Gate of Revelation GOR Chapter 54

GOR Chapter 54: I Will Go!

“I will go!”

Qiao Qiao had at an unknown moment moved out from the washroom; some bloodstains were still sticking to her arms. She shouted those words loudly. After a pause, she quickly added. “I will enter your team!”

Chen Xiaolian turned to look at Qiao Qiao.

Qiao Qiao quickly said. “I must be by Soo Soo’s side.”

“Who is Soo Soo?” Qiu Yun asked indifferently.

“My little sister.”

Hearing this, Qiu Yun laughed and pointed at Chen Xiaolian. “Then, the matter is settled, I choose you.”

“What?” Qiao Qiao’s face paled.

“It is simple, what I need is a temporary a.s.sistant. Even if it is only temporary, that person must be qualified to be my a.s.sistant. When completing my orders, I can tolerate my a.s.sistant using whatever spare time available to help care for his friend. However… it is obvious that your little female friend considers her little sister’s safety as her primary objective. I do not wish to take in someone like this as my a.s.sistant to enter the instance dungeon.”

Qiao Qiao’s face contorted and she casted her gaze at Chen Xiaolian, anxiousness filling her eyes.

“That is enough, Qiao Qiao,” Chen Xiaolian sighed. “I will go. Do not worry, I will do my best to ensure Soo Soo’s safety. Besides…”

He did not say anything else.

He had wanted to say that Qiao Qiao had never gone through an instance dungeon before. Since he had done so once, he should have a higher ability to adapt.

It was then that Chen Xiaolian recalled that both him and Qiao Qiao were not Awakened ones, but rather… Irregularities!

It would be best to temporarily keep this a secret from Qiu Yun.

At that moment, Chen Xiaolian found that he had received a message through the system.

[Prompt, Message Received: Someone is inviting you to join a guild, do you wish to accept?]

Chen Xiaolian raised his head to look at Qiu Yun. Qiu Yun then nodded his head.

Chen Xiaolian took a deep breath…

[Accept!]

Soon, some new changes appeared within the interface in his line of sight.

[Prompt: You have joined ‘Meteor Rock Guild’ and can now use guild channel, buy guild exclusive equipment etc. Please check the guild features].

[Prompt: As a guild member of ‘Meteor Rock Guild’, you have been added into the list of partic.i.p.ants for the V587 instance dungeon by the Guild Leader. Do you wish to accept?]

Chen Xiaolian turned to look at Qiu Yun.

[Accept!].

[Prompt: You have become a partic.i.p.ant in the V587 instance dungeon. 33 hours and 26 minutes before the instance dungeon opens. Unless the partic.i.p.ant dies before entering the instance dungeon, the list of names cannot be changed].

“I believe that you presently need to get acquainted with some things,” Qiu Yun gave out a light laugh. “I will give you some time to say goodbye to your friends, then… 10 hours before the instance dungeon opens, come join up with me.”

“… Thank you.”

Chen Xiaolian straightened himself and forcibly pulled Qiao Qiao who had a dazed look on her face. The both of them walked out of Qiu Yun’s room.

Just as they were about to walk into the elevator outside, Qiao Qiao suddenly grabbed Chen Xiaolian’s arm. “Xiaolian! You promised me… I need to enter the instance dungeon! I cannot, cannot let Soo Soo…”

“Shut up!” Chen Xiaolian suddenly grabbed and forcibly pushed her against the elevator wall!

Peng!

“What do you think this is? Play house? A game?” Chen Xiaolian’s face was grim. “This is not a world where you get to dictate anything! In this world, having money and beauty does not mean that others will definitely want to look at you or pay attention to your actions! This is a cruel, new world! One wrong step will lead to death!

“Just because you want something, it does not mean that you will get it!”

At that moment, Chen Xiaolian’s face was somewhat fierce, causing Qiao Qiao to become stunned.

“Huu…”

Chen Xiaolian deeply exhaled and released Qiao Qiao. He then whispered. “Sorry, I became too impetuous.”

“… I am the one who should be sorry,” Qiao Qiao bit down hard on her lips. “Now…”

“There is no need to talk about it,” Chen Xiaolian shook his head. “I have already made my decision… additionally, matters have already fallen into place. For this instance dungeon, I will enter. I will do my best to protect Soo Soo.”

He looked at Qiao Qiao. “Don’t worry… there is no point in worrying! There is nothing we could do about it! We have already obtained the best possible outcome for now.”

Qiao Qiao remained worried.

