Chapter 23: Wild Bear Hearts (1/2)
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I woke up and saw that it was 2 am. This was a good chance to go online and level up. The players online would be drowsy and there would be less people stealing monsters. I grabbed the helmet, connected to the internet and quickly went online.
Swoos.h.!.+
Inside of my grave was completely dark, devoid of light.
I clawed through the dirt and spat out the mud in my mouth. It appeared that I would have to buy a tent in the future. It's not like I could sleep in the grave forever. We were not from the Ancient Tomb Sect, I would not encounter the Little Dragon Girl[1]. Sleeping in a grave was for nothing.
I looked at the Heavenly Ranking. First was Wind Fantasy. He was already Level 28 and it seemed like he hadn't gone offline in quite a while. Everyone under him, all the way to 259th place, was either 24 or 25. First-rate players were too close in levels.
No wonder. The players of the Delta Region were always full of heroes. From Lin Fan and Murong Shanshan of the Eternal Moon era, to Frivolous Scholar, Seven-star Lamp of the Spirit of Grief era, the Jiangsu-Zhejiang-Shanghai region seemed to be the nursery of the gaming kings. Right now, the players of this region were all concentrated in the starting villages around Floating Ice City. It was easy to imagine that the rivalry between strongest guilds was probably most fierce in Floating Cloud City among all tier 2 cities.
I followed the path back to Frost Mound. My Satiety meter was at 54, a bit lacking. Maybe I should find something to eat first?
I considered it, but cut the divagations short. I'll just go find Xinran. The little loli definitely has Oat Bread. It's very hearty, like hardtack.
Along the way, I took care of some short-sighted skeletons and did not forget to use Death Plunder to absorb their undead sparks. Obviously, these skeletons only yielded useless ragged cloth.
Twenty minutes later, when I came to a patch of lush forest, I heard bell sounds by my ear. Yes, the little loli Xinran had appeared and was harvesting mushrooms here!
I walked quickly, charging out of the thicket, and saw Xinran sitting among the gra.s.s with two wild rabbits running around happily. As expected of the harmless loli. The two rabbits did not fear her at all. However, my Night Creature presence was so heavy that when I appeared, the two rabbits fled in a flash.
Xinran turned around and stood up in joy, saying, ”Brother, you finally came!”
I walked forward and said with a smile, ”Yes, did Xinran bring me bread?”
”Yes, I did, I did!”
Xinran took out a piece of light yellow bread from her pocket that still carried the young girl's temperature. I consumed it and my stamina immediately skyrocketed. Oh yes, this is enough for me to fight for twelve hours.
After eating the bread, I looked down. Xinran was still looking at me, her clear perfect eyes like black opals.
”Is there something wrong, Xinran?”
”Yes!”
She nodded and pointed toward the south. ”Brother, I saw a scary old grandpa there. He seems to be injured!”
”Oh?”
My eyes lit up. The NPC was giving me directions? It had to be a quest. Haha, there was work to do!
”Will Xinran accompany me there to look?” I asked.
”No, I have to return home, Mother is waiting...”
”Oh, then hurry home Xinran!”
”Yes.”
The young loli walked away, gently trodding across the gra.s.s, leaving me with a sight of her perfect back.
Holding the green blade, I opened the main map and walked south. A short time later, a smelly wind suddenly came. Accompanied by the sound of roars, an enormous black shadow leapt at me!
This was a black bear, its eyes blood-red, its mouth wide open as it swiped with its terrifying claws.
Forest Wild Bear (Common)
Level: 28
A Level 28 creature ready to be killed!
Clutching my Forest Green Blade I injected it with undead energy. At Rank 1, Undead Energy skill offered a boost of 5% to damage against living targets. Because I had been killing skeletons around Frost Mound all this time, this skill was practically benched. I could finally put it to good use against this bear!
Crack!
The sword edge flashed past the wild bear's eyes. Blood flew, and the first slash caused critical damage—271!
”Ha, my attack power is pretty good!”
As I smiled proudly, the wild bear leapt, raising its paws and slapping my shoulder. I immediately felt a burning pain. A shocking damage number flew up—154!
d.a.m.n, my total HP was only 410. I would be killed in three attacks like this!
I quickly dodged. Through this one exchange, I could see that the wild bear's attack speed was slow, but its attack power was high. Its turn rate was also bad. The so-called turn rate was a kind of Agility substat. In simpler words, it was how fast one could turn!
I slid on my feet, and immediately came to the side of the wild bear. I struck a vicious blow. By the time the bear turned around, I was already behind its back. Another blow. Sword risen high, Slayer Slash smashed downward!
564!
Great, a critical strike!
Ding~!
System Notice: Congratulations, your skill Slayer Slash has reached Rank 2. Your damage to opponents has increased to 115%, and the hit rate is lowered by 15%!
I couldn't help but laugh. ”Haha, my skill ranked up!”
As the Forest Wild Bear fell down, there was another ding—