TSA Chapter 4

There was no teleportation array in the Novice Village, so Ran Qi and Feng Tian needed to go through two maps before reaching Theron City. The map of the holographic game was huge. If there were no accelerated buff state, with the speed of the priest, it would take a while for them to walk.

Although occasional active monsters were wandering around the map, with the [Recovery] skill that could automatically restore HP and mana, those that could be fought would be fought, and those that could not be fought could run away. Their journey went quite smoothly.

After being upgraded to level 10, Ran Qi’s life skills had also been unlocked. Because of his level, he could only make equipment of the same level as himself for the time being, but Ran Qi was already delighted.

However, when he saw the herbs and ores everywhere, he habitually wanted to run and collect them, but he tried to suppress them. After all, Feng Tian was still around, and he couldn’t explain why he had learned life skills before he had even been to Theron City.

He could only comfort himself in his heart that when he arrived at Theron City, he would no longer have to hide his life skills.

Soon, the towering walls of Theron City came into view, instantly refreshing both of them. While happily increasing their pace, four individuals who appeared out of nowhere abruptly surrounded them.

Two archers, a mage, and an assassin, were basically all high-attack professions around level 10.

Their IDs were all red. They had turned on the PK mode. There was a bloody knife mark next to the IDs of these people, indicating that they had killed several people.

“Hand over all the money and D-rank or higher equipment you have on you, or you’ll be dead.” The assassin in the lead said in a cold voice.

“Are you guys crazy? Do you guys dare to go red at the beginning of the game? Not going to upgrade?” Feng Tian felt very incredible. They must know that the red name couldn’t enter the city, otherwise it would be killed by the guards. The early stage of the game was the key moment of upgrading. Being unable to enter the city had a significant impact on the player.

“What nonsense? If you don’t want to die, hurry up and hand over the items!” All four raised their weapons and took up an attack stance.

Ran Qi could sort of see the purpose of these few people. This was the northern gate of Theron City, a necessary route from the Priest’s Novice Village to the main city. These people were deliberately squatting here, staring at those lone priests who had just come out of the Novice Village.

Generally, players would leave the Novice Village after completing all the quests in the village, which meant that they had at least two silver coins on them, plus the gold treasure chest given by the upgrade, which was also able to open quite a lot of good things. Aren’t the priests with low HP and no attack power the best fat sheep for those who have no good hearts?

Most of these people were long-range high-attack professions. When the outnumbered enemy, the priest who was targeted could not resist at all. In order not to be killed, they could only hold back and hand over their items.

But was Rang Qi such a cowardly person? He was the Chosen One! The magic scrolls in his backpack weren’t vegetarian!

“Fight?” Feng Tian quickly switched to the team channel and talked to Ran Qi, “My attack power is not low after I put on the ring. With your new skill and acceleration buff, I don’t think we’ll necessarily lose the fight.”

“Fight!” Ran Qi replied in seconds.

Without saying a word, Feng Tian rushed out, raised his staff, aimed it at one mage, and slammed it down. Although it was a priest, the basic attack could not be divided into magic or physical. The ring that Feng Tian just got had strength and basic attack bonuses. The mage had a low HP, and when hit by the staff, half of the mage’s HP was suddenly gone.

“Be careful! This priest has a very high attack power!” The mage reacted and immediately turned to flee, shouting vigorously, “Kill him quickly!”

Unfortunately, the mage was as short-legged as a priest, while Feng Tian and Ran Qi had a 20% acceleration buff. So, where could that mage outrun them? The mage was caught by the two, with two staves hammered down, killing the mage directly.

The remaining three people were all furious at this time. They never thought that these two priests would have the courage to make a move against them. The priest named Feng Tian not only had a high attack power but also moved very fast. Before they could react, their companion was already dead.

