Chapter 3
Chapter 3: Talent Effect, Silver Moon World
"Is the hunting party that busy?" Lin Kong shook his head. Ning Qing must have her reasons; it wasn't his place to remind her.
He equipped the "Blood Fang Longbow," noting the changes:
Physical Attack: 30 → 61
Attack Speed: 1.76 → 2.37
"Next, I'll head directly to the trading area," Lin Kong decided.
The trading area of Nanming City was close to the West District. After a ten-minute walk, he arrived at his destination. His main purchases for the day were skill books and healing potions. He didn't plan to buy any equipment, as Tier 1 and Tier D equipment were too low in quality and a waste of money. Tier C equipment couldn't be brought into the game, and he already had three items that exceeded rank D.
First, Lin Kong visited a pharmacy and bought 100 bottles of primary healing potions.
[Primary Blood Recovery Potion]
Quality: D
Effect: Restores 10 HP per second for 5 seconds, non-stackable.
Requirements: Level 1
Quantity: 100
He also bought 20 bottles of detoxification and purification potions for emergencies, spending a total of 6,000 coins. Medicines were cheap because professionals with the sub-profession "junior pharmacist" could make them. However, skill books were different and could only be obtained from dungeons, making them expensive.
Lin Kong found a shop.
"Boss, do you have initial skill books for archers?" he asked the man behind the counter.
The middle-aged owner smiled and guided him, "Yes, on the fourth-row shelf behind you."
Lin Kong turned to the shelf.
[Iron Arrow Manufacturing · Tier D]
Requirement Level: 1
Price: 5,000 coins
[Precision Shooting · Tier D]
Requirement Level: 1
Price: 8,000 coins
[Giant Shot · Tier C]
Requirement Level: 5
Price: 30,000 coins
Skill books were ten times more expensive than equipment of the same quality. Lin Kong found the highest quality archer skill on the shelf was only C rank. After some thought, he spent 13,000 coins to purchase [Iron Arrow Manufacturing] and [Precision Shooting], essential skills for archers.
He learned the skills immediately.
[Iron Arrow Manufacturing · Tier D]
Level: 1 (0/100 proficiency)
Effect: Consumes 1 mana to create a normal arrow with iron arrow quality.
Cooldown: 1 second
[Precision Shooting · Tier D]
Level: 1 (0/100 proficiency)
Effect: Consumes 5 mana, accuracy +5, launches 1 arrow causing [10 + physical attack x110%] physical damage.
Cooldown: 3 seconds
"Now to test the effect of my talent. Let's start with the skills of this occupation," Lin Kong decided, purchasing [Giant Shot].
He opened his talent panel and backpack panel, both visible only to him. He let [Arrows Carry the Path] devour the C-tier skill book.
[Ding, your archery gains effect 1: Physical arrow damage +15.]
Seeing the system prompt, Lin Kong's eyes lit up. He didn't hesitate to buy a second [Giant Shot].
[Ding, your archery gains effect 1: Physical arrow damage +30.]
"Hey! Is there no upper limit on damage stacking?" Lin Kong took a deep breath. With enough skill books, effect 1 could be infinitely enhanced. He confirmed that [Arrows Carry the Path] quality was higher than Immortal Grade. However, this talent was also expensive.
"With such a powerful talent, I have to work hard to make money," Lin Kong thought.
He checked his funds—15,000 coins left. He decided on one last test.
"Boss, do you have a B-level skill book?" he asked.
"There isn't one for archers, but there is for the assassin profession," the boss replied.
"Alright," Lin Kong nodded, finding the assassin shelf.
[Bone Shattering Stab · Tier B]
Requirement Level: 10
Price: 120,000 coins
He bought the skill book and let his talent devour it.
[Ding, your archery gains effect 2: After shooting, critical strike rate +2%, upper limit 20%, bonus clears after battle.]
He left the store contentedly.
"Business is really good today!" the middle-aged boss grinned as Lin Kong walked away. "The poison resistance skill books were all covered by the Beizhou Guild, and this guy made me a fortune. Let's go out tonight, hehe~~~" he chuckled to himself.
Lin Kong purchased 100 bottles of blue-returning potion, 500 iron arrows, and some special items for the novice world, spending all but 20,000 coins.
Then, he returned home.
Before entering the dungeon world, Lin Kong downloaded online information about the "Silver Moon World Beginner Area" to the "Zhutian" system for easy access. Everything was ready.
"It's time to go," Lin Kong said, taking out the teleportation scroll.
[Silver Moon World Teleportation Scroll]
Type: Novice · faction battle
Quality: D
Level: 1–10
Activity area: Silvermoon City and the Lizard Tribe area
Mode: Solo/Team/Random Match
Though Silvermoon World was large, the novice scroll limited the professionals' activity area. The world's will also prevented higher-level adventurers of the native group from entering the quest area.
"Single player mode," Lin Kong chose.
[Ding! Please choose your faction: Silvermoon City/Lizard Tribe.]
[Hint: Choosing an alien camp reduces both factions' reputations by 100 points.]
"Silvermoon City," Lin Kong decided.
The scenery around him changed rapidly, and he found himself in a forest with ancient trees.
[Hint: You have entered the Silver Moon World, ID: Y035622.]
[Current Location: Silvermoon City - Kaijiao Forest]
[Ding! Main quest has been opened]
[Main Quest 1: Join Silvermoon City. Requirements: Reach level 5 and collect 100 Lizardman Eyeballs. Time limit: 3 days.]
From the numbers, there were at least 60,000 professionals in the novice area of Silvermoon World—very competitive. Lin Kong checked the map. He was in the east of Kaijiao Forest, 20 kilometers from the nearest village.
"My luck is pretty good," he noted. "To verify the authenticity of the dream, there's an opportunity nearby!"
His eyes focused on a point on the map. 15 kilometers away was a small lizardman outpost. There was a blue-eyed lizardman there. Killing it would grant quest items related to a B-level hidden mission. If he obtained the items, it would mean his dreams were real!