Retrograde Gaming - Chapter 16
Chapter 16: This Is Completely Different From the Plan
Translator: Henyee Translations
Editor: Henyee Translations
Since Li Huailin became more enthusiastic the more he thought about the increase in 20% Experience per death matter, he almost couldn’t sleep. The next day, early in the morning, Li Huailin was filled with joy and expectations while he ate a little bit of breakfast, after doing so, he immediately went online.
The place he ended up when he went online was still at the center public square. He already finished arranging his plans before going to sleep last night, and so, he ran straight for the main city’s northern gates.
Since the Humans’ Main City, the City of Divine Protection, was a city situated on a plain, there were a total of four city gates which were in the north, south, east, and west. Yesterday, Li Huailin read a thread and found out that the main city was a safe zone where PK couldn’t be done, this meant he could only fight in the wild. The reason why he chose the northern gates was that it was the closest to the respawn point and it was convenient for him to travel on foot.
Because it was still very early in the morning, there weren’t many players. In addition, the nearby location for leveling up wasn’t that great. Li Huailin saw no one around when he walked to the gates. After giving it some thought, Li Huailin simply stood on the moat bridge that was directly facing the northern gates. This area wasn’t a safe zone and one must pass through this road if one were to leave the city, it was unavoidable.
“Everything’s ready…” Li Huailin raised the newbie Damaged Sword in his hand and said excitedly, “Come people!”
Shortly after this, his first target appeared. In the distance, two average-looking male players walked over. One of them was easily recognizable as he was in a Warrior’s getup, not only did he have a long sword on his back, but he also wore a small wooden shield. A few pieces of equipment on his body were also gleaming with blue-green light—this showed that he was a little wealthy. The other one wore a long cotton robe and carried a wooden rod on his back. Li Huailin didn’t know whether this player was a Mage, Priest, or Warlock.
“Wait!” Li Huailin shouted and jumped out from the brush, “I’m in charge of this mountain, these trees I’ve grown! If you want to pass through here, leave your money as a toll1!”
“What?” The two players were startled at first, and then they both laughed at the same time.
“Are you an S13? You’re robbing in a game and your lines are also so hackneyed, you’re here to make people laugh, right?” The warrior player continued to laugh as he said this.
“Besides, can’t you be a little more professional at robbing? You’re still wearing a newbie set outfit right now, who are you scaring? Is there someone who asked you to provoke us? To try to make us kill you and turn us into red names? And then maybe a bunch of people would kill us for our equipment and send us to jail? We’re not that stupid.” The Mage-like player all of a sudden inferred a bunch of purely imaginative things—moreover, he was even very confident with his inference as he nodded with complacency.
“Oh crap! Why didn’t I think of that!?” Li Huailin placed his fist on his palm in a moment of realization. ‘Wait, no, what does that method have to do with me? I”m here to seek death after all! Forget it, I should just attack them, this way, they can legitimately retaliate and kill me—enough with the superfluous talk.’
“If you don’t f*king hand me money, I’ll hack you to death!” Li Huailin said while raising the newbie’s Damaged Sword, he then thrust it at the Mage-like player’s chest. He continued, “You’re so damn talkative! Who the f*ck do you think you are!”
-890 (Critical Hit).
A massive red critical hit number drifted by at the top of the Mage-like player’s head, the Mage-like player fell down to the ground before he could even utter another word.
System Notice: You have killed a player ‘Glutinous Rice Bread’, Infamy -1.
“Oh sh*t!” “Oh sh*t!”
The Warrior player on the side didn’t foresee this outcome at all, even Li Huailin himself didn’t know this would happen. The Warrior player would’ve never expected that a player in a newbie’s three-piece outfit was actually able to kill his teammate in one strike. His strike even did critical hit for a near 900 damage—what the heck was going on? However, what Li Huailin was currently thinking was completely different—When did I become so kickass?
Right away, Li Huailin opened his character status in a hurry.
Name: Open-Minded Like A Forest
Class: Warrior
Supporting Class: Miner
Level: 12
Experience 12,000/16,000
Attributes
HP: 2,200/2,200
MP: 2,200/2,200
Attack: 418-495 Defense: 44-61
Magic Attack: 34-41 Magic Defense: 52-57
Strength: 319
Agility: 117
Constitution: 110
Intellect: 117
Spirit: 110
Luck: 5
Reputation: 1200
Free Attributes: 0
‘Damn! What are these f*cking monstrous stats!?’ Li Huailin was astonished, he didn’t know what was going on at all. He simply slept for a night and then his character stats suddenly skyrocketed several times. However, Li Huailin found the answer to this himself immediately… in his status bar, there was a densely packed row of over twenty of the same icons.
