Control skills generally have a long cooldown time, to put it simply, just like a cold, you just have a cold over due to the resistance in your body, you will not catch a cold again in the short term. Similarly, if you are hit by the same control ability, such as Warrior's 'Shield Strike' and fall into a stun, you will be completely immune to being controlled by that ability again for 10 seconds after the stun ends.

As for Shi Yi, his shock requires a 15-second interval to take effect again. For this reason, when facing a pillar beast with a higher level than yourself, you must calculate the cooldown time of the skill and the instant recovery of the energy value at the same time, so as to grasp the connection point between each skill, so as to create a good battle rhythm.

Shi Yi had undoubtedly found his rhythm in the first four levels, and quickly fled the moment he attacked the young fishman, and won 10 seconds before the two went head-to-head, which restored 40 energy points for the former, which means that Shi Yi has a total of 80 energy points at this moment.

This was followed by a shock, which cost Shi Yi 40 energy points, although it only caused a small amount of damage to the little fishman, but using the 5 seconds of shock time, Shi Yi once again opened enough distance from the target.

You must know that a good thief can not only use a dagger, but also throw hidden weapons, not to mention that this is a thief with a poker hand.

Shi Yi, who had already counted the time in his heart, threw out the flying knife on his waist a second before the young fishman woke up, and the flying knife spun around several times in the air, and luckily inserted the tip of the knife into the shoulder of the little fishman.

"Whoa!" The little fishman who was awakened roared and rushed over, this time it could no longer be stopped, its sharp claws scratched wildly at Shi Yi, and instantly grabbed several splashes of blood on the latter's body.

Red light flashed on Shi Yi's battle suit, and the simulated incomparably real pain made Shi Yi frown slightly, but the calculation in his heart did not deviate in the slightest because of these pains.

Five seconds later, a precise blow landed on the young fish-man's tiny head, sending him into brief shock again. Only this time Shi Yi didn't run far, but went around the back of the pillar beast, took a deep breath, held the dagger upside down with both hands, and jumped forward, stabbing the tip into the scar on the back of the little fishman again!

This attack accurately hit the weakest part of the little fish-man, causing terrible critical damage to it, and this time, the rookie killer juvenile fish-man who is known for his ferocity was hunted by a thief who was even lower than himself!

"Phew, good luck, it's much smoother with a critical hit." Shi Yi looked at less than half of his health, and quickly cut off the head of the fishman needed for the mission, washed it in the seawater, and put it in his backpack.

In this way, the mission of the Assassin Alliance's 'first meeting' was completed, Shi Yi opened his notepad, and saw that there seemed to be no more tasks to do near the beach, so he directly set foot on the main road back to Windmill City.

Located a hundred miles south of Flashtown, Windmill City is a very charming medieval European-style city, where the Shanks River that runs from west to east gave birth to its hardworking and kind people, and the huge windmill standing in the center of the city gives the city its lovely name.

The comfortable living environment and the vigorous vitality of the city have attracted many neutral organizations to set up their branches, such as the Dawn Mercenaries, the Sunset Tavern Adventurers, the Assassin Alliance, all of which have planted seeds here, and even the Wizards' Guild, which has always been known for its arrogance and fastidiousness, has opened its branch in the western part of the city.

With four neutral organizations all in one place, Windmill City is a natural home for budding adventurers, with countless rewarding quests, a variety of equipment and material shops, and masters who can teach you life skills.

All in all, it's the starting point for all budding adventurers.

Like many players, Shi Yi completed a series of novice missions in Flash Town and rose to level 3, and then came to Windmill City with a letter of recommendation from Captain Jack, and met Aaron, the captain of the Seventh Guard in Windmill City.

Later, thanks to Aaron's care, Shi Yi accumulated a lot of experience from several basic tasks, until he took over the mission of the Assassin Alliance just now and successfully came back by cutting off the head of a young fishman.

"Ah, Shi Yijun, I didn't expect you to really complete this difficult task and avenge my young child, oh, my poor child! Woowoo woo ......"

When Yi handed over the head of the young fishman to Natsume, the liaison of the Assassin Alliance, the latter's emotions instantly became excited, and he took out a photo from the kimono on his chest tremblingly, and cried in front of the photo.

Shi Yi inadvertently glanced at it, and suddenly couldn't laugh or cry, it turned out that the so-called child of Natsume was actually a yellow fat cat.

Of course, for cat lovers, cats are like biological children, but Shi Yi has never had a pet, so he naturally can't experience the friendship.

"You have avenged my child, and as promised, you will receive all the rewards I promised. Come on, Shi Yijun, let me take you on a tour of our branch. ”

Natsume patted Shi Yi on the shoulder, then turned around and walked into the open-air hot spring he operated.

The branches of the Assassin League are usually disguised as various social places, and Natsume is from Asahi Island, so he single-handedly created an open-air hot spring bath with their local characteristics.

