Chapter 6: Golden Treasure Chest (1)

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

“Hello, is there anything that I can help you with?” Seuss walked to the farm owner, wanting to trigger the quest.

When he reached the farm owner, Seuss said the same thing as yesterday.

However, the farm owner’s behavior was completely different from yesterday. He didn’t look anxious at all. Instead, he smiled and said.

“Brave adventurer, thank you for helping me get rid of those evil night cats. My farm is much better now. Thank you for your help.”

Then, without waiting for Seuss’s reply, the farm owner turned around, his expression was still anxious.

As expected, I can’t complete the quest again. Seuss was not disappointed that he did not receive the quest, he had already expected this outcome..

Since I have the chance to do it again, what should I do now?

Seuss asked himself in his mind. Now that Sanctuary had only just begun, everyone was on the same starting line, except Seuss.

Seuss had retained his stats from yesterday and was now at level 7. If others were still waiting at the starting line, Seuss was basically standing in front of the finishing line now.

Since he couldn’t do another quest, he had to keep moving forward.

With enough funds on him, Seuss headed toward the general store in town to buy some lock-picking tools.

Yesterday’s Daydreamer had imparted Seuss a lot of general knowledge. For example, a golden treasure chest required the Picklock skill and the lock-picking tool to open it.

Because all treasure chests above gold rank were locked. Without the Picklock skill, it was impossible to open them.

Thud thud. Seuss rapped on the counter with his knuckles. The store assistant laid asleep on the counter, clearly having been pulled out of his bed by his boss.

“Welcome to the best general store in Rock Town. There are only items you can’t think of and nothing you can’t buy. Everyone who comes in here will spend every penny they have in their pockets and take away what they need most.”

Although he did not wake up completely from his dream, the assistant still said these words out of habit. It seemed that he had already carved these words into his bones.

“Isn’t there only one general store in this town? So how is it the best?” Seuss said to the waiter.

At this moment, the store assistant finally woke up. He rubbed the corner of his eyes and said, “There’s only one so that means we’re the best and the worst, right?”

The assistant seemed to have heard these kinds of words many times and answered Seuss without hesitation. This time, it was Seuss who was speechless.

Yesterday, Seuss discovered that the NPCs in Sanctuary were divided into levels. NPCs of every level had a different intelligence.

For example, the farm owner who issued the quest was considered the lowest level NPC. He was only responsible for issuing the quest. He would not say anything that had nothing to do with the quest.

As for this assistant in this shop, he was usually very intelligent. One could even bargain with him, provided that the assistant had the authority to.

“Alright, alright, stop bragging. I’m just here to buy some lock-picking tools.”

The assistant quickly dug under the cabinet and took out two lock-picking tools. One was made of bronze and the other was white in color.

“This is an ordinary lock-picking tool. It costs 15 copper each. It can be used ten times,” the assistant raised the bronze-colored tool and said.

“This one.” The waiter placed the ordinary lock-picking tool on the cabinet, picked up another white tool, and said, “This is a sturdy lock-picking tool. It can be used 30 times, 30 copper coins for one.”

“Give me two sturdy ones.” Seuss looked at the silver coins in his backpack. He still had to learn the Picklock skill with the remaining silver coins. Sixty times should be enough.

He came to the teleportation point and teleported back to Kroll City. It was still past six in the morning. Other than NPCs, there were basically no players in Kroll City.

Apart from Seuss, everyone who could enter the closed beta test was an experienced player who had played countless games.

They all knew that Kroll City was only a main city, and the quests they could find were limited. If they wanted to develop faster, they still had to travel around.

However, Seuss did not come back this time to accept the quests. He turned around and walked into the instructor hall beside the teleportation circle. This was the place to learn skills.

Seuss said as he walked towards an instructor who was covered in a black cloak.

“I want to learn skills.”

The mentor raised her head, and her pair of eyes seemed to have seen through Seuss. She said lazily, “Someone came to learn skills so early. Looks like another lucky guy.”

Hearing this voice, Seuss was a little surprised. The surrounding Warrior Instructors and Knight Instructors were all middle-aged men.

However, this Thief Instructor obviously had a very young voice, and it was even a woman’s voice.

After saying this, the Thief Instructor opened the skill panel. There were many skills that could be learned, but most of them were gray. There were additional requirements that allowed them to be learned after advancing the class.

Kick: 6 Silver Coins

Debone: 3 Gold Coins

Steal: 12 Silver Coins

Backstab: 20 Silver Coins

Gouge: 6 Gold Coins

Sinister Strike: 12 Gold Coins

Picklock: 10 Silver Coins

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Seuss was dazzled by the countless skills. Apart from Backstab which he had already learned and a Stealth skill which he could learn at level 8, he had no other skills.

Picklock required 10 silver coins to learn. Fortunately, he did not buy too many things just now. Otherwise, he could not afford to learn!

“I want to learn the Picklock skill!”

After hearing Seuss’s words, the Thief Instructor reached out his hand and touched Seuss’s waist before handing him a Picklock skill book.

Seuss took the skill book and checked his backpack. Sure enough, there were 10 silver coins missing. Now, there were only 2 silver coins left in his backpack.

Picklock

Skill Description: Other than becoming a shadow on the battlefield, a qualified thief should be able to unlock all the locks, including the ones in the hearts of others…

Level Requirement: Level 1

Usage Requirement: Lock-picking tool

Who was the one who wrote this description? What a weird taste! Seuss opened the skill book, which turned into a ray of light and merged into Seuss’s body.

“Picklock skill learned.”

Now that I have the Picklock skill, let’s go open the treasure chest first. Seuss turned around and walked out of the hall.

Although it had only been a day, Seuss seemed to have gained a new habit. Even in a safe place, he would unconsciously walk in places covered by shadows.

He teleported back to Rock Town once more. Fortunately, such short-distance teleportation did not require any fees. Otherwise, Seuss would feel quite distressed.

As he walked out of town, Seuss entered the shadows out of habit, allowing himself to be covered by the shadows, thereby lowering his presence.

The monsters he encountered along the way also became Seuss’s experience.

Finally, he arrived at the place where they killed the first night cat yesterday. It was the haystack on the farm.