vrcanaries Chapter 49 Yu Che's Career Plan
Chapter 49 Yu Che's Career Plan
Some distance outside the town, at the edge of the forest.
A small group of guys who didn't look like good people secretly followed You Che all the way from the town's slums to here.
"He's gone into the forest! Hurry!"
This group of six people were all masked and carrying weapons, clearly indicating they had ill intentions.
They followed You Che's footsteps and entered the forest.
"Wait a minute, something's not right!"
Immediately, the leader noticed something was wrong: "Where did his footprints go? There's not a trace left!"
"What's going on?" The others also noticed something was wrong, and some started making a commotion. "Did you miss something?"
"Quiet!" the leader hissed, frowning as he observed.
He's an expert at this job; he's not exactly a whiz at tracking traces, but he's certainly very experienced. How could he possibly make such a mistake?
The traces along the way were clearly visible, but they suddenly disappeared here. Apart from the low-probability event of that guy using a teleportation spell to leave, there was only one possibility he could think of.
"Oh no! Watch out, we might be discovered..."
Before he could finish speaking, several black throwing knives flew through the air and pierced the heads of the three people at the back of the line!
"Prepare for battle—!!"
The team leader was still shouting, but the next moment, the remaining three, including him, felt a tightness under their feet, and then they were pulled by a strange force, first falling to the ground, and then being dragged upside down!
One of the three was so startled that he screamed, and then another black throwing knife came flying back, silencing him completely.
Then, You Che, wearing a cloak, emerged from the forest with Qing Ling. You Che was also holding two exquisite black daggers, tossing them back and forth in his hands.
Although he couldn't use the two knights' main weapons, he did acquire some useful equipment.
[Throwing a black dagger]
Category: Dagger
[Quality: Average]
Attack Power: 10
This was the throwing knife used by that agile knight. Although it didn't have any special features and was just a throwing dagger with a black coating, it was already much better than the knife and axe that You Che had used before.
He retrieved a total of eight black daggers and put them directly on his person.
As for the other equipment, since he couldn't sell it for the time being, he simply put it away and left a magic pouch with Qingling.
Besides these, You Che also found a total of four intact dragon blood flowers in the bags of the two knights, which was an unexpected bonus.
Back to the present, You Che retrieved the daggers from the fallen men, wiped them clean, and then looked at the remaining two:
"Alright, now we can talk. What do you need me for?"
The leader immediately shouted, "I'll tell you everything!"
A moment later.
"...I see. It was the town mayor who sent you to follow me."
After a brief questioning, You Che had obtained the answer he wanted.
The reason these NPCs respawned was because You Che's previous actions in wiping out the bandits had driven the town's mayor a bit crazy, to the point that he would send people to investigate any suspicious individuals he found.
These trackers are only around LV8 level, with the highest being LV9, but if it's just a covert investigation, that should be enough.
"It turns out that the town mayor who colluded with the bandits was the one causing trouble... Why don't we just kill him? Even though he's a baron, he's leveled up quite diligently to LV15."
After asking the questions, You Che ignored the pleas for mercy from the remaining two people and continued to think on his own.
"Forget it, Xiao Yang has already gone to the circuit court. Killing that mayor now would only cause him trouble, and the court might even investigate. There's no need for that."
Anyway, that town mayor won't be around for much longer, and You Che has always been tolerant of the dead.
"However, that guy has probably amassed quite a fortune over the years, so perhaps he can..."
Thinking about this, You Che was somewhat tempted.
Given his style, he would naturally be very interested in things like Robin Hood-style robbing of the rich to help the poor.
Needless to say, the town mayor is rich, and he is poor.
He ignored the pleas and curses of the two men who were hanging up, searched their equipment and backpacks along with those of the others on the ground, and walked away with Qingling.
"I'll go back to town when it gets dark. You can wait for me here."
Back at the edge of the forest near the town, You Che spoke to Qing Ling, but this time Qing Ling shook her head vigorously, refusing to agree no matter what.
When You Che entered the town earlier, he had to persuade her with great kindness and even gave Qing Ling the few damaged dragon blood flowers he had previously collected as snacks before she would obediently stay in the forest outside the town and wait.
This time, however, she refused to stay no matter what and insisted on following You Che.
You Che sighed helplessly, "Alright, let's go together this time."
Qingling immediately smiled and said, "Yes!"
In less than two days since she left the Silent Forest, she has already learned to use simple interjections.
"Let's wait for now, it'll be dark in less than an hour."
Yu Che prepared to take a short rest and deal with the next wave of the He'an race.
But before that...
You Che reached into his backpack and took out two attribute seeds, one for strength and one for agility, each faintly glowing with red and green light.
For various reasons, he had not used these two seeds before.
Firstly, he was considering how his career choices would change after using it; secondly... he hadn't fully prepared himself mentally.
This is certainly not referring to moral aspects, but rather physiological aspects.
In the game, the character uses attribute seeds by eating them directly, but these two seeds, after all, grew from the two knights.
Even though it wasn't nourished by the knights' flesh and blood, but rather by the power of the two knights' "blessing," eating this stuff still made Yu Che feel like he was eating mushrooms grown by humans...
Even with his most flexible conscience, he couldn't quite accept Mads Mikkelsen's culinary philosophy.
However, now that he had some free time, he remembered the "×× Seed" type of item in the game and how to use it.
You Che stared at the two seeds for a while, then suddenly clenched his fingers together and crushed them.
"Clang—"
The seeds emitted a clear echo when they were crushed, then transformed into specks of light that merged into Youche's body.
【Power: 6→7】
Agility: 7 → 8
Feeling the improvement in his attributes, You Che smiled slightly.
There are other seed-type items in the game, some of which do not need to be eaten but can be crushed; even some seed items that players need to eat are crushed and used by NPCs in the story, probably because the development team felt that eating "sunflower seeds" in the story animation was a bit out of place.
The official sources never stated any difference between the two, so Yu Che did it anyway, and it worked.
Now there's no sense of eating mushrooms grown by Uncle Mads.
After his attributes were improved, You Che glanced at his stats panel.
[Name: You Che]
Level: 7 (Experience Points: 441/700)
[HP: 120/120]
[Spiritual Power: 10/10]
【Strength: 7】
[Agility: 8]
[Physical Fitness: 6]
Intelligence: 7 (+1)
Perception: 5 (+1)
【Spirit: 5】
【Charm: 8】
Luck: 9
His original plan was to put all his attribute points into Intelligence so that he could meet the job requirements for the "Diviner" profession when he reached LV10.
The diviner is one of the magic-based professions, and also the magic-based profession with the lowest requirements. It is not considered a combat profession, but rather leans more towards support.
But for someone from a nomadic background, this is already the career choice that maximizes their combat effectiveness.
However, when Yuche added two attribute points to Agility in order to fight against the two knights, he had already abandoned this path.
But now, with the abilities of the monster girl Qingling, his options have suddenly become much broader.
Of course, Yu Che still doesn't plan to hunt down people who possess "blessings," but even the improvement brought by the two seeds he just received has given him more career options.
One of them was actually more suitable for his tactical planning than the fortune teller.
As he pondered silently, the sun had already set in the west.
You Che and Qing Ling opened their eyes at the same time.
He looked at the eager little girl and smiled silently: "Let's go."