I became a saint in the game

Chapter 2: Soulless Bandit, Monster?
"An inch longer, an inch stronger. This kind of game that is exactly like the real world definitely requires long-range weapons, spears and crossbows. So I chose the Tang sword!"

Ignoring the few long-range cold weapons, Chen Shicheng resolutely chose the Tang sword that he loved most in his life. He decided to be a general throughout his life.

As the weapon selection was completed, a cold and intimidating Tang sword appeared in the storage bar, and the skill also changed to "Basic Sword Skills".

【Tang Sword】

【Quality: Ordinary】

[Introduction: This is an ordinary Tang sword made of fine steel. It has no additional properties and can only increase some damage with its own sharp blade.]

【Basic knife skills (beginner)】

[Passive effect: Damage increased by 10%, attack accuracy increased by 10%, and energy consumption reduced by 5%. ]

[Introduction: This is a basic skill for practitioners to get started. It is a prerequisite for all sword techniques. After using it, you can understand some simple sword techniques for combat.]

(Note: Skills can only be upgraded through personal training or by purchasing true skill solutions. This game does not provide experience points or skill points. Players are requested to practice consciously.)
"Well, I found a treasure!"

Chen Shi admitted that after reading the introduction to the skills, he grabbed the pendant around his neck and kissed it hard.

After all, according to his common sense, a skill would increase a little experience each time it was used, and if it was used enough times, it would be upgraded to the maximum level sooner or later.

At first he was a little dissatisfied with the ability of this pendant, but now he no longer has such an idea. With the ability to upgrade skills by merit, he can save a lot of time to fight monsters.

In this way, I, who entered the game ahead of most people, can be said to be standing on the wind with a hang glider on my back. I can fly as high as I want.
He held the pendant in front of his eyes and couldn't help but check its properties again.

【Stealing Heaven Pendant (unique)】

[Quality: Ancient Relic]

[Introduction: After doing good deeds, you can choose whether to receive the corresponding merits. Merits can increase skill proficiency. They can only be used three times a day, so please choose carefully.]

[merit: 57]

[Number of times remaining for today: 3/3]

"Ok?"

Compared with the introduction on the web page, the introduction of the pendant in the game is more detailed, including quality, remaining merits and number of uses.

But he had just entered the game and had not used this equipment yet, so where did the 57 merit points come from?
Chen Shicheng guessed that these merits should have been accumulated bit by bit by the good deeds he did during the 25 years of his life. As an extraordinary game, it should not be difficult for him to find out about his entire life.

After understanding all the properties of himself and his equipment, Chen Shicheng couldn't wait to open the storage bar and chose to use the "Basic Sword Skills" with his mind.

As the skill transformed into a white light in the storage bar, some memories of practicing swordsmanship emerged in his mind.

However, the basic swordsmanship for beginners is just the beginning. These unfamiliar memories only give him a general understanding of the basic skills of swordsmanship, but not the more advanced ones.

However, Chen Shicheng was still amazed by this ability to make someone learn an unfamiliar skill out of thin air.

"If I had this ability earlier, why would I need to go to school? I can just learn what I don't know."

Chen Shicheng, who experienced this magical ability for the first time, couldn't wait to take out his Tang sword from the storage compartment, ready to practice the basic sword techniques. However, before he could get into position, the hurried voice of a little girl suddenly came from outside the ruined temple.

"Grandpa, Grandpa, there is a City God Temple ahead, let's go in and hide!"

As soon as the words fell, the wooden door at the entrance of the dilapidated temple was kicked open, causing a lot of dust to fall into the temple.

"Ahem, ahem, who is this naughty kid? Don't you know how to be gentle?"

Chen Shicheng fanned the dust from his eyes and turned to look at the door.

In front of the dilapidated temple was a thin little girl, who was standing there in a daze, looking at him with a Tang sword in his hand with a look of horror on her face, not knowing whether to come in or not.

Behind her stood an old man covered in wounds. Through his tattered clothes, one could see that the wounds were bleeding, staining his patched clothes red.

The expressions in the two men's eyes were almost the same, both looking at Chen Shicheng with some horror, as if they couldn't believe that he was here.

Absolutely!

Chen Shicheng was shocked when he saw the grandfather and grandson at the door, whose expressions were almost the same as those of real people. This was indeed an extraordinary game, the NPCs had such a high degree of realism.

I just don’t know to what extent the underlying logic of these NPCs can be achieved. If they can completely simulate real people, then this game will be really big.

"Come in and look at me."

Chen Shicheng was speechless. He didn't know what was wrong with these two NPCs. Why did they act as if they had seen a monster when they saw him?

He hid the Tang sword behind him and was about to reach out to invite the two men in.

At this moment, the little girl's face suddenly became extremely surprised. She bent down and picked up the bolt beside her, pulled the old man in, and then closed the door. "Grandpa, this man is not one of those ghosts. Come in quickly."

The old man staggered when she pulled him and almost fell to the ground.

After finally standing firm, he gave Chen Shicheng an apologetic smile, and began to look for heavy objects around with the little girl to block the door.

After a lot of trouble, the two men finally blocked the door tightly. Then they sat on the steps at the door and began to breathe heavily, completely losing the look of someone who was trying to escape just now.

Seeing this relaxed look, Chen Shicheng's eyes twitched. He was just praising the NPC for being as smart as a real person, but he was slapped in the face in less than a minute.

