Chapter 8 : Arrow Crafting Skill
“That really hurts, what kind of lousy game is this?!”
Zhang Yan removed her helmet angrily before rubbing her bottom continuously...
“You actually tricked me. There aren’t any good people in this game at all.”
Zhang Yan took her cell phone and called her older brother. “Bro, I’m not playing this game anymore. The map is huge, and you won’t even guide me. It’s not surprising that I was beaten up painfully and died after that. This isn’t fun! This isn’t fun!”
“You could just cancel the pain if you don’t like it. Also, these aren’t actual injuries, so you’ll get better immediately.” Zhang Yan’s older brother was torn between laughing and crying.
“Then I won’t play unless you guide me.”
“I’m in Novice Village 253 while you’re in Novice Village 170. How would I go over and find you?”
“I don’t care, I don’t care. I won’t play, I won’t play.”
“...as you wish.”
The phone call ended before Zhang Yan threw her cell phone on the bed angrily.
“I don’t need you to guide me, I can play well too!”
Zhang Yan threw a tantrum before putting her helmet back on in a huff.
In private, Zhang Yan was completely different from the dignified image in the other students’ eyes. This was her true personality.
...
“Three Copper Coins for one. Unlimited purchasing of feathers, wood, metal, and bamboo pieces.”
Li Yi had set up a vendor’s stall beside the village chief and selected automatic purchasing.
The players would receive an abundance of materials during the leveling up process. Since they would only receive one Copper Coin if they sold it to the NPC in the Novice Village while Li Yi was buying them for three Copper Coins each, he had instantly attracted numerous players to come and sell their materials.
“Brothers, why are you collecting these pieces of trash? Are they even usable?”
“Yes, why are you collecting these things? Are you on a quest?”
Numerous players had formed a circle around Li Yi and were asking him questions nosily now.
It was a good thing that he had kept the short bow. Otherwise, he would not even need to dream of being free from worry during these general circumstances where everyone was using pocket knives to stab monsters.
Regardless of what they asked, Li Yi did not answer at all because he could not be bothered with wasting his saliva on strangers. When he was faced with their questions that emerged like an endless stream, the best choice was to remain silent.
Li Yi did not gather many of these odds and ends such as wood, metal, and bamboo pieces. He only collected five groups of each of these items (500 pieces would be counted as one group) before he stopped. Next, his stall’s signboard was changed to specify that he was collecting Baby Firebird feathers.
A large number of feathers were required to perfect the Arrow Crafting Skill to the Advanced-Level. Feathers were extremely common during the initial stages but as the level of the player increased, the number of feathers would gradually decrease. When that time came, it would be difficult to collect them.
He took the opportunity to purchase these items in bulk when the most feathers would be produced. This was because everyone’s levels were near to the Baby Firebird. Next, he would increase his Beginner-Level Arrow Crafting Skill to the fullest so that he could save a lot of trouble in the future.
Li Yi only stopped buying after he had run his stall and made purchases for more than 5 hours and collected as many as one hundred groups of feathers to fill his Novice Inventory.
“Buddy, why aren’t you collecting them anymore? I still have two groups of them here.”
Li Yi had just packed up his stall and was about to leave before a skinny man called out to him.
“I’m sorry, I’ve collected enough.”
“What about two Copper Coins for one?” When he saw that Li Yi did not want to accept his offer, the skinny man became slightly frantic.
Li Yi pondered before saying, “I can’t take any more of them with me. Say, wait a little while for me.”
The skinny man nodded and said, “Alright but please hurry.”
Li Yi returned a few minutes after leaving. He had merely used his Arrow Crafting Skill several times in a place that was devoid of people so that there would be space in his backpack.
“I’ve received two groups. I was going to pay you a price of three Copper Coins for one but here are three Silver Coins instead.”
“Thank you.”
The skinny man rushed toward Li Yi and nodded thankfully before running hastily toward the only medicine shop in the Novice Village.
‘If both of these groups of feathers were fully retrieved by him single-handedly, this fellow won’t be easy to beat.’ Li Yi pondered while glancing at the skinny man’s figure from behind.
While carrying two full bags of materials, Li Yi left the Novice Village and ran straight toward the back of the mountain.
