"Scraps?"
"’Strong and Healthy’... This Talent seems pretty ordinary..."
"Dodge? Isn’t this just the king’s roll? But why is it only a fifty-percent chance to avoid damage? Are the game designers brain-dead or something...?"
Li Miao couldn’t help but complain.
Luo Ge, who was standing nearby, sounded a little helpless when he heard this.
Given the current Tier of the Spirit Candle, getting even a run-of-the-mill Talent was something to be grateful for.
As for a one-hundred-percent damage immunity chance... Luo Ge would have liked that too.
Of course, he could understand Li Miao’s perspective. After all, for a game, a fifty-percent damage immunity chance was undeniably bizarre...
’If any game designer actually tried something like this, they’d be packing their bags the very next day...’
’...Whatever, I should give him a little something,’ Luo Ge thought. ’Don’t want my only player logging off and running away. I’d have to go through all this trouble again...’
"You are the first Firelight to arrive in this world... This might be of some help to you."
Luo Ge spoke slowly and handed something to Li Miao.
It was something he’d gotten from a monster drop. It had been very useful back when his combat skills were still unrefined, but it was useless to him now.
Li Miao, who had just been complaining, subconsciously reached out and took it.
He was now able to move his hands.
[Acquired: Fishman’s Strange Scale ×1]
[Fishman’s Strange Scale (Ordinary)]
[Type: Accessory]
[Explanation: A strange scale dropped by a dead Fishman. Reduces damage taken from Fish People.]
[Equip / Store]
[Note: After equipping, this item will become a part of you. You have ten empty storage slots.]
Li Miao’s eyes lit up. He clicked "Equip" and saw the Fishman’s Strange Scale gradually merge into the palm of his hand.
[Equipped: Fishman’s Strange Scale]
After equipping the accessory, Li Miao recalled what Luo Ge had just said.
’The first Firelight to arrive in this world?’
’Doesn’t that mean there will be other players later on, and I’m the first one?’
’It’s not a single-player game!’
At this thought, Li Miao’s interest was suddenly piqued.
Seeing that Li Miao had stopped complaining, Luo Ge mentally moved on to the next phase of the tutorial.
[Touch the Spirit Candle Fire and allocate your Attribute Points in the Ability Value tab]
After seeing the new instructions, Li Miao looked toward the candle in front of him.
’Touch the Spirit Candle Fire... Touch a flame with my hand?’
This made Li Miao hesitate instinctively for a moment, but he quickly came to his senses.
’It’s just a game, what’s there to be afraid of?’
Thinking this, he reached out his hand and slowly touched the flickering flame.
The expected burning sensation never came. Instead, it felt warm.
When he focused his attention on the "Ability Value" tab, the interface changed.
Power: 5
Constitution: 6
Agility: 5
Spirit: 5
Faith: 5
Free Attribute Points: 5
’Five Attributes, how should I allocate these points...’ Li Miao was a little conflicted when he saw this.
The crucial part was that he didn’t know the specific effects of these five Attributes...
In truth, Luo Ge only knew what some of these Attributes did... which was why he chose not to include detailed information about them.
However, Li Miao’s hesitation was unnecessary.
[Offer a sufficient amount of Wax Oil, and the Spirit Candle Fire will reshape your Attributes]
A prompt appeared in Li Miao’s vision, instantly curing his analysis paralysis.
"So I can respec..." He breathed a sigh of relief, then turned his attention to Constitution. "Then I’ll put points into Constitution until it’s 10."
Soon, Li Miao finished allocating his Attribute Points.
His Constitution reached 10, and he allocated the remaining point to Power.
Seeing that the preparations were finally complete, Luo Ge, who had been watching from the side, also breathed a sigh of relief.
"This weapon isn’t very sharp, but it’s better than being empty-handed."
As he spoke, Luo Ge handed him a slightly rusty knife.
