My HP Bar is a Bit Long!

"This kid was seriously fierce. You have no idea what happened yesterday—he wiped out every monster in the Stonejaw cave all by himself. I just stayed far behind him and protected him."

"Of course. The Stonejaw only bully the weak and fear the strong. If they saw you, they'd have run off in terror long ago." The speaker was another mountain patroller, and he was also acquainted with Sun Busong.

There were fewer than three hundred people in all of Cold Ridge Valley. With Uncle Hanyi's reputation in the fortress, it was no surprise that everyone knew Sun Busong.

"Hahaha, if I'd known this kid could awaken in your hands, this old man would've handed him over to you long ago." Uncle Hanyi held a bottle of Dwarven Ale, looking thoroughly drunk as he shouted at Suya.

Suya showed a bashful, feminine coyness and chuckled. "It was his own talent. I only gave him a little push, so I can't take credit for it. Still, that last Shaggy Young Wolf injured him and knocked him unconscious. That was my fault."

"Mm... How can that be your fault? That kid got bloodlust in his eyes and charged in himself. I haven't even thanked you for saving his life."

"Since you put it that way, Uncle Hanyi, then forge me a Green Grade wand."

The men and women of the Dwarf race were all straightforward. If they said they would repay someone, they would do it, and if they asked for a wand, they truly meant it.

"Hahaha, no problem. I've entrusted him to you anyway. As long as you can bring him to level ten and make him a qualified Chariot Soldier, I'll forge you a Blue Grade wand!"

Uncle Hanyi was especially happy today. His son had finally found his spirit again, and he had even slaughtered every Stonejaw in the entire cave by himself.

That was incredible news. If he did not drink himself drunk over something this good, he would be letting himself down.

They had been drinking ever since Suya carried Sun Busong back last night.

Sun Busong was awakened by the noise. Once he woke up, pain suddenly flared throughout his body, making him groan.

But no one heard his faint sound. Whose voice here was not loud?

Only after the pain in his body had eased considerably did he slowly sit up on his own.

"Look, he's awake!"

At last, someone sharp-eyed noticed his movement. After that shout, the room instantly fell silent. It was time for the drinking party to end.

By the time Uncle Hanyi finally saw all the drunkards out, Sun Busong got down from the bed.

"How is it? Have you recovered?"

Uncle Hanyi walked over and asked.

Looking at the old man's concerned gaze, Sun Busong felt warmth in his heart. It was the care of family, the affection of an elder.

"Yeah, I'm recovering well. The wounds still hurt a little, though."

Sun Busong answered with a smile.

"That's good. Then start working now, and make up for yesterday's forging work too. Keep it up, my son!"

After saying that, Uncle Hanyi took a ten-kilogram Forging Hammer out of his Backpack.

"This Forging Hammer was a gift from my master when I was an apprentice. Now I'm passing it on to you. You must take good care of it."

With that, he stuffed the Forging Hammer into Sun Busong's hands, then turned and left!

Sun Busong staggered under the weight of the Forging Hammer in his hands.

"I... I... this... you..."

He was completely dumbfounded, stammering for a long time without managing to finish a single sentence.

Was this the love of the Dwarf race?!

After the old man left, Sun Busong tossed the Forging Hammer into his Backpack, then opened his character panel to check it.

First, he converted one hundred Kill Points from the Slaughter Artifact into one Free Attribute Point. Then he found himself in a difficult position.

Should he add it to Strength first, or Endurance first?

Strength could increase his attack power and let him kill monsters faster in the future, but Endurance was the foundation of survival. Even if he had powerful Soulstones, he could not just let his enemies kill him whenever they pleased!

Just as he was agonizing over which attribute to add first, his eyes inadvertently swept over his Health Points.

299!

"That's impossible!"

He clearly remembered that his Health Points had only been 99 before he went out to kill monsters yesterday. Where had these extra 200 points come from?

He was still wearing the same Apprentice Robe. After checking his status again, everything was normal. No one had cast a buff on him to increase his Endurance.

How could 200 Health Points appear out of nowhere? It was unbelievable.

Then, a thought suddenly churned through his mind!

His eyes darted, and he hurriedly opened his Spellbook to check his Racial Traits.

What he saw was astonishing!

"Hehehehe."

After being Killed, you will stand up again. Health Points will rapidly drain, but you can move and attack, gaining 100% lifesteal.

There was another line!

