“Mission accomplished!
Reward: Wave Fist.” The system’s notification sound rang out.
“Kill Zafik, reward: ten villain points.”
This time, Esdeath converted all of them into attribute points and added them to Agility, and she immediately felt her body become much more agile.
Although she had been strengthened, there was still a slight gap between her strength and Zafik’s; she was only able to win against him entirely by relying on her explosive speed.
For her right now, an increase in speed was more useful than strength.
With a weapon, she could inflict damage; as long as she could land a hit on her opponent, she could win.
After the duel, Esdeath had exhausted most of her stamina, and the way her tribespeople looked at her had changed.
“Esdeath.” Alei shielded Esdeath behind him, his eyes filled with relief and determination.
Although it was a duel, they generally wouldn’t kill a tribesperson, because the life of every tribe member was precious.
This time, before the tribal elder could speak, Esdeath spoke up: “Zafik was trying to kill me just now; if I didn’t kill him, I would have died.”
That was correct; the two of them had escalated into a fight to the death.
Zafik’s final, fierce offensive was clearly carried out with the determination to kill Esdeath.
Unexpectedly for Esdeath, the tribal elder did not blame her this time.
“You are correct.”
The way the tribespeople looked at Esdeath was not with disgust, but with pure admiration.
Esdeath suddenly realized that this was because of the traditions of their Barutesu Tribe; only the strong could earn respect.
Although she had killed Zafik, she had also proven her own strength.
A weak person would be blamed no matter what, while a strong person would not be held accountable for anything they did.
Just like how she used to do things properly, yet Buck and Zafik would always mock her; later, when she drugged Buck and Zafik, everyone looked at her with contempt, but now that she had killed Zafik, everyone didn’t blame her at all.
The rules of this world were just like that; if you didn’t conform, you could only perish.
In the afternoon, Esdeath went out to hunt; she was now even more desperate to become stronger.
The Wave Fist; the system had already directly instilled the method of generating force into Esdeath’s body.
She quickly understood the principle; simply put, the subsequent punch was faster than the previous one, and the power was double that of the previous punch.
It was a type of continuous punching technique.
Using the Wave Fist required a high level of physical fitness, and the more consecutive punches thrown, the higher the demand on one’s physical constitution.
The martial art instilled by the system was only the most basic version; she still needed to rely on her own training to master it.
Right now, Esdeath could only perform a double-hit Wave Fist.
After many experiments, she found that the Wave Fist could be unleashed by using Double Burst to increase strength, which was equivalent to doubling the power.
The power of the first punch would become twice as strong, and the second punch would become four times as strong.
Esdeath wanted to find some beasts to test her skills, so she walked into the territory of carnivores and used the Eye of True Sight to find three wild wolves.
Wolves always moved in packs, so three was considered quite normal.
Seeing Esdeath from fifty meters away, the three white wild wolves ran toward her one after another.
This was Esdeath’s first time facing wolves, and being swarmed by three of them, yet Esdeath was not worried.
Because the passive effect of the Eye of True Sight let her know that these wolves could not threaten her.
The first wolf pounced; Esdeath didn’t use her blade and punched it directly in the side of its face.
With the Double Burst of strength combined with the Wave Fist, she caved in the wolf’s skull with one punch, and the white wolf died on the spot.
When she killed the first one, the second one had already pounced; Esdeath was unhurried, using her Double Burst to enhance her already strengthened speed, and she spun to dodge the pounce.
Even the wolves couldn’t land a hit on her.
Esdeath rushed up and delivered another punch, breaking the wolf’s waist.
The remaining wolf saw this, stopped attacking, and immediately fled.
Esdeath could only burst with speed for a short time; when it came to running and chasing, she wasn’t necessarily a match for a wolf, so she gave up.
Esdeath drew her blade and spent an hour skinning the two wolves; wolf meat didn’t taste good, but the wolf skins were valuable.
Only the meat of certain Danger Beasts could have a significant effect on strengthening the body.
Tying the wolf skins with a rope and carrying them on her shoulders, Esdeath planned to walk directly to the nearby Black Stone Town to sell the wolf skins.
Because her physical constitution had been strengthened, even after walking for over an hour carrying two wolf skins, Esdeath didn’t feel tired.
Because she often followed her tribespeople here to sell furs in exchange for salt, wine, and weapons, Esdeath was very clear about the market prices.
Plus, none of the hunters here were people to be trifled with, so the butcher wouldn’t cheat customers and gave the market acquisition price.
The currency used when the Empire was founded included gold coins, silver coins, and copper coins, but because gold coins were rare, they were rarely used in circulation now.
Silver coins were occasionally used, but because using large amounts of gold and silver was heavy, they were replaced by special banknotes of specific denominations.
Copper coins also had different denominations; the lowest denomination was called 1 copper horn, followed by 5 copper horns and 15 copper horns, and above that were copper horns with a denomination of fifty.
The banknotes currently circulating in the Empire were called keton; one keton was equal to 100 copper horns, one silver coin was worth 10 keton, and one gold coin was worth one thousand keton.
The two wolf skins were exchanged for two keton, which was two hundred copper horns.
Since she had come to the town, Esdeath planned to taste the delicacies of the town.
The restaurants in the town used plenty of spices; although they were expensive, they tasted very fragrant.
Spices were rarely grown as condiments, and since this place was located on the border, the land was not suitable for growing many crops, and the yield of the wheat that could be grown was not high.
Most people here lived by animal husbandry, hunting, and gathering, so spices were transported by land and were very expensive.
That’s right, the price of bread here was about the same as meat, eggs, and milk.
Esdeath walked into one of the only two taverns in the town.
The tavern was full of burly hunters, holding wine glasses and drinking low-quality hard liquor; strong liquor was also a very good best-selling product here.
Esdeath was generally interested in alcohol, but since she was here to eat this time, she wouldn’t drink.
When she walked into the tavern, the system, which had been silent since yesterday, appeared again: “As a villain, how can you go out to eat without any style?
Create a commotion that attracts everyone present, make them remember the host, and you will be rewarded with ten villain points.”
Esdeath was silent; she always felt that this system was always trying to get her to stir up trouble.
She was just here to have a normal meal.
But ten villain points…
That was ten attribute points; for Esdeath, it was still somewhat tempting.
And so, Esdeath’s little face began to look conflicted.