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Entering the game
Three days passed by really quickly…
Looking at the time, there was only one minute away before the game officially opens. Rui, wearing a helmet, was lying on his bed, waiting.
He turned on the power.
With his vision going dark, Rui entered the game.
Once again, he arrived at the place where he made his account.
“There’s only ten seconds left before the game opens!”
“Only nine seconds before the game opens!”
“…”
“The game will open in one second!”
“The game has opened, do you wish to enter?”
Gently approaching the front of the Rogue statue, upon activation, Rui’s body was suddenly sucked into it, and the six statues of other occupation broke and collapsed.
“Enter the game!”
With one bright white light shining into the sky, by the time Rui’s vision was restored, he was already in a very small town.
He touched his own body and felt the existence of fabrics. It seems, in order to protect the privacy of the players’ characters, and protect the players themselves, the game company actually gave players protection rather than having them start out with an underwear and a bra.
“Damn, what the f— is going on? I was gonna sit here and watch the naked bodies of beautiful ladies!”
“Hell, this is outrageous. I’m going to protest!”
“You two idiots, instead of standing here and complaining, why don’t you go and level up. In a little while, there will be so many people that you won’t be able to play.”
“…”
Hearing the crowd’s conversation, Rui began to laugh.
Opening his bag, he found a wooden sword the system presented to him, and he took out the equipment.
He took a look at the stats of his equipment.
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Novice Wooden Sword: Attack 3-5, Indestructible |
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Novice Clothing: 5 Defense, Indestructible |
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Novice Sandals: 1 Defense, Indestructible |
‘Damn, are these equipment for a caveman or something?’
Dumbfounded, Rui looked at the linen clothes on his body, the straw sandals, and the wooden sword.
Nevermind, it was better for him to find a place to level up, otherwise, there’d be more and more people.
The sky was constantly alight because it shines each time a new player enters ‘Kismet.’ The Novice’s village is a closed town; before a player reaches level 10, it is absolutely impossible to leave it. There were a lot of players inside the confinement of the Novice Village who wanted to reach level 10 quickly and seize the opportunities to leave it.
Carrying a wooden sword, Rui was running while taking advantage of his Speed stat of 2. Although it wasn’t very fast, relative to many of the players who didn’t even have 1 point in Speed (for not having 10 Agility points), he was very fast.
He ran all the way straight to the exit of the village, and ran into an NPC with the word “Mayor” above his head.
A quest!
Rui suddenly stopped in his tracks, walked up to the Mayor, and talked to him.
“Hello Mayor, is there anything I can do for you?”
“Hello brave Sly Hand, welcome to number 22,222 Novice Village. I hope you can find your own path in the world of Kismet. Become strong, and continuously transcend to the very top!”
“…”
Discontented, he bid farewell to the Mayor. Really, there was no way it was that easy to receive a quest.
The moment he came out of the village, it was already overcrowded. The moment small rabbits and chicken spawned, they didn’t even have enough time to look around before a wooden sword would slash upon them, and countless of them died on the spot. How sad! Fortunately, the corpses of the slain animals would disappear quickly, otherwise, the ground would be littered with corpses and would really become a tragedy!
With many players eyeing the ground waiting for the monsters to respawn, Rui suddenly lost interest. He didn’t want to get mixed in with the large group and kill steal. Moreover, if he wanted to get out of the Novice Village quickly, engaging with small rabbits and chickens wasn’t enough. To seize opportunities, his starting point must be different from everyone else. Since there’s a big difference in his stats compared to normal players, naturally, he should go find high-level monsters to kill.
He walked away from the village, and naturally, the monsters there were stronger the further away from safe-zone. Even though most people were level 0, they may be able to go up against level 1 mobs, but for level 2 and higher, unless they were working together, it was near impossible. However, with Rui’s increased attributes and his knowledge of the game, he should be able to handle higher level monsters.
