Zhan Long Nine main classes

In the afternoon, I was on the phone with Lin Tian Nan. The content was pretty simple – he’ll let me get close to Lin Wan Er to protect her. Moreover, I will eliminate any male in the school who tries to lay their hands on her, no questions asked. If not, I should inform him immediately. Of course, he purposely stressed the last sentence, which was never to hold any feelings for Lin Wan Er. At the same time, he felt Lin Wan Er would look down on me anyway, so there was no need to bother. This hurt me a fair deal.

Liu Hua University’s dorms were fairly decent. Each room was supposed to be shared by two people, and blankets, daily necessities, and other commodities were given to us in a set. Sitting in the large bedroom, I finally realized why Leader Wang was so uptight about the school fees – there was no way this school term cost anything less than a few ten thousand.

At dinner time, I went to the female dorm alone. Not long after, Lin Wan Er came down, followed by a girl in a green dress. She was at least pretty enough to steal a few glances in a large crowd. Too bad she’s standing next to Lin Wan Er, who was far beyond comparison. From afar, I thought: this girl made friends too recklessly!

After the two girls stopped before me, Lin Wan Er glanced at me before saying: “Come on, let’s go eat!”

I kept my mouth shut, saying nothing at all. My status here constantly reminded me that I wasn’t part of the wealthy families that could send their children here. I was hired to be a bodyguard for her.

Surprisingly, the beautiful girl beside Lin Wan Er looked at me strangely. She extended her hand and said with a smile: “You must be the Li Xiao Yao that Wan Er talked about, right? She has told me everything. I’m her roommate, Dong Cheng Yue. Nice to meet you!”

I shook her hand, nodding and smiling. “Nice to meet you, Dong Cheng¹.”

“How old are you, Xiao Yao?” Dong Cheng Yue suddenly asked.

I shivered a little: “21…”

“Considering how you look, that can’t be true, right?” she asked mischievously, her head slightly tilted.

I tightly clenched my fists: “Fine, I’m 23.”

“That’s not true either; you look like you send your children here instead.”

Dong Cheng Yue continued to make fun of me before Lin Wan Er stopped her, saying: “That’s enough; you should stop teasing him so much, Xiao Yue. What’s there to tease about this boring guy? Let’s quickly go and eat so we can prepare a little earlier. Tomorrow ‘Destiny’ officially releases, and we must rush to the number one spot quickly!”

Dong Cheng Yue smiled happily, saying: “Okay, okay. But I find Li Xiao Yao really interesting, though.”

I smiled sarcastically, replying: “You praise me too much, Dong Cheng. Which canteen should we eat at?”

“Number 1!”

“Okay.”

The two beautiful girls were in front of me, talking about school-related topics in high spirits, happily laughing and smiling. Lin Wan Er finally let out a smile. I snuck a peek from the side, and my heart fluttered a little. She looks perfect when she smiles.

In the dining room, Lin Wan Er sat with Dong Cheng Yue on the opposite side while I sat alone. The two of them wanted a Western-style dinner. I ordered two omelet rice servings and one Xie Huang Geng serving. Lin Wan Er took out her gold credit card and paid for all the food. Thank god I don’t have to pay for my food while working as a bodyguard. I could save the money from my salary to buy Xiao Lang, Lao K, and Hu Li the helmets so we could enter the game world together and rebuild our Zhan Long office. Once again, we could gain fame and glory!

Honestly, the Zhan Long office never once had fame and glory…

“Xiao Yao~” Dong Cheng Yue looked at me with a smile, saying: “I’ve heard from Wan Er that you also have a gaming helmet; you're going to accompany Wan Er in the game as well, right?”

I nodded, saying: “Yeah, my gamer ID is 000747; it’s relatively early, isn’t it?”

Lin Wan Er puckered her lips. “Dad made people line up for days to get the helmets, so obviously, it’s early. We wanted to send that helmet to someone as a gift, but that person already purchased it, so you’re lucky this time.”

