Chapter 1909: Chapter 1909: Advance or Retreat
The crowd gasped, this requirement is too high. It must be top-notch recruits recognized by the System, and even the maximum health points are reduced. More importantly, if you can’t kill your opponent, you yourself will die.
Even if other attributes of this dagger are good, the drawbacks are too obvious. It’s truly not something ordinary players can accept and use. Of course, ordinary players don’t even have the equipment, so the question of using it doesn’t arise.
To put it bluntly, this dagger is prepared for the top-notch thieves with absolute confidence.
In an instant, Jeannie regained her calmness and said indifferently, "I trust your judgment, this is a top-notch Legendary Weapon. Unfortunately, it’s too difficult to equip. I guess not many thieves dare to use this dagger. If you want to use this dagger to bet against our guild’s top Legendary Weapon, isn’t that a bit of wishful thinking?"
Edward shook his head and said, "Though only a few top-notch Legendary Weapons have emerged, according to my judgment, top-notch legends aren’t meant for ordinary players to use. It’s not to look down on ordinary players, but due to their equipment and skills, even using top-notch legends would be harmful rather than beneficial, like this dagger."
"The reasoning is very sound, but I still feel we’re getting the short end of the stick. Undeniably, I like this dagger very much. As a thief, if I were representing myself alone, I might have agreed. However, I’m representing the guild now." Jeannie continued to shake her head.
"That’s incorrect. Even as a guild, this wager is very fair. Look at the few top-notch Legendary Weapons that have appeared; take the Star Bow, for example. In Chairman Prairie Fire’s hands, no player is a match for three rounds; neither hunting gods nor slaying Demons are out of reach. But look at the equipment requirements for Star Bow; these daunting requirements for strength, not to mention players, are hard to find even among NPCs. Otherwise, this bow wouldn’t have been left ownerless for thousands of years. And my Sigh of Fire, the spiritual power must reach a one-in-a-million level at minimum, and equipping this Magic Wand means I will lose the ability to use any ice spells, including the Mage’s invincible icebox, ice ring, and ice armor."
"In other words, any top-notch legends are one in a million, and those who can use them are even rarer. While the conditions for this dagger are harsh, it is a component of a Divine Artifact. If other components are collected and combined, it will become a Divine Artifact. Speaking of this feature, only the Star Bow and Titan’s Strike are comparable; even my Magic Wand and other top-notch legends pale in comparison."
The crowd thought for a moment and found Edward’s words reasonable.
Take the example of the Star Bow; is the Star Bow good? Naturally, it’s extremely good. However, the problem is, in Li Yao’s hands, it’s a Divine Bow.
But in anyone else’s hands, it can only serve as a decoration, gathering dust in the backpack. This dagger has strange requirements, but there might be thieves suitable for using this dagger.
If that’s true, perhaps the title of the number one thief will rest on the one who can freely wield this dagger for a long time.
Just like Edward becoming the top fire Mage because of having Sigh of Fire, not because she’s just a guild chairman.
Jeannie and Sister Li exchanged a glance, and Sister Li nodded.
Jeannie finally said, "Even though it’s still a bit lacking, we agree to this wager. We will put Ancient Tree Nemesis as the wager."
A berserker among the guild masters said, "Can we use Quel’Sela as a wager?"
Quel’Sela, a weapon embryo Li Yao acquired through the dragon-slaying outline task line.
After being quenched by the origin power of the dragon queen, and forged with her heart’s blood, it became a perfect-grade Legendary Weapon. Later, even more extraordinarily precious materials were used, and the blue dragon queen’s innate casting turned it into a divine weapon with the Dragon King prefix.
Casting is the process of artificially granting weapons characteristics. Nowadays, many weapons and equipment come with prefixes like Hell, Demon, Angel, etc., all adding special properties and effects.
Through casting, this moment’s Quel’Sela surpasses both Li Yao’s Star Bow and Titan’s Strike in strength. It was originally outside the top three, but post-casting, it directly became the number one Legendary Weapon.
More importantly, this equipment is quite amicable, with low requirements for the wearer.
Everyone knows that completing the dragon-slaying outline task can make this weapon, but everyone also knows that surpassing Prairie Fire in crafting weapons of similar attributes is almost impossible.
Jeannie smiled, "You look quite ugly, but your ideas are pretty wild. This is the life weapon of our chairman’s Mechanical Avatar. Of course, as long as the wager is equivalent, it’s not impossible to use it as a wager, as long as Chairman Edward is willing to put Sigh of Fire as a wager. We’re willing to take a slight loss, but this dagger won’t do."
Quite a few eyes among the guild masters lit up. This is the perfect-grade Quel’Sela, and it also possesses the prefix attribute. Now, it’s the number one Legendary Weapon on the leaderboard, and they all looked at Edward.
"Chairman Edward, this round is sure to win."
"Exactly, as long as it’s a sure-win round; take a look."
"Even if we lose, there’s so many of us guilds to back you up."
Edward secretly cursed Jeannie for being cunning and then snorted at the guild leaders’ words.
They had it well-planned; Quel’Sela is a close-combat weapon, winning or losing doesn’t matter much for her. But losing her Sigh of Fire would be lost, especially since Starfire’s fire Mage is quite strong, with burst and versatility even surpassing hers.
To take a step back, since it’s a wager, how is there a sure-win scenario, especially facing the ever-elusive Starfire?
Look at their equipment, nothing else; their core team’s equipment can match these guild leaders.
They have one luxurious guild, but there’s dozens of them, and after capturing a main city, heaven knows what trump cards they’ve gained.
And losing them as compensation, head to toe compensation, while Sigh of Fire is valuable to others, it is priceless to her. She wouldn’t swap it even if Li Yao exchanged his Star Bow and Titan’s Strike.
Are these people able to compensate? So she pretended not to hear the opposite words and said, "Since the wager is settled, then let’s begin. Who has the confidence to take down this second round?"
For a moment, everyone was silent again. This round was too critical, the wager was enormous, not to mention the responsibility. If lost, there’s no need to even mention the third round, as it’s three wins out of two, making the third round redundant.
Moreover, those who can participate basically represent the guild’s face and the guild’s top title. Losing means signaling that they are far inferior to the Starfire guild.
Even those who feel their profession counter the Necromancer’s skill hesitated.
"A bunch of useless cowards, backing down when faced with such a small scene. With such fear of losing, your achievements will remain the same."
The Temple of a Thousand Gods’s chairman threw off his cloak to reveal a fiery figure wrapped in a flaming robe, flashing into the field...