Full-Time Wizard: Starting with Harvesting Wheat

In the end, old John managed to negotiate a price of three silver dollars for a single trip into the mountains.

The price of three silver dollars, though seemingly small, represents the bare minimum for a family of three's monthly food expenses. On the other hand, it's the same amount Roy could earn by working twelve days at the blacksmith's shop.

However, for an experienced hunter like Tucker, the price of three silver was indeed due to Old John's influence.

"Alright, you can't exactly go up and fight wild boars in close combat, so try this bow." Tucker took a longbow off the wall of the hut. Roy glanced at it; the bow was mainly made of yew wood, which was slightly less hard than dragonwood, but had better elasticity.

"This is a 120-pound bow. Try to draw it."

Old John watched with great interest, able to see how muscular Roy was, but unsure of his limits.

Roy's current strength has reached 2.6, almost the same as Old John's. With all his might, he easily drew the bow to its full extent.

The Eye of Truth did not display any data on drawing the bow, which suggests that his movements were not standard.

"Not bad, to reach this level with a deadlift without any technique," Tucker said. "Let this kid train with me for two days, 150 pounds won't be a problem!"

"Hmm?" Old John was quite surprised.

The implication was that Tucker wanted to personally teach Roy archery, a privilege no one else received.

"A knight, after all, will have to learn archery sooner or later. If word gets out that I, Tucker, was his first teacher—" he patted his chest, "that would be incredibly prestigious!"

Roy understood; this hunter was a man of strong emotions.

"Teacher." He immediately bowed and gave a respectful salute.

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They set off the next day.

The reason is that Roy learned archery too quickly.

Archery is unlike swordsmanship or forging, where you can quickly learn a technique once you find a basic movement. And Roy didn't even need to find that basic movement himself.

Moreover, the bow he drew far exceeded Tucker's expectations, weighing a full two hundred pounds.

Only a highly trained elite archer could pull that!

That's why Tucker now looks at Roy like he's a monster.

To Roy's dismay, practicing archery did not trigger any special effects.

Before heading to Hillna, Tucker packed his gear. Meanwhile, Old John finished preparing the scabbard and delivered the iron sword to Roy.

"These are ordinary wooden arrows. If you encounter small animals like rabbits, these will be fine with your arrow speed."

"These are barbed arrows." Tucker loaded a stone-tipped arrow into Roy's quiver. "They won't kill the prey with a single shot, but they can widen the wound as the prey runs away. They're mainly used for hunting medium-sized creatures, like wild boars."

"As for this..." Tucker brought out three iron cone-shaped arrows. "These are armor-piercing arrows. On the battlefield, they can penetrate even iron armor, making them perfect for killing monsters like brown bears!"

Finally, he took two more wooden arrows, which were different from the ordinary wooden arrows he had taken before.

"This is a whistle arrow; it's harmless," Tucker said, pointing to the cutout in the center of the arrowhead. "The whistle arrow will be exceptionally loud when fired. If you and I get separated, shoot this whistle arrow, and I'll be back in no time."

After discussing the arrows, Tucker had Roy try on the leather armor. Although it didn't fit perfectly, there was nothing he could do. There were no leather craftsmen in Lanxi Town to order custom-made leather armor; they would have to travel a long way outside the town.

"Don't try to withstand the charge of a wild boar. If you encounter a brown bear, don't play dead. Run as fast as you can, and I'll hold it off."

On the way to Hillna, Tucker told him a lot more about hunting, which filled in some gaps in his knowledge.

It must be said that he was a very competent teacher. In the end, he even reminded Roy not to go deeper into the mountains, as that was the territory of the overlord of the Hillna Mountains, the Mountain Bear.

During their conversation, the two arrived at the foot of Hillna Mountain.

The forest is deep and dense.

The moment Tucker stepped into the woods, he became alert; the old hunter's experience came in handy.

"That over there is wild boar droppings. And look at that branch; it's obviously been torn down by a monkey."

His excellent vision allowed him to gather more information than Roy when they were in the dense forest.