Dong Cheng Yue smiled, asking: “Xiao Yao, have you played any games before?”

I raised my index finger to indicate one, saying: “In 2014, wasn’t there that game that boasted 27% realism? It’s called Conquer, which I played before.”

“Oh, really?” Dong Cheng Yue’s eyes widened in surprise, saying: “I’ve also played Conquer before; what were you called, and what rank were you in the server-wide rankings?”

I replied fearlessly: “Forget about the name; I can’t even remember clearly. I only remember being placed at about 3,970,000th rank!”

Dong Cheng Yue smiled again, saying: “As far as I know, doesn’t Conquer have about 5 million players? Aren’t you a below-average player then?”

I nodded my head, “Practically…”

On Lin Wan Er’s beautiful face, a slight disappointment appeared. She said: “Wu, then… then do you mean that the limited edition helmet I passed you was wasted? Damn, what a pity…”

Dong Cheng Yue, while smiling, lightly hit Lin Wan Er’s shoulder and said: “Everyone has some self-respect, don’t put it that way… Xiao Yao, we’ll be playing Destiny together; what plans do you have? Out of the five races and nine classes, which one will you choose?”

“Well… to be honest, I haven’t looked at any information yet,” I replied.

Lin Wan Er got a little mad. “You haven’t even looked at any information, and you still shamelessly accepted the helmet I gave?”

I smiled wryly and said: “There’s not much to worry about; if I just read about the races and classes online, I’ll naturally know what to choose. Dong Cheng, why don’t you tell us about the races and classes?”

Dong Cheng Yue seemed to be a game addict, and she recalled religiously: “The five races are humans, wind elves, barbarians, undead, and moon elves, the barbarian being the strongest class in terms of power. The wind elves are great at long-distance combat, and the moon elves are the best at prolonged fights. The undead have an attack boost of 15%, considered the most dreadful. The humans are the most average of all the five races, but they can choose any class.”

I nodded my head: “What about classes?”

Dong Cheng Yue blinked before smiling and saying: “The nine classes are swordsmen, magicians, berserkers, knights, assassins, healers, marksmen, archers, and monks. You should be able to tell from the names of the classes what their jobs are since you’ve played before. Oh yeah, what class and race are you going to select?”

I take in a deep breath before saying: “That’s easy. I’ll select a support class, one that can heal. I guess I’ll select the healer. That’s the one they nicknamed the ‘breast milk’ class?”

Dong Cheng Yue smiled widely: “Yeah, the healer can heal others; it will be a popular class. I thought you would choose something like a swordsman, knight, or a berserker, those classes. I heard that most boys in our class will choose those violent classes.”

As she said this, she looked over to Lin Wan Er mischievously and said: “Wan Er, there’s a guy who’s willing to play the support class for you; you should just go ahead and marry him.”

Lin Wan Er replied with no expression, saying: “If you want to, you can go ahead and do so yourself. I’m not happy with this at all. Li Xiao Yao, I’m interested to see how you survive the game's early stages by picking the healer class. Picking a support class as a guy, I’ll see how well you fare!”

Of course, I understood what Lin Wan Er meant. The healer had no attack power, and you need someone to carry you in the early stages of the game. If a girl picked it, she could stand at the beginner village and ask sweetly: “Brother, won’t you help me level?” Some guy would help her. If a guy picked it, unless you were those super handsome Korean stars, you would be sitting alone, hitting things with a wooden rod.

However, my heart was prepared and wasn’t afraid of that at all.

I confidently told Lin Wan Er with a smile: “There’s no cause for worry; I’ll be able to manage.”

Lin Wan Er’s lips pursed a little. She said nothing, and it seemed she still didn’t fully trust me.

