As expected, telling the truth didn’t put him in a difficult position!
Mu You typed ’repair fishing net’ in the input box.
[You have requested Spindle Grandma to repair the damaged fishing net for you. Spindle Grandma says it’s easy, but she has run out of textile materials, and needs you to go to the West Qingnang Tribe by the freshwater lake to collect ten ’Spiderweb Cotton’.]
[You have triggered the ordinary task ’Collect textile materials’.]
[Task content: Go to the Qingnang Tribe in the west side of the Pea Forest, find the location where the Spiderweb Cotton grows by the freshwater lake, and collect more than ten cottons. Task reward: Repairing the damaged fishing net. Task time: Unlimited]
What is this ’Qingnang Tribe’? It was mentioned in the information learned from the beetle, seems to be next to Little Ya’s forest, so it should not be too far away.
Mu You rode a donkey and marched westward, and after a two-hour journey, he finally entered the so-called Qingnang Tribe territory.
As the game progressed, Mu You increasingly felt how important it was to have a fast mount.
Now the speed of the donkey is obviously not enough, he needs to find a way to get a new mount as soon as possible.
[Because Spiderweb Cotton grows by the lake, you follow the stream in the territory of Qingnang Tribe and finally find a lake at the end of the stream.]
[A total of four plants of Spiderweb Cotton grow by the clear and tranquil lakeside, but two of them have been picked by others and the cotton bolls are empty.]
[You step forward to pick the remaining two cotton plants and obtain Spiderweb Cotton*2.]
Only two pieces were collected, but it’s okay, as long as the plants are still there, he has plenty of ways to accelerate growth.
[You blew the Horn of Abundance, and the surrounding water grass and the four picked cotton plants began to grow slowly. After dozens of seconds, the cotton bolls are again filled with fluffy cotton.]
[You step forward to pick the cotton and obtained Spiderweb Cotton*4.]
[You blew the Horn of Abundance again...]
Next, Mu You was in a cycle of constantly blowing the horn and picking cotton.
The task says that ten cottons are enough, but that’s just the material for weaving the net, it doesn’t even count as a reward, and Spindle Grandma herself also needs a large amount of cotton.
Considering that she’s Little Ya’s friend, if Mu You has the means, he will definitely try to pick as much as possible.
However, Mu You soon found out that this kind of rapid growth magic really can’t be used endlessly, after blowing the horn for ten times in a row, a prompt popped up.
[The number of growth times of the plants in this area has reached the limit for today, and they cannot continue to grow in the next 24 hours.]
"Only ten times a day?"
Mu You sighed, but then thought about it, even if his magic power is unlimited, the fertility of the land is limited and definitely needs time to recover.
Fortunately, after ten times, he has collected 42 cottons in total, which should be enough for a while.
Mu You checked the cotton and was about to return, but then a message popped up in the game, catching him completely off guard.
[You were hit from behind and dazed for two seconds.]
[The opponent took the opportunity to snatch your Horn of Abundance, then stabbed you several times in succession, depleting your HP.]
[You have died, lifespan -1, remaining lifespan 429 years.]
Mu You was shocked, he was actually killed in one shot by a sneak attack.
Since leveling up, he’s rarely been killed in the game, the last time he died was when he was killed by the thief saint.
And this time it was a sneak attack again, he didn’t even see who the opponent was before he was killed outright, even had his stuff stolen while in a daze.
"That’s interesting!"
Mu You was amused, and quickly pressed the Pocket Watch.
He didn’t expect there to be open robbery in the Elf Forest, he felt that the simple elves wouldn’t do such a thing, could it be another player who is playing tricks?
"You went back in time. Learning that there were people hiding around, you became a lot more vigilant, took out your magic wand as a precaution, and did not give the aggressor any opportunity."
"This time the opponent did not dare to show up again, you summoned the Shadow War Eagle and patrolled around, but unfortunately you didn’t find any hidden figures."
Mu You was stunned, what’s going on, if there were no people hidden around, who exactly attacked him?
After thinking a bit, Mu You opened the panel, clicked on the ’Arcane Missile’ in the magic column.
[Due to the strange situation, you are suspicious, so you used Arcane Missile. The missile was launched, and after tracing a winding trajectory, it quickly slammed towards a bush by the lake.]
[The next second, the missile exploded, outlining a slender figure in the dust of magic.]
[It is a Forest Troll! These trolls, whose skin is covered in moss, have an unimaginable vitality. Even if they are severely injured, they can heal themselves. Moreover, the mages among the trolls often master some troublesome voodoo magic.]
[Level 11 Forest Troll Assassin: Attack Power 60-70, HP 4500, Magic Power 0, Abilities: Stealth, Sap, Backstab, Regenerate Limb.]
Mu You clicked on the ’Stealth’ explanation.
[Stealth: When you remain motionless for more than three seconds, you will enter a deep stealth state, which can’t be detected by regular anti-stealth methods.]
So there’s such a thing as deep stealth, no wonder the war eagle couldn’t detect it!
After revealing the monster, Mu You took the initiative to fight.
This troll is an assassin, its attack power is very high, it’s great at sneak attacks, but it doesn’t have strong combat power face-to-face.