Chapter.17 Man and Nature
After preparing everything, Xian Zimo began to follow the route marked on the map, heading towards the unknown area on the map, all the way north. Perhaps because of the special nature of the mission, he hardly met any players who were on the same path as him.
Out of the village, some distance to the north, a winding path appeared in front of me, and then a prompt popped up:
'Discover the [Far Walker's Trail] and get 10 XP as an exploration reward. β
As the first section of the road to Longmian Valley, it is relatively safe to walk on the trail. The most refreshed on both sides of the trail are some level 2 and 2 white-named monsters that do not actively attack, and occasionally an aggressive monster such as a red-named [Vicious Lynx] will be spawned in the middle of the road.
However, in order to level up as soon as possible, as long as it is the "experience" encountered, he will receive it all, anyway, killing low-level monsters is only a matter of two punches, and it will not delay too much time. So after killing the second red lynx, the golden light flashed.
βLevel UpοΌ β
'Health +3'
'Strength +1'
'Speed +1'
'Skill +1'
'Gain 3 Free Attribute Points'
'Gain 1 Skill Point'
"Finally level 5, I didn't expect 5% experience to be played for so long." Xian Zimo sighed and said, "At this rate, I don't know when the next upgrade will be." β
Just then, another hint popped up:
'You have made it to the Pioneer List, current rank: 52. Is your identity public? β
Habitually, Xian Zimo chose "no", he has never been used to revealing his information to too many strangers, and past experience has proved that this will indeed save a lot of trouble. What's more, this is an early level ranking, with a big fluctuation, not to mention the examples that came out later, it is likely that the people on the list will be wiped out immediately. So there's no need to take it too seriously.
Still, he glanced at the list on the leaderboard and only looked at the top ten.
1. Anonymous (Lv7)
2. Sugar cube (Lv7)
3. Tyrant of Gods and Demons (Lv7)
4. Anonymous (Lv7)
5. If you're not handsome, cut me (Lv7)
6. White handkerchief (Lv7)
7. Cold Thorn (Lv7)
8. Anonymous (Lv7)
9. Anonymous (Lv7)
10. Gods and Demons Butterfly (Lv7)
Maybe it's been too long in college retreat, and none of the IDs on the list are known to Xian Zimo. And there are four more people who are anonymous, a wise choice.
However, these guys really have a set, and they all rushed to level 7 so quickly, if they can maintain this level lead, as the first group of people to leave the novice village, they should all become the heroes in the game in the future.
For Xian Zimo himself, if he wants to leave the novice village, he will have to wait until he gets the dragon egg. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but speed up his pace.
"Young man, please stop your impetuous steps and listen to the old man say a few words."
At this time, a voice from the miscanthus bushes on the side of the road stopped him again.
"Who?"
Xian Zi looked at the voice silently, and wondered a little in his heart, "Why are the NPCs in this game so lively?" Walking on the road will also allow them to stop. β
I saw two hands peel off the dense green miscanthus grass, and then a thin old man walked out. He was too old to straighten up, and he had to walk with that cane.
"Relax, young man. I am also a member of the village of Nga Kok. With a slight effort, he stepped out of the miscanthus grass.
"What's the matter?"
The short, rickety old man tilted his face, looked up sideways and asked, "Young man, do you know the name of this road?" β
"The Traveler's Trail."
"So you know." The old man coughed, "As the most respectful human race, the ancient relics have always maintained a friendly attitude towards nature. Especially when they travel far away, they will always maintain respect for nature and pray for good luck. It's just that you don't seem to be doing it. β
After listening to the NPC old man's words, Xian Zimo still didn't understand his intentions: "What do you mean?" As soon as he finished speaking, he saw the old man stretch out his cane and shake it around the [bully fang], and then the ornament hanging in front of the cane shook rapidly.
"There's too much innocent blood on it, and it seems that you're not very friendly to nature, and you're going to be doomed if you go on like this. Young people, are you willing to change your attitude? β
'Trigger Choice'
Xian Zimo didn't expect that his first [choice] in the game would be triggered like this. [Choice] is different from the previous [Prompt Option], it is a mandatory question, such as employment and job transfer, which is the most typical [choice].
'Nod (accept) / shake head (reject)'
He looked at the two options, and the dwindling hourglass above, and couldn't help but be confused. To be honest, he really didn't pay much attention to the old man's words just now, but he heard the ancient relics mentioned or something.
'Forget it, let's do as the locals do. Eventually, he nodded and accepted.
"Excellent! Very good! The NPC old man smiled with satisfaction, "Remember your promise and do it, and you will be an ancient relic." So saying, he turned back to the bush from which he had come, and when he was covered with the tall miscanthus there was a gust of wind, and there was no movement in the bush.
