
Alna was wearing a light green pajamas, and it seemed I had come at the wrong time.
“Phew… I was scared to death just now, I thought we were going to be exposed,” Zane said nervously.
“Your brother is too rude… how could he treat you like that?”
“It’s fine, he was just concerned about you. Luckily, there was that cup of wine. By the way, he said he won’t restrict your movements anymore!” Zane replied proudly.
Alna was also filled with joy, “Yes, I heard it just now. I don’t even know how to repay you…”
“Well, you see, haven’t I made some progress in strength? I think…”
“Mm!” She nodded, reaching out, a skill page floated in front of Zane.
Wish – Blessing: Grants a blessing to teammates, increasing their attack power by +20%, defense power by +20%, movement speed by +12%, attack speed by +12%, casting speed by +12%, critical hit rate by +8%, duration of 1 minute, cooldown time of 1 minute. Learning cost: 1 copper coin.
Zane’s eyes lit up; this was the divine skill Alna used to help them turn the tide back then!
However, perhaps due to the initial skill level being too low, it was quite different from the blessing she cast, but even so, it was strong enough. The duration and cooldown were the same, so if it wasn’t interrupted, it was essentially an everlasting buff!
“Learning cost…?”
There were still relatively few people reaching level 20 on the forum, so Zane didn’t know about this setting — after reaching level 10 and changing jobs, one would automatically gain their profession skills, but starting from level 20, they had to learn them themselves.
“This is a necessary rule for learning,” Alna said seriously.
Fortunately, the relationship between her and her mentor was good, so one copper coin was not a burden, and she gave it!
With the sound of the system notification, the new skill appeared on her skill page.
Not rushing to try it, as Alna had another skill on the page.
Wish – Spirit Heart: Eliminates distractions for the target, significantly reduces confusion levels, and ensures the target’s next attack will be a critical hit. Cooldown time: 10 minutes. Learning cost: 1 copper coin.
This move was… the skill that helped Starry unleash her Heart-Piercing Sword!
Looking at the skill description, I finally understood why Starry was able to unleash that move at the time.
Apart from the earlier description, the effect looked pretty good.
If the third slash in Frenzy state under the Autumn Moon critically hits, the damage… I really can’t imagine.
The cost was still one copper coin, so I learned it decisively. Looking down, there were no other skills available, all gray and unlearnable.
“Aren’t there any offensive skills?” Zane asked in confusion.
“…” She fell silent. “Zane, I’m afraid I won’t be able to teach you anything in the future.”
“Why?”
“My body is still very weak, and there’s no way to restore my previous strength in a short period… and I can no longer use the higher-level moves.”
“…” Zane pondered for a moment. “Shall I help you level up?”
“Level up?”
“It means regaining strength. Can’t you go out freely now? How about I take you out to adventure from now on?”
Alna tightly clenched her small fists, looking uneasy. “Can we really do that? I will only be a burden following you now…”
No, with such a powerful support class, I believe no team would mind.
But… Alna, as an NPC, was different from adventurers; she only had one life.
“Of course, it’s not a problem. Just one thing—our lives as adventurers are infinite, but you must never be in danger. So if we encounter danger, you have to leave when I tell you, okay?”
Upon hearing this, Alna tightened her little fist and nodded firmly, “Mm!”.
“Let me think… How about starting the day after tomorrow? I’ll come to call you then. Tomorrow, I need to go to the Tower of Forgetting.”
“Tower of Forgetting?”
“Yes, I happened to obtain a pass for that place. Have you heard of it?”
“No…” She shook her head regretfully.
Even Alna doesn’t know…
“Oh, right, there’s one more thing I almost forgot.”
“Go ahead, I’m listening.”
“Have you heard of He Ye Ye?”
…
Logging out, Zane stood on the balcony, staring blankly at the night scene of the city.
It’s been three days since there’s been any news of Starry; she appeared so suddenly and then vanished without any signs.
Even the familiar dreamland feels unreachable now.
Starry… where have you gone?
“Buzz buzz buzz”
Suddenly, his pocket vibrated with a sound.
Taking it out, it displayed the words “Sister.”
Zane hesitated for a moment but still answered the call.
As soon as he picked up, he heard his sister’s slightly weak voice, “Brother… when will you… come home?”
“…”
“Dad and Mom are very worried about you.”
“In a little while, I… will make money.” After saying that, he abruptly hung up the phone.
Tomorrow, he needed to put all the gold coins he earned these days up for sale.
…
Soon it was the next day, and still no news from Starry.
He woke Shiu up for breakfast and to log in.
As soon as he logged in, he found that the price of gold coins had dropped to 97.
Perhaps something else happened that affected the gold coin ratio, but Zane just wanted to list all the gold coins.
An invisible pressure was urging him.
Counting the gold coins, there were a total of 1276 coins. After deducting the 500 coins given by Mingxiao, he had earned 776 coins in the past two days, which was quite a harvest.
Trying to list them, he bound his bank card according to the process, and then listed 1200 gold coins.
After deducting the handling fee, it totaled 111,744 RMB.
110k, it looks like a lot, but Zane knew this wasn’t even enough to repay Shiu, and the family still needed money badly.
In less than 10 minutes, these gold coins were snatched up.
It seemed that Dream of the Mists indeed had no shortage of tycoons.
He transferred the money to Ziyu’s bank card first, as for Shiu, he could only continue to apologize, fearing it would take a long time to settle.
As the game time progressed, the price of gold coins continued to fall, and for a while ahead, he would need to rely on selling equipment and materials to earn money.
At 8:30, everyone gathered together. Since the new priest was kicked, Cute Orange had a slot to join. Although still not level 20, as a Bard, her basic profession skills like Combat Song and Inspiring Song could increase the entire team’s attack and defense by 3%, which was better than nothing.
“Where are we going today?” Cute Orange asked.
“You’ll find out soon,” Zane pulled everyone into the team and then used the pass.
“Ding!”
System Notification: Do you confirm to use the Tower of Forgetting pass? (A maximum of 12-player squads.)
Confirm!
At the moment of confirmation, a massive purple hexagram magic array enveloped the entire team!
Not only that,
World Announcement: The hidden map ‘Tower of Forgetting’ has been opened. You can use the pass to teleport in or go to ‘Sacred Devil Ruins’ to find it yourself.
World Announcement: The hidden map ‘Tower of Forgetting’ has been opened. You can use the pass to teleport in or go to ‘Sacred Devil Ruins’ to find it yourself.
World Announcement: The hidden map ‘Tower of Forgetting’ has been opened. You can use the pass to teleport in or go to ‘Sacred Devil Ruins’ to find it yourself.
