《MMORPG: Martial Gamer》 1 A Martial Artist’s Pligh Within L City''s Talent Agency Headquarters, a skinny bespectacled man was currently seated at a desk while a tall and sturdy man stood in front of him. The large man had a strong square jaw, sharp eyebrows and radiant eyes. His overall appearance had a hint of nobility in it and he even had a strong valiant aura about him. "Name? " The bespectacled man was visibly upset by the strong presence of the man in front of him and coldly asked. "Wang Yu!" "And what are your academic qualifications?" "I I don''t have any..." Wang Yu sheepishly replied in a low voice. Upon hearing his reply the bespectacled man started chuckling to himself " Hehehe, then I think you may not be suitable for us at all. Our company is one of the top 500 in the whole of China. The people we recruit are all at least university graduates" "Ai" Wang Yu let out a sigh and dejectedly got up and started leaving to find a different company. "Hey! Wait a moment!" The bespectacled man suddenly called out to Wang Yu: "Even though you don''t have any academic qualifications surely you must be good at something right? We have a factory that''s currently looking for mechanics." "Martial arts!" "Martial arts???" The moment he heard Wang Yu''s reply the bespectacled man''s face instantly darkened. There were still people who believed in things like "martial arts" in this day and age? He might as well have said that he could control a flying sword! At least that way maybe there would be a delivery company out there that would hire someone with such a skill. "Interesting! Very interesting! Did you guys hear that? He says he practices Martial Arts!" The bespectacled man laughed coldly as he pointed at Wang Yu and said to the two men by his side. There were still people who believed in a joke like "Martial Arts" in this day and age? Everyone who heard the bespectacled man instantly burst into laughter. Seeing everyone around him laugh slightly infuriated Wang Yu. Practicing martial arts was nothing to be ashamed of! What was the point of laughing so loudly at it? "Hahahahaha what a retard! "The bespectacled man mocked loudly. Wang Yu glared at the man and said: "Show some respect when you speak!" However, the bespectacled man simply continued to mock Wang Yu "Respect? How about you take a good look at where you are right now! You better get the f**k out of my sight before i call the cops on you!" At the same time, he grumpily said to someone next to him: "The day just started and I''ve already met a madman, what horrible luck!" "Reason before might" Wang Yu angrily glared at the bespectacled man. As he thought of the teachings of his family that were ingrained in him since childhood he slowly loosened his clenched fists and silently left the building. After leaving the talent agency Wang Yu was very depressed. With heavy steps, he slowly walked towards the most luxurious and high-end district in L city -- Moonlight Cove. "Honey I''m home!" The moment Wang Yu opened the door, a young and beautiful woman wearing an apron immediately pounced forward into a hug and kissed him. "Where did you go just now? Quickly go and take a break. Breakfast is almost ready!" "Hrm" Wang Yu briefly grunted as he opened his bedroom door and went to lie down on his bed with his thoughts in complete disarray. How did the world even end up like this? Was knowing martial arts a crime or something? In the two months since he had started job hunting Wang Yu couldn''t find a single decent job! A strong young man like himself was depending on his wife to feed the family! Just as Wang Yu''s thoughts started drifting off the bedroom door opened. "Honey the food is ready, I cooked your favourite braised pork ribs today" "Coming!" Wang Yu then retrieved his slippers from beneath the bed and dejectedly walked out of the room. Seeing the table full of delicious dishes made Wang Yu feel even worse about himself. He held half a bun in his hand and just started to space out. "What''s wrong honey? Are you feeling down about something? Or is the food not to your liking?" His wife asked. "Honey Let''s start eating more normal portions and dishes from tomorrow onwards ok? There''s no need to always eat like we do now" Wang Yu replied. His wife instantly shook her head disapprovingly and said "And how would that be acceptable? I may not know any martial arts but I know that you martial artists need the proper nutrition to go along with your training. Though we may not be able to compare to the food at your place I definitely won''t let you go hungry!" What Wang Yu''s wife has just said was absolutely correct. The greatest need of any martial artist would have to be his nutrition. If you were always weak and starving how would you be able to practice martial arts? For example, as the undisputed genius of his family, Wang Yu used to have his own personal nutritionist and masseuse amongst many other things. That kind of treatment was worlds apart from his current life. "Forget it Then just let me truly become an ordinary person. If we continue on like this it''ll be too much for you to handle and I can''t do anything for this family either" Wang Yu sighed. Seeing his wife still wearing autumn clothing in the middle of winter caused Wang Yu to feel a pang of guilt in his heart. Hearing this Wang Yu''s wife lightly smiled. She put down her food and gently caressed his cheek and said "Compared to what you sacrificed to be with me this kind of suffering is nothing. As long as I find another job it will be ok. I''ll go to the take up the waitress job in the restaurant in the small nearby street. Its $80 a day and they even provide meals." "I I" Tears started welling Wang Yu''s eyes but he quickly fought them back. After finishing their meal his wife started to clear the table while Wang Yu went out to the balcony and silently started hitting the training pillar outside. "Boom! Boom!" Wave after wave of loud bangs continuously sounded out. After she finished cleaning up Wang Yu''s wife went out to the balcony to talk to him. "Honey if you''re bored why not go out and take a walk?" "I''m not bored. I''ve been cooped up at home since I was young. I''m already used to it." "Oh right, my company recently released a new game and it''s all the rage lately. Do you wanna try it out? I can get you all the equipment you need to get started!" As she spoke, his wife''s eyes suddenly lighted up. Wang Yu stopped hitting the pillar and turned around to speak. " A new game? Equipment? It''s really expensive isn''t it" "Well it''s a few thousand dollars" "No! Not playing!" With that Wang Yu returned to hitting the pillar. "Ai" Hearing Wang Yu''s reply, his wife let out a soft sigh and said " Well ok then I''m off to work. Remember to help me keep the comforter on the balcony later in the afternoon. Oh and later around 4 there''ll be a few potential tenants coming to look at the house." "Got it!" After she left the house, Wang Yu put on a shirt and his shoes and started walking towards the talent market again. "I''m already like this and you still want me to play games Oh Honey Are you trying to raise me like a son?" Wang Yu bitterly laughed and mumbled to himself. Wang Yu''s wife was named Mu Zi Xian. She worked in customer service in Soaring Dragon Game studios and typically earned between 5000 to 6000 a month. In the current economy with an income of this level, it wasn''t a problem for a family to be able to live comfortably in the city. However, with the appetite, Wang Yu had, five to six thousand a month was not even enough to keep him fed. Thankfully the two of them still owned a house. Otherwise, they wouldn''t even be able to afford to rent an apartment and would have to camp in the open. In their current circumstances, Wang Yu and his wife were trying to rent out the two spare rooms in their house to ease their burden. The Talent Market was bustling with activity and really living up to the word "market". Anywhere one looked they would see countless people feel it employment. All of these people held a little sign with their skills and specialties written on it hoping that someone would take notice of them and hire them. Since he spent his whole life pursuing martial arts, Wang Yu had been homeschooled since his childhood. Hence he did not have any sort of academic qualifications and was rather helpless in that regard. Furthermore, since he practiced martial arts, all his meals and lodgings were taken care of for him by other people. Aside from his bottomless stomach Wang Yu didn''t have any particular talents. Let alone something like a specialty. Wang Yu didn''t dare to write that his specialty was martial arts fearing that people would mock him for it again. This kind of mockery was extremely harsh to hear and to Wang Yu it was as though these people weren''t mocking him but mocking martial arts itself... Since his youth, learning martial arts had always been Wang Yu''s pride and glory. What he hated the most was others trampling on that which he loved the most. Even after squatting at the side of the street for more than an hour there still wasn''t a single person who even looked straight at him. Having waited so long without any harvest Wang Yu''s mouth had long since dried up. He then left the Talent Market and walked towards a small a small drink store nearby to buy a bottle of water when he suddenly remembered that he had spent his last two dollars in the morning taking the bus Not knowing what to know Wang Yu just stood there awkwardly with his wallet in hand. Looking at his pitiful state, the shopkeeper indifferently pointed at a nearby water fountain and said: "There''s some tap water over there if you really want." Wang Yu let out a sigh and was about to leave when someone running past him knocked his wallet out of his hand, causing it to fall on the ground and drop a few bring red notes. Seeing the money Wang Yu''s tears immediately starting flowing down his cheeks. This few hundred dollars was definitely placed in his walled by Mo Zi Xian. She knew his pride was too strong so she secretly stuffed the notes into his wallet. He had such a good wife and not only was he unable to bring her happiness he was even a burden to her As a man, he had completely failed!!! "Stop that man! He stole my purse! Someone block him!" Suddenly a shrill voice rang out, pulling Wang Yu back to reality. 2 Joining a Gold Farming Studio When he turned around, Wang Yu saw that the person who shouted was a beautiful young lady with delicate features. She wore a pure white winter coat and a pair of white boots as well. The lady was currently running in his direction causing her long flowing hair to flutter in the wind. Looking in the direction the girl was pointing in, Wang Yu saw that the rascal who knocked into him earlier. The man was constantly looking behind as he ran. Wang Yu immediately got up and shot forward towards the man, using his large body to block the path of this short little man. The man had drooping eyes, messy hair and a womans purse in his hands. The moment he saw someone block his path he immediately pulled a dagger out from his waist. "If you dont want to die then f*ck off! Mind your own business!" Wang Yu simply continued staring at the man with no intention of giving way to him. Seeing the young lady about to catch up to him, the man began to panic and raised his knife to stab Wang Yu. With a frown, Wang Yu suddenly reached out and grabbed the mans wrist before the man could even react. He then pulled the man and slammed him into the ground. Lifting his right leg Wang Yu kicked the knife out of the mans hand and then stomped on the back of his head. Within a short span of 3 seconds, the man had lost any ability to retaliate. At this moment the young lady finally managed to catch up despite being completely out of breath. She hastily picked up her purse and inspected its contents and gratefully said "Big bro thank you so much! Could you tell me your name?" Wang Yu glanced at the girl and lightly nodded. He then turned to the shopkeeper and shouted " Call the cops!" " I I I understand" The shopkeeper had already been frightened out of his wits, hearing Wang Yus command he hurriedly nodded while struggling to take out his phone to call the police. Next to him, the young lady took out a stack of notes. After briefly counting them she pushed it towards Wang Yu and said " Big bro if it wasnt for you the money i was going to use to buy my equipment today would have all been gone. I dont have much but please accept this small token of appreciation" "..." Wang Yu silently glanced at the girl before suddenly running away as though he had just remembered something important, leaving behind the fumbling shopkeeper and a very confused young lady. After leaving the drink store Wang Yu immediately starting running home. The conversation with the young lady had reminded Wang Yu that he needed to keep the blankets in the afternoon Jogging all the way home had taken slightly more than three hours. Seeing that going out didnt interfere with the completing the task Mu Zi Xian had given him, Wang Yu let out a sigh of relief. After keeping the comforter he then went back to hitting the pillar again." Bang! Bang! Bang!" A series of rhythmic knocks echoed throughout the empty apartment. Around 4, the doorbell in the living room sounded. The tenants were here to look at the house! Wang Yu immediately stopped his training and picked up towel to wipe his sweat before walking to the living room. The first person to enter the house was Mu Zi Xian carrying a large shopping bag filled with groceries. " Please come in, come in. My house is pretty big but Im only staying here with my husband so we thought of renting our two spare bedrooms out" She said to the people behind her as she set the items in her hand down on the table " What? A man? Were all girls so wouldnt this be a bit of a problem?" A very familiar voice asked. Following that, a young lady wearing a white winter coat entered the house. " No no its no problem at all my husband is really docile and he doesnt normally leave the house" When she saw Wang Yu walking over Mu Zi Xian giggled as she pointed to him and spoke " This is my husband! Dont worry about it I can guarantee that theres nothing wrong with his character!" " Um Nice to meet you!" Wang Yu awkwardly greeted the girl. Currently Wang Yu was only wearing a small black singlet and