《My Buff Is Invincible!》 Chapter 1 Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio ¡°Mom, don¡¯t worry! I didn¡¯t do anything illegal! I earned all my money from ¡®The One¡¯, fair and square! ¡°The One¡± is the game you see every day in advertisements. This game is an epoch-making product. Not only can I make money from it, but the company I¡¯m in pays my social security too¡­ Even the Prince of England plays this game! The guild that I¡¯m in was built by him!¡± A young boy¡¯s voice came from the left. Reyker felt that his words were very familiar, as if he had heard them before. Reyker was a veteran player of the game ¡°The One¡±. Although he could not compete against the guilds of the large corporations, Reyker still had a place in the field of forging. However¡­ In an instant, Reyker¡¯s previous memories returned to his mind. Wasn¡¯t he beaten into the Forbidden Abyss by the Guild Master of the Soul Eater Guild? And this boy¡¯s voice¡­ Reyker abruptly looked up. He saw a place he was familiar with, No.14 Hospital of Ramon City. Here, his sister had spent her last three months. His sister¡¯s death had always been a knot in his heart. But at that time, he really couldn¡¯t do anything. After all, dialysis cost too much money. Even if he sold everything he had, he still couldn¡¯t fill this bottomless pit. If he had immediately gone to ¡°The One¡± to fight for money back then, he might have given his sister a chance to survive. Most importantly, at the later stages of development in ¡°The One¡±, the players could already materialize some of the things from the game into reality. If his sister could survive until then, she wouldn¡¯t have to die. He looked at the head of the bed and saw his beautiful sister looking at him. She did not speak, but her eyes were filled with sorry. ¡°Sherry¡­¡± Reyker called out softly. Then, he smiled. He roughly understood the situation. After he was thrown into the Abyss, he had been reborn. His sister could still be saved at this point in time. ¡°Big brother!¡± Sherry leaned against the headboard and smiled. The current Reyker could see through his sister¡¯s forced smile. His sister had always been very smart. She knew that if she revealed her guilt towards him, it would make him feel worse, thus, she never told him what was on her mind. This way, he would feel better. ¡°Sherry, are you hungry? I¡¯ll go buy you breakfast.¡± ¡°Brother, I¡¯ve just had an IV drip. I¡¯m not hungry at all!¡± ¡°I¡¯ll buy it for you later, then I¡¯ll go to work¡­¡± Reyker said these words following his memory. He still remembered that back then, he and his sister had exchanged a few arguments. At that time, Shirley asked him to audition for ¡°The One¡±, but back then, he only wanted to get a job that could bring him cash, so he refused. They rarely got into arguments because his sister was smart and considerate, so Reyker remembered this memory very clearly. ¡°Brother, why don¡¯t you try to earn money in ¡°The One¡± like the big brother in the bed next to me? I heard that it¡¯s easier to earn money there!¡± Sure enough, what Sherry said was exactly the same as what his memories told him. ¡°But if I play the game, there will be no one to take care of you!¡± Reyker did not directly refuse. ¡°Brother, I¡¯m just a little weak, it¡¯s not like I can¡¯t move. We have too much debt now. If we don¡¯t find a new platform to earn money, my illness will not be cured!¡± Sherry seemed to be thinking for herself, but Reyker knew Sherry¡¯s personality. In her world, he was her spiritual pillar. If it weren¡¯t for him, she would have broken down long ago. She just wanted him to relax a little. ¡°Then I¡¯ll give it a try!¡± ¡°That¡¯s more like it!¡± Sherry heard Reyker agree and was delighted. After all, Sherry had already advised Reyker to do so several times before. ¡°Brother, if there¡¯s anything you don¡¯t know, you can ask the big brother in the bed next to me. I feel that he¡¯s doing quite well!¡± After chatting with his sister for a while, Reyker left the hospital. If he wanted to save his sister, he had to make every second count. Similar to the previous business ventures, in the early stages, ¡°The One¡± was very profitable. Even the gold coins a player could get from killing small monsters could support a large family. As for himself, he had been reborn. It was simply too easy for him to earn money quickly. If they could afford better medical conditions, his sister could at least last another year, and it wouldn¡¯t be so painful. ¡°The One¡± was different from the other immersive games. The other games either used game helmets or game cabins, but ¡°The One¡± used wristbands. The moment one puts the wristband on, it will immediately bind itself to the wearer, and no one can snatch it for their own. In addition to that, the wristband integrates many other functions like basic personal information, financial transactions, mobile phone messaging, and much more. If his sister needed it, she could immediately get in touch with him by sending a message. If one wanted to perform transactions, one could immediately exchange for real money in the game. It was easy to use, and finance circulation was made easy as well. Spending $200, Reyker got a wristband, and it was immediately bound to him. After finding a small hotel relatively near the hospital, Reyker immediately entered the game. Reyker quickly completed the series of familiar processes. He still used his favorite game ID ¡ª Liquid. However, the Novice Village that he was born in was different. The effects of such a thing weren¡¯t big though. After all, most of the quests in the Novice Villages were the same. Although the Novice Villages were different, the ideas of the goofball players still remained the same. Due to the realism of ¡°The One¡± being too high, it was inevitable that some of the players would try out something bold. For example, measuring the chest circumference of the female NPC, digging a hole under the feet of the Village Chief, setting a fire in the village, watering the furnace of the blacksmith shop¡­ The goofball players undoubtedly had many ways to play. They were only here for fun, so they were unrestrained. They dared to try any idea. Looking at the way these players were having fun, Reyker revealed a knowing smile. The current him actually had less pressure. The most important thing was that his sister would never leave him again! After being reborn, he would not leave any room for regrets! ¡°Novice Village 192, this is my starting point to rise!¡± Reyker left the many goofball players, turned around, and left the Novice Village. If he remembered correctly, there was an NPC at the entrance of the Village that gave novice quests. This NPC was undoubtedly very important to Reyker. The quest he gave wasn¡¯t crucial, and the EXP and copper coins rewarded from the quest were very little, thus most players did not think highly of him and his quest. However, his quest was a chain quest. The quest item one could get from the chain quest was what Reyker needed the most. With that item, Reyker could level up quickly! ¡°Hehe! This time, the difficulty of leveling up will be much lower!¡± Thinking of the crucial point, Reyker picked up his pace.. Chapter 2 Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio Less than 10 meters after Reyker walked out of the Novice Village, he immediately saw a white-haired NPC. Reyker had already forgotten the name of this NPC, but he still remembered the quest very clearly. As it was a Novice Village mission, in his previous life, Reyker had only seen it on the game forum by chance. Reyker still remembered that the player who posted this post had the ID ¡°A Psyduck¡±. A Psyuck was a player who was not interested in combat, and instead favored collecting information. In the early stages, he might not have gotten by well, but as the game developed, the use of information came into play. The value of A Psyduck rose rapidly, and for quite some time, he was extremely popular among players. From then on, almost all the new players in the game used this quest to level up quickly. It would be idiotic to refuse to use a faster method if there was one. It was actually very simple to trigger this quest. One just had to stand within 20 meters of the white-haired NPC and not move. The NPC would take the initiative to approach the player in less than two minutes of the player doing so. It was less than a minute that Reyker had stood in place before he felt a poke on his back. ¡°Young man! Do you know how to hunt?¡± Reyker turned around and sure enough, he saw the white-haired NPC. ¡°I¡¯ve learned hunting skills since I was a child. What do you need?¡± Reyker went along with the NPC¡¯s words. ¡°In the north of the village, there is a monster called the jumping frog. Their thigh meat is especially tender. Can you catch 10 of them for me?¡± After the NPC finished speaking, Reyker immediately saw the quest notification in front of him. Quest: The Gluttonous Siouk (chain quest) Objective: Capture 10 jumping frogs Requirement: The jumping frogs must be alive Rewards: 200 EXP, 100 copper coins, item of the next quest Do you accept the quest? [ Yes ][ No ] ¡°10 jumping frogs is a piece of cake!¡± Reyker agreed to Siouk¡¯s request. The quest notification immediately indicated that he had accepted the quest. ¡°Young man, I¡¯ll be waiting for you!¡± After saying this, Siouk turned and left. Before he even took two steps, he had found another player to poke. ¡°Young man¡­¡± Siouk¡¯s quest was undoubtedly very simple. The jumping frog that he asked for did not even have a level. As such, even if Reyker was only at Level 1, he could still easily complete it. The most important part of this quest was the ¡°item of the next quest¡± mentioned the quest rewards. Although the system didn¡¯t show it, Reyker remembered it clearly, the item was a steel-jaw trap that had a special characteristic ¡ª paralysis. With the steel-jaw trap, even if Reyker was currently only in Level 1, he could still go solo against monsters above Level 5. Fighting monsters above his level would naturally give him a lot of EXP, and with that, his leveling speed would increase. 20 minutes later, Reyker had already completed the quest. When he returned to the village entrance, he heard Siouk¡¯s voice before he even saw him. ¡°Young man, it looks like you have completed the quest!¡± Although Siouk looked like a frail old man with his bed of white hair, his movements were not slow. Soon, he arrived at Reyker¡¯s side. Looking at the ten jumping frogs in Reyker¡¯s hands, his eyes were filled with joy. Siouk¡¯s attribute was gluttony, and so from his previous experience, it was most likely Siouk¡¯s next quest would still be about food. ¡°Yes, old Sir!¡± Reyker handed the jumping frogs to Siouk. ¡°Young man, you did well!¡± The moment Siouk took the jumping frogs, Reyker immediately saw the quest rewards. [ Obtained 200 EXP ] [ Obtained 100 copper coins ] To obtain the next quest, Reyker immediately responded to Siouk¡¯s praise, ¡°It¡¯s all within my capabilities.¡± ¡°Young man, can I ask you for one more thing?¡± ¡°Please do, Sir!¡± ¡°In the east of the village, there is a kind of rabbit. Their speed is extremely fast, but their thigh meat is also exceptionally fragrant. Can you help me catch 5 of them?¡± Quest: The Gluttonous Siouk (chain quest) Objective: Catch 5 mad rabbits Requirement: The mad rabbits must be alive Rewards: 300 EXP, 150 copper coins, the item of the next quest. Do you accept the quest? [ Yes ][ No ] Reyker saw the quest notification, but he did not immediately agree. The system did not automatically give him the quest item mentioned in the rewards, it seemed that he would have to ask for it himself. Reyker had plenty of experience in such situations. After all, the NPCs in the one were not stupid at all. If they could give fewer rewards, they would never give more. Oftentimes, if one did not ask for the rewards, one would be the one to suffer. ¡°Sir, they are too fast, I am not very confident!¡± Reyker purposely said that he was not confident. ¡°Don¡¯t worry, I have been prepared for such an occurrence! With this item, it will be much easier for you to deal with those rabbits!¡± Siouk handed Reyker a steel-jaw trap. Reyker took the steel-jaw trap and the specifications of the trap popped up. Worn-out Steel-jaw Trap (Quest Item) Attack: 10 Usage Limit: 5 Special Effect: Paralysis [ interceptable ] Evaluation: Do not underestimate any trap, especially one with a paralyzing effect. After he took the trap, Reyker took a glance at the attributes and was about to set off to get the rabbits. However, he seemed to have found something unusual. He looked at the information of the steel-jaw trap again. ¡°Usage limit is 5, this is normal¡­ but what does ¡®interceptable¡¯ mean? And it¡¯s a button which can be triggered too.¡± Curious, Reyker pressed the button which read [ interceptable ]. Immediately, the steel-jaw trap¡¯s specifications changed. The special effect actually disappeared. ¡°This¡­ What¡¯s going on?¡± Reyker was a little confused. The reason why one could fight monsters above one¡¯s level was all thanks to the steel-jaw trap¡¯s special effect. Now that the special effect was gone, how could he still kill monsters of a higher level! On top of that, the system did not show any other notifications. After searching for a while, Reyker finally found something unusual on his attribute panel. Game ID: Liquid Level: LV1 Strength: 5 Agility: 5 Spirit: 5 Physique: 5 HP: 100 MP: 50 EXP: 200/500 Innate skill: Intercept (CD: 24 hours) Special Buff: paralysis (95% chance to paralyze the enemy, rendering them unable to move for 3 seconds) ¡°Innate skill?¡± Reyker scratched his head, ¡°What the Hell Is This? I¡¯ve never heard of such a thing before! It can¡¯t be¡­¡± Reyker suddenly thought of what had happened the moment before he was reborn. If it weren¡¯t for the skill book named ¡°the Secret Art of Heaven Pilfering¡±, he wouldn¡¯t have been hunted down, which thus resulted in him falling into the Forbidden Abyss. ¡°It¡¯s very likely!¡± Reyker immediately thought it through. The reason he was reborn and his possession of an innate skill were most likely because of the skill book ¡°the Secret Art of Heaven Pilfering¡±. ¡°Since I have the paralysis effect on myself, then¡­ what I have to do next is much simpler!¡± Immediately, Reyker left the Novice Village. He stepped onto the highway which led to rapid level-ups.. Chapter 3 Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio Scrolling through the game forum, Reyker found that no one had posted about the distribution of monsters in the Novice Village. However, based on his years of experience, Reyker could roughly tell the locations of the high-level monster areas. To the south of the Novice Village was a tall mountain, and to the northwest was a river. The beginner monsters were usually near the water, thus Reyker walked directly to the northwest. On the way, he passed by many players who were going back or forth. In general, Reyker could confirm that there was no problem with the direction that he was heading in. At a distance of about 500 meters from the village, Reyker did not see a single monster. It¡¯s no wonder players were called the fourth natural disaster, not even a blade of grass was left! With this, even if Reyker wanted to test his buff, he couldn¡¯t. After walking for more than 800 meters, Reyker finally saw a slime. [ Slippery Slime ] Level: 1 Attack: 5 Defense: 2 HP: 150 Skill: mucus attack Evaluation: Be careful of their mucus, even by sliding around they can kill you! Seeing the familiar monster, Reyker instantly laughed. The feeling that what he was seeing coincided with his memory was very magical. In the next moment, Reyker rushed forward. Although he had obtained 100 copper coins from the first quest, it wasn¡¯t even enough to buy a weapon. At this moment, Reyker could only use his bare hands to fight the monster. Taking advantage of the slime¡¯s slow reaction, Reyker quickly approached it and landed a punch on the slime¡¯s body. ¡°Pshh!¡± [ -11! ] [ -10! ] [ -11! ] [ -9! ] Ever since the first punch landed on the slime¡¯s body, the slime had been controlled by Reyker¡¯s paralysis buff. Following that, Reyker swung a few more punches which continuously paralyzed the slime. Although Reyker¡¯s attack speed was not fast, even an ordinary person could throw a few punches in one second. On top of that, the paralysis buff could produce a 3-second control effect. Although the paralysis buff¡¯s control effect was not at 100%, a 95% chance of paralyzing the opponent was already very high, and this meant that almost every punch Reyker landed had a control effect. Thus, at this moment, the slime had completely become Reyker¡¯s training target, and it was the kind of target that couldn¡¯t fight back at all. [ -10! ] [ -11! ] [ -9! ] ¡­ In less than 5 seconds, the slime in front of Reyker was dead. It contributed 5 EXP to Reyker. The slime was unable to release its skills even once. It also dropped some items. 3 white lights were flickering weakly on the ground. [ Broken Slime Shoes ] Characteristics: Speed + 2 Durability: 10 Evaluation: Dispensable shoes [ copper coins x5 ] [ slime mucus x1 ] ¡°It actually dropped an equipment!¡± Reyker was a little surprised. He was well aware of the nature of ¡°The One¡±. In this game, the drop rates of equipment were pitifully low. The players he met on the way were mostly holding branches, wooden sticks, and other simple equipment of the sort. Hence, he was a little surprised when he saw the equipment. He immediately equipped the slime shoes, then he picked up the five copper coins and continued forward. There were too many players in the early stages of the game, so there were almost no monsters in the vicinity. After walking for another 100 meters, only then did Reyker finally see a second slime. However, there were already people fighting the slime. From afar, Reyker was tempted. This was because the two players fighting the slime actually had weapons on them. Although it was an ax that looked broken and battered, it was still better than using his own hands! After thinking for a moment, Reyker decided to continue walking forward. There was no need to bully this kind of novice. Moreover, fighting monsters of a higher level than oneself increased the drop rate of equipment. If he went to fight Level 5 monsters, he would probably be able to obtain a handy weapon by only killing seven or eight monsters at most. Reyker did not want to bully the weak, but unfortunately the weak wanted to bully him. When they saw Reyker, the two players were already on guard. After killing the slime, the two of them immediately picked up the things on the ground. Then, they walked towards Reyker. ¡°Kid, I don¡¯t want your equipment, but you¡¯ll have to hand over a silver coin and we¡¯ll let you go!¡± The slightly taller player took the initiative to speak. ¡°I just left the Novice Village, how am I supposed to have silver coins?¡± Reyker asked in reply. ¡°You don¡¯t have silver coins? Then you can only hand over your shoes!¡± The clothes that the system gave for free to cover the body were very different from the equipment in the game. Therefore, the slime shoes on Reyker¡¯s feet were immediately discovered. ¡°You want my shoes?¡±Reyker smiled. ¡°Then you have to take them off yourself!¡± The two players were already getting closer to him. When they were about 10 meters away from him, they could already see Reyker¡¯s level. A Level 1 player. In front of them, he was like a piece of meat on a chopping board. They could do whatever they wanted. The two of them looked at each other and immediately rushed forward. The taller player held an iron ax while the other player held a wooden stick. The two of them slightly distanced themselves from each other, intending to attack from two different directions. Seeing their actions, Reyker simply rushed towards the player with the iron ax. Seeing Reyker rush over, the player with the iron ax grinned. Such silly players definitely hadn¡¯t fought in the wild before. They probably thought they could do whatever they wanted just because they had some skills in the real world. Unfortunately, this was not what Reyker was thinking. ¡°The One¡±¡®s system was the same as in the real world. It was just that when they were all novices, everyone¡¯s physique was the same, thus giving people the illusion that skills were useless. Unfortunately, they met an experienced player like Reyker. ¡°Pshh!¡± [ -10! ] Before the player with the iron ax could finish his thoughts, he abruptly felt that his body was not under his control anymore. Without a second thought, Reyker immediately turned around and welcomed the player with the wooden stick. He slightly tilted his body and dodged the wooden stick¡¯s attack. Then, he released another punch. [ -10! ] The two of them were completely controlled on the spot. Then, Reyker began to punch left and right. He punched them five times each before switching to punch the other person. Soon, the two of them realized that something was wrong. What was going on? Two Level-2 players like us were defeated like pulp by a Level 1 player? How is this possible? Could it be that he has some kind of skill? I went through so many hardships and finally got my hands on the iron ax, is it going to go to the possession of someone else? Thinking of this, the player with the iron ax immediately shouted, ¡°I¡¯m from Hanchu Financial Group. If you kill me, I¡¯ll definitely take revenge on you!¡± ¡°Huh!¡± Hearing the words of the player with the iron ax, Reyker¡¯s reaction was very indifferent. To be hunted down, huh! It wasn¡¯t like he hadn¡¯t experienced it before! After casually responding to the threat, Reyker increased his speed. The two of them lost their HP even faster. [ -11! ] [ -10! ] [ -12! ] [ -20! ] (Critical hit!) Chapter 4 Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio ¡°If you kill us, we will see your ID. Have you really thought it through?¡± The player with the iron ax continued to threaten Reyker. ¡°My good brother, isn¡¯t this how the game is played?¡± Reyker chuckled, ¡°You had planned to use your level advantage to rob me just now, and so now I¡¯m using my powerful skill to attack you! Whether or not you will come after me in the future, I think it¡¯s just a natural course of events. However, you have to think it through! I¡¯m a person who holds grudges. You attempted to rob me, so I¡¯ll settle this matter right now by killing both of you. But if you come after me later on¡­ Then I¡¯m sorry! I¡¯ll have to pay you back tenfold!¡± As Reyker spoke, he increased his speed. Round after round, he kept hitting the two of them. Although players could adjust the level of pain they would feel in ¡°The One¡±, the lowest they could go was 50%. Therefore, Reiker¡¯s attacks on the two players still made them feel uncomfortable. In contrast, Reiker also felt that his fist was hurting a little. As expected, slimes were better. His hands wouldn¡¯t hurt even if he hit the slimes. He looked around and saw the wooden club in the other player¡¯s hand. The iron ax was a weapon that was equipped in the other player¡¯s weapon column, and so even if he snatched it now, he wouldn¡¯t be able to use it. But the wooden club was different. It was obvious that they had made it themselves. He wondered if the wooden club could inherit his paralysis buff as well. It was just right. He could test it out now! After taking the wooden club, Reyker started to swing it down on the two players. ¡°Ouch ouch ouch, please stop! Big brother, I¡¯ll give you all my equipment and money, please let me go, okay?¡± The player with the iron ax was able to endure the previous punches, but he couldn¡¯t take the beating from the wooden club. ¡°F¡¯ck, no, big brother, I was wrong¡­¡± The player who had the wooden club subconsciously cursed and was immediately struck by Reyker. Actually, after hearing the words of the player with the iron ax, Reyker was already tempted. After all, ¡°The One¡± would not drop all the equipment a player had. Whether a piece of equipment would be dropped or not was entirely up to luck. However, if he continued on his path to kill both of the players, then he would certainly be able to get all the equipment they had. That being said, it was not a suitable choice for Reyker¡¯s current situation. ¡°Big brother, please stop hitting me! Ouch ouch ouch¡­¡± ¡°Big Brother, can you stop! Or can you give us a quick death¡­¡± Seeing the two of them begging for mercy, Reyker immediately said, ¡°Take out yall our equipment and money!¡± The player with the iron ax moaned: ¡°Big brother, we can¡¯t take out our items because we can¡¯t move!¡± ¡°Don¡¯t lie to me. Items in the game can be taken out through the players¡¯ consciousness. Hurry up, or I¡¯ll make a move again!¡± Hearing Reyker¡¯s words, the two players immediately gave it a try. Sure enough, they could use their consciousness to take out their equipment. [ Rusty Iron Axe ] Attack: + 15 Strength: + 1 Special Effect: Rust will make the enemy unable to recover quickly [ slime¡¯s mucus x6] [ slime¡¯s body fluid x3] [ Slime Cloth Armor ] Defense: + 5 Special Effect: None [ Broken Arm Armor ] Attack: + 1 Special Effect: None [ Useless Badge ] Charm: + 1 [ Copper coins x92 ] [ Silver coins x3] [ Silver coin x1 ] [ Copper coins x19 ] The two of them threw out a bunch of items. Reyker looked at the items on the ground and suddenly smiled. Among the items, the most important item was the least eye-catching. [ Useless Badge ] This item could increase one¡¯s charm. As a hidden attribute, players did not see the point to it, but the higher one¡¯s charm was, the more affinity one would have with the NPCs. This, in turn, would make it easier for one to receive quests. A mere amount of charm could even directly cause a quest to be missed. Therefore, the items that increased one¡¯s charm were sold at extremely high prices in the later stages of the game. There were many times when an exorbitant price was offered but there was no supply. After collecting all the items on the ground, Reyker stopped attacking. He was very clear that the two of them must have other items on them. However, that was no longer important. With the iron ax, his goal had been achieved. Besides that, he had also gained additional charm points. This time, he had profited greatly! To kill everyone off was an option, but currently unavailable. After watching the two of them run away, Reyker continued to walk forward. Gradually, Reyker saw Level 2 or 3 monsters. There were fewer players in this area. But Reyker did not stop. Finally, he saw a Level 5 monster from afar. At this time, a three-man party passed by him. A female player smiled and said, ¡°The novices these days are really bold! They even dare to come over here at Level 1!¡± Another male player had a different opinion. ¡°They¡¯re at the lowest level anyway, so it doesn¡¯t matter if they lose EXP¡­¡± Reyker knew that they were talking about him, but he did not want to argue about such things. If such players were already Level 5, then the top players would probably be almost at Level 10! After all, he entered the game half a month later than them, and so it was normal for there to be a difference in Levels. Ignoring them, Reyker entered the forest. After walking for less than 200 meters, Reyker encountered a wolf that looked very fierce. [ Hungry Coyote ] Level: 5 Attack: 20 Defense: 10 HP: 500 Skill: Scratch, Bite Evaluation: In the eyes of the hungry coyote, everything is only meat. It doesn¡¯t matter if the meat tastes good or not. Reyker saw the wolf and at the same time, the wolf also saw Reyker. Without any anticipation, the coyote immediately pounced over, its speed extremely fast. If it wasn¡¯t for his experience, Reyker probably wouldn¡¯t have been able to dodge it with his current movement speed. Although Reyker was dodging, he had raised his weapon. The ax brushed past the coyote¡¯s fur, and the attack effect was achieved. The coyote which pounced over fell heavily to the ground. [ -35! ] This time, it was obvious that the coyote had injured itself due to being too fast. It was paralyzed, Reyker was sure. However, the duration of the paralysis was very short, only 3 seconds. As such, Reyker immediately rushed forwards, and at the same time, the iron ax in his hand flew over. ¡°Pshh!¡± [ -17! ] Because the coyote¡¯s defense had reached 10 points, Reyker¡¯s lethality was reduced. However, this was not important. The paralysis was still continuing. Soon, Reyker was already beside the coyote. He picked up the ax on the ground and immediately began to attack. [v-17! ] [ -81! ] (weak point attack) [ -81! ] (weak point attack) [ -81! ] (weak point attack) The weak point attack was something that Reyker was used to. After all, in the future, if the players did not attack the monsters by their weak points, combat would be very time-consuming. With a few strikes from his ax, the coyote was completely dead. [ EXP: + 50] [ EXP: + 100] (cross-level kill reward) Chapter 5 Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio The most obvious weakness of the coyotes was their eyes, and the most inconspicuous weakness they had was their abdomen. These kinds of ordinary monsters usually did not have any special weakness. Although he had performed cross-level killing, other than giving him a large amount of EXP, the coyote had only dropped some copper coins. No equipment were dropped at all. However, Reyker was not in a hurry. Since he had already encountered the first coyote, would the coyotes behind it be far behind? Sure enough, Reyker encountered the second and third coyotes in a short while. Facing two coyotes at the same time was naturally a little more difficult. However, for Reyker, it was not a big problem. The paralysis buff the greatest source of his confidence at the moment. As long as he didn¡¯t encounter more than five coyotes in one go, it wouldn¡¯t be a big problem. And this calculation was even under the condition that Reyker was still at Level 1. If his level was a little higher, or his defensive equipment was a little better, he would then be able to attack more monsters at the same time. Of course, right now, what Reyker wanted the most was equipment that could increase his movement speed. If he had something like that, his upper limit would be even higher. [ -81! ](weak point attack) [ -81! ](weak point attack) ¡­.. [ -81! ](weak point attack) [ -81! ](weak point attack) In less than a minute, two coyotes died one after the other, and both gave Reyker a large amount of EXP. [ EXP: +50] [ EXP: +100] (cross-level killing reward) [ EXP: +50] [ EXP: +100] (cross-level killing reward) [ Congratulations, you¡¯ve leveled up! ] Once the EXP was in place, Reyker leveled up immediately. Game ID: Liquid Level: LV2 Strength: 5 Agility: 5 Spirit: 5 Physique: 5 Free attribute points: 5 HP: 110 MP: 55 EXP: 155/1000 After picking up the items on the ground, Reyker immediately placed all 5 free attribute points on strength. Although Reyker wished that his movement speed could be a little faster, there was no need for that now. The most important thing to do now was to quickly kill monsters and level up. Weak point attacks basically ignored defense. And now, Reyker¡¯s attack had already reached 38 points. With this, each weak point attack he inflicted could cause 114 damage to the coyote. Although the coyote¡¯s HP was a full 500 points, it still couldn¡¯t withstand a few strikes from Reyker¡¯s ax. Soon, the number of coyotes killed by Reyker amounted up to more than 20. Finally, one of the coyotes provided Reyker with a weapon. [ Blood Wolf Fang Sword ] Attack: + 25 Characteristics: Strength + 5 Durability: 30 Evaluation: A weapon without level restrictions, a weapon for novice players The drop rate of this weapon was extremely low. After obtaining the weapon, Reyker¡¯s attack reached an even higher point. Now, Reyker had already reached Level 3. To reach Level 4, he would need a total of 2,000.EXP On top of that, as the levels between him and the coyotes were getting closer, the EXP for the cross-level killings was also reduced. Hence, Reyker decided to change his location. With a total of 65 points for attack, calculated by the fact each weak point attack could cause damage three times of the player¡¯s attack, Reyker could now deal 195 damage for each weak point damage. The coyotes were no longer a match for Reyker now. However, to other players, the coyotes were still a very fierce existence. After all, it was impossible for them to achieve a weak point attack every time. Plus, the coyotes¡¯ defense was not low. They simply couldn¡¯t attack the coyotes in Reyker¡¯s way, unless someone discovered the special effect of the steel-jaw trap. There was no point in fighting the coyotes anymore, thus Reyker immediately headed to a monster area with higher-level monsters. But! This time, he encountered something that didn¡¯t make sense. Logically speaking, ahead of a Level 5 monster area should be a Level 6 monster¡¯s territory. However, Reyker had only gone forward for more than 500 meters before he actually encountered a werewolf. Monsters that had a humanoid form were at least above Level 10. However, Reyker was not afraid of such a humanoid monster. Instead, he was filled with a fierce battle intent. After taking a closer look by cautiously approaching the monster, Reyker immediately saw the attributes of the werewolf. [ * * werewolf ] Level: * * * * Attack: * * * * Defense: * * * * HP: * * * * Skills: * * * * * * Evaluation: a werewolf transformed from a mutated coyote, an unreasonable existence. Looking at the data in front of him, Reyker was a little confused. What was going on? It was not the werewolf¡¯s data he was confused about, after all, it was natural he could not check the monster¡¯s data since the monster was more than 5 levels his superior. What Reyker was confused about was the werewolf¡¯s evaluation. ¡°A werewolf transformed from a mutated coyote¡­ This thing¡­ How could it¡­ Could it be a quest monster from some other quest? However, a quest monster of this level should have around HP of around Level 10. With hundreds of thousands of HP, even if I attack its weak points, it will probably take a certain amount of time. If I encounter any other monsters along the way, then I will be in big trouble!¡± After thinking for a moment, Reyker immediately felt that it was not feasible for him to face the werewolf now. After all, the attack of this monster was too high, if even one hit landed on him, he would be gone, unless he could withstand one or two attacks from this werewolf, or his attack speed was extremely fast. After all, the werewolf had hundreds of thousands of HP, and one weak point attack only dealt 195 damage. Moreover, the speed of this kind of small boss was extremely fast. With his current specifications, it was completely impossible for him to react in time. After thinking it through, Reyker immediately planned to leave. However, just as he had left, he heard a furious roar from the werewolf. It sounded like it had found someone that had barged into his territory. ¡°It can¡¯t be that it discovered me so quickly, right?¡± Reyker increased his speed. Each death would cost one-third of his EXP. Reyker did not want such a situation to happen to him. Soon, Reyker realized that it was not him that the werewolf had discovered. Instead, it was a large spider with a human face that appeared in front of the werewolf. After all, they were in the forest, it was easy for such a large spider to move around. ¡°This won¡¯t do! I haven¡¯t fought a monster in such a situation for too long, I¡¯ve forgotten all my experience! I actually forgot to check if there were any monsters in the air!¡± However, because of the appearance of the human-faced large spider, Reyker gave up on his plan on leaving. ¡°The One¡± was a very realistic game. Other than in dungeons, bosses in the wild could not recover their HP in the blink of an eye. Therefore, after these two bosses were finished fighting, it was entirely possible to take advantage of their injuries and reap the benefits of their fight. Of course, Reyker also had the mentality of gambling. In the past, Reyker might not choose to do this kind of thing, but now with the paralysis buff, he decided he could gamble for this kind of thing. Anyway, even if he lost anything, it wouldn¡¯t affect him too much. At worst, I¡¯ll just lose a little time. In less than ten seconds, the two bosses started fighting.. Chapter 6 Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio Seeing that the two monsters had started to fight, Reyker was instantly delighted. At the same time, he started his monologues in his heart. ¡°Hurry up and fight, come on, the fiercer the better!