[Translated by ChickenBakuba]
By the time Xu Xiang returned to the blacksmith, the blacksmith uncle had already prepared his dagger for him. The platinum-coloured blade of the dagger was pleasing to the eye. The blade, however, held a strange chillness when touched. Xu Xiang glanced at its attributes.
Frostbite dagger (Bronze level)
Level requirement: 3
Type: Dagger
Attack: 16-20
+4 agility
Attack speed: 0.8
Can be enhanced by 4 levels, +1% crit rate
Weight: 15
User's restriction: Thief, Archer. Not limited to race.
The attacks of daggers could not exceed that of bows by a lot, but the dagger clearly held superiority over the bow in terms of attack speed. A bronze level dagger could already satisfy Xu Xiang's current level requirement.
Seeing his high attack of 39-43 points, Xu Xiang was overjoyed. Bidding the blacksmith uncle farewell, he went offline.
Taking off the helmet, Xu Xiang glanced at the clock. It was a little past 7 p.m.. Time flies when you have fun. Xu Xiang entered the shower and took a hot bath. The hot water helped to relax his muscles and allowed him to sleep sleep better. Xu Xiang was a creature of habit, and the hot bath had become something like a routine. Xu Xiang went downstairs as he prepared to have a meal.[footnote]Creature of habit is original, but I thought I'd add that in because this guy has way too many habits.[/footnote]
Although Dispute at the moment did not earn Xu Xiang a pot of gold daily, he could still drink his soy milk, could still eat his youtiao, and still had his waifu.
Below his flat, there were various barbecue vendor stands, noodle shops, restaurants, et cetera. Xu Xiang selected a barbecue vendor stall which looked slightly cleaner than the others and sat down. “Boss, bring me a few jars of beer.” Xu Xiang randomly chose a few different types of barbecue meat and called for a few jars of beer. A young man simply having a meal simply wouldn’t do, one needed beer to feast like a king.
Xu Xiang greedily chugged down the cold beer. This summer seemed particularly cooling. Xu Xiang's ears picked up on a few students from the nearby school animatedly discussing Dispute. It seems like Dispute's influence had extended to everyday conversations.
"What level are you guys? I'm already level 1 and halfway to level 2. Fast, right?" A student proudly boasted to his other friends. He did have reason to be proud, his speed was incredibly fast for normal players. For the first day of Dispute's release, Xu Xiang had still be busy killing slimes. Although Xu Xiang was a professional gamer in his previous life, only those who were willing to invest time in the game were the real professional gamers. Now that he had his three years of mercenary experience, his body, eyesight, reaction speed and more had been heavily boosted.
"Wow, I'm still at level 0. Can you help carry me?" Another student, whose reaction speed was obviously slow - the type that could not manage to steal or snatch monster kills - asked him.
"'Kay. I'll call you tomorrow. I have a fixed group, it should be no problem if you just tag along for some experience.” Contrary to what one might expect, the student was actually a pretty caring student. Allowing one to leech a portion off your experience as a player was unbearable as it would slow one’s levelling speed.
“Thanks so much.”
“What’s with the pleasantries? We’re friends; brothers. Let’s take down a BOSS one day.” The two students had already sunk into a reverie of their hopes and visions of the unlimited potentials that the future held in store for them.
A cynical smile parted Xu Xiang’s lips. A BOSS was not so easily killed. In Dispute, normal players, at the very minimum, needed a team to defeat a BOSS of the same level. If their equipment was not good enough, then they needed at least a few teams. From Xu Xiang's recent experience with the red-tailed snake king, it could be seen that the stats of BOSSes far surpassed players. Unless you were a top-grade player, vainly attempting to fight a BOSS was outright foolish.
As for Xu Xiang - though it was embarrassing to say - he recognised himself as an expert. At the very least, he was a top expert. Xu Xiang coughed. This wasn't an exaggeration.
Xu Xiang finished his meal, sloshed down the beer, paid the storekeeper and returned home. Instead of going immediately to sleep after eating and drinking his fill, Xu Xiang began to train according to his special training manual.
After training for more than two hours, Xu Xiang was already drenched in sweat and gasping for breath. He stepped into the shower and took another bathe. His body beaten and exhausted, he climbed onto his bed and drifted into sleep.
The sun in summer rose very early and fell very late. This resulted in daytime in summer becoming particularly long. The sunlight of early summer morning flitted through the window and beamed onto Xu Xiang's face. As if stung by the sunlight's glare, Xu Xiang's eyes flickered. He was awake, but he did not want to open his eyes. This behaviour had a scientific name in the study of medicine, known as 'dawdling in bed'.
If he was still a mercenary in the past, Xu Xiang would definitely not dawdle in bed. However, now that he had been reborn, perhaps it was him missing Wang Xue that his nature had changed. He had become more light-hearted, not the rigid and self-depreciating person he once was. He had become more bright and confident, easygoing and unrestrained.
