Chapter 8: Chapter 8: Special Tasks
Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
"Still not good enough, there's still a slight gap from standing till dawn." Li Yao sighed while taking back the arrow tower.
Li Yao shook his head, no longer tangled, and now the main task was to get copper ore and blueprints.
Li Yao knew of a place where he could get a contract for a mine as long as he completed the task. Once he got the contract, the mine would belong to him personally. As for making him spend time learning mining, please don't tease him. Being a miner in a rebirth is simply too humiliating.
Even in the real world, a single mine only needs three or four people to manage it, and mining is set up with a computer program. No one cares what you do in your spare time.
After the rebirth, he naturally wants to proceed in the most efficient and speedy way. Once he owns the mine, he could get 30 percent of the income from players and NPCs mining in it. How cool is that?
However, the mine is currently occupied by monsters and needs him to complete tasks in order to acquire it.
"Bro, run!" Just as Li Yao was considering the quickest way to get the mine, he heard a player shouting in the distance.
Li Yao turned towards the direction of the sound and his face instantly changed. He saw a big fat man running towards him at a speed that did not match his size. Behind him, dozens of Demon Wolves were chasing the fat man.
"Damn." Li Yao cursed under his breath at the shameless fat man, and also started running quickly.
"Don't run towards me."
"Bro, there's nowhere else to go." The muscular man panted as he ran and shouted.
"Bro, you're hurting me." Li Yao was helpless, but his pace was not slow, and he never let the fat man overtake him.
The two ran wildly for ten minutes before they finally shook off the Demon Wolf Army. They panted under a large tree, and the fat man was already sweating profusely.
"Bro, you're good. You're actually faster than me. You must have speed-boosting equipment." The muscular man extended his greasy hand and said, "Let's get to know each other, I'm Muscles."
"Shouldn't that be 'Flabby' instead? Also, please wipe your muddy and sweaty hands before shaking hands with me." Li Yao took a few steps back and said, "Prairie Fire, just an unknown soldier."
Li Yao also knew this guy in his previous life. He was a thief in the Beacon War Team, ranked in the top fifty among thieves. Don't underestimate the top fifty, you have to know that ten years later almost two hundred billion players entered the game, among which there were twenty to thirty billion thief players. Being in the top fifty out of twenty billion players is almost godlike.
Later, he was known as the fattest High Elf in history. His appearance was completely at odds with the High Elf's beautiful and thin image. Though infamous for his lecherous behavior, his character was decent and he had interacted with Li Yao before.
"Which team are you from, bro? Your equipment is so luxurious, much stronger than mine." The fat man, looking embarrassingly sweaty, leaned against the tree and continued to pant.
"I don't belong to any team. But you, you're too damaging. You deliberately attracted so many monsters. If I didn't have speed-boosting equipment, I would have been killed by you."
"Misunderstanding, misunderstanding, bro." The muscular man looked aggrieved: "You don't know, our team leader was stimulated by some 'Spark of Stars'. He heard that 'Spark of the Star' could solo bosses and got impatient. So, this morning, he decided to lead us to kill level 4 elites. Not willing to be outdone."
"So, you guys ended up tragedy?" Li Yao asked curiously.
"Sigh." The muscular man sighed: "More than a tragedy, it was too miserable. At the beginning, we killed a level four elite, but in the process of killing the second one, our MT died, and then we bloodbathed. We ran, but as we ran, there were fewer and fewer people, and more and more monsters. In the end, I was the only one left."
Li Yao also burst out laughing, saying: "It seems like you're enjoying this tragedy."
"Ha ha, you've found me out. Do you think I can't be happy? Now I'm the highest level in our team. And, you know, it's not just our team, from the news I got, all of the large guilds and clubs suffered terrible losses this morning. It's dreadful, ha ha ha. That 'Spark of the Star' really messed everyone up."
The fat man laughed loudly, and continued: "But I like it, I like it. I really want to get to know this 'Spark of the Star' guy. He's so bad, ha ha ha."
Li Yao's mouth twitched slightly. He didn't expect this outcome. It was easier to kill a two or three level elite, why do they need to challenge higher levels?