his upper body was essentially completely exposed. His large broad back and thick bulging muscles were all clearly visible. In addition, with his strong square jaw, sharp eyebrows and radiant eyes he looked incredibly imposing and unspeakably manly! As the girl gazed in the direction that Mu Zi Xian was pointing in she managed to catch a glimpse of Wang Yu was was momentarily stunned. Wasnt this the man she had just met in the market today? Maybe it really was fate that the man who saved her ended up being the owner of the room she was trying to rent. Noticing the girl stare at him so intently Wang Yu suddenly realised what he was wearing and instantly turned red. He hastily walked into the master bedroom and closed the door behind him. When the girl regained her senses she awkwardly laughed and said " This apartments location is not bad, I want to rent it!" As she spoke the girl reached into her bag and pulled out a thick stack of cash " This is one years rent!" " A A year?!" As she took the money Mu Zi Xian felt incredibly overwhelmed. The original deal was only for half a year and didnt the girl say that having a man around the house would be slightly inconvenient? "Yes! And if our studio does well we might want to extend the rental for another year! The price is negotiable!" The girl nodded. With great difficulty Mu Zi Xian suppressed her excitement and said " Good, now lets just sign the contract then!" After finishing up the paperwork, the girl quickly left the house. After the girl had left the house Wang Yu came out from the room to help his wife. As he was putting the groceries into the fridge he couldnt help but ask " Honey what was that girls job anyway? "I think shes in a gaming studio!" Mu Zi Xian replied. "Gaming studio? Whats that?" Wang Yu curiously asked. Since his childhood Wang Yu had always been the jewel of his clan. Hence he had never stepped out and had little to no contact with the outside world. Naturally he had never heard of something like a gaming studio. "Well they play games to earn money!" Mu Zi XIan instantly replied. As a customer service officer in a game company she was naturally no stranger to something like a gaming studio. "Oh..." Wang Yu vaguely replied. You could play games for a living? Such a thing was like a fairy tale to him. After tidying up their bedroom Mu Zi Xian looked at Wang Yu and said "Im going to the restaurant to help out now. That girl will be here soon to move in so try and help them ok? Dont just stand there and watch!" "I know! Dont worry about me!" "Im not an idiot, even I know some of the ways of the world" Wang Yu thought. Around evening time the girl with the white coat returned with 3 other girls behind her each with a luggage in hand. All three of the other girls were extraordinarily beautiful and wouldnt lose to the white coat girl in any way. When they saw Wang Yu they immediately greeted him together " Nice to meet you Mr Landlord!" "Er Nice to meet you too" Wang Yu started blushing again "Is there anything that i can help you ladies with?" "No no we dont have that many luggage anyway. Theres no need to trouble brother Yu." The white coat girl replied. "Oh, ok then" Wang Yu hastily replied and immediately went back to his room Looking at Wang Yus clumsy and awkward display the 3 new girls instantly burst into a giggling fit. "Big sis are you serious? This is the strong and gallant man you were talking about?? Hahahaha" I mean he is pretty hunky but how come hes so weird?" "Thats right! Did you see how embarrassed he was when he saw us just now? Hahahaha" "Enough nonsense! Quickly go and settle in. We still need to start work tomorrow!" Soon after the girls had finished settling in, Wang Yu heard a soft knock on his door. Upon opening the door he saw the white coat girl standing outside waiting for him. "Is there something wrong?" He asked. " Brother Yu i still havent repaid you for all your help this afternoon. Since we seem to be fated why dont i treat you to a meal?" The white coat girl replied. "Theres really no need to, it was nothing much! Besides, I dont really like leaving the house." Wang Yu chuckled. Just as he said that Wang Yus stomach started growling and gave him away. It was already really late, but since Mu Zi Xian was working at the restaurant and Wang Yu didnt know how to cook for himself he had already been starving for hours. The white coat girl gently giggled as she said "Brother Yu since were all living under the same roof now we can be considered a family. You really dont need to stand on ceremony like that. Since your wife isnt home right now you must definitely be starving. Well order some take-out for you to eat with us, its really convenient!" "This" Wang Yu hesitated. "Hey Brother Yu youre not looking down on us are you?" The white coat girl said with a hint of displeasure in her voice. "No! Definitely not!" Wang Yu hurriedly said while waving his arms. "Then what is there to hesitate about having a meal together?" "Okay okay Ill eat. But I dont drink alcohol" Since he couldnt argue his way out Wang Yu resigned himself to it. After a round of introductions Wang Yu found out that the name of the girl in the white coat was Li Xue and the other three girls were all her employees. The one with the large eyes was Xiao Yi, the one with the sharp chin was Meng Meng and the incredibly outgoing one was Mary. The four of them were in a gaming studio which was dedicated to farming gold in various games and were currently operating in a game called << REBIRTH>>. <> was the latest game that Mu Zi Xians company had released just 3 days ago that was exploding in popularity. "You can earn money from playing games?" Wang Yu asked curiously. Without even waiting for Li Xue to answer Mary immediately replied with a giggle " Of course! Professional gamers have been around for a few years already! Dont tell me that have never heard of this before right? "I havent" Wang Yu honestly replied. "Oh! My! God! You really are a bumpkin! Brother Yu, whats your job now anyway?" Mary exaggeratedly hit her forehead and exclaimed. Around her, the other all had curious expressions as well. "I Well This.... I dont actually have a job now" Wang Yu felt really frustrated. Being the traditional and straight-laced man that he was, even though he didnt have very outstanding communication skills he still knew that being taken care of by his wife like that wasnt something to be proud of. "OHHH! So youre a leech huh! Hahahaha! Dont worry I wont look down on you. I mean, Im looking for someone to take care of me too!" Mary laughed at the top of her lungs. "This" Hearing this, Wang Yu had an awkward and depressed expressions on his face. Seeing Wang Yus gloomy expression Li Xues face instantly darkened as well. "Mary! Watch your tongue!" She scolded. "Oh" Mary quickly lowered her head. "Brother Yu she was just kidding. Times are tough now and its pretty normal to lose your job. If you really want one then why not join us!" Li xue hurriedly said. As a boss, Li Xue naturally had a very keen eye for people. She knew that Wang Yu was definitely not the kind of guy that Mary had described him as. Furthermore, when she meet him earlier in the day at the entrance of the market, he was indeed earnestly looking for a job. "Work for you? I can do that?" Wang Yu was sent into a daze. Since his youth, all his time had been spent perfecting his martial arts. Hence, he hadnt even touched a computer before, let alone play games. "Of course you can! The game is so simple even girls like us can play so how could you not? <> is a virtual reality game anyway so its exactly the same as real life. The business opportunities in the game are massive right now, especially in the first few years of its its release so it''s really easy to earn money!" Li Xue laughed. "Really?" Wang Yu was slightly moved by her words.He had been unable to find a job for two months and his confidence had long since been grinded to dust. As long as it was legal, as long as it could let him earn money, Wang Yu was willing to do anything! He didn''t want to depend on his wife forever! "Of course! Even though our studio isnt very famous, giving you a salary of five to six thousand a month should be no problem at all!" Li Xue replied. "Alright! Ill give it a shot then! But I dont have the equipment" "Thats not a problem! Our studio will provide you with all the equipment that you need!" Li Xue laughed. 3 Trash Job The next morning, Li Xue knocked on the couples room, bringing over a small parcel. "This is the equipment?" Wang Yu opened the box and asked as he took out an object that looked very much like a hat. Li Xue answered: "Yes, you only need to connect to the internet, a power source and turn on the power switch. The equipment will automatically connect to the Cloud System. Its very convenient!" "Interesting!" Wang Yu laughed as he brought the equipment back into his room. Back in his room, Wang Yu explained to Mo Zi Xian that he had joined Goldrush Studio. After hearing this piece of news, Mu Zi Xian was rather supportive of Wang Yus decision. As a matter of fact, Mu Zi Xian didnt expect Wang Yu to earn much money, she was only afraid that Wang Yu would be bored to death by staying at home all day. Lately, Wang Yu seemed to be very absent-minded, which made Mu Zi Xian extremely worried. In fact she already had the idea to let Wang Yu play video games, but this idea had been rejected by Wang Yu himself. This was good, now that Wang Yu had joined the studio, whether or not he made any money was inconsequential. What was more important was that Wang Yu could relieve his boredom. Mu Zi Xian tugged Wang Yu as she instructed. "Darling, let me tell you, when you enter the game, go find the village chief and accept his quest. The village chief is the person with an exclamation mark above his head, a question mark signifies that you have completed the quest" Wang Yu waved his hand and laughed bitterly, "Honey please! I am also a young person, things like computer games, I used to see my juniors play them all the time when I was a kid, and I know all these basic information! You dont always have to treat me as though Im from another world" After having found a job, Wang Yus mood had improved greatly and even became more talkative. Mu Zi Xian smiled, pinching Wang Yus face as she said: "Ah, thats true haha, then go ahead and try it out, if theres anything that you dont know, feel free to ask me!" As someone from the customer service branch of the game, Mu Zi Xian had an even deeper understanding of the game than Li Xue and the rest. "Mm!" Wang Yu nodded his head, turning on the power switch for the equipment. A resplendent light flashed as Wang Yu entered the game. At this moment, what appeared in front of Wang Yu was an old shrine. The four walls of the shrine were all dilapidated beyond repair and in the centre of the shrine, was an enormous altar. On the altar stood 7 statues. A very neutral voice sounded out beside Wang Yus ears. As wang Yu drew closer to the altar, he started to size up the seven statues one by one. These seven statues represented the seven jobs that were available in the game. After listening to the introductions, Wang Yu pointed to the last statue without the slightest bit of hesitation and said "I choose to be a Pugilist!" "Xian Yu!" As someone who did not have a sense for naming, Wang Yu spent the whole night thinking of this name ".." Wang Yu was stunned, even such a difficult name had been taken by someone else, the number of people playing this game was indeed terrifying. After pondering for awhile, Wang Yu simply said "Iron Bull!" This was his nickname. Since his birth he had been built like a bull, hence his father thought this would be the most suitable nickname to give him. Another resplendent light flashed in his eyes and Wang Yu had been transported into a small village. The village plaza was full of people, in the centre of the plaza, stood an old man with a head of white hair, with a large exclamation mark above his head, this old man was the village chief. Following that, the game started to generate some instructions following the instructions from the game system, Wang Yu walked a round for a bit, before finally opening his character attributes page. ID : Iron Bull (Pugilist-) Level : LV-1 HP: 120 (4x30) MP: 90 (3x30) Strength: 5 Vitality: 4 Spirit: 3 Intelligence: 3 Dexterity: 5 Physical Attack: 2-7 Magical Attack: 1-3 Physical Defense: 2-5 Magic Resistance: 1-3 Equipment: -Old Cloth Clothing, Defense: 1-1 -Old Gloves, Damage: 1-2 Skills: -[Lateral Kick] (LV1). The Pugilists strong leg muscles allows the user to deal 120% physical damage to the target, causing it to fly. Costs MP30. The game was very fair, every job started off with 20 attribute points, the pugilist appeared to be rather mediocre. Closing his personal attribute window, Wang Yu swung his fists around and couldnt help but feel depressed: "What kind of lousy attributes are these, the strength and speed are completely unable to generate any power." Wang Yu let out a long sign, resigning himself to this fact as he followed a large crowd of people, squeezing his way towards the village chief. As he squeezed his way to the village chief, Wang Yu got even more depressed. Standing at 1.85m tall, his physique could be described to be akin to a tigers back and a bears waist. Yet he could not even squeeze himself past a small lady (This lady was a knight, so her Vitality and Strength were both higher than a pugilists), this was not logical at all! Thankfully all players under level 10 had the protection of the system, if it werent for this fact, given Wang Yus attributes, he would not have been able to squeeze his way in front of the village chief. "Excuse me, is there anything that i can help you with?" Wang Yu politely asked as he arrived in front of the village chief. The village chief was all smiles as he said: "Iron Bull youve arrived, recently there has been a Wild Dog overpopulation plaguing the village, could you help me kill 10 of them?" A notification window suddenly opened in front of Wang Yu. Wang Yu immediately pressed the "accept" option. Of course he would accept the quest, for what other reason would he have risked being squeezed to death to arrive here. After accepting the quest, Wang Yu squeezed his way out the crowd and ran towards the outskirts of the village. Upon reaching the outskirts of the village, Wang