The Strongest Sword God Reincarnation
Chapter 79. Mysterious Black Flame

In the core area of Padang Kuruk, one could see a group of Grassland Lion Children every hundred meters or so. If the team's position setting was a little lacking, they would pull dozens of Grassland Lion Children towards them. In addition, on a large tree located in the central region of the field, there lived a Level 6 Elite Grassland Lion. That place could be said to be a forbidden area for Level 6 players.

However, within this forbidden area, Gentle Snow's team was constantly clearing the Level 6 Grassland Lion Child. They cleared the vacant land for the purpose of hunting the Elite Grassland Lion. If ordinary players saw their bold actions, they would definitely exclaim in wonder.

A team waged a war against over ten Grassland Lion Children.

Wearing a sky blue armor, Gentle Snow valiantly fought. She was like the Goddess of War, fighting one against ten thousand. A simple slash from him had thrown three Grassland Lion Children flying. Simultaneously, he dodged the claws of the two remaining Lion Children. If an expert were to see Gentle Snows battle, their eyes might have popped out of their sockets by now. Although his one slash seemed simple, he attacked the vital points of the three Grassland Lion Children. His avoidance was even more accurate. It seems like he has eyes on the back of his head. Without turning his head, he was able to dodge the claw attacks coming from behind him.

On the other hand, the Fire Witch, Zhao Yueru, was like an artillery cannon. One Frozen Flame Eruption from him had taken up a third of the Grassland Lion Child's HP. Just as the Grassland Lion Child was replacing Hatred and was about to attack Zhao Yueru, the woman, herself, showed a disdainful smile. As his mouth sang the last verse of a mantra, his lily-white hand finished writing the spell. After which, a fire dragon appeared. The dragon spewed out a scorching hot flame, immediately annihilating the Grassland Lion Child that was running towards Zhao Yueru.

Zhao Yueru's control over magic was extremely smooth, reaching its peak. The singing and searching are even more amazing. Normally, players would need 3 seconds to complete both actions, but Zhao Yueru only spent 1.6 seconds. Its Completion Rate even reached 86%, increasing the damage of the Dragon Flame Roar by 120%. This single movement instantly took out two-thirds of the Grassland Lion Children's HP.

A short while later, over ten Grassland Lion Children were lying dead on the ground.

"Rest for a while and prepare to lure the two Elite Grassland Lions. Shield Warrior, you will head off one, while I handle the other," after tidying up the jar, Gentle Snow ordered as she looked towards the two Elite Grassland Lions patrolling the distance.

When like everyone was resting, Gentle Snow received a single message signed under the name Black Flame.'

Seeing this signature, Gentle Snow's brows furrowed slightly. Previously, he had put out words that he wanted to discuss matters of cooperation with the Black Flame Forger. It didn't take long before he received a reply. At first, he felt somewhat pleased by that fact. However, moments later, he received another pile of similar messages. They all declared themselves Black Flame Forgers. However, after undergoing a simple question and introduction, he discovered that all these players were fake. Everyone wants to cheat some money out of it.

"Snow, is that another disturbing message? Why don't you just set it up so you can only receive messages from your friends. That way, these messages won't bother you anymore." Zhao Yueru suggested after realizing Gentle Snow's unnatural behavior.

Gentle Snow shook her head, saying in a serious tone, "I don't know Black Flame Forging. If the original Black Flame Forger contacted us, and we could not receive his message, wouldn't it be a waste for us to put up the strand? I'll still see it. After all, it was very easy to determine the authenticity of this Black Flame Forger."

However, Gentle Snow suddenly froze as she read the message.

That was because this message had very clearly proven the authenticity of this Black Flame. He wanted him to go to the Maya Trade Center, and using the password he had given, enter the designated Trading Room to trade for the Glazed Chestplate Forging Design.

"It seems like I finally got the advantage after waiting for so long." Gentle Snow revealed a faint smile. From the content of the message, he could clearly sense that this Black Flame was genuine. Otherwise, he would not have suggested trading the Forging Designs in the Maya Trade Center. After all, the Black Flame disguiser would not likely have a Forging Design.

"Whatis that? Did the original Black Flame contact you?" Seeing Gentle Snow nodding at his question, Zhao Yueru instantly became excited. Hoping to meet this mysterious Forger, he asked, "When do we meet him?"

Currently, the Black Flame Forging was known by everyone. He even had a Forging Design that could increase the influence of a Group. After taking one action after another in question, only now did they discover the true motive. Zhao Yueru could not help but acknowledge the ingenuity of the Black Flame Forging method.

He wasn't like someone who was obviously just a lucky bastard, however, still pretending to be an expert. Just thinking about that person made Zhao Yueru's blood boil in anger. Compared to the Black Flame Forging, the difference between them was thousands of miles apart.

"I just called him. However, he did not want to add us as friends. He only said he wanted to meet on the Level 8 map, the Physis Cliff, in four hours. The Physis Cliff is not too far from our current location. I will buy that Forging Design first; then we will quickly finish this Elite Grassland Lion. If we hurry, we should be able to succeed." Even Gentle Snow was clearly excited at this moment. There were so many first-rate Groups in the Star Moon Kingdom, however, he did not imagine that the Black Flame Forger would actually be willing to cooperate with them. He could not help but admit that they were very lucky or perhaps Black Flame had other plans. In any case, he would not be able to understand the thoughts of this Black Flame.

"Good! Then, let's hurry! If we make him wait too long, it would be very bad if he does not want to see us again," Zhao Yueru suddenly stood up, excitedly saying so.

"Look at you in a hurry. We still have time." The Snow Goddes rolled her eyes towards Zhao Yueru. He did not imagine that Zhao Yueru would be so interested in this Black Flame. Usually, he would not be too enthusiastic about the other people he met.

Meanwhile, Shi Feng, the target of Gentle Snow and Zhao Yueru's conversation, had left Red Leaf Town. He ran towards the White Sand Ruins.

The White Sand Ruins was a Level 10 monster area. It was also one of the areas that had to be visited to level up by the players from Red Leaf Town and several other cities nearby. That was because the Missions available here were numerous. Among them, there was no shortage of Group Missions and Reputation Missions. There are even two Unique Missions here. The rewards for these two Unique Missions were extremely bountiful, and they would bring plenty of benefits to Shi Feng when he officially entered White River City in the future. Hence the reason Shi Feng ran into the White Sand Ruins.

When Shi Feng arrived at the sea of white sand, a message from Gentle Snow arrived. The message stated that they would suddenly have to delay the meeting time by one hour, and as compensation, other than purchasing the Forging Design for 24,000 Credits, they would give him an additional 20,000 Credits. Their wealth is practically overstated.

Shi Feng did not particularly object to the delay in time. After all, he also needed some time to complete the Mission here.

Meanwhile, 20,000 Credits was the two-month salary of a gold-collar worker [1]. Gentle Snow used it as compensation for being late…

Moreover, this was only the beginning of the business between them; but, he had already received over 40,000 Credits. He could not deny that there were many advantages to working with a person like Gentle Snow, especially when the person himself was not short on money. Even rich people from other virtual reality games could not compete with him.

Following which, based on his memories, Shi Feng searched for a secret path in the White Sand Ruins. After walking on this road for almost half an hour, he saw a bunker buried in white sand. Two Level 10 Elite Black Steel Dwarfs guarding the entrance of the bunker.

One of two Unique Missions, the "Barrutia Steel Fortress" can be found inside this bunker.

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TL Notes:

[1] gold collar workers: Highly skilled professionals who are in high demand, such as accountants, surgeons, anesthesiologists, engineers, and lawyers.