Chapter 20: The Depressed Veteran

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In the morning we drank in the dark. I drank milk until I threw up...... Here, I would like to solemnly thank the uncle in Yamabara Village who taught me the skill of "wine tasting", which allowed me to survive in the sake field. After using the skill of wine tasting, I drank all alcoholic beverages with the same taste as milk. But even then, the large amount of milk made my head spin.

The people dispersed, and Dahl picked up the mess on the sidelines. I was still sitting there toasting each other with Hao.

"I really can't see that you kid and son can drink so much." Ah Hao's tongue was bigger.

I thought that the time was ripe, so I pretended to be dizzy and said, "Teacher, you, you are not kind! ”

"Thick, kind?" The first time Ah Hao heard this word, he fainted even if he didn't drink. "Why am I not kind?"

"Look at my pathetic rank! ~~~" Bitter tears flowed from my eyes. Under the table, I secretly threw away an onion.

Ah Hao asked strangely: "You, your level?" Level 15, isn't it? ”

It seems that Ah Hao really drank too much, and I reminded: "That, mentor, how many levels of the moon is there?" ”

"Moon~~" A blush appeared on Ah Hao's face, and it was just the right amount of red under the cover of wine. He put his hands on his cheeks, drooled in his mouth, and his eyes narrowed into a crooked moon, hanging on the face of the **: "The moon is so beautiful~~~~"

"Hey, mentor, are you listening to the point?" I slammed my wine glass on the table.

Ah Hao still didn't come back to his senses, he looked at the ceiling of the tavern and said, "What's the point?" ”

Come on, I'd better not sell it. I said, "Mentor, you're so handsome today, that aura of prayer has frozen everyone who is running rampant in the world. ”

"That's Divine Ice! Holy Frozen Aura! Ah Hao reacted, "What? You want to learn! ”

Finally, when I got to the point, I cleared my throat and said, "Ah, dear teacher, you have seen it too. I've been busy making money for you these days, and I've delayed leveling, and I'm planning to go out in the afternoon to level up, but now I have so few skills...... Very inefficient. ”

Ah Hao understood: "That's it, well, Divine Freeze is a 2nd turn skill...... But for the sake of your sincerity. He took out two skill books from his arms, threw them on the table, and said secretly, "I'll give it to you, as well as this master-level prayer aura that hasn't had time to sell." ”

It's good, it's a lot of work, but hehe, I'm still able to get it.

I quickly picked up the two skill books on the table and ran out.

"The Divine Aura is an area attack, so you should use it with caution when you are around." Ah Hao was still sitting there, "Huh? Strange, what about the original people? ”

I've long since run out of the tavern, and I've learned two skill books as I run, and I've contacted the Great Axe in the process.

"Hey! Giant Axe! …… Ah, it's me, I want to ask you where is level 15 to level up...... Hi~~ I'm not looking for you to take me, if you want to say this, I'm in a hurry with you...... What the? The eastern suburbs of the eastern part of the city? Thanks thanks...... Alas, I'm really not looking for you to take me, you hurry up and go to the wake-up bar...... Okay, I'll see you later, I'm going to have to work up. ”

Target: Eastern Suburbs. I strode towards the east of the city. Today's stimulus is too great, and I, a holy knight, are far behind everyone in rank. How can this be. Alas, the running is too slow, if only there were horses. Speaking of horses, I should level up even more, and at level 30 I can ride a horse. Although the task of changing jobs is a bit difficult, isn't Master Rick a good friend of the city lord? Hey? What is that? Horse! That's a horse!

Just as I was thinking about the horse, an elven hunter rode a big blue horse after me, overtook me, and disappeared into the distance.

Pedestrians on the road were discussing.

"That's Vantini! It's him! The first person in the city. ”

"He's level 40 and can ride a horse! The speed of leveling is really amazing. ”

"Idol~~~~ Wait for me, sign me ~~~"

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Well, I learned three pieces of information through the discussions of these passers-by. A: That person just now is the highest-level player in Lanfeng City, already level 40. B: Other classes can only ride a horse at level 40, while knight level 30 is enough. C: It's clear that my level is much lower than the average person.

Actually, it's okay, my exact level is level 16, and my experience is almost full. This is the experience that increases after slashing the Gomad and blowing up the boss in the Mine and Dahl. This afternoon, I had to practice to level 20 and level 4. That's what I'm aiming for today.

Thinking like this, I sped up on the soles of my feet and ran out of the east gate as fast as I could.

Compared with the liveliness of Worm Mountain in the west of the city, the east of the city is much more desolate. It's a barren place. But that's fine, at least when I find the monster group, no one will rob me of the monster. Kindness? What's that black in front of you? It must be a monster gathering place! In this game, the dark forces control the area of black fog, which needs to be explored before the fog clears.

As I slowly approached the black mist, I felt the darkness grow thicker and thicker, and I had to slow down and carefully observe my surroundings. Walking into the black fog area, this is a swamp, the silt of the swamp from time to time bubbles black, I walked deep and shallow. Where I approached, the black fog cleared and the sun shone in.

Suddenly, I heard a gurgling sound of boiling water, and in front of me, I saw a bubble growing bigger and bigger. Eventually, the bubble could not withstand the pressure from within and burst. In the place where the bubbles burst, in the filthy sludge, a crystal clear monster emerged.

This monster, like a big drop of water, is clean and thorough, and reflects the afternoon sun in a flash.

It's really hard to imagine that such a dirty sludge is pure in such a clean thing, what is called mud without staining? The wonderful scene in front of me taught me a living lesson!

It's just that the clean-looking monster doesn't have a pure mind, and it flicks violently, jumps directly into the air, and presses it down on me.

