《Only I Can Recharge Money in This Game》 Chapter 1 Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio It¡¯s already autumn but the temperature remained high, and the weather was still hot. X city, inside a cheap apartment. Su Jin sat up abruptly from the sofa, looking around blankly. This place looked both strange and familiar. ¡°This is¡­¡± He was lost for a while, then suddenly said in disbelief, ¡°This is the place I lived ten years ago?¡± Su Jin hurriedly called out his personal terminal and looked at the time. ¡°September 15th, 2200. 11:30.¡± Su Jin¡¯s pupils contracted rapidly, and his heart beat violently! Year 2200? He actually went back to ten years ago! It was the year he just graduated from university. He took an internship job offered by the federal government. Not far from his work place, he rented this apartment and stayed here for five to six years. ¡°Wait! September 15th? !¡± Wasn¡¯t it the day New World released its beta? Su Jin hurriedly opened his personal terminal to check the news. He was right! The advertisements for the groundbreaking online game New World were everywhere. Everyone was talking about it online. The game was released by a mysterious company called Otherworld. The moment it was released, it became a big hit. Because people discovered that even during this closed beta stage, everything in the game could be brought into the real world! Such as the attributes, skills, inventory, and so on that the players obtained in the game. The whole world went crazy! Everyone wanted to find out more about this Otherworld company. However, it was as if Otherworld suddenly appeared in this world out of thin air. No one even knew where the company was and there was no game publisher. You couldn¡¯t find a more mysterious company. Even though the beta test had only lasted for a week. Those who were lucky enough to be chosen to participate in the test had benefited from it so much that they made everyone else envy them. Some players who had learned magic spells in the game could release fireballs that were as big as cannonballs in real life! Players who had become swordsmen in the game had actually mastered swordsmanship in real life. With a casual slash, they could cut through steel plates that were as thick as a thumb! Someone who had become a summoner in the game could summon an elephant-like wild boar in real life; its skin was so thick that even the bullet couldn¡¯t pierce thought it. .. Among these lucky players, some of them were rich. Like in real world, they wanted to be one step ahead of others and more superior. Therefore, these people looked for the in-game purchase option to recharge, and hope money would help them become more powerful. However, New World did not offer the recharge option, nor did it have an online store. To recharge, which was common in other online games, became something they could only dream of in New World. This was a game changer! Players could obtain things from the game and bring them to real world, but not vice versa. This meant everyone had the same starting point in New World. And those with great power and had dominated in the game world also ended up controlling the real world! They would be respected and worshipped by tens of thousands of people! At 12 o¡¯clock today, the door to the ¡°New World¡± would open on time! It would be a historical moment for the whole world. ¡°It will start in half an hour.¡± Su Jin checked the time. This epoch-making online game would become so popular that people from all over the world would play it. Su Jin wouldn¡¯t miss it either. He had already ordered a game cabin for himself. In his last life, Su Jin was a talented player. After he entered the game, he seized several opportunities and became very skilled. In the end, he became an expert and joined a gold farming group. He had earned quite some money. However, he was no match for those top players who had the support of big financial groups. Compared to those true experts, Su Jin was inferior and could only mingle among ordinary players. ¡°In my previous life, I missed many things. In this life, since the heavens allowed me to be reborn, I must stand at the top of the pyramid!¡± Su Jin took a deep breath and clenched his fists. He made a decision in his heart! As a reincarnator, he was extremely skillful and knew the strategies to get the secret missions in dungeons. He also knew the plot of New World and what was about to happen next. Su Jin was confident! In this life, he would definitely rise up in New World and become a top-notch expert! He would influence the power structure in real world as well! ¡°I¡¯ll quit my job first and focus on the game. With my rebirth memories, the first bucket of gold won¡¯t be difficult.¡± Su Jin had a plan in his mind. First, he informed the company of his resignation through his terminal. He had just joined the company and was still a newbie. The resignation was quickly approved. Then, he checked the remaining federal points on his bank card through his personal terminal. Su Jin was a university student who had just graduated and didn¡¯t have much savings. He originally had 15,000 federal points, but after spending 5,000 on a game cabin, he had less than 10,000 left. ¡°Order a month¡¯s basic citizen plan.¡± Su Jin sent an order to the personal terminal, which cost 2,000 federation points. In the end, he had 8,000 federation points left. After he finished doing these trivial. There were only 10 minutes left until the game opened. Su Jin entered the game cabin and planned to create a character. ¡°System checking¡­¡± ¡°First login¡­ pupil scan¡­ citizen information verified¡­ bank card saved¡­¡± The game notifications flashed one by one, and Su Jin¡¯s consciousness appeared in a white hall. ¡°Welcome to the New World. Host, please create your character.¡± A loud voice echoed in the space, and different races appeared in front of Su Jin. When Su Jin pointed his finger, the introduction of the race appeared. There were five races in New World: humans, elves, dwarves, undead, and trolls. Su Jin had chosen humans in his previous life; he planned to do the same this time. He pointed his finger at the humans, and just as he was about to choose¡­ Suddenly, he heard a pleasant voice: ¡°Congratulations to the host for setting up the recharge system. Do you want to recharge six yuan and randomly open a hidden race?¡± ¡°Recharge?¡± Su Jin was slightly stunned. This was the first time Su Jin had heard this word after playing for ten years. No matter the system was in closed beta or open beta. No one had found any ¡°Recharge¡± option in the game, let alone the online store interface. ¡°Could it be that after I was reborn, the game changed and now I can recharge?¡± Thinking of this, Su Jin quickly logged out of the game to check the discussion forum of the online players. Everyone was discussing which race to choose and which class to choose. No one mentioned that the option to recharge was available now. Su Jin was the only one who had it! Confused, Su Jin returned to the game. ¡°Do you want to recharge 6 yuan to randomly open a hidden race?¡± The pleasant voice continued to ring out, as if urging him. Suddenly, Su Jin suddenly thought of a possibility, and he became excited. ¡°Wait, could it be that after I was reborn, I awakened the Golden Finger?¡± ¡°Forget it, I¡¯ll just give it a try!¡± Su Jin replied in his mind: ¡°Yes, recharge please!¡± ¡°Ding! Recharge is successful! 6 yuan was automatically deducted from the host¡¯s bank card.¡± ¡°Congratulations to the host for activating the hidden race ¡ª Protoss!¡± Chapter 2 Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio ¡°I choose the god race.¡± Since he had activated the hidden race, Su Jin naturally would not choose the human race. After all, hidden races all had their own special mastery, which was much better than other races. ¡°Ding, race selection completed. Your race is the god race!¡± The game prompted. [ God race] Description: Born noble, has a strong physique and magic resistance, has 2-5% pure god race bloodline, very rare on the continent. Mastery: God Might. [ God Might] Effects: + 10% HP, + 10% mana, + 10% critical hit rate, + 10% movement speed, + 5% chance to be immune to all negative statuses, suppressing NPC and monsters 8% statuses, increasing skill quality. (Note: [ God Might ] is a growth-able mastery that will increase with the purity of your god bloodline. It is an indispensable aid to your path to becoming a god.) The items given by this hidden race were far superior to the other five ordinary races. It was indeed worthy of being a treasure. The god was one of the existences that participated in the creation of the ¡°New World¡±! Login. After Su Jin confirmed the identity of the race, the game¡¯s voice sounded again. ¡°Please choose your class.