CHAPTER 213: CHAPTER 205: DOING GOOD AND ACCUMULATING VIRTUE, OBTAINING THE RARE

"You’re awake? I’ve already healed your wounds."

As the emaciated Assassin player opened his eyes, Wang Zhifan spoke. He was curious how this person would react after being rescued—would they immediately vanish into stealth, or would they reflexively launch an attack?

However, the situation wasn’t as intense as Wang Zhifan had imagined. He then saw the Assassin player’s surprised look at him for a second, and then look at themselves, before getting up slightly feebly from the ground.

"Thank you, I thought I was done for."

The emaciated Assassin man, wearing a mask and clad in black, sincerely thanked Wang Zhifan.

"No problem, it was just a small favor."

Upon hearing this, Wang Zhifan smiled slightly, remaining hidden behind the conical hat under the moonlight, while putting the small speaker in his personal space.

"Is there anything you’d need me to do?"

Seeing his mysterious savior, the emaciated Assassin man proactively asked, appearing to dislike owing favors.

"No need, I saved you just on the way, you don’t need to do anything for me, nor provide any reward."

Wang Zhifan shook his head slightly after hearing this, then suddenly remembered something and asked:

"Can you tell me your player level?"

"Lv26."

The emaciated Assassin player answered without much hesitation.

"Level 26... hmm, seems the dungeon difficulty is somewhat similar to the previous one..."

Wang Zhifan pondered slightly. He had always been curious about the dungeon’s difficulty level. Now, he had some rough understanding, thankfully it wasn’t as challenging as he had worried at the beginning.

"Alright then, hopefully, we’ll meet again."

Soon, Wang Zhifan planned to part ways with this person. After doing this good deed, he had other matters needing attention and couldn’t stay for a chat.

"Are you planning to visit that equipment stash?"

Before Wang Zhifan could turn to leave, the emaciated Assassin man suddenly asked.

"Yeah, have you been there?"

Wang Zhifan focused his gaze back on him.

"Hmm... I got severely injured in that warehouse after being surrounded by monsters. By the time I arrived, the equipment had almost been destroyed by monsters, leaving only scraps. The best thing I found in there was this, if you want it, take it. Just get a craftsman to repair it, then you can normally use it."

The emaciated Assassin man shared some relevant information with Wang Zhifan, then took out a white rare-level ring from his personal space, handing it to Wang Zhifan as if intending to give it to him.

[Ring of Light (Rare) (Slightly Damaged)]

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Wang Zhifan glanced over the ring, quickly recognizing it from the treasure trove, except now it appeared damaged.

"I mentioned I don’t need a reward, but I still appreciate the intel."

He shook his head at the emaciated Assassin player, then turned back and continued in his intended direction.

Seeing this, the Assassin man didn’t say much. He returned the rare-level ring to his personal space, then quickly disappeared.

Soon after, using the Wind Concealing Conical Hat to also enter stealth, Wang Zhifan arrived at his memory’s stash containing a warehouse full of rare-level equipment. Like the Assassin man said earlier, the place was now a complete mess, with only monster corpses and destroyed equipment deliberately left in tatters by the monsters.

"Seems he was right... the monsters in this dungeon must be affected by something, even chewing on equipment."

Originally intending to increase his rare-level item reserves here, Wang Zhifan lamented slightly but wasn’t too upset, as rare-level equipment was becoming less helpful against his needs. Even if the equipment was intact, it wouldn’t significantly benefit him, he was merely visiting on the way to collect something.

As for picking up scraps to have a craftsman repair them, he lacked interest, finding it time-consuming compared to simply finding elite monsters and selecting their equipment.

Thus, in the forthcoming time, Wang Zhifan returned to his rhythm of searching for high-level monsters in the Rogge Town ruins, using his powerful perception like radar scanning nearby valuable monsters, approaching under stealth upon spotting a target, then killing them instantly to select equipment. Sometimes, he’d use the Spirit’s icy force for instant kills, other times the Wolf-Slaying Blade for a quick slice, avoiding Thunder Dragon Fury altogether to prevent triggering lightning chaos unnecessarily for mass monster cleanup.

This scenario made Wang Zhifan realize not all situations call for high-level equipment. Sometimes, supposedly ordinary equipment meets the reality’s needs better, deciding to keep the Wolf-Slaying Blade for retirement, performing tasks Thunder Dragon Fury inconveniently handles.

After substantial effort through the night, Wang Zhifan’s personal space gained several rare-level pieces, gathered post-killing elite monsters, these items not particularly strong in type or attributes, but often choice was limited, not wanting fine layers, leaving only these.

[Book of Black Frog (Rare)]

[This mystical book contains the power of the Dark Demon Frog, granting you various bonuses when held.]

[Dark Vision: Dark Demon Frog can see at night, granting this ability when possessed, showing black and white night vision.]

[Amphibious Passage: Dark Demon Frog lives in water and land, allowing underwater breathing when possessed, water-resistant without environmental adaptation worry.]

[Croaking Magic Sound: Dark Demon Frog’s sound waves possess certain destructive force, attacking single targets or areas. When holding this book, mimicking the croak provides similar power, louder sound stronger force, heightened Spirit attribute every +1 point above 12 adding 1% extra sound wave damage.]

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[Foul Mud Box (Rare)]

[A small box crafted from foul mud under mystical forces, serving three functions.]

[Luring: It’s said foulness turned extreme produces alluring fragrance, this box exemplifies it upon luring mode activation, attracting surrounding 1000-meter range monsters through emitted scent, more affected low intelligence being potentially recklessly scent-driven.]

[Poison Mist: Don’t underestimate this box’s foul smell’s damage, poison mist mode generates persistent toxic mist damaging 150-meter range targets, only you immune through Spirit binding, caution advised avoiding friendly harm.]

[Ecstasy: Frightful odors damage but also uplift, when ecstasy mode activated, surrounding 100-meter allied affected by unique scent entering ecstasy state, pain reduced 95%, physique and strength increased by 6 each, fear immune. Note, ecstasy state limited to 20 minutes daily per person, surpassing risks severe dizziness or coma.]

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