Chapter 587: Blacksmith
Ling Ze would say this, of course he had confidence, of course he didn't want to waste two days here, what he said would take two days was just referring to Kirito.
After all, the combat ability of the empty hand can only be used here in this "master of physical arts", as the "world of sword skills", this world must have weapons to have combat ability, so if you want to break this rock with only two fists, you can't use the power of the "sword skills" you are good at, which is also the real difficulty of this task.
Most players rely heavily on "sword skills" to fight, and if there is no "sword skills" assisted by the system, most players will lose their ability to fight, and using "double fists" to break through rocks naturally seems to be an impossible task, even if the level is high.
However, for Ling Ze, who has mastered the "double strength", it is not particularly difficult to smash the rock, after all, this is actually only a very basic requirement.
Ling Ze, who has successfully integrated the power skills and swordsmanship of "Rogue Kenshin" into this game world, can be said to be worthy of facing this kind of challenge.
The punch had already begun to bear fruit, and although the outside of the rock did not look like it had changed, its internal structure had been shaken greatly.
"You've decided?"
The NPC old man didn't care about this, he sent confirmation to Ling Ze again, and this time Ling Ze didn't say no more to refuse.
The old man picked up the pen and quickly left a mark on Ling Ze's cheek, which was also three whiskers outlined by a brush.
"Poof~"
Argo laughed, but in fact, it doesn't look very funny, even if a good-looking person pretends to be ugly a little, it won't make people really feel ugly, on the contrary, it may look "cute", and no matter how delicate the ugly person is, it will make people feel as if they are deliberately "demonic", sometimes the reality is so cruel.
Of course, it is no longer a question of whether it is ugly or not, but it will inevitably bear some unnecessary gaze.
If you don't have any special hobbies, it's best not to go out like this, Argo is also to be able to continue to do business, for the sake of money shuddering, in fact, she doesn't like to draw three beards on her face and deliberately sell cuteness to go out.
"Brother Ling Ze......"
Kirito opened his mouth to ask, but was stopped by Ling Ze waving his hand, he had already stood in front of the rock again and set up a posture.
Now Kirito understood that Ling Ze really wanted to complete this task first, and he should be quite confident, but he still couldn't figure it out, what could be done about it?
"Boom !!"
In response to him, Ling Ze punched the rock again, and the same effect was not obvious, except for the strange vibration.
"Boom, boom, boom!!"
However, as Ling Ze bombarded with punches one after another, Kirito and Asuna and Argo's puzzled eyes gradually became solemn, and finally turned into a thick surprise again, and even the NPC old man who was originally planning to go back to the house couldn't help but stop and watch, he had obviously noticed the change in the rock.
"Click!"
Sure enough, after Ling Ze exhaled and stood up with a few punches, the rock immediately shattered from the inside out, and the internal structure had even been shattered into powder.
This astonishing scene naturally stunned a group of ordinary people, and they looked at Ling Ze as if they were looking at a "kung fu master", which was much more than splitting bricks with their bare hands.
"How... How?! ”
Argo felt that her three views had exploded today, she was no stranger to such a thing as murder, she was no stranger to the intelligence industry, not that she had killed people by herself, but that she knew more about the current situation of this game than Kirito and Asuna, so although Ling Ze's decisiveness in killing frightened her, it did not exceed her cognition.
However, she had worked hard to break this rock during the closed beta period, and she really understood how hard this rock was, and it was really similar to the indestructible buildings in the security zone, and she worked hard for a long time to no avail, so she finally gave up this task, and decided not to tell anyone about this task casually.
And Ling Ze just now, I'm afraid it didn't take a few minutes before and after, to smash this rock into this way with her fist, which was really beyond the scope of her cognition.
"A little trick."
Ling Ze was very calm, for him now, this was indeed a small skill, after all, if it wasn't in the game, he really didn't need to use this kind of small skill.
"Yes, it's done very well, you are a good seedling, maybe you can surpass me in the application of physical arts, I have already taught you physical arts, I hope you don't let it be ashamed."
The NPC old man looked relieved, he really handled the master's style very well, and at this time, in Ling Ze's sight, the hint of the completion of the task had already jumped out.
The hidden skill "Physique" has been successfully activated, and he has the ability to attack without using weapons, which is indeed a very useful ability in certain situations, but you must know that skills other than "Physique" may only be "Stealing" without weapons.
"That's it?"
Argo was still in a state of downtime, but Kirito, who had been with Ling Ze for a while, quickly recovered, after all, he had already been shocked by Ling Ze.
As for Asuna, after accepting the profession that Ling Ze once did as a "superhero", her ability to bear has also improved by leaps and bounds, she feels that her three views are being rebuilt, in fact, this is a process that many gamers have to go through, trapped in the game world for two years, and in the end, whether they are voluntary or involuntary, they have to adapt to a new life in the game world.
This is also the reason why, after leaving the game world, they have to receive a unified readjustment education, they are like being thrown into a barbaric society for two years, and when they come back, of course, they have to re-receive a modern education, in order to fill the two years that are out of line with reality.
"Let's go, after the new layer is opened, we still have to be busy, if you still want to come after this task, you can come again, in fact, this task is more of a test of patience, as long as you can calm down, you can complete it, right, old man?"
Ling Ze looked at the NPC old man with a smile, and the latter had an unfathomable expression, and said with a hum:
"As I said at the beginning, the path of cultivation is long and dangerous, and if you don't even have this bit of patience, then there's nothing wrong with leaving a mark and a long lesson."
