MMORPG: Rebirth of the Legendary Guardian - Chapter 97

Chapter 97: Level 30 Job Quest

Lone Desert Smoke has successfully broken the speed record for Marzerway’s Lair Hardcore
Mode! Rumors of how Zhang Yang’s feeble team, merely lucky in their triple chain of First Clear
Achievements had dispersed. Their achievements invoked a burning fury in all the other guilds.
One by one, they tried to break the record themselves.
Zhang Yang’s speed record did not hold up for long. Only half a day later, their record was
replaced by Breaking Dawn, who broke it by 9 seconds! Several hours later, Crimson Rage broke
the record, clocking a time that would last longer. They had successfully raided the dungeon in
only 17 minutes and 2 seconds! However, even this speed record was broken and the process
repeated itself, each time with a difference of just a few seconds! Still the record was
continually broken to a point where the strong and the weak began showing their differences.
Since Zhang Yang’s team managed to break the record once, they had no intention of staying at
that point. They had their levels to grind up! With the frenzied rate the Speed Record changing
hands, no one would dare to claim that their speed record was unbreakable! However, a
dungeon’s First Clear Achievement was very much different from the Speed Achievement. Once
taken away, it was the end for the others, no one else could ever claim it again.
For the past few days, Zhang Yang had been receiving a steady income of 300,000 gold coins
into his savings. However, the gold to dollar exchange rate had decreased to 6:1. It had slightly
affected his savings but the amount was still remotely large.
The second recipe for [Beginner Anti-Shadow Potion] was found in Violet Star City. Even
though Zhang Yang finally had a competitor, both of them still could not fulfill the demands for
the potion, which did not affect Zhang Yang’s own sales. Days like that would last for at least 10
days or so, whereby more players would have achieved the level of 30. By then, they would not
need to depend of the potion to raid the Hard Mode Marzerway’s Lair.
Deep down, Zhang Yang wanted the days of him making potions like crazy to end quicker. His
fortune may have been piling up like mountains, but he had been so preoccupied with making
potions to the point where the progress bar of the synthesis would remain as an afterimage
beneath his closed eyelids whenever he tried to sleep.
On the last day of July, when most of the server was deep asleep, Zhang Yang had raided
Marzerway’s Lair one more time and gained a level, finally reaching Level 30!
His luck chose that special moment to also give him the last piece of his set equipment, fully
triggering the set effect! For the past two raids, Marzerway had been exceedingly stingy to him,
never dropping the required helmet equipment that Zhang Yang needed the most.
And so, his final stats1 were as such:
HP: 4,350
Strength: 191
Dexterity: 74

Defense: 260
Melee damage: 445-467
Critical chance: 12%
Before this, Hundred Shots was the first to achieve Level 30 before Zhang Yang. Fatty Han and
the rest were still at Level 29. At best, they would only reach Level 30 by tomorrow night. Zhang
Yang had managed to pick out 4 other capable players who logged in consistently and had
decent fighting skills, to temporarily fill in the blank spots in his team to raid the Shadowmoon
Castle dungeon.
However so, despite the best efforts of this selected four, they were still under Level 27. They
would need at least another four days to reach Level 30! From Zhang Yang’s recollection of his
alternate history, Crimson Rage’s main force will reach Level 30 in two days. Once their team
was properly assembled, they would move with 20 members in 2 separate 10-man parties to
raid the dungeon.
These two 10-man dungeons were different from Bangar Crypt or Marzerway in a way where
there were no terrain bugs to exploit nor were there any special potions required to survive.
These two dungeons could be easily conquered once players were fairly well equipped, and had
sufficient knowledge on the boss’ skills. This was the most classic and straightforward
dungeon in the game so far.
No matter the case, Zhang Yang had no intention of surrendering the dungeon’s First Clear to
anyone else. He will raid the dungeon tomorrow, even if he only had 6 people!
When he arrived back at the city, the first thing Zhang Yang did was to ride on his Skeletal War
Horse.
“Neigh…!” The horse snorted, standing behind Zhang Yang with its fiery flames emitting from
all its hooves. The huge beast of bleach-white bones was a sight to behold. The emerald flames
glowed wildly from those eye sockets! The moment it appeared, everyone started gathering to
have a look at the magnificent mount. They were all shocked to suddenly see a monster appear
in the middle of the town!
“Little Yang! God damn! I’m so jealous!” Fatty Han cried as he approached and rubbed his hands
on the horse until he was satisfied.
“Oh well, since I can’t ride this. I’ll ride my own girl back at home!”
“Please Fatty. You’re so pitiful that I’m dying here.”
Zhang Yang got on the horse and carefully maneuvered it. The horse bellowed loudly, raised its
flaming hooves, and started to gallop across the city.
“Wow! What NPC is that? I’ve never seen it around before!”
“Look at that ride! It’s not the usual horse you see around! It’s the Skeletal War Horse!”
“Oh man! I want it so bad now!”
“So cool! So awesome!”
Zhang Yang arrived at the auction house and stood in front of it. He then revealed his profile
name.

