Since the system became my girlfriend

"Keep it. I'll ask you for it again if I need it." Feng Lixi canceled the transaction directly, she really didn't care about those five gold coins.

"Hmm...okay! Just tell me what you want! Paying by card is a boyfriend's duty!" Su Rui said with a grin. But this was only in the game. In reality, he didn't have that kind of power. Although he was a professional gamer with a decent income, he still couldn't afford luxury goods.

"We'll talk about it later. Let's go back and hand in the mission!" Feng Lixi said.

"Do you think these bandits are connected to some big conspiracy?" Su Rui asked Feng Lixi as they walked back, trying to make conversation.

"Isn't there a letter? We'll find out when we send it over!" Feng Lixi shrugged.

“That’s true!” Su Rui nodded, and then the two of them held hands and returned to the old village chief.

"Wow! Bro, that weapon of yours is pretty cool! Where did you get it?" On the way back, the flashy spiked club on Su Rui's back naturally attracted a lot of attention.

"Yeah, that's so cool! Compared to that, our broken wooden swords are just asking to be thrown away!" Many players said enviously.

"Hey, if I had such a cool weapon, I bet I'd get girls to play with me too," muttered one of the short, chubby players with a fleshy face, a flat nose, and small eyes.

"Hmph! Even if you have a divine weapon, you probably won't have a chance to get any girls to play with you. After all, nobody wants to have nightmares when they sleep..." another player mocked, pointing at the ugly face of the previous player.

"Ah! Warrior, have you completed your mission and eliminated those wicked bandits?" the old village chief asked.

“Yes! I have eliminated those bandits!” Su Rui nodded.

"That's wonderful, warrior! You've really helped us a lot! Here's your reward!" The old village chief readily settled the mission reward with Su Rui.

"Ding! You have gained 1000 experience points!"

"Ding! You have received 20 silver coins!"

"Ding! You have obtained the old village chief's heirloom dagger!"

"Ding! Congratulations to player 'I Am Me' for leveling up! Current level: 5. You have gained six attribute points, which have been evenly distributed among your attributes!"

With the task completed, Su Rui's level increased again. He originally thought that 1,000 experience points would be enough for him to level up from level one to level five, but now it seems that he underestimated the difficulty of leveling up in the game. He already needed 800 experience points to go from level four to level five, so the 1,000 experience points given by this task only allowed him to level up by one level. Although he had a lot of experience points left over, it was still far from the 1,600 experience points required to go from level five to level six.

Unable to achieve a significant level increase through the quest as desired, Su Rui had no choice but to focus his attention on the equipment rewarded by the quest.

The old village chief's family heirloom dagger (main hand weapon)

Quality: Excellent

Attack: +20

Magic Attack: +55

Intelligence: +3

Constitution: +2

Equipment: Your physical attacks will deal an additional 20% magic damage.

Equipment level: 10

"Level 10 equipment..." Su Rui shrugged. He couldn't use this dagger for the time being, and the equipment's attributes were hard to say. High magic damage equipment should theoretically be prepared for magic-based classes, but this equipment's special effect was a melee bonus, so it felt a bit contradictory. However, 55 points of magic attack was indeed quite frightening. With everyone having just left the newbie village and not having any good equipment, this thing would probably still have a market.

"Let's keep it for now." Su Rui casually put the old village chief's family heirloom dagger into his backpack. This thing was a level 10 equipment item, and no one could use it now.

"Old village chief, is there anything else we can help you with?" After completing the task, Su Rui asked the old village chief again, because without a task, simply killing monsters to level up would be quite slow.

"Young warriors! The wild beasts to the east of the village have suddenly become violent and are seriously threatening the safety of the villagers. We hope you can eliminate these beasts. Of course, we will pay you accordingly!" After issuing the "hidden quest," the old village chief seemed to have returned to his original state. He only issued this initial quest.

“Okay! We’ll go right now!” Su Rui nodded. He knew that he wouldn’t be able to continue accepting missions until he completed the first step of this beginner’s guide.

"Ding! You have accepted the mission: Eliminate the Wild Beasts!"

Suppress Wild Animals: Wild animals have rioted on the east side of the village, and the old village chief wants you to eliminate them!

Mission objective: Eliminate 10 pheasants, 10 rabbits, and 10 stray dogs.

Quest Level: 1-2

Task difficulty: Very low, recommended to complete alone.

Task Rewards: 200 Experience Points, 30 Copper Coins.

"What kind of stupid quest is this..." Su Rui, who had just finished the hidden quest, immediately felt that this quest was simply a way to fob off a beggar.

"Let's go. Even if there's no reward, we still have to do the initial mission. Otherwise, how will we complete the later missions?" Feng Lixi said from behind Su Rui.

"Hey! I'm just complaining!" Su Rui shrugged. As a professional player, he knew that the initial quest had to be done. He was grumbling mainly because the rewards for this quest were so different from the previous ones, which was a bit disappointing.

Holding Feng Lixi's little hand, Su Rui walked towards the east side of the village. By this time, most players had completed the first stage of the newbie quests, so there were not many players left around the pheasants and rabbits. This was actually a good thing for Su Rui, as he no longer had to chase a rabbit with dozens of people!

-44!

Swinging his spiked club, Su Rui swung it at a rabbit, instantly reducing its health by nearly half.

Although Su Rui's attack stat was only 42 points, he was four levels higher than Rabbit, which gave him a significant damage bonus due to the level advantage. As a result, the final damage he dealt was even higher than his base attack stat.

-44!

-12!

After two more blows, the rabbit, with only 100 health points, was killed by Su Rui in less than ten seconds.

+2

A nearly negligible yellow number floated up. Although level suppression could deal more damage to monsters, it would also reduce experience gains. The pheasants and rabbits that originally provided five experience points would only provide two experience points to Su Rui, who was already level five and in a party.

"Damn, it'll take forever to level up..." Su Rui glanced at his experience bar and complained, noting that he was still a little short of a thousand experience points.

"Go do your task!" Feng Lixi gave Su Rui a charmingly disdainful look.

"Sigh! We can only wait and see what the follow-up missions are like. If all the missions are like this, then this game is really too much of a rip-off..." Su Rui sighed, then picked up his spiked club and went to chase after the other pheasants and rabbits.

"Don't worry, they won't all be these boring tasks," Feng Lixi said with a smile. Of course, this kind of treatment only applies to Boss Su himself.