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Chapter 803 Who do you think I am?
After returning to the bottom of the Tower of Babel through the portal, Luo Jun first registered an account with the Mercenary Guild.

After all, he used Luo Jun's identity to complete the mission before. Now, after Zi Ye's modification, not only can he not take off the mask, but even the name on his panel has changed. He might as well just get a new identity.

Although it was a newly registered identity, Luo Jun already possessed expert-level basic skills in three magic systems. Combined with his current level, the Mercenary Guild gave him a high evaluation and directly awarded him a B-level rating.

"Not bad, it's good that I don't have to start from D-level again!" Luo Jun nodded, then turned to the market, trying to find a buyer for the various materials that filled his backpack.

Over the centuries, a well-developed market has formed around the Tower of Babel. A large number of merchants continuously purchase materials and equipment from the Tower of Babel from mercenaries and sell them throughout the country, forming a complete industry. As the conquest progresses, this giant tower is also driving the nationwide material market and the continuous upgrading of weapons and equipment.

Under these circumstances, Luo Jun sold the materials with almost no effort.

Of course, as the fiftieth floor had just been opened, very few people had ever been up there, and no one could possibly have produced so many high-grade materials like Luo Jun's before. In a normal world, merchants would certainly not dare to buy such unfamiliar materials indiscriminately. But this was a [game], where merchants not only accepted everything but also offered relatively reasonable prices. However, their funds were still limited, and ordinary small merchants simply couldn't afford so many treasures. In the end, Luo Jun found a large chain merchant house and managed to exchange most of the materials for gold coins.

"No wonder it's the fiftieth floor, it's really valuable!" Looking at the five-figure sum of gold coins lying in the upper left corner of his backpack, Luo Jun couldn't help but sigh. When he first entered this world, he was careful with even a single gold coin or two, but after just one trip around the fiftieth floor, he's already financially free?

With money in hand, the first thing to do was naturally to improve his skills. Luo Jun went to the training ground and began spending money on training.

Although he didn't do any missions, the experience from the monsters on the 50th floor was still enormous. Moreover, Luo Jun received a certain experience bonus for challenging high-level monsters at a low level, and with the experience-boosting food from the meal before coming to the capital, his experience points skyrocketed, and he reached level 54 in the blink of an eye.

"Upgraded eighteen levels? Not as fast as I imagined..." Luo Jun was still a little dissatisfied: "As the level increases, the experience required for leveling up also increases exponentially... No wonder those A-level or even S-level mercenaries only reach level 70 or 80 after decades of work. Compared to that, leveling up with dice is much more reasonable."

With that in mind, Luo Jun opened the dice panel.

Although the number of high-severity events decreased as he grew stronger, Luo Jun still managed to reach level 80 smoothly over the past few days because the experience gained per level from the dice was minimal. However, he was busy fighting monsters on the 50th floor and hadn't had time to choose the level-up reward.

"Level 80! Now I can draw skills again!"

Luo Jun rubbed his hands together expectantly: "I wonder what kind of amazing ability I'll get this time?"

With a pleasant melody playing, the final result was that my luck level increased by one.
"Um... it's alright, practical, but nothing surprising..." Luo Jun pursed his lips, but his luck level had increased, and his dice rolls had also improved overall.

As for the upgrade attributes, Luo Jun chose to add points. Two white dice spun in front of him, one finally landing on one, and the other on nine...

"Um... did my luck level really increase?" Luo Jun muttered, but still chose nine points. After the advanced points adjustment, he gained another thirty-nine attribute points. After random allocation, his current attributes are as follows.

Level: Level 80 (286/8100)

Baseline attributes:
Strength: 999 points [Immortal]

Sensitivity: 654 points [Mastery]

Perception: 641 points [Insightful Eye]

Spirit: 703 points [Soul Stealing]

Luck: Level 9 + Level 1

Skills: Everything is Dice, Advanced Point Correction, Undo, More Chances (Level 4), [Double Insurance], Refresh, Pay-to-Win, [Black and White Reversal], Merge Similar Items.

Props: Wealth Ring, Path to Success, Fate-Searching Glasses, Heavenly Secret Note
Chips: 1620

Used times: 9/9
.........

Sure enough, Strength remained at 999 points, with the attribute evenly distributed among the other three stats.

