Chapter 3: A Foolish Fighter
Warning! The program detected an illegal code. Starting to clear the data A beep resounded on Shi Haos mind after he used the lottery ticket.
Shi Hao sat down weak and limp. He said while feeling confused, Im done for! My ount will be gone in a second. Everyone could only have one ount, so I wont be able to y the game anymore. Su Xiao, please forgive me.
The more Shi Hao thought about it, the more sorrowful he became. But then, he realized that he wasnt kicked out of the game even though some time had passed. Shi Hao checked his inventory again out of curiosity.
S***! Im being yed by my feelings just now. This game is toxic. Shi Hao found out that the three lottery tickets in his inventory were all gone, and his money hasnt increased either. Only an advanced-looking skill book was left in it.
The agitated Shi Hao didnt think too much about it. He simply clicked on the details about the book. [Skill Name: ??] [Skill Grade: ??] [Skill Type: Passive, no consumption] [Skill Effect: ??]
Er Seeing this, Shi Hao was at a loss. There must be a bug with this system. Why are all the details mostly filled with question marks? Its just the same as not exining anything.
Shi Hao angrily clicked the x button on the top of the description page, thinking of closing this annoying page of description. What remained unseen was deemed to be clean.
Skill book learning has been confirmed. Congrattions, youve received a SS Grade Skill: Soul of the Warrior. Suddenly, a beep resounded on Shi Haos mind again.
Shi Hao was surprised.
The skills in Kingdom were divided into six levels, which were D, C, B, A, S, and SS. Among them, SS grade skills were the rarest. There wont be two persons who had the same SS grade skill. Besides, there were only three SS grade skills up until now, neither more nor less. And these SS grade skills would only appear in theter stage of the game. Even if someone has a Diamond VIP lottery ticket, it was less likely for them to draw out a SS grade skill at the beginning of the game.
Right after that, a full-scale broadcast of an announcement by the system could be heard!
Congrattions to yer XX in Divine Flower Continent to be the first person to learn a skill in Kingdom. It is hereby notified that the above yer XX will be rewarded with one level 1 iron sword.
The announcement was being repeated three times, and Shi Hao was startled three times, too. <i>Could it be that the announcement is talking about him?</i>
Shi Hao hurriedly checked his inventory. Sure enough, there was a level 1 iron sword in it. Iron sword was the most average standard weapon in Kingdom. It was alsomonly known as staple goods. This weapon has ten levels in total. Each level will make it more powerful. Even though level 1 is the lowest, just now, the cksmith charged the yers 1000 copper coins for it. That was all the money Shi Hao currently had.
Even though things were getting really strange, Shi Hao didnt care much about it. In any case, he had gotten the weapon conveniently. Now that he got a free weapon and a SS grade skill, what else did he need to care about? Theres no way he would just return all of these to the system.
Shi Hao equipped the iron sword happily, then checked his character panel again. [Name: Shake the Heaven (Fighter)] [Level: 1] [Attack: 3+10] [Defense: 5] [Agility: 3] [Vitality (HP): 5] [Energy (MP): 3] [Skill Slot 1: Soul of the Warrior (All weapons)] [Weapon: Level 1 Iron Sword] [Armor: Empty] [essories: Empty]
Everything broadcasted in the announcement was true. Shi Haos character attribute had certainly increased. His attack has changed from 3 to 13. The attack of the level 1 iron sword was exactly 10.
Shi Hao excitedly clicked on the skill exnation again. He cant help it, it was a SS grade skill, after all. [Skill Name: Soul of the Warrior] [Skill Grade: SS] [Skill Type: Passive, no consumption] [Weapon Restriction: None] [Current Rank and Mastery: Level 1, 0/100] [Skill Effect: Increases attack, defense, and vitality by 10% for yourself and allies within the radius of five million meters. The additional effect wont be disyed on the character panel]
The skills in Kingdom were usually restricted by different weapons. So essentially, there wont be an unreasonable situation where a character used closebat skills while holding a bow and arrow.
