"Phew..."
After the battle, Levi didn't linger at the scene. He simply looted the spoils and left.
However, one item caught his attention.
It was a bow with a distinctive design that he'd never seen before.
[Orc Bow]
Ranged damage +10%, Attack range +10%.
"Huh!"
A bow with special modifiers.
The last time he'd seen special modifiers was on the dagger he'd gotten from the scrap dealer.
He picked up the bow and examined it carefully. Compared to the ordinary wooden bows he could craft, this bow was obviously made from higher-grade materials. The bow body even had a metallic feel when touched... clearly good materials.
It had to be said, these orcs did have some skills.
Picking up an arrow from the ground, he shot it once. The feel was quite good, and the arrow immediately embedded itself in a tree trunk.
Actually, this was Levi's first time using a bow.
On one hand, he had never found string, so he couldn't make bows himself.
On the other hand, it was also because Levi preferred close combat, overlooking the "bow"... an extremely powerful weapon in the age of cold weapons.
Actually, the orc squad he'd encountered before had quite a few archers too, but after his TNT bombardment, everything that could be shattered was shattered. The scene was extremely brutal, with no intact items left.
Bow and arrows.
When Levi drew the bow for the first time, a familiar feeling washed over him.
Yes, this was the feeling.
With the system's assistance, the threshold for archery was lowered considerably. When he nocked the bow, it was in perfect form, without worrying about being unable to shoot like a novice.
After trying a few shots, Levi got used to using the bow and arrows.
Of course, this was only in terms of usage... there were no obstacles. As for accuracy and the arrow's trajectory, he still had to research and gradually understand that himself.
As usual, he could interrupt the system assistance at any time and take over himself.
But he wouldn't do that before truly learning this skill.
This orc archer hadn't carried many arrows. Even after recovering all the shot arrows, there were only nine in total.
Ammunition was quite scarce.
It was now late at night.
Levi randomly found a cave, lit a campfire, and skewered corn on a wooden stick to roast.
Although eating jerky directly would fill him up, life needed some sense of ritual.
The campfire crackled, and the corn gradually heated up, emitting a fragrant aroma.
He couldn't resist taking a bite. The sweet, soft, and glutinous sensation exploded in his mouth.
Fragrant, very fragrant.
Perfect timing!
Thud.
Levi suddenly felt his buttocks shake.
He instinctively looked toward where the tremor occurred.
Under the firelight, a massive shadow slowly approached.
He put away his roasted corn.
Thud thud...
The shadow gradually approached the campfire. The closer it got, the more Levi could feel its enormity.
Until it revealed its fat head and body, speaking in some crude language:
"Food, eating food."
Only then did he finally see clearly.
This was a troll.
"Aha... look what I found, meat delivered to my door!"
The troll excitedly bounced in place.
Levi also jumped up happily. "Aha, look what I found... a troll!"
This completely confused the troll.
How could this food be so happy when it was about to be eaten?
The next moment, as if his eyes were playing tricks, the human in front of him suddenly had a suit of annoying hard armor.
A long sword gradually enlarged in the troll's dull pupils.
"Ah!"
The troll covered one eye, painfully retreating two steps, casually slapping and sending up a shower of debris, forcing Levi to retreat repeatedly and raise his shield to block.
Good heavens!
That strike let him see the troll's health bar clearly.
[53/60]
This troll not only had a health limit of 60 points but also had two armor points due to its thick skin attribute!
Combined, it was even tankier than the wight!
"Bug, I'll kill you!"
The troll roared angrily, slapping over and directly knocking away the campfire, smashing toward Levi.
Narrowly avoiding it, he crouched and charged forward with another sword strike. The troll reacted, throwing a punch at his waist. Seeing no room to maneuver, Levi had to raise his shield.
Clang!
The powerful punch was blocked, and the shield made sounds of being unable to bear the load.
Looking again, the shield in his off-hand had a cooldown bar.
This strike was terrifyingly powerful, directly breaking his shield, making defense impossible for a short time.
Realizing that head-on confrontation was disadvantageous, the shield-broken Levi paid the price of tanking one attack to run outside the cave.
[-3]
This was much more powerful than a warg's bite.
He ran out of the cave, pulled out cobblestone, turned around and blocked the cave entrance, his arms almost creating afterimages.
"Damn it!"
The thick-skinned troll pounded the cobblestone. Under the impact of its massive strength, the cobblestone gradually showed cracks... it obviously wouldn't last long.
Levi pulled out the bow from his backpack, charged up, and shot through a hole he'd deliberately left.
Whoosh...
"Ah!"
A scream came, and he knew this arrow had worked. This arrow precisely shot into the troll's neck, dealing 8 points of damage.
Realizing its life was in danger, the troll couldn't be bothered with smashing the wall and used one hand to protect its head and eyes.
However, from the moment Levi used cobblestone to seal the troll in the cave, death was already its destined fate.
"Have you heard the legend of the despicable block man?"
The troll endured seven or eight arrows in the cave before crashing to the ground.
Until its death, it never managed to break through that suddenly appearing stone wall.
"Whether you've heard it before doesn't matter... now you've experienced it."
After confirming the troll's health was completely depleted and it was motionless, Levi slowly approached the cave entrance.
You wouldn't know without looking, but seeing it was shocking.
Good heavens, one meter of cobblestone thickness, and it had almost managed to break through. This troll was suspiciously strong.
Next time, block with two layers.
The troll didn't have any special drops. The greatest value of this corpse was that its bones could be used as fertilizer.
As for the meat... Levi's acceptance threshold was warg meat, though warg meat was actually quite unpalatable too.
After searching briefly, he found this troll was truly destitute... it had nothing.
However...
"Did it just say this was its home?"
The troll's home.
Levi immediately became interested. This was exactly what he'd come for... troll treasure.
Earlier, thinking this was just an ordinary cave, he hadn't explored inside. Now knowing it was where the troll lived, he immediately grabbed a torch and felt his way inside bit by bit.
However, after walking just a short distance, Levi couldn't help but frown.
The cave was full of withered bones, filth, and some literally dirty things.
Terrible hygiene.
Just as he was about to turn around and leave, the firelight suddenly flickered, jumping to the deepest corner.
There, something caught the firelight, glinting and sparkling as the torch moved.
[Chapter Complete]
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