Chapter 3 Knife Trial
Anyway, I couldn't get a quest for a while, so I decided to walk around the village to learn about the terrain and the distribution of various NPCs, and by the way, find out if there were any quests in some remote corners. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
I walked to a small hut and heard a "clanging" sound coming from inside.
I poked my head in and saw three shirtless men striking iron, without any players around.
I walked into the house and saluted with my fists and said, "Hello, big brothers." β
"Hello." A blacksmith named Zhang Tietou stopped and smiled, "What is the reason why the guest officer is here?" β
"I don't know if Brother Zhang has anything to help? I'm in a panic. I laughed.
"The three of us are building farm tools, and we are currently short of iron ore at hand, I wonder if the guest officer is willing to help me and wait?" Zhang Tietou asked.
"It's up to me." I quickly agreed.
A line of text lights up, and the system prompts: You have accepted the task "Looking for Iron Ore", please help blacksmith Zhang Tietou to find 20 iron ores at the foot of the mountain north of the village.
Then, the system prompts: You have learned the skill "Nuggets".
I turned around and was just about to leave, when Zhang Tietou stopped me, he handed over a miner's hoe and smiled: "Guest officer, please take this." β
I took my hoe and rushed to the hillside north of the village.
Halfway through, I opened the skill book and saw that there was one more gold digging technique in the book.
Nuggets (requires energy 10): Able to mine a variety of ores, current level 1.
As soon as I left the village, I saw many players holding weapons in their hands, standing in place and looking around vigilantly, judging from the carcasses of wild dogs on the ground, they were fighting monsters and upgrading here, and the number of wild dogs and the refresh speed were far from meeting the needs of so many people, so a situation was formed in which everyone was faster than anyone else.
I smiled wryly as I walked past the crowd and continued north in three steps and two stepsβeven though I hadn't seen any other players in the blacksmith shop take on the quest, I didn't dare to slack off.
After walking about 100 meters, I noticed a shiny ore at the foot of the mountain, and a few steps away from the ore there were several players cutting snakes, but no one was mining.
I didn't have time to think about it, and immediately pounced on the ore without hesitation.
I knocked a few times, and a piece of iron ore broke away from the mountain and fell to the ground.
I picked up the iron ore and put it in the treasure chest, and the system said: Your Nugget level has increased to 2.
"Big brother, what kind of task are you?" A nearby player leaned over and asked.
"The blacksmith shop." I blurted out a reply, and immediately regretted it.
Hey, since I want to be a villain in the game, how can I be so honest and kind? It will have to be changed in the future! I sighed in my heart.
"Don't fool me, those 3 NPCs in the blacksmith shop don't pay attention to people at all, and they don't want to talk about pulling them down." The player pouted dismissively.
I stared at the player and took a closer look, and all kinds of information about him immediately flashed in front of my eyes, it turned out that his name was Ye Shituo, level 2, health 300, defense, strength, stamina, internal strength and energy were all 10.
Hehe, it turns out that the initial attributes of ordinary players are only 5, and when they reach level 2, they are only 10, I laughed secretly.
I looked at my 1/100th evil experience bar and couldn't help but get my heart racing.
Killing other players will increase your evil value, so why don't you try your skills? I pondered.
I struggled inwardly, but finally decided to PK the players in front of me - if you want to do evil in the game, you don't have to be a woman.
I rushed behind him, slammed a stick on his head, and with a "bang", a big number flashed on his head: 1004!
System Prompt: You killed the player and dragged it, and the evil value was +1.
I landed a critical hit with extra damage, and it was a knock on him - of course, he wouldn't be able to withstand my blow even if he didn't.
I didn't give the other players around me a chance to escape, one stick at a time, and I killed 4 or 5 people in a short period of time.
One of the remaining players tried to flee the village, but I caught up with me and shot my head, his blood and brains splattered all over me.
I wiped my face and put my hand under my nose to smell it, and the smell of blood made me sick.
I continued to wander at the bottom of the mountain, hunting snakes while looking for iron ore, and killing players nearby when I saw them.
By the time I had found 20 iron ores, I had reached level 3 and had over 20 evil points.
