Suddenly, Ran Qi materialized in the crowded novice village of the priest. The flashing white lights never stopped, and more people kept appearing through the teleportation. The technology of the interstellar age has advanced to the point where billions of people can log in to the game simultaneously. In a previous life, countless servers would have been destroyed, and even that wouldn’t have been sufficient.
[System] Insufficient level. The equipment cannot be worn. It has been put into the backpack.
A system promptly sounded in his ears. Ran Qi was stunned for a moment, only to find that the binding orange outfit on his body had been taken off and replaced with a simple new magic robe and a new grey magic staff.
He couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief. If he really appeared in a bunch of novices wearing such a conspicuous outfit. He was afraid that his identity as a system bug would have been exposed.
However, because of his special hair color, there were still people who cast curious glances at him from time to time.
Ran Qi hurriedly found a corner and checked his character’s information.
[Character Information]
Nickname: Bai Ran
Profession: Priest
Level: 1
Experience: 0/100
HP: 100/100
Mana: 100/100
Stamina: 100/100
Basic Attack Power: 10 (+15)
Base Defense: 10 (+0)
Attributes: Strength 1 (+0), Intelligence 1 (+0), Agility 1 (+0), Constitution 1 (+1)
Hidden Attribute: Super Lucky Star
*The values in parentheses are the attribute bonus of the equipment; Players need to consume stamina to move, fight, and use life skills. When the stamina is 0, the player will lose the ability to act and can be recovered by meditating in place, taking a break offline, or using recovery foods and potions. The base attack and base defense are fixed attributes of the equipment, regardless of whether it’s magical or physical; Strength = Physical Attack; Intelligence = Magical Attack/Healing; Agility = Movement Speed and Hit Rate; Constitution = Health and Defense; For every one level of level enhancement, the HP, mana and stamina will be increased by 10 each.
Indeed, it was his account. However, all the attributes had been reset. As Ran Qi observed the basic attribute, which only had a value of ‘1’, he couldn’t help but feel a twitch in his mouth. He recalled his eldest brother mentioning that the characters’ status in this game would reflect the player’s real-life situation. People like his eldest brother, who possessed A+ physical and mental abilities, typically started with attributes in the double digits.
This hidden attribute… He recalled that <Magic Realm> used to have a recharge lottery. It offered fashion items and lucky gift packages as prizes. The gift packages contained lucky star items that could enhance his luck. He spent a large sum of money to increase the chances of obtaining the best equipment by clearing the dungeon. After drawing numerous lucky stars, he applied around seventy or eighty of them to himself. As a result, he unintentionally unlocked the hidden attributes of the Super Lucky Stars.
Since then, his luck had been good. He didn’t expect that even this hidden attribute would follow.
Then he opened the system backpack and found that, in addition to that Moonlight Set, there were also a lot of miscellaneous high-grade materials, all of which he kept himself for backup.
Handmade equipment in <Magic Realm> with life skills had better attributes than equipment dropped by monsters. The maker’s name was written on the best handmade equipment.
After that, many customers waved their banknotes to ask for his help in making various equipment, making him earn a lot of money. He ranked first on the wealth list for more than half a year, and even though he kept selling his game coins for money, he never fell off the list.
Fortunately, there was no level limit to the expansion package, otherwise if the system forced him to take off the expansion package as well, then he would only have ten slots that came with his novice backpack. He wouldn’t be able to stuff his full set of equipment and his pile of high-grade materials. Forget about those materials. If he lost the Moonlight Set, he would be heartbroken!
This expansion package was also his handmade orange equipment. A level 10 expansion with a total of 100 slots and each slot could be stacked with 99 of the same items. It was very useful.
Next, Ran Qi examined his skill panel and noticed that his skill tree had followed suit. The skill levels were initialized, and only the basic ‘Healing’ skill could be utilized. Because of a low level, all other skills were disabled and unavailable.
But this was great news for Ran Qi! It was important to know that the game skills of <Magic Realm> were notoriously difficult to obtain. It could only be learned by defeating the elite monsters in the field or the skill books dropped by the dungeon bosses. Even if you did defeat it, it would not necessarily be used for this profession.
Now that the skill tree had followed, he didn’t need to worry about the skill book anymore. Although there was only one ‘Healing’ skill that could be used now, at least he could heal his health without worrying about dying.
