Chapter 82: The Player Who Cast a Spell for the First Time

In the eerie and terrifying Blood Hall, the friction of skeletons creaked and rattled, like a symphony played in hell.

Hearing Lord Demon King's summons, the little demon Mixi flew over from afar, folded her wings, and prostrated herself respectfully on the ground.

"Respected Lord Demon King, may I ask what your orders are?"

If Mixi's feelings toward the Demon King before were merely fear and respect, then at this moment, she was admiring him to the point of prostration.

The blood ritual of the Blood Hall no longer terrified her soul.

Because there was no need for that anymore.

Like the first-generation adventurers in the dark room, she no longer contributed faith points with surprise, but instead presented tributes automatically every day.

Simply put, her soul had been branded with the Demon King's mark.

Although Luo Yan didn't remember doing any further PUA to her at all, the whole process seemed to have been completed somewhere he didn't know.

"I need the Nightmare Realm to help me keep an eye on someone... this person is named Miranda, strength unknown, an alchemist who understands necromancy."

"It's not just me looking for him, humans are looking for him too. If you find him, remember to bring him to me alive... remember, alive."

"The knowledge in his head, I might be able to use."

As he spoke, Luo Yan waved his magic staff lightly, and a wanted notice floated out from his sleeve, landing on the hands Mixi held respectfully above her head like a swaying little boat.

"As you command! The little demons of the Nightmare Realm obey your orders!"

Luo Yan nodded.

"That's all, go on."

His labyrinth was very large, it might take a while to find him, but he wasn't in a hurry, as long as he found him before the humans did.

Additionally, he had already let Hearing You You release a quest, letting the players who had already penetrated to the second layer keep an eye out for him as well.

Mixi carefully put away the wanted notice, then rubbed her knees together shyly, looking up at the Demon King with a bashful expression.

"Lord Demon King... may I ask if this matter is very urgent?"

"It's not urgent, what's wrong?"

Mixi poked her index finger with a blushing face.

"That... can Mixi wait until after dinner before going back?"

Luo Yan thought she was going to say something, didn't expect it to be such a small matter, couldn't help but laugh out loud, and waved his hand saying.

"Granted!"

"Thank you for your grace, Lord Demon King! This little one will definitely work her fingers to the bone, serving your evil plans—"

"Dismissed, go wash your hands."

"Yes!!!"

Mixi clenched her fists excitedly, and after receiving Lord Demon King's permission, she shot toward the stairs like a helicopter taking off on the spot.

Watching that cheering figure, Luo Yan couldn't help but smile.

These little demons from the countryside didn't seem any different from the little demons in the Demon Capital...

Dinner was still cooked by 【Little Xiao Xiao Yu Gao Zhi】.

Under the busy running around of this diligent little player, dinner in the "Lord's Hall" today was as usual, as sumptuous as a banquet! Replacing Youxi, who didn't appear, Oke from the Demon Capital was also invited to the dinner table, but looking at his "pre-meal prayer" with snot and tears, Luo Yan had already begun to regret letting him sit at the table.

Next time, it's better to have someone bring him his food.

"Oke, why don't you go to the fields and thank the donkey in the mill; it also put in quite a bit of effort."

"Yes! Lord Demon King."

Watching Oke leave his seat to do just that, Luo Yan immediately called him back.

"Come back! Can't you tell this King is joking? I mean for you to just eat when it's time to eat, and work hard when you're done!"

Oke's eyes became moist with emotion again.

"Yes!!! Lord Demon King, you really are a... good demon!"

Luo Yan: "..."

A good demon? Mixi, who was stuffing her face, took a moment to look up and look around.

Is this an insult to demons? Never mind...

Filling her stomach is more important.

A little demon's brain capacity can't think about too many things at once; right now, stuffing her face is clearly more meaningful.

Bestowing a large piece of raw meat with blood on Bond and Arakdo, Luo Yan swirled his pre-meal red wine while appreciating the guests devouring their food.

Compared to the timid Oke, the way Arakdo and Mixi buried their heads in their food was quite appetizing.

The former was like a storm sweeping away the clouds, the latter like Jerry blowing up a balloon.

The most elegant one at the entire table was Sarah.

Compared to the little wild cat that was gnawing on a large pig trotter two weeks ago, her choice of food was evolving in the direction of a house cat.

Come to think of it, the church in Silver Pine Town had recently received a new batch of goods, which, in addition to locally produced wild boar meat and gin, also included imports bought from the port of Lei Ming City.

Such as spices from the south bank of the Whirlpool Sea, such as soybeans from the colonies.

Thanks to Sheriff Adlai, Luo Yan also tasted crucian carp and tofu soup for the first time in a long while; the taste was simply superb.

What Luo Yan didn't expect in particular was that this little genius had actually made tofu!

"This thing is good."

Wiping his mouth with a napkin, Luo Yan said with endless praise.

Hearing Lord Demon King's praise, Little Xiao Xiao Yu Gao Zhi couldn't suppress the corners of her mouth in reality, and said with full joy.

"If you like it, Lord Demon King, I'll make more next time!"

Luo Yan nodded with a smile. "Mm-hmm, this King likes it very much, please be sure to make more, I'll send some to my... vassals and servants as well, let them open their eyes too!"

Not just Lady Xixi.

Also Father Mate and Adlai's side.

In his impression, the production process of tofu shouldn't be too difficult, maybe it could open up a new source of wealth for the graveyard.