Luo Jun frowned. Had this Strength attribute really reached its limit? Or was it that he hadn't met some condition, preventing it from increasing further?
Luo Jun couldn't get an answer to this question either, so he simply stopped worrying about it, closed the dice panel, and opened the skill panel.

He currently only has three basic skills, namely earth, fire, and storm spells, all of which are level 10, just reaching the expert level. Now, because of the level up, he has 118 skill points, so he simply poured them all into earth spells, directly leveling them up to level 18.

Normally, level 15 is enough to qualify as a Master, but you still need to obtain an advanced training certificate from the Magic Association to officially receive the Master title. In the game world, this "advanced training" essentially means spending money to level up.

Luo Jun left the Tower of Babel and returned to the Earth Magic Guild headquarters in the capital. As expected, upgrading to Master level required five hundred gold coins, a huge sum for an ordinary B-rank mercenary. However, Luo Jun didn't care about it at all.

After leveling up, he browsed the Magic Association's shop. Besides various magical items, they also sold spellbooks of all levels. Now, he could practice any earth magic below the master level. However, the higher the magic level, the more expensive the spellbook; master-level spellbooks usually cost hundreds or even thousands of gold. After looking around, Luo Jun finally chose two spellbooks.

One skill is Piercing Spear Forest, which generates a large number of sharp stone spears on the ground or walls within a designated area to injure opponents. The other skill is Overwhelming Force, which, simply put, increases gravity within a certain area, causing damage while also restricting enemy movement.

Both of these are relatively practical spells. Although their power is far less than Luo Jun's fists and feet, he values ​​their ability to deal damage over a wide area, which can help him improve his efficiency in fighting monsters.

Having completed his level up and spell enhancements, Luo Jun returned to the Mercenary Guild. Logically, level 50 should be the threshold for an A-rank mercenary, and he hoped to obtain an A-rank rating, perhaps even receiving some rewards.

However, even after he reached level 54 and gained the Master Spell rating, he was still only at grade B.

Looks like I still have to obediently do the tasks.

Luo Jun simply took on all the highest-experience missions within the B-level range. Seeing how much he was taking on, the guild's receptionist was worried that he wouldn't be able to complete them.

"Mercenary, I don't see any indication that you belong to any mercenary group. Are you planning to complete these missions alone?"

"What? Is it not allowed?" Luo Jun asked back.

"No, that's not it..." the receptionist explained, "It's just that several of these tasks have time limits, and I'm worried you won't be able to complete them... If you fail to complete the task by the deadline, it will not only affect your mercenary rating, but you may also face a fine..."

"Oh, I see..." Luo Jun said with a smile, "Don't worry, I have plenty of money to pay you back!" After saying that, he turned around and left.

"Hey? Night!" Just as Luo Jun stepped out of the guild headquarters, he heard someone call his name. Looking up, he saw a group of mercenaries approaching, led by Shi Lei, with Zong Zhiyong behind him. "We were just looking for you! You're really alright!" Shi Lei rushed forward. "Thank you for saving my life!"

Luo Jun nodded: "It's no trouble at all."

“You’re already over level 50.” Zong Zhiyong glanced at the top of Luo Jun’s head. “Looks like you’ve been here for a while now. How did you end up in this world?”

Luo Jun glanced at him: "Zong Zhiyong?"

"You still remember me!" Zong Zhiyong scratched his head. "Is it because this bald head is too conspicuous?"

"I'm here to find someone," Luo Jun said. "Don't worry, I won't interfere in your affairs."

"That's not what we meant," Shi Lei explained. "We're all from the main world, so you've probably heard that the Ice Queen is here too. She heard about you and really wants to see you. She even sent someone to look for you in the tower. We didn't expect you to be back in the capital. Would you do us the honor of visiting?"

"The Snow Queen." Luo Jun originally wanted to secretly level up and investigate the clues of that mysterious person, but since he had run into her, he might as well go and meet the Snow Queen.

"Alright, lead the way."

"You agreed?" Shi Lei's face lit up with surprise. He turned around and instructed the others, "You guys continue to go to the guild to get missions. I'll take Ye back to see Aunt Xue!"

Luo Jun followed Shi Lei to the base of the cerebral thrombosis commando team. When he entered the hall, everyone looked at him.

"Is he Ye? I heard he's quite famous in Aurora City."