"Sigh, let's stop yapping. The team leader has revived. I'm leaving now. Bro, we can chat later." The muscular man sent a friend request.
Li Yao accepted it. The fat man waved his hand, went into stealth and walked away. His name appeared on Prairie Fire's list.
Li Yao shook his head slightly, not caring at all how severe the large guilds' losses were, and headed towards his destination, lamenting not having a mount.
The Mogul Mountain Range is located north of the Tower of the Sun. It's necessary to bypass two areas of level four or five monsters. Li Yao took the safest route and bypassed the areas of mutated seedlings and lynx. If he couldn't bypass an area, he'd release the arrow tower to clear them off. As long as he didn't foolishly take a bunch of monsters, there were no safety issues. He didn't need to take the main road, saving a lot of time.
The Mogul Mountain Range is shrouded in a light poison fog all year round. Players without anti-poison equipment or antidote potions will continuously lose blood, so it's very quiet here. Li Yao looked from outside the mountain range and didn't see a single player.
The outer area of the mountain range is populated with level four golden arrow poison frogs. This incredibly poisonous creature on earth is just a low-level poison monster in the game.
After drinking a low-level antidote potion, he's already ignored the poison fog. Of course, the antidote potion only lasts for fifteen minutes, and he's drunk a day's worth of a normal player's income.
Ordinary monsters around the periphery aren't any threat to Li Yao. Poison arrows essentially do no damage due to the antidote potion. Li Yao proceeds smoothly into the mountain valley and finally finds a cave with the help of his memory.
There are no monsters in the cave, only a pile of ashes and a skeleton. As soon as Li Yao touched the skeleton, it turned into ash.
Li Yao held his breath, cleared the ashes with a branch, and finally saw a ring with a green light.
Li Yao carefully lifted the ring, blew the ashes off and saw tiny words engraved on the inside of the ring, "To my beloved Ai Li - Dalkhan."
Dalkhan was the greatest traitor of the High Elves. He was the one who revealed the weakness of the Sunwell barrier to the Lich King, allowing the undead army to penetrate the unprepared kingdom.
After this battle, the King of the High Elves and the leaders of the Silver Moon Council were almost all killed or injured. The Ranger General at the time, Sylvanas, now the queen of the Undead Clan, died defending the kingdom and was controlled by the Demon Artifact Frost Mourne to become a Banshee. The Sunwell was then contaminated.
The population of the High Elves dropped by 60% instantaneously. The High Elves, who had recovered from their previous injuries over millennia, suffered unprecedented damage.
Li Yao filled an empty bottle with ashes. These ashes could help him complete a high-difficulty high-reward task.
Dalkhan's Engagement Ring
Quality: Exceptional Blue
Strength: 8
Agility: 6
Enchantment: Resistant to low-level toxin damage
Equipment level: 4
Explanation: This is the betrothal token Great Mage Dalkhan gave to his lover when he was young
Just based on the attributes of the ring, it's an extraordinary item. Furthermore, Dalkhan imbued it with poison resistance. It's even superior to a piece of purple equipment.
Without any hesitation, Li Yao put the ring on and his attributes immediately increased. Even the ring alone was equivalent to the stats he would gain from two level increases.
"Indeed, good equipment is the real game-changer."
Li Yao casually made this remark before he left the cave,
To complete the mine contract quest, he had to finish the prerequisite quest first. Li Yao found an NPC lying on the ground on the northeastern side of the Mogul Mountain Range.
Seeing Li Yao, the male High Elf lying on the ground struggled to speak: "Young clan member, I need your help."
Li Yao helped the High Elf, Freyr, to his feet and asked, "How can I help you?"
Freyr strained to speak: "I encountered a Corruptionist in the Mogul Mountain Range. I am severely injured and have no supplies. I need to restore my health and remove the toxins from my body. Are you willing to help me? I'll reward you when I'm free."
"System: Freyr has issued a mission, Rescue in Danger, do you accept?"
Rescue in Danger
Mission difficulty: a
Mission description: Freyr has lost his mobility and hopes to be rescued.
Mission objective: Bring Freyr a bottle of beginner's life potion and a bottle of beginner's antidote potion.
