Chapter 994: 994
Balnazzar on Nightmare mode wasn't easy at all, even for Xin Xin Mercenary Group after their increase in strength . The group was still wiped twice and most of the other teams in the dungeon were stuck in the same place .
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Balnazzar didn't drop exquisite weapons or rare mounts like Baron Rivendare either .
There were many who gave up and used the time to do other things such as leveling up, choosing to come back and do it later after their level increased .
"I'm going to loot . I probably forgot to wash my hands today; so unlucky," Remnant Dream sighed bitterly . It was rare for her to be so unlucky . Not to mention, they have been taking First Clears so frequently that she had trouble readjusting to the drop rate of a regular dungeon .
To be fair, the other guilds weren't even doing as well as they were .
In a large dungeon like Stratholme, the other guilds could only loot about two or three Dark Gold equips on Nightmare mode . On Difficult mode, they obtained almost no Dark Golds, while Elite mode only gave them Gold or Silver equipment .
This was why everyone fought desperately over wild bosses; they had an excellent drop rate .
"Hell's Ghostclaw; what a cool name!" Remnant Dream exclaimed .
"It's for Thieves; pass it to me," Lu Li said, his heart pounding . He didn't expect this to drop; this was an item that really surprised him .
Remnant Dream held the equip and looked at Lu Li with a begrudging look .
This made Lu Li feel a little embarrassed and he took a while to react, before quickly passing up 30 gold coins . Because there were many financial needs for the guild at the end of the year, he was so broke that he almost needed to borrow money to repair his equipment . Thirty gold already accounted for half of his possessions .
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Remnant Dream picked up her 'payment' happily and passed the Ring to Lu Li .
Hell's Ghostclaw – there were two items in Dawn that had this name . While the names were identical, one was a Ring and the other was a weapon, but both of them were used by Thieves .
The item that Lu Li had obtained here was the Ring . It was Dark Gold grade and was one of the best Thief Rings before level 60 . Some players would rather have this ring over a Legendary equip .
Of course, this was mostly because people had no chance to choose between a Legendary equip in the first place .
Hell's Ghostclaw (Dark Gold): damage 36-48, Agility +42, Strength +28, Critical Strike +25% . Special effect 1: when your attacks Critical Strike consecutively, the third attack has a 50% chance to deal three times damage . Special effect 2: Slit Throat skill level +1 . Special effect 3: Hell's Ghostclaw, instant cast . Deals 600 points of damage to a target upon use . 50% of the damage dealt is transferred to the user as health . The target's Armor is reduced by 30% for the next 15 seconds . Level Requirement 50, Durability 215/215 .
Below the equipment description, there was a small row of text that read, "The darkness forgives you, lonely soul . "
Hell's Ghostclaw was a plain metal ring with no gemstone in the front . Instead, the front displayed a making that resembled a broken claw of a Ghoul .
The number of special effects it had was common for an average equip, but rare for a Dark Gold grade Ring . Usually, only Legendary Rings would come with something like this .
It's '3+1' special effect meant that there were three special effects with an unofficial effect .
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The three special effects of the ring were obvious, but the unofficial effect was the Critical Strike +25% . Many equips also counted Attributes like Critical Strike and Accuracy as special effects .
Special effect 1 was an activation-type skill . From what Lu Li knew, there was a hidden activation requisite for the effect . Apparently, the lower the target of the health, the greater the chance of it activating .
The second special effect was obvious; it added damage to the Slit Throat skill .
The third special effect was the reason why the Ring was named this way . The other item with the same name had an almost identical effect .
The requirement for this Ring was level 50 . When the Boss was defeated, Lu Li finally reached level 50 . The timing of things had worked out perfectly .
Lu Li, who was level 50, was the at top of the rankings .
His reincarnation had changed many things . If the game had continued to develop as the way it was meant to be, the highest-leveled player at the moment would be level 48 .
Azure Sea Breeze was also not a part of the rankings .
Originally, at this stage of the game, Azure Sea Breeze's secret of transforming into a Panther had been discovered and he began his journey of hiding for his life . Lonesome Flower and March Rain also wouldn't have made any professional appearances; this pair of siblings would still be exploring the game with other ordinary players . It wasn't until much later when they were picked up by other clubs .
Hachi Chan was well known from a long time ago, but no one ever knew about Remnant Dream and her luck .
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Sakura Memories did make it into the top 100 in the level rankings, but she was just a leveling freak . She never would have had the income and fame of a competitor .
Wandering, who never really enjoyed levelling would be impacted by Azure Sea Breeze .
Moonlight would become a murderer . All he would do was chase people around and in return, his enemies began chasing him . He wasn't a Thief who could run away, so he didn't appear on the level rankings either .
The others in Ruling Sword would either become ordinary players, or enter other big guilds . All of them would have led a different life .
The biggest change of all was the professional matches .
Lu Li had always thought that the gaming company controlled everything, including the matches .
After they defeated Seventh Heaven, Ruling Sword never ran into any other teams that had a shot at entering the finals . They mostly matched against teams that were much weaker .
Without Square Root 3, Star Moon Union fell from its place and was never as great as Lu Li had remembered .
Before Lu Lin reincarnated, Star Moon Union had made it into the top 50, obtaining the support of I'm Richy Rich's family in real life . This also formed part of the reason why I'm Richy Rich had the courage to provoke Water Fairy .
In this life, Lu Li's counterattack damaged Star Moon Union heavily and things became even worse after Square Root 3 left .
At the moment, Star Moon Union wasn't even in the top 10000 after the first season of the competition . I'm Richy Rich ran into Lu Li once while Lu Li was alone, and although there was a crowd of guild members behind him, he was still frightened .
All the arrogance from the past had disappeared into nothing but a dream for Lu Li .
The Imperial Secret Service was still as strong as usual; this guild had always had a very good foundation in real life . After Dawn became famous, they had also received a few more investments .
In a corner where there were no guilds with clubs around to dominate them, they were doing pretty well for themselves with the money they had . With the players they head-hunted, they even managed to enter into the top 100 .
In the second last round from the top 16, the Imperial Secret Service ran into Ruling Sword .
They sent over a huge sum of money – 15 million in total – hoping that Ruling Sword would let them off this time and lose to them in the match so that they could achieve a better placement .
Fifteen million was tempting indeed . After all the changes that had occurred, Lu Li had up to 70% of the stocks in the clubs and he could instantly become a millionaire .
However, Lu Li and Square Root 3 turned down the offer before they even discussed it .
They didn't want to play a fake match with so much expectation on him . Most importantly, how could a guild like Imperial Secret Service even beat a guild like Ruling Sword? The public didn't even need to think to know that they were playing a fake match .