Chapter 106: Clearing Up the Misunderstanding
After ending the call with Xiaoi, my heart remained restless for a long time.
Additional attributes...
Truly top-tier equipment!
These thoughts kept swirling through my mind.
I did some calculations: even if each piece of equipment only adds one extra attribute, assembling a full set would significantly boost one's strength.
Take Xiaoi, for example. Currently, her spirit power is only 12 points (which should be properly supplemented with wisdom to increase her MP limit). Her base magic attack is 4–4, plus a basic level-one fire magic attack of 1–2; the staff boosts magic attack by 5%, making it 5–6 magic attack in total...
This kind of attack power is quite weak.
But once she equips four pieces of gear dropped by the magical Kodo beast, it directly adds 12 points to spirit power and 4 points to fire magic attack! That's equivalent to an 8-point magic attack increase out of nowhere!
Compared to her previous attack power, it more than doubles!
If she were to wear the full set of magical Kodo beast equipment, Xiaoi would probably possess the attack power of a second-tier mage... When she reaches my level, her attack will surely surpass mine, even surpassing most warriors of the same level!
In a sense, for mages who start out weak, once they acquire a full set of such equipment, the most difficult hurdle to overcome essentially disappears.
What excites me is that with this kind of gear, leveling up would be like a rocket—rapidly shooting upward!
Just thinking about having such a second-tier top-quality set ignites a fire in my heart—reaching the third tier would be child's play!
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Now I finally understand why Xiaoi was so excited when she heard I was giving her two pieces of equipment dropped by the magical Kodo beast.
Why the Supreme Mercenary Corps, full of third-tier experts, would tirelessly camp the White Cloud Mining Area every three days to hunt down the level-20 quasi-boss—the Commander...
A truly top-tier piece of equipment holds an enormous allure for players!
That said, the set Whisper gave me is already very good.
Without this vine armor, I wouldn’t even know where I’d be wandering to level up now; I certainly wouldn’t have been able to easily solo the magical Kodo beasts and unexpectedly finish them off.
Speaking of which, why did the magical Kodo beast suddenly respawn today?
According to Whisper, the magical Kodo beast should respawn every three days. Its sudden appearance today—could it disrupt its respawn schedule? Will future respawn times change as well?
With these thoughts, I immediately sent a telepathic message to Whisper:
Whisper values the Kodo beast magic stones highly. If she enters the Kodo beast valley again after forty-eight hours as usual, she might miss the magical Kodo beast’s respawn.
I was just worried I had no chance to thank her properly—this was the perfect opportunity...
No sooner had I sent the tentative message than a gentle, melodious voice replied:
“Need something?” Whether still harboring some resentment over my earlier advances, Whisper’s tone seemed somewhat distant and indifferent.
I didn’t mind—it was only a brief acquaintance, and I hadn’t left a good impression. Reaching out now might seem like harassment, so her wariness was understandable.
I cut to the chase, explaining the sudden respawn of the magical Kodo beast in the Kodo beast valley, preparing to end the call amid her surprise.
But Whisper didn’t seem surprised at all. Instead, she asked in a very strange tone:
“You’re just telling me this?”
“Hmm? Why do you sound so unsurprised? You already knew?”
I felt a sweat bead on my forehead.
Sure enough, a string of charming laughter rang out on her end:
“Heh, after all, I’m the mercenary corps leader. An event as big as the magic wolf pack attacking the Kodo beast valley... the whole Frost City knows about it. How could I not?”
More pleasant laughter followed.
I felt my face flush with embarrassment and muttered to myself in frustration:
The speed of information transmission in this age is truly terrifying...
Just as I was about to end the conversation and slip away, Whisper’s voice came again:
“By the way, you were there too? Didn’t Purple Thunder already give you level-15 gear? Why were you still in the Kodo beast valley?”
“Oh, I reached level 19 a few hours ago. Since I couldn’t advance at night, I went to the Kodo beast valley to practice skills. Then I was cornered by the magic wolf pack and stumbled upon the magical Kodo beast... Heh, luck was on my side with its respawn, so I leveled up... Oh, tell Purple Thunder to prepare second-tier gear; I probably need to upgrade tomorrow.”
The moment I said this, Whisper fell silent.
After more than ten seconds, I finally heard her astonished tone:
“Sorry, I thought you were joking... Didn’t expect you really hit level 20! Strange, you couldn’t level up in Black Wind Forest today—how did you manage it alone?”
She paused slightly, then before I could reply, a flurry of questions burst out:
“By the way! Your promotion quest was the magical Kodo beast? You killed it?”
“No wonder you suddenly came to tell me this for no reason... I see now, I misunderstood you again.”
With the misunderstanding cleared up, Whisper’s surprise didn’t end. Questions kept pouring out—how we escaped the magic wolf pack’s attack, the exact time and place of the magical Kodo beast’s death...
Her questions left my mind reeling!
Reluctantly, I recounted everything that happened in the Forgotten Fortress and the Kodo beast valley, except I concealed what happened after the Supreme Mercenary Corps exterminated the magic wolf pack.