Chapter 3: Bronze Boss Hellfire

  "Damn devils, if I had a sword, you'd all be dead!" The Sword Saint bellowed, his hand grasping only a tattered wooden staff. To a swordsman, his weapon was his life!

  Windrunner Sword Saint is one of the warrior heroes, each profession has three heroes, stationed in different positions on the mainland. Windrunner Sword Saint is one of them, after the Cataclysmic War, the heroes jointly established a seal and contributed their own power to maintain the seal, Windrunner Sword Saint is a straightforward person, he paid out all his strength.

  After losing his powers, he planned to retire but the seal of heaven's calamity stirred again, so he had no choice but to come out once more and seek strong warriors for training. In later times, becoming a disciple of the Sword Saint was one of the major thresholds for changing professions into a legend.

  Whoosh! A poor-quality copper sword drew an arc in the air and landed accurately in the Sword Saint's hand.

  Even the worst sword is still a sword!

  "Die!" The Sword Saint shouted loudly, his sword energy striking and killing all of the demons.

  Lin Jie picked up the coins on the ground with a smile, 10 demon kings exploded and only got 4 copper coins, it can be imagined how low the game's coin explosion rate is. Lin Jie said respectfully, "Hello, honorable warrior."

  Jian Sheng has always kept a low profile, and if he had seen the strategy after revealing his identity, his favorability would have dropped directly to 0. Lin Jie was so foolish and naive that he did it before, so this time he learned from his lesson, unless he himself reveals his identity, otherwise he must not speak too much.

  "Thank you, young man." The Sword Saint was a savage-looking man with hair that flowed in the wind. He waved his large hand and said, "You saved me, I should reward you. Tell me what you want?"

  Here!

  Lin Jie's eyes narrowed and his spirit concentrated.

  NPCs have their own personalities, and the Sword Saint's personality is straightforward, to put it bluntly, he's a simpleton. For example, if you're shy and say "helping you is what I should do", then that's fine, but you won't get anything out of it.

  But asking for too much will not only fail to get what you want, but also lower your likability.

  "I want to learn sword skills." Lin Jie said seriously.

  "Alright." Jian Sheng nodded, "The skill of using a sword lies in its agility..."

  Ding~

  "The Nameless Swordsman has taught you sword-type weapon skills. Your damage with sword-type weapons increases by 3 points. You have learned [Sword Energy Slash]."

  "The Nameless Swordsman's favorability towards you has increased by 10 points"

  "That's all I have to say, farewell for now." The Sword Saint chuckled and left with a flourish.

  Lin Jie couldn't help but feel delighted.

  The first player to trigger the Sword Saint quest in the previous life was the player who obtained the Inherited Cloak, Ao Fa Emperor Wu Xiu. It is said that he got a treasure map and dug up a skill book. But what's the point? Compared to the skills taught by the Sword Saint himself, it's simply too weak!

  Sword Aura Slash: Level 1, Proficiency 3000. Active skill, after activation your attacks will consume 3 magic points to attach sword aura, the sword aura will attach 10% damage value.

  The greatest significance of this skill lies not in its damage, but in the fact that it is a symbol, representing that you have encountered the Wind Sword Saint. He is low-key, but in the eyes of high-level players, he is a hero, and as long as this move is used, you can show off in front of high-level NPCs.

  After the Sword Saint left, Lin Jie returned to the town of Mere, and the captain bowed respectfully: "Thank you, human, you helped us rescue 3 brave warriors."

  Ding~

  "You gain 200 experience points, you gain 30 copper coins, you gain 200 reputation in Mereville."

  "Guard Captain of Myrtle Town's affection towards you increased by 50."

  The captain's favorability is the greatest gain from this mission!

  Lin Jie was overjoyed, 30 copper coins, this far exceeded the task's payment. With 30 copper coins, it was easy to do business, he went to the blacksmith shop, the blacksmith shop owner was a dwarf craftsman, his white beard still had some wine stains on it.

  "Comrade, what'll it be?" The dwarf said heartily, setting a mug of ale on the table.

  "A rifle." Lin Jie took out a copper coin, "And enough bullets."

  Dwarf hehe smiled, took out a half-wall long short gun, "Small caliber hunting rifle, attack +2, ignore defense +2, hit rate decreased by 17%. Selling price: 10 copper coins."

  Lin Jie frowned, "Isn't there a higher target?"

  "Of course, the medium-caliber shotgun has an attack +2, ignores defense +3, and a hit rate decrease of 11%. The price is 17 copper coins." The dwarf boss took out another gun that was as tall as half a person, "Maybe you'll like this one, black iron hunting rifle, attack +1, ignores defense +3, hit rate +1%, the price is 25 copper coins."

  Firearm-type weapon, high damage, has a chance to ignore defense, the only annoying thing is that it produces a decrease in accuracy due to recoil. Since there's a firearm with high accuracy, Lin Ge naturally spent all his money to buy it.

  In addition, 5 copper coins were used to buy 5 magazines, each loaded with 1000 rounds of attack 1 bullets.

  30 copper coins were spent in an instant, and when Lin Jie went out, he found that many players had come to Meier Town. They formed teams of three or two to kill demons, which was much more efficient than killing wild boars in other towns.

  When they saw Lin Jie holding a fire gun, they were stunned for a long time.