Hearing that the delicacy she made had a chance to sweep the tables of NPCs, the drive burning in Little Xiao Xiao Yu Gao Zhi's eyes became even stronger.

"Please leave it to me!"

Looking at the quest pop-up flashing before her eyes, she flashed to the back kitchen like a diligent little bee, not resting for a moment.

Watching the back disappearing at the door, Luo Yan complained to the air beside him.

"... Hearing You You, you don't have to be in such a hurry to issue quests to people, at least wait until dinner is over."

Hearing You You's voice quickly entered his ears.

"But Lord Demon King, players are very anxious when waiting for quests, Hearing You You feels that since you've decided to release a quest, it's better to release it to them sooner?"

"Alright, that makes sense."

Recalling his own experience playing games in the past, Luo Yan felt that what Hearing You You said also seemed to have some truth to it.

NPCs being too dawdling would instead make players wait anxiously.

Besides, he is the Demon King.

Why should the Demon King be polite?

Sure enough, his cultivation is still too shallow, next time he must be more righteous and confident...

Lord Demon King's banquet continued, and the little players who didn't need to eat were walking in the labyrinth to grind levels, such as the server's first and second "grind kings."

At the time when the Demon King asked if he needed to be reincarnated, Ye Zhiqiu didn't tell that lord one thing.

That was that the reason he chose a skeleton, besides being used to it, had one main reason—that was that skeletons don't need to rest or eat! He didn't know what provided this guy's power, maybe it was the endless death aura in the labyrinth, maybe it was from the graveyard or the Demon King himself.

In short, for players, this guy is simply a "perpetual motion machine"! As long as the body in reality can handle it, one can continuously grind levels in the game! Conversely, humanoid zombies, lizardman zombies, and cave spiders all need to sleep and eat, it's just that the former two have shorter sleep times.

If they don't sleep for a long time, players will gain a fatigue debuff, and their spirit power will continuously decay until it returns to zero and they faint. And if they don't eat for a long time, players will gain a weakness debuff, and their HP will continuously flow away until it returns to zero and they enter a near-death state.

These are all problems that other players have reflected on the forum.

By comparison, skeleton soldiers with low resurrection costs, no need to eat, and no fatigue seem quite cost-effective.

Even if the initial attributes are a bit low, it's not a problem; the further into the late game, the more limited the advantages brought by initial attributes become.

Especially after growing to the Bronze stage, the attribute points gained per level-up became 2, and Ye Zhiqiu became even more firm in his guess! A cavern on the second layer of the labyrinth.

Looking at the charred poisonous scorpion that was half a person tall, Ye Zhiqiu, who was raising his left hand, had a look of surprise on his face.

"Success!"

A full two and a half weeks!

During this time, he had been following Luo Yan's method, trying to imagine the shape of fire in his mind, and using spirit and will to give it the power to fly.

During this period, he failed countless times, even once suspecting that this game had some kind of bug, or that the spellcasting function hadn't been implemented in the players' skill system at all...

Fortunately, hard work pays off!

After experiencing failure after failure, he who never gave up finally made a breakthrough in this attempt!

That feeling of a flash of inspiration, of everything falling into place, was just like the first time he learned the trick to whistling—

Before learning it, no matter how he puffed his cheeks, he couldn't make a sound. But once he learned it, everything was as simple as breathing! Recalling the feeling from before, Ye Zhiqiu recited the incantation in his heart, raised his left hand, and released a Fireball spell again.

The scorching fireball shot toward the distant wall like a cannonball, exploding into brilliant sparks upon hitting the rock! "So that's it... I think I know what's going on with the spellcasting in this game!"

Watching the ecstatic Ye Zhiqiu, Hu Wan also felt genuinely happy for him, threw his musket onto his back, and teased with a smile.

"Looks like next time we can try challenging a giant centipede!"

Ye Zhiqiu said with a smile.

"That might be a bit difficult. However, trying it out is fine."

He now felt that he was incredibly strong! He even had the confidence to challenge the Demon King! Of course, he was just thinking about it. Some unlucky kid had tried it before, and the moment that guy moved his finger, his screen went black.

Hu Wan opened the player system and took a look, then said.

"By the way, my contribution points have finally reached 10,000."

Ye Zhiqiu: "How about going back first?"

Hu Wan shook his head with a smile.

"No rush, let's finish grinding the experience points first, I'm still a little bit short... just that little bit not finished, I'd have to rush back in a while."

"That's fine, if you feel it's no problem," saying this, Ye Zhiqiu paused for a moment, then continued, "By the way, there's something I want to ask for your opinion on."

Looking at the serious Ye Zhiqiu, Hu Wan also put on a serious expression.

"What is it? If it's borrowing money, no way, I'm very poor."

"It's not borrowing money, how could I possibly ask a friend in the game to borrow that," Ye Zhiqiu looked at this guy, unable to laugh or cry, then continued, "It's like this, my constitution has been trained enough, 11 points is enough. As for the future, I will focus my leveling on spellcasting... but this way we'll be missing a front-row, so I plan to recruit another one or two random players as main tanks."

Hearing him beat around the bush for a long time, didn't expect such a thing to pop out, Hu Wan was also rendered speechless for a moment.

"What the hell, you made such a big deal out of such a small thing, aren't you the captain, can't you just decide yourself?"

Ye Zhiqiu shook his head and said seriously.

"We are teammates, of course I have to ask for your opinion."

Hu Wan sighed helplessly.

"You guy are still so polite."

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 83 =====