The Ring That Defies Chapter 4 - 4 - Hack Leveling!

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"Eh? Sothing is wrong!"

As Jiang Fei was moving so items from his character's inventory, he found that several items in the ring's stock were missing.

"Hmm? Did I lose them sowhere?"

Jiang Fei held the ring up to his eyes. At that mont, he heard a tiny chi.

"Ding!"

A chi so soft that one could have easily missed it. When the chi rang, a piece of Delicious Rabbit at disappeared from his very eyes.

"What the f-"

Jiang Fei gasped. Was the ring actually taxing him?!

He looked closer than ever, finally uncovering a new secret of the ring. On the surface, the ring seed to co with 36 slots, but they worked very differently from a regular character's inventory. It appeared to co in two portions, top and bottom. The top half of the ring's inventory had a very faint blue in its background, while the lower half had a faint red. If he had not been paying attention, he would have never seen it.

This newly uncovered secret was the fact that any items placed in the red section of the ring's inventory would eventually "disappear," after every 10 minutes or so. It was not fixed. Each ti an item was "consud," a crack-like mark would appear on the ring. It was just a mark, not an actual indication of any damage to the ring. The scar grew as the ring consud more items. After two hours, the scar had grown so long that it had almost made a complete circle.

"Ding!"

As the last item vanished with the chi, the "crack-like" marks had ford a complete circle on the surface of the ring.

"Woosh!"

A bright light flashed, and the scar in the ring vanished, leaving behind a flawless, silver surface, as if it was freshly made out of the refinery.

"What is going on...?"

Jiang Fei cocked his head.

"Huh! What's this? Bonus attribute!"

Besides the 36 slots that the mysterious ring provided, there was sothing a little extra! Luck

10!

Luck was a hidden attribute in the ga. Players called it that way, since it could not be quantified or viewed on their Attributes Window. In the ga, so equipnt provided Luck as an additional attribute buff. This attribute affected a player's Evade chance, Critical chance, and item Drop Rate, even!

Luck induced Evasion was not determined by actually physically moving away from an attack. An attack may appear to fully land on a player, but the player would sustain no damage whatsoever!

It will be the sa as Critical strike chances. Players may be able to deal three tis the regular attack damage when one uses active skills to cause damage, or even when striking the enemy's weak spot. Critical strikes relied fully on the R.N.G system. (Random number generator). A successful proc (Programd Random Occurrence) would deal double the regular damage, while completely ignoring Defense value. In so situations such as fighting with an enemy with high Defense, a Critical strike would deal more than triple the damage commonly seen.

Drop rate has been and would always be a source frustration for all MMORPG gars. There was nothing else that a player could do besides pray to the R.N.G. Lord and ask for His grace. However, when a player had enough of the Luck attribute, the odds would be in your favor, especially it cos to Drop rate. Still, great Luck did not necessarily an that one would find a Celestial tier weapon from a Level 1 Chicken. Luck only involved the pre-set drop table of that particular monster. For example, if a Chicken had possible grade A, B, and C drops, high Luck enabled a higher chance of yielding a grade A drop. On the other hand, a luckless chap could only dream of living under the shadow of a grade A drop.

"Just what is this ring...?" Jiang Fei mumbled to himself. He was sure that the ring was not part of the ga. It behaved less like a regular item and more of a hacking tool! It was not recognized by the system, but it was working in the ga just fine!

"Crap... I don't exactly condone hacking, not to ntion how I might even get banned from this ga... But if not for this ring, I would not even be in the ga, to begin with!"

The dilemma infuriated Jiang Fei. However, it was also his only key to playing the ga. There was just no other way.

At that point, Jiang Fei had gotten a fair grasp on the ring's function. The mysterious ring gobbled items up to "level up." The scar on the surface of the ring was the representative of its "exp bar," and the red background in its inventory was the "killzone." But, what of the blue colored ones?

