Volume 1: The Beginner's First Cry Chapter 19: A Chance to Pass
I glanced at the parchment and was already organizing my thoughts to give up this job transfer mission. Even if the next mission is just as dangerous, I'll have to be a human for three days first. It's been almost a day since I entered Tianxia, and I haven't even seen Afeng. I've been talking nonsense for a long time, and I haven't even spoken to him. Afeng said that it's easy to make friends here. My MM, wherever you are, I'll come to find you.
Ah, I immediately opened my eyes wide with an expression of disbelief. The old man shook his head slightly, "So, young man, are you determined to give up? The sooner you give up, the earlier you can start next time!"
Give up? What should I give up? The mission? Stop dreaming. Where can I find such a good thing that comes to my doorstep? Isn't it obvious that I can change my job smoothly? I can hardly believe my eyes. I even suspect that someone is deliberately arranging this.
In fact, this task is really difficult, it can be said that there is absolutely no chance of survival, no wonder the old man advised me to give up. But this is for others, for me, a super lucky star, this task is a sure thing, without any effort.
I am not bragging, it is just a coincidence that the job transfer task is here. The specific task is as follows: Recently, I heard that there are wolves in the wilderness in the southern suburbs of Chunfeng City, often harassing the village and threatening the safety of people and animals. Someone reported that the leader of the wolf pack looks good and is suspected to be a monster. Someone needs to be sent to confirm it. The time limit is one day, and the results will be reported. This is the most difficult job transfer task. The guild will give extra rewards to the job transferee who completes the task according to the results.
Didn't I want to go to Chunfeng City last time ? The place where I was killed should be the southern suburbs. That old silver wolf turned out to be a demon beast. No wonder it was so majestic. It was not unjust for me to be favored by it. Even without its subordinates, I would not be its opponent in a one-on-one fight!
I dare say that anyone who faces them will only die, and that requires good luck. No one can guarantee that your death will be worthwhile. If you are killed by the wolf king's minions before you even see the shadow of the wolf king, wouldn't it be a waste of your life? Of course, if you are the kind of person who is particularly powerful and can gather a large group of minions that are more numerous than the wolves, then I really have nothing to say.
I suppressed my excitement and said, "Grandpa, I have accepted this mission, and I have completed it. May I ask how I can prove that I have indeed seen that abominable old silver wolf?"
When the old man heard that I accepted the task, he was obviously stunned for a moment, and when he heard that I had completed the task and said the name of the old silver wolf, his mind was moved. It was very unexpected, right? There was no way, I didn't want to do it. In order to see the old man, I sacrificed more than a dozen of my newly recruited brothers, and stayed in the "Dead Soul Space" for another six hours. If I had known that there were wolves and monsters there, I would not dare to die.
The old man quickly regained his composure. "Oh, what a coincidence. Have you finished it? Well, here are several images. Choose the one that is closest to the real thing."
The old man raised his hand and like a magician, twelve pictures appeared around him. They showed a big gray wolf, a big black wolf, an old silver wolf, an old golden wolf, two gray wolves (one big and one small), a black wolf, a silver wolf, and a golden wolf, and three gray wolves (one big and two small), a black wolf, a silver wolf, and a golden wolves. He asked me to choose one of them.
To be honest, this method is still somewhat humane. If the person completing the task is asked to describe the detailed appearance of the silver wolf, then he must observe it closely. The situation like what I encountered that day is probably hard to come by. Now it's just multiple-choice questions, which are much less difficult. If it really doesn't work, you can just try guessing. A blind cat might catch a dead mouse. A person's luck is sometimes more important than strength.
This was a piece of cake for me. If I hadn't focused on the cute little silver wolf, how could I have provoked the old silver wolf? Thinking of the tragic scene of being torn apart by people, oh no, by wolves, I still feel a little uncomfortable. It's too bloody, especially when it happened to me.