However, after the three of them came to their senses, they immediately launched an attack on the more aggressive Feng Tian, who could dodge the mage’s magic bullets and the archer’s arrows, but could not dodge the assassin’s piercing. His HP slid down like water. Fortunately, he was prepared and opened a bottle of Red Potion to drink it in one go. Ran Qi also immediately followed with his healing and recovery skills, instantly replenishing his HP.

“Kill the mage first!” Feng Tian shouted in the team channel.

“Okay!” Ran Qi responded.

No one could have imagined that Feng Tian would actually choose to resist the assassin’s attack and attack the mage instead.

Where could a low HP mage withstand the attack of two people? Soon followed in his companion’s footsteps.

Right now, the team of four is gone in the blink of an eye. Seeing this, the assassin and the archer immediately wanted to escape. Both professions had agility and strength bonuses. Their movement speed was very fast, even if the two priests had acceleration buff, they wouldn’t necessarily be able to catch up.

“Want to run?” Ran Qi sneered and used a magic scroll on them.

[Magic Scroll – Freezing]

Grade: A

Description: A scroll that seals a powerful spell. After using it, you can release the skill [Frozen], which makes the specified target immobile for a certain period.

A layer of frost immediately condensed on the surface of the assassin’s and archer’s bodies. They only felt as if their hands and feet were filled with lead, so heavy that they completely could not move.

What the fuck is going on?!

Both of them were panicked.

At this time, Feng Tian and Ran Qi stepped forward and, under their frightened gaze, sent them to reunite with their companions without mercy.

These people probably never dreamed that they would fall into the hands of the two priests. In their opinion, four high-attack professions against two wet nurses with little attack power were like four tigers surrounding two rabbits.

But who knew that rabbits actually bite when they were anxious and that rabbits had special items like a magic scroll in their hands?

Now they met with unexpected failure, and their intestine turned green in regret.

The punishment of the <Magic Realm> for red players was severe. Ordinary players would only lose equipment durability when they died, but red players would drop equipment and items. So, after several people’s bodies disappeared, several pieces of equipment and items immediately appeared on the ground.

Feng Tian didn’t bother to pick up things, and directly said to Ran Qi in heartache, “Oh my god! The magic scroll! That’s a grade-A item ah! Why are you wasting it on these little punies ah?!”

“Eliminate harm for people,” Ran Qi replied with a smile. Those few red players would be directly teleported to the prison after being resurrected. They would stay there for enough time to eliminate all the sin values before they could regain their freedom, thus avoiding more new players from being robbed, which was quite in line with his statement of ‘eliminating harm for people.

Feng Tian choked for a moment, and then asked curiously again, “Then, where did you get this magic scroll ah?”

“Actually, when I opened the chest just now, in addition to the skill book, I also got the magic scroll. I was afraid of slapping you in the face, so I didn’t say it.” Ran Qi had to use the treasure chest as an excuse.

Feng Tian burst into tears. “Forget I asked…”

Obviously, they are playing the same game. Why is there such a big difference between them?

Ran Qi touched the tip of his nose, embarrassedly. In fact, the magic scroll he took out was already the lowest grade in his backpack. He also had a lot of S-grade large-range magic attack scrolls, but there was no need to let Feng Tian know.

They picked up the equipment, and items dropped by those players. They found that there were two pieces of C-grade and one B-grade equipment, and C-grade material wolf king’s skin. The wolf king was a mini-boss only found in the Priest’s Novice Village. At a glance, it was clear that they didn’t get these things on their own. They didn’t know how many people those guys had robbed.

“Divide the spoils, divide the spoils! See which one do you want?” Feng Tian showed all the things he picked up to Ran Qi.

“I want the wolf skin.” Ran Qi said without hesitation. This was a good material for a magic robe.

Since the magic scroll that had been of great use was Ran Qi’s, Feng Tian insisted on giving him that B-grade equipment as well.

After they entered the city, they went straight to the Trading Market and put up all the equipment they didn’t need to sell. Although the Trading Market would take a 5% handling fee, but it was much more convenient than setting up a stall to sell it themselves.

