I Have a Date with a Thousand-year-old Female Corpse-Chapter 1272: Wilderness Woods

"The winding mountain path leads to farmland; walk the straight road and leave some toll money!"

Listening to the robber compose such flavor-filled "robbery rhyming verses" made you chuckle, but you didn’t have time to waste here. Seeing the robber’s plump figure and lack of apparent strength, you didn’t take him seriously. Holding the Iron Sword like it’s nothing, you bypassed him.

You hadn’t walked far before the robber came chasing again: "This mountain is mine, this tree is..."

"Shut up!" A quick side-kick knocked him away, and you sprinted forward.

To your frustration, the robber came running after you again, this time wielding a Butcher’s Knife, his fatty upper body jiggling as he roared, "Robbery!"

With the sun already perched atop the hill, you knew time was running out and didn’t bother arguing with the greasy robber. Without hesitation, you kicked him square in the face, then stepped over him without looking back.

This time, the robber didn’t chase after you anymore. When you arrived, the sunset still had one-fifth left hovering above the horizon. The Taoist nodded upon seeing you and handed over the Iron Sword with a smile: "I am but a wanderer of the Tao. The sword is a weapon of great misfortune; it disrupts inner peace. I gift it to you, hoping you’ll use it to fulfill the mission of saving the world."

Under your stunned gaze, the Taoist vanished into the fading brilliance of the setting sun, flying the banner of "healing and salvation" as he disappeared.

Suddenly, a gentle and soothing voice echoed from the sky: "You’ve obtained the Iron Sword. Mission accomplished. Level up to Level 12. Reputation increased by 10 points."

After a stunned silence lasting at least ten seconds, you finally blurted out: "Gan! Slaving all day, and it’s just for an Iron Sword?!"

"Well, at least I have a weapon now."

You sighed, then took a good look around and realized many players seemed injured and didn’t have weapons. They were duking it out hand-to-hand with rabbits, chickens, and pigs. Meanwhile, the players with weapons had already left Newbie Village.

During the running back and forth, you had leveled up to Level 8. But to your annoyance, the monsters didn’t seem to drop anything when they died. This game’s loot system is stingy, just like Zhangu City.

Just then, you saw a player strutting into the area, holding a Butcher’s Knife.

"Hey, where did you get that knife? I didn’t see the blacksmith shop selling those!"

"Buy it? You think I’m made of money? The blacksmith’s weapons are pricey as hell. I got this knife by robbing someone. Earlier, I found a fat guy collapsed on the hill. Seeing the knife in his grip looked pretty formidable, so I took it."

"No way, it’s that simple?"

"Why not? Didn’t you see this Wolf Fang Club I’m holding? I snatched it straight off a Half Orc!" At this point, five burly men brandishing various weapons approached. You recognized familiar faces in these five — they were the ones who surrounded and killed you in Snake Valley.

These five were seasoned players, and naturally, you wouldn’t dare provoke them at this stage. Without hesitation, you turned and walked toward the village entrance.

"It’s bad! It’s really bad!"

Before reaching the entrance, you saw a group of about ten villagers rushing into the village shouting, "Around twenty robbers are coming toward the village! Apparently, someone stole their weapons!"

"Everyone in this village, listen up! You’re surrounded! Now put your weapons down, raise your hands behind your head, and come out one by one!"

"Gan! When did these guys become the peacekeepers?" someone cursed angrily.

"Interesting. This game is really something else," said the man wielding the Wolf Fang Club, walking toward the village entrance with full confidence. He glanced at you, then turned to address a man who appeared to be the leader: "Brother, let’s have another fight before we leave the village!"

The man called "Brother" nodded coldly. In the next moment, four of the men roared in unison, hefting their weapons to charge at the row of robbers gathered outside the village.

Although the four men weren’t high-level, the aura they emanated was definitely not inferior to Level 30 players. With an aggressive force like a hurricane sweeping away leaves, the twenty-odd robbers of average Level 23 quickly fell into pools of blood.

"Brother, here’s a weapon you might need!"

One of the burly men grabbed a knife from a robber’s hand and happily handed it to the leader. However, the leader shook his head, saying indifferently: "I don’t need this trash. Give it to those less fortunate instead."

The burly man laughed heartily, gripping the knife tightly before suddenly hurling it in your direction. At the critical moment, you sidestepped, dodging the attack. The knife sank into the ground, leaving only the handle sticking out.

"Kid, nice reflexes. I’ll come find you for some fun later!" With that, the five men left Newbie Village at a pace that seemed slow but was actually fast.

According to the game rules, monster corpses wouldn’t disappear for one minute, meaning the village entrance would be piled with over twenty robber corpses during that time.

Fortunately, those four players acted with speed and precision. The robbers’ injuries were all fatal, with no grotesque scenes of guts spilling out. Otherwise, considering the game’s exceptional graphic quality, many players probably would’ve puked. Even so, a few girls nearby still threw up nonetheless.

For you, though, scenes like this were already routine.

You smirked slightly, letting out a cold chuckle.

Interesting!

Then, you headed toward Field Ridge Village and discovered an excellent spot for leveling up and training—by the lake.

A few kilometers away from Field Ridge Village lay a vast forest known as Wilderness Woods.

You recalled seeing it on some in-game maps printed in newspapers. The Wilderness Woods were expansive and filled with various kinds of monsters. To the north lay the Cissirya Prairie, to the south the Dalton Empire, to the west the Loess Plateau Desert, and to the east the Fusang Empire. The Wilderness Woods weren’t just a simple forest—they reportedly contained terrain so complex and bizarre it defied comprehension.

You had once gotten lost in the woods at night and leveled up to Level 1 there. The lake was enormous and vast; at first, you even thought you had reached the sea. Around the lake were tough, thick-skinned monsters like Wild Boar Monsters, making it a rare spot for leveling up.

Of course, you weren’t dumb enough to go after those monsters. Quietly bypassing them, you ended up killing a few deer before finally reaching the grassland by the lake.

Your choice of this location was simple. Back in the beta, you had only mastered "Basic Sword Technique" and "Kuanglan Blade Technique," and among these, "Kuanglan Blade Technique" packed the most punch. On your way out, you pulled out the knife buried in the dirt and claimed it for yourself. freёnovelkiss.com

Compared to swords, you preferred blades.