¡± As soon as he finished speaking, six huge stone sculptures rose in front of Su Jin. They were the six major classes in ¡°New World¡±, warrior, archer, assassin, mage, priest, and knight. ¡°I choose warrior.¡± Su Jin chose warrior as his class. He was a warrior in his previous life and had read quite a few guides. His understanding of this class was quite deep. ¡°Ding! Congratulations on becoming a warrior.¡± After confirming the race and class, a light flashed. A large treasure chest popped out. It was the [ beginner treasure chest] exclusive to players in the game cabin. After opening it, a green light flashed and a skill book with a long sword pattern appeared in the treasure chest. Skill: [ Cleave] (green) Effect: Fighting aura attack attached to a melee weapon, slows the target¡¯s movement speed by 10% for 0.5 seconds, deals 52 damage, cooldown 0 seconds. In the ¡°New World¡±, skills were more important than equipment. They were divided into white, green, blue, red, purple, and black according to rarity. To be able to obtain a green skill was already pretty good. Moreover, the effect of [ Cleave] was quite suitable for warriors. It could slow down the opponent and also dealt a lot of damage. The most important thing was that it did not have a cooldown time. As long as one¡¯s control was good enough, one could farm monsters without taking any damage. Although the skill did not have a cooldown time, if one wanted to activate the skill, one had to make a cleave action. A straight stab was useless. Just as Su Jin was happily preparing to put away the skill book. The game notification sounded again. ¡°Ding, your mastery God Might has been triggered. But how can you, who is of god bloodline, use such a low level skill. The quality of your skill [ Cleave ] has been upgraded to red!¡± Skill: [ Cleave] (red) Effect 1: Your weapon is imbued with the fighting aura. Reduces the movement speed of the target by 25% for 2 seconds. Deals 108 damage. Cooldown: 0 seconds. Effect 2: 1 in 1,000 chance to trigger Fighting Aura Domain. Deals 500 damage to a radius of 10 meters. Description: By the time you acquire this skill, you have already set foot on the path of becoming god of war. ¡­ Choosing a hidden race was indeed the right choice. His skill instantly increased by two grades and became a red skill! Moreover, the various attributes of [ Cleave ] were more suited for warriors. As for the Fighting Aura Domain that had a one in a thousand chance of being triggered, that was the level 20 god-level warrior class¡¯s skill. It could be it was equivalent to an assassin¡¯s skill. The sound of the game appeared once again. ¡°You are about to awaken your mastery.¡± As the voice fell, a golden spinning wheel appeared in front of Su Jin. On the spinning wheel were all sorts of invincible god-level masteries, such as [ Multiple Flash], [ Holy Sword Judgement ] , [ God-level Luck ] , [ Revival of the Dead Soul ] , [ God-level Attack Speed ]¡­ Each of them had extremely powerful abilities. The most important things to a warrior were naturally the damage output and defense. [ Holy Sword Judgement ] could ignore the target¡¯s defense and achieve a one-hit kill. [ Multiple Flash ] was also very good. It was useful when chasing opponent or dodging. As for the god-level masteries such as Revival of Dead Soul and God-level Attack Speed, they didn¡¯t have much effect on him. Just as the turntable was about to start, a familiar voice sounded in Su Jin¡¯s ear. ¡°The top up system is at your service. Would you like to top up 10 dollars and select the god-level masteries of your class to draw?¡± ¡°Is there¡¯s such a thing?¡± Su Jin was stunned for a moment, not quite able to react. Other people drew based on luck, but he could select a class to draw mastery. There would definitely not be a situation where he would not be able to use it, and it would also indicate a god-level mastery. After Su Jin reacted, he said, ¡°Top up!¡± The system directly deducted money from his personal account. Very quickly, the mastery wheel changed, and the mastery that was unrelated to or had little effect on warrior disappeared, leaving only the god-level masteries of warrior. The wheel began to spin, and after a while, it slowly stopped. ¡°Ding, congratulations, you have obtained a god-level mastery, [ Stacking Crit Damage ]!¡± The game prompted. Mastery: [ Stacking Crit Damage ] Effect: After activating the mastery, the general attack will have five critical hits, and the skill will have ten critical hits. As a price, every time you attack, you will need to spend 2 mana points, and every time you use the skill, you will need to spend 10 mana points. Description: A strong defense will also be defeated with multiple strikes by you. It was actually Stacking Crit Damage! In other words, under the effect [ Stacking Crit Damage ] a normal attack would change into five critical hits. The normal attack would be increased by more than five times. Moreover, the effect of skill would be doubled, reaching ten times critical hits! The critical hit damage would fluctuate, but it would not be lower than normal! What was even more insane was that if [ Stacking Crit Damage ] combined with the damage from [ Cleave ] , it could cause at least 600 points of damage at a time. Once the Fighting Aura Domain was triggered, he could even kill god! At this moment, Su Jin could not wait to enter ¡°New World¡± and use Stacking Crit Damage and destroy the monsters. Before entering the game, Su Jin gave himself a name, Heavenly Cloud. Then, he checked the character¡¯s attributes. Character: [ Heavenly Cloud ] Level: Level 1 Race: God Class: Warrior Mastery: God Might, Stacking Crit Damage. Skill: [ Cleave ] (Red) Aptitude: 5 stars Attack: 45 Defense: 10 Health: 100 Mana: 200 EXP: 0/100 ¡­ ¡°Enter the game!¡± After watching all of this, Su Jin chose to enter the game. It was already 12.05 pm and the other players had already entered the game for five minutes. However, this little lead time was meaningless to Su Jin. Who could stop the two god-level masteries? Chapter 3 Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio ¡®Ding! You have entered the novice village, Dark Canyon. I wish you a happy game.¡¯ After a bout of dizziness, Su Jin opened his eyes and found himself in a gloomy canyon. There were towering trees everywhere, almost completely covering the sky. Beside the treehouse, there were a few NPCs standing in twos and threes. They looked almost the same as real people, except that they looked like elves in the game. Many players were running at high speed, completing all kinds of beginner quests. There was a huge crowd of people in the canyon. ¡°Experts leading a team to fight in the Wild Wolf Valley. No specific class requirement. Still need two more people.¡± ¡°Level two big shot players leading a team to kill wild boars. One priest required, set off immediately.¡± ¡°The Greed Wolf Guild is recruiting members. You can enjoy all kinds of benefits when you join the guild. There are advanced players leading you to clear dungeons. Those who perform well can also be hired by the guild and become professional players. What are you waiting for? Hurry up and join the guild.¡± ¡°The money-making team is recruiting members. Those who are online for a long period of time and willing to listen to commands are welcome!¡± ¡°One gold coin for ten dollars in real money. You can exchange as many as you want immediately.¡± The canyon was like a large-scale recruitment site. The surroundings were filled with shouts of recruiting people. Su Jin had wasted a little time. There were already players who had leveled up a few levels and were walking at the forefront. Even the gold coin merchant had appeared. However, the current exchange rate was simply outrageous. As for the guild, Su Jin could consider joining it in the future. In the early stages, Su Jin thought that it was better to be solo. With the memories of his previous life, money was no longer unreachable to him. While he was thinking, Su Jin came to the center of the canyon. Standing there was the village chief of the novice village, directly triggering the conversation. ¡°Brave adventurer, the farmland in the village is being harassed by a group of wild boars. If we don¡¯t stop them, the village¡¯s grain production will be reduced. Are you willing to help us?