The old man walked back into the house and began to meditate again, but his words made Argo's face redden, after all, she was the unfinished loser, and she felt that she was being targeted.
"Who's going to spend two or three days on a task playing a game?! It really is! This task is also too exaggerated! ”
Argo was a little angry, in fact, there was nothing wrong with what she said, the time during the closed beta period was already very precious, everyone was either trying to upgrade and break through, or they were exploring the world everywhere, how could they delay two or three days on a mission?
"It's true that this task is quite difficult to design, and the average gamer will definitely not be willing to delay for so long on such a task, after all, the boring splitting of stones here will not increase experience points, skill proficiency and the like, it is just a simple splitting of stones."
Kirito also shook his head a little helplessly, but he wasn't criticizing, on the contrary, he felt that such a mission design made this game world seem more real, and it was conceivable that Kayaba Jinghiko must have put in a lot of energy and effort when they made this SAO world.
"Unfortunately, he chose to turn this game world into a cruel testing ground instead."
Ling Ze sighed, and then left here with everyone, at this time Klein and they had already sent a summons, obviously the carnival on the other side of the square had ended.
The four of them returned to the central city of "Urubas" together, and "Mouse" Argo didn't stay long, so she chose to leave, she is a player who likes to risk alone to gather intelligence, naturally she will not really team up with anyone, that will make her business difficult to do.
"Ah, Brother Ling Ze, where did you go?"
Klein and the others came to the agreed place, and they came up complaining, like abandoned little daughters-in-law.
Kirito opened his mouth to talk about their experience, which naturally caused the righteous indignation of everyone in the "Wind Forest Volcano", shouting that they must teach the bastards of the "Wind Demon Ninja Army" some lessons, of course, this was naturally severely criticized by Kirito and Asuna, who didn't want to be troublesome, and they didn't want to really start a war with those troublesome guys.
"That being said, didn't those two guys already send a message? Even if we don't want to clash with them, if we do, we'll still get entangled, right? ”
Klein scratched his head, he didn't want to back down or anything, although the trouble was caused by Ling Ze, Kirito, and Asuna, but they would definitely advance and retreat together.
"The soldiers are coming to block, the water is coming to cover the earth, don't worry about this problem."
Ling Ze waved his hand, the guys of the "Wind Demon Ninja Army" were just a trivial matter, they didn't have to change their pace because of those guys.
"Okay, so what's next?"
Klein naturally listened to Ling Ze, let's not talk about the issue of the "Wind Demon Ninja Army", then they will naturally start leveling up next, and this is the time for the closed beta player Kiritto to play.
"Let's take a break for supplies first, it's not early today, update the equipment tomorrow, and then go to the materials, to this layer, the equipment can be upgraded appropriately, and the success rate of equipment enhancement in this layer has increased again."
Kirito thought about it for a while, and then said the plan he had come up with, and everyone naturally had no objection to this.
"What are you kidding?!"
In the east square of "Urubas", Ling Ze and his party, who had just finished replenishing in the South Market, were blocked by the commotion in the square, and a lot of people who ate melons had gathered here.
This is a sunken circular open space, the crowd is all crowded in a corner of the square, and the same shouts can be heard intermittently at the back of the crowd, Ling Ze and his party approached inside, ready to see what was going on, and the movement inside was not small.
"Now... Appear... What now?! The ability has dropped so much! ”
In the center of the crowd was a red-faced, screaming man with a sword in his hand.
Beside him was a gray velvet blanket, and chairs, anvils, display shelves, and other items were squeezed on top of the blanket.
The blanket is called the "Vendor's Carpet", and it is not a cheap item, but if you spread it on the ground, you can open a simple player shop, and it can be said that it is the most indispensable item for players who want to become a merchant.
Of course, you can sell items on the ground even if you don't have a carpet, but the durability of the items decreases when you put them in the placed state, and they can't prevent some thieves from stealing them.
During the closed beta period, merchants could be seen on the main passages of the main block on each floor spreading out various colored velvet carpets and buying and selling lively, but in the month after SA0 officially started operating and became a game of death, this was the first time that Ling Ze and the others had seen players come out to set up stalls.
"Wow, this is the first time we've seen a blacksmith who is not an NPC, but a player, and it looks like he's in trouble."
Klein said in surprise that at this time they had a general understanding of the cause of the commotion, which was a trivial matter, but it was relatively uncommon in this period.
Obviously, the man who was constantly banging his sword on the ground and yelling should have entrusted the blacksmith who was standing there silently with his head hanging down to help him "strengthen" the sword, but the result did not seem to be very good.
Generally speaking, the success rate of the player blacksmith will be higher than that of NPCs of the same level, of course, the blacksmith also needs to have actually improved the proficiency of related skills, and the ability in this area is a few that can be judged from appearance.
Because the "Blacksmith Hammer System", a prop used in the production skill "Ironsmithing", must have a fairly high level of proficiency to equip it, and this thing is definitely not deceiving.
And now the blacksmith who is standing there a little depressed and scolding is placed on the anvil is the "Steel Hammer", which requires more skill than the "Bronze Hammer" used by the NPCs on this street.
And this means that the blacksmith's weapon enhancement success rate should be higher than that of NPCs, of course, if this is not the case, he will not be able to come out to set up a stall to do business, and everyone will definitely choose to find NPC enhanced weapons.
But it's a pity that if there is no high proficiency in SAO, the success rate of weapon enhancement will be in a low state, 100% is basically impossible, and it is already very good to have a seventy percent success rate, and that man is obviously unlucky to catch up with failure.