Chapter 107 – Rare Magic Scroll
Unexpectedly, Zhang Yi was rewarded with a Level 30 2-star Mage [Undead Set] that he had been painstakingly collecting!
This unexpected gain, with such generous rewards, instantly made Zhang Yi feel that all his days of grinding in the Undead City were not in vain!
Zhang Yi's original plan was to spend another week in the Undead City to collect a full set of 2-star Mage [Undead Set].
Moreover, apart from this Undead Set, every other item in the quest rewards was top-notch—
[Skill Scroll] (Rare Magic Scroll):
Description: Permanently increases the player's skill slots by 5 upon use.
Usage Restriction: Level 30
[Freeze Spell] (Purple Skill Book):
Description: Allows the user to learn the purple skill Freeze Spell (unleashes an ice orb that deals 160% magic damage upon hitting an enemy, with a 60% chance to freeze the enemy for 1.8 seconds. If the freeze does not trigger, it will definitely reduce the enemy's movement speed by 30% for 3 seconds. Cooldown time: 12 seconds).
Usage Restriction: Mage, Beastmaster (when used by Beastmaster, skill damage coefficient is 140%)
Cost: 4 skill slots
A purple Freeze Spell! A rare magic scroll!
Zhang Yi's excitement couldn't be described with just a "wow."
A rare quality [Skill Scroll] could provide the benefit of 15 levels' worth of skill slots in advance, which is exactly what players lack in the early stages!
Calculating it, once he reaches Level 30 and uses the skill slots from leveling up to learn [Undead Storm] normally, he can use this skill scroll to gain 5 more skill slots, which can be used to learn [Freeze Spell], plus the additional 1 skill slot needed to upgrade the green [Chain Lightning] to blue [Chain Lightning]!
Seeing these invaluable rewards, most of which require Level 30 to use, Zhang Yi's desire to reach Level 30 became even stronger.
Looking at the experience bar, he was nearly 1 million experience points short. With some effort tomorrow, reaching Level 30 shouldn't be too much of a problem.
After completing the quest, Zhang Yi took the opportunity to synthesize enhancement stones at the Blacksmith Shop.
These days, he had collected quite a few Level 1 Enhancement Stones in the Undead City, which were now useless. So, Zhang Yi combined them all into Level 2 stones.
With a 15% discount on the synthesis due to a Level 3 intimacy, Zhang Yi saved quite a bit of money.
Since he hadn't reached Level 30 yet, Zhang Yi wasn't in a hurry to enhance his equipment, so he stored the enhancement stones along with the Undead Set in his bag.
Leaving the Blacksmith Shop, he went to the restaurant to meet up with Han Yaru, who had been waiting for a while, and they started eating.
To reach Level 30 as soon as possible, after dinner, Zhang Yi went to the inn to rest and recover his fatigue, then returned to the Undead City.
This time, he didn't bring Han Yaru along because he was worried that staying up all night with him every day would be too much for her. So, Zhang Yi lied to her, saying he wouldn't go out at night, and then sneaked out by himself.
To avoid being discovered by Han Yaru, Zhang Yi deliberately returned by five in the morning, as Han Yaru usually woke up around five-thirty.
This all-nighter made Zhang Yi realize that solo grinding wasn't as efficient as grinding with Han Yaru.
After returning to the inn and catching up on sleep until around seven, Zhang Yi pretended to have slept all night when Han Yaru knocked and entered the room, stretching lazily on the bed.
But he was still found out...
"Did you go out again last night?"
"How did you know? Do you have eyes like a hawk or ears like a fox?"
"Look at your dark circles, they're almost like a national treasure!" Han Yaru brought breakfast to the bedside, looking at Zhang Yi with some concern, and said, "You told me not to push myself too hard, what about you?"
Han Yaru couldn't help but want to reach out and touch Zhang Yi's cheek, but Zhang Yi casually got up from the bed and walked to the window, looking at the bustling street outside, and sighed, "These people are so eager to get abused in dungeons, I have to admire them."
Han Yaru lowered her hand, then looked up and said, "Zhang Yi, I brought you your favorite meat buns, eat them while they're hot. Shall we head to the Undead City afterward?"
"Okay."
Looking at the Level 25 mark above Han Yaru's head, Zhang Yi said, "Let's try to get you to Level 27 today."
Since training with Zhang Yi, Han Yaru's leveling speed had skyrocketed, and with a full set of Level 25 Undead gear, she had gone from a third-tier novice in Zone 886 to a top-tier player.
Currently, the average player level in Zone 886 was just about Level 25.
But that level wasn't enough, as the requirement to enter the third-tier Main City was Level 30. Zhang Yi couldn't leave Han Yaru in the Novice Village while he went to the Main City alone.
Today was Monday, and the new Survival Quest had refreshed.
According to Apocalypse's settings, starting from the third week, unless under specific circumstances, players would receive different random Survival Quests based on their strength.
While checking his own quest, Zhang Yi asked, "What's your first Survival Quest?"
Han Yaru immediately opened her quest interface and looked: "Have a total equipment star count of over 10 stars by the end of the week."
Zhang Yi couldn't help but look at her with envy: "Why is your quest so simple?"
"Simple?" Han Yaru pouted, "But my current equipment star count is only 7 stars."
"What's your quest?"
"The same as yours."
"Really?" Han Yaru said with some surprise, "What a coincidence, your quest is also a total equipment star count of 10 stars?"
"14 stars, plus an average equipment level of 25." Zhang Yi frowned.
Han Yaru was stunned.
Even though both were normal-level Survival Quests, the System's strength assessment mechanism was ruthless!
But for Zhang Yi, this quest was a piece of cake. As long as he reached Level 30 and equipped the 2-star [Undead Set], the total star count for the seven equipment pieces would be exactly 14 stars.
Or rather, in his current state, Zhang Yi had already completed the first half of the quest; he just hadn't reached the average level of 25 yet.
So, he closed the quest interface and set off for the Undead City.
These past few days, it had almost been a straight line between the Undead City and Hope Town. After breakfast, the two returned to the Undead City, where they received a Level 7 difficulty [Undead Requiem] from Ailo and headed to the third floor to start grinding.
Just as he raised his Glowing Staff and before the battle began, a loud system notification suddenly echoed from the sky—
"Ding~ Congratulations to player [Butterfly Dance] for becoming the first player in Grand Zone 8 to reach Level 30, completing the [Highest Level] achievement, and receiving 100 Gold Coins and 2000 Prestige!"