Chapter 16 Obtaining Mithril
Zhu Yu followed the map shared by the explorer and successfully arrived near the mithril mine.
"Boss 996, I'm here!"
Zhu Yu looked back in the direction of the voice and saw a girl standing next to a cedar. She was wearing a dark blue shawl and was waving at her with a smile.
The moment his clear eyes met the other person's, Zhu Yu immediately recognized her - wasn't this the first girl who came to her offline hotpot restaurant to order food on the night the game started?
As the first customer of the hot pot restaurant, Zhu Yu was particularly impressed by her.
She was a little surprised for a moment that the other person was actually an explorer.
But on second thought, the hot pot restaurant had not yet made its location public at the time, and the fact that they were able to find an offline store so quickly might have been due to their professional talent.
Thinking of this, Zhu Yu couldn't help but sigh that this fate was truly wonderful. She didn't expect that among thousands of players, they could meet in this way.
After a brief greeting, the two quickly got down to business.
Because Zhu Yu was in disguise and had changed her voice, Ou Qi had no idea that she was the NPC who had once hosted her at the hot pot restaurant.
She took out a hand-drawn map from her backpack, pointed at it and said to Zhu Yu:
"If my intuition yesterday was correct, the three D-level monsters were a bear monster, a snow eagle, and a snow leopard. The first two were normal D-level monsters, but the snow leopard guarding the cave entrance was as strong as a C-level monster."
"I used my skill again after arriving here today, and was able to roughly sense the exact locations of the three monsters."
She pointed to the red circle on the map and said, "This is the mithril mine we are looking for, and these three marked points are the approximate locations of the three monsters. The bear monster is farther away, and I am lucky because I have passed by there before. I remember there is a stream nearby, and my props happen to require water, so I will lead away the bear monster, and the remaining leopard and eagle will be left to you, 996."
Zhu Yu listened carefully to Ou Qi's explanation. The map she drew was very clear, and the positions of all monsters were clearly marked with triangles.
After the tasks were assigned, Zhu Yu said, "Okay, let's set a meeting point first. Whether I have dug up the mithril or not, we will meet there."
"Okay, I'll listen to you." Ou Qi nodded and accepted Zhu Yu's suggestion.
After the two agreed on a meeting place, Zhu Yu was about to leave when Ou Qi called her from behind.
"Wait a moment, Zhu Yu," a black shovel suddenly appeared in Ou Qi's hand.
"This is a blue quality black iron ore shovel. Using it to dig mithril ore will be faster and less laborious."
Zhu Yu took the black iron ore shovel and felt its heavy weight and cold touch. The surface of the shovel was smooth and the end was sharp. It was obviously an extremely practical mining tool.
She nodded at the other person: "Thank you, this shovel comes at the right time."
Ou Qi smiled and said, "You're welcome. Good luck to you."
Watching the dark blue figure quickly disappear in the snow, Zhu Yu called out system 996.
"Host, now that the explorer has left, can you tell me how you plan to deal with those two monsters? I just looked at the map and they are quite close to each other. It may not be easy to defeat them one by one."
“So I plan to look for external help.”
"Foreign aid? Who?"
"you."
There was a sudden silence in the air.
After a while, System 996 asked cautiously, "Zhu...Zhu Yu, were you kidding just now?"
"Of course not." Zhu Yu looked System 996 up and down and said calmly, "I found that since I was promoted to D-level, your light ball seems to be a circle larger than before, which is just right to attract the attention of the snow leopard."
"What?! You want me to lure away that snow leopard?" System 996 was so shocked that its light suddenly flashed.
"Yeah, isn't a snow leopard also a cat? Just think of it as a bigger little orange." Zhu Yu continued, "I remember you were quite good at teasing little oranges before."
Seeing that 996 was still in shock and had no reaction, Zhu Yu crossed his arms over his chest and smiled: "Why? Don't you want your host to become stronger sooner? After all, the stronger I am, the more energy you have, right?"
996 hesitated, the light flickering slightly: "This... although it sounds reasonable, but that's a Snow Leopard that's almost at C-level! And I've never heard of any system that would personally participate in a mission!"
"So now you're the first, right? Think about it, how can other systems be as powerful as you, daring enough to personally participate in fighting monsters? Other systems can only give orders from the sidelines, but you, System 996, can truly become part of the action!"
“…”
Under Zhu Yu's powerful "working people" rhetoric attack, the system 996 was quickly fooled and agreed.
"Okay, it's almost time. When I receive Ou Qi's message, you will fly over immediately and lead the snow leopard lying at the entrance of the cave away, the farther the better."
Zhu Yu found a suitable observation point and waited patiently for news from Ou Qi.
"Go 996!"
When Ou Qi tapped her avatar in the dialog box, Zhu Yu immediately commanded system 996 to fly in the direction of the snow leopard.
System 996 emitted a faint light and slowly flew towards the snow leopard. As it approached, it began to flash in the air, emitting bright spots of light.
The snow leopard showed great interest in this sudden "luminous object" and immediately stood up, staring at the glowing 996, its eyes full of curiosity and desire to hunt.