I saw that my health had reached 900 and my defense was 40, so I could increase my defense by 5 points for each level.
I was about to go back to the village to hand in the mission, but when I looked up, I saw from a distance that the players I had just killed were gathering at the entrance of the village - I have super eyesight now, and a distance of a few hundred meters is only a few tens of meters for me.
I pricked up my ears and listened carefully to their conversation, it turned out that they were gathering people to seek revenge on me, whether they were victims or not, as long as anyone passed by the entrance of the village, they were formed into the team.
Just with you miscellaneous pieces, don't you come to kill one by one, and kill one by two? I sneered secretly.
Evil is very important to me, and I can't ask for it, and since they have sent it to the door, I have no reason not to kill them, so I found a boulder on the side of the mountain and hid behind it, and waited quietly for the other party to arrive.
In a few moments, the footsteps of the crowd reached a distance of only a few feet from me.
"Split up." Someone shouted, and footsteps dispersed.
Someone found the back of the boulder, and when I looked at him, I realized that he was one of the male players who had been killed by the NPC before.
"Little brother, why don't you always have long eyes?" I scoffed, and then unceremoniously sent him back to the spawn point at the entrance of the village.
I leapt from behind the rocks and catch up with the nearest players at 40% faster movement speeds, killing them one by one.
When the rest of the crowd found out about me, they all outflanked me, and I used guerrilla tactics to kill all 20 people back to the entrance of the village, and by this time the reborn players had already arrived again.
I sneered as I swung the stick in my hand and slaughtered everyone.
After a few rounds, I reached 100 Evil.
My eyes lit up, and the system prompted: You have comprehended the skill "Cover People's Eyes".
I opened the skill book and looked at it, and it was a cover (requires 100 energy): poison the target, temporarily deaf and blind, for 10 seconds, unable to be used in battle, current level 1.
Haha, it looks like an interesting skill, so I'll try my hand at these people as guinea pigs first, and I'm overjoyed.
I ran wildly at my feet, shaking off several of the players who were fighting me.
I ran away from the fighting and hid behind a small tree.
The players chased after me, and they passed me without noticing me.
The crowd went around in a big circle and couldn't find me, so they gathered near my hiding place and scolded me for several minutes.
One of them did not leave, but sat by the small tree to rest, and I quietly looked at it, and this person was very dragged.
Seeing that the opportunity was rare, I did not hesitate to hide my eyes and ears from my grandfather.
Ye Shituo suddenly lost consciousness, and suddenly screamed in fright, he kept turning in place, while his hands were scratching in the air.
"Pig's head, do you know how powerful Grandpa is?!" I shouted loudly in my ear, and he didn't react to it.
This skill is really useful, with such a powerful skill at only level 3, the future of the evil master is simply immeasurable, I can't help but sigh in my heart.
While he was still blind and deaf, I quickly ran away and hid in the grass to stare at him from afar.
After returning to normal, he first looked around in horror, and then stumbled towards the crowded place.
I jumped out of the grass and raced towards the village, where someone tried to intercept me, but I couldn't reach it.
Back at the blacksmith shop, I handed over the iron ore to Zhang Tietou.
"Thank you, officer, the small one can't be rewarded, please stay with the miner's hoe just now, and please accept some silver taels here." Zhang Tietou nodded with satisfaction.
"Brother Zhang is polite." I hugged my fists.
"The little one will teach the guest officer some practical blacksmith work." Zhang Tietou said.
System Prompt: You have gained 500 experience points, you have reached level 4, you have obtained 10 taels of silver, you have comprehended the skill "Skilled Craftsman", and your game achievement is +10.
I tapped a little bit into the skill book, and the details of the skill were immediately displayed in front of me.
Skilled Crafter: Able to craft and open a variety of locks, with increasing skill levels, can craft and open more types of locks, current level 1.
It's such a practical skill, and it will all depend on it to pick the lock in the future, I secretly rejoiced.
"Brother Zhang, is there anything else you need me to help with?" I asked courteously.
"Don't dare to trouble the guest officer anymore." Zhang Tietou smiled, paused, and then pointed to the shelves by the wall and said, "The goods here are quite complete, please take a look at it." β
I clicked on the shelves and saw that there were miners' hoes, blacksmiths' hammers, and all kinds of metal raw materials.
