Weird, isn't it? This map was clearly called Caterpillar Forest, but she hadn't seen a single caterpillar in all the time she'd followed the black-striped snake's trail. Could it be that the map's planners had mistyped the name?
Xia Yao thought of a possibility.
She ran to a place where there were no black-striped snakes, bent down and concentrated her mind, and began to search bit by bit in the grass.
After searching for about five or six minutes, she suddenly saw it.
On the green grass, a nest of newly born caterpillars are snuggling together. Since they are still in their infancy, their skin has not grown hair yet, and they look wrinkled, a bit like silkworms.
Xia Yao picked up a few larger leaves from her feet and grabbed them into the caterpillar nest. She easily caught a bunch of limp insects in the leaves.
If she could find the first nest of caterpillars, the second and third nests would naturally not be a problem. In just a few minutes, Xia Yao had caught a whole grid full of caterpillars with her bare hands.
The player's backpack currently has only 20 slots available, and the maximum capacity of each slot is 99.
Xia Yao caught 99 larvae and turned around and ran in the direction they came from.
The black-striped snakes were still lazily scattered everywhere. Xia Yao observed the terrain, picked out the most suitable location, clicked on the backpack, and released the caterpillar!
The white larvae fell to the ground out of thin air, and the fragrance of the larvae was instantly carried in all directions by the wind.
The originally motionless black-striped snakes stretched out their tongues one by one, and their desire for food made their bodies, which were coiled like mosquito coils, move.
Hiss, hiss...
More and more black-striped snakes crawled towards Xia Yao's location relying on their breath.
As she had guessed, black-striped snakes were natural enemies of caterpillars. Caterpillars would stay away from them wherever they were.
Seeing that a fast-moving black-striped snake was about to bite her, Xia Yao was well prepared. She wrapped her right arm around the hanging banyan vine, exerted force with her upper arms, tightened her abdomen, swung her legs, and jumped out of the snake circle by inertia, landing steadily on a large rock five meters away.
After she stood firm, she waved her fan, and the white air immediately gathered into a wind blade.
One, two, three!
A large number of skills landed in the snake circle, and dense hissing sounds and damage values instantly rang out in the forest. The system pop-up window also kept popping up in front of my eyes as if it was stuck.
[Action completion rate 61%, causing 61% damage]
Kill 9 black snakes, experience +45, gold +3
[Get snakeskin belt*2, black pattern bracelet*1]
[Action completion rate 66%, causing 66% damage]
Kill 14 black snakes, experience +70, gold +4
[Obtain snakeskin belt*3, black pattern bracelet*3]
[Action completion rate 71%, causing 71% damage]
Kill 18 black snakes, experience +90, gold +5
[Get snakeskin belt*1, black pattern bracelet*2, snakeskin hat*2]
[You killed 50 black-striped snakes at once and earned the title - Terror of the Snake Tribe]
[Fear of the Snake Tribe: Fierce snakes will be terrified of you when they encounter you]
[Congratulations, you have successfully upgraded to level 1 and obtained 5 free attribute points]
[Congratulations, you have successfully upgraded to level 2 and obtained 5 free attribute points]
Upgraded! And it's 2 levels in a row!
Xia Yao was delighted.
The system judged that her action completion rate was improving time and time again. This time, she actually harvested a total of 50 black-striped snakes with only 3 wind blades. Not only did she pick up a bunch of equipment, but she also unexpectedly obtained a special title. This mission was really worth it.
Xia Yao accepted the reward with satisfaction, chose not to display the title to the public, and clicked on the equipment to check its attributes.
[Snakeskin Belt: Normal Quality, Durability 50/50, Magic +1, Defense +1, Equipment Requirement: Level 1]
[Black-Lined Bracelet: Normal Quality, Durability 50/50, Constitution +1, Strength +1, Equipment Requirement: Level 1]
[Snakeskin Hat: Normal Quality, Durability 50/50, Constitution +1, Defense +1, Equipment Requirement: Level 1]
They were all ordinary quality accessories with very average attributes. One of the black-patterned bracelets added strength, which was of little use to her as a magic profession. However, she didn't mind it, as it could at least add 1 point to her physique.
After putting on everything she could wear, Xia Yao opened her personal panel and began allocating attribute points.
Although the Bard is positioned as a support, according to some of the skill introductions released on the official website, the Bard also has his own attack skills, but they are inferior to the mages and hunters who are good at group attacks, and the number of skills is also several less. These are all shortcomings that limit the Bard from taking the violent route.
However, in Xia Yao's opinion, there is no profession that is difficult to play, only people who play it badly. As long as the skills are well coordinated, it is entirely possible for a poet to launch an attack as beautiful as a mage.
Xia Yao decided to sacrifice her physique and defense for now, and instead add 4 intelligence and 1 magic, ensuring both magic and output. She currently had 10 free points, so she would add 8 intelligence and 2 magic.
After finishing all this, she rushed to the tailor shop without stopping.
"Very good, all of them are of good quality! Stranger, you are even better than I thought!"
Brand accepted the items with a smile on his face, and Xia Yao also received the reward after completing the task.
[Successfully complete the mission, experience +120, gold +10]
120 experience points are higher than simply killing snakes. Her experience bar increased a lot at once, and she only had less than 200 experience points left to reach level 3.
Xia Yao was planning to go somewhere else outside the village to kill some high-level monsters to level up. Just as she was about to leave, Brand suddenly reached out to stop her.
"Stranger, wait a moment, I have something for you."
Brand walked into the shop and came out with a nice-looking top and a pair of boots in his hands.
"I'm surprised at how quickly you collected the money. This is the reward you deserve. Please accept it."
