To Get Stronger, I’m Forced to Grind Their Affection

Chapter 24

Luolin left the guild hall.

He examined Ailuka's card again.

"Speaking of which, this strength bonus is really high."

The strength added by this card was almost equal to Luolin's own strength, which meant that after equipping it, his strength would roughly double.

[The card's attributes are related to the person who produced the card. That girl's strength was originally extraordinarily high as well.]

That makes sense.

"So what exactly is this so-called Critical Hit Blessing?"

[Master, you've played games in your original world, right? This is a critical hit, meaning your attacks have a 1% chance of producing a critical hit. As for the specific additional damage it can cause, it depends on the 'Burst' value.]

"I see. So that means other people can also land critical hits? Otherwise, wouldn't this Burst stat be useless to them?"

[Some professions after job advancement can indeed do so. Moreover, 'Burst' doesn't only affect critical hit damage. It seems Master's understanding of this world is still insufficient, so I need to explain it to you.][This world has attribute values called Strength, Intelligence, Agility, and Burst, known as the 'Four Major Stats.' Strength affects physical power and physical attack. Intelligence isn't IQ, but rather magical attack power and the ability to use certain items. Agility is reaction speed and movement speed. Burst, besides critical hit damage, also affects the ability to use skills consecutively and the explosive attack power of skills learned in later stages.]

[Additionally, these values also influence profession choices. You can't just choose whatever profession you want;

you need to meet the stat requirements. With Master's current stats, professions requiring Intelligence probably won't work, but Thief should be fine.]

After hearing this series of explanations, Luolin's understanding of this world became much clearer.

It really was like a game world, bound by various 'rules.'

However, having been through several battles, Luolin understood that this was no game—it would really hurt, really bleed, and you could really die.

[Oh right, let me remind you, Host. I suddenly remembered that I can't just lend you those 100,000 affection points like that. The way it is now, it's basically no different from not having to repay them at all. So I need to set a deadline for repayment.]

[Hmm... let's make it three months. Within three months, you must repay the affection points. This way you'll have some pressure and farm them faster. How about that? Thank me, won't you?]

"Thanks a fucking lot..."

[What did you say? Too long? Then let's make it two months.]

"Your mo—"

[Hmm?]

"I mean, your mother would surely be proud of you."

When you're under a system's control, you have to bow your head.

Luolin sighed. How could he farm affection points faster?

Soon, Luolin arrived at the entrance of a weapon shop. The shop's sign displayed a muscular arm and was named 'Big Muscles Weapon Shop.'

What a naming genius!

"I should get a weapon first. I don't know what kind of quest Luna mentioned, but I need to be prepared."

With this thought, Luolin pushed open the weapon shop door and walked in.

"Hey there, young man! Shopping for something?"

The person standing behind the counter immediately called out. Luolin nodded slightly and took two steps forward. As he got closer, he suddenly realized that this shopkeeper looked somewhat familiar.

"You... are you?"

The other person also pointed at Luolin with a very surprised expression. It seemed they might have actually met before. Luolin tried hard to recall where.

"You're that young man who acted heroically last time, aren't you!"

"Oh! Could you be!"

With the other person's reminder, Luolin finally remembered.

Previously, when Luna was being harassed by a drunkard, Luolin had kicked the drunkard over, only to be carried away by another burly man. Wasn't the person before him that very burly man who had carried him away?

"Hahaha, it really is you! Last time was amazing—to think you defeated that level 11 guy with only level 1 strength. Even though he was drunk, that was already quite impressive!"

The weapon shop owner said with a hearty laugh, looking cheerful.

"Oh right, my name is Ruide. You can call me by my name directly. As you can see, I'm a dwarf blacksmith, and I currently run this weapon shop."

Ruide's voice sounded full of vigor, but...

"A dwarf?"

Luolin looked at Ruide, who stood over two meters tall with muscles bulging all over his body, not knowing where to begin with his complaints.

"Hehe, perhaps you find it strange. That's exactly why I had no choice but to leave the dwarven kingdom and come here. In our land, shortness is considered beautiful and height is shameful, but my body just wouldn't stop growing uncontrollably."

Ruide said while scratching his head.

Luolin was now thinking about something more important. If he remembered correctly, this guy had lifted that drunkard with a strange smile on his face and even said thank you to him...

No matter who it was, anyone would think in strange directions!

"What did you do after you took that drunkard away last time?"

"Oh, that? I made him properly experience his own sins. That's right, I judged him. As for now... he probably still needs to walk while covering his buttocks."

Looking at Ruide, Luolin inexplicably felt his chrysanthemum tighten.

Don't come any closer!!!