Update Time: 2014-02-09
Upon exiting the village, what a sight! People were everywhere, all killing rabbits, wielding a motley assortment of weapons.
Lin Zheng checked his inventory: a rather finely crafted dagger, a cloth tunic, and nothing else!
Newbie Dagger: Physical Attack 30-55, Magic Attack 30-55, Bound, Never Wears Out
Newbie Cloth Tunic: Physical Defense 22, Bound, Never Wears Out
After equipping them, the character’s basic attributes were:
Yi Ping (Archer)
Level 1
Strength: 4
Intelligence: 1
Stamina: 2
Agility: 1
Spirit: 1
Physical Attack: 39-73
Magic Attack: 33-60
Physical Defense: 30
Magic Defense: 2
Health: 100
Mana: 100
He looked at his skills. Hmm, it seemed he only had one before his first class change.
Throw: Level 1, Proficiency 0/100. Throws weapon at enemy, Physical Attack increased by 10%, Accuracy decreased by 20%. Range 1-20 meters.
It was a skill that felt like it was there and not there. If he threw his weapon, it wouldn’t come back, so how would he fight monsters then?
Lin Zheng grumbled inwardly as he watched others fight monsters, and soon realized his ignorance.
Newbie weapons were bound, and the setting of phantom spirit ii was that bound equipment would not be lost unless the player destroyed it or sold it to a shop.
This meant that if he threw it, it would automatically return to his hand.
Therefore, weapons thrown using the Throw skill would automatically return to the player’s hand after the attack action ended.
Didn’t he see everyone with daggers acting like Little Li Flying Daggers?
Lin Zheng chuckled; this was great, so convenient!
This game was really considerate of Newbie players.
Alright! He would let a rabbit be his test subject!
A rabbit just happened to spawn in front of Lin Zheng. Oh! It was a Level 3 one, but no problem, it was just a rabbit!
Lin Zheng took a step forward, kicked with his big foot, and the rabbit was immediately sent flying into the air, with a “-53” floating up.
Seizing the opportunity, he flicked his dagger out, and it hit! “-65!”
He rushed forward two steps, held the retrieved dagger, jumped, and pinned the rabbit to the ground, “-120!”
Good heavens, a critical hit!
Alright, Lin Zheng admitted that he was trying to look cool by killing rabbits this way, but seeing several Jurassic carnivores staring at him with starry eyes still scared him into fleeing in a panic.
Lin Zheng opened his map and looked at it.
He was quite confident in his skills, so he decided to find some slightly higher-level monsters to kill.
Hmm, he was currently at Wild Rabbit Slope, and if he ran a bit further, he could reach Green Tree Forest.
That was a monster area for Levels 4-12; this should be about right!
Lin Zheng looked at the map and quickly ran over.
Upon arriving at Green Tree Forest, wow! There were quite a few people here too!
They were all having a blast fighting giant fat rats.
Well then, he would keep going and see what awesome monsters he could encounter.
However, Lin Zheng quickly retreated in frustration; he encountered Level 8 monkeys.
He was agile, so it was hard for the monkeys to hit him, but the key was that he couldn’t hit the monkeys either!
The level difference was too great, and the chance of his attacks being dodged was too high.
Coupled with insufficient attack, the barely penetrating damage was truly pathetic.
Fighting them was extremely uneconomical, so he could only run back sheepishly to kill rats for fun.
After killing giant rats for over an hour, Lin Zheng leveled up to 6 and mused that it was time to change locations, but just then, someone shouted, “Boss spawned! Boss spawned!!!”
Huh? Boss?
Lin Zheng’s spirits lifted, and he followed the crowd towards the source of the sound.
Why would someone loudly announce that they found a boss? Wouldn’t it be more profitable to kill it themselves!
Well, the key was that this person knew his limits.
Right now, everyone had Newbie equipment, and there was truly no way to kill a boss of the same level except by ganging up on it.
No way, then call for people!
With that shout! Whoosh—!
Dozens of people surged over at once!
Lin Zheng was also in the crowd, weaving and dodging until he finally reached the front line.
He saw the boss, and what a sight, an 8-level Giant Rat Leader, a Bronze Boss.
Because there were so many people killing the boss, its health was dropping in tens and twenties, plummeting rapidly.
In no time, it was nearly dead.
Indeed, the power of the masses was formidable!