Yu was utterly stunned. Was there something wrong with the village chiefs eyes? Where exactly how was there a case of wild dog overpopulation? It was practically a case of human overpopulation. No matter where you looked, there were players wearing their old cloth clothing everywhere in the vicinity, like zombies roaming the lands. As soon as they saw a Wild Dog respawn, they would all pounce on it as though they were fighting for free money. It had not even been a full 3 seconds that the poor Wild Dog had respawned before it was sent back into the system as data. Just as he was day-dreaming, a new Wild Dog respawned beside Wang Yu, bared its fangs and howled at him. HP: 30 MP: 0 Skills: [Eviscerate] Wang Yu turned towards the Mad Wild Dog as sent a Lateral Kick towards it, causing it to be launched into the air as Wang Yu followed up with firm punch to its throat. -9 -7 Two bloody numbers appeared above the head of the Mad Wild Dog. Wang Yus fist had struck his opponents vital point, given his ability, if this was the real world, not to mention a Wild Dog, this blow would be sufficient to deal with a Wolf. But this Mad Wild Dog was rather capable, after letting out a low grown, it promptly got back up and bit Wang Yus leg. A number appeared above Wang Yus Head -3 Wang Yu stared blankly at his opponent before unleashing another two fists to the Mad Wild Dogs head, finally beating it to death. After its death, the Mad Wild dog dropped 1 bronze coin. "Not logical, not logical at all!" Wang Yu mumbled to himself as he picked up the bronze coin and walked towards his next target. As there were more players than monsters, Wang Yu spent half an hour before he was finally able to kill 10 Mad Wild Dogs. Without exception, it took him around four to five strikes to kill them. However, after his first encounter, Wang Yu learnt from his mistake and was not bitten by any Mad Wild Dogs subsequently, much to the shock of the numerous players around him. There were many players in the game, experts with vast gaming experience would naturally be able fumble around till they could activate the combo system. But being able to combo a monster to death like Wang Yu had done was another matter entirely. Having said that, other than the Lateral Kick that he first used, all his other strikes could be considered to be A grade, his attack damage was low, with no other special effects. New players all had slowly striking speed, thus if their rhythm wasnt good, it was very easy to have suffered from the attacks of the monsters. After killing the Mad Wild Dogs, Wang Yu returned to the village before exiting the game. After taking off the helmet, Mu Zi Xian smiled at Wang Yu and said, "This game isnt bad right, come eat first and the you can continue playing!" "Mm." Wang Yu put down the helmet and followed Mu Zi Xian into the living room. Li Xues group of four were also there, looking at the pleased expression on their faces, it was clear that they too had played the game. "Mr Landlord! Was the game fun? What level are you?" Mary waved at Wang Yu and asked in a very familiar manner. Wang Yu laughed as he replied "Only level 1...just started out." "Youve training for half the morning and you still havent levelled up? What job are you playing? Dont tell me it''s the Pugilist!" Wang Yu replied curiously: "Yeah it is, how did you know?" Mary was utterly shocked: "F*ck, that cant be right Mr Landlord, of all the job available, why did you have to choose that trash job?" Even the others began to cast peculiar gazes at Wang Yu, with disbelief in their eyes. Even Mu Zi Xian revealed a very gloomy expression: "Aiya, I forgot to tell you not to choose the Pugilist job!" The current Wang Yu was a top class martial artist, choosing the Pugilist profession was something to be expected, yet Mu Zi Xian had committed such a large blunder and had forgotten about this matter completely. "What''s the matter?" Wang Yu was puzzled. Li Xue explained: "The Pugilist is currently the most balanced job in <>!" "Isnt that a good thing?" "Whats so good about that?" Mary noisily interjected: "Being balanced means youre a jack of all trades, but master of none! Cant attack cant defend, even your various attributes are neither high nor low, this job is simply trash." Wang Yu thought for a while before replying: "I feel like that''s okay." Li Xue replied: "In the early stages the difference might not be too obvious, but there are some discrepancies, because of the the Pugilists balanced nature, this job has neither a weapon mastery nor defensive mastery capability. If other classes were to take three strikes to kill a monster, a pugilist would need maybe four or five strikes as it progresses to the later stages of the game and weapon mastery becomes even higher, this discrepancy in damage will become more and more obvious, that''s why this job isnt very good. Because of that, there''s a lot of complaints on the cloud system now!" "F*ck! What kind of broken game is this!" After having heard her explanation, Wang Yu angrily lamented. It was not the case that Wang Yu regretted choosing this job, but rather that he was depressed. Martial artists like him were already pitiful enough in the real world! Who would have thought that even in a game they would be side-lined like this. Exactly who had they offended to suffer such a plight! Yi Yi was very understanding and quickly tried to comfort Wang Yu: "Mr Landlord dont be depressed! Its not as though the Pugilist doesnt have any good points, at the very least there are not job restrictions on the equipment that they are able to use, in the future when we have better equipment, we can give the ones that we dont need to you!" "Then thank you very much." After hearing this Wang Yu became even more depressed, in the real world he was unable to break free from the fact that he was being provided for by his wife, and it seemed that even in this game he would have someone providing for him... 4 Independent Mode After having finished their meal, the four ladies helped Mu Zi Xian to clean up the dining room while Wang Yu returned to his room. Shortly afterwards, Mu Zi Xian entered the room. She gave Wang Yu a pat on the shoulder as she comforted him: "Dont be discouraged darling, as the saying goes, there arent lousy jobs only lousy players, the Pugilist has its good points as well!" "What good points does it have?" "At the very least its design is very handsome!" Mu Zi Xian replied. "..." Wang Yu continued to be depressed. Mu Zi Xian laughed: "Im just kidding! Every job has its own unique characteristic that makes it equal to the rest, the Pugilist job definitely has its own strong points, if this equilibrium was broken, the system would definitely do something to fix it!" "Mm!" After having heard what Mu Zi Xian said, Wang Yu started to feel somewhat better. Wang Yu felt extremely bitter, why was the Pugilist so unlucky! "Oh by the way darling, I realised that this game is not very logical!" Wang Yu suddenly said. "How so?" Wang Yu said: "Didnt you say that this game could simulate reality? Then how come when I was fighting the monsters, regardless of how hard I hit, I always did the same amount of damage to them?" "What mode are you using?" "Mode? Whats that?" Wang Yu asked. "There are two modes that you can play on in <>, one is the Assisted Mode, the other is the Independent Mode." Mu Zi Xian explained. "Whats the difference?" "For the Assisted Mode, some changes will be made to the capabilities of each and every job, the damage done by their skills and normal attacks will be based on their personal attributes! As for the Independent Mode, the damage from your skills and normal attacks are completely dependent on you! This mode is closer to reality, you can even use whatever abilities you have in real life in the game if you use this mode." "If thats the case, wouldnt the Independent Mode be a lot more overpowered than the Assisted Mode?" Wang Yu thought. Even though he had never played any games before, but even he could understand the difference between these two modes. "Haha!" Mu Zi Xian laughed: "Did you think everyone in the game is like you? A majority of the players in the game are normal people! If the didnt have any assistance from the system, many of them would struggle to do battle. For example the Archer, even an olympic champion would not be able to achieve 100% accuracy!" A thought flashed in Wang Yus mind as he said: "Then wouldnt that mean, that us martial artists would be better at the game than regular people?" "Of course! If you use the Independent Mode, then the Pugilist job would probably be the most suitable job for you!" Mu Zi Xian answered. "That''s great! I''m going to try it out!" After hearing what Mu Zi Xian said, Wang Yus mood greatly improved. "Go on then, it''s about time for me to go to work! You can do it!" If Li Xues group of four were here, they would definitely have sighed in amazement, having a GM in their home was definitely different. Mu Zi Xian was so much more reliable than those people lurking on the forums. After starting the game again, Wang Yu returned to the village plaza. The village was much less crowded than it was before, which was to be expected. Today was a work day after all and there werent many players who would still play during office hours. The majority of players would only play before work started at 0800 in the morning or after work at 1800 in the afternoon. Wang Yu followed Mu Zi Xians instructions and found the option to change the game mode, then proceeded to change to the Independent mode. After waving his fists around, Wang Yu realised that it did in fact feel much more natural, unlike before when it constantly felt as though something was inhibiting his movements. "Thats more logical!" Wang Yu blurted out as he stared at his fist, running towards the outskirts of the village. He wanted to see how much of a difference there would be after changing the game mode. Fortunately or unfortunately, a Wild Dog had respawned and growled as it lunged towards Wang Yu. Wang Yu took a step back to dodge the Wild Dogs bite, returning a kick to its jaw. -21 The Wild Dog was knocked into the air after receiving this kick. Wang Yu stretched out his hand and grabbed the Wild Dogs throat, then slammed it on the ground. -35 The Wild Dog turned into a ray of white light, leaving behind a bronze coin. Wang Yu opened the Battle Log to check what had been recorded. [Lateral Kick], 120% Perfection, damage dealt increased by 300%, added effect: Knock Up, Stunned for 2 seconds. [Normal Attack], 170% Perfection, damage dealt increased by 500%, added effect: True Damage. "Perfection? Interesting...." Wang Yu was shocked, he never expected the perfection to exceed 100%, even having other effects. Furthermore, because the Perfection of his strike was high, the damage from his normal attack even exceeded that of his skill. Mu Zi Xian was right, this game was simply a tool to measure a martial artists strength! Having thought of this, Wang Yu suddenly felt that his future was extremely bright and happily returned to the village to complete his quest. At this time, someone in the hunting grounds pointed at Wang Yus back and told the person beside him: "Did you see that? That guys a Pugilist!" "Indeed! What about it?" "He beat a Wild Dog to death in 2 seconds!" "How can that be? Even I, a Thief with such a high Physical Attack, would take at least 3 strikes to kill a Wild Dog! Let alone trash like a Pugilist" The person beside him was utterly shocked. "It could be that his level was higher!" Someone else chimed in. "Probably. Anyway, his combos were rather good! That''s probably the only redeeming quality of the Pugilist!" After returning to the village, Wang Yu handed in the quest to the village chief, who smiled at him and said: "Iron Bull, you really are a good child. Blacksmith Li seems to be having some difficulties, why dont you go over and help him!" As he spoke, the village chief waved his hand and Wang Yu was bathed in a ray of gold. He had risen to level 2. Every time someone levelled up in <>, they would receive 10 attribute points. 5 would be evenly distributed to each of their respective attributes, while they were free to allocate the other 5 attribute points themselves. Of the 5 attribute points, Wang Yu assigned 3 to Strength and 2 to Dexterity, now his attributes were ID : Iron Bull (Pugilist-) Level : LV-2 HP: 150 (5x30) MP: 120 (4x30) Strength: 9 Vitality: 5 Spirit: 4 Intelligence: 4 Dexterity: 8 Physical Attack: 6-11 Magical Attack: 2-4 Physical Defense: 3-6 Magic Resistance: 2-4 Equipment: -Old Cloth Clothing, Defense: 1-1 -Old Gloves, Damage: 1-2 Skills: -[Lateral Kick] (LV1). The Pugilists strong leg muscles allows the user to deal 120% physical damage to the target, causing it to fly. Costs MP30. After walking around the entire village, Wang Yu finally arrived the Blacksmith Lis place. Blacksmith Li had a worried look on his face as he was forging some weapons. "Excuse me, is there anything that you require some assistance in?" Wang Yu asked as he arrived in front of Blacksmith Li. "The animals outside the village have all gone crazy, I cant even leave the village to go mining, could you help me kill the Wild Bulls that are blocking the road?" "..." Wang Yu was speechless, mumbled to himself: "Its either killing some dogs or slaughtering some bulls, arent there any other quests to do?" Truth be told, Wang Yu was extremely respectful of his profession as a martial artist. He had started practicing from the tender age of 4 and had been continuously training for the past 20 years. He couldnt help but feel as though he disgracing his martial arts if all he did was kill dogs or slaughter bulls. Wang Yu had only mumbled this under his breath, but Blacksmith Lis suddenly lit up: "Oh? Who would have thought, that you were a Brave Warrior, I have a quest here, would you like to accept it?" "What quest is this?" Wang Yu was no fool, he realised that he had encountered the rumored secret quest. The Blacksmiths face suddenly became very somber: "My only son died in the jaws of a Wolf, I want to avenge him, but I lack the power to do so. O Brave Warrior, are you willing to help me kill that detestable Wild Wolf?" "Accept!" Wang Yu accepted without the slightest hint of hesitation. 