Chapter 14: Chapter 14 – An Unknown Gem and the Mayor’s Quest!
Diamond-grade potions were one of the requirements for the quest.
As for the Altar of Orpha, well, it'd at least fall under the category of good stuff.
[Altar of Orpha (Gold)]
Effect: Combines one main Silver-grade skill book with two secondary Silver-grade skill books to have a certain chance of forming a special Gold-grade skill book related to the user's class.
Usage: 1 time
Description: A magical item created by Gods with the power to combine skills.
"After I gather three Silver-grade skill books, I can try combining the book once."
Su Ming stored the items into his inventory.
By this time, he had arrived near the Mayor's house.
A white-haired old man stood in front of the gate, accompanied by two teams of soldiers patrolling the area.
『Aaron Town Mayor Lv20』
A look of worry appeared on the Mayor's kind face.
"Adventurer Cang Hai, welcome to Aaron Town. Have you hunted enough wolves yet?"
The Mayor asked slowly.
His voice sounded somewhat hoarse and weak.
"Here are the carcasses of the wild wolves I've hunted."
Su Ming nodded and retrieved the corpses from his inventory before placing them on the ground.
The Mayor immediately called a team of soldiers to count the number of dead bodies.
After counting everything, the mayor slightly smiled and said, "Adventurer Cang Hai, thank you for your contribution to Aaron Town. This is your reward."
"Ding!"
"Congratulations on completing the novice quest『Dispose the Wild Wolves』. You have been rewarded with 10 gold, 200 EXP and 1 random Black Iron equipment of your profession."
"You've obtained the equipment:『Ring of Divine halo (Black Iron)』."
Su Ming received the quest reward.
[Ring of Halo (Black Iron)]
Category: Finger
Attributes:
MP +100
Magic Attack +2
Equipment requirement: Lv2 Priest profession
The attributes of the ring were just average, but no matter how small a mosquito may be, it was still meat*.
[TLN: *It means that something is always better than nothing.]
Su Ming wore the ring and his attributes increased slightly.
He looked up at the elderly Town Mayor. Welp, the next step was the highlight of the main event.
"Mayor, I see that you look depressed, could it be that something terrible happened in the town?"
"No, it has nothing to do with the town. It's concerning my pitiful son El, who had met with a mishap. He's under a demon curse and had so far, remained unconscious."
The Mayor sighed.
"Curse? Perhaps I could find a method to rescue him!"
"You?" Upon hearing that, the Mayor sized up Su Ming and continued, "So you're a priest, ai."
The Mayor still shook his head, "Even Bishop Halman couldn't dispel the curse, so how could you do it… unless——"
The Mayor's words came to an abrupt halt.
"This, is this… Endless Jadeite potion?!"
He looked incredulously at the potion in Su Ming's hand that was surrounded by an emerald-green halo.
"Yes."
Having heard his affirmation, the Mayor held back his excitement and solemnly requested, "Adventurer, could you give me… the Jadeite Potion? In return, I will give you my family heirloom."
"No problem."
Su Ming decisively agreed.
As for the so-called "family heirloom" of the Town Mayor, he wasn't the least interested in it.
As long as the chain quest was triggered, the final reward's worth would not be any lesser than a Diamond grade's.
He wasn't going to do a money-losing deal.
"Thank you for your help!"
The Mayor received the potion as if it was a treasure before quickly entering his son's room.
Just then, a system prompt resounded.
"Ding!"
"The Mayor of Aaron Town's, Buck, favoritism towards you has increased by 50 points. Due to the favoritism points reaching 80, you will receive a hidden quest from Mayor Buck."
It's a success!
The corner of Su Ming's mouth slightly curved up as he stood outside the door, waiting.
Three minutes later, Mayor Buck walked out of the room with a relaxed face. In his hand was a pale beryl gem.
"Adventurer, this is my ancestral heirloom. According to the rumors from my father's generation, even though this gem had faced the burning heat of a dragon's breath, it had still ended up being perfectly intact."
Su Ming casually received the gem and probed its attributes.
[Unknown Gem]
Quality: Unknown
Description: A wisp of antiquity that remained after the baptism of time.
Hmm?
Unexpectedly, the information on the gem couldn't be detected.
