Chapter 74 - 74 71 Hidden Advanced Tasks

74: Chapter 71: Hidden Advanced Tasks 74: Chapter 71: Hidden Advanced Tasks After handing over the task to the pig herder and receiving the reward of a few dozen copper coins, Xiao Jie headed to the tavern to have lunch. He happened to see I Want to Be Immortal coming over from the butcher’s side. “Feng, how’s pig feeding going?” “Not bad, I’ve comprehended a new Skill.” “I learned a new Skill too.” Without going through that trouble, I Want to Be Immortal directly spent money to learn the new Skill [Anatomy] from the butcher, which allowed him to obtain extra fur and meat from beast-type Monsters, and every level of the Autopsy Skill additionally increased the probability of a Vital Strike by 1%, which also enhanced his combat ability to a certain extent. Such a Skill naturally wasn’t cheap, costing a full 1,500 coins. Xiao Jie thought to himself, having money is certainly great. Taking into account his earnings from fighting mountain bandits all day yesterday, he had just over 1,000 cents in his backpack now, which was far less when compared with I Want to Be Immortal. While the two were discussing their gains, they saw Wang Kai rushing over in a hurry. Seeing the two of them, he sighed with relief. “Thank goodness, thank goodness, neither of you two have left the village, right?” Xiao Jie asked in surprise, “What happened, Brother Wang?” “I Don’t Eat Beef was killed by Ximen Wuhen.” “What!” Both of them were shocked, especially I Want to Be Immortal; the idea of killing someone in a game, especially knowing it would lead to the person’s actual death, was somewhat unimaginable to him. Xiao Jie was not much surprised, but his heart still sank a bit, finally, it had happened, the game’s PvP content. Although he knew it would happen sooner or later, he didn’t expect to encounter such malicious PK-ing inside Newbie Village. “What exactly happened?” Wang Kai then recounted the phone conversation he just had with I Don’t Eat Beef. “I Don’t Eat Beef even gave me two million, asking me to help put a bounty on killing Ximen Wuhen, sigh, I was worrying about how to place this bounty, I originally wanted to find a former client to take the job, but after making a few calls, no one picked up.” I Want to Be Immortal suddenly had an idea, “Feng, why don’t we take this job?” Xiao Jie was speechless, “Have you had too much to drink? Can we even beat him?” “We can form a team with Ye Luo, the three of us shouldn’t be scared of him, right?” Xiao Jie’s mind was slightly stirred; with Ye Luo involved, there was a better chance of success. Although Ye Luo was only Level 9, he could feel that she was definitely an experienced player; her real strength was surely much greater than it appeared. But would Ye Luo agree? From what he saw, she didn’t like teaming up with others, and she didn’t lack money either, so enticing her with money might not work so well. Plus, Ye Luo levelled up by killing ghosts at night and didn’t need to leave the village at all. He had to find a suitable reason to persuade her. While pondering. “Excuse me, are you Wang Kai? Can I ask if you sell gold?” Xiao Jie turned his head to find that it was that newcomer Dongfang Sheng. Wang Kai said, “Indeed, you want to buy gold? Just to be clear, I don’t have much Copper left.” “Not much needed, just 3,000 coins; I just need to learn a Skill and buy a weapon.” “3,000 coins is thirty thousand yuan, cash first, then gold, no bargains, do you want to add me on WeChat?” Having just made a deal of three million yuan, Wang Kai was clearly not too concerned about such a small order of thirty thousand yuan, but after all, it was his professional duty, and he had his professional integrity. “Okay, Brother Wang, I’ll add you right now,” Dongfang Sheng was quite polite. The transaction was soon completed. “By the way, I Want to Be Immortal, thank you for the warning yesterday. Otherwise, I might not have believed in the game’s secret so soon,” Dongfang Sheng said earnestly. I Want to Be Immortal felt somewhat embarrassed by such a solemn thank you, “Haha, no need to thank me, it was Feng who reminded you.” “Anyway, thanks to both of you.” Just as he was about to leave, Wang Kai added, “Oh right, let me give you another tip, don’t go out of the village lately, that Ximen Wuhen is killing people in the wild, I Don’t Eat Beef is already dead.” Dongfang Sheng was startled; by now, he completely believed in the game’s mysterious settings, and he was