Chapter 1 Liu Xia

Liu Xia looked very aggrieved, pouting her lips and saying, "Why not again?"

Gu Fei sighed, "My PK value hasn't been washed away yet. Besides, why would I kill people for no reason?"

"Then what about Buxiao who you killed?" Liu Xia said.

"He was a bad guy..." Gu Fei felt his tone was extremely childish, like coaxing a child.

"The person I want you to help kill is also a bad guy!" Liu Xia said.

"Oh? How bad?"

"Come with me!" Liu Xia said.

Gu Fei thought for a while and still followed behind Liu Xia.

Gu Fei wasn't familiar with Moonlit Night City, and he didn't know where he was taken through the streets and alleys. Seeing Liu Xia stop and walk to a door, she knocked on it rhythmically a few times.

After a while, the door was opened, and a head stretched out, looking around warily. Seeing Gu Fei, he became very nervous, "Who is this person?"

"The one I found," Liu Xia replied.

"Alone?" The man frowned.

"Let's go in first!" Liu Xia pushed the guy aside and dragged Gu Fei in.

It was an even smaller room than the Rebirth Purple Crystal Guild, with five people including Liu Xia at the moment. Gu Fei was at a loss, looking at Liu Xia, waiting for her explanation.

"The few of you see now are all in this situation because they offended someone in Moonlit Night City, and now they can't enjoy the game properly. You only see these few; most are not online, and some have already announced they are quitting," Liu Xia said with a gloomy expression.

"It's that serious?" Gu Fei said.

One person sighed and said, "They kill us as soon as they see us. We can't join any guilds or mercenary groups. Players avoid us like the plague when we walk outside. How can we play like this? I was originally level 30; now? Level 23. I can't go out and level up at all. There are only so many leveling areas, and we have to go to fixed locations to accept quests, so there's no way to avoid them."

"Change places! Don't stay in Moonlit Night City; go to another main city," Gu Fei said.

"Another main city..." one person murmured, "Where is it?"

"Across the Wulong Mountains is Cloudrise City," Gu Fei said.

The eyes of several people lit up, and they immediately stood up, "Then let's go now!"

Liu Xia quickly stopped them, "Hey, hey! Have you forgotten? We still have a score to settle."

"Settle what score!" one person said impatiently, "If we can run, let's run quickly! We couldn't avoid them before, but now we can. Why not leave quickly?" Saying that, several people swarmed towards the door, and Liu Xia stepped forward to pull them back.

"Stop messing around!" one person brushed Liu Xia aside, and several people left, leaving without looking back. Liu Xia stood there, tears welling up in her eyes from grievance.

"Uh, your friends?" Gu Fei asked.

"Maybe!" Liu Xia reached out and wiped her eyes.

"Forget it, don't be sad. You should go to Cloudrise City with them. It's much more harmonious there than here," Gu Fei said.

"Then why did you come to our Moonlit Night City?" Liu Xia said.

"I'm an exception..." Gu Fei said awkwardly. Although he had caused a lot of trouble since arriving in Moonlit Night City, it was much more harmonious here than in Cloudrise City for him.

"I'm not going; I must get even," Liu Xia said firmly.

"Then good luck!" Gu Fei nodded, also wanting to leave.

"Help me!" Liu Xia looked at Gu Fei.

Gu Fei really didn't have the same heroic determination as those guys who had just brushed their sleeves and left. He sighed and said, "It's not that I don't want to help, but I'm just here to take refuge. My power is limited. How can I help you?"

"But you can even kill Yin Yue," Liu Xia said with a look of anticipation.

Gu Fei sighed again, "Who are you talking about?"

"His name is Mang Mang de Mang Mang," Liu Xia said. "He is extremely bad. At most, we just snatched one of his monsters. Most of the time, it was unintentional, but he led people to kill us again and again. He even threatened that if any guild or mercenary group dared to accept us, he would destroy them together, making us like rats crossing the street in Moonlit Night City, hated by everyone."

"So domineering!?" Gu Fei was stunned. He had really learned something today.

Liu Xia continued, "Now, only a few of us thieves can still go online and wander around by relying on stealth. The others don't come anymore."

"So pitiful." Gu Fei's sympathy began to overflow.

"Can you help?" Liu Xia's lonely and helpless expression undoubtedly fueled the flames.

Gu Fei finally nodded, "Okay! I'll try, but I can't guarantee anything! However, you have to help me prepare first."

Hearing Gu Fei agree, Liu Xia swept away her previous melancholy and instantly radiated with vitality, her pretty face glowing, "Tell me, what do you need?"

"Help me buy some equipment at the auction house, especially clothes, something different from what I'm wearing now. Then, if there are any accessories with a chance of triggering fire magic attacks, get a few of those too," Gu Fei instructed.

"Ah... I don't have any money right now!" Liu Xia was stunned when she heard this request.

Gu Fei took out his money bag, left the change, and gave 200 gold coins to Liu Xia, "Go!"

Liu Xia foolishly took it, as if she couldn't believe it was true. After pondering for a long time, she said, "You can't stay in the house after I go out; you have to add me as a friend, and I'll set permissions for you."

