Keep attacking girls and try not to be killed by them

Jiang Ran was already very alert, but he didn't know that Mayor Kilian was also very quick.

Last night, Mayor Kilian waited until midnight but his son Kivi did not come back to report.

Considering that Kiwi always lived a life of debauchery, and that causing trouble in the Quest Guild was not a high-risk task, the mayor did not think anything bad of it and just thought that his good-for-nothing son was fooling around again.

The mayor was very disappointed with his son, but what could he do since he was his own son?

Therefore, the mayor sent people to Cuilin City overnight and spent a large sum of money to hire a second-level top master of a specific combat profession.

He planned to take advantage of the fact that Branch Minister Oleg was still seriously injured and let the old man go to heaven early to "enjoy his old age."

After dealing with Oleg, Mayor Kilian also planned to get rid of all the guys in the mission union who were loyal to Oleg, such as the employees headed by Emilia of the fox tribe.

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5.10 - Undercurrent (Part )

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October 187, 6

10:47 AM

[Confession death countdown remaining: 28 days]

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After the inspection, Jiang Ran started to do his own things.

Regarding the preparations for the "Advanced Trial", his progress was not smooth and he needed to review and examine it again.

In order to increase the probability of passing the "Advanced Trial", Jiang Ran now has two numerical goals:

——1. The maximum value of magic power reaches 3000 points, the current value is: 1790 points;

——2. Dexterity attribute reaches 150 points, current value: 114 points;

In addition to these two goals, Jiang Ran also has a more subjective goal:

——『Mastered the ability to dodge attacks. Current progress: No clue.』

It is called ability, but in fact it is skill.

Acquiring new skills is a reliable way to achieve this subjective goal. However, the upgrade speed of the two professions that Jiang Ran can still upgrade, "Hunter" and "Pharmacist", is very slow, so there is no hope.

Another way is to pray that new attributes will be useful after the skills reach a certain level. However, Jiang Ran took a look at the two skills "Concentration" and "Computing Power Enhancement". Even if new attributes appear, they are likely to have nothing to do with dodging.

Since the above two methods don't work, the last remaining solution is to buy equipment with built-in skills like the "Black Sword Flame Horse"... However, judging by the fierce competition for the Black Sword Flame Horse, such a good thing should be difficult to come by.

With the mentality of trying his luck, Jiang Ran began to browse the equipment stores in Sunny Town. As he expected, there was not a single piece of equipment with built-in skills, and the shoe-type equipment sold in the armor store were all mainly defensive, which would only slow down the speed.

(Based on my vitality, I'm not suitable for switching to a defensive warrior...)

Jiang Ran sighed. At this time, the craftsman from the armor shop came up and started talking to Jiang Ran.

"Handsome boy, you are Banning, right?"

"You know me?"

"Haha, those two materials of yours are very interesting. All the craftsmen in Sunny Town are discussing them!"

(The whole town of Sunny's craftsmen?)

Jiang Ran originally thought that the craftsman introduced by Oleg was just talking, but he didn't expect that he actually gathered the strength and wisdom of all the staff to design the plan.

For a moment, Jiang Ran was even a little moved.

"Are those two materials so rare?" Jiang Ran asked.

"Nonsense! These are materials for a third-level monster, and they're high-quality materials. We don't even see them once in three years in a small place like this."

"I see. Thank you for your kind attention."

"Hehe! Needless to say! Just look forward to it!"

The craftsman showed off his strong biceps, which made Jiang Ran feel a little worried... What if the final solution was equipment for muscular men, wouldn't that be the opposite of the point?

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In any case, the information obtained in the armor shop gave Jiang Ran some hope.

However, he couldn't place all his bets on the Corrupted Poison Claws of the Corrupted Poison Blade Rat King and the Magic Core of the Shadow Devouring Rock Demon Svalerok.

He must do his best in everything he can do.

Therefore, in order to speed up the progress of brushing skill proficiency, Jiang Ran now added a "nap" segment every day.

Based on Jiang Ran's current wisdom attribute, plus the bonus from the meditation ring (60 magic points/hour), Jiang Ran can recover 418 (358+60) magic points for every hour of sleep.

Therefore, as long as Jiang Ran arranges 2 hours of nap time every day, he can speed up the progress of skill brushing by about 25%, with significant results.

It is no exaggeration to say that if there were no other things to do, Jiang Ran would even want to do nothing and devote himself to the career of "sleeping + brushing skills".

It’s a pity that the current situation of the Mission Guild is destined to prevent Jiang Ran from practicing in peace.

(I have to keep an eye on the mayor...after all, Sunny Town is his territory.)

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Jiang Ran's worries were not wrong.

Jiang Ran had been in Sunny Town for less than half a month.

