Rebirth of the God Hunter Legend

Chapter 125 Behind the Letter
Perfect, first-time achievement obtained.

Looking up, the four members of the team were gazing at the city from outside the teleportation array. It was already night, and the Water God City appeared breathtakingly beautiful under the pale blue light of water elements. Especially captivating were the floating garden islands suspended in mid-air.

"Do you see this? This is the empire I have conquered for you!"

Ling Chuan's voice echoed throughout the main city, drawing disdain from passersby and NPCs, and also waking up his brothers and sisters.

Yi Han, Ling Feixue, and the Lin sisters turned around upon hearing the sound and found Ling Chuan wearing a demon bear helmet, striking a pose as if he were performing an opera.

Lin Xixi sharply retorted, "If you don't have a crown, at least take off your hat. How can someone who conquers an empire act like they're herding sheep?"

Ling Chuan strode down and said disdainfully, "Never heard of Genghis Khan?"

"Well, that's a world dominated by horses. Do you have a horse?"

"I didn't... Pah, shut up."

"What's wrong with me?"

Ling Feixue sighed helplessly, "Stop! What's the next step?"

Ling Chuan opened the world rankings. Apart from them, the first batch of level 20 players had already emerged and were probably heading to the village to prepare to enter the city.

To confirm, Ling Chuan asked, "Have you obtained all the profession achievements for first entry into the main city?"

The four of them agreed in unison.

"Then just get promoted directly, then log off to eat, and come back online to do the advanced tasks."

"Row!"

Upon receiving the instructions, the group turned in different directions within the city. After taking a few steps, they stopped, looking quite bewildered as they faced the wide avenues and magnificent city.

"Where is the address for the formal employment confirmation?"

Ling Chuan chuckled. This problem troubled every newcomer to the main city. Unlike the induction quest in the newbie village, the promotion quest clearly tells you where you need to go for promotion, but it doesn't tell you the specific location. You have to find it yourself. Moreover, the NPC for promotion is not unique. For example, for a knight promotion: after entering the Knight Temple, there are three Templar Knights in the temple. All three can be promoted. The dialogue before promotion is exactly the same. However, the job passives and titles obtained by choosing different Templar Knights for promotion are different.

【Harris】, Guardian Knight. Players who become Guardian Knights under his guidance will gain the passive skill 【Block】 after completing the advancement quest. When attacked, there is a 10% chance to block and mitigate the damage with a shield. This is the strongest passive skill for tanks in boss dungeons. The top ten players who become Guardian Knights will receive 【Enhanced Block】, which doubles the block chance.

【Duncan】, the Knight of Glory. Players who become Knights of Glory under his guidance will gain the passive skill 【Glory of Light】 after completing the advancement quest. When taking damage, there is a 5% chance to trigger Glory Protection, instantly restoring 10% of maximum health. This is the strongest passive skill for tanks in group leveling. The top ten players who become Knights of Glory will receive 【Holy Light of Glory】, with the trigger probability doubled.

【Jarvis】, a Crusader Knight. Players who become Crusader Knights under his command will gain the passive skill 【Cavalry Might】 after completing the advancement quest. When activating the skill 【Charge】, speed and collision volume are increased by 10%, making him the strongest spearhead in group battles and PVP. The top ten players who become Crusader Knights will receive 【Cavalry Might】, which doubles the speed and collision volume of 【Charge】.

This shows that it's crucial to define one's future role. So why are the top ten players who get promoted stronger? Because the first person to try something new has no idea what role they'll be promoted to. To balance the players' real-world needs with the psychological impact of the final outcome, the designers gave the top ten stronger passive abilities. You might ask, why go through all that trouble? Couldn't they just include the explanation in the promotion dialogue?
Okay! Absolutely no problem, even better; unfortunately, the designer doesn't want that. He likes to whip the players. Top ten, wow, impressive, you'll get special rewards! Great! So, to prevent you from becoming arrogant, let me dig a pit for you first, to keep you on your toes and make you understand that the designer is the boss at all times.

Yes, it's that sadistic. But what they don't know is that because of this flawed design, it's not just the top ten players who have been cheated. How many passionate young people who dreamed of becoming heroes on the battlefield have turned into philosophers who fight bosses hand-to-hand? How many philosophers who wanted to explore philosophy with bosses have become fake warriors on the battlefield? When someone revealed on the forum that different choices led to different endings when becoming a full-fledged NPC, tens of thousands of knight players across the server had fallen into the designer's trap. That's why the designer is so hated!
Upon realizing this, Ling Chuan immediately called out to them, saying, "The Knight's Temple is in the DC area. You'll see it when you pass by East Crossroads. Remember to become an NPC and find Duncan."

Bosses and dungeons are ultimately combat systems. No matter how intelligent they are, their skill mechanics are what they are, and avoiding damage is not difficult. There's no need to sacrifice a passive ability. Charging is even more unnecessary; one more or one less makes no difference.

The Glory Knight is different. It's said to be the strongest for group leveling, but it's also incredibly powerful in group battles. As a top ten player who becomes a full-fledged member, there's a 10% chance to recover 10% of your maximum health. With that, plus that dog-faced luck, you might just be an invincible tower, healing while getting beaten up, a human taunt, the ultimate masochist, Yi Han is definitely one of them.

"The Healer's Temple is also located in the East City, opposite the Knight's Temple. When you're promoted, remember to go to the NPC [Lin]. You must promote yourself through her."

There are three paths for a healer to become a full-fledged healer: self-preservation, single-target healing, and group healing.

Self-preservation passive [Divine Grace]: After HP reaches zero, there is a 50% chance to gain three seconds of divine protection, during which you are invincible and your skill cooldown is refreshed. The cooldown time is one hour. The top ten healers who are promoted will receive an enhanced passive [Divine Grace], with the trigger probability becoming 100%, making them virtually invincible.

