MMO: Pierce Heaven Til' It Breaks

Chapter 21: Eastcloud Valley

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

“Not only is student Scumbag Wang a scumbag, but he’s also even slightly retarded.”

Li Yi slapped the Fine Steel Arrow Forging Book. He slapped it quickly with both hands and mastered it immediately.

…

“Leader Scum, you’re too bold. You’re actually selling a lousy book for 2 Gold Coins. I really admire you.”

“Yes, I was thinking of throwing it away initially. In the end, Leader Scum retrieved it and said that this plaything could be sold for money, ha-ha. Leader Scum is a powerhouse indeed.”

“You guys have fallen short so just learn slowly.” Scumbag Wang examined the 2 Gold Coins in his bag while happiness filled his heart.

…

The materials for crafting Fine Steel Arrows were very ordinary. Using the end products of Fine Steel and adding some feathers to that would be sufficient.

Li Yi used 10 Gold Coins to buy an armory’s worth of materials to craft Fine Steel Arrows before leaving, perfectly content.

He did not return to the Aegean Forest but went to find the Archer Skill Mentor in Shattered Frost City instead. Since he was already at Level 16, it was time for him to learn a new Archer Skill.

“Is Rena still doing well? That child, I haven’t seen her for many years already.”

The Archer Skill Mentor, Raoul had an experienced and profound face. One look at his weather-beaten appearance allowed people to realize that he was a man with a backstory.

“Mentor Rena asked me to greet you in her place.”

Although the other party was an NPC, Li Yi still did not display the slightest hint of indifference towards him because he knew that plenty of players who did not mind their words in the game would suffer major consequences at the hands of the NPC.

The Affinity between players and NPC could not be increased easily but when it decreased, it would fall much faster than traveling in a plane.

“Hahahaha, young man, did you visit me for any reason?”

Raoul laughed heartily. A transparent Virtual Panel appeared before Li Yi. The Archer Skills that he could learn were displayed on top.

The skills that were imparted by the Skill Mentors were extremely unitary but their prices were utterly exorbitant.

Excluding the three Basic Skills which were Chain Arrow Skill, Spike Trap, and Pet Mastery, there were only two other skills that were provided as the choices here.

[Resounding Shot]

[The arrows that are shot out have a probability of decelerating the target by 50%. Skill Cooldown time of 2 minutes.]

[Crippling Shot]

[Takes aim at the opponent’s weak points before engaging in the shot. Crit Rate increases by 1%. Skill Cooldown time of 2 minutes.]

Both of these skills were pretty good. 20 Gold Coins were needed to learn one type of skill. Since Li Yi was not lacking money and had enough Skill Points, he decided to fully learn both of these skills as well as Chain Arrow Skill and Spike Trap.

He used four of his Skill Points and was left with three points at the moment. Without even thinking, Li Yi added the remaining points to Chain Arrow Skill.

[Pet Mastery Level 1]

[Resounding Level 1]

[Crippling Shot Level 1]

[Spike Trap Level 1]

[Chain Arrow Skill Level 4 (Causes 125% ATK Damage)]

System Notification: [After undergoing Raoul’s careful guidance, your abilities have been strengthened again.]

“I would like to briefly ask you about matters regarding Arrow Crafting Skills.”

“Arrow Crafting Skills!” A trace of shock flashed across Raoul’s eyes.

Raoul sighed, “Young man, I’m merely an Archer Mentor who doesn’t know any Arrow Crafting Skills.”

Li Yi took out an arrow that he had crafted on his own and passed it to Raoul so that he could examine it.

Raoul shook his head and continued muttering nonsense to himself.

Li Yi took out the newest Fine Steel Arrow that he had crafted but Raoul still shook his head.

When Li Yi took out the Frost Arrow and Flame Arrow that Rena had given to him, Raoul’s eyes suddenly brightened soon after that.

“This… This is the arrow that I gave to Rena, so how did it… fall into your hands?

Please use these arrows the right way. I don’t wish to see… these arrows stained in the blood of my compatriots.”

Raoul returned the arrows to Li Yi solemnly.

“Was it over?”

Li Yi was stunned. That gloomy mood should not be brought up again.

