Director Minh was sitting and browsing the news page of First World.
Currently, many players are complaining about the excessively long leveling process.
Several charts calculating the time to reach level 79 have been posted, with the common consensus being that it takes at least a month.
He was somewhat troubled.
Originally, level 79 was meant to appear at or after the final boss of the Tomb of The Immortal Blade.
Players were expected to grind for experience from the Tomb of The Immortal Blade, where the experience yield is much higher than previous dungeons.
However, since the Tomb of The Immortal Blade isn't completed yet, the area with the most experience is still inaccessible.
"Alright, it can't be helped."
Director Minh discussed briefly via chat with the teams and then posted an announcement in the game.
[Considering the difficulty players are facing in leveling, the development team has adjusted the items available for exchange during the Festival of Flowers event.]
[NEW Item: Ten Thousand Flowers Experience Scroll - Small / Medium / Large]
[Level usage limit: Lv 69]
Players can exchange for 5 large, 10 medium, and 15 small bottles.
The total experience from these 30 bottles is enough for players to reach level 75.
This seems reasonable.
[Oh, thank heavens.]
[Why didn't this come out sooner, I've been running dungeons all morning and I'm sick of it, just looking at them makes me nauseous now.]
[At least it's something, I'm exhausted, my goodness.]
[Alright, where's the compensation of 160 Primogem.]
[Make it 1600, 160 is too little.]
Many guilds rejoiced while complaining after seeing the new item information.
"If it had come a little sooner, we wouldn't have had to grind levels all morning."
"So painful!!!"
Lady Lam was feeling frustrated.
"Alright, disperse, go do the event!"
At that moment, No One laughed delightedly.
He hadn't been grinding dungeons since the morning, and now when he logged in, there was no need to grind dungeons anymore.
Great!
"So, let's do the daily dungeon first, shall we—"
"Huh? Who's free for that, go by yourself," Lady Lam walked away.
Wait, hold on?
The whole guild abandoned him and went to pick flower petals instead.
He forgot. They had completed the daily dungeons in the morning, only focusing on leveling afterward.
How sad...
No One silently lamented as he opened the daily quest board.
[Dungeon -The Wrath of the Forest of Resentment- 0/1]
[Eliminate Wandering Wolves in the Forest of Resentment 0/30]
[Complete Faction Mission 0/1]
[Dungeon -Mystery of Lucas Castle- 0/1]
Fine then, he thought he'd just find a random team to join.
As he thought about it, he opened the team search interface.
[The Wrath of the Forest of Resentment - Hell - started searching for a team.]
While waiting for matchmaking, No One casually opened a few Destiny Jewels from his inventory.For the past few weeks, while completing daily quests, he hadn't opened a single jewel.
Suddenly, a notification popped up.
The jewel gleamed brightly.
A rainbow emerged from the golden light.
Oh crap.
"Wha... An Epic weapon?"
[Wind Chime of the World Tree]
[A wind chime tied to the branch of the World Tree. It's said that when the sound of the Wind Chime rings throughout the world, it heralds the beginning of the Apocalypse.]
[Class Effect: When equipped by a Divine Druid, Domain: Great Tree transforms into Domain: World Tree]
[Class Effect: When equipped by a Divine Druid, the cooldown time for Forest's Might is reduced by 25%]
Divine Druid?
That's the new class unlocked in this update.
To have found it like this, he was quite lucky indeed.
Immediately, No One received a message from a stranger.
He had unblocked messages earlier.
It was easy to guess who might be messaging him.
If you opened an Epic item it'll be announced on the system channel.
It's likely a player who has just switched to the Divine Druid class wanting to buy it.
The guild chat was also filled with people spamming "Nice" "10 bucks I'll buy that" and such.
[Snow Moon: Hi, the weapon you just got, is it for sale?]
[No 11: Yes, it's still new and the price isn't set, but typically an Epic with two effects goes for 5-10 million. I'll offer it for 7.5 million, sound fair?]
