Chapter 13 The Ranking and Equipment Boards
Alan was taken aback for a moment. No wonder the Nine-Headed Serpent Cypress only had this one skill; it turned out the other skills had been sacrificed.
This time, while clearing the game dungeon, he withheld "A Withered Tree Springing to Life Again" and had twelve other skill books in his hand.
They were all dropped by the Twisted Treant and were of little help to Alan.
"Learn 'A Withered Tree Springing to Life Again'."
"Sacrifice skill books."
Alan sacrificed ten skill books of the Treant, and "A Withered Tree Springing to Life Again" was successfully upgraded to 2 stars.
[A Withered Tree Springing to Life Again (Passive Skill): 2 stars.]
[Effect: When your health drops to ten percent, you will immediately recover twenty percent of your health.]
[Cooldown: 12 hours.]
[Cost: None.]
[Proficiency: 0/100 (Proficiency is calculated by sacrificing skill books. Each sacrificed skill book grants 1 point of proficiency. Certain special skills can grant multiple points of proficiency.)]
Just as Alan thought, upgrading by one star increased the amount of health recovered by ten percent, and the skill's cooldown time was significantly reduced.
This upgrade was quite substantial.
Moreover, with this skill, his survivability was greatly enhanced once again.
Moreover, "A Withered Tree Springing to Life Again" restored a percentage of health, which meant it would be a mighty skill even in the late stages of the game.
Currently, Alan's total health was over thirty thousand, and twenty percent of that was over six thousand.
But what if Alan's total health was three hundred thousand, three million, or even higher?
This skill would still restore health based on a percentage.
Alan snapped back to reality.
He looked at his experience bar; he was still halfway to level ten.
With this experience bar, if he wanted to, he could reach level 10 in at most half an hour.
But Alan wanted more than just leveling up.
He opened the ranking board.
Alan wanted to see the current level rankings.
No.1, "King of the Underworld," Level 11, 25%.
No.2, "SnowflakeChaser," Level 10, 95%.
No.3, "Poor Guy," Level 10, 91%.
No.4, "Gerald," Level 10, 90%.
No.5, "20 Inches," Level 10, 88%.
The gaps on the ranking board were not significant, and Alan knew most of these people.
Three out of the top five were guild bigwigs, and as for the other two—one was a loaded trust-fund kid from the Jinse Empire who'd pumped his level up with cold, hard cash.
The key was that this guy not only had money but also luck and some skills, making him almost superhuman.
As for the fifth person—he was somewhat similar to James—having had some fortuitous encounters in the early stages of the game, which allowed his level to rise quickly.
However, in the mid to late stages of the game, his early advantage gradually diminished.
He eventually disappeared from the public eye.
Besides the ranking board, Ragnarok had an equipment board.
Alan opened the equipment board.
No.1, "Golden Scepter" (Gold level).
No.2, "Thunderstorm Bow" (Silver level).
No.3, "Nine-Headed Shield" (Bronze level).
No.4, "Nine-Headed Shoulder" Guards (Bronze level).
No.5, "Nine-Headed Cloak" (Bronze level).
...
Among the top five, except for the first-place Golden Scepter, all the others belonged to Alan.
'Sure enough, it's just like in my previous life.'
Alan thought to himself, 'The Golden Scepter belonged to SnowflakeChaser.'
It was a summoning scepter, and its only effect was to summon six level 10 black iron bosses.
In the early stages of the game, this was absolutely a game-breaking feature.
A single level 10 black iron boss could wreak havoc at this point, let alone six of them.
SnowflakeChaser was actually the boss of the DreamChase Club, where Alan used to work.
She looked pretty good, but unfortunately, she practiced nepotism, filling the club with her relatives and making the place a mess.
But none of that mattered anymore. Alan had a god-tier talent, and he was confident he could surpass SnowflakeChaser.
Alan, having been the first to clear the game dungeon and earning fifty accessible attribute points as a reward, poured all of them into boosting his attack speed.
His attack speed increased from 2.63 to 3.63.
Actually, when allocating the points, Alan considered whether to add some to the movement speed.
But in the end, he denied it.
Because the attribute that best complemented his "The Hand of God's Retribution" was attack speed.
As long as his attack speed was high enough, he could stack his health more quickly.
Finally, there was that quest scroll, which was a scarce one.
Because the quests inside were not given by ordinary NPCs but by the gods. Completing these quests could potentially earn the blessings of the gods.
The blessings of the gods, at the bare minimum, would boost one's attributes and, in the best-case scenario, could bestow permanent traits.
Unfolding the quest scroll, Alan saw the quest inside and was taken aback.
[A demonic box is sealed beneath the novice village. If the box is opened, it will bring disaster to all living beings.]
[Quest requirement: Kill all NPCs in the novice village and destroy the altar so that all otherworldly adventurers can only be born in Central City and can never enter the novice village again.]
[Quest penalty: None.]
[Quest reward: Unknown.]
Seeing this quest, Alan couldn't help but show a grim face.
This quest...
It was just too bizarre!
In his previous life, Alan had encountered all sorts of strange quests.But this one required him to destroy the newbie village?
It was practically a death sentence!
In his previous life, players had tried to provoke NPCs, but even a tavern waiter could deal thousands of damage with a wave of their hand.
As for the village chief and the blacksmith, their attributes were likely even more formidable.
Putting away the quest scroll, Alan did not immediately accept the quest.
Although there was no penalty, he still wanted to think it over.
He then exited the game dungeon.
At this moment, a lot of players had gathered at the entrance of the game dungeon.
"Looking for a strong healer. Anyone with strong healing abilities are welcome. We have strong DPS in the team, with definitely enough damage."
In this game, strong DPS referred to archers and mages.
One provided sustained damage, and the other had high burst damage.
"It's been ages. Hasn't anyone besides Ice King managed to clear the game dungeon yet? I'm looking to buy some gear," someone said.
Alan glanced at these people and didn't pay much attention.
This was the newbie village number 10086, and there weren't many real game experts here.
Most of them were probably clustered in the more advanced newbie villages.
Leaving the game dungeon, Alan headed in another direction.
According to his calculations, the higher the level of the ten bosses the village chief tasked him to hunt, the richer the rewards should be.
In the newbie village, there was a rather special boss.
That was the bard James encountered.
It was said that his true form was a weasel, and due to good fortune, he had cultivated into a human form.
But his essence as a demon hadn't changed, and he seemed to be plotting something in the novice village.
The strategy guides from his previous life didn't go into much detail, and Alan only knew this much.
At this moment, Alan's eyes sharpened slightly, and he instantly swung his longbow behind him.
That was close. He didn't draw the bow to shoot an arrow; he used the Thunderstorm Bow as a blade and slashed backward.
This kind of attack didn't have much killing power, but it could break through crises.
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