Chapter 14: Two Worlds Inside and Outside the City
The Divine Summer Empire Exchange was only open to citizens of the Divine Summer Empire.
Lin Moyu had access to the Exchange, but his authority level was very low, only at level one.
To gain higher authority, he would need to increase his contribution points.
However, that was a concern for the future and not relevant to him at the moment.
He briefly looked at the items for sale in the Exchange.
Weapons, armor, jewelry, materials - everything was available.
But every item was expensive.
Lin Moyu only had about 100 gold coins in total, not enough to buy even the cheapest Iron-rank weapon.
As for the more expensive Bronze-rank and Silver-rank items, he could only look; they were completely out of his reach.
After noting down the prices of some low-level materials, he began to check the available quests.
The monsters in the outskirts of West Sea City ranged from level 10 to 20, considered a low-level area.
There weren’t many related quests, mostly material collection tasks.
[Unlimited collection of Green Sprout Grass, 50 gold coins per set.]
[Unlimited collection of Black Wolf Pelts, 20 gold coins per set.]
[Unlimited collection of Beast Bones, 30 gold coins per set.]
Alchemists, pharmacists, blacksmiths, and other lifestyle career professionals needed large quantities of materials for skill training.
They would process these materials into useful items and sell them, earning income in the process.
Lifestyle career professionals could also level up while training their skills.
This formed a good cycle, providing decent development opportunities even for lifestyle career professionals.
"Hmm, this quest... is interesting."
[Clear the level 14 West Sea Mine dungeon and obtain the dungeon BOSS, Goblin King’s crystal core.]
[Note: Requires Nightmare difficulty or above for the BOSS to drop the item.]
The quest reward was 100,000 gold coins.
Such a high price indicated that this quest was challenging.
The West Sea Mine was about 50 kilometers south of West Sea City.
Lin Moyu didn’t plan to go there yet. The level 14 dungeon required a minimum level of 10 to enter, and his current level wasn’t high enough.
Dungeon difficulties were divided into Normal, Nightmare, and Hell.
Lin Moyu wasn’t sure how hard Nightmare difficulty was.
According to books, Nightmare difficulty was at least several times harder than Normal.
Without a strong team, it was nearly impossible to clear.
As for Hell difficulty, it wasn’t for ordinary career professionals at all.
After looking around for a while, Lin Moyu left the Exchange and went to the city gate.
"Lin Moyu, level 7, Necromancer?"
The city guard checked Lin Moyu’s exit permit, confirming his information.
Although puzzled about how the school allowed someone at only level 7 to leave the city, knowing that monsters outside were at least level 10, the guard verified the permit was genuine and quickly approved it.
"Your exit permit is now active. Unless there are special circumstances, you can freely enter and exit the major cities of our Divine Summer Empire from now on."
"There are many monsters outside. Be careful and stay safe."
"If things go wrong, run back quickly. Don’t worry about losing face; your life is more important."
"Especially at night, some monsters specifically choose to ambush at night."
The city guard kindly advised Lin Moyu.
Lin Moyu bowed slightly to him, "Thank you, I’ll be careful."
As he walked out of the city gate, a cold wind blew in his face.
The sky suddenly darkened, and the air was filled with an oppressive atmosphere.
The inside and outside of the city were like two different worlds.
"This city wall is extraordinary!"
A single wall divided two worlds.
Lin Moyu stepped forward, quickly disappearing into the wilderness.
The air became increasingly oppressive, seemingly filled with the scent of bloodlust.
Occasional beast roars could be heard from afar.
Sometimes he could see people fighting monsters.
Most were career professionals above level 10.
The city wall was long out of sight, and a thin mist covered the view.
With a thought, a skeleton warrior emerged from his summoning space.
Currently, there were 28 skeleton warriors in his summoning space. After recovering spirit power through meditation last night, Lin Moyu had summoned four more skeleton warriors.
Lin Moyu looked at a monster about twenty meters away, "Go, take down that monster in front."
The skeleton warrior immediately ran over with a crackling sound.
At the same time, Lin Moyu cast Detection on it.
[Goblin Patrol]
[Level: 10]
[Strength: 120]
[Agility: 50]
[Spirit: 50]
[Constitution: 120]
[Skills: None]
The level 10 Goblin Patrol had a fierce face and wielded a spiked club.
This monster was strength-focused, with pitifully low agility and spirit.
Its constitution was decent, indicating tough skin and flesh.
But compared to the skeleton warrior with all attributes at 750, it was no match at all.
Here, the main monsters were from the Goblin clan.
They occupied a vast area, all the way to the West Sea Mine 50 kilometers away, all part of the Goblin clan’s territory.
The skeleton warrior reached the goblin in the blink of an eye.
The goblin noticed the skeleton warrior and attacked first, swinging its spiked club with a whooshing sound.
The skeleton warrior didn’t dodge and was hit directly by the club, making a loud bang.
The Goblin Patrol’s strength was great, even making the skeleton warrior sway slightly.
But that was all. The skeleton warrior had already raised its shabby great sword and swung back.