Chapter 40: Delivery Mission

  "Let's hoard them first, and then refine them into potions for sale once we have the formula later." Xiao Yu thought to himself, low-grade instant recovery potions wouldn't depreciate in value anytime soon.

  One evening came down, the harvest is still pretty good, at dawn, the sky edge rose some fish belly white, Xiao Yu returned to Tabak town.

  After finishing his meal, Xiao Yu returned to the game.

  The sky had just revealed some dawn glow, and the players in the small town were busy again. The streets were filled with players coming and going everywhere.

  Xiao Yu topped up on some consumables and headed in the direction of the Mercenary Guild, planning to take on some simpler tasks that he could complete while grinding levels and earning some extra money.

  Deliver to the Necromancer Hamons, about thirty kilometers south of Tabuk town, there is an ancient tomb of the Erathian Empire era, where the Necromancer Hamons resides. Please hand over this letter to him. Task difficulty: unknown, task reward: unknown. Task requirement: Thief.

  "A strange task." After seeing this task posted on the task panel, Xiao Yu's curiosity was piqued. What kind of task could this be?

  "In the ancient tomb, what's refreshed are some level 10 cave spiders. There shouldn't be any problem with that, and it just so happens to be a good opportunity to level up by killing spiders." Xiao Yu looked at the data while considering whether or not to take on this task, all the while unconsciously twirling the dagger in his right hand, the dagger dancing lightly on his fingertips like a beautiful ballet.

  Xiao Yu thought for a long time, but ultimately couldn't resist the temptation of this strange task. Just as he was about to talk to the mercenary guild's NPC, he suddenly discovered that the atmosphere around him was a bit eerie.

  Xiao Yu glanced around and found that everyone's eyes were fixed on his right hand, with an incredulous expression. The dagger in Xiao Yu's right hand was still jumping up and down, flying rapidly and spinning on his fingers.

  "How can someone play with a dagger like that?" A thief looked at the dagger in his right hand, trying to rotate it like Xiao Yu, but he was clumsy and only rotated it once, the blade of the dagger easily cut open the thief's wrist, and a stream of blood gushed out.

  Xiao Yu knew why all the players had stopped to look at him, so he quickly stopped spinning around, grasped his dagger and said to the Mercenary Guild's NPC: "I'll take this task."

  "This is a letter, please take good care of it, the task time is two days." The middle-aged NPC handed Xiao Yu a strange letter wrapped in old sheepskin paper, with no recipient or sender's name written on it.

  Xiao Yu took over the letter, registered it and then hurriedly squeezed out of the Mercenary Guild.

  Just now I was really too showy, and I can't do such things again in the future. Xiao Yu put the letter in his bag and headed south towards Tabak Town. He had two days to complete the task, and he had plenty of time to spare.

  As we head south from the town of Tabak, the vegetation gradually increases, and the desert grows with one after another low shrubs. This terrain is more suitable for concealment, and it is very suitable for fighting for thieves who are used to lurking and ambushing.

  They encountered some low-level monsters by the roadside, all of which were cleaned up by Xiao Yuqing.

  Xiao Yu unexpectedly found a lot of medicinal herbs along the way, including Feng Wei Cao, Ku Mai Cao and others. They were all ordinary first-class medicinal herbs that could be used as ingredients to make low-level resistance potions and antidotes. Although they weren't as valuable as Mo Li Cao or Xue Lin Cao, they were still useful for practicing alchemy skills.

  It seems that the herbs all grow in the south where there is more rain, but Xiao Yu didn't dare to go too far south. The farther away from town, the higher the level of monsters, and it's easy to encounter danger.

  Xiao Yu walked up a high slope and looked into the distance.

  "It's so strange." Xiao Yu couldn't help but click his tongue, and in the distance, there were many herds of wild cattle roaming around, with groups of them galloping across the plains, kicking up clouds of dust.

  Wild bulls are eighth-level monsters, they are some group-living creatures with hard armor and very high defense. Their attack is also strong. Players who encounter these creatures basically detour, few people will be foolish enough to attack these troublesome creatures.

  "Passing through this area where the bison herd is active will get us there." Despite the danger, Xiao Yu still had to do it.

  Xiao Yu cautiously dodged the herd of wild cattle, using the surrounding shrubs as cover, and ran towards his destination. Looking ahead, he saw a continuous mountain range at the end of the desert in the distance.

  Xiao Yu recalled what he had heard at the night market, that Ao Feng Gorge produced a large quantity of Blood Spirit Grass.

  "Twenty minutes south is the Ao Feng Gorge, twenty-level monsters, I'll try it out after delivering the message." Xiao Yu wanted to collect some Xue Lian grass to make low-level instant recovery potions, so he could give himself a few more guarantees when killing monsters. Currently, Xiao Yu was not capable of competing with twenty-level monsters, but as a thief, stealing some Xue Lian grass shouldn't be a problem.

  Xiao Yu walked through the shrubs, his eyes occasionally scanning the ground nearby to see if any medicinal herbs were growing.

  Rumbling sounds, the earth shook violently, powerful sound waves like a tsunami, swept over.

  Upon hearing this sound, Xiao Yu's expression changed slightly - a herd of wild cattle had arrived!

  Xiao Yu dodged into a nearby thicket, seeing a large group of wild cattle approaching in the distance. He hid in the thicket and entered stealth mode.

  Xiao Yu's heart couldn't help but feel a little apprehensive, would these shrubs be able to withstand the impact of the wild buffalo herd?

  The earth trembled, these low-level creatures were the masters here, and no creature dared to challenge their authority.

  A loud crash, a huge boulder blocking the way of the buffalo herd was smashed into pieces by the buffalo herd, and the fragments of the boulder flew everywhere, falling onto the sandy ground nearby, where they were trampled into powder by the charging buffalo herd.

  Xiao Yu was blinded, the boulders were all crushed, how could this low bush possibly withstand the impact of the wild cattle herd?

  A new week, snail is eagerly waiting for tickets...