The passive skill [Holy Light Condensation] for single-target healing skills increases by 20%; the first ten players to be promoted will receive [Divine Light Condensation], which increases the effect of single-target healing skills by 40%. Focusing on one person, it can heal you to the point of exhaustion.

The passive skill [Holy Light Diffusion] grants +10% to the effects of group healing skills; the first ten players to advance gain [Divine Light Diffusion], which grants +20% to the effects of group healing skills. This is a team battle skill and requires no further explanation. [Lin] is a priestess skilled in self-preservation.

Judging from Ling Feixue's future development path, as long as she lives, she will definitely be a BOSS. Just imagine, the enemy goes through all sorts of trouble to kill her, oh wow! Her health drops to zero and she becomes invincible for three seconds, instantly refreshes her skills and releases Angel's Protection, and then slowly recovers her health... Tsk tsk, just thinking about that scene is terrifying.

"The Exorcist Guild is located in the North District. It's in a very conspicuous location. Coco can see it as soon as she goes to the North District. The building's sign is octagonal. Once inside, look for [Rena].

There are few differences in the path to becoming a full-fledged exorcist, only two: point control and area control, both of which increase control duration and effect hit rate.

Control duration +15%, effect hit rate +10%; control duration for the first ten targets +30%, effect hit rate +20%.

Group control time +7.5%, effect hit rate +10%; top ten control time +15%, effect hit rate +20%.

As the designated Calamity Witch, Lin Keke will inevitably follow the route of group attack formation. If she gets a fixed-point control passive, it would be a complete waste.

"What about me?"

Lin Xixi couldn't wait and took the initiative to ask.

Ling Chuan didn't beat around the bush and said directly, "Find [Lu Feng]. The Assassination Guild doesn't have a fixed location. Lu Feng likes fishing and usually stays at the Water God Pool in the West City. Remember not to talk too much when you see him. He has a bad temper, and the more you say, the more mistakes you'll make. Be careful of getting targeted and getting an S-rank advancement quest." Assassins have two paths: one is to enhance [Stealth] ability, and the other is to enhance [Damage Output]. The former reduces the chance of being detected by 20%, and by 40% for the top ten; the latter increases critical hit damage by 8%, and by 15% for the top ten. Ling Chuan chose the latter for her. Stealth ability can be improved through skill and operation, but damage output is determined by hardware.

"understood."

Lin Xixi's response was quite awkward. As the person who knows herself best, she is very clear about her personality: she talks a lot and is straightforward.

"But how do you know so much?"

See? Talkative! And blunt!

Of course, even if Lin Xixi hadn't brought it up, the others would have asked anyway, since the information was so precise that anyone would have become suspicious.

"Good question. Okay, I'm not pretending anymore, I'm coming clean."

Ling Chuan looked helpless as he reached into his arms and pulled out the sleeping Mi'er.

"Woo..."

Ling Chuan pulled her out of bed, Mi'er frowned, pursed her lips, pulled Ling Chuan's fingers over her body, and then fell into a deep sleep again.

"So cute!!!"

Lin Xixi drooled, and Ling Chuan flicked her forehead, using the sound to wake everyone up.

"Got it?" Ling Chuan asked.

"Know what?" Everyone was puzzled.

"Still haven't figured it out?" Ling Chuan pulled Mi'er closer. "Who does she look like to you?"

"Likes whom? Likes..."

A thoughtful expression appeared on everyone's face, until Yi Han let out a soft "hmm" and clicked on the system wizard...

"Holy crap! Xiao Chuan! Is this pet the Guide Angel Mi'er?"

! ! ?

Come to think of it, that's what Xiaochuan has always called her, and they're only realizing it now!

"Oh, I've finally found her. That's right, it's the Guiding Angel Mi'er. After becoming a pet, she can access much more information than a regular Guiding Angel. Although I still can't get information about artifacts or divine pets out of her, I can still get some harmless information like becoming an NPC."

"6!"

Unbelievable! They never expected Ling Chuan to take such a creature as a pet. No wonder they couldn't see any pet information; it was a bug!

"Got it? If you do, hurry up and get promoted. Mi'er said that the first ten players to be promoted will receive special rewards."

"Roger that!"

Having already received "Mi'er's" reminder, wouldn't it be wise not to take advantage of it?
With that in mind, the four of them ran as fast as they could towards their respective addresses where they would be officially promoted.

Watching them leave, Ling Chuan lowered his eyes and reached out to rub Mi'er's head, causing Mi'er, who was still asleep, to resist.

He smiled and put her back in his arms, thinking to himself that the door to deception had finally been opened. With Mi'er as the perfect excuse, he could always pin the blame on her if he wanted to pass on any advanced information in the future.

"Phew! My turn."

With a sigh of relief, Ling Chuan took out a letter from the Fire Dragon Box—a letter of introduction given by Zhang Meng.

[Zhang Meng's Letter of Recommendation] (Special Item)

Item description: A letter of introduction written by Zhang Meng himself, the contents of which are unknown.

Status: Not tradable.

Remember what Zhang Meng said? He said that if you give this letter to the Hunter Guild Master, he will recommend a mentor. If the Hunter Guild Master can personally recommend someone, it can't be one of those two lecherous old men in the guild. So, we can basically conclude that there is a hidden profession suitable for hunters behind this letter.

Here are my responses to a few questions: 1. Chinese players primarily play Western classes, while the hidden classes are Chinese; foreign players, on the other hand, play the opposite. This is called cultural exchange, and it's not my fault, it's the designers' fault.

2. That seems to be all. Well then... Goodbye, everyone!

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(End of this chapter)