He knew the entire Triggered Quest sequence of the Archer Class but the issue was that a problem with an intriguing probability existed inside here.

The difference between the probabilities of these two events were 1% and 0.01%, just like the Arrow Crafting Skill and Free Arrows events that were triggered by Rena.

Despite such a slight chance, Li Yi triggered it repeatedly to successfully complete the most crucial step of the quest.

However, he had never expected that he would actually hit a wall here at Raoul’s place.

If he wanted to trigger Raoul and make him talk about the event that was related to the Intermediate-Level Arrow Crafting Skill, he needed to successfully trigger an event over at Rena’s place beforehand as the probability of triggering it here at Raoul’s was 10%.

One event was 10% while two events would be 20%. Despite such a high probability, he had yet to actually trigger it and follow-up…

Many people were unable to proceed with following up because they had not triggered the first event successfully.

“Mentor, do you recognize this item?”

Li Yi took out the Flame Arrow Forging Book.

“The Flame Arrow Forging Book!”

Raoul cried out in shock and snatched it over in one go before looking at it with rapt attention.

“Sure enough… Sure enough… Sure enough, it’s the Forging Book of the Flame Arrow!” Raoul muttered a few sentences before he finally returned the Forging Book to Li Yi with a reluctant expression.

“Young man, this is the Flame Arrow Forging Book indeed. However, can you forge Flame Arrows?”

Li Yi shook his head but his heart was secretly delighted. Raoul’s expression was something that he truly desired to see because it meant that his Class Quest was already successfully triggered.

Raoul smiled faintly and said, “If you can go to Eastcloud Valley and hunt 1000 Black Wolves to extract their fangs and give them to me, then perhaps… I’ll tell you something about Flame Arrows.”

System Notification: [Accept the Hunt Black Wolves Quest?]

[Accept!]

…

Eastcloud Valley was located below a high mountain a short distance from Aegean Forest.

Black Wolves were the only one type of monsters in Eastcloud Valley. Their levels ranged from Level 10 to 20 and were not fixed. The Elementary-level and Advanced-level Wolves mixed around with each other so much that they gave people headaches.

Black Wolves had high ATK but low HP. They were pack-type monsters that roamed about and were suited to equip smaller parties to level up. Obviously, since the HP of Black Wolves were low, they attracted numerous classes like Wizards and Archers that could perform long-range attacks to solo here.

Wolf howls rose from all directions and blended into one with the battle cries. This was Eastcloud Valley, a place for leveling up that was rich in natural resources.

“5 Silver Coins to enter the valley. Get outta the way if you don’t wanna pay.”

Scumbag Wang stood at the intersection of Eastcloud Valley while more than twenty of his subordinates stood behind him.

Aside from Scumbag Wang, the names of his twenty-something other subordinates were butchered in a red mess long ago.

At least half of the members of Huashan Guild were leveling in Eastcloud Valley. The monsters would naturally lessen when the people increased. This was the reason why Scumbag Wang was guarding the entrance to the valley.

“Does your family own Eastcloud Valley? Beat it.”

A large square-jawed Werewolf man with furrowed brows and angry eyes scolded him.

“I’m not a ball, you can’t just kick me out.”

Scumbag Wang stated a brief command before more than twenty big red names rushed forward quickly and forced the large Werewolf man on the ground.

“Did all of you see this? This is the result of acting like a pretentious prick!” Scumbag Wang roared arrogantly.

This little bastard was actually showing off his strength as a warning.

Whoosh!

A Frost Arrow flew out from an unknown location at this moment and shot one of Scumbag Wang’s big red name subordinates.

[-130]

[Critical Hit!]

[Instant Kill!]

The expression on Scumbag Wang’s face changed instantly. He was about to curse furiously before another arrow flew over and struck him right on the head. One after another these arrows flew over constantly from different directions in quick succession and struck him in the head numerous times.

[-79]

[-60]

[-120]

Scumbag Wang was somewhat anxious now. He dashed towards the east before heading west and ran forward, backward, left, and right. A trail of blood trickled from the top of his head continuously. As the white light on his body flashed, Scumbag Wang stopped breathing and collapsed on the ground…