¡± the village chief had the look of an old elf, he asked with a face full of sorrow. [ Ding, do you accept the beginner quest: [ Kill the demonic wild boars ] ! ] [ Quest description: Help the village chief kill 20 wild boars and bring their tusks to the village chief. You will gain the village chief¡¯s good impression, as well as gold coins ¡Á 10 experience points ¡Á 200. ] ¡°Accepted.¡± Su Jin chose to accept the quest. In his previous life, [ Kill the demonic wild boars ] was a quest that every new player had to complete. The main reason was that the reward was 10 gold coins. In ¡°New World¡±, gold coins could be used to purchase various potions, skill books, and other items. Under the premise of not being able to top up, 10 gold coins was already quite a lot. However, only the first quest would have such a generous reward. The main reason was to take care of the new players. The follow-up quests would not be as generous as the first one. If the gold coin was sold to a gold coin merchant, it could be traded in real life. The ratio was 1:100. However, it had only been a short time since the game started, and the gold coin market was constantly fluctuating. Many black-hearted merchants appeared, they would trade the gold coins with the 1:10 exchange ratio. Whoever sold the initial 2 gold coins given by the system would suffer a huge loss. Before long, the market would stabilize, and the ratio would rise to 1:100. A quest could earn 1,000 dollars. For many people, this was a huge temptation. However, the average player did not know that after accepting this seemingly ordinary quest, if they brought 400 wild boar fangs, 200 tiger skins, and 300 wild bull horns to hand in the quest, not only would they gain a huge amount of experience, but they would also unlock the only hidden mission in the novice village. In his previous life, there was a lucky player who triggered that hidden mission and became a professional player. But this time, Su Jin is not going to give up the opportunity to others. Saying goodbye to the village chief, Su Jin went to the potion dealer and opened the trading panel. After his god-level mastery, ¡°Stacking Crit Damage¡± was activated, each attack required 2 mana points, and his skills required 10 mana points. Each of them consumed a large amount of mana, so he would definitely be lacking mana at the end. He had to prepare a batch of mana potions in advance. [ Small mana potion ] Speed: Recovers 200 mana points in 50 seconds. Can be consumed during battle. The effect will be interrupted after being attacked. Price: 2 silver coins. In ¡°New World¡±, you could drink potions during battle, but you couldn¡¯t be attacked. Su Jin didn¡¯t hesitate and directly dragged 10 stacks of potions into his backpack. At the same time, he also deducted two initial gold coins. The exchange rate for gold coins in ¡°New World¡± was: 1 gold coin = 10 silver coins = 100 copper coins. Two gold coins were still very useful in the novice village. ¡­ All the resources on him had been used up. He had finished preparing the materials to go out, leaving only the quest to be completed. Su Jin took out the novice steel sword and went out to the farmland outside. The entrance of the novice village was a flat land. There would be weak level 1-2 pheasants spawning on it. It was the mainstream wilderness for players now, but it only had very low experience points. It was a map for the beginners in the early stages. Su Jin did not stop. He continued to move forward and gradually left the flat ground. Wild boars were level 5 monsters. They appeared in the fields of the novice village and were very powerful. Players would need to be at least level 4-5 to deal with them. However, Su Jin had two god-level masteries and a red skill to hold the field, so he was not afraid at all. Su Jin carried the beginner iron sword to the field outside the village. In the area where wild boars appeared, there were five players who were trying to form a team to farm monsters. Unfortunately, they could not defeat the wild boars. They were killed by the demonic wild boars one after another. They turned into white light and returned to the novice village. Hum, hum, hum ~ After killing the players, the wild boars hummed and groaned. Then, they moved around in the farmland. Their entire bodies were pitch-black. Their mane was thick and hard. Their two tusks were long and sharp. They looked extremely ferocious. Their bodies were three meters long and they gave off a strong sense of oppression. [ Demonic wild boars ] Level: Level 5 Health: 720 Attack: 52-73 Defense: 40 Description: Demonic wild boars ran out of the forest. Their fangs are very powerful, and its defense is very high. If you do not have any companions to assist you, please try to stay as far away as possible. It had to be said that the attributes of the demonic wild boar were very strong. Their HP was 720. Even if players of the same level were to give their full effort and equip with equipment, they would still be much weaker to those boars. Their attack was also extremely terrifying at 73, not to mention that they had a defense of 40. It was impossible for a single player of the same level to be a match for such a monster. However, it was not impossible for Su Jin. Holding the beginner iron sword, Su Jin found a demonic wild boar that was left behind and immediately used [ Cleave ] . At the same time, he chose to activate his Stacking Crit Damage and God Might. ¡°Bang!¡± ¨C 113! After the skill damage was dealt, under the effect of his Stacking Crit Damage, a series of damage appeared once again. ¨C 113! ¨C 113! ¨C 113! ¨C 113! ¡­ A large number of damage values appeared on the head of the demonic wild boar. Although it had 720 HP, Su Jin¡¯s damage was not low. Under the effects of the [ Stacking Crit Damage ] , the ten consecutive critical hits immediately ended its life. The demonic wild boar howled and fell to the ground. ¡°Ding! Congratulations! You have killed a demonic wild boar. Obtained 50 experience points.¡± Level 1 monsters provided 10 experience points, level 2 monsters provided 20 experience points, and so on. Level 5 demonic wild boar gave Su Jin 50 experience points. This meant that Su Jin only needed two demonic wild boars to level up. Looking at the demonic wild boar that fell to the ground, Su Jin smiled. It was not a waste of his time to top up. The other players who were unable to top up were wiped out even if they formed a team. He directly challenged the boar one-on-one without losing any HP. Was this the pleasure of a paid player? Su Jin walked forward and touched the corpse of the demonic wild boar. ¡°Ding, congratulations on obtaining the reward [ boar¡¯s tusk ] , copper coins + 5.¡± Su Jin pursed his lips. As expected, the game was as stingy as he was in his previous life. There was only one quest item and five copper coins. Although he didn¡¯t like it, he still had to do the quest. While Su Jin was thinking, he turned his gaze to the next demonic wild boar.. Chapter 4 Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio The other players had yet to level up, and the demonic wild boar had high HP and defense, making it difficult to fight. Without a team of ten, it was basically impossible to defeat the wild boar. However, Su Jin could fight it alone now, which was his advantage. Before the other players arrived, Su Jin could finish the quest first and then switch to a higher-level map. Su Jin raised his beginner longsword and began to slash the demonic wild boar one by one. Who could withstand a critical hit with ten times the skill damage? ¨C 113! ¨C 113! ¨C 113! ¡­ The familiar ten consecutive critical hits appeared. The demonic wild boar howled and fell to the ground. However, Su Jin did not find a demonic wild boar that was left behind. Instead, he killed one that was relatively far away. Three demonic wild boars at the farmland turned their heads and howled as they charged towards Su Jin. At the same time, the system¡¯s voice rang out. ¡°Ding! Congratulations! You have reached level 2. You have gained 5 free attribute points.