"Not bad, not bad, decisive enough! Go ahead and hand it over to the Deepwater Flood Dragon. I look forward to hearing good news from you."
The old woman's eyes grew more profound.
Decisiveness is a valuable quality, but she wondered if this young man was acting with a clear understanding of the impossible, or was he playing it safe, gathering strength and waiting for the right moment.
She didn't need the former, as the Sword of Light was already under immense pressure from the Solari Empire.
If someone else tried to do something they knew was impossible, they would likely die without knowing how.
They needed someone who played it safe, gathered strength, and waited for the right moment, favored by fate.
After the old woman left, Enzo took down the badge on the wall, and then the corresponding task prompt appeared on his retina...
You accept the quest "Deepwater Dragon in the Deepwater Cave"
[Mission Description: Please go to the Deepwater Cave within the agreed time and deliver the "Light and Sword" badge to the Deepwater Dragon]
"Task duration: within the agreed time"
"Mission Reward: Unknown"
After reading the quest description, Enzo's eyes flickered.
According to the "fate hint," his task wasn't to risk his life in the "Deep Water Cave," but rather to simply sit back and let things take their course, waiting for three days to pass before the quest would naturally be completed.
Thinking this, Enzo emerged from the old woman's NPC cabin, closed the quest panel, and continued exploring Ravenwood. "Deep Water Cave?" Whoever wants to go can go...
Wandering around, Enzo came to a relatively tall single-family building.
"Father, you must be crazy!"
A clear and bright female voice came from the single-family building.
"Anyone who has been to Frostfall City knows what the Black Bear Guild is! How dare you cooperate with them?"
"As soon as they arrived, they bought up the black water grass wantonly. What's the use of that thing? You, the old mayor, know better than I do!"
"Are you going to drag the entire Ravenwood into this?"
"Father, what do you want to do?"
After the female voice finished speaking, a strong male voice was heard.
"What do you know, little girl? Ravenwood's finances are tight. If we don't collect enough 'tax revenue' this month, the higher-ups will blame us, and we'll both have to feed the snake birds. Do you want to watch your body get pecked off piece by piece?"
"Besides, didn't I tell you not to go back to Ravenwood?"
"Right now, get back to Frostfall City! We don't need you here!"
Ping pong!
The sound of something being smashed.
"Father, you will definitely regret this! You are colluding with the Black Bear Vanguard and courting disaster."
An angry scolding voice came from the detached house. The next second, a Western-looking woman with freckles, about 163 cm tall, walked out of the house. She walked up to Enzo with an angry face, pushed Enzo aside, and walked away.
"My friend, I'm sorry to have embarrassed you. The Black Bear Vanguard was formed by players like you. They're not only powerful, but also extremely far-sighted. Working with them won't harm the interests of Little Ravenwood. Don't worry about that."
[The cunning of fate strikes you at this moment. You can't believe that the seemingly amiable mayor of Ravenwood knew about the dark transformation of the deep-water dragon worm long ago.]
[Destiny gives you a hint]
[Fate Hint 1: Trying to get the skin of a tiger.
Test your intelligence and ability.
With three lives at your disposal, who else but me can conquer this vast "infinity"? Talk to the old mayor and praise the Black Bear Vanguard to gain the opportunity to join.
This will lead to a great opportunity later on.]
[Fate Hint 2: Kangqiang Land's rebuttal to the old mayor: the Black Bear Vanguard is nothing special.]
After reading the prompts on his retina, Enzo said with great approval.
"Mayor, you're right. The Black Bear Vanguard has good people. I've heard nothing but praise for them all along the way."
"I don't know if I'll have the chance to join the Black Bear Vanguard and contribute to its growth."
The mayor looked Enzo up and down, and seeing that he didn't seem to be lying, he narrowed his eyes and smiled.
"My friend, I don't know what your random talent is. Would you mind telling me? I have a cooperative relationship with the Black Bear Vanguard. If you have a good talent, I might be able to introduce you to someone."
A smile flashed across Enzo's eyes, and he immediately put on a very honest and bitter look.
"Mayor, don't worry about your laughter, but this talent of mine is pretty rubbish. It just permanently increases attack damage by 15 points, health and magicka by 60 points at a time, without any other superfluous effects. Sigh... it's only useful in the early stages."
The mayor showed a look of understanding, a hint of pity and disdain in his eyes. This kind of talent is only useful in the first few days of life. With a little development time, this talent will become increasingly useless over time.
After all, others have a percentage increase, while you have a fixed value increase, and the increase is so small. It is obvious who is stronger by multiplying, adding and subtracting.
However, with 15 points of extra attack and 60 points of extra life and magic, the Black Bear Vanguard must be in need of such a beast of burden.
