Chapter 7

Crossing a vast open grassland, Nie Yan arrived at a place filled with scattered boulders. Jagged rocks were strewn about, and narrow passages could be found among the rocks.

"This is the place." Nie Yan observed the surroundings, confirming the coordinates. He cautiously sneaked forward. This area was where the Buffalo Monsters were very active, filled with danger. He slipped into a cluster of rocks.

Coordinates: 567.528.192.

The terrain here was peculiar, with narrow gaps between the rocks that only allowed one person to pass through. Looking through one of these gaps, about twenty-six yards away, there was a completely black buffalo. Its body was covered in strong muscles, and the sharp horns on its head were like two sharp knives.

Level 8 Buffalo Leader: Boss Monster, HP 300/300.

Nie Yan placed his crossbow on his left arm, adjusted it, and found the angle just right.

He could easily include the Buffalo Leader in his attack range. Due to its large size, even if the Buffalo Leader discovered Nie Yan, it couldn't charge into the narrow passages among the rocks, so it couldn't attack him.

A typical terrain bug!

This was discovered by an Arcane Mage friend in the game, but now, only Nie Yan knew about this terrain bug!

Using this terrain bug, Nie Yan could easily kill the Buffalo Leader, which was a level higher than him!

Nie Yan loaded the crossbow with bolts. In three seconds, he had loaded three bolts, aimed at the Buffalo Leader, and let them fly with three swift whistles.

Thud, thud, thud, the three bolts hit the Buffalo Leader simultaneously.

Miss, -1, miss, three values floated up from the Buffalo Leader's head. Due to the large level difference, Nie Yan's attacks did minimal damage to the Buffalo Leader, mostly missing, and even when they hit, they only caused one point of damage.

After being attacked, the Buffalo Leader let out a burst of turbid breath and charged at Nie Yan.

With a loud crash, the Buffalo Leader collided with the rocks and was bounced back. It couldn't reach Nie Yan and could only circle around the rocks, but it was helpless.

Nie Yan skillfully reloaded the bolts and continued shooting at the Buffalo Leader.

Despite the low damage, under Nie Yan's continuous attacks, the Buffalo Leader's HP began to show signs of decreasing, albeit very slowly, dropping bit by bit, and occasionally recovering a little.

Nie Yan's attack frequency was very stable. The Buffalo Leader roared in anger after being attacked but couldn't get close to Nie Yan.

Everything went as planned. While attacking the Buffalo Leader, Nie Yan thought about his future leveling strategy. After being reborn, if he still foolishly found a place to grind monsters like others, that would be too stupid.

After all, Nie Yan had a wealth of game information in his head. He needed to follow his own thoughts and design a perfect leveling process.

Time passed, and after half an hour, Nie Yan had used up a whole quiver of bolts, a total of a thousand arrows! At this point, the Buffalo Leader's HP was down to about two-thirds.

Continuously repeating the process of loading and shooting, Nie Yan felt almost asleep, but he still maintained a high firing rate to prevent the Buffalo Leader's HP from recovering if he stopped attacking.

The Buffalo Leader was getting tired, panting heavily, and angrily smashing into the rocks, causing some of them to collapse.

Nie Yan moved back a bit, and at this moment, his voice chat rang.

"Pro, I went to the coordinates you mentioned to grind monsters, and it was indeed very fast. I've already gotten two Stealth books today," Stone said. Leveling up at the place Nie Yan told him was about 50% faster than usual, which made him very excited. He sent Nie Yan a Stealth skill book, and in return, he found such a great grinding spot, which was a great deal.

"Of course, the Fallen Mage also drops Night Owl Perception. If you have any extra, don't forget to send me one," Nie Yan said without any surprise. In his previous life, he had seen countless expert guides and remembered many of these tips. Nie Yan was the type who was forgetful and had a thick nerve, often forgetting many things in life, but he remembered these game strategies very clearly.

Everyone has a good memory for things they are interested in.

"If I get a drop, I'll send you one. I have one question, how did you know about this leveling spot?" Stone asked. When he met Nie Yan, Nie Yan was only level 0.

"I used to play a Warrior, but I deleted it and started over as a Rogue," Nie Yan casually made up an excuse. He didn't want anyone to know about his secret of being reborn.

"I see, your Warrior must have been at a high level. Why did you delete it? In a few days, a friend of mine will be leading a group to clear the Fallen Mage Camp. Pro, give us some advice," Stone said expectantly. Nie Yan looked like he really knew what he was doing, and his friends had only managed to reach the outer area of the Fallen Mage Camp.

The Fallen Mage Camp was a high-difficulty dungeon, divided into special and basic dungeons. Special dungeons would disappear after being cleared by players and turn into ordinary maps. Basic dungeons would not disappear even after being cleared, but the drop rate and rewards were low.

The Fallen Mage Camp was a basic dungeon, divided into five difficulties: Easy, Normal, Hard, Expert, and Master. The higher the difficulty, the better the equipment drops. If a team cleared it, the dungeon would not refresh for five days.

