Chapter 4: Skills are really f**king few!
The locust's reaction was not slow, and as I launched an attack on it, it also immediately dropped the dry food in its mouth. Its two front claws suddenly shot onto my chest!
“128！”
“14！”
“17！”
At the same time I took away more than a third of its blood, it also took away a third of my health bar! What a fair deal!
But I'm not just a wooden stake, I immediately twisted my body and turned to its side, kicked it in the belly again!
“149！”
But the grasshopper didn't take it lying down and gave me a praying mantis punch in return!
Unfortunately, my footsteps were still quite agile and had just barely dodged the punch. A beautiful double kick sent it flying two or three meters away!
“129！”
Hehe, not bad, the first locust was settled like this.
And as a 3-star monster, its experience is quite rich, enough to give me a full 10% of the current level, which means that if I kill 10 of them, I can level up.
I quickly walked up to its corpse and picked up the copper coins that had fallen on the ground, a total of 9, more generous than the people of Bruges.
In "Holy War", the exchange rate is 100 copper coins = 1 silver coin, 100 silver coins = 1 gold coin.
Now I carefully counted, there are only 87 copper coins left in my backpack, it's really pitifully few.
I picked up the drop and sat down on the ground. It's a good habit to sit on the floor at the beginning of the game, don't be too eager for battle, because under no equipment protection, monster attacks are quite powerful, or you might lose your life. The death penalty in "Holy War" is very severe, being killed by monsters or other players outdoors will reduce your level by 1.
In less than five seconds, my blood volume was full again. There are many benefits to having a small account, one of which is the extremely fast speed at which meditation recovers blood.
After being full of blood, I rushed towards the second locust and killed it in a flash. Next was the third one, the fourth one, the fifth one...
Every time I kill one, as long as I've lost blood, I sit down and rest. At this time, it's often effective to look at whether you know how to rest or not.
And also, my RP burst out, when I killed the ninth one, a black thing "thudded" to the ground. I picked it up and looked at it, couldn't help but be delighted. Finally got equipment, and it's a piece of leather chest armor that I can equip -
Field armor
Rank: Iron
Equipment Type: Leather Armor
Usage level: 3
Basic Attributes:
Physical Defense +10
Magic Defense +10
Additional points:
Agility +2
Non-Soul-Sealing Equipment
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Soul Seal is a feature of equipment in "Holy War". Most high-ranking equipment will have the words "Seal Hole" on them, and equipment with these words cannot be used. They can only be unsealed by purchasing an Unsealing Stone from a general goods store. After unsealing, the equipment's basic attributes and additional points do not increase. Instead, some extra attributes will appear on the unsealed seal hole. One seal hole corresponds to one attribute. If your equipment has multiple holes and you're lucky with RP, you might even get several top-notch attributes, which would be a huge gain.
But this white iron equipment, don't expect to see a seal hole on it, it's unrealistic.
I quickly put on this equipment, although it looks very ugly, wearing it is like a new recruit egg, but can make me more resistant to beat.
The meditation skill looked back at its own body and found that the player's shadow had already faintly appeared behind it.
My heart says it's no good, it seems like the main force is about to catch up.
A brilliant idea suddenly flashed in his mind!
I was just full of energy, I immediately stood up and punched a few grasshoppers around me with one fist, pulling out five in a row!
These five pounced on me like they were crazy!
But thanks to the breastplate, the damage they dealt to me was reduced by more than half, basically all around 5 or 6 points!
I gritted my teeth and stared at the five of them, firing away. I gave one a punch, and by the time I got to the fifth one, I had already thrown two punches in succession!
At this moment, my blood volume has dropped to less than 10 points! Approaching the brink of death!
But that cicada, which I had only hit twice, was unfortunately unlucky and kicked the bucket without making a sound!
At this time, a golden light had already appeared on my body, and I successfully leveled up to 4th level!
With my level up, my HP was instantly full. Next thing to do is to leisurely kill these four, anyway their HP isn't much anymore.
This killing method is very effective, with a significant increase in efficiency, close to that of a group of monsters. I reckon only someone like me, a YD, could come up with such a move.
Not far away, a tall player shouted in surprise, "Damn! This guy is awesome, he actually killed five monsters by himself!" A classmate behind him with an unpleasant gaze snorted and said, "You're just bragging, how can one person kill five monsters? Do you think he's the Game Master?"
I also ignored these players, speaking to myself and putting all the fallen copper coins into my pocket. I ran towards a locust in front of me and kicked it in the belly!
But it was indeed a stunning kick, and the creature was sent flying into the air. Its plump belly burst open, spilling green liquid all over the ground!
"Critical hit 378!"