Gaining EXP from quests without special rewards was simply not as fast as farming monsters. He had already thought of a plan to level up. Firstly, he would fight Adult Wild Boars for a period of time to advance to Level 10. Next, he would learn the Archer’s second free skill.
He ran while using his Arrow Crafting Skill. Since he had basically only succeeded every once in five or six tries, he ended up consuming a lot of materials. Sure enough, this was not something that the average player could endure.
Once the materials in his Backpack were completely exhausted, Li Yi’s Beginner-Level Arrow Crafting Skill rose to 1670/3000.
When he had obtained 1330 points of marksmanship, his Beginner-Level Arrow Crafting Skill was officially practiced to perfection. When he crafted his Beginner-Level arrows at that time, failure would not exist anymore.
“My marksmanship should be able to reach 3000 once I’ve fully exhausted all of the materials in my inventory, right? Whatever, right now it would still be better to think of a way to use up all of these arrows completely...”
Arrow was an item that Beginner-Level Archers lacked the most, but Li Yi was having trouble using them fully. If the other Archers discovered his current thought, tears would stream down their cheeks.
“Wail—”
A Wild Boar cried out in the distance and attracted Li Yi’s attention.
When Li Yi lifted his eyes to glance at it, he could not help himself from being seized with terror.
The skinny man who had sold Li Yi two groups of feathers was currently moving around an enormous rock before him and running in circles continuously while an Adult Wild Boar wailed and chased him with all its might.
The Adult Wild Boar could not catch up to him because it would collide due to its short distance and Lower-Level version assault against the giant rock that was obstructing it. Thus, he circled behind it instead and occasionally stabbed it with a blade.
Within a short while, the Adult Wild Boar let out a painful shriek before it lay on the ground.
“Those skills aren’t half bad!”
Li Yi’s drive was suddenly shaken.
After gotten rid of an Adult Wild Boar, the skinny man did not stay back. His body slowly shifted toward the front instead before he attracted other Wild Boars.
“Wail—”
An Adult Wild Boar sprinted over. It seemed as though there was a sign that read “attack” when it raised its head.
Flashes of golden light illuminated the surface of the skinny man’s body. It stiffened instantly before golden characters – in a symbol that resembled the number 35 – floated above his head suddenly.
He was the Paladin who had learned the Level 5 Holy Light Protection skill. It was no wonder he could think of this method to hunt Wild Boars.
Li Yi understood it at first glance.
Level 1 Holy Light Protection was a state that could be either sustained for 10 seconds or reduced the harm that was inflicted on one’s own body by 50 points before disappearing automatically.
The skinny man ran toward the enormous rock and led the Adult Wild Boar there. He drank a Red Potion and ran around in circles while continuing to play around with the previous Battle Tactics.
“Whoosh!”
A Feathered Arrow swept past the side of the skinny man’s body before it shot an Adult Wild Boar in front.
The skinny man was momentarily dazed before the Wild Boar caught up to him from behind and bit his leg once. His HP decreased by half instantly.
“You hunt yours and I’ll hunt mine. Don’t worry, I won’t involve your area.”
Li Yi rushed toward the skinny man and smiled faintly before he turned around and returned fire again.
“Wail—”
Another Adult Wild Boar was shot by Li Yi. When it had just collapsed, another two Adult Wild Boars charged over with one in front and the other from behind.
Li Yi smiled happily while standing in his original spot. He waited until both Adult Wild Boars had caught up and approached him. When they made a jerking motion, only then he leaped and turned around to return fire before finally landed gently two meters away.
Both Wild Boars came forward again before Li Yi jumped again. The Wild Boars’ attack had failed again...
Jump, return fire, land.
Li Yi’s posture could be as unrestrained as he desired. Once he had gotten rid of these two Adult Wild Boars, he was still in a completely bloodied state.
The skinny man was almost dumbfounded at witnessing this. The Adult Wild Boar behind him rammed into the back of his body during his moment of carelessness. His body stiffened immediately as he entered a three-second paralyzed state.
“Be careful!”
A bright red Hunt Target sign appeared above the Adult Wild Boar’s head before Li Yi shot an arrow there.
“Pop!”
[−86]
[Critical Hit!]