Chapter 8: Grinding Monsters for Experience

  The fifth day of the first week.

  Lin Tian entered the system with the gold coin as king.

  "Construction of Human 2nd Tier Ministry - 3000! Construction of Elf 2nd Tier Ministry - 3000!" Remaining 49400 gold.

  A lone rabbit rushed past from the front, and a small fireball shot rapidly towards it. The frightened little rabbit opened its mouth, and a small water ball sprayed out of its mouth, hitting the fireball and causing it to explode in mid-air, creating a mist of steam that obscured the view. Lin Tian stomped his foot in disappointment, but didn't give up, staring intently at the steam. Before long, the little rabbit, unable to hold back, darted out from the right side at high speed. The well-prepared otaku immediately launched the second small fireball he had prepared, rapidly striking the poor rabbit... Killing a level 1 magic rabbit was no longer much of a challenge for a certain otaku who was already a level 2 novice magician. That morning, he had single-handedly taken down a level 3 wild boar.

  Although the monster's body is all treasure, those below level 3 are still worth too little, and digging for half a day will only yield about 10 gold. So, for a lazy otaku who fears trouble, it's not worth wasting time on them; just eating some experience is enough. As for corpses, of course, they won't be let go - even the smallest mosquito is meat. All are thrown into the hero space while still fresh, where time is completely stagnant and there's no fear of spoilage. When I return to the city, can't I just dump them all on the butler and have him handle it? Earning some small change can also help supplement the household expenses of the castle lord's residence - killing two birds with one stone. Anyway, he himself won't neglect to deal with such troublesome little things.

  But now I'm a bit hungry, so let's just roast this fat rabbit for lunch... It's my own fault for rushing out without preparing supplies, sigh, low-level mistake!

  Fortunately, the forest of monsters has abundant water sources. Coming here for training is just killing monsters, and these monster meats taste pretty good.

  "Forgot to bring even salt, what a failure!" A certain otaku scolded himself angrily, carrying the fat rabbit and finding a small river to wash and skin it. The demon crystal was put away to exchange for money. This little piece of fur would also be kept to exchange for money, as the noblewomen in the city liked to wear such fluffy things. Obtained two portions of high-quality rabbit meat... What did you expect, thinking it's a legendary item that can dig up chicken meat? The otaku with suspected split personality was clearly entertaining himself.

  Luckily, I'm a fire-element mage, so controlling the temperature to roast this rabbit meat is barely manageable. Using the water from that small bottle, I ate my fill and continued leveling up... Wait, where did this bottle come from? And what happened to the blue medicine inside? Did it spill? You're kidding me, you careless spendthrift! Medicine is more expensive than bottles, isn't it? This is like buying a house just for the pearls inside. Hmm, looks like the author's gaming skills are also quite... impressive.

  So, Lin Tian continued to wreak havoc on the outskirts of the Beast Forest, specializing in killing weak and small beasts of levels 1-3. Cautious as he was, he had no intention of messing with beasts above level 4, after all, his main profession hadn't grown up yet, and his secondary profession was only a level 2 fire magician.

  In the forest, after a round of burning, killing, looting and plundering, an innocent 3rd-level Storm Deer fell under the butcher's knife. The system prompt sounded.

  Reminder: Hero Lin Tian, Knight level upgraded to 3, Attack +1. Options: Primary Hawk Eye Technique, Primary Diplomacy Technique, Intermediate Assault Technique!

  The novice diplomacy skill is indeed very powerful in the game, with a chance to recruit wandering troops and reduce their recruitment costs. However, in this real world, there are no neutral troops roaming around for you to recruit. Can those wandering demons be counted? This divine skill in the game seems to be useless in the Sword Magic Continent, let's just forget about it!

  The intermediate attacking technique is good, but Lin Tian, who has already learned the primary attacking technique, is not in a hurry. This is a cooked duck that can't escape.

  Beginner's Hawk Eye: Increases field of view by 10%, possesses night vision, can roughly scan opponent's information, and has a 10% chance to learn the opponent's released spells during combat.

  This powerful ability is far beyond what can be achieved through strengthening in games.

  "Choose the primary skill of Eagle Eye!" Now I can continue to level up at night, and also detect information about my opponent. Additionally, I can learn enemy spells, although due to the Magic Guild having all magic, it may not be useful for my main profession. But for my secondary profession, it might have a significant boost! Good!

  Hint: Sub-job level has been upgraded to 3, HP increased by 110 points, MP increased by 110 points, and learned the 3rd-level magic spell "Attach Fire".

  Flame Infusion: Can imbue melee weapons with a layer of magical flames, dealing additional fire damage to enemies upon impact.

  This auxiliary profession new magic feels a bit awkward, Lin Tian's current main combat method is still back row release, generally just put on fire shield, small fireball and magic arrow tossing. Otaku A glanced at his own +1 novice sword, does he still have such fierce melee ability?

  Based on the experience of a certain otaku in recent days, upgrading the main profession on the Sword Magic Continent is not too difficult, at least the first few levels are not hard, but it's unknown about the later ones. The sub-profession is currently rising with the main profession, which is a bit unreasonable. Never mind, it's rare to think so much, let's continue leveling up. This otaku has the feeling of all-nighters and playing games in private rooms to brush monsters and level up, extremely excited.

  Lost a gold coin, casually chose a direction, turned to the east of the Magic Beast Forest. Of course, I only dared to be active on the periphery. When my own strength was still low, I went to face level 4 or higher magic beasts. In online gaming terms, it's called over-leveling and killing monsters, which is okay for getting treasure, but absolutely inefficient for leveling up. Before, when he played World of Warcraft, he liked to use his undead mage to find a good spot to grind low-level monsters one or two levels below him, and the experience would rise rapidly...

  The eastern part of the Beast Forest is actually connected to the Elf Forest, after all, it's the same forest, can't you tell good and bad forests apart? The reason they are divided into Beast Forest and Elf Forest is that hundreds of years ago, beasts and elves fought for this forest in several epic battles, resulting in heavy casualties on both sides, unable to fight again, and then defaulted to their respective spheres of influence. After being passed down for hundreds of years, it was forcibly divided into two parts.

  Lin Tiande carefully raised his vigilance, not easily entering the realm of the elves. Elves are generally more traditional and belong to the benevolent and orderly camp that loves life, but their human neighbors are a mixed bag, often with fugitive slave-catching teams sneaking into the elven forest, capturing beautiful elves and selling them at high prices to those corrupt nobles. After centuries of resentment, the master of the forest, the elven tribe, has completely banned humans from entering, and once discovered, if found by an elven druid, it might just be a matter of being expelled, but if found by an elven huntmaster or elven mage, what follows is endless pursuit.

  I'd rather not incur the wrath of the spirits! Lin Tian silently warned himself.