Chapter 26

Listen, listen, listen (New book uploaded for 10 days without a single vote. During the great joy of Da Fei's departure from the island, I ask for votes, collections, and recommendations.)

Brother is back? Da Fei felt as if he had returned from another world. Yes, he's back, but unfortunately, his sea anemone mother nest is forever left in the world of the dead. It could have been sold for tens of thousands. But let's look forward.

— System notification: You have completed the trial mission "Assist the Captain in Battle," gaining +20,000 experience points.

— System notification: Congratulations, you have leveled up to level 15, gaining 1 free attribute point, 1 skill point, +2 health, +1 leadership, and +1 base damage.

— System notification: You have obtained a B-grade strategic treasure, the Captain's Sword.

— Captain's Sword: B-grade strategic treasure, mission item, +1 attack, +1 defense, +1 damage, +1 attack speed. The effects of this sword are doubled at sea.

— System notification: You have obtained the ownership certificate for a large, fast sailing ship.

Looking at the system messages flooding the screen, Da Fei laughed heartily!

A strategic treasure, and the reward for the mission is a B-grade strategic treasure! Strategic treasures are different from ordinary single-unit equipment; they can enhance the entire army and do not conflict with ordinary equipment. So even if Da Fei is a spearman and cannot use a long sword, it won't affect his ability to use it.

Currently, the most common and most expensive treasure on the market is the C-grade strategic treasure "Blood Claw Necklace," which has only one attribute: +1 army damage! Yes, the same effect as the "War Maniac" skill, +1 damage. Players know what +1 damage means for low-level units with only 1, 2, 3, or 4 points of damage? It often means the damage effect that a hero would need to level up 10 or more times to achieve.

And this Captain's Sword, with just +1 damage, is a C-grade treasure, but with its effects doubled at sea, it becomes +2 damage! It's simply astonishing! If it weren't limited to use at sea, it would definitely be an A-grade treasure! As for the other attributes, they are just bonuses. What a great sword! Truly a great sword! It's practically a godly weapon for low-level units!

The hard work of this night was truly worth it. Da Fei, feeling satisfied, equipped the long sword and then excitedly checked his attributes.

Level: 15

Reputation: -160 (for killing 3 times)

Attack: 10 (with 6 free attribute points not yet allocated)

Defense: 4 (3 points from personal leather armor, 1 point from the strategic defense of the treasure)

Magic: 0

Knowledge: 0

Base Damage: 7-9 (1-3 at birth, +1 from sea anemone enchantment, +1 from achievement, +3 from system damage reward for every 5 levels, +1 from Captain's Sword, of course, only the +1 from the Captain's Sword affects the entire army)

Health: 48

Attack Speed: 11 (ordinary +1 from Captain's Sword)

Movement Speed: 10

Morale: 1

Luck: 0

Leadership: 14

Stamina: 100

Skills: Basic Navigation, Advanced Reconnaissance (Stealth, Intelligence Gathering), Intermediate War Machine Studies (Crossbow Master), 6 skill points not yet allocated.

Looking at his attributes, Da Fei felt a sense of accomplishment, but also a bit of disappointment. After all, he had gotten used to the thrill of killing level 4 units with one shot under the leadership of a powerful hero. Now, he was back to square one, and it felt a bit uncomfortable.

Wait! This is the evil intent of the game company! They are making players experience the benefits of a hero's army and a high-level hero through a temporary mission, making them addicted and willing to spend money to fight for it for life! Damn it! I'm here to make money, not to spend it. I won't fall for the game company's trick!

Now, it's time to check out my ship.

— Ownership certificate for a large, fast sailing ship (mission reward, bound, cannot be traded with players):

Original name: St. Anthony (can be renamed)

Captain: Da Fei

Ship specifications: Large 4-masted, 3-deck fast sailing ship. (Note: Fast sailing ships, also known as clipper ships, are long and elegant but have a small cargo capacity. They have excellent upwind sailing capabilities and are much faster than the mainstream galleon ships. As for how sailing ships can sail upwind, this involves complex aerodynamics, which students can ask their physical education teachers about if interested.)

Ship special skill: Divine Blessing (sailor luck +2)

Cargo capacity: 1000 units

Minimum sailor capacity: 30 (below this number, the ship cannot function properly)

Ship durability: 2357/3754

Ship age: 10 years

Ship armor defense: 80

Ship speed: 10 (Note: To align with the game's unit speed settings, ship speed is not measured in knots. 10 means the maximum speed is 10 meters per second. In the Age of Sail, the maximum speed of sailing ships varied from 10 to 20 knots, with 1 knot = 1.8 km/h. 20 knots is equivalent to 10 meters per second, and a hero's navigation skill can further increase the ship's speed.)

Sea god insurance level: 0 (Note: Ships are valuable assets for players. If sunk, players will suffer significant losses. Therefore, the game has an insurance system where players can make large donations to the Sea God Temple in major cities to insure their ships. If the ship is sunk, the Sea God's power can instantly return the ship to the port of departure, but the cargo and sailors will be lost, and the ship's maximum durability will decrease. This is equivalent to the ship being able to "resurrect." Insurance level 1 allows one resurrection, level 2 allows two, and so on.)

Current ship status: Hull damaged, unable to sail, cursed with bad luck (sailor luck -3).

Da Fei let out a long sigh of relief. Finally, he had taken care of his ship. It turns out that the ship couldn't just be sailed away; he needed this certificate. Of course, without the certificate, it would be a black ship and could be seized by the navy. Captain, you're really considerate, even giving me a "driver's license."