5 Slaying Wolves "Just a Silver grade boss?" Wang Yu was thrown off guard and thought to himself. "And here I thought that an S rank mission would at least come with a Divine grade boss!" Before entering the game, Wang Yu had seen some basic information about the game and knew that bosses were split into five different grades. Bronze, Silver, Gold, Obsidian and Divine. However, what Wang Yu didnt know that all bosses in the game possessed insane attributes. They were simply incomparable to those ordinary monsters roaming around. Even a Bronze grade boss would require the player to party up with at least one other person to fight. A Silver grade boss was already a peak existence within the beginner village. As for a Divine grade boss Wang Yu was simply over thinking things. The entire server itself only had so many Divine grade bosses so how could a mere beginner village have the honor of having one? If any other player had seen this quest they would immediately recognise the severity of this task. No, the word scam was more appropriate to describe it. Killing a Silver grade boss solo while not exceeding level 10? Was something like this even possible? However being a video game noob Wang Yu naturally didnt understand the difficulty of this quest and simply continued making snide remarks about it. "Rest easy Old Li, Ill definitely help you kill that bastard!" With that Wang Yu headed off towards the Dawn Plains. The beginner village was also called Dawn Village and the Dawn Plains was simply a large empty plain to the west of Dawn Village. These plains were home to packs of level 10 wolves.Being only the third day since the game had been launched the highest level player was only around level 9. Hence the Dawn Plains was relatively devoid of players while those that were there that had formed parties of two or three to hunt. All these people were here with the intention of farming loot. In the game, skipping levels to slay monsters earned players more experience points than killing those of a similar or lower level making it more efficient to hunt higher level monsters. Killing one level 10 wolf took roughly 30 seconds and gave 200 experience points. In the same amount of time, players would have been able to kill three monsters of their own level. The efficiency of slaying wolves was simply incomparable to killing lower level monsters. Solely counting the experience points gained, it was not economical to go to the Dawn Plains to hunt. Following the indicator on his map, Wang Yu soon arrived at the Dawn Plains and immediately ran to the spawning ground of the wolves. In <> players had a sort of love hate relationship with these wolves. Love because they were the highest level monsters in the beginner village and had incredibly high drop rates. In fact they even had a chance to drop level 10 skill books! Hate because these wolves spawn as a pack in the game with every pack consisting of at least six individual wolves. Ordinary player had to form a party to hunt these wolves and even so they could only do so by pulling one away from the rest of the pack. Fighting in such a manner took a huge toll on the efficiency of farming them. However, these players had no other choice. A combined attack from six of these wolves was enough to instant kill any player. As for the present Wang Yu, after aimlessly walking around for a period of time he had finally encountered a pack of wolves! Seeing Wang Yu intrude upon their territory, the six wolves that were originally lazing around on the grass immediately stood up, bared their fangs and began to close in on him. "Hey How come these wolves behave like the wild dogs near the village entrance?" Wang Yu ridiculed as he inspected their attributes. HP: 300 MP: 50 Skills: [Eviscerate], [Scratch] Domesticated animals were domesticated animals in the end, all they had to rely on were their fangs and claws. With a shout, Wang Yu charged into the pack of wolves. Without wasting any time the wolves began to surround Wang Yu as well. With a flash of his leg, Wang Yu evaded the attack from a wolf. He instantly unleashed his [Lateral Kick] to the stomach of the nearest wolf. With a pitiful yelp the wolf was sent flying, with a blood red "-44" flashing above its head. Immediately following that, Wang Yu grabbed the wolf by its neck with his left hand and formed a knife with his right and forcefully slashed down. -55 -99 -100 [Lateral Kick], 140% Perfection, damage dealt increased by 400%, added effect: Knock Up, Disabled. [Normal Attack], 170% Perfection, damage dealt increased by 500%, added effect: True Damage. [Normal Attack], 185% Perfection, damage dealt increased by 900%, added effect: True Damage. The 3-hit combo did an extra 100 bonus damage! With only 2 HP left, the wolf in Wang Yus hands was already at its last breath. With a toss, Wang Yu threw the wolf towards the other five, hitting them and causing the wolf to disappear in a bright flash of light and a black object to fall on the ground. Complete and utter annihilation!!!!! No one would have been able to imagine that a level 2 Pugilist would be able to annihilate a level 10 wolf in just one combo! Even Wang Yu himself was slightly puzzled. What the hell was that extra 100 bonus damage after his 3-hit combo just now? The bonus damage from the combo was actually one of the hidden functions in <>. Though most players wouldnt be able to activate a combo this early in the game, in future as the players levelled up and gained more skills and more attribute points, they would be able to generate longer and longer combos resulting in greater bonus damage from the combos. The Pugilist was a job that received no love from the creators. The only speciality they had was the innate ability to combo. Perhaps this was the reparations given to the class The remaining five wolves immediately surrounded Wang Yu again. However his [Lateral Kick] had already gone off cooldown. With the exact same combo Wang Yu easily annihilated another wolf. The AI of these wolves wasnt anything spectacular and even their attacks were very stiff and robotic. Wang Yu was able to easily grasp their attack patterns and turn them all into a large number of experience points in a short time. Going from level 2 to level 3 required 2000 experience points and every wolf gave 200 experience points. Skipping levels to slay these wolves also gave Wang Yu additional experience points. With a bright flash of light Wang Yu rose to level 3. After distributing 3 points to strength and 2 to dexterity Wang Yu began to pick up the items that the wolf pack dropped. In total the wolves had dropped around 30 or 40 bronze coins which was way more than what the wild dogs had dropped. Furthermore, the first wolf had also dropped an item! Physical defense 1-1 Magic Defense 1-1 Level requirement: 5 In <> equipment had 7 different tiers: Iron (white), Bronze (green), Silver (blue), Gold (yellow), Obsidian (orange), Ancient (purple), Legendary (rainbow). There were also black coloured equipment called set equipment. These came in different numbered sets and were nothing special individually. However when one equipped them all it would activate a hidden attribute and massively boost the power of the equipment! Although it was only a Iron-tier equipment, it showed that the rumours of the high drop rates the wolves had was not just a fantasy. Keeping the Grey Wolfs Protective Armlet, Wang Yu sat down to recover some of his MP and then continued to roam around slaying all the wolves he came across. The wolves had a high drop rate and gave decent experience as well but most importantly, they were much stronger than the wild dogs outside the village. This made Wang Yu feel slightly better about himself since he was not wasting his martial arts Wang Yu had not been able to find the Silver Wolf King despite searching for it all morning. However he had slain over a hundred wolves and was already level 6 at this point. Such a levelling speed was completely unheard of in <>. Due to the nature of levelling system in the game, the speed which players levelled up was totally abysmal. Going from level 1 to level 2 was still easy since it only needed 1000 experience points. Completing the first beginner quest was already enough to raise the player to level 2! The village chief really wasnt stingy at all! However the adjustment phase was where the real hell began. After each level up the experience points needed for the next would be doubled The highest amount of experience points a monster in the beginner village gave was a mere 200! It was only after reaching level 8 and completing the final beginner quest that the experience needed to level up would go back to increasing by 10% per level. Hence in the 3 days since it released, there were still no level 10 players with most being only level 7. The wolves that Wang Yu had slain had dropped 8 pieces of equipment in total including a Grey Wolfs leather armour, a Grey Wolfs leather shoes, a Grey Wolfs bandanna and another 4 Grey Wolfs protective armlets. Aside from this, Wang had also picked up an uncountable number of bronze coins. Since he essentially didnt get hit, he didnt spend any money on healing items either. Fully equipped with grey wolf equipment, the originally domineering looking Wang Yu now had a wild aura about him creating a suffocating feeling for those around him. ID : Iron Bull (Pugilist-) Level : LV-6 HP: 270 (9x30) MP: 240 (8x30) Strength: 25 Vitality: 9 Spirit: 8 Intelligence: 8 Dexterity: 20 Physical Attack: 22-27 Magical Attack: 5-8 Physical Defense: 12-15 Magic Resistance: 10-13 Equipment: -Grey Wolfs leather armour, Defense: 2-2, Resistance 2-2 -Grey Wolfs bandanna, Defense: 1-1, Resistance 1-1 -Grey Wolfs Leather Shoes, Defense: 1-1, Resistance 1-1 Movement speed +4% -Old Gloves, Damage: 1-2 Skills: -[Lateral Kick] (LV1). The Pugilists strong leg muscles allows the user to deal 120% physical damage to the target, causing it to fly. Costs MP30. With Wang Yus current defence, even if a wolf bit him he would barely lose any health at all! But of course with his abilities these wolves werent able to even touch him at all! Hence to Wang Yu, something like defence wasnt very useful. Wearing all these equipment was merely for show. After circling the plains another time, Wang Yu had still yet to see the Silver Wolf King. Bosses were something that could only be met by chance and not searched for after all let alone a Silver grade boss! Hence Wang Yu had no choice but to return to the beginners village where he instantly attracted a lot of attention. In the current era of cloth clothing and wooden weapons, Wang Yus current dressing was very eye catching. When the other players saw Wang Yus equipment they all almost started drooling. One look at his equipment and everyone knew that it wasnt something ordinary especially compared to their torn and tattered cloth clothes... "Brother where did you get this set of equipment?" A sword carrying warrior slowly asked as he walked out from the crowd. "From drops!" Wang Yu replied blandly. The crowd was completely speechless, what bullshit! Of course it was a drop! Where could you even find a shop selling equipment like this? "Where did it drop?" The warrior asked again. "Dawn Plains! The wolves dropped it!" Wang Yu was a honest man, if anyone asked he would definitely reply truthfully. *Gasp* The crowd sucked in a cold breath of air. This was the Dawn Plains he was talking about! The monsters there were all level 10! If any low level player went there the only thing he would receive would be a free trip back to the spawn point Could this great Pugilist really have the ability to hunt in the Dawn Plains alone? Since when did the shitty Pugilist class become so monstrous? After being stunned for awhile the warrior asked: "Are you selling it?" This warrior had only been asking to try his luck. It was only the start of the game so something like this set of equipment was godly in the eyes of the rest of the beginners. The chances that he would sell it was abysmal. How would have guess that Wang Yu would reply "Yes!" To Wang Yu, the only item in the entire set worth keeping was the Grey Wolfs Shoes. Since the rest were useless to him then why not just sell them off? When he first joined the studio Wang Yu had signed a contract with Li Xue stating that he had to contribute 5 gold coins each month for the first two months of the games release. In the game the currency conversion was 1 gold coin= 100 silver coins= 10000 bronze coins Wang Yu didnt spend anything when fighting monsters and even skipped levels to fight the wolves. With the money he had picked up he could have been considered a rich man now with the more than 10 silver coins he had in his bag. In the early stages of the game before the Free Market had been released, selling anything with the price of 5 gold coins was nothing but a pipe dream! 6 I’m a Martial Artis In the early stages of the game, simply hunting monsters to earn 5 gold coins a month was nearly impossible since most ordinary monsters only dropped a few bronze coins per kill and there was still the costs of potions to consider! Hence the best way to earn money was to sell the equipment drops from monsters. The studios contract clearly stated that Wang Yu had to contribute a fixed amount of gold coins per month and anything else he earned would belong to him. With his current embarrassing living situation how could Wang Yu give up any opportunity to earn money? Hearing that he was willing to sell his equipment, the surrounding players immediately leapt into action. With the high defense the equipment provided, if a knight were to wear it he would be able to tank hits from any monster in the beginner village aside from bosses! "I have 10 silver coins here! Ill give it to you for that armour! How bout it?" The same warrior shouted hopefully. "10 silver coins?" Wang Yu was slightly stunned. It was not that he thought it was too low, just that found it too shocking. In the official exchange rate that the company released, 1 silver coin was 1 dollar in the real world. However since the game had just been released the actual price of coins in the game was more than 10 times the actual exchange rate! What this meant was that the Grey Wolfs Leather Armour he had was worth 100 dollars!!! At this time yesterday, Wang Yu was being scorned due to a 1 dollar bottle of water yet now in this virtual world, a random item could already earn him so much money! "Brother how about it? This is all I have on me now If you think its too little I can still top up some real money" Seeing that Wang Yu wasnt replying him, the warrior began to panic. While Wang Yu was still deep in thought, a thief next to the warrior suddenly burst into laughter. "You don''t have any money and yet you still dare to strut around like that? Can''t you see that he can''t even be bothered to acknowledge you?" Following that the thief boldly said : "Brother I''ll pay 50 silver coins for your leather armour and shoes! How about it?" "Fif...fifty silver coins??" The entire crowd was stunned. This thief really was a rich kid after all. The game had only been out for 3 days and he already had so many silver coins. Wang Yu maintained his emotionless expression. He didn''t know what the market price for these pieces of equipment was. If he just blindly sold them off he would definitely suffer a big loss. It was safer to wait for Mu Zi Xian to come back so he could consult her or maybe even ask Li Xue first At this point, Wang Yu opened the world chat and set up a stall to sell his equipment and immediately logged out. Aside from the shoes, all 7 of the grey wolf equipment he picked was being sold for 1 gold coin a piece. Seeing Wang Yu suddenly turn into a scarecrow the crowd instantly knew that he had logged out and began approaching his shop. The moment these players saw the price of his goods they began to curse him in their hearts. 