Translator: Atlas Studios
Editor: Atlas Studios
The Supreme Presbyterian Church Observation Group was actually an intelligence organization directly under the Dark Council. Most of the members of the Observation Group were from the Thief Class. They were responsible for collecting battlefield intelligence for the Dark Council and spying on the military direction of the Holy Order Assembly and the Chaos Corps. They even occasionally dispatched assassins to assassinate important targets under the instructions of the Supreme Presbyterian Church.
Similarly, the leader of the Observation Group, Hidro, was also an Undead Thief. However, one could say that he was the cornerstone of the Thief Class. He wore total black and a fierce fur armor that radiated fog from time to time. That was the legendary five-piece Demon Armament of the Thief Class: the Natural Disaster and Guilt Outfit. Two daggers on his waist were flashing with a purple-red flare that was considered a Level 160 Legendary dagger called Chaos Fragment.
Despite having a slightly crooked body, even if one could see his sharp gaze under the facecloth, when he lowered his head, one would feel as if there had never existed such a person. Even if such a Thief passed by, one might very likely not notice him!
There was totally no sense of existence! Hidro perfectly interpreted the hidden talents of the Thief Class. In the past, the Thief Classes in the Chaotic Era had frantically chased after Hidro, which was the ultimate goal of a Thief. In contrast, powerful Thief NPC Wagner of the Holy Order Assembly was not that sought after.
Since they ranked third when it came to dungeon clearance, Fatty and rest had the chance to meet this Thief Class cornerstone called Hidro. They received their additional rewards just like the system prompts said. When the Bandit Camp Dungeon had started, that Undead Thief NPC, who had activated the quest plot, had been foreshadowed. He had told the players that they would either eliminate the bandits or report the situation back to the Supreme Presbyterian Church Observation Group.
However, the rewards for reporting to the Supreme Presbyterian Church Observation Group seemed to be given only to the top ten parties that cleared the dungeon faster.
“The glory belongs to the council!” Hidro was a cold person. After making this fanatical declaration to open the Dark Council Camp, he allowed Fatty and the rest to receive their reward.
Although this was an additional reward, that wasn’t much of a fancy move. It was nothing more than letting the five players randomly choose a reward.
Didn’t what could be obtained with such a lucky draw depend entirely on one’s luck? Of course, there would certainly be some good stuff, depending on whether one could draw it.
Fated Sky, who was the first one to draw a prize, was lucky. He actually drew a Level 20 Hammer Crafting Blueprint. Although the hammer was the main weapon of the Prophet Class, the Warrior Class could also use it. However, the attack speed and frequency would be slower. Nonetheless, if their attack was high enough, Warrior players would not reject such a weapon. Most importantly, the Level 20 Weapon Crafting Blueprint was now rare, which determined the price of this blueprint!
Fated Sky had made a good start, so everyone immediately got excited. It seemed that the items obtained from this lucky draw should be higher-level items than those dropped by common monsters.
The second to draw a prize was Snail of Darkness, who wasn’t as lucky as Fated Sky. He obtained 30 dungeon points.
Dungeon points could be exchanged for rewards with a specific NPC. However, dungeon points were useless if there were very few of them, as the minimum item that could be exchanged was worth 200 dungeon points. If players wanted to exchange dungeon points for good stuff, they would have to accumulate more points.
Next, Crayon Knife drew a Skill Book. Although it was the Prophet Class Healing Ward, it was only a Level 10 Skill Book. There were probably many on the market, so it was not worth much. On the other hand, Luo Moling drew a Novice Healing Salve Recipe, which was considered mediocre…
Finally, it was Fatty’s turn…
Although he was full of expectation, when he obtained the reward, his face nearly darkened.
He had actually obtained a treasure map!
A treasure map was a useful thing in any game, so Fatty shouldn’t have scowled. However, the problem was that the treasure map in the Chaotic Era was different from the map of other games.
One would basically not dig anything useless with the treasure map in the Chaotic Era. In fact, the treasure map was an important source of rare blueprints in the game! The so-called rare blueprint was different from the common Crafting Blueprint, as the common Crafting Blueprint would be dropped by common monsters. When one was forging, the equipment rank would range from Normal to Legendary. It was harder to forge equipment of a high rank.
This was not the case for rare blueprints. After forging such a blueprint, the minimum result was a Superior Rank item! This rare blueprint either came from a high-end boss or a treasure map. The treasure map could also allow a player to dig parts of the Demon Armament!
In other words, this treasure map was definitely good stuff!
In that case, why was Fatty’s face so dark? The reason was simple. It was too hard to dig the treasure map!
The treasure map Fatty had drawn was a worn, yellowish sheepskin scroll. After opening it, he saw a simple, sloppy picture-like map with a huge cross-shaped symbol on it whose exact position couldn’t be seen. At the bottom of the treasure map, there were several lines of text written in strange fonts!
Yes. Not only did this treasure map have a rough logo, but every time a treasure map was obtained, the player also had to learn the corresponding language before they could interpret the text on the treasure map. The languages in the Chaotic Era were divided into the mainland language, the Dragon Clan language, the Advanced Sprite Clan language, the God language, the Demon Clan language, and the Orc language. There were many languages. By completing all kinds of main quests, side quests, adventure quests, and so on in the game, the players could learn these languages and raise their level.
