I am the Lucky Cat of an MMORPG

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20. The Trouble With Partying

The next morning, Bai XiaoYu followed I_Am_A_Poor_Man's directions and found the Jiangshi Cave.

The Jiangshi weren't as scary as the zombies. At least they were completely dressed in perfect condition Qing Dynasty clothes and accessories. Tiny round hats sat on their heads. The paper charm dangling before their faces practically obscured half of their pale, greenish faces.

But they were much faster than the zombies. With their arms raised straight out, they jumped to and fro within all the large and small passages of the cave. There was not a single safe spot for XiaoYu to aggro them from.

Because of this, for healers, grinding at the Jiangshi Cave was one that really challenged the player's mobility, aim, and spatial awareness. Of course, being able to keep calm was very important as well. Lurking at every corner was a high chance of a Jiangshi pouncing onto the player.

After XiaoYu was forced to go into close quarters combat several times, he finally remembered a spell within his skill list that decreased the target's speed. It's a support-type skill that branched out from the hastening buff, once the player achieved a certain proficiency in it. The zombies were naturally slower than XiaoYu, so he didn't pay much attention to such a skill. Now, he understood every skill has its own reason for existing.

The slowed-down Jiangshi would move at the exact same speed as XiaoYu. As long as he's careful and paid attention to how far he was from the other monsters, he could grind away at the aggroed monster without being disturbed.

Perhaps it was because the Jiangshi Cave wasn't as dramatically foul smelling and harsh on the eyes, three parties had already passed by XiaoYu within the few hours in the morning. Maybe they were there to test their luck at the boss. Maybe higher-levelled Jiangshi dropped some rare accessories. They didn't bother taking another look at XiaoYu who was grinding all alone. They already had a high-level healer.

In the afternoon, XiaoYu bumped into a party that didn't have a healer. A male archer with a slightly higher level and two female Mages hiding behind him. It wasn't clear whether they were there because the girls were yapping about testing their courage or if they were really there to grind. Attacks with Holy attribute can do additional damage to the Undead, and so can Fire-attribute attacks.

The three players were all ranged characters. It's still okay for them if they hit far away monsters. They'd be able to kill the monsters before they get any closer. But if a Jiangshi spawned near them, they'd panic.

When they noticed XiaoYu grinding alone, they whispered to each other for a while.

"They're Level 40. Healer, party? I won't join. I'll just be responsible for carrying you guys." The archer was clearly past his Second Job Change.

"...Level 30." XiaoYu was quite reluctant to partying with strangers. However, the other party had already revealed their own levels. He shouldn't try and keep his a secret.

"That's just nice. Experience will be split evenly and we can even go to the next level. Party up?"

"Okay." The archer was quite nice. And when equal distribution was set in parties, there'd be bonus experience.

"Erm..." The archer hesitated.

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"Can you keep your collection pet back into your inventory? We'll split the drops equally afterwards," The archer voiced out their request. They'd observed this kitten picking up drops. That's also why they didn't immediately ask this lonely healer to party up with them at the start.