Chen Xiaolian’s eyes suddenly flickered. “I need to ask you something.”

He abruptly grabbed Qiao Qiao’s arm and asked in a lowered tone. “When you were cleaning up the blood stains and the corpse, did you find a metallic sphere?”

“…No,” Qiao Qiao shook her head.

Chen Xiaolian’s face became somewhat peculiar.

After returning to the room, Chen Xiaolian did not talk much. Instead, he let Qiao Qiao explain what happened to Han Bi and Roddy.

He remained by their side, listening. At the same time, he was also carefully looking at the new features available in the system.

Guild features.

The guild features were partially similar to what Chen Xiaolian had speculated before.

At least, there was an ‘instance dungeon selection’.

However, this option was in grey. Clearly, Chen Xiaolian did not have enough authority. It was likely that only the Guild Leader of the guild will have the authority to control that aspect.

Although… true to its name, instance dungeon selection should be able to counter the scenario of ‘being selected by the instance dungeon’!

As expected, there was a leeway for guilds.

Despite not being able to open the grey coloured option, he could see the notes beside it.

After a moment of silence, Chen Xiaolian spoke out. “It seems, my speculations from before have been confirmed.”

“What did you discover?” Han Bi quickly asked.

“Guilds give a very big advantage,” Chen Xiaolian forced out a smile. “It should mean as follows: Once an Awakened one joins a guild, that person will be able to avoid being selected by an instance dungeon that is opening up. That person will no longer be selected by an instance dungeon and forced to partic.i.p.ate.”

“That is good news,” Han Bi nodded his head.

“Not necessarily. There is no such thing as a free lunch in this world,” Chen Xiaolian smiled bitterly. “That individual will not be selected by the instance dungeon. However, the guild cannot avoid partic.i.p.ating in instance dungeons. There are 2 types of instance dungeon partic.i.p.ation for guilds. The first is active partic.i.p.ation; I believe that means after a certain amount of time, the system will announce the information for instance dungeons that are opening to the guilds. The guild will have to decide if it wants to partic.i.p.ate. If it chooses to partic.i.p.ate, adjustments will be made to match the cla.s.s of the instance dungeon and the guild’s own cla.s.s.

“If the instance dungeon’s cla.s.s is higher than the guild’s cla.s.s, then the guild will face restrictions when entering. For example, the number of people allowed to enter will be reduced. A lower cla.s.sed guild will have to endure the restriction of having lesser people when entering a higher cla.s.sed instance dungeon. The guild will be unable to field as many people as it wishes to. Additionally… if the difference in cla.s.s is too high, the guild will not even be allowed to enter and not a single person would be allowed to partic.i.p.ate.

“A guild’s cla.s.s is based on: a.s.sessment of guild member’s strength, frequency of success in instance dungeons, rate of survival, completion of quests etc. These will be used to comprehensively evaluate the guild.

“Theoretically speaking, the guild with higher number of masters, instance dungeon partic.i.p.ation and success rate will have a higher cla.s.s for its rating.

“The division for guild cla.s.s is also from [E] cla.s.s to [S] cla.s.s.

“There are several advantages to being a high-cla.s.s guild. Firstly, it can partic.i.p.ate in high-cla.s.s instance dungeons. In addition, it will not face any restriction in number of partic.i.p.ants. The guild can thus send in its main powerhouses and ensure that their combat strength will not be reduced, leading to a higher rate of success.

“The second advantage is… the right to not partic.i.p.ate. When encountering an instance dungeon of a lower cla.s.s compared to the guild’s, the guild may elect to be exempted. In other words, suppose that a guild is of the [A] cla.s.s and it encounters an instance dungeon with the difficulty cla.s.s of [A] cla.s.s or below, the guild can then choose to not partic.i.p.ate in the instance dungeon.

“However, this exemption will reduce the cla.s.s of the guild.”

Han Bi suddenly had a thought. “This could be a loophole, right?” The thick browed youngster’s face became a little glad. “This can be exploited! Theoretically speaking, an instance dungeon with a higher cla.s.s of difficulty will mean a higher rate of death. Then… a.s.suming our guild had undergone a difficult amount of grinding, the battle strength of our members will become high.

“At that time, we take advantage of this right for exemption to suppress the guild’s cla.s.s so that the guild can maintain its low cla.s.s. Moreover, the guild can partic.i.p.ate in low-cla.s.s instance dungeons when in fact, our members already have high-cla.s.s of battle strength.

