Chaptee 12, Xia Yao and the Orphanage
[Translated by ChickenBakuba]
YES, GAME DEVELOPMENT THIS CHAPTER. Rankings, he meets up with friends and gosh, the story is finally going well on track. Was frightened it would suck. And is that the five fried players I smell? Also spoilers function failed so no spoiler lol.
Chapter 12, Xia Yao and the Orphanage
Blood God had chosen the warrior profession. It was likely that he had pumped all his attribute points into strength. His novice longblade loped down onto Xu Xiang's shoulder. His weapon sparked off Xu Xiang's leather armour as '1' point of damage floated from Xu Xiang's head.
"Ding~ You have received an attack initiated by Blood God! For 10 minutes, you can conduct legitimate self-defence on the player and his team." Xu Xiang grinned wolfishly as the names of the five men turned into green, a sign that he could attack them without repercussions. He flipped them the bird.[footnote]Originals said he put on the green hat which meant cuckold in Chinese but I got no idea how to use it in this context so I used middle finger[/footnote]
Blood God widened his eyes. He had kicked an iron board. He immediately turned tail to run, but was immediately stabbed in the back by Xu Xiang.
As the attack hit Blood God's back, the damage was multiplied by the Thief class's passive - backstab. A massive red number loomed from his head. 170 damage. Instant kill!
"Who would've thought your luck would be this bad. I guess a person as ugly as you would die from a critical hit." Xu Xiang's dagger spun in the air, before his figure shot towards the other men. The 4 men had been struck dumb from the two points of damage that had emerged from Xu Xiang's hits. The sight of Xu Xiang bursting towards them with frightening agility brought the four men back to their senses as they frantically scattered like birds and beasts. But it was too late.
Each one of them almost died in a hit. The four men were cut down like vegetables. Unfortunately for the men, they had also dropped 10 coppers and a few sets of novice equipment. Better than nothing, Xu Xiang blinked.
Returning to the village, Xu Xiang did not see the 5 men in the cemetery. They had probably already gone to find their corpses. Xu Xiang laughed, before finding the village head.
"Respected village head, I have completed your mission." Xu Xiang passed the red-tailed snake tails to the perverted village head.
"Warrior Feng Xiang, you have completed many tasks, not to mention that you have exceeded the criteria for many of them. This is your reward, I pray the god of light shall bless and protect you." The village head did not forget to mention a line of the 'god of light' in his sentence.
"Ding~ Congratulations for completing [Exterminate the red-tailed snakes] mission. You have received 5,000 experience. You have received 1 silver copper. Because you have exceeded the criterion for the mission, you have received the equipment [Blood Shadow Armguard]."
Blood Shadow Armguard (Bronze-level)
Level requirement: 5
Type: Leather
Defence: 12
+3 toughness
Can be enhanced by 4 levels. Attack speed +3%
Weight: 10
User's limitations: Thief, Archer. Not limited to race.
Not a bad reward. The experience was not much, but the money was good. One silver was still considered quite a profit. But the best was still the equipment. Xu Xiang happily received the equipment.
Depositing all his level 5 equipment into the storehouse, the system's notification rang in Xu Xiang's head.[footnote]Author made a typo.[/footnote]
"Respected player, there is a person offline looking for you." Someone had pressed the offline button on the helmet. Xu Xiang frantically logged off. He had already guessed who it was. As expected...
"Xia Yao, you've come." Xu Xiang studied the youthful girl in front of him. She was fitted in a snow-white dress, which made her appear refined and elegant. Actually, Xia Yao was a grown-up, but she did not receive enough nutrients from her meals. After all, she was part of the lower income group in the city. However, an outline could still be gleaned from her chest.
"Today's the day we're supposed to return to the orphanage. You remember, don't you?" Xia Yao playfully chided Xu Xiang. Xia Yao and Xu Xiang were from this city's orphanage. Xia Yao's parents had found Xia Yao when they were still younger. She eventually began to live together with her parents, although she was just as impoverished as before.
As for Xu Xiang, he was no longer able to depend on the orphanage for support after reaching the age where he was deemed self-sufficient. Hence, he struggled to live on the fringes of society through living off games and the government's subsistence allowance. Xia Yao needed to return to the orphanage every month to seek out the orphanage chairman's permission play with the little kids at the orphanage.
