Interactive Fiction: The Right Choice After Unemployment

Chapter 57 You are awake, the operation was successful

Option one 11.8%, option two 88.2%.

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【Option [-]】

[Jump to the top of the giant mushroom man]

……

The mushroom people gushing out of the poisonous swamp squeezed each other, instantly covering all the space below.

"Jumping off is not much different from jumping on the head of a giant fungus!"

Messenger bag is in front of you, why not give it a try!
Zheng Zhuo gritted his teeth and let go of his hand.

He jumped forward, drawing a trajectory in the air, and landed on the cap of the giant mushroom man.

The cap was dented downwards due to Zheng Zhuo's impact, and spores were ejected from the cap in colorful, large and small mushrooms.In an instant, a strong sense of stimulation filled Zheng Zhuo's mouth and nose.

The amount of spores in the air continued to rise, and even the anti-virus scarf that Zhuang Yusheng had given him before had lost its effect.Zheng Zhuo felt like he was plunged into a big bucket of chili powder.His breathing was difficult, his eyes were irritated to tears, and he couldn't see clearly.

"Oops... Oops..."

The top of the giant mushroom man is more dangerous than he imagined!

However, without waiting for him to react——

Bang.

The giant mushroom man's palm hit the mountain wall where Zheng Zhuo was standing just now.

The skill [Slap Lv.3] is swung by the giant mushroom man, the momentum is so strong!The entire second underground floor shook violently because of this earth-shattering blow.The poisonous swamp created waves, the mushroom man and toad fled in all directions, and rocks fell from the top of the cave, hitting the swamp pool and the ground.

The one who was most affected was naturally Zheng Zhuo who fell on top of the giant mushroom man.

"--Uh--!!!"

Due to the reaction force received, the giant fungus flung outwards violently, and Zheng Zhuo also slid from one end of its head to the other because of this.

"No—no—"

I will fly out from a height of 30 meters!Zheng Zhuo stretched out his hand desperately.

Suddenly, he grabbed something soft, Zheng Zhuo used force with one hand, and finally managed to hang himself on the top of the giant mushroom man's mushroom cap.

what is that?
He looked up and found that what he was grabbing was the messenger bag he had just seen.

The mushroom man changed the situation again.Zheng Zhuo stomped on the mushroom next to him, and barely fixed himself.

"Messenger bag... if you can take it away..."

The scenery in front of him suddenly began to shake.

Oops.

Zheng Zhuo began to feel confused.

It's the spores! [Poison] and [Paralysis]...

He knew he couldn't stay here any longer.

When Zheng Zhuo didn't use the [Mage Hand], the [Fear Blade] was pinned to Zheng Zhuo's waist.Now, he pulled it out.

"If you can take the messenger bag with you...!"

He inserted [Fear Edge] between the satchel and the strap of the satchel, and then, using his own body weight, pulled it hard.

Chill.

There was a sound of leather snapping at the joints of the satchel.

ok, push harder...

Chill.

Almost there!

at this time.

Suddenly the feet began to shake.

The giant mushroom man raised his hand again, and Zheng Zhuo slid to the other side——

With the loudest sound of leather snapping so far, the connection between the messenger bag and the strap broke.

Zheng Zhuo grabbed the messenger bag and flew out from the mushroom-covered head of the giant mushroom man.

After that, he lost consciousness.

……

After an unknown amount of time, Zheng Zhuo regained consciousness.

"... Goo..."

His face moved, barely opening his heavy eyelids.The light from the oil lamp illuminates the room, and Zheng Zhuo slowly sees a wooden ceiling.

"...what...what...what's the situation..."

He tried to raise his hand.Moved manually.Zheng Zhuo saw that his fingers, wrists and elbows were all covered with white bandages.

Not only that.

Taking a closer look, I found that my whole body was tightly wrapped with bandages.

what's the situation! ?

Zheng Zhuo shook violently.The wooden bed made a "cracking" sound.

Footsteps came from next door.It seemed that someone had heard the voice.

Squeak.

The door of Zheng Zhuo's room was pushed open.

"Yo. You're awake."

The person who opened the door was Zhuang Yusheng.With an expression of "ah, that's true", he walked to the bedside.

"Awakened after three days of coma. According to the church, this shows that your condition is not very serious. It seems that you will fully recover within seven days. Great."

“When you wake up, you can heal yourself—no more money! Also, the sooner you can get back into action, the sooner you can make money.”

