nChapter 26 Brooch Of Deceit

nOl’ Three’s mood was becoming terrible. It did not even acknowledge Ye Ci as she threw a few pieces of roasted meat at it. Ye Ci rubbed her hands and walked up to the Sandstorm Scorpion’s corpse.

n“Dear God, I’ve already been shrouded by bad luck for so long. Please let me be lucky just this once.” Ye Ci muttered under her breath and began looting the Sandstorm Scorpion’s corpse.

nScorpion Stinger x1

nVenomous Scorpion Armor x1

nVenomous Scorpion Headband x1

nVenomous Scorpion Gauntlet x1

nBrooch Of Deceit x1

nMysterious Treasure Map x1

nGold coins x629

nHigh Health Potion x7

nHigh Mana Potion x9

nRage Potion x7

nDefence Potion x6

nThe moment Ye Ci’s hands touched the corpse, a long list of loot appeared before her eyes, and she shouted excitedly, “Dear God, you’ve finally graced me with your blessing. Thanks for not letting me go home empty handed….”

nAs she read the long list of loot, she could only mumble dumbfoundedly, “Oh my God, oh my God….”

nEach World BOSS would produce their exclusive armor set. A typical armor set in Fate had 8 components, which were: head gear, shoulder guard, mantle, armor, belt, gauntlet, leggings, and boots. Some of the armor sets would have 9 components with weapon included.

nSandstorm Scorpion was one such BOSS that produced a 9-component armor set. Ye Ci could not believe that she got 4 out of the 9 components in one go. What’s more, the weapon that came with the armor set, the gear with the lowest drop rate of them all, was one of her loot!

nOf course, Ye Ci was not shocked because of that, but rather the appearance of an item — Brooch of Deceit.

nBrooch of Deceit:

nUnique Attribute: Allows user to randomly change appearance. (Class, Race, Gender and Level are randomized)

nUnique Attribute: Allows user to hide Massacre Value.

nUnique Attribute: Greatly empowers the user’s “Sly” trait, you will be able to trick all NPCs!

nAll World BOSSes had a unique loot item, and the one dropped by Sandstorm Scorpion was Brooch of Deceit!

nWith the Brooch of Deceit, Ye Ci could change her appearance, level, class, and race at any time. She could even hide her Massacre Value. This was the item that every Red named player could dream of, and it was one of the main reasons why Sandstorm Scorpion was one of the most sought-after BOSS in Fate.

nHowever, the drop rate for Brooch Of Deceit was just too low, with the drop rate of a mere 1 out of 100,000.

nAgain, this did not meant that players would definitely get it after killing Sandstorm Scorpion for 100,000 times…

nYe Ci noticed one of the Brooch of Deceit’s attribute. Sly was one of her character’s personality trait! This meant that she would be able to hide her stats even from the NPC!

nYe Ci almost shouted out in joy!

nThe Brooch Of Deceit was one of her greatest discoveries!

nShe took a look at the other Venomous Scorpion armor set.

nVenoumous Scorpion Stinger:

nShort Sword

nPurple Equipment

nAttack Speed: 1.5

nAttack: 129-180

nStrength 16

nAgility 123

nBalance 125

nPerception 125

nSpecial Attribute: Target has 20% chance of being poisoned, target will receive continuous damage, lasts for 12 seconds.

nSpecial Attribute: 5% chance of stunning target, lasts for 5 seconds.

nSpecial Attribute: Additional 5% Armor Penetration

nRequired level: 20

nClass: Ranger, Rogue, Hunter, Druid

nVenomous Scorpion Armor:

nClothing

nPurple Equipment

nDefense: 585

nStrength 89

nEndurance 85

nIntelligence 70

nAgility 92

nBalance 90

nSpecial Attribute: 30% resistance against poison.

nSpecial Attribute: Increase defence value by 50%, lasts for 8 seconds (passive)

nRequired level: 20

nClass: Ranger, Rogue, Hunter, Druid

nVenomous Scorpion Headband:

nHeadwear

nPurple Equipment

nDefense: 298

nEndurance 67

nStamina 65

nIntelligence 60

nAgility 71

nPerception 71

nSpecial Attribute: 50% bonus to Night Vision

nSpecial Attribute: Detection. Can see through any enemy movements, lasts for 15 seconds, cooldown: 30 seconds.