  Lin Jie left the crowd and walked towards the depths of the desolate plain, where the surrounding monsters gradually upgraded from level 1 Terror Demons to level 3 Flame Imps. Further in, a sea of blood-red names filled his vision. This was the spawn point for the level 5 monster, Black Servant. The Black Servant was a fallen human who could use the basic mage skill, Fireball Technique, and easily one-shot targets below level 3.

  In the heart of the dark servant, a gigantic hellfire crane stood amidst a flock of chickens, its entire body ablaze with scorching flames, and the screaming boulders were terrifying to behold.

  Inferno Blaze: 5-star Bronze Boss, HP 1000.

  "Bang——"

  Lin Jie fired a shot into the sky, and the loud noise attracted the attention of countless Hei Pu, who rushed towards him in unison. Hellfire also took its terrifying stride, trampling one Hei Pu to death with each step, locking onto Lin Jie.

  Run!

  Hei Pu and Hellfire's movement speed was not fast, Lin Jie ran to the left side of the Shadow Plains, where there was a cliff as sharp as a knife edge. Normally, people wouldn't go down there. However, Lin Jie's good brother had accidentally discovered a peculiar location while jumping off the cliff in his previous life when he had nothing better to do. Unfortunately, at that time, everyone was already over level 100, so even if they knew about this location, it would have been useless.

  But now, the whole game knows this position, Lin Jie is one of a kind!

  The flames on the Hellfire's body kept falling to the ground, burning the land and also burning the black slaves. When they reached the cliff, only one person was left in the Hellfire.

  Lin Jie turned around and fired a shot, found a position, and jumped down towards the cliff.

  His body fell rapidly, the surrounding fog making it impossible for him to see what was in front of him. One second later, a mournful cry echoed from the cliff - Lin Jie's legs were splayed wide, accurately lodged in a large tree on the precipice. The pain emanating from his hidden injuries made him grit his teeth, and he hastily adjusted the pain sensation from its default 100% to 5%, only then did the agony subside somewhat.

  The Ji Yuan continent, as a holographic game, naturally simulated pain as well. The system was very ruthless and set the initial pain to 100%, causing many players to suffer greatly, and even leading some confused players to quit the game. Lin Jie from his past life was tormented by the pain for half a month before he realized that it could be adjusted. He didn't expect that after reincarnation, he still couldn't escape it, and for a moment, he forgot about this setting.

  "Roar——" The hellfire howled against the cliff below, its body burning with green flames, and even with the mist, it could still distinguish the target. Reloaded ammunition, bullets shot again.

  －2！－3！miss！

  At this moment, the benefits of specializing in firearms are revealed. Lin Jie and Hellfire not only have a level gap but also a quality gap, resulting in his extremely low hit rate, and attacks that cannot break through defenses. The attribute added by the firearm specialization is "damage", which is directly added to the damage after the attack judgment, equivalent to directly increasing the damage by one fold.

  Otherwise, with just 1 point of forced damage, it can't even compare to the boss's automatic recovery.

  Lin Jie is very steady and strives to maintain his own output rhythm. Boss-level creatures will automatically recover blood, and the amount of recovery is not bad, so there will be a tragic event where "the damage is not as good as the recovery". In addition, Lin Jie's hit rate is not as high as that of hunters, making the boss's blood volume decrease very slowly.

  Hellfire is hurt every moment, angry dance all over the body of giant rocks, from time to time there are rocks stained with evil fire falling down, bringing a string of sparks on the cliff wall.

  One hour passed, and the blood volume of the Hellfire had dropped by 30%, which was a pretty good efficiency. If it were an ordinary submachine gun, I estimate that only 10% would have been knocked out at this point. Lin Jie remained calm and continued to swap magazines and output, letting the Hellfire's screams echo in his ears.

  "Bang——"

  "Bang——"

  Lin Jie's hands were numb, the game has a hidden fatigue value setting, if the player drums for a long time to practice leveling up, they will feel tired, at this time you can go back to the tavern to drink a cup of wine and rest, dwarf beer only costs 1 copper coin to drink freely, and you can also make many hot female friends. This is also one of the game's interesting settings, he thinks you should treat it as a world, not just a single-player game that can only kill monsters and treasures.

  A single bullet lingered in the air for a few seconds, accurately hitting the head of the Hellfire, a mournful howl shook the eardrums, and the Hellfire fell over.

  Ding~

  "You killed Bronze Boss Hellfire, you gained 2780 experience (out of level kill 350%)"

  "You have been promoted to level 2, and received 5 free attribute points and 2 fixed attribute points."

  The fixed attribute points of the warrior only allow for the enhancement of strength, endurance, and life value among the three attributes. Lin Jie thought for a moment, his method of adding points in his previous life was "all-out", because the Berserker wouldn't care too much about survival ability, offense is the best defense, making him extremely fragile. This time, he allocated attribute points with 4 points of strength and 1 point of endurance, and fixed attribute points were all allocated to life value. Life value can be increased through equipment and endurance points, but the effect is absolutely not as strong as directly increasing life value. One point of endurance has an 8-point life value gain (warrior bonus), while one fixed attribute point has a 20-point life value gain.

  "It's time to take a look at the spoils of war." Lin Jie raised his head and stretched out both hands.