¡± ¡°Oh, werewolf why don¡¯t you go break those eight long legs of the human-faced spider? If you break its legs, wouldn¡¯t it stop it from crawling around then?¡± ¡°The same goes for you, human-faced spider. Come on, use your poison, your poison! If that spider web of yours can¡¯t bind him, just use poison to paralyze him. You can totally just trap him after poisoning him!¡± The two bosses fought for two to three minutes. When their HP dropped to 30% , they went berserk at the same time. This was also a setting for the bosses in ¡°The One¡±. When their HP dropped to a certain level, they would go berserk. What happened next stunned Reyker. The two bosses in their berserk mode glared at each other and then went off on their ways. This? As a leisure player in his previous life, Reyker did not spend much time studying the characteristics of the monsters in the game. Now that he thought about it, he had indeed never heard of the news about bosses killing each other in his previous life. This was probably one of the protection mechanisms of ¡°The One¡±, to prevent players from reaping the benefits from monsters for free. Then, Reyker watched as the HP of the two bosses that had split up quickly recover. In a short while, their HP bars were full. F*ck! Reyker, who hadn¡¯t been able to gain any benefits, felt a sense of defeat. However, he was not someone who would give up easily. He immediately began to think of a solution. Reyker looked at his information panel again. Game ID: Liquid Level: LV3 Strength: 5 Agility: 5 Spirit: 5 Physique: 5 Free attribute points: 5 HP: 110 MP: 55 EXP: 155/1000 Currently, the players averaged at Level 10, and the player that currently ranked first on the level ranking board was already at Level 16. One¡¯s Level in the game would affect the NPCs¡¯ understanding of one¡¯s strength, and thus the quests that they would give to the players would be different. On top of that, the dungeon items also had level limits. If he could not increase his level quickly, he would have to follow behind the majority. This was something that he could not accept, because he came to earn medical fees for his sister, Sherry! Therefore, he had to kill the mutated werewolf in front of him. Only then would he have the chance to catch up with the rest of the players. Reyker, who was thinking, suddenly glimpsed at the quest bar on the right side of the notification panel, and saw the quest that required him to catch five mad rabbits. He could not help but smile. Relying on his memory, Reyker rushed to the Twisted Forest that was located to the left of the Novice Village. As soon as he entered, Reyker immediately felt a cold wind blowing towards him. The sound of the wind in his ears was mixed with the painful cries of men, women and children. If you listened carefully, you would find that the sound eventually turned into your screams. Even though he had experienced it countless times, Reyker still felt that ¡°The One¡± was made to be frighteningly realistic. For just this background music alone, not only had the developers invited the famous Maestro Lambo Joyce, but they had also utilized psychology theories in the music. Following the music, a text was displayed in front of Reyker¡¯s eyes. Thirty years ago, the Twisted Forest was still a paradise for the children of Harmon Village, but in the middle of the night when the moon could not be seen, the howling of women could be heard in the forest. From that day on, the forest came to life. Some said that they felt that the trees had opened their eyes to look at them, and some said that the animals here could talk. As more and more people went missing in the forest, the Twisted Forest became the forbidden area of Harmon Village. Reyker, who was reborn, naturally knew that there was an exclusive mission hidden in this forest. The player who could complete it would be able to obtain the earliest set of equipment in the early stages of the game, the Twisted Forest¡¯s Witch¡¯s Curse. However, for Reyker, who was only at Level three now, all this was not what he could achieve at the moment, so he put this thought aside for now. After searching around the northwest corner of the forest, Reyker finally found a group of mad rabbits with red eyes that looked like little pigs. One of the reasons why this chain quest was rarely discovered by the players was that it was difficult and unrewarding. Taking the mad rabbits in front of him for example, the quest was to capture them alive, and so there would be no rewards during the completion process. After players brought the five rabbits back to Siouk, he would only reward them with a rabbit brush. Was this item precious? It was very precious. It could be said to be the only free item that could be used to write magic scrolls. However, writing magic scrolls was something that players could only do after they changed classes in the various major cities. In the early stages, everyone was in a rush to level up, who would be willing to waste time to entertain a stingy old man? Where the rabbits were gathered, there was naturally their food. Reyker spent a dozen minutes before finally finding twenty carrots and placing them in the trap. To prevent himself from attracting the attention of the rabbits, the places where Reyker planted the traps were quite some distance away from the rabbits. However, the most important thing for a good hunter was patience. Ten minutes later, a mad rabbit that had left its group finally appeared. It walked to the edge of the group and suddenly stopped. It stuck its nose into the air and its nose kept twitching as if it was sniffing something. Then, as if it had found its target, it quickly ran towards Reyker¡¯s trap. With a squish, the steel-jaw trap sprung up and caught the mad rabbit¡¯s left foot. However, the steel-jaw trap had lost its paralysis effect, and so the mad rabbit was able to struggle crazily, and it was about to call its companions. Seeing this, Reyker immediately rushed forward, holding the big stick he had picked up earlier, and struck the rabbit¡¯s head. With one hit, the rabbit immediately stopped moving because the 95% paralysis effect he had was triggered. Creatures under the control of the steel-jaw trap could be put into one¡¯s backpack, provided that it had lost the ability to struggle. Later on, Reyker used the same trick again and again, capturing three rabbits in a row. The paralysis talent was really useful. Looking at the four mad rabbits in his backpack, Reyker¡¯s eyes could not help but shine with joy! The paralysis talent was really very useful, it made the whole process smoother and more comfortable than just using the steel-jaw trap alone. When a fifth rabbit entered the trap again, Reyker rushed over and directly smashed the big stick on the rabbit¡¯s head. Unexpectedly, the mad rabbit let out a painful cry and with a click, the steel-jaw trap that had a durability of one had officially finished serving its purpose. The rabbit immediately sprinted away, free from the grasp of the trap. However, the right leg of the mad rabbit had already been broken by the trap, so its speed was greatly reduced. Reyker hurriedly chased after it. He added two more strikes to it consecutively, and after triggering the paralysis effect, he immediately stuffed it into his backpack. At this moment, Reyker heard the sound of pattering footsteps coming from afar. He turned his head and saw a large group of mad rabbits pouncing towards him, their faces red. Looking at the group of beasts in front of him that ranged from Level three to Level five, Reyker did not hesitate and immediately took to his heels.. Chapter 7 Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio Fortunately, he wasn¡¯t far from the edge of the forest. Just as the rabbit was about to bite the hems of his pants, Reyker finally ran out of the forest. After the rabbits reached the edge of the Twisted Forest, they ceased chasing after him and returned one after another. Seeing this, Reyker immediately turned around and shouted at their butts, ¡°Come on and continue chasing, I dare you to! Wait until I level up, I¡¯ll teach you guys a lesson.¡± After getting the rabbits, his plan could be carried out. He brought the five rabbits back to the place where the werewolf and the human-faced spider had fought earlier. Then, he took out a mad rabbit and hit it with his club before it could run away. The three-second paralysis was triggered. Following which he took out the slime mucus from his backpack and began to smear it on every single hair of the mad rabbit. Reyker was speechless as he continued this act, thinking to himself, ¡°To think that the first creature of the opposite sex to enjoy my smearing service would be an animal and a f*cking monster in a virtual world at that.¡± The slime mucus was very sticky. Presumably, everyone knew this from the major Japanese animes. After being smeared with slime mucus, the rabbit was placed on the grass and could no longer move. At this time, Reyker took out the Wolf Fang sword that he had obtained earlier and slashed a wound on its back. After that, he slipped away and hid on the slope at the side. The smell of blood spread in the air, accompanied by the incessant wails of the rabbit. After a while, Reyker felt footsteps coming from afar. It was the mutated werewolf. When it saw the mad rabbit that was trapped on the ground, its eyes lit up and it immediately walked over. On the other side, the human-faced spider was also attracted by the rabbit. As the saying goes, one can¡¯t avoid one¡¯s enemies. The mutated werewolf immediately roared at the human-faced spider, wanting it to stay away from its food. However, the human-faced spider here was also an overlord of a region. How could it accept this? It spat out a mouthful of spider silk which directly landed on the werewolf¡¯s face. ¡°Roar!¡± The werewolf let out an angry roar. It immediately landed on all fours and rushed towards the human-faced spider. Then, the two sides began to fight again. While they were fighting, a small team came from the distance. ¡°Brother Dana, is it true when you said there was a mutated werewolf here?¡±A young girl who was holding a magic wand taller than herself asked. The man who was leading the team had blue hair and was wearing a suit of armor. He turned around and smiled. ¡°Amy, of course it¡¯s true. I accidentally entered this place when I was doing a wolf-killing quest the day before yesterday. In the end, I found a mutated werewolf wandering inside. With my strength then, I couldn¡¯t see its attributes. However, this is definitely an elite monster, it might even be a wild boss.¡± ¡°If we kill this boss, won¡¯t we be able to get the first-kill achievement just like the Dragon Hunter Guild!¡±Amy said excitedly. ¡°Don¡¯t get too excited. Previously, the Dragon Hunter Guild had gathered 20 Level 11 players to obtain the first-kill achievement. They were only able to successfully do so after losing over a dozen pieces of blue-grade equipment. Now, with only the six of us, will it be enough?¡± A long-haired lady in the team had a worried expression on her face. ¡°The One¡± was a game that still followed the traditional tank and healer mode. There were shield warriors who were responsible for damage resistance, and there were also nuns who were responsible for healing. ¡°Don¡¯t worry. Even if we can¡¯t beat it, I can guarantee that all of us will be able to escape unscathed.¡±A burly man in the party laughed as he patted his shield. ¡°Don¡¯t worry. The boss that the Dragon Hunter Guild killed was a genuine Level 10 dungeon boss. The boss that we¡¯re aiming to kill is very likely to just be an elite wild monster in the wild. There¡¯s still a big difference in difficulty.¡± ¡°That¡¯s right,¡± the burly man agreed, ¡°I watched the press conference of One Technology Company, the production company of ¡°The One¡±. At the press conference, The game producer said that all the bosses in the world of ¡°The One¡± can be finished off by a six-person team with tanks and healers. The key to success is the players¡¯ skills.¡± Hearing this, the faces of the people in the team relaxed. After all, this was their first time seeing a wild boss. They wondered what it looked like. It was a good chance for them to broaden their horizons this time. On Reyker¡¯s side, the battle between the monsters on both sides had entered the climax again. The mutated werewolf¡¯s HP had already reached one-third of its original HP. Soon, it would go berserk again. It¡¯s time for me to act. Reyker quickly got up from the slope and sneaked his way to the road which the werewolf needed to take to return home. He then started to use the slime mucus to place new mad rabbits on the road. Meanwhile, the two bosses on the other side that were very much engrossed in their fight had neither time nor the heart to notice Reyker, the little mouse who was planning on causing trouble. Hearing a mournful howl, Reyker, who was sticking the rabbits to the ground, knew that the werewolf had entered berserk mode. Thus, he hid in the bushes at the side and saw that the mutated werewolf with low HP had already separated from the human-faced spider. The werewolf began its way home. At this moment, it suddenly noticed the mad rabbit that was tied to the ground and immediately pounced on it. Reyker had sharp eyes and agile hands. Taking advantage of the moment the werewolf¡¯s attention was attracted by the rabbit, he threw a stone at its body. [ -1] A pitiful number appeared on the werewolf¡¯s head. Although this attack did not cause any substantial damage to it, it continued the mutated werewolf¡¯s combat state. As expected, it would work! After seeing that the werewolf¡¯s HP did not recover with speed, he knew that his plan had succeeded. In ¡°The One¡±, every monster had two statuses. One was the combat state, and the other was the out-of-combat state. After entering the out-of-combat state, the monster¡¯s HP would recover rapidly, reaching the maximum HP recovery of one-tenth per second. The standard of judgment whether the monster would enter the out-of-combat state relied on whether the monster was attacked in 20 seconds after it entered the combat state. Among which, effects that could cause continuous damage like poison would not be counted as an attack even if it still caused damage during these 20 seconds. At the same time, the duration of 20 seconds was not fixed. For example, it may take as long as a few minutes for a dungeon to enter the out-of-combat state, while it may only take 10 seconds for a boss in the wild that could be simultaneously attacked by hundreds of players to enter the out-of-combat state. Because the damage dealt by Reyker was too low, the mutated werewolf did not have too much aggro. After eating a mad rabbit, the mutated werewolf found another rabbit not far away. It felt good that free food was delivered after the huge battle. The mutated werewolf ate happily, and Reyker watched on happily. Just as it was about to eat the last rabbit, the mutated werewolf suddenly fell into a trap. It turned out that there was a small ditch here, which Reyker had covered with grass. Normally, the werewolf would have discovered such a poorly set-up trap, but it was now in berserk mode and was also seduced by the delicious food, thus the werewolf did not notice it.. Chapter 8 Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio There was another reason as to why Reyker wanted to delay the rime for so long, and that was because the duration of the berserk mode that the entered when its HP was low was also limited. It was impossible for the boss to go completely berserk, because ¡°The One¡±¡®s goal was to imitate the real world as much as possible on the basis of the game settings. Therefore, although these creatures were able to recover at the crucial moments before their death, their stamina was still limited. The mutated werewolf that fell into the pit knew that it had been tricked, and was trying its best to jump out of the pit. Meanwhile, Reyker stood at the top and continuously threw stones down at it. Could the werewolf jump out from the pit to kill him? He wasn¡¯t very clear about the werewolf¡¯s jumping abilities either. In his previous life, he was just a leisure player. He might be clear about the big things that happened in the game, but he was not clear about the stats of these boss monsters. That was something that only geek players would remember. But wasn¡¯t life a gamble? Moreover, this was a game. Although death would bring great pain to the players, they could still be resurrected. Fortunately, this time, the goddess of luck was on Reyker¡¯s side. The limits of the werewolf¡¯s jumping abilities were just so to be half a meter below Reyker¡¯s feet. Watching as the werewolf failed to scratch him even if it extended its claws and tried to do so, Reyker smiled. As the saying goes, take advantage of your opponent¡¯s weakness. He took out his wolf fang sword and began to cut crazily at the werewolf¡¯s claws. It could be said that the berserk werewolf had lost its rationality from the anger. If it hadn¡¯t desperately jumped up in an attempt to grab Reyker, Reyker wouldn¡¯t have been able to slash at it with his wolf fang sword, and he wouldn¡¯t have been able to cause much damage to the werewolf. But now, the werewolf was presenting its claws for Reyker to slash, and this saved Reyker the trouble of having to use pebbles to slowly decrease the HP of the werewolf, one drop at a time. At this time, the team here to kill the werewolf had already walked close. ¡°I heard a werewolf¡¯s cry in the distance. There really is a mutated werewolf here,¡± Amy said excitedly. ¡°But why do I feel that there¡¯s something wrong with this cry?¡± The burly man scratched his head and said. ¡°Oh shit. I think someone is attacking the werewolf. From the sound of it, the fight is almost over. Let¡¯s go quickly,¡± Dana said excitedly. They passed through a small gap and saw the ruins where the werewolf and the human-faced spider had fought. ¡°This is too terrifying. I don¡¯t think even a level 5 dungeon boss has such powerful strength,¡± The team¡¯s female healer said worriedly as she looked at the rocks that were smashed by the werewolf. ¡°It¡¯s fine, Tiffany. I recently bought a new silver-grade shield. I will definitely be able to protect you,¡± The burly man said with a confident smile as he patted the shield in his hand. ¡°A silver-grade shield? Kairi, you brat, how much did you spend? You¡¯re really willing to spend so much,¡± Han Lin said in surprise. ¡°Sigh, isn¡¯t this just to let everyone have fun? Money isn¡¯t a problem.¡± Although he was saying as such, when Kairi thought about the number that had disappeared from his bank card, the muscles on his face could not help but twitch. ¡°The One¡± has just started operating its servers. 60% of the players were still using grade-less weapons, just like the wooden planks and rusty axes in the hands of the previous players. The lowest-level black-iron weapons required players to obtain them from killing wild monsters. Quests rarely rewarded the players with high-level weapons, and most of the rewards were EXP and medicine. However, this was only because they were in the early stages of the game. By the time players could enter major cities in the middle stages of the game, they could join blacksmith shops and even an apprentice blacksmith could easily forge a black-iron weapon. However, a silver-grade shield was still very expensive. Kairi had spent 2,000 dollars to purchase this shield. For the next month, he would have to live frugally. The team followed the trail of blood left on the ground from the werewolf¡¯s body and headed in the direction of Reyker. ¡°Quick, quick, quick, I feel like we¡¯re very close.¡± ¡°I wonder which top-tier guild has such a terrifying player who can fight the werewolf to this extent.¡± Tiffany¡¯s face revealed a look of surprise. ¡°Also, look, there are very few footprints here. I reckon that they¡¯re not using the huge crowd strategy. They¡¯re likely to be a team like us.¡± Hearing this, the atmosphere in the team became heavy. ¡°No matter how strong the other party is, it¡¯s still okay for us to take a look, right? It can broaden our knowledge anyway,¡± Han Lin comforted everyone. After reaching this point, the six of them no longer had any false hopes about getting the first-kill achievement. Now, they were wondering in their hearts at this stage of the game, which guild could gather a six-person team that could single-handedly take on the werewolf. Among the six of them, there were even some who thought about joining the other party¡¯s guild. On this side, Reyker also noticed that someone was approaching. However, he estimated that the time for the mutated werewolf to enter the out-of-combat would probably only take a few dozen seconds. If he stopped attacking, all his previous efforts would be in vain. Forget it, they could split it together. After calculating with haste, Reyker immediately made a decision. At the sight of Reyker¡¯s back, the six-person team was shocked. ¡°Only one person?¡± Tiffany covered her mouth and said. ¡°Impossible, there must be other people around. Why don¡¯t we search for them first?¡± ¡°If there are really six people in his party, then there must be a healer standing by his side. Otherwise, if he dies, the boss will enter the out-of-combat state.¡± ¡°Could it be he¡¯s a crowd controller who relied on his controlling skills to reduce the werewolf¡¯s HP to such a low number?¡± While they were discussing, Reyker said, ¡°Since you guys are here, let¡¯s fight together.¡± ¡°Senior, can we really?¡± Tiffany asked tentatively. ¡°Hurry up, hurry up, my hands are almost sore,¡± Reyker said. Hearing this, the few people immediately ran over excitedly and began to attack the werewolf trapped below. Immediately, fireballs, water balls, lightning bolts, arrows, and all sorts of attacks were crazily served at the werewolf. While everyone was busy fighting monsters, Dana was also constantly sizing up Reyker. He opened Reyker¡¯s attributes panel and saw that he was only at Level 3. Moreover, among the equipment he was equipped with, only the wolf fang sword in his hand could be considered somewhat useful. It could be said that he did not look like a crowd controller at all. If he was a real crowd controller, he would definitely be popular within the various large guilds, how could his equipment be so trash? On top of that, he saw that Reyker¡¯s actions were not different from theirs. He didn¡¯t have the aura of an expert. This made him start to have sinister thoughts. If the reward that dropped was 100 points after the boss in ¡°The One¡± died, the 100 points would be allocated to the participating players according to the battle contribution ratio. The specific algorithm was not announced by the One Technology Company, however, the more damage the player dealt, the greater the reward would be. However, if the player died while fighting the boss and chose to resurrect in the safe zone, then the player¡¯s contribution would be reduced to zero. If I kill him here, he can only choose to resurrect in the Novice Village. With this, the greatest battle contribution this time would fall on me, and the first-kill achievement would also be mine.. Chapter 9 Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio The moment the thought appeared in Danas¡¯ mind, it took over his mind like a demon. As he attacked, he slowly approached Reyker. However, being someone who had lived two lives, Reyker was very familiar with the whole process of kill and loot. In his previous life, he had experienced too much of it. The moment the rhythm of Dana¡¯s attacks became strange, Reyker was immediately on guard. As the saying went, if you catch the head of the thieves, you¡¯ll get their loot. He was now in a disadvantaged position, and if he immediately fell out with them, he would be the one to suffer. Reyker continued to attack the werewolf with the wolf fang sword without batting an eyelash, at the same time, he glanced at Dana from the corner of his eyes. Simultaneously, he took out the club from his backpack in a discreet manner and held it in his right hand. Three meters. Two meters. Dana, who was sitting in the game cabin in reality, had a layer of fine sweat on his forehead. In real life, he had always taken great care of his image. It could be said that in front of people, he had always been a good person with excellent conduct and learning, which explained why he was able to lead a team from their guild to explore with him with just a sentence of persuasion. However, now that he intended to kill and loot, his hands could not help but tremble. His hands were not trembling because of the guilt he felt, instead, it was because he felt that all this was too exciting. As long as he kicked this person off the cliff, he would be able to obtain a reward that would be announced across all the servers, and then everyone would know about him, Dana. One meter. Go down! Let me inherit all your battle contribution points! Dana, who was sitting in the game cabin, could not help but let out a long laugh as he controlled his game character to kick at Reyker¡¯s back. The moment he extended his leg to do so, he saw Reyker turn around and strike him with the club in his hand. Was this not just a huge stick from a tree? It was not even a black-iron weapon. So what even if I let you hit me one? I¡¯m a Level 11 swordsman, and you¡¯re just a mere Level 3 novice player, my level is three times that of yours! Let alone a non-grade weapon, even if you were holding a silver-grade or a gold-grade weapon, what use would it be? In Dana¡¯s mind, he had already started hallucinating about the scene where he would get an invitation from a financial magnate¡¯s guild. This may be my chance to reach the pinnacle of my life. At the same time, startled by Reyker¡¯s actions, Amy, Tiffany and the others turned their heads towards him. The expressions they had were all different. Amy was shocked. Tiffany was confused. As for Kairi, he had a look of disgust. With a thud, Reyker¡¯s club landed on Dana¡¯s leg, ¡°Weak and useless! Haha.¡± Did you really think you could stop my kick with such a weak force? Dana was ecstatic. My kick will still land on your back, and you¡¯ll be sent off the cliff. However, it was also Dana who was the first to see the smile on Reyker¡¯s face. Reyker¡¯s gaze was full of disgust as he wore an expression as if he was looking at a fool. ¡°Go down!¡± Dana screamed in his heart. However, in the next second, his expression froze. What? Why can¡¯t I move? Why isn¡¯t my leg budging? What the hell is this paralysis state in my attributes panel! It can¡¯t be that even a non-grade weapon has such an effect, right? It¡¯s alright, the paralysis can only last for three seconds, and I have a resistance jade pendant that can reduce the time by one-tenth for control skills under Level three. Dana was struggling hard in his heart. To his dismay, in the next moment, Dana could feel the strike of the wooden club again, and a scene that made him despair appeared. He could only watch on as the symbol that represented the paralysis state suddenly refreshed, and its duration was added by another three seconds. It was over. Dana could only feel someone wrap his hands around his waists, and he was thrown off the cliff like a log. The other people on the side saw Reyker¡¯s actions and shouted, ¡°Stop!¡± ¡°Senior, what are you doing?¡± ¡°Die!¡± Reyker yelled, and he threw Dana into the pit. The werewolf below that was very much enraged saw the meat that was thrown down. ¡°Save me!¡± Dana screamed in mid-air. However, with just a slash of the werewolf¡¯s 13cm long claws, Dana was split in half at the waist. In that instant, Amy, Kairi, and Tiffany could see a notification pop up on their screens, ¡°team member Qingfeng Muyu has died¡±. ¡°Why did you kill him?¡± Tiffany asked agitatedly. ¡°Did you not see what he did?¡± Reyker looked at the people around him and said coldly, ¡°Even if I give up on this boss today, I won¡¯t let people like you get away with something like this.¡± ¡°You! We¡¯re not like that,¡± Tiffany said hurriedly. ¡°Alright, that¡¯s enough.¡±Kairi put his hand on Tiffany¡¯s shoulder and comforted her, ¡°You can¡¯t blame him for killing Dana after he did such a thing.¡± ¡°Be careful.¡± Suddenly, Kairi¡¯s expression changed. Reyker felt a heat wave come from behind, and a fireball hit his back hard. [ -39 ] Without the time to care about the burning pain on his back, Reyker immediately started rolling on the ground. Sure enough, another fireball shot towards him. Damn it, mages were indeed the most powerful damage dealers. One fireball had taken away almost half of his HP. While rolling on the ground, Reyker quickly took out a Level 1 HP potion. He opened the cover and immediately drank it. After swallowing the slightly bitter red liquid, he felt that the burning sensation on his back had lessened a lot. At the same time, a red heart appeared on his status bar. [ +5 HP / second] ¡°Amy, what are you doing?¡± Tiffany shouted. After saying that, she was about to wave her staff to recover Reyker¡¯s HP. ¡°Don¡¯t heal him! He just killed brother Dana.¡± ¡°Dana brought it on himself. No one else can be blamed. Stop acting so recklessly,¡± Kairi said in a deep voice. ¡°I¡¯m not fooling around. I don¡¯t care. He killed brother Dana, I have to kill him for revenge.¡± As she said that, the staff in her hand lit up again. At this time, Dana also turned on the team¡¯s voice channel and shouted, ¡°All of you, attack together and kill him. Then, the reward for killing this wild boss will be ours.¡± At this moment, the other members of the party started to hesitate. ¡°Brother Dana, it¡¯s not good to do such a thing, right?¡± ¡°That¡¯s right, he has been fighting the werewolf alone for so long, isn¡¯t it a little unethical for us to snatch his rewards?¡± ¡°You idiots, think about it. ¡°The One¡± has already become such a phenomenal game. If we were to become famous here, how much money would we get then? Let¡¯s not talk about anything else. If we were to get the first-kill achievement of this werewolf and obtain the exclusive title in all the servers, then even if we sell our accounts, we can get at least seven to eight thousand dollars!¡± At this moment, Dana was already hysterical. He began to use his own words to crazily bewitch his teammates. Hearing this, the few of them began to waver. ¡°Brother Dana is right. Besides, this is just a game. If he dies, it¡¯s not like he¡¯s really dead..¡± Chapter 10 Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio ¡°Yes, yes, you¡¯re right,¡± Someone echoed. Hearing this, Reyker¡¯s expression changed. Then, he turned to look at Kairi and Tiffany. ¡°Do you two think the same?¡± ¡°Humph. Don¡¯t take me as those ungrateful things.¡± ¡°I, I don¡¯t like this either. I can heal you,¡± Tiffany said with a red face. ¡°Then it¡¯s enough if you guys help me block that woman with the club.¡± As he said this, Reyker charged at the other two. The archer immediately pulled out three arrows from behind and started shooting at Reyker. Reyker was not a crowd controller, nor was he a martial arts expert in real life. However, his understanding of the game ¡°The One¡± was deeper than these people. Because ¡°The One¡± virtualized reality to a frighteningly real extent, players would also feel the fear as if they were in reality. For example, if one saw a stone coming towards one¡¯s face, novice players would subconsciously use their hands to block it or try to avoid it. However, instincts could be overcome. The veteran players of ¡°The One¡± wouldn¡¯t even flinch even if they saw a knife stab into their face, because they knew it would only cause damage in the game, at most causing a negative effect of blindness. It would not make you blind in reality. As such, Reyker was fearless and rushed forward with no fear of death at all. [ -19 ] [ -14 ] [ -28] (critical hit) Even if an arrow shot at his eyes, Reyker did not dodge. This person was so fearless! The archer player was shocked. The distance between them was near enough, and so Reyker directly threw the wolf fang sword in his hand at the archer¡¯s face. Seeing the long sword was going to stab him in the face, the archer subconsciously dodged, which gave Reyker time to close in on him. Reyker, who rushed to the sides of the two, immediately swung the club at the archer. ¡°I don¡¯t believe that you can kill me in one move!¡± The archer shouted as he pulled out a dagger from his waist and stabbed it at Reyker¡¯s waist. However, halfway through his actions, his body suddenly stopped. ¡°What¡¯s going on? Paralysis effect? So your wooden club has a paralysis effect.¡± Reyker couldn¡¯t be bothered to explain anything to him because another long sword was coming towards him from the left. It was the swordsman in the team. There was no time to waste. Reyker¡¯s club smashed at the swordsman¡¯s head. If it was a normal player, they would definitely attempt to block it, and would then have fallen for his trick. He would then be able to use his left hand to hit the swordsman¡¯s body. As long as he planted a hit on the swordsman, the swordsman would be paralyzed. Unexpectedly, the long sword in the swordsman¡¯s hand suddenly lit up with a white light. It was a swordsman¡¯s Level 1 skill ¡ª Justice Dash! F*ck, I¡¯m done for. Reyker cursed in his heart. With his current level and his defense being zero, if he were to be stabbed by a Level 10 swordsman, he would lose at least 45 HP. And now, he only had a dozen or so HP. Although he was going to die, the club in his hand did not slow down at all. It directly hit the top of the swordsman¡¯s head. [ +40 ] [ -51 ] Reyker felt a warm feeling coming from the top of his head. Then, he felt a sharp pain in his abdomen, followed by the feeling that his club had hit a hard object. He gave Tiffany an affirmative look and immediately gave his two opponents a strike of the wooden club each. Then, he kicked them into the pit to accompany the werewolf. ¡°You! You two dare to betray brother Dana!¡± ¡°Shut up. We¡¯re just acquaintances. If it weren¡¯t for his usual good quality of helping others, I wouldn¡¯t have come with him today,¡± Kairi said. ¡°What are you doing!¡± Amy suddenly screamed. It turned out that Reyker had pulled her down together with him into the pit. This was the fastest way for him to get rid of her because he didn¡¯t have much time left. When these idiots attacked him, they stopped attacking the boss. In another three seconds, the werewolf would enter the out-of-combat state. Before all this, if there was one person the werewolf wanted to kill the most, it would be Reyker. First, he had trapped it in this little space with a trap. Then, he had put on a sinister smile and had kept cutting its claws with that small knife of his, making it weaker and weaker. It despised Reyker so much it wished it could kill this human brat a hundred times and a hundred times more. After the whole scene above unfolded, the little girl with the staff rose on the list of the humans that werewolf despised. Let alone the high temperature of her fireball that made it angry, she actually shot the fireball at its private part! This was simply offending the werewolf¡¯s dignity. On top of that, she had put on a smile and kept shooting. Therefore, when both of them appeared in front of the werewolf at the same time, it decisively chose to attack the little girl. With a scream, Amy instantly turned into a ray of white light. There were two situations where a player would turn into white light. One was that the player chose to be resurrected in a safe zone, and as such his corpse would turn into white light. No nun or priest would not be able to resurrect him then because they had lost the medium to resurrect him. The second situation was that the player had been traumatized in the game, and for safety reasons, the system would force the player to go offline after detecting excessive spiritual fluctuations. Reyker took advantage of the time the werewolf used to kill Amy to extend the duration of the werewolf¡¯s combat state. However, when he was truly face-to-face with the werewolf, Reyker could not help but feel a little apprehensive. Damn it, people die for money and birds die for food. This time, he was going to be the scapegoat for the two people above. At this time, a woman¡¯s voice came from above. ¡°Senior, run this way!