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Capítulo 3: Druid God Ring

Editor: Halcyon Translation

For most games, quest items were quest items and nothing else.

However, Dawn was different. This kite could be modified to become a glider, and could allow players to ‘float’ down from high places without falling to their deaths.

Of course, this was only achievable after some significant modifications.

Lu Li tore his clothes into strips, and tied them onto the kite so he could use it as he wished.

His next goal was to get to the top of the mountain.

He failed on his first attempt: he had been killed by 2 fat boars. On his second attempt, he was killed by a LV6 Forest Leopard. His third attempt was even worse: he had run into a crowd of Jungle Spiders…

In Dawn, dying was a very common occurrence. Any player, unless they forever stayed in the Main City, was bound to die quite a few times. When venturing out into the wilderness for the first time, it was completely normal for players to die 10 or so times.

It was only on his seventh attempt that Lu Li finally reached the top of the mountain!

His weapon had been completely destroyed, and the few coppers that he had been given by the system were gone. Luckily, the kite counted as a quest item, and so he couldn’t drop it when he died. Otherwise, he would have cried himself to death.

After attaching himself to the kite, Lu Li breathed in deeply, and jumped down from the cliff.

The wind howled in his ears, and after stretching out his ‘wings’, his descent began to slow down.

Of course, the kite simply couldn’t compare to an aerial mount. It was hard to maintain balance, and he nearly crashed into the mountain many times.

Luckily, the kite was a quest item, so it didn’t couldn’t be destroyed!

Bang!

-27!

-3, -3, -3…

The first damage figure was from falling, and the subsequent ‘-3’ were from stepping into magma.

Luckily, he had good reflexes, and he quickly jumped out of the way. Otherwise, he would have suffered a heavy loss.

Below him was a complex-looking region, with smoke everywhere. There was magma spewing out of the ground, and the thick smell of sulphur hung in the air. This was the Outer Region of the Abyss.

It was said that the Titans defeated and sealed Ragnaros who was from Azeroth into the Abyss. After millions of years, Ragnaros’ power created countless Lava Monsters, causing the Abyss to become the most dangerous place in the entire continent.

Luckily, there weren’t any monsters in this area, otherwise they would easily be able to squish the LV0 Lu Li to death.

Lu Li wasn’t too far away from his goal, and he carefully looked around. 10 minutes later, he found the place that he was looking for.

It was a stone house.

Inside the stone house were a stone table, stone chairs, as well as a stone box on top of the stone table. Inside the stone box was a ring.

[Supreme One Ring] (Silver): Strength+1, Agility+1, Vampirism+1. Special effects: The Lord of the Forest, Cenarius, gave this ring special powers. You can learn three Druid transformation skills, as well as a skill for one of those transformations. Equipment Requirements: None. Durability: None.

That’s right, this was what Lu Li came for.

Equipment in Dawn were ranked as such: Common, Bronze, Steel, Silver, Gold, Dark Gold, Epic, Legendary…

Common equipment didn’t have any bonus stats; only Defence and Attack. Bronze equipment had 1 bonus stat, Steel had 2 bonus stats, as well as a chance of special effects… Legendary equipment had 8 bonus stats, and would always have a special effect.

Cenarius was the child of Elune and Malorne, the protector of nature. He was also the adopted son of Ysera, the Queen of the Giant Dragons, and was called the Lord of the Forest by the ancient Elves, or the Demigod of the Groves.

He was a Demigod, as well as the mentor of the first Night Elf Archdruid, Malfurion Stormrage!

The Supreme One Ring was the legacy equipment that he had given to Malfurion Stormrage. There were two rings in total, and because Malfurion believed that he couldn’t wield their power by itself, he only wore one ring and left the other in an unknown place in the Dark Ravine.

Malfurion’s twin brother, the most powerful Demon Hunter, Illidan Stormrage wanted to obtain this legendary equipment, but was refused by Cenarius because he knew that his heart was filled with darkness and malice.

As such, there was a split in the relationship between the twins.

The reason why Lu Li had been able to find this ring was simple- rebirth!

In his ‘past life’, when he was earning gold, Lu Li had met an Elf Warrior called Azure Sea Breeze. That Warrior could transform like a Druid, as had healing and stealth skills.

