Chapter 37：The First Epic Hero in China

Da Fei understood! The Voyager was a versatile and omnipotent occupation. Hence, he would, of course, have to learn all the public, combat, adventure skills in the Skill Books that he found! Otherwise, why was there a need for so many skills?

Da Fei was Level 18 and had 17 Skill Points. The Advanced Reconnaissance and sub-skills Intelligence Gathering and Hidden Movement used a total of 5 points, Master-level Study of the War Machines and sub-skill Ballista Master took 6 points, Leadership Skill took 1 point, and Luck Skill took 1 point. He had 4 Skill Points left.

There were four Skill Books that Da Fei had yet to master. It was like this was customized.

Wasn't it obvious that he was being asked to change occupation?! He was a Ballista Master, Boss killer now. He did not have to worry about future missions. He would learn all the remaining Skill Books! Although this was taboo for beginners, he would become a jack of all trades instead of specializing in something, which might be a waste of Skill Points. It would become more difficult to level up in the latter part as well. But, for the hidden occupation, it was not a problem!

Da Fei was no longer lost. He took out the Skill Books and golden lights flashed!

—System Message: You used one Skill Point and learned Elementary Basic Attack Skill!

—Elementary Basic Attack Skill: Increase the Hero's physical combat attacks by 10%.

—System Message: You used one Skill Point and learned Elementary Defense Skill!

—Elementary Defense Skill: Decrease the Damage taken by the Hero and his troops by 10%.

—System Message: You used one Skill Point and learned Elementary Archery Skill!

—Elementary Archery Skill: Increase the Damage of the Hero and his long-distance troops by 10%.

—System Message: You used one Skill Point and learned Elementary Logistics Skill!

—Elementary Logistics Skill: Increase the Speed of the Hero troops on land by 20%.

The accumulated Skill Points were all spent. But—the golden light did not fall from the skies as he had thought it would. There were no System Messages as well. That was it.

Was the System putting up a show?

The ship moved forward in a steady sway, the sound of the waves hitting the hull, and the fresh sea breeze blew into the cabin, ruffling Da Fei's messy hair. Da Fei's heart felt empty…

After an unknown length of time…

—China System Announcement: Warm congratulations! Sudden Youth in China has become the first player in the world to successfully hire an Epic Hero!

In an instant, the World Channel exploded!

—World Channel : The Stars Guild warmly congratulates Miss Sudden Youth, who won the first place in the world! Star Guild welcomes you!

—World Channel : The Dragon Slayer Guild warmly congratulates Miss Sudden Youth for bringing honor to China! Dragon Slayer Guild welcomes you to join us!

—World Channel : Ninth Heaven would like to offer Miss Sudden Youth a one million annual salary to join our guild!

—World Channel : We will offer an annual salary of two million.

—World Channel : We mean US dollars!

—World Channel : I mean pounds!

—World Channel : Hello, Miss Sudden Youth. I'm a reporter from the Hero News agency. I hope you can add me as a friend temporarily and accept my online interview…

—World Channel : Miss Sudden Youth, can you add me as your friend too? I'm the 9th president of China's largest professional game club Ninth Heaven, Godly Emperor.

—World Channel : Xiaohuang, I think you better forget it. You are ranked 9th!

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Da Fei had just recovered from his surprise.

It costs 100 per line to chat on the World Channel! They're treating it like a chatroom? It has only been a few days since the game started, and she actually managed to hire an Epic Hero! That's too awesome right! Wait, this Sudden Youth's name is a bit familiar. Is it that farm girl from that day I started my account? What the heck! I won't accept it if it was anyone else. But I have to accept that this kind of player is really amazing. This is real ability. Not anyone can do it. It's not impossible to hire an Epic Hero within one or two days. Being so awesome, I only just managed to book an Epic Hero.

Wait, this Dragon Scale, this Dragon Slayer is familiar as well. Could it be…?

Da Fei was suddenly reminded of something that happened a long time ago. At that time, it seemed that it was also the New Year. Da Fei fell out of love and was depressed, which led to major mistakes in his work. Then, he was fired without even getting his year-end bonus. Then, Da Fei did not want to meet anyone. Hence, he played games at home. In the game, he vented his anger. On the first day of the game launch, he encountered this Dragon Scale, caused him to be killed by a Boss, and robbed his pet tiger.

Then, it was a long story. The Dragon Slayer Guild sent people after Da Fei every day. One day when their guild besieged a Boss and both parties were almost dying, Da Fei suddenly intercepted and killed the Boss, stealing the Guild Order.

There was nothing more to say.

He had said: "Your Dragon Slayer Guild is very upright and impressive, right? This time, I will be the Guild Master!" Da Fei then quickly registered the Dragon Slayer name, then announced: "Enrolling sluts to be the Guild Master's wife. The sluttier the better. I'll give you everything you want." For a moment, all the gangsters and the like gathered…

Then, things got out of hand. The Dragon Slayer Guild contacted Da Fei. "Request to buy back the guild for 100,000."

