March 18, 5th year of the federal calendar

It was probably the happiest day I've ever had since I came into this world, and I even want to raise a glass with my friend when I'm around.

After the last meeting, the rules we discussed were spreading among the player community. Most people chose to respond to Yuemin's call and began to act as low-key as possible, although there were a few unruly guys, but they quickly paid the price for their recklessness.

In order not to be obtrusive, my life began to become monotonous and boring.

My mental state is getting better and better, and I wake up every day at dawn, eat a few random things, and wander around the city for an hour or two, hoping to get more information through contact with different people. Around ten o'clock, I would leave Eagle City and try some simple adventures in the wilderness. Of course, for the sake of my own safety, I will not leave Eagle City too far to avoid encountering a strong enemy that I cannot resist.

After five days of exploring, and exchanging information with other players, I was able to get a rough idea of the composition of the creatures around me. Due to the fact that Eagle City has been patrolled outside the city for a long time, and there is a sentry post outside the city to keep watch, there are not many creatures in the nearby area, and most of them are just ordinary creatures that cannot pose a threat to the player.

You know, with the player's current physical fitness, even the fierce beasts such as tigers and lions in their original world can easily deal with it with a messy set of Wang Ba Punches.

Therefore, there is only one creature that really deserves attention, and in this world they are treated differently from animals, and are often referred to collectively by the word "bad demon". What Duzi learns is a demon known as the Spotted Helm, a strange creature that lives alone.

With the help of some references, I learned that the average body length of the Spotted Helmet is about one meter and weighs around 20 kilograms, making it one of the smallest and lowest types of inferior demons. Its ugly, bare head was flat and broad, and its black skin was covered with smooth black hair, interspersed with red scales as beautiful as jewels. The scales are few in number, so they resemble peacock tail ornaments more than protective abilities. But such a clown-like monster has amazing power hidden in its body, and the first player to die seems to have fallen under its claws.

The Spotted Helmet has strong and slender limbs, and its white claws are unusually sharp, and although it is an omnivore, it is more carnivorous, so it is very aggressive. In fact, the word aggression does not fit well with the Spotted Helmet, and its personality can be described as extremely vicious, and any creature that comes close to it will immediately arouse its hostility, so it often kills for non-predatory purposes, and has a bad impact on the surrounding ecosystem.

Luckily, I'm a little bit better than this inferior in terms of speed and strength, and as long as I can keep my cool and have the right weaponry, it's not too difficult to deal with.

After I killed the creatures for the first time, I was excited and wondered if they would drop items like equipment or gold coins like in a game, and after fumbling around the corpses, I realized that it was probably just a boring fantasy. What was really interesting was when I was rummaging through the corpses of the spotted helmet, and accidentally learned a new skill - dissection.

As its name suggests, it helps me effortlessly collect materials from monster corpses, even if I've never done this type of work before. The only downside is probably that it is not of a high level, so the odds of success are intimidating, and only one or three pieces of material can often be collected from a corpse, and the rest of the failed parts can only be thrown away as garbage.

So, what if you don't collect with the help of this skill? I've tried it again, but the world obviously has its own unique definition of material, and after some effort to remove some claws and teeth, the merchants in the city just picked it up and looked at it, and came to the conclusion that it was worthless. So, I had to give up this idea of exploiting the loophole.

Speaking of which, I'm sorry to say that I haven't found out exactly what these assets are for yet. I've visited blacksmiths and tailors for this, but they can't craft gear from monster materials. It is said that only more advanced forging hunters can handle these materials, but there are obviously no such big names in Eagle City. In desperation, I sold most of my footage to merchants for my daily expenses.

The Bad Demon is full of treasures, and in the case of the Spotted Helmet alone, its fur with beautiful red scales can be made into luxury clothing favored by ladies, and other parts such as teeth, claws, and leg bones can also be used for different purposes such as medicine and alchemy. Even if Duqi's dissection skills are very inferior, the material produced by a spotted helmet can be exchanged for two or three silver threads, which is obviously not a small amount.

Recently, I've heard that some players have given up on exploring new worlds and started living comfortably, probably because the means of making money are too easy. It was also thanks to these people that the number of spotted helmets in the forests around Flying Eagle City began to decrease sharply.

In addition to going out hunting and exercising, I would go straight to a tavern every afternoon when I returned to the city. The name of the tavern is "Ox Horn", and it is a well-known long-established restaurant in the east of the city, not far from the Wild Lily Hotel where I stayed. Every day at 6 p.m., the tavern is not too noisy, and it is a good place to ask for gossip.

The resident bartender at the Horn Tavern is a middle-aged man named Wen Li, who has a good temper and is very talkative. He was happy to communicate with people when there were not many customers, and it was from him that I learned a lot about the world.

But what I really want to say is that the first step in my personal journey is here.

……

At the end of the day's hunting, the first thing he visited was a shop he frequented when he returned to the city. Today he was lucky, he actually ran into two spotted helmets in a row in an afternoon's work. As is customary, he kept some of the material himself and sold only some of it to merchants.

"I bought these materials at the price of 3 silver threads and 6 copper hearts, what do you think?" The boss gave a price after a little groaning. He had already remembered the new guest, who looked very young on the outside, but obviously not weak in means, so he could not be treated casually.