Novice players were generally divided into two categories. The first category are the Physical-based kind of players such as Knights, Warriors, Rogues, and Archers. The second type are the Magic-based players such as Mages, Summoners, and Priests. Prior to level 10, before getting their job advancement, physical-based players have no attack skills other than the generic attack. However, there was a passive effect that can trigger and deals 120% damage, which was considered ‘not bad.’ Magic-based players are considered relatively weak, but they have a skill called ‘Elemental Ball of Light,’ which deals 120% damage and consumes a certain amount of MP. However, due to it being the earlier stages of the game, players do not have the money to buy MP potions. Thus, compared to using Elemental Ball of Light for leveling, wielding a wooden sword to kill monsters was much better.
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Pheasant |
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Level : 2 |
Walking further away from the village, were monsters called Pheasant, and its Attack and Health was doubled in comparison to the level 1 rabbits and chickens. Thus, relatively fewer players came to this place, and most of them who did come, were friends and formed a party together.
Although there were fewer people, there was still not enough monsters to go around. Since Rui didn’t want to get in conflict with the people there, he sent them a sweeping glance and proceeded further.
Nevertheless, there were a lot of people who took notice of Rui’s sudden appearance. However, since he was on his own, the chances of them being robbed of their monster was quite slim, and thus, did not care if he went further away from the village. But there were still people who minded him. Seeing Rui getting farther away, a lot of the people revealed mocking smiles. A level 2 monster needed a party to work together to barely defeat it, and there’s one guy who wants to find more powerful monsters? To court death?
Rui didn’t care how people thought of him, and even if he did, he would just laugh it off. He continued into the depths passing the level 2 Pheasants’ area.
“Hey bro, right ahead is the area of the Gray Wolves, it’s very dangerous!” A handsome youth cried out towards Rui’s back.
Rui turned around to look at him and the people around him, and smiled gently. Ignoring the persuasive call of the young fellow, he wandered to the area of the Gray Wolves alone.
“Big bro, don’t worry about him anymore. If you rush into the area of the level 5 Gray Wolves, you’ll be killed!” Shortly after, a short person held the handsome youth back and said with disdain.
“Is he really trying to die?”
Rui looked back, and the handsome young fellow’s eyebrows were slightly wrinkled, but he didn’t have time to ponder. A friend of his lured another Pheasant towards him and their next battle continued.
Stepping into the Gray Wolf area, it didn’t take long before he encountered a Gray Wolf the size of a calf.
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Gray Wolf |
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Level : 5 |
Seeing the stats of the Gray Wolf, Rui suddenly felt his perspiration streaming down his body. ‘What the hell is this? The monsters right before this place was a level 2, but it’s level 5 here? F— me!’
Rui discovered the Gray Wolf, naturally the Gray Wolf also discovered him. Rui originally thought it would be a level 3 monster. At the moment, the Gray Wolf’s gaze was fixated on him. Advancing was not an option, neither was retreat. It was very awkward moment! Compared to other monsters such as Rabbits, Chickens, and Pheasants, Gray Wolves were very different, they took initiative to attack. When Gray Wolves finds a player, it will attack them, and this was why players considered them a pain in the ass. In a party against a non-aggressive monster, even if they all hit it once, it’d be mostly dead. However, for aggressive mobs, that strategy would not be possible, since they can’t get close enough without it attacking, thus the strategy was not viable.
‘Damn, it’s just a virtual wolf. What the hell? Nevermind a real wolf, even if it was a real lion or a tiger, I would still slaughter them as though they were cats and dogs.’
Seeing the Gray Wolf lowering its forefoot and slightly lowering its head, assuming an attacking posture, Rui’s mood suddenly turned sullen. Without any hesitation, he grabbed ahold of his Novice Wooden Sword in reverse grip, with its blade pointing behind, he habitually gripped it as though he was holding a dagger.
Perhaps because Rui also displayed an attacking posture, the Gray Wolf suddenly got angry. With force from its rear leg, it quickly ran towards Rui.
Frontal assault?
In the end, a beast is still a beast! Without any intelligence, it was easy to deal with a low level monster.
There was a hint of smile on Rui’s lips. With the body of the Gray Wolf fast approaching, his body dodged to the side, avoiding the teeth-bite attack, and the wooden sword in his hand struck its back ruthlessly.
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Critical Damage: -34 |
Yellow colored damage numbers suddenly appeared, and Rui couldn’t help but grin.
Good start, the first attack was a critical hit, really awesome!