Windmill City is located in the Golden Plains, a landscape that is not supposed to give birth to hot springs, so the hot springs here are actually artificially constructed.

Natsume spent a huge amount of manpower to renovate the underground structure, and used the 'pillar core', which can only be possessed by high-level fire pillar beasts, as a heat source, to replicate an artificial hot spring bath.

Shi Yi followed Natsume's footsteps and walked slowly in the smoke, most of the women working here were flowery and moon-colored women, dressed in a uniform pure white bandeau kimono, and their long black hair was neatly coiled, exuding a strong oriental charm, pleasing to the eye while being elegant and dignified, without some of the customs of an open-air hot spring. This is very different from the assassin alliance imagined by Shi Yi.

"For an organization like ours, the collection of intelligence is very important, and if you want to collect information that is usually difficult to snoop, it is useless to blindly spy. In my opinion, the most relaxed time for human beings is when we are naked, when we are more honest and willing to share our secrets, and this is also the best time for organizations like us to gather information. ”

Natsume led Shi Yi to wander around and talked to himself until he reached the door of a Japanese-style room at the end of the corridor.

"Shi Yijun, please wait for me here."

"Okay."

Natsume quickly came out with two things and handed them to Shi Yi, a small bag of gold coins and a black card that looked like a pass, with a white skull painted on it and a pair of blood-dripping daggers crossed underneath.

"This is a token of the Assassins Alliance, and it is also the VIP membership card of this store, and Shi Yijun is welcome to visit at any time."

At this point, the assassin alliance's first contact mission was officially completed, and a golden ray shot out from Shi Yi's body, with the help of the experience points brought by this mission, Shi Yi was finally upgraded to level 5, and the attribute values were also slightly improved.

At the same time, the level 5 Shi Yi is just able to learn a new combat skill from the Assassin League, 'Instant Kick' - by destroying the rhythm of the enemy target with a surprise quick lower kick, it can effectively interrupt the target's cast progress or charge process while dealing a small amount of physical damage. Skills cost 20 energy and have a 15 second cooldown.

Natsume threw an olive branch to Shi Yi, but the latter would not sell himself to this organization because of a skill.

In addition to the Mage's Guild, the other three neutral organizations have the highlight of attracting thieves to join.

The Dawn Mercenaries, the head of the four major neutral organizations, have accumulated a lot of wealth by accepting military commissions from various countries, and their comprehensive strength is the strongest, not only has several of the top combat masters in the Hetu Continent, but also is in an absolute leading position in the resources and technology of heavy industry.

Extremely damaging combat skills, rare metal gathering and smelting techniques, and forging methods for various armor and weapons are enough to attract countless adventurers who focus on physical damage.

Sunset Tavern Adventure House – A legendary organization that grew out of a tavern but has grown to spread across the continent, attracting a large number of talented members through a variety of bounty quests. Almost every town will have a Sunset Tavern, and if the residents of Hetu Continent encounter any strange problems, their first reaction is to go to the Sunset Tavern, order a glass of wine, and post a bounty notice to ask for help from the adventurers passing by.

The Sunset Tavern's high-level adventurers can teach newcomers a variety of wilderness survival skills, and the difficulty and rewards of bounties will increase as newcomers level up in the organization. The economic base determines the superstructure, and the high income of the Sunset Tavern is very attractive to adventurers, especially for many players who join the game with the intention of making money.

Assassin Alliance - An underground organization that doesn't need much explanation when you hear the name, a dark alliance that makes a living by selling intelligence and assassinating and stealing, and is proficient in hiding its own aura and deadly assassination abilities at critical moments.

Like the Sunset Tavern, the Assassin Alliance often has expensive missions, but the difficulty is much higher than the usual missions, and if you don't have the same strength, I'm afraid it will only outweigh the losses. You must know that every death on the Hetu continent has a big price, and most of the missions of the Assassin Alliance require you to fight for your life to succeed.

"Anyway, you can't officially join these organizations until you reach level ten, so I'm not in a hurry to make a decision now, let's go to the Dawn Mercenaries and the Sunset Tavern first."

How to choose a neutral organization is a headache for any player, and Shi Yi is no exception, but now no one can guarantee which organization is the most suitable for him, so it is better to follow the feeling when the time comes, and the right choice will naturally appear when the time comes.

After leaving the bath, Shi Yi received a new mission from Aronna, the captain of the Seventh Guard, because of the promotion to level five, Shi Yi can already receive the daily patrol mission around Windmill City, the experience reward of this task is very rich and the difficulty is not high, but there is a hard requirement, that is, you must find four other teammates to act together.

Classes like Rogue and Gunner operate alone most of the time, so the establishment of patrol missions also indirectly gives this lone wolf class more opportunities to contact other players.