Azure Sea Breeze was like Lu Li; someone who was collecting money in the game to earn a bit of money in the real world. Moreover, because of his strange skills, he was often chased down and killed, causing his level to fall.

Afterwards, Azure Sea Breeze had told him his secret- he had obtained those skills through the Supreme one Ring!

It was a ring that could be upgraded- even after three years, there were only a handful of items that were found that could be upgraded!

It was a pity that this mystical equipment hadn’t brought Azure Sea Breeze any luck.

Firstly, it took up an equipment slot. Although the Supreme One Ring had three stats, they weren’t that great. When there was an abundance of Steel grade equipment, these stats were worthless.

Moreover every person could only equip 2 rings, and in order to upgrade it into the Supreme Two Ring, Azure Sea Breeze had spent a lot of time and effort on it.

There was once an elite team that had created many records. They were ranked first in the Level Rankings as well as Equipment Rankings, but after obtaining this ring, their team disbanded, and slowly fell from the rankings. In the end, they could only join a Gold Collection Unit…

In addition to this, once equipped, it could never be unequipped.

In order to try to get rid of this ring, Azure Sea Breeze had protested to the company that developed the game, as well as tried dying again and again in the game, but it was useless.

If players could have multiple accounts or restart their account, Azure Sea Breeze would have chosen one of those options, but unfortunately, this wasn’t the case.

And now, this ring was in front of Lu Li.

Lu Li didn’t hesitate at all as he equipped it.

Because this was the beginning of the game, this Supreme One Ring would give him a massive advantage over other players.

As for the future... he had confidence that he could upgrade it into the Supreme Two Ring, then the Supreme Three Ring, Supreme Four Ring, Supreme Five Ring…

It was incredibly difficult to get here, but getting back was easy. Lu Li stood in the magma and watched his HP decrease.

He once again respawned at the Dark Ravine.

“Look, another one died. It’s a pity it’s a guy.”

“Whoa, no way, he only has a pair of underpants left. What happened to him?”

“Aiya, I recognise this guy. He’s died a lot of times already. Is he addicted to dying?”

There were many people at the spawn points. Some people hadn’t bothered to train yet, and sat around the respawn point, enjoying the show and hoping some beauties would show up.

Lu Li ignored these people, and opened the community channel, then entered the group chat’s number.

“Hi everyone!”

After a few moments, the group chat became quite bustling.

“Aiyo, if it isn’t the Gold Collection Unit’s expert. What level are you now?” There were quite a few people in the Star Moon Union who knew of this new expert, who had claimed that he could earn 20 gold in 1 week. None of the high-profile members of the Star Moon Union believed him. For a menial worker to spout such arrogant words, had everyone outraged.

“I’m not worthy for that title, please call me Lu Li. Right now, I’m LV0.” Lu Li said as he looked for the NPCs for the Boar Tusks and Panther Fur quests.

“No way, my LV1 EXP bar is already 30% full, how can the expert be LV0…”

“I’m also LV1…”

“Boss Ao Jian is doing really well; he’s almost LV2…”

“Does anyone at the Dark Ravine have a dagger or short sword?” Lu Li casually asked, “If you loan it to me, I’ll return an equipment with bonus stats tomorrow.”

“Wah, equipment with bonus stats? No one’s found any equipment with bonus stats yet.”

“At least put some effort in when trying to scam people; piss the hell off!”

“Lu Li,” Ao Jian finally spoke. He wasn’t very courteous either, “It’s been more than an hour, but you’re still LV0, and you even destroyed your weapon. Are you sure you know what you’re doing?”

“Didn’t we agree that you would fulfil my requests within your power? Right, and it’s not just my weapon; my clothes and money are also gone. If someone can give me a few bread, that’d be great as well.” Lu Li shamelessly said.

The people in the group chat fell silent. Goddamn, can you be even more shameless than this?!


Capítulo 4: Skill Completion

Editor: Halcyon Translation

“Where are you right now? Come over to the Blacksmith.” After the group chat fell silent for a while, the future Union Elder “Square Root 3” spoke up. Ao Jian had probably swallowed his anger and agreed to Lu Li’s requests.

Not too long later, the Hunter Square Root 3 saw Lu Li at the Blacksmith. Although he was mentally prepared, what he saw shocked him out of his mind.