Maybe because of the pain of being attacked, the Gray Wolf turned and a pair of violent eyes looked straightly at Rui, bared its teeth and grinned, disgusting saliva flowed down from its teeth.
‘Damn, isn’t the extent of virtual realism of this thing too amazing? It feels like a real wolf.’
“Awooo…”
After a loud howl, the Gray Wolf attacked again. This time, its running speed was even faster than its first attack. Because Rui was surprised at how fast it was, he wasn’t prepared for it, and the wolf’s paw landed an attack on his shoulder.
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– 37 |
Upon suffering an attack, his Health fell by almost a third.
Rui’s eyes turned piercingly cold. According to the wolf’s previous attack, it showed that it did not attack vital organs and weaknesses. At this moment, because of Rui’s Defense, he shouldn’t have received a lot of damage. However, because his level was lower, it resulted in him receiving 37 points of damage.
With a slightly arched body, his was in a posture that resembles a cheetah. In reality, Rui would have given the wolf a thrashing. However, he was inside a game and his stats limited him. Nevertheless, Crimson Shadow Ghost was no small prey the wolf could defeat.
With slightly narrowed eyes, Rui looked straight at the Gray Wolf, and the latter became somewhat timid because of the cold atmosphere.
Heh~, the game really was very realistic. The beast formed by data actually knew fear! Since it didn’t dare to come over and launch another attack, then he’ll go over there, kill it, and make it pay for baring its claws at him!
Rui’s eyes flashed, he bent his body slightly, and rushed past the Gray Wolf.
“Awooo…”
Due to Rui’s imposing manner, the Gray Wolf suffered a loss of morale. Seeing its enemy blatantly rushing towards it with a frontal attack, the Gray Wolf howled, and with force from its rear legs, it jumped up and fiercely charged towards Rui.
‘You’re dead!’
Seeing the Gray Wolf’s body in the air, Rui let out a sneer.
“Nimble Wind!”
Nimble Wind suddenly activated, and Rui’s speed increased dramatically. With the Novice Wooden Sword in his hands, he rushed beneath the Gray Wolf’s body, and its eyes showed a look of disbelief. A small flash appeared.
Quick, concise, a fast blow, and a flash like thunder hovered over across the sky!
This was one of Crimson Shadow Ghost’s method to kill people, accurately slitting the Gray Wolf’s throat. An instant kill move!
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– 138 |
Ding!
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Due to attacking the Gray Wolf’s weakness, the damage has been doubled! |
Attacking the weakness plus critical damage! This has caused almost 150 damage to the Gray Wolf.
Hmm!
When the Gray Wolf landed, Rui snorted. In the end, this was still a game world, and everything was based on stats. Otherwise, at this moment, the wolf should have died! Nevertheless, by now, the outcome of the battle was already clear!
Taking advantage of the still active effects of Nimble Wind, Rui regained his balance and charged towards the Gray Wolf. Around it, was a continuous a wave of attacks from the Novice Wooden Sword, finishing off the Gray Wolf with its little remaining HP!
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2nd?
wohoo
Nice, nice. Real skillz always pwn no matter the game~ thx fro the fast, and accurate translations
how many volumes does this series have? Korean/Chinese/Japanese raws?
So far, I’ve only seen up to Volume 2… However, Volume 1 has 1,300 chapters!
1300 ch? wew
OMG 1300 chapters for 1 volume.. ROFL
!? how is that a volume 1! And thanks I’ll definitely pick this up with 1300+ chapters.
I…..NEED…..MOREEEEEEEE
http://www.5du5.com/book/1/1330/
Thanks, how are your plans on translating this? One chapter a week, or just post a chapter when you are done?
To be honest, we can’t really determine how often we can release a chapter… since it’s quite short, I was hoping to translate at least a chapter a week, and see the responses of the readers.
If it’s popular, then more releases, I guess?
not to be rude but 1 person translating this is ridiculous, it will take you more than 40 years to catch up to the raws at 1 chapter a week. at minimum it should be at least 10 people or 10 chapters daily/weekly if you ever plan on catching up to the raws in this Generation.
But you don’t need to catch up to enjoy the series, right? You can just enjoy the chapter a week or whatever. Think about if you were waiting for the actual author to release it. It would probably be about a chapter a week too, right? I don’t mind reading stuff one chapter at a time.