After all, this kind of thing is just a piece of cake for him.
Thinking of this, the mayor smiled meaningfully and said, "Young man, your talent will be very useful in the early stages.
If you really want to join the Black Bear Vanguard, I can introduce you."
Enzo was stunned at first, then acted very surprised. "Really? Thank you so much, Mayor. My respect for you is like a surging river, endless~"
The mayor laughed heartily upon hearing this.
While this guy might not be very talented, he was quite skilled at flattery.
He figured the Black Bear Vanguard would need this "expert."
Thinking this, the mayor didn't hesitate.
He summoned his guards and took Enzo to the Black Bear Vanguard's branch headquarters in Little Ravenwood.
"Black Bear Tyrant, this is the member the mayor sent to you. He has quite a bit of talent. He permanently increases his attack by 15 points and his health and magic by 60 points."
The guards brought Enzo to Black Bear Tyrant and briefly briefed him on his situation.
Seeing Enzo, who was clearly a member of the new generation, Black Bear Tyrant swallowed back the words, "Go back to where you came from! The Black Bear Vanguard doesn't want trash."
He stood up, walked over to Enzo, and patted him on the shoulder. "Kid, what's your name? Since you're someone the mayor has chosen, our Black Bear Vanguard is happy to accept a talented and ambitious person like you."
Facing the enthusiastic Black Bear Tyrant, Enzo acted very shy and said, "To reply to Brother Tyrant, I am Enzo, an Englishman, hehe~"
Black Bear Tyrant's eyes curved into crescents. He loved hearing people call him Brother Tyrant. "Okay, okay, Xiao Heng, from now on, you are a member of our Black Bear Vanguard."
The Black Bear Vanguard's Little Ravenwood branch has sent you a membership request. Do you approve it?
[Initiator "Black Bear Tyrant"]
Enzo didn't even think twice and confirmed "pass".
When Black Bear Tyrant saw the invitation on the panel was approved, he became more and more satisfied with Enzo.
Who wouldn't love such a disposable beast of burden? On the one hand, it can speed up the progress of one's own task, and on the other hand, it can give face to the old mayor. Why not do it?
"Enzo, Brother Tyrant has a difficult task for you. Do you want to do it?" Black Bear Tyrant looked at Enzo with a smile.
Enzo agreed without thinking.
"Brother Tyrant, if you give me any orders, I will do my best."
"Well, well, well, you're worthy of being the talent recommended by the mayor himself."
Black Bear Tyrant patted Enzo on the shoulder again and gave him a task.
The Vice President of the Black Bear Vanguard, Black Bear Tyrant, has challenged you to the quest "Gathering the Scorching Flame."
[Task Description: Collect 1000 Blazing Flames]
"Task duration: 2 days"
[Quest Reward: Flame Gloves (Skill) (Prerequisite); 1000 Copper Coins]
After the mission was released, Black Bear Tyrant took out the "Flame Gloves" skill book and stuffed it into Enzo's hands.
"Enzo, you must complete this task within two days."
"Don't underestimate the quest reward; these flame gloves are a rare and invaluable skill."
Enzo looked at the flaming gloves in his hand, and a message appeared on his retina.
Flame Gloves
Quality: Simple (Simple, General, Complex, Obscure, Mysterious, Mysterious, Heavenly Book, Wordless)
Consume 3 points of magic power to cover your hands with a layer of flame substance, which can offset less than 10 points of fire damage.
Lasts for 10 seconds, and consumes 1/s after 10 seconds.
Cooldown: 20 seconds
Learning conditions: None
This is a skill that can be considered to have a cooldown but can also be considered to have no cooldown. As long as the magic value is sufficient, it can basically be activated permanently.
After putting away his skills, Enzo stood up and left.
According to the coordinates given by Black Bear Tyrant, Blazing Fire is three kilometers north of Ravenwood. The monsters there are all level one or two, and there is no danger to life.
Half an hour later, Enzo arrived at his destination.
"You discovered a special area: Scorching Fountain"
Experience +1
Obviously, in this vast world, discovering new maps gives experience. Although it's small, it's still meat.
Enzo looked at the entire "Scorching Fountain." It was called a fountain, but in fact it was a pond filled with magma. Just by getting close to it, he could feel a scorching breath sweeping over him.
"You are damaged by the scorching breath"
Health -1
Enzo took a deep breath. It turned out that the mission of the Black Bear Vanguard was not so easy to accept. If he collected these 1,000 Blazing Flames, he would probably lose one or two chances of resurrection.
The three free resurrection opportunities obtained by logging into the Boundless Endless World are so precious that Enzo would never waste such a resurrection opportunity on the Black Bear Vanguard.
Walking into the scorching flame fountain, Enzo prepared to see how to collect the scorching fire.
