9: Chapter 9 Everyone Has Secrets

Does Ma Sai still not have a Level 5 Bronze Hammer?

Yun Ge took a look; the hammer in Ma Sai's hand was still a Level 1 white-tier hammer. He was likely just as reluctant to buy one as Yun Ge was.

Having just Awakened, no one had many silver coins on them.

However, Yun Ge had no objections. They were teammates who had been working together for so long, so Yun Ge would absolutely not mind. Su Lei also indicated it was fine. As for Ye Zi, she was still immersed in sadness at the moment, and since she was the one being carried, she didn't offer any opinion.

"Alright, I'm going in. This time, Ye Zi will handle the healing, and He Xin will deal the damage."

"No problem."

He Xin patted her chest, signaling that she had it covered, and Ye Zi nodded as well.

Ma Sai charged forward, wielding his great hammer. Ye Zi cast Hardened Armor on Ma Sai, while He Xin applied a damage absorption buff to both herself and Ma Sai, then followed Ma Sai into the fray.

Demon Bull Monster, Level 6, HP 800.

Its HP wasn't 600, but 800. That was equivalent to a Level 8 monster!

Furthermore, Yun Ge observed that the Demon Bull Monsters' dilapidated tents weren't inhabited by just one of them; usually, there were 2 or 3 Demon Bull Monsters together.

This was very dangerous.

Sure enough, when Ma Sai attacked the first Demon Bull Monster, the adjacent Demon Bull Monster was also alerted, and both monsters struck Ma Sai at the same time.

"Taunt!"

"-32."

"-32."

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief. The Demon Bull Monsters indeed had high HP but low attack. Ma Sai was a Paladin, and his HP was even higher than a Shield Warrior's; this amount of damage was like a tickle.

As long as Ma Sai held the aggro steady, everyone's safety would be absolutely fine.

"Wind Slash!"

"Fireball!"

"Holy Slash!"

The group's attacks landed on the Demon Bull Monster one after another. Su Lei's attack only dealt 26 damage, which was clearly different from yesterday's damage. He Xin's Holy Slash also dealt 20 damage; the Guardian Angel was indeed a class capable of both healing and dealing damage.

The Demon Bull Monster had defense!

Otherwise, Su Lei would have been able to deal at least 30 damage.

Fortunately, the Demon Bull Monster had no defense against magic damage, so Yun Ge could still deal 34 damage.

In this case, Yun Ge became the highest damage dealer in the party.

The new combination wasn't as fast at killing as it was with the Wind Wolves yesterday, but it had the advantage of safety. Ma Sai could pull two or three Demon Bull Monsters to attack at once, and Yun Ge's Fireball was an area-of-effect attack that could hit three at once, so killing monsters wasn't much slower than yesterday.

"Ma Sai's way of fighting is still better."

Previously, when Feng Xiaoyang was the Shield Warrior, he didn't dare to pull two monsters at once. Although they killed quickly, finding monsters took time. The Demon Bull Monsters here were gregarious, so there were more monsters around.

After a brief period of adjustment, Ye Zi also became familiar with Ma Sai's fighting style. With He Xin on the side who could also heal and occasionally handle emergencies, the party gradually became more efficient.

"Experience +18."

"Experience +18."

"Ma Sai obtained 12 copper coins."

"Ma Sai obtained 12 copper coins."

"Ma Sai obtained Octagonal Long Hammer."

It dropped a hammer!

Ma Sai posted the hammer's stats to the party channel.

"Octagonal Long Hammer: Weight 40, Durability 30, Attack Frequency 0.91, Attack +5, Level Requirement 5."

It was a Level 5 white-tier hammer, but it was slightly better than the one in Ma Sai's hand.

"What a pity, it's not a Bronze piece of equipment."

A Level 5 white-tier hammer was generally worth around 5 silver coins, which was quite a significant amount of wealth.

Being able to kill 2-3 Demon Bull Monsters at a time, everyone was fully focused and didn't dare to let their attention wander. Ye Zi also briefly forgot her sadness, and the party gradually became livelier.