"...explain the situation."

Zheng Zhuo said in a voice so hoarse that he couldn't hear it himself.

"It's just... a common adventure accident." Zhuang Yusheng shrugged his shoulders, "You flew out of the giant mushroom man's head and fell into a poisonous swamp. It took me a lot of effort to get you out—— When you fish it out, your face starts to melt."

If what Zheng Zhuo was thinking just now was "Who made me half dead", now what he thinks is "It's a miracle that I didn't die completely".

"After I fished you out, I carved [Space Mark] on the spot, and immediately returned to the town." Zhuang Yusheng continued, "Anyway, we have [Fear Blade], so we don't have to worry about getting into a pile of monsters when we go back —That's right, that's right."

He ran out quickly and brought two more things.

The same is Zheng Zhuo's long staff.The other is that tattered messenger bag.

"Give you."

Zhuang Yusheng unceremoniously leaned his long staff against Zheng Zhuo's bedside.

"For [treatment]."

Hello, hello.

Would it be too cruel to let the wounded heal themselves?
However, just when Zheng Zhuo thought so...

...There are more cruel ones to follow.

"And this. I've been waiting for you to wake up!"

Zhuang Yusheng said some touching words.

But what he said next completely destroyed that emotion.

"The treasure you brought back! I haven't sold it all this time, I just waited for you to wake up! Quick [identify] to see if there is anything special about it!"

……

After applying [Healing] to himself, Zheng Zhuo could barely sit up.He threw Zhuang Yusheng out, put his bandaged hand on his forehead, and looked at the messenger bag leaning on the chair beside him.

"[Identification]."

……

【Corrosion Messenger Bag】

Quality: broken

Skills: none

[corroded canvas]

Quality: broken

Skills: none

[corroded cloth armor]

Quality: broken

Skills: none

……

There are quite a lot of things in the messenger bag.But all of them were corrupted to a mess due to staying in the dungeon for too long and being affected by the poisonous spores released by the poisonous swamp and the giant mushroom man.

Could it be that he was injured all over, and what he got was a pile of garbage...

Just when Zheng Zhuo started to think this way.

"Ok?"

He used [Authentication] to scan the metal attached to the satchel.It was a metal buckle, and it fastened a ring.

……

[Imitation of Winter's Ring Inferior Products]

[Skills: Ice Wind Lv.2, Ice Cone Lv.2, Frost Lv.1]

……

Quality is not displayed.Meaning it's not broken?
Moreover, there are three skills.

"...What's the result of [identification]?"

Zhuang Yusheng, who was thrown out, did not give up. He opened the door a crack, and asked with his head.

"How much can I change? We need money very much now-the kobold tribe on the third floor of [Blue Dragon's Lair] is not a good stubble! They have set up checkpoints between the passages on the second and third floors. I have to Buy a lot of [Bombs] to attract their attention—no, or you can buy some spells to attract their attention!"

To enter the third floor, you need a means of attracting attention.

Zheng Zhuo took a closer look at 【The Ring of Winter】.

The intensity is...subtle.

[Ice Wind Lv. 2] Can blow a gust of freezing wind.Has a certain amount of damage and can slow down the enemy's movement.

[Ice Cone Lv2] Shoots an ice cone to attack the enemy.Higher damage but no additional effects.

【Frost Lv.1】The surrounding temperature can drop to snowy.

Every skill can be released directly as long as it is worn on the hand, without preparation.Can be used with a staff.

It should be a very powerful prop for other mages.But for Zheng Zhuo who possesses [Quick Casting] and only needs to conquer one dungeon, it seems very powerful...and not so powerful.

After all, none of the three spells intuitively attracts a kobold's attention.The maximum damage that can be dealt is similar to [Fireball].

Zhuang Yusheng was still chattering at the door.The only information Zheng Zhuo could get from his words was that this ring should sell for a lot of money.It is enough to buy [Lv.3] powerful spells for Zheng Zhuo, and the extra money can buy two or three volumes of [Lv.2] spells.

So……

Zhuang Yusheng was still waiting for Zheng Zhuo's opinion.

……

【problem】

[What should I do with this ring? 】

【Option [-]】

【Keep it for yourself】

【Option [-]】

[Exchange money to buy scrolls]

【Option [-]】

[Exchange money to buy a large number of bombs specialized for the next level]

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