Xu Xiang lazed around in bed for 10 more minutes before finally reluctantly opening his eyes. He knew his alarm clock had still not gone off, meaning that it was still early. "After waking up, I feel refreshed. It seems like I've slept a little more." As being in the game classified as mild sleep, by adding on 8 hours of deep, normal sleep, Xu Xiang had passed the level of some domesticated animals to become number 1 in laziness.
Xu Xiang glanced at his clock. 6:30 a.m.. He got up to wash his face and brush his teeth. Bringing out two packs of instant noodle, 1 egg and 2 hams, he wolfed down his breakfast and went online.
Novice village appeared in front of his eyes. Going online while in novice village did not make a difference. If one went online in a dangerous area, then the player would have 10 seconds of invulnerability. During these 10 seconds, players would be unable to be killed, but they would not be able to be attack either. The 10 seconds were meant for players to find a safe area to escape.
Xu Xiang suddenly remembered Zhang Fan. He had no idea what was happening on his end. Zhang Fan was a person that loved games. In the normal player ladder, because Zhang Fan was better at playing games than other players, but was not able to compete against professionals, he was probably around level 1 by now. Unless he managed to find a good team....but with Zhang Fan's looks—alright, let's stop here. Discussing this any further would be damaging to the nation's decency.
However, private communication before level 5 was restricted. It required both parties to be level 5 before they could enable private chatting. If Zhang Fan was not in the same novice village as him currently then there was really no way to contact him.
Today, Xu Xiang's goal was level 4. Currently, levelling up was more important. If it was equipment, dungeon equipment was the most important. However, Xu Xiang knew the complete strategies of all the dungeons from level 5 to 60 and did not need to worry. His previously crafted weapon was only for convenience in levelling.
Of course, his farming place for levelling would no longer be that...hole. If he still farmed there he would require around 6 more hours to level. A levelling speed of that pace was no longer able for him to be in the lead of other players. Now was not a time for casual levelling. Now that he had a convenient weapon, Xu Xiang decided to take up that mission he had accepted last time.
Exterminate the red-tailed snakes:[Mission difficulty: 45]
Kill 500 red-tailed snakes and gather 20 red-tailed snake tails. Present them to the village head to receive a generous reward.
Mission time limit: None.
Now was the perfect opportunity to complete this mission. Level 5 mobs that could not take the initiative to attack as well as the bonus experience that he would obtain from killing mobs higher level than him. It was killing two birds with one stone. This was the best way to level.
Chapter 10, END
[Translated by ChickenBakuba]
By the time Xu Xiang returned to the blacksmith, the blacksmith uncle had already prepared his dagger for him. The platinum-coloured blade of the dagger was pleasing to the eye. The blade, however, held a strange chillness when touched. Xu Xiang glanced at its attributes.
Frostbite dagger (Bronze level)
Level requirement: 3
Type: Dagger
Attack: 16-20
+4 agility
Attack speed: 0.8
Can be enhanced by 4 levels, +1% crit rate
Weight: 15
User's restriction: Thief, Archer. Not limited to race.
The attacks of daggers could not exceed that of bows by a lot, but the dagger clearly held superiority over the bow in terms of attack speed. A bronze level dagger could already satisfy Xu Xiang's current level requirement.
Seeing his high attack of 39-43 points, Xu Xiang was overjoyed. Bidding the blacksmith uncle farewell, he went offline.
Taking off the helmet, Xu Xiang glanced at the clock. It was a little past 7 p.m.. Time flies when you have fun. Xu Xiang entered the shower and took a hot bath. The hot water helped to relax his muscles and allowed him to sleep sleep better. Xu Xiang was a creature of habit, and the hot bath had become something like a routine. Xu Xiang went downstairs as he prepared to have a meal.[footnote]Creature of habit is original, but I thought I'd add that in because this guy has way too many habits.[/footnote]
Although Dispute at the moment did not earn Xu Xiang a pot of gold daily, he could still drink his soy milk, could still eat his youtiao, and still had his waifu.
Below his flat, there were various barbecue vendor stands, noodle shops, restaurants, et cetera. Xu Xiang selected a barbecue vendor stall which looked slightly cleaner than the others and sat down. “Boss, bring me a few jars of beer.” Xu Xiang randomly chose a few different types of barbecue meat and called for a few jars of beer. A young man simply having a meal simply wouldn’t do, one needed beer to feast like a king.
Xu Xiang greedily chugged down the cold beer. This summer seemed particularly cooling. Xu Xiang's ears picked up on a few students from the nearby school animatedly discussing Dispute. It seems like Dispute's influence had extended to everyday conversations.
"What level are you guys? I'm already level 1 and halfway to level 2. Fast, right?" A student proudly boasted to his other friends. He did have reason to be proud, his speed was incredibly fast for normal players. For the first day of Dispute's release, Xu Xiang had still be busy killing slimes. Although Xu Xiang was a professional gamer in his previous life, only those who were willing to invest time in the game were the real professional gamers. Now that he had his three years of mercenary experience, his body, eyesight, reaction speed and more had been heavily boosted.
