Hearing this, Blacksmitch Jack became anxious.
"Snow Emperor, let's talk things over. Our previous cooperation was so pleasant. There's no reason to ruin things over such a small matter."
Lin stopped in his tracks.
"Blacksmitch Jack, to be honest, the conditions offered by the old village chief are quite generous."
Upon hearing this, Blacksmitch Jack knew that Lin was likely to ask for a high price.
"Snow Emperor, my platinum necklace isn't bad either."
"It's not bad."
Lin hesitated, "But ultimately, it's just a transitional piece of equipment. The old village chief even brought out a Saint-grade Awakening Stone."
"How about you give me a Saint-grade Awakening Stone too?"
Blacksmitch Jack's expression changed, "Where would he get a Saint-grade Awakening Stone?"
"Snow Emperor, I really don't have a Saint-grade Awakening Stone."
"However, I can help you upgrade the Nine Harmony Longbow to platinum grade, and add a platinum necklace."
Lin raised an eyebrow.
A platinum-grade main weapon plus a platinum-grade necklace.
His combat power would definitely receive a huge boost.
But there would still be a problem.
If he replaced the necklace, then only nine pieces of the Treant Set would remain.
The set effect would no longer exist.
"Platinum-grade equipment is indeed a bit of a waste to use as transitional equipment."
"How about this, give me a set of gold equipment for archers."
"A set?"
Blacksmitch Jack's face changed drastically!
"Snow Emperor, set equipment isn't like cabbage. The best in the entire novice village is the bronze set. This is the most I can do."
Lin was slightly disappointed, but it was also within expectations.
"Bronze grade, not even silver. Let me see the set attributes."
Blacksmitch Jack took a deep breath. When had a player ever bargained with him like this?
But he couldn't do anything about it.
Because the Ice Flame Magic Ore was something he had to have.
"Alright."
Blacksmitch Jack led Lin into the inner room. Here, Lin saw three sets of bronze equipment.
"This set here is the bronze set suitable for archers, the Zephyr Set."
Lin's gaze landed on the Zephyr Set, and the set's attributes appeared before his eyes.
Zephyr Set.
Effect 1: Attack Speed +3.2.
Effect 2: Movement Speed +5.9.
Effect 3: Crit +35%.
Effect 4: Attack +1800.
Set Effect 1: Your basic attacks can stack attack speed, each basic attack stacking 0.5 attack speed, up to 6 stacks.
Set Effect 2: Your basic attacks can stack movement speed, each basic attack stacking 0.5 movement speed, up to six stacks.
Lin frowned.
This equipment was not what he wanted.
Although attack speed and movement speed seemed important.
But he had seen another set of equipment, a set with high damage reflection.
"Snow Emperor, what do you think?" Blacksmitch Jack asked.
"Lame."
Lin spat out two words.
"How could it be?"
Blacksmitch Jack feigned surprise, "Archers need attack speed, movement speed, crit, and attack power the most, and this set has it all."
Lin smiled noncommittally, indeed, it had it all.
But it didn't have lifesteal.
That was the most troublesome thing.
At this stage, with things like damage reflection, Lin would die faster the faster his attack speed was without lifesteal.
Blacksmitch Jack's set of damage reflection equipment was a natural counter to his Zephyr Set.
This was premeditated!
"I don't lack attack speed and crit right now, I lack lifesteal."
Special attributes like lifesteal couldn't be added even with free attribute points.
They could only be obtained through equipment or skills.
Blacksmitch Jack's eyes narrowed. An archer wanting lifesteal seemed to be for increasing the fault tolerance rate.
But to be honest.
Lifesteal was definitely not as good as attack speed and movement speed in terms of fault tolerance.
As long as those two attributes went up, there was nothing to fear.
However.
There was a premise.
That was that the opponent didn't have damage reflection.
Lin wanted lifesteal equipment as soon as he opened his mouth.
The answer was already obvious.
Looking at the entire novice village.
Apart from the Twisted Treant having a bit of cheap damage reflection, only he, Blacksmitch Jack, had it.
"Snow Emperor, lifesteal attributes are special attributes. I do have them here, but not in sets. And only three bronze equipment have lifesteal attributes."
Lin's expression changed slightly.
The Blacksmitch Jack seemed to have guessed some of his intentions.
"Sigh."
Blacksmitch Jack sighed, "If that's the case, then I'll still go look for the old village chief."
Blacksmitch Jack's eyes narrowed, and an invisible aura was released.
Lin only felt the surrounding temperature constantly rising.
"Ding, you are affected by high temperature."
-18.
-18.
...
Not much damage was being dealt, but Blacksmitch Jack's attitude made Lin very unhappy.
"Blacksmitch Jack, are you going to attack?"
Having said that, Lin spread his hands.
"Okay, anyway, I definitely can't beat you. Kill me then."
Blacksmitch Jack's expression was gloomy.
He naturally knew that Lin would only lose a level if killed.
Moreover, this was the novice village.
If he killed Lin here in the novice village, it would inevitably give the old village chief an excuse to make trouble for him.
"Snow Emperor, I do have a special piece of equipment that can lifesteal here."
"I believe you definitely won't refuse."
"Oh?"
Lin was a little surprised.
What kind of equipment was it that could make Blacksmitch Jack so confident?
Blacksmitch Jack took out a necklace from his bosom.
Bloodlust Necklace: Special.
Wearing Requirements: None.
Effect: Restores 1% of your own health with each basic attack.
Durability: 100.
Lin's eyes narrowed.
I have to say.
Blacksmitch Jack was right.
This was a piece of equipment that he couldn't refuse.
One percent health recovery.
This seemed not high.
But Lin's own health was high enough.
"Okay, this Ice Flame Magic Ore is yours then," Lin said.
"No."
Blacksmitch Jack shook his head, "If you want this piece of equipment, besides the Ice Flame Magic Ore, I also need a thousand other pieces of equipment."
Lin's expression changed slightly. This was a bit of a high price.
"Blacksmitch Jack!"
Lin's voice was a little lower, "Isn't your request a bit excessive?"
"Not excessive. I believe you will agree."
Lin smiled noncommittally.
Blacksmitch Jack bet correctly.
"Okay, as you wish, but I don't have it now. I need some time."
"No problem, I'll wait for you."
The reason Lin agreed was because this was something that could be done easily.
He had accumulated a lot of equipment from running dungeons.
His idea next was to increase his health as much as possible by running dungeons.
The ideal state was to upgrade the Hand of Heavenly Punishment to three stars, then its damage could have a huge boost.
After leaving the novice village.
Lin began overtime grinding in the Twisted Jungle.
Emerald City.
Looking at the message sent by her subordinate, Dream Chaser Snow's expression couldn't help but be a little strange.
"It's been so long, and he's still level ten. It seems there's no hope."
Dream Chaser Snow replied with a message, "Don't pay attention to Snow Emperor anymore. Even if he goes online now, he can't catch up to me."
"Do we still need to recruit him?"
Dream Chaser Snow hesitated for a moment, "Recruitment is okay. Lower the annual salary to 1 million. If he agrees, then fine. If he doesn't agree, then forget it."
"In the game, if you're one step behind, you're always behind. Don't worry about him."