Online Game: The Strongest Landlord

Chapter 9: Conjecture of Freedom (1)

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

When Lao Yao found the respawn point of the Wild Wolves, he realized that something was wrong. After he was accidentally touched by the Wild Wolves, his health immediately decreased by half.

Lao Yao’s HP was only at the initial 100 points. After each class leveled up, its HP would increase. However, the HP would vary depending on the class. The Warrior class had the highest HP growth, and the Assassins and Mages were relatively low. In addition, Lao Yao had yet to level up. He was almost killed by a Level 5 Wild Wolf.

Wild Wolf, Level 5 Normal Monster, HP 1,000; Attack Power 50; Physical Defense: 15; Skill: Claw Strike, dealing 125% of Normal Damage to the target.

After discovering that the Wild Wolf had dealt a lot of damage to him, Lao Yao became more cautious. When he saw the Wild Wolf pounce at him with its mouth wide open again, he tried to dodge.

With Lao Yao’s skills, it was relatively easy for him to dodge the Wild Wolf’s attack. The moment he dodged, the Lao Yao muttered in his mind, “Forehand Sword!” Then, the dagger in his left hand stabbed towards the Wild Wolf.

When Lao Yao saw a golden damage value of 45 appear above the Wild Wolf’s head, he understood that he had succeeded in using his skill. Hence, he followed up with the dagger in his right hand and swung his Backhand Sword again.

The difference was that the damage this time was only 15! And it was a white number. It was actually just a normal attack!?

Lao Yao was stunned for a moment. He quickly dodged the wolf’s pounce and checked his skill bar.

With a look, Lao Yao realized that after using the skill, there was a time to adjust one’s breathing, or rather, to recover one’s breath. After using the Forehand Sword, he needed a second before he could use other skills.

“After all, the game is different from reality. Every time I attack, I need to accurately grasp the time. If I can silently calculate the time, then when to use normal attacks and when to use skills will be up to me!”

After figuring this out, Lao Yao’s concept of mastering the rhythm of battle deepened.

After another Forehand Sword and Backhand Sword, Lao Yao had already accumulated three combo points on the Wild Wolf. Thus, he activated his ultimate skill, Obliteration!

Assassins were born with two skills. One was the Forehand Sword, which was used to accumulate combo points, and the other was the ultimate skill, Obliteration.

Obliteration: Consumes 3 combo points to launch 2 consecutive attacks on the target. Each attack deals 125% normal damage and 20 points of additional damage. No energy consumption. Current Level: 1. Proficiency: 0%

Before the combo points were accumulated, the Obliteration skill was gray, which meant that it could not be used. Once the combo points were accumulated, it would immediately become bright. Lao Yao had also noticed this and tried to activate it.

After the skill was activated, Lao Yao felt that his body’s speed had suddenly increased a lot. Subconsciously, he slashed down with the dagger in his right hand and then lifted it up!

-70!

-68!

After slashing twice, Lao Yao suddenly became distracted. When the Wild Wolf attacked him, he only subconsciously dodged and then counterattacked. Lao Yao seemed to have thought of something.

There were still some players near the spawn point of the Wild Wolves. Almost all of them had formed teams to level up here. When they realized that Lao Yao was walking over alone, they had already noticed him.

“Tsk, another idiot. Assassins have low Defense and HP to begin with. How dare you come here alone?”

The players glanced at Lao Yao and ignored him. They thought that Lao Yao would soon fall to the ground and die before returning to the novice village.

However, after a while, the players suddenly noticed that not only did Lao Yao not die, but he was also fighting the Wild Wolf alone.

“Eh? Boss! Look at that kid!” A player shouted at their captain in surprise. “That kid’s movements seem… a little strange!”

At this moment, the players in this team also noticed Lao Yao’s actions.

In the system’s guidance mode, players’ movements would be fixed by the system’s framework. The most obvious ones were the hit and dodge values.

These two values were not displayed in the character attributes. They could be considered hidden attributes. Other than magic attacks with a hit rate of 100%, the system’s default hit rate for physical attacks was 95%. As for the dodging rate, it varied according to the profession. The highest was Assassin, which had a 10% dodging rate. Moreover, as the agility attribute increased, it would grow.

In the system’s guidance mode, no matter whether you dodged or not, when the monster’s attack landed on you, the system would make a judgment to see if you were hit or if you had the chance to dodge. In other words, whether you could dodge or not was up to the system.

Lao Yao’s actions were strange to other players. That was because every time the Lao Yao dodged the Wild Wolves’ attacks, the words “MISS” would appear above the Lao Yao’s head…

“Really?!” The players in the team looked at each other. In fact, it was not impossible for them to dodge like this, but the prerequisite was that they had to have more than 100 Agility. 100 points! They could only get 10 attribute points by leveling up. Even the Assassin class in their team, who added full Agility, would probably need to be around Level 12 to get it!

That guy couldn’t be over Level 10 now, right?!

“Second Brother! Go solo!” The captain pointed at the Assassin in their team and said, “Try to dodge like that kid. See if you can really dodge it!”

“Me?!” The assassin player was stunned.

“That’s right! Hurry up!” All the players in the team nodded in unison and pushed the Assassin into the fire pit without hesitation…

Under pressure, the Assassin player had no choice but to brace himself and fight a Wild Wolf alone. He began to dodge with all his might.

The group of players behind him kept pointing. “Left, left! Dodge to the left!”

“Butt! Don’t twist your butt around! Do you think you’re dancing?!”

Before these players could enjoy being teachers, the assassin let out a scream and fell to the ground.

The assassin was dead…

The group of players was stunned for a long time. After a long while, the captain suddenly slapped his thigh. “I knew it wouldn’t work! There must be some trick!”

“…”

Why didn’t you tell me earlier!? The Assassin who died wanted to cry but had no tears…

When they turned around and continued to look at Lao Yao, they were prepared to observe how Lao Yao dodged the monster’s attacks. In the end, they realized that after Lao Yao killed the Wild Wolf, he actually sat cross-legged on the ground with his chin propped up, as if he was thinking about something.

Hmm? Could it be that I have to pretend to be in deep thought before I can dodge attacks? The players were puzzled for a long time. In the end, the leader of the team also led his team members and sat on the ground, assuming the same “thinker” posture as Lao Yao.

As for the difference between what they were thinking and what Lao Yao was thinking, it was not something that others could understand…

The reason why Lao Yao sat down was because he discovered a problem. He had activated Free Mode and his body was under his control, and he would not be disturbed by the system when using skills. However, this way, a problem appeared. Skills could not be limited to those three. When he learned a new skill in the future, without the system’s guidance, how would he know what the effect of the skill would be?

It was just like the Obliteration skill just now. Although he knew that it was two consecutive attacks and Lao Yao had used it, consuming combo points to achieve the damage effect, why was it like this?

Lao Yao had never seen other players use Ultimate Skills, so he could not make a good judgment. Therefore, he was distracted just now. Moreover, after unconsciously killing the Wild Wolf, he sat down and thought about this problem.

Recalling the feeling when he used the Ultimate Skill earlier, Lao Yao suddenly had an idea. Hence, he patted his butt and stood up, planning to verify it again.

After finding another Wild Wolf, Lao Yao accumulated three combo points on its body and chanted in his mind, “Obliteration!” Then, he swung his saber.

This time, under Lao Yao’s deliberate control, he did not attack twice. Instead, he only slashed once!

-135!

On the head of the Wild Wolf, another golden figure floated out, indicating the damage of the skill!

It could actually… really be like this!?