Legend of Mir 2: Seeking the Truth in Marfa

No one issued the mission, but Brooke received a valuable mission reward.

Opportunities are like shooting stars, fleeting. Even if they don't fly towards you, you can still reach out. If you seize it, you will shine brightly.

I already have 5 fifth-level pills, great!

For the next week, Brooke continued his quests, hunting, and monster-slaying routine. He would sometimes go to Storm Harbor and the Stormwreck to fight high-level humanoid monsters and accumulate Nirvana equipment. Occasionally, he would use the terrain to lure and kill some high-level 5th and 6th level monsters, but unfortunately, they were too smart to fall for his tricks a second time.

I have accumulated 9 fifth-level pills, only the last one is missing.

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Brook, Xiaobai, and the Qiankun Holy Dragon Beast, together surrounded and killed the river crabs in the corner of the river.

As they were killing, Xiaobai suddenly said:

"Master, the paralysis ring seems to have been upgraded."

"Really? Let me see!"

Brook took the paralysis ring from Xiaobai, and sure enough, the paralysis ring had been upgraded to level 1. He put it on and hacked at the river crabs, only to find that the paralysis ring's chance of inflicting damage was still 15/, seemingly without any improvement.

Brooke was puzzled. Every time a divine artifact was upgraded, it would be greatly improved, but how could this paralysis ring improve it?

"Master, try attacking with magic." Xiaobai reminded.

"Oh?"

Brook tried to attack with Bloodlust several times, but suddenly, the crab's whole body was paralyzed and petrified for a full 5 seconds.

Skill spells can also trigger paralysis!!

"Xiaobai, you are such a genius! How did you know you can use magic?" Brook asked.

"I can feel the difference in the Paralysis Ring. Before, the Paralysis Ring could only resonate with physical attacks, just like when I was at level 28 and had only health points; but now, the Paralysis Ring has an additional state, just like when I was at level 28 and had more mana points. So I guess it might be related to spells." Xiaobai said.

"I see! Let me take a closer look." Brook said, concentrating his magic power in his eyes.

Congeal!

He stared at the paralysis ring carefully. Even after using Condensation, he could not see anything except the basic attack 0-1 and durability 8 attributes.

"Xiaobai, how did you sense it? Teach me so that I can feel it too." Brook asked for help helplessly.

"This... requires the use of the aura of a demon beast. You don't have any demonic energy, so I don't know how to teach you."

"Okay. Oh, by the way, Xiaobai, you said that you can sense the demonic energy. Can those high-level magical beasts sense the artifacts on me?" Brook asked.

"This... I'm not sure either. If their strength can break through the fog of the level 8 Lucky Veil on you, and if they have studied or understood artifact equipment like me, then they should be able to sense it." Xiaobai said.

"That's right, then I understand."

Brooke speculated that those monsters probably hadn't discovered the artifact on him yet, even the strongest high-level monsters like the Sword Saint and the Prophet. Otherwise, they would have focused on targeting Brooke.

Now the paralysis ring can be used by warriors, Taoist priests, and mages. Brook thought about it, and gave the paralysis ring to Xiaobai, and also gave Xiaobai the flame ring that had been in the corner of the backpack and had never been used.

"Xiaobai, put on the paralysis ring and the flame ring. You can use the fireballs from the flame ring to assist me in my attack, but be careful not to be discovered."

"it is good."

Xiaobai is currently level 140, 3rd level, but with only a little over 1 HP, he's incredibly fragile. In normal combat, Brook wouldn't dare ask Xiaobai to help him, let alone against monsters, even against slightly stronger bosses or even the most common wild monsters, fearing he'd be instantly killed by the monsters or wild monsters in melee. Now, using Fireballs for ranged attacks is much safer; while the damage isn't high, it's enough to trigger the paralysis effect.

The river crab was quickly killed, and Brook picked up the exploded reconnaissance ward and started to return to the city.

"Sir, I'm here to hand in the quest." Brook handed over six wild monster enhancement items, including the poison gland of the Morass frog, the feather of the raptor, the claws of the shadow wolf, the crown of insight, the scout ward, and the control ward.

"Haha, you completed the task ahead of schedule again, and you always do a good job! I will hand these enhancement items over to the Imperial Guards on the front line. I thank you on their behalf!" The mission officer laughed.

"Your Excellency is too polite. I just killed a few more people by the way. It's a piece of cake."

