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After he accepted the party invitation, Gu Yan took a look at the list of party members. He couldn't help but suck in a breath when he saw the generosity of these record-setting teams.

The three guilds that had allied together were all from the major guilds in the game, and everyone in the party had their own title in the game. Including those they had recruited, just by randomly pulling up any records ranking list, one could easily match a few of these names to the ones on the leaderboards.

One of these guilds was even the one that he had just come in contact with, Seventh Heaven. Gu Yan then had an epiphany on what the guild master of Seventh Heaven's message, 'There should be more chances to work together in the future', meant.

There were two other guilds. One was Silver Cross Crusader, and the other was the one who had just pulled him into the team, Wings of Dawn.

"With the three guilds allying themselves together, and adding in the external members, the whole party needed to have a couple of trial runs. However, the people picked out this time were all elite players with top rate awareness. Just doing it once or twice should be enough. Ordering a glass of pulque1, a human warrior picked up the mug made of oak and downed it in one go. "Sen Luo, you don't need to stress yourself out too much. As long as your damage per second can reach 30k… or even 25k, that'll be enough. The remaining damage can be compensated by other damage dealers."

25k points of damage for a magician was a tall order, there was no need to even dream of hitting 35k. If it wasn't for Death God Xiunuo, this BOSS, requiring a magician's crowd dispersing skill to work, the pioneering dungeon party would definitely not want to bring in a magician.

This was also the current situation of the Magician Class. If it was simply standing on the spot and casting spells, then the magician could probably come out on top of the other classes.

However, when it came to actual party combats, it would not be possible. This class suffered too many losses from their environment. They had close to no movement skills, and if their casting were to be disrupted, then it would be difficult for them to do much damage.

In actual combat, the boss had all sorts of inhumane mechanisms. During the initial release, the situation was vastly different from now. Wanting a magician to continuously cast spells without being interrupted was impossible.

This meant that the magician class's performance when trying for the first kill was extremely poor, and could almost be considered the worst.

That was why in dungeons when there is no need for crowd control skills, there will generally be no magicians in the team. At this time, everyone was at the entrance of the dungeon, getting ready to risk their lives-

Gu Yan nodded at the other person without saying anything.

"We will enter the dungeon at 1 o'clock in the afternoon, is that okay?" Ke Zhou asked

"Mn." Gu Yan nodded again with a light voice.

"That's good, before 1 o'clock, you are all free to do your own things. I'll go and check on the supplies for today's dungeon first." Putting down his cup, the warrior rubbed his nose. Having lost the bet, he had to do the forfeit and all the responsibility fell on him.

After the warrior carrying his huge broadsword left the tavern, Gu Yan looked down at the little cat in his arms who was purring non-stop. He unconsciously laughed and picked up the cup that the other person had taken a sip of honey liquor to try.

Realizing that there was nothing left to do, Gu Yan decided he might as well rub the little cat's tummy. One hand stroked his belly while he slowly drank the amber coloured liquid in his cup.

Sweet and rich. Although it was a strong liquor, Gu Yan always had a good tolerance and this was nothing to him.

"Qiuqiu's down after only a sip." The cat in his arms looked drunk and dizzy, causing Gu Yan to think that it was a little funny. When he spoke, his voice held a trace of amusement.

Actually, he was still a little shocked. The light brain could actually get drunk. It had actually succumbed to its own settings…

"Meow." In reality, he hadn't heard anything clearly, but the small ball could clearly make out the two words 'Qiuqiu', so it used its ability to hug the youth while responding in its low voice.

Widening his eyes, the little horned cat used his front paws to touch the youth's outstretched hand and started to lick the beautiful fingers with the utmost attention.

This method of licking would make anyone who was not aware think that they were licking something delicious.

It was a little itchy, Gu Yan's eyebrows twitched but eventually, he did not take his hand back.

When the professional record-setting team fought for the first kill, they often fought until they forgot to eat.

What's more, there are now things like nutrients packs and thus, it was not surprising to see players who do not go offline for a few days and nights.

Since he promised to join the fight, Gu Yan would certainly cooperate with the team.

When he went back online once more and called the little cat who had fallen after one sip out from his space, Gu Yan discovered the other person was already sober. It no longer tried to snuggle into his arms, but rather jumped onto his shoulders with extreme accuracy.

"Awake?" There was additional weight on his right shoulder. Gu Yan stood up and left the bar, thinking to himself that the Qiuqiu that had gotten drunk and dizzy earlier was extremely cute.

Purring for a while, the little cat approached his neck and gently licked it a bit. In this body, it did not use its highest powers, if not, he would not have gotten drunk.