Zhan Yu, Crypt Slaughterer, Physician’s Friend, Hero of White Jade Castle, Level 30, <Lone
Desert Smoke>.
With the long chain of titles and his magnificent horse, he had successfully captured the
attention of players who were on their way to the auction house.
“WTF! That’s not an NPC!”
“Hey look, is the famous Zhan Yu! As expected of the guy who achieved so much, just look at
those titles!”
“That skeleton horse looks so damn cool!”
“I thought you could only ride a mount at Level 40?”
“Dude! What are you talking about? That guy is Zhan Yu! Of course he could have a mount at
Level 30!”
“Whoever gifts me this kind of mount, I’ll sleep with him for 3 nights!”
“F*ck! With your looks, no one would be willing to do it with you for even 10 dollars! Keep living
in your dreams, ugly bitch!”
…
Personally, Zhang Yang was against riding out in the open. He was forced to promote their
guild by both Han Yin Xue and Wei Yan Er.
He was not willing to stand out in the crowd but he was less willing to withstand the

bombardment from every single one of his “gang” members. Some of them basically told him to
whore himself out for the greater good, to help the guild to promote their name. Zhang Yang
had absolutely no say in the matter. He had to listen to their requests obediently and rode the
horse out there like an exhibition’s display. His situation was not unlike the gigantic robot
model in Japan, completely surrounded by fans enjoying the view.
“Damn you, little brat!”
The spectators grew larger and larger. Even though Zhang Yang had disabled private
messaging from strangers, he was still barraged with so many friend requests that his view was
practically blocked by the pop ups! Zhang Yang could no longer endure this public
embarrassment. He quickly hid his profile, got off the horse before unsummoning it, and ran
off by himself.
Wei Yan Er was giggling like a mad girl. “Haha! You took my precious horsie! This is the price to
pay!”
Zhang Yang shock his head and said, “I have nothing to say to you! Guys, listen up. There is a
job quest in Level 30. The quest is fairly easy and straight forward. All you have to do is defeat
an NPC! However, the quest can only be done alone without any help! The quest has 4 difficulty
levels. Different difficulties will reward you with different Skill strengths! S difficulty could
only be accepted at Level 30. A difficulty can be delayed till you’re Level 35, B difficulty could be
taken late at Level 40 while C difficulty could be taken anytime, even after Level 300!”
“S difficulty is truly difficult, but I strongly suggest that you take this option. The difference
between the rewards is just too much to ignore. Do it for the sake of your own futures! Just
endure it! There is another catch. For the entire duration of the quest, your character will be the