very clear about the meaning of death in the game. That “I Don’t Eat Beef” guy I had seen twice yesterday was suddenly gone, giving me an eerie feeling. “I got it, thanks for the heads-up, buddy,” Dongfang Sheng said sincerely. He felt relieved thinking that it was good he had been cautious and had not rashly ventured out of the village—at least the village should be safe, right? That thirty thousand yuan was no small sum for him, equivalent to a month and a half’s salary. But compared to the power that could be gained, it didn’t seem like much. He first went to the weapon shop and spent 240 coins on a fine iron spear, then bought a piece of leather armor for 300 coins, and afterward found Tie Qianli to learn the Combat Skill “Long Spear Thrust” for 2,000 cents. Armed with weapon, armor, and combat skill, he felt somewhat more confident. When he returned to the fields to continue farming, he found Tian Bao being harassed by someone. “Big brother, please, give me some money, please give me some money, I’m dying of hunger here.” “What money would I, a mere farmer, have? You damn scoundrel, get out of here,” Tian Bao said while giving the Sanbing on the ground a good beating. The Sanbing understood the stakes and let Tian Bao hit him without fighting back. After being beaten up a few times, he figured out the mechanism—if the villagers would hit him, they wouldn’t dare to actually kill him, so generally once they had knocked him down, they wouldn’t hit him anymore. Of course, if he fought back, then it might be a different story. But as long as he didn’t fight back, they wouldn’t dare to actually kill him. So, the Sanbing simply stopped resisting and kept begging for money. “If you don’t scram, I’ll beat you to death.” “Go ahead, you hit me, if you have the guts, kill me. Killing is a crime, I don’t believe you have the guts to kill me, come on if you dare,” the Sanbing kept shouting. While shouting, he crawled closer to Tian Bao. Dongfang Sheng, watching from the side, got a shock and thought, what on earth is going on here? “My friend, don’t be impulsive, this game is a death game—the ads are all true, if you die here, you really die.” The Sanbing laughed loudly, “Hahaha, you idiot, you believe anything people tell you? A death game? How could that ever be real? Hahaha, you’re so funny.” Dongfang Sheng, sprayed with saliva, became momentarily furious, but human life was at stake; he took a deep breath and tried to stay calm. He said earnestly, “I’m not joking. If you don’t believe me, try using a skill from the game in real life, and you’ll see that death in this game is not a joke.” “You’re the Ghost, move aside; don’t interfere with my begging.” Nevertheless, the Sanbing totally dismissed it, thinking what a joke—who would believe such nonsense, not even science fiction movies would dare to depict that, it’s too fake. Dongfang Sheng was utterly angry now and stopped talking. Tian Bao, tormented, felt helpless; he didn’t dare to actually kill this beggar, and in the end, he had to concede. “Alright, alright, will giving you something make you happy? Here’s a steamed bun, take it and get lost quick.” “Get lost? You think a measly steamed bun can make me go away? Dream on. You beat me half to death and for nothing? No way, today you have to compensate me with medical expenses, a small bottle of golden sore medicine costs fifty cents.” Like one avoiding the plague, Tian Bao threw fifty cents at him and finally got away. Eh? He actually gave the money! The Sanbing, looking at the newly added fifty cents in his bag, couldn’t help but feel joyful. [System Notification: Through your tenacious efforts, you successfully begged a steamed bun from a villager and extorted fifty cents. You have unlocked the advanced Task “Rascal” from the hidden Task “Beggar” and comprehended the Skill “Extortion.” Do you accept this Task, Yes/No?] The Sanbing was shocked and delighted, the beggar even had an advancement? This was awesome. He promptly chose to accept. [Extortion (Life Skill) Use: Extort a target, requiring an intimidation check. If successful, randomly obtain a valuable item or an amount of money from the target. If the check fails, the target may enter a state of Fury. (Whether you fail or succeed, this will reduce your reputation value on the current map.) Skill Explanation: Just by becoming a piece of dog shit, you can stop people from daring to step on your head.] PS: Going premium tomorrow noon, please support with a subscription.