Chapter 1161: The Breakthrough Point of the Job Skill Quest
“So it’s you.” Old Man Hermit lifted his wrinkled old face and squinted his eyes to look at w.a.n.g Yu, then said with surprise, “Your growth really surprises me. It hasn’t been too long since we’ve met and you are already labelled as the expert of this generation. Say, why are you looking for me?”
“Teacher, what a compliment.”
w.a.n.g Yu politely hugged his fists then spoke as if he was reciting stage lines, “I have mastered the skills you pa.s.sed on to me but despite so, when I am in a battle with the devil, it still feels insufficient. I hope you can give me some advice.”
“Haha!”
Hermit studied w.a.n.g Yu once more and said, “Hmm, not bad, I can tell you’ve been working hard but there is nothing else I can teach you. However, back when I was roaming around the mainland, I created a skill. If you want, I can teach you.”
“It would be my pleasure.”
w.a.n.g Yu quickly replied. He spoke so much rubbish was all just to learn this skill.
“Great!” Hermit nodded his head in satisfaction. He caressed his beard and said, “You can be taught! You can be taught!”
“I’ll be counting on you, Teacher!!” w.a.n.g Yu added.
“En!”
Hermit caressed his beard and side-eyed w.a.n.g Yu then he let out a playful smile and said, “This is my most valuable knowledge and I don’t just teach anyone. Do you understand what I’m saying?”
w.a.n.g Yu speechlessly broke out in sweat, “I do, I do! How can I not when your hands are almost in my pockets?”
As he spoke, w.a.n.g Yu took out two bottles of alcohol and placed them beside Hermit.
“Hmph!” Hermit upsetly said, “I am different from those job instructors who learnt bits and pieces from me. You want to learn my skill with just two bottles of alcohol? You’re really belittling me.”
“Then how about three bottles?” w.a.n.g Yu took another bottle out and placed it on the ground. w.a.n.g Yu knew that NPCs were always greedy. No matter how much you gave them, it would never be enough. So to test their bottom line, he had to do it bit by bit.
Indeed, upon seeing how w.a.n.g Yu added a bottle, Hermit instantly upsetly said, “Stop wasting my time, four bottles at least!”
w.a.n.g Yu, “…”
Great, so this old man’s bottom line is so low.
In broad daylight, this is not a lie… Not only was kung fu a miserable livelihood in real life, it was also only worth four bottles of alcohol in the game.
After paying his lesson fees, Hermit satisfyingly said, “Young lad, you are pretty good, the smartest amongst my students.”
“Oh? You have other students?” w.a.n.g Yu asked in surprise.
“Nope, that’s why you are the smartest,” Hermit said tauntingly.
“I…” w.a.n.g Yu was at a loss for words so he said, “Sir, let’s start the lesson.”
“Be patient,” Hermit waved his hand and said, “The last time, after the G.o.d of Devils battle, I lost almost all my practice so it has been a while since I’ve been unable to maneuver this skill.”
“Teacher, your lie to gain alcohol is too overboard!”
Upon hearing what Hermit said, w.a.n.g Yu’s mood instantly turned for the worse… Although four bottles of alcohol were not expensive, he had spent so much time begging and pleading over here, and yet now this old man said he could not do it. This was blatant sabotage.
“Enough, don’t panic.” Hermit smiled and slowly said, “Although I can’t use it anymore, I recorded the skill down back then. I believe that based on your abilities, you can interpret it from there.”
“Then where is the skill book?” w.a.n.g Yu asked again.
“Well…” Hermit gave it some thought and said, “During the final battle between the G.o.d of Devils, I lost the notes to the commander, Saint Alice. After Saint Jacob fell, that notebook should have fallen with her into the G.o.d of Devils Fortress. If you can get it back, I can give you some pointers on how to learn the skill.”
Once Hermit finished speaking, w.a.n.g Yu received a system notification.
“Yes!”
w.a.n.g Yu casually clicked to accept the quest.
Quest Objective: Retrieve Hermit’s lost notes from the G.o.d of Devils Fortress 0/1.
Quest Reward: Level 60 job’s ultimate skill.
Note: This is an individual quest, no teams can be formed >
“G.o.d of Devils Fortress…”
After speed-reading through the quest details, w.a.n.g Yu gulped down his saliva.
Although no one had done the level 60 job skill quest so far, w.a.n.g Yu had heard Fearless and the rest mentioned that usual players’ job skill quests are not difficult but lengthy.
However, it was different for w.a.n.g Yu. Every time he saw the quest details, he would collapse.
d.a.m.n, G.o.d of Devils Fortress — that was a forbidden ground in the game as it was full of surviving dead souls left behind from the G.o.d of Devils battle. Even the lowest level one was a level 100 monster so its danger level was way higher than the Dragon Island.
The large dragons were strong but their family planning was so good that their population is diminis.h.i.+ng so in the huge Dragon Island, w.a.n.g Yu barely met a few of them.
The battleground of the G.o.d of Devils battle was different. It was the last battleground of the G.o.d of Devils battle and even in the records of the brutal situation of the war, it stated that monsters densely populated the area.
Based on w.a.n.g Yu’s current abilities, he could easily defeat monsters 40 levels higher than him but if he was outnumbered by level hundred monsters surrounding him, he would be helpless. After all, this was a game. Levels and attributes played a strong role in abilities.
With complete disadvantage in terms of attributes and quant.i.ty, w.a.n.g Yu would be left to be beaten up.
Of course, in <>, it was full of traps but not all traps led to death.
Since the system design this seemingly impossible quest for level 60 players, it definitely had a breakthrough point.
Obviously, Hermit was that so-called breakthrough point.
After some thought, w.a.n.g Yu suddenly asked as though he thought of something, “Teacher, how’s your relations.h.i.+p with Saint Alice like?”
“That woman…” Hermit gave a bittersweet smile and said, “She is the only person who could get along with me in the Light Temple. What do you think?”
“Oh…” w.a.n.g Yu nodded and questioned, “I heard that Light Temple’s people are very conscious of cleanliness. I really doubt that as a beggar, you could be close to Saint Alice.”
“What do you know!” Hermit angrily said, “Back then, I was a handsome, charismatic man who charmed many ladies’ hearts.”
“Really? There is no evidence though.” w.a.n.g Yu suspectingly looked at Hermit who was all blushed in disbelief.
“Of course!” Hermit’s dry, wrinkled hands dipped into his chest and tremblingly took out a cross necklace and said proudly, “She gave me this cross!”
w.a.n.g Yu saw it and quickly threw a [Probing] skill over. The cross’ attributes appeared before his eyes.
Holy Cross (Quest Item)
Item introduction: The cross commander of the Light Temple, Saint Alice’s possession.
Seeing the necklace’s attributes, w.a.n.g Yu’s eyes lit up.
Indeed, it looked like the key breakthrough point of the quest was this thing!