Assassin Reborn - Chapter 11

Chapter 11

[Translated by ChickenBakuba]

Xu Xiang revisited the red-tailed snakes’ grounds - a huge forest - for the second time . But of course . Snakes naturally thrived in forests or grasslands . Xu Xiang inspected the area . It seemed like the red-tailed snake king had yet to respawn . The respawn time for it seemed to be 3 days . Xu Xiang was not too sure as he had slightly forgotten the details . The BOSSes in Dispute were varying and many . A BOSS on the novice level was something Xu Xiang would hardly take to note .  

Circling around a red-tailed snake, Xu Xiang stabbed his dagger into its back . He had no need for using stealth yet as these monsters could not attack of their own initiative yet . 20 points of damage floated above the red-tailed snake’s head . Not bad, it seemed like a bronze-level dagger was pretty effective . It would take around 10+ hits to down one monster .

The red-tailed snake was furious . The head of the viper swivelled around and snapped at Xu Xiang’s crotch .  

There was no way Xu Xiang would allow his family jewel to be assaulted . Blocking the bite with his arm, Xu Xiang grimaced as 38 points of damage rose from his head . 4 bites from the snake would turn him into fodder for its belly, where its gastric juices would eventually process him into waste of some sort . Howeber, Xu Xiang attack speed was several times faster than the red-tailed snake . Even if it was a fight where they exchanged blows without bothering to defend, Xu Xiang would still emerge victorious .  

Of course, a foolish strategy like the above was not in Xu Xiang’s book . The snake had high damage and his HP potions did not come cheap . The next strike of the viper was dodged by Xu Xiang anticipating its movement and flanking it smoothly while returning a strike . But because the stats and level of Xu Xiang was slightly lower than the monster, an unlucky hit was inevitable . Only after losing 70 HP was he able to finish the red-tailed snake .  

“Ding~ Congratulations for killing the red-tailed snake . 380 experience awarded . Monster killed was 2 levels higher, experienced gained boosted by 20 per per cent . Total experience gained: 456 points . ” 456 experience, pretty decent . 1000 red-tailed snakes would be all it took to level . However, one red-tailed snake would also require 10 seconds at the minimum . Xu Xiang estimated 3 hours before he would level up .

Level 5 was something like a ‘small divide’ in the game, so level 5 mobs were far stronger than level 4 mobs in comparison . They also yielded more experience .

Contrary to what one may expect, when it came to levelling, Xu Xiang was plenty generous . When his health was not enough, he would not hesitate to drink HP potions . Now that he was rich, using a couple of potions to level up was nothing . As time passed, his movements became more precise . The amount of times he got hit grew lesser and lesser, until he no longer took damage from killing one monster .

After 3 more hours of struggle, Xu Xiang finally managed to level up . The white light embraced Xu Xiang’s figure once again . One had to admit that Dispute’s animation for levelling was pretty cool . It was the equivalent of plastering “I’ve levelled up!” on the face of the person levelling up .  

“Ding~ Congratulations, your level has increased . Current level: level 4 . All attributes have been raised by 1 . You have gained 10 free attribute points . ” Xu Xiang three 3 points into strength and 7 points into agility once again . His attack reached 46-50 points .

The mission for slaying 500 red-tailed snakes had long been cleared by Xu Xiang . He had collected 32 tails, above the mission quota of 25 . He had also obtained a few equipment in the process, of which some were bronze-level ones . There was even an uncommon jewelry-type equipment .

Snakeskin boots 

Level requirement: 5

Type: Leather

Defence: 8

Can be enhanced by 1 level, movement speed +0 . 5%

Weight: 7

User’s limitations: Thief, Archer . Not limited to race .

Snake-scale armour

Level requirement: 5

Type: Plate armour

Defence: 15

Can be enhanced by 1 level, HP +10

Weight: 20

User’s limitations: Knight, Warrior . Not limited to race .

Snake-saliva ring (Bronze level)

Level requirement: 5

Attacks carry 5 points of DOT damage, continues for 10 seconds . DOT damage does not stack with multiple hits . Does not affect the undead .  

Can be enhanced by 4 levels . Attack speed +1%

Weight: 5

User’s limitations: Warrior, Knight, Thief, Archer . Not limited to race .  

Impressive . The stats of the ring was more than satisfactory . Unless the enemy was carrying anti-poison equipment, he would be afflicted with additional poison damage, which was equivalent to 5 extra damage per strike . If Xu Xiang stacked it with additional damage by smearing poison on his dagger, the damage would be considerable . Killing people would become a stroll in a park .

However, the equipment had a prerequisite of level 5 before it was able to be used . It seemed like he would only be able to arm it one or two days later . “One zero, two zeroes . . . six zeroes, fuck me sideways . ” Xu Xiang rubbed his hands all over his face and clutched at his chest . A million points of fucking experience . He had never taken notice of this in the past, but now that he did a second take, the figures were actually terrifying .  

