Stepping through the light gate, Otiliya heard a familiar voice.
“Ah, you’re finally awake! You can’t drink if you can’t hold your liquor, just one cup and you’re out.”
Otiliya merely glanced at the armored man in front of her, then started focusing on her status.
She saw a status bar appearing in the upper left corner of her vision. Otiliya tapped it with her finger and found that it contained a stamina bar and a durability bar, both at 100.
“This is what a game world should be like! No health bar, how can that be!” Otiliya nodded, “So, where is the quest information…ah, there it is.”
Character information was also displayed prominently in the right corner of her vision, with the words 【Quest Objective】 above the quest information: 【Find a way to survive】.
“This crappy quest information, I bet the players coming after me won’t know what danger they’re facing until they die once.” While criticizing the quest information, feeling it was unreliable, Otiliya was secretly pleased. After all, she could sense that many players would die here, and some might even die multiple times before starting to curse at the game developers like she did.
It’s not fun to die herself, but seeing others experience the same misery filled her with joy. - I'm not the only one who’s unlucky!
Otiliya noticed that the 【Find a way to survive】 quest prompt was flashing. She tapped the line of text again.
【According to your game experience, the quest prompt has changed.】
Then, 【Find a way to survive】 ignited and transformed into another line of text.
【1. Try not to fall into the sea, reach the mysterious moving continent.
2. Use your hand crossbow to grab onto a winged dragon.
3. It’s best if you can learn how to use the hand crossbow.】
“The effect is quite nice.” The font burned then transformed into other text, a rather dazzling effect that made Otiliya give it a thumbs-up. Then she started thinking.
“Obviously, the change from the initial quest prompt to the current one is based on my previous game experience…however, there might be other escape methods that I haven't discovered…After all, it seems like the update announcement said that the prompt is just a prompt…” As a seasoned gamer, Otiliya immediately thought of many possibilities:
“Maybe I can find other methods, but I might die a few times in the process. Yesterday, I died three times and got kicked out of the game…Maybe this game has a daily death limit, or maybe it’s something else. Whatever it is, for me right now, using the hand crossbow to escape is undoubtedly the best option…”
“The biggest problem now is that grabbing onto a winged dragon with the hand crossbow doesn’t seem easy…The previous version update announcement said that skill acquisition was added, this should be a hint to use the hand crossbow to escape, so I should get a skill for using the hand crossbow…The announcement said that you could learn skills in various ways…”
Speaking these words, Otiliya lifted her head and looked at the armored man in front of her with bright eyes.
In her previous death experiences, it was the armored man who told her about the hand crossbow.
“That—Hunter, could you please teach me how to use the hand crossbow?” Otiliya asked.
“Huh?—” The armored hunter widened his eyes, looked at Otiliya, then took a large gulp of beer. “Why would I teach you how to use a weapon at this time?”
The armored hunter’s expression was one of complete disagreement.
“Please, it’s a matter of life and death for me!”
“You can learn that stuff on the New Continent, don't waste a good drinking opportunity!” The armored man poured himself another glass of wine and drank it down.
The attempt to ask the NPC for help was thwarted. Otiliya reluctantly stood up and found a place to practice the hand crossbow.
—The ancient dragon would be attacking the ship soon, Otiliya had to master the use of the hand crossbow quickly.
The armored man looked with confusion at the new adventurer practicing the hand crossbow in the corner. After watching her use it a few times, he shook his head.
“Really, this is just too much! I don't understand what they're thinking upstairs, sending someone who can’t even use a hand crossbow properly, don’t they know how dangerous the New Continent is…” Sighing, the armored man walked over to Otiliya and said, “Hey, that’s not how you use the hand crossbow…”
【You have received instruction from an NPC, Hand Crossbow Skill +1, You have acquired the “Hand Crossbow Novice” skill.】
【Hand Crossbow Novice +: You have learned the basic use of the hand crossbow, Hand Crossbow Attack +10, Aiming Improvement +20%, Note: Due to receiving professional instruction from an NPC, Aiming Improvement has been increased by an additional 5%!
As a hunter of the New Continent, the hand crossbow is a must-learn for every hunter!
A hunter who doesn’t know how to use a hand crossbow is not a good hunter!】
“That’s it! With this skill!” Otiliya’s eyes lit up upon seeing the skill description.
At that moment, the ship began to shake violently.
“It’s finally here!” Otiliya smiled slightly, “This time, I will survive!”
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