[Entered Abandoned Farm]
From green grassy plains to a yellow and brown dreary farm, that was how Ranz described the change in scenery upon arriving in the new area.
In front of his eyes was a flat area of about 425 hectares. Not far from him, to his right, a few yards away from him, he saw a rundown building that he believed was a barn. Anywhere around it, he couldn't see anything else aside from old rusted farming tools that were freely leaning on its wall.
And not far from that barn, a windmill stood still to the southern side of it. Its rotor blade was slightly rotating from the brush of wind.
From his vantage point, he could already see some monsters randomly roaming around the vast open space. Aside from the monsters, he also saw some players busy fighting.
Ranz wasted no more time. He immediately charged at the monster that was nearest to him. He must first raise his level before the Peace status expires.
The monster has a long scaly body. Its skin was brown and it crawled on its four legs. It looks scary everywhere you look, but Ranz was not intimidated by its appearance, especially when he saw its level and health points.
[Level 5 Mad Lizard] [HP: 55/55]
It was three levels lower than him!
Using his Iron Blade, he attacked it with a powerful strike.
Fwoosh~
His attack landed on the monster's head, then he saw a prompt showing that he dealt 33 points damage on it.
A long wound resembling a bright red line could be seen. And from it, tiny pieces of pixels could also be seen rising in the air, and they disappeared after a second.
Unfortunately, he failed to kill the monster right away, even though he put all his extra stat points on strength.
"As I thought, this monster seems to have a high defense."
Ranz quickly used the wide side of the Iron Blade to block the incoming Mad Lizard's tail whip. It was immediately followed by the crisp sound of the collision and sparks flying.
Peng!
The force of collision made Ranz step back a little. Fortunately, he blocked it at the right time. If not, the damage he would suffer from that kind of attack would be no little.
"Strong…" Ranz mumbled.
Ranz felt a slight numbness in his hands. That monster's attack wasn't really a joke.
He also felt a little nervous. He was naturally nervous because the fight was very real. As if he was fighting a real monster in real life.
Although he felt mixed excitement while fighting, he could not deny that there was a bit of fear as well. His muscles were even trembling. But weirdly, there were only smiles on his face.
"Come!" He taunted it.
When he noticed the Mad Lizard coming at him again while gaping, he thrust his sword right into its gaping mouth.
Thwack!
After the hit, 23 points was deducted on the monster's health points. The monster died and he received 10% XP.
He saw three items left on the ground after the Mad Lizard's body disappeared. But he had no time to collect the drop items because another monster came charging at him.
He used his Hard Strike skill.
Bam!
The attack directly hit the target and dealt 55 points damage on it. The monster died instantly, then he received another 10% XP.
It only took a skill to kill it. "Truly a dependable skill!" Ranz grinned. "If only I could spam this skill, it would be much easier to kill these mobs. Unfortunately, it has a 5 seconds cooldown.
Two items remained on the ground where the monster's corpse was supposed to be. There were a total of five items now that were freely lying on the ground.
[Obtained Lizard Scale x2!]
[Obtained Lizard Bone x1!]
[Obtained 205 Crownies!]
After collecting the dropped items, Ranz charged at the other monsters around. As he was still low level, and the monsters around gave him considerable XP, it didn't take him long to reach level 10.
Thwack!
"Gwar…" grunted the monster before its body bloomed into thousands of pixels. A notification saying [You've killed an Adult Mad Lizard!] appeared in his vision. Then he received 25% XP from killing it, bringing his total XP to 100%/100%.
After reaching 100% XP, he leveled up. His Meridian Power increased 20 points after the level.
~~~Glug glug glug… ahhhhhhhh!
After chugging a bottle of elixir, his body briefly glowed in a bright greenish color.
"Yikes! That one almost got me," Ranz whimpered as he wiped his mouth using his forearm.
"I wasn't expecting an adult one to come out. Fortunately, I invested some points into Vitality after reaching level 9. If not, I may be the one who turned to pixels at this very moment. Tsk! The adult one is pretty tough," Ranz crushed the empty bottle of elixir in his hand. The bottle broke and soon turned to pixels.
"Anyway, I finally reached level 10!" Ranz grinned happily.
'I can finally open that gift!'
"But before that…" he paused for a moment and looked around him.
He noticed three bright green colors among those bright white items on the ground.
"Finally, a common tier!"
There were a total of seven items on the ground and three of them had a different color than the rest.
Ranz collected them.
[Obtained Lizard Scale x2!]
[Obtained Lizard Bone x1!]
[Obtained Crownies 550!]
[Obtained Adult Mad Lizard Big Bone x1!]
[Obtained Common-Tier Leather Armor!]
[Obtained Common-Tier Crafting Bead!]
The last three items that he picked up had green color names and green backgrounds on their icons. He immediately browsed his inventory to check and equip the new armor.
[Leather Armor]
+5 Def
Additional Attributes:
+100 HP
"A lot better than the Beginner's Garb."
[[Equipped]]
After equipping the newly acquired Common-Tier Leather Armor, he felt stronger and his Meridian Power had increased.
"Nice, I've got new armor. And my meridian had increased, nearing a rank up, though I still need about sixty-plus percent. When it reaches 1000 points, from Apprentice Warrior, my rank will jump to the next stage. And when I rank up, my skills will improved."
Regardless, after equipping the new armor, he felt more durable. It even gave him additional Health Points.
Aside from that, in his Warrior Skill Tree, another skill was unlocked. Now, he has two skills available.
"Fufu, this is great. If ever something like an Adult Mad Lizard comes out, it will be much easier for me to deal with it."
"Now, it's time for me to check the gift pack from that special mission."