Reward: Freyr's Friendship, 5% of current level experience.
Considering this mission would cost about four or five silver coins, regular players wouldn't accept it. In his past life, this special mission was completely overlooked.
Not until years later, when a player who had re-rolled their character had enough free time to accept the mission. After spending two days completing the follow-up, they revealed the truth about the mine. Only then did players understand the value of Freyr's friendship.
Li Yao handed the two potions to Freyr without a second thought. Freyr's eyes sparkled; he didn't hesitate to drink the two potions immediately.
A moment later, Freyr stood up, full of spirit, saluted Li Yao and said, "From now on, young clan member, you are my friend."
"Prairie Fire, I'm glad to be your friend." Li Yao paused before he continued, "My dear friend, I plan to continue my training on this mountain range. Is there anything else I can help you with?"
Freyr started laughing and said, "My friend, you really are kind. Actually, yes, I am in need of a batch of Golden Dart Frog's poison glands for research. Would you be willing to help?"
"System: Freyr has issued a mission, Collect Toxic Glands, do you accept?"
Collect Toxic Glands
Mission difficulty: a++
Mission description: Freyr needs a large quantity of toxic glands for research; the more and the higher the quality the better.
Reward: +3000 Favor with Freyr, one piece of blue equipment.
At this point, Freyr's generosity starts to show. Li Yao accepted the mission and started hunting Golden Dart Frogs. The gland of an elite Dart Frog equals the glands of ten normal ones and gives a lot of experience. With the Spike Traps and Arrow Towers, plus his extraordinary archery, Li Yao was nearly invincible.
A normal Dart Frog would be mercilessly killed just by Li Yao installing one Arrow Tower. While for the elite ones, three Arrow Towers, a bleed trap, the Exploding Sheep, and Li Yao's powerful output would still be more than enough.
While collecting materials his experience also increased substantially. Li Yao continued sweeping the area of the mountain range, and time quickly went by.
*Bang*...
Having just slain an elite frog, Li Yao suddenly heard the sound of a fireball exploding and a Dart Frog shrieking.
Li Yao was shocked, he had not expected to encounter another player here. He cautiously moved towards the source of the sound.
In the faint green fog, he saw a dwarf being chased by three Dart Frogs. Before Li Yao could make sense of why a Goblin would appear in the High Elf's Beginner Village, he noticed the special Dart Frog chasing the Goblin player.
Silver Elite. Li Yao's heart skipped a beat…
Chapter 9: Chapter 9 Silver Elite
Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Silver Elites, commonly abbreviated as Elites, are a weakened version of boss enemies. They can be easier to deal with than bosses, but whether animal Elites or humanoid Elites, they always drop special items upon death.
These special items are usually unique and rare, especially since the bosses in "The Ancient God World" are incredibly difficult to defeat. As the number of players increases, so do the properties of the boss, making wild bosses seem very far-fetched for normal players.
In the previous life, due to the increase in levels, many precious chests would be locked. This made the Elites a favorite among players, and killing an Elite usually yielded a small fortune. Countless murders have occurred due to the contention over the Elites.
Just as Li Yao was about to step in and help, he noticed another Necromancer in a black cloak on the other side.
The escaping Goblin was much shorter than regular Goblins. Seeing two players, whether from shock or excitement, he didn't watch his step and tripped over.
Then Li Yao saw the little Goblin tumble away like a ball, and he covered his face in disbelief. Despite Goblins already being small, this one was exceptionally small.
Regular players might not notice, but someone like Li Yao, with ten years of gaming experience, instantly understood that this must be a child.
This made Li Yao even more confused because both elderly and young players are required to choose a neutral camp in the game, which should place them on a different continent.
They usually choose races like Demons, Angels, Barbarians, Amazons, and so forth. The elderly even have their own Beginner's Village, which provides many other styles of play.
Away from combat, activities like chess, pet raising, and gardening are available. After entering the game, elderly people's bodies and spirits are fortified, so even those who cannot walk in reality can move freely in the game. There are surprisingly many elderly people playing battle roles.
Children are the same. They are in the same Beginner's Village as the elderly, but there are different game mechanisms, like the blood screen shield, monster cartoonization, etc.
