Fa Biao De Wo Niu
Chapter 56 Generous Rewards
“Return the flute to Ian Part, and give the flute to me,” Nie Yan said, looking at Bai Kaishui.
It was a quest item and not really his. Bai Kaishui sighed inwardly and handed the flute to Nie Yan.
Nie Yan looked into the jungle. An old man walked over with faltering steps.
“Respected elder, we have punished those despicable Dark Elves and helped you recover your flute.”
“This is my flute, wonderful! Brave adventurers, thank you! The Way of the Treant Forest is complicated, let me guide you out. May the gods bless you!”
If Nie Yan and the others had secretly kept the Flute of Ian Part, the final result would have been very serious. They would have incurred Ian Part’s wrath, and this Treant Forest would have become their burial ground.
System: Side quest Flute of Ian Part completed, you gained 28,596 experience.
Surrounded by thick fog, Ian Part disappeared into the mist. When everyone could see the surrounding scenery clearly again, they discovered they were already outside the Treant Forest.
“We can still go to the Overseer in Carol City to claim the reward!” Nie Yan said, looking around. Since his contribution to the quest was the highest, he received the most experience. After receiving the experience reward from Ian Part, his experience bar rose another notch, reaching 73%.
Everyone was excited. Grinding dungeons with Nie Yan was just too awesome. After getting the reward from Ian Part, their experience bars had all risen significantly.
The group teleported back to Carol City.
Nie Yan walked toward the military camp in Carol City.
The military camp was in the southwest of Carol City. It was surrounded by tall walls and filled with sentries, with very tight defenses. Next to the military camp was a white building, which was the residence of Overseer Kavaloht.
Entering the white building, there weren’t many NPCs inside. A tall middle-aged man with scars all over his face and wearing a Grinelan military uniform walked over.
Nie Yan used Super Appraisal. It was Overseer Kavaloht.
“Young man, what brings you here?”
“Respected Overseer, we captured two Dark Elves in the Treant Forest and obtained some information about the Hilton Fortress. These are the heads of those two Dark Elves.”
Kavaloht asked some questions. Nie Yan answered them one by one according to the standard quest dialogue, and handed the heads of the two Dark Elves to Overseer Kavaloht.
System: You completed the Treant Forest dungeon side quest – Delivering the Message.
System: Hilton Fortress reputation +12.
System: Carol City reputation +10.
System: You gained 32,320 experience.
System: You learned a fighting technique from Kavaloht, gaining an additional +2 Strength.
System: You gained 2 silver coins.
Some hidden quests had extra stat bonuses. He didn't expect his luck to be so good, unexpectedly digging up two points of Strength, which surprised Nie Yan quite a bit.
Every member of the team received good experience and gold rewards. Nie Yan’s experience rose to 97%. As for the money, the reward of two silver coins was nothing to Nie Yan.
Doing quests was much faster than grinding monsters for leveling. Of course, quests were graded. The higher the difficulty of the quest, the more experience it gave. Simpler quests, such as collecting animal hides, gave much less experience. During team quests, the main brain would distribute experience according to each player’s contribution to the quest. For example, in this quest, Nie Yan received the most experience, and the other team members received much less.
“Now that the quest is done, I should go too,” Nie Yan said to Yao Yao and the others.
“What are you planning to do next?” Yao Yao asked, feeling a slight reluctance.
“Grind monsters and level up, but you definitely can’t go to the places I’m going,” Nie Yan said. With the Feather Fall Gem and the Weaver’s Ring, he had many plans he could implement.
“He has things to do. Let’s form our own team to level,” Dusk suggested. With so many high-attack mages here, it would be a waste not to level together.
“Fatty has a small AoE skill, Tianyun (Meteor), leveling with him shouldn’t be too slow,” Nie Yan said to Yao Yao and the others. He wanted Tang Yao to become more acquainted with Yu Lan and the others so they could get to know each other. Tang Yao wouldn’t have to worry about not being able to find a team. After Nie Yan’s guidance for so long, Tang Yao’s skill had improved significantly. Although he couldn’t be called an expert yet, he definitely had no problem joining a team. After all, arcane mages didn’t need too much skill when running dungeons or grinding monsters.
“Tianyun (Meteor)?” Everyone was surprised. Mages who had learned small AoE skills at this time were as rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns.
“Why didn’t I see you use it just now?” Bai Kaishui asked.
“Using AoE magic in a dungeon is suicide, right?” Tang Yao said. Before entering the dungeon, Nie Yan had repeatedly told Tang Yao not to use Tianyun (Meteor) when running dungeons. He took it to heart, so he answered with great confidence.
“That’s true.” Bai Kaishui scratched his head awkwardly. Using small AoE magic in dungeons often attracted a large number of monsters and also attracted aggro, causing the warrior at the front to be unable to hold the aggro.
“Since you have a small AoE, then what are we wasting time for?” Dusk rubbed his hands together. He couldn't wait to see the power of Tianyun (Meteor), this rare arcane mage spell.
“I have something to do, so I’ll take my leave first.” Nie Yan bid farewell to everyone. Seeing that Yao Yao didn’t look too happy, he smiled and said, “I’ll grind monsters with you again next time.”
“You said it, you’re not allowed to go back on your word!” Yao Yao smiled, her bright smile was like the brilliant sun. For some reason, even though she had only known Nie Yan for a few days, it felt like they had known each other for a long time, with an extraordinary tacit understanding and familiarity.
Nie Yan chuckled and said, “Definitely.”
After saying goodbye to everyone, Nie Yan headed toward the auction house in Carol City.
Everyone watched Nie Yan leave, and only came back to their senses after Nie Yan disappeared around the street corner.
“Let’s go, let’s go level up.”
Dusk glanced at Nie Yan’s back, then turned back to the others and said, “Let’s go, level up.” At the same time, he sent a message to Half-Awake Fox.
“Fox, I have a video to show you.”
“What video?”
“You’ll know once you watch it.”
At the Level 5 Kobold monster area in Terrak Town, Half-Awake Fox retreated from the front and said to another warrior next to him, “You hold on for a while!”
“Okay!”
The spells of several mages in the rear roared down, smashing several Kobolds to the ground.
Now was the time for him to level up. If Dusk dared to bother him at this time, it must be something important. He clicked to receive the video, and found that the person in the video was Nie Yan. He became somewhat interested and continued to watch. Nie Yan and the others started grinding treants in the dungeon. Half-Awake Fox asked in confusion, “This is the Treant Forest, why are the treants’ health so high?” Half-Awake Fox was a knowledgeable person and could tell at a glance that something was wrong.
“This is the Expert-difficulty Treant Forest!”
“Expert-difficulty Treant Forest? Did you clear it?” Half-Awake Fox perked up. For a team with such terrible equipment to dare to enter an expert-difficulty dungeon was truly a rare thing.