Chapter 5 Rapid Promotion

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  Splash!

  Zhang Yang dodged low and avoided the monster's incoming attack!

  If this dodging action is seen by other players, they will definitely exclaim "incredible" or "can it be done like this". In traditional games, whether a character can dodge a monster's attack is determined by the system based on the character's dodge rate. Even if the player stands still, the attack that should be dodged will still be dodged.

  But in "Miracle", the player character does not have the attribute of dodging! But this does not mean that the player cannot dodge monster attacks or other players' attacks, but rather the system gives the initiative to the player - requiring the player to actively make a dodging action!

  The player's reaction is faster, the higher the success rate of dodging! Of course, just reacting quickly is not enough, and the movement speed must also keep up! And the character's movement speed is affected by agility, the higher the agility, the faster the character's movement speed. This is why Zhang Yang allocates attribute points to agility - it's not just for increasing critical hit rate!

  At this stage, the vast majority of players are not adapted to or do not know about such changes. It wasn't until several months later when some top players' combat videos were uploaded to the forum that the concept of active dodging was gradually accepted by players.

  Zhang Yang let out a light shout, his new sword flashing every two seconds, and whenever his rage reached 30, he would unleash a powerful strike. After nearly half a minute, the undead monster transformed into a beam of white light and fell to the ground.

  "Ding! You killed a dead villager and gained 200 experience points!"

  "Ding! You picked up 5 copper coins! You picked up Linen *2!"

  No task items were dropped, but it doesn't matter. Anyway, I still need to collect a lot of linen cloth. Moreover, currently this is the only place where there are no other players competing for monsters! For players who want to rush to the top of the level rankings, the biggest problem is that there are too many people and not enough monsters. This tomb may be eerie and ominous, but for Zhang Yang, it's a holy land!

  After Zhang Yang collected the spoils of war, he continued to kill the next monster. In areas where monsters were densely packed, Zhang Yang did not use his "Charge" skill, as it was easy to pull in two or more monsters at once, and although he had the strength to dodge seventeen monsters' attacks simultaneously, for now, without an area-of-effect damage skill, it was completely unnecessary to waste energy!

  Although killing 4-level monsters is slow, they also give a lot of experience. Zhang Yang had only been fighting for over ten minutes when he suddenly leveled up to level 2. He distributed the five free attribute points in a 4-strength-1-agility manner and continued to slash at monsters with his sword.

  "Ding! You picked up a strange black box!"

  Mysterious Black Box (Quest Item)

  The surface is engraved with a complex magic array, exuding an evil and ancient aura. Perhaps you should let Village Elder Juan take a look at it!

  The task is now complete, but Zhang Yang can't bear to leave this upgrade holy land. He naturally wants to take advantage of the time before other players discover this place and hurry up with his upgrades!

  One by one, the chambers were cleared. The underground tomb had a total of twelve chambers, each with about seven or eight monsters inside. Zhang Yang was alone, and his speed at killing monsters was far slower than their respawn rate. Usually, he could only clear three chambers before the monsters in the first chamber began to respawn.

  Until two more golden lights flashed on Zhang Yang's body, reaching level 4, did a second player find this place. Immediately after, a third and fourth player came over.

  When Zhang Yang reached level 5, the number of players in this underground tomb had already exceeded twenty. The speed at which monsters were refreshed was far from keeping up! Zhang Yang also felt quite satisfied, looking around at the other players whose names and levels were displayed, the highest being only level 3, he already had a huge lead advantage.

  Zhang Yang walked into the village while counting the hemp cloth he had beaten, 20 pieces per bundle, with a total of 19 bundles and more than half, and the amount of money also reached 18 silver coins.

  In "Miracle", 1 gold coin is exchanged for 100 silver coins, and 1 silver coin is exchanged for 100 copper coins, which is the same as most traditional online games.

  Hand over the strange black box to Village Elder Juan, Zhang Yang gained 3000 experience points and a pair of white-quality gloves. The newbie village's quests generally don't give good stuff. Of course, there are exceptions!

  Zhang Yang arrived at the tailor's shop and found apprentice tailor Annie, this young NPC had a yellow exclamation mark floating above her head, indicating that she had a quest to offer.

  "Young adventurer, I need a lot of linen to improve my sewing skills. Do you think you could collect some for me?" Annie looked at Zhang Yang with a bashful expression, as if she was also feeling ashamed of her request. The hyper-realistic characters, which seemed to have their own intelligence, gave people a sense of being in a second world. This is also the key reason why "Divine Realm" became one of the greatest games in history.

  "Ding! Annie has assigned you a task: Generous Giving, will you accept?"

  Zhang Yang smiled slightly and clicked "accept" with a wave of his hand, then took out a set of linen and handed it over.

  "Oh, you're a kind soul! Thank you so much, with this linen I'll definitely be able to improve my skills and become a true master seamstress!" Annie exclaimed.

  "Ding! You have completed the task: Generous Gift, and obtained 5000 experience points!"

  "Young adventurer, to express my gratitude, I'd be happy to sew a cloak for you! Although I can only make the roughest wolf pelt cape, it's sure to boost your strength!" Annie continued, with the yellow exclamation mark still flashing above her head.