¡± Tiffany pointed to a spot directly below herself. He didn¡¯t really have much of a choice, so Reyker immediately ran over. Level 1 speed magic, Bird¡¯s Blessing. Reyker immediately felt that he became light on his feet, and a bird appeared on each side, dancing around his ankles. With the buff, his speed was just on par with the mutated werewolf. He arrived at the designated location. Just as the huge claw was about to strike Reyker, a sudden bang was heard. Reyker turned around and saw that it was Kairi who jumped down from above and raised his shield to block the werewolf¡¯s attack. ¡°Don¡¯t worry, we are not the same as Dana!¡± ¡°Alright, this matter has passed. You guys are my friends.¡± Reyker took the opportunity to throw the longsword at the werewolf¡¯s body. Just when Reyker thought that it was over and the werewolf was already a lamb waiting to be slaughtered, it raised its claw and slashed at him again. He hurriedly used his wolf fang sword to continue attacking. Damn it! That shouldn¡¯t happen. With a 95% chance, why did the paralysis effect not occur after three hits? Without much time to think about it at all, Reyker continued to attack crazily. Because at this time, the boss¡¯s HP was only left with 2%. [ -19 ] [ -24 ] [ -25 ] These numbers kept floating above the werewolf¡¯s head. Damn it, my level is still too low. In ¡°The One¡±, low-level attacks would experience damage reductions when they were against high-level creatures. ¡°I can¡¯t cast buffs anymore,¡± Tiffany shouted from above. Just healing Kairi was enough to make her flustered.. Chapter 11 Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio Just when the werewolf boss¡¯ HP was down to 1%, Kairi shouted, ¡°Hurry up and deal damage, I¡¯ve finished all my potions, I¡¯m just about to die!¡± Hearing this, Reyker searched for an opportunity and dashed out from behind Kairi. He jumped and slashed at the werewolf¡¯s head. [ -57] (weak point attack, critical hit) Roar! The mutated werewolf let out its last howl. Then its eyes turned red. A red attack notification suddenly appeared in front of Reyker, indicating that he should continue to attack. However, he was still in the air and had to land before he could make another move. At this time, it was definitely too late. Just as he landed, the werewolf attacked. The ultimate skill of the boss, Werewolf Twelve Combo Hit! Within two seconds, the werewolf would launch 12 random attacks towards the selected area. This was a skill that dealt more damage the fewer people there were within the selected area. Just then, with a thump, a huge silver shield was placed in front of Reyker. ¡°It¡¯s useless even if you come in. This is a random skill. Even if I take only one hit, I¡¯ll still die.¡± ¡°Who said that?¡± Kairi turned around and revealed a determined smile. Then, the silver shield glowed. Silver Knight¡¯s Guardian Shield Grade: Silver Equipment Skill: Silver Knight¡¯s Defense Silver Knight¡¯s Defense: the user can choose a target and transfer all the target¡¯s damage to the user¡¯s body for three seconds (includes armor value and resistance). A silver light enveloped Reyker. The werewolf¡¯s black claws landed hard on his body, but they did not shatter the layer of light. When the twelve combo hit was over, Kairi, who was maintaining a standing posture only with the support of his shield, fell with a bang. ¡°F*ck, you vile creature, die!¡± Reyker picked up his sword and leaped towards the werewolf. Tiffany, who was standing on top, quickly checked the boss¡¯ HP bar. It still had 150 HP left, but the senior¡¯s attack could only deal up to 60 damage. She looked at her MP bar that was only left with enough MP for one more skill, and her brain was working furiously for a strategy. Finally, her eyes lit up. Just as Reyker hacked at the werewolf¡¯s head, his body suddenly lit up. The Hero¡¯s Song of Praise! The wielder of the spell deals an additional 20 damage when facing the enemy, while the wielder takes an additional 40 damage when facing away from the enemy. One hit, [ -47!] The huge black claw was still coming towards Reyker, but at the same time, a sound came from above. It was Tiffany who jumped down from above, in the direction of the werewolf¡¯s claw. With a ¡®pshh¡¯, the black claw split the her in half. A woman¡¯s muffled groan was heard before she became a corpse. This gave Reyker another chance to strike. ¡°Haha, you have no chance. Now that they are all dead, and the boss still has more than 100 HP, how can you finish it in one move? It¡¯s impossible! The moment you¡¯re dead, I¡¯ll go to town and announce the news about the werewolf here, everyone will come! Humph, I don¡¯t believe you¡¯ll be able to get the first-kill achievement then. You two idiots. I could¡¯ve killed him again and got the boss all to ourselves if you had chosen to resurrect me, but instead, you chose to help this piece of trash! You deserve it, you deserve it!¡± ¡°Die!¡± Reyker ignored Dana¡¯s words. He held his breath and tried to get the best angle to maximize the damage. A sound of flesh being sliced through came from the top of the werewolf¡¯s head. ¨C 94 (weakness attack, critical hit, damage bonus) ¡°Haha, it¡¯s not enough. You¡¯re dead meat.¡± Dana laughed maniacally, waiting for the werewolf¡¯s huge black claw to kill Reyker. But the werewolf suddenly stopped moving, its outstretched claw stopped in mid-air. Reyker was extremely familiar with the scene in front of him. It was finally paralyzed. ¡°Die!.¡± Reyker pulled out the wolf fang sword and immediately stabbed at the werewolf again. [ -49 ] [ -38 ] With a bang, the huge mutated werewolf fell to the ground. Following that, several shining pieces of equipment were dropped. ¡°Impossible, it¡­ it appeared again! How can a guy like you who hasn¡¯t changed his class yet have a paralyzing effect! ?¡± At this moment, Reyker opened the party channel. ¡°Do you know what a talent is?¡± With a furious roar, Dana transformed into a white light and disappeared on the ground. At the same time, a pair of angel wings appeared twice on Reyker¡¯s body. Level four. Level five. Level six. Level seven. This cross-level kill had allowed him to rise four levels in a row. At this moment, in the outside world, a news program was being broadcast. The female host, who was wearing a work uniform, said to the camera. ¡°Recently, a game called ¡°The One¡± has become popular all over the world. On the day it went online, it became the number one on the sales rankings of the Steam platforms. In just a week, the number of people online has surpassed the traditional MOBA. Now, it has even unified the global gaming market. Even in the most backward countries, someone has the game cabin of ¡°The one¡±. Next, we¡¯ll interview the experts and allow them to analyze the reason why ¡°The One¡± is so popular.¡± Following her words, an old professor with gray hair appeared on the television. ¡°Hello, everyone. You can call me Dr. Z. See my gray hair? In the game, I¡¯m an 18-year-old teenager, and my character level has reached Level 14. Next, I¡¯ll put the game screen on the monitor and analyze the reason behind the popularity of the game for you.¡± Just as he connected the screen to the TV and was about to control the elf boy on it to walk, a notice suddenly appeared on the top of the screen. The hidden boss of Harmon Village, the mutated werewolf, has been killed by three players: Sherry¡¯s Brother (Reyker), My Shield is Especially Big (Kairi), and I¡¯m a Healer Don¡¯t Hit Me (Tiffany). Congratulations to the three players for obtaining the first kill title ¡°Medieval Wolf Hunter¡± (deals extra damage to werewolves below silver grade) ¡°Wow, another three lucky players have obtained the first kill title!¡± Dr. Z exclaimed. Then, he began to explain to the audience, ¡± ¡°The One¡± is the largest game in the world, and it has already attracted the attention of countless companies. It can be said that the companies that have already occupied a dominant position in the real world will open up a new battlefield in the world of games. If the three players who just received this title were to sell their accounts now, they would at least be able to get 30,000 US dollars! However, I believe that they will not kill the goose that only knows how to lay golden eggs. Let¡¯s see what level they are at. Are they the elite backbone of a certain gaming guild, or are they members of a gaming team under a certain financial magnate? Let¡¯s first take a look at the information of the player called Sherry¡¯s Brother. Well, his sister Sherry would be very happy to know that her brother likes her very much. Level seven!¡± Dr. K jumped up from his chair in excitement.. Chapter 12 Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio The comments from the audience flooded in at once. ¡°Dr. Z, did someone poke your butt?¡± ¡°The person upstairs, don¡¯t laugh. You¡¯ll know how terrifying it is to kill a mutated wild boss at Level 7 after playing ¡°The One¡±.¡± ¡°F*ck, I¡¯ve already applied to add that person as a friend. I¡¯ll be able to soar to the sky once I get on the expert¡¯s good side.¡± In the hospital, the little boy who was watching the live broadcast next to Sherry¡¯s bed suddenly had a strange expression on his face. I remember that the little girl on the bed next to me is called Sherry, right? But I only heard her say this morning that she wanted her brother to play ¡°The One¡±. He should still be a novice player fighting slimes in the Novice Village. Right, that¡¯s right. Thinking as such, the little boy¡¯s face showed an expression as if he had understood the situation. At the same time, he could not help but envy the girl called Sherry because she could have such a powerful elder brother who could lead her to glory in ¡°The One¡±. Unlike him, he could only be trapped in this small bed. The ordinary players were not the only ones who saw this program and announcement. All the three large guilds saw this information. In the northeast of Harmon Village, there was a large road. At the end of the road stood a towering Holy City. In the center of the city, there was a huge statue of the Holy Maiden, facing into the distance. Outside the city, countless small black dots were approaching. In one of the teams closest to the major city, a man took off the mask on his face, revealing a handsome and youthful face. In ¡°The One¡±, the player¡¯s character appearance was a combination of what the player looked like in reality and the characteristics of the races in the game. When he saw the first-kill notification, he immediately opened Reyker¡¯s information panel, where he saw the Level 7 and the blank guild column, and he could not help but smile. ¡°Interesting. He¡¯s a real independent player? Without a large guild¡¯s organization, the three of them were able to kill a mutated werewolf. What kind of technique did he use? I¡¯m very curious.¡± His left assistant stepped forward and said, ¡°Guild Master Brook, should we try to recruit him?¡± ¡°No need. His mailbox must have exploded by now. There¡¯s no need for us to join in on the crowd. It can wait until our Winged Dragon Guild obtains the achievement of being the first to enter a major city and thus become the acting City Lord. Then, we¡¯ll recruit him in the major city.¡± ¡°Isn¡¯t that too late? When the time comes, he must¡¯ve already been snatched away by someone else.¡± ¡°Don¡¯t worry. Such a lone wolf won¡¯t easily join someone else¡¯s guild. Tell our brothers to cheer up. We¡¯ll enter the major city tonight. We can¡¯t let an independent player steal the limelight of the Winged Dragon Guild.¡± In ¡°The One¡±, there were countless monsters around the outskirts of the various major cities, which blocked the communication between the various major cities. Only when players entered the major city and activated the teleportation point, or when the storyline developed to a certain extent and the NPCs took the initiative to attack, would the monsters disappear. If it was the latter, no players would receive any rewards. On the other hand, if it was the former, the players could receive different rewards according to the different major cities. The reward for activating the teleportation point in the Holy Maiden City was that the players could become the acting City Lord for a month, and this played a very strong role in the early developments of a guild. In the Twisted Forest outside Harmon Village, a team that had an average level of Level 13 was continuously exploring the interior of the forest. ¡°Guild Master, why isn¡¯t our Fierce Tiger Guild exploring the major city? The Dragon Hunter Guild has obtained the title for the first-kill of a dungeon boss, and the Winged Dragon Guild is currently trying to activate the major city. We haven¡¯t obtained anything yet.¡± The strong man holding an ax used it to split the tree branches in front of him as he said, ¡°What do you little brats know? That pretty boy from the Winged Dragon Guild has been determined to be the first to activate a major city from the very beginning. If we go now, we can only eat the dust behind his back. Meanwhile, the members of the Dragon Hunter Guild are really willing to spend money, buying a pile of top-tier equipment that will become scraps in a few days in their attempts to clear dungeons around the clock. They are even more ridiculous than me.¡± ¡°So, are we just going to sit here and watch?¡± ¡°What the hell do you know? Haven¡¯t you noticed that there isn¡¯t a single quest about the Twisted Forest in Harmon village? There must be something strange about it.¡± ¡°Boss, you¡¯re saying that there is a hidden quest here?¡± ¡°A hidden quest? I think it¡¯s at least a hidden boss. Once we defeat, the Fierce Tiger Guild will be able to make a name for ourselves. Oh right, get someone to contact the few people who killed the wild boss just now and find a way to find out the skills they used to fight the boss.¡± At this moment, a team member at the front of the team suddenly shouted, ¡°Why are we back here again?¡± The Guild Master of the Fierce Tiger Guild was the guy holding the ax. He walked to the front of the team and looked at the markings on the tree branches in front of him that they had carved to prevent themselves from getting lost. He fell into deep thought. Outside Harmon Village, there was a party of 100 people gathered. The leader was a middle-aged man. Holding a staff in his hand, he commanded the crowd, ¡°This time, our mission is to defeat the hidden boss in Wolf Valley, the mutated werewolf, and get the first-kill achievement!¡± ¡°Yes!¡± Just as the morale of the people below was high, the news of Reyker¡¯s first kill appeared in front of everyone. Everyone present immediately fell silent. Even the middle-aged man¡¯s assistant held his breath and did not dare to speak. ¡°Investigate this, send someone to investigate it! I want to know the location of this brat. He dares to snatch the boss of our Dragon Hunter Guild, I think he is tired of living!¡± The people below dispersed in a second, and one after another, they asked their friends for information about the three. Reyker, who was standing next to the werewolf, did not know that his actions had shocked the whole of ¡°The One¡±. To prevent being bombarded by emails, he had also closed his mailbox notification beforehand. [The Secret Potion of the Mutated Werewolf] [Description]: A purple liquid potion that has been half-used [Grade]: Gold [Effect]: After taking it, the player can transform into a werewolf for three minutes. [Werewolf]: When in the werewolf state, all attributes will be doubled (maximum 100). Attacks will have tearing and bleeding effects. The player will have 35% resistance to dark magic and 20% resistance to negative effects. At this point, Reyker finally understood why he could not trigger paralysis when he was fighting the boss. This potion of the mutated werewolf had a 20% negative effects resistance, so the werewolf boss itself must have a higher resistance. With the cost offset, the 95% paralysis effect would not be a guaranteed hit. [The Witch¡¯s Secret Potion] [Description]: A bottle of evil secret medicine. It came from a powerful witch. Did she accidentally leave it behind or is it an intentional experiment? [Effects]: Unable to use class skills, unable to use weapons, holy light damage increased by 30%, unable to be healed by nuns and the healing effect would be converted into an equal amount of damage. The second piece of equipment was a longsword. [Mutated Werewolf¡¯s Longsword] [Grade]: Silver [Characteristics]: Bleeding [Description]: A longsword made of the mutated werewolf¡¯s sharp teeth. It can deal more damage than a normal wolf fang sword. [Mutated Werewolf¡¯s Skin Soft Armor] [Grade]: Bronze [Characteristics]: Waterproof, increases evasion by 4%. [Description]: Soft armor made from the skin of a mutated werewolf. It can provide a certain amount of protection without affecting the wearer¡¯s speed. Chapter 13 Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio Reyker did not look at the remaining items. He waited for Tiffany and Kairi to hurry back from the resurrection point to share the items with them. After a while, the two arrived. Looking at the equipment on the ground, they were filled with joy as they said, ¡°Are you really giving these to us?¡± ¡°I couldn¡¯t have defeated this boss without you guys. You deserve it.¡± After exchanging contact information with them, Reyker quickly went offline. The time he spent online this time was a bit too long. His sister might be worried. When he arrived at his sister¡¯s ward, he saw that she was chatting with the little boy on the next bed. Reyker found an opportunity to join in on the conversation. Soon, the three of them were chatting passionately. ¡°Brother, when it comes to the day I get to play ¡°The One¡±, you must help me.¡± ¡°Don¡¯t worry, when the time comes, your brother will already have become invincible.¡± After chatting with his sister for a while, Reyker went home. After getting up from bed the next day, Reyker went online and did things differently from yesterday. He took a long sword and rushed to the Twisted Forest. After all, he hadn¡¯t completed the chain mission that required him to catch the mad rabbits yet. With new equipment and greatly improved attributes, Reyker found it extremely easy to kill the rabbits. Now that he was wearing the Mutated Werewolf¡¯s Skin Soft Armor, he was no longer afraid of the rabbits¡¯ attacks. On top of that, because of his advancement in levels, when these low-level mad rabbits attacked him, he would enjoy a damage reduction instead. It could be said that the mad rabbits no longer posed a threat to him at all. He had added the attribute points he get from leveling up to his Agility, and thus his current speed was no slower than these little rabbits. Holding the big wooden club, Reyker was like a child participating in the Whac-A-Mole game. He started to knock out all the rabbits that were running around with swings of his club. After catching five rabbits, he returned to Harmon Village. ¡°Ah, young warrior, you¡¯re not bad. When I think of the delicious meat from these rabbits, I can¡¯t help but drool.¡± Looking at the NPC wiping the drool from the corner of his mouth, Reyker could not help but ridicule in his heart, ¡± ¡°The One¡± is just too realistic¡±. ¡°Young warrior, since you have helped me capture five mad rabbits, can you help me with one more thing?¡± There was no mention of the quest reward at all, and Siouk was still greedily asking the players to fulfill his request. ¡°Aren¡¯t you going to give me the rabbit-hair brush?¡± Reyker asked. ¡°Rabbit-hair brush? What is that? If you¡¯re asking for a goose-hair brush, I do have those.¡± Hearing this, Reyker fell silent. It seemed that the information provided by A Psyduck was not that accurate, it deviated from reality. ¡°Fine. After all, it¡¯s my honor to be able to serve Sir Siouk,¡± Reyker said. Even if he couldn¡¯t get the rabbit-hair brush, he decided to continue completing the quests Siouk gave him and see what he could get in the end. ¡°Oh my, it¡¯s really hard to find such a polite teenager like you these days. Recently, I kept feeling that an owl was hooting outside the window while I was asleep. Could you help me shoot them down?¡± With this, a pop-up window appeared in front of Reyker. [Siouk¡¯s Sleep Troubles] [Recently, Siouk had not been sleeping well because every time he was sound asleep, the owl outside his window would make eerie hoots. Now, he has entrusted you the quest to chase away this annoying owl.] [Accept/Reject] After Reyker clicked ¡®Accept¡¯, Siouk walked to him and patted his shoulder. ¡°I hope I can sleep well tonight.¡± If it were any other person, they might have chosen to complete the quest the same day they got it. However, for Reyker, who knew the strategy of the whole quest, this quest had a point that could be used to gain something with no expenses. This was because the quest was designed for players who had not reached level 10. Players who had not reached level 10 in ¡°The One¡± did not have a class, which meant that they could not use bows, arrows, or magic staffs. Many yearned for the owls in the sky, but no one could get their hands on one. Of course, if one were to set his mind to it, there were tons of ways to get rid of this owl. However, any of these methods would cost a fortune for the players in the early stages, as most of them did not have many gold coins, to begin with. If one didn¡¯t choose to complete the quest on the first night, Siouk would come looking for the player again. At this time, one just needed to state that they didn¡¯t have the appropriate tools, and one would be able to get a blow dart. Although the time-flow in the game was set to be faster than the time-flow of reality, executing such a plan still needed some time. Thus, now was a good time to go train and level up. With this, Reyker returned to Wolf Valley. Facing the wild wolves in the valley, he chuckled, ¡°It¡¯s different now.¡± Then, he took out the Secret Potion of the Mutated Werewolf from his backpack and chose to steal the talent it brought. He checked his attributes column again and saw that he had the permanent buff of transforming into a werewolf. He chose to transform. Almost immediately, Reyker felt a huge amount of power suddenly appear in his body. The world in front of him turned scarlet red, and a violent aura was emitted from his body. A three-meter-tall werewolf who looked like a giant rushed into the Wolf Valley. Flesh and blood flew everywhere, and there was blood all over the place. The continuous whimpering of the wild wolves could be heard in the Wolf Valley. Reyker¡¯s level continued to increase with rapid speed. Reyker continued to train until the sky turned dark, which he then exited the werewolf state and looked at his level. Level 9. He was only a step away from level 10. After this, he returned to Harmon Village. When the next day came, Reyker, who was strolling around Harmon Village, was found by Siouk. ¡°Young warrior, I didn¡¯t have a good night¡¯s sleep yesterday either. May I ask when will you be chasing away that annoying owl?¡± ¡°Respected Sir Siouk, although I really want to help you, I have no way to lure that owl out from the tree it¡¯s hiding in. Please wait until I think of a way. I will help you deal with it immediately then.¡± ¡°There¡¯s no need for you to think anymore. I have a tool here that can help you.¡± Siouk took out a bamboo arrow from his pocket. ¡°This is a gift my father gave me. Now, I will give it to you. I only hope that you can get rid of that annoying owl.¡± ¡°With this tool, Sir Siouk, you will definitely have a good night¡¯s sleep tonight.¡± ¡°I sincerely hope so. I am going crazy from the torture.¡± Then, Siouk turned around and left. At night, as expected, the owl flew to the tree branch just outside Siouk¡¯s window. Just as it started to cry, a terrifying aura came from under the tree. The owl was so scared that it immediately flapped its wings and flew into the sky without looking back even once. The source of the terrifying aura was naturally Reyker, who had been waiting under the tree. This werewolf transformation buff was really useful. Early the next morning, Reyker was already waiting at the Siouk¡¯s door. ¡°Oh, young warrior, thank you so much. Last night, I had a dreamless sleep. Let me ask, what did you do to that hateful owl?¡± ¡°Respected Sir Siouk, I promise, it will never bother you again.¡± ¡°That¡¯s great!¡± Siouk then threw another quest to Reyker. If it were any other ordinary player, they would probably have died of anger at this point. After all, time and money were extremely precious in the early stages of the game. No one would want to waste them on this stingy NPC. It was also because they were getting bored in the later stages of the game that players like A Psyduck returned to complete the entire chain of quests.. Chapter 14 Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio After this, Reyker had to go catch lambs on the mountain, and he also had to go catch fish from the river in the outskirts of Harmon Village for Siouk. In short, Siouk had given him a series of trivial tasks as quests. Finally, when Siouk was lying in his granary that was filled with paddy, he munched on a bright red apple as he said to Reyker, ¡°Respected warrior, I have never seen such a good person as you. I now have one last thing on my mind that you must help me alleviate.¡± Hearing this, Reyker immediately straightened his back, the crucial point for the chain quests was here. A worried expression appeared on Siouk¡¯s face as he said, ¡°Ever since I discovered that basement, I feel that I have been stuck with bad luck, and I felt like the whole world was against me. See, even when I was sleeping, an owl kept coming to bother me. However, it was fortunate that I met you, warrior. You are just like a God-sent angel, saving me and changing my life.¡± ¡°If I am your angel, please let me completely change your life for the better,¡± Reyker said. ¡°Warrior, I¡¯ve been waiting for these words. Come to my backyard at midnight tonight.¡± After saying this, Siouk left with a solemn face. At this moment, another shocking news came from the world channel. [Congratulations to the Winged Dragon Guild for activating the teleportation point of Holy Maiden City. Now, all players can choose to teleport to Holy Maiden City from the various resurrection points.] [As a reward, the guild master of the Winged Dragon Guild will become the acting City Lord of Holy Maiden City for a month.] ¡°The One¡± was truly filled with talents. It was just so that Reyker also knew some techniques regarding exploring main cities, however, he did not have enough time to do so. He was thinking that if everyone¡¯s progress was quite slow, he would be able to be the first to light up one of the main cities by taking the secret passage which had fewer monsters. Now it seemed that this thought of his was unable to come true. However, this wasn¡¯t important to Reyker. He didn¡¯t have a guild, nor did he have the ability to run one. Even if he could become the acting City Lord, it would be a useless reward to him. Then, Reyker went to the pharmacy in town and bought two sets of HP potion, two sets of MP potion, five rolls of bandages (eliminates bleeding effect), and five bottles of antidote (eliminates poison effect, can be used to remove toxic items). (one set is equivalent to ten bottles.) Although the guide had said that Siouk¡¯s chain quest was not difficult and there was no risk of death, Reyker still took a cautious attitude and bought the relevant supplies. Late at night, Reyker knocked three times on Siouk¡¯s door, which was responded with three knocks coming from inside, which he then knocked twice. Then only did the tightly shut door creaked open. Siouk¡¯s face looked a little eerie from the door crack. ¡°Warrior, please come in.¡± Reyker walked into the room and found that it was pitch black, the only light coming from the candle in Siouk¡¯s hand. ¡°Sir Siouk, can¡¯t you light a few more candles?¡± Reyker asked. ¡°Shut up and come with me.¡± Siouk¡¯s voice suddenly became stern and sharp, but then he said in a pitiful tone, ¡°Forgive me, warrior, I have my reasons.¡± Hearing this, Reyker also felt amused. Forget it, why should I argue with an NPC? He turned up the brightness in the game a little, but the effect was not obvious. This made him miss the skill of the nuns ¡ª the Church¡¯s Everlasting Lights. Even a small fireball that could be condensed by a mage in his hand would be fine. After more than ten seconds, Reyker passed through the Siouk¡¯s courtyard and arrived at the backyard. ¡°Warrior, please take a look,¡± Siouk said as he pointed at the wooden door that had appeared on the ground of the courtyard, ¡°This basement seems to have been cursed by the devil. Once this door sees sunlight, it will disappear. It will only appear in the darkness.¡± This should be some kind of magic array. Reyker was not surprised by this item. He was only curious as to why items that would only appear after players reached level 30 or 40 would appear in the Novice Village. It could really be said that ¡°The One¡± had one too many well-hidden plot foreshadowing. ¡°What do you want me to do?¡± Reyker turned around and asked. ¡°I went into the basement once. I only took a glance at what was inside before coming out. But from then on, I was stuck with bad luck. I hope you can help me destroy whatever is inside so that I can get rid of the bad luck.¡± If he were in reality, Reyker would never have chosen to take the risk, but he was in a game now, so it was a given he would choose the exciting option. He said in a serious voice, ¡°Alright, leave it to me.¡± ¡°Thank you so much.¡± Behind Reyker, Siouk¡¯s eyes revealed a trace of evil. The owl from afar flew over again. It flapped its wings and let out a shrill cry in the sky. With a creak, the door to the basement was pushed open by Siouk. Immediately, a damp smell of moss and mold rushed over. ¡°Can you give me the candle? ¡°Reyker, who had walked into the basement, turned around and asked. ¡°Of course, honorable warrior.¡± In the corridor leading to the basement, the flame of the candle was trembling in the air like a virgin surrounded by a group of big men. Under the small flame, Reyker¡¯s shadow looked like a dancing lunatic. ¡°Siouk? Why don¡¯t I see the statue you mentioned?¡± Reyker asked. Suddenly, there was a creak from behind, followed by the sound of the wooden door shutting. Damn it! Reyker subconsciously turned to run back and return to the ground, but the door to the basement had already been sealed shut with lightning speed. ¡°Damn it, I was actually tricked by an NPC!¡± Reyker felt angry. It was just so that the moment the door was shut, the candle in his hand had extinguished. F*ck! Only Reyker¡¯s breathing was left in the dark corridor. Meanwhile, Siouk took out a portrait of a middle-aged man from his clothes. There was a name written on the portrait ¡ª Count Hilder. Following this, Siouk took out a dagger, cut his wrist, and let the blood drip on the door of the basement. The blood seemed to be sentient as they killed in the cracks of the door to the basement. The blood gradually filled the entire door and then merged with it. As a result, the basement door began to become illusory, as if it was going to merge with the ground. ¡°Damn it, damn it!¡± Reyker quickly pushed at the basement door with his hand, but it didn¡¯t budge. Werewolf transformation! The giant werewolf¡¯s body filled up the narrow underground passage in an instant. The werewolf¡¯s huge claws struck the wooden door heavily, producing loud bangs. Siouk, who was kneeling on the ground, was praying. ¡°Dear grandfather, I have completed the task you have entrusted me. I beg you to lift the witch¡¯s curse on the Twisted Forest.¡± Then, he stood up with a face full of excitement and ran toward the Twisted Forest. His eyes were filled with excitement and madness. In the corridor, as Reyker continued slamming his werewolf claws against the door, he felt that something was wrong. The sensation of wood had, and he felt as if he was patting on wet soil.. Chapter 15 Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio At this moment, the werewolf form¡¯s night vision ability came into play. Reyker looked up and saw that the wooden door of the basement had disappeared, and it was replaced by a thick layer of soil. ¡°F*ck! Spatial magic? Or is this sealing magic?¡± Reyker was no longer in the mood to complete the quest. Now, he only wanted to immediately go out and kill that NPC, Siouk a hundred times, and a hundred times more. He opened the control panel. He found that he was currently in a special area and could not choose to teleport to the nearest safe zone. The teleportation scroll in his backpack was also gray. Since that was the case, the only choice he was left with was to commit suicide. To prevent players from getting stuck in a special area, the game provided a suicidal function, allowing players to revive at a resurrection point. Just as Reyker chose this function, a scarlet warning popped up. [Player is currently in a limited quest. Dying will cause the player to lose a large amount of EXP. Currently, a conservative estimate is that the player will lose more than 3 levels by dying. On top of that, the player will never be able to trigger the follow-up quests.] Seeing this notification, Reyker calmed down. Either way, the NPC, Siouk, can hide but he can¡¯t run. He might as well finish the quest first. Having made up his mind, Reyker turned around and walked down the corridor. After walking for 100 meters in the narrow passageway, he finally reached a spacious area. What greeted his eyes was a large batch of experiment equipment. There was a large table that was filled with all kinds of experiment instruments such as flasks, measuring cylinders, and the sort. On the wall were specimens of foxes and owls, and there were even dried corpses of frogs on the table. To the left was a huge bookshelf filled with all kinds of books with black covers. After Reyker lit up the oil lamp that was in the room, he transformed back into his human form and began to inspect the table. He picked up a bottle that still had some liquid in it, and saw that the label on it said ¡°frog urine¡±. F*ck, so disgusting. He continued to look through the things on the table and saw all sorts of strange things, like the eyes of a tadpole, the penis of a frog, and so on. This place was a spitting image of a dark magic laboratory from the Middle Ages. After looking around, Reyker could not help but have doubts in his mind ¡°I still haven¡¯t gotten a quest hint at this point. It can¡¯t be that I haven¡¯t come into contact with the quest item, right?¡± There was nothing on the experiment table that could trigger the quest. It seemed that the clue would be on the bookshelf. Thinking of this, Reyker could not help but feel a headache. ¡°The One¡± was set to be a very realistic world. He dared to guarantee that every book on the bookshelf could be opened and read. It would be too difficult to find the clue this way. However, it was a hidden quest, after all, and he had no choice but to be patient and start looking for the clue on the bookshelf. Reyker picked up the first book, ¡°Human in Water¡±. He flipped it open and found that there was nothing in it except for some horror stories about ponds. It felt to him that one may use it to refrain children from going to the river to play. The second book was named ¡°The Origins of River Humans¡±. After flipping through several books, the notification that he had found the quest hint did not sound in his ears. Being in such a closed and horrible environment, he could not help but be somewhat irritated. He put the books back on the shelf and patted the dust on his hands. Dust. It was as if an electric current flashed through his mind. He carefully observed the thickness of the dust on each book on the shelf. Sure enough, in the lower-left corner of the bookshelf, there was a book that was covered in a layer of dust that was thinner than the others. He picked up the book, and on it was written ¡°The Thirteen Love Poems of Aaron Qin.