"Wow, I'm still at level 0. Can you help carry me?" Another student, whose reaction speed was obviously slow - the type that could not manage to steal or snatch monster kills - asked him.
"'Kay. I'll call you tomorrow. I have a fixed group, it should be no problem if you just tag along for some experience.” Contrary to what one might expect, the student was actually a pretty caring student. Allowing one to leech a portion off your experience as a player was unbearable as it would slow one’s levelling speed.
“Thanks so much.”
“What’s with the pleasantries? We’re friends; brothers. Let’s take down a BOSS one day.” The two students had already sunk into a reverie of their hopes and visions of the unlimited potentials that the future held in store for them.
A cynical smile parted Xu Xiang’s lips. A BOSS was not so easily killed. In Dispute, normal players, at the very minimum, needed a team to defeat a BOSS of the same level. If their equipment was not good enough, then they needed at least a few teams. From Xu Xiang's recent experience with the red-tailed snake king, it could be seen that the stats of BOSSes far surpassed players. Unless you were a top-grade player, vainly attempting to fight a BOSS was outright foolish.
As for Xu Xiang - though it was embarrassing to say - he recognised himself as an expert. At the very least, he was a top expert. Xu Xiang coughed. This wasn't an exaggeration.
Xu Xiang finished his meal, sloshed down the beer, paid the storekeeper and returned home. Instead of going immediately to sleep after eating and drinking his fill, Xu Xiang began to train according to his special training manual.
After training for more than two hours, Xu Xiang was already drenched in sweat and gasping for breath. He stepped into the shower and took another bathe. His body beaten and exhausted, he climbed onto his bed and drifted into sleep.
The sun in summer rose very early and fell very late. This resulted in daytime in summer becoming particularly long. The sunlight of early summer morning flitted through the window and beamed onto Xu Xiang's face. As if stung by the sunlight's glare, Xu Xiang's eyes flickered. He was awake, but he did not want to open his eyes. This behaviour had a scientific name in the study of medicine, known as 'dawdling in bed'.
If he was still a mercenary in the past, Xu Xiang would definitely not dawdle in bed. However, now that he had been reborn, perhaps it was him missing Wang Xue that his nature had changed. He had become more light-hearted, not the rigid and self-depreciating person he once was. He had become more bright and confident, easygoing and unrestrained.
Xu Xiang lazed around in bed for 10 more minutes before finally reluctantly opening his eyes. He knew his alarm clock had still not gone off, meaning that it was still early. "After waking up, I feel refreshed. It seems like I've slept a little more." As being in the game classified as mild sleep, by adding on 8 hours of deep, normal sleep, Xu Xiang had passed the level of some domesticated animals to become number 1 in laziness.
Xu Xiang glanced at his clock. 6:30 a.m.. He got up to wash his face and brush his teeth. Bringing out two packs of instant noodle, 1 egg and 2 hams, he wolfed down his breakfast and went online.
Novice village appeared in front of his eyes. Going online while in novice village did not make a difference. If one went online in a dangerous area, then the player would have 10 seconds of invulnerability. During these 10 seconds, players would be unable to be killed, but they would not be able to be attack either. The 10 seconds were meant for players to find a safe area to escape.
Xu Xiang suddenly remembered Zhang Fan. He had no idea what was happening on his end. Zhang Fan was a person that loved games. In the normal player ladder, because Zhang Fan was better at playing games than other players, but was not able to compete against professionals, he was probably around level 1 by now. Unless he managed to find a good team....but with Zhang Fan's looks—alright, let's stop here. Discussing this any further would be damaging to the nation's decency.
However, private communication before level 5 was restricted. It required both parties to be level 5 before they could enable private chatting. If Zhang Fan was not in the same novice village as him currently then there was really no way to contact him.
Today, Xu Xiang's goal was level 4. Currently, levelling up was more important. If it was equipment, dungeon equipment was the most important. However, Xu Xiang knew the complete strategies of all the dungeons from level 5 to 60 and did not need to worry. His previously crafted weapon was only for convenience in levelling.
Of course, his farming place for levelling would no longer be that...hole. If he still farmed there he would require around 6 more hours to level. A levelling speed of that pace was no longer able for him to be in the lead of other players. Now was not a time for casual levelling. Now that he had a convenient weapon, Xu Xiang decided to take up that mission he had accepted last time.
Exterminate the red-tailed snakes:[Mission difficulty: 45]
Kill 500 red-tailed snakes and gather 20 red-tailed snake tails. Present them to the village head to receive a generous reward.
Mission time limit: None.
Now was the perfect opportunity to complete this mission. Level 5 mobs that could not take the initiative to attack as well as the bonus experience that he would obtain from killing mobs higher level than him. It was killing two birds with one stone. This was the best way to level.
Chapter 10, END
