46: Chapter 46 Game Vulnerabilities 46: Chapter 46 Game Vulnerabilities Mo Fei walked out of the hidden room with the statue in hand, and as he was examining it, a voice suddenly rang out.

“Put that statue down.”

When Mo Fei looked up, he saw an elf mage dressed in a red robe, staring at him coldly.

Krasus (Grand Arcanist): Gold five-tier, Health Points 10500, level 80.

However, his gaze came with a LV2 inspection spell, and coupled with his own Dragon Race bloodline, he could see at a glance that the other party was also a member of the Dragon Race.

“Are you ordering me, ‘kinsman’?”

Krasus was momentarily startled, not expecting his identity to be seen through so quickly.

The powerful aura emanating from Mo Fei made him realize that the other was a Dragon Race member older than himself.

Krasus (Grand Arcanist): “Of course not.

I’m simply warning you not to touch that cursed object.

It will bring misfortune and calamity to all Dragon Race members.

Put it down, take the other treasures, and leave this place while you still have the chance.”

Upon hearing this, Mo Fei became even more interested.

“Oh?

Then you’d better tell me, what exactly is this thing?”

“I don’t know.

All I know is that it’s an ancient relic left over from the last epoch, likely connected to the extinction of the Ancient Dragon Clan and the death of the Dragon God.

No matter what, it should not return to the world.

I have been watching over it to ensure it doesn’t reappear.”

Pretending to be friendly, Mo Fei returned the Crusher Giant Hammer to his bag but secretly gripped the Dragon-Slaying Greatsword in his hand.

“I see.

I have one more question…”

As Mo Fei spoke, he suddenly swung his sword.

The blade passed through where Krasus’ figure vanished in an instant.

Magic Illusion?

Hmph, I hate you illusionists.

A voice sounded in his ear.

Krasus (Grand Arcanist): “You didn’t think I would be so careless, did you, Black Dragon Lord?

I warn you one last time, this statue must not be allowed to escape, or it will become the nightmare of all Dragon Race members.

Leave it here, and I’ll let you leave.

Otherwise, if you keep delaying and the other Archmages arrive, you’ll no longer have a chance to leave.”

Mo Fei thought to himself that he never intended to leave alive.

He tried to pinpoint the direction of the voice, but it was clearly altered by magic and sounded erratic, sometimes far and sometimes near.

This Red Dragon was indeed cunning.

He felt a bit of anxiety in his heart, as he had other important matters to attend to, but leaving behind the treasures he had acquired was absolutely out of the question.

Suddenly, a righteous shout came from not far away, “Lord Krasus, I’m here to help you!”

Looking towards the corner the voice came from, Mo Fei saw a gnome thief pointing towards a corner and gesturing at him.

The location the gnome was pointing to showed a slight distortion in the air – so that’s where they’d been hiding.

An annoyed voice in the air, “Stay away from me, gnome, don’t come near me—damn it!”

“Got you.”

Mo Fei struck with his sword towards the distortion in the air, and with a flash of white light, Krasus was forced to reveal himself.

He managed to dodge just in time to avoid a direct hit from the Dragon-Slaying Sword, only grazed by the blade’s edge, but even then, a spurt of blood sprayed out, -1339!

The legendary weapon indeed, a light stroke cost him an eighth of his health.

Krasus, clutching the wound on his shoulder in fright, glared at Mo Fei, then disappeared with a blink.

The gnome swaggered up, saying proudly, “How about that, Dragon Bro?

My move was powerful, wasn’t it?”

“Stop talking nonsense, and get to work according to our plan,” Mo Fei replied as he put away the Dragon-Slaying Greatsword and the ancient dragon rock statue into his carry bag and then closed his eyes, pretending to rest.

“Roger that.” The black shadow saluted and immediately went into stealth mode, moved behind Mo Fei, and began to use his thievery skills to steal from him.

System Prompt: Due to unknown reasons, you have lost a damaged Dragon Scale.

System Prompt: Due to unknown reasons, you have lost 58 Gold Coins.

System Prompt: Due to unknown reasons, you have lost a complete Dragon Scale, lowering your armor value by 1 point.

System Prompt: Due to unknown reasons, you have lost the Scepter of the Sea Lord.

System Prompt: You are attacked by the Adventurer ‘Black Shadow’, and you have entered combat.

When Mo Fei opened his eyes, he saw Black Shadow standing there awkwardly, having been already revealed.

If a thief’s thievery skill fails, it will trigger combat; the higher the thievery skill, the less likely it is to be detected.

Black Shadow’s thievery had reached Grandmaster Level, so, in theory, there should have been no possibility of failure.

Mo Fei was somewhat speechless, “Look, can you even do it?

How can you still fail at stealing with my eyes closed?

Isn’t your theft skill at the grandmaster level?”

The dark shadow looked innocent, “What can I do?

