[Ding! Congrattions! You reached Level 8!]


    After Liu Ye reached another Level, the steps to climb seemed higher and higher. They killed the rest of the Masked Bandits yet he didn''t even fill half of the experience bar. He could already imagine the insane grinding needed to climb in the higher levels.


    [Name: Grind God]


    [Level: 8] [SP: 0]


    [Exp: 2500/5500]


    [HP: 180/180] [HP Regen: 1]


    [MP: 70/70] [MP Regen: 1]


    [Strength: 1]


    [Intelligence: 7]


    [Vitality: 1]


    [Dexterity: 9]


    [Wisdom: 1]


    [Luck: 1]


    [Physical Power: 10]


    [Elemental Power: 40]


    [Physical Defense: 20]


    [Elemental Defense: 0]


    [Elements: Water 92%]


    [Arts: Waterbending]


    [Abilities: Small Water Whips, Ice Projectile, Water Maniption]


    Level 6 needed 2,300 experience, Level 7 needed 3,700 and now he needed 5,500. He wouldn''t be surprised if he needed a whole 10,000 experience to reach Level 10.


    "Great job! Now that the camp is cleared, all we need to do is find the Bandit Leader and finish the rest of them. We will finally eradicate this gue from ournd," Vice-leader Marco called out excitedly when thest Masked Bandit fell. "Are you ready to depart?"


    Liu Ye didn''t reply right away and checked his inventory instead. He only had 27 Small Mana Potions and 6 each of medium size. Even though he received another 10 Mana after adding a point to Intelligence, that wasn''t enough for him. If he required one potion to kill each small bandit, Liu Ye definitely needed to stock for the Bandit Leader.


    "I''m low on Mana Potions so I will return to the vige to buy more. How about you wait for me?" Liu Ye questioned casually but Vice-leader Marco shook his head.


    "It''s not a good idea since the Mountains are in this area. How about you return to the Vige and I will wait for you by the gate?" Vice-leader Marco proposed. "I still need to finish here so you should return first."


    Liu Ye already expected that answer.


    He was sure the yers already reached the Red Zone. Once he left, the Masked Bandits would definitely respawn so other yers could also farm experience. In his case, the Quest already registered his kills as it showed 30% progress.


    "Alright, see yo—" Liu Ye paused in the middle of his goodbyes, suddenly hearing voices outside.


    "Hello? Is anyone here?"


    Just as he was thinking about other yers, his thoughts came true. It has already been almost 10 hours since the game started so it wasn''t much of a surprise.


    Liu Ye looked outside of the window to check the situation and saw three yers walking cautiously inside the Bandit Camp. When he spotted a familiar figure, Liu Ye couldn''t help but purpse his lips.


    That man was really unlucky to meet Liu Ye again.


    [ming King - Lvl. 6]


    "Man, someone already cleared the whole camp before us. Damn it, now we have to wait till they respawn," ming King cursed as he sat down on a small boulder next to theke.


    "But I don''t see any corpses lying around," his buddy pointed out as he looked at the ce.


    "It''s because they disappear once you kill them," ming King replied like a big brother of the group. "Let''s hope no other yerse over to steal our experience. If they do, let''s pretend we are friendly only to kill them right after. The Red Zone should allow yer Killing and maybe we can even get their loot."


    ming King''spanions immediately got excited as they chuckled at each other, but there was one more person who got interested in their idea.


    ''I guess it''s best if they are humbled sooner thanter,'' Liu Ye thought as he approached Vice-leader Marco again.


    "Can you wait 10 minutes for me? I think I found a way to get my potions faster. We might just go to the mountains right away."


    ———


    "Damn, why does it take so long? It has been 5 minutes and we can''t see any bandits," ming King cursed annoyed. "How can the respawn rate take so much time? The Masked Bandits outside probably respawned already."


    "Should we check? I doubt anyone can get past us if we just stay outside the entrance and lure the Masked Bandits to us," his buddy proposed to which all of them nodded.


    "Let''s go," ming Kingmanded but he only made a few steps before one of his buddies screamed.


    He turned rapidly only to see him getting pulled into theke. "Aaaaaaaa! Help me!" The man swung his arms in fear as he struggled to swim back to the shore. "It''s pulling my le—"


    He wasn''t able to finish as his words got reced by bubbles as got pulled underwater.


    "What the fuck?!" ming King cursed as he stepped back confused when his buddy resurfaced again while gasping for breath.


    "Help!! I''m drowning!"


    He was only able to call for help once before he was pulled underwater again.


    "Quick! Get in the water and help him!" ming King called out urgently. "Aren''t you working as a lifeguard in real life?!"


    The two guys finally realized what was going on and their instincts kicked in. They jumped into theke but just as their feet stepped inside, two water arms wrapped around their ankles and pulled them into deeper ends as well.


    The ming King was only watched in horror as air bubbles hit the surface. After a minute, there were no more bubbles left and theke calmed again.


    He quickly nced at his profile while staying away from theke and saw his friends'' HP at 0. He was already familiar with this process as he himself died twice before.


    They respawned a few secondster with their Levels dropped to Level 5.


    <<What the hell happened?>>


    ming King questioned in their group chat only to see a scary message sent by one of his buddies.


    <<Run! It was a PK!>>


    His eyes widened at the thought of a yer killing them and when he looked up at theke, he jumped back in fear, almost tripping over his legs.


    A man he already knew was standing at the shore while staring at him.


    "Why are you here?!" ming King called out in panic as he stepped back but The man in ck Bandana walked forward, closing the distance between them.


    It was the same man that already caused him to get killed twice. He didn''t speak a word and insteadunched himself forward as three whips hovered in the space around him.


    "Fuck!" ming King cursed and ran away towards the exit but his back was quickly smacked three times, knocking him to the ground.


    -21


    -21


    -21


    [HP: 17/80]


    In just a second he was down to 17 HP, already on the verge of dying again.


    "What did I do to you?!" ming King asked in desperation as he looked at the man for thest time but he only shrugged.


    "Wrong ce, wrong time," the man replied as Water Whip smacked him onest time, dealing a death blow.


    [Ding! You were killed by yer Grind God. Your inventory dropped and you suffered from Red Zone Death Penalty.]


    [Time to respawn: 5 seconds]