3 - Kicked

Translated by rabbitrisu

The coordinates Fentou Bengdi gave were in the bustling Feng Xue City of Sanchongtian. As soon as Xiao Ran teleported over, he was shivering in the falling snow.

The online virtual reality game Oracle of the Gods claimed to have 93% realism. The realistic game experience was the main reason why players all over the world were crazy about it. Before it, virtual reality games weren’t absent, but the game experience couldn’t be compared with Oracle of the Gods at all.

Xiao Ran turned on ‘environmental adaptation’ in his attributes, then started walking towards his destination once he felt warmer.

Countless players stood at the gate plaza of Feng Xue City. In order to withstand the weather in Feng Xue City, many people changed into mink fur coats.

Looking around, the crowds were piled up, making it hard to see who was who.

Xiao Ran reluctantly opened his NPC perspective.

The NPC Perspective Skill was a special NPC reconnaissance skill. The cooldown time was 30 minutes and it lasted for 5 minutes.

With his NPC perspective turned on, Xiao Ran could see not only the ID and basic information above the player’s head, but also what equipment that have, what skills they’ve learned, and what items were in their inventory. It was a perspective skill more terrifying than a god’s skill!

Especially for PK, 1 imagine an opponent knowing exactly what equipment and skills you have. It would feel like fighting shirtless against someone; their vital points would be harshly targeted!

However, such a cool skill was only being used to find a player.

Xiao Ran tried to distinguish amongst the layers of IDs above the players’ head, then finally found Fentou Bengdi under the huge stone sculpture in the center of the plaza.

It was a man 1.9 meters tall wearing a dark yellow animal skin. His half-bare arms were exposed to the ice and snow and his muscles were frozen purple-red. His lower body was wearing pants often worn by hunters. The thin fabric was fluttering in the strong wind. He was carrying a 1 meter long axe in one hand and a large iron shield half the height of a person in the other. His beard was rough and his hair was confident and unrestrained. This bold look was one that even his mother wouldn’t quickly recognize him with, but Xiao Ran—

Worthy of being my god! Such ugly clothes can be made so refreshing and refined when he wears them!

–His Lover’s Filter was as thick as the Great Wall. He wasn’t afraid of him at all!

Xiao Ran waved excitedly at the person. After confirming that he had seen it, he activated a physical skill and rushed toward him.

“It’s been so long since I last saw you. I thought I would never see you again.” Fentou Bengdi laughed. The large rugged man’s cold eyebrows were as gentle as spring water after reuniting with his long-lost lover.

Xiao Ran lifted his small face from the other’s generous chest and said apologetically: “System maintenance. My data was affected a lot, so it was a long wait.”

“Fortunately, I went back halfway to Fengdu and eliminated the faction curse. It was almost time.”

In order for the Master Brain to prevent the factions from communicating, in addition to setting up a naturally dangerous map to block opposing faction, players who forcible crossed factions would be granted a debuff 2 ‘faction curse.’ In that state, each day the player stays with the opposite faction, all attributes would drop by 5% until they’re cleared.

This debuff would slowly be removed within 5 days after the player returns to their own faction or a neutral faction, and they would gradually return to their original strength.

Having said that, the great god couldn’t find him for a month. He must have been very anxious.

Thinking about that, Xiao Ran pressed himself reproachfully into Yiye Feihua’s arms. It took a while before he suddenly recalled something.

“What’s wrong with your outfit?” Xiao Ran raised his head and asked. He knew that the great god had a ‘Perfect Camouflage’ disguise skill, so he would often turn into a variety of good faction player while mingling in Shenzhou so he wouldn’t be chased by everyone as soon as he appeared.

But today’s style of dress… it was too strange!

If it weren’t for his strong mental quality, Xiao Ran could definitely not associate his great god’s handsome face with the bearded image in front of him.

“I ran into a player on the road who was about to sneak attack me. He failed, so I used his skin…”Yiye Feihua shrugged, then said, “By the way, I have something for you. Open a trade interface.”

Xiao Ran obediently opened the trade interface, Yiye Feihua gave him a lot of things. They were all equipment and items for Shen Bi. Two sets of high-quality emblem ink, the rare Shen Bi skill ‘One Thousand Troops and Horses,’ the Level 35 orange equipment ‘Chiyu Siyuan’ 3 and… a Level 40 orange weapon!