Despicable Lowlife: Curse. Violated the game’s rule of harassing players of the opposite sex, all attributes will increase by 10%, continues for seven days, this curse cannot be removed.
Li Huailin did a quick count, since there were a total of 28 of the same icons… In other words, he was currently in a state where all his attributes were increased by 280%. Because he originally added all his points into strength, for better or for worse, his strength stat was through the roof—he had an attack of over 400! This meant a critical hit of over 800! Also, to begin with, Mages were a class that didn’t add any of their points to Constitution, of course it was an instant kill!
“What… what the heck is this…” Li Huailin instantly felt a headache, if a normal person were to encounter this kind of situation, they’d be insanely happy—a seven-day buff that increased all attributes by 280%. Leveling up and farming bosses would be a piece of cake. The problem, however, was that Li Huailin couldn’t kill monsters and fight bosses to level up. This 40-60 Defense stat was something he had after it had been deducted by 20% from activating Defensive Stance, he also currently had 2,200 Health Points… how was he supposed to kill himself now?
Just when he was feeling melancholic, the dumbstruck Warrior player suddenly came back to his senses. Right away, the Warrior took to his heels and headed straight for the main city’s safe zone.
‘Oh right! You’re still here!’ Li Huailin thought. Although the Mage bit the dust, there was still this Warrior here. Since he attacked this duo-party, this meant that the Warrior had 30 minutes to freely counterattack him without any repercussions from the system. His attributes were abnormal, to say the least, however, he could just stand still to let the warrior kill him.
While thinking that there was still a chance, he then chased behind the Warrior with his overpowered 50% movement speed boost from Defensive Stance. He caught up to the escaping warrior in just three strides and stopped in front of the latter.
“Don’t you go!” Li Huailin said in rush.
“Big brother, wait no… I remember you now! You’re that kickass brother!” The Warrior player originally thought Li Huailin looked slightly familiar the moment he saw him. However, he didn’t really pay much attention earlier. Now that he remembered, wasn’t this the kickass brother who violently slapped NPCs as seen in the pinned forum thread? He thought that the kickass brother was just a legend—no matter how impressive a player was, there would always be a limit—but now, he personally witnessed this legend in person. He was almost terrified to the point of falling to his knees. A player at his level was killed with just a single strike, how could he have dared to provoke someone so powerful? He hurriedly begged for forgiveness, “Kickass brother, this lowly one failed to recognize a formidable person like you, please let me live…”
“No, that’s not what I mean…” Feeling a little awkward, Li Huailin stroked his head, he really didn’t mean to kill anyone. “Aren’t you in the same party as that Mage, why don’t you take revenge for him?”
“How could I dare attack you? I saw everything from beginning to end! Kickass brother clearly wanted to rob my friend, that’s absolutely my friend’s blessings accumulated over eight lifetimes, and yet he actually wasn’t deeply grateful to have you rob him—he simply has no sense of propriety! It serves him right to die!” The Warrior player had already seen the video of Li Huailin fiercely slapping the Warrior Instructor Ernst yesterday. This was why he presumed to understand Li Huailin’s personality, he quickly followed his assumption of Li Huailin’s intentions and said this in a hurry.
“Serves your damn sister right!” Li Huailin pulled on the Warrior player and said fiercely, “This old man will give you one last chance, are you going to attack or not!?”
“Kickass brother, I still have to take care of my parents and children, a small family business isn’t easy. Yesterday, I farmed for an entire day just for an increase in 23% Experience, please just let me go this one time,” after the Warrior player said this, he took out five Silver Coins—he didn’t use the trade function, instead, he placed the coins on the ground. “These are all my assets, please let me live.”
“I… I…” Li Huailin never expected his robbing would really be successful, he didn’t know how he should react at all right now.
“Thank you, thank you! Thank you kickass brother for letting me live! I’ll definitely be deeply grateful when I go back, I definitely won’t hold a grudge and trouble you in the future! This also goes for my friend, I promise you this!” Upon seeing Li Huailin’s hesitant expression, the Warrior player thought that Li Huailin was considering whether or not to kill him. Thus, he supplemented these words in a hurry—striking while the iron was hot—in an attempt to change Li Hualin’s mind.
“…”
Seeing that Li Huailin had no reaction to what he was doing, the Warrior player hurriedly circled around Li Huailin and slipped away towards the main city, instantly disappearing from Li Huailin’s field of view.
“This… this is completely different from what I planned…” Li Huailin facepalmed, however, he immediately made a resolution, “I don’t f*cking believe that there isn’t a single player in the City of Divine Protection that won’t dare to cut me down. It’s decided, I’ll continue robbing!”
