Hurricane City – Chapter 30 (The Blue Ring)
“Hey, still thinking about Murong Shan Shan?”
While walking the road, Xin Yu said with a grin, not showing any annoyed look.
I shook my head, “I wasn’t thinking about her, just thinking when I could get a blue equipment myself. The blue and green equipment’s attribute difference is just too much, as the attributes of blue equipment even reached a double-digit.”
“It’s ok, you’ll get the equipment eventually. Worrying about it won’t make it come.”
I looked at Xin Yu’s beautiful figure, smiled and said, “You don’t even worry a bit. Have you forgotten why Lin Sister formed this group? To make money, not to let us play. If we don’t get any equipment, how can we pay her?”
“I’m just saying, don’t think about it too much. Let’s go leveling and get better equipment~.”
Xin Yu walked ahead taking the lead, her little leather shoes made an echoing sound ‘hua hua’ on the pavement.
After returning to my room, I switched on the console, wore the helmet, then appeared back at the cemetery next to the cabin. The two monsters I killed in the morning had re-sp.a.w.ned already, and looking from the distance, I also saw the Beautiful flower they were guarding had also regrowth now.
Continue using the same strategy as I did this morning, the skeleton warriors in front of me turned into experience bags. Watching the experience gauge slowly filled up, I had a strong sense of accomplishment.
“Beep~!”
System Notification: Player Murong Shan Shan requested a voice chat with you.
Huh? What did she want requesting a voice chat?
“Yes? Shan Shan, is there anything?”
“Of course. Did you just went out, Qing Cai?”
My mind went with a ‘thump’, I said nervously, “Yes, I went out awhile with a colleague.”
Murong Shan Shan laughed with an evil intent, “A colleague? Not your girlfriend?”
I couldn’t cover it, “Shan Shan, I know that girl just now was you, and the girl who was with me is really my colleague. Don’t misunderstand!”
Murong Shan Shan burst out a laugh, “Lin Fan, you seem to be so concerned about my opinion of you?”
“Well…” She had already found out my real name… These women really made me sweating. Pondering a moment, I went on to say, “Shan Shan, I just stated a fact, it’s you who thought otherwise!”
“Okay, okay, let’s not talk about that girl anymore. What are you doing right now?”
“Killing monsters for a mission.”
Murong Shan Shan seemed a bit annoyed, “Oh man, even while talking to me, you don’t stop to kill monsters, so serious! Ah, I didn’t even notice, when did you become our city’s first ranked player?”
“If I’m not strong enough, I won’t get any equipment, then I would be homeless and starving.”
“Lin Fan, are you a professional player?”
“Of course. And you are a student?”
“That’s right.”
I gulped, “Then you must have a lot of money. You already spent several thousand in the game this month.”
“Me? Wealthy?” Murong Shan Shan sounded strange, but she went on to say, “If I had that much money, I would have bought all the equipment you are wearing already. I would also not be a laughingstock. After all the equipment I bought, I’m now troubled with this month’s living cost.”
“But you still went to eat at KFC, a family bucket cost almost 80 RMB, right?”
“That’s just a normal expense. You are really too serious…”
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So, I killed the monsters while chatting with Murong Shan Shan. And going through the process over and over, I had become truly skilled whether in killing or luring the monsters. Ordinary players would have been troubled to measure the distance to lure the monsters. But I had mastered it already to the extent that I could even do it while the monsters were moving or I was escaping, which quite surprised myself too. Although my Agility stats were not that high, I could escape unscathed from being surrounded by a bunch of monsters. It was so bizarre and almost gave me a scare.
From the chitchat, I learned that Murong Shan Shan was a second-year university student, who just celebrated her 21st birthday. It seemed that she did indeed come from a quite wealthy family. Just for celebrating the birthday, the meal had costed nearly one thousand Yuan, no wonder she was so generous.
“Lin Fan, I just had my birthday three days ago.”
“So what? What are you implying?”
“What do you think?”
“Well, I have this level 3 white belt. I’ll endure it and give it to you as a gift. Do you want it?” I said in an abnormally calm voice.
“b.u.mp, so stingy!!”
“That… Women shouldn’t talk trash…”
“Er… I just woke up… Already forgot everything I just said…”
“…” 5555, too cruel~! (TL Note: 5555 is an internet slang meaning crying.)
When it was almost 7 o’clock in the evening, I had finally collected 20 Beautiful flowers, and my level had risen two levels from level 18 to level 20. Clearing four areas of monsters had brought me up to level 19, but I had to clear up 15 areas of monsters to rise to level 20, clearly showing how difficult it was to get a promotion.
Having collected the required mission items, I quickly went to the grave keeper’s house, immediately putting the Beautiful flowers on his chest.
“Ding~!”
System Notification: You completed . You gained 55,000 experience, 5 Gold coins, Prestige +250. You get [Undertaker’s Ring]My mind ‘clicked’ for a while. A ring? I hurriedly open my inventory bag.
[Undertaker’s Ring] (Blue equipment)
Strength: +15
Stamina: +12
Agility: +16
Special Effect: While wearing this ring, when you attack, you will absorb 3% of the damage dealt to restore your health.
Required Level: 20
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I rubbed my eyes and looked again to make sure. This really was a blue ring!
The added Strength and Stamina was quite a lot, and even Agility was added to 16 points. But the most important factor was the Drain special effect. Currently, I could deal around 180 damages to the Skeleton Warrior with each attack, then every time I hit, my health would restore 6 points. Plus a bottle of tomato ketchup, I wouldn’t even need any healing potions to fight the skeleton warriors.
Adding the extra attributes from the leveling to my Strength, this was quite a habit of mine. From all the cla.s.ses that depended on physical damage, the Swordsman would deal the highest damage. Since I had to choose a melee type Cla.s.s, so I better just become an all-out Swordsman. As for the Health and Defense, the equipment could fill in the gap. Nevertheless, with my current progress, acquiring equipment would not be a problem at all.
When the grave keeper had disappeared, the skeleton warriors were also back to their former chaotic movement since they had nothing left to guard. I was burst in joy, as this meant that other players could not get this mission anymore, so they could not get the same blue ring. It wasn’t easy to get!
Equipping the ring, I at once checked my stats and equipment:
Qing Cai Baiyu Tang (Apprentice Swordsman)
Level: 20
Health: 624
Attack: 95-132 (x110%)
Defense: 75 (x110%)
Prestige: 660
Luck: 0
Equipment:
Hands – [Pine Forest Claymore] (Green equipment)
Attack: 24-45
Strength: +8
Stamina: +7
Required Level: 12
Chest – [Soldier’s Armor] (Green equipment)
Defense: 22
Stamina: +4
Strength: +3
Required Level: 8
Legs – [Ferocious Wolf Shinguard] (Green equipment)
Defense: +8
Stamina: +3
Strength: +2
Required Level: 4
[Undertaker’s Ring] (Blue equipment)
Strength: +15
Stamina: +12
Agility: +16
Special Effect: While wearing this ring, when you attack, you will absorb 3% of the damage dealt to restore your health.
Required Level: 20
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Hahaha, only two words – F***ing Amazing!