As for now, the captain, of course, would inspect his ship. There's still a birdman on board, right? Well, that's too bad. This ship is now my territory, and I don't welcome him. Especially that magic book boss, I can't let it fall into his hands under any circumstances.

...

In the sunken ship's cabin corridor, Blood Sea Raging Wave was mindlessly slashing at the swarming zombies. After a whole day of slashing, thanks to the efficiency of the Master-level skill "Cleave," Blood Sea Raging Wave's level rocketed to 10, and he gained an additional 1 point of base damage from the system.

Now it's time to take on the boss. If not for that trash's interference, he might have already taken it down.

Blood Sea Raging Wave angrily charged towards the boss's room, but suddenly, the zombies disappeared! What's going on? The boss isn't summoning zombies anymore?

When Blood Sea Raging Wave reached the boss's room, the boss indeed wasn't summoning zombies anymore.

This must be a change in the game's progress, and that trash must have done something! A sense of unease washed over him. But there was no time to think about it. A boss that can't summon zombies is just a piece of trash. First, he needed to get the magic book.

Blood Sea Raging Wave, covered in curses, began to slash at the ghost boss. With the absolute power gap, the boss struggled to defend, and the magic book glowed with dark light, continuously healing it. Eventually, the magic book seemed to lose its luster, and the boss could no longer heal!

Ha, finally, it's done! The thought of the long-desired magic book about to be in his hands made Blood Sea Raging Wave shout excitedly, "Die!"

At that moment, Blood Sea Raging Wave felt a sudden tightness in his lower back, and a familiar numbness spread throughout his body!

— System notification: You have been maliciously PKed by player Da Fei. You can now counterattack justly!

Blood Sea Raging Wave turned around in shock to see Da Fei!

Da Fei smiled grimly, "Thanks for the hard work! Goodbye!" Another shot, and Blood Sea Raging Wave cursed as he turned into a white light and disappeared.

— System notification: You have maliciously killed player Blood Sea Raging Wave. Your reputation -100.

Hmph! The ship is mine, and everything on the ship is mine. Don't even think about taking my boss. But losing reputation is really painful.

Now, Da Fei was no longer the same as he was a day ago in the game, and this weakened boss didn't have the strange ability to fully heal. The outcome was no longer in doubt. Perhaps, with the curse space destroyed, the boss's combat ability was greatly reduced.

— System notification: You have killed the Cursed Ghost, gaining +250 experience points! You have obtained "Makar's Dark Magic Skill Book." You have obtained the Cursed Ghost's soul crystal.

— System notification: You have obtained incomplete information about the Cursed Ghost.

Da Fei was stunned! Such a small amount of experience, this isn't a boss? A dark magic skill book? Not a magic book? What's going on? Da Fei hurriedly checked his inventory.

— Makar's Dark Magic Skill Book: A dark magic skill book annotated with the insights of the great mage Makar. During Makar's research, the book absorbed much of his meditative power. Now, with its power depleted, the magic book has become an ordinary skill training book. You can spend 1 skill point to learn the basic dark magic skill.

— Basic Dark Magic: Can learn and use level 1 dark magic.

— Cursed Ghost Soul Crystal: Unknown item.

Ah! Da Fei spat out a mouthful of blood! I knew it, a high-level strategic treasure like a magic book that can be learned without a teacher couldn't appear in a beginner village, in the hands of a small ghost! It turns out it was just a charged skill book! This means the ghost used up all the magic book's power? In normal circumstances, players should have teamed up to take down the ghost at the start, preserving the magic book's power for later boss fights?

Sigh, if I had known this, I wouldn't have worried about the book falling into Blood Sea Raging Wave's hands. But what about this cursed ghost? It was a wraith back then? From the incomplete information, it seems a bit stronger than a wraith, an upgraded form of a wraith? Can elite units like wraiths continue to upgrade? What is this unknown soul crystal? A quest item? Forget it, with the variety of undead creatures, I won't dwell on it.

The key is that even a common skill book has a special version, which is worth studying. Da Fei began to read the first page of the book with great interest.

— Life is unpredictable, filled with chaos, filth, and pain. Death means peace, eternity, and the beauty of order!

What the heck, this opening note is completely different! Keep reading, oh, so many words! Does Makar like to scribble in his textbooks?

— Life follows the laws of the gods, although relatively perfect, it is also limited in growth potential. Undead, however, have infinite potential for growth. Zombies and ghosts are the purest representatives of corporeal and spectral undead, respectively, and they are the easiest undead races to produce leaders. To date, no wizard has been able to manually create undead leaders because they know little about the process of an undead unit evolving into a leader. In my view, this is not a simple process but involves many stages.

Ironically, although living beings have limited growth potential and are often dismissed by wizards, there are legendary heroes of the elf race who can train ordinary human and elf archers into powerful phantom archers, a completely different and superior form of life. This shows that, whether for the living or the undead, this is the domain of the gods, and we are still beginners in this field. We should be more humble and cautious. I think we should start with the simplest zombies and ghosts...

Da Fei's eyes widened! Makar has lofty ambitions, aiming to mass-produce bosses? Does this mean the zombie bosses in the cabin are his creations? Could this book provide information on godly skills?

At that moment— "Damn it!" Blood Sea Raging Wave's angry curses echoed.

Da Fei put down the book and saw that the guy hadn't even recovered from his weakened state but was already climbing back on the ship for revenge. Is he crazy or what?

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