Game’s Dogma

“I should go. I still have to look for new equipment at the Arena.”

Drako Yau stood up. If not for Danting, he would’ve gone straight to the Arena. The battle medals he received from his hundred win streak were still idling in his item bag.

Tigeroar had taught him a lesson: the quality of one’s equipment could close the gap in combat techniques by a large margin. He learnt something new and gained experience from every battle, which was why he grew stronger so quickly. What didn’t kill him only made him stronger.

Fatty seemed to have complicated feelings when he said, “You… shouldn’t have let that fella off the hook.”

Drako Yau flashed a glance at Fatty but didn’t utter a word. He naturally knew who Fatty was talking about; as a Castellan, it made sense Fatty knew everything. After everything that had happened, Drako Yau now had a general idea of what role Castellans held in the game. They were supervisors of a city, or in a sense, a GM with some degree of authority. All players could be kept in the dark, but hiding things from the Castellans was impossible.

“He’s different from you, that man is a villain. You’re inviting trouble for yourself by letting him go.”

Tigeroar had the muscle and brains to conceal his cards all while reaching number two on the guild rankings. Dual-class, Roar of the Forest Tiger cultivation style, Divine Martial Sword, Limit Break skills… He also sacrificed countless players during the ambush on Drako Yau in Empyreon. Both cruel to his enemies and to himself, he was like a viper who’d strike anyone at any time.

Drako Yau shook his head and said, “I’m different from him. He sees no worth in human lives, but I do. If I can defeat him once, I can defeat him twice and many more times.”

Fatty sighed and didn’t respond. To him, Drako Yau was perfect in many ways: calm and composed, talented, loyal to his companions. The one thing to nit-pick was his indecisiveness at times. If Fatty had been the one fighting, he’d definitely have killed Tigeroar on the spot. Still, it was Drako Yau’s choice to make, and all Fatty could do was wish him luck.

Fatty suddenly hung a serious look and said, “Wait, don’t go yet. There are matters I have to discuss with you. I was ready to find you even if you didn’t come today. Have a seat.” 

“Hm? What is it?” 

Drako Yau sat down upon seeing Fatty’s expression. Fatty had always kept a sly look, and this was one of the few times he had put on such a face. The last time he saw such a look was when Fatty invited him to fight the mysterious golden-haired young man.

“I… have a quest for you.”

Ding!

“Do you accept the Castellan’s quest?”

Drako Yau was startled. A quest for me? There’s even a system notification, looks like it’s a real quest. He asked, “What’s the quest? I’m sure it won’t be easy given your look.”

Fatty laughed bitterly and said, “Ugh… I can’t tell you. This quest can be quite easy and also gives decent rewards, but… Well, go have a look yourself. You can decide afterwards.” The next moment, Fatty waved his arm. 

Drako Yau blinked and realised he was outside the Castellan’s residence. Hesitation. Fatty hesitated about giving me the quest. Why? To the point he teleported me out directly?

Drako Yau clicked “Accept” anyway. There was no harm in checking it out, and he could always give up if it was too difficult.

He clasped his hands, then headed towards the Arena. He wanted to switch out his equipment; after all, he was equipping three Level 20-ish items and two Level 30 epic items. Flickering Headband’s defence was low as well since it was categorised as cloth armour.

Back in the Castellan’s residence, the butler and Fatty looked at Drako Yau’s fading silhouette through a window.

The butler paused before asking, “Sir Castellan… Isn’t this a bit…”

Fatty sighed at his butler’s words. “Do I look like I have a choice? Sigh, let this be a trial for him. I’ll reward him nicely when he returns.”

The butler wasn’t convinced. With a concerned look, he said, “But Sir… This is no different from sending him to fight the Dominator! He’s truly talented, but he needs time for his talent to bloom.”

Fatty no longer replied as he fixed his gaze on Drako Yau’s back. If you can return from the Abyss of Durin, I trust that you won’t disappoint me! Hmph, the Dominator, is it? Making me do something against my principles? No way in hell!

Upon arriving at the Arena, Drako Yau checked the equipment catalogue with an NPC.

He had over five hundred battle medals on him. If not for repaying Scaredyface by conceding the fight, he would own over a thousand! Coincidentally, Scaredyface and her brother Angryface were both members of Howl of the Tempest Wolves and Dragon Alliance now.

Ordinary players would need to spend a month or two in the Arena without sleep to gain a hundred battle medals. Monsters like Tigeroar and Drako Yau were clearly exceptions.

After scrolling through the catalogue, Drako Yau was at a loss of what to do with his battle medals. He could either exchange a full set of Level 30 epic gear or three pieces of Level 35 epic gear. He had also just reached Level 34, so it’d take a while for him to level up again.

His original plan was to exchange three pieces of Level 35 gear, then fight in the Arena until he had enough medals to exchange the rest. Getting consecutive wins wasn’t particularly difficult given his current strength.

However, Fatty’s hesitant look suddenly emerged in his mind. In the end, he decided to exchange a full Level 30 set so he could use it immediately. It could last him till Level 40 given how powerful the Arena sets were.

Level 30 Arena set, Celestial Hero set.

Celestial Hero Set Effects: +15 Strength for three pieces, 10% bonus Defence for four pieces, active skill “Song of the Celestial Hero” for five pieces.

Active skill, Song of the Celestial Hero: All armour pieces synchronise and resonate, lowering movement speed of all enemies within 100 metres by 10% for 15 minutes. Cooldown: 3 hours.

As expected of an epic set from the Arena.

Drako Yau knew before Level 40 equipment was available, Arena sets were the only epic sets with set effects. Stats aside, the set effects alone were already powerful beyond compare; increasing Strength by 15 points was equivalent to three levels’ worth of attribute points. Its Defence as an epic-grade heavy armour and the area control skill Song of the Celestial Hero only made it all the more powerful.

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