“319!”
I can’t take anymore hits. So at the same time I use my level 4 [Combo], I also cast [Heal]!
“+600!”
With that my HP is almost full. Bobo and I combine forces and attack together. With a few strikes the water snake’s HP drops and it falls with a slither. After dying it floats on the water and a taints the water around it with a faint red tint.
I pick the 12 silver coins in the water plants silently and continue forward. Now that I have experience, when I saw another small red dot on the minimap I stood still. Then I punched into the water and cast [Binding Chains]!
Clang!
Steel chains break through the water showing the Desolate Water Snake. The snake is completely immobilized by my level 2 [Binding Chains] for 2.2 seconds. Both of us rush towards it. This time, killing it was a piece of cake. After finishing the water snake I scan around. At the edge of the swamp I see smoke rising and I also see a person! I’ll go there and check it out!
……
I leave the shallow water and slice away some thorns. In front of it is a soldier with rotting legs. He’s around 35 years old and over his head hovers a line of words——Garrison Leader Guche. On his shoulder there’s the emblem of Ba Huang City, which provides the same buff that I get.
Guche is lying there and using leaves to cover both of his legs. Beside him is a campfire. His forehead is full of sweat and he’s breathing quite heavily, it seems like he is going to die soon.
I take my sword and quickly run over to him. I kneel down next to Guche and ask: “What happened?”
Guche raises his head and looks at me. Then suddenly his pale face becomes full of color and says: “Ah! You’re…You’re from Ba Huang City, but you also have the imprint of Dragon City. Ahh…I’m saved!”
I ask: “What happened?”
Guche says: “Under the orders of Captain Frost, I carried gold coins to nearby towns and cities to buy food to bring back to Dragon City. But I didn’t expect to meet bandits on the way and they stole all the gold coins. I then tried to bring the injured soldiers back to Dragon City. But when we were in the Desolate Cloud Swamp, I was attacked by the [Poisonous Water Snakes] in the swamp. Now my lower body is rotting from the poison. So young Scavenger of Dragon City…”
He grabs my hands and says: “Please kill some [Poisonous Water Snakes] and bring their venom sacs back to me. I need 10 of their sacs in order to cleanse this poison! If you really help me, then I will give you my most precious thing!”
Ding!
System Notification: Do you accept the mission 【Sac Gathering】? (Mission Difficulty: A)
……
I quickly accept it and say: “Don’t worry, I will find 10 bladders as soon as possible!”
“Thank you young warrior!”
I leave Guche and return to the Desolate Cloud Swamp. After receiving the mission, the water snakes have mission marks on top of their heads. These [Poisonous Water Snakes] will start dropping venom sacs, but I don’t know the probability of it.
After killing around 10 of them, finally with a splash the snake drops a mission item. In the water plants I found my first bladder. Okay I only need 9 more. Then I can finish this mission.
After a good hour or so, I collected 8 more bladders. I am near the end of this mission and I’m getting excited. Guche is a leader of a garrison. If I saved his life, he said he would give me his most precious item,..
As I was getting full of myself, I suddenly hear leaves rustling. In the forest, a few players appear. Their movements are fast and in the front is a player with heavy armor and high leveled. He also is someone familiar——
General Li Mu – Swordsman
……
Huh, the General Family eh, what are they doing here? Behind Li Mu, General Wang Jian, Lian Po, and Ba Qi also came. They are all level 30+ high ranked players and their equipment are very high quality. 2 swordsman, 1 berserker, and one archer. Are they doing some huge quest or something?
“We found Xiao Yao Zi Zai. He’s actually here in the Desolate Cloud Swamp!”
Li Mu’s eyes suddenly go crazy and he pulls out his sword from his back and laughs: “Everyone prepare! Kill Xiao Yao Zi Zai once and we get 1000 gold coins. Kill him twice and we will have enough funds to create our guild!”
Huh, the General Family eh, what are they doing here? Behind Li Mu, General Wang Jian, Lian Po, and Ba Qi also came. They are all level 30+ high ranked players and their equipment are very high quality. 2 swordsman, 1 berserker, and one archer. Are they doing some huge quest or something?
“We found Xiao Yao Zi Zai. He’s actually here in the Desolate Cloud Swamp!”
Li Mu’s eyes suddenly go crazy and he pulls out his sword from his back and laughs: “Everyone prepare! Kill Xiao Yao Zi Zai once and we get 1000 gold coins. Kill him twice and we will have enough funds to create our guild!”
Ba Qi raises his battleaxe and laughs: “The boss and me will flank him. Wang Jian go straight and Lian Po will fire from afar! Haha! With our entire General family dispatches. This brat stands no chance!”
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My heart trembles. Damn these guys are here for the bounty?!
Nope. I’m not going to sit here and die. That’s not how I do things!
But I can’t attack first or else my name will turn grey or even red and I will suffer insane death penalties. So I have to wait and pretend that I’m weak. Wait until their name turns
gray. Only then can I start attacking.
I hold Jade City Sword and don’t back down. But rather I charge ahead and yell: “Li Mu, I have no grudges against the General family, so there’s no need to cling onto me is there?”
Li Mu laughs: “Xiao Yao Zi Zai, although we have no grudges against you, people die for money. If you want to hate someone, go hate Tyrant of Western Chu. Us Generals lack money, so don’t blame us for this…”
I smile: “If you want the 1000 gold bounty then come!”
My sword trembles and a golden hexagram appears on it. I suddenly change my original course and I move right towards General Ba Qi. He’s a berserker with high damage, but his defense is low. So I’ll take him down first!
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“Die!”
Ba Qi’s battleaxe starts flaming and it falls on my shoulder. A sharp pain comes from my left shoulder and my back trembles as well. An arrow has hit my back and two damage indicators pop up——
“341!”
“277!”
……
My HP instantly drops and without hesitation I cast [Heal] and recover all my HP back. At the same time I dash behind Ba Qi. The agility of a berserker is too low so he can’t dodge. I’ll let him have a taste of this level 4 [Combo]!
“387!”
“401!”
“336!”
The grey-named Ba Qi falls down into the water with a cry and dies just like that. This is the power of the gold-ranked weapon, Jade City Sword!