The NPC shop also had some decent [Common] equipment, such as the "Refined Iron Long Sword."
[Weapon: Refined Iron Long Sword (Common) Attributes: Attack Coefficient +2, Physical Penetration +10, Load Capacity +1.3].
[Description: A long sword carefully crafted by a blacksmith apprentice, perfectly suitable for battling low-level beasts.]
However, the Refined Iron Long Sword was priced at 1000 copper coins. Except for the beta high-level players who were confident in their skills, most new players could only look on and step back, or do a few quests to save up enough money to buy it later.
This "most" naturally did not include "Jack of Guangzhou." For him, anything that could be solved with money was not a problem. Wasn't his subordinates' money his own?
At this moment, Jack was dressed in equipment worth 1000 copper coins: the Refined Iron Long Sword, Iron Armor, and Cloth Boots, causing the surrounding players to look at him with envy.
Jack enjoyed this feeling, then immediately killed a Slime that had been slashed into pieces by henchmen in front of him.
Killing a monster would guarantee 20% experience, with the remaining 80% distributed among all players based on damage, control, and buff contributions.
Jack was lucky. Two of his subordinates randomly landed in the same newbie village as him. Together with the seven players he hired from the same village, all he had to do was wait for the henchmen to weaken the monsters so he could harvest them.
Of course, this wasn't very efficient, so while the henchmen were fighting monsters, he would also single-handedly fight a Slime.
Slimes, like Prairie Rabbits, were newbie monsters with even lower attributes than the latter. Their only attack method was a slow charge, which was easy to dodge.
But Slimes had slightly more experience points than Prairie Rabbits, thanks to their talent.
[D-grade talent "Corrosive Mucus": The Slime's mucus is corrosive. Direct contact with the mucus causes 50 points of special damage. When a weapon comes into contact with the mucus on its body, its durability decreases. When the Slime dies, its mucus explodes and splatters.]
This talent didn't do much damage; it mainly caused inconvenience. Players would have to return to the newbie village to repair their weapons after killing only a few, otherwise, if the durability dropped to zero, the weapon would be scrapped.
Looking at the Refined Iron Long Sword in his hand losing durability again, Jack frowned and ordered his subordinates to gather some copper coins to buy a few more Refined Iron Long Swords.
Just then, "Jack!" Henchman No. 1 patted his shoulder excitedly. "There's a fine-grade weapon on the Exchange!"
"What?" Jack opened the Exchange interface, his breathing becoming rapid. The panel attributes of the "Butcher's Double Axes" made his mouth water.
If he could get this weapon, his experience-grinding efficiency would surpass everyone else's by a large margin, maybe even allowing him to compete for a spot on the level rankings with his not-so-outstanding B-grade talent!
However, the henchmen had run out of copper coins. He had to apply to chat privately with the seller, "Turn Away," and try to buy it with US dollars.
*Immortal*'s Exchange could be linked to a bank account, and items could be traded for cash or currency. At this moment, Kent reluctantly closed the private chat interface. There were many others with the same idea as Jack, and some had even offered a high price of one hundred thousand US dollars.
That was one hundred thousand dollars! Kent had worked for half a year to save up less than ten thousand! Six figures protecting four figures, would silence men and make women cry to hear such numbers.
He could only say that the world of the rich was beyond his imagination. Even if he were rich, he wouldn't recharge so much gold, especially for just a fine-grade weapon. When players leveled up, they would be able to buy it in the shop.
However, for now, US dollars were worthless to Kent. He could sincerely say that famous line, "I'm not interested in money."
Seeing that "Turn Away" didn't respond, Jack had to tell his henchmen to start buying copper coins at the Exchange.
A considerable number of players were playing this game to make money. For them, all they needed to do was spend 200 copper coins to buy a long sword. If they died, they could just revive; there were no penalties for death before level 5.
Originally, the exchange rate for copper coins on the Exchange was 10:1 in favor of the US dollar. However, after Kent's equipment was listed, sellers knew that the wealthy players would be rushing to buy equipment, so they started raising their prices. Now, it had risen to 5:1.
But Jack didn't care. This amount of money was trivial to him. However, he could only earn seven to eight hundred copper coins each time, which made his progress slow.
By the time he had finally saved up 150 silver coins, he watched helplessly as the "Butcher's Double Axes" disappeared from the Exchange interface. Someone had bought it before him!
"Damn!" Jack was so angry his mouth twisted. Suddenly, he noticed that "Turn Away" had listed another fine-grade piece of equipment. Without a second thought, he quickly purchased it.
[Armor (Chest): Refined Iron Chainmail (Fine) Attributes: Constitution +2, Physical Resistance +50, Magic Resistance -10, Load Capacity +3.]
[Description: Woven from refined iron wires crafted by a thousand hammers and tempered with the hide of beasts, it is sturdy yet lightweight, suitable for light-armored warriors.]
Although it was armor and not a weapon, the 50 physical resistance allowed him to ignore the attacks of newbie monsters, effectively increasing his grinding speed.
Jack happily put on the Refined Iron Chainmail. Then, he realized something embarrassing — he couldn't move.
In *Immortal*, there was a "Load Capacity" setting for equipment. Once the load exceeded 50% of strength, the rate of stamina consumption would increase by 50%. When the load exceeded 75% of strength, the rate of stamina consumption would double, and agility would decrease by 10%. When the load equaled or exceeded strength, the player would be unable to move.
Players' initial attribute values were all 3 unless there were talents that added attributes.
Even if Jack took off the Refined Iron Long Sword and Cloth Boots, he still couldn't wear the Refined Iron Chainmail.
"Damn! I finally got a piece of equipment, and you make me lose so thoroughly!"
Jack grimaced as he put the Refined Iron Chainmail back into his backpack and changed back into the Iron Wire Armor, then headed towards the wilderness with a grim face.
"Um, Jack, should we continue to collect copper coins? That guy has listed another fine-grade equipment, this time it's a weapon."
Seeing that their boss was not in a good mood, Henchman No. 2 asked cautiously.
At the news, Jack almost fainted from anger. He opened the Exchange interface and watched helplessly as the newly listed "Fine Steel Knight Spear" was snapped up by someone.
"Continue, keep collecting for me!"
Looking at the attributes of the Fine Steel Knight Spear on the transaction record, which was comparable to the Butcher's Double Axes, Jack wished he could slap himself. Why didn't he look carefully before buying?
At this moment, the continuous listing of fine-grade equipment by "Turn Away" caused a sensation in the entire national server.
Players were discussing how this guy had such great luck to have so much fine-grade equipment to sell. Could it be that there was a mercenary team wiped out near his spawn point? And why was he only selling in-game currency and not dollars? Was he another wealthy player?