Chapter 15: Obtaining a New Skill,『Rain of Life』?


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    Noticing that Su Ming was about to leave, the old Mayor hastily reminded, “Adventurer, you’d best reach Lv10 first before assisting the soldiers in eliminating the demons.”?


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    “I know.”?


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    Su Ming nodded. As if he had remembered something, he turned his head and asked, “Mayor, I want to know one thing. Since demons appeared near Aaron Town, why didn’t the Church send the Knights and Priests to exterminate the demons?”?


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    This was something that Su Ming had wondered about even in his previous life.?


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    Demons were creatures of darkness, so wouldn’t they be an enemy of the Church of Light??


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    Yet, the Church of Light was indifferent to the situation.?


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    The Mayor shook his head and explained, “They have a more difficult task. The weakening of the seal on the Abyssal Gate of the Dark Ridge has led to the birth of a large tide of demons. Those vile creatures had escaped from the mountains, so the Church needed to suppress the Dark Ridge which leads to them not having extra manpower.”]?


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    So it’s the Dark Ridge.?


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    Su Ming suddenly realized.?


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    After resolving the doubts in his mind, he left the Mayor’s house.?


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    Subsequently, Su Ming went to the market and purchased a『Arrow of Light(Black Iron)』skill book, costing him 700 gold which was equivalent to real currency of 700 kuai*.?


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    [TLN: *kuai is a classifier for money and currency units.]?


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    His current magic attack was much higher than his physical attack, reaching 269 points, thus Su Ming finally needed to learn an attack skill.?


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    [Arrow of Light] was one of the few attack skills that Priests had in their early stages.?


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    “Ding! Congratulations on learning the skill『Arrow of Light Lv1』.”?


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    『Arrow of Light (Black Iron)』?


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    Level: 1 (0/200)?


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    Effect: Uses the holy light to condense into an arrow. Deals [20+magic attack *150%] light damage to a single enemy. Dark creatures take double damage.?


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    Cooldown: 5 seconds?


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    Consumption: 25 MP?


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    Having learned the skill, Su Ming immediately set off for the quest.?


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    He had to seize every moment to grow stronger.?


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    ……?


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    Seven or Eight Minutes Later…?


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    【Current Location: Holy Light Kingdom—Aaron Town—Azure Lake】?


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    The location he arrived at was a Level 5 Map and there were already many players teaming up to kill monsters nearby.?


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    【Water Demon】?


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    Level: 5?


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    Rank: Ordinary?


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    HP: 950?


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    Attack: 105?


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    Defense: 45?


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    Magic Defense: 27?


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    Skill: Water Arrow Lv1, Illusionary Voice Lv1?


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    Water demons were dark bluish humanoid demons that were short, and were not as beautiful as the legendary Sirens. Their whole face looked like it had been through a terrible traffic accident—the epitome of ugliness.?


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    “I’m going to test my damage on you guys then.”?


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    Su Ming fished out his spirit staff and quickly activated his skill:【Arrow of Light】!?


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    The glimmering particles instantly agglomerated into one arrow and assailed through the air.?


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    Whoosh!?


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    The Arrow of Light!?


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    -369！?


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    “Ugh——”?


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    One unfortunate water demon was pierced by the light arrow in its abdomen and shirked a bloody scream as its HP bar plummeted by a huge section.?


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    “Damage not quite bad, aye!”?


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    Su Ming was satisfied yet again.?


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    Following after, he went on a killing spree.?


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    If one had a skill, one’d put it to use. If one didn’t have a skill, one could always swing one’s staff and smash-spank the demons while the damage would always be extremely high.?


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    Another water demon died in Su Ming’s hand.?


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    “Ding!”?


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    “You’ve killed 1 water demon. EXP gained: 50.”?


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    “You’ve killed…”?


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    The system panel constantly refreshed its prompts, and within two minutes, his EXP bar had reached the level-up requirement.?


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    Su Ming’s body flashed with a light and his HP and MP instantly restored to full.?


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    “Ding!”?


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    “Congratulations on reaching Level 5. You’ve gained: Strength +2, Physique +2, Agility +2, Wisdom +3.”?


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    Su Ming opened his personal status panel.?


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    ID: Cang Hai?


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    Level: 5 (10/1750)?


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    HP: 2380?


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    MP: 3366?


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    Attributes:?


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    Strength: 118?


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    Physique: 119?


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    Agility: 124?


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    Wisdom: 134?


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    Attack speed: 236/275?


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    Physical Defense: 155?


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    Magic Defense: 95?


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    In addition to the changes in his attributes, the buff icons in his status also grew to 10, accumulating to 432 layers.?


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    His heart felt comfortable just by looking at his stats.?


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    “Let’s keep on killing those demons.”?


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    Su Ming looked to the other hordes of water demons and walked towards them.?


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    “Ding, you have a message from your friend.”?


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    Just halfway across, the system prompt rang out.?


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    “Who would contact me at this hour? Could it be that Night Blade Flame has found the healing skill scroll?!”?


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    Su Ming felt slightly elated.?


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    He opened the message panel to indeed find a message from Night Blade Flame.?


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    “Brother Cang Hai, my guild has just found a Silver-grade healing scroll, will you look at it? [Screenshot].” A message from『Ye Ren Yan』.?


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    “Open the screenshot.”?


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    【Rain of Life(Silver)】?


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    Effect:?


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    -Summons a rain full of vitality to heal friendly units within a radius of 20 meters.?


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    -Restoration effect: 3500 HP per second.?


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    -Last for 15 seconds.?


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    Su Ming’s eyes lit up.?


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    As long as he used the scroll, he would be able to obtain 15 layers of Silver-grade buffs.?


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    Therefore, he sent a reply: “The scroll is pretty good but it isn’t valuable enough.”?


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    “In addition to this Silver skill book, I’ll add another 30,000 gold!” Night Blade Yan replied immediately.?


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    According to the market price in his previous life, the price of Silver-grade equipment fluctuated between 5,000-15,000 gold.?


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    The price offered by Ye Ren Yan was a full double premium.?


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    To think that one day, he could exchange a Lv5 Silver-grade equipment for 30,000 gold and 15 layers of Silver-grade buffs.?


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    Su Ming felt it was worth the shot.?


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    Moreover, the added attributes of Lv5 Silver equipment were not as good as a few layers of buffs, and selling it to Night Blade Flame wouldn’t pose any threat to himself.?


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    Su Ming agreed to the deal and sent his coordinates over.?


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    “You’re also at Azure Lake, great! Brother, wait where you are and I’ll be right over.”?


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    Night Blade Flame couldn’t wait to change into his Silver armor.?


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    “『Night Blade Flame』is also at Azure Lake?”?


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    Seeing the other party’s words, Su Ming was first confused before remembering something.?


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    There seemed to be a Lv5 team Dungeon on this side of the lake.?


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    However, he hadn’t fought in this Dungeon in his previous life because his strength was too inferior at the time.