Chapter 207: The Importance of a Healer
Yuliya tucked away the large stack of gold bills and led the trio towards the Teleportation Array leading to the inner city.
At the teleportation site, Amelia, dressed in a maid outfit, was already waiting.
After a brief exchange, Can’t Sleep pulled out three shiny 100,000 gold bills to buy three chances to enter the Trial Tower, and then they all headed to the location of the Heroic Spirit Trial Tower.
Once they arrived at the tower, Yuliya waved goodbye like a boss, disappearing into the sunset.
How these three climbed the tower was none of her concern; once they were done, Amelia would handle getting them back out.
Then, Yuliya turned around and had Little Moon spread the word.
Little Moon had connections to help people get into the Heroic Spirit Trial Tower!
More money? Why not snag a little extra!
These coins might not do much for her personal quest, but they could be super useful for Sister Elia!
Of course, there was a limit: let’s say five people a day would be just about right. You don’t want to overdo it and give the false impression that opportunities are a dime a dozen.
Besides, bringing in too many people daily could attract unwanted attention, even if Elia had high enough permissions; it could easily cause a ruckus.
What if some other nobles tried to muscle in, sparking a price war? Talk about a lose-lose situation!
This chance was extremely precious, and players would definitely compete in price wars—a race to the copper ceiling!
After all, the cap was the Fiery Conflict Across the Sky’s 600,000. He was famously known as the “First Big Fool” for a reason.
But even as the Big Fool, he was still number one… uh, no, number two—still way better than most!
Everyone continually used Fiery Conflict Across the Sky as a talking point; it really highlighted how much respect people had for it.
He had no real scandals, apart from that one time he faceplanted during a live tower climb and took the lead in being flamed after that… well, not much else to complain about.
Plus, his recent performance in the event dungeon had earned him a gold star! He was also pretty hands-on with operations, cranking out tutorials and guides, building a solid fan base in the process.
His family was fully behind him, and in turn, he was raking in the big bucks for them.
Many just saw him as a clueless spender, throwing money around without a second thought, but they overlooked the flow of real benefits behind the scenes.
When Elia saw the prices had risen again, she was a tad dizzy. She thought 100,000 was already highway robbery, but shockingly, it just kept going up!
Little Yuliya was a real financial genius!
What a lucky find!
Yuliya was indeed cashing in rather well.
Taking advantage of the rates before they adjusted, when players’ gold was still quite valuable, she helped Elia rake in some extra cash.
By the time the rates adjusted and player wealth shrank by dozens or even hundreds of times, no one would dare spend money so freely!
The next few days went on as normal.
Yuliya’s daily grind included streaming, helping folks climb the tower, and grinding experience to level up.
For others, the tasks in town were pretty much all finished, but Yuliya somehow accumulated quite a few more tasks.
While other players were getting to level 16 and had to purely farm monsters outside the city, she was already level 19 and still had tasks to clear without needing to confront those terrifying beasties.
Otherwise, they’d be too scary, and she wouldn’t resist one-shotting them.
Meanwhile, Xu Xiaoyue successfully transitioned into the Gaming Major.
The first class in the Gaming Major was… sleep!
Well, to be precise, it was about adjusting to the time zone, synchronizing their biological clocks with in-game time.
Most students had already adjusted their schedules before entering the major; now they just had to do it more thoroughly.
Besides that, the curriculum included professional learning and practice.
They were systematically taught the art of gaming, methods and strategies, all in a real classroom setting, followed up by practical application in the game.
The majors had post-class assignments that revolved around leveling up.
Monthly assessments were in place—if they didn’t meet the level standard, it was equivalent to failing. Mess up too often, and they’d be transferred back to their original major.
On the flip side, the Game Engineering Major had an additional task distribution system, where they had to complete internally allocated tasks. Falling short on tasks also counted as failing, but the level requirements weren’t as tough.
To enjoy the perks of the major, you also had to shoulder the responsibilities.
The state funding for gaming wasn’t just for a good time.
If you had complaints, you could always skip this major.
After all, this was still the pilot stage, and every trial school had limited spots in these majors—if you didn’t want in, others would be fighting tooth and nail for those spots.
Even if the pilot program wrapped up and they moved to a full rollout, the slots would still be limited.
Some people were out there pulling strings to grab a spot, using their connections and clout.
Of course, those with genuine skills and backgrounds often didn’t even bother with these schools and went straight to private options.
Players began mass farming monsters in the wild. After two days, a system alert suddenly announced itself to all players in the Emerald City area.
Ding! Emerald City has met the conditions to unlock the regional dungeon—“Goblin Cave.”
Players froze for a moment, then erupted in cheers.
Farming monsters had gotten stale; a dungeon run was just the ticket!
Upon closer inspection, they realized it was unlocked after meeting a cumulative monster k*ll count within the area.
This game really loved these kinds of mechanics—just like the World Boss in Beginner’s Village.
Some players saw the bigger picture.
Wasn’t this basically encouraging players to grind more monsters?
Maybe grinding other monsters would unlock some dungeons too, or how about a Boss or two?
Players started flooding into the dungeon’s entrance.
The dungeon required a minimum of level 15, with a team cap of four players.
Players hitting level 15 were peak performers, making up less than 1% of the total player population in Emerald City.
Emerald City now boasted over 100 million players, and all the newbie villages were bursting with newcomers due to the latest influx.
The total player count on the Huaxia Server had rocketed past 200 million, nearing the magical 300 million mark.
Only around a million players had hit level 15.
Fortunately, these couple of million didn’t all have to squish into one spot at the same time.
The dungeon featured numerous entrances, allowing players to enter directly as long as they were in the entrance area.
But team formations inevitably caused chaos.
Everyone was scrambling for a party—especially for healers!
Which one of the top 1% of players wasn’t brimming with confidence and a powerful background?
When choosing their classes, everyone wanted a Damage Dealer and everyone wanted to be a tank, but pure tanks and healers were practically non-existent.
Thus, tons of “Goblin Cave” party requests for healers flooded the forums non-stop.
Some teams even charged in with all Damage Dealers.
That was until they quickly realized their mistake, with responses across the board simply reading: “Need a healer!”
Going into this dungeon without a healer was tantamount to hitting your head against a wall.
Not only did they need healing, but they also needed cleansing! Those goblins were absolutely disgusting, ambushing and attacking with poison.
“Let’s put it this way: even if the Wind God showed up, he’d drop dead without a healer! Skill can’t outplay stats.”
“Dying in the dungeon won’t cause you to drop levels; you might lose some gear durability, but you can pay to repair it. Feel free to give it a shot if you’re curious.”
(This is a small dungeon; it won’t take too long.)