[Healing Skill]
Skill Level: 1
Mana Consumption: 10
Skill Description: Casting for 2 seconds, cooldown for 1 second. It can restore the specified player’s health by ‘Auxiliary Attack Power +10% (Healing Bonus)’. As the skill level increases, the healing bonus increases.
Ran Qi tidied up his backpack and couldn’t help but think, maybe he should check out the warehouse NPC. Will the warehouse also follow him? One should know that to improve proficiency in his life skills, he hoarded many various materials. He simply upgraded his warehouse to the maximum level, which could store tens of thousands of items. As a professional life player, his hoarding habits were quite serious. He hoarded quite a few materials and gems in his warehouse, as well as some crafting equipment used to rush skill proficiency, which were all valuable treasures!
Thinking of this, Ran Qi came in the warehouse’s direction.
When Ran Qi opened the warehouse, he felt overwhelmed, as if a giant pie had hit him. His hoarding habits had filled the warehouse to the brim with high-grade materials, medium-to-high-grade handmade equipment, and a lot of high-grade items.
The value of high-grade materials need not be said. Those high-level items were the most valuable, such as potions that could instantly replenish health and mana; enchantment materials that could add extra attributes to equipment, the magic scroll that could seal magic and launch one-time attacks, and then magic stones that were incredibly important to priests.
If the priest had a very important skill called ‘Resurrection’. In <Magic Realm>, there were only two ways to resurrect the player after death. The first was to return to the save resurrection point, and the second was for the priest to use the ‘Resurrection’ skill to revive the person.
If one chose the first way, the durability of the player’s equipment would be drastically reduced, and one would also need to spend quite a bit of time running in case the resurrection point was too far away. It would take a long time. Choosing the second option not only saved time and effort but also the reduced durability of the equipment would be lesser.
However, this <Magic Realm> was a holographic game after all. They had to rest for seven days after dying three times. He wondered, will the priest’s resurrection skill have any special effects?
Looking at his full warehouse, Ran Qi couldn’t help but want to laugh to the heavens. Could it be that he is the legendary Chosen One?!
Ran Qi immediately decided. It would be better to be a priest instead of a mage!
With a full skill tree, all max-level life skills, as well as a warehouse of high-grade materials and precious items, what else does he have to worry about?
So what if you have fewer attack skills? The drop rate of the game skill book is so low, maybe Zhang Shuo’s attack skills are lesser than him!
What about poor base attributes? He can stack up attributes with all kinds of superb equipment. Even if he only uses normal attacks, he can greatly damage the target!
Not to mention that he still has so many magic scrolls. He can smash Zhang Shuo to death with it.
Don’t ask how the school comes. Ask this Lao zi’s wealth!
It was a pity that he had decomposed all the low-grade equipment in his warehouse. What was left was all medium to high-grade equipment above level 40. He couldn’t use it at his current level.
Ran Qi put the S-grade Moonlight Set and those materials that couldn’t be used in the backpack into the warehouse. He only took a few bottles of recovery potions and a few magic scrolls for defense, for the equipment… He could only use the novice equipment given by the system.
The novice equipment gifted by the system was shabby. There were only two pieces in total, and they were both of the most common white quality.
[New Staff]
Restricted Level: 1 or higher
Profession: Priest, Mage
Item Grade: D
Durability: 20/20
Attribute: Base Attack Power +15
*Item Grade S = Legendary(orange), A = Rare(purple), B = Fine(blue), C = Advanced(green), D = Common(white).
[New Robe]
Restricted Level: 1 or higher
Profession: Priest, Mage
Item Grade: D
Durability: 20/20
Attribute: Constitution+1
*D-grade items have only a single attribute, C-grade items have dual attributes, and so on. The higher the equipment’s grade, the more types of attributes it has.
As a priest, his early attributes were not high. He had almost no attack power. If he could have a few more pieces of equipment, he could have more attribute bonuses, and his efficiency to level up would be higher.
At present, there were four ways for him to obtain equipment. The first was to go to the item shop to buy equipment; the second was to fight monsters and get the drop items; the third was to craft it; The fourth was to complete the novice quests and obtain the novice equipment rewarded by the quests.