Whenever you kill a unit, maximum Health Points increase by 2. Killing or assisting in killing an Elite Level unit increases Health Points by 10!

That was it!

"Hehe, hahaha, hehe, hahahaha."

"So that was it—they'd made Sion's two passive skills into my Racial Traits! This surprise was way too incredible!"

Sun Busong's face lit up with wild joy as he kept muttering, "I've struck it rich, I've struck it rich! I'm fucking rich!"

An ordinary unit had 2 Health Points, while an Elite Level had 10. Thinking of the overwhelming hordes of monsters in World of Warcraft, what Sun Busong thought was—

How long is my health bar going to be?!

After the excitement faded, Sun Busong began pondering his other trait, Death Glory.

But he still did not understand what this trait did. He could hardly die once just to test its effects, could he?

"This is rock-solid now!"

Sun Busong held one hand upright and clenched the other into a fist, striking them together three times.

He ultimately added his Free Attribute Points to Strength Value. With the Soul Furnace's special effect, did he still need to worry about endurance?

After eating something, Sun Busong headed to the forge.

The old man merely glanced at him before continuing with his work.

Everyone else in the forge greeted him happily. By now, they all knew about the crazy thing he had done yesterday.

Sun Busong did not care. His first priority now was to complete the forge's task: forging one hundred Iron Ingots every day.

He took out the 10-kilogram Forging Hammer from his Backpack. The hammer did not look large, but it was quite heavy. For a nine-year-old like him, it was still a little too much; he had always used a 5-kilogram one before.

But that was nothing. He needed to finish the task here quickly, then go grind monsters, grind endurance, and grind Strength Value!

Watching Sun Busong meticulously complete the task assigned to him, Uncle Hanyi's lips secretly curled upward.

Over the course of three hours, Busong's clothes dried, became soaked, then dried again. The forge was scorching hot, but he finally finished both yesterday's and today's tasks.

"Uncle Hanyi, I've finished all my tasks. Can I go practice killing monsters with Suya now?"

"Go on. She's waiting for you outside the fortress. Remember to be careful."

"Okay, then I'm heading out!"

After Sun Busong left the forge, Uncle Hanyi raised his booming voice. "Hahaha! Well, what do you all think? My son will definitely become a Warrior of the Dwarf race someday!"

When he reached the fortress gate, Sun Busong spotted Suya at once and hurried over to her in a few strides.

Seeing Sun Busong arrive, Suya said irritably, "What took you so long? I was almost asleep from waiting."

"Big Sis Suya, I only came out after finishing both yesterday's and today's forging work. Look, my hands are still shaking."

Suya glanced at his palms, frowned, and said, "Then don't kill monsters today. Rest for a day."

Sun Busong immediately panicked. He stepped in front of Suya and blocked her as she prepared to leave.

"Big Sis, you're the one who brought me out. How could I shrink back and run away over something this minor? Wouldn't that disgrace you? Hehe, besides, I'm a dwarf of Anweimar Fortress. What does a little injury like this amount to?"

Those few words soothed Big Sis Suya.

"Hahahaha, of course! How could someone I brought out retreat? Then today's target will be the level-two Stonejaw Brutes!"

As she spoke, Suya's large hand had already landed on Sun Busong's back.

Busong staggered from the blow and nearly fell, but he quickly asked in confusion, "Big Sis Suya, why are we killing level-two monsters today?"

"Hm? Why wouldn't we? You killed ninety-nine Stonejaw Invaders yesterday. Haven't you reached level two yet?"

So that was what this was about!

"I reached level two ages ago, but wouldn't killing more Stone Jaw Monsters help keep the area around our fortress safer?"

Suya's thick lips twitched. She looked at him with an indifferent gaze and said, "What threat can those level-one Stone Jaw Monsters pose? Even if there were ten thousand of them, they wouldn't threaten me, much less anyone else in the fortress. Besides, you wiped out their entire nest yesterday. They won't regroup for at least a week."

He had learned another piece of common knowledge!

"Haha, I'll listen to Big Sis Suya. Whatever you say we kill, I won't object."

"That's more like it."

With that, Suya led Sun Busong toward where the level-two Stonejaw Brutes could be found.

Busong also found an opportunity to raise his own level to two.

As they walked, Sun Busong chatted with Suya.

"Big Sis Suya, you're an Elite Level priest now. How many Health Points do you have?"

Without turning around, Suya continued walking. "I currently have 473 Health Points and 345 Mana Value. Once you reach level ten, you can fight your way out along the Cold Ridge Trail and reach Ironforge. There are Legion Officers there who can advance you into a soldier."