The player who had confidently said that he could earn 20 gold in 1 week was only left with equipment that couldn’t be destroyed or dropped…

However, Lu Li’s expression was abnormally calm. Square Root 3 had never seen anyone look so calm while almost naked, which left him with some hope and faith in Lu Li. He silently transferred to Lu Li a dagger and 10 Little Breads.

[Sharp Dagger] (Common): 1-2 Damage. Level Requirement: LV0. Durability: 8/10. A bit better than the beginner weapon.

“Oh, also, were you able to find a Seal Transformation book?”

Square Root 3 shook his head, and asked in curiosity, “You’re a Thief, right? Why do you want a Seal Transformation book? Is it for a friend?”

The Seal Transformation was a Druid transformation skill book. It had a chance of dropping from monsters beside lakes. It didn’t have any skills specific to that animal, and so Druids usually viewed it as quite useless. However, Lu Li was determined to have this skill book.

“Yep, I have a friend who wants that skill book. Just remember to give me that book. Earning 20 gold within a week depends on it.” Lu Li casually said as he held the hand equipped with the Supreme One Ring behind his back.

“Don’t worry, I’ll send some people to wipe out some small fry,” Square Root 3’s expression became serious, and immediately dispatched some people to kill monsters to look for the skill book.

“See you later.” Lu Li waved with the dagger in his hand, and left to kill some monsters.

Thieves were given three skills when they started the game: Shadowstrike, Stealth and Unlock. As a Night Elf, he also had a bonus stealth skill: Shadowmeld.

Stealth: Instant Cast, Cooldown Time: 8 seconds. Allows Thieves to conceal themselves until the effects run out.

Shadowstrike: Instant Cast, Cooldown Time: 4 seconds. Deals 2 damage to the target, as well as 120% weapon attack damage. Awards 1 combo point. Proficiency: 1/1000.

Unlock: Requires 10 seconds to cast, Cooldown Time: 2 minutes. Open the locks of chests and doors. Proficiency: 1/1000.

Lu Li didn’t find a monster and simply charge at it. Instead, he activated Stealth and got closer. This was the difference between the Manual mode and Automatic mode.

Under the Automatic mode, the system would alert players when they were able to use their skills, and could even cast skills for players. Using Automatic mode, it was also impossible for skills to fail because of control issues. On the other hand, any other issues could cause the skill to fail.

Like so.

LIKE SO.

Snap! Lu Li accidentally stepped on a branch, causing a clear snapping sound.

The young boar’s ears pricked up, and snorted a few times before charging at Lu Li.

This was, after all, Lu Li’s first time playing as a Thief. He could only reveal himself and start duelling it out with the young boar.

He slashed at the boar, -6!

The boar rammed into him, -9!

Just like this, Lu Li exchanged blows with the young boar.

In the distance, Square Root 3, who had been observing him, frowned. He didn’t know much about Thieves, but this guy who even failed at using Stealth didn’t seem like an expert.

Under Automatic mode, using Stealth was not foolproof, but against low level monsters like this boar, he definitely wouldn’t have been detected.

The Star Moon Union’s future Vice-President left in disappointment. To him, Lu Li was pretty much a scammer.

However, Square Root 3 didn’t see Lu Li’s second attempt against a monster, otherwise his impression would have been much better.

The second time, Lu Li’s Stealth didn’t fail. He arrived behind a young boar, and aimed at its hind legs as he slashed out.

Blood spurted everywhere, -11!

System: Shadowstrike Skill Completion 82%, caused 93% Skill Damage, target stunned for 1 second!

Stun!

This was the Manual mode!

The beloved, yet despicable, manual mode!

The 82% Skill Completion that Lu Li just achieved was not a simple feat at all. That 82% Skill Completion was pure luck.

Currently, not many people had chosen to go with the Manual mode, and those who did averaged around 50% Skill Completion. 50% Skill Completion could only unleash 40% of the Skill’s Damage, as opposed to the 100% from the Automatic mode.

In Lu Li’s “past life”, Manual mode had not become popular until the game had been released for three years.

The next few times Lu Li faced off against monsters, his highest Skill Completion was around 60%, which was far below the 100% for Automatic mode players. After all, he had never properly played with the Manual mode before.

