Chapter 11 The Useless Alchemist

I am so lucky to get a late-stage career like Alchemist.

(Zhang Xiaoming didn’t know that there were 12 alchemists in Team 33 alone. A one-fifth probability is not considered lucky.)

But right now, an alchemist without even a blueprint is really of little use.

When other members of Team 33 log in to the game, they are in the town, with relevant professional instructors, and can directly take on tasks and learn skills.

After officially entering the game, Xiao Ming switches the protagonist to the explorer, and the researcher is automatically taken over by the intelligent program "Xiao Er'er". Xiao Ming gives instructions: follow the protagonist and save your life first.

Han Dong, Qiu Santong, Infantry A, Archer A, and supporting characters followed the explorer to continue the mission.

The game uses 12 hours of game time per day to represent a real day. Xiao Ming logs in now. It is already dusk in the game. The group met Uncle Li Er.

First, ask Qiu Santong about his apprenticeship mission. It turned out that Uncle Li disliked his lack of strength (insufficient level) and did not want to accept him as his disciple.

Xiao Ming has the archery skills of the archery coach, but it would be a waste to use them to train his current mercenaries. If you give it to Qiu Santong, a proper upgrade can also increase your favorability.

Xiao Ming thought about it but handed it to Uncle Li directly. His favorability was probably more useful. Sure enough, after reading the experience, Li Erbo was promoted directly to the third level, becoming a second-level and fifth-level hunter, and learned the new skill "Medicine Arrow". Intimacy +20.

Accepting Qiu Santong as his apprentice was a small matter and he agreed straight away. Xiao Ming completed the mission and gained experience to upgrade the trainee priest to level 7.

Qiu Santong's favorability is +3. He can become a disciple even if he practices more, so the increase in favorability is limited. Next it’s the blue daily mission “Expelling the Wild Boar”.

Li Erbo told the explorer that the eight wild boars in this family originally lived deeper in the jungle and had little contact with him.

I don't know why I suddenly moved to a place near a lumber mill. There was a territorial conflict with Li Erbo. That's why I always harass him.

Xiao Ming estimates that there are only two ways to solve the task, one is literary and the other is military. If we use force, the combat power of our two characters, six mercenaries, and Han Dong is still too low.

The two adult wild boars were at least level two. Even if you use a trick to separate them, it will still be difficult to fight. Choosing to solve it this way probably requires the help of Uncle Li. And this is a single player daily mission. Let’s use Wen’s method.

(In fact, it’s okay to fight hard. You can go back to the village training ground to ask for reinforcements and spend some money. You can also ask player friends to help fight.

It's just that for this kind of single-player mission, the person who helps doesn't get any experience or rewards. It can be seen that those players who have younger brothers still have a great advantage. )

Xiao Ming decided to lead a team deep into the jungle to investigate the reasons for the wild boar's move. As the saying goes, there is no way to enter the forest. It would be foolish to just dig in. It is better to ask Uncle Li for help.

Uncle Li opened his storage box boldly and said that he could take whatever he liked and pay for it.

Xiao Ming browsed for a while and bought a jungle map, a bundle of 20 poison arrows, a bundle of 20 stun arrows, 2 simple animal traps, and a bundle of 20 torches that can burn for 30 minutes. A Sinan that can increase the accuracy of the map, and a pack of tiger excrement (cover your nose).

Li Erbo is not a businessman, and the supply quantity is limited. After Xiao Ming bought the items, Uncle Li didn't have any more. There’s no telling how long it will take for him to replenish these items.

Xiao Ming is not short of supplies such as drinking water. Uncle Li worked as a lumberjack in a timber factory and had accumulated a lot of good timber. Xiao Ming was not polite and bought half of it. The money was spent and only a little over 1 gold was left.

Before setting off, Xiao Ming took out the four mercenaries in the marching tent and gave them to the researcher, naming them Infantry 2A, Archer 2A, Priest 2A, and Mage 2A.

Qiu Santong was worried and Han Dong also went with him. 10 people headed to the wild boar's lair according to the map.

