Chapter 24

After being teleported back to Lionheart City, Mu Feng began to check the spoils from his trip outside the city. First, he examined the equipment dropped by the five-man group that had attacked him. Among them, a blue 10-level two-handed axe and a green 15-level shield were particularly valuable. The enemy archer also dropped a green shoulder pad, which was exactly what Mu Feng needed!

Forest Shoulder Guard: Quality (Excellent), +5 Agility, +5 Stamina, +15 Armor. Required Level 10. Mu Feng immediately replaced his +7 Armor white shoulder pads with it, and his stats improved even more.

Next, he checked the drops from the Silver Hero boss, Hogg. Besides the mandatory Hogg's Mark, a purple item made Mu Feng smile with satisfaction.

Dull Elven Ring: Quality (Epic), +12 Agility, +2% Hit, +3% Critical Strike! A relic from the ancient Elven Empire, unfortunately, it has become somewhat dull due to its long history.

Each player can wear two rings and one necklace, which are currently the equipment slots Mu Feng is lacking. Decorative items are extremely hard to drop, and only when players with the jewelcrafting profession reach a higher skill level will they become more common.

Hiding his ID and title, Mu Feng, wearing a gray cloak, was not recognized by anyone and quickly returned to the Demon Hunter Guild's branch in Lionheart City. After showing his custom profession badge, he went directly to the second floor of the guild to meet the branch leader, Makaron.

"Back so soon?" Makaron was quite surprised, knowing that Mu Feng had accepted a dangerous group mission. The difficulty of this mission not only involved facing a powerful boss but also finding the headquarters of the jackals, which was a very time-consuming task.

"Yes, I'm here to turn in the mission." High-level players were already level 16, and Mu Feng needed to catch up quickly.

"Did you complete it alone?" When Makaron received Hogg's Mark, he noticed the information indicating it was completed solo.

"Yes."

"You are indeed the most promising Demon Hunter! Here is your reward." Makaron handed over the reward. A golden light flashed, and Mu Feng reached level 12, even exceeding one-fifth of the experience needed for the next level. He also received a good amount of gold.

The ambush by a team during the fight with Hogg made Mu Feng more alert, and he allocated five free attribute points to Stamina. This changed his stats to:

Mu Feng: Elven Demon Hunter Soldier.

Level: 12

Strength: 44

Agility: 122

Intelligence: 48

Stamina: 72

Spirit: 31

Health: 1440

Mana: 480

Attack without weapons: 286!

After selecting a few new missions downstairs, Mu Feng left the guild and headed to the auction house in Lionheart City. He had many items to sell and wanted to check if there were any suitable ingots available.

To list items on the auction house, a deposit is required, and the higher the value of the item, the higher the deposit. Additionally, the system takes a 10% transaction tax, making it quite a harsh system. However, during this critical leveling period, no one would bother setting up a stall to hawk their goods. Unless it's gray junk items, most items are in high demand, so no one cares too much about the fees.

Mu Feng finally checked the properties of the staff dropped by the succubus Mary.

Court Mage Staff: Quality (Epic), +22 Intelligence, +25 Stamina, +30 Spell Damage! Required Level 12.

Shocked! After seeing the properties of the Court Mage Staff, Mu Feng put it back in his bag. Not because it was bad, but because it was too good. Selling it on the auction house for gold would result in a significant loss. It would be better to contact an equipment merchant for a real-world currency transaction or exchange it for appropriate Demon Hunter equipment.

Mu Feng listed the remaining equipment on the auction house and began browsing the ingots.

There were plenty of copper ores, as Mu Feng often saw copper ore nodes in the wild, which only players with the mining profession could collect. Iron and silver ores were much rarer, with silver ingots costing 10 gold each. Mu Feng needed 10 silver ingots to make the two silver energy cores required by the blueprint!

Thinking about the automatic loot pickup function of the assistant robot, Mu Feng bought ten silver ingots and a large amount of stone, cloth, copper, and iron ingots to practice his skills. After all, the robot's creation required 100 points of engineering skill.

