A Legendary Thief

Seeing the black-toothed fish charging towards him, Xiao Yu thrust the dagger in his right hand into the eye of the fish and created a gash. The stinky blood gushed out of the creature's body.

The other fish smelled the blood and were enticed, throwing themselves onto the dying beast and causing the waters to churn violently. It seemed that the fish were devouring the black-toothed fish that Xiao Yu had just injured.

Xiao Yu dreaded these cruel cannibalistic fish. As the fish were attacking their own, Xiao Yu fled as quickly as he could. He surfaced and climbed onto the bank. A black-toothed fish leaped out of the water and had almost bitten him before it landed on the bank.

Seeing the fish bouncing on the bank, Xiao Yu dashed over and pressed the fish into the ground with all his strength.

"You do realize you can't escape on the bank, right? And to think guys almost ate me alive. Well, now it's my turn, and payback's a b*tch." Xiao Yu pierced the dagger in his right hand into the body of the fish and created a long gash. Then he continuously attacked it with his dagger until he killed the creature.

The black-toothed fish dropped 32 bronze coins. After checking his experience bar, Xiao Yu found that this fish gave more experience points than what the two sand salamanders had given him.

He turned his attention to the water and found that it was quite the hustle and bustle in there. The school of black-toothed fish swam up and down to eat the corpse of the fish that Xiao Yu had killed just now.

The school of black-toothed fish was enticed by the bloody scent of the black-toothed fish that Xiao Yu had killed earlier. That was why so many of them came.

Thinking of the moment he was chased by the fish, Xiao Yu still felt a bit scared.

There was a loot box at the bottom of the river, and Xiao Yu didn't want to leave without it. He looked at the water and found it looked like boiling water with bubbles constantly emerging. He would undoubtedly perish if he went into the water at that moment. He had to wait until the school of fish left before he could open the loot box.

It was unknown whether the loot box was locked or not, and Xiao Yu hadn't learned how to unlock things yet. If the loot box turned out to be locked, then that would be a real shame.

"I don't know when the school of fish will leave," he thought to himself. Xiao Yu remembered the area where the loot box was and decided to find other monsters to help him level up. Maybe the school of black-toothed fish will have swum away by the time he came back.

As Xiao Yu got up and was about to leave, he gazed at the corpse of the black-toothed fish the size of a full-grown man lying on the sandy bank. His eyes beamed. He came up with the idea of using this fish as bait in order to open the loot box.

He put the corpse of the black-toothed fish on his shoulder and headed upstream of the Dark Holy Spring. He threw the corpse of the fish into the river after he walked about 100 meters, then ran downstream as fast as he could.

When he arrived at the site where he found the previous loot box, he waited patiently. As expected, the other fish smelled blood from upstream after they had finished eating their kin.

The school of fish swam upstream like locusts, and not even one was left behind.

Seeing the school of black-toothed fish swimming away, Xiao Yu smiled triumphantly.

"I'm a genius." Xiao Yu jumped into the water and swam toward the bottom of the river. Those fish had stirred up the dirt in the water, and it took Xiao Yu a while to find the loot box.

This loot box was not locked, as Xiao Yu was able to open it easily. While searching through it, he touched an item, and his heart skipped a beat.

"A loot box should do more than just store a white-level item," he thought.

Xiao Yu swam to the surface of the river with the item and climbed onto the bank.

He took a look at the item he had just procured.

Black-wind wrist guard: green-level equipment, leather armor; defense 12-15, agility +5, strength +3; player must be level 5.

It was a pretty good piece of green-level equipment, and he could use it. Feeling exceedingly delighted, he put on the black-wind wrist guard.

He looked at the dagger dropped by the black-toothed fish.

Short iron dagger: attack 15-18.

It was better than the one given to him by the thief teacher, Ode. Xiao Yu replaced the dagger given to him by Ode with this short iron dagger.

He moved the fingers on his right hand slightly, and the dagger in his right hand flipped up into the air before it landed squarely in his palm.

This was the sensation he was looking for. The dagger danced joyfully between his fingertips as he smiled faintly. The winnings he procured lately made him feel excited.

Xiao Yu found that his mood had improved considerably since he entered the game. He was introverted and had low self-esteem in the real world, but in the game world, Xiao Yu had gradually gained some confidence. It was a miraculous change.

He headed into the distance in an attempt to find the next monster.

As he leveled up, he found that it was becoming harder and harder to advance further. After checking the Level Rankings List, he saw that the highest player was level 7. His own experience bar was at 68%, and he was level 5, which was not too far from that.

"There are only twelve pockets in this space bag; it's too small," remarked Xiao Yu indignantly while looking at the bulging bag. This space bag was the original item given to him by the server. On the market, this space bag of twenty pockets would cost many gold coins, and each player was only allowed to carry five of them.

He went to the monster area looking for the level-6 sand wolves and fought against the wild wolves the entire afternoon. He upgraded to level 6 by dusk, and it occurred to him that his backstabbing and evisceration skills should be upgraded as well.

Xiao Yu headed toward the small town of Tabarka.

After arriving in Tabarka, he asked Thief Teacher Ode about the price of upgrading the backstabbing and evisceration skills. What disappointed him was that the price for upgrading these two skills was the same as the reversed backstabbing skill, which was five gold coins.

"Where can I find 10 gold coins? This server is truly wicked. How can we survive?!" Xiao Yu thought indignantly. The regular players could in no way afford the price of upgrading skills. He checked his bag and found that he had accumulated two gold coins by killing those monsters.

This was because Xiao Yu had improved the backstabbing, evisceration and reversed backstabbing skills fast enough. The other players could improve these skills only after they were between level 10 and level 20. Twenty gold coins were not a big deal for those high-level players, but it was a challenge for Xiao Yu, who was merely at level 6. Where could he find that many gold coins?