After a few days of contact, the boss had obviously figured out Du Qi's character, and without waiting for the guest to reply, he counted nine coins from the counter.

"No problem." After taking the coins, Du Qi casually put them into his personal space, and asked casually, "It seems that the price of monster materials has increased recently?" ”

"A little bit!" The boss nodded vaguely and didn't want to say more, "Thank you for your patronage." ”

Du Qi heard the other party's hurried tone, but he was not angry, but just nodded and said goodbye to the boss. He walked through the streets with ease, and wandered towards the "Horn" tavern. The thrill of wilderness adventures combined with laid-back city life, and to be honest, Duzi was starting to enjoy the time a bit.

Arrived at the tavern at six o'clock in the afternoon, where a small group of drunkards gathered as usual. Du Qi looked around casually, and the big man in the middle booth was bragging about his adventures to his companions, his big face was already drunk red, and the expressions of his companions beside him were as disgusted as before. At the bar on the right, a handsome young man was whispering to two tall women, and although he couldn't make out what he was saying, the woman's giggling appearance was probably just a funny joke.

"That guy is being funny there again." Du Qi muttered sourly, and sat down in the middle of the bar, "It's still the same as usual." ”

"Haha, as long as you want to, you can do it. The girls here are all willing to talk to a noble squire. Wen Li quickly brought a large glass of cold beer, "How?" How was the harvest today? ”

"That's what I said, but ......" Duqi looked up and poured a large sip of beer and sighed comfortably. He still subconsciously treats this world as a game, of course, he can't be in the mood to develop any love story, "Today's harvest is not bad." Speaking of uncle, hasn't there been any interesting things happening recently? ”

"It's all trivial, nothing worth noting. If you want me to say, people like you shouldn't come to a stable city like Flying Eagle. Only a bustling capital like Stone Crown City, or a border area like Relic Wind City, is the place you should go. Wen Li smiled lightly, "Speaking of which, sometimes I really envy people like you who are so talented, you can earn our living expenses for several months just by hunting a few bad demons." ”

As Wen Li said, the identity that Du Qi made up for himself was a wandering monster hunter, and at the same time, he also revealed his identity as a wild servant, intentionally or unintentionally, saying that he could accept some paid work. If he can get a good job, he can even pay an intermediary fee for it. It's a pity that so far, he still hasn't heard any exciting news.

"Hi...... It's not as good as you say. Du Qi waved his hand depressedly, "Our line of work is not so easy, maybe you will never see me again from tomorrow." I could die in some unknown place, without even someone to collect my body. ”

"Don't say such unlucky things." Wen Li shook his head and did not continue the topic.

The two of them chatted without a word, and a large glass of beer gradually bottomed out, and Du Qi still couldn't hear any meaningful gossip from the other drinkers, which made him feel a little annoyed. After taking one last sip, he got up and prepared to leave. Even though he realizes that the action will be fruitless, Duzi still plans to go to the night market as usual, and then go back to record the experience of the whole day, and will not go to bed until late.

It also happened that at this time, a middle-aged man pushed the door and walked into the tavern, which immediately attracted the attention of Du Qi. The man was slightly chubby, dressed in bright clothes, and had a few seemingly simple but actually beautifully crafted ornaments on his neck and wrists, which looked out of place in this tavern. The man's face seemed to be very calm, and he did not look like a drunkard who had come to borrow wine to relieve his sorrows.

"Two cups of dragon wine." The man sat on the far left of the bar and ordered two of the tavern's most expensive spirits.

"Okay, this gentleman is the first time I've seen you, you're a guest from out of town?" Wen Li took out two glasses the size of a baby's fist from under the bar, expertly added ice cubes, and poured them with emerald green dragon wine.

"No, I'm a local." The man shook his head, raised his glass and sniffed, "The wine is not bad!" ”

"Thank you, sir, please use it slowly!" Wen Li nodded and walked back to the middle of the bar. Over the years, he has seen too many people with very different personalities, and he knows when to speak and when to remain silent.

"Uncle Wen Li, that person looks a little familiar, as if he ...... Looks like it's called Sintah, right? ”

Dozi doesn't know the man, but the player always has some special powers. It was a small trick he had learned from Genya not long ago, and it only took a thought to easily bring up a property box to look up other people's names. He didn't know what the other party was about, but just looking at that valuable outfit, he didn't look like an ordinary person.

"Didn't hear me ask him if he was a local!"

"Come on! I don't know about you, uncle? Duqi rolled his eyes.

"Haha, well, my admit, little one, your eyes are pretty pointy! You're right, his name is Sinta, the head of the Shengyu Chamber of Commerce in our Flying Eagle City branch, it is said that he is very close to the high-level of Flying Eagle City, and he is also a big man with real power in the Shengyu Chamber of Commerce. ”

"Shengyu Chamber of Commerce? I know the name, they're mainly in the monster material business. And...... Monster materials have continued to increase in price slightly in the near future. Uncle Wen Li, do you think there will be any articles in between? "I've just tried it, and it's not easy to talk to. But you're a wild waiter, so there may or may not be hope. ”

"Then I'll give it a try!"