Chapter 16 (2/2)

Among the 24 pieces, there were 3 pieces of Level 10 equipment that Mohai kept for himself.

As for the other 21 pieces, he shared them with all the bandit goons, especially the few Level 5 bandit goons. Mohai especially took care of them, so he gave them all the suitable equipment.

Mohai could no longer retrieve the equipment from the bandit goons after giving them away unless they were killed by the players and dropped the equipment.

However, Mohai did not feel anything when he gave the equipment away.

He carried out a test earlier in the morning, and to his surprise, he noticed that giving the bandit goons equipment could increase the [Ruler] XP bar.

Leading them into battle and equipping them appropriately could increase the [Ruler] XP bar. From there, Mohai speculated that if the bandit goons leveled up, he might be able to gain some XP for the [Ruler] ability as well.

Therefore, Mohai gave the equipment to the Level 5 bandit goons since they were the easiest to level up. He might be able to verify his speculation after a few more kills with them.

If it worked, he would equip all the bandit goons with full sets of equipment and bring them to level up at a better leveling spot. The special ability, [Ruler], might be able to be increased to E-rank by then.

The three pieces of equipment Mohai kept for himself were a Level 10 staff of Black Iron grade, a leather shin guard of Bronze grade, and a common ring.

A lot of equipment in the game did not have occupational requirements, but despite that, different occupations equipped with the corresponding equipment would provide an extra buff to one’s skills or stats. No one would be dumb or free enough to equip themselves with equipment for other occupations.

However, the Level 10 Black Iron staff had a Physical Attack of 5-15. It was even better than the iron sword Mohai had. On top of that, it even added 5 Intelligence points and 3 Mental points. More importantly, it even had the extra effect of reducing the cooldown time of skills by 10%. It was obviously a quality good. At least, it was a lot better than the lousy iron sword he had.

Therefore, Mohai equipped the staff without any hesitation, and with that, he became a bandit who wielded a staff.

“Next…” Mohai pondered.

According to his plan, he should be leading the bandit goons to kill the players for leveling them up.

However, the Level 5 bandit goons only had 500 HP, so they were still weak. Their deaths would surely affect the progress of his [Ruler] ability, so the optimum plan would be to equip all the bandit goons with better equipment before moving out.

“Let’s get some equipment first!” Mohai made the decision after some thought.

He had a better way of getting equipment: the Reincarnation Pool.

He had a lot of iron and black iron ores, and he could easily convert them into equipment using the Reincarnation Pool. However, he would need a lot more Magical Crystals. Otherwise, before he could get the equipment, the Reincarnation Pool would be contaminated.

As someone with experience, Mohai knew that the Magical Crystal was a rare item.

However, he believed Rexus the tortoise might take some time to recover. He could simply blackmail the tortoise again after using the Magical Crystal. Then, he could probably get two to three more pieces.

“How long can a Magical Crystal with 30% purity last?”

Mohai took a piece of Magical Crystal out and tossed it into the Reincarnation Pool while shaking his head.

It was a lavish way of using the Magical Crystal. Players usually used Magical Crystals to forge quality Magical equipment. When a Boss used them, the latter could recruit stronger Magical subordinates.

The water in the pool slowly turned sky blue.

Mohai then poured in more iron and black iron ores.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Soft noises of something bursting came out from the stone house frequently, but as seconds turned into minutes, the frequency of the noises grew lesser.

“A piece of Magical Crystal can only get more than 20 pieces of Level 5 Bronze equipment. What a waste!”

The water in the pool had transformed back into black, and Mohai was looking at it, sighing with heavy emotions.

The 20-odd pieces of Level 5 Bronze equipment might be worth a bit of money at the early stage of the game, but their true value was not even close to that of a piece of Magical Crystal.

Mohai’s astounding experience in the game saved the disastrous result by a hair’s breadth. He was able to quickly find a recipe with a decent success rate. Otherwise, the number of equipment would be even fewer.

He summoned the five Level 5 bandit goons over and equipped all of them with full sets of Bronze equipment. While their Attacks did not skyrocket, their Defences surged.

Mohai was ready to head out and kill more players, but then, one of the goons came in with an update.

When Mohai looked up, he noticed a player further away.

The player had a glowing green aura around him, and when he walked past the black jackals, none of them attacked him.