Earlier, it was said that the magician class had a chain quest that could be completed in the Netherworld dungeon and the ultimate reward for this task was the legendary magician's weapon, God's Twilight.

The weapon in Gu Yan's hand was called 'Destiny's Choice' and strictly speaking, it was something that only the first generation of players had. Before obtaining the legendary weapon from the quest, this could be considered a magician's best weapon.

There was still some time before 1 o'clock. Gu Yan prepared to upgrade his weapon and had already gathered all the necessary materials. Now, he only needed to make a trip to the Magic Academy in the city to do his upgrade.

Gu Yan arrived at the entrance of the dungeon before one. When he arrived, he immediately saw many familiar people who he had noticed earlier on the party member list.

"Great God, we're here." A heavily armoured paladin beckoned to the magician who had a furry creature on his shoulders not too far away. His eyes were curved into a smile.

Knowing someone was always better than not knowing anybody at all, Gu Yan walked towards them and returned a smile.

"I knew the Guild Leader of Wings of Dawn would definitely come to find you. Great god, recently you haven't been as cold, even willing to participate in the team fights." And also smiling at him now, but Silver Raven didn't dare to speak the last sentence aloud.

The magician in front of him was very handsome, if he didn't constantly have a cold and aloof expression, this kind of physical appearance would easily gain the affection of others.

"We all have a common goal." Smiling, Gu Yan nodded his head. Noticing how the other person's gaze paused on his shoulder, Gu Yan calmly stood there and stroked the little cat's back.

But an accident happened in the next second.

"Cough, brother." A tall and sturdy human of the shadow blade clan lifted his hand and hooked it around the magician's shoulders, "Brother, can you tell us where you got this pet, I also want…"

His voice got smaller and smaller, until he said "want". Then, this shadow blade could almost no longer speak. A pair of deep purple eyes stared at him, filling him with a sense of panic.

Meanwhile, Gu Yan didn't feel anything when the shadow blade put his arms around him, only noticing that the little furball on his shoulder had started to act up. If he continued this way, Gu Yan had a feeling the person on his shoulders might… do something bad.

Although the Qiuqiu of every world was different, they all had something in common and that was their possessiveness. Gu Yan had already personally experienced it before.

The shadow blade who had been stared at hurriedly thanked him. Earlier on when he saw the cat, it was clearly extremely adorable. In the end, the cat's eyes… The shadow blade began to contemplate if it was really necessary to get one of these pets for his girlfriend as a birthday present. Their gazes were really too scary.

"Qiuqiu, be good." Lifting his hand to stroke the cat, Gu Yan noticed that the kitten had straightened its back and laughed lightly as he gave it another two pats.

Licking the youth's outreached hand, the kitten then relaxed. However, it still narrowed its eyes towards the shadow blade's retreating figure.

Adjusting a certain data to 0 and setting the timer to 1 day, the highest existence gave the Shadow Blade in front of him a hidden 'debuff'1 as known by other players.

"Asa, great god, your pet's name is also rather cute." Although he was a man, Silver Raven still had very little resistance towards such a creature with an adorable appearance, thus, he stared at the youth's shoulder for quite a while.

Gu Yan stopped moving momentarily before he replied with an 'Mn'.

Thinking of how people generally referred to the Light Brain as the 'Light Brain', those people who know the name 'Asa' were few and how even if players noticed this, Gu Yan reckoned they would just think it as a coincidence.

They were not able to chat for long as it was almost 1 o'clock. At this time, the leader of the group sent out a message, "Everybody enter."

Having a fixed commander was the best for dungeoning. There were no suspicions and like losing at a game of dice where the loser had to bear the responsibility, the commander of the group came from the guild leaders of the three big guilds. In the end, the commander chosen was from the Silver Cross Crusaders, Zhi Yi.

The Netherworld was a place filled with countless spirits and undead liches. Any living being who entered only had one outcome and that was to become one of these undeads. The Death God, Xiu Nuo, was the ruler of this land.

"Death God… The first time I saw Qiuqiu was when you had the Death God, Xiu Nuo's appearance." After entering the dungeon, the team was still in the preparatory process of drinking potions, buffing and eating. Gu Yan just ate a speed enhancing squid and lowered his voice as he said this to the kitten resting on his leg.

The first time he saw his lover in this world was when he still had the appearance of the boss in this dungeon. At that time, Gu Yan did not recognize him and therefore, didn't have any sort of interaction with Qiuqiu. However, Gu Yan still clearly remembered the other person's appearance.

Although he knew that his family's lover was currently not controlling that BOSS's vessel, Gu Yan still could not help but feel that there was something strange about it

Right now, he needs to go chase after a certain Death God ah…