Besides the Experience Points, the Goat Boss's drops were what attracted the most attention.
Su Yu stepped forward and searched the Goat Boss's corpse.
As a level 4 boss—and the first kill across the entire server—the Goat Boss's drops were exceptionally generous!
Rock Cleaver Sword (Excellent) Lv. 4, Linen Gloves (Excellent) Lv. 4, Lethal Strike Skill Scroll (Excellent), Ice Shield Skill Scroll (Common), Hill Sheep Leader's Horn (Excellent) x1.
"Another Skill Scroll actually dropped! And it's Lethal Strike, such an incredible skill for Warriors!" Su Yu's eyes lit up.
Lethal Strike (Excellent): Use your weapon to strike the target in front of you with fury, dealing physical damage equal to 170% of Attack Power. The lower the target's health, the greater the damage dealt, up to a maximum of 340% of Attack Power.
Cooldown: 3 seconds. Rage Cost: 10.
Learning Level: Lv. 1.
Lethal Strike was an extremely useful early-game skill for Warriors. It was practically a god-tier skill for killing field bosses and dungeon bosses!
At this stage, any independent Warrior who learned Lethal Strike would definitely be fought over by the top five guilds in the country and groomed as a key member.
Unfortunately, only Warriors could learn Lethal Strike, so Su Yu had no use for it at all.
He could only toss the Skill Scroll into his backpack.
I'll sell it when I return to town later. I don't lack money, but selling it is the quickest and easiest option.
Besides the Lethal Strike Skill Scroll, the Goat Boss had generously contributed another Skill Scroll.
Ice Shield (Common): Harness the power of frost to form a shield around yourself, absorbing damage equal to 200% of Spell Power. While Ice Shield lasts, if you are struck by a melee attack, the attacking melee unit's Attack Speed and Movement Speed are reduced by 20% for 5 seconds.
Instant Cast. Duration: 60 seconds. Cooldown: 60 seconds. Mana Cost: 10.
Learning Level: Lv. 1.
Ice Shield was the signature early-game solo-leveling skill for ice mages.
Ice Shield could withstand two or three melee attacks from monsters while slowing melee monsters, making it easier to kite them.
In Su Yu's previous life, whenever a mage alt first entered the game, they would always scrape together enough Psionic Coins to buy the Ice Shield Skill Scroll and Frost Arrow Skill Scroll from the Novice Village's Warehouse, which functioned much like an Auction House, before they could level alone.
Su Yu had been a mage player in his previous life, so he was quite familiar with this skill.
Without giving it much thought, he clicked to use it and spent 1,100 Psionic Coins to upgrade Ice Shield to Blue Rare Quality.
Ice Shield (Rare): Harness the power of frost to form a shield around yourself, absorbing damage equal to 400% of Spell Power. While Ice Shield lasts, if you are struck by a melee attack, the attacking melee unit's Attack Speed and Movement Speed are reduced by 40% for 5 seconds.
Instant Cast. Duration: 60 seconds. Cooldown: 60 seconds. Mana Cost: 30.
After learning the new skill, Su Yu waved one hand and cast Ice Shield.
Frost mana gathered around him, eventually forming an eggshell-shaped shield made of transparent ice crystals.
Looking at the familiar eggshell-shaped shield, Su Yu could not help feeling somewhat emotional.
"Ah! I finally have at least some ability to protect myself. But Ice Shield costs as much as 30 Mana... Looks like I need to get some equipment that can increase my mana pool!"
Su Yu's current Maximum Mana was 140, and a Minor Mana Potion could restore 100 Mana.
While leveling and fighting the boss just now, Su Yu had never stopped drinking potions. Whenever his Mana ran out, he drank another bottle to recover it.
But after drinking so many mana potions, Su Yu felt that his mouth had turned bitter.
It would be best if he could get one or two pieces of equipment that increased Maximum Mana. That way, he would not need to drink potions so frequently.
"I remember there is a Hidden Quest in the Novice Village that gives an Excellent-quality accessory. That accessory can greatly increase Maximum Mana, so it suits me quite well right now," Su Yu thought.
Looking into his backpack again, he saw that it was packed full of miscellaneous equipment and materials, while only 37 Minor Mana Potions remained.
"Forget it. I'll head back to town to resupply, complete the accessory quest while I'm at it, then come back to level."
Su Yu made his decision and left the monster zone, heading toward the Novice Village.
A few minutes later, Su Yu returned to the Novice Village, Nolan Village.
Nolan Village was as lively as ever, with countless players coming and going.
Some were busy leveling, while others wandered around taking in the scenery, treating the game as a "tourism simulator."
As soon as Su Yu reached the village entrance, the players around him saw the level above his head, and waves of shocked cries immediately erupted.
"Oh my god! Level 3! Our Novice Village actually has a level 3 expert!"
"Wife, come look! A freaking legend!"
"Expert, how did you level up so quickly? Do you have any tricks?"
"Expert, are you an independent player? Would you be willing to join our guild, Emperor Blood God Slayer?"
Before long, Su Yu was surrounded by a huge crowd of players, all staring at him with envy and jealousy.
Su Yu was familiar with being surrounded like this. In his previous life, he had often been surrounded by people as well.
But most of the people surrounding him in his previous life had been beautiful women. Now, they were all burly men, which made him especially uncomfortable.
Left with no choice, Su Yu hid both his name and level before telling the people around him,
"There's no need to envy me, everyone. I was merely lucky enough to receive a Hidden Quest that gave a huge amount of Experience Points."
"If you patiently explore the game, you'll eventually receive a quest like that too."
After saying that, Su Yu turned and squeezed out through the sparsest part of the crowd.
Hearing Su Yu say this, the surrounding players actually believed him.
Seeing Su Yu leave, they did not pursue the matter further. Instead, they began discussing with their friends how to find Hidden Quests.
However, four or five players still refused to let him go and chased after Su Yu while shouting loudly,
"Excuse me, expert, where did you accept your Hidden Quest?"
"Expert, are you interested in joining our guild?"
"Leveling is so hard! Expert, can you take me leveling? There are benefits, you know~"
The last line came from a fairly attractive girl.
But Su Yu did not even spare them a glance and accelerated into the streets of the Novice Village.
Su Yu's shoes had been enhanced, so his Movement Speed was already faster than that of other players.
After leading those players around the Novice Village twice, he successfully shook off the "pursuers."
"Sigh! It looks like I can't display my level in the future. Otherwise, I'll draw a crowd everywhere I go. That would be far too troublesome."
Su Yu sighed inwardly as he headed toward the Novice Village's Warehouse.
He planned to auction off the drops from the two bosses.
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