"Ding!"
"System Alert: Congratulations to your party for killing the [Poison Bee King] (Boss), you have gained 250 experience points."
"Ding!"
"System Announcement: Congratulations to player [Tianya Langzi] (party) for killing the [Poison Bee King], becoming the third in the China Region to kill a Boss. Special rewards: current level experience +50%, Luck +1, 3 Gold Coins."
"System Announcement: Congratulations to player [Tianya Langzi]..."
"We finally did it..."
Listening to the continuous loop of system announcements, Chen Lang plopped down on the ground, unable to hide the excitement on his face.
[We did it, we really killed the Boss!]
In the party channel, Qingtian Xiao Yu was even more excited, dancing with joy.
Although she died once, since it was during the novice period, she only lost 10% of her current level's experience, just 50 points, while the reward for killing the Boss was 250 points, which was a huge gain.
[Xiao Yu, don't log off yet, wait for me at the plaza.]
Chen Lang looked at the Poison Bee King's corpse in front of him and said in the channel.
[Okay, Tianya brother!]
Qingtian Xiao Yu nodded repeatedly, her voice a bit coquettish.
After sitting for a moment, Chen Lang stood up, kicked aside the Poison Bee King's corpse, revealing a pile of loot underneath.
A sword, a pair of legguards, a necklace, and over a dozen Silver Coins.
Good stuff, as expected from a Boss's First Blood, it dropped three pieces of equipment.
Chen Lang was a bit excited, he first picked up the Silver Coins one by one, a total of 18, then picked up the longsword.
[Bee King Sword]
Quality: Black Iron-grade
Attack: 10-12
Strength: +4
Trait: Venom, each attack can poison the target, dealing an additional 3 damage.
Required Level: 3...
"Fuck, why isn't it a dagger!"
Chen Lang's eyes sparkled with greed, but he couldn't equip it.
Assassins can only use daggers and short swords, longswords are exclusive to Swordsmen and Knights, he could only look on enviously.
"Looks like I'll have to sell it."
With a long sigh, Chen Lang reluctantly put away the longsword, then picked up the legguards, fortunately, he could use these.
[Bee King Legguards] (Leather Armor)
Grade: Black Iron-tier
Defense: +6
Constitution: +3
Required Level: 3
"These are nice!"
Chen Lang immediately equipped the legguards, his attributes skyrocketing.
Defense increased by 9 points, soaring to a terrifying 29 points.
Health also increased by 30 points, now 130!
Next item.
[Bee King Necklace]
Intelligence: +5
Constitution: +1
Trait: Increases healing effects by 5%.
Required Level: 3
Definitely a Priest's equipment.
"Xiao Yu's luck is pretty good."
The necklace is an accessory, not part of the six major armor sets, with a very low drop rate, it's a rare treasure.
Although Chen Lang could wear this necklace himself, only the 1 point of Constitution was useful to him, and it overlapped with the Source of Mana, he wouldn't replace the Source of Mana.
Mana recovery is very slow, only 1% per minute, without the Source of Mana, he couldn't use skills recklessly.
The Poison Bee King's corpse slowly disappeared, who knows how long until a new Bee King spawns, Chen Lang gathered everything and then teleported back to town.
...
In the Novice Village Plaza.
It was already past midnight, there weren't many players in the plaza, a young girl stood there, quite conspicuous.
Occasionally, players would approach to form a party, but Qingtian Xiao Yu politely declined.
Before long, a flash of white light appeared in the plaza, and a figure materialized not far away, it was Chen Lang.
"Tianya brother, you're finally back!"
Seeing Chen Lang, Qingtian Xiao Yu's eyes lit up, she quickly ran over.
"Xiao Yu, here are the three Silver Coins I promised you, plus one for the mana potion you used, and one for the experience you lost, a total of five."
Chen Lang handed five Silver Coins to Qingtian Xiao Yu.
"So many, hehe, I won't be polite then!"
Qingtian Xiao Yu smiled broadly, happily accepting them.
Five Silver Coins were a very generous reward, and she also gained 250 experience points, almost leveling up to 3, this trip was very fruitful.
As for the 3 Gold Coins Chen Lang received, she didn't think much of it, after all, the Boss was discovered and mostly soloed by Chen Lang, it didn't have much to do with her, even without her, Chen Lang could find another Priest to help.
