Chapter 27: Army Pouch (1/2)
Chapter 27 – Army Pouch
Translated by: s.h.i.+royukineko, Erza
Edited By: Brian
TLCed By: s.h.i.+royukineko
Under the moonlight, a happy little skeleton was skipping along the valley, stopping every now and then, as he depleted the number of glutinous rice in the valley. The whole scene looked so peaceful, so serene.
“Ding~!”
System Announcement: Congratulations, your Hunting Skill has risen a level!
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Seeing this message, an indescribable feeling of pride burst forth from my heart. Heck, the Ultimate Hunter and Ultimate Cook will finally be unleashed!
Turning around, I observed that there were still one third of the glutinous rice left in the valley. But the 37 slots of my inventory was already filled to the brim. Each slot could contain 50 glutinous rice, and there were 37×50 patties of glutinous rice in my inventory. Without question, I was already at full capacity!
If I go now, would I leave one third of the glutinous rice to other players to harvest?
Nah, that’s not my style. Walking on my own path, and leaving others with no way out. That’s the way I dominate!
Wait&h.e.l.lip;Forget it. Whatever I just said was nonsense. I should just go back to report the quest first. I already gathered so many glutinous rice that I had to throw away some potions. This was definitely a waste of resources.
Speeding through the Wildfire Plains towards the Undead Alliance Camp, I handed my quest items to the soldier. He examined me closely before suddenly bursting into a loud laugh, “Oh mighty Asura, have you sent me a brave and courageous Undead to my rescue? Young one, I’m beginning to see your abilities in a different light. Come and take your rightful reward!”
“Ding~!”
System Announcement: You have finished the quest [Clearing Wild Beasts], You have received 5000 experience, 50 fame and a quest reward [Army Pouch]!
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“Shua!”
A golden pillar of light falls upon me as I rose to level 27. Once again, my name rose on the Floating Ice City Player Ranking. I even managed to enter the top three, ranking second on the board. Not only that, first place was still the level 28 Wind Fantasy!
Furthermore, the quest had also rewarded me with an item. Army Pouch?
Opening my inventory, there was a grey-coloured pouch sitting in the only empty slot in my inventory. Taking it out, I was immediately overjoyed. I examined it--
[Army Pouch]: Gives an additional 20 inventory slots when equipped.
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In the darkness of night, a lone skeleton suddenly howled loudly. The roar sounded like he was crying yet laughing at the same time. Of course, I was actually laughing. This was simply an item that was tailor-made for me!
This pouch didn’t even affect movement speed. I immediately equipped the Army Pouch on my waist then quickly went back to the valley. I spent another hour harvesting the rest of the glutinous rice. This way, it would take at least two to three days before this place was filled with glutinous rice again.
I then retraced my path to return back to the city. It was finally time for me to create a level 2 mp-replenis.h.i.+ng food item.
I arrived back at Floating Ice City. Although things here were a little bit more expensive, there were a lot of players, so the market was bigger.
[Sticky Rice] Level 2 food item. Materials required: Glutinous Rice x 15, Chicken x 5 & Salt x 5. Restores 200 mana
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I had almost gotten all the requirements needed. I had enough glutinous rice, and I could buy salt in the Item Store. Only chicken meat was left. Sigh, I still need to run about, trying to find it. However, for the sake of gold, for the sake of XX, let’s go!
I stored all of my glutinous rice into the vault, then I forked out another two gold to open another 100-slot vault. There was no other way. I just had too many food materials with me, and it wasn’t realistic if I didn’t open another account.
Repairing my equipment and buying a few dozen health potions, I set off once again.
Outside the city, I opened the forums while journeying onward. There was no hope of finding information on the game’s website, so I could only rely on other players for information.
I searched for chicken meat and found a few hundred results, but every link was asking for the location of the chicken meat, instead of providing the answer.
This was a headache. Truly the plight of the pioneer.
After searching for a while, my eyes lit up. Finally, a worthy post had appeared.
“Pets are going to be released soon, what kind of pet would you want?”
Following that, the forum post elaborated on the different kind of pets that would be popular. For example the Wasp that lived in the Poison Wasp Forest, and the Green Praying Mantis from the Breaking Dawn Forest. These were all good choices. Furthermore, there was also the Pheasant that lived in the Wild Pheasants Ridge that could also be one of the more popular choices.
Right! It’s here. it’s the pheasants!
Everyone knows that pheasants are just wild chickens, and wild chicken meat is most certainly chicken meat. But the quality of the meat would probably be of higher quality than normal chicken meat.
I was excited beyond words. Wild Pheasant Ridge was definitely the place!
Opening the search function once again, I searched for the Wild Pheasant Ridge. The search results showed that the Wild Pheasant Ridge was located west of Floating Ice City, and it would take about 20 minutes to get there by foot. These pheasants were also LV 30 monsters, so mostly likely in the near future they would become the main leveling opponent for the majority of players. You could train and collect chicken meat at the same time. It would be a very fruitful process.
With a goal in mind, I departed for the Wild Pheasant Ridge!
As I pa.s.sed through the mist-filled Frozen Forest, LV 25-30 monsters started to sp.a.w.n. Unfortunately for them, they no longer posed any threat to me. Soon, a green patch of land appeared on the map. This was exactly the place I wanted to go, Wild Pheasant Ridge!
“Chirp, chirp!”
Hearing the pheasants chirping, I excitedly rushed forward, brandis.h.i.+ng my sword. Brus.h.i.+ng away the bushes in front of me, I was shocked by the scene that greeted me. I saw four pheasants huddled together, like they were having a meeting, with all their levels being around 28.
I was already at LV 27 currently, and though I was a level lower than these creatures, I was equipped with two bronze-tier equips. So I was fearless and simply charged forward brandis.h.i.+ng my sword, swiftly killing the pheasants.
In a flash, a bunch of pheasants dropped dead on the ground. I started to use my Hunting Skill on them one by one --
System Announcement: You have acquired Pheasant Meat x2, your Hunting Skill gains +2 exp!
System Announcement: You have acquired Pheasant Meat x3, your Hunting Skill gains +2 exp!
System Announcement: You have acquired Pheasant Meat x2, your Hunting Skill gains +2 exp!
System Announcement: You have acquired Pheasant Meat x3, your Hunting Skill gains +2 exp!
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This gave me a very satisfying feeling. Not only could you level, you could also increase your crafting skills and earn money from selling the mp-replenis.h.i.+ng food items you produced. Doing this simple task alone could serve multiple uses!
Energized, I cruised through the ridge like a madman. Since I was the only player here, I went on a rampage, killing everything in sight.
“Pa-ta!”