Scourge Messenger

Chapter 8 "Lecheng County Lord Should Be Like This"

Do they know that Yan San has changed his job?

Yan Qing was slightly startled, but quickly reacted. Putting aside the fact that Yan San had instantly recovered from his injuries, the HP +4 alone was quite remarkable—a level 1 average person only had 1 HP, and most people, even at level 10, only had around 7 HP. Even for Yan San, a monster with 11 HP initially, HP +4 was equivalent to a third of his strength. It would be a miracle if others didn't notice the difference.

It may not be clear enough on the screen, but in the real world, Yan San's muscles are probably so swollen that they are about to burst his armor.

"Yes, I changed my job to a messenger."

Yan Qing answered as he picked up Zheng Shan's dropped items. The surrounding guards were in an uproar. It seemed that even among elite soldiers, changing classes to courier was a rare occurrence.

Wu Wanliu stared at him, and even through the mask, Yan Qing could sense his shock. Although it felt a bit abrupt, Yan Qing chose to immediately walk over to Zheng Shan to pick up the fallen items, so as to avoid any more trouble.

"You picked up 800 Spirit Jade"

"You picked up 2 Blood Replenishing Pills."

"You picked up the 'King's Keepsake: Stainless Steel Straight Sword'"

"You picked up the 'Basic Steps Mastery Cheats'"

When Yan Qing saw the last item, he was stunned at first, then his eyes widened. He opened his personal warehouse as quickly as possible and transferred the "Basic Steps Mastery Cheats" to the public warehouse!

It was just a few steps, but Yan Qing's hands were sweating, and he was as nervous as if he was pressing a bomb switch. He was so nervous because this thing might directly change his current situation!

Basic Steps Mastery Cheats

Source: Any elite humanoid enemy proficient in basic steps

Conditions of use: None

"Effect: Allows you to immediately master the full-level basic steps"

"Note: This manual contains extremely detailed dodging and retreat techniques. Whether you're committing murder or setting fire to a person, it can be of great help."

Click on the 'Basic Steps Mastery Cheats' in the public warehouse, and three options will pop up:

「Children」

「Transfer to another character's personal warehouse」

"throw away"

Yan Qing swallowed and selected "Use" → "Used by Yan Qing".

dong dong!

His heart was beating incredibly hard, his energy and blood surging through his veins, and his legs felt as if they were on fire! But the strange phenomenon had come and gone quickly, and when Yan Qing took a deep breath, his body had returned to normal.

He put down his game console and walked to the open space. He looked at the distance between the wall and the ceiling. Without thinking, he instinctively leaped up, first stepping on the wall to jump onto the ceiling, then pushing off the ceiling in the opposite direction to jump onto the other wall. He repeated the same trick, and in just three seconds, he walked around the room without touching the ground. His heart was steady, and he was out of breath. It was as easy as stepping on a grid on flat ground.

My knees seemed to be equipped with springs, so light that I felt like I could fly with just a jump.

Really useful!

Although there was no prompt from the game system, Yan Qing knew that his basic pace had reached the maximum level of 10, and his character level had increased by about five or six levels, and his blood and skills had increased by two or three points. Otherwise, his physical fitness would not have been so good - according to Yan Qing's estimation, his original fragile body, which had been tempered by the hard work and the company for a long time, had blood and energy at the level of '1', and the blood and energy increased by five or six levels was equivalent to several times the physical fitness.

Yan Qing let out a long sigh. The inexplicable time travel, the approaching thieves, the strange world, and his own weakness, all the uneasiness brought by all of this disappeared at this moment.

He finally found a way to become stronger!
The Courier recommends veteran players to create alts, but veteran players definitely don't want to level up. 'Mastery Cheats' were created to address this pain point: not only can it be used to quickly upgrade the alt, but if veteran players want to customize their character professions, they can also skip the tedious leveling process by collecting the corresponding skill cheats.

Take the 'Sword Dance Messenger' that Yan Qing knows as an example. As an extremely popular first-level profession, Sword Dance Messenger is almost only available to veteran players who start a small account. This is because Sword Dance Messenger requires basic swordsmanship and basic dance. The initial attack range of swordsmanship is small and the attack power is low, and the dance improves slowly. If you rely solely on yourself to practice skills, it is simply torture.