I bought 1 blacksmith's hammer and 10 coarse copper blocks and ran to the anvil to tinker with them.
I was busy for about 1 minute, and 10 crude copper locks were made, and the skill of the skilled craftsman rose to 10.
I looked at the lock that had just been made, and I quickly picked up a copper lock and fiddled with it, and I opened the copper lock in a few clicks, and at the same time improved my skill by 1 point.
I was overjoyed, and immediately opened all the remaining brass locks.
When the skill reached 20, the system prompted that it could no longer be improved, so I stopped unlocking.
At this moment, a player walks into the blacksmith shop and talks to Zhang Tietou.
"Since the prestige of the guest officer in this village has reached a friendly level, it can be seen that the villagers trust the guest officer very much, and the small one has something to ask for." Zhang Tietou smiled, and then he gave the man the task of finding iron ore.
It's no wonder that no one was able to take on Zhang Tietou's mission before, it turned out that I needed prestige and friendliness, and I didn't have a prestige requirement as a special person, and it suddenly dawned on me.
Doesn't that mean I can get ahead of others? I couldn't help but feel my heart beating.
I used the rest of the money to buy copper ingots to make copper locks to practice skills, and after reaching 50, I was destitute and had to give up for the time being.
I opened the skill book and pointed to "Skilled Craftsman", and a line of text flashed: Your current skill level is already capable of making and opening silver locks.
Well, very thoughtful reminder, I nodded approvingly.
Out of the blacksmith's shop, I wandered around the village, looking for a job to take.
I walked to a shop and stopped, and when I looked up, I saw that the shabby signboard read "Zhang Kee Grocery Store" in five large characters.
I walked into the store and clicked on the shelves to check and found that there were a lot of goods inside.
"What do you need, officer? Or do you have something good to sell me? The shopkeeper Zhang Fa leaned up and asked with a smile.
This village should be Zhangjia Village, everyone is surnamed Zhang, I secretly said in my heart.
I took out the copper lock in the treasure chest and handed it over, Zhang Fa glanced at it, took it and threw it on the shelf, and then took out a silver ingot of 50 taels from his purse and threw it to me.
Yes, not only did I practice my skills but I also earned my first pot of gold - although this pot of gold is a little less, I thought to myself.
I clicked on the shelves again and browsed through them, and found that there were maps for sale.
I thought that this thing should be useful, so I pointed to the map, and the system prompted: hand-drawn detailed map, the price is 10 taels of silver.
Despite the shyness of my pocket, after thinking about it for a few seconds, I bought the map.
I unfolded the map and saw that there was a shiny golden arrow that was where I was, and the arrow was pointing in the direction I was facing.
Sure enough, it was Zhangjia Village, I couldn't help but smile secretly, and then put away the map and continued to check other goods.
Zhang Fa seemed careless, but he looked me up and down from time to time.
I felt very uncomfortable, so I asked, "Shopkeeper, I don't know what to learn?" β
"Hehe, guest officer, I see that you are magnificent, your bones are strange, and you are definitely not a layman." Zhang Fa mysteriously leaned up and whispered in my ear: "The villain has a book of martial arts secrets on hand that is suitable for the guest officer, but there is something I want to ask you for." β
"But it doesn't hurt to say, I will do my best." I'm holding my fists - since there's a quest to reward cheats, I certainly won't miss it.
"Hu Yuanwai of Hujia Village owes me an account in the store, and it has been more than two years now, and he is determined to repay the debt." Zhang Fa said eloquently, "The Hu family has many minions, and they are bullying, and the villain really has nothing to do, so I implore the guest officer to help recover this old account." β
"It's too deceitful." I said angrily, "Shopkeeper, please rest assured, I will definitely seek justice for you." β
"Walk down the road from the exit on the south side of the village, and the first village along the way is Hujia Village, and the big mansion in the village is Hu Yuanwai's kennel." Zhang Fa said.
I nodded, and the system prompted: You accepted the task "Debt Collection" to recover Hu Yuanwai's old accounts for the grocery store manager.