And the mayor, Killian, has lived in this town of Sunny for most of his life.

When Kilian discovered that his son Kivi had not returned home until the next morning, he immediately sent people out to look for him, to see which girl's house this good-for-nothing had passed out drunk at, and to drag him back and punish him severely.

But the report his subordinates brought back to Kilian left him dumbfounded.

"Kivvy is nowhere to be found in the entire town of Sunny?"

"He disappeared yesterday after running out of town with his men chasing a black-clad archer?"

Kilian repeated what his men had just said, then suddenly jumped up and punched a hole in the table.

"Why don't you go look for it in the suburbs?!"

"Call everyone here!"

"All hands on deck!"

"If we can't find Kivi, no one should come back!!"

Kilian's long-awaited rage frightened his men.

After he gave the order, everyone rushed out as if they were running for their lives.

"Quest Guild... Black Archer... Oleg... Emilia..."

Kilian repeated these names over and over again, trying to find a connection between them.

Kilian's intuition told him that there were no such coincidences in the world. This archer in black must be a member of the Task Force Guild.

——(I thought that with that old guy Oleg down, the quest guild would be easily dealt with...)

——(I didn't expect there would be someone tougher than Oleg...)

Kilian put on his sword and decided to go to the town of Gude in person.

If Kiwi was okay, he would make the black archer die quickly.

And if anything happens to Kiwi, even if it's just a scratch, Kilian will make sure that black-clad archer dies miserably!

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At night, when it was time for dinner, Jiang Ran went to the Cat Girl Restaurant, hoping to meet Grandma Cassie.

Unexpectedly, halfway through the journey, I met Emilia who was on her way home.

Since the two met head-on, it was too late for Jiang Ran to escape, so he could only greet Emilia with a smile.

"I thought you would be busy until late." Jiang Ran spoke first and took the initiative in the conversation.

"Everyone in the guild has been taking good care of me, so I've gradually become less busy... Mr. Banning, are you going to eat at the Cat Girl Restaurant?"

In response to Emilia's question, Jiang Ran's mind reading ability began to run at full power.

At this moment, Emilia was thinking that if Banning answered "yes", she would say that she happened to be out of food at home and wanted to go out to eat with Banning;

If Banning answers "no," then follow up with the question of where he's going to eat.

In short, now that we have met him, we cannot let Banning get away.

At such critical moments, her mother's words always echo in Emilia's ears.

——"Emilia, when you grow up, if you meet someone you like, you must pursue them bravely."

——"We, the fox people, are a tribe that dares to love and hate~"

As for Jiang Ran, since he knew what Emilia was thinking, he naturally knew how to answer.

"Dinner... I haven't decided yet. Emilia, how are you going to prepare dinner?"

To Emilia's surprise, Banning actually asked her what she thought first!

This is how to do ah?

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5.11 - It's hard to express my feelings

Emilia was stunned for a moment. Now that the problem had been transferred to her by Banning, it would be difficult to deal with.

However, this did not pose a problem for Emilia, who had served as the union's receptionist for several years.

This wasn't the first time she had encountered a difficult situation.

"I...I haven't thought about it yet, Mr. Banning. If you don't mind, I'll join you. I'll eat whatever you eat."

All I can say is that history always repeats itself in a strikingly similar way.

However, this time, the roles of both parties were reversed.

[See "4.31 - Night Fireworks"]

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Since Emilia had said so much, it was difficult for Jiang Ran to refuse, so he had to nod and agree.

He smiled bitterly in his heart, it was really all his own fault.

"How about we go to the Cat Girl Food Pavilion?" Jiang Ran suggested.

"Yeah, okay."

Emilia readily agreed.

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Going to the Cat Girl Restaurant is a good choice for Jiang Ran.

If she could meet Grandma Cassie again, Emilia could be an excellent wingman, just like last night, when she could get Grandma Cassie's past out of her in just a few words.

Unfortunately, Jiang Ran’s plan failed this time, as Grandma Cassie was not at the Cat Girl Cooking Pavilion at night.

In this way, the atmosphere between him and Emilia... felt a bit like a young couple having dinner together outside.

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Jiang Ran and Emilia sat facing each other.

While they were eating, they occasionally chatted about one or two topics.

Jiang Ran has been using his ability to read minds to ensure that the topic doesn't become too "stimulating".

As long as he could hold on until he finished his meal and then send Emilia home, he would be "safe"! — Jiang Ran thought so.

However, Emilia's desire to attack was so strong that right after they finished talking about the distribution of magic power in battle, she asked Banning a very straightforward question without warning.

"Mr. Banning... there's something... I've always wanted to ask you..."

When Emilia started to attack, Jiang Ran could no longer stop her. At this moment, even if he wanted to pee, it was too late.