Chapter 19 Diabolic Lash
The Kobold Leader exploded, scattering items all over the floor. Copper coins were strewn everywhere, shining brightly and illuminating the entire mine, as if celebrating Eric's victory.
At that moment, Tonny was already sitting paralyzed on the ground, drenched in cold sweat, feeling like all his strength had been drained from his body. He was too exhausted to even look at the drops on the ground. The battle had been incredibly tough, offering no time to catch a breath, with every moment filled with heart-pounding excitement.
Every second of the battle felt like playing with one's heartbeat, requiring a strong heart to endure. It was hard to imagine what kind of heart Eric, who had been battling the Kobold Leader all this time, possessed.
"Fantastic, we won! Eric, you are truly my idol," Tonny exclaimed, filled with excitement as he looked at Eric's calm face, admiring him deeply.
Although Eric had decent skills and his techniques surpassed those of ordinary players, he was just an average professional player. His skills didn't seem to create a gap that Tonny could feel, and Eric used to get excited easily, even arguing endlessly over Common Level equipment. He seemed like a sharp blade drawn from its sheath. But now, Eric was different from before. He remained calm and composed, exuding a sense of stability, like a dormant dragon that only revealed its power when necessary.
"Tonny, isn't Isabella your idol?" Eric smiled slightly.
"Of course, Isabella is my idol, but Eric, you are amazing too. You're always so quiet, but now you've soared to great heights. You defeated the formidable Kobold Leader. True professional players are just like this. How can I not admire you? Eric, please teach me how to play as a wizard. I've always dreamed of becoming a gaming expert," Tonny looked at Eric with eyes gleaming like he had found a gold mine, feeling happy about his choices. If he had gone to ShadowForge Studios, he would probably still be an unknown gold farmer with no chance to meet experts, let alone become one.
"Sure," Eric smiled. Tonny's straightforward nature was evident.
In his past life, Eric was dismissed, and Tonny resigned without hesitation, giving up a million-dollar job to stand by his side through thick and thin. Naturally, Eric wouldn't let Tonny down and would teach him everything he could. Although he hadn't played as a wizard before, he had seen many expert wizard players and knew the general development direction of a wizard. He had more than enough knowledge to guide Tonny.
"Eric, how should I allocate my points in the early stages? Should I put them all into intelligence?" Tonny asked.
Eric shook his head, pondered for a moment, and said, "Putting all points into intelligence in the early stages is good, but to become a formidable wizard, agility is also essential. Agility not only increases movement speed but also casting speed. Wizards have few survival skills, are short-legged, have many chanting skills, and most of their skills are focused on draining health through curses. To unleash all the damage takes time, unlike Elementalists, who are like cannons. So, after putting intelligence up to 20 points, allocate half of the remaining points to agility to ensure your safety while increasing your output."
In his past life, there was a wizard who was incredibly powerful, deviating from the traditional point allocation by adding a significant amount of agility. This not only boosted output tremendously but also made him formidable in PvP, defeating Assassins who countered magic users effortlessly. Many wizards started adding agility attributes thereafter, leaving many Assassins frustrated as they were constantly bullied by wizards.
Tonny nodded, finding Eric's advice reasonable, and said with a smile, "Alright, once my intelligence reaches 20 points, I'll put the rest into agility."
After discussing the point allocation for the wizard, Eric and Tonny began to pick up the dropped items.
As expected of a leader, the Kobold Leader's loot was incredibly rich, especially with the first kill bonus.
It dropped a total of eight pieces of Bronze Equipment, a dull giant axe, two plate armors, two leather armors, three cloth armors, along with 273 copper coins and three skill books: Shield Warrior's Taunt, Assassin's Silent Step, and the wizard's Diabolic Lash.
"Tonny, you're so lucky. This Diabolic Lash is a rare skill with an extremely low drop rate. It's one of the few control damage skills for wizards. Once you level up, it'll be a great skill for grinding monsters," Eric handed the Diabolic Lash to Tonny without hesitation, along with two level 2 Bronze Level cloth armors.
Diabolic Lash had a casting time of 3 seconds, binding the target with thorns within a certain range. If the target exceeded the range, the thorns would break, each thorn causing 20 base damage plus an additional 30% spell damage, with a cooldown of 20 seconds.
Tonny was ecstatic when he saw it, quickly learning the skill. With this skill, his combat efficiency would significantly improve. With the two new equipment pieces, his spell damage increased to 48, and his intelligence reaching 20 activated a hidden basic skill, making his casting more active, allowing him to cast spells below 1.5 seconds without chanting, enabling him to focus better on attacking the target.
Among the loot, the most valuable was the dull giant axe, a favorite of berserkers.
The dull giant axe, a Bronze Level weapon, required 15 strength and was level 5, with an attack power of 21, strength +5, endurance +2, and durability 30/30. It was an absolutely brutal weapon, capable of significantly increasing a berserker's output and power.
"If we hype up this dull giant axe, it will definitely fetch a good price," Eric smiled, devising a plan in his mind to profit from it.
Afterward, Eric and Tonny returned to the blacksmith's forge.
"Jack Scott, I have slain the Kobold Leader. Here is its head," Eric presented the Kobold Leader's head to Jack Scott respectfully.
Jack Scott, who was busy forging, glanced at the head of the Kobold, confirming Eric's achievement. He then expressed his satisfaction, "You've done well. You indeed have the qualifications to inherit my forging techniques."
System: [Completed the hidden quest 'Path of Forging,' player learned the skill Forging, becoming a novice Forging apprentice, possessing the forging talent 'Forging Genius,' rewarded with ten pieces of Hundredfold Steel.]
Forging Genius had a chance to increase proficiency by 2 points after a successful forging.
Although it was just a 2-point increase in proficiency, for a novice Forging apprentice, the success rate of crafting Common Level equipment was only 20%, and even if successful, there was only a 40% chance of gaining 1 point of proficiency. Now, with the forging talent, there was a chance of gaining an additional 2 points of proficiency after a successful forging, increasing the efficiency of advancement several times over.
To become an intermediate forging apprentice, 1000 proficiency points are required. Ordinary players would need at least ten days to achieve this, with no breaks in material gathering. The high failure rate would waste a significant amount of materials. However, with the forging talent, one could save a lot of materials and money.
Hundredfold Steel was a top-notch auxiliary material for crafting Bronze Equipment, increasing the success rate of crafting Bronze Equipment by 10%.
With the forging talent and the forging book in hand, Eric was eager to start crafting equipment. However, the material requirements were substantial, and he couldn't afford to waste time gathering them himself. Buying in bulk was necessary, but it required a considerable amount of money. Crafting Common Level equipment wasn't profitable; it was a loss. Only Bronze Equipment could be sold, but he needed blueprints, and he didn't have a single design at the moment.
"I must go to the Silent Grove Dungeon," Eric thought of the Bronze Equipment blueprints there. The equipment crafted from those blueprints not only had low production costs but also excellent attributes. Many blacksmiths made a fortune with those blueprints.
Just as Eric was about to leave, Jack Scott called out to him, "Guy, you've caught my attention. After so many years of forging weapons, it's the first time I've seen a Demonic Weapon." His gaze fell on the pitch-black long sword at Eric's waist. Despite its rusty appearance, it seemed like a mere fire stick, but it hadn't escaped the eyes of the master blacksmith.
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