Chapter 1 Yao Yao's Peril

Yao Yao was in danger again and again, so Nie Yan quickly swam towards her.

Seeing Nie Yan swimming towards her, Yao Yao became even more nervous. She was followed by three monsters. With her superb skills, she might be able to grind them to death, but the hope of surviving was less than ten percent. But if Nie Yan took advantage of her, she would basically have no chance of survival.

Seeing the three water spiders pouncing on Yao Yao one after another, Nie Yan quickly dived and followed, gradually catching up with one of the water spiders. He leaped out of the water, and the dagger in his hand plunged into the back of one of the water spiders.

Yao Yao turned around and cast Holy Strike, bombarding the water spider and killing it.

Yao Yao glanced at Nie Yan. Since Nie Yan was helping her deal with the water spiders, he probably didn't have any malicious intentions.

Nie Yan used a Vital Strike, stabbing into the eye of another water spider, knocking off 52 points of health and flipping the half-health water spider over.

In the blink of an eye, only one of the three water spiders remained.

Such a strong attack! Yao Yao glanced at Nie Yan in surprise. In her impression, she had never had such a powerful friend as Nie Yan. Nie Yan looked a little unfamiliar.

After killing the second water spider, Nie Yan immediately pounced on the third.

With two people dealing with one water spider, it immediately became much easier.

Yao Yao waved her staff with her right hand and cast Holy Strike, attacking the remaining water spider.

"Thank you." Seeing that all three water spiders were dead, Yao Yao thanked Nie Yan, but she remained vigilant in case Nie Yan suddenly attacked.

"You're welcome, it's just a small effort. Hello, my name is Nie Yan." Nie Yan smiled brightly. He recalled his previous life. Yao Yao was a very understanding and caring girl, and occasionally a little willful, but for a girl, it wasn't an unacceptable flaw.

"My name is Yao Yao." Yao Yao seemed very cautious. She had never met Nie Yan before, so it was difficult to drop her guard.

Nie Yan wanted to know more about Yao Yao's situation and add her as a friend, but he didn't want to ask immediately, lest it seem too abrupt, after all, Yao Yao was a girl. Although he knew that Yao Yao was very wary of him, he was convinced that with his understanding of Yao Yao, they would still become friends.

In his previous life, he was very frustrated in love. After entering the game, he met Yao Yao, and it was Yao Yao who had been comforting and encouraging him. Although they had always been friends, they had accidentally had that kind of relationship, and the two of them were inextricably linked.

Yao Yao quietly sized up Nie Yan. Nie Yan looked very young and didn't seem like a bad person.

There wasn't much conversation between the two. Yao Yao thought that her coldness had made both of them a little silent.

"You saved me today, I want to thank you. Let's add each other as friends," Yao Yao said, breaking the deadlock.

"You're welcome. Why are you farming water spiders here?" Nie Yan asked. This place was far from towns and villages, and few people came here.

"One of my quests is to farm water spiders and collect watersacks," Yao Yao said, thinking how dangerous it was. She almost died here just now. If she had, the efforts of the last three or four days would have been in vain.

"I happen to have a quest to farm water spiders and collect fine silk. Let's team up to farm water spiders. You can have the watersacks, and I can have the fine silk. How about it?" Nie Yan suggested.

Yao Yao was silent for a moment, then nodded, "Okay, but we agree that if either of us has collected enough, we can leave at any time."

She said this in advance so that if she felt that Nie Yan wasn't a good person while farming monsters together, she could leave immediately.

"Of course. I'll invite you to the team." Nie Yan sent Yao Yao a team invitation.

System: Yao Yao has joined your team.

"I have twelve fine silks here. I'll give them to you as a reward," Yao Yao said, opening the trade window.

"Twelve fine silks are equivalent to thirty-six copper coins!" Nie Yan shook his head.

"Are you saying that my level one experience is not as good as thirty-six copper coins? It's not like I have any use for these fine silks." Yao Yao looked at Nie Yan. Her eyes were big and round, and her eyelashes curled up slightly, making her look very lively. Yao Yao didn't like owing people favors, and she also had an idea that since she had returned the favor, Nie Yan would have no reason to pester her.

"Okay." Nie Yan clicked confirm trade. Once Yao Yao had decided on something, she would become stubborn, and Nie Yan didn't want to make the atmosphere too tense.

"That's more like it." Seeing that Nie Yan had accepted, Yao Yao smiled slightly.

In this way, Nie Yan was one step closer to completing his quest.

Nie Yan sorted out his backpack and carefully sized up Yao Yao. Yao Yao was slightly more immature than when they first met in his previous life. Her skin was as white as snow, and the water soaked her chest. The tight-fitting mage robe accentuated Yao Yao's curvy figure even more.

Nie Yan clearly remembered that day in the secret room of the Vault of Anderle dungeon, when Yao Yao took off her clothes, her smooth body and perfect curves were like a goddess sculpture.

That day was fragrant and obscene, and both of them were dominated by primitive desires.

But both of them understood that this was just a game, and neither of them had the courage to approach the other's life. Later, the two of them gradually returned to the role of good friends. That time was a beautiful mistake that became an indelible memory in their lives, settling in their hearts.

