Chapter 12: Market Transactions, the Holy Wall

Lin Kong looked at the old wizard and asked, "Can you do me a favor?"

"What do you need?" The old wizard looked stunned, a bad feeling flashing through his mind.

"Kill me," Lin Kong said quietly.

"What??" The old wizard was shocked, thinking he had misheard. "Adventurer, please don't joke about such things. My heart is not very good."

"Don't worry, I have the ability to resurrect and won't die," Lin Kong continued to persuade him.

"I've lived for over seventy years, and I've never heard such an outrageous request," the old wizard said, looking perplexed. He coughed a few times and then answered decisively, "Since it's your request, I'll agree."

"Let's start," Lin Kong motioned for him to proceed.

The old wizard took out his staff. Blue radiance emerged as majestic mana turned into three ice arrows, which shot away instantly.

-2363!

-2363!

Lin Kong's HP was only 2560 points, allowing him to withstand only two attacks. His blood volume emptied suddenly.

[Ding! To trigger the death gift, please specify the resurrection location.]

"The entrance of Nishizawa Village," Lin Kong said, disappearing from the spot.

Professionals around: "???"

Everyone's faces were full of question marks. The scene in their sight was Lin Kong and the wizard whispering, then Lin Kong was suddenly killed by the wizard.

"Damn, what's this old wizard crazy about?"

"The boss is so miserable, he died inexplicably."

"See, he's not finished yet! I don't need my five-speed fans anymore!"

"I'd better leave quickly. If the old wizard suddenly goes berserk, he might kill others too."

Professionals hurried away. In their hearts, the old wizard was now marked as unapproachable.

The street in front of the wooden house became empty.

Old wizard: "..."

"I seem to have been tricked by that bastard," he muttered, his face darkening.

...

At the village entrance, Lin Kong reappeared. This death did not affect his hunter status. Only deaths that caused mission failure would erase the hunter-killer status.

[Ding, you get the benefit: "Sacred Wall", refreshes after leaving this world.]

[Holy Wall: After each attack, damage reduction +1, effect cleared after leaving the battle.]

"hiss!" Lin Kong was a little surprised. This effect was stronger than the previous ones, with no stacking upper limit. It could reduce physical, magical, and real damage. As the fight continued, he would take less and less damage.

Holy Wall + Ultimate Windfury = Invincible!

"It would be better if the ability could be solidified," Lin Kong thought regretfully. He opened the attribute panel and added 1 attribute point to agility.

Attack speed: 4.0/s.

Under the 14% attack speed bonus, the attack speed finally reached a higher level.

After adding points, Lin Kong looked around. On the roads on both sides of the village entrance, many players were setting up stalls, selling equipment, potions, and skill books. Compared to the real world, prices were very cheap in the game. After all, bringing items out of the game required consuming medals and plane coins, and medals were the rarest items.

"I have a lot of unused equipment in my backpack, so I'll sell them all," Lin Kong decided. Selling equipment to the system yielded low prices, so he aimed to earn a bit more by selling to players.

He sorted out his equipment: 45 pieces of D-tier equipment, all lower than level 5, priced at 50100 denomination coins, and 8 pieces of C-tier equipment, priced at 300800 denominations. The gear deals were popular and sold out quickly, earning him 7125 plane coins.

He now had 28,939 plane coins.

"Next, buy some skill books," Lin Kong thought, browsing the stalls. Skill books were very cheap; Tier D skill books were about 4,000 denominations, mostly [Charge] skills. After searching for a while, he found a good C-rank archer skill.

[Frost Shot · Tier C]

Requirement Level: 5

Occupation: Archer

The stall owner was a strange person wrapped in black cloth, showing only a pair of clear eyes. The body looked thin, and their number and ID couldn't be detected, likely due to shielding props or skills. Lin Kong wasn't curious about their identity.

"How much is this book Frost Shot?" he asked.

"9000, no bargaining," the stall owner said in a hoarse voice.

"The price is reasonable," Lin Kong nodded. In reality, [Frost Shot] was priced at 4w~5w. "I want this one," he said, completing the transaction.

He clapped his hands while holding the skill book.

[Ding, you learned the skill: Frost Shot LV1]

[Frost Shot · Tier C]

Level: 1 (0/200 proficiency)

Effect: Consume 15 mana, condense a frost arrow, causing [50 + (physical attack + spell attack) x 150%] ice damage to the enemy, reducing movement speed by 10% for 1 second.

Cooldown: 5 seconds

This skill condensed energy arrows, so it didn't consume the iron arrows in his backpack. Afterward, Lin Kong purchased 4 Tier D warrior skill books [Smashing], spending another 1.5w denomination coins. He turned on the talent effect and devoured the skill books.

[Ding, your archery gains effect 1: Physical arrow damage +58.]

After buying some food, Lin Kong found a hotel and rented a room to rest. Before going to bed, he kept making arrows. The next day's Evil Catacombs mission would be tough, so he had to prepare in advance.

1500 pieces... 2000 pieces...

[Hint: Your "Iron Arrow Manufacturing" level is raised to LV4, effect: consume 4 mana to create 4 iron arrows...]

Finally, Lin Kong made 3,000 iron arrows, which took up one-third of the backpack grids. He closed the panel contentedly.

Late at night, everyone was resting, with the occasional roar of beasts heard from the forest.

...

As dawn approached, Lin Kong woke up, ready for the challenges of the day.