[Snow Moon: Okie.]
That quickly?
No One thought there would be some negotiation.
He opened the basic information of the person who had just messaged him.
[ID: Snow Moon]
Level: 69
Class 1: Mage
Class 2: Priest
Job Change: Divine Tree
Title: Lady of Ten Thousand Flowers
Faction: Xiyu / Outer God / Aeterfloris
Lady of Ten Thousand Flowers?
That's the title for the costume just released in the gacha.
A whale, huh? No wonder they didn't even haggle over the price.
[No 11: Okay, have you done your daily quests yet? Once we trade, let's try the dungeon to test the item.]
[Snow Moon: Sure, I just completed the job change, haven't done them yet.]
No One directly invited her to join the party.
Instantly, Snow Moon was transported next to the team leader.
Oh?
Quite stunning.
The Ten Thousand Flowers outfit accompanied by pink hair and light pink eyes.
It seems they carefully customized their appearance before entering the game.
"Hello!"
Snow Moon startled.
Oh?This person is... ?
No One?
"W-were you the guy that appear on the internet a few days ago?"
No One nodded.
"Yeah, luckily I made it through the sea of flames. At that time, I thought I was done for."
"Why don't you just die there?" Snow Moon muttered under her breath.
"Huh?" No One didn't hear.
"N-nothing." Snow Moon quickly waved her hand dismissively.
A troublesome guy.
Thanks to you, my workload increased significantly.
The team was supposed to be less stressed for the first few weeks after the update, but because of you, everything's been disrupted.
"Okay, let's make the trade."
No One straightforwardly opened the trade window.
A notification popped up.
[Note: The player you're trading with is a new account; be cautious of potential scams.]
Oh?
"Are you new to this game?"
"Yes, I've known about the game for a while, but today I'm starting to play seriously."
"Oh, well there're stuffs you should know in the dungeon later, I'll let you know." No One nodded.
"Thanks." Snow Moon smiled.
In truth, she didn't really need the tips—she had a hand in creating these dungeons.
He placed the weapon in, and Snow Moon added the money.
Trade successful.At this moment, the team search board was still running.
Is no one going to Hell Mode?
Makes sense, the players who grind levels are all playing the dungeon already.
Those doing daily quests will just go at a normal level.
Oh well.
No One canceled the search.
"Probably no one is going in at this hour, so let just go with the two of us."
No One directly activated the dungeon.
Huh? Wait a second?
Snow Moon was stunned.
Going into Hell with just the two of them, really?
The loading screen appeared.
Hey!
Wait!!!
.
.
.
The two were teleported into the dungeon.
It was still the Forest of Resentment.
However, it was now in a deep black hue instead of the usual purple.
"This dungeon's first stage has a lot of small monsters—Tree Spirits. Be careful not to rush in, or they'll attack."
Snow Moon knew this.
During the trials, she had to play as a Mage and clear out many monsters before proceeding further.
"So... should I cast spells to clear them out?"
"No," No One shook his head.
He moved closer to Snow Moon.
"W-What are you planning to do?"
"Apologies," No One smiled.
"Huh?"
He effortlessly picked her up like a sack of rice.
Huh, huh?
Then, he activated the dance and [Like Wind And Clouds].
Whoosh.
With incredible speed, he dashed through the countless Tree Spirits.
They couldn't keep up.
No One continued running straight, all the way to the gate of the First Boss.
Only then did he set her down, swiftly drawing his twin blades to take out the two monsters guarding the entrance.
At this point, the large branches blocking the path opened, revealing the area for the First Boss fight.
What just happened?
Huh, huh?
No One chuckled at Snow Moon's expression.
"Nobody battles these small monsters anymore. As long as our speed is high enough, the whole team can just run past them, saving time."
It was Snow Moon's turn to silently lament.
The developers created the dungeon, just for you to skip its content like this?
"Just wait, I'll report this to the boss when we get back to the company!"