Infinite Trial from the Giant

Although Xia Tian and Loki have different needs for food, they are the same in terms of energy. Xia Tian, ​​who came in on his own, must sleep and rest to conserve his energy. The same is true for Loki, who entered the game through NERvGear. In other words, players like Loki need to pay attention to energy or fatigue loss. Although the principle of NERvGear and virtual reality is not clear, it still requires the use of brain spirit. According to Loki, not to mention whether there will be a situation of fainting due to excessive fighting in this world, if you keep fighting without rest, the accumulated fatigue will also cause some mistakes that should not have happened, and these mistakes are often fatal.

Maintaining a certain frequency of rest, Xia Tian and Loki spent two days together in the Holenka base to level up.

At dusk, Xia Tian and Loki returned to the Horenka stronghold from the direction of the forest again.

"The NPC who strengthens your weapons is over there."

Led by Loki, the two walked towards the location of the NPC responsible for strengthening equipment in the Holenka base. Probably to allow players to not have to queue up when strengthening, there are a total of three NPCs responsible for strengthening in the Holenka base, and according to the setting, these three people are identical twins, all of whom are middle-aged men with sturdy bodies and bald heads. Once you see them, you will never forget them.

After waiting for a while for the player who was strengthening to leave, the two of them came to the NPC.

"Oh, do you want to strengthen it? Or do you want to maintain the weapon?"

In addition to strengthening, these NPCs can also help players maintain the durability of weapons, so when they saw the two people coming, the NPC greeted them enthusiastically.

"Strengthen. Please help me strengthen the sharpness by two levels and the accuracy by two levels. Here are the materials." Loki spoke first. He unequipped his weapon and placed it on the table in front of the NPC along with the materials accumulated from killing monsters and completing tasks these days.

"Two levels of sharpness and two levels of accuracy. Got it. The total is five thousand kol." The NPC took a look at the weapons and materials on the table and spoke. As he spoke, a prompt popped up in front of Loki, asking him if he wanted to pay five thousand kol for the enhancement.

Since Loki has already prepared the materials himself, he only needs to charge the enhancement fee. However, unlike player enhancement, NPC enhancement requires payment before he will start. If the enhancement is entrusted to the player, then it naturally depends on the discussion opinions of both parties.

After Loki paid five thousand kol, the NPC started working immediately. First, he put the corresponding materials into the forge, and then put Loki's sword in. After burning for a while, he took it out and then hit the blade with a hammer in a very regular manner. Soon, a light appeared on Loki's blade.

Although the chance of the first enhancement failing was very small with high-level materials, Loki still breathed a sigh of relief after seeing the enhancement succeed.

Then the action is repeated, reinforcing the second success, the third failure, the fourth success...

After taking back the weapon enhanced to +3 from the NPC, Loki did not show any disappointment on his face. Apparently, this was within his expectations. In other words, he was lucky to have his weapon enhanced to +3 after four enhancement attempts.

"Please help me strengthen the fourth-level speed and first-level sharpness." Following Loki's example, Xia Tian also placed his weapons and materials on the NPC's table.

Unlike the longsword used by Loki that he bought from the store in the Horenka stronghold, the curved sword called 'Armor Blade' used by Xia Tian is a rare equipment dropped from a black beetle. The blade is obviously dark in color, and the handle is made to look like the horn of a black beetle. The number of enhancement attempts for this Armor Blade is one more than that of Loki's longsword.

"Level 4 speed and level 1 weight. Got it. The total is 7,000 kol."

With each additional strengthening operation, the cost of the strengthening operation will also increase. Xia Tian looked at the confirmation prompt box that popped up in front of him and clicked OK without hesitation, even though this money was all his current savings.

"Level 90 speed, you really dare to do it." Loki on the side couldn't help but sigh when he saw that Xia Tian really chose to enhance the level 86 speed. You know, if you want to ensure the enhancement rate at each level, in addition to relying on luck, you have to prepare more advanced corresponding materials. For example, to enhance the sharpness to the first level, Loki prepared the forelimbs of the black beetle, which increased the enhancement success rate to 3%, and to enhance the sharpness to the second level, Loki prepared the claws of the wild wolf, which raised the enhancement success rate to %. If Loki still used the forelimbs of the black beetle when enhancing the sharpness to the second level, then I'm afraid what he got now would not be a + weapon.

The rarity of the material is one aspect, and suitability is another. It's not that Loki doesn't have more precious materials, such as the big horns of the black beetle, but this material is okay for increasing the weight or durability of the weapon, but it has no effect on enhancing the sharpness.

Since Xia Tian chose the fourth level speed, he naturally has suitable and precious materials.

The elytra of a black beetle.

This material was dropped by the last black beetle that Xia Tian defeated before returning to the Horenka base. It was precisely because of this, and the fact that the Armor Blade itself had a certain bonus with the materials dropped by the black beetle, that Xia Tian decided to directly choose to enhance the speed to level four.

Just like strengthening Loki's sword, Xia Tian's armor blade glowed for the first time in the NPC's hands. Then, the NPC used the second batch of materials prepared by Xia Tian and started the second strengthening.

The second reinforcement was successful...

the third time...

success....

When the NPC threw the black beetle's elytra into the forge, then put the armor blade into the burner, took it out and started hammering, Xia Tian didn't feel anything. But Loki on the side was staring at the armor blade under the NPC's hammer, and even his breathing became heavy, as if the weapon was not Xia Tian's but his.

Perhaps it was because of the materials, or perhaps Xia Tian's luck was not that bad. Under the knocking of the NPC, the armor blade successfully glowed for the fourth time, indicating that the fourth-level speed had been successfully enhanced. Looking at this situation, Loki breathed a sigh of relief as if a huge stone had fallen from his heart, and then a look of envy appeared in his eyes.

The subsequent enhancement to the first level of sharpness was the fifth enhancement, but after the precious enhancement material such as the black beetle's horn was submitted in the summer, this fifth enhancement was also successful.

"+5 equipment." Loki muttered, and his eyes swept around. When he saw that there seemed to be no other players around, he breathed a sigh of relief. Although the equipment level of the Armor Blade was not high, as a closed beta player, Loki knew very well how precious equipment with a +5 enhancement value would be at this stage. Especially now that it was no longer a simple game, the better the equipment, the higher the survival rate. If other players knew about it, it might cause some trouble. Fortunately, the two were now wearing cloaks that covered their bodies and faces, so even if there were people around, they would not be able to see what they looked like.

"This way, the two of us can also participate in the battle against the territory boss."

"Well, the relevant meeting should start tomorrow."