1 gold per equipment?! Was this motherf**ker insane? Did he lose his mind from being too poor? Taking off the headset, Wang Yu headed to find Li Xue to ask her about the prices of equipment in the current market. However, their door was still locked and they were probably still fighting monsters. Wang Yu was raised in an ancient a traditional martial arts clan and was raised on the notion that women were inferior to men. Though he had long since discarded this view he still believed they shouldn''t frivolously come into contact. Having no other option he helplessly went out to the balcony and began hitting the pillar. Since he could remember, Wang Yu would always do three full routines for his martial arts a day. This was a habit that had long since become a part of him and he had never taken a break even for a day! As he continued to hit the pillar, Wang Yu began to recall all the battles from the morning. This game was really quite good! Wang Yu could faintly feel that the effectiveness of fighting monsters in the game was better than hitting the lifeless pillar in real life! After hitting the pillar for some time, Wang Yu heard some movement in the living room. Thinking that Mu Zi Xian had come home Wang Yu immediately rushed to greet her. However instead of seeing Mu Zi Xian, Wang Yu saw Mary gingerly walking out of the toilet. The moment he saw Mary, Wang Yus entire face turned red in embarrassment. Being alone with a group of girls wasn''t much of a problem for Wang Yu. The problem was that Mary was wearing nothing but her underwear! It was only a tiny pair of purple underwear that wrapped tightly around her important parts to protect them It was very natural to want to be relaxed while gaming since it was very tiring to wear a heavy helmet while in game. Most people opted to lie down while playing as though they were sleeping and Mary was no exception. She must have needed to relieve herself really badly since she had ran out of the room without even bothering to put some clothes on. "S...so...sorry!" Wang Yu stammered. However contrary to his expectations Mary just burst into laughter and said: "Mr Landlord whatre you so embarrassed about? From what Sister Xue said your pecs are insane! Can I have a feel" "....." "Boom!" Without saying a single word Wang Yu ran back to his room and slammed the door shut. "Cheh! So stingy!" Mary mumbled to herself as she continued to tip-toe back to her room. Not long after that Mu Zi Xian returned home from work. Entering the bedroom she saw Wang Yu browsing the official site for <>. Mu ZI Xian lightly chuckled and said: "Ooooh so youve learnt how to read the forums huh." "Hehe Im just casually browsing. Its nothing much." Wang Yu laughed. "So how was it? Hows the feeling of independant mode? Whats your level now?" She asked. "It feels great! An well after killing wolves for the whole morning Im level 6 now" Wang Yu replied. "Level 6? Wild Wolves? You joined a hunting party?" Mu Zi Xian asked curiously. "Nope! I hunted solo!" Wang Yu replied. "S..solo?" Hearing his reply the corner of Mu Zi Xians mouth lightly twitched. Wolves were the highest level in the beginner village and even formed their own packs. Players would need at least a three man party to barely be able to hunt in the Dawn Plains and yet Wang Yu was there fighting solo and had even reached level 6 in one morning! Mu Zi Xian was thoroughly shocked. If she knew her husband was such a demon she should have let him play even sooner! Luckily it was still only the third day since launch and he wasnt at that much of a disadvantage. "You can break the defenses of a level 10 monster?" Mu Zi Xian asked. In <> monsters had their own form of level suppression as well. If a level 6 player fought a level 10 wolf, the wolfs defense would double! Even though she knew that Wang Yu was a martial artist, Mu Zi Xian found it hard to believe that he could slay a wolf solo. After thinking for a bit Wang Yu said: " Break its defense? But my attacks already do true damage though?" Hearing this Mu Zi Xian was so shocked her jaw almost hit the ground. "You mean in Independent mode all your attacks have more than 100% perfection?" "I think so?" Wang Yu nodded. "Mon...monster!!!" After a second Mu Zi Xian only had this to say. Although Mu Zi Xian was only a customer service officer she was still a part of the company and had a thorough understanding of the attack perfection rating system. If ordinary players tried to use Independent mode the best they would be able to reach was around 70%-80% perfection which was far from what they would achieve in assisted mode. During the beta testing phase one of the programmers had personally tested Independent mode and was only able to achieve 98% perfection at best. That programmer had supposedly been someone who practised martial arts as well. Even the pugilist class had been designed by him! However Wang Yu had not only been able to surpass 100% perfection, according to what he said he was able to do so with every attack he unleashed! This was completely unheard of! If Mu Zi Xian didnt know everything about her husband she would have assumed he was lying! "Hey How can you say something like that to your husband?" Wang Yu was slightly upset. "I was too excited" Mu Zi Xian smiled apologetically. The way she looked at Wang Yu now was as though she was looking at some heavenly being and she couldnt help but remember the first time they met... "Thank you so much for saving me!" "Dont mention it! Something like this is part of a martial artists duty anyway!" So this was what a true martial artist was like There really was a difference between them and ordinary people! Closing the webpage, Wang Yu turned around to face Mu Zi Xian. "Oh right honey, I picked up a few pieces of equipment today and people want to buy them. Can you help me with their price? "Equipment? How many pieces?" The moment Mu Zi Xian heard the word equipment she instantly became excited and woke up from her flashback. "Eight pieces! And theyre all Grey Wolf equipment!" Wang Yu replied. "Impressive! Very Impressive!" With all the surprises Wang Yu had given her Mu Zi Xian was already numb to whatever feats came next. The drop rates of monsters were also dependent on the number of players hunting them. If a three man party wanted to find eight pieces of equipment they would need to slay at least a thousand wolves! Since Wang Yu was hunting solo and skipping levels as well, picking up so many equipment drops was actually within reason. "Although you cant really level up that fast in <> these equipment are still only a transitionary set. Furthermore, theyre only Iron tier! For you to be able to sell them for 50 silver coins so early in the game is already considered not bad!" Mu ZI Xian analysed. "Really? Well then I have a price in my head then! Oh right do you have any idea where i can find the SIlver Wolf King? Ive been looking for it for half the day and Ive still yet to see it at all!" Wang Yu nodded as he asked. "Silver Wolf King? Whatre you looking for him for?" "A quest! This bastard ate the son of Blacksmith Li and Im going to kill him to carry out Old Lis revenge!" Wang Yu replied. "Dont tell me its Brave Heart?" "Oh so you know? GM sis give me some hints I can pay you with my body!" Wang Yu jokingly winked. "So shameless!" Mu Zi Xian jokingly scolded and then seriously said: "Brave Heart is one of the hardest hidden quests in the entire game and it is completely unique! Even most programmers wouldnt know the exact questline let alone me!" "So you dont know where the boss is then huh" Wang Yu dejectedly said. "The bosss spawn point isnt something related to the questline. It spawns in the Dawn Plains at the coordinates 475-635. There is a large tree there, surrounded by a pack of wolves. After you kill all these wolves the Silver Wolf King will spawn to avenge its brethren. Mu Zi Xian replied. "Ohhhh! So its like this! No wonder I spent the whole morning searching without finding anything! So there was a spawn condition!" Wang Yu suddenly realised. " Yep! From what Ive heard this boss has a spawn condition because its supposed to be special. Supposedly its even more powerful that the average Gold grade boss! Even the programmers were afraid that it would annihilate the entire beginner village if they let it roam free!" Mu Zi Xian nodded. "Hah! Don''t worry about it! Im a martial artist!" Wang Yu laughed. When he talked about martial artists Wang Yu naturally exuded an air of extreme confidence and seemingly swept away the dispirited expression he normally had. This sudden change in Wang Yu stunned Mu Zi Xian as she thought to herself: "Now this is the man I remember marrying!" 7 Encounter with Bandits After finishing his food, Wang Yu hurriedly entered the game once again. Upon entering the game, Wang Yu realised that his Notification Tab was flashing non-stop. Since he did not have any friends, Wang Yu assumed that it was just some system notification and decided to ignore it, Wang Yu opened his store to take the equipment off the shelves. Mu Zi Xian had previously explained that in the early stages of the game, everyone''s levelling speed would be relatively fast, hence the value of the equipment would rapidly depreciate as time went by. After opening the store, Wang Yu realised that all the equipment had been sold, much to his surprise. "1 gold for a piece of equipment and there are still buyers?" Wang Yu looked at the 7 gold in his inventory and sighed. There really were too many rich people who didn''t know where to spend their money. 7 gold for these few pieces of equipment that were almost outdated really wasn''t that bad at all. After packing up his store, Wang Yu opened the flashing Notification Tab and a few messages instantly popped up. Frost Blade: "Bro, can these equipment be any cheaper?" Frost Blade: "Are you there?" Frost Blade: "Fine, 1 gold a piece it is then, if you have any good items in the future, please tell me first" "..." Wang Yu selected the accept option and closed the Notification Tab, thinking to himself that it was a good thing that his brothers weren''t around, otherwise they''d never let go of the fact that someone had tried to haggle with him. Originally, based on the speed of earning in game cash, Wang Yu was very unsure of whether or not he could meet his quota of earning 5 gold. But not it seemed like he had met his quota with a single day''s worth of work. All that was left to do was to complete all the quests in the game! After leaving beginner village, the number of players were still the same as before. But Wang Yu noticed that there were gradually more players as he moved into hunting grounds with higher levelled monsters. Even though Dawn Plains could not be considered a very mainstream training area, but there were still quite a few players, grouped in parties of two or three, that could be seen in the vicinity. Wang Yu did not bother with the meagre bits of experience points from the Wild Wolves and ran straight towards the heart of Dawn Plains. Suddenly, Wang Yu heard a gust of wind behind him, a wooden arrow was headed towards his back. Wang Yu creased his brows and stretched out his right hand, catching the arrow mid-flight. Wang Yu turned around, only to see four players staring at him with a look of complete and utter disbelief. The party composition was the most common one that players used when hunting at Dawn Plains: Warrior, Magician, Archer, Priest. These four jobs were also the most commonly played jobs in <>. After having attacked Wang Yu, the ID of the four players were revealed above their heads. The Warrior in the front was called: Professional Blocker, the Archer: One-Shot-One-Kill and the Magician: Exterminator. The Priest, however, had the most striking name which was in grey. Sage of Three Worlds, Death Ball, from the looks of things, it seemed that though he was only 17 years old, he was the leader of this party. Though the rest of the party did not seem that much older either. "There''s nothing wrong with my eyes right, did he actually grab the arrow that I shot? In mid flight?" One-Shot-One-Kill was utterly flabbergasted. Professional Blocker opened his mouth and sheepishly said: "Seems like it" "Looks like he really is an expert, no wonder he was able to acquire so many equipments, I''m not sure if we can defeat him!" Exterminator indifferently said. Death Ball, who was standing at the back, savagely said: "What''re you scared of? With me around, no matter how strong the expert, he will also have to die and leave the equipments behind!!!" A weak and powerless Priest, had said even more arrogant and unbridled words than the others who had jobs with actual battle power. In <>, players were free to engage in Player Killing (PK), the only restriction was that the system would protect the player if there was a level difference of 10 or more levels. Experience points would not be lost if the player died, only the equipment in their inventory would be lost. "What are you planning to do?" Wang Yu