¡± Due to his 5-star aptitude, the free attribute points he gained from leveling up were only 5 points. Su Jin did not really care about it. Right now, he was mainly relying on his masteries and skills. The increase in his attributes would not be of much use in the early stages. By adding all his attribute points to his agility, he would be able to run faster. The experience points for leveling up from level 1 to level 2 was 100 points. However, the experience points for leveling up from level 2 to level 3 had increased to 500 points. It was not that easy to level up in the novice village. Moreover, the drop rate of ¡°New World¡± was not high. This time, there were no other items dropped. There was only a fang and a few copper coins. Su Jin did not pick them up. Instead, he raised his sword and faced the three demonic wild boars charging at him. The three demonic wild boars lined up in an imposing manner. However, this was only their ferocious appearance. Su Jin narrowed his eyes slightly and changed his pose, facing the demonic wild boar on the left side. After insta-killing one boar, he could dodge the other two and avoid getting injured. ¡°Ding, you have killed a demonic wild boar¡­¡± ¡®Ding!¡¯ ¡®Ding!¡¯ The demonic wild boars fell at Su Jin¡¯s feet. His experience points were also increasing rapidly. An hour later. Under Su Jin¡¯s frenzied killing, there were still many demonic wild boar corpses on the ground that had yet to respawn. However, he had already collected 200 wild boar tusks, which was close to half of the requirement of the quest. After another hour of grinding, he would be able to gather almost all the quest items. However, based on the progress, the other players would most likely come here to grind monsters as well. If he competed the resources with them, he would waste his leveling time. Another reason was that only he knew the conditions of the hidden quest. After the beginner quest, he could casually spend a few copper coins to gather all the wild boar tusks. Now, he could go and farm higher-level monsters to maximize the profits. The quest item was only one of the rewards. The biggest reward was still his level. He had already leveled up to level 4. [ Level: level 4 (900/2100) ] He only needed to farm for another ten minutes to level up to level 5. Based on this momentum, it seemed like he would have a chance to leave of the novice village today. Very good, he continued to work. After adding all his free attribute points to his agility, Su Jin killed a few of the demonic wild boars that rushed to him. He was just about to leave when his attributes were greatly strengthened. There was no need to farm here anymore. Character: [ Heavenly Cloud ] Level: Level 4 Race: God Class: Warrior Mastery: God Might, Stacking Crit Damage. Skill: [ Cleave ] (Red) Aptitude: 5 stars Attack: 110 Defense: 15 Health: 400 Mana: 260 Experience Points: 900/2100 ¡­ Su Jin¡¯s health bar was 400, and his attack power had reached 110 points. A level 4 player with such attributes was a very strong existence in the novice village. Once he activated his mastery, Stacking Crit Damage, he would deal close to 700 damage every time he attacked. If he activated his skill, no player would be able to block his sword. At this moment, he didn¡¯t need to activate his skill to kill the demonic wild boar. He could save a lot of mana consumption. Su Jin walked along the farmland, preparing to farm the level 7 raging flame tiger. He wanted to collect tiger skin, which was also an item that was required for the quest. Just as he was about to leave the field, Su Jin noticed that his path was blocked by a large demonic wild boar. Its size was three times that of other demonic wild boars, and it looked like a small elephant. Its two tusks were gleaming with cold light, and its pitch-black mane looked as if it was wearing a set of black armor. It didn¡¯t seem like an ordinary demonic wild boar. Su Jin realized that this monster was unusual. An ordinary demonic wild boar was like a cub in front of it. Perhaps it was an elite-type monster. For the sake of caution, Su Jin threw a probing spell over and prepared to take a look at its interface. [ Demonic Wild Boar King ] Quality: Bronze level boss Level: level 8 Health: 115,000 Attack: 199-250 Defense: 55 Skill: Charge (Demonic Wild Boar King sprints rapidly, dealing 330% damage) Skill: Bloodlust Demonization (Demonic Wild Boar King is in a bloodthirsty state, receiving 3% health regeneration for every unit it kills.) Description: A king that walked out of the forest possesses extremely powerful attack abilities. After being demonized, its strength has become even stronger, becoming the greatest nightmare for adventurers. After obtaining the monster¡¯s data panel, Su Jin was surprised. ¡°F*ck, I encounter a boss.¡± The Demonic Wild Boar King in front of him was a level 8 bronze boss. To the current stage players, it was like a nightmare. However, if other players discovered the existence of boss, it would definitely cause an internal conflict. In the eyes of the players, boss represented equipment, skill books, and a large amount of experience points. Once they were lucky enough to kill it, they would definitely become rich overnight. This was no less than winning the lottery. After all, in the novice village, they could not top up their points. All the players were at the same starting line. If one acquired equipment or skill books, some people would be willing to spend real money to buy them. These items could be sold for a sky-high price. For example, Su Jin had farmed the demonic wild boar for a long time, but not a single piece of equipment had dropped. They were all quest items and a few copper coins. He was still equipped with a beginner¡¯s longsword. If he had a good set of equipment, he would definitely be able to increase his strength by a large margin. ¡°Level 8 boss?¡± Su Jin frowned. He was currently level 4. It would still be very difficult for him to kill a level 8 bronze boss. The Wild Boar King¡¯s attack power was as high as 250 points. Ordinary players would not even be able to withstand a single attack from it. Even Su Jin¡¯s heart was pounding. After the skill¡¯s amplification, the Wild Boar King¡¯s damage could reach 825 points, while his HP was only 400 points. However, the Wild Boar King needed to sprint in order to use its skills. If Su Jin fought it in close combat, there was no need to worry. However, after two consecutive normal attacks from it, Su Jin could easily lose his HP. In addition, the Wild Boar King¡¯s HP was also very high. It was only level 8, but it had 115,000 HP. With Su Jin¡¯s attack power, this battle would definitely last for a very long time. Moreover, he could not relax his mind at all. This was because the opponent¡¯s defense was as high as 55 points. It was difficult for normal players to break through its defense. As for the last skill, Bloodlust Demonization, it could recover its HP by killing people. It was a perfect counter to the siege of the guild players. For a [ recovering in combat ] type of boss, the players could only rely on a small number of elite parties to cooperate and kill the boss. The guild¡¯s sea of people tactic would not have any effect. This was the true terror of a boss. With high HP and defense, its recovery ability was abnormally terrifying. However, this was also normal. Boss¡¯s existence itself represented the king of a region. Naturally, it would not be casually killed by the players. If Su Jin did not have two god-level masteries and a red skill, he would not have thought of killing the boss alone. The high-quality mastery that came with replenishing his mana gave him the capital and hope. Since he had encountered the boss, there was no reason for him to pretend that he had not seen it. Thinking of this, Su Jin did not rush forward. Instead, he drank a small mana potion to recover his mana. He had already used seven bottles of mana potion before, and there were only three bottles left. After all his mana had recovered, Su Jin held his long sword. While observing the terrain, he rushed towards the Demonic Wild Boar King. After entering the aggro range, without waiting for the Demonic Wild Boar King to react, Su Jin used her skill chop and swung down. ¨C 178! The combination of general attack and skill damage was blocked by 55 defenses of the Demonic Wild Boar King, resulting in such an outcome. ¨C 53! ¨C 53! ¨C 53! ¡­ Ten consecutive critical hits, but the total damage added up was only about 700 points of damage. ¡°Roar!