Nie Yan and Yao Yao chatted for a while, and the topic was nothing more than the game, but they chatted quite congenially.

"Shall we go?" Yao Yao blinked her eyes and looked at Nie Yan.

Nie Yan's appearance could only be considered average, and he couldn't compare to the people in the team, but his character was not bad, and he was much more pleasing to the eye than the people in the team.

Two people farming monsters was much faster than one person. Nie Yan tanked the monsters in the front, and Yao Yao used Holy Strike and Holy Smite in the back. The Holy Word Mages had very high attack power, much higher than Nie Yan, but of course, their attack speed couldn't compare to Nie Yan.

Nie Yan was distracted by the things that happened in his previous life, but quickly recovered. Those things from his previous life were in the past. He and Yao Yao would be good friends, but they would never make a mistake again. Xie Yao was the person who was deeply engraved in Nie Yan's heart. The game was ultimately illusory, and even the best friends and the most tacit fake couples in the game would eventually go their separate ways.

"Are you in a team?" Yao Yao asked.

"Not yet."

"How come? With your skills, many teams should be fighting to get you," Yao Yao said, feeling puzzled.

"I'm used to leveling up alone. As for teams, I'll think about it later. There's no point in joining a team at the beginner level."

After Nie Yan finished speaking, he pounced on a water spider, and Yao Yao quickly followed with a Holy Strike.

Before the water spider could make a move, Nie Yan's dagger had already stabbed into the water spider's abdomen, killing it. The two of them cooperated extremely well.

Yao Yao felt for the first time that killing monsters with someone could be so enjoyable. She couldn't help but wonder if she had met Nie Yan somewhere before.

"Nie Yan, Nie Yan... could it be him?" Yao Yao looked at Nie Yan's back and muttered to herself, vaguely feeling that Nie Yan resembled someone.

"Our team only has seventeen people right now, not yet full. Do you want to join?" Yao Yao extended an invitation. Although Nie Yan was only level two, his skills were very good, and Sister Yu Lan should be very welcoming.

"I don't want to join a team for the time being," Nie Yan declined.

"Oh." Yao Yao felt slightly disappointed.

"A rogue's Assassination skill book dropped," Nie Yan said.

"You can have it. That's a rogue's item. If a mage's item drops, it's mine. We'll each take what we need."

As the conversation deepened, the two gradually became acquainted, so Yao Yao didn't haggle with Nie Yan.

"Then I won't be polite." Nie Yan looked at the Assassination skill book.

Skill Book: Assassination.

Skill Description: The rogue gains rage value through a frontal thrust attack.

Casting Element: Action (weapon required)

Skill Attribute: Gains an additional +2 bonus to the attack check when hitting a vital point, +5 rage bonus, and 1 combo point.

Skill Cooldown Time: Thirty seconds.

User Restriction: Rogue, Warrior, Paladin, can be used by any faction.

Nie Yan wasn't like those people she had teamed up with before, who would pretend to decline every time an item dropped before finally accepting it. A slight smile appeared on the corner of Yao Yao's mouth. Being with Nie Yan gave her a sense of familiarity that came from the depths of her bones. Here, she didn't have to wear as many masks as she did in real life.

Nie Yan learned Assassination, adding another skill to his skill bar.

The rogue's attack skills are divided into basic skills, combo skills, and finishing skills. Basic skills can be used at any time. By attacking opponents, they accumulate rage. Casting combo skills can gain combo points, while skills like Vital Strike are finishing skills that require a certain amount of rage to be cast. Each additional combo point grants an additional +20% bonus to the attack check, with a maximum of 10 points, which resets to zero after being released.

Because of the existence of combos, high-level rogues often deal two to three times more damage than ordinary rogues with the same skill combinations.

Under normal circumstances, a rogue's skill composition should have two times more basic and combo skills than energy skills to be considered normal.

With Assassination, Nie Yan's rage gathered significantly faster. One normal attack plus one Assassination could gather enough rage to support the casting of Vital Strike.

As the two of them became more and more proficient in their cooperation, Nie Yan and Yao Yao's courage obviously increased a lot, accelerating the speed of farming monsters. Most of the time, Nie Yan would aggro two to three monsters at a time, and Yao Yao would output like crazy in the back.

Yao Yao's staff never stopped, and Holy Strike and Holy Smite were cast one after another. When she ran out of mana, she would drink a slow mana potion.

Slow mana regeneration would not be interrupted as long as you were not attacked by an enemy. It recovered sixty points of magic value in thirty seconds, and the price wasn't expensive, so it was still extremely cost-effective.

"How many watersacks have you collected?"

"Fifty-two."

"How many more do you need?"

"Eight."

"It looks like you'll be collecting them soon. You probably haven't learned alchemy yet, have you? After completing the quest, go to Moster Town 356.329.311. There's an NPC there who issues a hidden quest - Rare Herbs. Complete the quest assigned by that NPC, and you can learn Perfect Alchemy." Nie Yan said. Perfect Alchemy was more effective than ordinary alchemy.

"I'm about to complete the quest," Yao Yao thought, feeling a little lost. Farming monsters with Nie Yan was much more enjoyable than leveling up alone, at least there was someone to chat with.