furiously asked. Despite the fact that Wang Yu was a martial artist, he had an extremely gentle temperament, at the very least he did not go around provoking others. He could not understand the reason why these people would attack him on their own volition. "Is this guy r*tarded?" The Priest laughed as he looked towards his companions, asking Wang Yu: "I heard you have quite a few pieces of equipment on hand?" Wang Yu unhappily replied: "They''ve all been sold, if you want to buy some you have to come earlier next time." "That''s alright, if you don''t have any equipment money is fine too!" The Priest snickered. "Are you guys trying robbing me?" Wang Yu coldly asked the Priest. Even though Wang Yu was very innocent he was no fool, this was obviously a robbery. Wang Yu began to feel rather depressed, never in his wildest imagination would he have thought that his first time being robbed would be in a video game, by a bunch of kids! The Priest laughed: "No bad! You''re quite smart! I think it''ll be wiser for you to just surrender your money, don''t force our hand, even though dying won''t cause you to lose any experience, but the taste of death isn''t very pleasant!" "With just the five of you?" Wang Yu creased his brows and let out a deep sigh, taking a quick step to the side, stretching his hand out and grabbing the Thief. After grabbing the Thief''s head, Wang Yu violently slammed him onto the ground. Originally this party had a total of five people, but one Thief had been hiding behind Wang Yu using [Stealth], waiting for an opportunity to attack him. Who would have known that Wang Yu had been a martial artist for years? With a radius of several tens of metres, he could even sense the movement of every blade of grass, let alone the killing intent exuded by someone staring at him from behind. "!!!!!!??????" "How''s that even possible?" After seeing that the Thief had been struck and even knocked out of his stealth, the other four people in the party were utterly stupefied. The one who had been slammed on the ground by Wang Yu was a Thief called Butt Stabber, he was in an even greater shock than the rest. [Stealth] was completely useless, even the Archer''s [Concentrated Shot] had been caught by Wang Yu. Since when did the Pugilist become so overpowered? Silence, a deathly silence... "Oh My! Death Ball, it really is you, who would have thought that we would be in the same beginner village, it must be fate!" Just at this moment, a sound from not far away broke the silence. Looking towards the direction of the sound, a Priest and a Warrior were walking towards them. Even though the words spoken by the Priest sounded very friendly and amiable, he wore an expression of disdain and disgust on his face. Wang Yu grew rather depressed, even though the Priest job had no combat potential whatsoever, why did it seem as though all Priests were natural born leaders? Why was the party leader of every party a Priest? When Death Ball looked at the person walking over, he revealed a very frightened expression: "Fearless you scoundrel!! This isn''t the business of your Quan Zhen Sect! Just f*ck off!" The Priest walked right in front of Death Ball and rubbed his head: "Who would have thought that you really are just a kid, it''s almost time for your finals, yet here you''re still playing games?" "F*ck your mom!!" After being embarrassed like that, Death Ball flew into a rage, raising his staff to strike at Fearless, but he was swiftly struck to the ground by the Warrior standing behind Fearless, who then pierced Death Ball''s throat with his blade. A Priest was merely a support job, with very low health. Furthermore Death Ball was a Priest who focused on increasing his Spirit, he was instantly struck to death and turned into a ray of white light. Wang Yu''s pupils contracted, this Warrior was also someone who used the Independent mode! If one used the Assisted mode, they would how to use attacks that had been designed and allowed by the system. A warrior who was able to use the hilt of his sword to cast [Heavy Strike] was definitely someone who was using the Independent mode, anyone who had used the Independent mode before would be able to see the difference! After witnessing their boss get killed without a chance to resist, the remaining members of the party were scared witless, they all stood rooted to the ground, afraid to make even the slightest bit of movement. Fearless smiled sweetly as he asked them: "Are you guys also from the Apocalypse guild?" The group hurriedly shook their heads: "We are only Death Ball''s classmates" "Oh." Fearless immediately understood and laughed: "Little kids, don''t be led astray at such a tender age, please pay more attention to your studies, uncle doesn''t wish to bully you guys today, please leave!" This group of kids vigorously nodded their heads and sobbed: "We...we understand, thank you uncle." The group of kids immediately ran away, not a single one dared to look back. Once that was over, Fearless turned around and walked towards Wang Yu: "Hello, I''m called Fearless! This is my friend, Boson!" As he spoke, he pointed towards the Warrior standing behind him. "Nice to meet you guys, I''m called Iron Bull, thank you for your help just now!" Wang Yu thanked the duo. Even though Wang Yu could have easily taught those kids a lesson by himself, it was only right to be polite to those that had helped him. Fearless laughed as he asked: "Brother Iron Bull, how did you offend those people from the Apocalypse guild?" Wang Yu shook his head and said: "I''m not too sure myself, I think they were trying to steal my equipment..." Fearless laughed: "That does seem like something they would do! Brother Iron Bull, you have to be more careful in the future, those b*stards are extremely vengeful!!" "Just a bunch of kids!" Wang Yu said dismissively. Truth be told, Wang Yu simply did not mind what had happened at all, to squabble with those kids was simply too much! Fearless laughed: "The Apocalypse guild is quite strong, Death Ball is but a minor character there! Brother Iron Bull, it''s best to be more careful!" "Mm, I got it, thank you for the reminder!" Wang Yu nodded in agreement. "Let''s add each other as friends, the enemy of my enemy is my friend. In the future if the Apocalypse guild cause any trouble for you, just send me a message!" "Alright!" Wang Yu agreed, sending the duo a friend request. After having added each other as friends, Fearless very politely said: "Then we won''t hold you back from levelling up then Brother Iron Bull!" "Mm, goodbye!" After leaving the two, Wang Yu continued walking towards the heart of Dawn Plains. As he watched Wang Yu leave, Boson suddenly said: "That Pugilist is not simple!'' "Really?" Fearless was caught by surprise, Boson was a rather proud person and rarely had anything good to say about others. Boson nodded his head: "After seeing his attack just now, I realised that he uses the Independent mode just like me! Furthermore, he''s a solo player, he is probably slightly stronger than me!" "Stronger than you?" Fearless stared at Boson: "You''ve got to be kidding me!" Boson laughed: "If you don''t believe me, why don''t we just follow him?" 8 100% Dodge Rate Based the coordinates that Mu Zi Xian had given him, Wang Yu knew that the Silver Wolf King was located in the heart of Dawn Plains. Ignoring all the Wild Wolfs that spawned along the way, Wang Yu headed straight towards the large tree that Mu Zi Xian had told him about. The tree was extremely tall and it''s canopy was immensely dense and wide, just like a gigantic umbrella. It stood tall and proud, looming over the rest of Dawn Plains. Twelve wolves with white fur, that looked much stronger than the average Wild Wolf, were currently lazing around in the shade of the large tree. The eight that were lying further from the large tree were of a lower level, being just normal monsters. HP: 1000 MP: 100 Skills: [Eviscerate], [Scratch], [Lunge] The four lying closer to the tree were of a slightly higher level and were even Elite monsters. HP: 2000 MP: 2000 Skills: [Eviscerate], [Scratch], [Lunge] It looks like in <>, you were unable to see the monsters attributes, but just looking at these wolves that were definitely much stronger than the Wild Wolves, Wang Yu knew that getting bitten by them would definitely hurt, but that was IF they managed to land a hit on him... Just a this moment, Fearless and Boson had managed to catch up. "Let''s stop here, any closer and he will notice us." Boson held Fearless back as he explained. Fearless was shocked: "You must be kidding! From this place...I can''t even see clearly and you''re tell me that he will notice us?" The two of them were several tens of meters away and could only barely make out what was happening in the distance. "Even a Thief using [Stealth] was easily caught by him, do you think that you, a mere Priest, has a better concealment ability than a Thief?" Boson asked. "Er...What''s he doing now?" Looking at Wang Yu facing off against those twelve wolfs by himself, Fearless was very confused: "Don''t tell me he plans to solo all those Silver Wolf Warriors by himself..." The spawn point of Silver Wolf Warriors in Dawn Plains was by no means a secret, in fact there would usually be some players who would come by to train. Those who did had even personally experienced how powerful these monsters are. It was common knowledge that even though Wild Wolves did not have very high HP, they used their high attack and group tactics to make up for that. For these level 12, special monsters, in the early stages of the game, they were simply unkillable for any player. "That can''t be..." Boson didn''t dare to confirm it either. As someone who also used the Independent mode, Boson was very confident in his own abilities, but even he wouldn''t dare to take on this group of Silver Wolf Warriors. Especially not together with the four Silver Wolf Guards. Boson was a very proud man. Even though he could see that Wang Yu was stronger than he was, he only admitted that Wang Yu was slightly stronger than himself. As Warrior, taking on the Silver Wolf Warrior alone was already overestimating himself. Wang Yu was merely a Pugilist so how much stronger could he be? "F*ck! He''s really walking towards them!" Fearless pointed at Wang Yu and shouted. Boson rubbed his chin and commented: "If he lures them over one by one, even though that would expend a lot of effort, killing these monster with low level AI would only be a matter of time. Even I would barely be able to do it." Fearless blankly stared at Wang Yu: "It doesn''t look as though he the intention to lure them over." "What!" As Boson looked up, he realised that Wang Yu had swaggered straight to the tree, right into the encirclement of the 12 wolves, whistling at them to catch their attention as though they were normal dogs. "Heh, so this is your expert haha! You have truly broadened my horizons!" Fearless mocked. "Th....This fool! Is he looking for death?" Boson''s face was dripping with sweat as he watched the scene before him unfold. What happened next left them both utterly speechless. As Wang Yu walked towards the large tree, he had already walked into the attack range of the wolves. The twelve wolves howled as they walked towards Wang Yu. These wolves revealed a sinister and ferocious expression, saliva dripping from the corners of their mouths, as though it had been ages since their last meal. The whistle from Wang Yu was like a command to them, the twelve wolfs quickly surrounded Wang Yu, baring their fangs and claws at him before pouncing towards him. Wang Yu was not flustered at all, jumping up. He used his legs, rhythmically using the tree bark to climb higher, leaping through the air as he avoided the first wave of attacks from the wolves. Leaping once more, Wang Yu broke through the encirclement of the wolves with ease. Wang Yu landed softly behind a Silver Wolf Guard, using [Lateral Kick] to knock it up, striking it in the throat, , , ... The pitiful Silver Wolf Guard was beaten senseless by Wang Yu while still suspended in midair. However Wang Yu didn''t stop there and continued to attack the Silver Wolf Guard, methodically striking at it throat, lower back and jaw. Wang Yu''s figure continuously flashed, dodging each and every [Eviscerate] and [Scratch] from the pack of wolves. The pitiful Silver Wolf Guard that Wang Yu had beaten to death had not even touched the ground once. As he saw the wolves preparing to pounce at him in unison again, Wang Yu ran straight towards the large tree, not even bothering to pick up the items dropped by the Silver Wolf Guard after it died. "Th...this isn''t a dream right..." Fearless rubbed his eyes again and again. He couldn''t believe what he had just seen. A Silver Wolf Guard with 2000HP, had been combo-ed to death by a Pugilist, if this wasn''t a dream, then it had to be a bug in the system. Boson''s face was twitching non stop. He had originally thought that his fighting capabilities was about the same as Iron Bull the Pugilist, since he had chosen the stronger job. But after watching Wang Yu fight, Boson realised what he said was extremely laughable, slightly weaker? He simply didn''t have the qualifications to be compared to Wang Yu. "It''s not a BUG, that''s the capability of the Independent mode!" Boson emotionally said. Fearless was appalled: "How''s that possible, even when the Silver Wolves attack him he doesn''t lose any health..." Boson replied: "It''s not that he doesn''t lose any health, but that he simply did not receive any attacks!" As someone who dared to use the Independent mode, Boson was someone with some capabilities, at the very least he had better vision than Fearless. "He didn''t get hit???" Boson''s words left Fearless even more appalled: "Don''t tell me this is the legendary 100% dodge rate? In an encirclement of so many wolves, to be able to dodge all their attacks, is this guy human???!!!" If Wang Yu had heard what Fearless had just said, he would definitely have laughed bitterly. In reality, Wang Yu would definitely be able to effortlessly dodge all the attacks from a pack of wolves, but in the game, especially at this early phase in the game where his attributes made him as weak as a child, to be able to do so required his complete concentration. For example, when facing the [Lunge] that the Silver Wolves used together in unison, Wang Yu did not have complete confidence