Chapter 1685: 1685

There were many low-levelled players here . Not everyone liked to follow the normal method of grinding different monsters to level up .

As for raising their levels from doing quests, that was a pipe dream . Unless they had extremely high Charisma values, it wouldn’t be possible to raise their levels from doing quests alone . Most people would need to rely on grinding monsters to gain EXP .

There were also many people who came here for business purposes .

Stronger players would party up with four other weaker players in a party and charge them for power-levelling . Each player would pay a certain number of silver coins . In a day, players would be able to earn around 100 gold, which was already a much higher pay than normal workers .

However, power-levelling was a Mage specialty . Other classes, even with good items and mechanics, wouldn’t be able to grind the monsters in the Scarlet Monastery at the speed and efficiency of a Mage . If it took three to five hours just for one run, then they might as well work some other mediocre jobs in real life .

Of course, there were also players who brought their friends over to power-level, so they just partied up with other people as well .

Lu Li entered the weapon vault first and he found that the rates of gathering the souls of elite monsters were much higher than normal monsters . This far exceeded his expectations . He ‘only’ needed around 80 monsters to gather one soul .

How pitiful . He had already realised his own misfortune .

After cleaning the vault, he received his third soul . Unfortunately, the two souls that he obtained in the vault were not Boss souls . Boss souls were obviously harder to obtain as well .

Besides the Instance Dungeon, Lu Li was nearly killed outside .

This couldn’t be right . He had a lot of HP and the damage that he received was negligible . After all, he did have an emblem that added 200 to all Attributes, although there weren’t any unique effects . However, the HP that it added was significant . Lu Li’s HP exceeded 5000, which could contend with the average Berserker .

Even so, he was noticeably damaged .

He had taken a few hundred damage!

The people who attacked him also paused for a moment . From what they saw, Lu Li obviously did not belong to whatever faction they were targeting .

“Why’d you attack me?” Lu Li innocently asked .

“It seems like we made a mistake . Let’s leave him alone . He’s only a Thief anyway, so he can’t steal our business,” one of the Mages piped up, discussing the problem with his teammates .

“Kill him!” another Mage yelled, not caring about Lu Li .

Since they all agreed on the same outcome, these people wouldn’t offend their own friends for the sake of a Thief who they had no affiliation with .

This was a perfect example of ants biting an elephant to death . However, these people weren’t even comparable to ants .

Lu Li immediately used Gale Steps to avoid being damaged, then entered Stealth .

“Gale Steps! Oh crap!”

These Mages weren’t stupid, since they at the least knew of Gale Steps .

For Lu Li and his associates, Gale Steps was a common skill . If the skill book dropped in the dungeons, then no one would need it, so it was usually just thrown into the guild storage and sold to other club members .

However, most of the ordinary players didn’t even have the skill yet .

“Flush him out . ”

The lead Mage immediately cast Blizzard in front of him, trying to bring Lu Li out of Stealth . The other Mages followed his lead and covered the area with blasts and explosions .

Some of the lower-levelled players who just exited the dungeon were caught in the blasts . The players grinding here were usually around level 30, so they couldn’t handle the damage from a level 60 Mage .

Corpses started appearing gradually on the ground . However, none were the Thief that they were looking for .

“Why’d we start fighting? He seems really strong . ”

One of the Mages was frustrated .

“We’ve already used so many skills, yet he hasn’t been damaged much . His items must be really good . If we can kill him and make all of his items drop, we would hit the absolute jackpot!” the lead Mage cried out .

“Oh yeah! That’s right!”

The other players’ eyes immediately widened, until someone interrupted them .

“Come at me if you have a porblem! Why are you killing the innocents?”

A Mage wearing a blue robe appeared in front of the dungeon where Lu Li was standing when he had just exited the dungeon . This sight angered the lead Mage .

It seemed to be so scripted .

By ‘innocents’ did he mean himself?

Lu Li was planning on entering the dungeon after avoiding these Mages, but he stopped . He thought about it and realised that he was actually innocent . The first attack was an accident, but the pursuit after the initial attack was not an accident anymore .

“Hehe…He still dares to come out . Kill him as well! The item that dropped just then was not bad either!” the lead Mage laughed loudly .

The blue-robed Mage was going to re-enter the Instance Dungeon, since he was outnumbered . However, he saw that there were innocent players caught in the crossfire, so he entered the battle too .

“I’m bringing newbies into the dungeon for free . How are we obstructing you? You guys are just bullies . ”

“We just don’t like you . ”

This clearly was not the first time for the team of Mages . All of their PVP skills were quite decent .

The blue-robed Mage didn’t stand a chance . If it wasn’t for their desire to flush Lu Li out, they would have already killed him .

Lu Li remained stuck to a wall that was just outside the range of Blizzard . He was just watching the battle, marvelling at the existence of such a benevolent guy . He ahd seen nice people before, but people who were nice to this level were not a common sight at all . Not only did he not charge people to power-level them, but he was also willing to put himself in danger for the sake of strangers .

“Bunch of evil bullies! Come at me!”

At this moment, a few players suddenly joined the battle .

The targets were clearly the Mages who wanted to kill Lu Li . Were these players the so-called ‘good Samaritans?’

Unfortunately, these players were much too weak . They were all around level 30, so as soon as they struck by the Blizzard, they just died .

“Don’t come here! Run!”

“Big bro, we’re not scared!”

Lu Li was speechless . It was a scene straight out of the movie, but what could he do? These weaker players immediately died as soon as they entered the battlefield .

“I’ll go all out!” the blue-robed Mage cried in despair . He changed his tactic into one of both defense and offence, but it was clear that he was fully committing himself .

This again? This line was a classic line from dramas .

Lu Li sighed and swapped out his current emblem . He didn’t particularly admire this drama unfolding and the characters within it . However, he realised that he was also a victim .

As a victim, he wanted justice . This was normal .