Reborn as the Vampire Prince at Server Start, I am Invincible

Chapter 23 : Sudden Changes

Sudden Changes"Is there something going on?"

After hearing what Cecilia said, Dawn's Light was quite confused. In his opinion, nothing could possibly be more important than getting the first-kill on a world-class boss.

Moreover, Cecilia, who had always been extremely imposing in the past, why would she suddenly say the words "I'm sorry"?

The way she looked now, she even seemed a little scared...

But after all, this team was put together by Cecilia herself. As the leader, she could do whatever she wanted.

So, Dawn's Light nodded slightly, dismissing his doubts. "If you have something to take care of, go handle it first. We can wait here for you for a bit, it's no big deal."

"My sister knows a lot of people. Do you need any help?"

Yuewu also turned around with her usual friendliness and asked.

"No, no, I'm fine! You guys just hang in there as long as you can. I'll be back right away!"

Upon hearing this, Cecilia quickly shook her head, her two long silver ponytails swaying gently like flowing silk ribbons.

As soon as she finished speaking, it was as if a sudden breeze blew through the flat ground. Before the other three had come back to their senses, Cecilia, who had been standing there just a moment before, was already gone. All that could be seen was a small white dot in the distance, rapidly shrinking.

"Her agility stat is so high... that speed is terrifying, it must be at least over two thousand..."

Dawn's Light wiped the cold sweat off his forehead and couldn't help but sigh in admiration.

"And besides, what did she mean just now by 'hang in there as long as you can'?"

"I don't know either..."

Yuewu was still staring blankly in the direction where Cecilia had left, as if she hadn't recovered yet.

She was right there a second ago—how did she just disappear?

While the two were still confused, the quiet, inconspicuous young man suddenly scratched his head and said softly in a puzzled tone, "Um... Sorry to interrupt, big shots, but... have you heard any... strange noises?"

Strange noises?

At this, Dawn's Light and Yuewu instantly became vigilant, faces turning serious as they pricked up their ears to listen for any sounds around them.

Sure enough, there seemed to be a great number of creatures moving in an orderly fashion. A constant "squeak-squeak" sound came from the ruins all around them.

"Monsters?"

After all, as the captain of a top game team and a top-tier pro in the national server, Yuewu was the first to react. Her face turned somewhat grave as she gripped her exquisitely styled short staff in her right hand, directing the other two in a low, steady voice:

"I'll handle the damage. Uncle, you be the main tank. And you, you're the off-tank. You two split up and protect me together."

"Off-tank, me? Oh... oh, okay."

At Yuewu's words, the young man pointed to himself, hesitating for two seconds before finally realizing. He nodded quickly.

But Dawn's Light was different.

He leisurely drew the giant sword slung across his back. With a helpless smile, he looked at Yuewu, speaking with a wryness he couldn't hide. "Can't you see what's happening? We've all been sold out by Cecilia."

"Something like that?!"

Yuewu wanted to object, but after thinking carefully for a moment, she suddenly froze, realizing that Dawn's Light actually had a point.

Cecilia's class was Assassin, that much was certain. And an Assassin's perception of their environment was the sharpest among the seven classes in the Legend of Kaloran, stronger than any other class.

In other words, it was very possible that Cecilia had already sensed that a large group of monsters was about to attack them, which explained her strange behavior just now.

That's right, everything fit together perfectly and logically.

That weird smile Cecilia had on her face earlier was actually a forced, anxious smile.

She was afraid. She was afraid of the monsters about to arrive.

That was what shocked Yuewu the most.

What kind of joke was this—this is just a level 5-10 wild map! Was it really possible for there to be monsters here that even Cecilia would be afraid of?

With that thought, Yuewu became flustered. Her remaining fighting spirit instantly disappeared without a trace.

She'd just worn this new set of equipment for two days. It was only thanks to the powerful stats of this set that she managed, with great effort, to rack up several hundred win streaks in the arena.

She was about to become the world's first legendary mage. If she died here and dropped any of her equipment—even just one piece—she might be so upset she'd want to cry but have no tears.

"Sister Ce has already run off, so let's hurry up and run too."

Stuffing her staff back into her backpack at lightning speed, Yuewu urged Dawn's Light.

"It's already too late. Besides, things might not be as bad as you think, so let's get ready to fight."

Dawn's Light shook his head and signaled with his eyes for Yuewu to look behind her.

Not far from the three, a furry, pointy head suddenly poked out from a low dirt wall, glancing shadily at the uninvited guests who had just barged in.

"Wall-eating Rat?"

Seeing the monster, Yuewu tilted her head and asked in confusion.

"That's right. It's a level-5 Wall-eating Rat, the most common monster in this wild area."

With that, Dawn's Light raised his longsword and swung with all his might. The dirt wall shattered, flinging stones everywhere.

-286!

The Wall-eating Rat let out a short, miserable scream and collapsed on the street, becoming a lifeless corpse.

"The thing that scared Sister Ce... was this?"

Staring at the big rat on the ground, Yuewu felt like it just couldn't be real.

"Judging by the situation, it seems that's the case."

Dawn's Light smiled bitterly again. If he hadn't witnessed it himself, he doubted anyone would believe that the "humanoid boss raiding princess"

Cecilia, who was invincible across the server, would be afraid of such a low-level monster.

Listening to their conversation, the young man suddenly realized something—the reason Cecilia hired him to collect Wall-eating Rat materials earlier was actually because she was afraid of touching rats.

Well... that was actually... kind of cute?

"If it's Wall-eating Rats, then I'm not afraid at all."

Knowing that the monsters around them were all level 5-6 Wall-eating Rats, Yuewu finally felt her heart slowly calm down. She once again took out her staff, looking eager to fight. Although she was also a girl, she'd never been afraid of cockroaches or rats.

"But don't celebrate too soon. Remember the new difficulty adjustment system that was added with the latest game update?"

Dawn's Light reminded her kindly.

"You mean that the system automatically increases the number of nearby monsters based on player level?"

Now that Dawn's Light mentioned it, Yuewu remembered that such a rule had indeed been added recently.

No sooner had she spoken than—suddenly, disaster struck!

From the ruins all around them, countless plump, earth-toned rats burst out like a tidal wave, charging at them madly.

At the terrifying sight, all three of them instantly turned pale as snow!

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