¡± The Demonic Wild Boar King¡¯s ferocious fangs swung towards Su Jin. Su Jin¡¯s nerves tensed up, and he suddenly exerted strength in his legs and retreated to dodge. Miss! Su Jin successfully dodged the Wild Boar King¡¯s attack. It had to be said that the sudden situation just now was soul-stirring. The ¡°New World¡± was almost as realistic as the real world. The ferocious fangs just now were almost brushing past his chest, so how could it not be terrifying. After dodging the attack, Su Jin leaned forward and focused his mind.. Chapter 5 Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio The iron sword kept slashing at the Demonic Wild Boar King¡¯s body. The Demonic Wild Boar King let out an angry howl, and its voice was filled with pain. Even the boss would feel the pain, this was very realistic. Su Jin had been attacking the Wild Boar King from its blind spot. Sometimes, he even slid under the Wild Boar King¡¯s belly to avoid the attack. Not only did he avoid the Demonic Wild Boar King¡¯s attack, but he also managed to attack it. His memories from his previous life had been very helpful. It allowed him to do many actions that new players couldn¡¯t do. This was because their understanding of the game was not on the same level. Ten minutes later. The Demonic Wild Boar King¡¯s HP had already dropped by about 40%. The system determined that it had entered a light injury state. Blood began to flow from the surface of its skin, but its aura became fiercer. ¡°Roar!¡± The Demonic Wild Boar King activated its [ Bloodlust Demonization ] skill. In the next moment, the blood on the surface of its skin turned into a bloody mist. Its aura was extraordinary. However, this was of no use to Su Jin. After all, there were no players around for it to kill to recover its HP. Perhaps it was the change brought about by the skill, the Demonic Wild Boar King spun around and forced Su Jin to retreat. This time, Su Jin didn¡¯t have any thoughts of hiding under the Wild Boar King¡¯s belly. The skill would change the state of boss, and it would act differently after using the skill. Su Jin didn¡¯t want to take the risk just to slash a few more times. Moreover, he didn¡¯t have much mana left. Just now, he drank another bottle of potion. If he was attacked, his mana recovery would be interrupted. It wasn¡¯t worth it. Su Jin remained cautious. The most important thing right now was safety. It was only a matter of time before he got rid of this boss. The situation on the field had always been very stable. The close combat suppressed the Wild Boar King. Hence it could not use its skill, Charge. Time passed by slowly. Fifteen minutes later. The Demonic Wild Boar King¡¯s HP had already dropped to around 5%. During this period, Su Jin had finished all the recovery potions he had bought. He had also been hit. If his level had not reached level 4 and the damage he received was not from skills, he would have returned to the novice village. Up until now, the scales of victory had been swinging back and forth, and it could be tilted to the other side at any time. Even if he had been attacked once, even if he had failed, Su Jin did not look nervous at all. The hand holding the sword was still steady. The memories and experience from his previous life had helped him a lot. ¨C 178! Damage appeared above the head of the Demonic Wild Boar King again. Su Jin maintained the same frequency and continued to attack. Su Jin kept waving his sword, and the Demonic Wild Boar King was unable to attack him. It could only howl helplessly and finally fell to the ground unwillingly. ¡®Ding! Congratulations on killing the bronze level boss, Demonic Wild Boar King. Experience points ¡Á 6,000!¡¯ As the sound of the system notification fell, the ground beneath Su Jin¡¯s feet lit up. At this moment, he had leveled up three times in a row and obtained 1 to 5 free attribute points. [ Level: Level 7 (330/70000)] Glancing at the level, Su Jin did not pay attention to it. Instead, he turned to look at the Demonic Wild Boar King that had fallen to the ground. It was the most important thing right now. Bronze level boss would definitely drop bronze material, and equipment was one of the ways to quickly increase one¡¯s combat strength in the ¡°New World¡±. The level of equipment was divided into iron, bronze, silver, gold, platinum, diamond, amethyst, legendary, semigod, and god equipment. The beginner equipment given by the system were all iron. Bronze equipment dropped from elite monsters and boss, and their attributes were different. Generally speaking, the equipment dropped by boss was much better than elite monsters, and it was guaranteed to drop as well. Su Jin happily started to loot the corpse. ¡°Ding, congratulations on obtaining the spoils of war: silver coin + 45!¡± ¡°Ding, congratulations on obtaining the spoils of war: [ demonic armor ] !¡± ¡°Ding, congratulations on obtaining the spoils of war: [ treasure map ] !¡± While he was looting the corpse, a series of system notifications rang out. Su Jin revealed a smile on his face as he looked at the only piece of equipment that boss had dropped. [ Demonic armor ] (1/7) Quality: Bronze equipment Type: Armor Defense: + 25 Health: + 200 Additional feature: Armor penetration + 5% Level requirement: Level 10 Job restriction: None Description: After being demonized, the armor has undergone a transformation. Wearing it, you will become stronger. [ Demonic set ] attributes: Two pieces: + 10 attack, + 5 defense Three pieces: + 10 attack, + 5 defense Four pieces: + 10 attack, + 5 defense ¡­ Seven pieces: + 10 attack, + 5 defense. It was actually a seven-piece set! After seeing the attributes of the equipment, Su Jin¡¯s eyes widened slightly, and he was very surprised. In ¡°New World¡±, the normal equipment that players could wear could be divided into weapons, helmets, shoulder armors, wrist guards, armor, leg guards, and shoes. The rare equipment was divided into rings, necklaces, cloaks, and shields. Among them, shields were specialized equipment. Other than specific classes, the other classes could not equip them. In the early stages of the game, there were very few rare series equipment. Normal players basically only had seven pieces of normal equipment at this time, and some of the normal seven pieces were set equipment series. Normal set equipment series were basically two-piece sets, and three-piece sets and other. It was rare for five-piece sets or more to appear. For example, the seven-piece set in Su Jin¡¯s hands was already the best of the best. It was difficult to gather all seven pieces of set equipment, but the additional attributes were very powerful. After gathering all seven pieces of set equipment, they could increase attack by 60 points and defense by 30 points. One had to know that level 10 players only had 50 points of their own attributes, which was only half of the attributes of the [ demonic set ] . In addition, the attributes of a single piece of demonic set were also extremely outstanding. With 25 defense and 200 HP, Su Jin could use even more tricks to kill monsters. However, he needed to be level 10 to equip it, so he put it away for now. His gaze turned to the last item. It was a treasure map. [ Treasure map ] Effect: Unknown Status: Unidentified, cannot be used Description: This seems to be a piece of parchment that contains special information. On the parchment map, there was a mark of an area. The green line extended all the way to the end. At the end, there was a treasure chest drawn. Su Jin looked at it and put it away. Perhaps there would be a surprise for this thing. The game would randomly spawn treasure chests. Treasure chests of different quality would contain treasures of different quality. Only after verification would he be able to see what quality the treasure map was.. Chapter 6 Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio Usually, treasure chests with silver or gold names would give the corresponding equipment or skills. Su Jin¡¯s treasure map was dropped from the boss. Although the Demonic Wild Boar King was only a level 8 boss, it was not weak, so the treasure chest still worth something. No matter how bad the item was, it wouldn¡¯t be too bad. After all, the rewards from the bosses were generally better. Su Jin sorted out his harvest from farming monsters. Other than the equipment and treasure map that the boss had dropped, the biggest harvest was the quest item, wild boar fangs. There were 230 of them, and he was still 170 pieces away from triggering the hidden quest. However, Su Jin didn¡¯t plan to continue farming. The other players didn¡¯t know how to trigger the hidden quest. As long as they completed the beginner quest, they would naturally get a lot of wild boar fangs after farming monsters every day. Su Jin could buy the wild boar fangs from them with a small amount of copper coins. Now, he had to go to a higher-level wild zone to farm monsters. Not only would he be able to quickly level up and use his equipment, but he would also be able to avoid the trouble of fighting for monsters with other players. Another reason was that the spawn rate of the demonic wild boar could not keep up with his killing speed. It was a very stupid decision to stop here and wait for the spawn rate. According to the other players¡¯ progress, it was about time for them to come here and farm the demonic wild boar. ¡­ Not long after Su Jin left, a large group of players who had just finished killing wild chickens swarmed over. They had pushed their levels to level 4. However, they looked around and saw that there were obviously very few demonic wild boars. They were completely confused. ¡°Is there a problem with this game?