"Ahaha." Xu Xiang chuckled. He had no means of rejecting a request from a childhood friend like her. Their relationship was close enough for Xu Xiang to give the keys to his house to Xia Yao. Although Xu Xiang was considered a shut-in, Xia Yao was willing to visit Xu Xiang's house frequently to help him tidy his room and wash his clothes. Her concern for him was a giveaway to anyone, but the Xu Xiang in the past had been a dense piece of wood. After meeting Wang Xue, Xu Xiang only had Wang Xue in his heart. But perhaps Xu Xiang would have time for her in this world.
After waking Xu Xiang up, Xia Yao began her routine of tidying up his bed, opening his window to ventilate the room. Although Xu Xiang didn't know, she had came earlier and washed his clothes before Xu Xiang woke up.
Seeing Xia Yao do everything for him, Xu Xiang felt apologetic. In his previous life, when Xia Yao had confessed to him, he had rejected her. What about this world? Xu Xiang froze, bewildered. Xia Yao was the perfect wife, no matter how one looked at her.
"Oh, elder brother's wife has come." Zhang Fan had arrived. What a curious coincidence. "Elder brother is indeed lucky. For older brother to have such a good wife, it makes me envy you to death." Actually Zhang Fan knew that Xia Yao and Xu Xiang were only childhood friends. At the very least, that was how it played out on the surface.
Zhang Fan's first meeting with Xia Yao had him mistaking her as some celestial being. Before, it could be said that Zhang Fan had chased after Xia Yao, vowing not to give up. Nobody knew what happened after. Perhaps Zhang Fan appeared too much like a 'celestial being' too. The matter remained a mystery and Zhang Fan began to call Xia Yao 'elder brother's wife'. This made Xia Yao flush a little, but she did not protest.
"Zhang Fan, what level are you?" Xu Xiang was far better than Zhang Fan at gaming, which was why Zhang Fan called Xu Xiang 'elder brother'. Although Xu Xiang's age was indeed slightly older than Zhang Fan, Zhang Fan's signature phrase was 'Age is not a problem, nor is gender a problem'.[footnote]Unsure of what it means myself. .-.[/footnote]
"Finally level 2. That novice village's snatching monster place they call a monster area, today it slightly formed into a P."* Zhang Fan patted the bottom of his stomach with slight trepidation. It seemed like Zhang Fan was not the type to monotonously farm over and over again.[footnote]*Unsure again. .-.[/footnote]
"Then continue training hard. I believe you'll be able to find out my level very soon." Xu Xiang mysteriously chuckled. Indeed, once a person reached level 5, the ranking charts would be opened and could be accessed. Even if one was not level 5, they would be able to access the ranking charts.
"Wa, so mysterious." Zhang Fan, of course, was unaware.
Zhang Fan understood that Xia Yao and Xu Xiang would be returning to the orphanage soon after, so he did not stay long. He parted with a few words typical of him: "Husband and Wife make a home".[footnote]夫夫妻双双把家还 was the original, but it's actually a quote from a Chinese song, so yeah.[/footnote]
Locking the door, Xu Xiang and Xia Yao walked along the streets shoulder to shoulder. There was a faint, delicate fragrance from Xia Yao's body. It was not perfume or shampoo, but her natural odour. Xu Xiang peeked sideways at Xia Yao. 'How was it possible for me not to discover her beauty when I was young?'
When Xia Yao was young, she did not receive adequate nutrition, and hence her beautiful features had been unable to be noticed.
The orphanage was pretty close to Xu Xiang's house, around 10 minutes on foot. A few minutes of walking would see you the roof of an orphanage which bore heavy resemblance to a church's spire.
Upon their arrival, a few children began to gather as soon as they noticed Xia Yan as they knew Xia Yan was here to play with them. "Big sister, you've come again." A small girl from the orphanage greeted. She was Lin Xinxin, a tiny child of 7-8 years old. Two cute braids dangled down from her hair. Long hair was initially against the orphanage's rules, but the little girl was persistent on having long hair after seeing Xia Yao's long hair trailing over her shoulders. So they had compromised with braids.
"Big sister Fu, we want to play The Eagles Catches the Chicken." (Author's Note: Spare me, I can't think of a better game) A little boy caught Xia Yao's warm and soft hand with his and beamed.
"Alright." Xia Yao smiled gently. She brought the kids to another side.
At this moment, the orphanage chairman appeared. The orphanage chairman was a kindly elderly lady who would hit seventy this year. Xu Xiang had been cared for by her much ever since he was young, and he held a lot of respect for her. "Grandma Huang, you're here." Xu Xiang said. The chairman was surnamed Huang, but she hated it when others called her chairman. She felt that 'Grandma' was a little less scary.
