Chapter 132: The Ingenious Use of the Overload Ring

Legend of the Mages - No Pop-ups

"Wow! This bracelet is awesome!" thief-like-righteous yelled. "1-1 defense, and even 0-2 daoism! Beautiful, beautiful!"

The Boss replied disdainfully, "Little punk! Still so uncultured, aren't you?! Take a look at my bracelet!" The Boss's bracelet not only boosted defense and daoism but also added 1 point of attack. Although it was just an elite-grade bracelet, its stats were much better than the Jade Ring. The daoist's advantage of high daoism and high attack was fully utilized. Even though the Jade Ring had 1-1 defense, it lacked 1 point of attack. In terms of the cost-effectiveness of a daoist's gear, it fell short by half.

"Tsk tsk! Your gear is so abnormal! Did the Church Leader drop this bracelet just now? Damn it! I can't wear it! It requires 22 points of daoism to equip!" thief-like-righteous was deeply depressed because he couldn't put on the Jade Ring.

The Boss laughed and said, "Yeah! This bracelet was dropped by the Church Leader, along with a few books and a Ghost Necklace. But I can't figure out whether these things were actually dropped by the Church Leader or a Woma Guardian; I didn't even have time to look when I was picking up the loot after the fight! How many points of daoism are you short?"

"Far from it! Forget it! The big sister should keep this bracelet to wear; I can't wear it! I only have 15 points of daoism!" thief-like-righteous traded the Jade Ring back to the Boss, who took it and said, "Alright then! Let me find one you can actually use!" The Boss ran to the storage, dug out the old daoist bracelet she used to wear, and handed it to thief-like-righteous.

"Oh ho! I can use this! Thanks!"

"Why so polite? Let's team up for leveling often from now on! As long as our coordination is good, there's plenty of gear! Don't be like that warrior, risking his life just to snatch loot!" The daoist bracelet the Boss had replaced had 1 point less in stats than the one she was currently wearing, but it was still quite decent gear on the market.

Being able to team up with a bunch of powerhouse players for leveling was naturally something thief-like-righteous wished for. The screen-filling experience points on the 3rd floor of Woma Temple just now had him completely ecstatic; grinding for half a night gave him more experience than leveling on his own for several days!

"Are we still going?" thief-like-righteous asked eagerly, having tasted sweet success.

"Of course! We're just a little bit short of level 26! Let's go buy potions!" The Boss was equally enthusiastic, dragging the whole gang to the Blegue potion shop near the safety zone. Lin Jia, a level 25 little mage, simply couldn't carry many bundles of potions. Since the distance was long, he couldn't afford to be overweight like back in the Incense Stone Tomb, or else running to Woma 3 with a moonwalk would take until dawn. Therefore, Lin Jia bought entirely lightweight Magic Potions (Medium), allowing him to carry a few more. Once they got down there and called someone to deliver supplies, it wouldn't be too late to switch to Super Magic Potions.

Fourth Brother and the Boss had the exact same habit when buying potions. After buying a few bundles of HP potions for themselves, they would tap furiously on the Super Magic Potions in the shop until the system warned them that their inventory was full. This was a habit formed from teaming up with Lin Jia the mage. Otherwise, have you ever seen a warrior like Fourth Brother who didn't carry HP potions, but instead filled a whole backpack with MP potions?

Lin Jia finished buying his potions and called out, "Are you guys done yet? I'm ready!"

The Boss let out a puzzled "Huh?" and muttered, "Why am she able to buy so many potions?" She looked strangely at her backpack, which contained over 20 bundles of Super Magic Potions. Normally, carrying 12 or 13 bundles would already be her absolute limit. Today, she had bought more than 20 bundles, yet the system hadn't warned her that her weight limit was reached.

"How strange!?" Not believing it, the Boss clicked purchase a few more times, and she was still able to buy potions. This made the Boss quite happy, and she clicked away wildly. She actually bought a full backpack of 46 bundles of Super Magic Potions! And she could still move around freely and run extremely fast!

"What's going on here?" Lin Jia and the others stared in bewilderment. They also ran over to buy more potions, but the moment they clicked their first purchase, the system immediately prompted that their weight limit was exceeded, even though their bags were already full.

Fourth Brother suddenly looked at the Boss with a very strange expression and asked, "Is it because of this weird ring? The Overload Ring?" He was pointing right at the Boss's open equipment interface on his screen; the pretty, stat-less ring was still worn on the Boss's finger.

Only then did the Boss remember that she had forgotten to take off the Overload Ring when storing her gear earlier. The Overload Ring? A ring that allowed the wearer to carry items exceeding their weight limit?

Understood literally, that was indeed what it meant. But just now, after putting on the ring, the Boss hadn't noticed any obvious changes in her stats, leading all three brothers to believe it was merely a decorative and pretty collectible.

Lin Jia hurriedly said, "Boss! Take off the ring and try it out!?"

The Boss had 46 bundles of Super Magic Potions in her inventory, so she had to trade ten bundles to Fourth Brother to free up some grid space, then took off the Overload Ring and put it in her bag. She tried running again—and right then, the legendary "moonwalk" appeared!

The Boss shouted in pleasant surprise, "It really is the function of this ring! Wearing this ring lets you buy things and pack potions without any weight restrictions!"

Unexpectedly, such a stat-less ring possessed such a magical function. Fourth Brother, currently in an overweight state, quickly demanded the Overload Ring to test it out, and immediately his body felt as light as a swallow, allowing him to stride forward like the wind.