It was early in the game, equipment was in short supply. As long as the attributes of green outfits were good, some people would rush to buy them. They just put something up, and it sold in a blink of an eye. They made dozens of silver coins at once and were overjoyed.

“Haha, I have money! I’m going to a restaurant and have a big meal! Brother, wanna come along?” Feng Tian was worthy of being a foodie. The first thing that came to mind after having money was to eat.

“Okay. I’ll check it out too.” Ran Qi didn’t want to eat, but wanted to see the market.

In the previous life of <Magic Realm>, the restaurant was a place with no sense of existence, selling some of the simplest foods to restore HP and stamina. The price wasn’t cheap to be cost-effective. Moreover, after players learned the cooking skill, they could completely make their own food with more varieties and increased attributes, so no one would patronize it at all.

However, after switching to the holographic game, the status of the restaurant became completely different. Not only had it moved from the corner to the most central location of the Central Avenue, the store had also expanded several times. The store was crowded, and it seemed that business was very good.

They reached the restaurant door and were halted by NPCs in waiter uniforms. One of them, with a smile, said, “Apologies, Mr. Hero. The place is packed. Take a number tag from me, go around, and return when it’s your turn.”

It was a very humane operation. After they got the number tag, they automatically entered the queuing system. Ran Qi took a look, and found that they were actually in the 6,000th place ah? There was a steady stream of people coming up behind them to get their number tag…

Ran Qi sweated silently in his heat. He really underestimated the enthusiasm of interstellar people for food.

“Can I take a look at the menu?” Ran Qi asked the waiter NPC.

“Of course. It’s on the wall at the door.”

A large chalkboard hung in front of the store with only seven choices on it—— Smoked pork sandwich, pastrami sandwich, smoked chicken sandwich, pan-seared steak, pan-seared pork chop, pan-seared chicken chop, fruit salad.

Ran Qi: “…”

Can it be a little more perfunctory? How dare you sell this crap for 5 silver coins a serving?! It’s a black store!

However, the interstellar people who had not tasted the Blue Star food were very excited. Even Feng Tian looked in the direction of the store with a yearning expression. “There are so many delicious foods ah! I really want to eat them all”

Ok–okay…

“Sandwich is available for takeout, but the rest of the food needs to be eaten in the store.” The waiter added with a smile.

“Get me one of all three flavors of sandwiches!” Feng Tian said magnanimously.

“Okay. Please wait.”

After a while, the waiter brought a paper bag with three flavors of sandwiches inside.

“Do you still need to keep your number?”

“Of course! I still have a few things to eat!”

Ran Qi: “…”

“I’d like to go over to the life skills area for a bit. Are you going to wait here or are you going to come with me?” Ran Qi looked at Feng Tian.

Even the simple food sold in the store was a crowd-pleaser, so he must be able to sell even higher prices for food he made himself, right? Ran Qi seemed to see a road to get rich before him, and immediately eager to try.

“I’m not interested in life skills, so I’ll just walk around the neighborhood.” Life skills were too cumbersome to learn. Feng Tian still preferred to buy ready-made ones.

“Okay. I’ll see you later.”

So, Ran Qi went to the life skills area in the east of the city by himself.

Along the way, Ran Qi met a lot of players who came to learn life skills. If he wanted to learn the skill, he first underwent the test of the skill masters. To complete a series of tedious pre-quests, and finally made the items according to the way taught by the skill masters. Only after being recognized by the skill masters could he learn the skill.

After that, players could purchase some simple basic blueprints and recipes from the skill masters. They could only make D-grade and C-grade items. Those more advanced blueprints and recipes could only be obtained by fighting monsters and rewards from the dungeons.

However, those players who had participated in the beta testing were well aware of the benefits of life skills. As long as they overcame difficulties and practiced their life skills, they could earn back tenfold and a hundredfold after investing!