Legend of Mir 2: Seeking the Truth in Marfa

The two towering gates of Shabak City are open. Now that monsters are rampant and wars are ongoing, monks will enter the city for supplies at any time. In addition, with the arrival of warriors from other worlds, all cities in the Marfa continent no longer have curfews, and all shops are open all day.

Brooke was about to enter the city when he heard voices coming from inside. The quiet night made the voices particularly clear. Where did he seem to have heard them before?

"Damn, what a shitty Shabak, it doesn't even have a skill book." I said with a bald head.

"It's all my second brother's fault. He said there would be merchants if we came to Shabak. We finally got here, but now we have to go to Tucheng again?" Xia Yu Bu Chou complained.

"Oh, who would have thought that such a big city has pharmacies, weapons stores, clothing stores, jewelry stores, etc., but there is no bookstore?" I was speechless even though I had an umbrella.

In Red Name Village, the three of them pooled their money and, with a pitiful amount, bought a few bottles of potions from a black market vendor. They planned to fight monsters all the way to Shabak, hoping to level up and collect loot. However, they underestimated the monsters and overestimated themselves, and their potions quickly ran out. They could only rest after defeating each monster, resting only when their health was full before continuing. Their progress was incredibly slow. They all began to miss Ginkgo Village, Scarecrow, how beautiful it was. It had been a arduous journey, but they had finally made it to Shabak.

Due to the low monster drop rate and their slow speed, they only managed to collect a dozen or so pieces of equipment and a few hundred gold coins. They used what they could use and sold the rest to the shop, ultimately netting a little over 4000 gold coins. They were broke. They couldn't spend all the money; they had to save it for skill books. All three of them were already level 8, yet they hadn't even learned the most basic skills.

Finally, the three of them scrimped and saved enough to buy more than ten bottles of primary potions each, using the money they saved to buy books. After scouring the entirety of Shabak, they were dismayed to discover there were no bookstores. This left the three of them feeling frustrated and ready to bang their heads against the wall.

"What should we do now?" I asked the bald man.

"We can only run to Tucheng again. There must be a bookstore there. Let me see, our current coordinates are (6682, 3248). According to the map, the coordinates of Tucheng are approximately (3300, 3350). It will take about half an hour to run west." Obviously, I have an umbrella and I am the most powerful military strategist among the three.

"Are we really going to Tucheng? We just ran here from Hongming Village. You said it would take half an hour, but it turned out to be more than three hours." Xia Yu Bu Chou complained and brought up the past.

"The grocery store in the new area doesn't sell random teleport scrolls, so we have to run," I explained patiently. "When we came from Red Name Village, we were trying to kill monsters and level up along the way, so it took a while. Now we're all level 8. And look at the map. Red Name Village's coordinates (8600, 6600) are a diagonal line to Shabak, so it's quite far away. But now, from Shabak to Tucheng, it's a straight line, bypassing the valley in the middle, so it's closer."

"We should try not to kill monsters this time and run all the way there, and we must control the journey within half an hour. I heard that there are a lot of sheep around Tucheng, just like Biki's deer, they are easy to kill, and we can dig meat, which can be used to upgrade and make money. The key is that everyone is in the novice village now, and no one in Tucheng will compete with us for monsters." I have an umbrella and described the benefits of going to Tucheng.

"Hehe, that's right. New areas are always crowded with people but few monsters. I guess the Novice Village is already overcrowded and there aren't enough monsters to fight." I, the bald man, agreed and made the final decision: "Going to Tucheng is the right thing to do. Let's do it. Let's set off from Tucheng!"

"Oh, I forgot to mention something important. Mengzhong's main city is Tucheng, and Shabak doesn't count as a main city," I said cautiously. "Be sure not to get bitten to death by monsters on this journey. We're all white-named now, and if we die, we can't go back to the red-name village. We haven't even reached Mengzhong Tucheng yet, so if we die, we'll be teleported back to the novice village."

