Chapter 13
Fenghuo followed the boss happily, full of curiosity about what had just happened. However, no matter how curious he was, he knew that there were some things he couldn't ask, so he forced himself to swallow his thoughts and asked instead.
"Boss, we've already collected the three cow hides. Aren't you going to the Rubber Forest?"
There is still one raw material in the forging task - rubber - that has not been collected, but Fenghuo saw that she didn't seem to be going in that direction.
Xia Mo hummed and replied calmly: "I still have a main quest to complete, and I plan to take a detour to the [Rubber Forest]. If you have nothing to do, you can do some mining."
The implication is that she doesn't need a follower.
Fenghuo smiled awkwardly and gradually stopped following: "Okay, I'll listen to you, Boss. I'll switch to mining!"
The two parted ways. Xia Mo did not go to the teleportation NPC, but left directly from the side of Dunba Hills.
When she was reborn, there was a main quest waiting to be completed in the task bar. Due to time constraints, she was busy choosing a job and rushing to clear the level 5 dungeon, so she kept delaying the task and not completing it.
Right now, the [Xige Mountains] required by the main quest is right next to the Dunba Hills, so Xia Mo thought of doing it along the way.
In "Protoss", the main quests below level 10 are very simple. They either require players to go to the wild map to fight a few monsters, or collect some wild fruits for curing diseases, or run errands on behalf of the mayor of Buluo. In short, the main task is to familiarize yourself with the map and operations, and it is not difficult.
Xia Mo quickly collected the wild fruits and headed to the rubber forest.
The life profession has just been opened not long ago, and many players are still very enthusiastic about doing forging tasks.
The small rubber forest was full of players collecting rubber. Xia Mo walked around the forest but couldn't find a single vacant rubber tree.
But she is not in a hurry now and can wait in line.
So he picked a female player who looked like she was almost done collecting and stood behind her.
The girl saw her and realized that she was also here to complete a task, so she smiled at her politely and said, "I'll be there in a moment, please wait a little longer~"
Xia Mo: "It's okay, I'm not in a hurry."
After waiting for about 2 minutes, the girl put away the rubber and turned back to say sweetly: "I'm done, you come!"
Just as he made way for the seat, suddenly, two male players ignored Xia Mo who was in line and cut in rudely: "Get out of the way!"
Seeing this, the girl got anxious and said, "What are you doing? Please line up."
The girl was gentle and her voice was not loud. Even though she warned with an angry look on her face, it had no deterrent effect. Instead, she sounded like a pitiful little white rabbit begging for mercy.
The leading male player narrowed his eyes. "Queue? In my Berserker's vocabulary, there's no such word as queuing."
After he finished speaking, he raised his chin, and the little follower behind him immediately grabbed the seat and started collecting rubber on the bark.
Seeing the two men being so shameless, the girl turned pale with anger. After a moment, she pulled up Xia Mo's sleeve and whispered, "Don't be afraid. My brother is also collecting rubber. He should be almost done there. Come with me and I'll take you there."
Although it was unpleasant to be butted in, Xia Mo didn't want to waste his energy on worthless people, so he relaxed his brows and smiled faintly at the girl: "Okay, thank you."
Then he looked curiously at the other person's ID above his head - Taotao.
It’s her?
Xia Mo's eyes flashed slightly.
The founder of the top ten guilds [Peach and Leaf] in the previous life, and also a female player in the top ten of the hunter professional list.
It is said that watching her shoot arrows is a kind of aesthetic enjoyment. When other players draw their bows, they just do it in an ordinary way, but with her flexible body and strong toughness, every move of the hunter in her hands is like a dance, which can be called a visual feast.
Xia Mo had also been very curious and had always wanted to see the president and the female hunter in person, but unfortunately the president was busy with his work and she herself was busy with tasks, so although the two had heard of each other, they had never actually met in the game.
I didn't expect to see it now.
Xia Mo smiled lightly, lamenting the coincidence and tricks of fate.
"Leaf, have you collected the rubber?"
Taotao was already asking anxiously from a distance of several trees.
The boy whose ID was [Xiao Ye Zi] turned his face to the side, revealing a handsome but angular face.
