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Had she over-looted last time?
That was actually pretty normal.
Dungeon resources always got scarcer over time.
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Take the Level-1 dungeon Fang Imp, for example. Rumor had it that when it first opened, some village granaries inside had thousands of pounds of grain.
Now, even getting one bag was considered lucky.
By the time she cleared everything, two hours had passed.
Joanna left the dungeon with Nighthowl.
It was already midnight.
Only 31 days left until the SAT.
Instead of jumping into another dungeon, Joanna opened her communicator, logged onto the strategy group forum, and went straight to the dungeon section.
It was huge-over a million posts.
She clicked on the Desolate Castle section. Not many threads, maybe a few thousand, but tens of thousands
of comments.
Since she had triggered the unique equipment drop and weakened the Duchess, no one had posted updated data yet.
Joanna started typing. After thinking a moment, she also added info about the Silver-tier equipment, Phantom Crimson Throne.
“Data analysis on the Duchess’s combat power after losing her unique mount-Phantom Crimson Throne (Silver-tier). Viewing this post costs five strategy points p>
The title was explosive. Almost instantly, it drew a crowd, and the discussion count skyrocketed.
After reading it, players were full of admiration.
Joanna had clearly listed how much the Duchess’s attack power, movement speed, and defense dropped.
She even showed which classes, and how many attribute points, were needed to survive the Duchess’s
attacks.
The analysis was super detailed.
Players could see which front-line classes could tank hits, and how much defense others needed to avoid a one-shot.
It was an extremely valuable report.
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[I thought this was just someone showing off. Turns out it’s real data. If that’s true, Desolate Castle just got easier p>
[Oh wow, a strategy group pro got a unique drop? Lucky p>
[Nightstar’s data is crazy detailed. She measured exactly how much attack, defense, and speed the Duchess lost. That must’ve cost tons of dungeon tickets. Totally worth the strategy points p>
[How much for the Crimson Throne? I’ll pay three million p>
[A unique drop with no duplicates online. That price makes sense p>
[The Duchess’s throne is now a normal item. Big bags can carry it. How’s there no duplicate p>
[Those are all fakes. Can they fly p>
[Just attach a hover device and scam some rich kids p>
The thread went completely off-topic.
Still, with all the buzz, Joanna was in a great mood.
Back when she used the forum, she had scraped together strategy points bit by bit. This was her first huge haul.
Strategy points were precious. One point could even be exchanged for 100 Starcoins.
Everyone in the group knew that. To get higher-level guides, one had to pay in strategy points. It cost a lot to compile a full guide before it went up for sale online.
Even if dungeon difficulty dropped over time, guides lost value, but strategy points always kept their worth.
This time, she was going to make a killing.
Plus, she had hyped up the Crimson Throne. If she ever upgraded to a better mount, she could sell it above market price because of the hype.
Perfect.
After finishing, Joanna and Nighthowl entered the dungeon again.
At the same time, it was past midnight.
All daily dungeon clear records started updating.
Violetlight City, Department of Education.
The minister, Maverick Lopez, was still working overtime.
Violetlight City was already the weakest among the Chromatic Star cities in combat and economy. Every year, they came last in dungeon resource acquisition.
The Department of Education suffered the most. What annoyed them even more was that, right before the
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SAT, Violetlight Genesis High’s only SS-rank student got poached by Redlight Sevenfold High.
That student left a place where he stood out just to fade into the crowd somewhere bigger.
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Still, that was how it always went. Team reshuffles before the SAT were intense. Everyone wanted better results.
“Mr. Lopez, three new refresh records popped up in sub-Level-10 dungeons. They’re from Violetlight City. It’s a newly registered team, and members are current exam candidates p>
“Oh? Let me see p>
Maverick’s eyes lit
lit up instantly.
Low-level dungeons had been farmed flat. If new records showed up now, the team might have serious potential.
Of course, it could also be a Level-10 team speedrunning a Level-1 dungeon.
He felt disappointed when he saw that the first record was the Fang Imp dungeon.
It was probably veteran seal-clubbing newbies.
Still, he checked the team name reflexively.
Team: Shattered Dawn
Clearing Member: Joanna Lane
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