Chapter 7

System: You have accepted the mission "Find the Fountain of Life," with a difficulty level of C. Help the Black Dragon Queen, Wenlaret, to go to the Elven Forest and bring back the water from the Fountain of Life.

Mission Success — Gain 170,000 experience points, 200 gold coins, 100 world reputation points, and 300 reputation points in the Dragon Gorge area.

Mission Failure — None

"Why do I keep getting forced into missions?" Ruan Chi was annoyed when he saw the system prompt that suddenly appeared. Are all the game's missions forced on players? There's no way to refuse.

But at least this mission's difficulty is only C, so it shouldn't be impossible to complete.

"Up ahead is the territory of the elves. As long as you step into that area, you will be in the elves' territory. You just need to go in and bring back the water from the Fountain of Life for me." Wenlaret, the Black Dragon, said.

"What do you need the Fountain of Life for?"

"Of course, it's for healing. What did you think I brought you here for?"

"..."

Seeing that the mission rewards looked quite substantial, Ruan Chi didn't argue and obediently walked in the direction Wenlaret pointed.

Ruan Chi didn't actually go far. He stopped under a tree not far from Wenlaret, looked around to confirm he wouldn't be discovered, and then quickly climbed up the tree.

"Compared to the mission, wouldn't it be a good opportunity to take it out now?" Ruan Chi thought, actually considering the injured Black Dragon Queen.

After a fierce battle with the kingdom's knight corps, Wenlaret's health was almost depleted. Looking from here to its head, its name had turned to a neutral yellow, but there was an additional "Weak" status next to it.

Wenlaret - Black Dragon Queen (Weak)

Isn't this a clear opportunity? Ruan Chi thought. If he could kill Wenlaret here, he might get all the equipment it drops.

"Let's decide on this. Compared to the rewards of a C-level mission, the loot from an 82-level boss should be much richer."

Ruan Chi chuckled and grabbed a dry branch.

Since he didn't have a spear, he had to use a branch instead, even though the physical attack was a bit weaker.

Of course, Ruan Chi didn't expect to break through its defenses with this. The only skill he had that could damage the Black Dragon was the Titan's Arrow.

This skill not only deals physical damage but also adds 500 points of fixed lightning magic damage. If he remembered correctly, the Black Dragon's remaining health should be around 1000 points, plus healing, it should now have about 2000 to 3000 health.

"Kiting might work."

Ruan Chi started to imagine the beautiful scene of defeating the boss and obtaining the legendary item. He wasn't worried about failing; he was only level 1, so even if he died, he would just be teleported back to the city for free.

"Zzzt!"

Activating the skill, blue electric arcs wrapped around the dry branch. Ruan Chi, having learned from his mistake, calculated the range and threw it. The dry branch immediately shot like a lightning bolt straight at the unsuspecting Black Dragon Queen.

"Bang!"

The branch, enhanced by the lightning, accurately hit the Black Dragon's back, making a light sound and then shattering like charcoal.

Before Ruan Chi could cheer, a pitiful damage number made him dumbfounded.

-1, -50

The first damage was physical, but it didn't break through the defense, so the system forced a deduction of 1 point. The second damage was magical, but it was only 50 points.

"Why isn't it 500? How did it lose a zero?"

Ruan Chi was still surprised by this turn of events when a strong wind suddenly came from above, and the light dimmed as a huge head appeared.

"Brat, why did you attack me?" The Black Dragon's crimson eyes stared intently at Ruan Chi, and a heavy sulfur gas exhaled from its nostrils.

System: NPC Wenlaret's favorability towards you has decreased by 10 points, now hostile.

Ruan Chi received a system prompt and saw that the Black Dragon Queen's name had changed from yellow to light red, indicating that it was now in a combat-ready state.

"For no reason, just wanted to take you down." Ruan Chi didn't bother to make an excuse and, as he spoke, raised his fist and punched Wenlaret's nose.

-1

Although Ruan Chi's attack was ineffective, for the proud dragon, his behavior was undoubtedly a provocation. The Black Dragon let out a roar and spewed a red flame from its mouth.

The flame, with a temperature of tens of thousands of degrees, instantly ignited the surrounding trees, about to burn everything.

However, at this moment, something miraculous happened.

The red flame, as it approached Ruan Chi, seemed to encounter an obstacle and veered around his body. Ruan Chi did a backflip and successfully escaped from the flames.

"Why is this happening?"

Wenlaret, shocked by this scene, completely forgot to pursue and watched as Ruan Chi fled into the nearby shrubs.

Ruan Chi ran as fast as he could and, looking back, saw that he had completely escaped the range of the dragon's breath.

"Atheism really works in the game!" Ruan Chi muttered to himself, looking at his hand.

Just now, the reason the flames were ineffective against Ruan Chi was not due to any mysterious power protecting him, but because of his ability, Atheism, which negated all supernatural abilities. The flames were neutralized before they could touch Ruan Chi, so they couldn't harm him.

"It seems that all the skills of players and NPCs in the game are considered supernatural abilities. This is good; maybe I can defeat a higher-level boss."

Knowing that his ability worked in the game, Ruan Chi was overjoyed. Looking at the stunned Black Dragon, a gleam of excitement appeared in his eyes.

"Titan brat, what did you do just now?" Wenlaret, having regained her senses, stared intently at Ruan Chi with her crimson eyes.

"Guess!" Ruan Chi grinned and, glancing at a stone by the roadside, took a step forward and picked it up, immediately aiming it at Wenlaret.

Her body was so large that he didn't need to aim carefully.

However, just as Ruan Chi was about to activate the skill again, a system prompt interrupted him.

System: Your MP is insufficient, skill activation failed.

"Damn, almost forgot about this!" Ruan Chi cursed and quickly opened his system backpack to look for something to restore his MP.

Unfortunately, "Knight's Heart" didn't give players any starting funds. Ruan Chi's backpack didn't even have a single copper coin, let alone any potions to restore MP.

How stingy, Ruan Chi cursed the game designers in his heart again.

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