If this thing held me down, I wouldn't have to struggle. I hurriedly took out my unique skill and rolled on the spot...... The armor I had just washed was covered with mud......

Dodging the monster's attack, I turned and slammed the pestle over, and I felt like my gun was stuck in a pile of cotton. -47 a number popped up. I didn't pull out my gun, and I stirred it up with a hard hand. A piece of the number -2-2-2 popped up.

Haha, the gun can still be used like this. Now it's time for me to try my new skills.

"Holy Frozen!" I yelled. A blue circle of light appeared at my feet. It radiates a cold air within a radius of 10 meters at a frequency of once every 3 seconds.

The surface of the monster's body that was invaded by the cold air quickly condensed a layer of frost, and its attack speed and movement speed were greatly reduced. I slammed into it with another crash, and it didn't feel like a thorn anymore. -75!

It seems that this monster is afraid of the attack of the ice system. Otherwise, how could they hide in this damp and stuffy swamp?

Within the reach of my sacred frozen aura, I stabbed at this lovely transparent monster repeatedly, and it moved slowly before it touched me with dexterity, and I stabbed it to death in the swamp.

BIU, 300 experience gained.

A silver coin was struck.

What I wonder is where exactly did it hide its silver coins, and when it was alive, I saw that its body was transparent, and there was nothing in it.

Hey, it's just a game. In the blink of an eye, I gave myself the most reasonable answer. I don't have the time to think so much at the moment, level up first. I picked up the clean silver coin from the ground and continued to search for new prey.

I flipped through the monster book, and it turned out that this monster was called a slime and lived in the swamps of the mysterious world.

After killing one by one for a while, my level was 16. And I also have experience, when I see bubbles bubbling in the swamp, I shoot them down, and most of the time, a big slime will emerge. I happily kill them, and I have very little to consume under my powerful divine frozen aura.

Gradually, I went deeper into the swamp.

As I killed another slime, I took a few more steps, and a black mist cleared in front of me, but this time it was a dilapidated log cabin! This kind of place is also inhabited? I hurriedly walked over.

"Crunch! ~~" With a bang, I pushed open the rotten wooden door, and inside sat an old man with a wrinkled face, and in front of him was a brazier, and the pot of Zhou boiling on the brazier was probably his dinner.

He let out a long sigh when he saw me come in.

I asked curiously, "Uncle, I'm not here to rob you of food, why are you sighing?" ”

The old man slowly asked, "Are you from the Legion of Light?" From Lanfeng City? ”

I nodded and said, "Yes, yes." ”

The old man looked down at the porridge in the pot as if he were reciting a text, and said slowly: "Ah~~ Young warrior, can you help me complete a task?" I'm Hoth, a guard from Lanfeng City, and I was sent here ten years ago to investigate the mysterious swamps of this generation. But I got lost in the swamp and couldn't get out again. Warrior, can you help me get out of the swamp and bring me back to the city of Lanfeng, which is full of light? If you can help me with this task, I will reward you with a beautiful and practical cape......"

I hurriedly shouted, "Of course I do!" ”

It's a task, and I need it.

Hoss sighed again, grabbed a spear beside him and said, "Then let's go!" ”

I was curious and said, "Wait." ”

Wait a minute? Veteran Hoss looked at me.

I asked, "You should be happy when I send you home, why have you sighed since I came in?" Also, why don't you eat before leaving? ”

The veteran Hoth shook his head helplessly: "It's too late to come back and eat later." ”

"Come back? Are you going to come back to this place? ”

"Yes! I don't know how many times I've been sent back since the game's open beta, but as an NPC who gave out this unfortunate quest, I had to come back here again every time I went back and get a commendation from my superiors, waiting for the next player to arrive......"

I understood, looking at this poor veteran, I couldn't bear to take on this task.

"Okay uncle, actually, I'm here to rest, and I don't plan to take on this task."

"Really?" Hoss asked in surprise.

I also sighed like him: "You are still really unlucky, how did you get into such a place." ”

"Well, I'm much luckier than Nolde," Hawes said. ”

"Nolde?" I asked.

Hoss laughed: "Nolde has been assigned to the belly of a slime boss, if the player sees the boss and defeats it within half an hour, Nolde will be rescued, and the player will be gratefully rewarded...... This is his mission, am I more fortunate than him? ”

Dizzy, there's such a thing. I couldn't help but feel deep sorry for the man named Nolde.

Hoss continued, "Since the player rarely finds the boss, and the people who find it don't defeat it in half an hour. Poor Nolde hasn't come out of the boss's belly once until now, haha. ”

It's, it's tragic. These days, NPCs are not easy to do.

I sat in the cabin, listening to the old soldier Hoss talk about the gossip of their NPCs, and drank two large bowls of porridge from him. Only then did he get up and prepare to continue fighting monsters.

Hoss also got up to send me off: "Eh, what do you say? Thank you for spending a boring time with me. This cloak is a quest reward, but now I'm going to give it to you as my personal gift. ”

BIU, congratulations on getting your veteran's cape.

Haha, you can get task rewards without doing quests. I had a lot of luck today.

Veteran's Mantle (Blue Cloth Armor)

Defense: 9

+1 Agility

Level required: 15.

I was able to wear this cloak just right, and I put it on my body right away. After bidding farewell to veteran Howth, I once again set out on the path of war against the slime.

I don't know how long it took to cut it, but it slowly got dark. I'm also level 19. Hateful slimes, I've never seen them give me any equipment, just silver coins, silver coins. I'm not short of money right now!

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I'm not short of money, but it's not my style to put it away and not pick it up.

I cursed as I struggled to pull a silver coin out of the mud.

Wiped the silt off the silver coin, the silver coin sparkled, and I giggled.