138: Chapter 16: The Slaughter of the rfolk 138: Chapter 16: The Slaughter of the rfolk “How about it, lad, wanna buy so?”
Xiao Jie glanced at the prices, which were indeed reasonable, with the salted fish at 20 copper per fish, and the mysterious dried fish just 50 copper a piece.
Considering its special effects, it was already very cheap.
Xiao Jie bought five salted fish and four pieces of the mysterious dried fish, spending a total of 300 copper.
He had a habit when playing gas; whenever he encountered anything unusual, he liked to buy so just in case it ca in handy later.
I Want to Be Immortal also bought so, and no sooner had the two finished their purchases than a hoarse voice ca from inside the thatched hut.
“Granny—water.”
Just then, the straw curtain of the thatched hut was lifted, and a sickly-looking youth walked out.
The boy wore coarse clothes, his complexion deathly pale, and looked to be about fourteen or fifteen years old.
As soon as he stepped out, he asked for water.
“Coming, coming.” Granny Li hurriedly scooped up a large ladle of water from a nearby water tank and handed it over.
The boy chugged it down in one go, his face finally regaining a trace of color.
Then he turned to look at the two of them with a surprised expression.
“Granny, who are they?”
“Ah, they are returnees, here to help us kill the rfolk.
This is my grandson, Li Bao,” Granny Li introduced, her gaze constantly lingering on the boy, showing her deep concern for him.
Xiao Jie greeted him, “Hey there, young man.” He had already decided that he needed to get so information from this youth.
With only these two NPCs in this little fishing village, the key to the River God adventure surely lay with them.
Li Bao looked surprised.
“You’re a returnee?
I’ve read about you in books, never thinking I’d have the chance to see you with my own eyes.
They say you’ve co back from the outside, is that true?
You must have been to many places, can you tell what it’s like out there?”
The boy’s tone was very eager, but Granny Li’s face darkened upon hearing this.
“Bao’er, they still have to kill the rfolk.
Don’t pester them with endless questions.
Have you forgotten the ways of a gentleman that your father’s books talk about?”
Li Bao imdiately nodded helplessly, “Yes, Granny.”
Xiao Jie had a vague feeling that there was sothing not quite right between the old woman and her grandson, but he couldn’t put his finger on it.
After exchanging a few pleasantries, suddenly a splashing noise ca from the lakeside.
“It’s the rfolk, they’ve co again.” Granny Li’s face showed annoyance but quickly turned to a pitiable expression.
“Two brave warriors, can we entrust the task of these monsters to you?
And don’t let those creatures hurt my grandson.”
“Don’t worry, ma’am, we’ll take care of this!” I Want to Be Immortal readily agreed.
Xiao Jie called out, and the two of them headed towards the lakeside, only to see two rfolk crawling ashore from the water.
One level 12, the other level 13.
The dead rfolk were indeed unsightly, but the living ones crawling on the shore were even uglier, their bodies covered in blue-black scales, with a fish-like tail for the lower half, struggling to wriggle on the sand and mud.
The upper half of their bodies was vaguely human with arms, yet covered with scales and fins, their features a mixture of human and fish that looked quite odd.
In their hands, they carried weapons made of coral and shells.
Xiao Jie rembered Mr.
Ran’s warning: these creatures were formidable in water, and it would be best not to fight them near the water’s edge, lest he get dragged into the lake, which would spell trouble.
Fortunately, it seed the rfolk’s aim was rely to reach the shore.
They crawled directly out of the water, and once on land, their speed was noticeably slower.
This presented a great opportunity for the duo to attack.
Switching to bow and arrow, he fired a quadruple shot straight at the rfolk, which were struggling to move forward with their wriggling tails.
Continuous Arrow!
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
In an instant, the arrows peppered the body of the rfolk.
Full Moon Shooting!
Phut!
An arrow pierced another rfolk’s body and continued into the lake behind it.
The two rfolk scread in pain but had no solution, only managing to wriggle towards them in a serpentine path.
Continuing to shoot arrows while slowly retreating, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, the two rfolk were shot full of arrows like hedgehogs and succumbed one after another.