"Why isn't any equipment dropping?"

"Brother, these bulls are so ugly, they make me want to vomit."

"Just bear with it, unless you buy me a Bronze Hammer."

"The Bronze Long Sword in my hand dropped yesterday; they drop quite easily."

Su Lei was the one showing off. He sent the Bronze Long Sword's stats for Ma Sai to see, making Ma Sai envious.

However, Su Lei didn't mention the Bronze Ring on Yun Ge's person; none of the others knew about it.

Stimulated by Su Lei, Ma Sai became bolder and actually pulled 5 Demon Bull Monsters back at once.

"-32."

"-32."

"-32."

"-32."

"-32."

A series of damage numbers popped up over Ma Sai's head. Even though Ma Sai had high defense and high HP, his health bar dropped by a chunk.

"Heal me quickly!"

Ye Zi's Heal landed on Ma Sai's head right on time, and He Xin also cast a protective shield on Ma Sai. Ma Sai's HP immediately returned to full.

"Brothers, let's do this!"

"Fireball!"

"-34."

"-34."

"-34."

"-34."

"-34."

Five damage numbers popped up over the Demon Bull Monsters' heads simultaneously. Yun Ge felt extremely satisfied. Looking at the party's damage, Yun Ge had already reached a terrifying 60%!

In other words, the vast majority of the damage in the party was dealt by Yun Ge!

The group worked hard to hack the 5 Demon Bull Monsters to death. Ma Sai plopped down on the ground, wiping the cold sweat from his forehead.

"That scared me to death, there were too many monsters!"

"Brother, don't pull so many. If you lose aggro, you won't have a little sister anymore!"

"Alright, alright, I'll pull at most 2."

Actually, Yun Ge felt that pulling 5 monsters at once was very satisfying. It was just a pity that the Fireball damage was still a bit low; it took many Fireballs to kill a single Demon Bull Monster.

"Yun Ge, how many mana regeneration items do you have? I notice you rarely have to sit on the floor to recover."

After fighting for a long time, Ma Sai finally noticed Yun Ge's anomaly. Before, when there was only one healer, Yun Ge would sit on the floor with the healer, so it wasn't noticeable. Now, with two healing classes, He Xin didn't deal much damage, so she simply took turns healing with Ye Zi.

This way, they didn't need to constantly recover, and efficiency was actually higher.

The main thing was that Yun Ge seemed as if he didn't need to regenerate mana, only occasionally recovering once.

Oh no, I was too focused on the fight and forgot to pretend!

Yun Ge was slightly startled. Although he had been working with them for so long, it was better not to let others know about the Infinite Mana talent.

Fortunately, Ma Sai was just saying it casually and didn't take it seriously. There were many rich people in this game; some Level 1 characters ate enough attribute fruits to have over 10,000 HP and could go kill Level 10 monsters right from the start. Yun Ge having mana regeneration equipment was nothing special.

Su Lei also landed critical hits from time to time; it was obvious he didn't just have one Bronze Long Sword with critical hit stats.

These were all personal secrets; no one would go digging for the root of the matter.

Yun Ge noticed that when in a party, Su Lei didn't use Lions Roar to stun monsters. This crowd-control skill was currently only known to Yun Ge.

"Everyone has their own secrets."

Yun Ge thought silently to himself. Ma Sai was the same; a Paladin only had high HP, but their defense wasn't as high as a Shield Warrior's. Yet, looking at the damage Ma Sai received, his defense was clearly no lower than a Shield Warrior's.

Either Ma Sai was decked out in Bronze equipment, or Ma Sai's talent was related to defense.

"It's getting dark, let's grind for a while longer."

Ma Sai was enjoying the grinding and wanted to continue for a while longer, mainly because the Bronze Hammer he wanted hadn't dropped yet.

Everyone had no objections, and Yun Ge also nodded:

"Alright, let's grind until 22:00. I'm starting to reach my limit."