You’re a whole eleven levels higher than me, and your dragon might increases my chance of making a mistake.

Can’t you turn off your dragon might first?”

Mo Fei shook his head, “I can’t turn that thing off.

Let’s just keep going.

Try to perform better; we don’t have much time left.”

Having said that, he closed his eyes, and the dark shadow continued with the task at hand.

In fact, it really wasn’t the dark shadow’s fault.

He was already the highest-level thief in the game, an incredible level sixty-nine.

In World of Sky, leveling up was extremely difficult for adventurers in the later stages.

A level forty adventurer was already considered a major player, capable of participating in most dungeon raids and construction activities.

Adventurers above level fifty were basically gaming gods, comprising less than 1% of all players.

Reaching level sixty-nine was a terror grade that theoretically required over ten years of non-stop play to achieve.

The reason the dark shadow managed to reach such a high level was all thanks to a game BUG that Mo Fei had discovered early on.

Among the Gnome technological products, there was a piece of equipment known as the ‘Mind-Control Helmet’.

It allowed the user to control a creature for fifteen seconds.

However, if the control failed, there would be backlash, and the user could end up being controlled by the enemy instead.

The greater the difference in level and power, the more extreme the effect of the backlash.

If the target was a BOSS, during the period of being controlled, the helmet wearer would be classified as a ‘minion of the monster’ by the system, and minions could receive a small portion of the experience from the BOSS they served.

Therefore, Mo Fei took advantage of this mechanic, letting the dark shadow use mind control on him and become a ‘minion of the monster’ after the backlash.

Then he took the dark shadow with him to farm monsters for leveling up.

As the Black Dragon killed adventurers by the tens and hundreds, each burst of dragonfire sent experience points soaring.

This was why BOSS-level characters typically had higher levels than adventurers.

Even receiving just a small portion was more efficient than normal adventurers grinding monsters by more than tenfold.

By this method, under Mo Fei’s guidance, the dark shadow reached a level that no other adventurer could dream of – level sixty-nine.

To avoid detection by the game officials, the dark shadow always kept a low profile and quietly amassed wealth.

Hence, he wasn’t very famous in the game.

With a high-level thief like that on his side, many of Mo Fei’s bold moves became possible.

At this moment, Mo Fei was executing another clever scheme he had thought of: using the dark shadow to transfer the gear he had looted.

To pull off Mo Fei’s plan, ordinary adventurers wouldn’t cut it.

After all, it was nearly impossible for a common thief to successfully steal from a level eighty world-class BOSS.

As for why he didn’t hand over the items directly to the dark shadow, that was related to the game’s system mechanics.

Any player who took treasure directly from the hoard would be marked by the system as a criminal act.

For BOSSes, it didn’t matter, but if an adventurer did it, they would end up on the wanted list, and those treasures would become ‘quest items’ that couldn’t be traded or transferred.

If during the wanted period, the person was killed, these ‘quest items’ would drop and become part of the mission rewards for players who took up the bounty quest.

They’d then be returned to their rightful owner in exchange for a reward.

Only if the wanted person managed to live until the bounty expired could the items be monetized.

And with a power like Dalaran, the bounty quest would surely be top-tier.

Who knew how many heroes and adventurers would come after him.

Moreover, there would definitely be various tracking measures like positioning magic.

Even if the dark shadow was at a high level of sixty-nine, evading capture would be challenging.

But if the items were stolen from Morphis, the BOSS, that would be different.

Since it passed through the BOSS’s hands, it would be classified as ‘spoils of war’ by the system, and naturally, it wouldn’t trigger a manhunt.

The dark shadow was still hard at work.

Thankfully, the fear effect of dragon might was diminishing; after being scared into making a few mistakes, he became immune to it.

Mo Fei kept receiving system prompts.

System prompt: For an unknown reason, you have lost a magic crystal.

System prompt: For an unknown reason, you have lost an ancient dragon rock sculpture.

System prompt: For an unknown reason, you have lost 1 Dragon Blood, your Health Points have decreased by 100.

System prompt: For an unknown reason, you have lost the Void Grimoire.

System prompt: For an unknown reason, you have lost a damaged Dragon Scale.

System prompt: For an unknown reason, you have lost the Dragon-Slaying Greatsword!

After nearly ten minutes, the dark shadow finally managed to steal most of the stealable items, leaving behind only a few less valuable pieces of equipment.

Mo Fei suddenly opened his eyes.

He had been paying attention to the sounds outside all this time.

Now, the previously loud clamor of battle had quieted down, indicating that the monsters who had invaded the city had likely been wiped out.

“All right, that’s about enough.

Now find a safe place to log off immediately.

Don’t get killed,” he instructed.

“Don’t worry, Dragon Bro.

If I want to run, no one can keep me here.

I’m off, then,” the dark shadow said as he vanished with a flash.

Mo Fei also started walking toward the treasury’s exit.

It was time to face his ultimate fate.