Old players only need to choose a popular weapon and reach level 10 or 20 to get various skill secrets. At this time, it will be much more comfortable to turn around and start a small account to switch to Sword Dance Courier.

Yan Qing can completely replicate the "old account leading the small account" operation, the only difference is that he is the small account, and "Yan San" and other created characters are the main account. The main account adventures outside to plunder resources, while Yan Qing coordinates the overall situation in the Thieves' House, waiting for the main account to become strong and then drive him to become stronger!
When Yan Qing returned to retrieve the game console, he discovered that the other Baibaoqi were gradually leaving, leaving only Karasuma Ryu and Yan San in the basement hall. Seeing Yan San stir, Karasuma Ryu suddenly said, "You can take some treasure before leaving. This is an unspoken rule, and no one will pursue it."

After saying this, he turned and left. As if to verify his words, he casually picked up a few pearl necklaces from the gold and silver treasures next to him as he left.

Treasures? Yan Qing looked at the treasures scattered across the floor and tried to click on them, but Yan San wouldn't budge. In the game system, these treasures were just background material, untouchable. Furthermore, gold and silver treasures held no meaning in the game. The Messenger's base currency was only Spirit Jade.

Just as he was about to leave, Yan Qing suddenly noticed a large treasure chest in front of Zheng Shan's bed. He looked around and saw that the Wuhuanliu and the other Baibaoqi had already left, so he went over to open the treasure chest.

A list of items that can be picked up will pop up on the right side of the treasure chest:
"Spirit Jade x 1500"

"Blood-replenishing Pills x10"

Steel Ingot x 10

Leather x 10

"Thunder Blade Technique Beginner's Manual x 1"

Huh?! Yan Qing's eyes lit up when he saw the last one fall.

"Thunder Blade Technique Entry Secrets"

"Source: Any Courier with a sharp knife may drop it."

「Usage conditions: Basic sword skills level 5」

"Effect: Allows you to instantly master Level 1 Thunder Blade Technique. Once mastered, your sword attack pattern will change."

"Thunder Blade Skill: Each level increases the casting speed of knife-type tokens by 5%, up to level 10."

"Note: Eight out of ten Swift Blade Messengers will name their mediocre martial arts 'Thunder Blade Techniques.' In reality, the vast majority of the content in these eight 'Thunder Blade Techniques' can be summed up in one word: fast."

Yan Qing naturally couldn't learn it, as he didn't even have the basic level 1 swordsmanship.

But 'Yan San' can be learned!

Seeing this sword manual, Yan Qing suddenly remembered that Yan San had just picked up the straight sword token that Zheng Shan had dropped. However, Yan Qing's attention was completely taken away by mastering the secret manual, and he had completely forgotten about it.

In the personal warehouse, a sharp straight knife exudes a biting chill, and the bright white name code indicates that it is not an ordinary object, but a token that can contain powerful power.

"Stainless Steel Straight Knife"

"Grade: First level ordinary"

Durability: 50/50 Equipment Requirements: 5 HP, 5 Spirit

Basic attack power: 3~15 points

"Effect: Moon Ring Slash: After a brief charge, it instantly launches a circular slash centered on itself, dealing 40 points of area damage. This activation consumes 5 points of spiritual power, with an initial attack radius of two meters. Each additional 3 points of spiritual power increases the blade's radius by one meter, up to a maximum of ten meters."

"Effect: Armor Break: After using Moon Ring Slash, the Moon Ring's blade light will attach to the blade, increasing the damage of the next Moon Ring Slash by 40 points. The blade light dissipates after three seconds, but the blade light effect can be stacked, and each stacking will refresh the duration."

"Evaluation: 'You can avoid my sword by being far away? A sword is such an inconvenient thing.'"

There is no doubt that the Thunder Blade Technique and the Stainless Steel Straight Knife are the fixed drops of this copy. The combination of the two can make a player who has just changed his job become a professional swordsman immediately. If the player likes the swordsman style, he will keep playing until he changes to a related profession at level 20.

So, do you want to take it?

Karasuma Ryu had said they knew exactly what the treasure chests in this dungeon would drop, and taking this introductory manual would definitely be discovered. This wasn't a game world where you couldn't just log off with the loot and be fine. If they caught you stealing...