"Complete guide to the Fallen Mage Camp, two silver coins, no haggling," Nie Yan said. Two silver coins were two hundred copper coins, a significant amount for beginners. Since Stone's friend could lead a group to clear the Fallen Mage Camp, two silver coins shouldn't be a problem.

"I'll go back and discuss it with my friend," Stone said, a bit skeptical. Could Nie Yan really have a complete guide to the Fallen Mage Camp? This thing wasn't even available online.

Clearing the easy difficulty of the Fallen Mage Camp would yield about three silver coins, and with good luck, perhaps one or two decent items. The important thing was that the Fallen Mage Camp dropped the Light Healing skill book. Nie Yan's request for two silver coins as information fees seemed exorbitant. If they didn't get any good drops, they would be working for free.

The Fallen Mage Camp was a high-difficulty dungeon. After wiping a few times, the group would realize that Nie Yan's price wasn't high at all.

"If your friend agrees, reply to me. If not, don't bother me," Nie Yan continued shooting. Under his continuous attacks, the Buffalo Leader was showing signs of weakening.

"Okay, I'll talk to our leader," Stone thought. In his mind, Nie Yan was already considered a pro. Even his coldness didn't bother him; it was normal for pros to have their quirks. Stone wondered what level Nie Yan's Warrior was and why he deleted it. Was there some hidden reason?

After Stone finished speaking, the voice chat ended with a busy signal.

Nie Yan hung up the call and increased the firing rate of his crossbow, bolts flying out one after another.

After shooting for a full hour and a half, using up three thousand six hundred bolts, the Buffalo Leader finally let out a long moo and stumbled to the ground, its massive body crashing heavily onto the ground, causing Nie Yan to feel the vibration beneath his feet.

Nie Yan estimated that if he had used a shortbow, it would have taken at least five hours and over ten thousand arrows to kill the Buffalo Leader. Fortunately, he had this small crossbow with a heavy shot ability, which saved him a lot of time.

Two white lights fell on Nie Yan, and two clear level-up notifications sounded.

System: You have killed the Buffalo Leader, gaining 1800% bonus experience for killing a higher-level monster, earning 8290 experience.

Nie Yan checked his level; he was now level 2, 21%. The experience from the buffalo was indeed substantial.

Finally done, Nie Yan put away his crossbow and walked to the Buffalo Leader's corpse, searching through it. The buffalo dropped five copper coins and a dagger.

He checked the dagger's attributes.

Horn Dagger: Bronze, Unidentified.

Nie Yan's eyes twitched. It was a bronze dagger. Equipment levels were divided into White, Bronze, Silver, Gold, Dark Gold, and Legendary, with occasional Green Sets.

Due to the rarity of Leader, Sub-Elite, Elite, and Lord monsters in the game, only about one in a thousand pieces of equipment had attributes. Most players had to make do with white equipment, and each piece of attributed equipment was very precious, with prices often soaring to levels that ordinary players found unbearable.

A bronze weapon usually had about 20% higher attack than a regular weapon of the same level and came with an additional attribute.

The Horn Dagger from the Level 8 Buffalo Leader should be a Level 5 piece. Currently, a Level 5 bronze dagger would cost at least three silver coins, while a regular Level 3 player's total assets were usually around twenty copper coins. Having one silver coin in assets was considered very wealthy.

Following his plan, Nie Yan harvested the Buffalo Leader, put the Horn Dagger in his backpack, and left the rock crevice, heading towards Trak Town.

The appraiser in Trak Town was a small, white-bearded old man with sharp eyes, looking very shrewd and somewhat unpleasant. However, he was the only appraiser in Trak Town.

Nie Yan opened the trading interface.

"young man, what item do you need appraised?" the small old man asked.

"A dagger," Nie Yan placed the Horn Dagger on the table.

"Appraisal fee: ten copper coins. Do you want to appraise it?"

Nie Yan thought for a moment. The appraisal fee for the dagger was ten copper coins. Appraisal fees were generally 5% of the item's price, which referred to the NPC price. Market prices were often six times higher. This meant the bronze dagger was worth at least twelve silver coins.

He thought about it. He didn't have any immediate need for money, and spending ten copper coins wasn't a big deal. He clicked confirm.

The Horn Dagger emitted a blue-green light, elegant yet understated, a characteristic of bronze equipment.

The Horn Dagger had curved patterns, a sharp tip, and was thicker than a regular dagger, with a unique horn shape.

Horn Dagger (Bronze): Level requirement: 5.

Attributes: Attack 16-19, Strength +5.

Attack Speed: 2.3

Weight: 1 pound.

User Restriction: Rogue, any faction can use.

This Horn Dagger added a Strength attribute, with five points of Strength equaling five points of Attack. Combined with its higher base attack compared to a regular Level 5 dagger, this Horn Dagger had nearly ten points more Attack than a regular Level 5 dagger. For a beginner player, these ten points of Attack made a significant difference.

Now, Nie Yan had a Level 5 dagger.

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