At this time, the big tall brother next to him was stunned, and he couldn't help but stick out his tongue and say, "Damn, this guy is really a GM, killing 3 low-level mobs with full blood in one second!"
I was scolded by others as a GM, I had no place to hide, and soon walked to the side of Old Man Alnour, gave him a faint smile, "Old man, I've already killed 15 grasshoppers!"
Alnorn nodded in satisfaction, "Young man, this is the reward you deserve!"
"Ding Dong!" System notification: "Congratulations, you have completed the task [Eliminate Field Pests], earning 200 experience points, 5 reputation points! 5 silver coins! You can also choose one of the following equipment rewards: [Field Dagger] or [Field Wooden Bow]!"
Experience surged, and I quickly reached level 4 at 97%. A large dialogue box also appeared above Alnorn's head, with two weapons neatly arranged inside. I took a look at their attributes as well -
Field Beheading
Rank: Iron
Equipment Type: Dagger
Usage level: 3
Basic Attributes:
Physical Attack: 30~35
Additional points:
Strength +3
Non-Soul-Sealing Equipment
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Tayori Kiyu
Rank: Iron
Equipment Type: Bow and Arrow
Usage level: 3
Basic Attributes:
Physical Attack: 25~45
Additional points:
Agility +3
Non-Soul-Sealing Equipment
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At the sight of this attribute, I chose the dagger without hesitation. Since I decided to be a thief later, now I have to start training in close combat positioning and operation. Moreover, this dagger has an additional three points of strength, which is 27 points of physical attack for me, absolutely much better than adding 3 points of agility.
I immediately chose the dagger, and at this time, I only heard a "ding" sound from the backpack, and the treasure was already in place.
I didn't dare show it off either, in this day and age, a big tree attracts wind, being low-key is the way to go.
I held the dagger and ran forward, looking back to see a dense crowd of people swarming into the field, starting to wildly kill monsters. Some clever players also went over to chat with Old Man Aln, but even if they accepted the task, they would be very frustrated because there were too many people, making it extremely difficult to grab a monster.
I quietly ran to the entrance of Alsa Village and swung my knife casually on the empty ridge, harvesting a grasshopper's life with two strokes! Let alone, after equipping the dagger, it feels different, and the attack is particularly powerful.
And I also took the opportunity to upgrade my level to 5. At this time, the system bell rang again!
"Ding Dong!" "Your level has reached 5, please go to the nearby village to find Scout Instructor to learn the primary entry skills of Scout!"
Felt secretly pleased, although there are tens of thousands of newbie villages in the territory of Xeno Kingdom (the virtual map name for China), being able to lead the way in one village is absolutely something to be proud of, so I couldn't help but sneak a dark smile.
The village of Yersa is not large, and due to the baptism of war for centuries, the whole village is dilapidated, with many tile houses having tiles growing on their roofs, and even deep sword scars on the walls.
Outside a slightly larger house, there was a young warrior standing with a bow and arrow in hand. He wore a suit of grayish-brown leather armor and had flaxen shoulder-length hair, looking quite handsome.
The top of this NPC's head is written with a row of small words, indicating its identity - [Scout Instructor Viren] 40-level enhanced BOSS.
Wow, a novice instructor's level is already 40, this village has great prospects!
I quickly greeted Weiren, "Uncle..."
Weiren glared at me with a bad temper, "Kid, am I that old? Just call me teacher!"
"Uh, teacher, I've come to learn detective skills from you." I said, wiping away sweat.
"Oh? Looks like you're a lot faster than those new recruits, young man! Come on, I've got the skills you need to master right here!"
The words had just fallen when a dialogue box popped up!
It's not a big deal if you don't look, but once you do, you'll be shocked! The skills are really freaking scarce! From level 1 to level 40, there are only seven or eight skills in total! And now I can only learn three of them...
Backstab: Deals 180% of current attack power as damage to an enemy unit's back, with the effect halved when attacking from the front.
Release time: 0.5 seconds.
Skill cooldown time: 15 seconds.
Skill level: Beginner.
【Consecutive Cuts】: Uses a dagger to make two consecutive slashes in front of an enemy unit, dealing 60% and 70% of current attack power as damage.
Release time: 0.5 seconds.
Skill cooldown time: 10 seconds.
Skill level: Beginner.
Dagger Mastery: When equipped with a dagger, increases attack power limit by 20 points.
Skill level: Beginner.
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These three skills are still relatively cheap, and together they cost 2 silver coins and 90 copper coins. I secretly rejoice in my heart that thanks to the task reward of 5 silver coins given by Alnold earlier, otherwise it would not have been enough for me to pay the bill.
However, just as I was about to leave, Viren stopped me and said, "Kid, help me out with something!"
