Chapter 5: The Thief Who Can Use Traps
Song Zheng's dissuasion didn't have much effect, and Cheng Yuan left after all, but not because he joined the mercenary team, but because a recruitment notice was posted in the administrative hall of Nanhai Town.
"I've thought about it, my profession as a warrior can only play a role in the army, and I've been a soldier before, and I want to see what it's like to be a soldier in this world." Cheng Yuan's face looked very excited.
"Now to be a soldier? But according to the time, the undead disaster is coming. Song Zheng said with some hesitation, according to the information he obtained, Arthas had become a paladin two years ago, and at that time, Nanhai Town had held a celebration for it, and the time should be almost the day of the appearance of the undead natural disaster.
If everything is like the history of World of Warcraft, then almost all of Lordaeron's regular troops will be lost in this terrible war, including the most powerful Knights of the Silver Hand, and in the end there will only be some sporadic resistance left, until the rise of the Scarlet Crusaders, but the final end of the Scarlet Crusaders is also very tragic.
"I know all of this, but after entering Lordaeron's army, maybe I will have a chance to meet Arthas, and then I will try to dissuade him, and maybe I can completely change the course of the history of the whole world!" Cheng Yuan still insisted on his own ideas, and he also had a more long-term plan.
This time Song Zheng failed to convince him, and that guy seemed to be particularly interested in the army.
All Song Zheng could do was stuff most of the gold coins he had accumulated during this time, and let him buy a good set of armor and weapons so that he could survive the coming troubled times.
As for Song Zheng himself not going to join the army with Cheng Yuan, he couldn't imagine what kind of dilemma he would face after joining the army as a thief, unless he was going to steal Alsace's things.
"You stay in Nanhai Town with peace of mind first, and I will definitely pick you up when I get out of the army, and then go to Xiaoxue and them." Cheng Yuan looks very optimistic about the future.
In fact, he has always been an optimistic person.
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There are many people who are willing to join the army, after all, Lordaeron seems to be very peaceful now, and it is a good time to become a soldier.
When Cheng Yuan left Nanhai Town with a large team of recruits and went to the Silver Pine Forest for training, Song Zheng had to start living alone in Nanhai Town.
With his thief ability, it is naturally not difficult to live a stable life.
During this time, he has already gotten a lot of gold coins, and after giving Cheng Yuan some, the rest is completely enough for him to live, and he has fully integrated into the thief profession, and has summed up a lot of experience in 'stealing', and it is even more convenient to 'steal' again.
However, Song Zheng is well aware of the dangers of this world, in those crises that destroy the world at every turn, it is useless to hide in the deep mountains and old forests, only by making himself constantly strong can he have a chance to survive.
And the best way to improve your strength is naturally still to level up!
Since Cheng Yuan was not there, Song Zheng had to learn to kill the wild wolves outside the city alone.
Since it was difficult for him to kill the wolves head-on with his strength, he had to use other methods, so he began to learn how to use crossbows from other adventurers...... He even learned to make traps, and successfully caught a greedy wolf with a trap outside the town of Nanhai.
After killing the hapless wolf, Song Zheng found that he had really gained experience points.
However, after looking at the crossbow arrow in his hand, Song Zheng couldn't help but feel a little emotional.
"If this continues, will I become a hunter......"
After Song Zheng cautiously checked his character attributes, he didn't find any changes, the thief profession was still the same as before, and even his skills had not increased.
"Yes...... The 'stealing' skill obviously does not belong to the ability that ordinary people can have, it is more like some kind of special power that transcends the rules, and it should not be able to be learned casually......" Thinking of this, Song Zheng couldn't help but feel a burst of excitement in his heart.
If this is the case, then if you succeed in leveling up in the future, the other skills you have acquired may also be very powerful!
Of course, the premise is that you can upgrade smoothly...... Before that, he had to kill nearly 400 wolves on his own.
Four hundred wolves is not a small number, if the hunt is carried out slowly, it will be a long process, but Song Zheng soon found that after having money, there are many ways to improve the efficiency of hunting.
For example, you can buy some steel traps that have already been made, or some powerful potions, or even some magic artifacts from Dalaran, which can store extremely devastating magic, and even easily kill a lion.