[Acquired: Slightly Rusty Knife (Crude)]
[Type: Weapon]
[Explanation: A somewhat rusty knife that still retains some killing power.]
[Equip / Store]
He naturally had to equip his starting weapon; Li Miao had no intention of punching monsters to death.
"Go, newborn Firelight. Spread the light and heat of the Spirit Candle to the dark corners of the world..."
After the Candlekeeper finished speaking, his body transformed into pale yellow Wax Oil, slowly gathering at the base of the Spirit Candle.
After he left, Li Miao found that he could move freely.
The instructions in his vision changed as well.
[Kill monsters, collect Wax Oil, and raise your Level]
It seemed the tutorial was over.
Although the tutorial felt a bit short, Li Miao thought it was pretty good.
"Since it’s a virtual reality game, high freedom is what makes it fun!"
"Time to set out and fight!"
Li Miao hopped in place a couple of times to get used to his new body, then eagerly ran out of the Reef Cave with his knife in hand.
Seeing that everything was finally on the right track, Luo Ge let out a sigh of relief.
’Good, I didn’t mess up my lines, and the player didn’t run off...’
After confirming that Li Miao had left, Luo Ge’s body coalesced once more.
’It’s not time for me to rest yet...’
Sighing to himself, Luo Ge turned and walked toward another part of the Reef Cave.
The amount of Wax Oil he had was still far from enough.
He had to summon more players to raise the Spirit Candle’s Tier and unlock more functions...
...
"Rolling... Rolling..."
"Shit! Let’s go! Whatever!"
On the dim beach, Li Miao was enthusiastically rolling all over the place, occasionally throwing in a backflip and then slashing at the air a couple of times.
This was despite wearing no equipment other than a pair of shorts.
But after practicing for a bit, Li Miao was slightly out of breath. He felt terrifyingly strong.
"ROAR!"
Just then, by the shore where the tide ebbed and flowed, a short creature covered in slime with a hideous fish head, a Fishman, spotted him while wandering about.
With a guttural cry, it charged toward Li Miao.
[Beach Fishman]
[Tier: Residual Ash]
[Level: 3]
[Talent: None]
[Skill: Mucus Spray]
[Explanation: A Fishman that lives on the coast. It lacks intelligence and will attack any living thing other than its own kind.]
"Bring it on!"
Seeing the Fishman charge at him, Li Miao was not the least bit flustered and tightened his grip on his knife.
’This Fishman is clearly just some cannon fodder. I figure I’ll only need a single strike to—’
"ROAR!"
While Li Miao was still lost in thought, the Fishman opposite him roared again, bent its legs, and leaped, pouncing straight at him!
"Holy shit!"
Li Miao jumped in fright. The sudden attack instantly made him forget all about rolling and everything else.
THUD! Li Miao was knocked to the ground by the Beach Fishman. It began to tear at his body wildly, its foul-smelling drool splattering onto his face.
The excruciating pain he expected didn’t come; it was only a mild ache.
But the sensation of pain was still there, and Li Miao could clearly feel his Life Force rapidly draining away.
At this critical moment, Li Miao finally snapped out of it. His own ferocity ignited, and he started to grapple with the creature.
Before long, his superior Power allowed him to get the upper hand. He wrapped both arms tightly around its throat and pinned it beneath him.
"Die!"
Having come to his senses, Li Miao finally remembered the knife beside him. He grabbed it and violently hacked at the creature’s neck.
[You have slain the Beach Fishman]
As the game notification appeared, the body of the Beach Fishman pinned beneath Li Miao dissolved into ashes, leaving behind only a teardrop-shaped glob of Wax Oil.
"Hah... hah..."
Li Miao collapsed onto the ground, panting heavily. His body was covered in bite marks, from which a dark yellow Wax Oil was flowing...
He was now in a state of shock and disbelief, starting to question his own existence.
’Damn it, something’s not right. That was clearly just a cannon fodder mob, so why was it so hard to fight?’
’Did I almost get killed by cannon fodder?’
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