Chapter 17: with translation of chapter title

After those two people left, Jiang Chen seized the time to grind monsters outside the North Suburb.

"Killing a Pioneer Goblin, Experience Value +350"

"Killing a Fallen Goblin, Experience Value +400"

"Killing a Goblin Warrior, Experience Value +360"

In Jiang Chen's interface, prompts for gaining experience kept coming, and the Experience Bar was skyrocketing.

Now the Skeleton Warriors he had summoned numbered 44, a huge number.

A twentyfold Perfect Amplification made the Skeleton Warriors' attributes terrifying; they could one-shot any monster in this area.

The monsters appearing in the area were mostly Goblins around Level 10 to Level 11, and the experience required for leveling up began to increase significantly.

Jiang Chen saw that it had increased by more than threefold, meaning his current leveling speed was getting slower and slower.

At this rate, the Skeleton Warriors would need to kill at least ten thousand Goblins to gain one level, this...

Even if the Skeleton Warriors were tirelessly slaughtering there, the speed had become really too slow.

Jiang Chen persisted in grinding until it got dark, when he saw his Experience Bar.

He still needed one-third of the experience to reach Level 11, which was a bit beyond his expectation.

No choice, he first ate something, took out his carried rations, and Jiang Chen started eating.

During this period he planned to stay constantly in the wilderness; going home would be a waste of time, utterly unnecessary.

"The experience needed to reach Level 11 is already this much; how difficult would it be to reach Level 15?"

Moreover, factoring in the time to rush back, it's uncertain whether seven days would be enough to reach Level 16.

He suddenly remembered that last year, his sister Jiang Ruo was just at level 0.

She was only admitted to Shenlong University after reaching Level 16.

How did Jiang Ruo reach Level 16? Even though her class is Swift Wind Swordsman, in terms of leveling speed alone, it's impossible for her to surpass him, this Necromancer Summoner...

Jiang Chen felt that he must have missed something.

He carefully recalled everything about his sister Jiang Ruo from last year's memories, and then connected it to the little things she had done back then.

Soon he thought of something...

Instance, it's an instance; there's an instance called Death Mine Dungeon in the outskirts.

If there were any variables, it would definitely be this instance; it's possible that Jiang Ruo had run this instance back then...

Judging by her level gain, the instance she ran must have been at Nightmare difficulty.

Inside were elite monsters of high strength, yielding considerable experience.

That's right, Jiang Chen recalled that near the college entrance exam last year, when Jiang Ruo came back once she looked as if she had been injured and had been treated.

"My sister must have been grinding the Death Mine Dungeon instance in the outskirts; I definitely have to go check it out tomorrow!"

Jiang Chen felt his guess was pretty much spot on.

It was already late at night; Jiang Chen had set up camp in the wilderness, and all the surrounding monsters had already been one-shot by his Skeleton Warriors.

For safety, Jiang Chen concealed all his Skeleton Warriors in the surrounding forest and entered a Meditation State.

Given his current attributes, there was no need to worry about someone ambushing him in the middle of the night.

A chilly cold wind blew, and the forest had a gloomy atmosphere; the surrounding temperature also dropped a few degrees...

When he meditated until midnight, Jiang Chen felt the warning sound coming from his Skeleton Warriors.

He quickly opened his eyes.

He could clearly sense someone approaching from his direction.

Jiang Chen couldn't help but startle; at this hour, who could be coming, someone rushing over to train nearby?

No matter what, it always felt suspicious, and Jiang Chen heightened his vigilance.

In this world, one must always muster twelvefold spirit to deal with anything.

To heat his food, a fire rose from the ground, making his position especially conspicuous at night.

With the rustling footsteps, that figure soon arrived before Jiang Chen.

Seeing that face, Jiang Chen startled; he had seen it in the afternoon—the black-clad person was the one the archer and mage had been pursuing.

After keeping a safe distance from Jiang Chen, the black-clad person spoke.

"Hello, do you have anything to eat?"

The voice was clear and crisp; Jiang Chen startled, then quickly realized it was a woman.

Her eyes were exceptionally clear in the night; Jiang Chen gave a slight nod and handed her a sweet potato.

For convenience while grinding monsters to level up, he had prepared only sweet potatoes and water, which was more efficient.

The black-clad woman showed no disgust; perhaps her circumstances no longer allowed her the luxury of being picky.

After taking it, she removed the black cloth from her face and ate heartily; she looked truly hungry.

Jiang Chen saw a delicate smiling face, about his age, full of youthful vigor.

However, Jiang Chen did not use the Investigation Skill, which would have been impolite.

After just a few bites, the black-clad girl's face suddenly turned red from choking; Jiang Chen quickly handed her a bottle of water.

She had eaten too hastily, causing herself to choke.

The two of them just sat quietly by the fire.

Sitting beside it, neither spoke.

The woman ate with such elegance that one could tell she did not come from a commoner family.

While eating, she stared at Jiang Chen with her bright, big eyes, as if trying to discern some secret.

"Thank you for the food, by the way, what should I call you?"

Jiang Chen did not casually strike up conversation; the two were merely passing strangers—perhaps after she finished eating and left, they would never meet again.

"I didn't expect you to still be a steady type; then let's do this: we'll use investigation skill on each other."

Jiang Chen thought for a moment and didn't refuse, so the two began to cast investigation technique at each other.

Just in an instant, Jiang Chen's face showed a surprised expression.

The black-clad woman giggled: "You can't investigate anything about me, can you? Haha."

"I've already seen your information; turns out you're called Jiang Chen, currently Level 10, wait, let me check your profession..."

Necromancer Summoner, how strange, I've never seen a profession like yours before.

"I saw you summon several skeletons earlier; why can't I see them now? Undead Summon Object, it looks really powerful..."

"I've been talking here, why aren't you speaking? Could it be that you can't speak? What a pity."

Jiang Chen ignored him and lightly said: "Why can't I see your information?"

The black-clad girl's face lit up: "Hehe, you finally agreed to speak..."

"Want to know why? Hehe, it's very simple."

After saying that, she spread her palm, and in her fair palm appeared a pale gold badge.

Shielding Badge, when worn,

as long as the opponent's level does not exceed yours by Level 10, you cannot see their information!

"All right, no more teasing, I'll put it away now; try investigating again!"

Jiang Chen was speechless, and used investigation technique.

Name: Lin Cai'er

Level: Level 19

Profession: Shadow Assassin

Clatter, at that moment, suddenly a sound came from the woods behind...