Xia Yao was secretly surprised. She took the clothes and boots while thanking him. The moment she saw the equipment information pop up on the system, her eyes lit up immediately!
[Brand's Special Armor: Bronze Quality, Constitution +3, Defense +3, Equipment Requirement: Level 2. Special Effect: Snake Venom]
[Snake Venom: Passive skill. After being attacked three or more times in a row, the opponent will be poisoned with snake venom, dealing 20% of the remaining health as damage every three seconds. The effect lasts for 12 seconds.]
[Brand Leather Boots: Normal Quality, Constitution +1, Agility +2, Equipment Requirement: Level 1]
2 pieces of equipment! And one of them is actually a bronze piece named after an NPC and comes with special effects!
The equipment in "Eternity" is divided into 7 qualities, from low to high: ordinary, bronze, black iron, silver, gold, platinum, legendary, and epic. Among them, most of the equipment in the novice village are ordinary, and only a very small amount of bronze equipment is distributed everywhere. Players can only obtain them through unconventional means.
Among the rare bronze equipment, those named after NPCs themselves are even rarer! This is because these types of equipment usually have better attributes than other items of the same tier. For example, the [Brand's Special Armor] she just obtained also has a very useful special effect.
Xia Yao happily accepted the reward and thanked Brand again. Then she put on new equipment, and her attributes increased again.
Her attributes are now:
ID: Yinyao
Level: 2
Occupation: Bard
Health: 560/560
Magic: 240/240
Constitution: 7
Mana: 4
Strength: 2
Intelligence: 11
Defense: 6
Agility: 3
On the personal panel, nine boxes were displayed on either side of the player's character image, each corresponding to a piece of equipment. She had already equipped her hat, armor, belt, and boots, and was still wearing the novice linen pants. The remaining slots for necklace, earrings, and ring were empty. These were all accessories, and Xia Yao hadn't earned them yet, figuring the drop rate in the Novice Village was low. However, she wasn't in a rush. She already had the bronze armor and clothes Brand had given her, and with her current stats, she was more than capable of navigating the Novice Village.
There were still a lot of ordinary equipment dropped by snake monsters in her backpack, which she had no use for. In addition, the 20 slots were almost occupied, so Xia Yao decided to set up a stall to sell the items and free up the slots at the same time.
There is no high-end place like the trading house in the Novice Village. If you want to sell things, you can just find an empty space to set up a stall.
In order to sell the equipment quickly, she didn't even bother to set up a stall. She just poured out everything in her backpack, sorted it out a bit, and started selling.
#Newcomer Outfit, increases physique, magic, defense, and strength. Buy more and get more discounts. One piece costs 3 gold coins, two pieces cost 5 gold coins, and three pieces cost 6 gold coins#
She was too lazy to shout it over and over again, so she just entered the script through the settings function. A line of bold red words floated above her head, making it particularly eye-catching.
A group of whiteboard players were instantly attracted by her stuff.
"Wow, a snakeskin hat! It increases defense and health!"
"The black-patterned bracelet also increases health. Oh, and strength, too. It's perfect for melee classes."
"Let me see the belt, the one with blue stripes, not bad! I want this one."
"Hey, don't squeeze me, I saw this one first."
"Brother, how about we split the order? Look, 3 pieces only cost 6 gold."
"No problem. What do you want? I'll help you choose."
…
Everyone who comes is a guest, and Xia Yao treats everyone equally no matter how many items they buy. Players pay and receive the goods. Xia Yao keeps hearing the ding-dong sound from the background account.
Within ten minutes, her stall was almost completely looted.
When there was only one snakeskin hat left, the friend icon suddenly started flashing.
【The Sorrow of Stopping the War applies to add you as a friend】
Don’t add anyone you don’t know.
Unexpectedly, the other party sent another application.
Xia Yao frowned and passed for the time being.
【Yin Yao: Who are you?】
[Sorrow of Ending the War: It’s me, Zhan Shang! Oh my god, you actually rejected me.]
【Yinyao: How do you know my ID? 】
[Sorrow of the End of War: Hehe, actually I didn't know, but after I came in, I noticed that the ID Yinyao was always at the top of the ranking list. Didn't your previous game ID also have the word "Yao" in it? I guessed it might be you, so I tried it, and haha, I was right!]
Zhan Shang was a friend she met in another game after she quit Dark World 1. They had gone through dungeons and killed monsters together, and their revolutionary friendship was very sincere.
Seeing that it was him, Xia Yao breathed a sigh of relief.
[Which knight did you choose?] She asked after scrolling through Zhan Shang's homepage.
[Sorrow of the End of War: Yeah, how about that? Pretty cool, right?]
She had no equipment at all, and her profile picture was just a blank slate. She didn't know what was so cool about it. Xia Yao curled her lips and saw the last hat left on the stall. She asked, "I have a hat here that gives health and defense, perfect for you. Want some?"
The opponent replied almost instantly: [What?! How long has it been since the server opened, and you've already got the equipment?]
She hasn't said yet that she not only got it, but also a lot. Forget it, let's not say it, so as not to irritate the other party again.
[Yin Yao: I dropped it when I killed the snake monster. I don't have any use for it. If you don't want it, I'll sell it.]
[Sorrow of Ending the War: No, no! I want it, I want it right here! Throw down the coordinates.]
[Yin Yao: No need for coordinates, it's right at the entrance of the vegetable market, very conspicuous]
【The sorrow of ending the war:?】
【Yin Yao: ? ?】
[Sorrow of Ending the War: Could it be that the guy setting up a stall in the middle just now was you? ! ! !]
【Yin Yao: Ahem, exactly】
[Sorrow of the End of War: Holy shit, how long has it been since the server launch? Boss, you're awesome!!! (sliding to your knees.jpg)]
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