Chapter 69

Alfa's explanation was very successful, easily convincing Old John of the so-called hunger marketing and its derivative effects theory. Of course, Old John was also willing to rent a room to Alfa.

However, it seemed that the matter was not yet completely resolved.

"You are a smart guy, I like blacksmiths like you. I am willing to cooperate with you and rent this room to you, dear Alfa... but... to obtain the power granted by the Supreme Law, I'm afraid you are not yet capable..."

Indeed, there was still resistance.

This was not surprising. Alfa knew it was impossible to get a room of his own so easily. Otherwise, how could someone like Feng Wubei, who had spent a fortune on a three-bedroom apartment in City A, remain calm?

Alfa then nodded.

"What else do I need to do?"

"The power of the Supreme Law is only given to those with outstanding achievements. For example, Old John once forged weapons for every Difia outpost's hero, which is an achievement—oh, for you, it's called honor points. If you can obtain enough honor points, then the Supreme Law will grant you the power you desire."

Honor points? What was this? Alfa realized he needed to go back and review the basics of the game.

"Let me see, if measured by the achievements of an adventurer... ah, it doesn't seem to be too much. With 5000 honor points, you can get the private usage rights of the 'Silver Hammer.'"

Old John rolled his eyes and did some mental calculations, giving Alfa an accurate number...

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When Alfa told Lancelot that he had secured a blacksmith's room but still needed honor points, Lancelot was speechless, only throwing out a few exclamation marks and finally, after a long pause, said:

"You'll be rich if you sell in large quantities!!!"

"I can barely make a few thousand arrows a day, and that's not much money. I might as well work for a living."

Indeed, the time to make arrows was fixed. Even with 24 hours of continuous work and the additional production from [Forging Skill], he could make at most 200,000 arrows a day.

At a price of 10 copper coins per arrow—once the production of [Basic Light Energy Arrows] increased, the price would inevitably drop, 10 copper coins per arrow was already good—200,000 arrows would be 2,000,000 copper coins, or 200 gold coins.

Given the current exchange rate of 1:1 between gold coins and RMB on the trading website, it was equivalent to a monthly salary of a few thousand RMB.

Don't forget that this required doing nothing but making arrows, and the game would be out of the question.

Actually, Lancelot thought about it and realized the same, but he was still stubborn and wouldn't admit it:

"So what? Do you know that everyone is putting money into the game? You, a newbie, can make a few thousand a month, and you're not satisfied?"

He, Lancelot, a rich second generation, knew that a few thousand a month was enough? Alfa sneered sarcastically:

"Stop pretending to be poor. The way you talk makes it sound like you're a nobody and I'm a rich second generation."

"You are the rich second generation, and your whole family is rich second generation!!!"

Lancelot countered,

"But what about the honor points? What are they?"

"Newbie!!!"

Lancelot never missed an opportunity to belittle Alfa.

"Honor points are the rewards for killing evil monsters, like demons or devils, and they must be elite monsters level 30 or above to have a chance.

—5000 points is quite a lot. Killing a level 45 boss like Antariel only gives 5 points, and I only have a little over 2000 honor points now.

Did he mention city contribution points? That would be easier, spending a thousand RMB could get you over 10,000 points."

"No, that won't work—I wouldn't buy it anyway—where are there level 30 or above elite evil monsters to farm honor points quickly?"

"I don't know, I haven't heard of any place with a lot of elite evil monsters to farm."

Lancelot replied, and Alfa snorted:

"Looks like you're a newbie too."

"Damn!!! How would I know, I don't need honor points, damn!!!"

"Then how would I know?"

"You?"

Lancelot looked incredulous, thinking when did a big newbie like you know something that I, the handsome and chivalrous Round Table Knight, didn't know?

"Of course, listen carefully, big newbie—The Tower of Forgetfulness!!!"

Alfa looked smug, and Lancelot was stunned for a moment before realizing the truth. Indeed, Luan Ye had said that the demons in the Tower of Forgetfulness were elite monsters, and their levels and numbers increased, so later on, it would be full of level 30 elite evil monsters.

Although Alfa's words made sense, Lancelot couldn't admit it:

"Damn, you found a loophole..."

"Bullshit, newbie... okay, I'm done talking, I'm going to cook, lunch is vegetarian!! We'll talk at the table."

As soon as Alfa lost his usefulness, he would cut off private chat. Lancelot couldn't let go of this, especially since there was no meat for lunch, so he screamed hysterically.