But now, there was a child popping up right in front of him.
Although Li Yao had many conjectures in his mind, he only made them in a split second. The distance between the child and the two players was too far. He thought that this child was surely a goner, but then a child tumbling did not wail in pain; instead, he quickly stood up and planted a dull yellow Totem column on the ground.
As soon as they entered the effective range of the Totem, the movements of the Silver Elite and the two other Elite beasts slowed down considerably.
Earthbind Totem!
Li Yao was once again surprised. To his knowledge, ordinary Shaman Priests upon reaching level 10 would receive their first Totem after completing a class task, and the first Totem they received was the Healing Totem.
A thunk...
Under Li Yao's surprised stare, the little Goblin once again planted a fiery red Totem.
Fire Snake Totem!
The Fire Snake Totem started spitting fireballs and attacked the slow-moving Silver Elite.
"Help me quickly, items drop will be distributed according to need. If everyone needs them, we can roll for them. Agree then join the team." The little Goblin child shouted while sending out a team invitation. His voice was sweet and crisp, which made Li Yao even more certain about his guess.
"Such a smart little girl, showing her own strength and value first, and then forming a team."
Li Yao then accepted the team request.
"System: You joined the team led by Dazed and Cute Eyes. The team is in team loot mode."
"System: Enchantress joined Dazed and Cute Eyes's team."
With the system notification, the two new members of the team took action.
Li Yao swiftly deployed three Arrow Towers side by side, and immediately threw a Spike Trap in his hand.
With a loud boom, the three monsters started to bleed. As the Arrow Towers began firing, Li Yao quickly drew his bow and started attacking the Poison Arrow Frog Elite at the Silver Elite's left.
Enchantress wasn't idle either. She threw a bone shining with Bronze light from her hand.
With the explosion of the bone, a Skeleton Warrior holding a Bronze Great Sword started attacking the Poison Arrow Frog Elite Li Yao was targeting.
She then began to chant a spell, and a glowing white Bone Spear floated above her head.
Dazed and Cute Eyes' eyes burned with excitement, "Her hands began to crackle with electric arcs."
A pound...
The Bone Spear exploded on the Poison Arrow Frog Elite's body, then followed by a crackling lightning. This was a group attack spell by Shaman Priests, the Lightning Chain.
Just after the first round of collective attacks, the tragic Poison Arrow Frog Elite was already brought down by countless assaults.
"How did a baby like you become a Goblin?" Li Yao suddenly asked.
Dazed and Cute Eyes glared at Li Yao, discontentedly saying, "You're too naive if you're trying to trick me."
"I was only guessing before, but now I'm sure you can't be older than ten."
"Hmph, sneaky guy, I'm warning you, this is a secret. You better not blabber about it." Dumbfounded pupil waved her tiny fist, charged with electric arcs, at Li Yao.
"So it's a child." Seeing pupil looking at her, the variable witch said with a laugh, "But nevermind, I am not interested in other people's affairs."
"Big sister really knows the rule, unlike somebody who is much more meddlesome. It's truly rude to peep into someone else's secrets."
Li Yao laughed without a word, not teasing the little girl any further. However, a name finally came into his mind, the Shaman God, Gu Dantong.
This player was unknown in the past, but in the divine enthronement war after the game operated for ten years, she surpassed shamans of major clubs and successfully enthroned with overwhelming strength.
Later, it was said that this Shaman God was not originally named this but changed the name after she grew up. She was a shaman in a small team and it was said that she had not entered the neutral camp when she was young, but had joined the dark camp directly.
Tongtong and Gu Dantong have a homonym 'tong', and both are goblins, and shamans. Moreover, the opponent can use so many totems at less than level ten.
The more Li Yao thought about it, the more likely it seemed that they were the same person, but at the time, Li Yao failed to enthrone and was in a state of confusion and did not pay detailed attention and was not completely sure.
The remaining two minions of the silver hero finally fell under the trio's abnormal firepower. A few minutes later, the silver hero also collapsed under their feet.
Due to Tongtong's healing totem, the three were basically full of blood after the fight ended.
"I'll go loot the body, everyone is okay with it, right?" Dumbfounded pupil Tongtong asked in the team.
