TSA Chapter 3

“Ahhh, I’m so tired. After completing this quest of [Clearing the Wolf King], we can level up to 10!” Feng Tian said happily, “After level 10, we can go to the main city. We can also enter the dungeon and get a lot of good things after clearing it!”

“That’s right! Maybe there’s a chance we’ll be able to get a clearance achievement!” Ran Qi was also eager to try. He was now almost certain that this <Magic Realm> was the same as the one he had played in his previous life. With his familiarity with the dungeon and boss mechanics, it could be said that it was easy to get the clearance achievement.

Alass, the dream is too big; he is a little embarrassed… hehehe…

“Hahaha, it’s good to have a dream. Let’s upgrade first! Let’s go! Go go go! Go fight the wolf king!” Feng Tian clenched his fist in a struggle like manner. “The wolf king is an elite monster. It’s a mini-boss. We’d better buy some recovery potions to have on hand. The wolf king’s attack has a bleeding effect. We will continue to lose HP if we get bitten. It will go berserk when its HP drops to 30%. At that time, all of its attacks will become critical hits. We’ll die in seconds. The taste of death can be unpleasant.”

Feng Tian had suffered the loss from the wolf king during the beta test, so he was particularly cautious this time.

Although the priest had a healing skill. On one hand, they needed time to chant before casting, and on the other hand, the skill also had a cooldown. If the wolf king performed a critical hit while their skill was cooling down or when they were chanting, then they could only die.

“You’re right. Let’s go buy some to have on hand.” Ran Qi agreed with Feng Tian’s idea. After all, the consequences of death in this game were serious. It was still important to be safe.

They went to the item store, found the potion merchant, and couldn’t help but be speechless when they opened the shopping page. The Potion Merchant here sold a total of three recovery potions: [Primary Red Potion], [Primary Blue Potion], and [Primary Stamina Potion], each of which cost 20 copper coins.

“Oh my God. Why is it so expensive?!” Feng Tian couldn’t help but wail.

“Tsk. Let’s buy it. Our life is important.”

The two poor people gritted their teeth and variously bought two bottles of each/ Although each bottle of Primary Red Potion could only restore 30 HP, at least it was instantaneous. It was enough to save lives at critical moments. As for the High-Grade Recovery Potion in Ran Qi’s backpack, the price was hundreds of times that of the Primary Potion. Of course, it couldn’t be wasted casually.

They checked the durability of the equipment on their bodies. After making sure that there was no problem, they followed the guidance of the quest to the mountain range where the wolf king was located.

There were also a lot of people who came to do the quest of clearing the wolf king, but the wolf king spawned in random places. It was better to wait for the rabbit rather than running around and fighting with others.

Ran Qi and Feng Tian found a location with fewer people and waited patiently for a while before a new wild wolf king suddenly spawned near them.

The huge wolf king’s body was almost catching up with a rhinoceros. His huge mouth was full of sharp and shining teeth. Rang Qi even felt that he could smell the blood-filled breath coming from the wolf king’s mouth.

Different from the flat boss seen on the computer screen, facing such a lifelike terrifying beast at close range, Ran Qi was shocked.

However, Feng Tian was not affected in the slightest. He raised his staff and greeted it, aiming a hard smash at the wolf king’s head.

“Awoo!” The wolf king roared angrily. The wolf king directed its hatred towards Feng Tian, launching a fierce attack.

After all, the wild wolf king was an elite monster. Its HP was several times that of a normal monster, and its attack power was also terrifyingly high. A single claw could make Feng Tian’s HP drop a lot.

Ran Qi hurriedly healed Feng Tian before joining the battle.

Since this was a holographic game, releasing skills were of course different from a keyboard game. Players had two ways to cast skills. One was to face the weapon in their hand to the object of skill casting, and then shout the name of the skill to successfully cast it; There was also a way to aim the weapon in their hand at the object of the skill release, and then simply making a gesture with your left hand to release the skill directly.

Both methods were very convenient, and it all depended on the player’s preference. Ran Qi felt the way of shouting the skill name every time he released the skill would remind him of some cartoons and inexplicably make him feel ashamed. If it was PK, shouting the skill name would make the opponent wary, so he used the second method.

Feng Tian wielded his staff to attack the wolf king’s vital point while dodging the wolf king’s attack. His basic attributes were much higher than Ran Qi’s, coupled with the green shoes with increased strength and movement speed, causing much more damage to the wolf king than Ran Qi. The hatred was steady, allowing Ran Qi to attack without fear.

However, while Ran Qi was attacking the wolf king, he was also keeping an eye on Feng Tian’s HP, watching for the right moment to heal him to ensure his life.

Both of them had a good battle sense. They cooperated tacitly, steadily grinding the wolf king’s HP to below 30%.

