"This process is way too simple..."
Holding his adventurer's certificate, Li Xunsheng walked out of the Adventurer's Guild, still looking slightly dazed.
He had thought he would have to pay a membership fee, then go through all sorts of procedures.
As it turned out, as long as he had suitable equipment and registered with his identity, he was considered a member of the Adventurer's Guild...
Moreover, he could receive the full reward for completing a quest. The guild's share had already been collected when the quest was posted.
The quest Li Xunsheng had chosen was...
[There are many villagers infected by demonic energy south of Lone Star City. Please help them find release.]
[Eliminate "Demonic Energy Infected Villager" (LV.5) 0/10 Repeatable]
Staring at a "Demonic Energy Infected Villager" with the Eye of God, Li Xunsheng quickly received the relevant information.
[Demonic Energy Infected Villager: A human villager who has gone mad after being infected by demonic energy. They can no longer return to normal.]
[Attack Power: 40~60 Defense: 10 HP: 300/300 MP 0/0 Strength: 15 ...]
In short, they seemed to be monsters that would be easy to deal with.
Their Strength was undoubtedly below 70, and their location was convenient, so he could reach them quickly. That was why Li Xunsheng had chosen this extermination quest.
However, because of what had happened in the beginner village, Xuan Sheng knew that monsters from different areas could "visit" one another, so he had to be careful while exploring.
Although Demonic Energy Villagers couldn't use magic, he could easily counter their attacks with the Small Round Shield.
But if some creature capable of magic came over, Xuan Sheng could only use his invincibility skill.
After leaving Lone Star City's southern gate, the boy spotted the quest targets not far away.
They were humanoid monsters in tattered clothes, black energy coiling around their bodies.
They wore ordinary cloth garments and wielded kitchen knives or other tools normally used for farmwork as weapons, wandering aimlessly through the fields.
Lone Star City was just behind him in the distance. Li Xunsheng took out his Small Round Shield and Gray Dagger, preparing to begin the battle.
He tentatively stepped into one Demonic Energy Villager's detection range. The villager abruptly turned around and stared fixedly at the intruder before it with eyes completely overtaken by blackness.
"Roar..."
Letting out an unintelligible roar, the Demonic Energy Villager raised the kitchen knife in its hand and charged at Li Xunsheng, the intruder, at a speed slightly beyond that of an ordinary person.
The instant the opponent attempted to attack, Li Xunsheng's field of vision changed.
The world, which had originally been moving at a normal pace, seemed to have had its slow-motion button pressed. Every movement became slow and sluggish, and the originally ferocious Demonic Energy Villager looked absurd and laughable in slow motion.
Although his own movements had slowed as well, Li Xunsheng still precisely controlled the Small Round Shield, shifting it slightly to press its surface against the descending kitchen knife before suddenly pushing outward...
*Perfect Block!* Because of Perfect Block, all damage was negated!
The Demonic Energy Villager in front of him stumbled, losing its balance. For a moment, it couldn't swing a second attack.
The boy seized the opportunity. His Gray Dagger swept across with the momentum, and a black spray of blood blossomed at the opponent's throat...
[Weakness Damage! -67!]
With its defense ignored and the additional damage bonus from Throat Cut, that attack instantly took away nearly one-fifth of the opponent's Life!
"Argh!"
The Demonic Energy Villager finally recovered from its stagger and swept the kitchen knife horizontally! But Li Xunsheng easily raised his shield from below, knocking its arm upward...
[Perfect Block! Damage Negated!]
The dagger swept across, and another spray of blood blossomed.
[Weakness Damage! -68!]
Polite Demonic Energy Villager: You...
Unfortunately, a monster without reason would never change its fighting style. The Demonic Energy Villager, which could only attack straightforwardly, struck five times—and was perfectly blocked five times.
However, it would never get the chance to strike a sixth time.
[Weakness Damage! -66!]
The last sliver of its Life bar was completely erased. After taking five strikes to its fragile neck, the mad villager's legs buckled weakly, and a trace of clarity finally returned to its blackened eyes...
"Thank you..."
The body wrapped in black energy quietly crumbled into dust. In the end, this Demonic Energy Infected Villager had finally found release... leaving behind only a few Copper Coins and several dozen experience points.
[Experience +26]
"Rest in peace."
After wiping the faint sweat from his forehead, the boy lowered his head.
[Copper Coins +8] [Current Level: LV.1 Experience: 26/50]
As expected of killing a monster above his level, the experience reward was quite generous.
Waving his left hand, Li Xunsheng looked toward the next victim...
"Argh-woo..."
It was the same five attacks, five Perfect Blocks... Even though this villager was using a club this time, it still couldn't escape the fate of having its arm knocked aside by the shield and its throat cut by the dagger...
[Copper Coins +9 Experience +25] [Level Up! Congratulations, you reached Level 2!] [Current Level: LV.2 Experience: 1/100] [Because your class is Villager, all five attributes increase by one, HP and MP increase by 50 each, and you gain five free attribute points!]
How should he allocate his points?
He first retreated two steps, leaving the Demonic Energy Villagers' respawn area. Looking at his status panel, Li Xunsheng fell into thought.
See Through gave him extremely powerful reaction speed. However, while the bullet time activated by See Through was in effect, his own speed was also reduced. Therefore, when facing an Elite Monster with high Agility, it was possible that the opponent's attacks would be too fast. He might react in time, yet still not be able to block in time.
In other words, he still had to put some points into Agility. Otherwise, he wouldn't be able to recover his defense in battle.
As for the other points, he could increase his Strength to raise his damage...
As for the other attributes... he might as well not consider them before changing classes at Level 10.
[Strength +3 Agility +2]
His current status panel was:
[HP 160/160 MP 160/160] [Strength 9(+2) Intelligence 6 Agility 8(+4) Constitution 6 Spirit 6 Luck 5(+5)] [Attack Power: 40(+12) Defense: 6]
Hmm... not bad. This was good enough.
After finishing his allocation, Li Xunsheng lured over a Demonic Energy Villager. Once he casually blocked its attack, he habitually thrust straight into its unguarded throat...
[Weakness Damage! -70!]
The Attack Power panel didn't change... but the damage increased with his attributes...
However... the increase seemed very small... He didn't know how it was calculated... Perhaps the weapon itself was too weak, making the attribute bonus impossible to see?
Casting aside the distracting thoughts in his mind, Li Xunsheng focused all his attention on the monster before him.
After several exchanges, this villager also failed to escape the fate of collapsing and crumbling into dust, leaving behind only a white-grade kitchen knife.
[Ordinary Kitchen Knife: Common (White) One-Handed Axe Weapon Attack Power +18 Equipable at Lv.3 or above Durability 30/30].
Pfft, a kitchen knife was actually classified as a one-handed axe?
[Experience +22]
The level gap had narrowed, and his level had risen, so the experience he gained had decreased as well?
It seemed that after grinding here until he reached Level 5, he would have to consider moving somewhere else to continue.
Tapping the surface of his shield with the dagger, he once again attracted a villager's attention. Li Xunsheng slowly widened the distance between them and assumed a stance.
But first, he would take care of a hundred or so Demonic Energy Villagers without taking any damage!
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