"That's right, it was my second brother who gave the right reminder. I admire you, my second brother. We must not die." Xia Yu Bu Chou praised his second brother, whom he had just complained about.

So the three of them cheered up and prepared to go to Tucheng. As soon as they walked out of the Shabak gate and turned a corner, they met Brook.

The three of them were stunned. They didn't expect to meet someone, and even an enemy.

Brook recognized the bald man from his voices and, knowing from their conversation that they were level 8 and hadn't learned any skills, he felt free to rush towards me. He had already drawn his iron sword and lunged at me with an umbrella. Last time, he'd killed the opponent with just two strikes, so he assumed he was a mage with low health. Since they were going to fight anyway, he might as well strike first. Since he was one against three, he naturally had to attack their weakest point first.

Brook slashed with his sword, cutting off 12 points of Wo Yusan's health. Wo Yusan only had 33 health points in total, and this sword cut off a third of his health. But he didn't panic. He immediately took the potion, endured it, and waited for his companions to besiege Brook.

Brook attacked with another sword, cutting off 11 points of I Have Umbrella's health. I Have Umbrella also started to fight back, and the other two also reacted at this time and surrounded Brook to attack him.

The three attacks landed on Brook at the same time, -3, -2, and missed.

The three of them were stunned. Brook's defense was so high that the three of them only took away 5 points of his health in total.

Brook swung out the third sword. From his perspective, he didn't know how much energy and blood these three swords had taken away from the opponent, but he could clearly feel that the stabs were very deep, and blood was spurting out with each sword strike.

I had an umbrella and found that I only had less than 10 points of health left. The health restored by the potion could not keep up with Brook's attack, so I quickly ran away.

Brook chased me two steps and slashed at me with another sword. Even with my umbrella and potion, I only had less than 5 HP left. Then I sadly realized that I couldn't run anymore. Because my HP was too low, I was forced to walk and couldn't run.

"Honest man, spare his life!" a sudden shout came from behind. The bald man paused after his first strike, judging it impossible to defeat Brook. Seeing my umbrella about to fall, I couldn't help but shout for a halt.

At this time, Brook's iron sword was hanging above my head with an umbrella, ready to swing down at any time, but he stopped.

Even though I had an umbrella, I didn't dare run. Even if it rained, I stopped next to Brooke. Everyone stopped.

"Oh, you guys aren't going to fight anymore?" Brooke said.

"We can't beat you. You are wearing a level 11 light helmet and a set of top-grade equipment. One sword can take away 12 points of our blood, but we can only take away 2 points of your blood. Your blood bar doesn't even move, so how can we fight you?" I said this in a bald and bachelor manner.

Brooke's expression remained impassive, but he was internally trembling. It's fine if these people can see my equipment clearly. I'm hitting this umbrella, not the bald guy. How does this bald guy know how much damage my sword strike inflicted on the umbrella? Can he see? And what's with the health bar? Are the warriors from another world so powerful?

It's not a good idea to ask directly, as asking directly would easily expose Brook's identity as a Marfa monk. If you really want to ask, it would be better to ask Xiaoxiami.

"We were wrong before, and I'm willing to make amends. I'll give you my ebony sword, just don't kill my brother." Baldhead, I actually apologized. If I were killed, I'd only be able to revive in the Novice Village, and all my hard work would be wasted.

Brook laughed. What did he need the ebony sword for?

In reality, these three people posed no threat to him, so he didn't need to kill them. As long as they didn't disturb him while he was leveling up, that would be enough.

But since we've met them, I might as well teach them a lesson.

Before meeting the Qingcheng Elder, Brook might have spared no hesitation, killing them and sending them back to the Novice Village. However, after meeting the Elder, Brook realized that the demonic beasts might be more formidable than he had imagined, and he also realized the importance of companions. Qingcheng's son, already a leader among his peers, fought alone, never even meeting the Zuma Cult Leader, and ultimately perished. Often, individual strength is limited. Perhaps, we should unite forces that can be united.

