Chapter 25: Fruit Forest (1/2)
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I was slightly shocked. I turned to look, and saw a warrior carrying a green blade glaring at me. He shouted coldly, ”Fruit Forest is owned by the Shadow Clan. Friend, if you are wise, you will leave. There are many scattered single fruit trees around this map.”
Shadow Maple LV-23 Warrior
I glanced and laughed softly. ”Are you joking? Fruit Forest is a public map, not your clan's. Also, there are so many fruit trees, can you gather them all?”
”That's no concern of yours!” Shadow Maple sneered. ”Leave in three minutes or I will send you back to town!”
My gaze turned cold. I had not thought that Apples would become a cause for PK. The world had gone crazy. Were people so hard to satisfy? Did they have to step on others to show off their success and strength?
Two other players appeared at this time.
Shadow Volcano LV-22 Wanderer
Shadow Deep Sea LV-24 Archer
These people were obviously together, and bullying a lone player like me using their numbers.
Shadow Deep Sea looked dismissively at me and said with a smile, ”Broken Halberd Sinks Into Sand? Tsk tsk, you seemed to have been in the rankings yesterday. The first choice is to join our clan, the second is death. Make a choice!”
I laughed. ”I choose the second then. With a little twist however… the ones dying will be you!”
”Impudent!”
Shadow Volcano, the wanderer, furiously waved a long blade flickering with light and charged over. I thought this blade was Iron-grade equipment as the light was very similar to my Forest Green Blade.
Sha...
With a gust of wind, gra.s.s and leaves flew into the air, my figure behind them disappearing from the enemies' view. As fast as lightning, I blitzed to Shadow Volcano in but an instant. The Weeping Fire Blade burrowed into the other's chest like a poisonous snake. I pushed hard, the blade penetrating his back, the edge of my sword exploding in a ball of green light.
”Slayer Slas.h.!.+”
With a crack, this Bronze-grade longsword seemed to cut Shadow Volcano in half. A high damage number flew up—375!
Awesome!
”?!” As Shadow Volcano fell down, his expression was one of disbelief. He could not imagine that he, a high-level Wanderer, would be instantly killed by someone else!
”Motherf.u.c.ker, the boy dares to kill Volcano!” Shadow Deep Sea shouted, suddenly raising his head. Precision Shot tore through the air, headed straight for me!
I raised my chest and tanked the arrow, which dealt 71 points of damage. This archer wasn't weak. He had to be dealt with first. Otherwise, consequences would be fatal.
I lunged, my ferocious attack cutting through the air!
298!
The archer was shocked by the powerful damage number. Before he could react, I had already positioned myself next to him and gave another attack!
Archers did not have enough HP to begin with. I was quite shocked that he didn't die in that single 298-damage attack. With another swipe of my sword I finished the last vestiges of his HP and saw a flas.h.i.+ng set of leather wristguards dropping.
Boom!
I was struck from behind by Shadow Maple. I felt a pain in my back and lost 187 HP. My defense also came as a shock to him. ”d.a.m.n, so tough? Go die!”
I turned around as I grabbed Shadow Deep Sea's dropped wristguards and downed a health potion.
Swoos.h.!.+
Charging murderously toward Shadow Maple, my sword swished through the air with another Slayer Slash. The green hue of my sword illuminated Shadow Maple's face, accentuating his distorted expression of shock, unwillingness, and fury.
Bam!
Shadow Maple knelt on the ground. Dead. In a flash, this clan that viewed Fruit Forest as their own was exterminated.
I snorted coldly. ”I told you not to provoke me. I just wanted some Apples.”
……
That wristguard was a common white item, an embarra.s.sment to my brand.
I burrowed into Fruit Forest. Each apple tree could only be gathered once. Each time, I could pluck 1-3 Apples. Honestly speaking, the yield wasn't high!
Nearby, there was another player gathering with a name starting with Shadow. Seeing me nearby, he immediately dashed away. I didn't give chase. Waste of time.
I spent nearly an hour to empty the forest. I could only wait for the next refresh. My bag was filled with Apples, stacked into bundles of twenty. I had 21 such bundles.
I stopped by the edge of the forest and took out the bottles. I activated my Cooking skill, the synthesis interface appearing in front of me. I put in 5 Apples and 1 Bottle, then proceeded with synthesis!
Ding~!
System Notice: You have created Applesauce x1. Cooking Proficiency +2!
A bottle of Applesauce appeared in my bag. Its stats were Satiety +1, MP +100. This was a general consumable for players in the early stages.
I continued the process, spending ten minutes to make 80 bottles of Applesauce. I immediately felt a great sense of accomplishment.