The Great Thief

Translator: Exodus Tales  Editor: Exodus Tales

Who could be so damn brave!

However, an adventurer wasn’t afraid of dying. If a level 60 died they wouldn’t lose any experience. As for the equipment they dropped, they could just leave it to a team of thieves to pick it up on the battlefield.

It was only the potions and repair fee that would be considered a waste.

You really didn’t need to think too carefully when entering these kinds of circumstances. So, with utter fearlessness and determination, Lu Li agreed to the quest.

‘Life is like a play, it all depends on your acting.’ Maybe it was this sort of determination that gave Major Solomon an incomparable faith. “Fine, tomorrow at dawn, get 200 people here and ready to await orders. You should be able to get 200 people,” Solomon growled, giving orders while gnashing his teeth. Evidently, his operation wasn’t an easy task, but if it succeeded it could get him promoted. However, if it failed, there’d also be serious consequences.

As for why they’d have to wait till dawn the next day, the answer was simple — it was soon time for the majority of players to come online.

That day, Lu Li and his team completed three and a half quests. The “half quest” was to start a new storyline.

However, his First Clear Team was a bit gloomy – the Red Dragon had been oppressing them all day. The two commanders, Wandering and Sky Moon, were almost at their wits’ end. They finally knew what it was like for Lu Li when he commanded First Clears.

According to what Lu Li said, the action on the second day had nothing to do with them. So, they could just keep clearing while it was the weekend.

On the second day, Lu Li assembled a team of almost 500 players. Of course, Ruling Sword didn’t have that many people themselves. So as to not affect the battle at Black Wing’s Nest, some of the people were borrowed from Drizzle Court.

So many people running over to Felstone Field was simply suicide; the Undead Legion at the Plaguelands weren’t stupid. So, the allies had only sent in a small-scale unit to go into the Plaguelands; a small unit couldn’t easily be spotted. Even if they were discovered, the Cult of the Damned wouldn’t think much of the small group. However, Lu Li’s 500 player army probably wouldn’t take too long to be discovered.

This time, there were six people with Lu Li. Apart from the people originally with him yesterday, Sesame Rice Ball was also there. “Where are your people?” Solomon asked, with exhaustion shown all over his face. It looked like he didn’t sleep well all night. He saw that Lu Li only brought five people with him, and he pulled an ugly expression immediately.

He had been looking forward to today’s action all night. He had already started daydreaming about receiving a great reward for defeating a strong enemy. He supposed those spoiled folks at Stormwind City wouldn’t be making fun of him for choosing the role as a scout.

“Don’t worry, when they need to be here, they’ll be here,” Lu Li reassured helplessly, “Sir, do you think I’d treat my life as a joke?”

“Alright then, you adventurers always have some sort of hidden, secret method. However, as soon as something goes wrong, you guys are going to have to take the responsibility, got it?” Solomon threatened in a husky voice. He accepted Lu Li’s excuse for now.

“Can you tell us what you would like us to do now?” Lu Li asked.

“Know Professor Putricide?” Solomon asked hopelessly. In his eyes, adventurers were pretty unrefined and probably weren’t very well educated.

“No, no I don’t,” Lu Li mumbled, really wanting to turn back and leave.

This was the scientist and apothecarist whose research focused on the ‘Death of all life in Azeroth’. He was probably the most powerful apothecarist in the Scourge. With his strong scientific knowledge, he could make up hundreds of different potions. It could be said that he researched and developed all the poisons that the Scourge hard. Although he had never actually commanded a battle, his rich knowledge occupied an important niche in the Undead.

Lu Li once saw his name on a scroll for legendary apothecarists of Azeroth.

The author of the scroll used very strong language to express pity for Professor Putricide’s difficult life. His road of research was filled with obstacles and hardships, and all his work was received a lot of criticism. However, there was no way to discount his amazing genius in the end.

If Solomon asked Lu Li to assassinate Professor Putricide, then Lu Li would think this aristocratic commander was an idiot. The Lich King was protecting Professor Putricide very carefully; they might not be able to kill him even if a great army was sent out.

“No, I’m not asking you to assassinate Putricide. There’s a batch of potions that he has newly developed, and it’s in the middle of being transported. Our task is to intercept this batch of potions, and when the time comes, you can take some of the potions that don’t break regulations,” Solomon quickly added.

“This information seems really important so why hasn’t it been reported to higher authorities?” Lu Li asked in puzzlement.

“The source of this information was from one of the cursed disciples, and we used some unique methods of interrogation to receive this information. I can’t guarantee that it’s 100% accurate either,” Solomon said with a bit of embarrassment. “According to this information, the location is a bit remote, so we can’t send too many troops in there. Also, the last batch of potions would be transferred by the time the higher authorities decide to do anything about it. I can’t rely on those old guys in the force, they don’t want to take risks at all.”

“Sure, for the time being, we’ll trust the information. Tell us where this batch of potions is being delivered to, and the people protecting it.” Lu Li knew that that if this task was easy, they wouldn’t have given it to adventurers like them.

“I don’t know where it’s going. I do know that there aren’t that many people protecting it. They’ll definitely go through the big bridge over the Sodorir River. My people went and had a look once; the time and number of enemies pretty much match up with the given information,” Solomon revealed.

“How many of your people went?” Lu Li asked.

“Just me. The others only obey a part of my command. And I also don’t want too many people to know,” Solomon said. Although Solomon was commanding a big team of scouts, he didn’t have absolute commanding power. However, if all at once the team suffered a big loss, then his military career would come to an end.

“We have a few people who’ll scout ahead. These friends of mine aren’t thieves, and they’ll need our protection.” After Lu Li understood the situation a bit, he began to make arrangements as there wasn’t much time to spare. He hoped that this quest wouldn’t lead to unforeseen misfortune. If the players died, that still wasn’t too bad – they could just respawn and continue the fight. However, in the case that Solomon was killed, it’d spell doom for him.

“Try this!” Solomon handed over two bottles of potions; they turned out to be Intermediate Stealth potions. They were much better than the Lesser Stealth Potions that Lu Li and his team could only struggle to get.

It looked like this guy had some pretty established family wealth; he deserved to be called nobility.

Sesame Rice Ball consumed a bottle of the potion and the Stealth effects would last an hour. Although this would make his movement speed a bit slower, it wouldn’t be significant enough to slow down the group.

After Solomon made sure that Sesame Rice Ball was able to communicate and command the military’s portal, Solomon’s attitude towards Lu Li changed immediately. It looked like if anything dangerous happened, Solomon would prioritise Sesame Rice Ball’s safety and no one would care about what happened to Lu Li.