The overwhelming high-level equipment made Xiao Ran feel dazed. If these things were put on the market, he would definitely not be able to get them for less than 60 gold!

Especially the Level 40 orange weapon ‘Polished Jade Ancient Seal.’ Xiao Ran examined it. Spell cooldown time was reduced by 10%, spell damage increased by 10%, attack speed was +5, and damage to dark creatures received a 25% damage bonus… It was much stronger than the previous great god’s with the same style. The auction house would sell it for at least 13 gold coins!

Xiao Ran was about to cancel the trade, but Yiye Feihua quickly clicked to confirm. The equipment and weapons that would make other Shen Bi players crazy with envy all rested in Xiao Ran’s inventory.

“How can this…”

Yiye Feihua felt that it didn’t matter. “It’s just a few pieces of equipment. My husband, do you still need to save money?”

The words ‘my husband’ rushed forcefully to Xiao Ran’s head. He felt squishy and soft, and naturally, Yiye Feihua said nothing.

“It’s all right.” Xiao Ran lowered his head. His small red face to the tips of his ears made Yiye Feihua’s heart tingle. He grabbed Xiao Ran and held him in his arms, then blew into the already red ears in a soft and teasing manner.

“Do you like the things I gave you?”

“Li… Like.”

“Then how will you thank me?”

Xiao Ran looked up blankly.

“Is a kiss good?”

Xiao Ran felt his head buzzing, and quickly broke free of Yiye Feihua’s arms, staring at him with wide eyes.

Was this still his great god? After not seeing him for a month… why such a big change!

Yiye Feihua’s smile deepened. He stepped forward and spoke with a slightly wronged tone: “It’s only been a month since we saw each other. Did you already forget we’re lovers?”

How could he forget? He confessed first, didn’t he? But, but…

“Haha, your face is still so thin.” Yiye Feihua vigorously rubbed the top of the boy’s hair. “I’ll stop teasing you. I have a mission to do later.”

Xiao Ran: “……” Your face is too thick!

Xiao Ran raised his head and asked: “What mission? Can I do it with you?”

Yiye Feihua: “It’s legendary rank. You can’t do it for now, but if you quickly rise to Level 40, I’ll take you to do some breakthrough missions.”

Xiao Ran slumped: “Okay.”

“Good.”

Yiye Feihua was tender with Xiao Ran for a while, then took his giant axe and iron shield and left. Xiao Ran looked at his muscular back and suddenly felt sad.

Such a simple style was nothing like his dazzling number one master at all. His great god was good at everything, so it was best not to ruin his aesthetic…

After Yiye Feihua left, Xiao Ran put on the Level 35 orange Shen Bi equipment Chiyu Siyuan, and his character attributes suddenly increased by a large margin.

Chiyu Siyuan was divided into four parts: shoulder guards, gloves, shoes, and clothing. After the set was combined, it would stimulate a buff skill ‘Draw a Living Lotus’ which could very practically improve mana regeneration and physical defense. Chiyu Siyuan wasn’t number one amongst the Level 35 orange equipment sets, but it was one of the best, especially its fierce defense, which was almost equal to Dragon Power Knight armor.

Although the extremely high defense meant that the equipment had almost no spell damage bonus, Xiao Ran understood the reason and was excited.

He was an NPC. The difference between him and other players was that after he dies, it’s not as simple as losing level experience and a piece of equipment. It was data erasure. Yiye Feihua almost saw Xiao Ran die with his own eyes in Buyue City. It wasn’t difficult to understand why he gifted him a suit of equipment with such high defense.

In addition to the Chiyu Siyuan suit, there was also the Polished Jade Ancient Seal and the One Thousand Troops and Horses skill… The great god who was affected by the faction curse helped him collect equipment and skills in such a short time; it must have taken a lot of care.

Xiao Ran felt sweetness in his heart. The haze of being robbed of the same weapon as his great god was immediately swept away.

Xiao Ran couldn’t equip the Polished Jade Ancient Seal, but the rare skill ‘One Thousand Troops and Horses’ could be learned.

One Thousand Troops and Horses was considered a rare skill by the system because it was the only Shen Bi group attack skill that could exert powerful damage at lower stages. Before completing the Level 40 breakthrough mission and unlocking the Brush Spirit Summoning talent, it was difficult for the versatile but weak Shen Bi to form a team. With such a rare group attack skill, Xiao Ran should have no problems forming an instance team.