After much reflection, Yan Qing felt that a mere copy of the Thunder Blade Technique wasn't worth it. He'd already earned nearly 2000 Spirit Jades in this dungeon alone, not to mention the White Iron Straight Blade and other talismans. Furthermore, judging by the Wuhuan Ryu's expert dungeon-clearing process, it was clear they ran it frequently. This meant Yan San could consistently level up and pick up loot as long as he stayed.

He can still tell the difference between having one meal and not having enough every time.

On the way out of the instance, Yan Qing noticed a house being demolished. The auxiliary soldiers who had been waiting at the instance's entrance were now dismantling the Zheng family with remarkable efficiency, shipping out the bricks, tiles, and timber one by one. Naturally, the food and treasures within the mansion were not spared either. Someone even recorded and counted the Zheng family's pigs, quilts, and chairs at the instance's entrance. The Hundred Guards Battalion knew everything, leaving nothing behind.

No wonder they came to destroy it so early in the morning. This demolition method of digging three feet into the ground and reaching three feet above the sky will indeed take a whole day.

Yan Qing suddenly thought of the rich meals, complete infrastructure, and luxurious barracks with one room per person in Baibao Camp, and it suddenly dawned on him - no wonder Baibao Camp was so wealthy, it turned out that every time they fought, they were actually raiding the Zheng family!

Although they cannot pick up drops like players, it is precisely because they are not players that they can squeeze out the value of the dungeon so thoroughly.

Yan Qing watched in amazement, feeling that the people of this world had formed a unique ecological chain with the dungeon. When he left the dungeon, it was already bright outside. The people from the Baibao Camp were waiting outside, looking at Yan San with complicated expressions.

"Rewards will be distributed after we have counted the treasures in the secret realm," Karasuma Ryu said. "As usual, the participating teams will have a rest this afternoon and return to camp the day after tomorrow. Anyone who doesn't return to camp on time will not be blamed for my whip."

Hearing this, the exhausted and injured Baibaoqi suddenly cheered. Yan Qing hadn't expected to rest for two days, but then he thought, for them, a dungeon run was truly a life-or-death struggle. Even the archers in the back row had to shoot arrows non-stop, so a two-day break was natural.

But Yan Qing wanted to quickly collect the 9000 spirit jades to pay the fine. Furthermore, playing the dungeon more often might yield other skill secrets, so he longed to play it daily. As he was pondering how to present his idea of ​​playing the dungeon continuously, a quartermaster emerged from the dungeon and whispered something to Wu Wanliu.

Wuhuanliu nodded, raised his hand and made a few gestures. Yan Qing naturally didn't understand, but the other Baibaoqi who were waiting saw this scene, and their expressions changed drastically. They immediately dropped their weapons and squatted on the ground.

Tatata!
The sound of dense footsteps was heard above the fortress, and the guards turned their dozens of crossbows and aimed at the people at the door of the dungeon!

"We found out that the big treasure chest in the Demon King's room is missing a copy of the Thunder Blade Technique secret manual." Wu Wanliu said coldly, "I was the second to last one to leave. Before I left, no one had touched the big treasure chest."

"The last person to leave the room was you, Yan San! I've repeatedly stated that taking spoils without permission is a capital offense, yet you still dared to break the law. If you show me the Thunder Blade Technique secrets right now, I can save you from death!"

"You've switched to a courier at such a young age. I wanted to recommend you for the Hundred Guard Cavalry position, but please don't ruin your future because of greed."

Looking at the dozens of powerful crossbows aimed at him on the fortress, Yan Qing understood everything.

He certainly wouldn't be so foolish as to say, "I didn't take the Thunder Blade Technique" to prove his innocence—the Wuhuan Ryu knew he didn't take it, so they framed him like this. If he truly wanted to give Yan Qing a chance to return the secret manual, he should have asked privately, rather than setting up an execution ground and then shooting him if Yan Qing couldn't hand it over.

The person who wronged you knows your innocence better than anyone else.

The Karasuma Ryu's use of the Thunder Sword Technique secret book to frame Yan Qing was also a brilliant move. If Yan Qing guessed correctly, the secret book would disappear after they used it, just like in the game, leaving no trace.

