The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 63

Chapter 63: Conflict Upon Return (Seeking Reads)

September 2, 2024

Chapter 63: Conflict Upon Return (Seeking Reads)

Qingfeng Region, Lieyang Star, Bailan City.

Inside the White Disaster Trial Hall of the冥骨之风 (Minggu Zhifeng) Academy, a silver-white skeleton hanging in mid-air emitted a mechanical electronic voice.

“Graduation trial, job assignment, player 629SHD2S0FXC30 has exited from game ID 629SHD2S0FXC30 world. Please receive accordingly.”

“Repeating, graduation trial, job assignment, player 629SHD2S0FXC30…”

While the silver-white skeleton repeated mechanically, a man standing at the entrance of the White Disaster Trial Hall slowly stood up.

He was tall and slender, wearing a close-fitting, neat Zhongshan suit. Upon standing, he immediately straightened himself, walking briskly to a green pool in the center of the White Disaster Trial Hall.

An arm emerged from the pool, followed by Gu Xi, his body covered in green liquid, crawling out.

Standing by the pool, frantically wiping off the green liquid, Gu Xi grumbled incessantly.

“It felt fine going in, but coming out, it’s so sticky! Why couldn’t there be a better login method?”

The tall, slender man watched Gu Xi without urging him. Only after Gu Xi finished cleaning himself did he step forward.

“Player 629SHD2S0FXC30, Gu Xi? Undead Mage job assignment successful?”

“Yes, it’s successful. And you are?”

“Li Xinghui from the Morning Sunlight Guild, a level 5 Undead Mage. We secured your draft pick; you will serve the Morning Sunlight Guild for three years. We have the right of first refusal and the right to trade you externally.

Of course, we’ll invest in you comprehensively. We guarantee you’ll reach level 5 Undead Mage within three years.”

Li Xinghui extended a hand. “We’ll be comrades-in-arms from now on.”

Gu Xi had heard about post-trial draft signings, but he hadn’t expected his future to be decided so swiftly.

Slightly dazed, Gu Xi shook Li Xinghui’s hand.

“Alright, let’s get your graduation trial rewards. The academy’s rewards aren’t great, but it’s still something.”

Only then did Gu Xi react.

“Wait.”

Li Xinghui looked at Gu Xi questioningly. “What’s wrong?”

“Wasn’t there supposed to be a grand awards ceremony and graduation ceremony after the graduation trial? Why are we just getting the rewards and leaving?”

“Awards ceremony? Don’t you know your own performance?”

At that moment, a black-robed Undead Mage emerged from the other end of the White Disaster Trial Hall. Half of his face was already skeletal, surrounded by a thick aura of ghostly fire and dark energy.

He addressed Gu Xi in a condescending tone.

“It’s just a job assignment trial; most people finish within three days. You spent forty-six days! Don’t think everyone is as useless as you.

And the graduation ceremony? It ended a month ago.

You can’t expect all your classmates to wait for you to graduate. As for the awards, given your completion time, it goes without saying you got the worst possible ranking.

Just leave. At least the Morning Sunlight Guild is willing to take you. Wait any longer, and you won’t find any guild that wants you.”

Gu Xi glanced at Li Xinghui.

Li Xinghui said awkwardly, “Our guild’s ranking is relatively low, and draft picks are hard to come by. Every member is precious. Rest assured, we’re a professional undead guild.

Whether it’s Undead Mages or Death Knights, we have specialized training programs. Even if you lack potential, we can get you to level 5.”

Gu Xi understood the situation. “Wait, you’re judging me without even looking at my results?”

“What? The job assignment took forty-six days! What else do you want? With that completion time, your score can’t be high.”

“I encountered some things in the game, which took time, but it was beneficial. I got a great starting skill.”

Gu Xi was angry. What was going on?

His graduation results were disregarded, and the settlement was done?

What about his efforts over these many days?

“A great starting skill? How great? Let me tell you, among this year’s graduates, the Undead Mage who got the Soul Hunter skill as a starting skill—as a student of this academy, you should know the significance of the Soul Hunter skill.

Think carefully. Can you really surpass the Soul Hunter skill?

Can you?”

【Soul Hunter: In battle, whenever a group of enemy units is completely annihilated, a group of ghostly spirits will be automatically summoned at that location to assist the hero. The number of summoned ghostly spirits is equal to the hero’s level, limited by the number of original units.】

The Soul Hunter skill is a powerful passive skill in battles.

Although it only activates when enemy units are completely wiped out, the effect is quite good. It doesn’t require the Undead Mage to use any summoning spells; ghostly spirit units are directly replenished during battle.

With such a skill, the Undead Mage’s role in major battles is incredibly useful.

At higher levels, it can become a troop replenishment point for the army.

However, the Undead Mage didn’t expect that Gu Xi would confidently say after hearing his words:

“I can.”

“What did you say?”

The Undead Mage looked at Gu Xi in disbelief.

“I said I can surpass the Soul Hunter skill.”

Gu Xi spoke each word clearly.

The Undead Mage laughed. “You’re joking! Leave, or I’ll deduct your graduation rewards, or even… confiscate… your diploma.”

The Undead Mage trailed off, because he saw a city gate illusion appearing behind Gu Xi.

As an Undead Mage, he knew what the city gate represented.

“Death… Death City?”

“That’s right, Death City. I spent forty-six days completing a series of quests and obtained Death City as a skill. Was it a wrong choice?”

“No, it wasn’t.”

All Undead Mages knew that encountering one of the three god-tier Undead skills meant securing it no matter what. Forty-six days, or even a year, would be worth it for Gu Xi.

If other teachers at Minggu Zhifeng Academy, or even the principal, heard about Gu Xi’s story, they would only praise his choice and award him first place in this year’s graduating class.

But the current situation was different.

The Undead Mage looked at Gu Xi with some difficulty and said decisively:

(To be continued)

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