With all kinds of props to buy hunting, Song Zheng soon became a relatively famous hunter in Nanhai Town, and even the people who issued tasks took the initiative to find him to help hunt, and his experience began to improve rapidly.
However, not every hunt can be successful, especially the wolf is a very cunning animal, in the process of hunting will appear all kinds of complicated situations, such as the situation in front of the prey to break free from the trap is a very unlucky kind......
Song Zheng got closer and found that the wild wolf, which was not small, had actually broken free from the stainless steel trap he had bought at a high price, and it was in a very cruel way...... The wolf bit off the front leg where he was caught!
When he found someone approaching, the wolf with only three legs left immediately struggled to stand up, although his wounds were still bleeding, but his eyes glowing with green glow were staring at Song Zheng.
Song Zheng even felt that this injured wolf was probably deliberately staying here and waiting for his arrival!
He wanted to retreat at the first moment, but it was too late, and the wounded wolf had already let out a low growl and pounced.
However, as a thief, Song Zheng's reaction was quite agile, and he immediately threw the crossbow in his hand towards the hungry wolf, and at the same time he dodged the attack with a roll.
When Song Zheng got up from the grass, he already had a dagger in his hand, although the adventurers of this world were proud to have a good long sword, but he liked to use the dagger, and even every time he held the dagger in his hand, he felt a sense of intimacy.
Perhaps this is the habit of professional thieves.
The wolf with only three legs left immediately attacked again after missing a blow, but due to the broken leg, its speed was greatly affected after all, and several consecutive pounces were avoided by Song Zhengshan.
Perhaps affected by the thief's profession, Song Zheng had a good patience, and did not rashly take the initiative to attack the evil wolf, but patiently waited for the injured wolf to continue to bleed and slowly exhaust his physical strength.
In the end, when the three-legged wolf was unstable even on its feet, Song Zheng took the opportunity to stab a fatal knife.
However, Song Zheng still underestimated the madness of this evil wolf, although the dagger in his hand had been stabbed into the wolf's chest, his left hand was still bitten before he died.
The wolf's fangs were very sharp, even if he was wearing thick leather gloves, his entire left hand was still dripping with blood, and it was estimated that the bones had been bitten off, and the piercing pain almost made him tremble, and it also made him realize that his patience was still a little worse.
"Oops, you're hurt?" At this moment, a surprised and gentle voice suddenly sounded.
Immediately, a white figure hurriedly came to Song Zheng's side.
It was a girl, and Song Zheng could recognize it as a priest from the white dress with some patterns.
The girl was not very old, she looked no more than fourteen or fifteen years old, but her appearance was very delicate, and she looked even more beautiful against the white priest's robe.
"I was just accidentally bitten by a wolf while hunting." Although the wound was grinning, Song Zheng still smiled reluctantly in front of this beautiful girl.
"Sit down, I'll help you heal." The girl prayed in a little panic as she spoke.
Perhaps it was a little nervous about the bleeding wound, but it took a moment for a soft and faint white light to light up in her hand.
The girl finally breathed a sigh of relief as if she had lost her weight, and then carefully placed the white light on the wound on Song Zheng's arm.
A hint of coolness came, and the pain in his left hand finally eased a lot, but the wound was still bleeding......
"This ......" Song Zheng couldn't help but doubt the effect of this holy light technique.
"I'm so sorry...... I'm just a probationary priest, and I'm just learning healing, so I can barely summon a glimmer of light......" The girl blushed and lowered her head, her voice barely audible.
"I didn't ...... It's okay. The corners of Song Zheng's mouth twitched slightly, it seems that he is really unlucky, and he will be bitten by wild beasts when hunting with traps, and he finally met a priest who is still a novice.
"I'll help you bandage it, and I'll ask Sister Bridget to treat you with the Holy Light Technique when I get back." As she spoke, the girl hurriedly took out a white handkerchief from her arms and carefully helped Song Zheng bandage the wound.
"Thank you, I don't know your name yet?" Song Zheng was quite moved in his heart, such a beautiful and kind girl was difficult to find on the earth.
"My name is Sally. Whitemane lives just east of the town of Southsea. The girl said casually while carefully bandaging.
"Are you...... Sally. Whitemane? Song Zheng opened his mouth in surprise.
He was no stranger to the name, but he couldn't associate the blushing girl in front of him with the white lotus-like archproquisitor of the blood-colored monastery.