"It is said that he has the strength to ascend to immortality... but it's not very noticeable. I can't even detect a trace of qi on his body."

"Perhaps it's an internalized or concealed aura."

"You haven't heard Ye's story. Although he only rose to prominence in the last year, his legendary status is in no way inferior to Ling Yao, the number one person below the Feather Transformation Realm."

"I heard that Ling Yao has also broken through to the Ascension Realm?"

Luo Jun ignored the crowd's chatter, only glancing casually at Ashlia, who was dressed as him in the corner, and she gave him an approving look.

Looks like I wasn't caught, not bad...

After passing through the hall and going up to the second floor, Shi Lei led him to the door of the Ice Queen's room. After knocking to confirm, he only let Luo Jun go in by himself.

As soon as Luo Jun entered the room, he felt a chill that went straight to his soul.

It's cold, but not cold...

On the contrary, visually, the room even gives people a warm feeling. Sunlight shines in through the window, a beautiful woman holds a cup of steaming black tea and takes a sip, and the flowers and plants on the windowsill grow lushly and are full of vitality.

Clearly, this feeling of coldness wasn't an actual temperature, but rather a kind of aura. If even a saint like Luo Jun could feel it so strongly, if this Ice Queen maintained this aura at all times, others would likely have their souls frozen simply by making eye contact with her.

This is a way of putting pressure on themselves.

Luo Jun understood, and calmly walked into the room, sitting down as if nothing had happened.

The Ice Queen nodded approvingly: "You do have the potential to ascend to immortality. However, being only in the fifties is still somewhat awkward in this world where level suppression exists."

"Your level isn't that high either. You're only in your early seventies. When facing bosses that are level ninety or even hundreds, you're not much better off than me?"

As the level increases, the effect of the Eye of Insight also becomes stronger. Luo Jun can clearly see that the Ice Queen's level is 71, her health is 530,000, and her magic power is over a million.

Compared to other A-rank and S-rank mercenaries who typically only have a few thousand or tens of thousands of HP and MP, this is an overwhelming numerical monster. It's just that it hasn't been here long enough for its level to catch up.

"Hehe..." The Queen smiled slightly, not minding Luo Jun's provocation: "What is your purpose in coming to this world?"

"Find him!" Luo Jun said decisively. "Zhao Gongming owed me money, and before he could pay me back, he was murdered. Of course, I want to find the murderer to collect the debt!"

"Do you want to hear what you're saying?" The Queen looked at Luo Jun: "God of Wealth? Owes you money?"

"Can't the God of Wealth owe money?" Luo Jun raised his chin, speaking with righteous indignation: "How can he be the God of Wealth if he doesn't put other people's money into his own pocket?"

Luo Jun had come to terms with it. Rather than fabricating another reason, he decided to tell the Ice Queen that he was also there to hunt down the murderer. As for whether they would suspect that Ye had some connection with "Luo Jun," who was also there to hunt down the murderer, it didn't matter. After all, Ye's true identity was no longer a secret at the level of Yu Hua.

As for the cooperation, Luo Jun had already thought it through. As long as the Queen was willing to help him find the murderer, he would also be willing to help them pass the fiftieth floor.

While covering the others' escape, Luo Jun briefly fought the dog-headed monster on the fiftieth floor... It was indeed very strong, with extremely high resistance and incredibly tanky. Its attacks seemed to also deal a lot of true damage, ignoring the opponent's resistance and directly reducing their health. It was very effective against players who relied on equipment and internal energy. However, Luo Jun had nothing but pure health, so he wasn't afraid of such attacks. Luo Jun was confident that, apart from him, it would be difficult for anyone else to cover a group of people's retreat in that situation and escape unscathed.

Therefore, to conquer the 50th floor, the Ice Queen needs his help; he has enough leverage to force her to sit down and talk.

"Trust me, Your Majesty," Luo Jun said with a smile, "You need my power, and you also need my intelligence!"

Faced with Luo Jun's confident attitude, the Ice Queen chuckled and said, "Alright, let's not beat around the bush. I can let bygones be bygones on your matter, and I might even help you cover it up."

"Wait a minute..." Luo Jun was a little confused by the Queen's words: "What did you mean by not investigating? What are you hiding?"

"Still playing dumb?" The Queen looked at Luo Jun: "You are the murderer who killed Zhao Gongming, aren't you?"

(End of this chapter)