to dodge this attack, thus he used the geographical features to assist him in dodging the attack. Originally Wang Yu did not intend to waste so much mental stamina, luring the wolves over one by one would make it much easier to kill them. But Mu Zi Xian had explicitly said that the only way to get the Silver Wolf King to reveal himself was to kill all the Silver Wolves before even a single one of them respawned. Being something that was pre-programmed by a computer, the AI of these wolves were low. With their monotonous and preset attack patterns, as long as he paid attention, he would not be hit at all. In less than 3 minutes, the eight Silver Wolf Warriors and four Silver Wolf Guard had all been completely massacred! This meant that he took slightly more than 10 seconds to kill one...This sort of efficiency was something only a late game player should have! The underlings of the boss were all worthy of praise, every Silver Wolf Warrior dropped 1 silver coin and the Silver Wolf Guards dropped 2 silver coins each, even leaving behind two bronze tier equipments. Physical Defense: 4-6 Magic Resistance: 1-3 Effects: Hemophile - This ring grants the user a 5% chance to steal life equal to 1% of the damage dealt to the opponent. Level Requirement: 10 Physical Defense: 5-10 Magic Resistance: 5-10 Effect: Hinder - User has a 5% chance to lower the opponent''s attack, with a 20m radius. Level Requirement: 10 The attributes that these equipment granted the user were not bad, at the very least it was better than nothing. After keeping the equipment in his inventory, Wang Yu sat down and crossed his legs, recovering his MP. "Okay, lets leave!" Boson pulled the stupefied Fearless as he said: "Now you know this man is an expert!" Fearless slowly recovered, shaking his head and said: "This man is simply a god, sadly he''s not very bright, choosing the Pugilist job..." "Hmph, what the f*ck do you know! Even if someone like him chose to be a Magician, he would still be equally tyrannical!" "Mm, that''s true!" Fearless nodded his head in agreement, firmly believing what Boson had said, after watching Wang Yu fight, he had no choice but to agree. "ROAR!!!!!!" Just as the duo was about to walk away, they suddenly heard a loud roar that shook the entire Dawn Plains. Upon hearing the loud roar, all the higher level players training in Dawn Plains quietly thought: "What happened? What kind of heinous deed are these wolves planning?" Sitting below the canopy, Wang Yu''s eye snapped open as he smirked: "It''s here!!" 9 Heaven Defying Strength Immediately after the loud roar a violent wind swept out ripping the grass from beneath the large tree. Wang Yu immediately stood up and jumped back. At the spot where he once sat stood an extremely large wolf. This wolf had a flawless snow white fur coat without a single blemish and was larger than the wild cows outside of the village by more than a head! It''s eyes were like saucers and it''s mouth was nothing more than a bloody maw meant to kill. Every move it made was brimming with an aura of majesty and the presence of a king. If it hadn''t just spawned, the wolf would probably have made an even grander entrance. HP: 50000 MP: 2000 Skills: [Eviscerate], [Scratch], [Lunge], [Full Moon Charge] After looking at the wolf king''s attributes Wang Yu was slightly shocked. Was this it? Wasn''t this boss supposed to be incredibly monstrous? Aside from its high health and additional skill it was just a stronger version of the Silver Wolf Warrior! If any other players could hear Wang Yu''s thoughts they would definitely be cursing his ancestors.This was a silver grade boss! Its level was so high it couldn''t even be seen and no other player would even be able to break its defense at their current level. Only Wang Yu would think that the boss was merely so! For example Fearless and Boson were completely stunned by the boss. "The f**k? A silver boss? Why isn''t he running away? Don''t tell me he plans on solo-ing it?!" Fearless exclaimed. Although Boson wasn''t as shocked as Fearless, he was still rather shaken by Wang Yu''s actions and mumbled to himself. "It can''t be Or does he really have the ability to challenge a silver boss? Does this guy have any limits?" "Suddenly I feel very excited about watching this fight." After the initial shock, Fearless was filled with excitement. Being able to watch someone solo a silver grade boss would be uncommon even in the later stages of the game let alone now! As he spoke Fearless opened the game''s recording function. When Wang Yu had solo-ed the group of wolves earlier Fearless had been so shocked that he forgot to record the entire fight and was afraid that he would miss this one as well. On the other hand Wang Yu was completely disappointed in the wolf. As a martial artist, taking on challenges of unimaginable difficulty was already a part of his nature. Wang Yu had originally thought that the boss would be something special. But after seeing its attributes he let out a dejected sigh. Having already gotten used to the attack patterns of the Silver Wolf Warriors and Guards, no matter how much health they had, Wang Yu would just need a few more punches to finish them off. Thinking of this Wang Yu pointed at the Silver Wolf King and curled his finger repeatedly as though he was issuing it a challenge. Seeing Wang Yu''s provocation the wolf king felt as though its honour had been sullied. It angrily bared its fangs, arched its body and lunged straight at Wang Yu. Wang Yu knew that this was the skill [Lunge] and it would have only been impossible to dodge if more than ten wolves used it simultaneously. However since it was only the Silver Wolf King using it, no matter how fast it was Wang Yu would still be able to dodge it. With a small sidestep Wang Yu had completely dodged the Silver Wolf King''s attack causing it to land on the empty ground. Completely within expectations! Wang Yu lightly chuckled and was just about to unleash his [Lateral Kick] and start his combo when the Silver Wolf King turned around and immediately clawed him! When the Silver Wolf King landed it had immediately turned around to attack Wang Yu without pausing! Wang Yu was caught off guard and immediately rushed to block the blow but was still sent flying backwards! -282 A blood red number appeared atop Wang Yu''s head. Wang Yu and Boson''s minds shook and exclaimed in unison: "Independent mode!!" "What do you mean?" Fearless asked in confusion. "This Silver Wolf King is a monster using Independent Mode! No wonder it had that behind its name!" "What difference does a monster with Independent Mode have with a normal monster?" Fearless asked. "Of course there''s a huge difference! Normal monster have very limited and robotic movements and will always have a short pause after their attacks. With Independent Mode, the monsters will have none of these limitations and would be fighting purely based on instinct. What this means is that players wouldn''t simply be fighting a monster in a game, they would be fighting an actual wild animal!" Boson explained. "Then wouldn''t Iron Bull be in danger?" Fearless gasped in shock. "Yes!" Boson nodded. "Then we should go and help him!" Fearless said. Even if he couldn''t solo the Silver Wolf King, Wang Yu was still an unfathomable expert and he needed help right now! "No, don''t go. We''ll just be running towards our death!" Boson shook his head as he said. "Why?" "Because the creators are too ruthless!" Boson cursed. "Didn''t you see that before the Pugilist challenged it the Silver Wolf King had no reaction? Monster in Independent Mode don''t have an aggro system! They will aim for the weakest enemy they see! You think we''ll be able to do anything with just the two of us? "...." Fearless was completely speechless. A monster that wasn''t under the aggro system? What kind of concept was that? This was exactly the ruthlessness of the creators that Boson was talking about. "Brave Heart" was a mission that was supposed to be completed alone. If the Silver Wolf King had the aggro system then players would try to find ways to exploit it to complete the quest! For example, players could simply surround the Silver Wolf King in a group but not form a party and allow the player who accepted the quest to freely attack. 50000 HP would eventually be grinded down anyway. Hence the even more sadistic creators decided to remove the aggro system from the Silver Wolf King! No wonder Mu Zi Xian had said that it would be even harder to deal with than Gold grade bosses! It was exactly as Fearless had said, Wang Yu current situation was incredibly precarious! Firstly, Wang Yu only had 300 HP in total. Even if he hadn''t been killed in one hit, that one strike from the Silver Wolf King had only left him with slightly more than 10HP. Secondly, the Silver Wolf King was already lunging at Wang Yu again! At the brink of death, Wang Yu only laughed as he said: "Very good! You really didn''t disappoint me!" With a flip, Wang Yu got back up on his feet and dodged the Silver Wolf King''s [Lunge]. After missing Wang Yu again the Silver Wolf King immediately used [Scratch] again. Instead of retreating, Wang Yu dashed forward and jumped behind the Silver Wolf King''s waist and used [Lateral Kick] causing the the Silver Wolf King to tremble from head to toe. As a boss, the Silver Wolf King had 80% resistance to crowd control skills. Even if Wang Yu''s attack exceeded 200% perfection he would only be able to stop the Silver Wolf King''s movements for a brief moment due to his low level. Luckily the creators hadn''t been too ruthless when they designed the Silver Wolf King since it didn''t have any damage reduction. The one kick that Wang Yu had delivered had done roughly 300 damage! The Silver Wolf King winced in pain and turned around to use [Eviscerate]. As he chuckled, Wang Yu leaned over to the other side of the Silver Wolf King''s stomach and bent down and delivered a vicious hook to its soft underbelly! "Awooo" The wolf painfully cried out after being hit in its vitals and immediately jumped away. However Wang Yu emotionlessly followed and delivered punch after punch to its stomach! Every Hit that landed had been on a vital! The Silver Wolf King had been hit to the point that its legs were beginning to give way and it almost fell over! Not far off both Boson and Fearless were frightened out of their wits. "He can''t be human!!!" They exclaimed together. Although Wang Yu''s method of attack seemed simple but it required one to continuously hide in the Silver Wolf King''s blindspots. To accomplish something like this, one needed to be able to constantly observe the Silver Wolf King''s movements and be able to react accordingly and adjust his positioning. The slightest mistake would result in death! Wang Yu''s evasion was on point and he had completely grasped the timing of the Silver Wolf King''s attack. From the start to end, Wang Yu was like a flawless machine and never gave the Silver Wolf King another opportunity to attack him! This was completely unheard of! Such a thing was the legendary extreme manipulation!! Aside from Boson and Fearless, even the people in the game control centre were shocked! When Wang Yu had started fighting with the Silver Wolf King, the system had sent out a notification. <> The control centre staff who heard this were instantly stunned. "Silver Wolf King? A Pugilist really accepted this quest? And he actually managed to spawn the Silver Wolf King?" One of the creators seemed to find joy in Wang Yu''s plight and laughed as he said: "AHAHAHA! No matter how many people he finds to fight the Silver Wolf King with him it''ll still be useless since our Wolf King has the Independent mode! This poor fool has definitely suffered some huge losses!'' "Definitely! Definitely!" the crowd nodded. However after another minute, the system still displayed the message! "Huh? He''s still fighting the boss? He can really take such a beating?" Seeing the message one of the members of the development team asked. Hearing someone question the ability of the demonic boss that he had created the game designer angrily shouted: "Little Zhao! Bring up the video! Let''s see what''s going on down there!" The game designer called "Little Zhao" nodded and magnified the video on the screen and zoomed in on Wang Yu. In a moment, all the Members of the team were shocked beyond words A Pugilist with only 18 HP left was currently dodging all of the Silver Wolf King''s attacks and even returning his own! The poor Silver Wolf King who couldn''t even touch the Pugilist was continuously crying out in pain! Watching this seen caused the team to feel as though they were dreaming. After a long time someone suddenly shouted: "F**! Is this guy cheating?" "Cheat my ass! With the helmet connecting directly to the cloud system how could anyone cheat in the game?" "Maybe he''s using an additional software or something? Quickly lock onto this player!" "Okay!" After a brief moment of silence with nothing but the clacking sounds from their keyboards, one of the worker''s face lost all its colour. "H..h..how could this be? There''s no trace of any third-party software being used!" Seeing his expression, the rest of the team immediately rushed over to look at his screen. "This man is completely legit!" Hearing his words, the rest of the creators sucked in a cold breath of air. If he wasn''t cheating, didn''t it just mean that this player had Heaven defying strength? 10 First Bucket of Gold Wang Yu who was currently defying the heavens was completely oblivious to the fact that he had attracted the attention of Soaring Dragon Game Studios! He simply remained calm and composed and continued to pummel away at the Silver Wolf King without missing a beat! The Silver Wolf King''s health continued to slowly deplete and soon it had only 30% left! "AWOOOOOO!!!" With a savage howl, the Silver Wolf King leapt five meters away from Wang Yu. Just as Wang Yu was about to close the distance again the Silver Wolf King suddenly turned blurry. [Full Moon Charge]!! When Wang Yu saw the Silver Wolf King''s body turn blurry he suddenly remembered this skill and thought to himself: "So this is the Silver Wolf King''s finishing move then?" While Wang Yu was thinking this, the Silver Wolf King created a series of afterimages that lunged towards Wang Yu. Wang Yu held his breath and fixed his gaze onto the Silver Wolf King as his movement technique became increasingly mysterious. A twist to the left, a duck to the right It was as though Wang Yu was dancing! 