In the game that Fatty had played for four years, he had also encountered some treasure maps. He could see that the language on this treasure map should be the Demon Clan language. He supposed the level was not very high. With Level 1 or Level 2 Demon Clan language proficiency, he could translate it.
Because the text on the treasure map was a poem that was obscure and hard to understand, which could be considered a riddle, only after guessing this riddle could he know the exact location of the treasure map. After finding the place, he would look for the treasure based on the picture-like map.
It would be very troublesome, right? Yes, it was very troublesome, not just ordinarily troublesome. This was why Fatty’s face darkened when he obtained the treasure map.
Although one could dig up a lot of good stuff with the treasure map, this was under the condition that the player could decipher the treasure map’s language. When Fatty had played the Berserker, there had been hundreds of treasure maps in the game. However, he had only dug up dozens of good things after deciphering it. Clearly, this treasure map was hard to use.
For Fatty, this treasure map didn’t seem to have a price at the moment… It was also incomparable to the 30 dungeon points that Snail of Darkness had obtained…
Fated Sky rejoiced in his misfortune. He had joined the closed beta trial, so he knew what the treasure map meant. He said with an evil smile, “Ha ha… During the closed beta, it is said that only one treasure map’s language was deciphered in a whole month…”
Fatty stared at him angrily and said, “Say some more and you will forge a Normal Rank helmet later on!”
Everyone knew that Fatty was now in a bad mood, so they didn’t joke with him any more. They headed to Asgarod City’s life skill area instead.
The blacksmith shop and tailor shop were on two adjacent streets. There was also an alchemy shop, an enchantment shop, and other shops distributed on different streets. This life skill area was in the center of Asgarod City, so one could imagine the liveliness there.
This time, Fatty needed to forge four blueprints, including Crayon Knife’s Dagger Blueprint, Fated Sky’s Heavy Armor Helmet Blueprint, Luo Moling’s Arrow Blueprint, as well as Fatty’s Level 10 Staff Blueprint.
In fact, in the absence of certainty, forging weapons was more of a lost cause. After all, when the weapon was still a blueprint, the player could sell the blueprint for quite a good price. Once it was forged into a trashy or a Normal Rank weapon, they might not be able to get back the money they had used to purchase the blueprint. On top of that, they still had to fork out the money for the materials. Therefore, unless the players forged their own weapons, very few of them would forge a weapon of another class.
Of course, it was now time to rush proficiency.
Fatty looked at the time and it was nearly midnight. In other words, the system would welcome the change from day to night. Unconsciously, he had been in the game for a long time, which made him sigh. It was hard to say whether rushing to Level 14 with 82% EXP on the first day of the game was fast or slow.
Four blueprints were not much but not little either. Fatty could verify his conjecture now.
Luo Moling had learned the tailoring skill, so the Light Armor and Cloth Armor Blueprint that the five of them wanted to forge were both assigned to her. However, she decided to tailor after looking at the items Fatty forged.
According to Fatty’s hypothesis, he should forge when the system data refreshed due to the change from day to night. Although he had forged a Superior weapon the first time, his test data was too limited. Without comparison, it could not explain the problem.
This time, Fatty intended to forge two items before the transition from day to night!
The first one he would forge was Fated Sky’s helmet. Since this guy had laughed at him just now, Fatty planned to experiment on his equipment first.
Weapons and equipment around Level 10 did not require any special materials to be forged. They only needed the Iron Ore of the corresponding level, which could be easily acquired at the market. While standing in front of the anvil at the blacksmith shop, Fatty started to forge with his hammer.
When the progress bar was full, the helmet was successfully forged.
Fated Sky, who took the helmet impatiently, used the Appraisal Scroll he had purchased beforehand to appraise the helmet.
Normal Rank!
Compared to the Normal Rank helmet of the same level that Fated Sky was wearing, it was 5 armor points higher. Although he found it a pity, he still replaced it.
The second thing he forged was Luo Moling’s Arrow Blueprint.
When the arrow’s appraisal was out, Fatty nearly fainted. It was actually a Normal Rank helmet with standard damage. It was not as good as Fated Sky’s helmet, which was at least 5 armor points higher!
Could his luck be running low? Besides drawing a treasure map earlier, he had even forged two Normal Rank pieces of equipment in a row?
“Can you do it or not?” Luo Moling finally found the chance to attack Fatty. “You are the King of the Normal Rank!”
Fatty became angry. This lady actually dared to question his power?
However, he was neither an expert nor a professor. He didn’t have sturdy support to balance out Luo Moling, so he could only grit his teeth and prepare to start forging Crayon Knife’s dagger. He would use facts to retort.
“Brother Chicken, good… good luck!” Crayon Knife, who was flustered by Fatty’s two consecutive Normal Rank items, said with a nervous expression.
The progress bar filled up and the dagger was forged. As Crayon Knife shook in fear, he used the Appraisal Scroll to evaluate the dagger. Fatty and everyone else’s eyes were on Crayon Knife without blinking, waiting for him to report the stats…