Chapter 79 – Traversing into the Valley

　　When Fatty finally lost the squad of pursuing Flame Pixies, he finally understood why the map had advised against farming these monsters.

　　Ugh, they come up as a swarm and you can get killed by their self-explosion if you don’t pay attention. Not only that, they don’t even drop anything! Only an idiot would farm these monsters.

　　Fatty did not think of himself as an idiot, so he left with Wheat in tow.

　　When Fatty walked a bit deeper in, he saw the higher level Fire Giants. They were huge beings above three meters that were surrounded by flames, and clanged whenever they walked.

　　Fire Giant: Level 30. They have huge bodies made of fire. They have a very bad temper and will proactively attack any players who enter their attack range. It possesses the skill Fire Bullet and has a chance to self-explode. They drop Fire Spirit Orbs.

　　Self destruct? Again!? Are you kidding me!?

　　How the h.e.l.l are Vermillion Bird City players coping with these monsters? Why do they all self-destruct!?

　　“Wheat, go!” Fatty called. Wheat took a few steps back and found a good hiding place before spitting out a Howling Bullet.

　　The Fire Giant roared and stepped forward. The ground trembled as it aimed its hands towards where Wheat was and shot out a basketball sized fireball with a long flame tail.

　　Wheat learnt from its past mistake. Before the fireball hit it, it shrunk its body, then leaped into the ground.

　　The fireball landed on the ground and made a splash of sparks.

　　Ranged attack? Fatty was kind of surprised, but instantly realized the mistake he had made. The Fire Giant possessed a skill called Fire Bullet, of course that was a ranged attack. I guess I’ll have to lure it out even more to get it to walk into the trap.

　　Fatty picked up a pebble and threw it towards the Fire Giant. It diverted the Fire Giant’s attention, causing it to forget about Wheat and aimed towards Fatty.

　　F*ck. Fatty quickly backed off and instantly left the Fire Giant’s attack range. The monster was rather confused. It then put down its arm and began to chase Fatty with a roar.

　　“One, two… Three. Take that!” Fatty called out. A trap suddenly appeared in front of the Fire Giant, which it stepped into.

　　“Your life ends now!” Fatty pulled out his dagger, while Wheat also stuck its head out.

　　Although the Fire Giant had a chance to self-destruct, fortunately this one didn’t. After Fatty killed it, the Fire Giant’s body separated turning into countless dispersing sparks, only leaving a finger-sized red jewel.

　　“This is a Fire Spirit Orb?” Fatty picked it up and used Appraisal, then saw the stats of the item with a ring.

　　Fire Spirit Orb

　　Basic Crafting Material

　　Adding it in when forging a equipment can increase the success chance.

　　Crafting success chance increase? That’s good stuff. Although players are still killing monsters to get equipment drops, the drop items would tend to be more mediocre in the future. If one wanted a good set of equipment, then they would have to craft it themselves or get someone to craft it for them. That was what he read on a thread in the forums and the reason why Fatty chose Blacksmith as his secondary profession.

　　He happily put the Fire Spirit Orb away, then decided to farm a few more for later use. Then, he heard a series of footsteps and the sound of attacks landing on the ground.

　　Fatty immediately went into stealth, while Wheat snuck behind a boulder. Players killing one another was very common in this game, so Fatty naturally decided to see

　　As the footsteps neared, several people ran out frantically. A flock of crow-like birds flapped its wings and squawked as they chased the players.

　　Fatty immediately took out the map and checked the description of the m