Chapter 2: The Wind Sword Saint Karlse Mel

  My father's name is Lin Jiawu. He works as a cement worker on construction sites. In today's highly technological era, manual labor has basically become "welfare" work arranged by the government, and as long as you work, your livelihood can be guaranteed.

  Wearing a grey-black military coat to prevent his new clothes from getting dirty, Father was exerting himself to press the cement.

  Lin Jie walked up to his father with a smile, "Dad."

  The father turned his head and continued working.

  "Dad." Lin Jie changed direction and continued to greet him.

  "What are you doing here?" His father finally reacted, standing up and frowning. Looking at this face, Lin Jie almost cried out, his 42-year-old father was already like a man in his fifties or sixties, with wrinkles etched all over his face. His thick lips were parched and purple, he said seriously, "What are you doing on the construction site?"

  Lin Jie's face was apologetic, "Sorry."

  "This doesn't sound like something you'd say." Father grabbed the water bottle beside him and took a few gulps, then said with a smirk, "Your temper is even worse than mine, yet you're apologizing?"

  "Sorry," Lin Jie said again, "but please believe me, within a month, I will earn..."

  "Don't make promises you can't keep." Father waved his hand, switching the shovel to his other hand. "A man's word is his bond; if he can't do it, then don't say it. Since you want me to give you a chance, I'll give you one. Your mom took the money, probably to buy that helmet thing? Come back and make promises when you've accomplished something to be proud of."

  The father's love for his children is in no way less than the mother's, but their love is stern-faced, so it is not understood by the children. Lin Jie nodded solemnly.

  That day, he had a rare heart-to-heart talk with his father and helped out at the construction site. The father-son duo cleared up many misunderstandings, bought a crate of beer and headed home, leaving his sister and mother speechless in surprise.

  The whole family had a harmonious dinner together, Lin Jie lay in bed, with a mix of emotions.

  Reborn? Yes, reborn! The previous life had too many regrets, too much discontent, he wants to make up for it!

  In his past life, the first money he earned was squandered by him, but his father silently handed over living expenses. In his past life, he had always been in the middle of the game, working for others until he obtained the inheritance of Broken Blade, enduring countless white eyes. In his past life, he worked hard to make himself better, until disaster struck...

  A scene surged in his mind, it was a mocking back view.

  "War Emperor is dead." Lin Jie said heavily as he stared at the gaming helmet.

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  That night at dawn, "Elyria" officially opened. At the same time, dozens of major game companies announced their closure, and a brief power outage occurred worldwide.

  Innumerable people are waiting for the opening of this game known as the second world!

  Lin Jie wore his helmet, waiting for the game to start like everyone else. However, he was constantly thinking about his leveling path. His memory of the game was beyond that of ordinary people; could he still be stuck in the middle ranks after being reborn? Impossible!

  He wants to think and come up with the most suitable upgrade path, and also make up for the biggest regret left by his previous life.

  Ding~

  Brilliant light shines brightly, vague mist disperses with a loud crash, heaven and earth are separated by it.

  The war began, the Holy Knights and Priests of the Alliance of Light chanted the Holy Light spell in unison, rendering the entire sky with an unparalleled sanctity. The brave warriors charged forward with a loud battle cry. The undead of the Dark Horde crawled out from beneath the earth, tearing flesh apart.

  The flames are endless! Even if Lin Jie had seen this scene countless times in his past life, he still felt extremely shocked at this moment!

  Under Lin Jie's consciousness manipulation, the screen gradually zooms in, and he can choose to view all professions and races of any character on the scene, and choose to become this profession.

  In the game, it is divided into the Bright Alliance camp and the Dark Tribe camp. The two camps do not communicate with each other in language, and meeting each other means killing each other. Killing enemy players can earn honor and equipment. Of course, if you don't like war, you can choose a neutral camp, such as the Dwarf Merchant Guild camp or the Mountain Giant camp.

  "Choose, warrior!" Lin Jie commanded, and the system immediately made a warrior leave the battlefield. The warrior looked around in confusion, his robust muscles tense in front of him to counter unknown attacks.

  "Choose your profession: Human Warrior?"

  Yes!

  Warrior, is a physically close-range profession that emphasizes physical strength, and can be transferred to Berserker, Weapon Warrior, Shield Warrior, Elemental Warrior and so on at level 10.

  At the sound of the command, this warrior fell to the ground. On the continent of Elyria, a sudden disaster is spreading, and the original inhabitants are praying for divine blessings to drive out the evil spirits. The gods then lend their bodies to mortals, descending upon them with the "Eternal" and "Growth" abilities: that is, the players.

  "Select your initial talent and basic skills. Note: If you choose random, there is a chance to obtain hidden talents and skills."

  Hundreds of skill icons float in mid-air for players to choose from.

  In the previous life, tens of thousands of people who entered the game for the first time basically all chose random, resulting in countless trash talents and abandoned accounts. This group of people was only reborn after a month's deletion and rebuilding period, and only one player got an extreme talent, which is the Eighteen Kills of the Glory Dynasty!

  Lin Jie chose "Grip Enhancement" as his talent and selected "Firearm Mastery" as his basic skill.