But even if other Lingyu elixirs were used, evidence would remain. Therefore, if Yan Qing claimed he didn't take them, Wu Wanliu would claim he had used the secret manual, and then it would be reasonable to kill him and not find any evidence. If Yan San died and his body was missing, everyone would know he had framed him.

As long as Yan San died, the matter would naturally end there. And the "stolen" Thunder Blade Skill Secret Manual would naturally end up in his pocket.

Yan Qing didn't know why Wuhuanliu set up a trap to frame him. Perhaps he had been looking for an opportunity to steal the Thunder Sword Technique, and Yan San was just a scapegoat he found by chance; perhaps he thought that he had a bad relationship with Yan San before, and now that Yan San had changed his job to a messenger, he felt that this boy must not be kept, so he killed Yan San in the bud; or perhaps he was simply jealous of Yan San's potential... Any reason is possible, but it doesn't matter.

The important thing is that Karasuma Ryu might choose to let Yan San die here.
But Yan Qing can choose how 'Yan San' will face death!
Yan Qing looked at the item bar in the lower right corner, and the first item in the item bar was 'Spirit Jade'.

In the game "The Messenger", Lingyu is not only currency, but also the source of power for all couriers - the main way for couriers to replenish their spiritual power is to use Lingyu to charge.

In addition, if the messenger has not learned special skills, their spiritual power will not even be replenished automatically.

At first glance, it seems very strange that the messenger has spiritual power but cannot replenish it automatically. However, if you think of the messenger as a car, the spiritual jade as gasoline, and the token as an engine, it is easy to understand: an ordinary person becomes a messenger, just like a pile of steel becomes a car. The messenger can accommodate spiritual power just like a car can hold gasoline. The messenger, like the car, is just a carrier for the reaction between spiritual power (gasoline) and the token (engine). But after all, the car is just a pile of iron, and the messenger is still a person in essence.

So don't be fooled by the hundreds or thousands of Spirit Jades that explode; when you really spend them, it's like a waterfall. With a single press of Yan Qing's finger, twenty Spirit Jades were quickly consumed, and Yan San's Spirit Power reached its maximum value of 20.

Then, equip the keepsake "Stainless Steel Straight Sword".

In the first skill position, the available skill "Moon Ring Slash" appeared!
Yan San's right hand flicked across his belt, and a plain-looking sword appeared at his waist. Perhaps someone noticed this, but they would simply assume Yan San had hidden the sword. Petty theft by Bai Baoqi in secret realms was commonplace, and as long as they didn't touch the treasure chests, everyone turned a blind eye.

"Yan San! Hand over the things now!" Wu Wanliu shouted, and the patterns on the evil ghost mask seemed to be burning, staring at Yan San's every move.

"it is good."

Yan Qing took the initiative to step forward, closing the distance between him and Wu Wanliu. The initial attack range of Yuehuan Slash was two meters, requiring 5 points of spiritual power to activate. 3 points of spiritual power could extend the attack range by one meter. This meant that 20 points of spiritual power could achieve four slashes within two meters, or two slashes within three meters.

Six meters, five meters, four meters...

"What are you guys doing?!"

At the fortress gate, a black-haired girl wrapped in fox fur, flanked by demonic guards, approached Yan Qing and his companions. She raised her hand and shouted to the crossbowmen on the fortress, "The Great Qi crossbows are not meant to be used against our own people. Lower them!"

Everyone on and off the ramparts knelt, including the Karasuma clan. "Greetings to the Lord of Lecheng County!"

'Yan San' naturally did not kneel, but took the opportunity to take two steps closer, and the distance between him and the Karasuma Ryu was less than three meters.

"What are you guys doing?"

"Tell the County Magistrate that this scoundrel stole the secret manual from the treasure chest the first time he entered the secret realm with us. I urged him to hand over the manual to avoid punishment, but he has been reluctant to do so. I'm afraid he has already secretly used it," Wu Wanliu said immediately. "Please ask the County Magistrate to make a ruling!"

The black-haired girl remained noncommittal. She looked at Yan San who was standing to the side and said:

"I should do so. Do you acknowledge the accusation made by Karasuma Tsuna? If there is any injustice, I can render justice."

At the same time, the black-haired girl's name also appeared above her head:

"The Duke of Lecheng County should be like this."

I fell asleep in the afternoon and forgot to send the timer. Sorry.

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(End of this chapter)