Is This a Mob?

"Scraps?"

"Robust... This talent looks pretty ordinary..."

"Dodge? Isn't this just King's Roll? But why does it only have a fifty percent chance to avoid damage? Did the game designers get water in their brains..."

Li Miao couldn't help but complain.

Rogue, standing nearby, felt somewhat helpless at his words.

The Spirit Candle's rank was only so high. Getting a decent talent was already something to be grateful for.

As for a one hundred percent chance to negate damage... Rogue wanted that too.

Of course, he could understand Li Miao's thoughts. In a game, having only a fifty percent chance to negate damage was undoubtedly rather bizarre...

If any game designer did that, they'd be packing up and leaving the next day...

...Forget it, give him a little sweetness. Otherwise, my only little player might log out and run off, and I'd have to start all over again...

"You are the first Flame to arrive in this world... Perhaps this can offer you some help."

Rogue spoke slowly and handed Li Miao something.

He had gotten this thing as a monster drop. It had been quite useful when his combat skills were still unrefined, but it was useless now.

Li Miao, who had just been complaining, instinctively reached out and took it.

By now, he could already control both of his hands.

[Obtained: Merman Scale ×1]

[Merman Scale (Common)]

[Type: Accessory]

[Description: A strange scale dropped from a dead fishman. Reduces damage dealt to you by fishmen.]

[Equip/Store]

[Note: After equipping an item, this weapon will become a part of you. You have ten empty storage slots.]

Li Miao's eyes lit up. He tapped Equip, then watched as the Merman Scale gradually fused into his palm.

[Equipped: Merman Scale]

After equipping the accessory, Li Miao recalled what Rogue had just said.

The first Flame to arrive in this world?

Didn't that mean other players would join the game later, and he was the first?

This actually wasn't a single-player game!

At that thought, Li Miao immediately became interested.

Seeing that Li Miao no longer seemed to be complaining, Rogue moved on to the next stage of the guidance.

[Touch the Spirit Candle Flame and allocate your attribute points under Ability Score.]

After seeing the new guidance, Li Miao turned his gaze toward the candle ahead of him.

"Touch the Spirit Candle Flame... Touch fire with my hand?"

Li Miao instinctively hesitated for a moment, but quickly came to his senses.

It was just a game. What was there to fear?

With that thought, he stretched out his hand and slowly reached for the flickering flame.

The expected burning sensation never came. Instead, it felt warm.

When he focused on the Ability Score section, the interface changed.

Strength: 5

Constitution: 6

Agility: 5

Spirit: 5

Faith: 5

Free Attribute Points: 5

"Five attributes... How should I add them..." Li Miao frowned in hesitation.

More importantly, he had no idea what these five attributes actually did...

Rogue only knew part of their functions himself... That was why he had not included detailed information about them.

However, Li Miao's hesitation was unnecessary.

[Offer a sufficient amount of wax oil, and the Spirit Candle Flame will reshape your attributes.]

The prompt that appeared before Li Miao immediately cured his indecisiveness.

"So I can reset my points..." He breathed a sigh of relief, then looked at Constitution. "Then I'll raise Constitution to 10 first."

Very quickly, Li Miao finished allocating his attributes.

His Constitution reached 10, while the remaining point went into Strength.

Seeing that the preparations were finally complete, Rogue, who had been watching from the side, also let out a sigh of relief.

"This weapon isn't sharp, but it's still better than fighting bare-handed."

As he spoke, Rogue handed him a Slightly Rusty Knife.

[Obtained: Slightly Rusty Knife (Crude)]

[Type: Weapon]

[Description: A somewhat rusty knife, but it still retains a certain degree of lethality.]

[Equip/Store]

Naturally, he had to equip his starting weapon. Li Miao had no intention of punching monsters with his fists.

"Go, newborn Flame. Spread the Spirit Candle's light and warmth into the dark corners..."

After the Candle Keepers finished speaking, his body transformed into pale yellow wax oil and slowly gathered beneath the Spirit Candle.

After he left, Li Miao found that he could move freely.

The guidance in his vision also changed.

[Kill monsters, collect wax oil, and raise your level.]

It seemed the beginner tutorial was over.

Though it felt a little short, Li Miao thought it was pretty good.

"Since it's a virtual reality game, it needs a high degree of freedom to be fun!"

"Let's go, time to fight!"

Li Miao hopped twice on the spot to get slightly accustomed to this body, then ran excitedly out of Reef Cave with his knife in hand.

Seeing that everything had finally gotten on track, Rogue let out a sigh of relief.

Good. He hadn't gotten his lines wrong, and the player hadn't run off...

After confirming that Li Miao had left, Rogue's body gathered together once more.

"It's not time for me to rest yet..."

With a sigh in his heart, Rogue turned and walked toward the other side of Reef Cave.

There was still far too little wax oil.

He had to summon more players to raise the Spirit Candle's rank and unlock more functions...

"Roll... roll..."

"Damn it, move, ignore it!"

On the dim beach, Li Miao rolled around enthusiastically, occasionally throwing in a backflip before slashing twice at the air.

Although he wasn't wearing any equipment other than a pair of underwear.

Still, after practicing for a while, Li Miao was breathing slightly heavily and felt terrifyingly strong.

"Roar!"

At that moment, a fishman covered in slime, short in stature, and sporting a vicious fish head spotted him while wandering along the shore where the waves surged back and forth.

With a roar, it sprinted straight at Li Miao.

[Mudflat Merman]

[Rank: Cinder]

[Level: 3]

[Talent: None]

[Skill: Slime Spit]

[Description: A fishman that lives along the coast. It has no reason and attacks every living creature other than its own kind.]

"Good timing!"

Seeing the fishman charge at him, Li Miao remained completely calm and tightened his grip on the knife.

This fishman was obviously a cannon fodder mob. He figured he only needed one slash to...

"Roar!"

Just as Li Miao was thinking, the fishman roared again. Then it bent its legs and leaped, actually pouncing straight at him!

"Fuck!"

Li Miao jumped in fright. The sudden attack instantly made him forget all about rolling.

With a thud, Li Miao was knocked to the ground by the Mudflat Merman. It frantically bit at his body, flinging its foul-smelling saliva across his face.

The agonizing pain he had expected never came. Instead, there was only mild pain.

But the sensation of pain was still there. Li Miao could also clearly feel his vitality draining away at a rapid rate.

At the critical moment, Li Miao finally came to his senses. His ferocity was stirred, and he began grappling with it.

Before long, his greater strength gave him the upper hand. He clamped both hands tightly around its throat and pinned it beneath him.

"Die!"

Having recovered his senses, Li Miao finally remembered the knife beside him. He grabbed it and viciously chopped down at the creature's neck.

[You killed a Mudflat Merman.]

As the game prompt appeared, the Mudflat Merman pinned beneath Li Miao turned to ash and vanished, leaving behind only a droplet-shaped lump of wax oil.

"Huff... huff..."

Li Miao slumped onto the ground, panting heavily. His body was covered in bite wounds, with dark yellow wax oil flowing from them...

At that moment, he was utterly bewildered and beginning to question life.

Fuck, something's wrong. This was clearly just a cannon fodder mob, so why was it so hard to fight?

I almost got killed by cannon fodder?

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