“Partic.i.p.ating in a low-cla.s.s instance dungeon with high-cla.s.s battle strength, our rate of survival will be a.s.sured!

“Additionally, once the guild’s cla.s.s rises high again, the right for exemption can be utilized again to reduce the guild’s cla.s.s. That way, the cla.s.s of difficulty can be maintained forever…”

The more he spoke, the more excited Han Bi became.

A helpless look was etched on Chen Xiaolian’s face. “I thought about those things as well. However… it is not feasible!”

“There is a set rule displayed: Exemption cannot be used continuously!

“In other words, if the right for exemption was used for the last instance, then there will be no exemption for the next time, regardless of what type of instance dungeon it may be. Partic.i.p.ation then becomes mandatory!

“a.s.sume an [A] cla.s.s guild had utilized the exemption once. It is then degraded to a [B] cla.s.s guild… it can then no longer be exempted for the next instance dungeon.

“If the difficulty level of the next instance dungeon is [B] cla.s.s, then they are lucky.

“But, if the next instance dungeon that they are forced to partic.i.p.ate in is of the [A] cla.s.s or perhaps higher…

“Then, that guild which had been degraded to a [B] cla.s.s guild will be forced to partic.i.p.ate in an instance dungeon with [A] cla.s.s difficulty, leading to a restriction in the number of partic.i.p.ants!  Under this restriction in partic.i.p.ant number, if some key members are unable to partic.i.p.ate, then the guild will be unable to display its full strength. Within an instance dungeon of a higher cla.s.s of difficulty, it is inevitable that the dangers will increase, leading to a higher rate of failure and death!

“Once failure or death occurs… the guild’s cla.s.s will further decrease.

“The guild will then become even weaker!

“In addition… only high-cla.s.s instance dungeons will give out high-cla.s.s loots.

“In low-cla.s.s instance dungeons… we may be able to laze about. However, our loot will be low and we will be unable to greatly increase the strength of our guild. Once disaster occurs… there is no need for me to explain. I am sure you all understand.

“I have checked the system before, there is an explanation within the guild’s instance dungeon selection area: Every once in a while, the system will select some guilds to partic.i.p.ate in a ‘large-scale instance dungeon’ event. It is one that ignores the distinction between cla.s.ses!

“If our strength is insufficient, then entering this world filled with masters… would be akin to a sheep delivering itself into a pack of wolves.

“This system will not give us the opportunity to exploit loopholes.”

“What about guild members then?” Han Bi suddenly asked. “Are there any restrictions for guild members? If being in a guild allows one to avoid being selected by the instance dungeon, then every time the guild has to partic.i.p.ate in an instance, the Guild Leader can show benevolence to a certain guild member. That way, that certain guild member will always be safe, right?”

“There are restrictions,” Chen Xiaolian gave a strained smile. “A guild member who did not partic.i.p.ate in an instance dungeon twice in a row will be forced by the instance dungeon to enter the third one, disregarding the difference in cla.s.s. In addition, that member will end up occupying one of the limited spots in the guild’s partic.i.p.ating team. I doubt there will be any Guild Leader who would practice such a kind of favouritism.

“Raising a wastrel, protecting that person and not letting him partic.i.p.ate in instance dungeons. At most, that person will only be able to laze about for two times. The third time around, that person will be forced into an instance dungeon… additionally, that person will occupy one of the limited spots for partic.i.p.ation. If the instance dungeon happens to be one that has a high cla.s.s of difficulty, that would mean having one less key members in exchange for a wastrel… isn’t that act simply courting disaster?”

A lost look of resentment befell Han Bi’s face.

Chen Xiaolian suddenly let out a smile. “I feel that having this leeway is good enough. At the very least, after entering a guild, each member will have a maximum of two chances to be exempted from instance dungeons. When encountering an instance that is unsuitable or of a higher cla.s.s of difficulty, one can choose to not let their guild members die a senseless death. With three opportunities, one would surely be able to get an instance dungeon with a low cla.s.s of difficulty, thereby allowing the weaker guild member to have an easier time.”

Chen Xiaolian sighed. “In any case, the benefits from a guild far outweighs being alone. At the very least, the degree of freedom available when partic.i.p.ating in an instance dungeon is bigger. There will also be more leeway to manoeuvre about. In contrast, when Han Bi and Soo Soo were selected, we were pushed to the cliff’s edge.

“Thus, I have been thinking… if we are to consider things from a long-term perspective, it would be best for us to find and join a reliable guild or… establish our own guild!”