The sky wasn't dark, but from the moment I stepped out of the East Gate, everything around me seemed to grow dim. The originally lush green trees and grass turned a deep black, and chilling whimpers echoed on the cold wind, making the scene feel like a desolate wilderness from a horror movie.
Shuddering, I advanced with my sword. The eastern part of Silvermoon City was actually blocked by mountains, with a single pass cutting through them, leading to Silvermoon Valley. The forest within that valley was Silverpine Forest. According to the official moons constant introduction, Silvermoon Forest was full of dangers, a dense convergence point for various magical beasts and undead.
"Beep~"
Murong Shanshan connected to my communicator: "Lin Fan, how is it? How many quests did you get?"
"3 quests. I didn't want to take on more; I wouldn't have time to do them anyway. What about you?"
Murong Shanshan chuckled: "I also got three quests, all yellow-ranked. I should be able to handle them alone."
"I'm not so lucky. All three of my quests are red, dark red even~"
"Haha, well, good luck then. I'm off to do my quests. You be careful~"
I hung up, feeling a small warmth in my heart. Murong Shanshan, that girl, actually knew how to care for people now.
Silvermoon Valley was filled with Level 40 undead skeletons. At my current Level 38, I could instantly kill them with two sword strikes, making the combat as satisfying as slicing melons and dicing vegetables. My defense was also ridiculously high; facing attacks from several skeletons simultaneously posed no danger at all. The potions dropped by the skeletons were sufficient to sustain this continuous slaughter, and the experience wasn't bad. However, it was a pity that my current Level 38 seemed to be a bottleneck; after nearly two hours of killing, the experience bar had only increased by a pathetic 2%.
Undead Ribs, however, dropped quite a lot. I collected nearly 20 in two hours, and three pieces of Level 30 green equipment dropped. But most players are still around Level 26, so it will probably take about 3 days for them to reach Level 30 and teleport to Silvermoon City. This means I can freely kill monsters and level up for these 3 days, storing all the equipment I get. In three days, I'll make a small fortune, bringing me closer to my goal of buying a house. The only question is, who should be the mistress of that house?
Lu Xuehan is the first choice, beautiful and gentle. As for Xin Yu, to be honest, it's not that I don't like her. Xin Yu's charm is incomparable to Lu Xuehan's, and she even seems to have a bit of a thing for me. As a man, who doesn't like a sexy and charming woman? It's an open secret~.
Among the ladies in our studio, besides Lu Xuehan and Xin Yu, only Xu Lin catches my eye. However, it's a pity that such a fierce and strong woman isn't someone an ordinary man can control. Moreover, Xu Lin herself is extremely outstanding; I've personally seen at least six wealthy young masters pursue her, but she rejected them all. For a woman like that, I feel I'm a bit unworthy. As for Murong Shanshan, forget it; I wouldn't even dare to think about a girl like a delicate white flower... After clearing the monsters in Silvermoon Valley three times, I had collected nearly 80 Undead Ribs. Further inside was the legendary and extremely dangerous Silverpine Forest. I wondered what kind of monsters awaited me there.
"Whoosh~"
The leaves shook violently. When I looked up, I saw a giant red spider, a Black Widow, Level 42, and not an ordinary monster, but a rare type.
I swung my sword, directly initiating a Combo.
The spider opened its terrifying mouth and spat a mouthful of green venom onto me. The system immediately notified me that I was poisoned, lasting one minute, losing 30 health every three seconds. I could still bear it; it was only 600 health in a minute. With my current 2850 health, there was no danger. More importantly, my full set of equipment added 215 Strength, and my health regeneration speed was already somewhat exaggerated. When fighting low-attack monsters, I didn't even need to heal.
This rare spider didn't have much health, only about 5000. My normal attacks could deal 800 damage to it, and a Combo directly knocked off 1500 of its health. Heavy Strike and Ice Seal Slash also dealt over 1000 damage each, so killing this spider took less than half a minute. The higher the Agility, the higher the attack speed and frequency. The reason a Thief's damage output is so high is because of high Agility. Many players who trained Agility Swordsmen uploaded PK videos to the forums that made everyone envious; the agile tactics of full-Agility Swordsmen even made Thieves drool.
The spider died, and the equipment it dropped surprised me; the very first spider dropped a high-level green equipment.
[Rippling Dagger] (Dagger, green equipment)
Attack: 54-108
Stamina: +16
Strength: +14
Agility: +18
Required Level: 31
...Preliminary assessment: in two more days, the price of this dagger could be driven up to over 10,000 RMB, and those Level 30 green non-weapon equipment could sell for over 2000. After entering the main city, many experts will definitely be recruiting and buying to contend for the alluring world of moons constant. At that time, the demand for equipment will greatly increase, and it will be time for professional players like me to make a fortune. The only question is, who should be the mistress of that house?
After gathering the equipment dropped by the spider, I continued forward. Silverpine Forest wasn't very large. After only a few steps, I smelled a pungent scent of blood. Looking closely, I saw a fiery red wild wolf dart out from behind a tree. It was a monster named Flame Dire Wolf, and it didn't look like something to be trifled with.
Drawing my sword, I met it. The Flame Dire Wolf also raised its thick claws and swiped down. I immediately followed with an Ice Seal Slash, but my shoulder stung with a burning pain. Damn it, what kind of monster is this? It's only Level 42, yet one swipe dealt over 200 damage to me, and its attack frequency was quite high. It even unleashed a second claw attack as my Ice Seal Slash landed. Fortunately, Ice Seal Slash had a 5-second freezing effect on monsters, and the Flame Dire Wolf's health wasn't high. After a series of skills, it lost more than half its health, but my skills were temporarily on cooldown, so I could only rely on normal attacks. On average, for every one of my attacks, the Flame Dire Wolf attacked twice, dealing nearly 500 damage in two hits. I was forced to use health potions.
A minute later, the Flame Dire Wolf whimpered and fell, and I had already used two medium red potions.
Unlike the rare spider, the Flame Dire Wolf didn't drop equipment, but it gave a little more experience and dropped a fiery red Flame Wolf Pelt. However, the cost was too high; it took two medium red potions to take down one wolf. Luckily, I brought plenty of potions, a full 5 stacks, 150 bottles, which should last about half a day.
After walking a few more steps, I suddenly saw a system notification: The Flame Dire Wolf gradually concealed itself.
A fiery red dire wolf gradually disappeared into the night in front of me. Damn it, no wonder this thing could suddenly appear out of nowhere; it turns out it also had the Thief's Stealth skill, just like me...