This temple has been abandoned for who knows how long. The windows are so rotten that they will break if you poke them. Do you think you are safe just by blocking the door? Why don't you run from the back?
He pointed at the window that was less than 1.5 meters off the ground and said, "I don't think it's time for you to relax yet. Hurry up and run from the back. Those who are chasing you don't need to hit the window. They can easily jump in through the window."

"It's okay, don't be afraid. The ones chasing us are not humans. Those soulless bandits don't have the ability to jump out of the window." The little girl waved her hand without even raising her head and said carelessly.

Seeing this, the old man dotingly touched the girl's head, stood up and bowed to Chen Shicheng, and said weakly, "Please forgive me, young man. My granddaughter is still young and a little rude, but she is right. As long as we block the door, the Soulless Bandits will not be able to get in."

As he finished his words, the door of the dilapidated temple suddenly made a loud noise, and it sounded like something hit it.

The little girl had been protesting with her eyes against the old man touching her head, but after hearing this, she immediately looked at Chen Shicheng, as if to show off that what she said just now was correct.

Chen Shicheng pondered what the two said in his mind, and his eyes suddenly lit up.

The Soulless Bandit has a special name, and the implication is that this thing has a low IQ. Isn't this definitely a wild monster?

Although you can't level up now without any skills, it's not impossible to kill a few wild monsters and see the drop rate or something.

Thinking of this, Chen Shicheng tightened the Tang sword in his hand, walked to the window with great interest, and prepared to look through the hole on it to see what was happening outside.

"What are you doing? Don't let the Soulless Bandits see you. They will disperse after surrounding you for a while if they don't hear any movement!" The little girl was shocked when she saw Chen Shicheng's actions, and she reminded him hurriedly.

"It's okay, just a bunch of bandits, no big deal."

After saying that, Chen Shicheng asked nonchalantly, "This bandit is the most common, most common, and weakest, right?"

"Yes what's the matter?"

"That's fine. I'm going to start pretending... that... to do it."

Feeling the Tang sword that was extremely familiar to him as if he had practiced it for several years, Chen Shicheng made a gorgeous sword flower.

"Grandpa." The little girl looked at the old man anxiously, hoping he could say something.

The old man stared nervously at the Tang sword in Chen Shicheng's hand without saying a word. He just shook his head gently, pulled the little girl to the window behind the ruined temple and sat down, as if ready to escape at any time.

Chen Shicheng didn't notice the two's little movements. He leaned on the window and looked out. "Oh my god, this soulless bandit is pretty fierce!"

Seven strong men wearing leather armor and holding rusty swords were surrounding the door of the dilapidated temple. Six of them had the name "Lv.1 Soulless Bandit" on their heads, and one had the name "Lv.2 Soulless Bandit Captain" on his head.

Just as the grandfather and grandson said, although these soulless bandits look big and strong, with muscles that can almost burst through their armor, their IQ is indeed not very high.

There was no expression on his face and his eyes were extremely empty. He was standing at the door of the ruined temple, turning around in circles in a daze when he couldn't see his target. From time to time, the soulless bandits would bang their heads against the door. The loud noise just now was probably caused by that.

Chen Shicheng compared the sizes of both sides and had deep doubts about whether he could defeat these wild monsters.

But on second thought, these soulless bandits are just level one monsters, and their movement speed is probably not fast. Two old, weak and sick people can outrun them.

And with that low IQ, I guess he can definitely fly a kite!
Having said that, considering the weirdness of this game, he did not choose to go out through the main gate, but walked to the side of the ruined temple, carefully poked open the window and climbed out.

Eat rice one bite at a time and eat monsters one at a time!
First look at the composition of these wild monsters before deciding whether to attack with all your forces.

Standing at the corner, he picked up a small stone, leaned his head out, and threw it at a soulless bandit on the periphery.

"Snapped!"

The stone hit the bandit accurately.

The bandit, with a red forehead, turned his expressionless face to look in the direction where the stone came from, and immediately noticed Chen Shicheng who was peeking out.

Just like a fly seeing a fly, the bandit raised the big knife in his hand, dropped his companions and ran over quickly.

"It's done!"

Chen Shicheng quickly retracted his head, took a few steps back, and assumed a fighting posture according to basic sword techniques.

Three seconds later, the bandit who was attracted turned the corner and swung his sword at his head without saying a word.

"clang!"

The moment the two knives touched, Chen Shicheng's face suddenly changed.

He never imagined that a level one wild monster could be so strong. The tremendous force spread along the blade to his hand, causing his knuckles to crack and the bones in his arms to seem to be crackling.

The Tang sword in his hand didn't even hold for a second before it pressed directly against his shoulders. His legs also went limp and he almost fell to his knees.

And this is not the end. Before he could react, the Soulless Bandit on the opposite side kicked him directly in the abdomen with his strong thigh.

"Fuck, you have such clear and stupid eyes, but you actually want to launch a sneak attack!"

The huge force coming from his abdomen made Chen Shicheng feel as if a red-hot iron rod was stabbed into his internal organs, twisting them as well.

The severe pain caused veins on his neck to bulge and his eyes nearly popped out of their sockets. His feet left the ground and he flew backwards like a torn sack, rolling several times before he finally came to a stop.

He could swear that this was definitely the most painful time for him, except for when his mother pinched the inside of his thigh when he was a child!
(End of this chapter)