¡± ¡°I saw the live stream from the other server. They have about a hundred more wild boars than us.¡± ¡°We have much lesser monsters than other novice villages. We lose a lot of money.¡± At this time, the gold coin market was stabilizing. The players complained and were about to go up and farm monsters. Then, a few players with the title of ¡®Greed Wolf Guild¡¯ came to the front of the crowd and lined up to stop them. ¡°Greed Wolf Guild has taken over the farmlands. All solo players are not allowed to enter. Anyone who dares to take a step in will be killed!¡± ¡°Greed Wolf Guild has taken over the farmlands. All solo players are not allowed to enter. Anyone who dares to take a step in will be killed!¡± ¡°Greed Wolf Guild has taken over the farmlands. All solo players are not allowed to enter. Anyone who dares to take a step in will be killed!¡± ¡°Greed Wolf Guild¡­¡± ¡°Greed Wolf Guild¡­¡± ¡°Greed Wolf Guild¡­¡± A novice village loudspeaker cost 10 gold coins, and the Greed Wolf Guild spent thousands of gold coins to buy over 100 of them. Now that the server had just opened, they naturally could not get so many gold coins. They had spent real money to buy them from the real world, and the purchasing ratio was now stable at 1:100. They had spent hundreds of thousands of gold coins in this operation, which showed their strong strength. After the Greed Wolf Guild, the other large guilds like Rosette Guild and Assassin Guild also started to speak, saying that they wanted to take over the farm. Each guild basically spent hundreds of thousands gold coins to express their position. In order to catch up with the game¡¯s progress and levels, the financial groups in real life started to think of ways to help. In the end, the large guilds worked together to take over the farm, dividing the land and leading their members to kill monsters. As for the ordinary solo players, they could only watch helplessly. If a player hid in a corner and sneakily attacked a monster, he would immediately be hacked to death by the guild players, turning into a ray of white light and returning to the novice village¡¯s spawn point. ¡­ Outside the novice village, where the wild bull gathered. Su Jin hid at the back of the mountain peak, waiting for the lone demonic wild bull to come over. Unlike the demonic wild boar, the wild bull was much stronger than it. Its attributes had increased by a large margin, and it was not as easy to deal with as the wild boar. It could also be immune to 1-5% of physical damage. Only Su Jin, a player with exceptional masteries and skills, could kill the demonic wild bull alone. Players of the same level might not even be able to level up here even if they formed a party. ¡®Ding! You have killed a demonic wild bull. Obtained 80 experience points!¡¯ ¡®Ding¡­¡¯ ¡®Ding¡­¡¯ ¡®Ding¡­¡¯ After crouching in the demonic wild bull¡¯s encampment and fighting for two hours, Su Jin¡¯s body once again emitted a golden light. ¡®Ding! Congratulations! You have successfully leveled up to level 10. Obtained 15 free attribute points!¡¯ During this period, Su Jin had not only leveled up to level 10, but he had also obtained a total of 322 wild bull horns, 57,898 copper coins, which was equivalent to 5 gold coins. As for equipment and skill books, he obtained none of them. The drop rate of normal monsters was very low. However, Su Jin could now use [ demonic armor ] . After changing into the equipment, her attributes instantly received a huge increase. ¡ª Character: [ Heavenly Cloud ] Level: Level 10 Race: God Class: Warrior Mastery: God Might, Stacking Crit Damage. Skill: [ Cleave ] (Red) Aptitude: 5 stars Attack: 310 Defense: 25 Health: 700 Mana: 360 EXP: 50,000/ 50,000 (after class change) ¡ª Warriors were the type that could tank and fight, but they were mainly focused on offense. With their masteries, their attacks could surpass other players by a large margin. But the disadvantage was that they couldn¡¯t catch up with other classes¡¯ speed. If someone were to kite them from afar, it would be more uncomfortable. However, warrior was melee class, so it was normal for them to be slow. What Su Jin was concerned about was his current attack power. With 310 attack power, the current cloth armor players probably wouldn¡¯t be able to withstand a single slash from him. A shield warrior with full health would have a chance to withstand two slashes from him, but that was it. With such attributes, he would not have pressure for the subsequent quests. While organizing his equipment and observing his attributes, Su Jin also noticed the various small loudspeakers in the chat channel. There were guilds farming the monsters. There were also solo players who, after being killed, activated the cursing mode. With a small loudspeaker for 1 dollar, this group of people had spawned a few thousand in a short while. ¡°A bunch of idiots.¡± Su Jin glanced at the content of the cursing and sneered. These players, especially the solo players, had yet to realize the importance and cruelty of ¡°New World¡±. The things in the ¡°New World¡± could be brought to reality, and that would cause a huge impact! Moreover, when the ability was brought to reality, it would affect the entire world. In his previous life, he had not been in contact with the highest level, but he had heard a lot of news. The players were able to obtain that supernatural power because of the influence of the alien civilization. As for whether the aliens were here to communicate or to invade, he did not have the qualifications to know anything, but it was probably an invasion. In his previous life, there was another saying that the alien civilization felt that conquering the Earth was not difficult. Hence, they had deliberately given human the ability so it would be more fun to them. If he did not work hard to improve now, he would lose his life in the future. He actually had the leisure to quarrel with these guild players. The guild players cursed while farming monsters to level up. The solo players only cursed a few times, but they were still the ones who lost out. Su Jin shook his head and closed the chat page. He wouldn¡¯t remind those people. Not to mention whether they believed him or not, even if they did, what good would it do to expose himself? He wouldn¡¯t take the initiative to harm others, but he also would not help others and cause trouble to himself. Everyone wanted to live. Su Jin could only guarantee that he would be at the forefront and control his own fate.. Chapter 7 Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio At this moment, he had already reached level 10. It was time for him to go back and submit his quest to the village chief. At the same time, he would also purchase some mana potions. His consumption rate was too fast. Fortunately, his general attack damage was not low. Otherwise, he would not have been able to kill that boss. On the way back to the novice village, the farmland had already been completely occupied by guild players. Moreover, the field was divided according to the strength of the players. There was simply no room for solo players to stay. Unless they joined a guild and were willing to work for them, then they would have a chance. Since they couldn¡¯t farm the wild monsters on the farmland, the players could only fight to kill the low-level wild monsters like pheasants. Su Jin didn¡¯t bother with them. Not long after, he came before the village chief again. Quests and hidden quests didn¡¯t conflict each other. It was just that very few people would collect those useless materials in large quantity for the village chief at the early stage of the game. According to the normal progress, it would take a month before a lucky player accidentally triggered it. ¡°Village chief, I¡¯m back to hand in the quest.