  In his past life, he chose the innate talent "Double-handed Mastery", which allowed him to wield two dual-handed weapons at the same time, resulting in extremely high damage output in the early stages and also having the highest equipment requirements. However, after advancing to Berserker at level 10, this skill became useless, as the Berserker-exclusive Titan's Grip had the same effect and even increased damage by an additional 15%. It was as if he had one less innate talent than ordinary players, making him almost want to delete his account.

  And basic skills, instead of choosing the most effective "Double Hit" for warriors, choose Fire Gun Specialization.

  Basic skill books can be purchased at a low price. After level 5, monsters will drop skill books. This also means that before level 5, players only have basic skills as their main attack method.

  " Innate and initial skill selection successful, please enter character name."

  "Transient Life."

  "The game name can be used, character generation is in progress, selecting birth city."

  Ding~

  "You have chosen the City of Light as your birthplace."

  A brilliant light flashed, and in front of him appeared a silver-white ancient European-style castle. In the center was a high tower that pierced the sky, this is the iconic building of the City of Light - the Tower of Light! The ruler of the City of Light is the pastor and the holy knight and other divine personnel who master the divine technique, standing at the forefront of the mainland and the devil's mouth. It is also one of the few main cities that can directly contact the undead creatures in the early days. Moreover, this birthplace is also related to Lin Jie's future plan.

  Lin Jie looked at everything in front of him that was familiar yet seemed like a different world, and couldn't help but let out a long sigh... He then took a glance at his own attributes:

  Floating Life: Human Warrior

  Grade 1

  Blood volume 100

  Magic value 30

  Rage 0 (Your attacks generate rage, which enables some of your abilities)

  Attack 2-5 (Grip Strength +1)

  Defense 4

  Strength 8 Endurance 8 Agility 6 Intelligence 3 Spirit 3

  Willpower 2 (Willpower affects the duration of abnormal states you receive)

  Resolution 1 (Your resolution value affects your attack judgment)

  Block 0 (Equipping a shield gives you an initial 10% block)

  Tender offer 1 (tender offer rate 5%)

  Innate: Grip of Strength (Your attack is increased by 1 point, equipment weight reduced by 5)

  Skill: Flame Gun Mastery (Flame Gun-type weapon damage +1, Hit +1, Ignore Defense +1)

  In "Ji Yuan", all equipment has no occupational restrictions, in other words, a mage can also wield an axe to level up. However, the restriction lies in the "weight" aspect, where a heavy axe is like a golden hoop stick in the later stages.

  During the novice period, there was no equipment, and players went out to fight monsters with their bare hands. The attack was low and easy to be bitten to death. Lin Jie from his previous life also foolishly rushed up with his fists and was bitten to death by mice several times before he knew that he could buy novice equipment in the store, which made him regretful.

  Teleport to Meir Town, one of the hundreds of newbie towns. In newbie towns, you can buy newbie equipment for 1 copper coin each: clothes, helmet, shoulder armor, leg armor, boots, weapon, cloak, and two rings and a necklace, just enough to spend the 10 copper coins given at birth cleanly.

  Lin Jie bought a poor-quality copper sword for 1 copper coin, with an attack power of 1-2. When he continued to select, the price rose to 3 copper coins. Carrying 4 poor-quality copper swords, he rushed towards the gate, and the small town of Mel was one of the places most severely affected by the plague disaster on the mainland of Ji Yuan.

  This also results in Mere Town's level 1 monster being "Terror", with an attack power half higher than that of a mouse.

  "Soldiers, hold your ground!"

  "Fight!"

  Shouts came from the entrance, where the fearless NPC guards were fighting to prevent the demons from approaching the town. Lin Jie sprinted past the group of gatekeepers and ran towards the outer circle, entering the Shadow Plains, where scattered demons sneered at him with sinister grins. They were neutral creatures that could not attack on their own initiative.

  A soldier sat dejectedly on the ground, his weapon sheathed, and if there was no miracle, he would surely die here.

  "Hello, human." The soldier looked up, a half-elf warrior, and smiled. "I may die here, please take a last message to my parents for me."

  Ding~

  Will you accept the quest 【Warrior's Last Words】?

  No!

  Lin Jie drew out a poor-quality copper sword and smiled, "You may not be able to say your last words, go back by yourself."

  He placed the long sword in front of the warrior and turned away.

  At this time, you must not accept the warrior's gratitude, it's best to leave quickly. In the past, many players found that in the wild there were such warriors, cleverly donating their own weapons, only to receive a small amount of experience value reward, until someone discovered this secret - players need to donate three weapons.

  Hand over all three weapons to the warrior, Lin Jie held the last weapon and walked towards the depths, the number of demons is increasing, the setting of the era is very interesting, NPCs and monsters are all following realistic principles, which also leads to the accumulation of most monsters before the map is developed.

  Not far away, ten demons surrounded a circle. Among them, there was a swordsman wearing tattered armor, his long sword already broken, struggling to slash the surrounding demons.

  He appeared as an unnamed swordsman, his equipment was tattered and worn out, looking like cannon fodder. Only Lin Jie knew his true name: Karcei Merle, the Wind Sword Saint!