Now, it's kind of interesting.
Su Ming developed some interest towards the gem.
Generally speaking, there were only two situations where the information of the item couldn't be seen.
One, the gem was of an excessively higher quality.
Two, the gem was a clue to open hidden quests and special instances.
From the description, this gem was clearly not simple.
Su Ming squinted his eyes to examine the gemstone, doubting whether it was just his illusion or not. He felt that there seemed to be some sort of an eyeball or an orb inside the gem, and upon closer inspection, he felt that the gemstone was becoming clearer and transparent.
Something was definitely odd.
Thinking of this, Su Ming put away the Unknown Gem and left it for later examination.
On the other hand, after hesitating for a while, the Mayor uttered a question, "Adventurer, may I continue to request you to do one more thing?"
"You say it, I am willing to help."
Su Ming agreed briskly.
"Many demons have appeared in the mountains behind the Black Crow Forest. I hope you can help eradicate these demons and ensure the safety of the residents of Aaron Town. After this matter was dealt with, we will pay you generous rewards."
The Town Mayor requested.
"Ding!"
"Congratulations on triggering the hidden quest,『Demon Crisis (1)』.Do you accept the quest?"
"Accept."
Su Ming resolutely accepted the quest.
『Demon Crisis (1)』
Difficulty: Silver-grade
Type: Chain Quest—First quest
Quest Description: Many demonic creatures have appeared in the Hills Mountains, threatening the safety of the inhabitants of Aaron Town. Please eradicate them!
Requirements: Kill 100『Ghouls』, 100『Fanged Wolf Demons』, and『Hill's Wraith』.
Su Ming's gaze shifted to the last target.
The『Hill's Wraith』was a genuine Boss; it was Guardian Boss whose actual strength was much more powerful than an average Boss.
His current strength wasn't enough to kill it.
In <Origin>, there would be Guardian Bosses on Lv10 maps and above.
The rewards for the first kill of such Bosses were very generous!
Moreover, the first kill reward was an item that would increase the guild members' experience points for slaying monsters in that specific map.
In his previous life, for the sake of getting the first kill of the Guardian Boss, many major guilds fought until their heads broke, and blood flowed.
"Looks like I need to level up first before proceeding with the quest."
Su Ming formulated a plan.
Chapter 15: Chapter 15: Obtaining a New Skill,『Rain of Life』
Noticing that Su Ming was about to leave, the old Mayor hastily reminded, "Adventurer, you'd best reach Lv10 first before assisting the soldiers in eliminating the demons."
"I know."
Su Ming nodded. As if he had remembered something, he turned his head and asked, "Mayor, I want to know one thing. Since demons appeared near Aaron Town, why didn't the Church send the Knights and Priests to exterminate the demons?"
This was something that Su Ming had wondered about even in his previous life.
Demons were creatures of darkness, so wouldn't they be an enemy of the Church of Light?
Yet, the Church of Light was indifferent to the situation.
The Mayor shook his head and explained, "They have a more difficult task. The weakening of the seal on the Abyssal Gate of the Dark Ridge has led to the birth of a large tide of demons. Those vile creatures had escaped from the mountains, so the Church needed to suppress the Dark Ridge which leads to them not having extra manpower."
So it's the Dark Ridge.
Su Ming suddenly realized.
After resolving the doubts in his mind, he left the Mayor's house.
Subsequently, Su Ming went to the market and purchased a『Arrow of Light(Black Iron)』skill book, costing him 700 gold which was equivalent to real currency of 700 kuai*.
[TLN: *kuai is a classifier for money and currency units.]
His current magic attack was much higher than his physical attack, reaching 269 points, thus Su Ming finally needed to learn an attack skill.
[Arrow of Light] was one of the few attack skills that Priests had in their early stages.
"Ding! Congratulations on learning the skill『Arrow of Light Lv1』."
『Arrow of Light (Black Iron)』
Level: 1 (0/200)
Effect: Uses the holy light to condense into an arrow. Deals [20+magic attack *150%] light damage to a single enemy. Dark creatures take double damage.
Cooldown: 5 seconds
Consumption: 25 MP
Having learned the skill, Su Ming immediately set off for the quest.
He had to seize every moment to grow stronger.
