Leaving Novice Village and heading towards the Northern Mining Area, Jiang Yan could clearly feel he was being followed.
"Come out!" Jiang Yan halted and turned to face the rear.
"Kid, weren't you acting all high and mighty just now?" A player with a sly look emerged, flanked by two other players with fierce expressions.
All three were Warriors, each wielding a Goat Blade, and they surrounded Jiang Yan with cold smiles.
"Hand over the 60 silver coins you just traded, or we'll kill you back to level 0!" the sneaky-looking one sneered.
"You guys... are from the Prosperous Dynasty?" Jiang Yan instantly realized upon seeing the Goat Blades in their hands.
"What Prosperous Dynasty, don't talk nonsense!" The sneaky-looking player's face changed.
"Who doesn't know that the Western Forest has been taken over by the Prosperous Dynasty? Each of you has a Goat Blade, and you dare say you have nothing to do with them?" Jiang Yan sneered, "And over by the stalls, the Prosperous Dynasty has leased all the booths, openly suppressing prices, then using you to increase the risk of private transactions to achieve a low-price monopoly on equipment! Truly shameless!!"
"Kid, go to hell!!" The sneaky-looking player didn't expect their carefully planned overt and covert operations with Prosperous Peddler to be seen through at a glance, and in a fit of rage, he led his two teammates to charge at Jiang Yan.
"Slash!!" *3
The slashes from the three players cut through the air like a crescent moon, landing cleanly on Jiang Yan.
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Three glaring damage numbers floated above Jiang Yan's head.
[Ding~ You have been attacked by Golden Rat, you may counterattack in self-defense.]
[Ding~ You have been attacked by Green Rat, you may counterattack in self-defense.]
[Ding~ You have been attacked by White Rat, you may counterattack in self-defense.]
Hearing the system prompts, Jiang Yan's lips curled into a cold smile, "Is that it?"
Lightning Bolt!
After a 1-second chant, a massive bolt of lightning crashed down, striking Golden Rat on the head with a bang.
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A scarlet critical damage number leapt from Golden Rat's head, and he instantly turned into white light and vanished.
Ding~~
Jiang Yan's kill also knocked the Goat Blade out of Golden Rat's hand, and it fell to the ground.
Jiang Yan quickly grabbed it and put it into his backpack.
"You..." Green Rat and White Rat were shocked.
Mages from the Novice Village could only use basic magic: Fireball, before class advancement!
But this guy actually used Lightning Bolt!
Is this guy a rare class or a hidden class?!
The two were so terrified they kept retreating.
Seeing them scared out of their wits, Jiang Yan couldn't be bothered to say more. Once the cooldown ended, he sent them back to the Novice Village revival point with a Lightning Bolt each.
...
Novice Village Revival Point.
[You have been killed by Jiang Taigong in self-defense, losing current level experience points, and dropping Goat Blade.]
Staring at the system prompt, Golden Rat's expression was dazed.
His two companions, upon reviving, wore the same expression.
"How much damage did you take?" After a while, Golden Rat finally snapped out of it and asked in horror.
"Over nine hundred," Green Rat replied, trembling.
"Me too," White Rat's scalp tingled.
"This guy called Jiang Taigong must be a hidden class, otherwise why would his damage be so terrifying?" Golden Rat was on the verge of a breakdown.
They hit the opponent three times, dealing a total of 53 damage!
The opponent hit them, averaging over 900 damage!
Are they even playing the same game?
Golden Rat nervously reported the information to Prosperous Peddler.
Prosperous Peddler, not daring to be careless, quickly reported it to Prosperous Venomless.
Prosperous Venomless was dumbfounded upon receiving the report.
"What happened?" Prosperous Young Master Wang noticed his subordinate's odd behavior.
"Young Master Wang..." Prosperous Venomless hesitated to share the report, as it seemed too unbelievable.
Could it be that his men couldn't find the person and made up an excuse?
"Did you find Heart of Darkness's leveling spot?" Prosperous Young Master Wang's face darkened.
"No, it's not him. It's the player who sold the +3 Tiger Blade," Prosperous Venomless said, uneasily. "Our men followed him to the Northern District, got discovered on the way, and were instantly killed by him."
"The opponent's ID is Jiang Taigong, using Lightning Bolt, dealing over 900 damage with one strike, suspected to be a hidden class," Prosperous Venomless swallowed hard.
"Are you kidding me?! The server's only been open for less than four hours, where would a hidden class come from?! And 900+ damage, do you take me for an idiot?!" Prosperous Young Master Wang's face twitched in anger.
Prosperous Venomless wore a bitter expression, "Young Master Wang, that's what our men reported."
"Young Master Wang, don't get angry yet. I think it might be true," Prosperous Mage Saint spoke up. "Remember the two pieces of equipment he sold? One was [Boar Armguards], and the other was [Tiger Blade]. From the names, you can tell they were dropped from boars and tigers. At this stage, being able to solo boars and tigers, this Jiang Taigong might really be a hidden class!"
"Hidden class..." Prosperous Young Master Wang's expression gradually twisted, a mix of greed, jealousy, anger, and unwillingness.
"Young Master Wang, I think if we can recruit him, we might have a chance at taking down the Boar King," Prosperous Arrow suggested.
"Recruit him? Who does he think he is, just a hidden class, and he deserves me to lower myself to recruit him?!" Prosperous Young Master Wang's face contorted with rage, and after a moment, he instructed, "Send someone to contact him, tell him I'm willing to take him as a subordinate. As long as he follows me, I'll let him off. Otherwise, there will be no place for him in Novice Village No. 142857!!"
...
When Jiang Yan arrived at the Northern Mine Cave, he suddenly received a friend request.
The applicant was named Prosperous Venomless.
No doubt, it was someone from the Prosperous Dynasty.
What are they up to... Jiang Yan accepted the request.
Soon, a message came through: "Brother, I'm from the Prosperous Dynasty! Sorry for the unpleasantness earlier. Our guild is currently inviting heroes. Brother, you must be a hidden class, right? Really, if you join the Prosperous Dynasty, I guarantee you'll have a bright future!"
The attitude was decent, but not particularly good.
In the game forum, all major guilds openly listed recruitment terms, and here they were, expecting him to work for them without even mentioning any benefits?
Do they even know the value of a hidden class?
Jiang Yan replied, "Sorry, not interested."
"Brother, please reconsider. Our Prosperous Dynasty is really sincere!" Prosperous Venomless didn't want to give up so easily.
But Jiang Yan didn't reply anymore.
Western Boarwood.
Prosperous Venomless, while helping Prosperous Young Master Wang and others fight boars, kept sending messages to Jiang Yan, but it was like throwing stones into the sea!
Seeing Prosperous Venomless's increasingly conflicted expression, Prosperous Young Master Wang was both furious and sneering, "That Jiang Taigong, refused?"
Prosperous Venomless sighed, "Yes, he didn't agree."
"Good, very good! Hahaha, a hidden class, really thinks he's a big shot!!" Prosperous Young Master Wang wouldn't tolerate such people: "Immediately issue a kill order, kill him until he deletes his account!!"