#6Chapter 6 Instance Harvest
Unfortunately, Link's encouragement didn't change the battle between the doppelganger and the chief bandit.
Although the level 10 doppelganger had a considerable level advantage against the monsters in the Bandit Lair dungeon, which was designed for novices.
To the point that the doppelganger's attacks on the chief bandit enjoyed about a 4% damage bonus due to level suppression.
But unfortunately, the chief bandit had too much health! Plus, the doppelganger only had the attributes of a first-job warrior, without even a basic skill, and the talent and equipment slots were also blank...
Against the normal chief bandit, the doppelganger could still cope with combat skills and dodging attacks, but as the chief bandit's health dropped to 70% and he entered the second form, the doppelganger immediately couldn't handle the endless range of skills.
"A BOSS is a BOSS after all. As expected, even with level suppression, it's still too difficult to solo."
Link, who had been eating melons in the rear the whole time, said such unsympathetic words.
Seeing that the doppelganger's health bar had dropped to a dangerous level, Link didn't hesitate and quickly chose to exit the dungeon.
At the instant Link exited the dungeon.
As the surrounding scenery instantly changed, a blood-red chat box with a black background immediately smashed into Link's vision.
[Dungeon Challenge Failed!]
"No need to remind me." He waved his hand to dismiss the annoying professional panel prompt.
Although this challenge failed, Link was soloing the dungeon! Even if he couldn't defeat the most rewarding chief bandit, Link, who took all the rewards for himself, still gained more than those ordinary professionals who formed teams and had to split the rewards.
First is the level.
After killing the second bandit, Link's level had already risen to almost level 6. According to the information from the doppelganger's simulation, even if a group of newbies perfectly cleared the Bandit Lair dungeon, they would at most raise their level to level 4, which is at least a 1.5-level difference from Link.
Secondly, Link, who soloed the dungeon, didn't need to split the spoils with teammates. All the loot dropped in the Bandit Lair dungeon belonged to Link alone.
Among these spoils, in addition to more than two hundred copper coins and bandit tokens worth about two thousand federal coins, there was also a level 5 bronze weapon [Second Bandit's Greatsword] and a silver equipment synthesis component [Bandit Leader's Badge].
The most valuable item was naturally the [Bandit Leader's Badge], one of the silver equipment components.
Although it was only a level 1 bronze quality ornament, its basic attributes were pitifully low.
However, ornaments were rarer than ordinary equipment, and it was also one of the synthesis components of the silver equipment [Bandit Warlord's Badge], so its market value was higher than the level 5 bronze equipment [Second Bandit's Greatsword].
On the Donghua University's internal trading network, the minimum selling price of the [Bandit Warlord's Badge] was 3,500 federal coins, while the Second Bandit's Greatsword only sold for 2,500 federal coins.
"Adding the monster copper coins worth two federal coins each, my total reward from this dungeon is about 8,500 federal coins."
He couldn't help but gasp.
For Link, who came from a poor mountain village, 8,500 federal coins was definitely not a small amount. In the past, it could even be said to be Link's living expenses for an entire semester.
But now, by clinging to the doppelganger's thigh, just one dungeon run had reached this number!
Is being a professional such a lucrative profession? Not necessarily, because if calculated according to the standard ten-person configuration for clearing the Bandit Village dungeon, the income for ordinary professionals might only be around 1,500 federal coins.
That sounds like a lot, but considering that the recovery speed of protection points is extremely slow, and ordinary professionals can only enter the dungeon space at most four times a month, the income earned from low-level dungeons like Bandit Lair is actually not even higher than carrying bricks on a construction site.
What's more, professionals also need a lot of equipment, skills, and money to arm themselves. Most of the income from dungeons is eventually re-consumed in other ways in the dungeon.
The reason why Link was able to get a reward worth 8,500 federal coins without defeating the final BOSS chief bandit was purely because he relied on the doppelganger to solo the dungeon and take all the rewards.
There's nothing to say, Link quickly kowtowed to the doppelganger in his heart.
But after kowtowing, Link was in trouble again.
Although Link was a cheating player who had activated the system, his protection point recovery speed was no different from that of ordinary professionals. It still took about a week for the protection points to recover to the point where he could enter the dungeon space again.
During this period, Link either had to stay in school obediently and wait for the protection points to recover naturally, or he could challenge the wild monsters like the doppelganger in the simulation.
"Forget it, I'll find a way to accumulate some simulation points and help the doppelganger get another simulation."
After all, challenging wild monsters is still very dangerous.
In the wilderness, where high-level monsters emerge one after another, even with the doppelganger's strength, he is just a small fry and cannot bring any sense of security to Link.
"The simulation system is indeed powerful, but this once-a-year super-long cooldown is indeed a bit unbearable."
Remembering the description on the system panel that simulation points can be obtained by recycling dungeon items or equipment, and then simulation points can be used to purchase simulation times.
Link thought for a while, opened the doppelganger system panel, and dragged the bandit minion tokens obtained from the dungeon onto it.