Chapter 56 – Strength of a Thousand Men (1/2)
Chapter 56 – Strength of a Thousand Men
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Now that I had this Necklace of Bravery, my total HP rose to 930 points, one step closer to 1000! At least now I wouldn’t die as easily. But d*mn, there was still that bitter feeling. I died two times, and dropped back down to level 30!
In my soul form, I returned to the [Desolate Cloud Swamp], and Li Mu was silently standing there while holding his sword. He, together with Wang Jian and Bai Qi formed a triangle formation, with Lian Po holding his longbow in the middle. A typical defense formation. No matter which side I attacked from, I couldn’t get any surprise attacks off.
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“We killed him twice, equivalent to 2000 gold coins. I’ve already contacted Tyrant of Western Chu, and within the next 10 minutes, I will put the video of us killing Xiao Yao Zi Zai two times on the forums as proof, so that he has to keep his word.” General Lian Po said faintly.
Wang Jian frowned, “That video… can’t it be edited? We 4v1ed, and we still got killed. If people see that we would lose face! Also, Boss’s necklace dropped as well, d*mn it. That necklace is worth at least 50 gold!”
Li Mu stood there quietly and said, “No need. Xiao Yao is originally strong, why else would Tyrant of Western Chu give out a 1000 gold bounty? Although quite a few of us died, ultimately, we finished our bounty hunt. But what kind of class is ‘Scavenger of Dragon City’? How did he get it…”
Bai Qi asked, “Boss, do we continue waiting here and kill him for the third time?”
Li Mu shook his head, “Nah, we can’t be too greedy…”
After saying that, Li Mu faced the open space, and yelled, “Brother Xiao Yao Zi Zai! Today, we Generals were unfair to you, and we apologize for our actions. We only want the 2000 gold. My Necklace of Bravery dropped, you can keep that as our apology. We hope that you won’t hold a grudge against us, and we Generals will remember about you!”
After saying that, Li Mu muttered, “Let’s go!”
All four pets were released, and they backed away carefully.
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Being in soul form, I couldn’t say anything back so I silently looked on as they left. I revived and summoned Baby Bobo. I wore my recently acquired Necklace of Bravery, a bronze equipment that was worth two levels. Luckily, equipment like necklaces and rings were hard to obtain, so the trade wasn’t too bad.
I continued killing water snakes and collected the venom sacs!
Before long, 10 sacs were in my bag. Okay, time to go to that NPC garrison leader to hand in the mission!
I entered the forest, and found Guche fairly quickly. His face had turned purple from the snake poison and his whole body was twitching uncontrollably. When he saw me, his death-like face sparked a trace of life, and he struggled to get up, “Young warrior, have you brought the venom sacs of the Desolate Water Snakes?”
I nodded, and I took the 10 sacs from my bag to give to him. He washed them and then cracked the sacs and spread the juice from the sacs onto his wounds. It was extremely effective, and with minutes, the rotting flesh started to flow with fresh red blood. Guche tore his clothing to wrap around his wounds, and then he stood with the help of a staff. He patted my shoulder, and said, “New scavenger, your help is very gratifying, I also see the hope in the cold and desolate Dragon City. Since you saved my life, now, I will give you my most precious thing. Also, I represent the garrison when I say my thanks!”
“Ding!”
System Notification: Congratulations! You finished A-ranked mission [Sac Gathering]! You receive 9000 experience points, 10 gold coins, and your fame in Dragon City has increased! Also, you receive the item: [Elite Steel Wrist Guard]!
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Elite Steel Wrist Guards?
My heart thumped in happiness, I hadn’t heard of the rank Elite Steel before, it couldn’t be black-iron equipment, could it?
I opened up my bag and found an elegant wrist guard made out of silvery steel. I picked it up, waved my hand to see its stats, and I couldn’t stop myself from smiling. I didn’t save Guche for nothing——
【Elite Steel Wrist Guard]（Silver-rank equipment）
Type: Armor
Defense: 70
Strength: +25
Magic: +20
Other: Raises defense by 25 points.
Level Requirement: 30
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With a golden ray of light, I rose to level 31, and of course, I could wear this level 30 silver wrist guard. I immediately equipped it, and I felt like I got a lot stronger, especially in defense, it rose by a lot——
【Xiao Yao Zi Zai]（Scavenger of Dragon City）
Level: 31
Attack: 558-751
Defense: 417
Health: 936
Mana: 390
Charm: 25
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My defense was over 400 points now, and the best thing about this wrist guard was it gave me 20 extra points of magic. Scavenger of Dragon City’s magic power to mana ratio was 1:8, so 20 points in magic power gave me 160 extra mana, and at this stage it was invaluable. When my [Combo], [Binding Chains], and [Wind Blade] reached level 4, plus my level 4 [Heal], a rotation of the skills would pretty much empty my mana bar. If my skills went off cooldown but I didn’t have enough mana to use it, that would be a pretty sad scene.
I continued, and without a quest, I started annihilating the water snakes, and two water snake seals dropped. A high agility monster, but the value of it wasn’t high, and I hadn’t seen any level 1 Desolate Water Snakes yet. While killing monsters, I could grind both my levels and my skills, and luckily I still had a few Chilling Wind Pills, or else I wouldn’t be able to grind my skills that much.