Alfa ignored him and hung up.

—If everything went as expected, this guy would go out to buy braised duck again, or maybe smoked ham.

When Alfa logged back in, everything about honor points was almost clear, partly from online information and partly from Lancelot.

—By the way, Lancelot didn't bring meat this time but called for a lamb leg delivery...

If there was anything in "Dragons and Dungeons" that was the hardest to get, it was honor points. A Paladin like Lancelot, who had been playing for months, had only accumulated a little over 2000 honor points, showing how difficult it was to obtain honor points.

Moreover, honor points couldn't be obtained like city contribution points by donating materials.

To quickly farm city contribution points, you could directly buy materials with RMB and donate them, which was equivalent to buying contribution points with money. Honor points, however, couldn't be obtained this way, which blocked the path for players to quickly accumulate honor points.

Besides killing high-level elite monsters from hell and the abyss, honor points were only awarded for causing significant impact and sensation.

For example, the first three players to change their classes to heroes in the Silver Moon Alliance—Chu Jiangwang, Feng Wubei, and Huang Angliu—received 500, 300, and 200 honor points respectively when they changed their classes. The same applied to the first three players in other countries.

This was the only known way to obtain honor points without killing monsters, besides special quests.

Killing monsters for honor points also had restrictions. Besides the level 30 and above elite template restrictions, you couldn't gain honor points if your level was more than 10 levels higher than the monster's, which added more difficulty to obtaining honor points.

How easy was it for someone 10 levels lower to kill elite monsters?

Some suggested forming a team? Okay, honor points were divided among team members, and if the division was less than 1, no one would get any... and one person farming experience while others helped wouldn't work either, as honor points were calculated individually, regardless of team formation.

Of course, these weren't the main issues. The biggest problem was that the honor points from killing a single monster were too low.

The 45-level boss Antariel only gave 5 honor points, and a typical level 30 elite evil monster might only give 1 point, if at all...

After checking the information, Alfa felt a chill.

When would 5000 honor points be enough? For now, it wasn't worth considering. He was only level 19 and had no chance of farming a large number of level 30 or above elite evil monsters. It seemed he would have to wait until he entered the Tower of Forgetfulness to start farming honor points.

Alfa was now level 19, just one level away from 20, when he would get another base attribute point.

Speaking of the Tower of Forgetfulness, whether for leveling up or farming honor points, Alfa had ample reason to prepare.

The reason he didn't immediately act after obtaining the [Demon Beacon] was: first, he had received rich rewards from the Fishman Treasure Vault; second, Lancelot's guild had some matters to attend to; third, and most importantly:

—The [Demon Beacon] had not yet shown any activity.

The appearance of the Tower of Forgetfulness was also a matter of timing. It could only be tracked by the [Demon Beacon] when it entered the range of this unpredictable dimensional space.

So now Alfa could only wait for the [Demon Beacon] to react to the Tower of Forgetfulness.

It seemed that if the Tower of Forgetfulness appeared, he would have to act immediately. It might seem rushed, but with the secret to counter demons from the Corpse Fire, Alfa had no qualms. He would just go in and do it!!!

Alfa planned to level up to 20 by farming monsters and then go to the auction house to buy supplies.

The so-called "buying supplies" meant purchasing the items to counter demons mentioned by the Corpse Fire. They weren't expensive. Alfa had been trading materials and selling [Basic Light Energy Arrows] over the past few days, and now he had a few hundred gold coins. Although it wasn't a lot, it was enough to buy these items.

Speaking of the game's operation entering a stable phase, the value of gold coins had depreciated significantly. What used to sell for 1-2 RMB for a few silver coins had now shrunk by several dozen times, becoming 1 gold coin for 1 RMB.

The game's economy was like that. No matter how exaggerated the ratio was in the past, it would eventually stabilize.

Of course, money had never been Alfa's main concern. Now, Alfa needed to level up to 20, which was a significant milestone.

The best place for a level 19 player to level up was the Blackwater Marsh. The Blackwater Fishmen, who were level 18 and above, were good for both farming speed and experience gain. However, this leveling paradise wasn't suitable for Alfa.

—He had just received many benefits from King Ranus and had promised Old Joel not to affect his business, so this idea had to be abandoned.

Another place with a concentration of level 19-20 monsters was the military camp near the Difia outpost. As an unofficial territory of hell, it was a rogue hell stronghold, similar to the Pale Canyon...