"It's almost done, sis~"
"Okay, hurry up, this ink-colored sister is still waiting~"
Xia Mo looked at Taotao's gentle profile, his eyes flashing imperceptibly.
After being reborn, Taotao didn't recognize her. However, despite this, the other party still extended a helping hand to her even though she had never met her before. When compared with Xu Xiaobei, Xiaoyu and the other two who had known each other for a whole year, Xia Mo felt it was ironic.
Just as I was thinking about it, suddenly, another shrill sound rang out.
"Hey, there's still room here~ Not bad, not bad, everyone, get out of my way."
Xia Mo frowned and turned around.
The male player who had just joined her team was now standing behind her again, and there was an even more arrogant look on his face.
Tao Tao was irritated by the newcomers, and anger suddenly rushed to her face: "Didn't I just give the rubber tree to you? Why are you trying to steal it?"
The male player named Kuang Dao raised his chin. "How can just one tree be enough? Can't you see I have so many friends?"
As he spoke, seven or eight people suddenly jumped out from behind him.
At a glance, almost all of them are damage-producing professions, and they are all tall and strong, like interstellar mercenaries. When they rush into the oak forest, their fierce momentum immediately overwhelms the whole place.
Some passersby players saw that something was wrong and quickly packed up their tools and left.
As soon as this group of people retreated, the opposite side immediately stepped forward to occupy the area, and glared at the people around them to warn them not to approach.
However, not everyone is willing to give it up. After all, the rubber forest is a public land. Why should the other party have it exclusively?
A questioning voice echoed in the woods.
"The rubber forest belongs to everyone, not just you. Why are you chasing people away?"
"That's right, you think you're the emperor? Why should you let others walk on a public map?"
"If you have the guts, buy this piece of land, you poor bastard! You can't even afford it!"
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"Well said, you have great ambition." Kuang Dao narrowed his eyes as he glanced at the unconvinced player, grinned, and smiled playfully.
The next moment, a male player dressed as an assassin suddenly teleported.
The knife falls with a sudden movement!
Swish——!
"ah!"
A stream of blood spurted from the neck of the player who had just shouted.
He covered his neck and stared in horror: "You have no shame!"
As he spoke, he was about to draw his weapon and fight back.
But he saw the assassin who attacked him moving around him like lightning, so fast that he could hardly catch him.
Several consecutive stabs pierced his body, and in just a few seconds, the questioning passerby player fell to the ground.
"Now, who else wants to refute?" Kuang Dao glanced around with contempt, his eyes full of arrogance.
Knowing that they were no match for this group of people, the players who had previously expressed their dissatisfaction loudly gritted their teeth and retreated unwillingly.
Except peaches and leaves.
"You can't win the argument, so you just use violence, right? What's the difference between you and robbers?" Taotao gripped the bow and arrow tightly, her chest heaving rapidly with anger.
Her brother Ye Zi also stood up, holding the priest's staff that Xia Mo was most familiar with. "You are bullying us by taking advantage of your power and maliciously booking the whole place! We won't allow you to do that today! If you have the guts, kill us and walk over our corpses!"
The corners of his mouth widened, and Kuang Dao laughed arrogantly towards the sky: "Hahaha, since you two want to die so badly, then I'll grant your wish! Come on!"
He waved his hand and the people behind him rushed forward in unison.
Xia Mo's eyes flashed, and he pushed the two people in front of him away: "Taotao, go deal with the elementalist on the opposite side, Ye Zi, you are responsible for healing your sister!"
"Ah?! What are you going to do then?" Ye Zi was surprised.
Although he looked confused, he moved quickly to catch up with his sister.
Xia Mo had already rushed into the crowd: "Don't worry about me, just don't die."
After saying that, he swung the Star Staff in front of him, and a bunch of gravel fell from the sky.
The assassins and warriors rushing towards her were forced to separate in a V-shape to avoid the attacks.
This point instantly exposed their weak spot - the pastor.
In team battles, the priest usually stands at the back, because this profession is not responsible for output, but only for restoring health to teammates. If the priest stands too far forward, he will easily be bombarded by the enemy's concentrated fire.
Kuang Dao and the others also made the same arrangement, but unfortunately, the teammates in front were not strong enough, and Xia Mo opened the gap with a Star Shock.