nRequired level: 20

nClass: Ranger, Rogue Hunter, Druid

nVenomous Scorpion Gauntlet:

nGauntlet

nPurple Equipment

nDefense: 325

nEndurance 80

nStamina 68

nStrength 73

nAgility 80

nBalance 80

nPerception 80

nSpecial Attribute: 10% chance of blocking melee damage

nSpecial Attribute: 20% chance of poisoning enemies, lasts for 12 seconds. (passive)

nRequired level: 20

nClass: Ranger, Rogue, Hunter, Druid

nPurple equipment was the best pre-lv60 equipment in Fate. It was way superior than Blue equipment. The Sandstorm Scorpion armor set had far more attributes than Ye Ci’s equipment. It even came with passive and active skills, which were good tools in combat.

nFrom the four pieces of equipment, she already had 2 poison based skills, a defensive skill, and an OP skill — Detection. It was a shame that she had not reached the level requirement to equip these equipment.

nThe huge experience points awarded for killing the Sandstorm Scorpion raised her level to lv14 with 75% progress. It was still a far cry from the required lv20.

nPost lv10 leveling progress was rather slow. Players could only grind the game nonstop to level up. Even with countless trips to the Icy Cave, Ye Ci could only raise her level up to lv12. It showed that leveling was very tough at this point.

nThe Mysterious Treasure Map could only be identified after being appraised by an Appraiser in the city.

nAfter collecting all the loots into her inventory, Ye Ci pinned the Brooch Of Deceit to her chest and a small icon immediately appeared at the lower right corner of her vision. She clicked the icon softly and the system notification rang in her ears: Disguise successful.

nYe Ci was disguised as a lv20 Orcish Druid with a magical staff. Her GS was also raised to 267 from 110.

nA sudden realisation struck Ye Ci. She took the Venomous Scorpion Stinger out of her inventory and attempted to equip it.

nShe succeeded!

nYe Ci’s assumption was correct. After disguising her actual level, she could equip any equipment that she could not equip with her current level.

nWas this a BUG? In Ye Ci’s perspective, a BUG was something that could be exploited by everybody. But since this advantage was one given to her and her alone, even if it was a BUG, Ye Ci would not report it.

nYe Ci equipped the four Venomous Scorpion equipment set under the guise of the lv20 Druid. Her GS soared past the 400 mark, reaching an astonishing 472 points! In a time where the average player GS was only 100, her GS was insanely high. Ye Ci canceled her disguise, and shot an arrow at the nearest lv2 scorpion.

nCritical hit -1261!

nIt was a 1 hit KO!

nYe Ci briefly calculated her damage and discovered that it was raised from approximately 100 to over 550. It was a great improvement of combat strength.

nTwo fists were no match for four hands. Despite having such superior equipment, her appearance would attract attention and people might want to kill her for her armor. After contemplating her situation, Ye Ci disguised her GS as 85, and her armor’s appearance was also altered.

nHumans were afraid of being famous, while pigs were afraid of growing strong. With her disguise, Ye Ci was satisfied.

nYe Ci wasted no time in contacting the online customer service. After selecting a few options, a warm and kind voice rang in her ears, “Hi, I am Z nation Customer Service #79246, how may I be of assistance?”

nYe Ci looked at the corpse of the Sandstorm Scorpion, and explained to the customer service word by word about the Sandstorm Scorpion’s BUG.

nThe operator was stunned for quite awhile before replying, “Are you reporting a BUG for Sandstorm Scorpion?”

n“Yes.”

n“Please wait, I will contact the manager on duty of the development team.” The customer service operator replied before disappearing.

nYe Ci waited patiently. She gathered the carapace, meat, venom sac, and other innards from the Sandstorm Scorpion’s corpse and stored them into her inventory. The very corpse of a World BOSS was a treasure trove. They were all priceless materials in the later stages of the game.

nYe Ci originally planned to exploit the Sandstorm Scorpion BUG for a few more times, but she was deterred by the possibility of being discovered by Fate’s high end system. If she repeated the process and again, the system might automatically record her actions and report the BUG to the development team. The development team would definitely fix the BUG right away and confiscate all her loots.

nIf she was the one who took the initiative to report the BUG, she could keep all her loots and might even receive some special reward.

nAnd of course, Ye Ci did not believe in her own luck. She did not believe that she would be able to get any more than she already had with her luck. It would be great loss for her if the BUG was discovered by the system.

nThis was why humans must always be happy with what they have to ensure a happy life.

nEven if Ye Ci did not report the BUG, it would still be discovered by somebody else eventually. She might as well report it earlier and get the rewards of turning in a BUG for herself….

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