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As night fell, Lin Da finally spent all 30,000 gold coins, exchanging them for magical equipment.
The three of them met at the entrance of the Secret Realm Square.
After a discussion, excluding the Phoenix Tail Flower Adventure Team''s own gear, they purchased 15 earth staffs, 7 hammers, 8 axes, and 10 one-handed swords with earth attribute attacks.
These pieces of equipment were all around levels 8 to 12, making them the most popr range.
The 40 items cost a total of 20,000 gold coins.
Lin Da then spent another 5,000 gold to buy sets of blue-quality equipment for himself and Kafni.
A set of level 15 earth mage equipment for Monica, blue in color, cost 5,000 gold.
At that moment, Lin Da strapped a purple weapon, a walnut wood magic sword, to his waist.
This main weapon alone added 100 points to his dual attack.
Cloaked in a mage''s cloak, wearing two magic amplifying rings on his hands, and donned in a pair of ckbat pants.
After being enhanced by magical equipment, Lin Da''s attributes reached a new height.
He silently invoked his quest bar.
A light screen appeared out of thin air.
Name: Lin Da
Level: 10
Hit Points: 3000 (2400+600/the first number is the basic attribute, the second is the equipment-added attribute)
Magic Power: 346 (166+180)
Strength: 346 (166+180)
Defense: 66 (46+20)
Magic Defense: 88 (68+20)
Agility: 54 (44+10)
Resistance: Poison Resistance 30%
Experience Points: 0/6000
Skill Points remaining: 1
Mystical Points: 67
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After equipment amplification, Lin Da''s magic power reached 346.
His attributes were almost on par with Monica at level 15, who had the ss Cannon skill.
However, once Monica donned her equipment, she was out of his league.
The role of Healing Hero wasn''t known for high Magic Points, but its advantagesy in health points and magic defense.
With a total of 3000 health points, Lin Da''s Verdant Shield could provide Monica with a protectiveyer of 900 points.
Meanwhile, a healer of his same level could only restore about 200 health with a single healing spell.
With both a shield and healing, plus a belt full of potions... even if Lin Da didn''t want to set any gs, he felt confident about the uing strategy.
Clearing the level shouldn''t be a problem.
The main challenge woulde from the hidden boss.
Aim for a perfect kill to increase the chances of obtaining high-quality equipment drops.
Upon leaving the Secret Realm Square, Lin Da spent 20 gold coins on a horse-drawn cart for hauling.
He ced the equipment in the wagon and, along with Monica and Kafni, headed towards the Adventurers'' Guild.
The time tounch the Attacker live stream in the World Tree Secret Realm was set for three dayster.
In these three days, Lin Da would postmissions in various cities seeking Metal Destroyer Potions.
Then he would train Kafni and Monica.
Getting them familiar with the hidden boss''s moves.
Afterpleting his registration at the Adventurers'' Guild, Lin Da received a one-time reward of 10 gold coins.
Any adventure team that offered to live stream their attack withoutpensation would receive subsidies from the local Adventurers'' Guild and the official empire.
However, since there were so many live streams of the first three levels, the reward was only 10 gold.
Immediately, Lin Da took his two teammates to the third floor of the Adventurers'' Guild to test the output of the Phoenix Tail Flower Adventure Team.
This data was the most important aspect of the strategy.
Without a clear understanding of one''s and teammates'' damage, there''s no point in discussing strategies.
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On the third floor.
In a neat and smooth hall, practice dummies stood upright.
Made from an extremely resilient gel material, when adventurers struck the dummies, the damage ''white value'' would appear on the adjacent square magic stone.
The so-called ''white value'' is the theoretical maximum damage output without ounting for any defenses of the target.
This discipline, after thousands of years of research by adventurers, had be very rigorous. The ''white value'' can directly determine the output level of an adventure team.
In the evening hall, adventurers were scattered here and there.
"Yah!"
A crisp scream of a young girl echoed.
Pink twin-tails swayed back and forth.
White socks in short boots stamped firmly on the ground, making a cheerful sound.
Chloe, dressed in heavy armor, revealed only a pair of bright eyes and the twin-tails sticking out from her helmet.
With her little axe in hand, she fiercely chopped at the gel dummy''s head, shouting, "Skull Smashing Strike!"
The number on the square magic stone rapidly changed.
2005!
For a Heavy Armored Warrior, this was a very high number.
Another warrior in the hall had been practicing for a long time and peaked at only slightly over 1000.
However, Chloe was still not satisfied.
The magic stone''s number changed again, calcting her average output per minute:
560.
That was down by 20pared to before entering the 11th level.
Chloe frowned, feeling that the little axe in her hand was very ufortable to use.
When attacking the 11th level, her original weapon had been bitten off by a Swift Rock Lizard...
Lia said she would equip her with a new one.
But the team leader had disappeared for a day and hadn''t returned.
Aiko was in the vi practicing, and Oru and Klyne had gone off to celebrate.
Today was an adventurers'' holiday, White Thanksgiving.
For the first time, Chloe was spending Thanksgiving alone.
Dispirited, she put away her little axe.
Somehow, she felt that being in the Snow Goose Adventure Team wasn''t fun anymore.
There were six of them in the Snow Goose, but why did it feel so different with just one person missing?
Chloe couldn''t specify what exactly it was, but she sensed something had changed.
At first, she was thrilled.
The moment Lin Da left, no one was there to tell her what to do anymore.
No matter if she ate snacks in the middle of the night or yed with magic puppets until dawn, no one would care.
She no longer had to listen for footsteps outside, hurriedly turn off the light, and wait to turn it back on once Lin Da was gone.
Chloe yed wildly for two whole days.
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