In the Darkness

Spray!

Bullets without any additional effects were fired from the barrel of the Flame Flintlock Gun.

This is a physical attack.

It cannot affect the elemental body of the Magma Fire Monster.

But it precisely struck the Frozen Stibnite Arrow that was already embedded in its core.

Click—

Magma Fire Monster's weak and powerless flames were utterly incapable of stopping this sudden impact.

With a gunshot, the arrow pierced its core completely.

[First Gunshot] Task Completed

[Game Player Module: FPS]

[Hunting Achievement: First Fifth-Stage Prey]

[Increased attribute/ Skill Experience Points]

In an instant.

Linsey was flooded with various announcements on her Attribute Panel.

However, before he could even look at all those impressive data points, he was left with nothing.

They discovered a bright yellow core emerging from the flames that had dissipated from the Magma Fire Monster.

Compared to the core of the previous Meteor Fire Sprite.

The core of the Magma Fire Monster is more solid, almost a complete entity.

The arrowhead of the Frozen Stibnite Arrow was deeply embedded in the shaft, with only a crack indicating its damage, while the exposed shaft had been completely charred by the high temperature.

Can this arrowhead be recycled?

Linsey immediately tried to gather materials while retrieving the Stibnite Arrowhead embedded in the core.

[Obtain material - Blazing Flame Crystal]

[Obtain material - a completely damaged arrow]

The Magma Fire Monster, now at level five, successfully collected a Blazing Flame Crystal.

However, the Stibnite Arrowhead that successfully killed it was completely destroyed and could no longer be used.

"Well..."

Linsey sighed, her heart filled with mixed emotions.

Qiao Er gave him three arrows, and now the last one is completely useless.

This precious material is so rare that even the Artisan's Cottage only has enough to make three arrowheads.

"I'd like to have something that directly affects the Essence in the future, but I wonder when that will be..."

Suddenly, Linsey's sigh came to an abrupt halt.

Right in front of him, the core of the Magma Fire Monster began to emit a dazzling light!

Magma Fire Monster is indeed dead.

However, the fire power concentrated in its core did not disappear.

Now free from the influence of the Stibnite Arrowhead and without the control of the Magma Fire Monster, this power immediately entered a surging, violent state! "Huh?"

"Well!"

Linsey's eyes widened for a moment.

At that moment, only one thought was on my mind.

What happens when fire element goes berserk? — An explosion! At this distance, escape is impossible; the only way is to minimize the damage from the explosion.

There wasn't time to think it through.

Linsey dumped all the clods of earth from her bag at once, using them to surround herself and stabilize them with her Resource Conversion abilities.

Boom! The impact arrived as expected the next second.

Linsey, trapped in his hastily constructed fortress, could not see any changes in the outside world.

But the roar caused by the huge impact still immediately formed a terrifying echo in this small space. Linsey felt a sharp pain in his head, and as the feeling of falling came, his consciousness began to blur.

At this final moment.

Without the slightest hesitation, Linsey added all the experience she had just gained to her Constitution.

Darkness enveloped the entire world.

When Linsey regained consciousness, the pain that coursed through his entire body struck him head-on.

"Hiss--!"

Linsey gasped.

He used his hands to support himself on the ground and barely managed to sit up. He immediately opened the Attribute Panel to check.

In the personal attributes section.

The images symbolizing these conditions almost everywhere show bruises and contusions left by the impact. Especially around the head, the words "mild concussion" and "Hearing Impairment" are clearly marked in red.

Along with the intense pain, a feeling of nausea and vomiting welled up in my throat.

"Ugh—ugh—"

Linsey gagged twice, and cold sweat trickled down her forehead.

The only good news at this moment is that the power of the Life Source Material is healing his wounds.

Although this ability cannot bring about an absurd repair speed such as rapid regeneration.

But at least it makes people feel that their physical condition has improved.

Roughly estimated, these injuries should heal within three days even without any medication.

"I've really learned a lesson today." Sitting in the darkness, Linsey smiled wryly as he reflected, "In the future, when I defeat a powerful enemy, I'll have to be wary of its corpse's reaction after it dies."

Looking back on the scene, Linsey feels like she's been bitten by a headless snake.

"If I hadn't reacted quickly enough, I would have been dead if I had been blown up like that."

Linsey's assessment is by no means an exaggeration.

His current injuries are from using the clods of earth for defense.

As for the defensive fortifications that withstood the first wave of attack for him...

Although we are in darkness at this moment.

But Linsey knew very well that there was no trace of the mud bunkers around him; they had obviously been destroyed in the explosion.

"An enemy at the Fifth Stage..."

"Even if the scheme succeeds, the corpse should not be underestimated."

Linsey was in pain all over his body, and he continued to check his Attribute Panel while grimacing.

The subsequent bountiful harvest erased the pain from his face.

The first thing that catches the eye is Constitution.

This was Linsey's strongest attribute to begin with, and after defeating the Fifth Stage Magma Fire Monster, the experience points gained from the battle itself, plus the quest rewards, brought it directly to 20 points! This is an incredible Constitution for an ordinary human.

Even in Border Town, probably only Anrui's score is slightly higher than Linsey's.

The reason it didn't suffer too much damage in the explosion is probably thanks to those last few added attributes.

As for the other attributes...

Strength increased by one point, and Agility increased by two points.

The excellent combat design directly increases Intelligence by three points, while Willpower and Charisma also increase by one point each.

Basic attributes have been improved in all aspects again! Looking further down, the movement technique, which was originally at the proficiency level, has also been upgraded to the master level.

The (close combat) characteristic is upgraded to the (Inertia Glider) level of movement, which allows Linsey to overcome the effects of inertia to a certain extent, and even when running at full speed, he can make some exaggerated maneuvers such as sharp-angle turns!

"Is this a result of me dodging the bomb just now?"

Linsey seemed to be deep in thought. He nodded in satisfaction and looked at his most important upgrade.

The FPS module is now available.

Like the previous modules, the unlocked FPS module also comes with a basic skill.

[Crosshair: Gathers information about the surrounding environment and combines it with the player's own attributes to add a crosshair in the field of view to calculate the attack's landing point.]

[Note: See this crosshair? Move it over the person, then fire!]

Is this considered a shooting mode?

At that moment, he was surrounded by darkness and could not see anything at all.

To test his skills, Linsey naturally took out a torch from his backpack.

call--

In an instant, the flames illuminated the surrounding environment.

Linsey also discovered that his Crosshair was precisely on a giant eye more than ten meters away!