I continue going through my loot. Besides the necklace, the dark prince also dropped a shield for me. I struggle to raise the huge black shield. With a shake of my arms the stats appear in front of my eyes. Damn, nice!
【Shield of the Broken Army】 (Gold-rank Equipment)
Defense: 170
Strength: +25
Endurance: +20
Additional: Increases defense by 0.9%
Level Requirement: 38
The moment I laid my eyes on the stats of this shield, I froze. 170 points of defense! Damn, who in this world can take more hits than knights or monks? Out of the 9 main classes, only monks and knights can equip this shield and the defenses on a shield are way more than chest plates of the same level! By this alone, the meat tank positions of the two classes are untouchable.
I put away the shield and I say no more. Time to get rich. None of my close friends need this shield, so I should sell it. A Gold-rank shield will undoubtedly fetch a high price!
I continue and gather up the gold coins on the ground before finally looking at that faint purple gem. I pick it up and go silent——
【Soul Gem】: Strengthens weapons or defensive equipment to improve the quality of the equipment!
The moment I laid my eyes on the stats of this shield, I froze. 170 points of defense! Damn, who in this world can take more hits than knights or monks? Out of the 9 main classes, only monks and knights can equip this shield and the defenses on a shield are way more than chest plates of the same level! By this alone, the meat tank positions of the two classes are untouchable.
I put away the shield and I say no more. Time to get rich. None of my close friends need this shield, so I should sell it. A Gold-rank shield will undoubtedly fetch a high price!
I continue and gather up the gold coins on the ground before finally looking at that faint purple gem. I pick it up and go silent——
【Soul Gem】: Strengthens weapons or defensive equipment to improve the quality of the equipment!
Soul Gem?!
I pick up this purple rock and think for a while. Then I open the strengthening window and decide to put my sword in it along with the warm Soul Gem. Indeed the percentage of strengthening appeared ——90%!
Whatever, I’ll strengthen it first and then figure it out later. I don’t have any good defensive equipment to strengthen anyways!
After pressing “Yes” and with a ding…
System Notification: Congratulations! Your item [Jade City Sword] has been strengthened! Also, since you are the first player to successfully strengthen an equipment, charm +2!
The moment I laid my eyes on the stats of this shield, I froze. 170 points of defense! Damn, who in this world can take more hits than knights or monks? Out of the 9 main classes, only monks and knights can equip this shield and the defenses on a shield are way more than chest plates of the same level! By this alone, the meat tank positions of the two classes are untouchable.
I put away the shield and I say no more. Time to get rich. None of my close friends need this shield, so I should sell it. A Gold-rank shield will undoubtedly fetch a high price!
I continue and gather up the gold coins on the ground before finally looking at that faint purple gem. I pick it up and go silent——
【Soul Gem】: Strengthens weapons or defensive equipment to improve the quality of the equipment!
Soul Gem?!
I pick up this purple rock and think for a while. Then I open the strengthening window and decide to put my sword in it along with the warm Soul Gem. Indeed the percentage of strengthening appeared ——90%!
Whatever, I’ll strengthen it first and then figure it out later. I don’t have any good defensive equipment to strengthen anyways!
After pressing “Yes” and with a ding…
System Notification: Congratulations! Your item [Jade City Sword] has been strengthened! Also, since you are the first player to successfully strengthen an equipment, charm +2!
Good, I have 31 points of charm now, but that’s not the important part. What does my sword look like after it has been strengthened?!
I quickly open up my bag and hold the sword. I re-equip it and scan over it. The stats really did change——
【Jade City Sword +1】(Gold-rank Equipment)
Attack: 210-300(+21-30)
……
Hehe, looking at the stats with +1, it raises 10% of the attack damage?!
Looking at the stats it really did add 21-30 attack damage. Hehe, looking at the effects of strengthening, soul gems seem pretty good. But I’m the first player to strengthen an equipment, so perhaps it was a waste to use it on my sword…
Whatever, I’ll return first and hand in the mission!
I say my goodbyes to the two NPCs and sadly I don’t have any method of communication or else I would leave my Skype or something with them. The two are almost in tears while watching me leave and seem to not want to separate. I almost feel like they want to say something like, “I’m afraid that we won’t be able to meet again. So I have no other request, but only beg that I can sleep with you for one night, so I can understand and ease your pain and suffering…”
Seeing as those two almost want to cry I quickly take my sword and leave. In the desolate basin I have the prince’s head in one hand. This is proof of my work!
I rush straight to the Dragon City and find Beast Tamer Dalin carving away at a huge log with a small knife to create a fence to block out deer. This really moves my heart because on one side he needs to hunt and collect food for the winter and on the other side he needs to collect manure. Even the defense work for Dragon City is done by him!
I walk up to him and say, “Instructor, you work way too hard. Let other people do these small tasks…”
“Other people?”
He sneers at me, pats my shoulders, and says, “Boy, you don’t understand. Although there are plenty of talented people in Dragon City, there aren’t many useful ones. There are 100 soldiers, 200 servants, and adding up the supply teams, there are less than 1000 people stationed in Dragon City! If I don’t do these tasks then I’m afraid no one else would.”
I nod and take out the bounty post, “Instructor, I already finished the mission and defeated the Dark Dwarves. Also I brought you this…”
With a bang the head of the prince rolls to Dalin’s feet. Dalin seems like he got electrocuted and looks at me with a shocked expression, “This…This is the Dark Dwarves’ highness…Ming Jie! Gods! What have you done boy? You killed Ming Jie?!”
“Mm, is there a problem?”
“No, nothing. Perhaps this is better. Maybe killing Ming Jie is a good thing. It’ll allow the Dark Dwarves to continue hiding in some faraway place and not invade our borders. Or maybe it’s a bad thing…Whatever, it doesn’t matter. Boy, you completed a near impossible mission. Come, this fame and rewards belong to you…”
Ding!
System Notification: Congratulations! You finished an A-rank mission【Hunting Dark Dwarves】, and receive 50000 experience points, 100 gold coins, and 3 charm. Your fame in Dragon City has also increased. Also you receive reward item 【Ice Fire Cloak】!
With a ding, I level up to 39!
……
My luck is pretty good and I got an equipment reward! I immediately open my bag and see the cloak lying in the corner of the bag. It has an icy color on one side and a fiery color on the other.
【Ice Fire Cloak】 (Gold-rank Equipment)
Defense: 150
Strength: +28
Endurance: +24
Additional: Increases defense by 50 points
Level Requirement: 39