Chapter 30: Blockhead (1/2)

“How ungenerous of you, Lu Chen!”

On the way back, Du Thirteen couldn’t stop talking about Lin Yixin. “Sigh, Lin Yixin is beautiful, isn’t she? Back when she was in her first year she already looked like a flower waiting to bloom, and now she’s positively glistening with loveliness. If I could touch her once, no, kiss her once, I could die happy…”

I shot him a disdainful look before saying, “Look at yourself. You should at least try to aim higher.”

“Did you ask for her phone number?”

“Nope.”

“You blockhead!”

Du Thirteen looked downright resentful at my apparent lack of interest toward women, but I hadn’t forgotten how he elegantly ran into a table after barging into the cafe and meeting Lin Yixin.

Du Thirteen was a real monster. Legend said that his birth shocked his father so much that the latter pushed him back into his mother without hesitation. He had had to crawl back out on his own to save his own life. Since then, countless beautiful girls were plagued by the walking disaster called Du Thirteen.

“Lu Chen, what were you talking about with Beauty Lin?” Du Thirteen asked.

“Cooperation.”

“What kind of cooperation?”

“How would I know? She’s the one who made the offer.”

“Fuck…”

It was night time. I logged back into the game and noted that neither Lin Yixin nor I were in the rankings anymore. It was because we had PKed each other down to Level 25 and fell out of the level race. Still, who would’ve thought that the best player of Floating Ice City, Wind Fantasy, was a devastatingly beautiful woman?

At Frost Mound Camp, I repaired my equipment and filled up my bag with potions. Now that I’m wealthy, not even two storehouses of potions can put a dent in my wallet!

I walked outside the camp and saw that Sentinel Leader Fark had come back to life. He rubbed his hands together and smiled at me just like before. “You’re here, little skeleton. It looks like you’ve gotten stronger during this time!”

I walked up to him and replied, “It’s all thanks to your guidance, boss!”

The NPC had no idea what I was talking about, so he simply sighed and said, “Recently, a bunch of annoying greenskins had shown up at the west side of Frost Mound. They’re noisy, loud, and they even attacked our camp before. We must mount a counterattack right away! Young little skeleton, go to the west side of Frost Mound and find the Green-hatted Goblins. Kill 100 of them and bring back 20 Green Hats to me!”

I nodded understandingly. It was the classic monster that appeared in every game!

The goblin was a green-skinned creature with high agility and attack power. It could be considered quite powerful during the early stages of the game, more powerful than a Big-eared Rabbit at least.

Ding~!

System Notice: You’ve accepted the quest [The Goblins’ Green Hats]! (Quest Rank: F)

I accepted the quest while thanking the fact that I could finally kill something that wasn’t a skeleton. My skill, Undead Energy, had reached Rank 2, and killing living creatures would level it faster.

I opened the map and walked a straight path through the forest. A short while later, I reached a wide open area where a Green-hatted Goblin was meandering about at the distance. It was carrying a rusted iron hammer, talking to himself about something I couldn’t understand and shaking its hips while running. It was a performance worthy of the best actor award.

Green-hatted Goblin (Common)

Level: 33

Attack: ???

Defense: ???

HP: ???

Tsk tsk, another high-level mob whose stats I can’t read! I was 8 levels behind the Green-hatted Goblin because I had dropped to Level 25. It was no wonder that this quest was rated as an F rank quest!

Never mind that, kill first, think later!

Whoosh!