piratefiction Chapter 15 Do you want to log off?
Chapter 15 Do you want to log off?
Seeing Aaron's fighting spirit, Richard chuckled. It seemed that the measures taken against the serfs yesterday had been particularly effective.
Wake up the great era.
I fed it ten kilograms of carrots and a large piece of horse meat for breakfast, and then patted its head and interacted with it.
My mood improved by 5 points.
Immediately.
He flipped himself onto its neck, letting Im and Aaron follow behind, and the three of them headed towards the river at the foot of the snow-capped mountain.
The riverbank is covered with exposed boulders.
Some were rounded by the river, while others seemed to have rolled down from the mountain and cracked into pieces after hitting other large rocks.
Although some were collected by the Universiade, there are still quite a few.
It's no exaggeration to call it a real-life quarry; it's the perfect place to gather stone resources in the early stages.
soon.
The three arrived at their destination and came to a large, dark blue-green rock about half a person's height.
Richard did not come down.
Open the system panel in your mind and add Aaron's name to the [Player List].
[Note: Added successfully, current number of users sharing is 2/4]
I heard the notification tone.
He threw a prepared iron pickaxe at Aaron's feet.
"Use this and see if you can chisel open this big rock."
Aaron's excitement wore off.
I have some doubts at this moment.
With good fortune, you can easily get a pile of rubble by just a couple of kicks. Isn't that how you get the materials to build a wall?
Why did the master specifically appoint him to quarry stones?
Do not understand.
However, the master's orders must be obeyed!
He spat into his palm.
He bent down, picked up the pickaxe, gripped the handle tightly, and with all his might, swung his arm around it and smashed it hard against the boulder.
"Ding!"
The pickaxe struck the boulder with a sharp metallic clang, sending sparks flying.
Aaron thought that the pickaxe would at most leave a white mark, but he never expected that the pickaxe would be embedded halfway into the boulder.
He froze for a moment.
He quickly pulled out the pickaxe and smashed it four more times.
Bang!
With a loud bang, the boulder, which was half a person tall, shattered and scattered into more than a dozen uniformly sized rocks.
A prompt immediately rang in Richard's mind.
[Tip: Aaron is mining rocks. Through experience sharing, you gain 1 mining experience point.]
Not bad.
Wade's side only gains farming experience when harvesting crops, while experience for other skills is gained instantly.
However, mining skills are relatively difficult to upgrade.
It takes 100 experience points to go from Lv.0 to Lv.1.
Mining rocks only gives 1 experience point, while coal and other metal ores give much more experience.
Before the [Portable Mine] is loaded, it's estimated that the mining skill will be difficult to level up to Lv.1.
Im and Aaron were both stunned!
The two stared at each other, their faces filled with disbelief.
"Magical equipment!?"
Im exclaimed in surprise. He had never seen such a sharp tool before. Even if an ordinary pickaxe worked for a whole day, it might not be able to achieve such results.
Only magical equipment could possess such terrifying power!
Any magical equipment is an extremely valuable and expensive item. For example, the white fox fur coat worn by the lord is a magical protective piece of equipment, worth at least ten gold coins.
However, even if someone could afford that price, most owners wouldn't sell it because such a good item is extremely rare.
Ten gold coins can be easily sold, but not necessarily easily bought back.
but...
This powerful magic pickaxe, though a bit oddly designed, is quite handy as a weapon.
The lord, however, gave it to the serfs to use for quarrying...
Isn't this too wasteful...?
...
"It's not magical equipment."
Richard laughed:
"I've imbued this pickaxe with ore affinity magic, so it's somewhat different from magical equipment."
"Only when someone I designate uses it to chisel stone will it produce such a powerful effect."
"It's not very useful for attacking living beings; it's just an ordinary iron tool."
Actually, this pickaxe is just an ordinary one, one of the tools provided by Count Wolf, and it doesn't have any special effects.
The reason for this is that Aaron is on the [online roster], so the pickaxe in his hands creates a game-like effect.
of course.
The stones he mined also acquired game attributes and could be used to make items in the game, which is completely different from the stones that Da Yong crushed with his feet.
Moreover, these stones are relatively well-formed.
Even if you don't make game items, you can use them for construction, building flower beds, or fireplaces, which are all pretty good.
...
"That's amazing!"
Aaron stared at the dozen or so gray round stones on the ground, his eyes filled with fanaticism.
Serfs are using magical items? Isn't that a bit too fantastical?
Even Wade doesn't get this kind of treatment. I'll have to brag about it to everyone when I get back tonight, they'll be so envious.
"master."
"Are you sure I don't need to carve through the snow-capped mountain?"
Richard smiled.
What's this guy thinking? The snow mountain hasn't done anything to him, so why does he keep trying to dig through it?
Moreover.
The latter half of the snow mountain has already exceeded the scope of "Chiffon Farm".
Even if he could break through the first half, once he went beyond the range, he would be "out of commission," and the pickaxe would no longer be able to break a rock in a few strokes like it does now.
"Need not."
"You just need to mine the stones around here. Take a break when you get tired, and be careful not to injure your muscles."
"Don't worry about the stones you've chiseled out; I'll come and collect them later."
Richard was worried that he was too eager to show off, and since he had never mined before, his physical condition was still malnourished.
Don't exhaust yourself so much that you can't even lift a pickaxe the next day; that would really cause problems.
"Im".
"You stay here to protect him. If any wild beasts or monsters approach, immediately bring him back to the camp."
The view here is expansive.
It's also close to the base.
Even if something happens, we can retreat in time.
Aaron is on the online roster after all, so we need to protect him properly.
"As you wish."
Im drew his longsword from his waist, jumped onto a nearby large rock, and warily scanned his surroundings.
...
Arrange the mining details.
Next, it's time to collect the data.
As the name suggests, gathering refers to the act of collecting resources in the wild.
In the game, different collectible items will grow in the wilderness map in each season.
For example, in spring.
You can collect wild wasabi, leeks, daffodils, dandelions, scallions, mushrooms, ginger, and so on.
Each gathering yields 7 experience points.
The first four types combined can even create a "Spring Wild Seed Pack".
But in reality...
In this harsh, overgrown wilderness of Qifengling, where could such delicious things possibly grow?
Wild wasabi, in particular, would probably only be found in the extremely distant Eastern Bamboo Continent.
As for leeks and green onions, they might exist in some parts of the empire, but Richard did not find them in Wolf's Lair or the towns he passed through on his way there.
The people of the North prefer horseradish and ginger, highly stimulating foods that induce sweating and create the illusion that they provide warmth.
Ginger can be grown.
However, it was designated as a summer and fall crop by the system, so Richard did not purchase seeds.
of course.
There may be some edible root vegetables growing in the wasteland, such as water chestnuts or asparagus.
But they never appeared in "Starry Night Farm", and even if you collected them, you wouldn't get any experience points, so they were completely useless.