Chapter 29

Chasing Wind walked dejectedly at the front, soon discovering the entrance to the wine cellar hidden in the riverbank grass. He should have been out in the wilds leveling up with the main group and hunting for bosses, but his direct superior had sent him a message to come here and find some thief. Although there was a guild mission reward, how could it compare to the satisfaction of chopping a boss and gaining experience?

The ranger behind him seemed to say something, but Chasing Wind, in a bad mood, didn't pay attention to his footing. As he lifted his leg to step inside, he heard a "ding ling ling" bell sound, and then saw Blood Dance rush forward and grab something in his hand.

"I already told you there was a trap," the human ranger, with a beard, looking to be in his thirties, frowned as he examined the bell in his hand, "The other side is very cautious, be careful."

Chasing Wind shook his head slightly, then strode into the dark cellar, "Just a thief, no matter how strong, can they withstand my axe?" However, as he spoke, he already had his two-handed axe in hand, ready for battle, clearly not as casual as his words suggested. Blood Dance, knowing his companion's blunt nature, didn't mind. He checked the remaining time for his Listen and Spot skills and followed the warrior into the cellar.

Warriors and rangers, natural enemies of thieves, especially the latter, with their numerous detection skills, specifically counter the ambush-reliant thieves. Fang Yi, hiding in the shadows, kept an eye on the two players who walked in, thinking that the people from Ba Ye really took him seriously.

Clearly, they were here to cause trouble. His old enemies from previous games probably wouldn't have the means to find him here. The only ones who could be were the people from Ba Ye.

Taisel City wasn't large; a hundred people were enough to monitor every street corner. Although he had been a bit careless and hadn't used a disguise when he returned, for such a large guild, the primary task now was to level up and hunt bosses. A small hidden quest wasn't worth sending dedicated people to track him repeatedly, right? Unless... they were sure this was a high-level chain quest.

Damn, wouldn't that be a huge profit?

The most important thing now was to get rid of these two annoying guys. There was still a treasure chest waiting for him. With just the two of you here, unless one of you has played the beta, I don't believe a ranger can pick a lock!

Different chests indeed have different lockpicking skill requirements, but in "Miracle," to open a lock, you must first use tools to pry the lock core to the correct position, and then the lockpicking skill level determines the success rate. Without hundreds of practice sessions to understand the lock mechanism, even a 10-level lockpicking skill is useless. This is one of the selling points of the realistic game.

The ranger, despite having a full set of detection skills, didn't notice Fang Yi hiding behind a barrel in the corner. He quickly found the signs of Fang Yi's struggle and the treasure chest in the corner. However, perhaps because their online time was running out or they didn't know how to disarm traps, the warrior switched to a shield and walked straight up to trigger the trap.

Blood Dance and Chasing Wind were a bit helpless. On the first day of the game's official operation, the two were core members of the guild born in the Dragon Coast region, and they had to gather intelligence as quickly as possible, rarely logging out. With less than fifteen minutes of online time left, the human ranger decisively chose to let the warrior trigger the trap and use brute force to open the treasure chest, a time-saving method. However, they underestimated the strength of the thief hiding in the shadows.

The tall human warrior endured the damage from the flame burst and then swung his axe at the treasure chest. Fang Yi, hearing the "crack" of the chest under the heavy blow, felt as if the axe had struck his heart—brute force lockpicking could damage the contents of the chest, and Fang Yi had often done this before...

This can't be tolerated! With time running out, Fang Yi put on the new chainmail bracer on his left wrist, left his hiding place, and began to accelerate toward the two.

Sparks flew as the axe blade struck the iron lock, particularly noticeable in the dim cellar. The ranger, who had been paying attention to the surroundings, easily spotted the thief who had left stealth mode, and thought to himself: still a newbie, can't even control stealth speed. He quickly took two steps back, drew his longbow, and fired an arrow.

The thief's speed didn't slow, and with a casual lift of his left hand, the arrow struck his wrist. However, the damage value that appeared above his head almost made Blood Dance's jaw drop.

"0!"

The surprised ranger hesitated, and his bow-drawing action slowed. The thief, who had reached his maximum speed, flashed forward. The screech of his boots on the ground and the gleam of the curved blade made Blood Dance's skin crawl: so fast!

In an instant, the curved blade was at Blood Dance's throat. However, professional players are no weaklings. The ranger, startled, leaned back and smashed his longbow into Fang Yi, buying time to draw his dagger and block the deadly curved blade.

With the thief in close combat, the odds were already against him, but Blood Dance wasn't panicked because he wasn't alone.

Blood Dance was right; Chasing Wind had already noticed that the ranger wasn't a match for the thief. He left the treasure chest, turned around, and started to accelerate toward Fang Yi. However, neither of them expected the thief's attack to be so powerful. The ranger, who was not good at close combat, was reduced to a sliver of health after just a few seconds of fighting the thief and had to drink a small healing potion.

Healing potion? You're quite wealthy, aren't you? Fang Yi ignored the approaching warrior, ducked under the two-handed axe, and aimed his curved blade at the ranger's groin. The poor ranger, who hadn't even had a chance to show off his archery skills, felt a sharp pain in his vital area and found himself in the Creation Temple when he opened his eyes.

The warrior's Stomp skill arrived late. Fang Yi, thinking about how everyone had such high stats, pushed off the ground and leaped three feet high—leaving the ground was the most scientific way to avoid a stomp.

A warrior without skill is just a cabbage in front of a high-agility thief. Of course, a skilled warrior can generally sweep most thieves, like me—Fang Yi thought arrogantly. The warrior in front of him was clearly not of the latter type. Despite the sudden increase in weight on his left hand, Fang Yi quickly cut down the warrior with low health.

Without the time to disarm the trap, Fang Yi repeatedly manipulated the lock core, failing and trying again... Five minutes later, with the "beep beep beep" of the online time warning, the tightly sealed iron chest finally "click" and opened its heart to Fang Yi.

Fang Yi widened his eyes and slowly lifted the lid of the treasure chest. A palm-sized black iron block and a small black bag lay quietly on either side of the bottom of the chest.

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