Chapter 5: Newbie Village

Wang Yu quickly put on the newbie set from his storage belt, avoiding the risk of exposing himself. Actually, there was no need to worry; the game designers were quite reasonable. Even without any equipment, the system-provided cloth clothes would protect players from being seen by others.

Newbie Cloth Armor: Defense 1, Durability

Newbie Gloves: Defense 1, Durability

Newbie Sandals: Defense 1, Durability

Newbie Leggings: Defense 1, Durability

Sure enough, the game company wasn't all that great. The so-called newbie reward was just 4 points of defense. Wang Yu was quite disdainful of this. However, he was even more pleased with his wise decision. Even those who answered the questions correctly might not have received anything good... Plus, he had learned a talent skill... He wouldn't be at a disadvantage no matter what...

Thinking of skills, Wang Yu immediately opened his skill panel. He had two skills: the first skill of the Assassin, which was also the most basic skill, "Thunder Strike" (Level 1), a normal attack that dealt 15% extra damage, costing 5 SP and having a 5-second cooldown. The other was a passive skill rewarded by the system, "Swift Shadow" (unupgradable), which increased the player's movement speed by 3%.

Of course, completing tasks in the newbie village was a common trope in online games. Wang Yu wasn't worried about wasting time and toured the entire newbie village. The village wasn't large, and there were few NPCs. The game company claimed that NPCs had basic intelligence but would never act against players. After all, players were the main focus of the game. If NPCs had high intelligence and strong abilities, it would be the game playing the players, not the other way around.

The names of the NPCs were marked above their heads. After a tour, Wang Yu found that the useful NPCs were the shop owner, the equipment store owner, and the village chief. Following the typical style of online game novels, the village chief was an elderly man with white hair who looked very kind. The only thing that somewhat ruined the atmosphere was the large exclamation mark above his head, indicating that there was a quest available. This symbol had been used since who knows when...

Wang Yu respectfully asked the village chief, "Elder, I am a newcomer. I just arrived here. Is there anything I can help with?"

At this moment, the system voice announced, "Player Bai Kaishui, completed quest—Newbie's Inquiry. Reward: 10 copper coins." Wang Yu was drenched in sweat. This counted as completing a quest?

"Ha ha, young man, I have a matter that needs your help..." The village chief stopped speaking at this point.

With his previous experience, Wang Yu reacted quickly and immediately responded, "Elder, please tell me, I will definitely help."

The system voice announced again, "Player Bai Kaishui, triggered quest—The Village Chief's Troubles. Do you wish to continue?" Wang Yu's answer was naturally affirmative.

"Very well, the matter is this: In our village, there are... I hope you can help us eliminate these rabbits. The future of our village rests on your shoulders!" The village chief continued his explanation, and Wang Yu listened patiently.

After listening to the village chief, Wang Yu understood the situation of the quest. The system prompt sounded again.

"Player Bai Kaishui, quest—The Village Chief's Troubles has been activated. Do you accept?" The answer was naturally affirmative.

After accepting the village chief's troubles, Wang Yu opened his quest log to check the details: The Village Chief's Troubles (F-Rank Quest)—A large number of rabbits have appeared at the entrance of the newbie village, eating the crops. Please kill 20 rabbits at the village entrance. Quest completion: (0/20).

This was clearly a newbie quest. In the early stages of the game, there wouldn't be any difficult quests. Wang Yu thought about the 10 copper coins he had received as a reward and decided to buy a dagger from the shop since he didn't have a weapon. The dagger had an attack power of 1-1, but it was a weapon, and it looked cool...

When Wang Yu finished these tasks, some players had started to arrive at the newbie village, though not many. The village chief's location was deep in the village, and some players, eager to level up, didn't pay attention and started fighting the rabbits at the entrance with their bare hands.

Wang Yu, of course, wouldn't foolishly rush in with his dagger. He put the dagger back in his belt and chose a position a bit away from the village entrance. After making sure no one was around, he took out the dagger and started attacking the rabbits. After all, a weapon cost 10 copper coins, and if he took it out, others might ask questions. After all, killing a few rabbits only dropped one copper coin! This quest was so simple that if he completed it early, other players who learned about it later would waste time doing the same quest, giving him more time and space to fight higher-level monsters. This was the so-called (sneaky?) strategy of leading the way and staying ahead.

-6, a damage number popped up from the rabbit as Wang Yu attacked it. The rabbit, seemingly enraged (it was red-eyed...), bit Wang Yu's arm, dealing -2 damage. Fortunately, it wasn't much. Wang Yu landed four more strikes, and the rabbit turned into white light, dropping a copper coin and 5 experience points. Wang Yu roughly calculated that a rabbit had about 28 HP, and his average damage per strike was between 5 and 6. The first five strikes dealt two 5s and three 6s, which was quite accurate. He also checked his experience points; it took 100 experience points to level up from level 1 to level 2, which meant he needed to kill 20 rabbits. However, this was perfect since the quest also required him to kill 20 rabbits, allowing him to level up and complete the quest simultaneously.

At this point, Wang Yu paid special attention to his status bar, which only showed health points (HP) and skill points (SP), with no physical attack or defense displayed. This frustrated Wang Yu, but he was a detail-oriented person. Since the game company didn't want players to know their exact attack and defense, there must be a reason. As a data enthusiast, Wang Yu was quite skilled at analyzing data changes. He noticed his HP was 38 points and made an initial estimate. If 1 point of constitution increased a player's HP by 10 points, then level also increased HP. Level 1 added 8 points of constitution, making it exactly 38 points.

As for SP, Wang Yu had 8 points. He deduced that 1 point of spirit added 5 SP, and level added 3, with the base SP being zero...

Due to Wang Yu's initial point allocation, although he didn't kill monsters quickly, his agility and two skills made his attack speed and monster-finding speed quite fast. He quickly leveled up, bathed in golden light (originally it was supposed to be white light, but he thought golden light looked cooler...).

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