Chapter 166: A Good Protagonist
"WHAT?!"
"SOMEONE CLEARED IT?!"
"THREE PLAYERS?!"
"WHO THE HELL ARE THEY?!"
"SHENTIAN?!"
"FALLENWIND?!"
"MOONPETAL?!"
Inside...
MoonPetal stared at the notification.
Then...
Slowly looked toward Shen Tian.
"You..."
Shen Tian smiled.
"We won."
"We?"
Jiang Feng laughed.
MoonPetal pointed toward Shen Tian.
"You practically soloed that!"
Jiang Feng opened the contribution panel.
Then became silent.
MoonPetal leaned closer.
Her eyes widened.
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Dungeon Total Contribution
ShenTian — 68.9%
FallenWind — 19.7%
MoonPetal — 11.4%
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Jiang Feng stared.
Then looked toward Shen Tian.
For several seconds...
The former world champion genuinely didn’t know what to say.
Finally...
"...What the hell are you?"
Shen Tian laughed.
"Ranger."
"That’s not what I meant."
MoonPetal walked closer.
Her violet eyes were bright.
"That was amazing."
Shen Tian looked toward her.
"You did well."
Her face immediately brightened.
"Really?"
"Your crowd control made everything easier."
MoonPetal smiled.
Jiang Feng noticed again.
[Yep. Definitely.]
He sighed internally.
[More fish in the sea.]
Jiang Feng accepted it.
[Ding!]
Only Shen Tian heard it.
Xu Ning appeared.
[Host.]
The Fate panel opened.
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[Original Destiny Event: FallenWind leads first Hard Mode clear.]
[Expected Result: FallenWind becomes recognized as emerging top player.]
[Altered Result: ShenTian overwhelmingly dominated combat contribution.]
[Fate stolen: 6,500]
[Jiang Feng Current Fate Value: 190,000]
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Shen Tian mentally blinked.
Only six thousand five hundred?
[You shared the clear with him.]
’Fair.’
[And he still received his first-clear reward.]
Shen Tian looked toward Jiang Feng.
The man was examining a sword he’d received.
He looked genuinely happy.
Shen Tian smiled.
’Good for him.’
Xu Ning stared.
[You’re being nice.]
’He’s not that bad.’
[You’re supposed to be a villain.]
’I’m a flexible villain.’
The party exited the dungeon.
The moment they appeared outside...
Silence.
Hundreds of players stared.
MoonPetal slowed.
"...Why is everyone looking at us?"
Jiang Feng pointed upward.
Their names temporarily carried a golden symbol.
- FIRST CLEAR -
MoonPetal groaned.
"Oh."
Then shouting began.
"THAT’S THEM!"
"FALLENWIND!"
"MOONPETAL!"
"SHENTIAN!"
Players rushed forward.
"How did you clear it?!"
"What class are you?!"
"Can we join your party?!"
"Sell the strategy!"
"ShenTian! Are you streaming?!"
"MoonPetal, add me!"
"FallenWind! Guild invite!"
Shen Tian stared.
"...This is annoying."
MoonPetal laughed.
"Welcome to fame."
Jiang Feng smiled faintly.
"I’ve seen worse."
A voice suddenly came from the crowd.
"PLEASE!"
Everyone turned.
A girl pushed through the players.
She looked...
Normal.
Not ugly.
Not breathtaking.
Just...
Cute.
Short brown hair.
Hazel eyes.
A few freckles across her nose.
Simple leather armor.
A beginner dagger at her waist.
Her username hovered overhead.
LittleMaple
Level 4
She rushed directly toward them.
Then stopped.
Bent forward.
And clasped her hands.
"Please help me!"
MoonPetal blinked.
"With what?"
LittleMaple looked desperate.
"A quest."
Jiang Feng looked toward her.
And...
Stopped.
"..."
Shen Tian noticed immediately.
LittleMaple continued talking.
