6 The Jack O’Lantern Spear

The other world rabbits with sharp teeth were chewing rocks and did not pay much attention to the Tidal Murlocs that were staring at them. And Zhang Yun, who sneakily made his way to a place not far away used his skill that came with his Legacy.

"Examine!"

[Activating Legacy Skill, Examine!]

[Information acquired!]

…

Name: Rock Island Rabbit

Race: Rabbit

Title: N/A

Level: 6

Experience Points (XP): 45

Health Points (HP): 500/500

Stamina Points (SP): 10/10

Attributes: STR 2, AGI 1, CON 5, INT 1, WILL 0, CHA 3

Overall Rating: * (out of two stars)

[Summary: A common rabbit-like creature that can be seen in the other world. Gentle in nature, it will not attack other creatures actively. Its main food source is rocks. Despite its thick fur and ability to endure attacks, it has low speed and constitution. It has little combat capabilities and can do little if one avoids its bites.]

…

Zhang Yun stroked his chin and said, "Huh? Thick fur? Weak attack?

"Interesting!

"Isn't this what we call 'Friends of the Noobs?'

"I dig it."

Zhang Yun smiled and immediately called his Murlocs to surround the group of rabbits slowly gnawing at the rocks. From Storage, he then took out a spear made of pumpkin.

[Equipment Name: Jack O'Lantern Spear (Halloween Limited)]

[Rarity: ***]

[Limit Break Number: +4]

[Level: 1 (Max 40)]

[HP: 50, Attack: 30, Weapon Skill: Pumpkin Pierce (Deals Dark Elemental Damage equal to twice of Attack)]

[Ability: None]

[Equipment Requirement: None]

[Special Effects: Pumpkin Special]

[Summary: Maybe carve a face on the pumpkin? Be more caring and give it a ribbon? This is what is meant by Halloween! Come on, everyone! Raise the spear! It's time for trick or treating!]

This was a limited edition weapon that he had received during the Halloween Event. While it had no prerequisites to equipping it, it was not very strong either. This was a weapon that the game gave to newbies that joined during said event. Players from the time the server started operating would naturally throw them into Storage when it was still at level 1, and would not spend anything to upgrade it.

But now, the weapon's stats and ability were quite strong. Also, it did not have any requirements for equipping it. It became very practical for exploring this new world…

After he had equipped himself with the pumpkin spear, he made his way to the Rock Island Rabbits that were slowly gnawing away at the rocks, aimed at one and attacked.

[Prompt: You have attacked a Rock Island Rabbit, triggering its "Hardened Fur" skill. Damage reduced by 30%. You have dealt 24 points of damage.]

"Chirp!"

The Rock Island Rabbit that was stabbed jumped and stared at Zhang Yun before escaping, running on four short, stubby legs. It had also alerted its other companions. They threw away all the rocks in their paws and shrieked as they escaped in all directions.

"Haha, these are definitely Friends of the Noobs! Other than having to grind them down thanks to their high defense, all their other stats were meaningless," Zhang Yun laughed, then began to chase down Rock Island Rabbit A that he had struck with the pumpkin spear in his hands.

[Prompt: You have attacked a Rock Island Rabbit, triggering its "Hardened Fur" skill. Damage reduced by 30%. You have dealt 17 points of damage.]

[Prompt: You have attacked a Rock Island Rabbit, triggering its "Hardened Fur" skill. Damage reduced by 30%. You have dealt 36 points of damage.]

Zhang Yun then commanded the Tidal Murlocs, "Attack! Beat them to the ground and then trap them here! Don't let them run too far from us!"

"Wala!" The Murlocs all began to move and took out the scimitars sheathed by their belts, and pounced towards the rabbits that were slowly escaping, then violently struck at their hard fur.

For one moment, there was a chain of screams coming from the jungle, and the Rock Island Rabbits were easily being beaten around.

However, as Zhang Yun did not have any Class, and his level was quite low, his Attack was not as high as the Murlocs' who had theirs boosted. His efficiency in grinding down the rabbit's HP was very slow, and he had only reduced its HP by half after a long time.

Zhang Yun then changed his tactics and gave up on the rabbit, and attacked the other rabbits that had a sliver of HP left.

Using his bouncers' attack to severely weaken them, Zhang Yun had easily killed one Rock Island Rabbit after another. He then used the Jack O'Lantern Spear's skill and killed the rabbit that he first attacked.

["Rock Island Rabbit" was slain!]

[All who participated in the battle will share the XP!]

[Tidal Murloc had slain the "Rock Island Rabbit" and gained 240XP. Level increased to Level 6!]

[Tidal Murloc had slain the "Rock Island Rabbit" and gained 240XP. Level increased to Level 6!]

[You have slain the "Rock Island Rabbit" and gained 240XP.]

[You delivered the final strike to the "Rock Island Rabbit" and gained 1050XP. Level increased to Level 7!]

…

"Not bad, this bunch of rabbits is worth quite the amount of XP, increasing my level to 7 instantly," Zhang Yun looked at his stats after leveling up and nodded pleasingly. He then dismissed the system prompt and began to pick up the Rock Island Rabbit corpses.

Just like the Armored Python, the rabbits did not drop anything as loot. Zhang Yun had finally confirmed that the loot dropping mechanics have been removed when he moved to this new world.

That was fine. Otherwise, it would get him into unnecessary trouble if others saw it. If there are other people in this world…

Zhang Yun did not pay too much attention to this and directly put all the Rock Island Rabbits into his inventory. He then led the Murlocs deeper into the island.

After a while, Zhang Yun once again encountered a group of Rock Island Rabbits that were eating rocks, Armored Pythons from earlier, and other low-level creatures.

As the Rock Island Rabbits did not bear many offensive powers, Zhang Yun would personally go and take advantage of their Last Strike XP. As the Armored Python and other low-level creatures were much stronger, and he might get into trouble fighting them, he let the Tidal Murlocs finish them off.

Very quickly, one day had passed. Zhang Yun led his Murlocs across the jungle and killed many of the creatures on the island. His level had increased to level 10. However, as the Murlocs had lost a large amount of XP from the Final Strike bonus, their levels were mostly stuck between level 8 and level 9.

But if they were to fight, five Zhang Yuns would not be able to defeat one Murloc.

That was because in the "Lost Kingdom," those with classes would be given bonus stat boosts as well as other boosts. The gap could not be closed by simply using his own levels and stats.

Other than that, the game had many other settings and mechanics that would affect someone's true fighting capabilities.

Firstly, the most basic individual level. Increasing one's level would increase the stats of players and followers. The higher the level, the higher the increment. Stats would then be automatically converted to Attack, Defense, and other stats. That was the most basic way of increasing one's power.

Secondly was Legacy. While it would not normally contribute to the stats, it would bestow different overpowered skills depending on one's legacy. For example, Zhang Yun's "Examine" and "Command."

Next was Class. It would have a separate Character Profile and Level Profile. Its addition to the Attack, Defense, and other stats would be much more obvious and affected differently depending on the class itself.

For example, adding one point of Strength as a physical class would greatly increase Attack, Defense, and other stats. However, five or six points of Will might only increase one point of Magic Attack.

It was however inverted when one used a spellcaster class where adding a dozen points in Strength would only add a little bit of health, while one point in Will would increase Magic Attack by the dozen.

Therefore, in the Lost Kingdom, one's level did not represent his true power. Instead, looking at one's class level and stats would be much more accurate. Followers and Heroes' combat capabilities were also largely decided in the same way…