Xiao Ran, a talented skill owner, counted his skill bar and found that rare skills and free skills accounted for half of them. The corners of his mouth arched up joyfully.

Speaking of skills, Xiao Ran suddenly remembered something.

His eyes slipped down and he found a mysterious skill in his skill bar.

[Skill: ??? (Corrupted Image)

Status: Mandatory Cooldown In Progress

Cooldown Countdown: 81:23:42]

When Xiao Ran noticed the skill, the image was greyed out and cracked, indicating that the skill had been interrupted and was undergoing a mandatory cooldown period.

When Xiao Ran first discovered the skill, the mandatory cooldown period was several thousand hours. He didn’t expect that it wouldn’t have finished its cooldown after so long.

The longer the cooldown period, the more rare and powerful the skill was. Although Xiao Ran was knowledgeable, he hadn’t seen any skill with such a long cooldown period. He was looking forward to the mysterious skill.

There were still 3 days before the skill cooldown ended. Xiao Ran had a plan. He was now Level 38, still two levels away from the next stage of breakthrough missions. If he could reach Level 40 within the next three days and unlock the skill, it may be a great benefit for his next breakthrough mission.

Having said that, it was very difficult to raise levels in Oracle of the Gods. It wouldn’t be easy to raise two levels in three days.

Although Xiao Ran was accustomed to working alone, it seemed that he could only choose to join a team to complete an instance.

Xiao Ran went back to the auction house and put up some consumables. He didn’t sell his replaced equipment because Chiyu Siyuan had no spell damage bonus. If he needed to, his old equipment could still be used.

After packing, Xiao Ran went to the instance map outside of Feng Xue city.

Feng Xue City was located in northwest Sanchongtian. A few miles away were four Level 30-40 instances, large and small, which was why Feng Xue city was so popular all year round.

Xiao Ran arrived in the white field outside of the Level 39 instance, Han Bing Xue Field.

Xiao Ran sighed. He had long noticed the cold reception to Shen Bi.

He walked toward a little boy that looked like he was carved from jade in front of Han Bing Xue Field.

The little boy was holding an adult man’s thick fur boots. His nose was red from the cold, and the sound of his broken crying overflowed with fog from his mouth: “Who will save my dad…”

Xiao Ran: “What’s wrong with your dad, child?”

The little boy cried: “My dad took me to hunt today, but he fell off the cliff and disappeared. He must have been captured by the Xuenu. 4 The adults in the village said she’s a terrible demon who sucks men’s blood. Who will save my dad…”

[This little boy begs you to enter Han Bing Xue Field to find the missing hunter. Do you accept?]

[Your team is too small. Select to enter the instance or recruit a team?]

Recruit a team.

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After Xiao Ran chose, a team recruitment interface appeared in front of him. There were many instance teams recruiting players.

There was high-level equipment for Dragon Power Knights and Spirit Foxes in Han Bing Xue Field, the Holy Monks’ Root Removal, Immortal Scholars’ Frozen Slow 5 , and the monsters inside gave a lot of experience. It was the most popular of the surrounding instances.

High popularity meant it was easier for Shen Bi to form a team.

The corners of Xiao Ran’s mouth twitched helplessly as he began choosing a team.

Looking at the team recruitment interface, all of the teams were begging for healers. Xiao Ran finally found a few teams that were ‘just asking for someone alive, no occupation,’ and sent an application to join.

He waited 3 or 4 minutes, and only one team approved his application.

After joining the team, their leader, a Holy Monk player, opened his mouth and spoke in the team channel: “Xiao Ma-ge, report spell damage.”

Shen Bi Ma Liang 6 … Xiao Ma-ge. Xiao Ran understood and didn’t think much of it, then directly reported his current spell damage, “242-266.”

Without an equipment bonus, his spell damage could only be considered average for a Shen Bi of his level. Nevertheless, Xiao Ran was confident in his skills and nearly half of his skill bar was rare skills. He wanted to say something, but found that the team channel had disappeared.

Xiao Ran: “……”

He was kicked.

Footnotes

PK is player kill. debuff is a status effect that hurts or impedes a character The Pond Fish Thinks Deeply Snow Woman Root Removal is a skill that gets rid of something that prevents the player from moving. Frozen Slow is a skill that freezes an enemy in place or slows them down. Fairy Tale ?