The first method required spending money. He liked to hoard when he played games and spent all the money on his body to buy those high-grade materials. He could not even take out a copper coin at this moment. Moreover, the equipment in the item shop was basically of low quality and the price was expensive. It was not cost-effective.
The drop rate was not high, and even if the items dropped, it was not necessarily suitable for his profession. The cost-effectiveness was equally low.
The third method was a bit troublesome. Although his life skills were at max level and he had learned all the drawings of weapons and armor, the materials were hard to get. Instead of spending time gathering those low-grade materials, it was better to do the quests honestly. Although the one given was novice equipment, it was still fine to use for a transition.
With Ran Qi finally chose the fourth method, he found a novice guide with a huge question mark on his head and took a quest from him to kill 10 demonized bees.
[System Announcement] Congratulations to the player [Night Owl] for being the first to reach level 10 and obtaining the title [Pioneer], as well as [Physical Exchange Coupon*1].
A system announcement sounded in the ears of all players on the server. At the same time, large golden 3D characters floated before their eyes.
Ran Qi: “…”
He just got into the game two hours late. How does it seem like he misses the entire world?
Someone’s already level 10 so soon? Isn’t that a bit too fast?
In <Magic Realm>, they could only get titles if they had achieved certain achievements. The attributes of different titles could be stacked, which was very helpful for players. Titles like [Pioneer] had the additional attribute of a +10 base attack, which greatly increased attack power and was helpful for leveling.
The [Physical Exchange Coupon] was a dream for players. It could be exchanged for real-life items like robots, flying vehicles, battle mechs, and Blue Star delicacies.
The Redemption Mall in the upper right corner of the game panel was almost like a carrot dangling before a mule, attracting players to keep trying to level up.
Ran Qi was self-aware. Under the government’s vigorous promotion, there would be many powerful experts stationed in <Magic Realm>. These people’s initial attributes were several times higher than his. He was not as good as others in the speed of leveling up, but if compared to his life skills and the speed of earning money, then surely no one could be his opponent.
He opened the friend panel and planned to add Gu Lu’s friends by searching, but the system told him that he didn’t have enough levels and had to wait until after level 10 before he could use the search function. Ran Qi helplessly closed the panel. It seemed that he could only talk about it after reaching the main city.
When Ran Qi arrived at the flower field outside the novice village, he saw a dense crowd of heads. As for the bees, he didn’t see a single one of them. There were more people than monsters here.
Fortunately, the speed of the monster spawn was not slow. As long as players had quick hands and eyes, they could still complete the quest.
Since the Priest’s initial skill was only a healing spell, everyone could only use the staff in their hands as a wooden stick and relied on basic attacks to kill bees.
In the past, he didn’t think it was strange when he played games on the computer screen, but now he saw a group of priests holding their staffs and knocking around the bees, it was such an inexplicable sense of joy that he couldn’t help but laugh.
“Hey, friend. Are you alone ah? Do you want to team up? Let’s team up to fight monsters. The quest can be shared. Each team member kills one to complete the quest for higher efficiency.”
The man had a round face, slightly curly hair, and a pair of smiling eyes, which made him look like he had a good temper.
“Okay.” Ran Qi readily agreed.
They shook hands and successfully teamed up. This interactive teaming method was unique to holographic online games and was particularly convenient.
“By the way, how did you get your white hair? When I created my character, there were only four hair colors to choose from: red, yellow, blue, and black ah.” After the team was completed, Feng Tian couldn’t help but ask curiously.
No wonder there were so many people around, but Feng Tian came to find him for a team, so it was because he noticed his hair color.
“I’m a closed beta player, and I got a hair dye from the closed beta pack.” Ran Qi had already thought of an excuse for his unusual hair color.
“Hey, it makes me angry when compared to others! I’m a beta player too! I only got a pair of green boots with +2 strength and +2 agility. It has low attributes and quality!”
“Green outfit is actually not bad in the early stage of the game. If you don’t need it, you can sell it for money. I think this attribute is quite suitable for archers. I think it will be sold out quickly if you put it in the trading market. Which, like my hair dye, is a non-tradable item, and the only thing it does is look good,” Ran Qi comforted.
“Haha, you have a point!” Feng Tian suddenly became happy. “Once I’ve leveled up to ten, I’ll go to the trading market and put this up.”
