Chapter 288 Iron-Willed Blood Horse (1/2)
—'Congratulations, you have completed the achievement [First! Explode the Tower of Plague!], you have received 1 Accomplishment Point!'
—'You have destroyed the Tower of Plague, please head to the Holy Church to receive your reward.'
Exploding the Tower of Plague was equal to saving many people, it was a good deed. The Holy Church had always considered themselves to be protectors, so, of course, they would reward Lin Jie!
Lin Jie searched around the ruins and even used Thunderstorm to clear off the debris to find Eighteen Massacres' corpse.
Don't forget that he still had the dark blade of Broken Blade on him! That was the item that Lin Jie needed the most! However, it was a pity that beside Eighteen Massacres' corpse, there was only a level 25 Gold wrist guard, which was shining gold light, beside the [Holy Light Grace] that shone with a charming light. The value of that wrist guard was not even 1/10 of the Earth Elemental Wrist Guard.
Meanwhile, Eighteen Massacres was not in the game currently.
Yes, he had gone offline. He had gone offline the instant he had died a second time from the explosion of the Tower of Plague as he was forcibly revived 10 seconds after his first death. He had finally understood Lin Jie's intention—the Holy Light Grace was not ”to cultivate an interesting opponent” at all. Instead, it was a vicious trap, which would force Eighteen Massacres to revive endlessly and die from the explosion of Tower of Plague an unlimited number of times. It was all in order for him to drop all his equipment and make his level pummel!
Lin Jie was clever in his means. Originally, players would use Holy Light Grace to challenge Bosses, as it was a rare item from dangerous grounds in high-end maps. The best item for stealing treasures from dangerous places with powerful Bosses had actually been turned into a murder weapon in the hands of Lin Jie!
Eighteen Massacres' losses were even more shocking! He had experienced a three-level drop and lost a Gold belt, as well as a Gold wrist guard. If the loss of the secret scroll in that opposing mission was included, then he had lost an additional Epic Skill! That loss was as large as heaven!
”Lone Wolf, Lone Wolf!”
Eighteen Massacres' heart thumped vigorously. He could feel that he had violent inclinations, his footsteps were hurried as he walked quickly to his desk and brewed a cup of tea. He took a sip, and the bitter tea taste lingered on the tip of his tongue. Eighteen Massacres would drink tea to calm himself down every time as that was the way he kept his head cool.
”It's fragrant…” Eighteen Massacres' attention had completely transferred onto the tea. However, the scenes of his Immortal Body being destroyed, the first clear being snatched, and his head getting chopped off by Broken Blade, which shone with cold light, flashed in his head from time to time… Finally it stopped within the explosion of the Tower of Plague!
”F*ck!”
Eighteen Massacres finally could not control his emotions and smashed his blue-white porcelain cup. A very special cup, which he had obtained two years ago, created from being tempered in a kiln. Eighteen Massacres panted heavily. He, who had not spoken loudly in these few years, released his pent up rage. Even so, he was still extremely upset and depressed in his heart!
Knock-knock.
As the knocking sound ended, a middle-aged man, wearing a suit and leather shoes, with a stern face, walked in. He glanced at the teacup on the ground before he smiled and asked, ”Why? What is annoying you? I have already told you many times, calm down, calm down!”
Eighteen Massacres took a look at that man, and a complicated look flashed in his eyes. ”Understood, Boss Zheng.”
…
At the Jobs Hall.
Warrior Mentor sized up Lin Jie, with an expression as if he was looking at a monster, and exclaimed, ”You've completed your Job-Changing Mission? There was no seal on the secret scroll at all?”
Lin Jie nodded solemnly. ”Yes, I've completed it and learned the Epic Skill [Armor Removal]. Please give me my mission reward, I seem to recall that after completing an Epic Job-Changing Mission, I can also learn a few free skills, right?”
Warrior Mentor looked at him with despise. ”You still need to learn them for free? I have asked around about you after I returned. So, you're the renown Codename Lone Wolf, the one who rose in fame in the midst of the alternate realms' humans. How is it possible that you would lack such a small amount of money? Whenever you alternate realms' humans learn skills for free, it's all from the wallets of us mentors, can't you just sponsor me a bit?”
”No!” Lin Jie glared at the mentor. ”Money is obtained from saving! Don't forget, I saved your life. Not asking you to let me learn all the skills for free is already me being kind!”
”Let us talk about the matter of mission reward.” The mentor instantly changed the topic as he felt guilty and said, ”You have completed your Job-Changing Mission, this is your reward!”
Ding~
—”You have completed your Job-Changing Mission. You received 1,000 Guild of Light reputation and the Job Mount [Iron-Willed Blood Horse].”
Warrior Mentor was still quite generous, as he actually gifted Lin Jie a mount, which could be counted as an extremely valuable reward. The Movement Speed of the Iron-Willed Blood Horse may be 5% slower than Tiger King Bangalash's, and it was not intimidating enough, but it was able to provide 5 points of Strength Enhancement for its master. Thus, it was also one of the best mounts. It was very handsome, its mane was blood-red and filled with the aura of the battlefield. Indeed, very suitable for men to show their manliness.
Not only so, but Lin Jie also learned a few Warriors' Basic Skills.
[Blood of War]: This is a passive skill. Permanently increases 6 points of Strength and 6 points of Agility. Requires 3 gold coins to learn this skill.
[Whirlwind]: This is an active skill. You swing your weapon with you as the pivot point and deal 70% damage to any enemy within a 3-yard radius. Cooldown period of 3 seconds. Requires 5 gold coins to learn this skill.
[Disarm]: This is an active skill. You consume one attack action to snatch the weapon of your target, causing the target to be unable to obtain the enhancement from the weapon. Cooldown period of 60 seconds. Requires 2 gold coins to learn this skill.
”That's daylight robbery! You evil profiteers are really shameless!” exclaimed Lin Jie in front of Warrior Mentor, ignoring the latter's long face, which was as black as coal.
The income of a normal player from killing monsters was about 20 silver coins on a daily basis. One would really have to spend all of their fortunes to gather enough money to learn the skills—that was also the reason why Skill Books were in such great demand. The selling price of the same skill in the Auction House would be quite a few times lower, and the Cash Exchange System was allowed to be used.