...
Seven or Eight Minutes Later…
[Current Location: Holy Light Kingdom—Aaron Town—Azure Lake]
The location he arrived at was a Level 5 Map and there were already many players teaming up to kill monsters nearby.
[Water Demon]
Level: 5
Rank: Ordinary
HP: 950
Attack: 105
Defense: 45
Magic Defense: 27
Skill: Water Arrow Lv1, Illusionary Voice Lv1
Water demons were dark bluish humanoid demons that were short, and were not as beautiful as the legendary Sirens. Their whole face looked like it had been through a terrible traffic accident—the epitome of ugliness.
"I'm going to test my damage on you guys then."
Su Ming fished out his spirit staff and quickly activated his skill:[Arrow of Light]!
The glimmering particles instantly agglomerated into one arrow and assailed through the air.
Whoosh!
The Arrow of Light!
-369!
"Ugh——"
One unfortunate water demon was pierced by the light arrow in its abdomen and shirked a bloody scream as its HP bar plummeted by a huge section.
"Damage not quite bad, aye!"
Su Ming was satisfied yet again.
Following after, he went on a killing spree.
If one had a skill, one'd put it to use. If one didn't have a skill, one could always swing one's staff and smash-spank the demons while the damage would always be extremely high.
Another water demon died in Su Ming's hand.
"Ding!"
"You've killed 1 water demon. EXP gained: 50."
"You've killed…"
The system panel constantly refreshed its prompts, and within two minutes, his EXP bar had reached the level-up requirement.
Su Ming's body flashed with a light and his HP and MP instantly restored to full.
"Ding!"
"Congratulations on reaching Level 5. You've gained: Strength +2, Physique +2, Agility +2, Wisdom +3."
Su Ming opened his personal status panel.
ID: Cang Hai
Level: 5 (10/1750)
HP: 2380
MP: 3366
Attributes:
Strength: 118
Physique: 119
Agility: 124
Wisdom: 134
Attack : 236/275
Physical Defense: 155
Magic Defense: 95
In addition to the changes in his attributes, the buff icons in his status also grew to 10, accumulating to 432 layers.
His heart felt comfortable just by looking at his stats.
"Let's keep on killing those demons."
Su Ming looked to the other hordes of water demons and walked towards them.
"Ding, you have a message from your friend."
Just halfway across, the system prompt rang out.
"Who would contact me at this hour? Could it be that Night Blade Flame has found the healing skill scroll?!"
Su Ming felt slightly elated.
He opened the message panel to indeed find a message from Night Blade Flame.
"Brother Cang Hai, my guild has just found a Silver-grade healing scroll, will you look at it? [Screenshot]." A message from『Ye Ren Yan』.
"Open the screenshot."
[Rain of Life(Silver)]
Effect:
-Summons a rain full of vitality to heal friendly units within a radius of 20 meters.
-Restoration effect: 3500 HP per second.
-Last for 15 seconds.
Su Ming's eyes lit up.
As long as he used the scroll, he would be able to obtain 15 layers of Silver-grade buffs.
Therefore, he sent a reply: "The scroll is pretty good but it isn't valuable enough."
"In addition to this Silver skill book, I'll add another 30,000 gold!" Night Blade Yan replied immediately.
According to the market price in his previous life, the price of Silver-grade equipment fluctuated between 5,000-15,000 gold.
The price offered by Ye Ren Yan was a full double premium.
To think that one day, he could exchange a Lv5 Silver-grade equipment for 30,000 gold and 15 layers of Silver-grade buffs.
Su Ming felt it was worth the shot.
Moreover, the added attributes of Lv5 Silver equipment were not as good as a few layers of buffs, and selling it to Night Blade Flame wouldn't pose any threat to himself.
Su Ming agreed to the deal and sent his coordinates over.
"You're also at Azure Lake, great! Brother, wait where you are and I'll be right over."
Night Blade Flame couldn't wait to change into his Silver armor.
"『Night Blade Flame』is also at Azure Lake?"
Seeing the other party's words, Su Ming was first confused before remembering something.
There seemed to be a Lv5 team Dungeon on this side of the lake.
However, he hadn't fought in this Dungeon in his previous life because his strength was too inferior at the time.
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