LWGP - Chapter 82
Chapter 82: Spoils of War
Qiao Xuejing understood Wang Jiu less and less. Wang Shu, on the other hand, didn't dare to understand; every time he thought about it too deeply, he would be terrified and start trembling.
His worldview was shattered daily. Like right now, they had all been prepared for a little educational lecture from their wise, martial, and awesome captain about the first day of the apocalypse. Normally, after everyone had successfully worked together to KO a dungeon, it would have been the perfect time for her, as the captain, to conduct some stream-of-consciousness education to further integrate the group and solidify the team's stability. But she didn't. Instead, she had to go and create some kind of ball-busting pain.
Cruel and unpredictable, perverted yet gentle.
The two people and one pig were all lost in thought, silently following Wang Jiu into the novice village.
However, they noticed Wang Jiu wasn't heading into the novice village proper, but toward a secluded area.
That made sense. She had a big red name, so she had to be cautious.
The problem was…
"Master, why did you come to our 443 Novice Village? I thought you'd go to 444."
Wang Shu looked at the surrounding ruins, estimated the location of 443's core residential area, and noted it was quite remote. But there was a river here, which was nice.
But he spoke with some restraint, very cautiously.
Wang Jiu took out the homestead and placed it by the river so they could go inside and organize their things. Then she said, "I wanted to go with you. Is that not okay?"
After the dust had settled, her lips were still stained with blood, but the morning glow filled the sky, all reflected in her single glance.
If Xiao Jue and the others were here, they would surely feel as if they'd been transported back in time, instantly dreaming of the years when they were intimately involved with this ex-wife/ex-girlfriend.
Her tenderness, her pure beauty, her lonely gentleness like the fading of fireworks.
That one sentence, combined with a backward glance, stunned the two people and one pig.
Wang Shu's face and ears turned red. He was so shy while tidying up that he moved his arms and legs on the same side. Even Qiao Xuejing, who had been weighed down with thoughts, secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Dao Dao: "…"
It felt like these two, who had just been dealt a blow, were now completely wrapped around her finger.
Was it the only pig here that remained one hundred and twenty percent clear-headed?
Meanwhile, at the resurrection point in 442 Novice Village, some of the people who had just been killed found Pan Zhen and reported Wang Jiu's information and her route.
Pan Zhen quickly went to find his boss.
They could now make a plan to deal with that Wang Jiu.
Dao Dao's clear-headedness didn't last long! Because they started to take stock of their spoils.
It was actually clear at a glance, as everything had been collected into the team's inventory from the start. But first, they looked at the dungeon rating.
In terms of participation and individual ratings, the data for everyone was clear.
Wang Jiu: 69%, 11 stars.
Qiao Xuejing: 22%, 8 stars.
Dao Dao: 6.8%, 7 stars.
Wang Shu: 2.2%, 6 stars.
To be honest, this was a team with a severely unbalanced performance and a huge gap in strength, but everyone was delighted.
Because the overall rating was 10 stars!
Qiao Xuejing didn't mind having the lowest participation rate. "The participation isn't high, but the individual ratings aren't low. It seems it's because the entire party took no damage."
She looked at Wang Jiu, her eyes sparkling.
This person was so amazing.
And the single Lucky Wheel chance from the 10-star overall rating was more than enough to offset all the disadvantages of low participation. Besides, even though their party was small, the loot from the two bosses in the dungeon was massive!
Getting a 6-star rating for the first time in his life, Wang Shu was almost moved to tears. He eagerly tallied the loot. "The mob drops are over here. Ignoring the basic materials, it seems there's a new item compared to the easy dungeon, Sea Pearls. Let me see… these Sea Pearls are materials for making clothes, they look pretty good. A total of 145…"
The normal dungeon clearly had more things than the easy one, which was evident just from the mob drops.
After Wang Shu took inventory and excluded some basic daily-life materials of low value, the list was as follows.
Normal Dungeon Bronze Level 8 Fishman Chieftain: one Silver Fish Hunter Bow, two cards (one Fishman Chieftain's Dad (two-day limit), one Fishman Chieftain's Kid (12-hour limit)), three skill books (Charge, Heavy Strike, Weapon Mastery), four small treasure chests, 4 Strengthening Stones, 8 pieces of bronze equipment, two recipes for making clothes and pants respectively, one Garden Field, three bags of seeds, Alchemist Jenkins's treasure pouch, and 1 gold coin.
Normal Dungeon Bronze Level 9 Mountain Bear: one Silver Bear Armor, one card (Mountain Bear BOSS Puppet, one-day limit), four skill books (Heal, Heavy Strike, Strength Mastery, and Stamina Mastery), four small treasure chests, 6 Strengthening Stones, 6 pieces of bronze equipment, a four-piece bronze jewelry set, a Heart of Bear Courage (special buff item), two Garden Fields, three bags of seeds, a Mountain Bear Quest Scroll, and 2 gold coins.
Boss loot was always the main reward in a dungeon, but thanks to Wang Jiu's reminder, the haul from under the pool was also huge.
Treasure search at the bottom of the pool: 2 medium treasure chests, 5 gold coins, one small Fishman family treasure pouch.
There was so much stuff, just looking at it was intoxicating.
But excluding strategic "teammates" like the puppet cards, the two pieces of silver equipment, the four-piece jewelry set, the Heart of Bear Courage, the Mountain Bear Quest Scroll, the two medium treasure chests, the eight small treasure chests, and the small Fishman family treasure pouch were the main highlights.