System notification: Killing a rfolk Pearl Seeker, you gained 275 Experience Points.
System notification: Killing a rfolk Pearl Seeker, you gained 286 Experience Points.
“Eh, that was easy?”
Looking at the two bodies on the ground, I Want to Be Immortal expressed his surprise.
Xiao Jie thought indeed it was a bit too easy.
These creatures were practically sitting ducks and did not have the strength you’d expect from level 12 and 13 monsters.
However, the Experience Points were not an issue.
After pondering for a mont, Xiao Jie ca to a conclusion.
“If a monster is underwhelming in many aspects, then it must be incredibly strong in one area, just like the Disease Zombies that appeared sluggish, but once within range, they would possess so extrely disgusting Skill,” he thought.
And if a monster is particularly strong in so respects, then it must be very lacking in others.
This is a principle of ga balancing; it’s impossible to design a monster without any weaknesses.
This rfolk must be similar, the stronger it is in the water, the more useless it becos ashore.
This explains it, normally rfolk hide in the water to ambush players.
The fish present here must have had so reason that they couldn’t avoid coming ashore, making them easy prey.
He went over to check the corpses.
Shells ×26.
Huh, why did it drop so many shells?
The other one dropped Shells ×19, plus one fat-headed fish.
[Fat-Headed Fish (Ingredient)
Item Introduction: A fresh fat-headed fish just caught from the water, extrely lively.]
This…
Xiao Jie had a feeling that these shells might very well be the internal currency of the rfolk, which is why they dropped in such large quantities, much like mountain bandits dropping copper coins.
There will probably be even more shells dropped by killing rfolk in the future.
He had just finished collecting the items when more rfolk showed their heads above the lake water.
“Feng, be careful.”
“I see them,” Xiao Jie said as he quickly retreated, and they began to shoot arrows again.
For so reason, these rfolk kept rushing towards the shore in groups of three or two, wave after wave, one after another.
At first, they were quite easy to deal with, but as their numbers increased, it beca gradually harder to cope with them.
The two n shot arrows frantically, retreating while shooting, making Xiao Jie wonder why these rfolk didn’t chase after them but instead headed straight for the hut where Granny Li was located.
To say they rushed wouldn’t be as apt as to say they crawled toward it.
The two n stood to the side, like they were performing stationary output, madly harvesting targets, as their Experience Points steadily increased.
Eventually, they even ran out of arrows.
Xiao Jie simply activated the Gale Saber Technique and started to slash wildly.
The rfolk’s resilience wasn’t very high, which allowed him to chain hits together.
“I Want to Be Immortal” also switched to a Battle Axe and began chopping away wildly.
Then the rfolk finally began to fight back, but their sluggish movents made their attacks utterly non-threatening.
Xiao Jie dodged with ease, and “I Want to Be Immortal” tanked comfortably.
The more they killed, the more exhilarated they beca, slashing and chopping in unison, every cut biting into flesh, every axe breaking bone.
In less than half an hour, they had raised their Experience Points by a full 15%, with the riverbank covered in rfolk corpses.
It wasn’t until the last rfolk fell that the two n could finally relax.
“Man, that was refreshing,” Xiao Jie couldn’t help but exclaim.
Since entering the ga, he had encountered monsters that were more difficult than the last, and it had been a long ti since they’d killed so effortlessly.
If only all the monsters in this ga were this easy.
He quickly signaled “I Want to Be Immortal” to join him in looting the bodies, but alas, they were just Little Monsters, and besides a large quantity of shells and fish, they dropped nothing of significance.
“Wow, I found a pearl,” exclaid “I Want to Be Immortal” suddenly.
[Pearl (Material)
Item Introduction: A translucent and lustrous pearl, a precious material used in jewelry making and sotis in dicine.]
This thing must be worth so money, Xiao Jie thought.
High Luck is so satisfying, even looting Little Monsters can yield good items.
He wasn’t as lucky, finding nothing but fish.
Well, that’s fine.
He could grill them and at least gain so Cooking experience.
Looking at his Experience Bar, Xiao Jie couldn’t help but think that regardless of the rewards the unexpected quest might offer, the leveling efficiency alone was quite impressive.
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