On the other hand, Dong Cheng Yue warmly said: “I’ve already decided to be a magician – a class that loses out in terms of pure strength. It’s Destiny’s version of a magic-user. Wan Er decided to be assassins so we could alternate between short and long-distance combat and get levels that way. We should be able to rush for the top soon!”

I nodded, saying: “Mm, good luck to you guys!”

After eating dinner, we exited the dining room and casually strolled outside. There were lots of students heading in our direction.

A few minutes later, a guy suddenly pointed at us as if he saw ghosts and yelled loudly: “I… I haven’t seen it wrongly, have I? That girl… isn’t that Lin Wan Er, the star that five months announced ago she was quitting the entertainment industry?”

After that, several guys turned to look our way, and some nodded: “Yeah! That is Lin Wan Er! Wow! Who knew Lin Wan Er would go and attend Liu Hua University? I’m so lucky!”

Several male students suddenly rushed forward, and one in particular shouted: “Lin Wan Er, is that you? We… could we take a picture? I’m your greatest fan and loved your [Heart of Time] piece!”

Lin Wan Er looked slightly embarrassed, softly saying: “I’m sorry, I already quit. I only want to study here normally from now on.”

Whish

I quickly stood before Lin Wan Er, my arms spread wide, holding several guys back. I smiled and said: “I’m sorry, but Miss Wan Er doesn’t want to be disturbed, so please respect her decision as fellow schoolmates!”

One guy got enraged, saying: “Who in the world are you? Is this a place where you can speak? Get lost!”

I did not speak a word, but I jerked my arm a little, and hu the sounds of a few guys stepping backward could be heard. Each one of them stood there, all slightly afraid. They didn’t even understand how they got pushed back.

Coldly standing there, I didn’t say a word. I didn’t let any stranger get close to Lin Wan Er, which was Lin Tian Nan’s biggest order.

Dong Cheng Yue giggled from behind, saying: “Woah, this Xiao Yao is pretty decent.”

“Let’s return to the dormitory?” I asked.

“Okay.”

Lin Wan Er was standing below the female dorms when she suddenly looked at me and said: “Li Xiao Yao, tomorrow’s breakfast and lunch will be sent to our dorm directly; you don’t have to come. At noon tomorrow, Destiny opens, so don’t disappoint me.”

“I understand.” I nodded.

Only after seeing Lin Wan Er did I leave. Walking on the pathway connecting our dorms, I wiped the sweat off my forehead. I don’t know what job she had to have so many hardcore fans. The journey ahead of me will be long and arduous!

Entering the bedroom, I opened the door only to find a diary on the table. A guy was sitting on the bed on the opposite side of mine. There’s no need for much guessing; this should be my roommate.

My roommate raised his head, his thick glasses reflecting light into my eyes. He smiled and said: “You must be my roommate, Li Xiao Yao, right? Nice to meet you; I’m called Tang Gu, but you can call me Ah Gu.”

I nodded, saying: “Mm, nice to meet you, glasses boy.”

“Please use my name, Tang Gu!”

“Sure, glasses boy.”

Glasses boy’s age was above 25, as his head contained many wrinkles. I wonder how much money this guy poured into the school before they allowed him to attend; what complete horse hockey.

Glasses boy quickly pulled the chair out seating on it. His face was extremely excited, and he said: “Just now, I was at the canteen, and I saw you and Lin Wan Er sitting together. What’s your relationship with her? Hoho, knowing Lin Wan Er, you must be really lucky!”

“Lucky for what?” I asked with confusion. “Who exactly is Lin Wan Er?”

“My god!”

Glasses boy slammed the table, saying: “You don’t even know? Lin Wan Er… two years ago, when she was 17 years old, she came out with a hit single [Heart of Time], which shocked the entire Asia continent. From then on, she was known as a goddess. She’s the idol of many guys’ dreams! What a pity, though; she quit the entertainment business five months ago. Who knew she came to Liu Hua University to study.”

I was shocked: “So… she could sing?”

Glasses boy spat a mouth of blood on his computer screen.