The Trading Market was only available in the main city. Players must reach level 10 before they could leave the Novice Village and travel to the nearest main city—— Theron City.
There were four main cities in <Magic Realm>, each with different entry criteria. For example, the entry level for Theron City was level 10, Nakhi City was 24, Otto City was 40, and Hopper City was 60.
It was not that they couldn’t enter the main city if they didn’t reach the level, but the field of each main city had a corresponding level of monsters and dungeons. Wild monsters above level 10 would take the initiative to attack, so if the player’s level wasn’t enough, they would just die halfway through the road.
“Hey, stop chatting. Let’s do the quest first, okay?” One of the team members said with a little impatience.
“Sorry, sorry.” Feng Tian apologized good-naturedly before swinging the staff in his hand and starting to fight the monster.
The realism of this game was really high. When the wind blew, he could feel the coolness of the breeze, and he could smell the faint fragrance of flowers coming from the flower field with his nose. Some players also tried to pick flowers, but they didn’t succeed because it required gathering flowers’ skill.
The bee was huge, larger than a basketball. He could clearly see the fluff on the bee and the lines of its wings. The feeling of hitting the bee with a staff was particularly realistic. However, the pain caused by this bee’s sting was akin to being stabbed with a sweater needle.
Grimacing, Ran Qi opened the system panel and adjusted the pain down to 50%. Although it still hurt, it was at a tolerable level.
The bee was soon slain, leaving behind only two copper coins. Ran Qi couldn’t help pouting. These little monsters were too stingy.
Teaming up was really efficient. Each person only had to kill one bee, and they completed the quest.
Except for Ran Qi, the other team members swiftly quit the team after completing the quest and rushed to hand it in.
Feng Tian didn’t care. It was just a temporary team anyway, but when he saw that Ran Qi hadn’t withdrawn from the team, he proposed, “There are quite a few novice quests that require fighting monsters, it’s too troublesome to regroup the team every time, so it’s better for the two of us to cooperate.”
“Okay.” Ran Qi happily agreed. Feng Tian seemed to have a good personality, and he was a beta test player. He was very familiar with the quests in the early stage, and teaming up with him would be much faster than him alone.
Together, they returned to the novice guide and handed in the quest.
{System] Congratulations on completing the quest [Kill Demonized Bees], and receive the quest rewards: [Novice Wide-Brimmed Hat], Copper Coins +10, and Experience +100.
[System] Congratulations on reaching level 2 and gaining 2 disposable attribute points.
Ran Qi did not hesitate to add the 2 attribute points to intelligence. After all, intelligence determined the priest’s healing amount and magic attack power. As for the bonus items, the Novice Wide-Brimmed Hat had white quality too, with an attribute of +10 base defense. Although it didn’t have much effect, it was better than nothing.
Next, they took on a quest of [Killing Demonized Rat], and they worked together very tacitly. They quickly leveled up to level 4 and got the [Novice Handpiece] and [Novice Pants]. Now, it was just a pair of shoes left from being able to put together an entire set.
“Ah! My staff is about to run out of durability!” Feng Tian suddenly screamed.
“My staff too.” Ran Qi sighed and said, “Let’s go repair it first before continuing the quest.”
The consequence of using a staff to fight monsters directly was that the durability went down fast. If not repaired on time, it would be directly scrapped after the durability dropped to 0. They didn’t have a spare staff right now, so they had to rush to the Weapon Merchant in the Item Shop to repair them.
“Profiteers! It costs 10 copper coins to repair such a broken staff! I did a quest for half a day, and I only earned a total of 30 copper coins ah!” Coming out of the Item Shop, the poor Feng Tian couldn’t help but complain.
“Fortunately, the durability of the defense gear on our bodies isn’t falling off too fast, or else we won’t even be able to repair our equipment.” Ran Qi, who had a warehouse full of treasures but no money on him, also sighed.
“Hey, it’ll be good when we’re level ten. We can go to the main city to do quests with more generous rewards. We’ll also be able to go to the dungeons to fight for equipment!”
After the player reached level 10, that was when this game really started. Most of the game functions opened up, such as entering the main city, using the Trading Market, entering dungeons, learning life skills, establishing and joining guilds, and so on.
They continued to work diligently on the quests and finally rose to level 9.
