Why are the magical girls in your area male?

This death also made him understand two things:

First, after death, you can be resurrected in about 3 seconds.

He determined this based on his observation of the countdown to the end of the "Moon Etching" before his death.

Second, the monsters in the Boss room will not respawn, even if they are just small monsters.

He rushed up to the second floor, his initial thought being to kill the other goblin before the boss attacked, complete the mission, and get the title.

Unfortunately, that weak goblin didn't respawn.

The Tower of Delusion has prevented him from taking shortcuts; it seems that to complete the mission, he must kill the Boss.

Never mind, let's go to the first floor and kill all the slimes that have spawned!

If I can't beat the Boss, can't I at least beat a Slime?

Jie Jie Jie! !

Yuan Qing rushed up to the first floor with his knife in hand. As he expected, a large number of colorful slimes had respawned in the center of the hall on this floor.

Experience pack, my experience pack!

"Pfft!"

A slime was cut in half and turned into a puddle of slime.

Immediately afterwards, a notification popped up saying "Experience +75".

Huh? Why is it only 75? Shouldn't it be 100?

Yuan Qing was slightly taken aback, but quickly realized what was happening—

Level-based penalties!

When the level difference between the player and the monster is too large, the experience points gained from killing the monster will be significantly reduced.

This can be considered a classic setting in games to limit the inflation of combat power and balance player stats.

Realizing this, Yuan Qing felt a sudden tightness in his chest.

Fortunately, according to the system description, the Tower of Delusion has a minimum experience requirement; even if your level is far higher than the monster's, you can still get at least 25% more experience.

This is much better than most games where you only get 1 point of experience.

In a way, this can be considered a sign of pity from the broken tower and the system.

A slime with 100 experience points will only provide 25 experience points in the end...

Hey, it's okay! 25 it is!

With enough experience, I, the Sword God of Shili Slope, can grind until the end of time!

I get 3 resurrection coins every day. I'll grind for half a year. I don't believe I can't kill that idiot on the second floor!

Volume 1: Chapter 20 The Joy of Harvest

Now that Yuanqing is at level 5, he's incredibly efficient at clearing out these slimes.

In less than 5 minutes, he swept away dozens of slimes on this floor in a whirlwind.

This time he killed about sixty slimes, each giving him 75 experience points, just enough to level him up to level 6.

After level 6, slimes only have 50 experience points.

Yuan Qing glanced at the countdown; only 2 minutes and 50 seconds remained.

There's definitely not enough time to try again, so it's better to save the resurrection coins for tomorrow.

Anyway, there was no limit to the number of resurrection coins. If you don't use them all today, just save them up.

Yuan Qing opened the attribute panel and allocated all attribute points in the order of Strength +3 and Stamina +2.

With the added boost from the katana, his strength has now reached 27 points.

Great! After breaking through the strength barrier of 25, I feel like I can kill a bull with one punch now.

With one skill point remaining, Yuan Qing, after a moment's thought, chose to upgrade [Agile Steps] to level 2.

Lv.2 Agile Steps can increase your movement speed by 10%, consume mana, and can also increase it by an additional 5%.

Against a goblin lord that can instantly kill with a single strike, stacking defense and improving melee weapon skills are obviously useless.

Close combat is too risky and the rewards are delayed; to defeat it, you have to start from other angles.

High mobility is the foundation for survival and is currently his only means of negotiating with the other side.

Only by surviving as long as possible can you have more time to observe the opponent's attack patterns and skill mechanics.

After leveling up his skills, Yuan Qing began sorting through today's loot.

It was called spoils of war, but it was really just a bunch of slime gel.

This thing has no use other than being sold to stores, and it's easy to obtain, so Yuanqing sold all the gels without any worries.

Adding the coins that the slimes had dropped here and there, Yuanqing's savings reached 1600.

Incidentally, perhaps due to the increase in luck, Yuan Qing also obtained a blue-quality armor from a slime.

Item Name: Excellent Armor

[Description: Metal armor is ubiquitous; it offers little protection, but it's better than nothing.]

[Attributes: Strength +2, Stamina +5, HP +50]

[Price: 200 gold coins]

Wow, you can get equipment drops here too!

As for why a slime the size of a basketball can produce such a large chunk of metal armor, that's none of your business.

Asking is magic.

