Chapter 42: 42. Setting Out, Magical Creatures Subjugation

All one hundred stars light up, and the Class Totem will break through the dark starry sky, granting the adventurer their full strength.

Lin Da continuously absorbed the Magic Energy Group into his body for refinement, and his Experience Points slowly crawled up the progress bar like a snail.

Half an hour passed, and a sense of fatigue set in. Lin Da's body had reached its limit for today and could not refine any more Magic Power.

He opened his eyes and checked his personal panel.

There was a system message: [Diligently cultivated for half an hour, Experience Points +1].

From level 0 to level 1, a total of 10 Experience Points are needed.

At this rate, even without farming monsters, reaching level 1 in just 10 days is possible.

According to Lin Da's understanding of this world, it takes a normal adventurer one month to go from level 0 to level 1.

His talent, after switching to the Healing Hero class, had also been elevated.

Lin Da closed his personal panel, satisfied.

Lying on the bed, he closed his eyes, conserving energy for tomorrow's subjugation of the Magical Creatures.

...

Early morning.

"Ouch, ouch, ouch...!"

Kafni fell off the sofa with a thud.

She hit her head and burst into tears from the pain.

It seemed that last night's Wheat Beer hadn't fully digested.

With a pallid complexion, she made her way to the bathroom and saw her disheveled blonde hair and lifeless eyes in the mirror, with a bruise on her thigh.

—What happened last night?

Her memory was fragmented, with a bit of pain. There was a bruise on her thigh, seemingly pinched.

Her heart skipped a beat, as if falling into an abyss!

Terrible, awful images flashed through Kafni's mind.

A hero with an evil smile, leaving bruises on her body!

"Damn it!"

Kafni's face turned pale, and she quickly examined herself.

After ensuring everything was intact, she slumped down on the toilet seat.

"What are you doing?"

Lin Da had also awoken and, rubbing his sleepy eyes, came to the bathroom.

Kafni gave a dry laugh: "Nothing. Oh, right, my leg bruise, what happened?"

"I had to carry you all the way back last night, how could I move you without holding on tight?"

"I see..."

Kafni awkwardly scratched her head, thinking she had misunderstood Lin Da's noble character. If Lin Da had had any ill-intentions, it would have happened on the first day when she was dead asleep, not now.

She glanced at Lin Da and noticed the dark circles under his eyes, curiously asking, "Insomnia? Can't you sleep well even in a bed? Wait, wasn't it agreed that I, the Deity, would sleep in the bed for the next month? Why was I on the sofa?"

"Uh, definitely next time."

After Lin Da finished washing up, he hurried out of the bathroom, only to hear Kafni loudly complaining inside about wanting to change her hero.

He sat on the living room sofa, rubbing his aching temples.

Kafni's noisy voice echoed in his ears.

In his head still lingered last night's nightmare.

Lin Da hadn't slept well because he dreamed a bizarre yet vivid dream.

He dreamed that the game characters he had discarded as trash because they were not needed for the endgame of Mystic Continent had jumped out of the screen and tormented him, their former leader, in his dreams.

Werewolves, Snake Women, a big-hearted big sister, a shy introverted girl with pure black tights...

This terrible dream woke him up and kept him from getting a good night's sleep.

Lin Da had been worried about encountering his own created video game characters when he first arrived in this world.

However, after making inquiries, he found no trace of a team called 'Rookie Adventurer Team.'

So he let the matter rest.

Lin Da opened the window, slapped his cheeks, and fastened his belt hung with Magic Potions, ready to face the day anew.

...

After Kafni finished washing up, the two went downstairs for breakfast, then to the general store to buy a set of Leather Armor.

Combined with the weapons purchased last night, a total of five Gold Coins were spent.

Lin Da's attributes received a certain boost after equipping the armor.

He opened his personal interface.

In the equipment section of the page, there was a human-shaped silhouette.

On the Mystic Continent, all characters are equipped with six equipment slots: head, chest, legs, weapon, and two pieces of jewelry.

Equipment qualities vary, which accordingly leads to different attribute boosts, ranging from low to high as follows:

Grey low-quality.

White common.

Green fine.

Blue rare.

Purple rare.

Orange precious.

Red epic.

Gold legendary.

Even the strongest adventurer can't do without powerful equipment for support.

Lin Da only had two pieces of equipment at the moment. He clicked on the chest part of the human silhouette, and a rectangular interface popped up, displaying:

[Name: Boringly Crafted Leather Armor]

[Type: Equipment - Chest]

[Quality: White Common]

[Level: 0]

[Attribute Points: Defensive Power +1, Hit Points +80, Agility -1]

[Equipment Score: 10, just barely usable scrap leather armor]

It really was a piece of junk that even reduced Agility by 1.

Lin Da thought helplessly.

That's how common-quality equipment is, its only saving grace being its cheap price.

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The second piece of equipment was the long sword he bought last night.

[Name: Rusty Long Sword Fit Only to Prop up a Table]

[Type: Equipment - Weapon - One-Handed Sword]

[Quality: White Common]

[Level: 0]

[Attribute Points: Strength +10, Agility -1]

[Equipment Score: 7, it's rusty, but more than enough to cut through cotton]

Lin Da's face twitched, and he immediately closed his personal panel.

Once he earned some Gold Coins, he'd have to buy at least a blue rare-quality piece of equipment.

The only consolation was that with this 'Rusty Long Sword for Cutting Cotton', his Strength attribute when attacking reached 23, and considering that the Hit Points of an equal-level Slime were around 20, he could basically take them down with one stroke.

"How are your attribute points?" Lin Da glanced at Kafni, whose face was a shade of bitter, and inquired.

Kafni did not have a personal panel, but as a deity, she could assess the strength of the Magic Power within her body and summarize it numerically.

"With the short sword equipped, my Strength is roughly 13..." Kafni said in a weak voice.

"Isn't that too low?"

Lin Da held his forehead in a headache and gave up on counting on Kafni for offensive output.

The thief class was truly weak in the early stages.

...

Before hunting Magical Creatures, the two made a trip to the Adventurer's Guild first.

If there was a suitable task, they could tackle it together while grinding monsters.

Lin Da squeezed his way through the throng outside and looked at the huge bulletin board plastered with various task scrolls.

[Rock Level Task: A three-headed lizard has appeared in the northwest at Yotan Town, estimated level 20-25, slay it, dead or alive, reward 3000 Gold]

[Novice Level Task: Harvest 100 Breeze Mushrooms from Gentle Breeze Wetland, reward 500 Gold]

[Apprentice Level Task: Capture a Thunder Slime and compensation will be given according to its vitality, 1-100 Gold.]

The level of all tasks corresponds to adventure teams of the same level, rock level tasks are generally recommended for members of a rock-level adventure team to take on.

Lin Da rested his chin on his hand, his gaze ponderous as he looked toward the bottom. Considering his and Kafni's current strength, the most suitable task for them was the Apprentice Level task, capturing a Thunder Slime.