I am the Arcane Archer, and all my skills are self-created.

【Ding! 】

A crisp system notification sounded simultaneously in Li Wu's and Hua Zitong's minds.

Congratulations on completing the only hidden quest: The Village Chief's Sorrow!

[Quest Rewards: Large amount of experience points, 10 silver coins, 1 ancestral treasure]

You have gained 1000 experience points!

You have received 10 silver coins!

[You've received the village chief's reward: a tattered treasure map!]

Li Wu felt a warm current flow through his body, and his experience bar, which had almost reached its limit after leveling up from 10 to 11, suddenly surged forward by a large margin!

[Level: LV11 (1015/1100)]

One task and he's leveled up again in no time!

That wasn't all. The ten heavy silver coins in his backpack made him realize what it meant to become rich overnight.

Keep in mind that all the copper coins I've collected from killing monsters over the past few days only amount to a mere three silver coins.

If this money were taken out, it would be enough to make all the ordinary players in the current beginner villages green with envy.

However, Li Wu's attention was quickly shifted away from experience and money.

His gaze fell on the grand prize in his backpack.

A tattered treasure map

Is this the "ancestral treasure" that the village chief was talking about?

One picture?

Li Wu muttered to himself as he took it out.

It was a blueprint made of some kind of unknown animal hide, its edges were tattered and covered with the marks of time, exuding an ancient and mysterious aura.

The drawing depicts the outline of a mountain range with simple lines. In the center of the mountain range, a striking red cross is drawn.

Next to the cross, there is a line of small characters written in Old Common Language.

Li Wu couldn't understand it.

"What is this?" He shared the treasure map's attributes with Hua Zitong.

Hua Zitong glanced at it and then read aloud the contents of the small print: "Blackwater Swamp, the nest of giant crocodiles, beneath the Twin Stones, lies a secret treasure."

Her voice was flat, as if she were reciting an ordinary sentence.

Blackwater Swamp?

What place is that?

Li Wu didn't seem to see this place in the beginner village.

This is the liveliest place in the entire newbie village, bar none.

The wide streets were packed with players setting up stalls.

"Newly forged plain longswords, 50 copper coins each, buy now while supplies last!"

"Buying herbs, bulk purchases welcome, prices negotiable!"

"Professional power leveling service, helping you farm slimes, 20 copper coins per hour, guaranteed to teach you how!"

The sounds of hawking, bargaining, boasting, and joking rose and fell, creating a noisy sea.

The arrival of Li Wu and Hua Zitong was like two drops of water flowing into the ocean, attracting little attention.

"Let's find a place." Hua Zitong looked around and quickly found an empty spot.

It was next to a player who sold barbecue; the location was pretty good.

The two walked over and, imitating the other players, spread a stall cloth given to them by the system on the ground.

Then, Li Wu took a deep breath and opened his backpack.

He looked at the dozens of pieces of equipment in his backpack, which were full of various colors of light, and felt his heart racing.

He had never seen so many "good things" in his entire life.

"Are you ready?" Hua Zitong asked from the side.

"Yes!" Li Wu nodded heavily.

With a thought, he took out all the unused equipment from his backpack and piled it on the stall cloth.

slam-la-

In an instant, their small stall was flooded with all sorts of equipment.

Knife, sword, axe, shield, staff, bow, armor, leather coat, cloth robe...

There are over a hundred items!

Moreover, the worst of these equipment pieces are common grade, and there are also more than a dozen pieces of excellent grade equipment that emit a yellow glow!

This caused quite a stir.

The player next to him who was selling barbecue dropped the huge piece of barbecue he was holding onto the ground with a "thud." His eyes widened as he stared at the mountain of equipment piled up on Li Wu's stall, his mouth watering.

"I...my God...did you...rob a warehouse?"

His shout instantly drew the attention of everyone around him.

"What? A warehouse robbery?"

"Look! Over there! So much equipment!"

"Holy crap! There are even yellow-tier equipment! Aren't those supposed to be excellent-grade gear? How come there are so many?"

In an instant, all the surrounding players, like sharks smelling blood, frantically swarmed towards Li Wu's stall.

Three layers inside and three layers outside, in the blink of an eye, their small stall was surrounded by a crowd.

"Great masters! It really is you guys!"

A sharp-eyed player recognized Li Wu and Hua Zitong's IDs.

"Seeing flowers through the mist! Searching for mist among flowers!"

"They're the two legendary players who wiped out Dragon's Reign on Sunset Plains!"

This exclamation caused an uproar in the entire trading area!