1...2...3...7! The after images flashed seven times and Wang Yu advanced seven steps towards the real Silver Wolf King as his body warped seven times as well! Every time one of the afterimages seemed like it was about to hit him, Wang Yu would twist his body at the last moment and avoid it completely! The [Full Moon Charge] has completely missed!!! Boson, Fearless and the entire development team were so shocked they lost their ability to speak! The game control centre was deathly quiet at this moment "He He completely avoided the [Full Moon Charge] didn''t he" The creator of the Silver Wolf King feebly asked. "Yea" The crowd nodded. "What a beast" It was as if the entire team could hear the sound of the creator''s heart shattering. If the creator had heard what Wang Yu had to say about the Silver Wolf King, his heart would definitely have turned to dust. "What was with that messy and haphazard attack? Was that supposed to hit me or something?" Wang Yue laughed. It wasn''t that Wang Yu was being arrogant, rather it was that the [Full Moon Charge] had seemed full of openings to him. It wasn''t even comparable to when the Silver Wolf King had been trying to hit Wang Yu with its claws and fangs! What kind of finisher was this supposed to be? It was simply a pile of shit! This was what Wang Yu had wanted to say the most. After using the [Full Moon Charge], the Silver Wolf King seemed to have lost some of its previous majesty like a poisonous snake that had spat out its poison. The Silver Wolf King seemed slightly depressed and its movements had even slowed down! Seeing this scene Wang Yu simply laughed as he charged towards the Silver Wolf King to finish it off. Wang Yu brutally unleashed a [Lateral Kick] on the jaw of the Silver Wolf King, causing its head to fly back. Hook, choke, one inch punch.... , , At this moment, it was as though the Silver Wolf King had become the training pillar in Wang Yu''s house as he continued to wail on the Silver Wolf King. Wang Yu''s body constantly flashed as he relentlessly hit the poor wolf. The Silver Wolf King let out a pitiful whelp as it gave up resisting and soon transformed into a beam of white light and returned to the system''s embrace. Before it died, a trace of unwillingness and anger flashed on the face of the Silver Wolf King as it disappeared. At the same time, Wang Yu who had absorbed the experience points of the Independent mode silver grade boss levelled up 3 times at one shot! When he had fought the twelve Silver Wolf Warriors previously, Wang Yu had earned enough experience to reach 90% experience at level 6! With the experience from killing the Silver Wolf King, if the level limit hadn''t been capped at 10 before players finished the final beginner village quest Wang Yu wouldn''t have only levelled up three times. Seeing this announcement, the every player in the game was stunned. Most people knew what the Silver Wolf Warrior was but a Silver Wolf King? What boss was that? How come they had never heard of it before? Who was Iron Bull? Was he a pro gamer or something? Which game did he transfer over from? What was his class? Was he a Warrior? Or maybe a Magician? Within seconds everyone began guessing the true identity of Iron Bull. Of course a gaming noob like Wang Yu wasn''t bothered about such things and happily picking up the loot that the Silver Wolf King had dropped. The Silver Wolf King''s generosity really lived up to its name as a Silver grade boss! It had dropped several gold coins and 3 pieces of equipment! Physical attack 22-29 Magic attack 10-13 [Hemophile]: 10% chance of activating lifesteal when attacking and convert 2% of damage done to health. [Grievous Wound]: 10% chance to disable enemy and reduce movement speed by 20% Level requirement: 15 Physical attack 31-42 Magic attack 15-19 [Concentration]: Heals a fixed amount of MP every 3 seconds [Recovery]: Recover 1% of max HP every 3 seconds Additional Skill: -[Full Moon Charge]: Summon seven Wolf Kings to lunge at an enemy simultaneously. Each wolf King does damage equal to user''s Strength*3. 6 hours cooldown. Level requirement: 10 Physical defense 22-29 Magic resistance 10-13 Increases movement speed by 10% [Haste]: Increases attack speed by 10% [Ghost]: Increases movement speed by 200% for 3 seconds, 180 second cooldown. Level requirement: 10 The Silver Wolf King had also dropped a skill book when it died! [Return To Origin]: Passive Skill, Increases Physical attack and Magic attack by 10% Class Requirement: None Legacy Command: Unknown use, perhaps it has some mysteries in it! Aside from all of these drops, Wang Yu had also gained 1000 points of fame. Looking at how full his experience bar was, Wang Yu felt very pleased with himself and turned around to return to the village since continuing to hunt was pointless. The moment he set foot into the beginner village, Wang Yu immediately heard the sound of a notification. When he opened it to take a look, Wang Yu realised that the message was sent by Frost Blade causing him to immediately light up. His god of fortune had arrived! In the morning, Frost Blade had spent 7 gold coins to buy a bunch of overpriced equipment. If news of what Wang Yu had acquired were to reach him, he would definitely splurge on Wang Yu''s latest finds. Opening the notification Frost Blade''s greeting was: "Brother, did the Silver Wolf King drop anything good?" "Equipment and a skillbook!" Wang Yu replied. "Send me the pictures!" "Um How do I send pictures?" Wang Yu awkwardly asked. "You don''t even know how to take a screenshot of your status page? Don''t tell me you''re a noob?" "Well yea This is my first time playing a game after all!" Wang Yu honestly replied. "Monstrous!" Frost Blade sent a thumbs up emoji to Wang Yu over the chat and then taught him how to send a screenshot of his status page. After learning, Wang Yu immediately sent pictures of all the items that he had picked up to Frost Blade. After looking at the items Frost Blade was stunned for a few seconds before exclaiming: "Name your price!" The game had only been out for three days and not only had Wang Yu acquired bronze tier equipment, but also silver and gold tier ones as well! He really was a genius is this regard! Those two bronze tier equipment were extremely beneficial to close combat classes and were must haves! And the dagger was something that thieves would dream of in their sleep! As for the one Gold tier necklace even Wang Yu could see that it was extremely valuable let alone Frost Blade. Name a price? How was Wang Yu supposed to name a price for something like this? "I''m not familiar with the market rate!" Wang Yu blandly said. "I''ll give you 10 gold coins for the ring, 15 gold coins for the armour and the rest I''ll pay with real money!" Frost Blade replied. Hearing this, Wang Yu was stunned by Frost Blade''s "heroic spirit". It was just 2 pieces of virtual equipment and this guy was willing to pay more than 10000 for it? Were people these days really that crazy about games? "That''s fine. Come over to the blacksmith. We''ll discuss this face to face." Not long after a Thief soon soundlessly appeared next to Wang Yu. This Thief was actually rather good looking, however his constantly attempts to actually act like would made it hard for people around him to not smile. "Are you Iron Bull?" After looking at Wang Yu, Frost Blade found it rather hard to believe he was actually the real Iron Bull. He had originally thought that the demon who killed the first boss would be a Warrior or maybe a Magician, not some trashy Pugilist! "You''re Frost Blade?" Was Yu was slightly startled as well. He didn''t imagine that the rich buyer was someone like this Frost blade nodded and said: "Yea I am. Let''s trade then!". As he spoke, Frost Blade took out a bag of gold coins and passed it to Wang Yu who also took out the ring and armour and placed it in Frost Blade''s hands. "I''ll pay 5000 for the dagger, 10000 for the shoes and 20000 for the necklace. Tell me your bank account number and I''ll transfer the money over to you!" Frost blade said after completing the trade. "I''m not selling the shoes and necklace. I plan on using them myself actually." Wang Yu said as he shook his head. "What Then why did you even send me the pictures of those just now?" "Well you asked what drops I got from the boss!" Wang Yu cluelessly replied. "You really are a noob huh" Frost Blade said dejectedly. In <> equipment didn''t have any sort of protection on them so experienced players wouldn''t show their equipment so easily. Unlike Wang Yu who had honestly displayed all his items to Frost Blade. "Yea this is my first day playing!" Wang yu nodded. "Okay then I''ll send you a friend request as well! Quickly give me your bank account number so I can transfer you the money!" "Just give me a second." Wang Yu hurriedly said and immediately logged out. After a short while, Wang Yu logged back in a sent a string of numbers to Frost Blade. "You''ve never used your card before huh?" "Yea My wife set it up for me awhile back. It wasn''t easy to find the card actually" Wang Yu blushed. With a sigh Frost Blade quickly got to work. "Done! The money has been transferred!" "Okay!" With a nod Wang Yu took out the dagger and handed it to Frost Blade. "Yo...you''re not going to check if the money was actually transferred?" Seeing Wang Yu''s response had felt Frost Blade in shock. "Er. How do I check my account?" Wang Yu quizzically asked. "Oh my god! I''m so done here!" And so Frost Blade thought Wang Yu how to sync his bank account with his <> account and then thought him how to check his balance, confirming that the 50000 had been successfully transferred. Looking at the money in his account he felt an indescribable feeling well up inside him as he continuously counted the money again and again. 50000 dollars! This was the first time Wang Yu had ever earned any money in his life! Who would have thought he would have earned it like this? "Alright then I''ll be heading off first. Call me if you find any other good equipment!" After he finished speaking, Frost Blade stealthily disappeared from where we was standing. After Frost Blade had left, Wang Yu counted the money in his bank account for the final time before walking in front Blacksmith Li. When Blacksmith Li saw Wang Yu this time around, he didn''t have the same cold and aloof attitude as he did the first time, he was even slightly emotional as he said: "Brave warrior, I can''t believe that you really slayed that despicable wolf king!" Hearing his words Wang Yu was slightly depressed. If he couldn''t believe it then was this old man trying to send him to his death in the first place? "Yes!" Wang Yu nodded. "Wuu...Wu My son Your father has avenged you" After the short emotional skit, the blacksmith immediately regained his composure and even had a smile on his face! This caused Wang Yu to secretly sigh. NPCs really were freaks weren''t they. Crying one moment and then laughing the next, this really was too fast. "Respected and noble warrior, I must thank you again for helping me avenge my son!" "All in a day''s work for a martial artist!" Wang Yu humbly replied. Blacksmith Li ignored what Wang yu had said and continued his speech. "A long time ago, I had saved a Pugilist who was in danger. After he died he left a weapon in my care, hoping that one day I would be able to meet a true hero and pass it on! Are you willing to accept it?" "Of course!" Wang Yu excitedly replied. "Since he saved the Pugilist how did he still end up dying? Are the creators idiots or something?" Wang Yu secretly thought to himself. "Achoo!" One of the creators fiercely sneezed. "Motherf**ker! Winter is already so hard to bear and now I have to deal with a cold?" He cursed. Hearing that Wang Yu was willing to accept the reward, Blacksmith Li happily reached under the counter and took out something that looked like a pair of gloves. 11 System Upgrade As he watched the blacksmith casually take out the equipment from underneath the counter, Wang Yus heart sank. Whatever it was that the blacksmith had laid out on the countertop probably wasnt anything good, however it couldnt be any worse than the Old Cloth Gloves that he was currently wearing. As he thought about it, Wang Yu stretched out his hand to receive the equipment. Wang Yu was stunned when he looked at the attributes of the gloves that he had just received. Not because it was a piece of trash, but because it was too strong! It was simply wasnt a piece of equipment that should exist in the beginner village. Physical Attack: 40-40 Magical Attack: 40-40 Effects: [Haste] - Attack speed is increased by 20% [Spread] - 10% of physical damage dealt to the target will hit the monsters surrounding it, up to a maximum of 60% of the original attack. Special ability: [Swallow] - This equipment can merge with other equipments of the same time, to repair itself and advance its grade. Level Requirement: 1 Wang Yu did not really understand the attributes and skills of the weapon. But he had already seen other silver tier weapons and compared to them, this fist weapon was at least twice as strong and were comparable to even gold tier weapons Furthermore, the two added effects from the weapon were both rather overpowered, one increased his attack speed and the other let him deal AOE damage! These skills both greatly increased the rate that he could kill monsters and coincidentally covered for the greatest weakness of the Pugilist. "Brave Heart" was indeed worthy of being an S ranked quest. Even the equipment that was given as the reward wasnt normal. After putting on the equipment and waving his fist about, Wang Yu could really feel that his speed and power had greatly increased. Even though it still couldnt match up to his power in real life, but such a large increase in power was not bad at all. Wang Yu was in a great mood, happily saying: "Thank you Old Li!" BlackSmith Li mechanically nodded his head: "Honorable Warrior, I wish you success in your Journey of the Brave." Shortly after, Wang Yu received two notifications. The first was that he had received 50 000 experience points for completing the quest. However, since he was still in the beginner village, the amount of experience he received was suppressed, thus he did not manage to level up. The next was a quest notification.