Chapter 34: Moon Blade (2/2)
Wind Fantasy
31
Light Wanderer
Broken Halberd Sinks Into Sand
31
Undead Swordsman
Inconstant
30
Magic Knight
Iron Pardon
30
Warrior
Dominating Knight God
30
Magic Knight
Dominating Mage God
30
Mage
Dominating Warrior God
29
Warrior
Dominating Archer God
29
Archer
Clear Perfume
29
Archer
Whaaat?! Lin Yixin’s leveling speed was truly insane. She was able to keep up with me and reach Level 31 in just the blink of an eye. Just like me, she had probably encountered and defeated a boss during the last couple of hours, or there was no way she could have leveled up this quickly.
Done checking the latest top rankings, I crushed the return scroll in my hands!
Swoosh!
The city was as busy as usual. The square was filled with players looking to trade or form parties with one another. As everyone knew, a bustling crowd was the source of most business opportunities!
I walked to the storehouse and stored most of my Green Peppers. Then, I took out some Glutinous Rice, Chicken Meat and Salt before bringing up the cooking window. After selecting 10 Green Peppers, 20 Glutinous Rice, 10 Chicken Meat and 15 Salt, I began synthesizing the goods—
Ding~!
System Notice: Congratulations, you have made Green Pepper Meatball x1, Cooking Proficiency +5!
Ding~!
System Notice: Congratulations, you have made Green Pepper Meatball x1, Cooking Proficiency +5!
Ding~!
System Notice: Congratulations, you have made Green Pepper Meatball x1, Cooking Proficiency +5!
It was incredibly fulfilling to witness these Rank 3 Consumables pop into existence in my hands. As of now, I was probably the only player in Floating Ice City, or even the whole China server who could make them!
A food that could restore 300 MP in 60 seconds was an absolute necessity for high-level mages due to how the cost and rank of skills were designed. Rank 1 required 10 MP, Rank 2 required 20 MP and Rank 3 skills required 30 MP. Assuming a Level 30 Mage could cast their Rank 3 skill, Ice Blade, every 3 seconds, they would use 600 MP in a minute. Therefore, the only way for a Mage to sustain their damage output without pause was to use high-quality consumables. A Mage who couldn’t cast spells was deadweight trash that no one needed in a party.
At the current stage, most Mages bought the relatively-cheap Rank 1 Applesauce to replenish their mana. Only high-level Mages would use Rank 2 or 3 Consumables.
Half an hour later, I had 100 Green Pepper Meatballs in my bag. Look at all that money!
I opened my friend list and sought out Iron Pardon. I sent him a message. “I have 100 Rank 3 Magic Cooking Consumables, Green Pepper Meatballs, on me right now. Each one costs 50 silver, so this’ll cost you 50 gold in total. Grab your money and meet me at the city square next to the east gate of Floating Ice City. And be quick, I’m only going to wait for you for ten minutes!”
Iron Pardon replied quickly, “I’ll be there in five!”
A couple of minutes later, a high-level warrior clad in black heavy armor came over to meet me. It was none other than Iron Pardon himself, the black horse who made it all the way to the Heavenly Ranking!
“Man, you’re quick. I didn’t think you would be ready in less than half a day!” Iron Pardon laughed. “Brother, you’re working for a gaming workshop, aren’t you? There’s no way you could prepare so many Rank 3 Consumables in such a short time otherwise!”
I gave him a non-committal smile and said, “Let’s trade!”
“Okay!”
I opened the trade window and selected 100 Green Pepper Meatballs. On the other side, Iron Pardon generously entered 50 gold to his own trade window. Man, what a pleasant trade this turned out to be!
Once the trade was complete, Iron Pardon nodded and left the area.
I looked around me and stood still at the center of the square. Then, I started shouting, “Selling a Level 30 Steel-grade dagger with 75 Attack and +9 Strength, a must-buy for any Assassin player who wants to PvP and level! Be the highest bidder and grab it now!”
I set up my shop and put the Moon Blade on display without a price tag.
The crowd immediately surrounded me from all directions, shocked and in disbelief. “Fuck! We haven’t even gathered a full Iron-grade set, let alone a Bronze-grade item. How is this guy selling a Steel-grade weapon already?”
I had to hide how pleased I was feeling. Considering that I had to fight a boss that was over Level 35 like a dog for half an hour, it was only right that the payout was reasonable.
A Level 29 assassin walked up to me and said sincerely, “Brother, I can offer you 20 gold to buy this, but you’ll need to wait for an hour before I can gather the money you need. Is that okay?”
At the current gold-to-RMB exchange, 20 gold was worth about 2000 RMB. It was a lot of money, but it wasn’t the price I was looking for. This Steel-grade dagger was top-tier, and I wouldn’t be satisfied with any offer that was lower than 50 gold!
For a while, I was surrounded by a bunch of salivating assassins and archers, but no one could offer a price that I was satisfied with. I understood why no one could afford it though. At this stage of the game, a Steel-grade weapon might as well be a divine weapon. It was no wonder that its price would be beyond expectations!
“Fuck, this dagger is so good. If I have it I’ll be able to carry my wife so much faster…”
“Well yeah, of course a weapon like this is going to be expensive!”
“I have a feeling that this guy isn’t going to sell it for anything less than ten thousand copper…”
While the crowd was discussing spiritedly with one another, a sweet voice suddenly hit me from behind.
“That dagger is mine!”
I turned around in shock when I realized who the voice belonged to. The first thing that entered my view was a beautiful pair of legs covered in elegant heavy armor. The armored beauty standing behind me was none other than Lin Yixin herself.