Even though Zora was a quiet person, she was still very efficient. After receiving Lemmy's recommendation letter, Ye Ci leveled up from lvl 4 to lvl 5. Zora quickly mastered two of her lvl 5 skills, Slash and Bow.
Zora even gave Ye Ci a green bow as she was praised by many NPCs in the newbie village.
Keen Bow: Attack 4-10, Attack Speed + 1% Level Requirement: 5 Class Requirement: Hunter.
Even though the Class Instructor would give out weapons for the class, the quality of the weapon depended on the mood of the NPC. Most of the weapons would be White equipment. If one was lucky, one might get a Green equipment. If one was extremely lucky, one might even get a Blue equipment.
Ye Ci's luck was just average.
However, Ye Ci did not complain. After her rebirth, she knew that the most important thing was to grasp what was in her hands. She was no longer overly ambitious, nor was she greedy. She seemed to have calmed down a lot.
She opened her character panel and looked at her current attributes.
ID: Gongzi You
Race: Elf
HP: 250
MP: 120
Vitality: 25
Stamina: 12
Strength: 15
Intelligence: 12
Agility: 26 + 2 (Race's Blessing)
Speed: 2
Balance: 12 + 1 (Race's Blessing)
Wisdom: 6 + 1 (Race's Blessing)
Character Characteristics: Stealth (Race's Blessing), Concealment (Class's Blessing), Cunning, Diplomacy, Leap, Roll, Haggle.
In Fate, the system would automatically allocate the stat points for each class when they leveled up. Out of the eight main attributes, other than Speed, which relied on equipment, the total number of points for the other seven attributes was 16 points per level.
These 16 points were the same for every class. The only difference was the way they were allocated.
For example, for a Hunter, the system would allocate the points for every level:
Vitality: 3, Stamina: 2, Strength: 2, Intelligence: 2, Agility: 4, Balance: 2, Wisdom: 1.
They didn't have particularly high or low attributes.
Of course, there were advantages and disadvantages to this system.
The advantage was that it could prevent the appearance of overpowered characters in the game and maintain the balance between the classes. The disadvantage was that all classes and players were more reliant on their equipment and skills.
But in Ye Ci's eyes, this was one of Glory Corporation's ways to make money.
The more players relied on their equipment and skills, the more money they would be able to invest into the game. The more money they invested, the more the Glory Corporation would earn.
Ye Ci closed her character panel and tidied up the beginner's uniform, which could barely provide any defense, and she was ready to go to the Icy Cave.
Of course, before going to the Icy Cave, she had to go to a place she had to visit — the crossroads.
In Fate, with the exception of the melee classes, the other classes required different consumables to activate their skills. For example, Mages would need different casting materials depending on their spells. Healers would also need healing mediums, while Hunters and Rangers who could use bows would need arrows.
And these consumables cost a lot of money.
Of course, this wasn't the most troublesome part. The most troublesome part was that high-grade consumables weren't sold in the store. As for where it could be sold …
Only God and Ye Ci knew the answer to that question.
Ye Ci walked out of the Newbie Village with ease. There were already many players on her way. They were either in groups of two or three, or alone. They were all wielding the free Beginner's Weapons as they leveled up … or rather, they were kill-stealing.
Ye Ci let out a sigh as she stared at the sea of people around her. She was lucky that she was half an hour ahead of them. If the game opened at 14 am sharp, she would have been drowned in the wave of players leveling up. She would not have been able to make her way to Icy Cave so easily.
Hunters had a starting speed of 2. Although it was faster than melee and magic classes, it was still very slow in Ye Ci's eyes.
The short distance from the Newbie Village to the crossroads took Ye Ci almost half an hour to reach her destination.
Not only that, but when she ran to the crossroad, she felt a great hunger.
She slowed down her pace and walked towards a low treehouse by the crossroads. Nadasha was sitting in the corner of the house. Beneath her feet were piles of materials for making arrows, and on the table were piles of arrows that had already been made.
Ye Ci bowed to her and explained her intention. Nadasha was not surprised. She did not even raise her head as she picked up a set of arrows from the table and handed it to Ye Ci.
Ye Ci looked down at the arrows and smiled as she shook her head, "Nadasha, I want better arrows."
There were three types of arrows that Hunters could use before level 20: Crude Arrows, Wooden Arrows, and Bronze Arrows. The three types of arrows had an additional attack of 1, 3, and 6 points respectively. Of course, the prices of the three types of arrows were different.