Of course, the Mystic Realm Fragments were also hers. There were actually two normal-grade Mystic Realm Fragments, and the system defaulted ownership to her, so they couldn't be distributed. As for reputation, she received 30 reputation points.
No one else moved, but Wang Shu was very self-aware as a loyal disciple. For the sake of internal harmony, he spoke up, "Master, same old rules. You pick first. After you've picked the treasures you want based on your participation, you can distribute the rest, okay?"
Wang Jiu glanced at him, smiled, and began to pick.
When she ran dungeons, her participation was always high. 69% wasn't her highest, and she was used to it. She never considered external factors, so she picked quickly.
She took two cards, the Fishman Chieftain's kid (6 hours) and the Mountain Bear puppet (one day), the two silver items, the Heart of Bear Courage, the Mountain Bear Quest Scroll, the two medium treasure chests, two small treasure chests, the small Fishman family treasure pouch, 10 Strengthening Stones, as well as the two Heavy Strike books, Strength Mastery, and Stamina Mastery, the three Garden Fields, and the three bags of seeds.
The rest was self-evident, but the attributes of the two silver items were worth mentioning. After all, they were gleaming with silver light and were the most eye-catching.
Silver Fish Hunter Bow (Silver Grade)
Attributes: Strength +35.
Agility +30
Silver Mountain Bear Armor (Silver Grade)
Attributes: Stamina +35
Strength +20
Agility +10
Before, they had been so jealous of that bastard Liao Luo's silver blade that their eyes were practically bleeding. Now, they had two silver items of their own. Oh ho!
But Qiao Xuejing and the others saw that Wang Jiu's participation share wasn't even at 69% yet. The items were all good, but there were too many. The top-tier bronze equipment that people outside dreamed of probably didn't even count for 1% of the participation value here. It wasn't strange that Wang Jiu looked down on those top-tier little bronze pieces…
But the jewelry's attributes were good. Take the ring, for example; the other pieces had similar stats.
Mountain Bear Ring (Bronze Grade)
Attributes: Strength +15.
Agility +10
"Are all four of your jewelry slots full? And the skill books…"
These two types of items should be hard to come by for adding attributes, yet Wang Jiu didn't take them. She also didn't take all the cards she could have. Her share should have been enough for three cards, or she could have picked the best two and left the kid's card.
Wang Shu and the others thought Wang Jiu was being considerate of them, but it turned out…
"My necklace is much better than these. Filling the other three slots would certainly add a lot of attributes, but it would break up this four-piece set. Knowing the system's bullshit, a boss dropping a four-piece jewelry set likely means there's a set bonus. The same goes for this bronze equipment; the prefixes of their names are very similar. You should strip down and try them on."
Each of these bronze jewelry pieces could add over twenty attribute points.
If she herself equipped the three missing jewelry pieces, she could also gain seventy or eighty attribute points.
Wang Jiu said it casually, meaning for Qiao Xuejing to test the equipment's attributes. It made Qiao Xuejing and the others a bit awkward, but thankfully, Wang Jiu was always this casual with Wang Shu, so Qiao Xuejing took them and tried them on. After testing them, her eyes flashed with surprise.
"There really is a bonus. Out of the 14 bronze pieces, after removing duplicates, I put together a full set to test. The system notified me of a set bonus, which increases the overall set attributes by 5%. The jewelry set is the same, also a 5% increase. With these changes, my three attributes have reached 130, 120, and 100."
A terrifying effect. She was almost catching up to Wang Jiu. Excluding external factors like the puppet cards, she could now crush Liao Luo.
Dao Dao and Wang Shu were dumbfounded and incredibly excited.
"Set bonuses are so awesome!"
But they also understood why Wang Jiu didn't want them. Because she took the silver items, it would break the set bonus.
But she couldn't take everything either, as that would squeeze the maximum benefit from her participation share.
It was just a trade-off. She was very calm, completely focused on maximizing benefits—though this also aligned with Qiao Xuejing's greatest benefit.
"Your participation is enough to take them. It's best not to break up the set. Anyway, I've taken my share. You guys pick, and when you're done, I'll distribute them directly."
Qiao Xuejing's 22% participation was also very valuable. After swapping to the full set of equipment and jewelry, her attributes soared. She could also take the puppet card with the longest duration—the 2-day one—and still have participation share left over.
Truly terrifying!
Wang Shu's participation was low, two-point-two, a fittingly silly number. But he didn't care at all. He was busy thinking about the Lucky Wheel, and besides…
"Can I have the Weapon Mastery?"
No one paid him any mind, thinking his question was completely unnecessary. Why couldn't he? Wang Shu immediately took it but found his participation share wasn't used up yet. Holy shit! Is the participation value in our dungeons this high?
He thought for a moment and took the two recipes. He compared them and was surprised. "Master, the participation value of these recipes is almost the same as a small treasure chest! They might be good stuff. Are you sure you don't want them?"
"They're probably for life skills. I'm not interested. You can have them."
Wang Shu was quite interested in this, so he took them, even giving up the small treasure chest he could have taken. This left the remaining four small treasure chests to be split between Qiao Xuejing and Dao Dao. As for the remaining skill book…
Heal.
"Heal is very rare. I've noticed that far fewer of them drop compared to other skill books. But now, no one is selling them in the auction house anymore."
Qiao Xuejing had a rough idea of Wang Jiu's basic skill setup, and it didn't include Heal. But she didn't understand why she hadn't taken Weapon Mastery.
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