“This is the life!”
Sorin stuffed two pieces of succulent roast meat into his mouth, picked up his glass, and took a big sip of the sweet juice. The wonderful taste spread across his tongue, and he recalled the utterly miserable escape of the past few days. It was so bitter that it felt as if countless tears were flowing.
Hearing Sorin's sigh of emotion, Benjamin felt the same way. He sighed slightly and said, “I said exactly the same thing when I first set up camp.”
“This initial space is really a fucking pit, and that space system has no sense of decency at all.!”
After saying this, Benjamin couldn't help but start ranting again, “That's too abstract. Because you're not the unlucky one who dies as soon as you land, you're given an Initial Reward? And you're only told about the Active skill bar after you've mastered your skills? What the fuck is all this shit!”
“Is that also what happened to you?”Sorin asked, his mind racing. The word ‘also ’ in that sentence contained endless sadness and helplessness.
After chatting about this for a while, the two of them couldn't help but pause slightly, and then look at each other in tacit understanding. As if they were connected in their hearts, they raised their cups together, clinked them together, and then said in unison, ”Brother!”
Fluffy was lying on the table, slowly eating the barbecue. His round eyes were full of confusion, and he looked at the sudden scene with a dumbfounded expression. In the end, he couldn't stand it anymore and couldn't help rolling his eyes, turning his back to show that he didn't want to have anything to do with these two idiots.
However, the two men paid no attention to Fluffy's reaction at all, and they just kept talking. Sorin was also a practical person and unsuspectingly handed Benjamin the iron rod he had been holding. “What do you think of my stick?”
Benjamin took the iron rod and examined it carefully. He was surprised to find that the surface of the iron rod was even intricately engraved with cloud patterns as if it were flowing clouds. There was some bloodstaining on the ends of the stick, which made it clear that Sorin had used it in fierce battles so often that he had not had time to clean it.
Cloud Pattern Battle Stick
Quality: Green
Origin: Reincarnation Space
Category: Long Stick
Durability: 32/40
Attack Power: 20
Equipment Effect: [Overhead Heavy Blow] With a powerful blow to the target, there is a 5% chance of stunning the target for 2 seconds.
Score: 28 (Green equipment scores between 10 and 30, with full scores being labeled as 'rare' and having special attributes)
Description: A pretty good refined iron long stick, but it is often used by its owner to smash all kinds of strange and unusual things.
Price: 140 Mystsu Currency
...
“This is a great item!”Benjamin's eyes lit up as he read the equipment information. He felt that the quality of this weapon was unexpectedly good, not only was the attack power quite impressive, but it also came with a very practical skill. Compared to this [Cloud Pattern Battle Stick], his previous [Abandoned Dagger] was practically rubbish, he thought to himself and then returned the [Cloud Pattern Battle Stick] to Sorin.
Sorin put the weapon back in its storage space and replied helplessly, “Yes, it is quite good. I got it from the Initial Reward.”
“It's so unfair, this is much better than mine. Mine was a crude white dagger with a curled blade, and it felt rough even when I used it to cut the vines. In the end, I simply disposed of it as scrap metal,” Benjamin said full of complaints.
“A dagger? Do you know what skill I got from the Initial Reward?“Sorin asked.
“What?”Benjamin asked curiously.
Sorin turned his head away in frustration, no longer looking at Benjamin. He looked up at the sky, sighed deeply, and then took out a scroll from the storage space.
“...” Benjamin picked up the scroll and carefully read the information on it. However, after reading it, he suddenly didn't know what to say.
Chisel Strike LV1 (Active Skill)
Quality: Green
Category: Skill Scroll
Skill requirement: Mastery of [Dagger Basics] LV1.
Skill effect: Attacks a limb of the target with the dagger, dealing 15 damage and a 20% chance of the 'Broken Bone' effect. Cooldown time: 1 minute.
Score: 15
Description: This is a must-have skill for an assassin.
Price: 200 Mystsu Currency
...
After reviewing the information, Benjamin looked thoughtful. He looked up and saw Sorin looking at him with despair.
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“See? This is my only Active Skill, but I can't use it because I don't have [Dagger Basics],” said Sorin helplessly.
“So for the past few days, I've just been swinging a stick around, and I can't even fight the slightly stronger beasts.”