As for the snakeskin boots, he had no use for them . He still had the snake king's leather boots saved in the storehouse . Just by looking at the title, one could tell which was better . It was like comparing brands between Nike and Erke . * Whichever stood out more was better . As for the warrior plate armour, he could pair it together with the snake king's sword and put them up for sale together . Of course, selling them together in a package would not be cheap .  

*Both sportswear brands . Nike is an international brand you should be very familiar with, but Erke is a brand owned by a Chinese company .  

Xu Xiang packed up his things and set on his journey to return to the village .

However, it seemed that Xu Xiang was not destined to return to the novice village . Or perhaps one too many people had taken notice of the man who repeatedly entered deep into the monster areas . Just as Xu Xiang left the level 4 monster area and stepped into the level 3 goblin monster area, he was stopped by 5 people .

Xu Xiang immediately recognised the 5 people . It seemed like destiny would make enemies meet; in his previous life, Xu Xiang had the misfortune of stumbling into these 5 men . Their eyes sparkled as they noticed the bronze-level equipment on Xu Xiang's body . Because the 5 of them had only lousy equipment on them, the least they could do was play the part of the stereotypical bandit . *

*I actually have no idea how to translate this part without sounding awkward so I fitted in something from my writer's imagination .

But the Xu Xiang in the past had been a slow leveller . His level was not the equal of 5 people . Even if he fought only one of them, his victory would still be uncertain, let alone 5 people . His equipment had naturally been robbed from him . However, this time . . .

Their levels were definitely lower . However, he had no idea what their levels were nor if they had any special skills .  

"It seems like I need to do some probing . " Xu Xiang suddenly realised that the use of the inspect skill was strong . It could tell the player the most basic information about other players and monsters .

Seeing Xu Xiang disregard their presence like blank air, the five rogues were incensed . They had seen Xu Xiang pack his entire character with equipment (although he was not level 5 yet, so he had no shoes) . Their eyes had turned green with envy, but they knew Xu Xiang was not someone they could easily trifle with .

"Young lad, it looks like your equipment isn't too bad . How about, gifting, us brothers a few spare equipment? We brothers don't even have one or two equipment . " The leader, Blood God, smiled thinly, his ugly voice directed towards Xu Xiang .

The 5 men's ID had a strange ring to it, with 'Blood' as the prefix and ending with God, Heaven, Earth, Mystery and Emperor, that is, Blood God, Blood Heaven, Blood Earth, Blood Mystery and Blood Emperor . * 

*Phantasma(Immortal Dreamer) helped me translate this part too, so thank him .  

"Winning without fighting . "* Xu Xiang gawked . Who would've likened these chaps to people with good heads on them? Such a pity it was that they were destined to return to the embrace of the novice village today (by dying) . All the equipment they had were novice equipment, and they didn't seem to be higher than level two .

*A reference to a military classic in China about the arts of warfare . One method is to win over your enemies through other means than armed weapons .

Of course, Xu Xiang would not yield his equipment . From the time Xu Xiang laid his eyes on them, he had decided he did not like them . Even if some coward gave away his equipment to appease them they would only ask for more . People like these were best dealt with by either burying alive or murder . As for matters pertaining to the method of death . . . well, a death as good as dying from excessive ejaculation was definitely not on the repertoire . [footnote]This was actually what the author wrote[/footnote]

"Alas, dreams are beautiful, but reality is horrid . You guys best go back to wherever you crawled out from . So I can avoid sullying my knife, of course . " Xu Xiang decided that wasting time to dispose of garbage like them was not the most sensible action . There was also benefits whatsoever to killing them . In his previous life, these guys had vanished without a trace within a week of the game's release . Xu Xiang reckoned that they had provoked some important person and had been eliminated .

"Young lady, you've forced our hand . " Although Blood God held some unease towards Xu Xiang, the allure of his equipment had bolstered his courage greatly . He was the very personification of someone that bullied the weak and rubbed shoulders with the strong .

The 5 men circled around Xu Xiang . The team was made out of 1 magician, 1 warrior, 1 knight, 1 priest and 1 thief . They were a very average team . However, it seems like their death had been set in stone after they had met Xu Xiang .

Xu Xiang was calm . The damage of these people were low, even if added together . With their novice equipment, breaking from their encirclement was hardly an issue . But playing with them was also an option . It would be good if he could conveniently lay the animosity between them from his previous life to rest . Furthermore, this was legitimate self-defence . He would - probably - not increase his PK value . Killing one person would raise your PK value to 100 points . After 500 points, your name would turn red . After 1,000 points, you would be listed as a wanted man . After 3,000 points, even the guards in the cities would personally arrive to capture you . As for red names, they would not be allowed to enter cities or villages .

If one was killed while one had a red name, he would drop 5 levels and had an 80 per cent chance of dropping all equipment . He would also have a 20 per cent chance of dropping all equipment as well as everything in his inventory/backpack . The penalty for PK'ing was severe . *

*Equipment means the equipment armed on the dude . Equipment not armed is in inventory/backpack .

Chapter 11, END

Wtf . The penalty for Dispute is one of the stupidest things I've ever heard since pineapples on pizza .