Until two more flashes of golden light appeared on David Bolton, reaching level 4, only then did a second player find this place. Soon after, a third and fourth player arrived as well.

By the time David Bolton reached level 5, the number of players in this underground crypt had already exceeded twenty, and the monster respawn rate could no longer keep up! David Bolton was quite satisfied. Looking around, he saw that the highest level among the players displaying their names and levels was only level 3, so he already held a significant lead.

As David Bolton walked back toward the village, he counted the linen cloth he had collected—19 and a half stacks, with each stack containing 20 pieces. His money had also reached 18 silver coins.

—In ""Miracle"", 1 gold coin exchanges for 100 silver coins, and 1 silver coin exchanges for 100 copper coins, just like in most traditional online games.

After handing the strange black box to the village elder Juan, David Bolton received 3,000 experience points, plus a pair of white-quality gloves. The newbie village quests basically never give good items. Of course, there are exceptions!

David Bolton went to the tailor shop and found apprentice tailor Annie. This young female NPC had a yellow exclamation mark flashing above her head, indicating she had a quest to offer.

"Young adventurer, I need a lot of linen cloth to improve my sewing skills. I wonder if you could collect some for me?" Annie looked at David Bolton shyly, as if embarrassed by her request. The ultra-realistic characters, as if possessing their own intelligence, gave people the feeling of a second world. This was also the key reason why ""Miracle"" ultimately became the greatest game in history.

"Ding! Annie has given you a quest: Generous Gift. Do you accept?"

David Bolton smiled slightly, clicked ""Accept"" at random, and handed over a stack of linen cloth.

"Ah, you are so kind! Thank you so much. With this linen cloth, I can definitely improve my skills and become a true master tailor!" Annie said excitedly.

"Ding! You have completed the quest: Generous Gift, and gained 5,000 experience points!"

"Young adventurer, to express my gratitude, I am willing to sew a cloak for you! Although I can only make the roughest wolfskin cloak, it will definitely enhance your strength!" Annie continued, the yellow exclamation mark still flashing above her head.

"Ding! Annie has given you a quest: Annie's Gift. Do you accept?"

[Annie's Gift] (Quest Difficulty: D)

Quest Description: Your kindness and generosity have touched Annie, and she has decided to use her best skills to make you a wolfskin cloak! However, you must first collect 10 wolf pelts and 40 pieces of linen cloth as materials. After all, ""A clever housewife cannot cook without rice,"" right?

Progress: Wolf Pelts Collected 10/10, Linen Cloth 40/40

This is why David Bolton had to do the ""Clear the Wolves"" quest first—to get these 10 wolf pelts! And as for the underground crypt, it was partly for linen cloth, and partly because it was relatively deserted at first, making it suitable for leveling up!

Both of Annie's quests only become available after the player reaches level 5. Think about it—if someone didn't know the game as well as David Bolton, they probably would have sold the wolf pelts to an NPC already. Even if someone kept them, they likely wouldn't have enough!

By the time they reached level 5 and went to Annie for the quest, they'd have to run back to hunt wolves again! And with the current terrifying number of players, how hard would it be to snatch monsters in the chaos! Linen cloth only drops from humanoid monsters, and in the entire newbie village, only the ""Dead Villagers"" are humanoid monsters...

In his previous life, David Bolton had suffered from this, running all over the place for this quest and wasting a lot of time. Fortunately, back then the server had already been open for over two years, so the newbie village was quite empty, and there was no need to worry about competing for monsters.

"Ding! You have completed the quest: Annie's Gift, and gained 5,000 experience points!"

"Ding! You have obtained the Wolfskin Cloak!"

A cloak shimmering with a black luster dropped into David Bolton's backpack as the quest was completed. This was the quest reward, and also the first piece of black iron quality equipment that players could obtain through quests!

[Wolfskin Cloak] (Black Iron, Cloak)

Stamina: +2

Strength: +1

Agility: +1

Required Level: 5

Note: ""Obviously, the tailor who made this cloak is a novice—patches are everywhere! Is this cloak really reliable?""

Equipment with yellow annotation text usually has some backstory. For example, with this wolfskin cloak, the game developers were just having a bit of fun.

Looking at Annie again, the shy young girl now had a blue exclamation mark above her head. In the game, a blue exclamation mark means this NPC has a repeatable quest.

"Young adventurer, I still need a lot of linen cloth to improve my skills. Can you help me?"

David Bolton handed over the linen cloth from his backpack, giving it to Annie stack by stack.

"Ding! You have completed the quest: Generous Gift (Repeatable), and gained 5,000 experience points!"

"Ding! You have completed the quest: Generous Gift (Repeatable), and gained 5,000 experience points!"

"Ding! You..."