On the way, I found an opportunity to avoid Han Dong and Qiu Santong, and strengthened the equipment of the supporting characters and subordinates. There was no time for a bow and arrow.

As shown on the map, the group carefully avoided the activity range of powerful beasts. On the way, they encountered several traps that had been destroyed by wild beasts. They were probably placed by Uncle Li before, so Xiao Ming put them away casually.

Pick up things diligently and take care of the house. It's a pity that Uncle Li Erbo has been familiar with this road before. In addition to breaking the trap, I only picked up a hare that fell into the trap. Get one rabbit meat and one rabbit skin.

Blue's daily tasks couldn't be particularly difficult. After a long journey, everyone arrived near the wild boar's lair. It is said to be a nest, but it is just a flattened grass nest. Why did the wild boar leave?

The answer is obvious at first glance, it stinks. Looking around, I quickly found a first-level skunk. In the wild, I could only see the level of wild monsters, but not the level.

The same goes for meeting players. This is only estimated to be mutated. A common skunk is never that smelly.

Archer A first made a tentative attack and lured the skunk over, and the battle began.

There are many people here, so we use the standard fighting method. Archers and mages attack from a distance. When approaching, the two infantrymen and Han Dong step forward to block, while the priest treats the injured...

The skunk wasn't that strong. He couldn't defeat three fully equipped trainee infantrymen. He quickly lost more than half of his health and turned around and ran away.

Everyone chased, Xiao Ming took out a stun medicine arrow, strengthened it at will, and shot the skunk with a crossbow arrow, which stunned the skunk for 5 seconds.

After a brutal beating, the skunk farted, leaving behind a mutated stinky air sac. Put it in the researcher's backpack.

When the skunk dies, the odor in the area will no longer be replenished. After a while, the smell will slowly dissipate, and the wild boars will move back in.

At this time, Xiao Ming can go back to hand in the task to Li Erbo. However, the completion rate will be relatively ordinary, and the wild boar will continue to harass Li Erbo for a while.

At this time, the explorer's life profession scholar comes into play, and the system prompts:

You, a primary scholar, have found that if you go deep into the center of the smelly area (skunk den) and set a fire, the smell can be quickly dispersed without causing a fire.

(Even if you don't have erudition, Li Erbo will give similar prompts after returning to the lumber mill.)

This will undoubtedly bring a higher degree of completion, but it's too damn smelly. If it stinks a little more, Xiao Ming suspects that he will lose blood directly.

Ordinary players will bite the bullet and complete the task perfectly, even if they have to add blood to themselves while going deeper.

But Xiao Ming is different. Xiao Ming has a mask. Put on the mask and easily go deep into the smelly area. There is a reward for hard work, and pick up something in the skunk den. Xiao Ming can see at a glance that it is also a relic of Han Qinlong.

He has seen this series of things many times today. After repairing it, use the archaeological skill on it, and only get 2 silver coins. He didn't even think about it: In such a smelly place, how can you be lucky? Why are you in such a hurry? !

I don't know what a good thing is, and the level of identification is far from enough.

Xiao Ming put the items away depressedly. Set fire in anger!

The seal was identified last time because the archaeology provided enough information.

Everything went smoothly on the return trip. The task was completed well. Li Erbo's favorability +10. I can buy better things. Several tempting items tempted Xiao Ming's eyes. Unfortunately, there is still a lot of money. I only bought a piece of high-quality deerskin and a piece of fine bear skin.

As the sky gradually darkened, Xiao Ming and Li Erbo took a blue free task to transport wood to the village. The carriage rented when coming here can load a lot of wood.

(This task will definitely not allow players to complete it with space equipment such as personal backpacks.)

The difficulty of this task is the transportation volume. On the return trip, Xiao Ming put the researcher's mercenaries in the military tent to save space.

Han Dong and Qiu Santong said goodbye reluctantly and encouraged each other. Zhang Xiaoming watched the show with tears in his eyes: It is true, good friends for life.