Seeing the two nodding, dumbfounded pupil Tongtong excitedly ran over and then two items appeared on their team's panel.
Linen cloth bag: 10 space bag
Blueprint for Linen Bag: Linen cloth roll*3, ordinary fuel*1
Li Yao shook his head first and said, "I'm not a tailor and I don't want to learn tailoring."
Dumbfounded pupil also said, "Me neither."
"Then, I will take them first, thanks." The variable witch put her screenshot of her tailoring 325/1000 into the team chat.
Li Yao and Dumbfounded pupil gave up rolling for the item. Thus, the blueprint went into the bag of the variable witch. Their evaluation of the variable witch was again improved. At this stage, it was extremely rare to learn a side job, and her skeleton was obviously stronger than the general necromancer's, which means she is not an ordinary player.
"I can make a bag at 350. I can make a few for you for free when the time comes." Although her appearance wasn't visible, her happy voice was clear.
Li Yao, of course, knew that she had no reason not to be happy. At the beginning, the character only has a dozen slots in their bag, and they can hang four small bags on the belt. Getting this blueprint will certainly earn her a fortune.
"Thank you, big sister." Dumbfounded pupil saw the remaining bag and said, "Big brother, let's roll for this bag."
Li Yao shook his head and said, "Forget it, you can take it. The witch is going to give us a bag in a couple of days anyway."
Anyway, the bag is temporarily enough, and new bags will be coming soon. There's no point in arguing with a little kid over a small bag.
"Thank you so much big brother, I was running out of bags, the annoying totems take up too much space." Dumbfounded pupil muttered.
Li Yao laughed and pulled out a carving knife to collect the silver hero.
"What are you doing?" The variable witch was puzzled, "You can also gather?"
This dumbfounded pupil also saw Li Yao collecting and explained, "Big sister, don't you know, buying an excellent carving knife can decompose the body of an animal monster three times."
"So that's how it works. No wonder players complain that the production of animal monsters is low. It's unjust, players complained to the officials, and the official explanation was to explore by oneself. I didn't know it could work like this." The variable witch looked at the pupil and could tell she didn't even know the basic rules, and her face suddenly became red.
"Cough, how did you come to think of it?" Luckily, her cloak covered her face so others could not see her embarrassment.
"It's pretty simple. On the first day, I fought normal beasts and found that the profits were very low, several times lower than those of humanoid monsters. And this game is open, so I thought about the reason. Then I strolled around in a city store and saw a carving knife, so I tried buying two and found out." Dumbfounded 'Tongtong' took it for granted, "You guys didn't even know it. My big brother and I are smart."
Variable witch raised her head, speechless, so did Li Yao, because if he hadn't been reborn, he would have known it only after seeing the strategy online.
"Cough, let's take turns collecting the monsters we kill." Li Yao proposed, and then asked, "What kind of tasks did you come here to do? If It's a convenient way, let's go together."
"Great, I am here to skin some poison dart frogs to practice tailoring." The variable witch was also hoping to keep the small party together. The previous battle showed her the strong combat power of the two and she felt a bit weak. Fighting ordinary monsters is easy, but if she wants to fight the elite bronze skeletons alone, it takes a long time to recover if she hang up, and with the healing totem, you don't have to worry about this issue. Also, don't have to worry about the damage of poison fog.
Of course, the most important thing was to see the integrity of the two. From the previous conversation, she knew that both were smart people and it would be impossible for them not to know the value of the blueprint. This point has already explained a lot.
"That annoying goblin old man sent me here to collect monster souls, saying that he will help me reconcile some totems."
Li Yao also said, "I need highly toxic glands. Our goals don't conflict. Let's use the previous distribution model, okay?"
Seeing the two nod, Li Yao thought for a while and said, "With Tongtong's several totems, my arrow tower and spike trap, and our three strong outputs, why don't we find a good terrain and have a mass brushing?"
Pupils' eyes suddenly lit up and nodded, "Okay, okay, I've just been abused by monsters since I entered this game."...
Gifts
-- Gift
received Weekly Power Status
200+ Power
Ranking 
23 Power
stone 
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