“Be careful. The wolf king has gone berserk!” Seeing the wolf king’s eyes suddenly turn blood-red, Feng Tian immediately warned in a loud voice.

After being berserk, the wild wolf king’s hatred became chaotic, throwing down Feng Tian and pouncing toward Ran Qi.

Ran Qi couldn’t dodge and was hit with a claw on the shoulder, which made him gasp in pain. Fortunately, although the game strived to be realistic, it did not completely copy the realistic setting, so Ran Qi just hurt for a while, leaving a somewhat hideous-looking wound on his shoulder. His clothes were stained red with blood, which did not affect his movements.

After the berserk, the attack power of the wild wolf king directly doubled. That one claw made Ran Qi lose half of his HP.

Ran Qi swiftly poured a red potion and healed himself with his healing skill. His HP restored, he raised his staff and prepared to charge once more.

He and Feng Tian fought closely and managed to grind this wild wolf king to death.

“Awooo——”

The wolf king howled unwillingly. His huge body fell with a bang and a wooden-colored treasure chest floated up on its corpse.

“Treasure chest! Our luck is good ah!” Feng Tian said happily.

Monsters below level 10 hardly dropped items, and only occasionally dropped a few copper coins or low-level materials. However, the wolf king was an elite monster, so there was a certain chance it would drop treasure chests.

“It’s just a wooden treasure chest. I don’t think it can drop anything good.” Ran Qi, who was used to seeing good things, was slightly disgusted.

“That’s better than nothing ah!” Feng Tian looked at Ran Qi. “Brother, my luck has never been good. Otherwise, you should open it.”

“Okay.” Ran Qi was blessed with luck, so he didn’t reject. He directly went forward to open the treasure chest.

The wooden treasure chest that the tenth-level elite monster dropped really couldn’t open anything good. Even if Ran Qi was lucky, he only got an apple and a wolf king’s tooth.

[Apple]

Item Grade: D

Description: A tasty fruit that restores a small amount of HP when consumed.

[Wolf King’s Tooth]

Item Grade: C

Description: Material, can be used to craft weapons.

“Ah. It’s an apple!” Feng Tian was so excited that he almost jumped up. “I ate it once during the beta testing. It’s a kind of food from the Blue Star. It’s very-very delicious!”

Seeing Feng Tian’s excited expression, Ran Qi smiled and said, “Then I’ll give this apple to you.”

When the Blue Star people fled from their planet, they did bring a lot of seeds and livestock for breeding. It might be because it was impossible to adapt to the interstellar environment. Most of them were extinct. People could only make a living with artificially synthetic nutrients, and the concept of fruits never existed in their lives.

Ran Qi was from the 21st century. Apple was not a rare thing for him. Thinking about it this way, Ran Qi did sympathize a bit with the interstellar Blue Star people.

“Really? It’s-it’s not good…” From a game’s point of view, apple was definitely not a valuable item, but from the perspective of the Blue Star people, this was a long-extinct Blue Star delicacy ah! He believed it would sell better than equipment if it hung up on the trading market!

“Of course it’s true. I’m going to learn life skills. I just need this wolf king’s tooth.” Ran Qi’s life skills were at max level. To get the achievement of ‘Master Craftsman’ in the first place, regardless of the level and quality, he learned all kinds of recipes and drawings, which could come in handy at this moment.

“Then, okay. I’ll make sure to give you an apple next time I get it!” After all, a game was a game. There was no such thing as cutting the items in half and dividing it among the others. It was either one took a bite or one took half of it and threw the rest away. When the remaining part hit the ground, the system automatically perceived it as broken and made it disappear.

“Okay.” Ran Qi gave the apple directly to Feng Tian.

As soon as Feng Tian got the apple, he couldn’t wait to take a bite. The sweet juice instantly overflowed into his mouth, and the flesh of the fruit was sweet and crispy. It was really delicious.

To enjoy it for a longer time, Feng Tian had been holding the apple and chewing it in small bites on the way back, like a little squirrel, until he couldn’t taste it anymore before swallowing.

Seeing Feng Tian eat with a mesmerized look on his face, Ran Qi felt complicated. With the degree of interstellar people’s thirst for Blue Star’s food, would cooking skills perhaps be more popular than forging skills?

When he got to the main city, he could try to make some simple food to sell in the trading market.

Thinking like this, they returned to the Novice Village together and handed in the quest.

[System] Congratulations on completing the quest [Clearing the Wolf King], and receive the quest rewards: [Level 1 Expansion Package], [Sweet Bread], Silver +2, Exp +1,000.

[Level 1 Expansion Package]

Item Grade: D

Description: Expansion item that adds 4 storage compartments when equipped.

[Sweet Bread]

Item Grade: D

Description: Food. Restores 50 stamina when consumed.