Actually, the monster-killing quest only required killing three random monsters and turning in the three boost items he obtained. However, Brook had been killing a lot of monsters and had quite a few special items stored away, which would have been wasted if he didn't use them. So, he decided to turn in a few more to increase his quest completion rate.

Sure enough, this mission was rated as excellent again. The original reward of 40 Yuanbao and 40 Honor Points was increased to 80. Double the reward, so nice!

What Brooke values ​​isn't the extra few dozen gold or honor points, but the favorability of the mission officer. Put yourself in his shoes: if Brooke were a mission officer and needed reliable monks for a crucial mission, those with a proven track record of exceptional performance would naturally be prioritized. After all, the more important the mission, the better the reward. Of course, if Brooke felt it was too dangerous, he could choose not to go, but he had to seize the opportunity to receive the mission.

"By the way. There's a mission to deliver supplies here. If you need it, I can give it to you."

Transporting supplies was the simplest of the many missions. It was short, easy, and offered decent rewards, making it a prime assignment. Normally, many people would vie for it. However, since this mission offered no special rewards, Brook wasn't interested.

The mission officer had good intentions and wanted to give this excellent assignment to Brook. Since he'd asked, there was no reason for Brook to refuse. He'd never done it before anyway, so he readily accepted the mission.

Transport supplies: Go to the middle camp on the left and transport the truckload of construction supplies mined from the middle camp to the left outpost camp. This should be completed within 3 hours.

Mission reward: 40 Yuanbao, 40 Honor Points.

Brook hadn't actually entered the left-side middle camp yet, having only passed by it. It wasn't far from the left outpost camp, and a half-hour run would have been enough. Brook had seen others transport supplies, and it was similar to escorting a caravan, requiring slow, step-by-step progress. As long as there weren't any monsters attacking, an hour was more than enough.

Brook teleported to the vicinity of the central camp on the left and jogged in.

The left-hand center camp is built into the canyon rock face of the Warcraft battlefield. Originally a quarry, this site was later invaded by monsters, and the camp was built on the site. The quarry is still active, producing common quarry stone, rough stone, hard granite, marble, precious jade, and even the occasional ores containing equipment.

Two Dragon Empire Guards are stationed here year-round, their combined strength even greater than that of the front-line camps. The left-hand middle camp must guard against potential attacks from monsters outside the camp while also overseeing the criminals toiling away in the quarry.

Yes, those who are responsible for mining, transportation, polishing and carving here are all imperial criminals who made serious mistakes and were eventually exiled to the Warcraft battlefield.

Brook arrived at the camp and explained his purpose to a squad leader at the gate. The squad leader immediately assigned a 5th-rank mage named Lu Tiande to take Brook to the quarry behind the camp.

More than a dozen escort vehicles were parked in the square, one of which was already piled high with various stone materials. However, none of these escort vehicles had drivers.

Does he have to pull the cart himself?

Brook looked at the 5th-turn mage Lu Tiande beside him in confusion.

"Please wait a moment. The driver will be here soon." Lu Tiande was obviously a smart man.

After a while, the sound of a whip hitting the air could be heard from behind the tent next to the square.

"Didn't I tell you to stay by the car? You two bastards are slacking off again! The guy delivering the supplies has been waiting for a long time, why don't you hurry over!"

"Oh, yes! Yes! Sir, please be gentle. Please listen to our explanation. We worked all night and didn't sleep. We heard that the task of transporting supplies had just been announced. According to the usual practice, it would take at least half an hour for someone to arrive, so we wanted to take a nap. Who knew this gentleman would come so quickly this time?"

Brooke heard the voice and it seemed familiar.

"Stop talking nonsense! If it weren't for the fact that you're from a prominent family, I wouldn't give you such an easy task as pulling a cart. If I catch you slacking off again next time, I'll send you straight to the front lines!"

"Please calm down, sir! We won't dare to do that again. We will definitely pull the cart properly this time and definitely won't cause any trouble for you, sir."

The three who had been talking finally emerged from the corner. The two in front, disheveled and dressed in prisoner's clothing, were clearly criminals exiled to the Warcraft battlefield. Behind them followed an Imperial Guard monk, whip in hand.

Brooke looked closely. Oh my God!

Aren’t these Ximen Kongmie and Ximen Wudi from the Ximen family?

It's only been a few months since we last met, and you've fallen to this point.