¡± Hearing that Su Jin had already completed the quest, the village chief was very excited. ¡°Thank you for your help. Among so many adventurers, I could tell that you¡¯re different at a glance. You¡¯re destined to become a legendary warrior on the continent.¡± Listening to the village chief¡¯s flattery, Su Jin appeared very calm, because after the mission was completed, all the players would hear the same words. If it was other beginners, they might be fooled, but he would not. He was just in a much better mood. After the village chief finished speaking, Su Jin took out the mission item and handed it to the village chief. ¡°Thank you so much.¡± After the village chief took the tusk, he bowed slightly to express his gratitude. Su Jin also heard the notification of the completion of the mission. ¡°Congratulations on completing the mission [ Kill the demonic wild boar ] . You have received the reward: village chief¡¯s favorability + 10, gold coins ¡Á 10, experience points ¡Á 200!¡± The other rewards were not important. Gold coins were the most important. They were used to purchase things, and they were also urgently needed at the moment. Su Jin did not stop at village chief¡¯s side. He turned around and went to the potion merchant to buy potions. He still needed to accumulate the remaining quest items to trigger the hidden quest. According to history, there would only be a lucky player who would trigger the hidden quest after a month. He was afraid that something unexpected would happen, it was better to trigger the hidden quest as soon as possible. Hidden quests were all unique. If Su Jin accepted it, the others would not be able to trigger it. After buying the potions, Su Jin was about to continue farming monsters when he suddenly thought of something. He opened the settings and hid his name and level on the [ Novice village ranking list ] . He did not want to be surrounded while farming monsters. He had already collected half of the number of wild boar fangs required. He could use a small amount of copper coins to collect it later. He had already collected the wild bull horn quest item. Now, there were only 200 pieces of tiger skin that he had yet to collect. The tiger skin was obtained from the ferocious tiger. It was a level 10 wild monster. If he wanted to collect it from the players, he would have to wait a long time. They were only farming the demonic wild boar now, and their progress was far from his. While Su Jin was deep in thought, he passed through the winding river at the entrance of the village. He bypassed the farmland and arrived at the foot of a small hill. There was a large group of ferocious tigers living in front of him. They were playing by the river. Occasionally, they would jump into the forest by the side of the hill. They would also jump into the river to take a bath. [ Ferocious tiger ] Level: Level 10 HP: 1,880 Attack: 125 -150 Defense: 29 Skills: Claw, Tiger Roar Description: In order to avoid the danger in the forest, ferocious tigers have escaped. Do not try to attack them. They are currently on the run. With an attack of 150, a normal player would probably die it after two hits. Even with Su Jin¡¯s HP, he would not be able to withstand many attacks. At most, he would die after five hits. In other words, he could not be surrounded. It was best to slowly lure the tigers and kill it one by one. However, the good news was that after Su Jin activated his mastery, he only needed two hits to kill a tiger. If he used his skills, it would not be a problem for him to kill one tiger with one hit. Because of his experience from his previous life, he could easily deal with these monsters. If it were other novice players, they would keep using their skills to kill monsters. When their mana bar ran out, they would die. Su Jin held his sword and walked forward to test the tiger¡¯s aggro range. At this moment, there was a lone tiger playing in the river while the other tigers were resting in the distance. As Su Jin gradually approached, within a fifteen-meter radius, the tiger in the river turned its head to look at Su Jin. It opened its mouth and let out a roar as a warning. The tigers in the distance also turned their heads at the same time. Su Jin stopped in his tracks, turned around and ran back. The monsters in the game followed the characteristics of some cats. When the tiger in the river saw that Su Jin¡¯s back was facing it, it subconsciously jumped out of the river, rushed towards Su Jin, and attacked. Su Jin bent down and hid in the blind spot of the hillside. This way, the other tigers could not see him and would not come to help. ¨C 310! ¨C 288! ¨C 296! A series of damage rose on the head of the charging tiger. It subconsciously activated its skill, Pound. Unfortunately, it was too far away and was easily dodged by Su Jin. Su Jin had the experience of battling with the boss. He managed to maintain a certain distance from the tiger, but he could still attack it. The tiger could do nothing to him. After the second slash, a series of damage was dealt. The tiger whimpered and fell to the ground. ¡®Ding! Congratulations! You have killed a tiger. Obtained 100 experience points!¡¯ Su Jin¡¯s experience bar was full, but he needed to complete the class change before he could level up. Su Jin looked at the experience bar and chose to level up his skill. ¡®Ding!¡¯ ¡®Ding!¡¯ ¡®Ding!¡¯ Instantly, Su Jin leveled up his only red skill, [ Cleave ] , to level 5. [ Cleave ] (level 5) Experience points: (0/150,000) Effect 1: The weapon is imbued with the fighting aura, slowing the target¡¯s movement speed by 45% for 2 seconds, causing 208 damage, cooldown 0 seconds. Effect 2: 1 in 1,000 chance to trigger the Fighting Aura Domain, causing 1,500 damage to a radius of 10 meters.¡± After being upgraded five times in a row, he could slow down the enemy by 20% slower and his damage also increased by 100 points. It was not bad. However, due to the level restriction, he could not upgrade it again. He could only wait for his class change. Su Jin walked up and touched the tiger¡¯s corpse. ¡°Congratulations, you have obtained a trophy: copper coin + 1.2!¡± ¡°Congratulations, you have obtained a trophy: tiger skin!¡± ¡°Congratulations, you have obtained a prize: demonic boots!¡± [ Demonic boots ] (1/7) Quality: Bronze equipment Type: Cloth armor Agility: + 15 Movement Speed: + 10% Additional feature: Attack speed + 5% Level requirement: Level 10 Job restriction: None Description: After being demonized, the boots have undergone a transformation. Wearing them, you will become even stronger. As expected of one of the set equipment, its attributes were quite powerful. Su Jin took a rough look and wore it with a smile. 10% movement speed, 5% attack speed, 15 agility. Although it was not important to an ordinary warrior, he was not an ordinary warrior. His reaction and control were fine. The only thing restraining him was his character¡¯s attributes. Otherwise, he would not have been afraid of being surrounded by those ferocious tigers. Now that he had the equipment bonus, he could try to kill the tiger group.. Chapter 8 Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio Before class change, players could not rely on experience points to level up. It was just the right time to use it to fill up their experience bars. When their skills and experience bars were filled up, it was just the right time to farm quest items. ¡°Ding, congratulations on killing a ferocious tiger. Obtained 100 experience points!¡± ¡°Ding¡­¡± ¡°Ding¡­¡± Time ticked by, and many ferocious tigers fell at Su Jin¡¯s feet. His experience bar for skills was very high. The red skill [ Cleave ] had three times the leveling experience of his character. Two hours had passed, and the experience bar had only been filled by 20,000. There were still 130,000 experience points left. Low-quality skills required less experience points to level up, while high-quality skills required more experience points to level up. However, between the two, the effects of skills were also very different. The effort was worth it. After farming for three hours, Su Jin finished collecting 200 tiger skins. Only then did he leave Ferocious Tiger Slope and return to the novice village. Su Jin did not look for the village chief. Instead, he sat at the entrance of the novice village and shouted, ¡°Looking for the demonic wild boar tusks. I¡¯ll buy 100 tusks for 10 silver coins. As long as you collect 200, bring them over.