Chapter 13 Painful Night

Three in the morning, First Line Gorge.

A hundred players from the seven guilds, not sleeping in the middle of the night, not running dungeons, not doing quests, not leveling, were wandering aimlessly in this maze-like leveling area. Guarding fifty dungeon entrances was easy, but trying to flip over this entire map, a hundred people was still too few.

The players in each server of Glory were counted in the tens of millions. The map wasn’t small, but how was it capable of allowing so many players to move around? A hundred people thrown into such a leveling area was completely worthy of that four-word assessment: sparsely populated.

These hundred people were painfully wandering around the leveling area. The hundred or so people guarding the entrance to the gorge weren't having a good time either, they were very lonely. Not to mention the hundred or so people wandering outside the city gates of Distant Empty City, they had been lonely for a long time…

And so, half an hour quickly passed.

There were no messages from the leveling areas or possible quest locations. The hundred miserable people in First Line Gorge hadn’t found anything either, and they just kept walking and running through the vast desert.

Then, the news of Lord Grim and the others suddenly appeared before everyone’s eyes in the most conspicuous way.

System announcement.

Congratulations to players Lord Grim, Soft Mist, Steamed Bun Invasion, and One Inch Ash for breaking the dungeon record for First Line Gorge with a time of 29 minutes, 51 seconds, and 44 milliseconds.

"F*ck!!" Almost every part of First Line Gorge echoed with such a sound. So it turned out that their half-hour of map searching was all for nothing. The people had gone back to the dungeon.

However, all hundred of them had come from the direction of the dungeon. Why hadn’t they seen these five people when they came over? Everyone was very puzzled.

In short, what happened in this half-hour was: While the seven guilds were searching the world for traces of Lord Grim and the others, they calmly broke the dungeon record that they cared about the most.

Lord Grim and his team had already broken the dungeon record for First Line Gorge twice. However, these two record breaks weren't in their usual style.

In the past, Lord Grim's team improved the record by minutes. After breaking it, they basically left no room for other players to even think about it. But these two times, they only slightly improved the original record, without showing the domineering style of the past.

However, when they thought that this team currently only had four Level 31s and one Level 30, everyone was speechless.

Although there was no difference in equipment between Level 33 and Level 31, the two-level difference would always have some differences in stat points and skill ranks. Level 33 was always stronger than Level 31. There was no doubt about that, otherwise, what was the point of levels? In dungeon records, where a single detail could determine success or failure, small differences would be magnified through the accumulation of tiny advantages, and would ultimately be reflected in the record time.

Lord Grim and the others were already able to break the record now. When they reached Level 33, wouldn’t they break another insane record that no one would want to even look at?

As for how these five people bypassed a hundred people and went to the dungeon, it was meaningless to dwell on this issue now.

"Dungeon! Dungeon!! Go guard the dungeon." A hundred people immediately received new orders, and had to curse while rushing towards the fifty dungeon entrances.

"Boss! Wild Boss!" At this time, there was also a message returned. Of course, such a message could never be returned to the public, only the guild leaders were informed.

"No one else, just me, this place is very remote!" The player who discovered the wild Boss was so excited that he became incoherent.

Blue River was also very excited.

What a miserable night! Who could be more miserable than their Tyrannical Ambition today! Could it be that even the system couldn’t stand it anymore and was preparing to favor them?

Late at night, and in a high-end map like First Line Gorge, the rarity of players would allow them to kill this wild Boss without anyone noticing.

If dungeon records were for fame, and then converting fame into profit, then wild Bosses were directly profit, and there was no reason to ignore them. It was never allowed.

However, at this moment, Blue River was afraid of arousing suspicion if he mobilized the people here. So he sent this message to Jiang You without making a sound.

Jiang You was still in the tenth server, together with the four experts who came from the Heavenly Domain. They were here not to level up, but to break the dungeon record for First Line Gorge. Just like when Blue River brought people over to help break the record for Luring Monster Village two days ago, these five people also borrowed low-level accounts from various servers. After finishing the tenth server, they should have changed to another server to continue their research, but at this moment, none of the five had such thoughts.

The battle of complete annihilation half an hour ago was still replaying in the minds of the five, and it was not a pleasant memory for them.

In a situation where they had the advantage in numbers, it was already shameful enough for them, these great experts, to call for reinforcements. As a result, they didn't even wait for reinforcements and were completely defeated by the other side in a few minutes...

They had come specifically to compete with Lord Grim for the dungeon record, but now they had been completely defeated in a direct confrontation. If this were to spread in the guild, how would they have the face to be top experts in the future? If this were to spread outside, they would become the laughingstock of others.

Lakeside Verdant was a lesson from the past.

This newly rising expert from Blue Brook Guild was constantly improving his reputation in the Heavenly Domain. If he could get a chance to be reborn, he would definitely not issue this challenge to Lord Grim again. Even if he really had to fight, he would put on a disguise.

