The Great Thief - Chapter 266

Chapter 266
When Lonesome Flower came, Lu Li had just finished crafting a one-handed sword – Spellfire Longsword .


He was very disappointed with the result because he had very high expectations for this high-quality Paladin weapon . Lu Li was a god-like blacksmith, so anything below Superior was a failure .
However, since the weapon wasn’t for himself, he shamelessly took a sigh of relief .
Wandering would probably hold a grudge against him for this . He was too much of a narcissist and always said toxic things .
“Flower, why did you come?” Lu Li asked as he reached for a kebab in his inventory to replenish his energy from crafting . There had been many instances in Dawn of players focusing too much on crafting and dying of starvation because they had forgetten to eat .
Lonesome Flower looked at him coldly with and threw two pieces of equipment at Lu Li .
“No way, did you make equips for me?” Lu Li was surprised .
They had first met when Lonesome Flower was being attacked by a pack of wild wolves . It was quite a brutal scene .
His sister, who was also present at the time, had been scared to death .
After getting to know him more, Lu Li realised that he was actually a very proud and arrogant person . He rarely asked for help from others and always rejected other people .
The only time he seemed happy was when he was with his sister .
Lonesome Flower was actually quite polite and had a good personality . He was cool and handsome, so he was even more popular with the girls than Wandering .
The reason why Wandering was less popular was because no girl wanted to date someone who was prettier than herself .
Lu Li had expressed before that he despised those with a sister complex, because they were hard to interact with .


However, he was very touched by Lonesome Flower’s gesture . Lonesome Flower was such a prideful person, yet he had humbled himself and crafted an equip for him .
“My sister made It for you; stop making her craft your equips all the time,” he coldly said and went about his way .
Lu Li was wrong .
The equips had been made by March Rain .
“Actually, I didn’t ask her to craft me this,” Lu Li mumbled to himself .
Grim Chest Armour (Fine Silver): Armour +28, Agility +12, Stamina +6 . Special Effect: Activate a energy shield which absorbs 300 points of damage, cooldown 120 seconds . Level Requirement 25, Durability 55/55 .
Lu Li was currently wearing a level 15 Steel Grade Chest Armor . Despite its decent stats, it was still incomparable to the Silver Grade Equipment that March Rain had crafted .
300 points of damage didn’t seem like much; however, it could be extremely useful with the right timing .
March Rain didn’t have the overpowered Cresso’s Hammer and therefore, most of the gear she crafted was Fine Grade .
However, Lu Li was still very appreciative .
On the other hand, Lonesome Flower was pissed because he was jealous .
Lu Li was much more pleased when he had a look at the stats on the other equip .
Devil Leather Jacket (Superior Silver): Armour +24, Agility +14, Strength +4, Special Effect 1: Dodge +10%, Special Effect 2: Gale Steps skill level +1 . Level Requirement 25, Durability 58/58 .
This belt provided more stats than his Chest Armor, and the additional 10% Dodge was quite a rare special effect .


In other virtual reality games, Dodge was a very undefined stat because it allowed the player to avoid damage at a certain chance . This created a lot of confusion and randomness in other games, and was often nerfed to compensate .
However, in Dawn, dodge didn’t equate to the complete avoidance of damage .
Instead, Dodge chance referred to the decreased probability of receiving critical damage . In other words, if your Dodge chance was high, the less likely it would be for others to critically strike you .

Therefore, over time, less damage would be received overall .
The second effect was self-explanatory – everyone in the game had heard of Gale Steps and it was high respected .
The cost of the materials to craft this belt was extremely high . The Devil Leather alone was listed at 150 gold at the Exchange Hall .
Lu Li wasn’t sure where March Rain had found the materials, because they weren’t in his personal storage or in the mercenary group storage .
Perhaps she had been lucky and stumbled upon it, but Lu Li decided not to ask and just accepted the gift .
He accepted it as a gift of gratitude from March Rain for all the work he had done for the mercenary group .
It was too bad that Lu Li didn’t have any Weapon Molds for March Rain to repay her .
Lu Li couldn’t return the favour because he was a blacksmith, so he could only craft weapons from Weapon Molds .
Tailors could craft cloth and leather armour, while Leatherworkers could craft leather and mail armour . Blacksmith could craft weapons, mail armour and plate armour, which were all useless for March Rain .
System: The Shadow Cup is about to begin . Do you want to enter?
There were options to accept or decline the notification .
Lu Li wasn’t surprised at all by the notification and calmly selected accept .
On the day before the Mid-Autumn Festival, the system sent a notification to join the Shadow Cup for all players that were out of combat .
If the player missed the notification, it could still be accessed via the menu option .
After clicking accept, another notification appeared, informing Lu Li that he could form a party . The first round of the tournament started the next day at 10:00am and all party members had to be online to participate . They would then proceed to be transported to the tournament map .
The Shadow Cup was a long-established tournament with a very handsome reward for the winners . There were countless players that signed up for it .
Since the entry was free, most casual players joined in for the experience . The more serious players, however, had been preparing for this tournament for a while and were ready to take the championship .
Lu Li had updated and improved most of his gear; the only thing that he was missing was poison .
He was currently using Beginner Poison, which was lacking in damage . If he could find some Intermediate Poison, this would greatly increase his damage potential .
He couldn’t find any in the Exchange Hall and Shen WanSan didn’t have any either .
After some thought, he decided to ask Water Fairy .
Since he had helped her before, he wasn’t afraid to ask for a favour .
“I have two types of poisons, but they aren’t cheap . I can sell some to you,” Water Fairy offered straightforwardly . It was obvious that she was quite happy .
Even her idol, Lu Li, ran into times when he needed help from her!
Water Fairy didn’t notice, but she subconsciously raised her lips and smiled .
“The price doesn’t matter to me,” Lu Li said .
Lu Li wasn’t annoyed by her haggling, but was amused by her serious business voice . He felt like she was a lot more interesting and less boring when she was doing business with other people .
“And, I have another request . If you see players from Drizzle Court, you must go easy on us…” Water Fairy joked .
Even she was ashamed of herself for saying that .
The famous Ice Queen from a top 10 guild on the Chinese server was asking for mercy .
Lu Li didn’t understand her joke and replied seriously, “We obviously can’t just surrender against you guys, but I’ll make sure not to apply poison when I’m up against you . ”
“Oh . Is that so… I’m busy with other things, talk to you later . ”
Water Fairy hung up immediately .
Lu Li swore to make her pay for this one day .
He received a mailbox notification shortly after; it was the poison sent from Water Fairy .
The poison came in a set of 10, each costing 20 gold .
Lu Li almost puked because he knew that Intermediate Poison only costed 2 gold at the very most to produce .
How dare she overcharge like this!