Chapter 85: My Idol is So Handsome
After Rhona Hughes was replaced, she was constantly worried the incident would implicate her.
’But even if Rhona Hughes said she saw the files at my place, I can deny everything!’
’Rose Shaw is too ruthless. Rhona Hughes is finished! Unless she leaves Stellaris, she’ll never make a comeback.’
’If I’m going to move against Melody Monroe again, I’ll have to be more careful. I can’t leave any loose ends.’
A thought suddenly occurred to her.
’Zane Langdon and Melody Monroe were flirting on set. Did his adoring "wifey fans" even know?’
...
Zane Langdon had just sat down when his phone rang.
"Zane, hurry up! The three-man party is missing one person. Let’s go grind the sea monster!"
It was a message from Jasper Rockwell. He immediately logged into the game, clicked the invitation, and joined the party.
As soon as he joined the party, he saw Jasper Rockwell’s blindingly flashy cosmetic set. There was someone else standing next to him.
"Your alt account?" Zane Langdon couldn’t help but ask.
Melody Monroe was speechless.
"Not an alt account!" Melody Monroe immediately sent out a message.
Zane Langdon was speechless.
Jasper Rockwell was speechless.
Melody Monroe clicked open the person’s profile.
’Holy crap!’
’Ranked second on the combat power leaderboard!’
’And look at his gear—just a plain white set, with all his titles hidden. Was he being intentionally low-key?’
’This guy is a real gaming god!’
Meanwhile, Zane Langdon was also checking Melody Monroe’s profile. ’A girl playing such a mechanically demanding character? Can’t be a catfish, can it?’
"Let’s go. It’s time." A speech bubble popped up over Jasper Rockwell’s character.
Melody Monroe saw a flash of light on her screen, and they were already at the entrance portal to the instance.
’P2W whales really are built different.’
’He burns through items like they’re free.’
Zane Langdon could solo a sea monster by himself.
In terms of combat, Jasper Rockwell was useless. But a P2W whale’s gear could take a beating, and besides, he was playing a healer. For a healer to spend his way to third place on the combat power rankings was truly something else.
Melody Monroe felt herself trembling, sandwiched between the second and third-ranked players on the leaderboard.
’Being carried by the pros feels pretty damn good.’
Suddenly, a countdown appeared on the screen.
Zane Langdon noticed that the new player—the one who looked like an alt account—executed a god-tier maneuver to duck behind Jasper Rockwell. She swapped her weapon to a bow, fired off three arrows in a single volley, and actually managed to draw first blood from the sea monster!
’Nice moves!’
"Zane! Get in the fight! What the hell are you staring at?!" Jasper Rockwell yelled.
Melody Monroe looked up at Jasper Rockwell. "The person you invited... is that Mr. Langdon?"
"Yup!" Jasper Rockwell answered casually.
Melody Monroe stared at the game screen. ’My idol is even amazing at video games!’
Zane Langdon had already launched his attack.
With a single move, a visible chunk of the sea monster’s health bar vanished.
Melody Monroe was speechless.
’That crit damage rate is off the charts!’
She watched as her experience bar filled up in an instant, then overflowed!
’How many levels am I going to gain after we kill this thing?’
Half an hour later, the sea monster was finally defeated, exploding into a pile of loot.
Melody Monroe picked up a full set of Soul Level gear and eagerly checked her status. The experience from that one quest had rocketed her up ten levels at once! She was now Level 52!
Jasper Rockwell didn’t care about any of this gear. In his eyes, it was all junk.
Zane Langdon didn’t want it either.
So, they watched as the "alt account" happily scooped up all the loot.
"You’re Melody Monroe?" Zane Langdon suddenly asked.
Melody Monroe was speechless.
In the game, her character’s looting animation froze mid-action.
A smile played on Zane Langdon’s lips. ’He knew it.’
Melody Monroe glanced in Zane Langdon’s direction, only to find him already looking at her.
Zane Langdon stood up and started walking toward her.