“I've been running around all day, and although I've learned Stick Technique Basics, what's the point? That 0.1% damage bonus is negligible.”
“This stupid system! Can I have a dagger, please? It's obviously trying to kill me!”
It was clear that these words had been building up inside Sorin for a long time, and once he let them out, there was no stopping him. He didn't even take a breath in the middle.
Benjamin didn't interrupt Sorin, but let him vent his grievances. Then Benjamin smiled again and said, “Actually, if you want to master Dagger Basics, there is a way.”
“How?”Benjamin's words were like a ray of light, instantly brightening Sorin's eyes. He excitedly grasped Benjamin's hand.
Benjamin felt a little uncomfortable and had to make a great effort to pull his hand back from Sorin's tight grip before he slowly said, ”Although I have already destroyed that broken dagger, I can make you a new stone dagger.”
“Since you've already learned [Stick Technique Basics], you should also know the rules of this world. Just stab an animal a few times with the dagger and you should be able to master [Dagger Basics].”
“Make a stone dagger?“Sorin asked with a puzzled expression.
“You see, this cup of mine is made of stone, so it's not difficult to make a dagger for you,” Benjamin explained.
“But it's nighttime now, and the nearby wild animals have been scared away by your previous actions. Where would I find an animal?”Sorin was at a loss.
Sorin's words embarrassed Benjamin a little. After all, what he had done earlier was indeed inappropriate. His eyes involuntarily turned to Fluffy, who was concentrating on gnawing on the roast meat.
Sorin was taken aback by Benjamin's behavior. He quickly reached out and grabbed Benjamin by the shoulder, anxiously saying, “Brother, calm down! It's just a skill, there's no need to do it! Besides, how could you bear to part with such a cute pet?”
“Of course I can... Ah, no, you've got it all wrong, “Benjamin quickly waved his hands.
“What I meant was that Fluffy caught a big black rat before, and I was keeping it in a cage. I was thinking of using it for an experiment sometime, and now it's time for it to contribute.”
“Don't think that by talking to me for such a long time on purpose, you can make me forget the part you didn't finish at the beginning!”Sorin couldn't help but complain after hearing it.
“Heck, you noticed.“Benjamin rolled his eyes at him and began to work on forging the dagger.
“It's too troublesome to draw the alchemy array every time. Maybe I should create an object that can constantly create the alchemy array.”Benjamin muttered as he expertly drew the alchemy array. He placed a stone in the middle of the array, imagined the appearance of the dagger in his mind, and slowly channeled MP into the alchemy array.
As a burst of light gradually faded, a stone dagger suddenly appeared on the ground. Sorin walked up to it, picked it up, and was surprised to find a prompt message popping up in front of his eyes.
Crude Stone Dagger
Quality: White
Origin: Reincarnation Space - Benjamin
Category: Dagger
Durability: 3/3
Attack power: 4
Score: 1
Space Introduction: The manufacturing process is even easier than sharpening a stone.
Price: Not for sale
[Note: This item cannot be taken out of the world]
“Really?”Sorin was shocked once again, and his worldview was once again shaken. It wasn't until Benjamin pulled him along and stabbed the mouse three times that he received the prompt to master [Dagger Basics] that he came out of his shock.
Sorin excitedly took out the skill scroll, impatiently pulled it open, and successfully mastered the [Chisel Strike] skill.
“In such a hurry? I've told you before, that the Active skill bar only has 5 skill slots, are you sure you don't want to reconsider?“Benjamin said in surprise when he saw this, too late to stop.
“Heh, don't look at me holding a stick right now, but I've always wanted to be an assassin deep down inside,” Sorin said with a dreamy look on his face.
“Well, an assassin who doesn't know how to use a stick isn't a good fighter, no mistake, “Benjamin teased.
“Hey, brother, I can't thank you enough for your help, and I don't have anything to give you here, so take this, it should come in handy,” said Sorin, taking something out of the storage space and handing it to Benjamin.
Benjamin took it and looked at it. It was a ball of something that looked like a worm egg. After checking the information, he put it away and said to Sorin, “Brother, you are so considerate, so I won't refuse.”
The two men looked at each other, then returned to the table with hearty laughter, continuing to enjoy the barbecue feast tonight.