  "Ding! Annie has assigned you a task: Annie's Thank You Gift, accept?"

  Annie's Thank You Gift (Mission Difficulty: D-Rank)

  Task Description: Your kindness and generosity have moved Annie, she has decided to take out her specialty skills to make a wolf fur cloak for you! However, first you must collect 10 wild wolf skins and 40 pieces of linen as materials, after all, "a skilled woman can't cook without rice", right?

  Completion: Collect 10 Wolf Pelts / 10 Flax Fabric 40 / 40

  That's why Zhang Yang had to do the "Clearing Wolves" quest first, all for these 10 wolf hides! And as for the underground tomb, on one hand it was for the linen cloth, and on the other hand it was also because it was relatively secluded at first, making it suitable for leveling up!

  Annie's two tasks both require the player to reach level 5 before they are released. Think about it, if there wasn't someone like Zhang Yang who understood the game, they would have probably sold the wolf skin to an NPC long ago! Even if someone kept them, it's highly likely that the quantity wouldn't be enough!

  When they reach level 5, go find Annie to take the task, but can only run back to fight wild wolves! And with the current terrifying number of players, it's extremely difficult to grab monsters in the chaotic crowd! Linen cloth can only be dropped by humanoid monsters, and in the entire novice village, only "dead villagers" are humanoid monsters...

  Zhang Yang had been taken advantage of in his previous life, and for this task, he had run around, wasting a lot of time. Fortunately, at that time, the server had already been open for more than two years, and the novice village was very empty, so there was no need to worry about competing with others for monsters.

  "Ding! You have completed the quest: Annie's Thank-You Gift and obtained 5,000 experience points!"

  "Ding! You have obtained Wolf Fur Cloak!"

  A black-glowing cloak fell into Zhang Yang's backpack as the quest was completed, a reward given by the quest and also the first black-iron quality equipment that players can obtain through quests!

  "Wolf Pelt Cloak" (Black Iron Equipment, Cape)

  Vitality: +2

  Power: +1

  Agility: +1

  Required level: 5

  "Obviously, the tailor who made this cloak is a novice. There are shoddy patches everywhere! Is this cloak reliable?"

  Equipment with yellow annotation is generally a bit of a story, like this wolf skin cloak, the game maker just made a joke.

  Zhang Yang looked at Annie again, and on the head of this shy girl was a blue exclamation mark. In the game, a blue exclamation mark indicates that the task released by this NPC can be repeated.

  "Young adventurer, I still need a large amount of linen cloth to improve my skills, can you help me?"

  Zhang Yang took out a piece of linen from his backpack and handed it over to Annie one by one.

  "Ding! You have completed the quest: Generous Gift (repeatable), and obtained 5,000 experience points!"

  "Ding! You have completed the quest: Generous Gift (Repeatable), and obtained 5,000 experience points!"

  "Ding! You..."

  In a string of system prompts, Zhang Yang arrived at the 12th group of flax when his body suddenly flashed with golden light and rose to level 6. At this time, the blue exclamation mark on Annie's head also disappeared - this repeatable task can only be received by players at level 5.

  In less than half a minute, Zhang Yang rose another level, like taking an airplane. At this time, mainstream players were still struggling at levels 2-3, and even those with good luck could only reach level 4! No choice, who let there be so many people, everyone couldn't even get a monster to kill?

  Without stopping his horse, Zhang Yang left the tailor's shop and came to the village hall, where he found Farlian, a warrior profession trainer.

  "Alas, as a shield warrior, you don't even have a shield! You really make me feel ashamed!" The man in his thirties said to Zhang Yang with extreme disdain, almost spitting on the ground for emphasis.

  No way, whoever reaches level 5 and finds a career trainer will be ridiculed mercilessly. For example, if the Berserker comes to find him, this uncle will say: "How sad, born as a Berserker, actually holding a broken weapon, do you want to be a woodcutter?"

  At this time, players will receive their first career quest, which rewards a profession-specific weapon of Black Iron quality!

  "God of War is above, you must get tested, I will consider whether to continue teaching you!" Farían uncle still looked disdainful, casually threw a note, "Rookie, go complete the requirements on this, otherwise, never come back to see me again!"

  "Ding! You have accepted the quest: Warrior's Trial! This is a career quest and must be accepted. It cannot be deleted!"

  Warrior's Trial (Mission Difficulty: C-Rank)

  Mission Description: Complete Farlian's instructions! Rookie, become a true warrior!

  Completion: Collecting Iron Ore 3/200

  It's all about luck from now on! Iron ore can be mined and collected by yourself, or you can spend money to buy it from other players. The difficulty of the task lies in collecting 200 pieces of iron ore within a certain time limit!

  This is absolutely a setting that angers both heaven and man. How much time do newcomers have to waste on this? As a result, the game company made adjustments soon after, reducing the demand for iron ore to 20.

  But Zhang Yang couldn't possibly wait for such a change, with so much time, he could have leveled up to tens or even twenties!

  What's more, this task may also trigger a hidden quest for the Warrior profession!