Chapter 38

Completely clueless, Li Huailin immediately checked his character status and found that he had indeed leveled up, now reaching level 16. He then looked at his inventory, which originally contained several dozen silver coins, and now had 2 gold and several dozen silver coins. He had really received the money.

"Strange..." Li Huailin thought, "Could it be that the reward from the server-wide announcement isn't considered something I obtained myself, thus bypassing the reverse calculation program?"

If he calculated it this way, he was already close to leveling up. But after entering the dungeon and defeating two bosses, the first boss gave no experience, while the second boss gave 1550 experience points. It seemed that the experience from both bosses was combined and given to him. Then, the S-rank evaluation deducted 3000 experience points, but he gained 10,000 experience points, netting him 5450 experience points, which was enough for him to level up.

Li Huailin felt a bit excited, as he had finally found a second way to level up. However, this method seemed a bit more difficult, as it required a server-wide announcement to get experience. The main issue was that, besides the Abyssal Dungeon, he didn't know what else could trigger a server-wide announcement.

"Wow, so many friend requests." Li Huailin was lost in thought when suddenly, Hongyan Heshui, who was next to him, shouted.

"Me too!" Hongchen Yanwu glanced at her menu and also found a pile of friend requests.

"Since our names were just announced by the system, many people must want to add us as friends," Hongyue said, noticing her own friend requests were overflowing. "I'll deal with these people later. For now, let's check what equipment we got."

"Right, right, I forgot." Hongyan Heshui said happily.

After the Shadow of Deimos, the Snake God, was defeated, although there was no corpse, a treasure chest was left on the ground as a reward, along with a mummified Snake Handler, Derjash, which could be looted. The rewards were very generous.

"Apparently, the first successful run of any dungeon at any difficulty level will have special rewards. I think we'll get something good this time," Hongyue said with a smile. "Who wants to loot the corpse?"

"Me! Me!" As soon as Hongyue finished speaking, Hongyan Heshui eagerly raised her hand.

"Go ahead." Hongyue nodded. Looting a corpse was a matter of luck, with no particular technique, so it didn't matter who did it.

"Give me a priest's artifact!" Hongyan Heshui said as she opened the treasure chest.

A golden light flashed, and everyone was stunned as a golden piece of equipment appeared in the loot window (equipment quality from worst to best: white common, green bronze, blue silver, golden gold, purple epic, orange legendary).

Staff of Deimos (Gold): Two-handed staff, attack 50-70, intelligence +15, spirit +20, increases spell damage by 47 points, and healing effects by 114 points. Usage: Summon two venomous snakes to fight for you. Required level: 20, classes: Mage, Priest, Druid, Warlock.

"Really a priest's equipment! And it's a golden piece!" Even Hongyue was surprised.

"Mine! Mine! This is mine!" Hongyan Heshui said happily.

"It might be the first golden piece of equipment in the entire server," Hongchen Yanwu's eyes lit up. "Selling it would definitely fetch a lot of money."

"No way, this is mine! My brother-in-law helped me get it!" Hongyan Heshui immediately became anxious when Hongchen Yanwu mentioned selling it.

"Alright, alright, the guild doesn't need money right now. Give it to Shui'er." Hongyue smiled and handed the staff to Hongyan Heshui.

Hongyan Heshui hadn't reached level 20 yet, so she couldn't equip it, but she could still see its appearance. It turned out to be the double-headed snake staff that Deimos had been holding, which he used with one hand, but now it became a two-handed staff in the player's hands.

"Ugh, so ugly..." Hongyan Heshui, who had been happy, suddenly became unhappy when she saw the appearance of the staff.

"Then sell it." Hongchen Yanwu said with a smile.

"No, it's mine." Hongyan Heshui immediately hugged the staff, protecting it like a chick.

"Alright, stop teasing her. Take it." Hongyue smiled and continued to look at the next item, which turned out to be a skill book.

Barbaric Strike (Skill Book): Immediately launch an attack with +95 attack power and cause a 1.5-second stun. Reduces current health by 20% after use. Instant cast, consumes 15 mana, 12-second cooldown. Cannot be used if health is below 50 points. Required level: 20, class: Warrior.

"A rare skill book," Hongyue nodded. "It's for offensive warriors. I'm a defensive warrior, so it's not useful for me. Reducing 20% of health is practically suicide. Do you want more healing? Huailin, this is for you."

"Okay, it seems good, I'll take it." Li Huailin accepted it without hesitation. The skill, regardless of its attack power, causing a 1.5-second stun was amazing. The 20% health reduction, since it wasn't a buff, he couldn't reverse it, but dying quickly wasn't his goal. Overall, the skill suited him well.

Since it was a level 20 skill, Li Huailin couldn't learn it yet. He took the skill book and reminded himself to put it in the bank later to avoid it dropping if he died.

The Shadow of Deimos dropped two pieces of equipment, and then it was Derjash's turn. Hongyan Heshui took the initiative to loot the corpse again.

"Another priest's artifact!" Hongyan Heshui shouted.

"Enough with the priest's equipment. We need tank equipment now!" Hongchen Yanwu couldn't help but say.

"Okay, then a tank's artifact." Hongyan Heshui retracted her hand, changed her words, and reached out to Derjash's mummy again.

Derjash's Robe (Silver): Cloth armor, physical defense 10-10, magic defense 25-35, constitution +5, intelligence +10, spirit +12. Required level: 20.

Venom Trap (Skill Book): Place a trap on the ground that summons 5-7 young venomous snakes to attack the enemy when an opposing player steps on it. Required level: 20, class: Hunter.

The equipment dropped by Derjash wasn't as good as the big boss's, but it was still a level 20 blue item and a skill book, which were rare outside.

"Cloth armor and a hunter's skill book," Hongyue looked at the items and distributed them. "The hunter's skill book goes to Hongpiaodai, no question. As for the blue cloth armor, Shui'er already has one, so this one goes to Yan'er."

"Okay." Hongyan Heshui nodded without any objections.

"Still a good haul." Hongchen Yanwu took the robe, which had a decent appearance and would look acceptable when worn.

Hongpiaodai took the skill book, and although she didn't say anything, she smiled slightly. This girl had been silent since Li Huailin first saw her, only saying "um" at the beginning and not a word since then, making Li Huailin almost forget about her.

"Equipment distributed, let's leave the dungeon!" Hongyue waved her hand and said.

"Sister Yue, it seems you didn't get anything this time." Hongyan Heshui suddenly said, "Should we let your brother-in-law take us through again?"

"Who said that? Did you forget about the treasure chest?" Hongyue suddenly smiled.

"Oh, right, what did the treasure chest drop?" Li Huailin remembered the treasure chest they had opened earlier, having forgotten about it while fighting the bosses.

"It dropped a blue shield at level 15, which I'm already wearing. See?" Hongyue showed Li Huailin the shield and continued, "It also dropped a blueprint. We got lucky; it's an alchemy blueprint."

Hongyue then handed the blueprint to Li Huailin.

Recipe: Basic Flame Protection Potion: Increases fire resistance by 10 points and absorbs 225 points of fire damage for 10 minutes. Learning: Requires Basic Alchemy.

"Perfect, it can be learned with basic alchemy. I'll have Yan'er learn it and see what materials are needed. If it's easy to get, we can use this to level up alchemy," Hongyue said.

"Really, what you think of comes true." Li Huailin was also pleased.

Everyone in the team had gained something, so they were naturally very happy. However, they didn't realize the storm they had caused outside the dungeon.

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