This Text Adventure Game is definitely poisonous-Chapter 44 - Travel Frog_1
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Griffins!
Chocobos!
Mu You was drooling over them.
He didn’t expect that he could rent these famed magical creatures in a small, broken-down village!
Unfortunately, he couldn’t afford it.
Not to mention the deposit, the rental fee itself was a couple of years per hour.
Who the hell could afford that?
He only had a few decades of life to spare.
A leisurely ride on a Chocobo would cost him his life!
Mu You clicked on the ‘Beastkeeper’ text, thinking since they were both pet keepers, maybe he could get a discount.
But after searching for a while, he couldn’t find a bargain option.
Finally, Mu You had to swallow his envy and rented a little donkey.
[You mount your little donkey and leave the village.]
[You choose the road heading north.
Going straight in this direction, you will enter the eerie Black Forest.]
[En route, estimated 16 hours to reach the destination…]
For the first time, the game popped up a prompt for travel.
It took a full 16 hours, during which he had to keep his phone turned on, and he couldn’t do anything else but leave the game running.
Fortunately, the donkey depleted its own stamina during travel, so his own didn’t decrease.
“16 hours, it’ll be nighttime by then…”
With nothing to do, Mu You decided to sleep while leaving the game running.
But just as he was closing his eyes to check his phone’s battery, a new event popped up on the screen.
[You encounter a Black Spotted Spider lying in ambush by the roadside!]
[Your donkey has been bitten by the Black Spotted Spider and died!
Life -1.]
[Because of the effect of the Invisibility Cloak, the Black Spotted Spider didn’t detect your presence.
You survived, do you want to take this opportunity to ambush it?]
“Damn it, can’t you let people sleep?”
Mu You was frustrated.
If the donkey died, he’d have to pay!
He’d have to deduct from his deposit for however many times the rented pet died when he returned it.
So the spider biting his donkey was like biting him!
He had no choice but to stay up and watch his phone.
Otherwise, this useless donkey would die each time it encountered a wild creature.
Who could stand that?
[You draw the Bone-Breaking Knife, sneak up on the Black Spotted Spider, and kill it with one slash!]
[You’ve killed the Black Spotted Spider.
Life +1, Experience +1, acquired Spider Poison Gland*1, Black-spotted Spider Silk*1.]
…
[You continue to ride your donkey, notice a resting Jungle Bat hanging in a tree, do you attack…]
“Yes!”
[You’ve killed the Jungle Bat, Life +1, Experience +1.]
…
[You continue forward and notice an electric eel in a roadside stream, attracting other creatures with its luminescent tentacles, do you attack…]
“Yes!”
[You’ve killed the electric eel, Life +1, Experience +2, acquired Thunder Gland*1, Glowing Eyeball*2.]
…
Sure enough, after leaving the village, the number of dangerous small animals along the way rapidly increased.
He stumbled upon one every few steps.
These level one or two small animals posed no threat to Mu You, especially now that he had the Bone-Breaking Knife.
Any creature not too strong could be killed in one slash.
Anyway, while riding the donkey, Mu You would harvest everything he came across, be it aggressive or not – for the experience points and some practically useless materials.
As for the physical strength consumed in battle…
after all, killing monsters also reduces his lifespan, no matter how much energy he spent, he could always use his lifespan to recuperate.
Hence, killing monsters would not hinder his journey.
Staring at his phone till four or five in the morning, Mu You finally couldn’t hold on any longer.
He paused his journey, logged out, and hurriedly went to catch up on some sleep.
At seven o’clock in the morning, Mu You was woken up on time by the alarm clock.
Yawning and with dark circles under his eyes, he got up to continue playing the game.
He used to have a gaming pattern of being online for five minutes and offline for ten hours.
Now, he suddenly switched to being online all day, which was a bit hard for him to adjust to.
On the bed next to him, Cola also developed a similar biological clock.
At this time, he was also woken up by the alarm clock, got up, picked up his phone, and continued to binge-watch Naruto.
This guy had watched over five hundred episodes of Naruto in just over a week!
The phone was plugged in and charging all day, and he never unplugged it.
Mu You felt ashamed of himself.
Upon logging in to the game, he was still at the spot where he had stopped yesterday.
Re-mounting his donkey, Mu You continued on his way.
Sure enough, all kinds of strange and peculiar creatures popped out to block his path.
Mu You accepted every creature that appeared, gaining experience bit by bit, which made his journey not at all boring.
By eight o’clock, the business hours of the store had arrived.
The two hardworking girls were already on time for work, and as their shabby boss, he couldn’t bear to keep playing games in his room. freewebnøvel.coɱ
Mu You changed his clothes, got out of bed, and prepared to go downstairs to showcase his presence as the boss.
However, at this moment, a new prompt on his phone caught his attention.
[You continue on your donkey and suddenly see a Pocket Toad swimming in a small stream under the forest.
Chase after it?]
He encountered another unknown creature in the game.
But unlike before, all the creatures he had encountered previously asked him ‘attack?’ This time, however, it prompted him ‘chase?’.
Attack versus chase, these are entirely different concepts!
Mu You sensed that this might be no ordinary creature and quickly clicked on the text ‘Pocket Toad’.
[Pocket Toad is a magical creature with a treasure hunting instinct.
It likes to roam in the wilderness, searching for treasures and storing the treasures it finds in its belly pocket.
Its pocket has certain spatial power and can accommodate a lot more items than it looks.
If you can catch it, you might discover treasure from its pocket!
Chase after it?]
Upon reading this, Mu You thought it was a walking treasure chest and decided to give chase!
[Taking advantage of your invisibility, you quietly approached the toad and leaped towards it!]
[Unfortunately, the Pocket Toad is naturally alert and reacted very quickly.
It hopped to the left the moment you pounced upon it and disappeared into the jungle.]
[You fell into the pond and got covered in mud.
How embarrassing!]
“Damn, I knew it wouldn’t be easy!”
Mu You hurriedly pressed the pocket watch.
[Time Rewinding, you return to five seconds ago.]
[Now you know that the toad will hop to the left, so before you start catching, you set up a Beast Trap in the jungle to the left.]
[You return to the original spot and pounce on the toad again.
The toad hops again, and with a “plop,” it falls right into the trap!]
[You caught the Pocket Toad!
And you found a Phoenix Feather from its pocket.]
“Perfect!”
Mu You’s eyes lit up.
He thought he’d have to rewind time several times, but he caught it at once.
This toad didn’t seem to be as cunning as he thought!
He quickly checked out his loot.
[Phoenix Feather: Can negate one death.
You can choose to burn the feather to resurrect at the same spot with full health when you die.]
“Awesome!”
Mu You was overjoyed after reading.
To avert a death, this item would mean an extra year to his lifespan in the game, but in reality, it would mean an actual life saved!
Clearly, burning this feather in the game would be such a waste.
He must take it out and keep it for use in reality to get its full value.
Just as Mu You was about to click on the text to take the feather out, a new text popped up in the game.
[The Pocket Toad struggles in your hand.
It pleads with you not to kill it.
It is willing to sign a contract with you and become your familiar.
Accept the contract?]