Although these three people bully others, kill and rob, which makes people disgusted, they are still very loyal to their own people, which is also a good thing.

Brook put down his iron sword and let You Have an Umbrella go. Not only that, he pulled three skill books for the Giant Polyhedron Explosion from his backpack, then took out an ebony sword and handed it to You Have an Umbrella. He said, "I was going to sell it to a store, but since there's no shop here, I have no use for it, so I'll give it to you. I don't need the ebony sword or anything like that anymore, so I'll give it to you if you want it."

Brook turned to me, the bald man, and said, "Don't get in my way next time. Goodbye!" He then turned and entered the gates of Shabak, but didn't actually leave. Instead, he turned into a corner to observe and listen to what the three of them would say. If these three were stubborn and still wanted to cause trouble after getting the gift, they would probably have to kill them.

Before leaving, Uncle Fu said that if you can do good things or not, try to do them; if you can do bad things or not, don't do them.

The three of them were left a little disheveled in the wind.

"He attacked us just now because we were blocking his way?" I asked the bald man uncertainly.

"It seems to be blocking the city gate." Xia Yu Bu Chou said after thinking about it.

"What's the point? You give me an ebony sword with zero durability, but I can't use it." I have an umbrella said angrily, and took out three books and distributed them to everyone.

"Damn, giving us a few skill books is nothing. Are you giving us alms or apologizing to us?" Xia Yu Bu Chou patted his head.

"This guy... Never mind. Let's just write off all our grudges from now on." I was bald, thinking that Brook was at least level 11. He could have killed three of our men, but not only did he not kill them, he even gave them the skill book they desperately needed. How could he have the nerve to seek revenge on Brook again?

"Let's learn the skills first. Wow, now that we have the skills, can we kill our way through?" Xia Yu Bouchou was happy after learning the skills.

"Of course, let's kill our way to Tucheng! Let's go, go, go." I am the bald ebony sword swung forward and strode forward.

"go go go!"

“move move move!”

"Hahaha~"

The three of them were all optimists. They immediately forgot about the fight and the defeat they had just had, and set off towards Tucheng with the vigor and vitality of young people.

After the three people walked away, Brook came out from the corner and returned to the city gate.

Just giving them a few skill books, and they're so happy. What do "go" and "move" mean? They probably mean to set off or leave, probably in their dialect.

Brook shook his head, thinking again about the map and coordinates mentioned by Yusan. Apparently, the alien warriors also had a map of Marfa, and it seemed more accurate, and they could pinpoint the location based on the coordinates.

Seeing that there was no one around and everything was silent, Brook simply took out Situ Haoyun's notes, looked at the map, and studied it on the spot. He first wrote down the coordinates mentioned by the three bald men:

Shabak, where the three of them were standing just now is almost where Brook is now, coordinates (6682, 3248)

The coordinates of Hongming Village are (8600, 6600)

Tucheng's coordinates (3300, 3350)

Brooke carefully observed the map and deduced the meaning of this so-called coordinate.

A quarter of an hour later, Brook finally came up with a deduction. The alien warriors should have divided the entire map into two dimensions: horizontally and vertically. The leftmost coordinate was 2, and the topmost coordinate was also 0. That is, the coordinates of the top left corner of the map were (0, 0), and one square to the right was (0, 1); similarly, downwards was (0, 0).

Brook took a deep breath. These alien warriors not only had maps, but they could also know their location coordinates at any time. How convenient!

Brook flipped to the blank page at the back of his notebook and wrote down the three coordinates I Have Umbrella mentioned. After some thought, he also wrote down "go" and "move," hoping they would come in handy when communicating with the alien warriors in the future.

Brook put away his notes, but he was still thinking. During the battle just now, they seemed to be able to see the damage data of each sword. How did they do that?