¡±. Looking at the incongruous title of the book, Reyker could not help but feel ecstatic. As the saying goes, if something seems off, there must be something wrong. As soon as he opened the book, he felt that there was something in it. He held the book straight, and a yellowed letter dropped out. Although it was yellowed, it could be seen that the letter was a faint pink color before. There was also a dried-out brownish lip mark on the lower right corner of the letter. F*ck, even such a pervert who studied black magic could get a woman to send him a love letter. Why does no one like a good young man like me? ¡°Dear Count Hilder: Please forgive me for taking the liberty to send this letter, but my yearning for you is like crazily growing wild grass that has occupied my heart. I would like to meet you tonight at 8:00 in the Harmon Forest¡¯s study where you often go to do your research. Love, Elena.¡± A date in the forest? Sex in the wild? How exciting. Just as Reyker was refuting in his mind, there was a ¡°ding¡± in his ear. It was a notification for him to accept a quest. [The Hidden Monster in Siouk¡¯s Basement. Do you accept the quest (1/3)?] [Accept/Reject] He would be a fool if he didn¡¯t accept the quest. Reyker accepted the quest immediately and began to check the quest information. [An evil creature is hiding in Siouk¡¯s basement, find out its location.] Huh? Isn¡¯t the quest supposed to be to find the girl? Why do I have to suddenly start looking for a treasure chest? In this small room, Reyker began to search again, but this time he didn¡¯t find any clues. Since the clues did not appear on these small things, then they might be on the big things. Thus, Reyker began to push the table and bookshelf away from their original positions. When he tried to push the experiment table, he realized that no matter how much strength he used, the table did not budge at all. ¡°Something¡¯s off.¡± Then, Reyker transformed into his werewolf form. Under the double strength buff, the metal experiment table finally began to move. A screeching sound was heard as the table slid to the side. Following this, another corridor appeared. Reyker, who had transformed back into a human, jumped down with the oil lamp in his hand. As soon as he landed, he felt a cold aura lock onto him. This was a small space of 80-90 square meters. In the middle of it was a locked coffin. On both sides of the coffin were two rings. One was inlaid with a ruby, and the other was inlaid with a sapphire. [Ding! The quest ¡°Finding the Evil Power¡± has been completed. The second round of the quest is commencing, ¡°Life¡¯s Choice¡±.] The lock on the coffin immediately fell off, and a skeleton ran out. The two gemstones shone at Reyker at the same time, and a black aura condensed on the skeleton. [Gemstone Skeleton, Level 9] [Elite Monster]. [Characteristics]: Its strength is 150% of the person that has awakened it, and it is immune to any black magic below silver grade. Then, a choice appeared. [Choose death and join the skeleton by becoming a dark creature(will awaken hidden class) / Continue the quest by fighting the skeleton.] The hidden class was very tempting, but Reyker believed that the reward for completing the quest through fighting the skeleton would be even more generous. Just as he tapped on the option to indicate that he chose to fight, the gemstone skeleton waved its bone knife and leaped over, about to chop at Reyker¡¯s head. At the same time, a ¡°ding¡± sound rang out. [Complete the chain quest ¡°The Hidden Monster in Siouk¡¯s Basement¡± by dealing with the skeleton.] 150%? For an ordinary player, this might be a very difficult quest to complete. After all, facing a monster with 150% higher attributes than oneself was a difficult task for an ordinary player who did not have many pieces of equipment on him since many were still novices. This would be a desperate situation for them. However, Reyker simply smiled. Sorry but my werewolf transformation can increase my attributes by 200%. The nearly three-meter-long werewolf instantly occupied a part of the room.. Chapter 16 Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio In front of the 3-meter-tall werewolf, the 1.9-meter-tall skeleton was like a toy. The huge werewolf claw slapped forward, and a snow-white bone blade corresponded to it. The white bone blade cut through Reyker¡¯s claw, leaving a bone-visible wound, but at the same time, the huge force slapped onto the skeleton¡¯s body. It flew straight into the wall, and its white sternum flew out. Taking advantage of the opponent¡¯s weakness to defeat the opponent, Reyker waved his huge wolf claws and began to continuously hit the gemstone skeleton. The cracking sounds of bones rang in the room. In a short while, the skeleton was tortured to death. At the same time, the two rings in the room lit up again. [Ding, the quest ¡°The Hidden Creature in Siouk¡¯s Basement¡± has been completed. Please choose your reward.] The attributes of the two gemstone rings appeared in front of Reyker¡¯s eyes. [Red Gemstone Ring ] [Effect]: Increases 10 points of luck (interceptable) [Description]: A ring made of precious gemstones. The power on it will allow the wearer to obtain some unexpected surprises. [Blue Gemstone Ring] [Effect]: The wearer may curse a target by reducing their luck by 10 points. The effect will not disappear until the ring is damaged. The possession of the ring can be changed once a day. Currently bound to Siouk. [Description]: The blue gem on it was soaked in the witch¡¯s tears and carries the witch¡¯s hatred towards the living. He could only choose one of the two, but Reyker wanted both. In ¡°The One¡±, Luck was an attribute that could cause qualitative change as it increased. In ¡°The One¡±, every player¡¯s basic luck was set at 100 points. It affects critical hit and drop rate. Increasing 10 points of luck may not seem much, but if one accumulated it day by day, it would have a terrifying effect. In his previous life, someone had specially gotten a set of luck equipment, accumulating his luck to over 300-400 points. As a result, he could get dungeon invites from others every day just by lying at home. The player had an extremely satisfying game experience as he could get equipment even if he stayed idle. Since the luck attribute was so awesome, the curse that would reduce one¡¯s luck was naturally very disgusting. Thinking about how the cursed person would receive 90% less reward each time compared to others, over time, the gap between the person and the others would unconsciously widen. However, he could only choose one, which made Reyker extremely conflicted. He looked at the two rings on his left and right. If he took them down at the same time, what would happen? It couldn¡¯t be that another monster would appear to catch him, right? He did as he thought. Reyker carefully placed his hands on the two rings. Then he clenched his left and right hands at the same time. To prevent any accidents, he used his weaker left hand to grab the red gemstone ring and pull it out first. Sure enough, after he grabbed the red gemstone ring in his hand, when he wanted to take the blue gemstone ring too, a huge force stopped him from doing so. The power of a werewolf! Reyker roared and took the blue gemstone ring as well. Just then, a voice suddenly came from the room. ¡°Who stole my ring!¡± [Your greed has caused the Forest Witch¡¯s anger.] A red warning appeared in front of his eyes. Then, a vortex appeared in the void, and a snow-white arm reached out and grabbed Reyker. The red nails dug into his flesh and the hand was pulling him into the vortex. Reyker wanted to resist, but because he had a ring on each of his hands, he couldn¡¯t attack the arm that appeared from the vortex. In the end, he couldn¡¯t resist the force and was pulled into the vortex. As the saying goes, people die for money while birds die for food. After Reyker waited for a while for the map to change, he found himself in a forest. Was he in the Twisted Forest? The strange terrain allowed him to identify his position. Then a message appeared in front of him. [The Depths of the Twisted Forest] [Introduction]: The source of the strange changes in the forest is here. Do the adventurers that come here have the courage to explore the truth? [Monster Average Level]: 10-15 [Danger Level]: Dangerous. At this time, Reyker felt a notification come from his backpack. He opened his backpack and saw that the love letter was flashing. As soon as he took it out, the love letter went up in a burst of flames. What does this mean? Just as Reyker was puzzled, an owl suddenly flew from the distance. It perched on the tree in front of Reyker as if it wanted to lead the way for Reyker. Interesting. Then, Reyker followed it and ran into the depths of the forest. On the other side, not far away, the guild master of the Fierce Tiger Guild was holding a large ax and hacking at the tree branch in front of him. ¡°Damn, just how big is this forest!¡± The assistant on his left stepped forward and said, ¡°Guild master, haven¡¯t we wasted too much time here? I heard that even the Dragon Hunter Guild has started recruiting people in Holy Maiden City. If we don¡¯t make preparations, we might not be able to get any good seedlings.¡± ¡°Shut up!¡± The guild master of the Fierce Tiger Guild said agitatedly, ¡°I¡¯ve spent so much money and energy here. If we don¡¯t come up with a result, that would be really stupid. I, Andrew, must find out the secrets of this forest.¡± As time passed, Reyker rushed to a small river. There was a bonfire by the river. Reyker immediately went forward and lit the bonfire. Bonfires were different from the teleportation points in the main cities. They belonged to individual players. If one lit it, others would not be able to light it. As a reward for being the first to light the bonfire, Reyker¡¯s status was restored. He instantly felt a cool air rush to his head. With sharp eyes, he immediately saw the treehouse built on a big tree by the river. It seemed that all the secrets were in there? Reyker carefully inched towards the treehouse. Just as he approached the treehouse, a message popped up. [Congratulations, you have discovered an exclusive quest. The quest can be completed 10,000 times. The number of times it has been completed is 0.] An exclusive quest was a type of quest in ¡°The One¡± that would disappear after a certain number of players had completed it. As a huge global game, it was naturally impossible for ¡°The One¡± to design a quest that would disappear after only one player had completed it. Doing so would be too wasteful for them. However, there were bound to be special quests in the game as rewards for devoted players. Therefore, by neutralizing both sides, the number of times each exclusive quest could be played was increased. Compared to the billions of players in ¡°The One¡±, 10,000 chances to complete an exclusive quest were no different from one.. Chapter 17 Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio Encountering such a quest that could only be completed by 10,000 people in ¡°The One¡±, it was a given that Reyker would not let it pass him by. He immediately stepped into the dungeon, and a pleasant female voice rang in his ears ¡ª ¡°The quest Murderous Witch has been activated¡±. Just then, the environments around suddenly changed. The bonfire behind him suddenly extinguished. Then, the calm river suddenly started bubbling up. The originally dilapidated little treehouse became brand new in an instant, and a dim light shone from the window. The sound of a woman humming a fun song came from above. Following this, Reyker heard the sound of footsteps coming from afar. To prevent the visitor from discovering him, he looked around and directly jumped into the river. Hiding his body in the river, Reyker hid his head behind a huge rock. A count dressed in high-class clothes walked out of the forest. Although Reyker had never seen Count Hilder who was mentioned in the letter, he was sure that the person in front of him was most likely to be the Count. The Count walked up the stairs to the treehouse, the creaking sounds echoing in the empty forest. The singing of the girl in the treehouse also came to an abrupt end. At this time, the man suddenly disappeared into thin air. Everything returned to the moment when Reyker first arrived, and the treehouse became dilapidated again. [Quest: Find the Truth Fragments(0/?)] [You can submit this quest and start the plot at any time, but the number of truth fragments will determine the truth you see next and the final outcome.] As expected of an exclusive quest. Not only did it not mention any useful information, it did not even tell the players how many truth fragments there were. This was equivalent to directly putting the players in a psychological game. How many clues did you have to find before you could see the truth of the world? Reyker got out of the river and began to search through the woods where Count Hilder had come from. With his sharp eyes, he immediately noticed the thin thread hanging on the branches of the bushes not far away. He ran over, and as soon as his fingers touched the thin thread, a notification sound rang out. [This is wool from the Inner Mongolia Plateau in Sky Province. Due to its extremely low yield and strong warming ability, this wool had always been sought after by the upper class.] [Truth Fragments(1/?)] After reading this, Reykel squatted down and began to check the footsteps of Count Hilder. After observing five of his footsteps, there was a notification again. [The boots from the Barhod Family of Holy Maiden City are famous for their handmade durability.] [Truth Fragments (2/?)] Reykel then checked every spot that the Count had passed by one by one. Unfortunately, he did not trigger any truth fragments again. However, this made him feel relieved. In truth, when he had discovered two truth fragments in a row in the beginning, he was feeling panicked. This was because he was afraid that the number of truth fragments would be designed to be a large number, for example, 30 or 40. If that was the case, it would be easy for players to miss one of them, and for Reyjer, who had OCD, that would be torture. If he found out that later on that he did not discover all the clues, he would definitely feel very uncomfortable. After checking the ground, Reyker walked up to the treehouse. Just as he went to open the door of the treehouse, a message popped up. [Exclusive quest is in progress. This scene is not open for the time being.] Just as Reyker was in a dilemma, the sound of footsteps could suddenly be heard from outside. At the same time, a man shouted. ¡°I¡¯ve finally found a bonfire!¡± ¡°Boss, you¡¯re so wise! You¡¯ve finally found the direction.¡± ¡°As the saying goes, there must be supplies before a big battle. There¡¯s a bonfire here, the boss dungeon must be nearby.¡± Following these sounds, a group of burly men rushed over from the forest. The moment they saw Reyker, they were stunned. ¡°Are you an NPC or a player?!¡±Andrew shouted. Due to the first-kill achievement, Reyker¡¯s name had been announced to the entire server. Therefore, in order to avoid attracting attention while walking amongst the crowd, he had chosen the private mode. With this, outsiders could only see a limited number of information when they opened his information panel, such as his level and his equipment (special terms and talents were hidden). ¡°Boss, he¡¯s human. We can open his information panel, so he¡¯s a player.¡± ¡°What?!¡± Andrew was stunned. He could not accept such a blow at the moment. He and his brothers in the Guild had spent two to three days and countless financial resources to reach here. And now he was encountering a lone ranger who had arrived here faster than him. This was unacceptable to him at the moment. He must have a secret passage. Yes, there must be a secret passage. ¡°Brat, did you come through a secret passage? Tell it to us this instant! We¡¯re the Fierce Tiger Guild!¡± ¡°I didn¡¯t.¡± ¡°Then are you unwilling to cooperate?¡± Andrew¡¯s tone became dangerous. Reyker was speechless. If it was based on individual strength, even if he transformed into a werewolf, it wasn¡¯t guaranteed that he could reach this area. However, it was all thanks to the witch¡¯s ¡°kindness¡± that he could get here. Reyker was not willing to tell them how he got here. One of the reasons was that there would definitely be a lot of rewards for completing the current quest. He would definitely have to keep the rewards for the people he was close to. After he completed the quest, he would tell Kairi, Tiffany, and his sister about the process of the whole quest. He would also tell the little boy who was in the same ward with his sister. After all, his sister usually had a lot of fun with him. He was unwilling to share such information with this group of strangers who had a bad attitude. Seeing that Reyker still did not speak, the atmosphere between the two parties instantly became tense. ¡°Since he will not speak, send him on his way. Don¡¯t let him hinder us here.¡± Following this, a few people rushed over, and a scene that shocked them appeared. They saw Reyker instantly transform into a huge werewolf, and slapped a huge paw on the body of one of the swordsmen who rushed forward. In ¡°The One¡±, a difference of 50 points in strength would result in a knockback effect. If the difference was doubled, it would result in a flyback effect. Thus, the swordsman who had charged forward was sent flying. ¡°What kind of monster is this!¡± ¡°A transformation skill?¡± ¡°Quick, screenshot it and post it on the Internet.¡± ¡°Don¡¯t panic. No matter how strong he is, he is only one person, but we are configured to clear dungeons. Nuns, pay attention to healing the warriors. Shield warriors, take the front line.¡± ¡°Humph, he is just an independent player. Does he think that he¡¯s very great just by mastering some transformation skills?¡± Looking at Reyker who was surrounded by the shield warriors, a cold smile appeared on Andrew¡¯s face. The scene of Reyker being encircled and killed had already appeared in his mind. He saw Reyker grab at one of the shield warriors¡¯ bodies. A damage value appeared. [-12] Following which, a healer¡¯s healing skill descended from the sky. [+29] ¡°Haha, you dare to challenge our Fierce Tiger Guild with only the ability to cause 12 damage? With just this bit of attack power, the damage you cause isn¡¯t even as great as the healing effect our healers have.¡± The onlookers laughed and mocked Reyker¡¯s overestimation of his abilities. However, what happened next stunned them. Reyker broke out of the encirclement by lifting his leg and crossing over the top of the shield warriors¡¯ heads.. Chapter 18 Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio ¡°Hank, are you out of your mind? Why didn¡¯t you stop him?¡± Someone on the side cursed. Another shield warrior stood forward to fill the hole in the defense, but after receiving a pat from Reyker¡¯s wolf claw, he was stepped across by Reyker. Just like that, the encirclement of the shield warriors which seemed infallible was broken by Reyker as if he was walking around his backyard. Everyone was stunned. ¡°Do you five shield warriors want to quit?¡± Andrew¡¯s face was flushed as he scolded. At this time, one of the shield warriors who had just recovered from the paralysis state said in a voice that indicated that he was wronged, ¡°It¡¯s not our problem. This werewolf¡¯s attack has a paralyzing effect. We can¡¯t move!¡± Reyker, who had his speed doubled from the werewolf transformation, was like a fierce tiger that had come out of its cage. He rushed into the back row of the battle line where the archers and nuns were gathered. [-184] [-142] In just one move, Reyker had beaten the group of archers in front of him till they only had a slither of HP. When they took out their bows and arrows to counterattack, the wounds on their bodies abruptly exploded, and blood spurted out. The bleeding effect was triggered. Seeing this, the archers quickly took out bandages from their backpacks. However, 70% of them couldn¡¯t even finish bandaging themselves because they had bled to death. ¡°Ah, don¡¯t come over.¡± ¡°Run, sisters.¡± The nuns were all pale with fright when they saw the werewolf charging at them. Some of them even threw away the Bible in their hands and only knew to bury their heads and run. Unfortunately, their speed was nothing in front of Reyker. He could feel that his paw was holding onto a warm and soft body that was like a piece of cheese that was constantly trembling. Then, he exerted force and it broke. [-253] [-258] ¡°Enough! Stop killing my men!¡± Andrew deeply regretted deciding to attack Reyker. To vent his anger, he had caused such a huge loss to the pioneer team. Even if he killed Reyker, what use would it be? Seeing that Reyker did not stop, the guild master Andrew threw the ax in his hand away and shouted, ¡°Today, it is our Fierce Tiger Guild that has offended you. I apologize to you now. I¡¯m willing to give you a piece of silver-grade equipment as compensation.¡± Hearing this, Reyker stopped and looked at Andrew, ¡°Are you sure?¡± ¡°Yes.¡± Then, Reyker received a friend request. After clicking ¡°Agree¡±, Andrew let out a cry of surprise. ¡°You¡¯re that guy obsessed with his younger sister who achieved the first-kill of a boss some time ago!¡± At this moment, Andrew could only feel overwhelming regret. If he had known Reyker¡¯s true identity, he definitely would not have attacked him. Hearing him say that he was obsessed with his younger sister, Reyker immediately felt extremely embarrassed. Then, Reyker heard the sound of a carrier pigeon. It was the notification sound for receiving an email. He opened his mailbox to take a look. In the attachment of the email, there was a piece of silver-grade equipment. [Priest¡¯s Repentance Diary] [Grade]: Silver [Effect]: Has the effect of ¡°Repentance Time¡± in which a nun may choose to sacrifice a certain percentage of her maximum HP (up to 90%) in exchange for a healing bonus of the same percentage. Lasts for 3 minutes. It was a piece of divine equipment. Usually, as long as the positioning of the front line was fine and the tanks could withstand the enemies¡¯ attacks, the healer and the other players in the back row would not lose any HP. When the boss went berserk, the healers could activate this skill and bring about a large amount of healing, which would reduce the risk of the team failing. After obtaining this equipment, Reyker could not help but take another look at Andrew. As expected of the guild master of a large guild. He was flexible and generous. Since he had given him such a big gift, it was impossible for Reyker to continue carrying an ugly expression. Instead, he returned to his human form and shook hands with Andrew. ¡°So you¡¯re the guild master of the Fierce Tiger Guild? I¡¯ve heard a lot about you.¡± ¡°May I ask how did you get in?¡± Andrew still did not give up and continued to ask. ¡°It¡¯s a secret.¡± A mysterious smile appeared on Reyker¡¯s face. ¡°Then why are you here?¡± ¡°It¡¯s a secret.¡± After being rejected two times in a row, Andrew did not want to embarrass himself anymore. He began to let his party members search the surroundings for dungeons. These people searched the entire area, including the treehouse on the tree. Seeing this, Reyker could not help but narrow his eyes. It seemed that those who had not completed the chain quest would not be able to trigger this quest. Following this, Reyker began to search for all kinds of clues, looking for the truth fragments. When he watched the members of the Fierce Tiger Guild who were also searching for clues, a thought flashed through his mind. The map that they saw was different from the map that he saw. If he asked them to send their map to him, then wouldn¡¯t the search for clues be as simple as looking for the difference between the two maps? He would be able to find a lot of clues if he checked the differences one by one. Reyker couldn¡¯t help but get excited when he thought of this. After communicating with the members of the Fierce Tiger Guild, Reyker got the map from their perspective. [Dried blood stains] [Strange lawn] [Mutated bushes] The number of clues Reyker found continued to increase. [Truth Fragments (9/?)] By this time, Reiker had already checked all the spots he found different, and through this, he had collected nine truth fragments. But would the designer of the quest really set an odd number of fragments? Reyker felt extremely uncomfortable. The reality he faced was telling him that there were no more fragments, but his experience was telling him that the designers would normally set the number at ten, it was very rare for it to be nine. Just as he was in a dilemma, a man¡¯s shout suddenly came from afar. ¡°I found a dungeon!¡± Finally! Andrew was so excited that he wanted to shout. His prediction was indeed correct. We, the First Tiger Guild, are finally going to get a first-clear achievement! Their shouts attracted Reyker¡¯s attention. He followed them. They walked along the river until they came to a corner. A swordsman stood on the bank of the river and said with an excited expression, ¡°Guild master, there¡¯s an underground cave down there. The minute I went there, I got a notification asking if I wanted to enter a level 15 dungeon.¡± Level 15 dungeon. Andrew¡¯s brows furrowed. This exceeded his party¡¯s current abilities. Especially after quite a few in their party had been killed by Reyker once, some of them who had just leveled up had dropped back to their former levels due to the deduction in EXP. ¡°Hey, obsessed-with-sister guy, how about we make a deal? You help us get the first-clear achievement, and we¡¯ll give you 15% of the profits from this dungeon. On top of that, you get to be the first to pick one of the pieces of equipment that the dungeon drops.¡± ¡°Guild master, this can¡¯t do.¡±Hearing this, the deputy was a little anxious. ¡°Shut up, I¡¯m the guild master.¡± Andrew was currently in a pinch as well. They had put in too much capital to obtain this dungeon, the sinking cost was already too high. If he couldn¡¯t take the dungeon down, then he might as well get lost from his position as the guild master. To a guild, money wasn¡¯t the most important thing. As long as new players would join their guild and they could expand their forces, money would come eventually. However, to attract new players, they needed fame. And now, the fastest way to gain fame in the early stages of the game was through the server announcements for the first-clear achievements.. Chapter 19 Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio Faced with such an attractive reward, Reyker naturally had no reason to refuse. He immediately chose to join the dungeon team. ¡°Guild master, we can choose to send six, twelve, or twenty people for this dungeon. Which one are we going to choose?¡± ¡°Of course we¡¯re going to choose the 20-person dungeon.¡± In ¡°The One¡±, the plot and the level design of the dungeons varied according to the number of participants. It could be said that only by conquering the mode with the highest number of people could they be considered to have truly conquered a dungeon. ¡°Now, everyone, if you need to go to the toilet, go now. Those in internet cafes, if you need to renew your network fee, do so. Everyone go have dinner. And most importantly, if you have a girlfriend, turn off your phone!¡± Clearing a new dungeon was always a tough battle. The shortest it would take was seven to eight hours. If the progress was slow, the duration could even be counted with weeks. At this time, Reyker had also made his preparations. He put on the two rings that he had obtained previously. He looked at the rings on his hand and suddenly wondered what would happen if he were to intercept this talent, Luck? He did as he thought. Reyker decided to start with the red gemstone ring first and he directly intercepted the ten points of luck on it. Following this, he saw on his status column that there was a new buff symbol there that indicated he had ten points of luck attribute bonus. After that, he put on a necklace that would give him an additional point of luck and found that his luck had reached 29 points. The two did not conflict with each other. Reyker was ecstatic. After a while, the dungeon-clearing team was prepared and gathered by the river. Everyone¡¯s voice was filled with excitement. ¡°This is a level 15 dungeon. The difficulty is far more difficult than any wild boss that we have ever encountered. However, we must not think that it is impossible just because of its difficulty. With the right tactics, I believe that we will definitely be able to clear the dungeon.¡± With this, the team jumped into the river and entered the underground cave. Following the teleportation to the dungeon, when everyone opened their eyes again, they were already in a damp pit. ¡°Shield warriors clear the way, swordsmen take the rear, healers stand in the middle,¡± Andrew commanded. The players formed a square formation and headed inside. Reyker felt as if he was stepping on a big pile of snot. When he looked up, he saw a pile of scales covered in mucus. The team continued to move forward. Suddenly, there was a plop, as if something had jumped into the river. Fortunately, this group of people was indeed an elite pioneer team. No one made a sound and they continued to maintain the formation. The group walked forward for another 40 to 50 meters, and Reyker felt that something was staring at him. He picked up a stone from the ground and fiercely hurled it into the water. The feeling of being stared at instantly disappeared. However, after a while, he had this feeling again. ¡°There¡¯s something in the river,¡± He reminded. ¡°I know, but we can¡¯t deal with them now.¡± They moved forward and saw a small coral hot spring in the middle of the road. It was constantly bubbling with hot water. A shield warrior leaned over and observed it for a while before saying, ¡°There¡¯s a notice on the hot spring that says the user of the spring can obtain a random buff in the dungeon.¡± ¡°Then give it a try,¡± Andrew said. The shield warrior put his hand into the hot spring, and then the whole coral hot spring dried up. ¡°I, I feel so itchy.¡± The shield warrior began to scratch his face with his hand. Reyker opened the warrior¡¯s attribute panel and there was a notification there. [Fish Transformation]: Those affected by this effect will transform into fishmen within ten minutes. ¡°Nuns, disperse the negative effect,¡± Andrew shouted. A few holy lights descended on the shield warrior, but it was useless. The shield warrior started screaming, and in the end, he chose to commit suicide by stabbing himself with the dagger at his waist. Reyker immediately received a notification: [Your teammate has died]. ¡°Ressurection!¡± A nun in the team shouted. Following this, the shield warrior stood up again, but immediately after, he let out a blood-curdling scream. It turned out that the fish transformation buff had not disappeared. The shield warrior chose to commit suicide again. However, this time, no one chose to resurrect him. The notification that his teammate had died appeared on Reyker¡¯s information column again. They hadn¡¯t even seen a monster and they had already lost one of the front liners, which dealt a blow to the morale of the pioneer team. ¡°Keep going. The previous three dungeon quests that we did were all about exploring the map as much as possible and understanding the mechanisms of the boss. Although he is dead, he has also brought us valuable information.¡± Everyone went around the shield warrior¡¯s corpse and started to move forward. If someone clicked on the information panel of the dead shield warrior, they would find that the fish transformation buff was still going on. In the end, the fish scales completely covered his exposed skin. At this moment, his neck suddenly rotated 180 degrees, and he opened his mouth to spit out a huge bubble. Then, gills appeared at the junction of his neck and face before he stood up and jumped into the river. The pioneer team was facing a problem as well. In front of them, three forks had appeared. ¡°Guild Master, which path should we take?¡± ¡°All of them. Let¡¯s divide the team into three teams. Each team should explore the new maps as much as possible. Remember to screenshot and save more.¡± Soon, the two split-up teams went to the left and right sides, while Reyker and Andrew went to the middle. Because Reyker¡¯s team was the strongest, the number of people in the team was arranged to be less, thus there were six in his team, which had the standard distribution of classes. The six people had just taken a few steps when suddenly, a black arrow shot over. With a clang, the shield warrior blocked the arrow with his giant shield. [-5] [+5] ¡°It seems that the attacks of the monster here aren¡¯t strong.¡±After taking a hit, the shield warrior in front said in a joyful voice. Then, a little angel holding a small candle appeared on the nun¡¯s palm. [The Church¡¯s Everlasting Lights]: Dispels the surrounding darkness, and causes a 5% attribute suppression on dark creatures. Under the illumination of the candlelight, Reyker saw the hateful creatures for the first time. At the same time, the pioneer teams on the left and right encountered different scenarios as well. The pioneer team that took the left fork came to a room where candles were burning after passing through a dark corridor. The most eye-catching thing was the huge treasure chest placed in the middle of the room. ¡°Second captain, should we open it?¡± The armored shield warrior asked while licking his lips. ¡°Of course we have to open it, but let¡¯s check the surroundings first.¡± After the second team¡¯s captain checked the surroundings and found that there were no monsters around, his eyes lit up.. Chapter 20 - Successfully Kill the Witch Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio The captain of the second team opened the treasure chest with excitement. What was revealed inside made his eyes light up. ¡°This is a gold-grade weapon!¡± Inside the treasure chest was a dagger made of gold. When he held the dagger in his hand, the entire team received a notification. [Congratulations to Fengqing Yundan for obtaining the item ¡°Bloodthirsty Golden Snake Dagger¡±. It will be placed in the dungeon warehouse.] In ¡°The One¡±, the equipment obtained from the dungeons would be placed in the dungeon warehouse after players got their hands on them. Auctioning off the item and distributing the items would have to wait until they had exited the dungeon. There were two ways to bring weapons out of dungeons. One was to clear the entire dungeon. The other was that the players had to return all the way to the dungeon¡¯s entrance. Only by doing this would they be able to take the dungeon¡¯s rewards that they had already obtained. If players chose to log off in the dungeon or leave the dungeon, they would lose the right to have a share of the loot. If all the players did the same, all the equipment would disappear. The excited captain of the second team smiled. ¡°I¡¯m so lucky this time. I¡¯ll definitely get a lot of money when the dungeon ends.¡± However, he suddenly covered his right hand that was holding the dagger with his other hand and started screaming. As he screamed, many fishmen started to appear from where they came from. The people on Reyker¡¯s team immediately knew that the second team was surrounded. ¡°Guild master, should we turn back and save them?¡± Someone asked. ¡°No need. Let¡¯s explore the path in front of us first.