At the engineering shop, Mu Feng rented a high-level workbench that doubled the probability of skill increase for one gold coin and began practicing engineering.

First, he used low-quality stones to grind low-quality gunpowder. Every two seconds, he could make 10 units of gunpowder. Mu Feng's engineering points began to rise, reaching 20 points in no time, and the low-quality gunpowder option in the engineering list turned gray. Mu Feng then took out a pile of linen cloth and began loading the low-quality gunpowder into it, turning it into low-quality explosives.

By the time Mu Feng had turned all the gunpowder into explosives, his engineering points had reached 30. There were no more cheap stones to level up with, so Mu Feng took out copper ingots and started making bolts, reaching 55 points.

Next, Mu Feng disassembled the low-quality explosives and inserted the newly made bolts. This way, when the explosives detonated, the bolts would fly out, increasing their power, and the new product, the low-quality copper shell bomb, was created. This added another 10 points to his skill.

In this way, Mu Feng finally raised his skill to 100 points and manufactured all the materials required by the legendary engineering blueprint.

Taking a deep breath, Mu Feng opened the engineering operation interface, unfolded the blueprint, and placed the materials one by one. The creation of the legendary item officially began.

"Congratulations! You have successfully manufactured Assistant Robot 01, gaining 50 points of engineering skill." Five minutes later, with the system's prompt, a golden light flashed in Mu Feng's hand, and Assistant Robot 01 was finally completed.

It was a golden metal sphere, about the size of a volleyball, with a faintly visible mechanical face. It was currently in a stopped state, sitting motionless on the workbench. At the center of its head was a red button. Mu Feng, of course, pressed it without hesitation.

"Zzz~ Click~" A strange mechanical startup sound rang out. Assistant Robot 01 was successfully activated. The red button retracted, revealing a small round hole, and a tiny propeller rose up. The robot's originally dim eyes suddenly lit up with white light, as if it had come to life. Spinning its propeller, it successfully took flight.

"Whoosh!~ Whoosh!~" Assistant Robot 01 seemed to have low intelligence, flying aimlessly around Mu Feng.

"This is the robot made from that blueprint..." Although Mu Feng didn't have high expectations, he couldn't hide his disappointment. What combat power could such a small copper ball have?

"Well... Having such a little helper to pick up dropped items isn't bad." At this point, Mu Feng could only console himself.

Worse still, the assistant robot was not a pet but an engineering creation and could not be stored in the pet space. Thus, the streets of Lionheart City saw a mysterious figure in a gray cloak followed by a small robot flying around aimlessly. Since Mu Feng had hidden his ID, many players mistook him for a hidden quest NPC and approached him. Mu Feng had to leave Lionheart City quickly without a word.

The missions Mu Feng accepted this time were all related to the thieves' guild. Even in the face of a demon invasion, not everyone would become a hero. Stealing from others is always faster than creating something on your own. The large number of thieves' guilds have always been a hidden danger to Lionheart City, and all profession guilds have issued related missions. Mu Feng accepted several interconnected missions, planning to reach at least level 17 before logging off at 6 AM!

Mu Feng had just arrived at a mountain path when he was ambushed by bandits. A thief appeared behind him and slashed at Mu Feng.

-40! Mu Feng's equipment was good, and this damage was negligible. Just as he was about to counterattack, Assistant Robot 01 flew up.

"Zzz~ Click~" The robot's mouth opened, revealing a short barrel.

"Rat-tat-tat, rat-tat-tat..." A series of shots hit the thief.

-1, -1, -1, -1, -1... The damage was so low that Mu Feng was instantly petrified.

After finally pushing his jaw back up, Mu Feng delivered a powerful blow, instantly killing the thief, and lost all confidence in Assistant Robot 01.

With no other players around, Mu Feng released Xiao Xi. The little guy seemed to like his new companion, flying around Assistant Robot 01. Mu Feng had to accept the existence of this flashy but impractical assistant robot and continued toward the deeper forest to find the bandits and complete his mission.