I Only have One Skill, But I Can Put A Hole Through The Planet - Chapter 21

At the peak of Bianshan Mountain.

Although Su Chen had killed Xiao Feng, the hidden quest he had accepted was to rescue the kidnapped girls. As such, the quest had not been completed just yet.

Nevertheless, while Wu Lie and his men searched every corner of Bianshan Mountain, Su Chen walked towards the items that had been dropped during battle.

[ Pick up 999 Gold Coins? ]

[ Pick up “Ancient Spirit Court” token? ]

[ Pick up level 20 green rank “Basilisk Armor”? ]

Su Chen picked up the items one by one and nodded his head with satisfaction.

Although he had spent nearly 300 Gold Coins to purchase MP potions in the previous night, the rewards for his efforts had made that cost well worth it.

Just the Gold Coins that he had obtained from the Boss’ death was already enough to cover the costs.

As for the level 20 green rank equipment, [ Basilisk Armor ], since Su Chen could not equip it, he decided to sell it on the market, or once again exchange it for an item of equal worth.

There were two reasons that he could not equip it. The first was that he was not at the right level. Secondly, it was because the armor had belonged to the [ Warrior ] or [ Swordsman ] classes.

“Found them!”

“They’re fine, they’re all here!”

While Su Chen was placing a few pieces of white rank equipment that had dropped from the bandits into his storage bracelet…

The voice of one of the troops could suddenly be heard calling out to the others!

Wu Lie leaped with joy and he immediately called for the others to head to the source of the voice.

…

Early morning.

Outside Fengwu Town.

In the military camp.

After leaving the Bianshan Mountain, the remaining troops escorted the ladies back to where they had come from.

Su Chen and Wu Lie arrived at We Lie’s home in Fengwu Town.

The Wu residence, which had given rise to two Centurions, was one of the wealthy families within Fengwu Town.

After receiving the sincere thanks of his sister and his family members, Wu Lie then carefully brought out a brocade box and said to Su Chen with great sincerity, “The honor of vanquishing the bandits and saving everyone, including my sister, lies on you, Brother Su Chen!”

“To show my gratitude, I hereby present you with the Wu family heirloom. Please do not hesitate and accept this gift!”

Su Chen nodded slightly and grabbed the item.

Canglan Armor.

It was a green rank skill tome.

[ Canglan Armor: Green rank skill tome. Can be learned at any level ]

[ Beginner Proficiency: Increases Defense by 50 points, Lasts for 3 minutes ]

[ Intermediate Proficiency: Increases Defense by 100 points, Lasts for 5 minutes ]

[ Advanced Proficiency: Increases Defense by 150 points, Lasts for 10 minutes ]

[ Grandmaster Proficiency: Increases Defense by 200 points, Lasts for 15 minutes ]

“Huh?”

Su Chen assumed that it would be a green rank equipment or something of the sort. He did not expect it to be an extremely rare skill tome.

Although there existed several class skills in the game, those of the same class could learn said skills. As such, they were a dime in a dozen. However, what Su Chen had in his hands was very different, it was an extremely rare skill.

A high rank skill tome could sell for hundreds of thousands of Gold Coins.

Seeing a confused expression on Su Chen’s face, Wu Lie decided to explain.

“Brother Su Chen, this skill tome is the reason why our Wu family has managed to produce two Centurions in just decades.”

“Upon learning the instructions contained within this tome, you’ll be able to strengthen your muscles for a short period of time. It is a precious treasure that has been passed down from our ancestors.”

“I see.” Su Chen nodded and stored it into his storage bracelet.

“Alright, then I’ll bid farewell to Brother Su Chen. I hope we meet again.”

Wu Lie bowed deeply to Su Chen.

Su Chen turned around and bid farewell to Wu Lie before leaving the Wu residence.

The moment he stepped out of the Wu residence, a [ Mission complete! ] notification appeared in Su Chen’s field of vision. Upon receiving the experience points for the quest’s completion, Su Chen realized that he had leveled up once again!

In just a few short hours, he had advanced two levels, from level 11 to 13!

This was an unprecedented rate of progress, perhaps the first within the world of [ Ark ] !

Despite this, Su Chen did not seem to particularly mind. After all, it was to be expected after wiping out a whole mountain-full of bandits.

At the same time, his NPC Rapport points had risen from the initial 5 points to 10 points. He was gradually building up his Rapport with the NPCs living in the world of [ Ark ].

He thought that the main reward for the quest would come from the level 20 Bandit Leader. However, he did not expect it to be a skill tome instead.

No wonder countless people were so eager to look for hidden quests.

…

After a long period of battling, Su Chen’s stamina was down to 50 points.

Therefore, Su Chen decided to spend his time in one of Fengwu Town’s inns. After purchasing several bottles of fine liquor, he then booked a “Son of Heaven” room in his selected inn.

He would use the liquor as well as rest to recuperate his stamina.

Since the flow of time was ten times faster in [ Ark ] compared to the real world…

Ark would forcefully boot their players out for 6 hours once they had stayed in the game for 10 days.

Although the game would not sap at players’ physical strength and cause weariness, staying online for a full 10 days had meant that the players had not eaten nor drank anything in 24 hours. This was undoubtedly detrimental to the players’ health.

However, there was another way in which players would be booted out, and that was when their stamina had dropped to zero. Although players could do nothing against the hard limit, for the stamina issue in particular, they were able to circumvent it by drinking high-grade liquor to recover lost stamina.

While sitting in his room, Su Chen looked at his storage bracelet that was almost full and started listing his white rank equipment in the marketplace. Aside from that, he started to prowl for new storage bracelets as well.

After all, as his storage bracelet was still the default one from the beginning, it had only 10 available slots.

Su Chen set the prices of white rank equipment in a range of 1,000 to 3,000 Gold Coins. He was unable to use them as the equipment that had dropped from the Mountain Bandits were only equippable by [ Warriors ] or [ Swordsman ] classes.

Moreover, white rank equipment had fetched a pretty penny as well for his standards. Green rank equipment was not easy to come by, and the only reason Su Chen had gotten this many was due to him being somewhat of an oddball who challenged bosses way beyond his level range.

For normal players, owning just one or two white rank equipment at Su Chen’s level was already considered to be quite impressive, and usually, one of those white rank equipment would be a reward from the class quest.

Mages had seven equipment slots. Su Chen had four missing pieces left before he could be considered to be fully geared up.

The prices of white rank equipment varied according to their levels. The prices were generally stable and had ranged between 1,000 to 5,000 Gold Coins.

Meanwhile, green rank equipment were stably in the 10,000 to 50,000 Gold Coins bracket. They were considered to be rather expensive for the average person.

However, that was only if one overlooked the existence of orange rank equipment. Even the lowest tier of orange equipment would fetch 100 thousand Gold Coins as its asking price!

Su Chen’s gaze landed on the Bloodwolf Armor and the Basilisk Armor he had obtained from the Bosses he had fought.

Su Chen pondered for a moment and messaged Xu Ruoxuan of the [ Dragon Slayers ] studio.

[ I have a piece of Warrior equipment here that I’d like to sell. Would you like it? ]

Su Chen received a reply almost a second later.

[ Xu Ruoxuan (level 30) : ?? You’re level 13!? Weren’t you only level 11 yesterday? ]