"I accidentally accepted this quest from an old woman near the southern farm, and I thought it was going to be easy, but then she sent me into the forest, and then there were these giant spiders, and I hate spiders, like I really, really hate spiders, and then I died, and I went back because I thought maybe I just got unlucky, but I died again, and now if I abandon the quest I lose reputation with the village, and..."
She finally breathed.
MoonPetal stared.
"...Wow."
LittleMaple looked embarrassed.
"Sorry."
Jiang Feng was still staring.
Not rudely.
Not at her body.
Just...
Her.
The freckles.
The messy short hair.
The slightly panicked expression.
The way she spoke too quickly when nervous.
Something inside him simply...
Clicked.
Shen Tian looked at Jiang Feng.
Then LittleMaple.
Then Jiang Feng again.
’Seriously?’
Xu Ning appeared.
[What?]
’He moved on fast.’
[Apparently.]
Jiang Feng finally spoke.
"What quest?"
LittleMaple immediately turned toward him.
Their eyes met.
Jiang Feng’s brain stopped working for approximately half a second.
"..."
LittleMaple blinked.
"Um?"
He recovered.
"Quest."
"Right!"
She opened the information.
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Quest: Grandmother Elly’s Lost Pendant
Difficulty: B
Recommended Level: 7
Objective: Recover the pendant from Spider Hollow.
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LittleMaple looked embarrassed.
"I’m only Level 4."
Jiang Feng smiled.
"We’ll help."
Shen Tian looked toward him.
MoonPetal looked toward him.
LittleMaple’s eyes widened.
"Really?!"
"Sure."
Her entire expression brightened.
"Thank you!"
Jiang Feng smiled.
Shen Tian stared.
Then mentally spoke.
’Xu Ning.’
[Yes?]
’Am I supposed to take her?’
Xu Ning scanned LittleMaple.
Then...
Shook her head.
[No.]
Shen Tian blinked.
’No?’
[She’s not a heroine.]
’Not connected to his Fate?’
[Only weakly.]
[Actually...]
[This meeting wasn’t strongly predetermined at all.]
[He simply likes her.]
Shen Tian looked toward Jiang Feng.
The former champion was explaining dungeon mechanics to LittleMaple.
She listened attentively.
Jiang Feng looked...
Happy.
Shen Tian smiled faintly.
’I’ll let him have one.’
Xu Ning stared.
[How generous.]
’I’m not that heartless.’
[Debatable.]
’And he’s not that bad of a guy.’
Xu Ning nodded.
[That part is true.]
Suddenly...
Everything froze.
Shen Tian blinked.
"What..."
His vision went black.
- EMERGENCY LOGOUT INITIATED -
Shen Tian’s eyes opened.
The capsule lid rose.
He sat up.
Then froze.
"..."
His entire harem stood around the capsule.
Yin Suyi.
Shen Yan.
Ling Shuangxue.
Bai Xue.
Qin Ruobing.
Li Lian.
Ruan Yizhen.
Chu Zijin.
Chu Mei.
Chu Chuchu.
Chu Luoshen.
Several pairs of eyes stared down at him.
Shen Tian slowly looked around.
"...Hello."
Nobody answered.
He looked toward the clock.
1:47 AM
"...Oh."
Yin Suyi crossed her arms.
"Do you know what time it is?"
"Apparently..."
"One forty-seven."
Shen Yan leaned closer.
"You’ve been inside that machine for hours."
"I’m fine."
"That’s not the point."
Bai Xue folded her arms.
"We waited."
Ling Shuangxue nodded.
"For a long time."
Chu Mei pointed accusingly.
"You abandoned us for goblins."
Chu Chuchu nodded.
"Goblins!"
Shen Tian looked toward Xu Ning.
She appeared beside the capsule.
[Good luck.]
’Traitor.’
Yin Suyi reached down.
She grabbed his arm.
"Out."
"Mom..."
"Out."
Shen Tian sighed.
"Alright."
He climbed out.
Chu Zijin immediately grabbed one arm.
Li Lian took the other.
Shen Yan stared at both.
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