Chapter 27: Army Pouch (2/2)
Pop!
A Pheasant died, dropping a thin axe. I picked it up and checked it out. Nice, Iron-grade—
Pheasant Battle Axe (Iron-grade)
Attack: 12~24
Stamina: +4
Level Requirement: 20
It was a pretty good weapon. Although its attack power wasn't as great as my Weeping Fire Blade, it was a G.o.dly weapon for players at this stage of the game. Using this weapon to grind levels would absolutely double their efficiency.
Pleased, I tossed the Pheasant Battle Axe into my bag. I should ask Thirteen if he has a good weapon once I have to go back to restock. If not, I could just give it to him. As for why I didn't give him the Forest Green Blade? I needed money then. Learning skills, training them, and so on.
Three hours later, I was Level 27 with 57% experience. Killing Level 28 monsters wasn't too great. I'd already be Level 28 if I was grinding in Wildfire Plains.
My bag was full again, this time with Chicken Meat. I looked at the time and saw that it was three in the morning. I wasn't tired at all though. My blood felt like it was about to boil the moment I thought about all the gold that was going to drop in my lap. At that thought, I wanted to laugh out loud!
I was pretty much done with my material gathering now. As I began my journey back to Floating Ice City, I sent Du Thirteen a message. ”Got time?”
”Yeah, what's up?”
”Wait for me at Floating Ice City's eastern entrance.”
”Okay!”
Once I entered the city, I saw Du Thirteen from a distance. Level 23 Warrior, not bad.
I walked forward and looked at the iron sword in his hand. ”What are the stats on your weapon?”
”Ah?” Thirteen was a bit dazed. ”Common-grade Level 5, 4~7 Attack. Why?”
I tossed the Pheasant Battle Axe at him. ”Use this one. Yours is way too c.r.a.ppy.”
”Ah?!”
Thirteen caught the battle axe and was immediately overjoyed. He ran up and hugged me. ”Lu Chen, I love you, I love you. Hahahaha…”
”Scram, I already have someone I like.” I ruthlessly left a footprint on his face.
”Oh right, why were you looking for me?” Thirteen enthusiastically asked.
I traded him 2 gold. ”Go buy me 20 stacks of Salt. The system grocer sells them. Once you've bought the Salt, meet me at the warehouse.
”Oh, got it!”
Thirteen left with gusto while I stood by the warehouse. I deposited half my Chicken Meat and took out half of my Glutinous Rice. The Rank 2 Consumable, Glutinous Rice Ball, needed 15 Glutinous Rice, 5 Chicken Meat, and 5 Salt. Unlike back when I only needed to use my nimble hands to make the Rank 1 Applesauce, I needed to use 10 MP for each Glutinous Rice Ball.
Thirteen soon came back with the Salt. I told him, ”Give me 10 stacks first.”
”Okay!”
With 10 stacks of Salt in hand, I now had all the ingredients I needed. I immediately opened the Cooking window and placed in the required materials. I pressed the synthesis b.u.t.ton and the sound of a system notice rang—
Ding~!
System Notice: You have made Glutinous Rice Ball x1. Cooking Proficiency +3!
Heh, as expected of high-level Cooking!
Glutinous Rice Ball: Rank 2 Cooking, instantly restores 200 MP to the user.
Tsk tsk, this was definitely going to become a mainstream delicacy!
I continued to make more rice b.a.l.l.s, eating a Glutinous Rice Ball every time I ran out MP. I didn't need to be stingy since they were mine anyway. Aftering making them for almost an hour, I finally used up almost all my Chicken Meat and Glutinous Rice. 190 Glutinous Rice b.a.l.l.s appeared in my bag. There were 10 in a stack so I had a total of 19 stacks!
It was hard to train Cooking. I used so many materials but only gained 45% experience. I had a long way to go!
I happily looked at the consumables in my bag and smiled. ”Thirteen, when you're grinding, have you ever felt that you never had enough MP?”
Thirteen had a blank face. ”What's MP?”
”Uh, never mind, you can go back to grinding.”
”Forget it, I'm tired. I'm going to bed.”
”Mn.”
When Thirteen logged off, I went to the center of the city plaza and yelled. ”Selling Rank 2 Consumable Glutinous Rice Ball for 10 silver each, 90 silver for a stack of 10. Come buy, come buy! Restores 200 MP! Limited stock, come buy while supply lasts!
The surrounding players were all struck dumb—
”Rank 2 Consumable? s.h.i.+t, did I hear wrong? Someone already has Cooking at Rank 2?”
”Gotta be a liar!”
”Buy it and you'll know if it's true!”
Someone traded me a few seconds later and gave me 10 silver. I placed in a Glutinous Rice Ball and the guy was shocked once the trade was successful. ”s.h.i.+t! It really is a Rank 2 Consumable! Awesome, who is this guy?!”
The players around me all scrambled to trade me and I happily accepted their money. I sold 90 Glutinous Rice b.a.l.l.s in not even ten minutes, coming out with 9 gold. Hahaha, I knew I'd make it!
At this time, a voice suddenly came from behind me. ”Brother Broken Halberd Sinks Into Sand can we have a chat?”