Not mentioning the fact that the actual author released it much faster, it really would take us over 20 years to even come half way through this novel… not mentioning catching up, we’ll die of old age before even coming close to the end. Guess it’s time for you to pick up chinese yourself if you wanna get to the end in the next couple of years.
Actually you are wrong because author releases 2-3 ch. a day and it started in 2012 (till this day) so you don’t get chapter a week but couple chapters everyday (that is why you have like 1600 chapters already) if japtem release 1 chapter a week then if you do the math: ~52 weeks in a year = 52 releases. There are 1600 chapters, take that and divide by 52 then you get 30 years. I will probably live to that day but I don’t think that anyone will wait 30 years to read 1 novel. Of course this is estimate number and sometimes they might not upload it every week or there might be more releases in a week but still we are looking at around 20+ years of translating at this rate.
I unfortunately don’t know Chinese language but given the time I could learn it no problem in 20 years :D. Perhaps this is the best option? people learning Chinese or finding 10 more people to translate the novel and increase the pace.
I’m just saying. I do not mean any ill intentions saying that and I’m grateful for someone to translate the novel. But would hope for more releases too as with time curiosity fades (at least in my experience). Sorry for long post.
I wish it was longer
Please don’t curse me… I’m the only one translating this >.>
The main hero reminds me of Arctic Fox from 1/2 Prince 🙂
the chapters are very short 🙁
Then just enjoy some shortcake with some iced tea.
Thanks for the new chapter!
He is causing so much damage even though being a lvl 0?!
Can’t wait to see when he lvls and gets more skills! 😀
Thanks for the chapter
yay
such a cool novel. I need MOAAAAR!
its chinese novel yeah..i can read raw :3
Am I the only one that thinks that (level x speed) boost at level zero should be no boost? Still I like the story so far, so thank you for translating.
Valid point XD author mistake? XD
My humble guess is that it’s “Skill level x speed”. So once he the skill goes lvl 2 it will triple his speed (2(base speed) + 2(skill lvl) * 2(base speed)). He can be quite the fast runner in this game XD
Did he really have to use that one hour cooldown skill on the first mob? How will he kill the other wolves to lvl up? He might get to lvl 1 thanks to the kill… but still the other wolves won’t be that much easier. I think he should have waited with that skill. Maybe after killing enough wolves the alpha wolf will show up and then he’s fucked XD
No actually it is Level (of a character) x speed meaning 0x2 is 0. If you read further into the story you will see what I mean. So either translators mistake or the author (but I do encounter these type of mistakes in novels and manga centred around virtual reality/games where something is always wrong with stats and how they calculate dmg etc.) But in overall I do enjoy the story so not really a problem for me 😀
Reminds me of Liola! Child assassin
Liola? Who? What is it from?
Aka Silver Moon from “Kill no More” http://japtem.com/projects/
is it really smart to start translating a project this big? it has more than 2000 Chapters, and if you plan on translating 1 chapter a week by the time you catch up to the raws a few decades would have passed.
Thank you!
The chapters might be short, but that just means that we’ll get more frequent updates!
(looking at you AnmesicCat ! :P)
Series seems a bit silly, for example: “In the end, this was still a game world, and everything was based on stats. Otherwise, at this moment, the wolf should have died!” He’s using a freaking wooden sword! Slitting someone’s throat with a wooden sword doesn’t kill them, even in real life!
Oh well, I’ll keep reading and hope it gets more realistic.
The wooden sword could be sharp. We aren’t given any details on the wooden sword itself. Besides he said it was one of his most used moves and it isn’t like the wolf died instantly. http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs31/i/2008/205/1/7/Poplar_Wooden_Sword_by_Ley_lee_meister.jpg You hit with that fast enough? you could slit someones throat with relative ease.
Crushing larynx still works. But well, yeah, that is not slitting.
you can slit someone throat with practically anything, as long as you slash quick enough, even paper can kill you, you seem to live in a imaginary world :), a wooden sword can slice your throat easily with the force of the swing, maybe even cut your head off if the person swinging it is strong enough.
