Chapter 19

After accepting the quest, Wu Shaochen glanced at his attributes and immediately allocated the remaining 15 free attribute points into Agility. If he wanted to fight, he needed to surpass the Silver Wolf King in speed; otherwise, there was no point. He relied on speed to evade attacks, so it was crucial.

With 15 points added, his Agility reached 60 points, and his movement speed increased to 67 points. Wu Shaochen calculated in his mind: his speed was now 67 points, while the Silver Wolf King's was only 40. Even with a 50% boost, its speed would only reach 60 points. However, the problem lay with its second skill, which had a range of up to 10 meters and could inflict 130% damage that ignored defense—enough to instantly reduce his 715 HP to a critical level. He could manage this with potions, but the real threat was being hit after the skill with a normal attack, followed by another Howl of the Evil Wolf; that would be fatal. Without solving the issue of the second skill combined with basic attacks, attempting the fight was out of the question. This was bound to happen.

"Oh, I can't leave the newbie village, and there's nowhere else to improve my strength," Wu Shaochen said, looking despondent. He then looked at the similarly despondent old man beside him and suddenly spoke, "Village Chief, the Silver Wolf King is too strong. What should I do if I can't beat it?"

What he hadn't expected was for the village chief to actually consider the issue seriously and say, "Well, it really is too difficult for adventurers at your current level to deal with the Silver Wolf King. Here's what we'll do: take this letter to the pharmacy and have the owner bring out some of the life-saving drugs he's kept on hand for you to choose from. That way, you can increase your chances of survival. As for whether you can kill the Silver Wolf King, that still depends on you." The village chief handed Wu Shaochen a letter.

Taking the village chief's letter, Wu Shaochen blinked, still able to do this? He quickly ran off to the pharmacy with the letter.

Arriving at the pharmacy, he found the boss and gave him the letter. "Hello, boss, the village chief asked me to come here and buy some life-saving medicine from you. Can you show me what you have?"

After taking the letter and looking at it for a while, the boss said with a helpless expression, "This old guy is still thinking about my little stock, huh?" He then went into the back room for a while and came back with a box, which he opened and displayed in front of Wu Shaochen. "Hurry up and choose, but let me tell you, these medicines aren't cheap. Even if you have the village chief's letter, it won't matter if you don't have the money."

Wu Shaochen quickly looked over the items; the functions and prices of each potion were displayed before his eyes:

[Instant Recovery Potion]: Instantly restores 1000 HP, cooldown 10 seconds, price: 10 silver coins.

[Attack Potion]: Increases physical attack by 30% for 30 minutes, price: 50 silver coins.

[Life Potion]: Increases maximum HP by 30% for 30 minutes, price: 50 silver coins.

[Speed Potion]: Increases speed by 30% for 30 minutes, price: 50 silver coins.

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Looking at these potions, Wu Shaochen's eyes widened. He had never seen these potions here before; normally, the newbie village pharmacy only sold red potions (small, medium, large) and blue potions (small, medium, large) for gradual HP recovery.

However, seeing the prices of these potions, Wu Shaochen's mouth twitched a few times. If he hadn't killed the Wild Boar King, he would only be able to look at these potions. "Damn, these are really expensive!"

But no matter how expensive they were, he had no choice. If he wanted to defeat the Silver Wolf King, these potions were necessary. Otherwise, he wouldn't be able to leave the newbie village after all the other players started to rise up and kill it together; by then, he wouldn't have the advantage

He gritted his teeth and spent a whole 5 gold coins on 50 bottles of "Instant Recovery Potion." Then, he spent another 5 gold coins on 10 bottles of "Life Potion." He could feel that these potions might not even be available in the main city, so stocking up now was definitely a good idea. Watching 10 gold coins disappear from his inventory, Wu Shaochen felt like his heart was bleeding. After all, nowadays there were many rich players buying copper coins for 1 gold each, and some items were priceless. These 10 gold coins were equivalent to 100,000 in-game currency.

After purchasing the potions, Wu Shaochen spent another 50 silver coins on 50 bottles of "Red Health Potion (Large)," which restored 100 health points per second for 10 seconds. This was essential since he couldn't afford to constantly use "Instant Recovery Potions."

Feeling more confident after buying the potions, Wu Shaochen knew that the "Life Potion's" 30% health boost wasn't useful against the Silver Wolf King, as one normal attack followed by a roar could easily overpower even that extra health.

As he prepared to head to Silver Wolf Valley, Wu Shaochen suddenly saw the veiled woman approaching him again.

Wu Shaochen twitched his mouth, "Why do I keep bumping into her?"

"Meeting again," Su Muxue smiled slightly at Wu Shaochen.

"You're deliberately stalking me, aren't you?" Wu Shaochen looked suspicious.

Su Muxue didn't respond, knowing their encounter wasn't a coincidence but because she had instructed someone to notify her when they saw him.

"You must be Dust Sealed, right?" Su Muxue suddenly asked.

"Why do you suspect I'm Dust Sealed?" Wu Shaochen was curious. He knew she had been suspicious of him for a while, but he couldn't figure out what had given him away.

Su Muxue didn't beat around the bush, "The first time I saw you, you had just come out from the Wild Boar Forest. At that time, everyone's level was still around 1-2, but you were at least level four because I felt your speed was at least 25 or above. Most people might not notice, but my senses are quite accurate. Last time when I tried to add you as a friend, it showed that strangers couldn't add you, just like when I tried to add Dust Sealed. These coincidences made me suspicious."

"Um, okay," Wu Shaochen said helplessly, realizing he had forgotten about his speed. At that time, he was just focused on gaining an advantage quickly, so he couldn't afford to move slowly. However, most people really couldn't tell the difference in speed, and he hadn't expected this woman to be so sharp.

"So, are you really Dust Sealed?" Su Muxue widened her eyes, looking at his expression, which confirmed her suspicions. Though she had been suspicious all along, confirming it now pleasantly surprised her.

"If you say so," Wu Shaochen said resignedly.

"Then... can I add you as a friend? Don't worry, I won't tell anyone," Su Muxue asked cautiously.

Looking at the woman in front of him, Wu Shaochen suddenly smiled, "Sure, you can add me. Let me see what you look like first. If you're pretty enough, I'll add you."

"Okay!" Su Muxue nodded. She wore the veil just to avoid trouble.

She reached up and removed the veil from her face, revealing a beautiful face to Wu Shaochen. His eyes brightened instantly. In the game, characters' appearances were faithfully replicated from real life without any beauty filters or makeup, so her attractiveness was truly striking.

After Su Muxue removed her veil, she asked again, "Can I add you as a friend now?"

"Okay," Wu Shaochen nodded. She seemed sincere enough, and further reluctance would just seem overly coy. He promptly sent a friend request since his settings allowed only him to add others.

"Ding! Player Dust Sealed has sent you a friend request. Do you accept?" Upon hearing the system prompt, Su Muxue thought to herself, "It really is him." She quickly clicked to accept, and her friend list now displayed a new entry: Dust Sealed LV10. Su Muxue's eyes widened in surprise—level 10!!!