¡± Then, everyone began to charge forward. Reyker, who had transformed into a werewolf, was like a God of War. He sent each of the fishmen flying with just two or three hits. They continued to rush forward. Perhaps the first two fishmen were only here to scout, but Reyker¡¯s team was faced with an increasing number of fishmen, and it was difficult for them to hold the fishmen off. In the end, everyone was drowned in the sea of fishmen. Outside the dungeon, the team began exchanging their experiences. Team three indicated that not long after they walked through the entrance on the right, a wall appeared, forming a dead end. After integrating the information from all sides, they decided not to split up this time. They would first go to the left cave to investigate it thoroughly before going to the middle cave. The first phase of the second time they entered the dungeon was very smooth. After opening the treasure chest, they first used an antidote to disinfect the dagger. Following that, they faced a small-scale fishmen tide. In front of a team of twenty people, the fishmen were quickly eliminated. In the middle cave, although they were faced with a large-scale fishmen tide, with Reyker, exterminating them became easier. The large number of fishmen attacked like a tsunami. Reyjer charged into the crowd of fishmen and the moment he hit them, no matter the damage he caused, he would immediately leave. The fishmen that were hit by him were like puppets that had stopped working, and they stopped attacking for some time. Not only did this slow down the attacks of the other fishmen, but it also gave the mages and archers a perfect opportunity to deal damage. All sorts of colorful equipment exploded from these monsters one after another. ¡°Isn¡¯t this too awesome?¡± Some people said excitedly. ¡°F¡¯ck, this dungeon is too easy.¡± Just as everyone was excited, a huge trap suddenly appeared under their feet. Because they were all focused on picking up the equipment, no one noticed it. In that instant, everyone¡¯s screen, including Reyker¡¯s, turned gray. It was the third time they entered the dungeon. This time, everyone was familiar with the routes they had to take. They fought all the way until they reached a sealed secret room. The boss was inside. Everyone pushed open the door, and an extremely beautiful and sexy mature woman appeared inside. However, this mature woman was huge! Everyone was like babies in front of her. At this time, the sound of a quest notification rang in Reyker¡¯s ears. [Kill the Forest Witch, and you will obtain a hidden truth fragment.] Reyker could not let go of the opportunity presented in front of him, so he immediately followed the team and rushed in. While he rushed forward, he realized that he was not the fastest to do so. Instead, some perverts, especially one of the shield warriors with a large shield, were actually rushing in as fast as the archers around them. He could not help but be speechless when he saw the direction they were running in. The group of perverts was running towards the ground under the witch¡¯s skirt, and the whole scene was enough to make anyone speechless. Seeing a group of people coming to attack, the witch waved the magic staff in her hand and began to cast all kinds of strange attacks. First, a pile of vines grew out from under her feet and spread like an ocean, entangling everyone in the way. Then, they were ruthlessly suffocated. The players actually received an attack prompt the moment the witch cast this skill, and there was normally room for them to dodge, but the perverts had rushed in too fast and had reached a spot that was too close to the witch¡¯s dress. As a result, they did not have time to dodge the attack and were the firsts to be caught. Then, their HP bars were instantly emptied. This scene made Andrew cry out in anger. They could only choose to come again since so many people had died in the first wave of the boss¡¯ attack. After resurrecting, Andrew kicked the perverted players who had charged forward one by one. When they faced the witch again, everyone began to act in unison. As time passed, and the players in the team repeated the cycle of dying and resurrecting several times, the Fierce Tiger Guild finally took the first kill. The witch screamed as she fell to the ground. Her body turned into a pile of vines and then disappeared. Following this, Reyker saw the notification which read [The Dungeon of the Forest Witch (easy) has been completed. The higher difficulty for the same quest has been unlocked]. At this time, he also found that the number of truth fragments he had collected had reached 10. The equipment Reyker asked for was the golden dagger. At the same time, information about Reyker appeared on the world channel again. [Congratulations to the Fierce Tiger King (Andrew), Sherry¡¯s Brother, and others for achieving the first clear of the Forest Witch dungeon.] Meanwhile, the blue-haired man sitting in the castle in Holy Maiden City smiled as he said, ¡°I didn¡¯t expect him to really get involved with the Fierce Tiger Guild.¡± On the other side, the guild master of the Dragon Hunter Guild said angrily, ¡°Damn it, that brat is so damn lucky, he encountered an event again.¡± The commotion was ongoing, and almost everyone was talking about the man with the ID Sherry¡¯s Brother.. Chapter 21 - The Forest Witchs Secret Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio Heated discussions and rumors were posted on the major game forums about this person. Some netizens even carried out internet mass hunting in an attempt to unveil the player¡¯s identity. However, ¡°The One¡± immediately came forward to prohibit such behavior, stating that whatever happened in the game should stay in the game, and not be brought into reality. After being punished by One Technology Company, the netizens stopped their internet mass hunting and began to discuss Reyker¡¯s actions in the game. Very soon, those who were attentive noticed that Reyker had been interacting with an NPC named Siouk for some time. The discovery immediately attracted a lot of attention. Many strategy masters rushed over to Siouk¡¯s in an attempt to retrace Rekyker¡¯s footsteps in receiving quests to see if they could discover the reasons behind his strength. Reyker couldn¡¯t care less about all the chaos in the outside world. He took out the gold-quality dagger that he had obtained previously and checked its attributes. [Bloodthirsty Golden Snake Dagger] [Quality]: Gold [Effects] [Lifesteal]: 15% of the damage caused by the dagger will be used to heal the wielder of the dagger. [Poison Infusion]: When the dagger hits the target, it will cast a snake venom effect. [Snake Venom]: Deals 15 points of damage per second to the target, can be stacked once. After seeing the effects of the Golden Snake Dagger, Reyker¡¯s eyes lit up. Lifesteal was exactly what he needed. He put the dagger away, then clicked to submit the quest. He continued with the exclusive quest. The lights in the treehouse lit up again, and Count Hilder¡¯s figure appeared once again on the stairs. Reyker¡¯s eyes were fixed on Count Hilder¡¯s figure that was walking on the stairs. When he realized that the singing in the treehouse had stopped, Count Hilder took out a rose and revealed a confident smile. Following this, Reyker watched as the girl who opened the door revealed a delighted smile. She pinned the rose onto her clothes and pulled Count Hilder into the house. The moment Reyker saw Elena, he immediately recognized that she was the ultimate boss of the dungeon, the witch. What exactly happened for a maiden in love to become the eerie witch that controls the entire forest? Reyker could not help but be curious about this. He immediately got out of the river and ran towards the treehouse. The minute he stepped onto the treehouse¡¯s staircase, he realized that he had been stupid. He forgot that he was not part of the current world, which meant he wouldn¡¯t interact with the existences here. To prove this point, Reyker stepped hard on the wooden stairs, but no sound came out. He tried to break a wooden stick with his hands, but it was as hard as steel. Speechless, Reyker ran up the stairs and just jumped into the room through the window of the treehouse. Sure enough, the two people who were flirting in the room did not notice Reyker who had entered through the window. The furnishings in the room were very simple. There was a bookshelf, a desk, and a small bed. The only thing that did not fit in with the whole place was the small open kitchen next to the door. Just as the two were enjoying their kiss, the soup on the stove whistled. Elena pressed her finger on Count Hilder¡¯s lips and smiled. ¡°Wait a minute. I made a delicious pot of beef soup.¡± ¡°Is there anything more delicious than you? I can¡¯t wait,¡± After saying this, while Elena cried out in surprise, Count Hilder pushed her onto the bed. Then, he let Reyker enjoy an amazing sex scene. When it was over, Count Hilder stood on the balcony of the treehouse and looked at the slowly flowing river below. He said, ¡°Do you think there are other intelligent creatures like us humans in this world?¡± ¡°I think so. Aren¡¯t angels intelligent?¡± Elena said. ¡°Some say that water is the source of human life, and I agree. Humans evolved from fish, so will there still be some who are still living in the water?¡± ¡°Your thoughtful look always fascinates me, but this bowl of soup is about to go cold. Drink it first,¡± Elena handed the soup in her hand to Count Hilder. The Count took the bowl of soup from her and placed it on the railing of the balcony, and then wrapped his arm around her slender waist. ¡°Elena, tell me, why did you approach me?¡± The woman¡¯s body stiffened for a second when she heard this, then a puzzled smile appeared on her face as she said, ¡°Sir Hilder, I don¡¯t understand what you¡¯re saying.¡± ¡°Dear, your body has betrayed you.¡± Seeing such a development in the situation, Elena immediately shrank in an attempt to retreat. But at this time, Hilder¡¯s arm was like a pair of pincers, tightly clamping onto Elena¡¯s waist. ¡°Don¡¯t you want to know the secret of my research? I¡¯ll show you now.¡± With this, he used his other hand to take out a bottle of scarlet liquid from his left pocket. He opened the bottle cap with his mouth, and immediately, a sweet and bloody smell that was like watermelon and extremely concentrated condensed milk was emitted. Then, Hilder poured the whole bottle of blood into the lake directly below. It seemed to be only a little blood, but it dyed the entire river red. After a while, the crimson surface of the river began to bubble as if it was boiling. As a result, a right hand with fish scales appeared. Following that, a group of fishmen that Reyker had seen in the dungeon appeared from the river. The leading fishman priest waved the staff in his hand. ¡°A woman for a bottle of potions,¡± Count Hilder said. Then, a series of chattering sounds came from below. After listening to what the fishmen had to say, the Count pushed Elena down from the balcony. When the group of fishmen caught her, they immediately danced and let out strange and excited cries. Finally, the group of fishmen brought Elena into the river. After the fishmen left, a bottle of black potion was left on the bank of the river. The bottle was filled with disgusting mucus. Seeing this, Count Hilder jumped down from the balcony and immediately picked up the potion on the ground after he landed steadily. With an excited and manic look on his face, he said, ¡°With this, my research can be further advanced.¡± Then, Reyker watched Count Hilder leave the forest with the potion. Following this, a quest notification appeared. [Please return to this place tomorrow to discover the changes in the forest.] After reading this message, Reyker could not help but yawn. He had indeed been online for too long. He quickly went offline. By the time he got out of the game cabin, the sky was already dark, and the Moon was hanging in the sky. Three dishes were placed on the table outside the game cabin. Reyker did not want to wake his family. He carefully carried the food and wanted to walk to the side. Unfortunately, his actions still woke his parents who were sleeping. ¡°You can¡¯t continue playing till such hours!¡± His mother¡¯s grumbling came from the room, followed by the sound of her putting on shoes. ¡°There are meat dishes in the fridge.¡± ¡°I can do it myself. You guys go to sleep,¡± Reyker said hurriedly. Seeing that his busy parents still thought about him and would prepare food for him at night, he couldn¡¯t help but clench his fists.. He must make a name for himself in ¡°The One¡±! Chapter 22 - Obtain the Lifesteal Buff Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio As Reyker was about to go online to complete the quest, he saw a message. [¡°The One¡± has been updated successfully. Now, all players can start their live broadcasts and edit as well as upload videos of themselves in the game.] [To encourage the players to participate in live broadcasts and editing, every day, a live broadcast or video with the highest popularity will be selected.] [The selected player will receive a piece of silver-quality equipment.] Seeing this, Reyker could not help but be attracted by the reward, a piece of silver-quality equipment. As more and more people joined ¡°The One, the price of equipment had been rising. Now, the price of a piece of silver-quality equipment was close to 10,000 dollars. Reyker immediately started a live broadcast and named the live broadcast room ¡°The Best in The One¡¯s Exclusive Quests¡±, while he entered the broadcaster¡¯s name as ¡°Sherry¡¯s Brother¡±. Then, he took out the Golden Snake Dagger from his backpack and used his Intercept talent. When he checked the attributes of the Golden Snake Dagger again, he found that the effect ¡°Lifesteal¡± on it had disappeared and appeared in his buff column instead. Following this, Reyker jumped into the river and casually killed a big fish that was swimming by. He instantly felt a warm current surging in his body. Reyker¡¯s face had a trace of excitement as he felt the effect of Lifesteal. Then, he opened the quest again and continued to complete the witch¡¯s quest. At this time, Reyker¡¯s live broadcast was starting to have some viewers. After all, as the man who had successfully achieved two dungeon first-clears in the early stages of ¡°The One¡±, the moment the name ¡°Sherry¡¯s Brother¡± was displayed, it attracted many. ¡°I¡¯m just a rookie who has just entered the live broadcast room. Is this the live broadcast room of the two-time first-clear master?¡± ¡°I have the same question. I¡¯m so excited to finally see who the master is!¡± ¡°Those two in front, don¡¯t worry, I¡¯ve already asked the people from the Fierce Tiger Guild, it¡¯s the master we¡¯re curious about.¡± When the netizens saw where Reyker was, someone exclaimed, ¡°Where is that place? Why have I never seen it before?!¡± ¡°This is the depths of the Twisted Forest. Up until now, only the Fierce Tiger Guild has managed to open up a passage to enter. To think the sister-con master could find his way in alone, isn¡¯t he just impressive?¡± ¡°Impressive,¡± Immediately, some netizens echoed. After activating the quest, Reyker realized that although the quest had made him wait for a day before coming, the time in the storyline was actually not as short. Looking at the dilapidated treehouse and the path that was covered by dense shrubs, Reyker estimated that more than ten years had passed since Elena had been taken away by the fishmen. [Investigate the bottom of the river.] A quest notification appeared in front of Reyker. When he walked over, he heard the familiar singing voice of Elena again. Reyker, who had jumped and swam to the bottom of the river, immediately found a passage and swam in. After swimming along the passage for a minute, he came to a lake following the hints. He poked his head out of the surface of the lake and saw a familiar scene. He was in the fishmen¡¯s cave that he had been to before in the dungeon. With this, the solo dungeon was activated, and the target was the forest witch. As soon as Reyker came ashore, he saw many fishmen coming out of the lake and rushing towards him. If it was before, Reyker would still be troubled by these fishmen, but now that he had the Lifesteal buff, he was no longer afraid of the fishmen who were pouncing at him. One claw, two claws. Seeing Reyker killing the fishmen army so easily, the netizens were in an uproar. ¡°Can anyone explain how the sister-con master transformed into a werewolf?¡± ¡°This werewolf¡¯s damage is too high, isn¡¯t it?! Look, even level 15 fishmen don¡¯t stand a chance in front of him!¡± At this moment, the guild master of the Winged Dragon Guild was also watching the broadcast. ¡°The werewolf transformation should be the effects of the Secret Potion of the Mutated Werewolf, right?¡± A member of the think tank beside him stepped forward and asked, ¡°Although the potion indeed allows one to transform, doesn¡¯t it have a negative buff that will make it so the user¡¯s HP can¡¯t be restored? Why is he able to just stand there and kill so many fishmen?¡± ¡°Perhaps that is where his secret lies,¡± the guild master of the Winged Dragon Guild said with a smile. Meanwhile, the guild master of the Fierce Tiger Guild revealed a look of shock on his face as he watched the broadcast and said, ¡°It¡¯s only been a day, and he¡¯s already gotten stronger?¡± The popularity of the live broadcast room had skyrocketed from 10,000 players to 100,000 players. In addition, the popularity was increasing as the progress of Reyker clearing the dungeon moved forward. After dealing with the weak fishmen that had surrounded him, Reyker continued to walk towards the inner area. Suddenly, a fishman priest appeared in the distance. It waved the staff in its hand, and an abundance of black auras immediately appeared that wrapped themselves around Reyker. [-27] (dark damage, damage reduction) ¡°You¡¯re having a good time, aren¡¯t you?¡± Reyker, who had taken a few hits, rushed to the front of the fishman priest and struck it with one move. That fishman priest was sent flying with a swipe of his claw. [-248] With one move, the level 15 monster was instantly killed. ¡°What terrifying damage.¡± During the period of exploration, Reyker had broken through the level 10 limit and reached level 11. Previously when Reyker was in level 9, his attributes were equivalent to those at level 18. Now that he was at level 11, his attributes were equivalent to those at level 22. If he were to choose a class after reaching level 10, Reyker¡¯s attributes would be even higher. However, he wanted to wait and see what kind of equipment would drop from this mysterious quest. That would affect his choice. Moreover, since he had already obtained the opportunity to choose a hidden class after completing the three chain quests previously, there might be more powerful hidden classes waiting for him after this quest was completed. As such, he was not in a hurry. After bulldozing his way with ease, Reyker finally came to the door of the boss witch¡¯s room. Before this, he had gone to look at the rooms at the end of the other two forks, but the treasure chests there were empty, which was a pity. Then, Reyker pushed open the door. Immediately, a vine shot over and pierced through his shoulder. ¡°F*ck, starting to attack as soon as I open the door, this boss doesn¡¯t follow the rules.¡± He tore the vine that pierced through his shoulder off, and with a somersault, rolled into the room. This time, Elena was no longer the eight-foot-tall being from before, but the size of a normal person. Countless vines rose from under her feet that continuously attacked Reyker. At this time, Reyker suddenly envied the long-range archers and mages who could attack while escaping. They wouldn¡¯t be in his current predicament, where he couldn¡¯t even attack the witch since he was being chased by vines. At this time, the comments in the live broadcast room also began to increase. ¡°Oh no, the master is in danger. He can¡¯t get close to the boss at all. He will probably be exhausted to death soon.¡± ¡°Haha, now you warriors know the benefits of ranged attacks. To think some of you would say things like the ranged classes only know how to shoot arrows from afar and claim that our damage isn¡¯t even as high as that of a swordsman¡¯s. If you¡¯re so great, you should deal some damage now.¡± At this moment, the guild master of the Dragon Hunter Guild revealed a smile, ¡°You brat, you deserve to suffer it right now.¡± However, the smile on his face froze in the next second.. He unconsciously blurted, ¡°How is this possible?!¡± Chapter 23 - Killing the Witch Boss During a Global Live Broadcast (1) Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio Reyker abruptly jumped, and it was as if he was flying as he had leaped into the air to a height of more than ten meters under the support of the werewolf¡¯s huge strength. Even the vines on the ground could not stop him. Following this, Reyker landed a claw attack on the witch¡¯s body. A simple number [-88] was displayed. Seeing this, the guild master of the Dragon Hunter Guild was ecstatic, ¡°Just this? Let¡¯s see what you¡¯re going to do next!¡± But his smile froze again because the witch suddenly froze and stopped attacking Reyker. Did the paralysis effect work? Reyker was delighted. He had initially jumped intending to close the distance because if he remained in a distance, it would take forever to beat the boss since he would be in a passively attacked position. He didn¡¯t expect that he would be so lucky to trigger paralysis. Could it be that the witch did not have paralysis resistance? What happened next proved Reyker¡¯s speculations. No matter how he attacked, the witch stayed frozen and did not move. Reyker clicked on her status column and saw that the paralysis buff had been stacked to the upper limit of ten levels, and was still being refreshed. ¡°Is it a bug?¡± Many players asked in the comments. ¡°Bug! Yes, it must be a bug!¡± The guild master of the Dragon Hunter Guild, Colin, said excitedly. ¡°No, I can¡¯t let him get a reward by relying on a bug!¡± Colin thought excitedly as he watched the scene in the live broadcast. Then, he came up with a plan. He turned his head and said to his assistants who were standing at the sides and instructed, ¡°Get everyone in the guild to go comment under this guy¡¯s live broadcast that he is taking advantage of a bug and his account should be banned!¡± With his command, the atmosphere of the comments in Reyker¡¯s live broadcast room changed. The discussion that was initially on the reason why the boss wasn¡¯t moving switched to punishing Reyker. Soon, the matter here attracted the attention of the developers of ¡°The One¡±. ¡°Is it a bug? But ¡°The One¡± has been in service for so long and I¡¯ve never heard of such a thing,¡± The guild master of the Winged Dragon Guild, Dennis, rubbed his chin and said. ¡°Guild master, I think there¡¯s probably some leading the discussion in that direction.¡± ¡°Hmm, I wonder how One Technology Company will handle this.¡± In less than half a minute, One Technology Company released an announcement. The announcement clearly stated that there were no bugs in ¡°The One¡±. The reason for the situation was all due to the player¡¯s skill and the design of the dungeon boss. In the announcement, the company also stated that they would punish the players who had been leading the discussion with foul intentions by banning them from posting or chatting in the forum for a week. With this, Colin found that he could not post anything as his comment bar had turned gray. The scariest part was that the silencing included the daily gaming in ¡°The One¡±. This meant that he would not be able to communicate in the game with his subordinates for the next week. This was a disastrous blow to a guild master. On the other side, Reyker had already reduced the witch¡¯s HP to 30%. He estimated that he would be able to kill the boss in less than a minute. Although the boss of a solo dungeon in ¡°The One¡± might have the same skills as when it was the boss in a multi-player dungeon, its HP would definitely be greatly reduced. Just as Reyker had reduced the witch¡¯s HP to 20%, the viewers of his live broadcast were discussing in the comments. ¡°What will be the equipment dropped?¡± ¡°I bet it will be gold-grade equipment!¡± ¡°Gold? You¡¯re underestimating the exclusive quest. I bet it¡¯ll probably be platinum-grade equipment.¡± ¡°Platinum? impossible. There¡¯s not a piece of single platinum-grade equipment in the whole game yet.¡± Although Reyker could not see the comments, he also could not help but wonder what would be the reward he would get. Just as he was about to kill the witch, she suddenly moved, raising her head and letting out a wild laugh. Then her entire body expanded and the green-white fish scales pierced through her skin. Her originally beautiful face began to morph, and finally, her skin tore. She turned into a huge fishman. ¡°My skin! My skin! You destroyed the skin that I¡¯ve gone through such effort to make!¡± ¡°Eww, disgusting! So this is what the legends meant when they described someone turning into a fish? Where did this monster come from?¡± Was this the real form of the boss? Reyker fiercely struck forward, but the slippery scales made his claws bounce away. He opened the status column again and looked at the specifications. [Mutated Fishmen Witch] [Characteristics]: [Mermaid Gene]: 70% negative effects resistance. After receiving a series of negative effects, resistance will increase to a maximum of 95%. [Fishman Scale Armor]: Reduces physical damage by 30, increases evasion of physical attacks by 15%. [Fishman Mucus]: Duration of bleeding effect reduced by 50%, lightning damage increased by 50%, fire damage increased by 40%. The moment this attribute panel appeared, Reyker was stunned. Were these characteristics not specifically customed to counter him? After transforming into a were, all of his attacks were physical. The only special effect he could trigger, bleeding, was also restrained. Soon, the advantage of the Fishman Mucus was displayed. Though she had transformed into a fishman, Reyker had left many deep wounds on the witch in her original form. However, after the wounds were covered by the mucus, a layer of transparent film was quickly formed, preventing blood from flowing out. After entering the second form, the boss¡¯s HP had recovered by half. ¡°I¡¯m going to peel off your skin and make it into my new coat!¡± The fishman witch let out a sharp roar. Black gas wrapped around the vines and flew towards Reyker. Before the boss had entered its second form, Reyker¡¯s speed was faster than the vines. However, now that the vines were strengthened by the black gas, he could not dodge anymore. The only fortunate thing was that he had a certain degree of resistance towards black magic in the werewolf form ¡°There must be a way,¡± Reyker thought for clues to counterattack while running and dodging the attacks. Suddenly, he could feel his feet tied up, and then hundreds of vines wrapped around him. With a squeeze and a ¡°crack¡±, Reyker could feel that all his bones were broken. [-432] Reyker turned into a pile of meat paste, and the witch returned to her seat in the cave. Her HP quickly recovered, and a beautiful human skin covered her body again. ¡°The sister-con master is so strong, yet he can¡¯t beat this boss?¡± ¡°That¡¯s too terrifying. To think the boss of a solo dungeon can deal over 400 damage in one hit. Even a shield warrior with damage reduction can¡¯t withstand such a blow unless he reaches level 19 or above.¡± ¡°Sigh, so what if a shield warrior with damage reduction can withstand the boss¡¯ attack? The damage dealt would probably be insufficient anyway. I reckon I won¡¯t even be able to trigger the second form.¡± ¡°Sigh, solo dungeons are really too difficult..¡± Chapter 24 - Killing the Witch Boss During a Global Live Broadcast (2) Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio After one¡¯s character died in ¡°The One¡±, one could stay lying dead on the ground for one minute and wait for a priest or his teammates to revive him. After one minute, one would be forced to revive in the safe zone. During the limited 60 seconds, Reyker had been checking the various designs of the room. He believed that the designer of the dungeon would not design such a biased dungeon. The attributes of the fishman witch made it almost impossible for players of the melee class to defeat it. Could it be those in the melee class couldn¡¯t do anything even after receiving this mission? That was absolutely impossible. After a round of scanning, Reyker found no clues. So he repeated the whole process again. Finally, after dying for a second time, he found something out of place. There was a letter under the witch¡¯s throne. Although this could very well just be a design of the scene, Reyker still rushed over. [-123] [-34] After being attacked twice in a row, Reyker finally picked up the envelope under the chair. A ¡°ding¡± sound suddenly sounded. [Received a letter from Count Hilder.] Reyker opened the letter and saw the words: ¡°Stranger who picked up Elena¡¯s love letter, please open that page again.¡±. Seeing this, Reyker opened his mission backpack. The book ¡°Human in Water¡± was lying quietly inside. He opened the page as stated in the letter and saw a paragraph about fishmen. It wrote, ¡°Once creatures in the water come ashore, they have to use mucus to separate themselves from the dry air. Their gills cannot support them to breathe on land for a long time.¡± After just reading this paragraph, Reyker died in the dungeon again. On the way to the witch¡¯s room this time, Reyker took his time. After killing the fishmen on the way, he found that the mucus on the fishmen¡¯s bodies dried up very quickly. Then he observed why the mucus on the other fishmen did not dry up. He found that there was a special organ on their back that was constantly spraying mucus to ensure that they would not dry up. Following this, he tried destroying the organ on one of the fishmen¡¯s backs. As expected, the mucus on its body dried up after some time. Then, it acted like a fish out of the water as it stretched out its large hands and struggled as if trying to catch something. Along with this, Reyker discovered that a suffocating debuff had appeared on the fishmen. The effect of the debuff caused them to lose 1% of their maximum HP every second. Now that he knew how to deal with fishman witch, a dangerous smile appeared on his face. Then, he rushed into the cave again. This time, his attack method was different. After paralyzing the witch, he turned around and launched attacks on her back. Not long after, the witch transformed again. When she transformed, Reyker began to attack the mucus-producing organ on her back. When she finished transforming, the organ had been completely destroyed. ¡°Ah!¡± The witch let out a scream, then turned around and began to attack Reyker crazily. But now there was only one thought in Reyker¡¯s mind, and that was to run. As he ran, he observed the witch¡¯s condition. After running for a minute, a suffocating debuff indeed appeared on the witch¡¯s body. ¡°It worked!¡± Reyker said happily. As long as he could hold on for another 30 seconds, victory would be his. However, because of the suffocation, the boss¡¯ attacks became even more berserk. The entire room was almost filled with vines. Let alone 30 seconds, even three seconds would be harsh as there was simply no space to step on now. At this moment, a bold idea appeared in Reyker¡¯s mind: what would happen if he ran out of the main door? He had been restricted by his matter-of-course thinking, that the space of a dungeon was only the size of the room. He jumped with all his strength and pushed the door open. Sure enough, a notification that he had left the boss battle did not sound by his ear. He was now free, just like a fish leaping in the sea or a bird flying in the sky. Reyker ran along the main passage that he came from, behind him were countless vines chasing after him. Just as he was running out of strength, the vines suddenly stopped. Was the witch dead? Reyker was a little excited and wanted to go back and check the boss¡¯s corpse. But he cautiously stopped, sat on the ground, and began to wait quietly. Finally, another minute passed, and all the vines suddenly rushed over again like an overwhelming tsunami. But they stopped abruptly. At this time, he finally heard the notification, [The boss is dead.] ¡°Haha, it finally worked,¡± Reyker was a little excited. The vines that blocked the path suddenly began to wither, and then quickly disappeared in front of Reyker. Walking into the room, the fishman witch¡¯s corpse lay twisted on the floor. [Ding!] The notification sound of completing the quest rang in Reyker¡¯s ears. Then, he saw a silver treasure chest appear on the ground. When Reyker touched the treasure chest, an all-server notification appeared. [Congratulations to the player Sherry¡¯s Brother for obtaining a platinum treasure chest.] Reyker opened the treasure chest, and instantly a pile of equipment dropped. [Witch¡¯s Staff, Gold-grade] [Witch¡¯s Hat, Gold-grade] [Witch¡¯s Cape, Gold-grade] ¡­ A whole set of witch¡¯s equipment was dropped. The comments were in an uproar. ¡°It¡¯s an all gold-grade set? I¡¯m so jealous.¡± ¡°I just spent 3,000 dollars on a silver-grade magic staff. Now I feel that it¡¯s just a wooden stick.¡± While everyone was shocked, Reyker frowned because he saw that the equipment user had to be female. This made him extremely conflicted as the equipment was useless to him. But at this time, the reward for the exclusive quest appeared in front of Reyker. [The quest ¡°The Twisted Forest¡¯s Witch¡± has been completed.] [Completion rate]: 100% [Reward 1]: The admission notice to the Magic Academy With this, an owl appeared in Reyker¡¯s backpack. [Reward 2]: The witch set will be modified into the magic apprentice set. The moment Reyker clicked accept, the appearances of the witch set in front of him suddenly changed. The long skirt became a long robe, and the series of feminine accessories also became gender-neutral. [Magic Apprentice¡¯s Hat, Gold-grade] [Magic Apprentice¡¯s Staff, Gold-grade] [Magic Apprentice¡¯s Broom, Gold-grade] ¡­ The most eye-catching effect was the set effect. When the user wore the entire set, the grade of the equipment would automatically increase by one grade. This shocked the netizens. Because it meant that the equipment had become platinum-grade equipment! Instantly, the basic attributes of the equipment rose from 110-20 points to 200 points. Then, Reyker opened the admission letter and an owl flew out of his backpack. From its mouth came a human voice, ¡°Sir, you have fulfilled the requirements for admission to the Magic Academy. In three days, a teacher from the Magic Academy will take you there. ¡°The Magic Academy?¡± Reyker was shocked. This was an extremely powerful hidden class in his previous life. It could be said that half of all the Magic Gods in the later stages of ¡°The One¡± were in this class. And now, this opportunity was placed in front of him.. Chapter 25 - Being Hunted by Tens of Thousands of People Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio ¡°However, please note that the teacher from the Magic Academy will only recognize one by one¡¯s clothes and not the person. If you lose the magic apprentice set midway, then the actual owner of the set will become a student of the school. Other than that, there is a special magic restriction on your set now. In any case of your death, regardless of the circumstances, another set of magic apprentice equipment will be dropped. Due to the special magic fluctuations on the set that will allow the teacher to know your location, you will be unable to turn off this magic restriction. Furthermore, you will have to stay online for more than three hours a day to provide the teacher with your location.¡± Hearing this, Reyker immediately turned off the live broadcast, but this news was still heard by all the netizens in the live broadcast room. Hidden class, platinum set. Any one of the two could cause a war in ¡°The One¡±, but now, both were combined and placed in front of all the players. Although most of the people in the live broadcast room were Reyker¡¯s fans, a murderous intent emerged at the bottom of their hearts. Immediately after, a post on the forum rushed to the top of the trending list. [Willing to pay a very high price for magic equipment that deals additional damage to werewolves. Enchanted weapons or secret potions are both acceptable.] Following this, many analysis posts appeared. The netizens began analyzing each of Reyker¡¯s skills and his characteristics to find out his weaknesses. At the same time, hundreds of assassin groups targeting the sis-con appeared. Their goal was to gain Reyker¡¯s set equipment. Even a large number of bounties had been posted on the dark web. Some wanted to buy his real-life identity, some wanted to buy his family information, and some even requested kidnapping. In ¡°The One¡±¡®s mercenary guild, someone offered a reward of 10,000 gold coins for Reyker¡¯s magic apprentice set. (the exchange rate is 1:1 for game coins and USD). However, this reward was quickly drowned out because someone immediately offered 30,000 gold coins. Following that, another person offered 100,000 gold coins. 