The skills in Kingdom were divided into ten levels. After learning the skill, itll be on the basic level 1. In order to increase the skills level and strengthen its power, the yer had to constantly use the skill effectively so as to increase its mastery. The system was extremely strict when it came to determining the effectiveness of the skills. For instance, no matter how many times a fighter used the attacking skill against the air, it wont increase the skills mastery. Furthermore, if a fool tried to find an actor to create a PK with them in order to earn a skills mastery using an ill will, these fools would be considered guilty by the games system based on the severity of the circumstances. In less severe cases, the yer will be put in detention for at least one month ording to the games time. In extreme cases, the characters will immediately be killed and erased clean.
As for the SS grade skill Shi Hao had just obtained, it was obviously a supplementary skill. Wanting to get the skill determined as effective was neither easy nor hard. As long as he could form a team with someone else and engage in a fight effectively with them while using his skill, hed be able to get (his skill) determined as effective without needing to do much and obtain lots of mastery to level up. On the contrary, he wont be able to get determined by the system if he fought the monsters by himself, and he wont get the reward of mastery, either.
A team, I had to request for a team! Shi Hao closed the skills exnation interface and promptly opened the chatting window and sent a message: Im a level 1 fighter. I have my own iron sword, which would make a great contribution to the team.
What Shi Hao said was true. Any attribute addition of the games system was counted as a bonus first before multiplying. If there were more than one addition of the same type, itll be umted first before beingbined, then itll be counted again. Take Shi Haos current situation as an example. The additional status of the iron sword was to increase Attack by ten points. This was what was called a bonus. The additional status of the first-ss Soul of the Warrior was a 10% boost to Attack, Defense and Vitality. This was multiplication. ording to the counting method, Shi Haos Attack should be (3+10)*1.1, which would be 14.3. His Defense should be 3*1.1, which was 3.3. Simrly, the Vitality would be 5.5 after the bonus.
These small improvements mustnt be underestimated. The range of his skill could be said to be infinite. Its radius was five million meters! Moreover, it was a passive skill so it could be used continuously. As long as Shi Hao was in the team, the more people there were, the overallbat effectiveness of the team would also be more terrifying than ever.
Hmph! Hes a fighter, yet he didnt buy armor for himself, hanging around with an iron sword in his hand for who knows what. Fighters are such sloppy people, they only want to hinder their teams progress. A stupid-looking people like you should just throw yourself into the street. There were a lot of people passing by Shi Hao, all of them ridiculed his look.
Seeing this, Shi Hao couldnt care less about them. He simply sent another message instead: Shake the Heaven, a man who wants to be the king. Those who have nerves of steel could follow after me.
Shi Hao created a team of his own and became the leader.
F***! This boy is so arrogant. Hes even more morous than me. A yer called Heroic Overlord Under Heaven noticed something odd from Shi Hao.
This Heroic Overlord Under Heaven guy was probably a VIP rank yer, yet he actually chosemander as his profession. He probably relied on the lottery to get some rewards so that he could appear with theplete set of gears on his body. He held an iron sword in his hand, wore armor on his body and a blue cloak on his back. What a majestic look he has.
Hey! How could you be so arrogant and dare to be the leader and even dered that youd be a king with that iron sword of yours, and in front of our boss!? Some of Heroic Overlord Under Heavens little brothers rushed forward from his back and surrounded Shi Hao. Their gears were all ordinary in contrast, and they looked like the typical ordinary yers.
What are you doing? This is West Flowers Novice Vige. Youre not allowed to beat anyone here. Unless, you want to be put in detention or even get your character erased. Shi Hao has nothing to fear. Whats there for him to fear in the first ce? He was a man who possessed a SS grade skill. If he wont be the king, then he was rejecting thew. Besides, he was still in Novice Vige. Since he had the skill, that meant he could take action. Bring it on!
Boss, we really cant do any beatings here. Lets look after him at the gate. No one will form a team with stupid-looking people like him anyway. It wont be long before he leaves. One of the little brothers turned towards Heroic Overlord Under Heaven and told him that.