The three brothers stared with glowing eyes at that single Overload Ring: "Whoa! This ring is a fantastic item! In the future, we won't have to run back and forth multiple times just to stock up on potions. Give it to Second Brother so we don't have to carry potions for him anymore!" Saying this, the Boss and Fourth Brother stuffed his inventory full of Super Magic Potions, replacing all his Medium Magic Potions. Since weight didn't matter and only grid slots counted, naturally, the heavier the items, the better.

Lin Jia broke out in a cold sweat!

Carrying a backpack full of potions that could hardly be unpacked, Lin Jia ran a couple of steps. The moonwalk didn't appear, but he couldn't pick up anything else anymore. It seemed he was completely cut off from dropped loot; previously he couldn't pick things up because he stood too far away, but now he simply couldn't lift them at all!

"Wearing this thing made me lose 3 points of magic and 3 points of defense!" Lin Jia complained. To wear the Overload Ring, he had to swap out his Pig Iron Ring, instantly dropping 6 points of stats. If he swapped out his Ruby Ring instead, he would lose 4 points of magic.

The Boss scolded, "Stupid! Why don't you keep the Pig Iron Ring in your bag and bring it along? Once you're safely positioned behind the human wall, you can just swap it out! Anyway, you don't need to move!" Lin Jia thought about it and realized she was right. Although casting spells would slow down slightly when overloaded, it didn't overall affect leveling; the only issue was that he couldn't run.

From the literally interpreted function of the Overload Ring's name, Lin Jia immediately associated it with the Gale Necklace and Gale Ring stored in Fourth Brother's stash, which possessed +1 and +2 attack speed stats. When Fourth Brother wore them, his attack speed became extremely fast, though he sacrificed some attack power. This proved that the effects of many items could be estimated from their names and attributes. With that in mind, could the Blessing Necklace, which also lacked attributes, be another piece of equipment with miraculous effects? Blessing Necklace? Did it increase luck? Or enhance fortune? Could it boost the drop rate during monster hunting and leveling? Did it increase attack power just like the luck attribute on weapons?

Lin Jia also recalled that he seemed to have a "Paralysis Ring" in his storage given to him by someone else before. Its attack power was only 0-1, and it could be equipped at just level ten-something. Did it have a functional name like the Gale Ring? Could it paralyze targets just like moths, cave maggots, or dung beetles?

Lin Jia couldn't help sharing his thoughts with the Boss and the others. Both of them felt it was highly likely! But right now, everyone's inventory was crammed with potions; if they wanted to take those items out of storage, they would have to shuffle potions back and forth again. They decided to go leveling first and experiment with the functions of those items when they returned to town. After all, items stored in the stash wouldn't run away!

As the Boss ran toward the entrance of the Woma Forest, she asked a strange question: "When did you get a Paralysis Ring anyway?"

Lin Jia followed closely right behind the Boss, stepping out of Biche City toward the Woma Forest, and said, "Didn't we run into those punks last time? One of them gave it to me, saying he dug it up while harvesting moth meat. I thought it looked fun, so I kept it as a collectible. Who knows if it's actually useful?"

Fourth Brother pursed his lips and analyzed it with the expression of a professional: "It should be useful! But based on the guess that the fewer attributes a piece of equipment has, the stranger its function, the Gale Necklace, Gale Ring, and your Paralysis Ring probably aren't as good as the Blessing Necklace and this Overload Ring. Still, every piece of equipment has its own special use, so it's hard to say which is better or worse—it all depends on how we use them! When we get back later, I'll go test out that Gale Ring and Gale Bracelet. When I wore them just for fun earlier, I felt like my actions were faster, but it's such a pity to lose several points of attack power! Now it seems there might be some special functions I haven't figured out yet!"

Just as they were about to reach the entrance of the Woma Forest, Lin Jia suddenly received a private message: "Mage GG! Save my life! Me and the Daoist GG are being bullied! It's that Daoist GG who fought with you guys last time! 555555! I got killed by them! Please help me get revenge!"

The sender of the private message was none other than the little Fengxi Mage girl whom he hadn't seen for several days. A couple of days ago, because Lin Jia and his crew joined a guild and took people out leveling, everyone had split up. Little Fengxi had teamed up for leveling with a male daoist named "Moonlight Boundless Years." They hadn't run into each other and hadn't thought to call everyone to level together.

Now the little girl had actually sent a private message crying for help. Lin Jia hurriedly replied, "Is it 'Nan Gong Cang Ma' and 'Just a Good Guy'?"

"Yes, yes! Me and Moonlight GG were fighting Scarecrows to drop Green Hats! They saw us and started killing us! I'm in the city right now! Moonlight GG is fighting them over at the Skeleton Cave!"

Fighting Scarecrows to drop Green Hats?

Lin Jia was completely baffled and couldn't help asking, "What green hat?"

Little Fengxi grew anxious as well and cried out, "Aiya! Aiya! Mage GG come quick and then we'll talk! The Daoist GG is about to be beaten to death by them! It's your green hat, Mage GG! I was just planning to give you a green hat!"

The little girl's disjointed words left Lin Jia with a head full of black dots of confusion, thinking despondently: "What does you wanting to cuckold someone have to do with me?! Why would you give me a green hat to wear? I'm not anybody to you... .."