MMORPG: The Elementalist

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

The Tucker Minibeast level-up zone.

Soon, Level 15 Water-Type Tuckers could no longer satiate Little Eye. After all, how many minutes could anyone expect Galbis, a Tier 4 Ultimate Boss to be obsessed with small fry that were killed in seconds?

After Xin Yu encouraged it to improve to Level 15, Little Eye was no longer willing to even touch those small fry as if it was insulting for it to fighting them…

On the other hand, her pet's rise from Level 0 to Level 10 in less than ten minutes appeared quick to Xin Yu, just as she did not find leveling-up here was slow and produce less experience. If not for a veteran player like Pretty guiding her, Pet and owner might be at loggerheads for some time. At the lady's suggestion, both of them brought the now-very-respected Little Eye to a different training zone: an area where Level 24-30 Black Hounds prowled.

On the way, Xin Yu could tell from Pretty's expression that the tirelessly complaining lady had been utterly won over by Little Eye's ability. Not only was she no longer insisting on her changing Pets, she even somberly asked her for details of Little Eye's basic attributes and skills.

Xin Yu did not hold back, and revealed every information about Little Eye:

Level 10 One-Eyed Orc: Little Eye.

Physical Attack 80-85; growth rate 5;

Physical Resistance 55-57, growth rate 4;

Magic Attack 55-57; growth rate 3 (Attack being basic attack plus skill attack);

Magical Resistance 55-57, growth rate 3;

HP: 1500/1500; growth rate 100;

MP: 200/200; growth rate 10.

***

The basic attribute information bombarded Pretty into a daze. That power was no inferior to a Warrior or Elementalist who had just entered Tier 2, and was perhaps superior in resistance, HP and MP!

Her Blue-winged Butterfly simply could not compare…

Its skill was even more outrageous!

When Pretty learned that Little Eye had two Innate Talents at Level 0: one being Gravity Field that dispelled every Divinity Crystal's power within a hundred meters, the other being Galbis's Glare that drains 2 MP from its target in every second, Pretty gritted her teeth and stared into thin air for half a day!

Finally!

She finally knew what that One-Eyed Orc was, and Qin Ruo's identity in the game.

The Gravity Field was a terrible skill that was once cast in Savis Town by a certain person from Fallen Angels, and was also an Innate Talent that made Galbis, the Mythical Battlefield Ultimate Boss famous.

Incidentally, Galbis had been slain by Qin Ruo the Winter Demon. The Cyclops Commander Pet, however, did not show up for a long time, and not be expected to be was presented as a gift for a noob who had just joined the game…

Pretty laughed bitterly.

It explained everything: why Qin Ruo had been trying to excuse himself from everything, even ignoring her snide comments…

News that the Winter Demon was caught in the Underworld was public knowledge even before he arrived in Beijing! It was therefore unsurprising that he had to ask someone to actually help pass the Pet Egg to Xin Yu.

And Xiaoxiao, the Deputy Clan Leader of Fallen Angels!

At the thought, Pretty had an impulse to slap her head violently: such a fact was placed right before her, and yet she was too neglectful to see it.

No wonder Qin Ruo would not reveal his In-game identity back at the rehab center and was so insightful about Elementalists… Could be it that she would naturally learn about his identity after he returned?

"That dirtball."

Those were words that escaped Pretty's mouth as she gritted her teeth distractedly…

"You can't blame Brother Qin," Xin Yu explained, turning toward her. "You had been confrontational like an enemy… his not telling you right away is just him minding our faces."

In return, Pretty carefully remembered their meeting then—she had indeed taken Qin Ruo for a typical salaryman and a novice who would not make much progress in the game. After her persistent efforts to force shame upon him and hammer his confidence, she would have been reduced to a pulp if Qin Ruo had indeed revealed his true colors.

"Hmph! He was stuttering and gloomy… wouldn't things be simpler if he revealed who he was in the first place?"

Pretty turned obstinate then as well, and Xin Yu rolled her eyes inwardly.

'Really, would his Brother Qin be so pompous that he reveals his identity at once? She is clearly in the wrong and still would not admit it…'

"Silly girl. What's with that face of yours?"

"Huh?"

"What 'huh'? Stop pretending." Pretty put her hands by her hips.

"Nothing, nothing. I was thinking—oh, right, I'm going to help Little Eye."

"Get back here, girl!" Pretty chirped. "Explain!"

***

While Pretty and Xin Yu trained the Pet, Qin Ruo had returned to the Mythical Continent, and headed for Champion's Restaurant to gather with the others including Violet Orchid, Xiaoxiao, Dinosaurcerer, Slayer's Heart, Burning Rose, Little Apple, iLittle Arrow, Violetmoon Devilite, Brother Da and Gold Digger Babe.