Alright! Heroic Overlord Under Heaven took the group of little brothers to West Flowers Novice Vige gate to watch over Shi Hao.
Shi Hao knitted his brows. He didnt dare to go out of the vige for now, so he simply waited patiently for someone else to look for him and form a team together.
ording to the death penalty in Kingdom, the yers rank will be lowered by one level after their death (if they were level 0, it wont be lowered), and their experience will be reset. Theyll be put in prison for three days (game time) and their items will immediately be taken off from the yer. Going through punishment will make them fall behind others right at the initial stage. How would they be able to turn over again when the timees?
What!? Some people said that Shi Hao should reveal his skill so that he could attract more people to form a team with him. But Shi Hao certainly wouldnt reveal it to others. Otherwise, he wouldnt know how much trouble hed draw. At least, that Heroic Overlord Under Heaven from before will definitely trouble Shi Hao a lot as much as he did in real life.
Heroic Overlord Under Heaven was no one but Wu Batian!
Just like Shi Hao, after considering things, Wu Batian chose the West Flower region of Divine Flower Continent as his starting point. Wu Batian was quite lucky, so not only he drew a life-changing treasure, he also got a lot of copper coins as soon as he showed up in the game. Wu Batian bought the necessary items from the three stores in Novice Vige. He spent the rest of the copper coins to attract people and made arge team, then nning to go to the wild and defeat some boss-level monsters. After killing some of the monsters, the Vige Building Order will surely appear.
The Vige Building Order was very valuable. It was a crucial method to be the king of the world. If Vige Building Order didnt exist, the yers would have to attack the existing viges in order to get a base area. That wont be called ying games anymore, it was more like a revolt!
There existed a powerful force even at the early stage of Kingdom, in which they reigned over the whole world. This force was called Divine and Mighty Alliance. Once the Divine and Mighty Alliance found out that someone was trying to revolt, theyll promptly mobilize its armed force to annihte that yer. No one in the game would be able to fight against Divine and Mighty Alliance in the early stage of the game, not even the legendary historical NPCs.
Therefore, Vige Building Order was the only way for the yers to get the base area for now. Wu Batian must have done any means to get it.
Wu Batian waited for a long time, yet the fool Shake the Heaven hasnt appeared. Wu Batian was shouldering great responsibilities, thus it would be inconvenient for him to stay too long. He instructed three of his trusted aides to take care of the matter, then left the ce with therge team he bribed with his copper money.
S***! Hes finally gone. Shi Hao who was hiding on the side finally breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing his rival leaving.
But Shi Hao was still all alone. He had given up because of being ridiculed by people.
Everyone said that he was indulging in fantasy, that he was a foolish fighter. How could a fighter who hid behind like him be a leader? If he wanted to be a leader, then he shouldnt have chosen to be a fighter in the first ce. The leader must cast a great amount of skills behind everyone in order to help them improve theirbat effectiveness. Thus, the leader needed to have more Energy than the rest, and more skill slots. Being amander was a standard pattern to be a leader. On the contrary, a fighter only has a skill slot at the beginning. They didnt have much Energy, either.
To this end, Shi Hao even tried to delete the uninteresting skill. Some offensive skills would be much more useful in direct closebat than this skill. A D grade skill would be more practical to use with his level right now. However, Shi Hao discovered that the system wouldnt allow him to delete the skill, because it was a unique SS grade skill.
Now, Shi Hao wouldnt waste more time. No one would form a team with him, except Feng Tianhao. But Feng Tianhaos whereabouts was still unknown. He was probably getting really excited after entering the game and immediately ran out to kill monsters. Shi Hao had looked for Feng Tianhao three times in the vige, yet he still hadnt caught the sight of him.
After thinking for a moment, Shi Hao decided to run back and spent the 1000 copper coins to buy a set of armor.
Shi Hao had calcted it. After he put on the armor, his Defense should be 16.5 after adding up with the bonus. Even though it wasnt being shown in the character panel, his prediction was right.
After that, Shi Hao walked out of Novice Vige.