"Then you keep doing quests and killing monsters. Once you reach level twenty, you can choose a class. Hey, have you decided what class you want?"

At that, Suya stopped and turned to look at Sun Busong, waiting for his answer.

After thinking for a moment, Busong replied, "I want to choose the Warrior Class. Wearing armor and wielding twin swords—that would be so impressive!"

"Mm, that's not a bad choice. From some of your actions yesterday, you're very suited for close combat. You've got that fearless drive to push forward."

Sun Busong rubbed his neck and grinned at Suya.

"But I don't think Warrior is your final destination. Do you know about Heroes?"

"Heroes?!"

"Yes! Hero! Hero isn't a class, but the highest achievement for every class user. Once you become a Warrior, you can undertake the Ironforge Legion's Trial Mission at level thirty. After you clear the Nightmare Difficulty of the Trial Mission, you can advance to an Elite Warrior."

"And I'm an Elite Priest now!"

As Suya said this, she unconsciously puffed out her chest.

"Big sis is mighty! Big sis is awesome!"

Although she did not understand what Busong's two shouts meant, seeing that his expression resembled those dwarf youths who had wildly courted her, Suya took it as a form of affection—or admiration.

"And that's not the end. At level fifty, there's also a trial to advance to Silver Elite. The Silver Elite Trial Mission is initiated by two of the Three Major Cities."

"As for the Trial Mission to advance to Hero, it is jointly issued by the Alliance's Four Lord Kings."

"Whoa!"

It was Sun Busong's first time hearing of the Hero rank.

"What comes after Hero?"

"You're already thinking about what comes after Hero? Hero is the endpoint for class users. Do you intend to reach Lord-level or King?"

"Hehe, no, no. I was just curious."

"Hmph!"

Although Sun Busong's question left her speechless, she still answered him.

"After Hero comes Lord-level. But Lords aren't the highest rank in Azeroth—the Scourge Lord is!"

"Then what is the Scourge?"

"The Scourge? That's already beyond a level you and I can inquire about or understand. Kid, train hard. If you can reach Silver Elite Level in this life, Uncle Hanyi would probably drink himself to death on the spot."

The two soon arrived at the area where level-two Stonejaw Brutes roamed.

"Same as yesterday—I'll protect you from the rear. Just focus on killing. Go on, future Silver Elite of the Dwarf race—wipe them all out!"

After nine uninterrupted hours of fighting, Suya had drunk every last Mana Recovery Potion in her Backpack before the two finally stopped and returned to Anweimar Fortress.

The old man had already drunk himself mad. The news Suya brought once again cost the bearded dwarf a considerable amount of money on alcohol.

Sun Busong returned to his room and inspected his character panel.

The Slaughter Artifact had changed after he reached level two. All three attributes had become +2.

+2 Strength

+2 Agility

+2 Endurance

Equipment: For every 100 enemies of the same level killed, one Free Attribute Point will automatically be generated. Free Attribute Points can be added to Strength, Agility, Endurance, Intelligence, and Spirit. (476/100)

Today, he had killed a total of 475 level-two Stonejaw Brutes. The murderous aura and bloodlust around him had nearly taken form, frightening the level-one monsters and small animals into fleeing in panic.

His Health Points had directly exceeded one thousand! They were more than twice as high as Suya's, despite her being Elite Level.

"My health bar is a bit long! And not just a little long!"

His Health Points had reached 1,250!

Strength Value: 20 points (1 point from leveling up, 1 point from a Free Attribute Point) Endurance: 12 points (1 point from leveling up)

He was still wearing an Apprentice Robe, but the old man had already promised in front of everyone that he would give him a new set of clothes tomorrow, for combat.

He exchanged 400 Kill Points for 4 points of Strength Value.

Sun Busong's attack power was now twice as strong as it had been yesterday.

"Big Sis Suya will definitely take me to kill level-three monsters or higher tomorrow. I might as well level up directly. Anyway, killing monsters lower-level than me won't grant Slaughter Value or increase my Health Points."

He had tested it today by killing a level-one Stonejaw, and the result was exactly as he had expected.

Killing targets below his level would not grant Kill Points or increase his Health Points, while killing monsters above his level would double the Kill Points, though his Health Points would still only increase by 2.

"I'm so tired. I don't want to think anymore—sleep! I'll keep grinding tomorrow!"

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