200,000 gold coins. 400,000 gold coins. The amount finally stopped when it came to 550,000 gold coins. Seeing this reward, even Reyker almost couldn¡¯t help but accept it himself. However, he knew that the potential of the hidden class was far more than these gold coins. When the main storylines of the various city-states were opened in the later stages of the game and the wars between countries started, the power of an advanced mage would be terrifying. At that time, the appearance fee for an advanced mage would be far higher than 550,000 USD. [The dungeon is about to close.] [Player, please leave the dungeon within 30 seconds.] When Reyker exited the dungeon and appeared by the river, he discovered that he was being tightly surrounded by the members of the Fierce Tiger Guild. Reyker looked at the group of well-trained level 15 players in front of him and sighed, ¡°Andrew, do you really want to fall out with me?¡± ¡°Line up!¡± Andrew¡¯s voice came from the back of the team. Reyker watched as Andrew, who was fully equipped with silver equipment, walked over with a huge golden axe in his hand. ¡°There are 100 level 15 players who have already chosen their classes here. These are the most elite forces of the Fierce Tiger Guild. To teleport them here, I even gave up the fight for the Holy Maiden City district.¡± ¡°So? Do you think you can take me down with just these people?¡± ¡°No, I¡¯m saying this to make you remember how hard the Fierce Tiger Guild has worked to protect you.¡± Hearing this, Reyker was stunned. ¡°No matter how strong you are, you will still have weaknesses. Let the Fierce Tiger Guild do our best to protect you.¡± ¡°This is a huge gamble,¡± Reyker said. ¡°If we don¡¯t gamble, how can we succeed?¡± ¡°Alright. If we clear this quest, the members of the Fierce Tiger Guild will be my, Reyker¡¯s best friends.¡± ¡°Reyker?¡± ¡°My real name,¡± Reyker said. ¡°My name is Liu Fengsong, the boss of Dongxing Department Store.¡± At the same time, a large group of players had gathered at the outer perimeter of the Twisted Forest. One of them stood on high grounds and took the lead to say, ¡°Although the sister-con brother has lit up the bonfire in the Twisted Forest, the most dangerous place for him is actually the safest place. If he were to teleport to another safe zone, he would be surrounded by tens of thousands of players the moment he appears. On the contrary, he will be able to find a place to hide in the Twisted Forest. Everybody, charge with me!¡± Following this, the team of tens of thousands of players charged into the forest. In an instant, the low-level monsters in the forest were devoured by the human tide. ¡°Guild master, what should we do now?¡± The deputy asked worriedly. Even if they were the elites among the elites, it was impossible for them to face the attack of tens of thousands of players. ¡°Stall for time. After they have rampaged through the Twisted Forest and reach us, we will follow our plan and immediately teleport to the outskirts of Holy Maiden City. There are still many monsters there that have not been eliminated.¡± Everyone tensed up and waited for half an hour. The forest in the distance lit up. ¡°So fast! We spent more than a day to reach this place back then,¡± the deputy gulped. ¡°Don¡¯t panic. We only had a few hundred people when we first explored this place. They¡¯re in the tens of thousands of people, it¡¯s a given their efficiency will be higher than ours. We, however, are not brainless monsters.¡± ¡°We found him!¡± When the first player rushed out of the forest, he was pleasantly surprised to see Reyker, who was being protected by a group of people. Following this, dozens of fireballs flew out that directly destroyed him and his corpse. He turned into a white light that returned to the safe zone to revive. ¡°Kill them all, remember to keep an eye on your MPs.¡± The players that rushed out of the forest were killed by the mages and archers as soon as they appeared. On top of that, the members of the Fierce Tiger Guild surrounded the bonfire tightly, preventing the newcomers from lighting it. By doing so, if the opponents died, they would have to return to the safe zone outside the Twisted Forest to revive and come back again, which would take another half an hour. However, as time dragged on, the firepower of the team began to decrease. Andrew immediately shouted, ¡°Everyone, don¡¯t be stingy with your consumables. All consumables will be reimbursed!¡± Just like that, they held on for another five minutes. Finally, the main group of players arrived. The fireballs emerging from the forest were already more than the number of fireballs coming from Reyker¡¯s side. Many of the shield warriors had already fallen. ¡°Everyone, gather according to the plan. Resurrect the dead immediately and enter the teleportation point. If the nuns are not able to resurrect anybody in time, just use the resurrection scrolls.¡± With this, one by one, the members of the Fierce Tiger Guild began to step into the bonfire. Seeing this scene, someone in the forest shouted, ¡°Quickly increase the firepower. They¡¯re running away..¡± Chapter 26 - Plains Massacre Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio In ¡°The One¡±, team members can teleport themselves to their captain, which would allow them to follow their captain into a map that they have not lit up. Reyker, who was following the team, found himself on a wide plain. What surprised him the most was that there were no players here. ¡°This is a secret teleportation point discovered by the Fierce Tiger Guild. It¡¯s perfect for you to hide. How is it? Not bad, right?¡± Andrew stroked his chin and laughed. Then, Reyker and the others set up camp by the bonfire and spent the remaining three hours waiting. After three hours, Reyker and the members of the Fierce Tiger Guild immediately chose to log off and hide their tracks. Reyker, who could not go online for safety reasons, walked out of his room and went to visit his sister who was in the ward. As soon as he arrived at the ward, he heard the little boy and Sherry¡¯s conversation. The little boy was excitedly explaining the various items and plot of the game to Sherry. ¡°Did you know that the most popular character in the game recently has a sister with the same name as you?¡± The little boy said. ¡°Really? His sister is also called Sherry?¡± ¡°That¡¯s what the player wrote in his name. I really envy having such a brother. It would be great if my brother was also that strong and could help me in playing ¡®The One¡¯.¡± Reyker, who heard this at the door, couldn¡¯t help but blush. He wondered, ¡°Am I that famous now?¡± The two continued to talk, and Reyker suddenly spoke up, ¡°What do you think is the most powerful thing about that sis-con?¡± ¡°Do you know about the Fierce Tiger Guild? That¡¯s a professional guild active in all the major MMO games. Even they are willing to be the sis-con¡¯s underlings now. Isn¡¯t that amazing?¡± Reyker¡¯s face burned when he heard this. ¡°Perhaps it¡¯s only mutual help between friends? Can¡¯t it be that the Fierce Tiger Guild has extended a helping hand to the sis-con instead of the sis-con taking over the Fierce Tiger Guild?¡± ¡°Impossible, that¡¯s absolutely impossible. It must be that the sis-con master has used his charm to subdue the guild master of the Fierce Tiger Guild.¡± Seeing that he could not explain the matter clearly, Reyker could only smile helplessly. At the same time, he wondered what face the little boy would make if he found out that he was the sis-con one day. Just then, the doctor walked into the ward with a name list in his hand and called out, ¡°Are Sherry¡¯s family members here?¡± Hearing this, Reyker walked over, ¡°Here.¡± In the doctor¡¯s office, Reyker was slightly anxious as he waited for the doctor¡¯s treatment results. ¡°Your sister¡¯s illness is no longer a big problem for the time being.¡± ¡°Really?¡± Reyker said excitedly. ¡°Yes, we found in a recent check-up that the original problem has disappeared. For the next half a month, just ask her to pay attention to her diet. Don¡¯t eat anything greasy and take more organic food, and don¡¯t drink or stay up late. That¡¯s about it. By the way, how much does your medical insurance cover? The nurse will give you the bill later.¡± Being finally able to discharge his sister from the hospital and bring her home, Reyker was delighted, but the medical bill in his hand was soaked in sweat. After a few rounds of reimbursement, the medical bills he had to pay amounted to a staggering one million US dollars. This was enough to make Reyker¡¯s family go bankrupt. However, Reyker decided to hide this matter. He thought to himself, ¡°I have to earn one million US dollars in the next month, or my parents will very likely sell their house.¡± He would not let his family experience homelessness again. The next day, after contacting someone from the Fierce Tiger Guild, Reyker went online. After a burst of white light that would flash when one went online, he was greeted by people shouting around him, ¡°They¡¯re here!¡± It turned out that someone had already found the bonfire and immediately reported the situation when Reyker and the others went online. The besieging process that the player organization had gone through could be differentiated into two stages. The first stage was when most of the players learned about the restrictions of the magic apprentice set and wanted to get it for themselves. However, after an hour or two, the passion of these players had dissipated. With so many people trying to snatch a single piece of equipment, anyone with logical thinking would know the chances of it being theirs was too slim? In addition, many didn¡¯t even see Reyker¡¯s shadow during the process, which caused their enthusiasm to suffer a blow. As such, 90% of the independent player players had chosen to give up. However, at that moment, the vice guild master of the Dragon Hunter Guild had come forward and posted an announcement. They were recruiting a team of 3,000 people to crusade against the sis-con¡¯s party. Once the bounty mission was completed, these 3,000 people would split the rewards equally. With the Dragon Hunter Guild taking the lead in organizing the crusade, the second batch of players keen on hunting down the sis-con was established. Although there were fewer people this time, their enthusiasm and organization had been greatly strengthened. They occupied all the known safe zones and bonfires. No matter where Reyker and the others were teleported to, they would be able to know their location at the first moment. As expected, after the investigation team reported the news, thousands of white lights immediately lit up at the teleportation point. The guild master of the Dragon Hunting Guild, Colin, and the vice guild master appeared at the front of the team. The vice guild master who had sexy red lips, a slim waist, and was wearing a fiery-red mage robe began to command, ¡°Everyone, drink agility potions. The Dragon Hunting Guild will bear all the costs of potions and equipment maintenance.¡± For the current Dragon Hunting Guild, since they were already on bad terms with Reyker, they could not allow him to grow. They had to nip his growth in the bud. Seeing that the members of the Dragon Hunting Guild were drinking agility potions, the members in Reyker¡¯s party did the same. However, after a few rounds of doing so, the members of the Fierce Tiger Guild could no longer continue, because a portion of their potions had already been consumed during the previous forest battle. After more than 30 minutes of pursuit, the Dragon Hunting Guild ultimately caught up with the Fierce Tiger Guild. ¡°Fire of the Sun!¡± The beautiful vice guild master of the Dragon Hunting Guild shouted. With this, a huge ball of fiery flames flew over and crashed into the team of the Fierce Tiger Guild. Screams of pain immediately sounded, and the formation was in chaos. ¡°This can¡¯t do, we can¡¯t run anymore. If we keep running, we¡¯ll die faster since the formation will be more all chaotic.¡± Following this, all the members of the Fierce Tiger Guild stopped and protected Reyker in the middle, with the shield warriors standing at the front. ¡°Andrew, I advise you to surrender, lest you lose a bunch of EXP for nothing,¡± The female mage said with a smile. ¡°Shut up. If you let me touch your tits, I might consider it,¡± After Andrew said that, everyone in the team burst into laughter. Meanwhile, the female mage¡¯s face turned black, ¡°Go, don¡¯t let any of them go.¡± As soon as she said this, a jumble of spells rained down on the Fierce Tiger Guild. Although the players only had a few skills like fireballs and water element spells at this point in the game, it was still a spectacular sight to behold. It was as if a rain of fire was descending from the sky.. Chapter 27 - All Members of the Fierce Tiger Guild Died Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio ¡°I¡¯m using the magic scroll,¡± Andrew said. A pained expression appeared on Andrew¡¯s face as he held the magic scroll. With a tug, a transparent white film was released from within. The white film engulfed each member of the Fierce Tiger Guild. ¡°This is a magic scroll?¡± Reyker could not help but be surprised. To be able to obtain a magic scroll used for country wars in the early stages of the game, as expected of a large guild. In ¡°The One¡±, there were usually two types of magic scrolls. One was the one-on-one magic scrolls such as the fire magic scroll, the other was the defensive magic scrolls. However, the magic scroll that Andrew had used was different. It was suitable for large-scale group battles and was also known as God¡¯s barrier. Once God¡¯s barrier was activated, the number of attacks that the people within the area would receive was limited. If the upper limit of the barrier was 100, then when 1,000 fireballs came attacking, only 100 of them would land, and the remaining 900 would be canceled out. Such a scroll could be said to be priceless in defending the various mountain passes during country wars. By using such a scroll here, it could be said that the Fierce Tiger Guild had utilized all their trump cards this time. Seeing this, the Dragon Hunter Guild¡¯s guild master who was commanding the attack could not help but grit his teeth and say, ¡°When did the Fierce Tiger Guild become so generous? It¡¯s only ranked third on the list of guilds, yet it¡¯s going all out now? Are they trying to turn the tables by supporting the sis-con? Don¡¯t even think about it. Continue to attack! This magic shield only lasts for 30 minutes. After 30 minutes, they¡¯ll be a bunch of lambs waiting to be slaughtered!¡± ¡°Yes!¡± Everyone agreed. Reyker¡¯s expression was somewhat solemn. Andrew of the Fierce Tiger Guild was quite a daring and resolute man. It wouldn¡¯t be easy for him to return such a huge favor. However, Reyker had his plans. He was waiting for the cooldown of his skill to end. As long as the cooldown for his talent Intercept was over, he would be able to intercept the passive talent of the hat. Reyker took out the hat and read the unique buff on it. [Magic Apprentice¡¯s Hat]: You are protected by the Magic Academy and thus will be immune to a portion of magic damage. This effect is unique to this item only. [Magic Apprentice¡¯s Staff]: You are protected by the Magic Academy and thus will be immune to a portion of magic damage. This effect is unique to this item only. This effect was common on all the equipment of the magic apprentice set. However, because it was unique to the sole item, its highest value was 20%. However, Reyker had tried to intercept the buff from one of the equipment the moment he got the set. Now, he already had 20% of magic damage immunity. Plus, to his great surprise, the restriction of the effect being ¡®unique¡¯ had disappeared. Did this mean that he could stack the magic damage immunity buff? Reyker wanted to give it a try, but he needed time. Finally, after God¡¯s barrier endured for 20 minutes, the cooldown for his Intercept talent was over. He held the Magic Apprentice¡¯s Staff in his hand, looked at the 15% magic damage immunity effect on it, and with trembling fingers, clicked to intercept the effect. With a flash of white light, the magic damage reduction effect on the staff disappeared. Reyker quickly looked at the buff on him and found that the original 20% magic damage immunity had been increased to 35%. It worked! Reyker was ecstatic. He calculated that if he intercepted all the magic damage reduction, he would have 95% damage reduction. That being said, 35% of damage reduction was already very strong. After half an hour, the effect of the magic scroll was about to disappear. The vice guild master of the Dragon Hunter Guild looked at Liu Fengsong and the others as he laughed, ¡°You guys are finished. What else can you use to deal with us now?¡± Andrew walked to the front of the team and said, ¡°You little bastards of the Dragon Hunter Guild, listen up. I, Andrew, have nothing but money!¡± After saying that, another magic scroll appeared in his hand! ¡°Impossible!¡± The vice guild master said with disbelief, ¡°Until now, I have never encountered a dungeon that will drop magic scrolls. Why do you have this? And even two at that?¡± ¡°Have you really cleared all the dungeons?¡± Andrew¡¯s face revealed a strange smile. ¡°Could it be!¡± The vice guild master immediately thought of the Forest Witch dungeon that Andrew had obtained the first clear. The Dragon Hunter Guild hadn¡¯t cleared that dungeon. Then, Andrew tore the scroll, and another white membrane protected everyone within. Seeing this, Reyker couldn¡¯t help but send a private message to Andrew, ¡°Guild Master Andrew, how many of these do you have?¡± ¡°I have four more, enough to last through today,¡± Andrew gave Reyker a reassuring look, and then boost his team members¡¯ morale. After that, the members of the Dragon Hunter Guild watched as Andrew took out magic scrolls from his backpack again and again, and their morale fell to the lowest point. ¡°Damn it, what are we here for? We might as well go train.¡± ¡°That¡¯s right. If we can¡¯t kill them in the end, then we would have wasted three whole days of our time.¡± Having received Andrew¡¯s guarantee, Reyker relaxed and immediately sat down. He began to read the news of the game and browsed the game forum. Seeing this scene, the vice guild master could only grind his teeth in anger. Just like this, the standoff went on for three hours. After the last God¡¯s barrier disappeared, Reyker had also completed the online time requirement and immediately went offline. At this time, the outside world was hyped up to the highest point by Reyker¡¯s actions. Even the casino had set up bets on whether Reyker would be killed or not. When Reyker exited the game cabin, he saw his sister watching TV. She was focused on reading the news about him. Reyker could not help but pat her head and ask, ¡°Do you know who the person they are talking about is?¡± ¡°Do you know him, brother?¡±Sherry said in surprise. ¡°Not only do I know him, but you also know him.¡± ¡°Really?¡± Sherry smiled excitedly, but after a while, she showed a distressed look as she wondered, ¡°Who is he though? I don¡¯t remember knowing anyone as strong as him.¡± ¡°He seems far but is actually near!¡± Reyker said proudly. ¡°I won¡¯t believe you unless you log in and show me!¡± ¡°Log in?¡± Reyker was stumped. If he logged in now, he would immediately be beaten into a beehive. Besides, now that things had developed to this point, it was not only about him but also a promise to the Fierce Tiger Guild. ¡°Rest assured. Though I can¡¯t show you today, wait for me at the entrance of Harmon Village tomorrow. I¡¯ll personally bring you to Holy Maiden City!¡± Seeing Reyker¡¯s confident look, Sherry immediately stretched out her finger.. ¡°Then let¡¯s do a pinky swear!¡± Chapter 28 - Special Equipment, Double the Effect of the Buff Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio The next day, after contacting members of the Fierce Tiger Guild, Reyker went online again. This time, they were surrounded by hundreds of people. At this time, Reyker heard the sounds of a carrier pigeon. Who sent him an email? Reyker was quite confused. He opened his mailbox and saw the subject of the email read, ¡°The reward for being the most popular live broadcast¡±. Seeing this title, Reyker finally remembered that the culprit that caused him to fall into such a predicament was the live broadcast! If he hadn¡¯t been stupid and done the live broadcast back then, none of this would¡¯ve happened since no one would know that the magic apprentice set on him would be theirs if he was killed. He could¡¯ve just stayed in the wild for three days and been done with it. As such, when he saw this email, he wished he could delete it immediately. However, he held back his anger and clicked on the reward in the email. [Imitator¡¯s Mask] [Effect]: This equipment allows the wearer to imitate the attributes of any buff for 30 minutes. Reyker was stunned when he saw the description of the item. He then checked the buffs on him again. Following this, he took out the Magic Apprentice¡¯s cape and used the Intercept talent to obtain a 15% magic damage reduction. Then, Reyker opened his status column and saw that the magic damage reduction buff was displayed at 50%. After that, he used the Imitator¡¯s Mask to select the buff before putting the mask on. With this, Reyker found that his magic damage immunity had reached 100%. He tugged at a mage beside him and said, ¡°Hit me with a fireball spell.¡± Facing Reyker¡¯s unreasonable request, the mage did not even turn his head as he said, ¡°Sir sis-con, we don¡¯t have that much time now. The line of defense is about to collapse.¡± Seeing that the people around were ignoring him, Reyker pushed the people around him away and rushed out. While doing so, he transformed into his werewolf form and by jumping thousands of miles in one leap, jumped out of the protective circle. ¡°Sir sis-con! What are you doing?!¡± Andrew said agitatedly. For the sake of protecting Reyker, Andrew could be said to have staked all of the guild¡¯s resources here, thus he could not afford to make any mistakes. A cloud of dust dispersed. ¡°Haha, does he think that he¡¯s invincible after transforming into a werewolf? 80% of my people here are mages, and all of them have learned the magic tracking spell. What does he have to fight me?¡± ¡°It¡¯s over?! Guild master, we shouldn¡¯t have placed all our hopes on that madman.¡± ¡°Shut up,¡± Andrew said. ¡°I know him. He¡¯s definitely not a reckless person.¡± When the smoke and dust finally dispersed, the figure of a man standing in the center was revealed. This was! At this moment, the comments in some of the rooms that were live broadcasting the battle boiled. ¡°How is he not dead?¡± ¡°There¡¯s a bug again?¡± ¡°It can¡¯t be that all of them missed, right? How is he not dead? Maybe he¡¯s already dead, but he hasn¡¯t collapsed yet?¡± Reyker¡¯s next move popped their bubbles. The figure in the smoke began to run towards the opponent. ¡°Keep attacking! I don¡¯t believe his HP is that high!¡± Countless fireballs flew over. However, although these fireballs created huge sparks on Reyker, they did not cause any damage. They did not even slow him down. ¡°Magic immunity?¡± Such a thought suddenly appeared in the minds of everyone present. ¡°Quick, quick, shield warriors, go to the front. Don¡¯t let him rush over.¡± However, before the shield warriors could even touch Reyker, he had already leaped over them. ¡°Quick, stop him!¡± The vice guild master of the Dragon Hunter Guild hurriedly shouted. However, Reyker¡¯s actions were faster than his shouts. A mage raised his staff and began to chant, ¡°May the Thunder God grant me strength and let the wrath of God punish this sinner who has offended me!¡± In an instant, a huge bolt of lightning struck down from the sky. ¡°Hidden class! Is he a descendant of the Thunder God?¡± One of the comments rolled by. More comments followed. ¡°I didn¡¯t expect there to be someone of a hidden class like the descendant of the Thunder God in the team that is after the sis-con!¡± ¡°Between the magic apprentice and the descendant of the Thunder God, which do you reckon is stronger?¡± ¡°Someone has investigated it. The magic apprentice is not as powerful as the descendant of the Thunder God at this stage, but the magic apprentice is strong because it can level up. From being a magic apprentice, if one becomes a magic student, a magic instructor, and even a magic professor, one¡¯s strength will be extremely terrifying.¡± ¡°Kill him!¡± The vice guild master shouted. A huge bolt of lightning struck Reyker¡¯s body, and even his hair stood on end. Meanwhile, the descendant of the Thunder God revealed an excited smile. At the same time, he took out a teleportation scroll from his backpack. He didn¡¯t expect himself to be so lucky that Reyker would send himself to his doorstep! The descendant of the Thunder God, Clem, had already planned out his next move in his mind. As soon as Reyker died and his equipment dropped, he would immediately use an even stronger forbidden spell, Thunderstorm, to cause chaos in the surrounding crowd. With this, he would be able to safely survive the three seconds when the teleportation scroll was charging up. Although Clem was already the descendant of the Thunder God and couldn¡¯t change his class, he was so excited that he would laugh when he thought about the 550,000 gold coins commission. As for splitting the money with others, he had never considered it at all. To him, since he was the one who killed Reyker, why should he have to split the money with the others? However, what happened next left him dumbstruck. Reyker, who should have fallen, continued to move forward and then with a slap, sent him flying. This is impossible! Even until he had fallen and turned into white light, Clem was still thinking, ¡°Was there really magic immunity in this game?¡± For the first time, he had doubts about the mage class. After defeating the annoying mage, Reyker turned around and attacked the Fierce Tiger Guild¡¯s vice guild master. As the saying goes, to catch a band of thieves, first catch their leader. As long as he took her down and made the enemy lose their commander, he would be able to leave this place easily. On the other hand, Andrew¡¯s heart was filled with turmoil. It had only been a short while, but Reyker¡¯s character strength had increased by a large margin again. He believed that even if Reyker lost the hidden class today, his rise to power would be unstoppable. ¡°Fortunately, I¡¯m friends with him and not enemies. Otherwise, I wouldn¡¯t be able to sleep and eat in peace.¡± No matter how the mages attacked, none of their attacks had any effect on Reyker. In the end, he successfully got to the front of the vice guild master of the Dragon Hunter Guild. ¡°B*tch, die,¡± Reyker had long been fed up with the woman who was commanding everyone to attack him. Since he had the opportunity now, he would definitely send her to her doom. Reyker killed the vice guild master with just one move. Then, she turned into a white light and disappeared in front of Reyker. After that, the morale of the team collapsed. Everyone began to run. No one wanted to continue attacking Reyker. ¡°I¡¯m going to Harmon Village now. Are you guys willing to follow me?¡± Reyker asked. ¡°Yes!¡± The members of the Fierce Tiger Guild had now submitted themselves to his authority.. Chapter 29 - My Sister Has Been Deceived?! Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio After gaining everyone¡¯s support, Reyker immediately tore the teleportation scroll in his hand. At the same time, the hundreds of Fierce Tiger Guild members did the same. Ten minutes before this, at the entrance of Harmon Village, a little girl stood alone as she held her weapon in her hand. Many of the passersby could not help but look at her twice. Being stared at like this made Sherry very nervous, but she firmly believed that her brother would never lie to her. If he did, then she would ignore him for a week, no, a month. After some time, three players who had already chosen their classes saw Sherry. One of them, a man with dyed blonde hair, pointed at Sherry and laughed, ¡°Believe it or not, I can trick this kid into coming with me in three minutes.¡± ¡°Don¡¯t do something like that, Orin. It¡¯s too mean,¡± The man with a long sword in his hand laughed. ¡°I¡¯ll put in a bet of 50 gold coins,¡± The other mage laughed. ¡°50 gold coins is too boring. 500! 500 gold coins and I¡¯ll show you my superb skills in picking up girls. I¡¯ll even send you the video.¡± Hearing this, the mage became even more excited. ¡°Okay, five hundred it is.¡± ¡°Just watch,¡± After saying this, the archer, Orin, put on an amiable expression and slowly walked to Sherry. ¡°Do you need help?¡±Orin smiled. Sherry could not help but feel nervous when she saw someone suddenly talking to her. However, when she saw the amiable smile on Orin¡¯s face, she heaved a sigh of relief. She said, ¡°I¡¯m waiting for my brother.¡± ¡°Waiting for your brother? If I had a cute sister like you, I wouldn¡¯t make her stand at the entrance of the village and wait for me. What¡¯s his name? Maybe I know him.¡± ¡°Do you think you would?¡± ¡°Of course. Look at my equipment. These are things that one can only have after choosing classes. Look around, don¡¯t you see that the equipment of the other players here is different from mine? I¡¯m a veteran player of ¡®The One¡¯.¡± Orin took the green elf bow on his back to show off, ¡°As a veteran player, I know a lot of people in the game. Tell me your brother¡¯s name. He might even be one of my friends.¡± Hearing this, Sherry was quite excited, ¡°My brother¡¯s ID is Sherry¡¯s Brother. Do you know him?¡± ¡°You said your brother¡¯s ID is ¡ª Sherry¡¯s Brother?!¡± Orin was instantly excited, but then he began to size up the equipment on Sherry. She was clad in novice equipment. In total, it was not even worth a gold coin. If she really was the sis-con¡¯s sister, she wouldn¡¯t be so poor even if the sis-con only spent some money on her. Thinking of this, he felt a trace of disdain in his heart. Either the girl was a liar, or the brother was a liar. Thinking of this, Orin put on a surprised look. ¡°You¡¯re the sister of the player Sherry¡¯s Brother? Don¡¯t you know that your brother and I are good friends?¡± ¡°Huh? I haven¡¯t added my brother as a friend, so I¡¯m not sure.¡± Hearing this, Orin was delighted. Then, he started to act as if he had been chatting with her for some time. After a few ¡°hmm¡± sounds, he said to Sherry with a serious face, ¡°Your brother asked me to bring you to find him.¡± ¡°Follow you to find him? But my brother told me to stay here and not listen to anyone.¡± ¡°Don¡¯t worry, I won¡¯t lie to you,¡± After saying that, Orin tried to pull Sherry away, but Sherry didn¡¯t budge at all. At this moment, some players who were passing by came over. Orin immediately said, ¡°It¡¯s fine. My friend asked me to come to pick up his sister. She¡¯s just throwing a tantrum because I didn¡¯t buy her anything.¡± Seeing that the number of concerned passersby was increasing, Orin grew more agitated. He forcefully tried to pull Sherry away. As an archer who had successfully chosen his class, his strength was naturally far greater than Sherry¡¯s. He immediately had control over Sherry and was going to pull her away. At this moment, a passerby blocked his way, ¡°Friend, since the little girl is unwilling, don¡¯t make things difficult for her.¡± Hearing this, Orin¡¯s expression changed. He immediately took out a dagger from his waist and slashed it at the passerby¡¯s neck. [Archer¡¯s Melee Skill]: Dagger Defense With just a move, Orin instantly killed the passerby who came forward to help. Then, he licked the bloody dagger with the tip of his tongue and said, ¡°If you don¡¯t have the strength, don¡¯t try to be a hero! You think you¡¯re awesome?!¡± After saying that, he kicked the corpse of the passerby on the ground. Since his foul intentions were already revealed, Orin directly tied Sherry up with a rope and carried her on his shoulder, about to leave. ¡°Hey, I won¡¯t pay you if you do this,¡± His teammate who was the mage said with a smile. ¡°You don¡¯t have to. I must teach this little girl a lesson today.¡± At this moment, a cry of surprise came from behind him, even the mage friend widened his eyes when he turned around to look. ¡°What happened? Someone seduced your soul?¡± ¡°I suggest you release the girl immediately,¡± The swordsman said in a trembling voice. ¡°Release her? Are you crazy?¡± Then, Orin asked curiously, ¡°Why are all of you looking behind me? What¡¯s going on? Is there a ghost behind me?¡± When Orin finally turned around, he saw an entire army and a man who was blinded by anger. He could only watch as the man who was wearing the clothes of a magic apprentice let out a roar to the sky and suddenly transformed into a werewolf. It only took a second for the man to land in front of him. ¡°I, I¡­¡± Orin was so scared that he could not even speak clearly. Then, he only felt a sharp pain before flying out. The little girl who he had been carrying on his shoulder was now sitting in the palm of the werewolf. In the next second, the mage was also sent flying. ¡°Remember these people¡¯s IDs. In the future, kill them every time you see them!¡± ¡°Okay, issue an internal reward in the Fierce Tiger Guild for the members to kill those two every time they see them until they delete their accounts!¡± ¡°Brother, I was so scared just now,¡± Sherry immediately hugged Reyker. Reyker soothed her, ¡°Don¡¯t worry, I won¡¯t allow you to be scared anymore.¡± ¡°Okay.¡± Reyker turned around and walked towards the teleportation point. At this time, many white lights flashed in the teleportation point. It was the guild master and vice guild master of the Dragon Hunter Guild. ¡°Sis-con! Don¡¯t think that you¡¯ve won! So what if you have magic damage immunity? Half of the men I brought this time are archers!¡± ¡°Sis-con, you leave first. We¡¯re too few now, we can¡¯t protect you and sister,¡± Andrew said anxiously. Instead of running, Reyker smiled and turned to ask his sister who was sitting on his shoulder, ¡°Are you afraid?¡± ¡°As long as brother is by my side, I¡¯m not afraid of anything.¡± ¡°Good.. We¡¯ll kill them all today and use their blood to pave your way to the Holy Maiden City!¡± Chapter 30 - Destroy the Dragon Hunter Guild Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio ¡°Kill us all? I don¡¯t think you understand the situation, sis-con. We¡¯re outnumbering you now!¡± The vice guild master of the Dragon Hunter Guild said with a smile. ¡°I want to ask you, what time is it?¡± ¡°6:30, why?¡± ¡°When do you think I came online?¡± ¡°6:15, no?¡± Hearing this question, the vice guild master¡¯s heart skipped a beat, but she still said the number she knew. ¡°No, no. Is there a rule that says the members of the Fierce Tiger Guild must log in at the same time as me? I was already online at 6. Might I tell you that we know that¡¯s the time your surveillance personnel change shifts.¡± ¡°How, how do you know?¡± ¡°Humph, you didn¡¯t think that the Dragon Hunter Guild is the only one with money, right? This kind of information can be bought with a little money.¡± ¡°Which means ¨C¡± the vice guild master trembled slightly. ¡°Teacher, can you help me deal with these people?¡± Reyker took off his hat and bowed. A man wearing a black robe walked out from the Fierce Tiger Guild¡¯s crowd. ¡°If this is a request from my student, then as a teacher, I can only agree,¡± The man in the Black Robe said. The moment the passersby saw the man in the black robe, they were stunned. ¡°This!¡± The vice guild master of the Dragon Hunter Guild was so scared that she was at a loss for words. The guild master, Colin, wanted to speak, but because he had been punished to stay silent, all he could voice were muffled sounds. ¡°A level 45 NPC!