I teach martial arts, and no, you can’t. Not practically. And I doubt the sword is sharp, since it’s a practice sword. In order to cut someone’s head off with a wooden sword, you’d need to be moving faster than humanly possible, and have more force behind it than humanly possible. Even slicing someone’s throat wouldn’t be practical with a practice sword.
Maybe in a world where they can use Chi/Qi/Ki/etc. to strengthen themselves or their weapon, sure. But they haven’t mentioned anything like that in this series yet.
varler is right dont you know physics…wood can only fracture your bones and other random shit in your body unless it is pretty damn sharp , not liquids obviously…
You clearly haven’t read many chinese wuxia novels have you?
Qi in chinese martial arts novels is a given and clearly implied…
Which specific type of martial arts.
Well, since it’s a game world surpassing human limits is not something uncommon.
if he is still using a wooden sword on real life to kill that wolf that is
Actually. Bashign in the throat with that heavy force slice.
Could make you die trough lack of oxygen. In a few minutes or so.
Once again a story includes a pet peeve of mine. MC is faster than basically everybody at this point, yet somehow, immediately after the game opens, there are people that beat him to the hunting zone when the first thing that he did was run to it. And, not only that, they apparently somehow knew that lvl 5 wolves appeared after the lvl 2 area. The game just opened! Nobody should know anything at this point! So freaking annoying.
Sigh. Here’s to hoping the MC doesn’t turn out to be an idiot around women like so many others.
are you seriously telling me that somehow no one leak information on this game before it came out? seriously dude there is no game in history that was release without some kind of hint/Information or something. im sure there was at least a couple of dudes that knew the first mobs and posted it online and everyone started and it spread, common sense
If there were leaks, then it makes it even harder for me to accept that this guy was a top-ranked assassin (as if his low age and time as one weren’t enough to obliterate my ‘suspension of disbelief’). Seriously, what assassin could survive having not incorporated a near-oppressive level of due diligence into their being? And, really, of all things, the company would leak information regarding the most common lvl 1, 2, and 5 monsters? Sure, it’s possible, but leaks tend to be marketing ploys to generate excitement in the product. I just don’t see how knowing about lvl 5 wolves does anything of the sort.
not to mention that he got two ”unique” skills just for being lucky at rolling his stats…. he even says himself that any normal assassin (and i bet there are normal people that can get close to an assassins level) can get 10 points in toughness but he’s the ONLY person to get 10 points XD those skills are so strange XD they’re given to him because of his stat roll…. but they then immediately say ”no one else can get these! :3” XD so stupid XD no balanced game in the history of mankind would allow that XD
I was trying to pretend that these inconsistencies were translation error. 🙂
I’m also trying to believe the unique skills are a product of the AI and not something coded into the game because, yeah, I don’t see a company wasting resources for so many unique aspects. It’s simply too inefficient.
The translation is fine, it’s the original author who wouldn’t know a decent plot if it hit him in the face.
Maybe it’s something like everyone gets a different skill when he gets a 10?
I totally agree on the “being first at the hunting spot” thing. I mean he logs on the moment the game opens, is the fastest runner at the beginning but other ppl beat him to the hunting grounds… oh well gotta forgive the author.
But it was mentioned, in chapter 2 I think, that he watched gamemasters complete missions on the game… maybe there was a video that showed the starting area? (Or did he watch videos of classic MMOs? Not too sure there). But then it would be possible for ppl to know.
He could have started at the wrong side of town. Further from the exit/entrance. Also wasted time trying to get a quest.
The way I read it, and I could be wrong, he watched videos of the classics to get some idea of how the games operate.
It doesn’t have plot. Just mumbled words together…
Mumble Jumbo with tons of gibberish potatoes and ch(OW)der.
Yes
Thanks for the release
i wanna see a lvl 0 PK another lvl 0 that would be entertaining
Does this actually get any better later on? Maybe it’s just me but this story just doesn’t manage to hook me in like ark and kill no more did. So far these three chapters feel very generic almost like a fanfiction….
To quote Varric Tethras: “Scrappy is better than flawless. I like heroes who try their damnedest, even if they fail a lot. It’s easy to be valiant when you always win and everything goes your way. There’s nothing great in that.”