The rest of the screen disappeared, leaving only two silver wolves, one large and one small, flashing in the sky. A voice-over came: "Congratulations to player Ah Dai for completing the second job, the thief job change mission!"
Success. Although I had expected the outcome, when this moment finally came, the joy in my heart was still indescribable. The old man was also smiling beside me, and there seemed to be some other meaning. I guess he was also sighing at my super good luck.
After a simple ceremony, I stood in front of a mysterious statue and received the white light shining through my head. I finally officially became a thief. The statue was said to be the founder of the Thieves Guild. Its professional level had surpassed the highest level of thieves, the ninth-level thief saint, and reached a mysterious realm. Its strength was naturally beyond the imagination of us young people.
I took the red thief badge. The design was really ugly, with three hands. Even if the job of a thief is not very honorable, there is no need to express it so bluntly. It should be more subtle and tactful. How can a bad person say that he is bad? The attributes are good, "skill success rate increases by 5%, movement speed increases by 5%". The original professional badge only had one attribute. The reason why there are two attributes is that it is a reward for my perfect completion of the extremely difficult job transfer task. These are really perfect for me. Needless to say, the movement speed is higher. The faster you run, the greater your chance of survival. The skill success rate is even more important to every player. It refers to the probability of successfully performing a skill.
In "Tianxia", the skill success rate is a very troubling setting: the first-level skill success rate of any profession is only 60%, and then decreases by 5%. The highest success rate of the ninth-level skill is only 20%. Moreover, the higher the level of professional skills, the more restrictions there are, and the success rate is actually much lower. Fortunately, there is also a proficiency setting. Each star of proficiency increases the skill attribute by 5%, up to a maximum of 25%, which finally brings some comfort. However, each level of skill requires successful performance of one thousand times before the proficiency increases by one star. It's okay for low-level skills, but it's terrifying to think about successfully performing high-level skills a thousand times.
Thief is my second profession, and the skill success rate is reduced by 20%. If I don't have some attribute items that increase the skill success rate, the possibility of me using high-level thief skills is almost zero. To put it bluntly, I can only be a half-baked thief at best, and I will never be promoted to a high-level profession. In a short period of time, I already have two items that increase the skill success rate. I am really lucky.
But these are things for the future, I can't think about it so much now. Thief is just a secondary job, I will practice the necromancer first. I learned a skill that apprentice thieves must master from the old man: "stealing sheep when they are in the right place". "Stealing sheep when they are in the right place" is a skill that thieves must master, but it is not very useful for me. Stealing other players' property? I don't have that idea yet, and it's not that I don't want to get something for nothing. I am very happy to steal those rich and unkind guys and increase my qualifications by the way, but the punishment for failure is quite severe, so I don't dare to take risks. Although there is a 60% success rate in theory, after it is successfully performed, it is also subject to the skill hit rate limit, which is randomly determined by the skill setting, the agility of both parties and the state at the time. The actual success rate is not high. However, if it is not practiced well and reaches the three-star level, it cannot be promoted, and it cannot be given up. After thinking about it, it is safest to test it on Afeng.
As for my innate skill, it is a third-level skill of the thief "Leading the Dust Away". It is very useful. It can sprint forward a certain distance at double the speed in an instant. As the proficiency increases, the sprint distance will become longer and longer. In fact, it is an escape skill. The reason for this is that it can only go in a straight line and cannot turn during sprinting. It is not of much use to a thief in battle. It is most useful when escaping. The speed increases suddenly, leaving the enemy behind you. Of course, it also meets my requirements best. It seems that my choice was indeed correct, haha!
The old man was also sighing and saying "What a pity, what a pity". The thief is just my second profession. No matter how strong I am, I can't be that strong. If I give my badge and talent skills to other qualified thieves, I will definitely have the hope of being promoted to the top profession, the thief. You know, the rate of players of various professions who can reach the top will not exceed 1%. Talent is quite important!