"Alright Tianya brother, it's quite late, I'm logging off to sleep, remember to call me for such good opportunities in the future!"
Qingtian Xiao Yu yawned, added Chen Lang as a friend, and prepared to log off to sleep.
"Wait, Xiao Yu, there's one more thing for you."
Chen Lang stopped Qingtian Xiao Yu and took out the Bee King Necklace.
"Ah, this... is for me?"
Seeing the necklace in Chen Lang's hand, Qingtian Xiao Yu's eyes lit up, clearly surprised.
"Yes, it's a Priest's equipment, I don't need it, but I'm not giving it to you for free, how about selling it to you for ten Copper Coins?"
Chen Lang smiled, handing the necklace to Qingtian Xiao Yu, symbolically taking ten Copper Coins.
"Wow!"
"It's actually Black Iron-tier!"
"5 Intelligence, plus a 5% healing effect, wow..."
Qingtian Xiao Yu's eyes sparkled with excitement.
"Thank you, Tianya brother, if you ever need my help, just ask, I'll go through fire and water for you!"
Qingtian Xiao Yu smiled brightly, full of energy, she handed Chen Lang ten Copper Coins and clasped her fists in a martial salute, exuding the aura of a chivalrous heroine.
She knew the value of this equipment, definitely worth more than ten Copper Coins.
Chen Lang smiled, quite liking Qingtian Xiao Yu's personality.
...
A moment later, Qingtian Xiao Yu happily logged off to sleep, while Chen Lang headed back to the Blacksmith Shop.
"Uncle, are you interested in this?"
In the Blacksmith Shop, the Old Blacksmith was lying on a rickety wooden bed sleeping, woken up by Chen Lang, he was a bit annoyed.
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But when he saw the Bee King Sword in Chen Lang's hand, his eyes lit up, and the annoyance on his face disappeared instantly.
"This... Young Hero, where did you get this?"
The Old Blacksmith quickly got up from the bed, hurried to Chen Lang, and snatched the Bee King Sword.
"Got it from killing the Poison Bee King."
Chen Lang said truthfully, not afraid of the Old Blacksmith taking it.
"Tianya Langzi... so you're the one who killed that beast, well done!"
The Old Blacksmith glanced at the ID above Chen Lang's head, suddenly realizing, clearly, he had heard the system announcement.
"Ahem, sir, how much do you think this sword is worth?"
Chen Lang cleared his throat, directly asking.
Of course, he wasn't planning to sell the Bee King Sword to the Blacksmith Shop, but wanted to confirm the price before selling it to players, as the system's buyback price was too low.
"Well..."
"One Silver Coin!"
The Old Blacksmith pondered for a moment, then gave a price that made Chen Lang want to vomit blood!
"Why don't you just rob me?"
Chen Lang snatched the Bee King Sword back from the Old Blacksmith and was about to leave.
"Hey, hey, Young Hero, wait, the price is negotiable, negotiable!"
The Old Blacksmith hurriedly stopped Chen Lang, then held up two fingers, "Two Silver Coins, how about it?"
"Are you trying to fool a kid?"
Chen Lang rolled his eyes, not wanting to waste words with this NPC.
Although it's just a transitional item, this Black Iron-grade Bee King Sword is definitely worth more than two Silver Coins, clearly, the Old Blacksmith was trying to scam him.
"Then you name a price!"
The Old Blacksmith blocked the door, refusing to let Chen Lang leave.
"Old man, don't think I don't know the market, this sword is worth at least one Gold Coin!"
Chen Lang held up one finger.
"Deal, one Gold Coin!"
The Old Blacksmith agreed without hesitation, reaching out to grab the Bee King Sword from Chen Lang, but Chen Lang dodged.
"Old man, I said it's worth at least one Gold Coin, I didn't say I'd sell it to you for one!"
Chen Lang hadn't expected to haggle, but now he was intrigued.
In truth, selling the sword for one Gold Coin was already a good price, as it was just a transitional item, its intrinsic value wasn't high.
"Then how much do you want to sell it for?"
Hearing Chen Lang's words, the Old Blacksmith became anxious.
"Five Gold Coins!"
Chen Lang named an outrageous price!