Chaptee 12, Xia Yao and the Orphanage
[Translated by ChickenBakuba]
YES, GAME DEVELOPMENT THIS CHAPTER. Rankings, he meets up with friends and gosh, the story is finally going well on track. Was frightened it would suck. And is that the five fried players I smell? Also spoilers function failed so no spoiler lol.
Chapter 12, Xia Yao and the Orphanage
Blood God had chosen the warrior profession. It was likely that he had pumped all his attribute points into strength. His novice longblade loped down onto Xu Xiang's shoulder. His weapon sparked off Xu Xiang's leather armour as '1' point of damage floated from Xu Xiang's head.
"Ding~ You have received an attack initiated by Blood God! For 10 minutes, you can conduct legitimate self-defence on the player and his team." Xu Xiang grinned wolfishly as the names of the five men turned into green, a sign that he could attack them without repercussions. He flipped them the bird.[footnote]Originals said he put on the green hat which meant cuckold in Chinese but I got no idea how to use it in this context so I used middle finger[/footnote]
Blood God widened his eyes. He had kicked an iron board. He immediately turned tail to run, but was immediately stabbed in the back by Xu Xiang.
As the attack hit Blood God's back, the damage was multiplied by the Thief class's passive - backstab. A massive red number loomed from his head. 170 damage. Instant kill!
"Who would've thought your luck would be this bad. I guess a person as ugly as you would die from a critical hit." Xu Xiang's dagger spun in the air, before his figure shot towards the other men. The 4 men had been struck dumb from the two points of damage that had emerged from Xu Xiang's hits. The sight of Xu Xiang bursting towards them with frightening agility brought the four men back to their senses as they frantically scattered like birds and beasts. But it was too late.
Each one of them almost died in a hit. The four men were cut down like vegetables. Unfortunately for the men, they had also dropped 10 coppers and a few sets of novice equipment. Better than nothing, Xu Xiang blinked.
Returning to the village, Xu Xiang did not see the 5 men in the cemetery. They had probably already gone to find their corpses. Xu Xiang laughed, before finding the village head.
"Respected village head, I have completed your mission." Xu Xiang passed the red-tailed snake tails to the perverted village head.
"Warrior Feng Xiang, you have completed many tasks, not to mention that you have exceeded the criteria for many of them. This is your reward, I pray the god of light shall bless and protect you." The village head did not forget to mention a line of the 'god of light' in his sentence.
"Ding~ Congratulations for completing [Exterminate the red-tailed snakes] mission. You have received 5,000 experience. You have received 1 silver copper. Because you have exceeded the criterion for the mission, you have received the equipment [Blood Shadow Armguard]."
Blood Shadow Armguard (Bronze-level)
Level requirement: 5
Type: Leather
Defence: 12
+3 toughness
Can be enhanced by 4 levels. Attack speed +3%
Weight: 10
User's limitations: Thief, Archer. Not limited to race.
Not a bad reward. The experience was not much, but the money was good. One silver was still considered quite a profit. But the best was still the equipment. Xu Xiang happily received the equipment.
Depositing all his level 5 equipment into the storehouse, the system's notification rang in Xu Xiang's head.[footnote]Author made a typo.[/footnote]
"Respected player, there is a person offline looking for you." Someone had pressed the offline button on the helmet. Xu Xiang frantically logged off. He had already guessed who it was. As expected...
"Xia Yao, you've come." Xu Xiang studied the youthful girl in front of him. She was fitted in a snow-white dress, which made her appear refined and elegant. Actually, Xia Yao was a grown-up, but she did not receive enough nutrients from her meals. After all, she was part of the lower income group in the city. However, an outline could still be gleaned from her chest.
"Today's the day we're supposed to return to the orphanage. You remember, don't you?" Xia Yao playfully chided Xu Xiang. Xia Yao and Xu Xiang were from this city's orphanage. Xia Yao's parents had found Xia Yao when they were still younger. She eventually began to live together with her parents, although she was just as impoverished as before.
As for Xu Xiang, he was no longer able to depend on the orphanage for support after reaching the age where he was deemed self-sufficient. Hence, he struggled to live on the fringes of society through living off games and the government's subsistence allowance. Xia Yao needed to return to the orphanage every month to seek out the orphanage chairman's permission play with the little kids at the orphanage.
