Shaking my head while smiling, I step into the shallow waters and reject their offer, “Thanks, but I am currently on a quest and I’m heading towards another map. So, have fun and good luck!”
That guy shakes his head and hehe laughs, “Yeah, good luck to you too. The monsters in front have extremely high levels, don’t die!”
“Of course!”
With the blessings from those strangers, I step on the road to leveling. On my way, I find that the levels of the monsters are higher than before. Last time I came, the monsters were level 37 but now, they’ve been replaced with level 39 monsters. Obviously, this showcases the capabilities of the AI of Destiny; the levels of the monsters would follow the majority of the gamers. As most of the gamers level up, the levels of the monsters change accordingly.
Reaching the entrance to the Fire Stone Canyon, shoosh shoosh sounds became apparent, as the harsh wind blew against me, I glanced around but there was no other players to be found. On a rock far away, there were a few level 40 small devils. Given that most of the players are around the 32~34 level range, killing these monsters would be difficult for them.
Standing on the cliff, I leap and slide into the area of the Fire Stone Canyon together with Baby Bobo. Opening my map to take a look, I realize that I’ve already passed by the Deep Cold Forest and can’t expect another Ice Rat to appear for me, I guess I better just proceed on with the quest. After all, leveling is the most important thing right now! On the map, towards my east, the whole region was dyed blood red and on top of that, there was a quest mark. That would probably be where the temporary camp of the Dark Dwarves is, I guess?
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Carrying my Jade City Sword, I move carefully towards the location indicated on the map. After walking for around 10 minutes, the land in front of me starts going downwards and looking downwards, in the middle of the valley below, there’s a large basin — Slayer’s Basin.
Yet another map within a map! Standing at the edge of the basin, I look towards the horizon. I could see thick black smoke rising up and at least tens of thousands simple and crude tents spreading out sporadically within the basin. Each and every Dark Dwarf, all possessing a beard, is busy doing something. Some were busy crafting some kind of weapon and some were stripping the skins of their hunts. More importantly, all of their names were red, indicating that they were the monsters I needed to hunt to complete my quest!
“Sha…”
My Battle Boots begin to move and I slide down along the edges of the basin. At the same time, my Dawn Breastplate shines with an untainted glow. With this Dawn Breastplate from Lin Wan Er, I look like a high level warrior.
Reaching the ground, I regain my balance and look around, not far away from me, there’s a small tent, within it resides four Dark Dwarves. Two of them are surrounding a soup cauldron, one’s stripping a wild goat of its skin and the last one is sharpening the edge of a war axe. Hu chi hu chi, the Dark Dwarf who was stripping the goat’s skin wheezes as he does the chore, commenting, “Damn it, these goat meats comes with a nasty stench, making me feel like vomiting. I prefer the taste of human girls. Last night, when we were raiding the human village, we killed all of the women after playing with them. I feel like… the prince’s way of doing things is way too violent, why can’t we bring those human girls here?”
Ga ga, the Dark Dwarf who was sharpening the war axe laughs and says, “Suo An , shut up. Don’t you dare question the prince’s way of doing things; you are too arrogant. If you don’t shut your mouth, this elder shall remove your head from your body with a swing of my axe, making you end up just like those humans!”
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While carrying my sword, I confirm the distance between me and the Dark Dwarves. The distance which monsters would be aggro-ed would be around 20 meters, whereas the Dark Dwarf who is removing the goat’s skin was just around 20 meters away from him. Hm, I shall start with him, otherwise a 1V4 would be too stressful!