The Great Thief

Lu Li only had two stones left – a -7% and a -10%. For now, these would be enough.

The arena was the same as a battleground; you gained a certain amount of experience upon victory. However, the arena rewards weren’t as great as the battleground rewards. After all, the arena was still more focused on solo-killing. Even with all the efforts that Lu Li had made, he only earned 3% EXP. This was worse than killing monsters in the wild for him.

He continued to play in the arena for a little more after he received his rewards until an unexpected person messaged him. If it wasn’t for this message, he would have already forgotten that he added this person to his friend list.

Ms. Su probably would have never imagined anyone forgetting about her.

“What’s up?”

Ms. Su was sure that although he didn’t sound impatient, he didn’t sound too happy either. With a sad tone, she sighed, “Perhaps you don’t remember what you’ve promised me.”

“I’m busy right now…” Lu Li lied. He wasn’t really busy; he was just playing arena.

“Then when are you going to take me to level up?” Ms. Su wasn’t unreasonable – if Lu Li was really busy, she didn’t mind leveling up another time.

“Uhm… What level are you planning to reach?”

Ms. Su wasn’t his apprentice. NPCs leveled up fast, much faster than players. Not to mention, Ms. Su didn’t share any Experience or Reputation rewards with him, and Lu Li had no interest in taking her to level up just because she was pretty.

“To be honest, I just want to discover some of the interesting things to this game, but I’m too low leveled. Hmph, I’m level 2 right now, but I’ve already been slain a few times by these monsters,” Ms. Su said in a depressed tone.

She was still at Horthshire Abbey – the beginner village for the human race.

“Alright, I’ll show you around,” Lu Li offered. He felt guilty about letting a girl play alone by herself without any help.

“Thanks. I owe you one,” Ms. Su said gratefully.

She actually really liked this kind of communication; it made her feel like a normal person instead of a famous celebrity.

However, Lu Li never really thought much towards celebrities.

Horthshire Abbey was located in the east direction of Stormwind City, in the valleys of the Elwynn Forest. Some said that this was the origin of the disasters in Azeroth. A wizard that had rested here for decades opened the dark door and unleashed a terrible disaster onto this continent.

Conversely, some also said that it was the source of hope. Anduin Wrynn had escaped from the Death Mines and also rested here before he began to lead the Alliance.

Regardless, many legendary figures had walked out from this quiet valley, including the founder of the Silverhand Recruits, Alonsus Faol. “Esarus thar no’Darador” (With blood for honor) was still spoken of by many.

The fate of Horthshire Abbey had nothing to share with these stories. Despite all that it has been through, it was still the location where the human adventurers started.

Originally, Lu Li was going to play as a human. The human race had many advantages that Elves did not, but he was more familiar with the advantages of the Elves from his previous life. The Supreme Ring was also another factor that contributed to why he decided to play as an Elf.

Ms. Su was wearing average Paladin equipment; it was the set that came at the start.

Although this was well known to be the ugliest set of plated gear, it wasn’t ugly at all on Ms. Su. She seemed to have some sort of magic that made her look good with anything.

She wasn’t as miserable as Lu Li thought either. Lu Li had stood around to look from afar for about a dozen seconds. During this time, there were at least three players who had tried to come over and talk to her, but unfortunately, they were all deterred by a stern glare.

Lu Li had the impression that she wasn’t as friendly as she appeared to the public.

Just her glance alone would make others feel guilty for disturbing her.

“Why Paladin?” Lu Li couldn’t help but ask. He was curious as to why a girl would want to play a Paladin role. Dawn had designed the Paladin role to be very manly, so it was rare for girls to play this class. Someone like Darkness, a girl who hated men, was a different story.

“Ah, when did you come? You scared me, standing behind me so quietly like that,” Ms. Su complained as she patted her chest.

“I’m a Thief. It’s normal for me to be silent,” Lu Li said as he scanned around their environment. He was amazed by Ms. Su’s ability to attract men.

At this very moment, there were at least almost a hundred new players that were studying them from different positions.

“To answer your question, it is because I want to join the Night Watchmen,” Ms. Su answered, waving the new-player sword in her hands and nearly slicing it into Lu Li’s legs.

It was hard to imagine that she was the type to have weird fantasies.

Lu Li positioned himself slightly away from her, with no further comment about her dreams. He felt like maybe he should have a word with Rain Like a Wanderer, so that he could help her join the Night Watchmen.

Once Ms. Su joined, it’s not hard to imagine how many male players with too much testosterone would flood into Night Town. Even if Ms. Su did nothing besides sleep in the inn of the town, it would still guarantee the safety of the place.

“I’ll teach you how to play the game first. First, you’re holding the sword wrong; you should hold it like this…” Lu Li had no time to chit chat with her and immediately began to teach her.

Unlike the little Gnome Hany, Ms. Su had no clue how to battle.

“I’ve learnt to use a sword in real life…” Ms. Su wasn’t impressed; she felt like she didn’t have to start so low.

“Shut up, watch me,” Lu Li said.

Ms. Su opened her mouth, shocked. She had never had anyone say those two words to her before.

In the tutorial session that followed, Ms. Su was finally convinced that Lu Li wasn’t pretending at all. He really had zero interest in her beauty.

“Next, I’ll teach you how to receive quests.”

Lu Li then proceeded to teach her the basics of the game, and began to explain to her what game quests were. He thought of this as a quest and did not bother chit chatting or joking around; he just passed his gaming knowledge on to this newbie.

Ms. Su was actually filming the whole time – she was the spokesperson for the game.

As such, all of Lu Li’s explanations were recorded and studied by the gaming company. They concluded that these were definitely textbook-style explanations and uploaded them onto the main page, where they became the tutorial guide for beginners.