He had thought: "100,000? Who do they think I am?" In Da Fei's mind, it was just a game. Stealing accounts, scamming money and equipment was nothing. He ignored them and continued.

Then, they offered 200,000! Wahaha! The increase in price was as casual as having a meal. They were indeed cheats! "You're all seriously ill, you need to see a doctor." Hence, Da Fei eventually wiped out the Dragon Slayer Guild. The game server closed following it, saving countless internet-addicted youths. It was a passionate period.

Several years later, when Da Fei finally found out about Dragon Slayer Guild's background, he regretted it. It was simply detrimental! If he had known, he would have asked for one million! If he had one million, he would be one step closer to owning his own place and car. But thinking carefully, if he had accepted money from them, things might have turned ugly. They could have filed for extortion if the sum was above 100,000.

However, because he was obsessed with the game at that time, Da Fei's family members were unhappy with him. Especially his little sister who was in high school then. She was just a little kid then, yet she would firmly point at her elder brother and criticize him! He was extremely annoyed!

In short, after Da Fei quit the game, he held temporary jobs and never played the game again. Even so, Da Fei still yearned for an extraordinary career in the gaming world. As long as he had time, he would pay attention to various new games from the Internet.

Now, he looked at the World Channel, where it cost 100 for each message, where Dragon Scale and the others quarreled. Da Fei sighed. "Why did you give up treatment?"

In any case, such a big thing happened in China, there should be quite a lot of interviews relating to this. Da Fei had nothing to do, anyway. Hence, he looked up on what the Epic Hero was.

Da Fei entered the game's built-in forum and saw a pinned post! "Garbage player in China, Da Fei!" Author: Raging Sea of Blood!

—Puu! Da Fei was so shocked he blew a wad of mucus! Damn, do you know how much it costs to pin a post for one hour?

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At this moment, the reporter from Hero News broadcasted a recorded interview with Sudden Youth.

Reporter: "Excuse me for bothering you. Miss Sudden Youth, thank you for accepting our interview."

A very strange electronic voice replied: "It's okay. I hope my success can bring inspiration to other players."

The reporter was shocked. "This voice is…"

"It's Luo Tianyi. I love vocaloids."

The reporter was shocked. "Local Hatsune?"

"Please don't use the name 'Hatsune'. I'm Luo Tianyi. Thank you!"

The reporter laughed. "Ah, I'm sorry. Currently, the one thing that the majority of players are interested in is your Epic Hero. Would you be able to share its attributes with us? Of course, you may skip this question."

"It's okay. I'll share a video with you."

Host: "Hello, everyone. Please take a look at the video sent to us from our reporter on site. Let us look forward to the World's first Epic Hero."

The screen changed, the scenery was idyllic, the windmills spun, hundreds of Level 0 Farmers from the human race were working hard in the field. A brave blonde female knight in silver armor was on an armored horse waving to the Farmers. The Farmers cheered.

Then, a sub-hero attribute box panel popped out on the screen, and the picture of the world's first Epic Hero was displayed in front of players all over the world.

—Knight Lord: Elaine, Level: 30, Attack: 20, Defense: 20, Mana: 5, Knowledge: 0, Command Power: 1,000.

—Hero Ability: Love for Farmers.

—Elaine is a noble, upright, caring, charitable, and well-loved lord. The Farmers under her command voluntarily pay 1 gold per month.

—Farmers: Templar Level 0 Reservists. Attack: 0, Defense: 0, Damage: 0-1, Health: 3, Attack Speed: 8, Movement Speed: 8, Command Value: 0. Special Skill: Production, Taxpayer, Unable to Travel.

—Taxpayer: Pays 1 gold tax per month.

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At this moment, the reporter was shocked. "It's a surprising Epic Hero. So, how did Miss Sudden Youth get her?"

"Luo Tianyi" smiled and said, "In the beginning, I was assigned by the examiner to work here, and I encountered this Elaine. She was troubled by the financial loss of the farm. I made the farm profitable within 15 days of the game time. Then, she gave me the farm, followed me, and became my sub-hero."

The reporter exclaimed in shock. "That was it? She actually gave you the farm?"

"That's right. The reason for the loss was her kindness. She gave away too much money to help the poor people. She was an Angel. The reason why she gave me the farm was because she did not know how to manage it. If she gave it to me, she could help more people. That's all."

The reporter asked again, "Several major guilds wish to invite you to join their guild. Do you have any intentions?"

"Everyone, thank you for the recognition. But my sub-hero is still controlled by the laws of the Kingdom. It's impossible to send it out to wars. I just want to slowly farm in the game and have no intention of joining a guild. I have nothing else to say. Can we end the interview?"

"Thank you for the interview, Miss Sudden Youth. It's a pleasure to work with you. Goodbye!"

Players from all over the world who saw the live broadcast were surprised. As an Epic Hero who was clearly not a combat Hero and whose rank was not high, one was unable to determine her value at this moment. However, the emergence of the Epic sub-hero accelerated the pace of professional teams in other countries.