¡± Someone hurriedly opened his information column. On it was written: [Magic Academy¡¯s Recruitment Teacher] [Level]: 45 [HP]: ??? [Defense]: ??? [???] It could be said that other than his name and level, everything else was hidden. In the game, there was only one reason why the information column of an NPC would turn out like this, and that was because the NPC¡¯s level was far higher than the level of the players that were looking at the information column. The teacher in the black robe floated into the air, then started to wave his staff. ¡°Shoot him, shoot him down. Even a level 45 NPC is not invincible!¡± With this, the mages below condensed fireballs in their hands while the archers prepared their bows and arrows. The fireballs and the arrows shot towards the black-robed mage. ¡°Indeed, I¡¯m not invincible since I¡¯m only at level 45, but to you guys, I¡¯m God!¡± A fire dragon appeared on the mage teacher¡¯s staff. ¡°Forbidden spell, Hell Fire Dragon!¡± After he finished saying this, the red fire dragon flapped its wings and flew towards the crowd. The arrows that flew out towards him were directly roasted into ashes before they could even get close to the mage teacher. As for the other spells, they disappeared under the pressure of the advanced spell. ¡°Run!¡± Someone in the team shouted. Then, the players started running in all directions. However, compared to the fire dragon, their speed was like snails. They had just taken a few steps before they were burned to ashes by the high temperature. When these players died, their equipment dropped, but these equipment shattered under the high temperature. ¡°Terrifying!¡± ¡°Natural disaster!¡± These were what the passersby were thinking. Some even recorded the scene and uploaded it to the forum. ¡°Oh my God, so this is the power of a teacher from the Magic Academy? It¡¯s simply too terrifying. If he released such an attack, I¡¯m afraid that even the three great guilds combined wouldn¡¯t be able to defeat him, right?¡± ¡°I feel like I¡¯ll be burned to ashes before I can even get close to him.¡± ¡°A reward of 1,000,000 gold coins is being offered for clues about the hidden class, magic apprentice.¡± ¡°Can¡¯t it be obtained after completing Siouk¡¯s chain quest?¡± ¡°No. The reward for that exclusive quest is random. Not everyone will get the reward from the Magic Academy.¡± With a single move, the entire Dragon Hunter Guild was burned to ashes. The members of the Dragon Hunter Guild were so traumatized that they did not dare to choose to resurrect at the resurrection point of Harmon Village. Instead, they chose to resurrect at Holy Maiden City. ¡°Teacher, I made a promise to my sister that I would bring her to Holy Maiden City. Only by fulfilling this promise will I be able to go to the Magic Academy with no worries.¡± ¡°A promise?¡± The black-robed teacher pondered for a moment before saying, ¡°I like men who keep promises. Very well, I¡¯ll accompany you.¡± After saying that, the black-robed teacher followed Reyker into the resurrection point. At the same time, the Winged Dragon Guild put up a signboard next to the last bonfire that led to Holy Maiden City. The sign read: The Winged Dragon Guild will teleport players to Holy Maiden City for 100 gold coins per person. Fair buy, value buy! Minimize the waste of time! A nun stood there and stopped a passerby who was walking past her. She said, ¡°Young man, come to use the Winged Dragon Guild¡¯s teleportation point. As you can see, these people all want to rely on themselves to journey the stretch, but ultimately, they are only wasting time and energy.¡± This was a business the Winged Dragon Guild had set up after they had obtained the first-clear of the city. There were monsters all along the road from Harmon Village to Holy Maiden City, thus if one wanted to travel there, one had to rely on one¡¯s strength to do so. However, many were not strong enough. Logically speaking, the storyline of Holy Maiden City at this point should have developed to the point where NPCs would be clearing the wild monsters at the periphery. However, the Winged Dragon Guild, which was the acting City Lord, had suppressed such a development. They wanted to earn some money by providing teleportation services to Holy Maiden City. 100 gold coins was neither too expensive nor too cheap. Many players still wished to save the money, and as such would attempt to journey the stretch by relying on themselves. However, many more were hesitant. They were torn between spending and not spending. They were also wondering if the success rate of them clearing the dungeon would increase if they could gather a team of 200 to 300 players. At this moment, a bonfire some distance away from where the Winged Dragon Guild had set up their teleportation point service lit up. The nun from the Winged Dragon Guild immediately went up to greet the people there. ¡°Do you need the teleportation service? The fee is only 100 gold coins, and you can save¡­¡± When the nun saw that the people in front of her had the prefix ¡°Fierce Tiger Guild¡± before their IDs, she stopped halfway through her sentence. The guild master of the Winged Dragon Guild, Dennis, received the news immediately. ¡°Let¡¯s observe him first. The sis-con is a man that I can¡¯t figure out.¡± ¡°What are the members of the Fierce Tiger Guild doing here?¡± ¡°Could it be that they want to start a war with the Winged Dragon Guild? Didn¡¯t they just get into a conflict with the Dragon Hunter Guild?¡± Everyone present was discussing animatedly. The members of the Winged Dragon Guild drew their swords from their waists, wary of the movements of the members of the Fierce Tiger Guild. The members of the Fierce Tiger Guild made way, and Reyker walked out with Sherry from within. ¡°Follow the Fierce Tiger Guild! We will use the power of God to clear this thorny path filled with monsters!¡± Chapter 31 - Charge Towards Holy Maiden City Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio Following Reyker¡¯s call, many people immediately followed. Among them were many who had just reached level 10 and had not even had the time to choose their class. There were also players who had gathered here after learning about Reyker¡¯s presence here. On the square of Harmon Village, someone hollered, ¡°Quick, go to the bonfire in the north of the city. Reyker of the Fierce Tiger Guild is clearing a path to Holy Maiden City.¡± ¡°For free?¡± ¡°Of course. If we don¡¯t go now, we won¡¯t encounter such a good thing in the future.¡± Hearing this, everyone immediately ran to the teleportation point in the village. ¡°Crap, I¡¯m only level 6. I haven¡¯t lighted the bonfire in the north of the city,¡± Some people revealed bitter expressions. ¡°Come, join my team. I¡¯ll bring you to the bonfire in the north of the city,¡± Following this, many players who had reached level 10 began to form teams. ¡°What? You¡¯re only at level 3, yet you want to go to Holy Maiden City?¡± One of the captains was somewhat speechless when he saw that there were some novice players at level three or four on his team. ¡°Of course, isn¡¯t it best to do this as soon as possible? Otherwise, what if I get stuck on the way to Holy Maiden City after I level up? Right?¡± ¡°That¡¯s right, captain. The more the merrier, the more the merrier,¡± a novice player who had just registered said with a smile. For a time, the entire Harmon Village was bustling with activity. Meanwhile, the bonfire on Reyker¡¯s side grew brighter and brighter as countless players began to gather. Even Harmon Village seemed empty. Seeing that most of the players had already gathered, Reyker and the members of the Fierce Tiger Guild prepared to set off. A team of nearly 10,000 players marched towards Holy Maiden City. When the monsters they encountered along the way saw such a large group of players from afar, they ran away in fear. ¡°Haha, there is strength in numbers. Look at these monsters, they don¡¯t even dare to approach us now.¡± ¡°That¡¯s right. If we had known earlier, we would have gathered a team of our own. We wouldn¡¯t have let the Winged Dragon Guild earn so many gold coins from us.¡± However, as the team continued to advance, the number of monsters on the road increased. On top of that, the levels of many monsters had exceeded the average level of the team at level eight. As a result, the damage that could be dealt by many players was little since the effects of their attacks had been reduced by the high-level damage reduction system. There was also a very high miss rate. At this time, the members of the Fierce Tiger Guild began to attack. Hundreds of fireballs flew out from the hands of the mages in the team. With just one hit, the many monsters in front of them were sent flying. ¡°If the situation doesn¡¯t change, I estimate that we will be able to clear the path completely in about thirty minutes,¡± Andrew said. Meanwhile, in the distance, the guild master of the Winged Dragon Guild, Dennis, was watching the march through the live broadcast. ¡°Did they think that the more people there are, the easier it will be to clear the path to Holy Maiden City? This is ridiculous. The path was designed to screen out a portion of players so that they can advance faster and obtain better results while blocking out another portion of players. We can help them pass this screening process with only 100 gold coins, yet they¡¯re still not satisfied,¡± The vice guild master said grumpily. ¡°Alright now, everyone has their thoughts. When they encounter real danger, they¡¯ll realize their mistake. Are the rock giants on the move?¡± Dennis asked. ¡°Yes, two of the rock giants have already been attracted by their movements. I estimate that they¡¯ll bump into each other in two to three minutes.¡± ¡°Give them a warning,¡± Dennis said calmly. ¡°Why? If they succeed, we will lose a lot of income.¡± ¡°It doesn¡¯t matter. The money from the bonfire teleportation can¡¯t be long-term since it will affect the reputation of the Winged Dragon Guild. After today, shut it down.¡± ¡°Yes,¡± The vice guild master responded. Andrew, who was moving forward, suddenly stopped. ¡°Why is Dennis calling me? Isn¡¯t that Chinese kid having fun in the major city?¡± After answering the call, Andrew¡¯s expression suddenly changed. ¡°Everyone, get ready for battle. Slow down and get into formation!¡± As soon as Andrew finished saying this, the entire team immediately began to stir. ¡°What¡¯s happening?¡± The players who were immersed in the joy of killing monsters asked hurriedly. ¡°According to reliable news, there will be huge wild bosses coming to besiege us soon. If you don¡¯t want to die, listen to my command!¡± Meanwhile, the mage teacher also looked to the east and said, ¡°I can feel two powerful auras coming toward us.¡± When the team was in the middle of falling into formation, a rock giant holding a huge tree trunk appeared on the horizon. It roared and raised a huge cloud of dust as it walked towards the team. ¡°Ru¨C!¡± A timid mage holding a magic staff could not help but scream when he saw the rock giant approaching from the distance. However, before he could finish his words, he was struck to death by an ax. ¡°What are you doing?¡± Someone asked in fear. ¡°I¡¯ve told you to listen to my commands. Those who are afraid of death, get offline or teleport away immediately. Don¡¯t let me see you here again! Otherwise, I¡¯ll kill every single one of you!¡± Upon hearing this, the team immediately quieted down, and a few rays of white light lit up. However, almost 99% of the people chose to stay. ¡°Alright, those who remain now will tacitly accept the Fierce Tiger Guild¡¯s command.¡± After another two minutes, someone suddenly shouted, ¡°One more has appeared!¡± Everyone followed the direction of his finger and saw another rock giant of the same shape. ¡°Don¡¯t panic. If you follow the command, you¡¯ll definitely be fine!¡± By the time the formation was complete, the first rock giant had already walked to the front of the team. At this moment, the live broadcast room of ¡°The One¡± was full. Even the officials had joined in on the fun by opening a live broadcast room so that players who were not present could experience the battle by transforming into their consciousness. ¡°This is too awesome! This is the first time 10000 players are going against the wild bosses in ¡°The One¡±, right?¡± ¡°Fierce Tiger Guild is so awesome! When I go to Holy Maiden City, I want to join the Fierce Tiger Guild!¡± ¡°Me too.¡± ¡°But sis-con is awesome too! I like him very much.¡± When everyone saw the rock giants that finally appeared in front of them, everyone could not help but exclaim in surprise. ¡°Level 35 wild boss!¡± ¡°And there are two of them at that. Can they defeat them?¡± ¡°It¡¯s too terrifying. With our current strength, we probably can¡¯t even break through the defense of a level 35 boss, right?¡± ¡°Break the defense? You¡¯re thinking too much. I¡¯ll be thankful if they don¡¯t miss every single attack!¡± ¡°Oh my God, I really want to know if they can survive in the end!¡± Chapter 32 - The Great Counterattack After Despair Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio ¡°Shield warriors, forward! Don¡¯t let the monsters attack the back row! Let the elite shield warriors be in front. Don¡¯t put too much pressure on the healer from the beginning! Third party captain, vice guild master He, you two go to the front for the first round!¡± ¡°Yes,¡± Two men wearing silver equipment walked up and raised their shields, waiting for the first round of attacks. ¡°Everyone, bring your damage reduction to full. For the first round, we will be testing the monsters¡¯ damage limit!¡± The vice guild master raised his shield and shouted. At the same time, everyone was focused on this attack, wanting to know the result. The huge tree trunk was like a punishment from the heavens as it smashed directly onto everyone¡¯s heads. The shield warrior raised their shields. With a loud bang, all the shield warriors were sent flying. [-24141] [-12414] [-21234] The elite shield warrior team was completely annihilated without even having a chance to counterattack. Even their corpses weren¡¯t left, which made it so the nuns did not even have a chance to revive them! This! What kind of terrifying power was this? Everyone present was stunned. They started launching their attack. The other rock giant suddenly went berserk. It roared as it charged towards the crowd. ¡°This is not something humans can resist!¡± The attack of the level 35 rock giant boss directly crushed the morale of the Fierce Tiger Guild. ¡°Don¡¯t panic! Regroup!¡± Andrew shouted agitatedly, but he couldn¡¯t stop the scattering crowd. ¡°Damn it, we should¡¯ve just brought the members of the Fierce Tiger Guild!¡± A member complained. ¡°What should we do now, guild master? Even if we regroup, I¡¯m afraid we¡¯re still not their match!¡± Andrew looked at the players who were being slaughtered by the rock giants and said, ¡°Now we give up on defense. Their attacks are not something we can fight against. Get the shield warriors to put their shields away and the nuns to put their Bibles away. Everyone, deal damage with me!¡± ¡°That¡¯s right. Although their attacks are strong, their attack speed and reaction speed are not as good as ours!¡± Hearing this analysis, everyone was suddenly filled with confidence. As the saying goes, an army of ants can even kill an elephant. Even though each player could only deal 1HP or 2 HP of damage to the rock giants, with the number of players present, the rock giants¡¯ HP was still decreasing at a rate of over 10,000 points per second. Even the escaping players could see that the rock giants¡¯ HP was dropping rapidly. ¡°There¡¯s a chance!¡± This was the thought that appeared in everyone¡¯s mind. Seeing that hope was in front of them, many of them picked up their weapons and returned to the battlefield. This caused the rock giants¡¯ HP to drop even faster. Just as the rock giant¡¯s HP dropped to half, they suddenly let out a roar and started to dance with the clubs in their hands. They were using the rock giant skill ¡ª War Stomp. As the giants continued to stomp on the ground, let alone the large number of players who were trampled to death, the damage to the ground caused the speed of countless players to decrease. Many couldn¡¯t persevere in dodging the giants¡¯ attacks on a piece of ground filled with all kinds of holes and crevices. However, once they stopped, they would immediately be killed by the huge wooden club above their heads. In just two to three minutes, 40% of the players had died. ¡°This can¡¯t do, we really can¡¯t beat these monsters!¡± ¡°Run quickly, lest we suffer the death penalty!¡± Faced with such a powerful enemy, even Andrew was a little discouraged, ¡°I¡¯ve tried my best, but such monsters are not something we can defeat now.¡± Just when everyone was quietly waiting for failure, Reyker spoke, ¡°Teacher, please help us.¡± The teacher from the Magic Academy looked at everyone and smiled, ¡°I have seen your courage. I believe that you will have the same strength as me in the future!¡± Then, everyone saw three giant chains of light binding the attacking giants. The giants let out unresigned roars because they were bound. However, no matter what they did, they were unable to break the chains on their arms. ¡°It¡¯s best to use wood magic to deal with rock monsters like these guys,¡± After the teacher said this, many vines shot out from the ground and wrapped around the body of the rock giants. Then, the vines twisted hard. A cracking sound immediately reverberated throughout the entire combat area. Huge rocks came rolling down from the rock giants¡¯ bodies. Red damage numbers kept popping up on them. [-12,312] [-24,134] ¡°That¡¯s too strong. The damage he dealt alone is equal to the damage dealt by the tens of thousands of us. Is that how terrifying a mage is?¡± ¡°Can I become a mage like that?¡± Many people looked envious. The teacher from the Magic Academy also seemed to be deliberately displaying his power. He started to use all kinds of spells to attack the rock giants that were bound. The bystanders were dumbfounded as they watched. In the end, the two rock giants fell to the ground and turned into a pile of rubble. Following this, everyone continued to follow Reyker and the others to Holy Maiden City. After witnessing the mage teacher¡¯s powerful strength, no one doubted the success of this adventure anymore. Many people came to join the team one after another in admiration of the teacher. As such, when they arrived at Holy Maiden City, the number of people around them was more than what they had set off with. At the same time, a large group of players had gathered outside Holy Maiden City as well, in admiration of their fame. They stood at the city gates and applauded when they saw the crowd approaching. They also congratulated them on completing the crusade. Many also expressed their admiration for Reyker. ¡°If it weren¡¯t for you, we might not know when we would be able to come here.¡± After putting his sister down, Reyker said to Andrew, ¡°From now on, I¡¯ll leave my sister to you.¡± He said this because after communicating with the teacher from the Magic Academy, he learned that he was going to a new map, and he could not leave until he had cultivated to a certain level. Then, Reyker stood on high grounds at the city gate and said to everyone present, ¡°I lead you here today not to do good and not to show off. I only have one thing to say, and that is if anyone dares to bully my sister, then the people of Holy Maiden City will be like the monsters along the way!¡± After saying that, Reyker transformed into a werewolf and let out a series of roars. Meanwhile, the teacher from the Magic Academy summoned a fire dragon behind him. The light from the fire shone on everyone¡¯s faces, causing all the players to feel extremely terrified.. Chapter 33 - Initial Entry to the Magic Academy Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio After watching Reyker leave Holy Maiden City, all the players present were still immersed in shock. They did not expect Reyker to put in so much effort to become so powerful just to make sure his younger sister was safe in the game. ¡°Hiss, is this how terrifying a sister-con master should be?¡± ¡°I¡¯m so envious. I want such an elder brother too!¡± Some of the female players held their cheeks as they said. ¡°That¡¯s how men should be. They should be strong and resolute in suppressing all enemies,¡± This scene stirred the emotions in the hearts of countless players. Following this, someone rushed to the front of Sherry. ¡°Little girl, as long as you join the Kairi Guild, you¡¯ll be our favorite. Even if you want the moon in the sky, we¡¯ll get it down for you.¡± ¡°Shoo, shoo, shoo. The Kairi Guild is just a group of rough men, how would you know how to get along with a little girl? Little girl, the Rose Guild is the guild with the most females in Holy Maiden City. You don¡¯t have to feel restrained with us, and you¡¯ll feel as if you¡¯ve returned home,¡± A beautiful woman dressed in a cheongsam walked up to them. ¡°Consider us too. We¡¯re the Wind Sword Guild. We can teach you the strongest sword technique in the world. This is something other guilds can¡¯t give you.¡± ¡°Me, me, me! Miss Sherry, please join our guild.¡± Standing on the plaza, Sherry was like the most precious treasure in the world, attracting countless people to fight over her. ¡°Guild master, should we go forward too?¡± The vice guild master of the Winged Dragon Guild asked excitedly. ¡°Yes, but not now. Once they¡¯ve dispersed, send someone to contact the members of the Fierce Tiger Guild,¡± Dennis said. Then, he turned around and left with the others. Seeing that Sherry was about to be drowned in the crowd that rushed forward, Andrew shouted, ¡°Miss Sherry has her considerations in what guild she will join. All of you, get lost!¡± ¡°The Fierce Tiger Guild is coming through, move out of the way!¡± With this, the members of the Fierce Tiger Guild rushed out of the city. After this battle, the Fierce Tiger Guild¡¯s popularity in server one of ¡°The One¡± immediately rose to the top. An endless stream of people came putting in applications to join the guild every day. Even people from the other two large guilds left their original guild to join the fierce Tiger Guild. On the other side, Reyker did not expect that he would come into contact with the biggest secret of ¡°The One¡±. Sitting on the magic carpet, Reyker was flying in the sky with the teacher from the Magic Academy. When he looked at the teacher who seemed to be deep in thought, Reyker couldn¡¯t help but feel puzzled. The NPCs in ¡°The One¡± were too intelligent. He had this feeling before, but he dismissed it away thinking that the programmers had done a good job. However, after meeting this teacher named Brian, this feeling reached its peak. It made him feel that the person talking to him was a real person and not an AI. ¡°Teacher Brian,¡± Reyker interrupted the mage teacher who was staring at the sky in deep thought and asked, ¡°Will I meet players like myself in the Magic Academy?¡± ¡°Of course. The Magic Academy recruits disciples from all over the world every year.¡± ¡°What are the criteria for recruitment?¡± Reyker asked. ¡°Those who are fated with magic. For example, those who can come into contact with or even solve large-scale magic incidents when they were still mortals. Since you, an ordinary mortal, helped the Magic Academy solve an unexpected mage incident, it made us notice you.¡± ¡°A magic incident?¡± After hearing these words, Reyker fell into deep thought. The magic incident that Brian mentioned should be referring to the exclusive quest about the witch. But now, the times the exclusive quest could be completed was capped at 10,000 times. Did that mean the 10,000 people could become apprentices of the Magic Academy? Even if some people could not complete this exclusive quest perfectly, there should be a lot of hidden quests like this. Then, there should be many people who can become apprentices. But in his previous life, he had only heard of a few mages with the hidden class. So Reyker continued to ask, ¡°Then, will you still recruit people from quest about the forest witch?¡± Hearing this, Brian turned around and looked at Reyker with a strange look. ¡°Didn¡¯t you kill that witch? How can someone still get an invitation through her quest?¡± This sentence set off a storm in Reyker¡¯s mind. Why did Brian say that the witch was killed? Theoretically speaking, shouldn¡¯t she still have 9,999 lives? His mind filled with questions, Reyker followed the teacher, Brian, to the Magic Academy. This academy looked like a square, with tall arrowhead-shaped towers at the four corners of the square. The east, west, south, and north of the Magic Academy were surrounded by a river. There was only a huge bridge in the north that led to land. As soon as Reyker landed, he saw a griffin landing on the castle. There were also many black spots above the castle. Those were people flying in the sky on their brooms. Reyker and Brian continued to walk forward. Suddenly, the ground cracked and the big tree on the side of the road suddenly stood up and waved its huge branches as it said, ¡°Stranger!¡± ¡°Hey, Old Derry, did you forget? Are you confused again?¡± Then, the leaves of the trees shook, revealing a pair of eyes. ¡°Oh, respected teacher Brian, I was wrong.¡± Following this, the treant inserted its roots back into the ground and gathered the soil that was scattered on the ground. After that, a wave of magic flashed, and the grass on the ground was restored to its original state. The ground became flat again. Reyker suppressed his excitement and continued to follow Brian to the Magic Academy. As Reyker stepped onto a wooden bridge, the clacking of his shoes sounded. The feeling of the wooden bridge under his feet was as if it had withstood the passage of time. Reyker even felt as if he was stepping on the body of an ancient god. Then, he lowered his head to look at the river under the bridge. The black river water was flowing slowly, like an abyss. The two of them came to the gates of the academy. With a creaking sound, the thick black wooden gates slowly opened. What greeted them was a Gothic maid, with a white headband on her soft black short hair. She wore the eternal black-and-white maid costume, her white stockings vaguely visible under her long black dress. She had two sweet dimples. Together with her slightly round face, she looked very cute. But what surprised Reyker the most was not why there was a maid here, but that the maid had opened the huge wooden door with her bare hands. What kind of strength was this? One had to know, even the rock giant was not as tall as the wooden door in front of him. ¡°Are you the new student? My name is Elisa!¡± The gothic maid smiled and held out her fair right hand.. Chapter 34 - Getting a Private Maid for Free Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio Seeing this, Reyker stretched out his hand. Just as he was about to touch her, Brian¡¯s voice suddenly sounded in his ear, ¡°If I were you, I wouldn¡¯t shake hands with a dead body.¡± Hearing this, Reyker¡¯s hair stood on end, and then he awkwardly stopped his hand in mid-air. Hearing this, Elisa was angrily pouted as she put her left hand on her waist and said, ¡°Little Brian, you¡¯re talking trash about me in front of a freshman again.¡± Then, she suddenly sped up the movements of her right hand and grabbed Reyker¡¯s right hand. With a hard tug, she said, ¡°I¡¯ll take you to the teaching department to register yourself. Don¡¯t follow this bad man.¡± Reyker, whose hand was forcefully being held by the maid, did not feel the coldness of a dead body. Instead, he felt that Elisa¡¯s right hand was warmer than the average person¡¯s. Reyker had always thought that his body temperature was quite high, he did not expect Elisa¡¯s to be even higher than his. ¡°Teacher Brian, I ¨C¡± Reyker was a little nervous. ¡°It¡¯s alright, follow her. Although Alisa likes to play pranks, she won¡¯t hurt anyone. I have some matters to attend to now anyway. Let¡¯s meet at the teaching department,¡± After saying that, Brian took out his magic broom and flew into the sky. ¡°Let¡¯s go, Let¡¯s go,¡± Alisa smiled and pulled Reyker along as they walked through the courtyard. ¡°What great strength,¡± Reyker gritted his teeth as he thought. He was simply being dragged by her all the way. He didn¡¯t even have time to catch his breath. Walking through the maze-like castle, turning left and right, Reyker felt like he was going to faint. ¡°Miss Elisa, Miss Elisa, stop for a moment,¡± Reyker called out. Then, Elisa¡¯s head made a 180-degree turn. Her body was moving forward but her head was looking back at Reyker as she asked, ¡°What¡¯s the matter?¡± ¡°Your head!¡± Reyker looked at her twisted neck and exclaimed. ¡°It¡¯s okay, I¡¯m very familiar with this place anyway. I can walk there even with my eyes closed.¡± Then, her expression changed. ¡°Oh, I forgot. A human¡¯s neck can¡¯t turn like this.¡± ¡°Miss Elisa, what are you?¡± ¡°Ah, I¡¯m not human, I¡¯m an alchemy puppet.¡± ¡°And your body temperature?¡± ¡°People kept saying I felt too cold to the touch,¡± Elisa used her left hand to pull open her chest, thus revealing her lungs. A red gemstone emitting heat appeared inside. ¡°So I installed a volcanic gemstone for myself, how about it?¡± Then she opened her right arm to reveal a mercury thermometer. ¡°Look, 27 degrees. Does it feel like you¡¯re basking in the sun when I hold your hand?¡± ¡°Uh,¡± Reyker could not help but be at a loss for words. ¡°Okay, we¡¯re here,¡± Elisa suddenly stopped. Reyker looked up and saw that the small house in front of him had a board on it that read ¡°teaching department¡±. Following this, Elisa looked excited as raised her right hand high, like a robber who had come to rob. At this time, the voice of an old man came from inside the house. ¡°Elisa, if you break my door again, I¡¯ll take away your energy gemstone.¡± Hearing this, Alisa¡¯s expression instantly fell. She then pushed Reyker forward and said, ¡°You do it yourself. I¡¯m leaving.¡± After saying that, she turned into a running whirlwind and disappeared from the corridor. ¡°Come in. I didn¡¯t lock the door,¡± The man in the room suddenly became gentle. After pushing the door open and entering, what greeted Reyker was a small room of forty to fifty square meters. An old man with golden-rimmed spectacles put down the quill in his hand and raised his head to look at Reyker. At the same time, he extended his left hand and gestured for Reyker to sit on the chair in front of him. Reyker could not help but observe his surroundings. On his left and right were two walls of books. He could recognize some of the books, like the ¡°Introduction to Magic¡±, ¡°The Definition of Advanced Magic and Beginner Magic¡±, but most of them he couldn¡¯t even read. He tried turning on the translation system, but for the first time, it was ineffective. Behind the old man was a locked wall with complicated patterns drawn on it. ¡°You must be the new student. Let me take a look at your information.¡± The old man opened the book on his left. The pages moved although there wasn¡¯t any wind. Then a yellow paper flew out and landed in the old man¡¯s hand. He adjusted his glasses and began to read, ¡°Sis-con, from Harmon Village of the Wright Empire.¡± Hearing himself called by this name, Reyker was speechless. How did this nickname of his spread here too? Who was it that filled his name as Sis-con? If Reyker knew that Brian had filled his name as ¡°Sis-con¡± because he heard all the players calling him sis-con master on the way to pick him up, what kind of expression would Reyker have? ¡°Well, your resume is quite beautiful. Not only do you have the werewolf bloodline, but you also killed the witch who destroyed the forest by yourself. You are simply born for the mage world! How about this, tell me, which college do you want to enter?¡± Hearing this, Reyker¡¯s eyes lit up. The main event was here. Even a fool knew that what followed would greatly affect his career prospects. Reyker quickly asked, ¡°How many colleges are there in the Academy? Are there any specialties?¡± ¡°Hmm, I¡¯m a little busy here, and I don¡¯t have the time to explain all that to you,¡± Then, a book with more than a hundred pages flew over from the bookshelf and landed beside Reyker¡¯s hand before the old man continued, ¡°This is the freshman brochure. It introduces the history of the academy and the structure of the colleges. You can tell me your choice within a week. One thing to note though, you¡¯re not the only student in this batch. If the quota is taken by someone else, there is nothing you can do.¡± ¡°Understood. Thank you, teacher. May I know your name?¡± Reyker stood up and asked after bowing. ¡°Oh, right, I forgot to introduce myself. I am the deputy director of the teaching department. You can call me Professor Cleveland.¡± After that, Reyker took the book and walked out of the door. Just as he was thinking about where he should go next, a gothic maid suddenly appeared from the corner. ¡°Respected Sis-con sir, I¡¯m the puppet designated by the academy for you. If you have any orders, please instruct me from now on.¡± ¡°Anything¡­¡± Reyker thought about the word as he looked at the beautiful maid in front of him, who was no less beautiful than a normal person. He could not help but think of perverted things. As if she had remembered something, the gothic maid raised her head and smiled sweetly, ¡°Even that kind of thing is fine. After all, our bodies are designed to imitate the most perfect women.¡± ¡°Ahem,¡± Reyker felt a little embarrassed after hearing these words. He quickly put on a serious look and said, ¡°Please take me to where I¡¯m supposed to live..¡± Chapter 35 - All the Freshmen Are Big Shots Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio Rosa¡¯s black leather shoes made clicking sounds in the corridor. Reyker followed her all the way. At the same time, he kept looking at everything around him. After five minutes, he suddenly asked, ¡°Rosa, how long does it take to walk from Professor Cleveland¡¯s office to the student dormitory?¡± ¡°Usually, it only takes ten minutes to walk there.¡± ¡°How long have we been walking for?¡± Rosa looked at the clock on her wrist, and answered, ¡°We have been walking for ten minutes.¡± Hearing this, Reyker slightly bent his body and assumed a fighting posture as he asked, ¡°Is there any enemy who will invade the Academy?¡± At about three minutes into walking, Reyker had realized that something was wrong. The two of them seemed to be walking repeatedly along the same corridor. After seeing the same murals three times in a row, he finally couldn¡¯t take it anymore. ¡°The enemies of the academy were all killed a hundred years ago. Besides, we are now in one of the academy¡¯s safe zone. There are two hundred teachers here. It¡¯s impossible for an enemy to invade without being discovered.¡± After hearing this, Reyker closed his eyes and suddenly transformed into a werewolf. Then, he turned his nose in the air to sniff. After all, the nose of a wolf was very sensitive. Suddenly, Reyker¡¯s nose stopped twitching. Following that, he abruptly jumped and punched the wall above. The wall that was hit by the fist rippled like the surface of the water and the ripples began to spread in all directions. ¡°Henry, your illusion has failed. It seems that I won the bet,¡± As the ripples disappeared, the scene around Reyker suddenly changed and dissipated. The narrow corridor turned into a huge square, and he and Rosa were standing in front of a huge student dormitory. The person who said the words just now was leaning against the wall, under the shadow in the corner. The tips of his ears were very sharp, but he did not seem to be an elf. At the same time, green veins could be seen under his pale skin. Reyker began to observe his surroundings. There were seventeen young boys and girls gathered in the square. Each of them was followed by a puppet similar to Rosa but varied in gender and skin tone. ¡°I didn¡¯t expect a werewolf to be able to break my illusion,¡± said a gloomy man with long bangs covering his eyes. ¡°That¡¯s because you stink. If you take more showers, I might not be able to break your array next time,¡± Reyker said. Hearing this, some of the people around couldn¡¯t help but laugh out loud, while others tried their best to suppress their laughter. Meanwhile, the man with the bangs had a very ugly expression. ¡°Hey, Cesar, I also think that the smell on your body is a little strong. I have very good soap, do you want to try it?