This reads like a “Tom Cruise Movie”, the MC feels like a Marty Stu.
I’ve read much better fanfiction…on this site and RRL.
“Scrapper no Scrapping”
I have to disagree with you as this is something different (yea assassin at age 15 etc but still it is a FICTIONAL work so it doesn’t have to be super realistic). On the other hand? Ark is pretty much the same as LMS if you read both it’s really the same (both MC have greed for money and japtem, both didn’t like the profession they chosen, both are cruel to their summons) the list goes on and on. And this is different a bit because the MC is actually kind of a dark character and doesn’t give a cr*p about japtem much. That is why I enjoy it.
this is decent but cmon, he decides to be an assassin at age 15 and by the time he’s 18 he is already an accomplished killer with many high profile kills… would be easier to believe if he had been raised as an assassin from birth
I read it out of lack of stuff to read … disaapointed at the end.
He’s not only clearly overpowered with any sense of morale.
He’s a brat …
Would any association let an assain go?
Who wrote that?
A secluded person?
…I like the writing style. But the stuff he put’s inbetween the fights is just .. *mewh*.
since they are translating the webnovel most chapters will be short and if they are going to translate this weekly…. it is a Chinese webnovel so its more google-translate friendly and you can more or less understand.
Thanks for the chapter.
‘What the hell is this? The monsters right before this place was a level 2, but it’s level 5 here? F— me!’
yeah, fuck u. didn’t the handsome dude already tell u before that u’re heading to the area of lvl 5 wolf? or what, because he’s handsome u think he’s lying?
man this guy doesnt really think like an assassin.
other than that, its pretty decent so far, though i dont think i can manage the wait if this is going to be 1 chapter a week since the chapter is too short. if compared to arifureta i’ll say this chapter is about 1/5 of their length. so i hoped to at least read 3chapters a week to be satisfied but hey, im just a leecher here so i got no right to complain
@AnmesicCat:disqus Thanks for the chapters man. Thanks to you i find something to read in this boring days 🙂
I hope someday you will start to translate Moonlight Sculptor again.
lol…. I laughed so hard when i read what people call him….. it’s not that threatening as an assassin’s title
Looking forward to seeing where this goes. I’m glad the statistics mention their derivations (i.e. hp=10x vit), since otherwise all the numbers seems arbitrary (which they are anyway, but still).
thanks for the chapters,
this series is interesting ^^. will be waiting for more~
thank for the update
thanks. can you add more to this i want there to be more chapters(content) to read before i can decide if i really like this or not. it seems interesting but it is to short for me to get a good feeling about it yet. or can you guys do three updates every time?
Thank ya very much for the translation translators! Many thanks towards the Author!
You guys have done a lot of translations for us and I appreciate them but this character lacks depth and its also unrealistic it doesn’t feel real, it feels more like someone decided to make an unrealistic hero and make him as human as possible at least with kill no more the main character developed which I hope this happens but kill no more was a bit more realistic. I’m going to keep reading this but I it continues to be shallow by chapter in 20 I think ill drop it
Sigh… The writing quality is on par with some of the worst fanfic on RoyalRoad.
So can I gobble you all up?!
hola soy un seguidor de este bloc, y tenia curiosidad de preguntar de porque tardan demasiado en traducir esta novela, que es demasiado corta como para que tome demasiado tiempo eso es todo i gracias por leer mi comentario, a y me encanta esta novela se ve muy interesante hehee
someone should add this in novel summary 😀
Mature Warning
Some chapters of this novel may consist scenes with extreme violence or sexual content. Please read at your own risk.
lol ikr
Need moar grr
Like Cowbells?
i hope to see this series more often!, i love this kind of stories.
Reading from the comments, the plot is kinda wacky. It’s relatively short and chinese (more translators) however, sigh, its a weekly release. Thanks for the translation, I guess. I suggest getting more help?
Great. Another shitty OP MC.
Thank you for the chapter.
Nice chapter, I like this novel so far.
Is there a logic or a translation mistake? Or did I understand somesting wrong? “The Novice’s village is a closed town; before a player reaches level 10, it is absolutely impossible to leave it.” -> but how it comes that everyone is hunting rabbits, pheasant and wolves at level 0?
Op