The instant Qin Ruo entered the reserved box, everyone apart from Violet Orchid, Xiaoxiao and Dinosaurcerer crowded toward him puzzledly. If not for the clan insignia worn before his chest, Slayer's Heart and the others might have asked if he was in the wrong room.

"Netherspirit's Menace?"

Little Apple was amongst the first in the crowd left out of the loop to realize, and blurted out the identity of the male stranger before her after she read his information.

Everyone in the box was left shaken at once!

The enigmatic Aquamancer known as Netherspirit's Menace who appeared rose to fame after slaying Dark Dragon three days ago, then disappeared without a trace!

Slayer's Heart and Burning Rose turned in surprise towards Violet Orchid who smiled and said nothing, not understanding why an outsider would be invited to a party's reunion held on a whim—even if his identity was a mystery and he was an ally that interested them.

"Hehe."

Dinosaurcerer stood up and closed the door to the private box. Then, as everyone looked on bewilderedly, he pulled up Brother Da and pushed Qin Ruo down to sit beside Xiaoxiao…

Whoa!

"Dino!"

Brother Da was at once enraged, his eyes bulging circularly as he yelled at Dinosaurcerer thunderously. To him, Dino's actions of pushing a male stranger to sit beside his best friend's lady was simply unforgivable.

However, in the very next second, something even more unbelievable happened right before them: after settling down, Netherspirit's Menace reached out and put his hand over Xiaoxiao's shoulders. Although she blushed bright red in response, she was surprisingly not angry, nor did she try to slip away.

"Alright, dispel the Mimic—if Brother Da walks away in anger you'll have to get him back." Violet Orchid said, grinning at Brother Da's face.

"Mimic?"

Qin Ruo smiled. A white light abruptly filled the box.

"Ruo Ruo?"

"Little Qin?"

"Brother Qin!"

"Damned kid!"

Watching as Netherspirit's Menace transformed into a grinning Qin Ruo, everyone was greatly astonished and delighted, crying out and leaving the box in a ruckus…

"Damn it!"

"Good one, boy, keeping even us in the dark!"

"You fooled us, Ruo Ruo! Sisters, execute!"

"Alright!"

Qin Ruo never thought that he would be welcomed in such 'passionate' fashion. With a terrible cry he was reduced to an inhuman palp, lying with his dying breath in Xiaoxiao's embrace after he was rendered immobile, pinched by several powerful gorillas.

"Hmph! And I was saying where such a formidable Aquamancer could have climbed out from. Tell us frankly, did you lot know at the start?"

Burning Rose and the violent ladies turned their attention to the trio who were in the know.

And then!

"Ahem, ahem. No-no-no, let me explain! It's all Ruo Ruo's own idea, you could ask Violet if you don't believe me." Dinosaurcerer said, although he was keeping beside the door and appeared poised to flee at a moment's notice.

"That's right."

With only two words, Violet Orchid simply and utterly betrayed Qin Ruo.

"Ah…"

Qin Ruo cried out in inner anguish. He never would have imagined that even Violet would prove unreliable, even adding insult to injury.

"Violet, let's talk business."

With perfect timing, Xiaoxiao shifted everyone's attention.

"Um-hmm."

Violet's expression became solemn, and she gestured for everyone to return to their seats.

"Business?"

It was only then that Burning Rose and the other ladies spared Dinosaurcerer and Qin Ruo. As they remembered that it would be a shock the entire community if word got out that Qin Ruo had escaped the Underworld, they also realized he must have something important to say for him to have everyone gathered here.

"Is this about a League?" Slayer's Heart asked.

"That's right." Qin Ruo nodded. "Now, every major group are on the final spurt in the competition to form a clan. It' time for us to do our best as well!"

With that, he turned to Violet Orchid. "Violet. Do you have targets confirmed for the other two League Clans?"

She nodded. "There are three who fits the bill: The Executors, Ascendant Saber, and Blood War Clan. So far, we have only been in touch with Remorseless Warrior—the leader of the Executors, the strongest of their lot. Ascendant Saber and Blood War are almost at their level too, but we will contact them after The Executors makes a decision."

"The Executors?"

Qin Ruo quickly remembered the showdown at Aricus Ruins. The Executors indeed displayed commendable aspects, even if they had not won once.

Nevertheless…

"Remorseless Warrior would never agree. I think it's more likely that he would be building a new League with himself as its master."

From Qin Ruo impression of the other player back then, he was definitely not one to subordinate himself to others.

Nonetheless…

"He agreed," Violet Orchid replied.

"Eh?"

Qin Ruo looked in surprise at Violet Orchid's own eyes. "How's that possible?"

"Hehe. In truth, he had not agreed directly, but had simply thought of a challenge to dissuade us… That being said, you've actually solved the problem he presented long ago, which is why I simply consider that he has agreed."

Everyone was left in a daze.

Then, Gold Digger Babe's uncertain and tentative question rang in the box…

"…Could he have asked for Brother Qin to leave the Underworld in the near future?"