But just as he approached the nearest fiery fountain, the magma inside suddenly became active, bubbles kept coming out from the bottom, and then exploded in all directions with a "puff puff" sound.
Enzo subconsciously took a few steps back to avoid being hurt by the substance from the bursting bubble. At the same time, he saw something floating out after the bubble broke.
Those were red flames that looked like flower buds.
Scorching Fire
Magic: 7-7
Quality: Poor
It can be used to forge some special products, but it seems to have some unknown uses.
"You are a newcomer and know nothing about many things in the vast and endless world. Even if you have good theoretical knowledge, it is limited to some well-known things."
"Destiny gives you a hint"
"Destiny Hint 1: As the key substance for smelting black water grass, using it can smelt black water grass into black water pus glue at an extremely fast speed."
"Destiny Hint 2: No one knows that the Scorching Flame has an even more terrifying use."
"When used with the Flame Gloves, it can slowly absorb the Scorching Flame, continuously evolving the Flame Gloves until it evolves into the general skill 'Burning Fury.'"
"However, for some reason, few people know this."
Enzo's eyes fixed, and then the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise.
"I never thought that this seemingly ordinary flame could have such a powerful effect."
Everyone living in this area knows that Scorching Fire is restrained by the Flame Gloves and can be collected using them, but who would have thought that this resource is the key to upgrading the Flame Gloves? Why is this so unknown?
Enzo couldn't figure out what was going on, so he simply stretched out his hand and used his skill "Flame Gloves."
The next second, his right hand was covered with a layer of light burning flames.
This layer of flame is very strange. You can feel its hot breath from the outside, but when you touch the skin of your right hand, you can't feel any temperature at all.
Looking at the scorching fire coming over, Enzo stretched out his hand without hesitation and used the flame gloves to grab the scorching fire in his hand.
However, several minutes later, Enzo's grasp of the scorching flame did not trigger any effects such as fusion, swallowing, and absorption.
"Is there something wrong with my technique?"
Enzo tried to control the flame gloves to squeeze the scorching fire, and soon he keenly noticed that as the flame gloves continued to exert force, the size of the scorching fire was obviously much smaller.
There's hope!
Enzo was delighted and quickened his pace.
A minute later, the scorching fire in his hand was successfully absorbed.
"You absorbed the scorching flames, and the flame gloves changed. They evolved on their own."
You get "Flame Gloves" (Simple+)
Flame Gloves
Quality: Simple+
Consume 3 points of magic power to cover your hands with a layer of flame substance, which can offset less than 15 points of fire damage.
Lasts for 10 seconds, and consumes 1/2 second after 10 seconds.
Cooldown: 20 seconds
Learning conditions: None
The flame gloves that evolve to Simple+ now consume less mana over time.
Enzo looked at his own magic power. After harvesting the grass, his total magic power was 60 points.
Casting the Flame Gloves for one minute consumes a total of 53 magic points.
In other words, without the means to recover his magic power, it would be difficult for him to harvest a large amount of scorching fire in a short period of time.
"Or should I buy consumables myself?"
Enzo looked at the initial capital of 100 copper coins in his fund column and fell silent.
Every player who logs into the endless world will have 100 copper coins and three resurrection opportunities.
If you use this money to buy potions at your birthplace, you can only buy a maximum of 2 blood bottles or blue bottles. The rest you have to earn or buy yourself.
A small blue bottle can restore 100 magic points, 30 of which are restored instantly and the remaining 70 are restored slowly over time.
If Enzo used all his money to buy blue bottles, not to mention how long two bottles could last, the recovery limit alone would definitely overflow. The magic power would not exceed 100 points, and anyone who used it would feel sad.
After some thought, Enzo decided to take advantage of the Black Bear Vanguard.
Anyway, judging from the current situation, he should be standing against the Black Bear Vanguard.
So, if you don't take advantage of this opportunity and pay for it yourself, wouldn't you be a fool?
Your diligent study and years of hard work have paid off at this moment, and you've decided to take a gamble on your resources. As the saying goes, the timid die of starvation, and the bold die of excess.
"Destiny gives you a hint"
"Destiny Hint 1: Return to the Black Bear Vanguard, find the irritated Black Bear Tyrant, and use your language charm to obtain a certain amount of 'Small Mana Recovery Potion', an early-game resource far weaker than a Mana Bottle."
"Fate Hint 2: Thanks to the loss of the 'Guild Heart' and the guild's authority, your opportunity has arrived."
"Tonight at 2:00 AM, the Black Bear Vanguard will be attacked by a mysterious force."
"You, the greedy one, will have half an hour."
"Even with a mere 1.2 m/s movement speed, how much resources you can plunder depends entirely on your own ability."