“Why?”
“I’m in the middle of a breathtaking fight…”
“Oh? What fight?”
When I gave her a quick rundown of my situation, her face paled almost instantaneously. “Whoa. The Green Qilin, a level 55 Purple Tier Boss! You’re pretty lucky, Li Xiao Yao. Are you taking advantage of a bug?”
I nodded. “Yeah, I guess you could call it a bug, but it’s really annoying to exploit…”
“Oh! Watch that icicle!”
The ice smacked into my face with a “Pa,” which caused Lin Wan Er to start laughing. “Ouch…”
“So can you and Dong Cheng Yue wait a little? I’ll join you guys downstairs after I kill the Boss. How’s that?”
“Sure. I’ll set up a stall in Fan Shu City with Dong Cheng Yue while we wait. Message us once you finish. Oh right! Do you know any good places for food?”
I thought for a bit. “There’s not really anything good on campus right now, but there should be plenty of food stalls off-campus. Why don’t we try a few?
“Great! Now get back to killing the boss!”
“Ok!”
……
My conversation with Lin Wan Er reinvigorated me. I drew my Wind Chaser back into the shape of the crescent moon and released. I was aiming for the Qilin’s eyes, but the arrow landed in its forehead instead. For some reason, I could not manage to hit its eyes no matter how hard I tried. Archers have passive skills such as Eagle Eye and Archer Mastery, which improves accuracy and damage. I do not. If I had not put the 10 skill points I received every level into strength, I probably would not even be able to penetrate the Green Qilin’s armor.
As the time passed, I took hit after hit from the icicles the Qilin shot at me. It was painful, but what really surprised me was how the Qilin had yet to land a single critical hit. How was that possible? Perhaps it had to do with how the Qilin was a melee monster? Maybe it could not perform critical hits with magic because of that? Glancing at my own stats, I had a 2.1% chance of a critical strike using melee attacks, but none for magic.
I raised my head, worried that [Wrath of the Heroes] might have returned to kill me. I knew that Liu Ying hated my guts, and would not have gave up trying to kill me. But, our battle earlier probably dissuaded him from retaliating anytime soon. I caused the death of nearly 70 twice promoted players using the Fire Spirit Cats. Liu Ying also saw me use the Pardon Card, so even if he did kill me, I would only lose one level. The cost of killing me now outweighed the benefits, so the chances of [Wrath of the Heroes] giving up on me were about even. I hoped that they decided not to come, since I was busy and wouldn’t be able to give them a warm welcome.
After 40 minutes and countless magical baptisms, the Qilin finally activated its fury and blood-lust in an attempt to free itself from the bug I used. But, its efforts were futile. Its only option was death.
“Shua!”
My Wind Chaser screeched as another arrow left it!
“Pa!”
224!
A critical hit… How gratifying.
“Roar……”
The Green Qilin finally fell on its knees and collapsed. It was dead!
“Shua shua!”
Two beams of golden light shone down among my excitement, indicating that I had advanced to Lv 48!
……
“Crash!”
Just as the Green Qilin collapsed, a huge number of items dropped. I jumped 2 levels soloing this boss so the drop rate had definitely increased. That was what I found most gratifying!
Leaning back, I used my sword to cut through a vine that I had tied to my legs and landed face first on the ground.
“Peng!”
With a beautiful jump, I stood up and ran to the corpse of the Green Qilin. Glancing over the dropped items, I was slightly disappointed. There were no Guild Creation Tablets. Whatever, the 3% drop rate is not completely for show. The tablet that had dropped last time was an unexpected surprise.
As the spring rain continued to fall on the field, A sword quietly appeared on the ground. It commanded respect, and glowed a faint purple. I shuddered. Whoa. Was that… a Purple Tier sword?
My heart nearly stopped. I immediately grabbed the sword’s hilt, and a powerful energy surged into my arm. It really was a purple tier!
……
Tendrils of bitter cold seeped into my arms. Even though the sword was not cold, my body shook uncontrollably. My dream was right in front of me, a pretty line of text floating above it——
【Frost Rain Sword】(Superior-Purple Tier)
…..
*TL/editor note: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qilin
As was mentioned in the blog post, we’ve westernized some of the terms that didn’t translate. Since those translations were imperfect at best, you’ll be seeing more romanization with an accompanying TL note.