After thinking about it for a mont, Jiang Fei could not co up with any explanation, nor did he find anything particular about it. As usual, he shoved it aside and enjoyed the ga without any further care.

Seven to eight hours later, Jiang Fei returned to the village, lugging all the required quest items along with him. He was still Level 4. What a pain. Dawn Break was a slow and arduous process, as gaining levels sure took so ti. It was the sa for the drop rate. Even with 10 Luck, Jiang Fei had found it remarkably difficult to get a good fix on his desired items. The quest items had taken him almost an hour each!

"Bless you, adventurer! Bless you! You have saved ! Please take this Deer Skin Leather Jacket!"

"Ding! You have completed the quest "Collecting Deer Skin." Obtained 550 Experience Points. Obtained Deer Skin Leather Jacket!"

After submitting the first quest, Jiang Fei had obtained little experience points and a White tier equipnt. Although it was painfully cheap, it was the kind of reward one could expect from a lowly quest in the Beginner's Village.

The ga categorized equipnt grades as such: Gray, White, Green, Blue, Violet, and Gold. Outside those categories were also Unique types, the Chromatic Evolving Equipnt, and finally, the greatest of them all, the Celestial grade.

Gray equipnt had been established as the lowest tier in the equipnt grading, as only players in the Beginner's Village would equip them. This equipnt adds only less than 50% of the basic attributes (TL NOTE: Author did not explain what the basic attributes were). When a player outgrew the Beginner's Village, any Gray equipnt would most likely be sold to NPCs, as they were not even worth using.

White equipnt was the bare-bones equipnt that provided so basic attributes. Nothing additional would be gained from them. (TL NOTE: Again, no explanation of what basic attributes are). Equipnt of this grade could be sold to NPC, but they could also be broken down into tal Ingots and sold to players. Players would then use the tal Ingots as materials for their Smithing skill. The end price would be higher than selling the equipnt itself.

Green equipnt was nad Fine equipnt. They provided 130% basic attributes and even provided one or two additional attributes. If the equipnt had two additional attributes, it would be classified as the Refined amongst the Fine grade. Most players would be walking about with this.

Blue equipnt were Superior Grade. They provide 150% of the basic attributes, and provided two to three additional attributes. Even if two additional attributes was equal to the Refined Green equipnt, it still provided more basic attribute percentages. If it had three additional attributes, the equipnt would be highly valuable and particularly strong. When the ga reaches maturity with more and more players reaching mid-ga content, players would wielded such equipnt would be considered elites.

The next grade was coded in Violet text, and was called Epic. They provide 180% basic attributes and had three to four additional attributes. Likewise, even the lesser variety that only provided three additional attributes were already superior to their Blue equivalents. Violet equipnt was like owning a premium sports car such as a Lamborghini, or a fancy Birkins handbag. Only a handful of players would be able to get their hands on them. One would already be formidable, even among professional players, if they had even one article of Violet tier equipnt in their armory.

Gold texted Legendary equipnt provided 200% basic attributes with an additional four to five other attributes. Like all the grades before this, their lesser varieties were still superior to those that provided an equivalent amount of additional attributes. (TL NOTE: Repeat... Repeat...). As the nickna implied, it was almost impossible to have a full set of Legendary tier equipnt. Having one of them alone would already turn a player into an idol!

Chromatic Evolving equipnt were special and Unique. They could only be obtained from Hidden Class Quests. Their power levels were similar to the Legendary equipnt. What that set them aside was their potential to gain experience along with their wielders. It would be downright stupidity if one were to discard them! Also, Hidden Class Quests did not necessarily provide one with such a gem. Unlike the Hidden Race quest, which was only limited to 36 in the entire ga, Hidden Class Quest was slightly less rare; but they are still notoriously difficult to co across! One required truckloads of Luck for this!

Lastly, at the top of the food chain was the Celestial Grade. One could only obtain such an equipnt grade by slaying a God! The attributes alone could blow one's mind and the road to procuring it was... Just as mind-blowing.