The Crude Arrows were the cheapest and only cost 1 copper per set. The Wooden Arrows were the second most expensive and cost 20 copper per set. The Bronze Arrows were the most expensive and cost 1 silver per set.
For a Hunter who had just reached level 5, they would not have more than 10 silver coins on hand. Other than the necessary health potions, they would not have much money left. As for the choice of arrows, they could only choose the cheapest and coarse arrows.
The arrows that Nadasha gave Ye Ci were the cheapest Crude Arrows.
However, she seemed to have underestimated Ye Ci. Although Ye Ci did not look any different from a normal newbie, she already had 12 gold coins in her pocket due to the First Blood of two quests and the accumulated rewards from the recurring quests.
How could Ye Ci choose the Crude Arrows? She would obviously choose the Bronze Arrows with the highest damage.
Ye Ci took out 10 silver coins from her pocket and bought 10 sets of Bronze Arrows. Of course, this was because her quiver was too small. If her quiver could hold a hundred sets of arrows, she would not mind buying a hundred sets at once.
Even so, it was enough to make Nadasha look at her. She raised her head and looked at Ye Ci with her cold purple eyes. Then she kept the silver coins on the table and handed the ten sets of Bronze Arrows to Ye Ci.
Ye Ci respectfully received the arrows and placed them in her quiver. She turned around and was about to leave. However, she heard an unfamiliar voice: "Young Hunter, where do you plan to embark on your journey of adventure?"
She turned around and saw that it was Nadasha who spoke. Ye Ci was slightly surprised. She thought that this NPC was mute. As far as Ye Ci could remember, this NPC had never spoken a single word to any player.
"Starting from Dau 'er's past, I will follow the footsteps of the Elven King forever." In the end, Ye Ci chose an ambiguous answer from the village chief's lengthy explanation.
Natasha raised her delicate eyebrows, and then suddenly shook her ears. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath: "Go, young Hunter. May the Elven King, Dau 'er, be with you."
After that, she lowered her head and continued to craft arrows as usual.
Ye Ci waited for a long time, but she did not say anything else. She reluctantly left the house and entered the dense and silent forest through a hidden path in the north.
The Elven Forest was a general name for the forests near the Elven Novice Village. The forest was vast and boundless. Ye Ci only knew that there were many Novice Elven Novice Villages scattered around the forest. She also knew that there were three Preparatory Difficulty Dungeons in the forest.
The trees in the Elven Forest were all tall and ancient. Even if she raised her head, she could only see straight trunks and lush leaves. Sunlight shone through the leaves and scattered its warmth into the forest. Because the ground was covered in layers of fallen leaves, it felt damp and soft when stepping on them.
Some nameless wild flowers and small mushrooms grew out of the damp leaves and grew wantonly.
On top of the fallen leaves, there was a small winding path that extended into the depths of the Elven Forest. Ye Ci followed the path and quickly walked into the depths of the forest.
It was eerily quiet here. From time to time, she could see level 4 and 5 monsters strolling leisurely through the forest.
There was a prerequisite quest to enter the Icy Cave. Ye Ci nimbly avoided the strolling monsters along the way and quickly arrived at the Altar of Mara located in the northern hinterland of the Elven Forest.
A few low ranked Priests in long robes were kneeling by the altar and chanting.
"Young Hunter, you must have come here to help us. The Elven King did not abandon us." The leader of the Priests saw Ye Ci's exceptional enthusiasm and a faint smile appeared on his young face.
"How may I help you, respected Priest?"
"The Ratmen in the Icy Cave took away my waist tag when I was asleep. Oh! Did you know? That thing is incredible. In a few days, the High Priest will be patrolling. If he sees that I've lost my waist tag, I'm done for! " The Priest hugged his head in pain. He then looked at Ye Ci with a flattering gaze and chuckled, "Hunter, if you can help me find my waist tag, I won't mistreat you …."
Ye Ci accepted the quest and could not help but sigh. These NPCs, they were obviously good at fighting. Why did they have to make players run errands for them?
"Hey! You over there, give me a hand! " Ye Ci had just turned around and walked towards the Icy Cave when she suddenly heard a loud shout from afar.
She turned around and saw a black wolf running towards her. Behind him was a dense swarm of spiders!
"Don't just stand there, that, that! Hurry up, help me deal with them! "The black wolf urged Ye Ci as he ran.
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