Natural-Born Warriors

"Riding someone else's Spirit Fire Raft might work, but it'd still be best to have one of my own..."

Having reached that conclusion, Yuanfang immediately used his remaining wax oil to buy a Spirit Fire Raft.

"Let's go. There's no rush with the harbor for now. We'll finish the special mission first."

Yuanfang called out to Li Miao.

They could explore the nearshore anytime, but their special mission had a time limit, so they could only put it aside for now.

Li Miao nodded. After helping the revived Niuniu loot a batch of boxes, he left with Yuanfang to continue slaughtering Poison Mist Birds.

Before long, the two big shots left together.

Mushroom went off to kill monsters and save up wax oil. After failing to exploit a bug, Niuniu also left for the time being.

That left only Guagua behind.

Guagua looked conflicted.

She did not have much wax oil left—only 52 points. If she bought a Spirit Fire Raft, she would have only two points remaining. Yet she really wanted to control a Spirit Fire Raft and venture out to take a look.

After hesitating for a long time, Guagua finally gritted her teeth and bought one.

Then, she carefully stepped onto it, touched the Rootless Fire on the raft, and controlled the Spirit Fire Raft as it slowly moved toward the distance.

"The ocean is so beautiful..."

Sitting on the raft, Guagua could not help sighing as she looked at the azure sea ahead.

Of course, it would have been even better if the horizon had not been an endless expanse of murky darkness.

After admiring the ocean scenery for a while, Guagua had already sailed quite far away. Looking back, Candlewood Island had become tiny in her view.

Suddenly, several strange fish leaped from the sea, startling her. But she did not panic. She responded calmly and killed two of them.

These strange fish were clearly not very strong. They were even weaker than the Fishmen on Candlewood Island.

"No other monsters?"

"Looks like the nearshore is pretty open, and the monsters are spread out?"

Guagua pondered.

"Forget it. I'll fish for a while first."

Without giving it much more thought, she took out her Fishing Rod and began fishing.

On Candlewood Island, a Long-winged Poison Mist Bird the size of an eagle was pierced clean through by a fork and fell helplessly to the ground.

[You have killed a Long-winged Poison Mist Bird.]

[Obtained: Wax Oil ×8]

[Obtained: Long-winged Poison Feather ×1]

[Obtained: Poison Feather Hat ×1]

After Yuanfang and Li Miao picked up the loot, they both let out a slight sigh of relief.

"We finally finished this mission."

Over the past three days, they had practically spent every moment after logging in slaughtering Poison Mist Birds. They had killed nearly thirty leader-level Long-winged Poison Mist Birds and countless ordinary Poison Mist Birds before finally meeting the mission requirements.

Fortunately, the drop rate for Long-winged Poison Feathers was not low. Otherwise, they would probably have had to kill several more batches to complete this mission.

Li Miao felt a little nauseated just looking at Poison Mist Birds now.

Yuanfang had also put on Fishman Scale Armor and wore a dark green Poison Feather Hat.

The two of them now looked a bit like tribal primitives from some remote place...

"Let's turn in the mission."

Yuanfang did not want to keep farming Poison Mist Birds either. The returns were not particularly high, and they were not quick to kill. Sandworms were better.

Soon, the two arrived at the Spirit Candle together and called for the Candle Keepers.

Rogue looked at the two before him, a smile appearing on his face.

These two could be called his most capable subordinates. More than half of the wax oil commission he collected from players came from them.

The reason he had sent them to farm Poison Mist Birds rather than other monsters was that Poison Mist Birds dropped slightly more wax oil than other monsters. Naturally, he could take a larger commission as well.

Of course, in terms of individual drops, [Nearshore Specter] ranked first. But even Rogue himself found those things difficult to deal with, let alone players who still lacked effective means of attack...

"You've done very well."

"This is your reward for clearing out the Poison Mist Birds."

Rogue gave a slight nod and handed them two weapons.

[Mission complete!]

[Requirement One reward issued.]

[Obtained: Candlelight Saber ×1]

[Obtained: Swift Shortbow ×1]

[Swift Shortbow (Fine)]

[Type: Weapon]

[Description: A finely crafted shortbow suitable for rapid attacks. Agility +1 when attacking. (Note: This weapon requires arrows.)]

Rogue had not been stingy with their rewards.

The Swift Shortbow he gave Yuanfang had been crafted recently and should suit him perfectly.

Of course, they had also completed Rogue's second requirement. When turning in the mission, they had handed the Long-winged Poison Feathers over to Rogue.

"I can process these Long-winged Poison Feathers into accessories or arrows."

"Which would you prefer?"

Hearing this, Li Miao and Yuanfang discussed it briefly before giving their answer.

One portion would be made into arrows, and one portion into accessories.

Rogue nodded slightly and put away the Long-winged Poison Feathers. Processing them with the raw materials provided would not consume much wax oil.

"Processing the Long-winged Poison Feathers will take some time."

"You may now use wax oil to purchase items from my collection. If you need anything, touch the Spirit Candle."

"Keep working hard, warriors."

With that, Rogue disappeared.

Li Miao stroked the saber in his hand, unable to put it down. "A Fine-grade weapon, and it even has attributes. That grind was totally worth it..."

Yuanfang immediately touched the Spirit Candle and looked through the Candle Keepers' collection.

When he saw that arrows were available for sale, he felt slightly relieved.

His Swift Shortbow required arrows to be used. He then spent his remaining wax oil to buy a bundle of arrows.

"What do we do next? Explore the nearshore?" Li Miao carefully put away the Candlelight Saber and looked at Yuanfang.

Both of them had reached level 10, which was already the cap. They could not level up any further for the time being.

So, their only option now was to explore the nearshore.

"I'll practice archery first." Yuanfang shook his head.

Thanks to the game's realism, not every player could pick up a bow and shoot with perfect accuracy. They still needed practice.

However, it was worth mentioning that, based on his observations, the players' learning ability and talent seemed to be affected by the Candle Spirit Physique.

In other words, with the Candle Spirit Physique's enhancement, no matter how clumsy or untalented someone was in real life, they would not spend half a day unable to learn archery.

As long as they practiced more and fought more real battles, they could quickly learn combat techniques.

Just like natural-born warriors.

The only thing that could affect their performance was their own mentality.

"Alright, then I'll wait for you."

Li Miao did not plan to explore the nearshore alone. Instead, he decided to wait for Yuanfang to finish practicing.

He had complete confidence in Yuanfang's talent for learning.

Besides, his hands were itching too. He could try out his new weapon during this time!

"Let's kill a couple of Fishmen and test it out."

Li Miao naturally chose the Fishmen by the shore as his Experiment Target.

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