Suddenly, a faint hissing sound came from the bushes.

The grass swayed slightly even though there was no wind.

Roy immediately reached out and took a wooden arrow, drew his bow, and aimed at the bushes.

Suddenly, a huge snake head emerged from among the leaves, with only one eye on its head, looking eerily like human blood.

One-eyed snake!

Guided by the Eye of True Sight, Roy's archery skills were already such that he could hit an apple from fifty meters away, so hitting a one-eyed snake would be a piece of cake.

He slightly changed the angle of his arrow release, and the arrow flew out with a whoosh, splitting the air in two.

With a snap, the one-eyed snake was pinned to the ground, its body writhing in agony.

"Excellent archery!" Tucker exclaimed. He could complete the three steps of spotting, aiming, and releasing the arrow much faster, but Roy, a newcomer, already had a reaction speed that was much better than some ordinary hunters.

Roy stepped forward, first drawing his iron sword to cut off the snake's head, confirming that the one-eyed snake was completely dead, before retrieving the wooden arrow and putting it back in the quiver.

Then, he used a knife to dig out the ruby-like eyeball. It was cold to the touch, like glass rather than flesh and blood.

"It seems there's a big difference between raw and cooked snake eyes." Thinking of the soft, sweet snake eyes after cooking, Roy shook his head and put the eyeballs into the cloth bag.

The special effect states that it only works if you eat 18 snake eyes within 24 hours. He wasn't sure if he would be so lucky, so he decided to save them for now to ensure they wouldn't hurt.

Fortunately, there seemed to be a lot of one-eyed snakes in Hillna Mountain. Apart from seeing a few rabbits, what Roy heard most often was the hissing sound of these snakes.

This also meant that the two of them had to be extremely careful, otherwise they might be poisoned by snake venom if they were not careful.

According to Tucker, the antidote for snake venom can be obtained from a one-eyed snake, but even after the antidote is obtained, one cannot get out of bed for several days afterward, and one's physical condition will be greatly weakened, so it cannot be taken lightly.

pedal!

Another one-eyed snake was pinned to a tree trunk more than 20 meters away.

Seeing Roy's archery skills improve more and more, Tucker rarely showed a satisfied expression.

Roy approached the Cyclops's corpse and removed the eighteenth eye.

"Now the eyeballs are all complete."

In addition, his bag contained several different plants, which were unexpected finds on the trip.

Blue Bamboo Shoots

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[Special Effect: Taking 150 grams daily for three days is expected to increase constitution by 0.1, with a maximum of 0.3]

【Crescent Mushroom】

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【Characteristics: The stem is highly poisonous, while the cap is non-toxic】

[Special Effect: Consuming 26 mushroom caps within 24 hours is expected to grant 0.2 Constitution. This effect can only be triggered once.]

Cabbage leaves

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[Special Effect: Taking 12 tablets at once is expected to grant 0.1 Spirit, with a maximum of 0.2]

Among them are even herbs that enhance mental attributes.

When Roy was collecting crescent mushrooms, Tucker warned him that these mushrooms were highly poisonous and should not be eaten.

It is possible that someone was poisoned after eating the mushroom stem, which led to the rumor that crescent mushrooms are poisonous.

In addition, their special effects have strict triggering conditions, and no one knows that they can improve attributes.

He thanked Tucker, picked the crescent-shaped mushroom again, and claimed, "This is not for eating."

Before nightfall, Roy collected 26 crescent mushrooms and then went down the mountain with Tucker.

According to Tucker, many creatures in the Hills are nocturnal, making the nights much more dangerous than the days.

Meanwhile, Roy's actions today also puzzled Tucker. Instead of actively searching for traces of medium to large creatures such as wild boars, he specifically chose to kill one-eyed snakes and collected some dispensable plants. It didn't seem like he was training his combat skills at all; at most, it could only be considered as training his archery skills.

However, he was quite satisfied with earning the three silver coins without any danger.

That evening, Roy returned home and opened the cloth bag full of snake eyes, preparing for diarrhea.