Chapter 88 -88-Stealing the Baron and Securing the First-Clear Reward
When Alan and the others heard the notification, their faces were filled with disbelief.
Because he knew that as long as he made a move, claiming the fruit of victory was inevitable.
After all, no matter which boss they encountered, he could one-shot it.
The only reason he had dragged things out until now was purely to let Alan and the others broaden their horizons.
The moment John finished speaking, a server-wide announcement rang out.
[The Zone 5 first-clear team will receive first-clear rewards based on contribution value!]
...
Every player on the server heard them.
What was going on?
Wasn’t Zone 1 always ranked first on the progress leaderboard?
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Inside the Zone-wide Dungeon.
The boss only had a sliver of HP left.
"Archers, mages, use all your skills! Remember, leave the last bit of HP to me!"
Edward confidently raised his staff, and a mage skill smashed into the boss.
The boss was successfully killed by Edward.
"Thank you, everyone. Our Zone 1 has successfully secured the first kill."
After being suppressed by Zone 5 for so long, it was finally Zone 1’s turn to shine.
Ever since entering the dungeon, they had practically never closed their eyes.
And just at that moment—
[Congratulations to Zone 5 for becoming the first Zone to clear the Zone-wide Dungeon. Total clear time: 14 minutes and 14 seconds!]
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Our Zone 1 is—"
In disbelief, he turned to a subordinate beside him and asked, "Which Zone did the announcement just say?"
He swallowed hard.
Hearing this, Edward hurriedly opened the leaderboard to check.
[Note: As the first-clear team has already appeared, the leaderboard has been closed.]
When he saw the unbearably glaring words "Zone 5" on the panel, Edward felt as if he had been struck by lightning. With a thud, he collapsed onto the ground.
"Why... Why is heaven treating me like this?
Where the hell did this Zone 5 come from?
Edward let out a series of crazed roars.
They were the same as Edward.
But in the end, they discovered that the fruit of victory had been stolen by Zone 5.
From this day onward, they would probably never again possess the same level of organization they had today.
If even the players inside the dungeon were like this, then the players outside the dungeon were even more grief-stricken.
They looked at one another, utterly at a loss.
"Weren’t we always ranked first in progress?"
"Ahhh! Why is it Zone 5 again? This enhancement buff should have belonged to our Zone 1!"
"According to the dungeon display, the player with the highest contribution this time is John.
"14 minutes and 14 seconds. What kind of terrifying speedrun record is that?
"If this game weren’t so realistic, I’d seriously suspect he was cheating."
Zone 2.
She gritted her teeth.
Although she had already prepared herself for the possibility of not getting the first-clear reward, she never would have expected that the one to take it would actually be Zone 5.
Because of that, Zone 2 had no choice but to temporarily slow down their development pace and gather funds with all their strength to prepare for repayment.
Unexpectedly, in the end, John had once again ruined everything.
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This time, the entire server was thoroughly convinced.
Zone 1 had already pushed the progress to 99.9%.
Who knew what kind of medicine Zone 5 had taken to become so fierce?
But in the next moment, they had become the Zone that secured the first-clear reward.
Otherwise, there was no way Zone 5 could have taken the first-clear reward in such a short time.
After all, that first-clear reward would double the gold coins, EXP, and drop rates of all Zone 5 players for the next month!
"With John around, Zone 5 can basically rest easy."
"When the Zones become interconnected, I’m definitely going to try moving to Zone 5!"
Zone 5.
[Congratulations. You have obtained the SS-grade set: Mist Battle Garment! Warrior-exclusive!]
"An SS-grade warrior set?"
He immediately opened the attributes of the set.
[Required Class]: Warrior
[Effect 2]: Obtain the Mist Set Skill. After receiving a fatal blow, you may enter Mist State for 10 minutes.