¡± A white man with blonde hair and a height of 1.9 meters said with a smile. The person he was leaning on was a large maid who was two meters tall. ¡°Shut up, Kingsky,¡± Cesar said with anger on his face. Then, he glared at Reyker, ¡°I will remember you, newbie.¡± Reyker was stunned when he heard this. He quickly asked Rosa, ¡°Are they my seniors?¡± ¡°No, this is the freshmen dormitory building. Only freshmen live here.¡± Reyker¡¯s expression changed when he heard this. He stuck his middle finger at Cesar¡¯s back, refuting to himself, ¡°Didn¡¯t you just come two days earlier? Why are you acting like a senior?¡± The farce ended, and the seventeen people downstairs walked back to the dormitory. One of them, a woman with short white hair and a cross on her neck, looked at Reyker several times. The joints on her hands were white because of the force she was clenching them, and the way she looked at Reyker was as if she wanted to eat him alive. At this moment, the blonde Kingsky came over. He patted Reyker¡¯s shoulder and said in a friendly manner, ¡°The woman looks like she wants to eat you alive is called Fansi. Her parents were killed by a werewolf.¡± ¡°Oh, then can I explain to her that I¡¯m not a werewolf? I¡¯m just a person who will turn into a werewolf.¡± ¡°That probably won¡¯t do.¡± ¡°Then tell her to get lost. If she provokes me, I don¡¯t mind beating her up,¡± Reyker said. Kingsky didn¡¯t seem to expect Reyker to say such a thing. He looked at Reyker up and down several times, then smiled and said, ¡°You¡¯re really an interesting man.¡± Sitting alone in his room, Reyker looked at the list in his hand and fell into deep thought. These seventeen freshmen were all big shots. His ability to transform into a werewolf was only second-best here. This was because there were three from the demon hunter families. The man hiding in the shadows was a monster with a vampire bloodline. The white-haired girl whose family had been wiped out was also from a famous demon hunter family. The man named Cesar was a gypsy illusionist. Kingsky was a descendant of a knight of the Round Table. Reyker¡¯s background was the most garbage. He was a werewolf from an unknown village with an unknown genetic mutation. The strangest thing was that when he opened their information column, he could only see some simple specifications such as their names and gender. He could not even send them a private message. This made Reyker unable to distinguish whether they were NPCs or players. He felt that ever since he came into contact with the Magic Academy, the difference between ¡°The One¡± and reality was shrinking. After observing his classmates, Reyker began to study the freshman¡¯s brochure. The freshman¡¯s brochure started from the history of the Magic Academy. It turned out that the full name of this Magic Academy was ¡ª the Helter Magic Academy. It was founded by a great mage 500 years ago. During this period, they had experienced three major crises, but they still persisted. In the introduction, they claimed that they were the most high-end magic academy in the world. As for whether this was really the case, Reyker did not know. He could only say that he believed half of it. Then, the book introduced the four magic colleges of the Helter Magic Academy. The black magic college, the light magic college, the elemental magic college, and the soul (spiritual) magic college. According to the history of the Helter Magic Academy, in the beginning, they only taught light magic. However, during the first crisis, there was a huge battle with the black magic faction. The black magic faction was defeated, and to prevent black magic from going extinct, they established the Black Magic Academy. After that, they experienced the elemental magic war, defeated most of the elemental mages, and then established the Elemental Magic Academy. Then they went on to go through the spiritual magic war, defeated the spiritual wizards, and then established the spiritual magic academy. It could be said that the Helter Magic Academy had taken over the three other colleges by killing their mages, which was quite a powerful move.. Chapter 36 - I Want to Learn Dark Magic! Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio From the academy¡¯s history, one could see that the Light Magic College was the most promising and powerful college in Helter Magic Academy. Reading to this point, Reyker put away his epaulets and lay on the double bed. It was so comfortable! The down quilt and the exquisite silk were comfortable to touch and gave him a warm feeling. It made him want to just fall asleep, but before that, there was another problem that needed to be solved. Rosa the maid was still standing by Reyker¡¯s bed. ¡°I say, Rosa, can you stop staring at me? It¡¯s just creepy.¡± Reyker now found a problem with the maids, and that was their expressions did not change. At least, this was the case with Rosa, his private maid now. Elisa whom he had met at the school gates did not seem to have such a problem. Imagine this: While sleeping, someone kept staring at you. When you open your eyes, you find a maid staring at you. If this went on, one could very well experience a nervous breakdown. ¡°Rosa, can you close your eyes?¡± Reyker asked. ¡°Okay,¡± Then Rosa began to use her hands to fiddle with her right eye socket. Seeing this, Reyker immediately sat up. ¡°What are you doing?¡± ¡°Didn¡¯t you ask me to close my eyes? I¡¯m carrying out your order,¡± Rosa held her right eye and said. Seeing this, Reyker couldn¡¯t help but hold his forehead as he asked, ¡°Don¡¯t you have something like eyelids?¡± ¡°They¡¯re broken. The previous Master didn¡¯t send me for repair after he broke them.¡± ¡°When was the last time you had a Master?¡± Rosa lifted the sleeve on her wrist again to look at the time on her arm and said, ¡°It should¡¯ve been two hundred years ago.¡± ¡°Two hundred years ago?! Then what are you doing during all that time?¡± ¡°Waiting to be used again in the storage room. It¡¯s because my quality is too low that I haven¡¯t been used for two hundred years. I¡¯m only being used now because there are many freshmen.¡± Hearing this, Reyker opened Rosa¡¯s information panel and saw some of her basic specifications. [Basic Alchemy Puppet Type 2] [Quality]: Silver ¡°Alright, I¡¯ll bring you to the maintenance room.¡± ¡°Thank you, Master,¡± Rosa said immediately. ¡°You can thank me by putting your eye back into your eye socket, please.¡± Then, Reyker followed Rosa¡¯s lead and headed toward the maintenance room for the alchemy puppets. According to the map, the maintenance room for the alchemy puppets was located in the Black Magic College in the south. It seemed that the technology of the alchemy puppets stemmed from black magic. When they walked to the gates of the Black Magic College, Reyker saw a huge sign hanging on the gates. ¡°Power is not wrong, the wrong is on the person using it.¡± After walking through the gates to the Black Magic College, a magic wave washed over Rosa and Reyker¡¯s bodies. Rosa¡¯s body abruptly twisted for a second before returning to normal. Meanwhile, Reyker received a damage notification. [-123] Someone was attacking him, and this attack had taken away more than half of his HP. Reyker quickly assumed an attacking posture. At the same time, a woman¡¯s exclamation came from the second floor of the teaching building. ¡°This kid directly came through the gate?¡± Following this, a black mist appeared in front of Reyker. Then, a woman wearing black stockings and a black top walked out of the mist. Her face was exquisite and beautiful. She had an oval face and there was a small mole at the corner of her mouth. She widened her long and narrow eyes as she said, ¡°Where did you come from? As a new student, how can you just barge through the gates?¡± Then, she reached her face to Reyker¡¯s neck, constantly sniffing at his neck as if trying to find a scent. ¡°A low-quality werewolf mutation potion, but it can only give you some black magic immunity, right? Tell me, kid, what secrets are you hiding?¡± A hint of rosiness suddenly appeared on her originally pale and colorless face. Being suddenly in such close proximity with a woman, Reyker hurriedly retreated. There was a hint of panic on his face as he asked, ¡°You are?¡± ¡°Hm?¡± Seeing Reyker¡¯s actions, the woman revealed a mischievous smile, ¡°I smell the scent of a virgin.¡± ¡°Alright, Judy. It¡¯s the junior¡¯s first time here, don¡¯t push him too hard.¡± Reyker looked up in the direction where the voice came from and saw a tall and thin man with a black hat that had a flamingo feather. After the man finished saying this, he used his right hand to support himself against the wall on the third floor and jumped down. When he landed on the ground, his feet were engulfed in a pile of black fog, which seemed to cancel out the impact of landing. A confident smile appeared on the man¡¯s face. At the same time, he stretched out his right hand, ¡°My name is Simon, a third-year student of the Black Magic College. If anyone bullies you in school, you can tell them my name.¡± Seeing his hand, Reyker also stretched out his right hand to shake it. However, he suddenly felt a sharp pain. He hurriedly withdrew his right hand, only to see a thin needle condensed from black gas suddenly appear on Simon¡¯s right hand. [-12] Reyker received another damage notification. ¡°Oh, he really has a high immunity to black magic!¡± Simon¡¯s face revealed an excited expression. Then, he turned to Judy and said, ¡°How about we both take some of his blood for research?¡± Hearing this, Reyker was speechless. The reason why he had such a high magic immunity was that he had been intercepting the magic immunity effect from the magic apprentice set. Now, even if he did not wear the Imitator¡¯s Mask, he already had 80% magic immunity. By the time he finished intercepting the magic immunity effect from the last item of the set tomorrow, he would have 95% magic immunity. However, Reyker calculated that without this magic immunity, the damage that was over 100 points he had received just now would be enough to deplete his HP to zero! Meanwhile, this man named Simon¡¯s so-called test would also take away half of his HP. This made Reyker somewhat displeased. The two in the middle of their discussion seemed to have noticed the change in Reyker¡¯s mood, and their faces immediately revealed an embarrassed expression. Simon slapped Reyker¡¯s shoulder hard and said, ¡°I guess you must be thinking that my test just now was full of malice. But, what I want to say to you is that I have full trust in you as a senior! I was so bold to perform the test on you because I have the utmost confidence that you have the one in a hundred black magic immunity physique! Believe my words. See my eyes? It¡¯s as pure as the water of Lake Walden.¡± On the other side, Judy took out a bottle of potion and threw it over. ¡°Take this as my apology and an admission gift to you. I look forward to seeing you in the Black Magic College..¡± Chapter 37 - Advanced Werewolf Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio Reyker took the bottle of purple potion and the specifications appeared on it. [Excellent Werewolf Transformation Potion] [Quality]: Platinum [Effect]: The consumer will transform into a werewolf after taking the potion. There is no time limit, and the effect will last till the consumer is exhausted. After transforming into a werewolf, all attributes will be increased by 300%, but all human form skills will be lost. Looking at the transformation potion in his hand, Reyker could not help but exclaim in surprise. He decided that he would have to pay more attention to everything in the academy. To think an NPC could casually hand out a platinum-grade potion! After receiving the potion, Reyker¡¯s expression became much better. Then, he said, ¡°Thank you for the potion, senior sister, but I want to join the Light Magic College.¡± When they heard this, the two¡¯s expressions did not change. Instead, they revealed a mysterious smile as they said, ¡°You have the aura of darkness on you. In the end, you will definitely choose the Black Magic College.¡± Then, Judy left while Simon stuffed a card into Reyker¡¯s hand before leaving. When Reyker took out the card and looked at it, he saw these words written on it: ¡°Devil¡¯s shop, where you can buy all goods from hell¡±. On the back were instructions on how to use the card. It wrote, ¡°At midnight, when the moon is at its fullest, point the card at the moon and you will be directed to the shop¡±. In the lower-left corner of the card, there was a line of small words carved on it that read, ¡°With this card, you can rent a succubus and get a 10% discount. If you rent two, you will get a 20% discount. If you rent them for a year, you could get up to a 40% discount and a special gift pack.¡± However, when Reyker moved his gaze away from the card, he noticed that there the words had turned into a few strange symbols. ¡°Master, these are spiritual symbols. By injecting some spiritual power into the symbols, they allow mages to use few symbols to express long paragraphs, which also eliminates the problem of the language gap.¡± Magical. Reyker felt that his interest in the Magic Academy was growing. After walking through a few corridors, Reyker followed Rosa to the entrance of a basement. It was spacious inside, like a factory that could accommodate 20 to 30 people. Countless puppets were hanging from the ceiling. Then, Reyker saw a middle-aged man dozing off with his hand on his head at the receptionist desk. Reyker knocked on the receptionist desk and woke the man who was dozing off. The man immediately opened his eyes and said, ¡°Hammond Alchemy Factory, at your service. May I know what kind of puppet do you need?¡± Then, the man sobered up and asked after looking at Reyker carefully, ¡°Freshman?¡± ¡°Yes. There are some problems with the puppet arranged for me by the academy. Can you fix them?¡± ¡°Oh, Basic model 2, such an old model. How about this, I¡¯ll directly replace it with the latest basic model 9, and this one can be directly thrown into the warehouse. What do you think?¡± Hearing this, Rosa¡¯s body seemed to tremble. Reyker pressed hard on her shoulder and said, ¡°No need. I¡¯m used to her and have feelings for her already. Just fix her.¡± ¡°Feelings? Eh, that¡¯s a weird way of saying it.¡± Then, the man took out a transparent crystal ball from the counter and asked Rosa to put her hand on it. Following this, the crystal ball started to emit colorful lights. ¡°There is a red light in the upper part, which means that there is damage to the head. The yellow in the lower part means that some parts inside have aged. Since she¡¯s such an old model, we might not be able to find replacement alchemy parts.¡± After saying this, the middle-aged man took out a book and chanted, ¡°Magic book, magic book. Tell me, do we still have refined skeleton powder and old-fashioned brass?¡± Seeing that the man was doing inquiries, Reyker could not help but ask the question in his heart, ¡°How did you make these puppets seem like real people? Is it done using some kind of algorithm?¡± Reyker could not help but think of Elisa who had opened the door for him at the entrance. ¡°Algorithm? Is that a new term invented by the spiritual mages? If you want something to have intelligence, it¡¯s very simple, you just have to give it a soul According to the grade of the soul and the degree of the seal, it can naturally produce different grades of intelligent puppets.¡± ¡°Soul? What kind of Soul?¡± Reyker asked. ¡°A basic rule of alchemy is equivalent exchange. If you want a mechanical dog to be like a real dog, then you just have to put in a dog¡¯s soul. It¡¯s the same for the puppets.¡± Hearing this, Reyker felt a chill. It can¡¯t be that a human soul was sealed in Rosa¡¯s body, right? Was the Magic Academy actually a school that used human souls to make puppets? That was definitely villainous actions. Seeing Reyker¡¯s expression change, the man quickly said, ¡°I think you¡¯ve misunderstood. The Helter Magic Academy is not a cult. Most of the souls in these puppets are criminals who have committed heinous crimes in the past. They are often sentenced to hundreds of years of imprisonment or death, but it¡¯s not enough to punish them. For these people, we will make their souls into alchemy puppets. After they have finished serving their sentences, we will release their souls. See, the model of this puppet of yours is so old. Her soul will probably be released soon. There are also some teachers and students of the academy that want to get rid of the shackles of the physical body and choose to become puppets.¡± ¡°Oh, I see,¡± Hearing this, Reyker¡¯s feelings for Rosa suddenly changed. To be a soul that had been sentenced to more than two hundred years of imprisonment, how sinful had she been when she was alive? ¡°How is it? Now you shouldn¡¯t have so many feelings for her, right? I can still give you the latest model.¡± Hearing this, Rosa straightened her back. Reyker said, ¡°Is it possible that these puppets are not criminals? Or could their prison term be miscalculated?¡± Hearing this, the man¡¯s hands suddenly stopped moving. At the same time, the smile on his face froze. ¡°In this school, there are many secrets and temptations. The only thing that can protect you is the claims of the school. They can not be questioned!¡± The middle-aged man said in a serious voice. Then, it seemed that he did not want to talk to Reyker anymore. The way he looked at Reyker became very cold as well. At the same time, he sped up his movements in repairing the puppet. Finally, when he saw that the entire magic crystal ball was green, he said coldly, ¡°I have already recorded all the repair costs on your bill.¡± Then, the man put on a manner of wanting Reyker to leave.. Chapter 38 - Getting Closer to the Truth Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio Reyker, who had brought contempt upon himself, walked towards the dormitory with Rosa. ¡°Thank you, Master. I don¡¯t want to stay in that dark room anymore,¡± Rosa suddenly said. ¡°Being a Master is not only a right but also a responsibility. Since you called me Master, I naturally can¡¯t abandon you.¡± Hearing this, Rosa wanted to smile, but the metal pieces on her face were rigid. The next morning, Reyker was awakened by the aroma of milk and oats. He opened his eyes to be greeted by breakfast on the table that consisted of a cup of hot milk, a bowl of oats, and a plate with a croissant and a hard-boiled egg. ¡°You made all this?¡± Reyker asked. ¡°Yes, I wanted to do better, but the limitations of my body didn¡¯t allow me to do so,¡± Rosa said. ¡°Don¡¯t worry, you¡¯ve done well enough,¡± Reyker comforted her. Ever since he found out that the puppets had souls as he did, Reyker¡¯s tone and attitude had changed. However, when he thought that most of the people or puppets here were just NPCs, he felt that his change was quite amusing. After all, they were all fake. Touch and taste were simulated perfectly by the system in ¡°The One¡±, which made the game a super game that surpassed the concept of the multiverse. Therefore, Reyker who could smell the fragrance could not help but want to try out the taste. After finishing breakfast, he got up to go tell the professor that he wanted to sign up for the Light Magic College. Just when the two left the room, Reyker suddenly received an emergency call. One could set up call transfers in ¡°The One¡±, which would transfer phone calls to the game cabin to prevent the player from missing some important calls. The first sentence that came from the other end of the phone stunned Reyker, ¡°Hello, Sir Reyker, I¡¯m a police officer. Your sister was in a car accident just now. Can you come over now?¡± After hearing this, Reyker did not know how he came to the scene of the car accident. He only felt himself to be in a daze when he saw the pool of blood on the ground. It was hard for him to imagine that his sister¡¯s petite body could bleed so much. ¡°Police! How is my sister?!¡± Reyker rushed to the traffic police who were maintaining traffic. ¡°You¡¯re Sherry¡¯s brother?¡± ¡°Yes, I¡¯m Sherry¡¯s brother,¡± Reyker said anxiously. He looked at the white cloths on the stretchers around him and felt his legs go soft. He did not dare to walk to the front of these stretchers. He was even a little afraid of what the police would say next. ¡°Your sister was sent away by the ambulance, you¡¯re late.¡± Hearing this, Reyker let out a long sigh. At the same time, he consoled himself. As long as she was sent to the hospital, she should be fine. This proved that she was not in the worst-case scenario. ¡°She¡¯s been sent to Glen Public Hospital. Go there and look for her yourself,¡± The police officer said. With this, Reyker hurriedly called a taxi to the hospital, then only did he learn about the incident through the radio broadcast on the car. It turned out that the bus his sister Sherry was on had an accident with a car that ran a red light at the intersection. Although the bus had flipped over, the people inside were not seriously injured. On the contrary, those in the car had died. The driver had died on the spot, while the passenger was sent to the hospital with serious injuries. The blood on the ground was mainly from the two of them. After arriving at the hospital, Reyker hurriedly went through the procedures and rushed to the ward on the third floor. As soon as he entered the corridor, he heard his sister¡¯s voice, ¡°Brother, I¡¯m here.¡± Seeing Sherry sitting on the bench in the corridor, Reyker finally felt relieved. He rushed to Sherry and hugged her tightly. ¡°You scared me to death.¡± ¡°Brother, I¡¯m so scared.¡± ¡°It¡¯s okay, I¡¯m here. You don¡¯t have to be scared.¡± Then, Reyker let go of his hand and looked Sherry up and down. ¡°Why are you sitting in the corridor? Where¡¯s the doctor? Didn¡¯t the doctor come to examine you?¡± ¡°The doctor has already examined me, but they said I was fine, so they asked me to wait for a while and let the seriously injured be examined first.¡± Hearing this, Reyker smiled. ¡°That¡¯s good. It¡¯s best if you¡¯re fine.¡± Although the doctors had said Sherry was fine, Reyker still arranged for her to be hospitalized. Reyker stayed at the bedside and waited for Sherry to fall asleep before he got up and left. When he got up, he noticed that Sherry had kicked the blanket away around her waist. He went up and covered her with the blanket. At this moment, Reyker saw a wound on her abdomen. It seemed that Sherry didn¡¯t tell him because she was afraid that he would worry. However, Reyker somehow felt that he had seen this wound somewhere before, but he couldn¡¯t figure out where it was. In the end, he had no choice but to give up on thinking about it. It wasn¡¯t until late at night that he remembered he had to go register for a college in the academy. The minute he went online, Reyker found himself back in the dormitory. ¡°Why am I here?¡± Reyker asked curiously. In ¡°The One¡±, other than some special circumstances, players should find themselves in the same place they went offline when they came online. Then, Rosa¡¯s voice rang in his ears, ¡°Master, have you forgotten? We were going to Professor Cleveland¡¯s to register for college, but you suddenly stopped moving on the way. I was worried that you would be in danger, so I brought you back to the dormitory.¡± Hearing this, Reyker was stunned. ¡°You can still see me when I go offline?¡± ¡°What do you mean by going offline? I have been watching you.¡± The doubt in Reyker¡¯s mind grew. Hadn¡¯t he gone offline? Was his physical body still around? Thinking of this, he immediately jumped off the bed and ran toward the entrance of the Magic Academy. On the way, he heard Elisa, who was flying in the sky on a broomstick, calling his name. When he arrived at the gates of the Magic Academy, Reyker tried to push them open, but he found that the gates were not budging at all, and there were no specifications. At this time, Elisa, who was riding on the broomstick, landed. ¡°Yo, newbie, do you want to be as strong as me?¡± ¡°Can you open the gates?¡± Reyker asked. ¡°No. There are certain conditions to open the gates of the Magic Academy. What do you want to do?¡± ¡°Then why could Teacher Brian directly bring me in?¡± ¡°Because his job was to bring you in?¡± ¡°Then if I don¡¯t open the gates, can you bring me out?¡± ¡°No. Although the Magic Academy is invincible, there are still many rats hiding in the shadows who are dissatisfied with us. You are not strong enough to go out.¡± ¡°What kind of strength do I need?¡± Elisa tilted her head and thought for a while, ¡°You have to at least be an intermediate mage.¡± ¡°I won¡¯t be far from here. Just take me out of this castle and we can come back immediately, okay?¡± Reyker said. ¡°Fine, but you owe me one.¡± ¡°Okay, I owe you one.¡± After Reyker said this, a purple magic light lit up. ¡°The contract is established. Let¡¯s be off.¡± With this, Elisa pulled on Reyker and flew all the way to the top of the castle.. Chapter 39 - The Choice of Fate Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio Sitting on Elisa¡¯s broom, Reyker flew all the way up. Just as they were about to rush out of the boundary that differentiated between inside and outside the academy, he suddenly heard a notification. [Please note that you are about to leave the quest area. If you leave the quest area, you will be automatically considered to have failed the quest and you will never receive the same quest again.] [Player, please cherish this opportunity!] The bright red words flashed across Reyker¡¯s retina. ¡°Stop, stop, stop,¡± Reyker hurriedly shouted. ¡°What¡¯s wrong? Didn¡¯t you want to go out and take a look?¡± ¡°Not anymore, put me down, please.¡± ¡°Sure, but our agreement is already in effect, so don¡¯t go back on it,¡± Elisa revealed the magic scroll that was shining with purple light in her hand. ¡°What is this?¡± ¡°Nothing, it¡¯s just a small toy,¡± Elisa stuffed the scroll back into her fanny pack like it was a treasure and ran away. A special quest, huh? With this, Reyker had a reason to appease his doubts. Then he returned to the academy and went about the process of registering for college. When he reached the professor¡¯s office, Reyker made his request, ¡°I want to join the Light Magic College.¡± ¡°I¡¯m afraid you can¡¯t,¡± the professor said. ¡°Why?¡± ¡°Just now, the last quota for the Light Magic College has been distributed. If you had come earlier, you would¡¯ve been able to get it.¡± ¡°What about the other colleges?¡± Professor Cleveland touched his forehead and said, ¡°The quotas of the other colleges have also been distributed. Now only the Black Magic College is left.¡± Hearing this, Reyker was stunned. Then, he could not help but recall what Simon said yesterday. ¡°Is there no other way?¡± ¡°No, you can only apply for the Black Magic College now. Why don¡¯t I fill it up for you now?¡± Hearing this, Reyker¡¯s face turned a little dark. This feeling of his future being predicted by others was really disgusting. After taking care of the admission procedures, Reyker and Rosa went to the Black Magic College. When they arrived at the gates of the college, Reyker suddenly stopped in his tracks and stood stunned. ¡°Master! Master!¡± Worried to see that Reyker had fallen into a daze again, Rosa quickly called out. The scar he saw on his sister¡¯s body was the symbol of the Black Magic College! Reyker stood at the entrance of the college, not daring to enter for a moment. ¡°Ha, little junior,¡± Simon¡¯s voice came from behind Reyker, then he took the certificate in Reyker¡¯s hand. ¡°Haha, you see, fate has indeed brought you to us. Come, let me show you the uniqueness of the Black Magic College.¡± ¡°What about the alternate between game and reality? Was it by chance or was there a huge conspiracy hidden?¡± Reyker thought, He felt as if he was touching the secret edges of the world. In his confusion, Reyker was pushed into the gates of the Black Magic College. On the way, Reyker could see some people coming in and out of each class. ¡°You don¡¯t have to care about them. These are transient students who have paid to come study at our academy. They are the children of nobles. Just think of them as the money bags of the academy.¡± ¡°Where do they usually live?¡± ¡°Outside the academy, of course.¡± ¡°But when I came here, I didn¡¯t see any buildings around the school.¡± ¡°That¡¯s the power of magic. All the buildings are hidden. In this world, many things are hidden.¡± Simon brought Reyker to the door of a classroom and said, ¡°This is your classroom.¡± Then, he put on a wretched smile and said, ¡°Remember, the moon will be full in a few days. You know what I mean.¡± Before Reyker could understand what Simon meant, he turned into a cloud of black fog and disappeared. When he stepped into the classroom, he immediately felt a murderous intent. He looked in the direction of the source of the murderous intent and saw that it came from the white-haired female demon hunter, the orphan of a demon hunter family. ¡°Aren¡¯t you a demon hunter? Why do you want to learn black magic?¡± Reyker asked. ¡°Only by understanding the opponent¡¯s moves can we deal with them better,¡± The woman said through gritted teeth. Then, Reyker saw his old acquaintance, Cesar, the gypsy wizard. When enemies met, their eyes would be red with emotion. Cesar did not hide the hatred in his eyes. Reyker hadn¡¯t tried to join their gang, so he did not know that because of his sarcastic words, Cesar now had a nickname ¡°BO¡± among the freshmen. Cesar did not dare to vent his anger on those who said that he had body odor, so he could only vent all his resentment on Reyker. Not long after Reyker sat down, the sound of footsteps could be heard in the corridor. Then, the tightly shut classroom door was kicked open with a bang. A woman wearing a mage robe walked in with a magic book in her hands. ¡°My name is Teresa, and I am your class teacher. I am also the teacher who teaches you black magic. From today onwards, all of you must listen to me and attend class properly. Finally, you must beat up the people from the Light Magic College at the year-end competition. Do you understand?¡± ¡°What will happen if we can¡¯t beat the people from the Light Magic College?¡± A student suddenly asked. ¡°Good question, this is what will happen,¡± The female teacher took out her magic staff and pointed it at the boy who asked the question. With a bang, a puff of smoke rose and he turned into a toad that landed on his seat. He let out croaks. ¡°If any of you lose the match against the Light Magic College, you will end up like him.¡± Everyone¡¯s expression changed when they saw this scene. ¡°Alright, open the first page, we¡¯re starting class!¡± With that, Reyker sat in the classroom like any other student and listened to class. He was dazed throughout the whole process. At first, he thought that this was just a quest scenario. After all, shouldn¡¯t the skills in games be instantly learned and lit up? Why the hell did he have to stay put in front of the teacher and listen to class? However, he didn¡¯t dare to attempt fighting against the teacher either. As such, he simply sat on the chair like a good student and listened to the entire magic class. ¡°Wha¨C?¡± After the class bell rang, this was the only thought in his mind. Am I f*cking here to play the game or to learn? But after opening his information column, Reyker discovered some changes. Originally, in the classes column, it showed that he did not have a class, but now he was a mage apprentice. One had to know that the last time he checked, which was before he went to the classroom, the class column was still empty. Could it be that he was really learning magic?! Chapter 40 - Hells Auction House Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio In the following days, Reyker was like a student in high school. Others killed monsters to level up in ¡°The One¡±, while he had to come online on time every day to learn magic. This was because when in Helter Magic Academy, he found that the time-flow in the game was the same as that of the outside world. It was no longer three to one, which meant that three days in the game was equal to one day in reality. The only thing that made him happy was that he had really mastered various spells in the game. Now, he could directly fly around on a magic broom, and could also use his magic staff to light up magic lamps. On top of that, the way he had to cast the spells was completely different from other games. He only had to think about it and follow the steps he had learned to cast the spells. However, due to the lack of comparisons, Reyker could not figure out if he was an exception or if ¡°The One¡±¡®s skill settings were just as such. It wasn¡¯t until one night that he noticed the card Simon had given him was shining in his backpack that he recalled what Simon had said and quickly took it out of his backpack. As soon as he took out the card, it flew out of the window. Seeing this, Reyker quickly picked up his broom and chased after it. In less than two seconds, a cloud of black fog condensed next to Reyker, and then Simon appeared. ¡°I thought you¡¯d forgotten, kid. It wasn¡¯t easy for me to get this ticket!¡± After saying that, Simon pulled on Reyker¡¯s hand and flew over. After flying for a while, the ticket stopped in mid-air. Then it emitted light that formed a vortex. Reyker and Simon went into it. As soon as he arrived, Reyker received a system notification. [The map of the Devil¡¯s Market has been opened.] Then, a bonfire appeared in front of him. After Reyker went up to light the bonfire, he suddenly had an idea. He asked, ¡°Senior Simon, can you see a bonfire over there?¡± ¡°Bonfire?¡± Simon looked confused. ¡°No.¡± Did this mean Simon was an NPC? After all, the bonfires were something that only players could see. ¡°Alright, stop wasting time. Hurry, let¡¯s go to the auction house. There won¡¯t be any seats left if we¡¯re late.¡± Simon dragged Reyker, weaving in the crowd. Reyker took the opportunity to observe the people around him. There were both yellow and black people here. Their skin textures seemed different from those in the Helter region. It was as if these people came from all over the world. Even the styles of their magic robes were not the same. He even saw a Taoist priest wearing a Chinese Taoist robe. ¡°What is this place?¡± Reyker asked. ¡°This is an exchange market operated by the devils of hell. All the sellers are the spirits of hell and are all special beings from all over the world. Not only are there mages, wizards, witches, and Taoist priests here, even werewolf and vampires are very common.¡± Hearing this, Reyker was a little shocked, but he still followed Simon to a huge auction house. The whole building looked like half a doughnut but one that was divided into five floors. When the two came to the door, a big black man with horns blocked their way. ¡°Tickets!¡± Simon took out two skeleton gold coins from his pocket and threw them over. The man gave way after he put the gold coins away. As soon as they entered, Reyker could smell a charming fragrance. Then, purple-pink smoke appeared in front of them. Following this, two succubi with red skin, little demon horns, and long black tails walked out from the smoke. The fabric on their bodies added together was probably less than that of a glove, which made the men feel a nosebleed coming. The bikini¡¯s tightness revealed their mesmerizing big tits. ¡°This is a succubus?¡± Reyker stuttered. Although their figures were very sexy, their appearance made it difficult for him to accept. Just as he was thinking about that, the height of one of the succubi suddenly changed. The horns on her head disappeared, and her red skin turned into the pale skin tone of a normal human. The strange patterns on her skin also disappeared. Even the bikini look changed to become black silk stockings with red-soled high-heels, coupled with a white office blouse and a tight black skirt. The only thing that remained was its tail that remained jumpy. This! Reyker was even more shocked. ¡°You didn¡¯t expect it, right? Succubi can transform into the appearance you like based on your desire. They¡¯re just ordinary succubi. If they are advanced succubi, not only will they change into the appearance you like, but they will also discover the greatest desires in your heart. Maybe this is the appearance you like now, but it may not be what your body wants the most,¡± Simon sounded like a human trafficker who was trying to bewitch children..