Lin Zheng quietly sighed with emotion, but his hands were not idle; he had already unceremoniously stabbed the boss several times.
The boss had about 8000 health.
Good heavens, it was going to die in less than two minutes.
Of course, it was still a formidable boss, even if it didn’t attack many times, but it had already instantly killed quite a few Newbie players!
If Lin Zheng hadn’t been agile, he would have had to return to the Village for free!
Lin Zheng’s eyes were wide, staring at the ground, ready to snatch whatever the boss dropped.
He knew that items dropped by bosses in this game were unprotected; whoever grabbed them first owned them!
Finally, the Giant Rat Leader let out a miserable “Squeak!” and fell dead.
Although this was the smallest boss imaginable, it was still a first kill, and it actually had a massive drop, instantly scattering copper coins all over the ground, a truly magnificent sight!
Lin Zheng had no time for admiration; he had just grabbed an item with one hand, but before he could even see what it was, he was pushed out.
Alright, too many monks, too little porridge, he couldn’t be greedy, could he?
Lin Zheng consoled himself and left the crowd, though in reality, he severely scorned the guys who were scrambling for items.
Only when there was no one around did he take out the item to look at it.
Stolen Pipe: The Old Man’s pipe. Returning it to him will earn some reward money. Quest Item.
Lin Zheng’s eyes widened, and he felt so depressed he almost vomited blood!
Several items had just dropped! Even if they were all white-grade equipment, they were still infinitely better than his Newbie gear, but he was so unlucky as to get a pipe!
Reward money? How much reward money could a Newbie Village quest give!?
Lin Zheng immediately had the urge to throw the pipe away, but then he thought, even a Mosquito’s leg is meat.
He might as well turn it in; it was just a short run anyway.
So Lin Zheng put the pipe back in his inventory and turned to run back to the village.
Back in the village, Lin Zheng found the Old Man at the village entrance.
At this moment, several players were surrounding the Old Man, talking, undoubtedly hoping to trigger some hidden quest and then become incredibly powerful!
However, looking at the Old Man’s calm and leisurely expression, Lin Zheng guessed that those players must be feeling quite frustrated!
Ignoring these opportunistic players, Lin Zheng walked forward and, under their gaze of “another fellow traveler,” took out the pipe.
“Old Man, this is your pipe, isn’t it!” Lin Zheng stared at the Old Man and said.
The Old Man, who had been looking serene and composed, opened his eyes in surprise upon hearing this.
“Oh! This is my pipe! I lost it several days ago. Thank you for finding it for me, young man!”
The Old Man said joyfully as he took the pipe from Lin Zheng’s hand, and Lin Zheng also heard the prompt: “Quest ‘Stolen Pipe’ completed! Gained 500 experience and one gold coin!”
Lin Zheng was immediately overjoyed upon hearing this; not bad!
There was actually a reward of one gold coin, which was a huge fortune for current players!
He had been killing monsters for almost two hours and hadn’t even earned 1 silver yet!
The Old Man took the pipe, wiped the mouthpiece on his clothes, and then just bit down on it and took a puff, and absurdly, smoke actually came out!
This left the few nearby players dumbfounded.
Lin Zheng was still in his surprise and didn’t notice at the moment, but when he came to his senses, he saw the Old Man happily smoking, wondering how quickly the Old Man lit his pipe!
Just as he was thinking about continuing to kill monsters and level up, the Old Man spoke.
“Young man, can you help me find my glasses too? I accidentally lost them the day before yesterday, and now I can’t see things clearly!
Don’t worry, if you help me find them, I will definitely give you a generous reward!”
Oh! There’s a follow-up quest.
Well, it’s better than monotonous monster grinding, and this Old Man is indeed quite rich, so Lin Zheng accepted the quest.
“No problem, leave it to me!”
“That’s great! I lost them in the cornfield the day before yesterday. Could you help me look for them there?
I hope those damned crows haven’t picked them up!”
“Accepted quest ‘Lost Glasses’. Go to the cornfield and retrieve the Old Man’s glasses from the crows. Quest Difficulty: D-rank!”
You really have a crow’s mouth, Old Man!
Lin Zheng gave the Old Man a resentful look; they really were picked up by crows.
But this was good too, better than searching aimlessly; killing some crows should make the glasses drop, right?
No time to waste, Lin Zheng opened his map and ran towards the cornfield under the envious and jealous gazes of the nearby players.