Blade Warrior

"Dungeon rewards can actually be chosen? Is there something wrong here?"

Looking at the rows of reward options before him, laid out like a menu, Wang Zhifan was deeply puzzled. From the original owner's memories he had just assimilated, he clearly knew that the rewards players received after clearing Dungeons were basically down to luck. He had never heard of anyone being able to choose their own rewards.

"Hiss... My whole body hurts... I wonder if I can still make a selection after leaving the Dungeon. Better choose quickly and head back, just to be safe."

Since his condition was extremely poor and he might even fall unconscious again, Wang Zhifan did not have the patience to read through the reward descriptions one by one. Instead, he made his choices very quickly.

"The highest-grade reward here is the Rare Grade weapon, Wolf Slayer Blade. It suits me perfectly, so I'll choose that."

"Only one Wolf Slayer Blade? Then I'll take a Fine Grade piece of armor... and finally, this one..."

After quickly finishing his selections, Wang Zhifan discovered that the three items he had chosen instantly appeared in the empty chest beside him, whose lid had long since been opened.

After confirming that he had truly completed a Dungeon reward selection, what Wang Zhifan needed to do next was simple.

First, he used his mind to transfer the chipped Short Blade in his right hand into his Personal Space. Then, without hesitation, he forced his battered, aching body to move, inch by inch, toward the Treasure Chest containing the rewards. He struggled to stretch out a hand and touched the items in the chest one by one, using his mind again to transfer them all into his Personal Space.

Personal Space was a function every player could use. As a novice player, Wang Zhifan's Personal Space was fairly small, only about one cubic meter, but it had no trouble holding the three rewards he had just selected.

After barely finishing this bit of cleanup, Wang Zhifan, who was already dizzy and on the verge of passing out again, quickly used his mind to select the return function on his Player Panel.

The moment he issued the command, he immediately fell into a daze. When his consciousness became clear again, the wilderness and blue sky before his eyes had vanished, replaced by an old grayish-white ceiling. A small spider was even passing by overhead, leisurely crawling into a crack in the ceiling.

"My body feels completely back to normal. My clothes are still just as tattered, but at least all the bloodstains are gone."

After quickly confirming that his formerly mangled body had been perfectly restored, Wang Zhifan promptly sat up from the single bed he had been lying on and began checking the rest of his situation.

The first thing that caught his attention was his clothing. During the Dungeon, his clothes had been ripped to shreds by the Silver-Gray Giant Wolf's attack. Now, although his body had fully recovered, the clothes remained in that ragged state. Only the bloodstains and splatters that had covered them had completely disappeared.

"According to the original owner's memories, these clothes seem to be equipment too..."

Rather than immediately dealing with the tattered strips of cloth hanging from his body, Wang Zhifan used his mind to check his Player Panel.

Name: Wang Zhifan.

Status: Normal.

Level: Lv1.

Experience: 36/100.

Class: Blade Warrior.

Constitution: 11.

Strength: 12.

Agility: 12.

Spirit: 11.

Skill: Basic Saber Art Lv1.

Equipped: Cloth Armor (Common) (Damaged).

Personal Space: Wolf Slayer Blade (Rare), Short Blade (Common) (Damaged), Wolf Pelt Armor (Fine), Warrior Class Skill Upgrade Scroll (Fine).

As the panel showed, the only equipment Wang Zhifan currently had equipped was a damaged piece of Cloth Armor—the tattered rags wrapped around him. He remembered that this ruined armor, like the Short Blade in his Personal Space, had been Initial Equipment he received after becoming a player.

The process by which the original owner, who shared Wang Zhifan's exact name, became a player had been rather convoluted. Unlike many players in this world, he had not suddenly been granted this miraculous identity by some unknown great existence. Rather, by his own choice, the original owner had spent a considerable amount of money and effort seeking out channels to purchase a Class Card, thereby becoming a player.

Like player equipment, Class Cards could also potentially be obtained by opening Treasure Chests in Dungeons. Once used by someone who was not a player, they would immediately gain player status and take on the corresponding initial class.

After all, those who became players after being summoned by unknown great existences were given the chance to choose an initial class at the beginning. Every player could select their preferred initial path based on their own circumstances and wishes. Those who became players by purchasing Class Cards were the same—they could also choose their initial class relatively freely, provided they could find someone selling such Class Cards and could afford the price.

Thus, Wang Zhifan now understood why the original owner had become a miserable cannon-fodder Warrior Class player. Blade Warrior, a typical close-combat Warrior Class profession, undoubtedly faced enormous risks and pressure in Dungeons. As a result, this kind of Class Card was surely relatively cheap, making it a suitable choice for someone of the original owner's limited means. Otherwise, becoming a firearm-class player or another kind of ranged-class player would certainly have been a better choice.

"Blade Warrior... The drawbacks of this kind of melee class still feel too severe... But the original owner seemed to have heard on the forums that some Dungeons can drop Class Change Cards. I'll change classes when I get the chance."

Since he had already taken on this miserable melee cannon-fodder class, Wang Zhifan did not dwell on it too much. After all, he would have a chance to remedy it in the future—assuming he could survive until then.

As he pondered this, Wang Zhifan transferred the tattered Cloth Armor from his body into his Personal Space and put on the Fine Grade Wolf Pelt Armor he had chosen earlier.

Equipment produced by Dungeons generally possessed adaptive properties. When Wang Zhifan put it on, he found it fit him perfectly, as though it had been tailor-made for him. However, this silver-gray, fitted Wolf Pelt Armor was far too warm, making it somewhat unsuitable for the current hot season.

Wolf Pelt Armor (Fine Grade)

A finely crafted wolf pelt garment made from the fur of the rare Silver-Gray Giant Wolf. It not only provides excellent warmth, but also offers decent protection against physical attacks such as slashes, stabs, and thrusts. However, it is easily damaged by fire-element attacks.