¡± As one of the quest items, the wild boar tusks had spawned quite a few times before the guild players had taken over the field. However, the majority of the loot was still on the guild players. They could farm the field continuously. After the guild members had completed their quests, the guild players would more or less have the remaining wild boar tusks on them. After all, their main purpose was to gain experience points. They would not leave after collecting the quest items. However, very few people would buy the wild boar tusks that were dropped by low-level monsters, and they would not be able to sell them either. Guild players could occupy the farmland for a period of time, but they would not occupy it forever. Sooner or later, they would have to go to other wilderness areas to farm monsters. This was the opportunity for solo players. When Su Jin showed up and said that he wanted to buy the wild boar tusks, he immediately attracted a lot of attention. Not far away, the guild president of [ Rosette Guild ], Scarlet Rose, was bringing a few of her subordinates back to the novice village. They needed to submit the quest and push the progress forward. Scarlet Rose immediately saw Su Jin, who was shouting by the side of the road, as well as the id name [ Heavenly Cloud ] on his head. This person didn¡¯t look like a merchant, so why would he buy such a useless thing? Could it be that the wild boar tusks would play a role in some future mission? But if he did this, wouldn¡¯t he be exposed? What use would 200 wild boar tusks be? Just a glance, Scarlet Rose immediately thought of many things and subconsciously walked towards Su Jin¡¯s direction. ¡°Hello, are you here to buy wild boar tusks?¡± A smile appeared on Scarlet Rose¡¯s face as she asked gently. ¡°Yes, 10 coins for 100 wild boar tusks. I¡¯ll only want 200. Once I¡¯m done, I¡¯ll stop.¡± Scarlet Rose rolled her eyes and slightly leaned forward, revealing her snow-white chest. She smiled and said, ¡°You¡¯re wasting coins by buying the tusks. Why don¡¯t I bring you to farm? Not only can you level up, but you can also get the tusks. However, can you tell me why you¡¯re taking tusks?¡± ¡°Don¡¯t worry, I won¡¯t let you suffer a loss. If you give a good answer, I can even give you some unimaginable benefits.¡± Su Jin¡¯s gaze swept across the person in front of him, who would become one of the ¡®ten goddesses¡¯ in the future. He had to admit that she had a very good figure. She was plump where she should be, and lean where she should be. Coupled with her pure and innocent face, she was indeed very attractive. In the ¡°New World¡±, the appearance characters were similar to the real world. Hence, Scarlet Rose was also a beauty in reality. At this moment, this beauty leaned forward, revealing her snow-white chest. Her tone was gentle and contained hints. If it was any other player, their legs would have already gone weak, and they would have revealed everything they knew. However, it was Su Jin that she was dealing with. He had the memories of his previous life, so how could he be confused by a few words from a woman? He would directly give her to him. Only after completing the quest would there be a possibility of her revealing it. Su Jin chuckled and replied, ¡°I buy the tusks for the beginner quest.¡± He had to accept the hidden quest from the village chief. His words weren¡¯t wrong, but most people would think that it was the wild boar tusk quest, so they weren¡¯t clear about the hidden quest. Scarlet Rose¡¯s expression didn¡¯t change. It was obvious that she was unhappy. She felt that the person in front of her was trying to fool her. Did he really think that she didn¡¯t know how many wild boar tusks the quest required? If he accepted 200 wild boar tusks, would he be able to use them to make soup? He wasn¡¯t a member of any of the large guilds, so she was very unfamiliar with her. Su Jin pretended not to notice Scarlet Rose¡¯s unhappy expression. His eyes were still staring at the white patch in front of him. These breasts felt pretty good to the touch. He wondered how they would feel if he pinched them. ¡°Hmph.¡± Scarlet Rose leaned back and immediately covered the exposed patch. She said, ¡°Since you don¡¯t want to say it, then forget it. I have 200 wild boar tusks here. Let¡¯s trade them.¡± It wouldn¡¯t be a loss to exchange the useless mission materials for 20 silver coins. She had wanted to gather some information, but she didn¡¯t expect to meet such a fellow. Just when Su Jin was about to nod and agree the deal, a voice came. ¡°Little brother, our Tyrant Guild will give you 400 wild boar fangs for free. As long as you share the hidden information, we will also give you 300 gold coins. How about that?¡± A warrior player with an id [ Knight Tyrant ] on his head said, he walked over arrogantly. It was obvious that he also thought that there was some hidden information. After all, the members of the various large guilds weren¡¯t fools. They had more or less guessed something. Unfortunately, no matter how smart they were, they still couldn¡¯t figure it out. The 200 wild boar tusks that they had purchased were only half of the quest items. Moreover, there were other monster materials as well. The guild president of [ Tyrant Guild ] , Knight Tyrant, had long noticed the commotion here. However, he hadn¡¯t paid much attention to it at first, nor had he thought about the hidden information. However, when he saw Scarlet Rose walking toward Su Jin, he immediately decided to interfere. The game map was so big. Perhaps this person in front of him was a lucky person who knew something that others didn¡¯t. He decisively offered even greater benefits, trying to snatch it away in advance. Su Jin was stunned for a moment as various thoughts flashed through his mind. However, he didn¡¯t speak first. Instead, he looked at Scarlet Rose, waiting to see her reaction. If he could get someone to throw themselves at him, that would be the best. Although there would be trouble in the future, he believed that he would be able to handle it. For example, which player would still be standing after being slashed twice by him? Scarlet Rose frowned slightly as she turned to look at the Knight Tyrant. Gritting her teeth, she said, ¡°I¡¯ll pay double his price. As long as you reveal the hidden information. Don¡¯t say that it¡¯s for a normal quest. We¡¯re not stupid.¡± ¡°20 silver coins is still money. There¡¯s no reason to give it away.¡± ¡°Tyrant Guild will pay four times the original price!¡± ¡°Five times!¡± ¡°Six times!¡± ¡°Seven times!¡± ¡­ The two guild presidents glared at each other and soon began to compete. Tyrant Guild was a veteran gaming guild. It was backed by a mysterious financial group and was extremely wealthy. This time, it saw an opportunity and made a big push into the ¡°New World¡± online game. Rosette Guild was a new guild that had appeared in the past two years. Its guild president, Scarlet Rose, was extremely mysterious, and all of its members were beautiful women. In the end, the two of them shouted the price of 10 times the original price and stopped competing. A price of 10 times the original price was 3,000 gold coins. To the two large guilds, this was just a drop in the bucket. However, if news spread that they had spent 3,000 gold coins and only gave out 200 wild boar fangs, countless players would probably call them idiots. This was because no matter how the deal went, they would not reveal the details until they received the news.. Chapter 9 Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio Before class change, players could not rely on experience points to level up. It was just the right time to use it to fill up their experience bars. When their skills and experience bars were filled up, it was just the right time to farm quest items. ¡°Ding, congratulations on killing a ferocious tiger. Obtained 100 experience points!¡± ¡°Ding¡­¡± ¡°Ding¡­¡± Time ticked by, and many ferocious tigers fell at Su Jin¡¯s feet. His experience bar for skills was very high. The red skill [ Cleave ] had three times the leveling experience of his character. Two hours had passed, and the experience bar had only been filled by 20,000. There were still 130,000 experience points left. Low-quality skills required less experience points to level up, while high-quality skills required more experience points to level up. However, between the two, the effects of skills were also very different. The effort was worth it. After farming for three hours, Su Jin finished collecting 200 tiger skins. Only then did he leave Ferocious Tiger Slope and return to the novice village. Su Jin did not look for the village chief. Instead, he sat at the entrance of the novice village and shouted, ