Chapter Five: Fireball

  The game's adjustments and modifications are being made in large quantities, with the official progress being announced every day. On the first day, the cute little monsters in the training area were corrected, and the detestable wild boars, wolves, and other beasts such as A Cat, A Rabbit, and A Dog were completely eliminated.

  The next day...

  The third day...

  Players looked forward to it with bated breath, although the last public test was only half a day, but everyone felt the unprecedented experience brought by the holographic game. This time's expectation is even more intense than before. Gu Fei was no exception, every day when he returned home, the first thing he did was go online to check the progress of the game's updates. Finally, there will be a place where he can release his skills, and recently, Gu Fei often woke up with a smile on his face from his dreams.

  There are too many things to adjust, so it's been a month. Xiao Wu's proposal has been approved, but wanting to perfect all of these would increase the workload even more, so the game company decided to gradually add them in future updates and start re-operating the game first.

  This day Gu Fei unfortunately had class, after school he immediately went home, full of anticipation to enter the game. This kind of urgent mood he hadn't felt in a long time.

  When he went offline, he was still on a mountain in the wilderness outside the city, but now he had been sent back to his birthplace: the Academy of Mages. Was he going to start all over again? Gu Fei looked at his level, it hadn't changed, still 6th level. The money he had picked up that day was still in his wallet, and the two rusty daggers were still stuck in his waist.

  Looking around, he found that the crowd of players had gathered in front of another NPC, forming a long queue. After confirming that it wasn't the glasses and broom vendor, Gu Fei curiously joined the line as well.

  "What's going on?" Gu Fei asked.

  "Learn skills!" The person in front turned around and glanced at Gu Fei.

  Originally, in order to allow players to have the ability to protect themselves as soon as possible, this modification has lowered the level requirement for learning skills. The first skill can be obtained for free at birth, and every six levels thereafter, you can learn the next skill of your profession. So now, newly born players in the Mage Academy, apart from buying glasses and brooms, also have this task to do.

  The team moved quickly, and before he knew it, Gu Fei was already in front of him. After talking to the NPC, Gu Fei had learned his first skill as a mage: Fireball Technique. There was nothing new about it; fireballs seemed to be the first technique that mages could master forever. However, by now Gu Fei was already level six, and apart from the basic Fireball Technique, he could also learn a second skill: Flame Ring of Resistance. If Fireball Technique was the main attacking skill for beginner mages, then Flame Ring of Resistance was the main defensive technique for young mages to protect their weak bodies.

  However, as a holographic game, the use of magic does have some characteristics.

  Only in the central square of the College of Law, thousands of people gathered together, shouting in unison: "Fireball!!"

  A fireball suddenly ignited in front of everyone, floating in the air, very spectacular. All the Taoist priests were delighted, but Gu Fei noticed that the person beside him was pale, seemingly frightened.

  "Fire!" someone shouted, and everyone immediately followed suit, the entire venue echoing with "Fire! Fire! Fire!". However, the Law School was an absolute safety zone, where using magic or combat skills was strictly prohibited. The command to "fire" had been given, but the fireball didn't budge. Yet, the guy next to him turned even paler, and Gu Fei couldn't help but ask: "What's wrong with you?"

  "Damn it!" The man cursed and added Gu Fei as a friend: "Look at my name."

  System Prompt: Huo Qiu has added you as a friend.

  Gu Fei burst out laughing, it turned out that this person's name was Huo Qiu, no wonder, being called by thousands of people at the same time would make him feel startled.

  At this time, more and more people learned the first spell, so more and more people shouted fireball in the center of the square. The fireballs around Gu Fei couldn't bear it anymore, called out to Gu Fei and prepared to leave.

  "Haha, I'm leaving too, this is exhausting." Gu Fei followed behind him.

  Two people left the Magic Academy together, heading towards the leveling area outside of Yun Tian City. On the way, Huo Qiu complained to Gu Fei that when he had obtained this account from someone else, the name and profession were already chosen. Gu Fei suddenly felt a sense of sympathy with him, but Huo Qiu didn't mind these things originally. It wasn't until after experiencing the scene where thousands of people shouted in unison earlier that he began to dislike his name. Thinking about it, in future battles involving mages, whether they were friends or foes, shouting "Huo Qiu" would be a distraction to himself! For now, he could only hope that the low-level spell "Fireball Technique" would be forgotten by people later on.

  Gu Fei couldn't help but share his feelings with Huo Qiu, revealing a bit about the miserable experience of being forced to use magic. Huo Qiu didn't understand Gu Fei's inner thoughts and assumed he just didn't like the profession of a mage, so he began to enthusiastically introduce him to the glorious history of mages.

  Anyway, Gu Fei had a pretty good impression of Huo Qubing. Because he was one of the few mages who didn't wear black-framed glasses and carry a broom.

  Two people walked and chatted, before they knew it, they had already arrived at the outskirts of the city.

  The game's initial adjustments have already shown results, and at this time the outskirts of the city are filled with wild wolves and boars. The players have learned from past experiences, and these small monsters are made to be hated at first sight, belonging to the type that makes you want to hit them as soon as you see them. This has greatly boosted the players' enthusiasm for leveling up. Outside the city, there are people everywhere, chasing after wild wolves and boars, killing them wildly. Poorly, these wild wolves and boars' strength and image are completely disproportionate, under the players' crazy suppression, they can only offer a weak counterattack. For a time, monsters were in short supply, as soon as one was refreshed, there would be dozens of players surrounding it.

  The fireball watched with boiling blood, took two steps forward and shouted: "Fireball!"

  A fireball rose slowly in front of the fireball.

  "Fire!" The fireball roared.

  Then the fireball shot out.

  A loud "boom" sound, the fireball hit a wild boar that was being ridden by many players right in front. Sparks flew everywhere, with a smell of barbecue, and the wild boar fell to the ground.

  "Beautiful!" The fireball clenched his fist, praising himself for being so accurate on his first try. But at this moment, the players who were just surrounding the wild boar turned their heads to look at the fireball. Their eyes seemed to be looking at a creature even more detestable than the wild boar.

  "Hello everyone!" The fireball waved at the crowd.

  "Despicable! No quality!" The fireball greeting was met with a barrage of insults from the opponent.

  "What? You guys aren't just casually hitting, are you?" Huo Qiu was bewildered. Clearly, more than a dozen people were surrounding and chopping at it, so why did he become the one to grab the monster as soon as he made a move? Wasn't it supposed to be whoever killed it got to take it?

  "Are you blind? Can't you see we're from the same trade?" someone shouted.

  "Guild?" The fireball looked at Gu Fei in confusion, and Gu Fei was also confused. The game had just started, who would have the ability to establish a guild!

  A group of people nodded in unison, one of them shouted: "You dare to snatch our Heaven-Defying Sect's treasure, you don't want to mix anymore?"

  It's unlikely that any guild name would be more outrageous than this one, but facing a group of outrageously powerful people, Huo Ball didn't show the slightest hint of fear. This made Gu Fei somewhat surprised. He saw Huo Ball staring straight at everyone, calmly saying: "So what if we're PKing? What can you do to me? I'm only level 1!"

  Gu Fei smiled. No wonder this guy was so righteous! Because he had been paying attention to the official website every day, Gu Fei also knew about this modification. It was aimed at the violent incident that he himself had experienced last time. Players protected by PK would be invalid targets for skills, and even if they were hit, there would be no corresponding pain or anything like that. But this modification included players' self-initiated attacks in the scope of PK as well. This meant that if another fight broke out like last time, Gu Fei wouldn't be able to blind his opponent's eyes, and even if he hit them, it wouldn't hurt. At this moment, the fireball was relying on being protected, treating the many powerful players in front of him as if they were invisible.

  But the player who dared to name himself "Reversing Heaven" still had a spirit of reversing heaven. Looking at the fireball, he was not afraid of being scalded by boiling water, and he rushed forward with a loud shout.

  "What are you doing? I'm a first-class citizen! First-class! First-class!!!" Amidst the repeated emphasis of the fireball's shouting, he was grabbed by four people and lifted into mid-air. One person shouted: "Hang him from that tree over there." Immediately someone vetoed it: "Just throw him into the river over there and be done with it!"

  Will falling into the river be protected by PK, but it's not mentioned on the official website. Huo Qiu was anxious and struggled desperately. To say that he is now a mage, even if he were a warrior, there would be no chance in this situation. Huo Qiu was like an ancient tribal sacrifice being held high towards the sky to offer to the gods. Looking down from above, he saw Gu Fei and immediately shouted: "Ah, who's that? Save me!"

  Gu Fei nodded slightly and quickly rushed forward, circling around to the front of the crowd, blocking their path. "Everyone, let's talk slowly and put the person down first."

  "Who are you! Get out of the way!" The crowd glanced at Gu Fei, not taking him seriously. The game had only been open for a day, and no matter how professional the players were, it was impossible to reach the level of being able to take on multiple opponents alone, let alone this guy who was just a mage.

  "He's my friend! Let me go!" The fireball continued to shout.

  "Friends? Then let's throw them into the river together!" With a wave of his arm, several people rushed towards Gu Fei.

  Gu Fei was taken aback, and it wasn't just the fireball that belonged to PK protection. This group was also fighting for the lowest-level monsters outside the city gate, and it was clear that they wouldn't be able to level up past 10. Under PK protection, fighting didn't feel painful, but if this group got close, he would definitely be caught and unable to escape. Gu Fei hastily took a step forward, his foot kicking off the ground as he jumped up, turned sideways, and with his left foot leading, drew an arc in mid-air from right to left.

  "Puff! Puff! Puff!" Three consecutive sounds rang out, and the three guys in front were kicked to the ground by Gu Fei's aerial kick.

  Three people sat down on the ground in a row, looking at each other in dismay. Although they didn't feel any pain, their sense of touch still remained. It felt like someone had lightly swept across their faces, but with an overwhelming force that couldn't be resisted. The terrifying paranormal event caused by the system's settings was more frightening than physical pain, and all three men sat there, too afraid to move.

  Others saw more clearly than the three principals, and Gu Fei's neat and tidy kick in mid-air left everyone bewildered.

  "What skill is this?" The crowd asked each other.

  "Can you do this move?" someone asked the mage in their party.

  "No way, where did you learn this move?"

  "I don't have it either!" The players of various professions in the group all flipped through their skill panels, but none of them found any skills similar to "Whirlwind Kick" or "Tornado Leg".

  "What's his profession?" The crowd began to distrust the wizard's long gown in front of them. In a holographic game, equipment is not restricted by profession, and wearing a wizard's long gown to hide the truth is also very reasonable.

  "Hidden profession?" Someone starts daydreaming.

  Everyone stared at Gu Fei, the fireball held high in the sky didn't notice this kick, only feeling that the surroundings had become very quiet, and those who were holding their own things had become statues, steadily holding him suspended in mid-air.

  "What the...! Let me down at once!" the fireball roared.

  This shout gave the stunned crowd a shock, and without thinking, they relaxed their hands. The fireball fell freely and landed flat on the ground. With a mouthful of curses, he shouted "Damn it!"

  Gu Fei ignored everyone, took a few steps forward into the crowd, pulled up the fireball and left.

  A group of people looked at each other in dismay, but no one dared to stop him.