“It deserved to be an elite quest. The rewards are so rich! It just happens that I don’t have much stamina left!” Feng Tian happily equipped the rewarded expansion pack, took out the bread, and nibbled on it. He then showed a mesmerized expression again. “Ah! This thing called sweet bread is so delicious ah! It tastes fluffy and soft, with a special fragrance!”

“Yes. It tastes good.” Ran QI was not interested in this expansion pack with a super small capacity, so he only picked up the bread and ate it. Although the bread was only the size of a palm, it was soft and delicious. The taste was really good.

He hadn’t eaten Earth’s food in a long time since he crossed over, and it was a kind of nostalgic. The realism of the holographic game was high. Both in taste and texture, it was the same as the real thing, but it didn’t make people feel full. It was said that many players come to play this game just to be able to eat a lot in the game.

[System] Congratulations on reaching level 10, obtaining 2 disposable attribute points and a golden treasure chest.

Another system prompt rang out. Both of them had a golden treasure chest in their bags. A golden treasure chest was much more advanced than a wooden treasure chest, and the probability of being able to open something good was also much higher.

“Wow! It’s a golden treasure chest ah! <Magic Realm> is so generous!” Feng Tian rubbed his hands together excitedly. “God bless. You must let me make a good thing ah!”

After speaking, he couldn’t wait to open the treasure chest and then saw a flash of white light. An extra ring and a dagger appeared in Feng Tian’s palm.

[Iron Ring]

Restricted Level: 10 or higher

Profession: All Occupations

Item Grade: C

Durability: 50/50

Attribute: Constitution +5, Base Attack Power +10

[Iron Blade]

Restricted Level: 10 or higher

Profession: Assassin

Item Grade: C

Durability: 50/50

Attribute: Strength +5, Base Attack Power +12

“Ahhh, oh my god. I opened an accessory and a weapon!” Feng Tian excitedly let Ran Qi look at what he had opened. His expression was almost as if he had won the lottery.

Although these two things were only green, their attributes were very good. It belonged to the equipment with high utility in the early stages. The ring, bracelet, necklace, and other jewelry drop rate was very low. After half a month of beta testing, he did not even know what the jewelry was really like. No wonder Feng Tian was so excited.

“Congratulations! You are lucky today.” Ran Qi said with a smile.

“Hahaha! I’ll share a little of my good luck with you, so hurry up and open the treasure chest!” Feng Tian grabbed Ran Qi’s hand and rubbed it as if he really wanted to share his good luck with him.

Ran Qi had a warehouse of good things, but he didn’t care about the contents of the treasure chest. However, seeing Feng Tian so expectant, he readily opened the treasure chest with goodwill.

Then he looked at the treasure chest’s contents and fell silent.

“What’s wrong? What did you get?” Feng Tian probed curiously.

Ran Qi took out the thin skill book from the treasure chest.

[Recovery Skill – Skill Book]

Learnable Level: 10

Profession: Priest

Instructions: Open it to learn the skill [Recovery]. Cast for 3 seconds, cooldown for 2 seconds. Restores 20 HP and 5 mana to the designated player every 3 seconds for 180 seconds. Increases the recovery effect as the skill level increases.

This was a very useful skill. It was equivalent to a continuous buff state, which could regenerate both HP and mana. They couldn’t be looked at by the restore amount, in the early stage of the game was not up when the equipment was still in the early stage, and everyone’s HP was not much, so the priest with this skill, whether for the dungeon or a team battle, was always robbed by others.

Feng Tian suddenly shed tears. “… Emperor of Luck’s. Please take my knees.”

Ran Qi didn’t expect his luck to be so good. He got a skill book all of a sudden. The value of the skill book was much higher than any jewelry and equipment. It would be robbed by taking it out.

It was just that after he leveled up, the skills in his skill tree that matched the level would automatically light up. He could already use [Recovery] directly now, and he couldn’t use this skill book at all. But after thinking about it, he didn’t need to explain more about his new skills. He could sell this skill book for money later.

“Good boy. When I draw the skill book next time, I will keep it for you.” Ran Qi followed suit mischievously.

“Hey! You are really full of yourself ah?! Feng Tian glanced at him angrily. He didn’t take his words seriously at all. “Is a rare item like a skill book something you can draw just because you want to?”

However, after Feng Tian really comprehended Ran Qi’s Emperor of Luck physique, he couldn’t wait to rush back and scold himself for being blind to his blabbermouth.

After Ran Qi put the skill book in his backpack, he left the Novice Village with Feng Tian.

The old village chief NPC with a thick face at the entrance of the village smiled gently and said to them. “Dear hero. Thank you for driving away the vicious magical beasts and maintaining the safety of the village. May the gods bless you.”

[System] Congratulations on gaining the Chief’s gratitude for 30 minutes, increasing movement speed by 20%.

“Hey. This is a new feature that wasn’t available during the beta testing.” Feng Tian said to Ran Qi, “Let’s hurry to the main city while we have the buff.”