"Did I meet 'old man'?" Xian Zi muttered to himself, and a prompt popped up one after another in front of him:
'Activating the National Skills [Man and Nature]'
[Man & Nature] Level: Max (National Skill, not upgradable)
"The ancient relics are a famous people who are close to nature." - Anonymous
Passive Effect: Cannot attack neutral wilds.
"And then? That's it? Looking at the bronze name skill that had just been activated, Xian Zimo was dumbfounded. Your uncle's 'old man'! Are you sure this skill isn't a DeBuff? β
The neutral wilds are the white-named monsters, and only now does he understand how he triggered the plot. It should be the reason why a certain number of white-named monsters have been killed along the way.
I didn't expect to be able to activate such a tricky skill, you must know that even in the late game, there are still many "rich" white-name monsters. What's more, after making a restriction on this skill, there is no feedback effect accordingly!
"Now the way to brush up on experience has also made him meow to me. Man and nature, okay, the road to brushing up is now stunned for me to change to a science and education program. Xian Zimo patted his face with his hand, "Calm, calm." This kind of skill must have some potential effects......"
Whether it's true or not, that's all he can do now is to calm down.
After continuing on the road, he soon met the white-named monster, a [Gray Feather Dwarf]. If you don't see it again this time, the name on its head has turned green, which is the logo of the friendly unit.
When you try to attack it, it will pop up: 'This will violate the promise of the Ancient Relics!' 'Tips. Seeing this, Xian Zimo had no choice but to give up, and he didn't plan to die to try to break the consequences of breaking his promise.
Fortunately, there are also red-named monsters like [Vicious Bobcat] and [Carnivorous Dragonfly] sent to the door to console. Otherwise, he really has the feeling of playing a parkour game.
After walking for more than ten minutes, the trail began to deteriorate, and it was already the second half of the trail. The only good news is that, at the same time, there are more and more red-name monsters appearing on the trail.
In frequent battles, Xian Zimo's experience has also risen to "20%". And due to the increase in the number and level of red monsters in the second half, the speed of gaining experience will also become faster and faster.
The intensity of the battle continued to increase, and in order not to waste time on automatic health regeneration, he began to swallow life potions. A normal quality life potion with a cooldown of only 3 minutes. After about three or four battles, one needs to be used, and the cooldown time of the potion in this process has long since ended.
As Xian Zimo punched away the bobcat in front of him, a new hint appeared:
'Mastery of Weapons: Fist Stab, Current Proficiency: E'
'Do you consume 1 skill point to master [Heavy Punch]?' β
'Do you consume 1 skill point to master [Continuous Punching]?' β
"Finally I can use my skills." Without hesitation, he learned the two basic skills. The learning of basic skills is essential and does not need to be saved.
Heavy Punch Level: Lv1 (Mastery: 0%)
Active: Unleash a powerful punch that deals (1.3*Attack + Strength) physical damage to enemies. Increases the current cost by 2 times, and immediately casts [Heavy Punch] again, up to a maximum of 3 times.
Cost: 1 stamina
Cooldown: 10s
[Punch Continuous] Level: Lv1 (Mastery: 0%)
Active: Rapid punches in succession, hitting the enemy twice, each dealing (0.9*Attack + Strength) physical damage. After hitting two hits, you can ignore the cooldown and continue to carry [Continuous Punch], which will reduce your speed and technique by 30% for each blow.
Cost: 2 stamina
Cooldown: 7s
Undoubtedly, these two skills have improved Xian Zimo a lot. After all, before that, he didn't even have a combat skill.
After acquiring two new skills, he couldn't wait to get acquainted with them. "Emperor Century" is not a play on words, in addition to the literal understanding of skills, the deeper level is to remember the sense of impact and rhythm when the skills are cast.
"Lynx? It came at the right time! β
Seeing the bobcat lying on the road ahead, Xian Zimo raised his fists in excitement.
'This will be a violation of the promise of the ancient relics! β
"What?!" The prompt that jumped out made his punch stiffen in the air, and then he looked at the poor lynx in front of him, and he also became a green name?
"What the hell? Am I missing something? β
Xian Zi opened the prompt bar in confusion and looked forward, looking for information that he might have missed, he had focused on the battle before, and he really didn't have time to pay attention to every hint. Sure enough, he missed a rather important one.
'Vicious Lynx has become afraid of you, becoming a neutral creature, and no longer attacking. β
"Can the red-named monster still be good?" Xian Zimo was completely dumbfounded at this time, could this be the potential effect of that national skill?
Knocking on the fists in each other's hands, he stepped over the bobcat on the ground in one step: "Okay, then hit you all good." I think I have a lot of experience. β