"No need, I'll wait outside!" Gu Fei walked out, not wanting to expose his identity easily.

Liu Xia took the money and went to the auction house in stealth. Gu Fei wasn't idle either; he took advantage of this time to continue hunting down the coordinates of the quest he had taken earlier. Unfortunately, the target wasn't in the city. Gu Fei ran along the instructions and found that he was about to reach the city gate. Just as he was hesitating whether to continue chasing, he suddenly slapped his head and remembered something.

He and Liu Xia hadn't added each other as friends. If they ran around like this, how would they contact each other later? Thinking about it, he quickly returned the way he came, relying on his memory. He finally found Liu Xia's house, went up and knocked, and the door opened, but he couldn't see anyone. After seeing that it was Gu Fei, Liu Xia revealed herself from stealth.

"I thought you had left!" Liu Xia breathed a sigh of relief.

Gu Fei smiled, stepped in, and Liu Xia took out a pile of things from her pocket and threw them on the table.

"Burning Robe, +7 Intelligence, +10% Fire Magic Damage, 100 gold coins; Blessing of Fire, Necklace, +6% Fire Magic Attack Chance, 10 gold coins; two Burning Rings, 7% chance, 10 gold coins each, one 6% chance, 12 gold coins. There was a badge with +7% Fire Magic, but the seller marked the price at 50 gold coins, so I didn't buy it. Here's the remaining 68 gold coins, returning it to you." Liu Xia introduced the items one by one, handing the money to Gu Fei.

"Hmm, not bad..." Gu Fei took them in his hand and examined them, but he didn't really know much about prices. And even if he did, he couldn't say for sure now. In this parallel world, the setup of these main cities could be understood as two different servers in an ordinary online game. It was hard to say whether the prices were the same!

Gu Fei replaced each item one by one. Now, including the Baptism of Flames, the fire magic chance reached 49%, almost a chance of triggering the effect every other attack. In addition, compared to the novice robe, this mage robe had 7 more Intelligence and Fire Magic Damage. The attack power of the magic enhancement would be even more terrifying. The magic enhancement damage could also be strengthened by attributes that increase spell damage.

After dressing properly, Gu Fei asked Liu Xia, "Where can I find this what's-his-name?"

"He hasn't logged in yet, but I know his daily habits! When the time comes, I'll take you to find him, and I'll watch you clean him up while stealthed on the side," Liu Xia said excitedly.

"Not necessarily! Maybe I'll be the one getting cleaned up," Gu Fei said. "Since so many of you can't do anything about him, he must have many companions around him usually, right?"

Liu Xia nodded.

"By the way, what class is this person?" Gu Fei asked.

"Priest," Liu Xia replied.

Gu Fei frowned; this was a class he had never fought before. Among the seven major class systems currently in the game, Gu Fei had no record of engagements with priests and knights. After all, the skills of these two classes were currently mainly auxiliary, and it wasn't their turn to charge into battle or set traps.

And Gu Fei looked down on auxiliary classes and had almost no understanding of them. He only heard Yu Ge and the others analyze the enemy situation when encircling and suppressing Buxiao, and it seemed that if a priest had more constitution points, it wouldn't be so easy to kill him.

"What kind of stats?" Gu Fei asked Liu Xia, appearing very professional.

"He should focus on Intelligence and Spirit," Liu Xia replied.

Strength and Agility were the disadvantages of the priest class, while Intelligence and Spirit were the advantages, especially Spirit was their strongest point. Currently, there were two types of stats distribution in the game. One focused on Constitution to increase their own survival rate, and the other focused on Intelligence and Spirit to strengthen the recovery effect and speed. Most people would choose the more stable Constitution distribution, while those who chose to add Intelligence and Spirit were mostly experts who were confident in their skills.

Of course, Gu Fei didn't know these secrets. He just felt more confident after hearing that the priest didn't have a Constitution build.

Just as he was thinking, Liu Xia suddenly exclaimed in surprise, "Ah, he's online."

Gu Fei smiled wryly, "You usually wouldn't be so happy when he logs in."

Liu Xia was a little embarrassed, but quickly returned to normal, "After he usually logs in, he goes from the Priest Academy to the nearest tavern, then gathers his people and goes to level up together. But today, there might be a little change."

"Why?" Gu Fei asked.

"Because you just killed their guild leader, Yin Yue," Liu Xia said.

"Is he also from Qian Chen?"

"Of course, it's Qian Chen who's so domineering," Liu Xia said helplessly, and then suddenly asked, "I heard you killed Yin Yue in a tavern?"

Gu Fei nodded.

"Which one?" Liu Xia said, taking out a map and spreading it on the table.

Gu Fei couldn't distinguish which one it was, but he remembered the coordinates, searched roughly on the map, and pointed it out.

"Yin Yue and the others were here, probably waiting for Mang Mang de Mang Mang to log in, and then they would go to level up together. So, the place where Mang Mang de Mang Mang logs in should be..." Liu Xia's finger moved on the map, and finally landed on the safe zone closest to the tavern, "The Mage Academy, it's here."