Seeing that it had successfully attracted the attention of the snow leopard, 996 quickly flew high, circling back and forth in the air with flashing light.
The snow leopard was completely enraged and pounced into the air, but missed every time.
996 flew farther and farther away, and the snow leopard chased it without hesitation, gradually moving away from the entrance of the mithril mine.
"Well done!" When Zhu Yu saw that the snow leopard was successfully lured away, he immediately seized the opportunity and rushed to the unattended mithril mine.
Just as she was about to enter the mine, a shrill eagle cry suddenly came from above her head.
Accompanied by a strong gust of wind, a snow eagle with a wingspan of more than two meters swooped down from the sky, its sharp claws approaching her head.
Zhu Yu instinctively dodged to the side and narrowly avoided the Snow Eagle's sharp claws.
The D-level Snow Eagle circled in the air with a fierce momentum, and its eyes were fixed on Zhu Yu sharply. It was obvious that it did not intend to let her enter the mine easily.
Zhu Yu quickly steadied his steps, drew out his arrow and aimed at the Snow Eagle in the sky.
It was her first time facing a target flying at such a high speed, and she felt a little nervous.
She drew the bowstring and shot an arrow.
However, the Snow Eagle flew extremely fast. It turned nimbly and easily dodged the arrow.
The attacked Snow Eagle let out an angry cry and swooped down suddenly, heading straight towards Zhu Yu.
Zhu Yu took a deep breath and quickly adjusted his mindset.
As she retreated calmly, she mentally recalculated the Snow Eagle's speed and flight pattern.
After keeping a distance, Zhu Yu waited patiently for the Snow Eagle to come into range.
Just when the Snow Eagle was only a few meters away from her, she decisively released the bowstring and the second arrow flew out into the air.
The Snow Eagle tried to dodge the arrow, but its speed and movement trajectory had already been captured by Zhu Yu.
The arrow grazed the Snow Eagle's wings. Although it was not a fatal blow, it had hindered its flight and significantly slowed down its speed.
The Snow Eagle let out a sharp cry, and began to become restless, and its flight became more erratic. Zhu Yu seized the opportunity and quickly pulled out the third arrow, this time aiming directly at the Snow Eagle's chest.
As the Snow Eagle dived for the second time, the arrow accurately penetrated the air and hit the Snow Eagle's vital point.
The Snow Eagle screamed in pain, flapped its wings weakly a few times, and finally lost its balance and fell heavily to the snow.
Zhu Yu did not give it any chance to breathe. He took a few steps forward and decisively ended the Snow Eagle's life.
After making sure the surroundings were safe, she picked up the equipment dropped by Snow Eagle, immediately turned into the mine, took out the black iron ore shovel, and began digging with quick movements.
The blue-quality shovel was indeed very useful. The sharpness and strength of the black iron made it easy to split the thick rock layers, revealing pieces of mithril ore, flashing a cold silver light.
Zhu Yu dug out the first piece of ore without much effort.
She wasted no time and continued swinging her shovel, and soon, five pieces of mithril ore lay neatly in her backpack.
At this moment, 996's urgent voice rang in my ears: "Host, the snow leopard seems to be tired of the chase game and is ready to return!"
Zhu Yu's heart tightened, but she didn't want to do anything more. She quickly put away her tools and ran towards the agreed meeting point.
Not long after, she successfully reunited with Ou Qi.
Seeing Zhu Yu return safely, Ou Qi smiled.
"Boss 996, did the mission go smoothly?"
Zhu Yu nodded, took out a heavy piece of mithril from his backpack and handed it to her: "It went smoothly. According to the agreement, this piece of mithril is yours."
"Oh, by the way, there's this too." Zhu Yu said, patting Ou Qi's shoulder gently and returning the blue quality black iron ore shovel to her.
"Thanks to this shovel, I was able to dig up enough mithril in such a short time."
Zhu Yu once learned from a player group chat that for mines or rare treasures guarded by monsters, if the monsters were destroyed, the game would quickly update new monsters to guard them, and the new monsters might even be of a higher level than the original ones.
Therefore, she was grateful to the explorer for lending her the shovel, which allowed her to collect the amount of mithril needed to make mithril arrows in one go.
"You're welcome. We'll work together again next time we have a chance."
Ou Qi accepted the two items and responded easily.
"Okay, it's settled then."
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After separating from Ou Qi, Zhu Yu returned all the way to his own shelter.
She plopped down on the plush couch and finally relaxed completely.
"Host, take a look at what materials that D-level Snow Eagle dropped! This is the first time you have obtained a drop from a D-level monster!"
System 996 returned to the system space only after sensing that the host had returned to the safe area.
At this moment, it turned into a ball of light and appeared in the tent, impatiently urging Zhu Yu to check the spoils.
Zhu Yu opened the player's backpack, and the top row was the items dropped by the D-level Snow Eagle:
[Light and tough snow eagle tail feathers * 5, snow eagle claws * 1, wood blocks * 150, iron blocks * 120, gold coins * 90, experience points * 158, silver treasure chest * 1]
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