Unfortunately, he wasn’t reborn, so he had a challenge, and he didn’t wear any disguise. Lakeside Verdant challenged Lord Grim, and he lost, and he lost miserably, so miserably that everyone knew about it. The video of him being instantly killed had quickly gone viral on the Internet.

Since that afternoon, Lakeside Verdant hadn’t logged on. This decision was undoubtedly wise. In the Heavenly Domain, who knew how many people were 100% ready to mock him. Even the four brothers around Jiang You, two of them were extremely displeased with Lakeside Verdant, and were waiting to mock him in the world!

Lakeside Verdant had hidden himself away, and couldn’t see these taunts, but his tragedy could never be avoided.

What about Jiang You and the others?

Thinking of Lakeside Verdant, they only felt that they were fortunate. At least they were wearing disguises, at least they weren’t defeated in front of everyone’s eyes.

Lord Grim was very strong. Anyone who couldn’t see this wasn’t worthy of being called an expert. However, Jiang You and the others still wanted to regain their face. For the past half an hour, they had been discussing the tactics and coordination that Lord Grim and the others had used at the time, the troublesome aspects of Lord Grim’s unspecialized class, and how they could defeat them. Of course, they were also very concerned about the news of Lord Grim’s team, and were constantly waiting for Blue River’s news.

As a result, they didn’t wait for Lord Grim, but waited for news of a wild Boss.

"Where’s Lord Grim?" Jiang You was more concerned about this Boss.

Blue River was stunned. Lord Grim had just been on TV, didn’t Jiang You see it? What were these five people doing at this moment?

"Lord Grim is in the dungeon, just broke a record." Blue River had to tell the truth.

"Record?" Jiang You was shocked, and quickly opened the record list. He glanced at First Line Gorge, and breathed a sigh of relief: "This score doesn’t seem that good?"

"Yeah, it’s pretty average. I think they probably haven’t used their full strength yet." Blue River said.

"It’ll be too late when they use their full strength. Have you confirmed their location this time?" Jiang You asked.

"Not yet..."

"Why not?"

Jiang You’s emotions were obviously irritable tonight. Even through text, Blue River could read his heavy tone.

"Before, I don’t know how they bypassed the people who came from the fifty dungeon entrances and sneaked into the dungeon." Blue River explained helplessly.

"Now they still have one dungeon attempt." Jiang You said.

"Yes..."

"Guard the dungeon entrance. After they come out, grasp their movements. This time, at least they won’t sneak back into the dungeon. If you block the exit of the gorge, you’ll always find them in First Line Gorge." Jiang You said.

"Um… what about the map Boss?"

"Let’s go!"

"Do we need to call anyone else?"

"No need. Too many people will attract attention." Jiang You replied. In his heart, he also wanted to prove that they were real experts, to prove it to anyone.

"Oh..." Blue River certainly wouldn’t say more. Too many people was indeed a bit inconvenient. After all, they were guarding the entrance to First Line Gorge. If their Tyrannical Ambition drove in a large group of people, it would obviously arouse suspicion. As for a five-man team, it would be easy to dismiss.

Inside First Line Gorge, after setting the record and exiting the dungeon, Ye Xiu immediately led the four away.

"We can’t keep grinding." Ye Xiu said. He only knew that he had bypassed everyone when he entered the dungeon earlier, but he couldn’t be sure if he had been discovered by the guards when he came out this time. He didn’t want the next time he finished the dungeon, the seven guilds would be gathered at the door waiting to wipe them out.

Leading the four away from the crowded dungeon entrance, they specifically chose to walk where there was no one. Those who didn’t have a guild name above their heads, who knew if they were players from the big guilds deliberately hiding their guild names to pretend to be ordinary people.

After seven turns and eight turns, and killing monsters along the way, he finally led everyone to a very remote place. Looking around, there was really no one. Ye Xiu was immediately very regretful: "I knew I should have gone down one more time..."

No one was watching their movements, which naturally meant that there weren’t any people from the seven guilds at the dungeon entrance at the beginning.

"It’s a bit risky to go again now." Su Mucheng said.

"Um… let’s just level up casually!" Ye Xiu said.

"In that case, I’ll log off first." Su Mucheng said.

"Me too." Qiao Yifan also said quickly. The two of them were professional players and didn’t have that much free time.

"Go, go!" Ye Xiu certainly wouldn’t stop them. The two immediately said goodbye to everyone and logged off, leaving only Ye Xiu, Tang Rou, and Steamed Bun Invasion, three night owls who wouldn’t log off until dawn.

"Continue to pay attention to the surrounding movements. Maybe the other party is sending people to look for us everywhere." Ye Xiu told the two.

So the three continued to clear monsters along the gorge. Although the monsters in the map weren’t as elite as the dungeon monsters, they could also be used as practice targets. Ye Xiu designed limited practice content for the two again, watching them kill monsters and giving them guidance.

The desolate gorge was cleared all the way by the three. At the fork in the road ahead, Ye Xiu was looking at the map to choose a route. When he turned his perspective, he noticed something: "Yo, isn’t this the legendary map Boss?"