Moonfall Town.
Lu Ming, following the strategies carved out by tless predecessors over the past tury, accepted a quest from Mayor Alofs, reputed to be the most challenging in the novice area.
Acc to records, over 99% of quests in the novice area have a difficulty ihat generally doesn't exceed 100.
However, the quest Lu Ming accepted is the only oh a three-digit difficulty index, ranking first on the Moonfall Tow board in the 1947 novice area, and more than twice as difficult as the sed-ranked quest. It's known as the "Devil's" quest—
[Syer] (Ordinary Quest)
[Difficulty Index: 200]
[Descriptio years ago, Moonfall Towe squad, the Syers, was annihited by a powerful force while on a campaign against the Dark Tribe's forbidden zone. Not a single one of the hundred warriors survived, and sihen, that forbidden zone has been known as the Buried Bone Land. Pyers are tasked to go to the Buried Bone Land, sy the Dark Skeletons (0/50), i the will of the Syer squad, and quell the disaster of the Buried Bone Land...]
[Quest Time: 10 hours]
[Quest Rewards: Experience Points +1000, Copper s +80, Whiteboard Equipment +1, Very Low ce of F-grade Skill Scroll +1]
[Note: Each pyer only receive the quest reward on their lifetime, and failure to plete the quest withiime limit will result in a death penalty.]
The rewards are far higher than those of other quests in the novice area. The first-tier rewards alone are almost equivalent to the tenth-tier rewards of many other quests!
Yet, due to the nature of that note, tless pyers shy away from this highly valuable quest.
Most pyers dare to plete only the first or sed tier before quickly withdrawing.
The market price for a proxy to plete this quest starts at 500 for the first tier!
Lu Ming thought: Since I have to grind this quest anyway, why not seize the opportunity to make a fortune?
Having just paid off a 5,000 debt for Lin Youwei, Lu Ming now only had a few hundred left.
He urgently needed money!
So, he first checked the market situation.
He found that professional teams specializing in the Syer quest charged about 500 per person for the first tier; 800 for the sed; 1,200 for the third; 1,600 for the fourth; 2,500 for the fifth... and so on, with the tenth tier reag 15,000 per person!
Thus, Lu Ming posted on the exclusive forum for the 1947 novice area of Moonfall Town, spending 300 to pin his post for ten minutes.
The tent read:
[Syer Quest Tenth Tier Guaraeam Recruiting, 10,000 per person, four spots avaible, first e first served!]
The pinned post instantly stirred up a storm.
Soon, a flood of ents appeared.
Buddy Just Browsing: "Only 10,000 for the tenth tier? Is this ride reliable, or is it a scam?"
Man's Mouth, Deceitful Ghost: "Do you have the skills? Show us your character panel, OP!"
Niame Kun Bro: "Something's fishy! Why would others charge 15,000, but he's only asking for 10,000? Plus, others barely make it with four carrying one, and he wants to carry four through the tenth tier??"
Seeing the rising i, Lu Ming promptly replied as the inal poster: "Pay after pleting the quest, no charge if we don't pass the tenth tier."
As expected, this statemeo many private messages from people wanting to join.
After all, they could pay at the end of the journey.
They could hop on, and if things seemed off, they could jump ship midway without losing anything!
If they did pass the tenth tier, saving 5,000 would be a sweet deal!
So, Lu Mied four people from those who messaged him, based on the order they tacted him, ahem the meeting location.
Before they arrived, Lu Ming bought a mask from the shop.
In the Sky Abyss world, many pyers wore masks to ceal their identities.
While ordinary masks didn't provide any attribute bonuses, stylish and handsome masks could enhance a pyer's aura, making it a trend.
Lu Ming o earn money but couldn't afford to draw too much attention to himself.
Not to mention, if he iently aroused Ye 's suspi, it would definitely affect Lu Ming's uping revenge pns!
About ten mier, four pyers arrived as agreed.
Among them were three men and one woman.
The men included an Assassin, an Archer, and a Priest.
The woman was a Mage.
All four were level 8, and judging by their clear eyes, they seemed to be new pyers from well-off families.
Without a word, Lu Ming immediately created a team.
Just as he was about to ihe four to join, he was suddenly questioned by the young Assassin, Wu Liuqi: "Buddy, an 8th-level Trickster like you really carry us through the tenth tier of the Syer quest??"
The Archer, Sky Piercer, also scrutinized Lu Ming with disbelief: "Holy, before ing here, I had many guesses about your identity. I thought you might be a pro pyer from a major team, or a high-level, well-equipped, talented lone wolf, but you..."
Seeing the ordinary-looking Lu Ming, who wasn't even fully equipped, the chubby Priest, Big-Boobs Dad, also doubted: "Are you a scammer?"
Before Lu Ming could speak, the team's only Mage girl, Qing Yan, uedly said to Lu Ming, "I believe in you!"
As she spoke, Qing Yan accepted the Syer quest from Mayor Alofs and then applied to joieam.
At this moment, Lu Ming couldn't help but pay a little more attention to this unique girl.
Although she wore a raask, obsg her face, her elegant aura, atuated by a white mage robe and waist-length smooth hair, was undeniable, like a princess from an a kingdom stepping out of a painting.
It was hard not to imagine: beh the mask must be a stunningly beautiful face!
And when Lu Ming saw Qing Yan's eyes, he felt a strange familiarity!
This familiarity wasn't like reizing an acquaintance from memory.
It was more like havihese eyes among people he had retly entered!
Just as Lu Ming was recalling where he had seen those eyes, Qing Yan smiled at him and said, "Shall we begin?"
Lu Ming nodded, "Alright."
At this point, although the other three were skeptical, they eventually accepted the quest and applied to joieam.
After all, appearances be deceiving.
Who knows, this Trickster might actually have some skills!
Beh an ordinary exterior, there could be araordinary four-star or five-star top-tier at!
Thus, the five-person team set out from Moonfall Town.
About twenty mier, they arrived at the quest location: the level 9-10 wild area, Buried Bone Land.
Looking ahead, a massive cemetery resembling a mass grave came into view.
The ground was littered with human bones and severed limbs.
Before eveering, a strong stench of deg corpses assaulted their senses.
A dense aura of death permeated the surroundings.
Uhe overcast sky, it appeared extremely eerie and terrifying.
At this moment, they could see several five-person teams pi in the Buried Bone Land.
Most were four carrying one, or three carrying two teams.
Each team typically had three to fh-level pyers around level 15 or 16, apanied by one or two low-level pyers around level 8 or 9.
Without high-level pyers leading, new pyers at level 8 or 9 couldn't plete this quest on their own.
At this moment, Lu Ming was the first to step into the Buried Bone Land.
While the three young meated, the Mage girl, Qing Yan, followed without hesitation.
Swoosh!
As soon as they entered, a skeletal hand burst from the ground in front of them.
Following that, a skeleton with no flesh or blood emerged from the earth!
Target locked.
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Lu Ming drew his sword.
