Chapter 64: Special Equipment

He looked back at Sun Yu and said, "What are you daydreaming for? Come over and take a look."

"Oh."

Sun Yu walked up to Lu Yang. After pondering for a long time, he finally mustered the courage to say, "Expert, I want to take you as my master."

Lu Yang chuckled, not expecting Sun Yu to suddenly blurt out such a statement. He asked, "I am a mage, and you are a hunter. Why do you want to become my apprentice?"

"Your dodging techniques just now were simply too brilliant. This isn't a matter of class, but of genuine skill and judgment. Please accept me and teach me how to evade enemy attacks." Sun Yu's speech was somewhat halting at first, but gradually, his tone grew extremely firm.

Having spent this much time together, he felt that Lu Yang not only possessed supreme techniques and ranked first on the entire server's level leaderboard, but he also lacked any airs of arrogance. Compared to the leaders of major guilds—Twilight was deeply scheming, Overlord was overly tyrannical, and Black Blood and the others were thoroughly unscrupulous—following someone like Lu Yang was, in Sun Yu's view, the absolute best choice. He just felt a bit nervous inside, afraid that such a great expert like Lu Yang would refuse the request of a nobody like him.

"I know this request of mine is a bit presumptuous, but I will definitely work hard and never let Master down," Sun Yu said hopefully.

Would Lu Yang worry about Sun Yu letting him down? Of course not, this was a future God-tier Hunter.

Lu Yang had already intended to recruit Sun Yu in the first place, but he knew it was completely impossible to bind a genius using only material benefits; one could only win them over with genuine emotional investment.

Furthermore, Sun Yu had been fiercely loyal in his past life. When the Iron-Blood Wolves faction went from its most glorious era—where seven fortresses were reduced to just a single one, and most of the studios and main players in the guild were poached by other guilds—Sun Yu never left. This alone demonstrated his exceptional character.

As for whether Lu Yang was qualified to be Sun Yu's master?

The damage output of mages and hunters shared commonalities. Besides, Lu Yang had spent ten years as a Fire Mage in his previous life and had always been a team leader; his understanding of any given class was countless times deeper than Sun Yu's. If he personally guided Sun Yu, he could save him two years of detours just in terms of footwork and evasion alone.

Seeing that Lu Yang had not answered for a long time, Sun Yu grew anxious.

"Master, please accept me," Sun Yu pleaded.

"I can accept you, but don't call me Master. I should be older than you, so call me Big Brother or Boss instead," Lu Yang said.

"That's fantastic!" Sun Yu cheered. He still possessed the innocent mindset of a child, and his irrepressible joy brought a warm smile to Lu Yang's face.

"Since I've accepted you, as your boss, I shouldn't be stingy either." Lu Yang picked up the Bow of Watkins from the ground, handed it to Sun Yu, and said, "Take this as a welcome gift."

Only then did Sun Yu notice the bow and arrow Lu Yang was holding.

Bow of Watkins (Silver Grade)
Level: 8
Damage: 16—24
Strength: +5
Agility: +5
Physical Attack Power: +12
Physical Critical Strike Chance: +10

"The stats on this weapon are amazing!" Sun Yu had always been using the Level 0 white-board Inferior Longbow given by the system, which had a damage of only 1—1. Now, suddenly seeing the Bow of Watkins, Sun Yu was so excited he didn't know what to do.

However, even though he desperately wanted this bow and arrow, he suppressed his desire and refused with a pang of regret, "Boss, you got this weapon by defeating the boss yourself. I didn't help at all, so I can't accept it."

"Take it. Consider it a gift from your boss." Lu Yang used the trade-gift feature and placed the equipment directly into Sun Yu's backpack.

Lu Yang had previously sold this bow, fetching 67 silver coins, and Sun Yu had actually seen this equipment in the auction house. He had wanted to buy it back then, but lacked the money. Later on, when someone else purchased it, it had left him heartbroken for quite a while. He never expected that Lu Yang would now gift him one.

"Boss, thank you," Sun Yu said sincerely.

He took out a ring from his backpack, placed it in front of Lu Yang, and said, "Boss, I have this little trinket here. Although it's nothing special, it's quite unique. Please accept it as my apprenticeship gift, and I hope you won't look down on it."

Lu Yang didn't pay much attention at first, but the moment he laid eyes on the appearance of the ring, an expression of unconcealed excitement broke across his face.

"A Healing Ring?" Lu Yang asked.

Sun Yu said in surprise, "Boss, you recognize this ring? I thought it was quite rare."

Lu Yang replied, "Of course it's rare. Where did you get this?"

Healing Ring
Level: 1
Spell Damage: 0—1

Although the description was extremely brief and the ring had no tier rating, it possessed a miraculous attribute: anyone who equipped this ring would gain an additional skill in their skill bar called Heal.

[Heal]
Type: Holy Spell
Cost: 20 Mana
Description: Casts a healing spell on the target, instantly restoring 26 health points to the player.

In other words, as long as a player had a mana pool, equipping this ring would allow them to cast Heal.

Sun Yu explained, "I completed a hidden quest, and an old man gave it to me. I have no use for this ring; I just thought it was rather fun."

Lu Yang said, "This ring is indeed of great use to me. I won't stand on ceremony with you then."

To ordinary people, this ring was useless—merely a small toy created by the system for players to amuse themselves with.

Similar items included the Mage's Flame Ring, which allowed the casting of Fireball; the Warlock's Shadow Ring, which allowed Shadow Bolt; the Shaman's Lightning Ring, which allowed Chain Lightning, and so on.

However, this Healing Ring was infinitely valuable to Lu Yang. With this ring, he could accomplish many things ahead of schedule.

"As long as you find it useful, Boss," Sun Yu said.

Lu Yang chuckled and said, "Let's go. Follow me into the Troll Forest. I'll bring you up to Level 8 so you can equip your bow. During this time, I will teach you the methods of evasion, and you can try practicing them based on my guidance."

"Okay." Sun Yu hurried to keep up.

Lu Yang could not only teach Sun Yu evasion techniques but also impart the core principles of damage output. Often, certain operational techniques were like a thin layer of window paper that broke with a single poke; yet without someone to pierce that paper for you, you would waste a vast amount of time.

Sun Yu possessed great gaming talent, while Lu Yang held ten years of experience and a profound comprehension of the game. During Sun Yu's damage output practice, just a few simple words from Lu Yang could have a tremendous impact, making Sun Yu admire him even more.

After practicing together for another two hours, seeing that Sun Yu needed some time to digest his experiences, Lu Yang successfully brought him up to Level 8.

Lu Yang said, "For now, use the trolls here to train your footwork. You can already barely dodge a single troll. Once you can freely and successfully dodge three trolls at the same time, you'll have passed the basic requirement."

"Got it, Boss. I'm going to practice now," Sun Yu agreed with a nod.