"Ahaha." Xu Xiang chuckled. He had no means of rejecting a request from a childhood friend like her. Their relationship was close enough for Xu Xiang to give the keys to his house to Xia Yao. Although Xu Xiang was considered a shut-in, Xia Yao was willing to visit Xu Xiang's house frequently to help him tidy his room and wash his clothes. Her concern for him was a giveaway to anyone, but the Xu Xiang in the past had been a dense piece of wood. After meeting Wang Xue, Xu Xiang only had Wang Xue in his heart. But perhaps Xu Xiang would have time for her in this world.
After waking Xu Xiang up, Xia Yao began her routine of tidying up his bed, opening his window to ventilate the room. Although Xu Xiang didn't know, she had came earlier and washed his clothes before Xu Xiang woke up.
Seeing Xia Yao do everything for him, Xu Xiang felt apologetic. In his previous life, when Xia Yao had confessed to him, he had rejected her. What about this world? Xu Xiang froze, bewildered. Xia Yao was the perfect wife, no matter how one looked at her.
"Oh, elder brother's wife has come." Zhang Fan had arrived. What a curious coincidence. "Elder brother is indeed lucky. For older brother to have such a good wife, it makes me envy you to death." Actually Zhang Fan knew that Xia Yao and Xu Xiang were only childhood friends. At the very least, that was how it played out on the surface.
Zhang Fan's first meeting with Xia Yao had him mistaking her as some celestial being. Before, it could be said that Zhang Fan had chased after Xia Yao, vowing not to give up. Nobody knew what happened after. Perhaps Zhang Fan appeared too much like a 'celestial being' too. The matter remained a mystery and Zhang Fan began to call Xia Yao 'elder brother's wife'. This made Xia Yao flush a little, but she did not protest.
"Zhang Fan, what level are you?" Xu Xiang was far better than Zhang Fan at gaming, which was why Zhang Fan called Xu Xiang 'elder brother'. Although Xu Xiang's age was indeed slightly older than Zhang Fan, Zhang Fan's signature phrase was 'Age is not a problem, nor is gender a problem'.[footnote]Unsure of what it means myself. .-.[/footnote]
"Finally level 2. That novice village's snatching monster place they call a monster area, today it slightly formed into a P."* Zhang Fan patted the bottom of his stomach with slight trepidation. It seemed like Zhang Fan was not the type to monotonously farm over and over again.[footnote]*Unsure again. .-.[/footnote]
"Then continue training hard. I believe you'll be able to find out my level very soon." Xu Xiang mysteriously chuckled. Indeed, once a person reached level 5, the ranking charts would be opened and could be accessed. Even if one was not level 5, they would be able to access the ranking charts.
"Wa, so mysterious." Zhang Fan, of course, was unaware.
Zhang Fan understood that Xia Yao and Xu Xiang would be returning to the orphanage soon after, so he did not stay long. He parted with a few words typical of him: "Husband and Wife make a home".[footnote]夫夫妻双双把家还 was the original, but it's actually a quote from a Chinese song, so yeah.[/footnote]
Locking the door, Xu Xiang and Xia Yao walked along the streets shoulder to shoulder. There was a faint, delicate fragrance from Xia Yao's body. It was not perfume or shampoo, but her natural odour. Xu Xiang peeked sideways at Xia Yao. 'How was it possible for me not to discover her beauty when I was young?'
When Xia Yao was young, she did not receive adequate nutrition, and hence her beautiful features had been unable to be noticed.
The orphanage was pretty close to Xu Xiang's house, around 10 minutes on foot. A few minutes of walking would see you the roof of an orphanage which bore heavy resemblance to a church's spire.
Upon their arrival, a few children began to gather as soon as they noticed Xia Yan as they knew Xia Yan was here to play with them. "Big sister, you've come again." A small girl from the orphanage greeted. She was Lin Xinxin, a tiny child of 7-8 years old. Two cute braids dangled down from her hair. Long hair was initially against the orphanage's rules, but the little girl was persistent on having long hair after seeing Xia Yao's long hair trailing over her shoulders. So they had compromised with braids.
"Big sister Fu, we want to play The Eagles Catches the Chicken." (Author's Note: Spare me, I can't think of a better game) A little boy caught Xia Yao's warm and soft hand with his and beamed.
"Alright." Xia Yao smiled gently. She brought the kids to another side.
At this moment, the orphanage chairman appeared. The orphanage chairman was a kindly elderly lady who would hit seventy this year. Xu Xiang had been cared for by her much ever since he was young, and he held a lot of respect for her. "Grandma Huang, you're here." Xu Xiang said. The chairman was surnamed Huang, but she hated it when others called her chairman. She felt that 'Grandma' was a little less scary.
