Late at night, I return to the dorms. I need to work hard and rise straight to level 40 this night, so I can go to Xixi Book tomorrow.
Whoosh!
I appear in the middle of Ba Huang City, and I look at my experience bar. 11% in level 39. I’m neither close nor far until level 40, so after some thinking, I decide that it’s better to level up around Dragon City. Because, the instant I level up, I can go and ask for a promotion from my instructor. I don’t even know what the second promotion of a Scavenger of Dragon City will bring; I just hope it’ll be a good skill…
I prepare equipment, refill potions, and after some bits and bobs, I leave!
After 1 hour of traveling, I reach Dragon City. From afar, I see smoke rising, and find Beast Tamer Dalin starting a barbeque. This guy, he eats every day, but I don’t see him getting fat, and rather his muscles are really admirable. This barbarian’s physique is not something you can easily compare to.
I take my sword, walk up, and ask respectfully, “Instructor, is there anything I can do for you?”
The tamer points towards the east and says, “One mile out, there’s a forest, and in there some hot red peppers are grown. Boy, if you gather some of those peppers within 20 minutes, and sprinkle them on my lunch, I would be very thankful for your help…”
This guy, he wants me to help me with his barbeque?!
I immediately nod with respect, “As you wish instructor!”
My left foot steps on the ground, and a hexagram appears. My level 39 Baby Bobo flies out, and circles around my shoulders while flapping his wings. Although his 768 attack damage isn’t as high as mine, there’s still possible growth. Besides, pets are for assisting players, and after players gains a certain amount of levels and equipment, pets are naturally unable to catch up. But, Bobo’s stinger is still here. In the current stage, with the exception of heavy armored monks and knights, he will do quite a bit against others.
The season around Dragon City is autumn, and I can feel the withering of the living things in the wild. I walk around for a minute, and in front of me, I can see dots of red in the forest ahead. It’s the peppers that Dalin wanted.
As I was walking up to pick them, suddenly I hear some rustling around me, something’s here!
Bang!
The dirt explodes in front of me, and a porcupine that weighs at least 100 kg appears in front of me. A level 42 monster and the spikes around its body returns 20% of all damage dealt to it!
I step on the soft dirt and attack. A golden hexagram starts to appear on my sword, and I use [Combo] on the porcupine. A chain of damage numbers fly up——
“401!”
“397!”
“408!”
At the same time, I receive the damage from the spikes, and my HP drops as well——
“80!”
“79!”
“82!”
……
Bobo also starts his attack, and I take the chance to rush up. I stand behind the huge porcupine, and I find its most vulnerable and defenseless area, the butt! Using my [Combo] attack here has the best chance of success. This game’s design is so similar to reality and very logical, so every small detail can determine whether you lose or win. As I’m killing monsters, I won’t easily put down my guard. Even if I’m killing a chicken, I will use my full power to kill it
The 5 strikes go out screaming, and the porcupine cries out while being attacked. I sweep my feet, and after the 3 strikes, I start my 4th, ram!
Bang!
The porcupine wails and screams, but I also wail and scream. My face and chest have holes in them now, and it hurts quite a bit. I can’t ram these kinds of monsters…But, with that one ram I stun the porcupine for a short while, and I use the strongest strike out of the 5——[Wind Blade]!
“878!”
Looking at the damage, I get some satisfaction. The damage from [Strength of a Thousand Men] is extremely strong, and it should be the strongest [Combo] at this point, or else Wan Er wouldn’t be that surprised. She is, after all, one of Fan Shu City’s top 3 players, and has seen quite a few battles.
Blood splashes out, and the huge porcupine is killed and the porcupine drops a few silver coins.
I kneel and pick up the silver coins. After that, I start picking the peppers, and before long I collected a huge pile. After walking for a bit, another huge porcupine appears, and I quickly kill it off. The 20% return damage doesn’t do much to me, plus I have [Heal]. The current me can both attack and heal, and my dueling strength is top class!
fter collecting quite a bit of peppers, I stand up, and hold one porcupine in one hand and the other porcupine in the other, and drag their corpses back. Porcupine meat is actually pretty tasty, back in my mission days I ate quite a bit of it. Even when we ran out of canned food, me and my 7 other comrades relied on porcupines and mountain chickens to fill our stomachs. After equipping the AWSM gun with silencers, we sniped the pheasants from afar, and the accuracy is way sharper than a hunting rifle. Thinking back, I do miss those flavors…
……
Rustle…
The porcupines’ corpse carves a deep ditch along the dirt and sand as I walk back to camp. I arrive at the camp, throw the porcupine on the side, and say, “Instructor, I brought the items back, and two fresh porcupines.”
Dalin’s eyes flashes, and smiles, “Boy, your growth is something that is worth noticing; perhaps I was wrong when I first saw you. You are not the shame of Dragon City, but rather our fresh blood. Captain Frost has good insight, and your growth has proved this. How about this, peel the skin of the porcupine and cook it. I brought some wine here, and since you are my student, will you drink a cup with me?”