The Newbie Is Too Strong's
146. An Evil Heart Destroys Luca's Innocence
If asked why I named the extra guild I formed as ‘Bambu’ Powder, there is no reason that really matters.
The word ‘bamboo hut just reminds me of a reot house where I used to live with my father and mother.
A place that really brings good memories.
So that the word ‘bambu’ powder for me itself always connects me with the meaning of happiness.
There is no way to achieve what has been lost, but we can still form a new one.
And to me, my friends who are by my side right now are the source of my happiness.
Haha. A really unimportant talk huh. I'm just maybe too sentimental. How I miss my mom and dad.
After from the assassin guild, the five of us headed to the vast meadow beginner village quest. This is the place where usually the scouts level up to level 10.
As I planned earlier, in order to strengthen the combat power of Pelita Harapan High School e-sport team, I advised Diana to change her class from mage to scout.
Supporting-type land magic talent, good agility and avoidance ability, as well as intelligence to assess the situation quickly, all the conditions for the sake of being a good scout have been met by him. There was no class more suited to him than the scout class.
Of course, not all scouts must have the ability to master mana, especially the type of land. Many scouts rely on trap-making skills purely from knowledge and skills regarding equipment.
But of course having a talent for earth magic that supports the much-needed detection ability for a scout would be of more value to Diana, like Brother Andra.
And this is where the new Diana dropped back to level 5 after changing her class to raise her level back to level 10.
The quest is simple, in this vast quest area that is stranded by a stretch of grassland that is almost invisible to any living creature, the player is asked to detect a parasitic beast that damages the ecosystem and kill it.
The three most famous of these are carnivorous worms, voracious rats, and acid snails. Of course, beasts such as grumpy chickens and buffalo are not included in this list which is precisely when killed, players will get a game penalty.
At first, Diana seemed a bit difficult in applying her skills. However, the scout detection skill that was somewhat similar to the land-type magic skill that he had mastered while in the mage class, made him quickly master it.
As I expected, Diana was a talented player. The detection range is 20 x 20 square km, four times the average detection capability of a normal scout player. This was all definitely thanks to Diana's match towards the earth element. He who is still a newbie has almost matched the ability of Kak Andra who is a professional player.
Unfortunately, the accuracy is still weak where Diana can only divide the realm of her search into 25 boxes. Which means the specific location error is still quite high in the range of 4 km. I hope that with practice, he can at least increase his accuracy to plus minus 500 meters.
After taking over 3 hours, Diana was finally able to reach level 10. After eliminating 25 carnivorous worms, 51 voracious rats and 150 acid snails.
I purposely instructed him to focus only on weak beasts rather than strong ones and focus on numbers instead of quality in order to prioritize his detection skill increase this time.
As a result, Diana is now at least able to reduce the search area into 100 boxes aka error rate plus minus 2 km, twice as good as before.
After that, because I thought it would take Diana enough time to take her maturation exam, and about 45 minutes to go when the ban on games for minors arrived, I finished the exercise early and logged out of the game.
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Afterwards, Luca falls asleep without any suspicion of Toriq's evil plan which awaits him the next day.
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That first break, I had a casual chat with Chika and Diana.
Beyond my expectations, after I logged out of the game, Diana apparently still continued her game immediately to the scout guild in the beginner village to request her adult exam.
Diana also got a mission to find 2 golden eggs from a grumpy chicken.
The frequency of grumpy chickens laying golden eggs is very rare where in two hundred eggs, only one golden egg will be found, aka has a chance of 0.5 % where in a day, there will be only one golden egg, the grumpy chicken will only lay about 1 or 2 eggs.
Given the grumpy chicken population is not much that may only be around the 500s, so the most chance of finding golden eggs in a day is only 2 to 3 grains.
Not to mention considering other players who are also looking for golden eggs because golden eggs can be said to be a very valuable item because they can permanently increase strength and vitality for novice players. Of course for a middle-class veteran player like me, that item was no longer useful.
Yet out of all the seemingly minuscule possibilities of obtaining it, Diana actually managed to obtain two within just 30 minutes after I left her and successfully completed the quest on the same day.
One thing to say for her, Diana was truly a very lucky player. Akh, I really envy her luck. [<--People who are not aware that his luck is much more crazy]
I thought everything was going to be normal that day, but the problem came.
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“Hey, you! Follow to BK room now.”
With a creepy look, the teacher BK pointed at Luca's face in a disrespectful manner that really does not reflect morals as a teacher.
Luca who did not know the problem was just following the teacher to the BK room.
Inside the room, he had apparently been waiting for Toriq, along with his parents, along with Mr. Susanto, Luca's homeroom teacher.
“The cup is this brash kid who dared to hurt my son.”
Toriq's father said angrily as he stood up and was about to slap Luca. However, Luca was soon able to avoid that slap.
“See, look, look at that attitude. You uneducated child! Why can an orphan like that one school with our son Toriq anyway?! Where is the school responsibility?! Why can the school side let such a kingpin attend school on the same level as our son?!”
The mother added her nasty comments, supporting the husband.
Behind them, Toriq watched the scene enthusiastically, laughing happily satisfied without trying to hide his expression at the time in the room there was also the teacher BK and the homeroom teacher Luca.
“I don't know what Toriq told you. But you seem to misunderstand. I beat him up just to protect myself because Toriq and his men started to gang up on me first.”
The father laughed with cunning joy in responding to Luca's words.
“There's no evidence, you fucking lowly orphan?!” Said the father while showing video footage of Luca's fight with Toriq's gang.
But apparently, the video has been cut by not showing the footage at first so as if, Luca who advanced alone looking for trouble by directly beating the thugs who seemed to try to protect Toriq.
“Already. You're quick to plead guilty, Luca. The evidence is clear. If you confess now, the process will be easier. You will only be suspended without having to be dismissed at school. If you try to avoid, you are afraid this problem will actually penetrate the police. But Toriq's father was wise enough here to give you a chance to confess and apologize.”
And instead of mediating wisely, Mr. Susanto as Luca's homeroom teacher added salt to the wound.
It was the first time Luca had encountered such a slander.
Since the people of Gardenia, despite their rough habits, they are average honest people who prefer to fight muscles rather than looking for faults of others, he said, especially if the mistake is made.
“Why... Why should I apologize when I am innocent?! And what does that have to do with my dead parents with this?!”
As a result of the feeling he first felt, Luca also shouted very angry and involuntarily let out tears.
“See this child. There is no good faith at all and feeling guilty. A child like this should be expelled from school.”
With ease, the teacher of BK also raised his voice.
Behind the door that can clearly show the injustice where the four people who are said to be adults are ganged up on a weak little boy, Mr. Syarifuddin, the coach of the club where Luca lives, clenched his hands in anger.