Chapter 032: An Incredibly Unbelievable Stroke of Luck

The Legend of the Mage—No Ads

(Note: The content below is neither sci-fi nor fiction! It is a popular rumor from the early days of the server: a young mage killed a chicken, which dropped a piece of heavy armor. On a whim, he equipped it—and to everyone’s shock, it worked! However, when he took it off and tried again, he couldn’t put it back on. This was the precursor to the infamous “suspected GM murder incident”! That kid, after donning the heavy armor, went on a rampage against newbies. For a server that had only been open for less than three hours, it was absolutely impossible for a player to have heavy armor, let alone a heavy-armored warrior who could still cast fireballs! As for the truth of this story, it remains unverified. To make the story more entertaining, this plot has been added—just enjoy it; no need to overthink!)

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“Hey, why did you change clothes?” The three brothers anxiously circled around, unable to get their hands on that blue jade necklace, like ants on a hot pan. In the midst of their panic, the eldest suddenly noticed something green swaying in front of his eyes. Looking closer, he realized it was Lin Jia’s little mage, somehow dressed head to toe in a vivid green outfit.

Lin Jia, intent on the gear in the corner and not paying attention to herself, was momentarily stunned. She glanced at the screen—her little mage in a ragged green cloak—and gaped in disbelief. How could this be?! Was it because she had subconsciously tried to equip the warrior’s armor, emboldened by the extra point of magic the gear provided, and by some miracle, it had worked?

That was impossible! Not only was Lin Jia’s mage, “Frenzied Ling Jia,” only level 20 and should not have had the carrying capacity to manage the 23-unit weight of the heavy armor, but the gear also had a level 22 restriction. Was there a server bug?

Today, with the server population maxed out beyond capacity, everything was running painfully slow and laggy. And that wasn’t all—sometimes, even after pressing the potion hotkey, HP or MP wouldn’t recover. Occasionally, a potion in the inventory couldn’t be used or thrown away. Sometimes, in the heat of battle, you could even pass right through a monster or player character, as if the other had no physical presence. It was all exceedingly strange.

Opening the equipment panel, Lin Jia saw that the warrior’s green armor was indeed equipped on her little mage. Honestly, she thought it looked rather ugly, but the 5-7 defense and that extra point of magic made her heart race.

“This is great! I can wear class gear at level 20? If I take it off and give it to Fourth Brother, he could tank monsters for us!” Lin Jia compared Fourth Brother’s medium armor—3-5 defense versus 4-7 defense. The difference was three points overall. If Fourth Brother, already heavily armored, could wear class gear early, tanking would be much easier for him.

While speaking, Lin Jia moved her mouse, intending to take off the mage’s armor and trade it to Fourth Brother. But he cried out, “Wait!” Leaning in for a closer look at the little mage’s green armor, he wore a conflicted expression. After a long pause, he finally relented, “Forget it! You keep it on. This is obviously some weird glitch from the server overload. Who knows if I’d even be able to put it on if you took it off? Your mage is too fragile anyway—you’re safer with it, and that makes things easier for all of us. For now, we still have to rely on you to fight, so your safety is our top priority. Besides, it’s even a top-tier piece! Who would’ve thought there’d be gear with extra attributes? Magic 0-1… Tsk tsk! This armor was made for you!” Fourth Brother said, half-jealous, half-admiring.

Lin Jia glanced at the class gear—she was indeed reluctant to remove it. Even though its durability wasn’t full, only 23/26, for a mage, who hardly ever wears down equipment, 23 points of durability would last ages. With the added bonus attribute, her magic power now reached 5-21, and her defense, thanks to a pair of wrought iron rings (0-5) and the heavy armor (4-7), was now a solid 4-12. If she could’ve carried the weight of a helmet, a magical helm would have added another 0-1 to defense.

Even so, 4-12 defense for a level 20 mage, while maintaining 21 points of high magic, was almost unheard of! Many warriors didn’t even have defense as high as Lin Jia’s. This streak of outrageous luck had turned her little mage into a high-magic, high-defense monster!

No one quite knew why, but perhaps it was simply incredible luck. Whatever game Lin Jia played, she always managed to find rare items or stumble into extraordinary good fortune. It had nothing to do with the in-game luck stat—this was Lin Jia’s own, real-world luck bleeding into the game.

Since childhood, Lin Jia’s luck had been extraordinary. Not only would she regularly find cash and wallets on the street, but on one occasion, she even found a folder containing a 5,000-yuan check, an ID card, and several documents. Sadly, back then, still a young Pioneer in elementary school, she dutifully stood by the roadside for over an hour to return the check to its rightful owner.

Of course, if Lin Jia hadn’t been so naive as to not know what a check was, the honor of being a Good Samaritan might never have fallen to her. At the time, her only thought was that someone must be anxious about losing their ID and documents, never realizing that the “scrap of paper” with all those zeros was so valuable.

According to Fourth Brother’s tally, ever since he’d known her, Lin Jia had picked up cash on the street over a hundred times, totaling about 2,500 yuan. The most extraordinary incident was on a walk home from school—a trip of less than half an hour—when Lin Jia stooped to pick up money seven times. The first was 5 yuan from a flowerbed, the second 1 yuan from a dry gutter, the third 10 yuan from the busy central street where no one else noticed it, the fourth a dime right on the road, the fifth 7 yuan (three 2-yuan notes and a 1-yuan coin rolled together) twenty meters from her apartment entrance, the sixth 2 yuan fifteen meters from the entrance, and the last a wallet containing 135.5 yuan and various small bills, found just five meters from her building’s door, already covered in dust, dirt, and crisscrossed footprints!

In other words, that day Lin Jia netted a total of 160.6 yuan on her way home from school!

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