She smiled coldly and rushed straight towards the pastor.
The next second, the star staff in her hand suddenly disappeared, and then a novice knife was replaced in her hand.
"Sister, why did she change her weapon? And it's a novice knife!" Ye Zi saw her movements with sharp eyes and was shocked.
Tao Tao's face tensed as she said as she shot arrows at the opposing elementalist as Xia Mo requested: "I don't know either, but I think she should have her own strategy."
From her on-the-spot reaction when the opponent attacked just now, Taotao had a feeling that this star official was definitely not an ordinary person.
What is the reaction of ordinary players?
He was like someone who had just been stabbed and slashed in the throat by an assassin. Faced with the sudden danger, he had no ability to resist at all, let alone keep an eye on all directions and give orders instantly.
While she was thinking, her arrow hit the opposing elementalist.
The Elementalist is a fragile profession. When PKing with others, he does not have a set of high-defense equipment and loses blood easily.
However, everyone is still in the novice stage now, and their equipment level cannot be very good. The elementalist was hit by her and his health immediately dropped by one-fifth.
"Sis, there's hope! Keep cumming!"
He thought the opponent was very powerful, but he didn't expect him to be such a fragile person. This gave the nervous Ye Zi a sudden sense of hope.
Taotao hummed hastily, and taking cover from the rubber tree, she moved left and right, attacking the elementalist crazily.
Like the star official, the elementalist was notoriously short-legged. Without equipment or medicine, he could not outrun the highly agile hunter. Seeing the fierce attack from the oncoming hunter, who shot arrows one after another, the elementalist had to hide and run to save his life.
Taotao completely dominated the whole process.
Xia Mo smiled knowingly.
Taotao was indeed an excellent hunter. Although she looked gentle and charming, she was actually very decisive in her actions. She also had a good understanding of command. If she was told to attack the Elementalist, she would do it, and she would never be distracted by other opportunities to sneak up on others.
It's no wonder that such a person can be in the top ten of the professional list.
Xia Mo withdrew his gaze and returned his attention to the present.
The star staff turned into a knife, and this tactic caught the opposing priest off guard.
The latter raised the priest's staff, ready to use the priest's attack skill [Holy Strike].
Xia Mo chuckled.
I don't know what these priests were thinking, actually wanting to use this to hurt her? Are they overestimating themselves, or underestimating her?
Without dodging the opponent's attack at all, Xia Mo rushed straight forward to meet the skill!
Click.
She thrust the knife into the priest's neck, but instead of stabbing him immediately, she suddenly changed the stab to a cut.
The sharp blade followed a certain line beside the armor and slashed down with a swish sound!
"Oh my armor!"
He thought she would stab his throat, but she didn't attack him after rushing up, but pried open his armor.
The male pastor looked at the equipment with a big gap in horror, feeling heartbroken. However, before he could resist further, something around his waist loosened the next moment.
"Fuck, my belt!"
The male priest looked down in panic, only to see the belt that was originally buckled on the outside of his armor fall to the ground with a clang.
The two pieces of equipment were taken off at once. The male priest was panicked and retreated quickly, waving the priest's staff in his hand randomly, using it as an ordinary wooden stick to hit people.
Xia Mo narrowed his eyes, glanced at the things worn on his wrists and fingers, turned around and quickly went behind him.
The blade pierced his shoulder joint from behind, directly cutting off his ability to raise his hand.
The right arm that was waving the priest's staff suddenly lost its strength, the staff fell, and the right arm fell limply at his side.
Seizing this opportunity, Xia Mo combined his knife and eyes, inserted the tip of the knife into the bracelet on his right wrist, and without any effort, he turned his hand and cut it outwards.
The bracelet was broken, and the crystals and chains on it were scattered all over the ground.
It's not enough.
Xia Mo continued to move the tip of the knife forward, aiming at the ring on his finger.
With a flick and a pick, the ring spun in the air and fell into her hands.
"Fuck you! Give me back my equipment!!"
Finally realizing why she changed the star staff into a knife, the male priest's eyes were bloodshot and he was furious!
"Kill her! Assassin, warrior, kill her!!!"
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