same as not wearing any equipment at all! All equipment bonus attributes will be muted2. This
quest will fully test a player’s skill!”
“Interesting! Very interesting! I will go and try it out!” Wei Yan Er cheered. “Sister, let’s go and
grind for a bit! The noob tank had been leeching3 our experience points for several days now! If
he hadn’t, we would already be Level 30!”
Zhang Yang laughed. He summoned the Skeletal War Horse and rode all the way to Warrior’s
Home, to meet the pretty class instructor.
Emmy was still wearing the same revealing armor and the ever-present crowd of horny guys
surrounded her as usual. The only difference between those players and Zhang Yang was that
from his own perspective, he could see a huge glowing yellow exclamation mark floating on her
head.
Zhang Yang first learned the Level 30 warrior skill <Shield Wall> and continued the
conversation after to start the quest.
“Zhan Yu! Your excellent growth in strength has been most impressive. The empire will always
need warriors like you to protect the land from spectres, demons, and other threats to the
empire’s interest! However, you will still need to undergo a test and based on your results, I will
teach you a class skill!”
Emmy placed one hand on her waist and bent over. Zhang Yang could clearly see her cleavage,
deep down into darkness.
“Are you ready for it?”
“Yes!” Zhang Yang instantly replied.
“There are four quests here for you to choose! Different quests will have different levels of
difficulty. However, I’ll have to see your willpower, only then will I grant you a strong skill!”
“S level difficulty! Must be completed by Level 30!”
“A level difficulty! Must be completed by Level 40!”
“B level difficulty! Must be completed by Level 50!”
“C level difficulty! No level limit!”
Zhang Yang did not even need to stop and think, he immediately picked the S level difficulty.
“Wise decision, young warrior! You have an indomitable heart of a true warrior, but now, I want
to see whether you have the capability to finish this quest! If you’re ready, you can talk to me
anytime and I will open the training gates for you!” said Emmy.
‘Ding! You have accepted the quest: The path forward (S level)! This quest must be completed at
Level 30, the quest will be automatically deleted when the character gains a level!’
The quest limited the character to only be able to complete the quest at their current level; they
have blocked off players with higher levels from coming back to complete the quest with their
level advantage.
Zhang Yang drew a long breath and said, “Respected instructor, I’m ready for my test!”
Emmy nodded and took out a huge, green crystal. She held the crystal with both her hands and
started to chant a spell in an unknown language.

Is she a warrior? Or a magician? Or perhaps both? Zhang Yang thought absent-mindedly.
A progress bar appeared on her head. She carried out the chant slowly and only finished the
spell 30 seconds later. A green orb of light appeared in front of Zhang Yang. The orb was so
huge that it was enough to let 3 men walk across simultaneously.
Zhang Yang stretched his legs and stepped into the orb. After a flash of bright light that quickly
faded away, Zhang Yang was now in the middle of a huge battle arena. It looked like the same
battle arena that Ancient Rome used to have gladiators fight each other. The audience set was
completely filled with races of all types. Aside from the 4 main races of the world, there were
also Dragons, Elementals, Gnomes and many other extremely rare races.
“Welcome! To the Battle Arena! To all fighters out there! There are no other rules but to kill, or
be killed! If you want to leave this place alive, you have to be the last man standing! May the
God of War bless you!”
The sound of the announcer echoed across the arena. There was no telling where was the voice
came from!
Kang Kang Kang…!
The sound of a metal gate dropping down could be heard from a corner of the arena.
“GRROOOOAN!”
A thundering growl echoed through and a huge 3-meter-tall blue-skinned giant rushed out of
the pathway furiously.
“HULL!” The giant had glowing bloodshot eyes. It raised its fist and smashed it down on the
ground, sending shockwaves through the floor! Above its head was written the name tagged
“Blue Giant Hull”.
Is the developer trying a little too hard to copy Marvel’s Hulk?”
‘Ding! The Deathmatch will begin in 10…9…8…”
‘3…2…1!”
“GRAHHHHH!”
Boom!
It smashed the ground, propelling itself, and charged towards Zhang Yang.
From Zhang Yang’s perspective, he was staring at a huge mountain moving on its own, seeking
to trample him.
Translator’s Notes
1 Stats – The short form of statistic, is the full attribute of the character information.
2 Muted – Mute or muted is the nullification effect of an equipment during a special event or
scenario. If all equipment is muted, your character will still be wearing the equipment but the
bonus attribute it carries will not be added into the character’s attribution.