Although the ‘rebirth’ gave him advantages over other players, it didn’t mean he became an expert instantly.

However, he wasn’t worried. He patiently killed young boars while raising his Proficiency and getting a better sense of the Skill Completion.

Being a professional player could be quite dry at times, and patience was often more important than talent. Lu Li, who had killed many, many monsters in order to earn money was an incredibly patient person.

Lu Li’s skill completion level continued to climb upwards, and by the time he had reached LV1, he could consistently achieve over 70% for the Skill Completion. The Skill Damage was now around 90%, which wasn’t too far below that of Automatic mode players’.

The quest to obtain 30 Young Boar Tusks was quickly completed.

Lu Li found 45 copper coins, 10 young boar fur, but no equipment.

When he went to complete the quest, he received 300 EXP, 20 copper coins, as well as a Cloth Cloak.

[Cloth Cloak] (Common): 3 Armour. Level Requirement: LV1. Durability: 10/10.

The young boar fur could be sold for 2 copper coins each, and after selling them, Lu Li’s personal wealth was now a single silver coin.

However, after buying 10 Bread, he was left with only 50 copper coins, or half a silver coin.

In Dawn, every time a player levelled up, they would receive 5 Attribute Points.

Lu Li thought for a few moments, then gritted his teeth and put all of the Attribute Points into Agility.

Although it wasn’t as much as Strength, Agility also gave him some Attack Power. Furthermore, it could also increase his Movement Speed and Attack Speed. More importantly, Agility could increase the chance for Critical Hits and Evasion for Thieves.

In Dawn, Thieves were split into two main styles: the Agility Thieves, who put all of their points into Agility, and the Warrior Thieves, who put all their points into Strength. It was hard to say which one was better- both styles had peak level experts, but to Lu Li who was used to playing alone, there were more advantages to Agility Thieves.

After levelling up, there were 2 new quests available to him: Shadowmaw Panther’s Fur, which could only be obtained by killing a LV2 Shadowmaw Panther, as well as the Rotting Magic Moss. The second quest was a Collection quest, and was located near the bank of the Moon Shadow Lake.

After killing 30 young Shadowmaw Panthers, and finishing all of the LV0 quests, Lu Li would go to kill real Shadowmaw Panthers.

Shadowmaw Panthers were decent monsters to farm for EXP. They didn’t have much HP, and had average Defence. To Thieves, who had the advantage of attacking first, it wouldn’t take much effort to kill them. Moreover, apart from fur, Shadowmaw Panthers could also drop equipment, or even skills like the Magicians’ ‘Ice Spear’ or the Druids’ ‘Claw’ or ‘Panther Transformation’.

Of course, this all depended on one’s luck. Lu Li’s luck was quite poor, and even after half an hour, he didn’t find a single skill book.

Stealth, Shadowstrike, -19!

Shadowstrike Skill Completion 73%, caused 81% Skill Damage. Lu Li sent out two attacks, and the Shadowmaw Panther in front of him let out a pitiful cry as it collapsed to the ground.

A clang sounded out, causing Lu Li’s heart to leap. That wasn’t the sound of coins falling, but equipment dropping- and a weapon, at that.

Lu Li kicked away the Shadowmaw Panther’s body, revealing a 1 metre long, jade-green Magic Staff.

[Apprentice Magic Staff] (Common): 5-7 Damage. Level Requirement: LV2. Durability: 3/10.

This was definitely a good piece of equipment. Although it was only Common grade, it had high Damage. For a LV2 weapon, it was extraordinary.

With the motivation of earning equipment, Lu Li began to farm monsters in earnest.

Not too long after, a second piece of equipment appeared.

[Fisherman’s Old Felt Cap] (Common): 2 Armour. Level Requirement: LV1. Durability: 8/10.

This piece of equipment was a lot worse than the Magic Staff, but at least Lu Li could immediately use it. After equipping the Hat, his Armour was increased by quite a bit, and he received less damage when fighting monsters. This raised the efficiency of his farming.

As he was farming monsters, he felt the sensor on his waist vibrate.

Lu Li quickly finished off the monsters he was dealing with, picked up a copper coin, and answered the call.

“The ‘Seal Transformation’ you wanted has appeared…”


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