Yuan Qing opened the weapon page of the shop, his eyes scanning the top of the page.

1600 gold coins can buy a decent weapon.

Weapons and equipment are divided into five qualities, from low to high: white (common), blue (excellent), purple (rare), pink (artifact), and gold (legendary).

Most equipment can be bought in stores, but legendary gold-tier equipment can only be obtained through monster drops and quest rewards.

Very reasonable.

Choosing a suitable and affordable weapon from a huge pile of colorful options isn't easy, but Yuan Qing quickly found one he liked:

Item Name: Frostscar Longsword

[Usage Level: 5]

[Description: A one-handed sword imbued with a frosty aura, possessing ice-attribute attacks, highly practical]

[Attributes: Strength +5, Insight +3, Spirit +3, Ice Attack]

[Price: 1500 gold coins]

Among weapons of the same price and level, there are quite a few with better stats than the Frostmark Longsword.

However, it is the only one with an additional attribute attack.

Ice-attribute attacks can slow down enemies and even have a chance to freeze them, making them very suitable for Yuanqing to use in the early stages of the game.

Having this trait might have a surprising effect if you have the opportunity to fight the Goblin Lord in close combat later on.

Most importantly, reaching level 8 unlocks a skill called "Sword Qi".

Based on Yuan Qing's extensive gaming experience, this thing is usually linked to weapon attributes.

In other words, the Frostmark Longsword's ice-attribute attack could very likely transform into frost sword energy after unlocking the "Sword Energy" skill!

In that case, he could get a magic skill similar to "Ice Spike" for free.

With this in mind, Yuan Qing made a decision and immediately chose to purchase and equip the item.

With a flash of light, a gleaming blue-white one-handed sword appeared in his hand.

The sword is long and slender, about 1 meter including the hilt, and the blade is covered with frost cracks, which produce fine ice crystals when swung.

Although it doesn't glow like a +13 katana, it still exudes a chilling aura. If it were in the real world, it would definitely be a rare and divine weapon.

Such a beautiful and useful sword, only 1500 gold coins, that's really cheap.

Yuan Qing held it in his hand, weighed it in his hand, waved it a couple of times, and showed a satisfied expression.

Then he brought up the properties panel and took a look:

Level: 6, Experience: 150/6300

【HP：475/475（+50），MP：225/225】

Strength: 24 (+7)

[Stamina: 16 (+5)]

[Reaction: 10]

[Insight: 11 (+3)]

Spirit: 16 (+3)

【Lucky: 6】

[Remaining attribute points: 0]

Compared to level 1, my strength has increased several times over.

Even if he couldn't defeat the Boss, it didn't diminish Yuan Qing's joy of a bountiful harvest.

Take your time, don't rush.

As long as you can gain experience, sooner or later you'll be able to reach level 30 by using slimes.

When that time comes, we'll see who avoids whose sharp edge!

[Countdown to the end of "Lunar Etching": 0 minutes 05 seconds]

The system notification interrupted Yuan Qing's thoughts.

He quickly composed himself and prepared to return to reality.

Where will we be transported back to? Will we be teleported directly home, or will we be transported to the location of the Tower of Illusion in reality?

[3, 2, 1...]

The moment the countdown reached zero, the world before Yuan Qing's eyes suddenly distorted.

Darkness crept out from the corner of his eye, spreading throughout his entire field of vision.

A strong feeling of dizziness followed.

The whole process lasted only a brief moment.

“Puff!”

A muffled thud, followed by a soft touch.

Yuan Qing suddenly opened his eyes!

The familiar ceiling came into view, and beneath me was a soft but somewhat sagging old sofa.

The living room furniture was shrouded in the shadows of the night, the hands of the wall clock pointed to 00:05, and the air still carried a faint scent of air freshener.

This is a rented apartment; it's his home.

He's back! He went straight home from the Tower of Delusion!

I thought I would have to travel a long way back from the real-world coordinates corresponding to the Tower of Illusion, but the system was so considerate that it teleported me directly back home.

Enough of that, quickly confirm that what you just experienced wasn't a dream!

With this thought in mind, Yuan Qing opened his right hand, and with a thought, magic power quickly circulated and condensed into a ball of flame in his palm.

Okay, very good!!

At least it's not a dream!

Dude, now you can really live a peaceful life with your superpowers!