Chapter 38: Crimson Flame Staff
“What!?”
“The people from Yuhua are always like this. They probably got into conflict with those few people over monopolizing the leveling area. Achen, you need to be cautious; we should try not to provoke such guilds if we want to develop well and keep a low profile.”
“… I’m afraid that won’t work,” Zane said. “Those few people are my friends.”
“…” Brother Shiu fell silent for a moment. “If there’s going to be a fight, count me in. I’m outputting quite violently right now, one Fire Explosion and one little friend.”
“Alright! The things I’m handling here are almost done, I’ll call you soon.”
“Okay, I’ll head back to town for some supplies.”
…
“Have you had enough hugs?” Zane looked at Alna with a half-smile.
“Ah!” Alna exclaimed, quickly standing up. “I’m… I’m sorry.”
“It’s okay. More importantly, how do you feel now?” Zane asked.
“Very good! My body is much more agile, and my senses have returned as well. Thank you! If it weren’t for you, I would be…”
“Stop! No need for pleasantries; we have important matters to attend to.”
In the second layer, a blonde loli wearing a strange bone armor was talking to another loli in a gray robe, and it looked quite harmonious.
…
Speaking of which, the loot from the Skeleton Archer Commander and the Undead Wolf King hasn’t been collected yet.
Zane jogged over. The loli body was a bit difficult to get used to. Seeing Alna’s frail figure, Zane thought it was because she turned into an undead, but it turned out she was just a legitimate loli.
Counting the dropped coins, there were a total of 13, not bad at all for the long battle they endured.
Then there was a fire-red staff and a yellow bracelet.
Crimson Flame Staff:
Rarity: Black Iron Equipment
Required Level: 16
Physical Attack Power: 10-12
Magical Attack Power: 35-55
Intelligence: 23
Spirit: 18
Special Feature: 50% Flame Damage Bonus.
Description: A staff infused with fiery power.
It had extremely violent attributes, even rivaling the Qiu Yue Sword in attack power, plus a flame damage bonus special effect, just right for the currently only aggressive skill, Wishcaster—Fire Curtain.
It could be equipped directly, perfect for the Wishcaster class. Zane had just reached level 16, and Black Iron grade boss experience was high, not something minor monsters could compare to.
Just right to replace the Poison Blade.
It was strange that a Wishcaster could actually use a sword?
Resilient Bracelet:
Rarity: Black Iron Equipment
Required Level: 16
Strength: 10
Endurance: 25
Spirit: 15
Special Feature: Resilience, decreases control time by 10% when affected by control effects.
Description: Persistence is victory!
The bracelet finally arrived! The empty slot was finally filled. 25 points of endurance should be the highest value among similar equipment, and spirit is also a very important attribute for the Wishcaster, plus this resilience, which may seem like a small decrease in control time, but is actually very useful.
For example, if two swordsmen charge at each other and are of the same level, both would be stunned for the same duration. Once one has such equipment, they could awaken early and unleash an explosive combo after a control effect!
Although Starry could also use it, it would waste too many other attributes; she was more suited for a full output build.
In the underground passageway, no blue equipment had dropped from either small monsters or bosses, which meant this army had pretty good quality.
In contrast, the final mysterious person dropped nothing, and the penetrating sword Starry unleashed didn’t deal any damage, more like a plot twist.
In a transformed Wishcaster state, attributes seemed to be independent, meaning it was time to redistribute attribute points.
Considering that the highest star level is endurance, then…
Of course, it was back to the old routine, all points into endurance! This profession should lean towards support types, and in team battles, support characters are very easy to get killed. With endurance points, there’s no need to fear being chased, and one can also act as a tank when going into dungeons.
It’s decided! Still all points into endurance!
So…
Level: 16
Name: Alna
Title: None
Profession: Wishcaster
Health: 5990
Physical Attack Power: 206-208
Magical Attack Power: 233-253
Physical Defense: 63 (62.6)
Magical Defense: 23 (22.8)
Strength: 49
Intelligence: 28
Agility: 39
Endurance: 131
Spirit: 38
Luck: 3
I have to say, the attribute growth after class change was explosively significant, with health tripling directly! Both physical and magical attack power exceeding 200+, which was still due to the equipment leaning towards meat shield style.
I wonder what kind of tier these attributes belong to among players.
Spirit increases magical defense, but equipment that adds magical defense is relatively rare in the early stages, so it’s not an exaggeration to say that the early stage belongs to mages; virtually no one but tank classes can withstand a mage’s full burst.
“Um… I still don’t know your names,” Alna said, trailing behind.
“The sister lying on the ground is called Starry Falling, just call her Starry. My name is Fengchen Yanhua; you can call me Zane.”
“Okay, I remember it, Brother Zane… Sister… no, that’s not right…!” Alna looked at Zane’s appearance, slightly troubled; it was far removed from the shadowy and cold demeanor she had seen before.
“Ahem, just call me Brother Zane. This appearance is only to save you… By the way, Alna, is there anything else in the second layer?” Zane asked.
Alna shook her head. “Nothing left. The third layer has only been half-mined; that person originally planned to transform another batch of beings but didn’t expect to be defeated by you here.”
“Good,” Zane nodded. “Let’s head back.”
“Okay!”
(Starry: ???)
…
On the way back.
“Ding,” a friend message arrived.
Opening it, it was from Zimei.
“Zanny, today we got killed back to level 10 by that broken Yuhua! We finally made it to level 12… Now all the efforts of the morning have been for nothing.”
“What happened?”
“Today Traveler Snowy and Nangong both reached level 10, we gathered in Yunshui City, accepted a quest together to level up in Yunyou Valley in the north of the city, where there’s a huge goblin camp. We trained there for the whole morning, but then the Yuhua Guild said they needed the area all to themselves, and we were wiped out when we wouldn’t comply… We wanted to contact you earlier, but it showed that you were in a special map and couldn’t be reached. Later, we tried to sneak up to see if we could find a way in; we were almost done with the task. As a result…”
“I understand now; don’t worry, I won’t let you be bullied like this,” Zane gritted his teeth.
“Actually, it’s not a big deal… We’re just a bit frustrated; switching places to fight would be fine. They have too many guild members, and we can’t do much about it…”
“I might not be able to deal with them, but surely someone will go to punish them,” Zane said firmly.
“…”
Yuhua already had sinister intentions when they were in the Beginner Village, but now they were bullying his friends.
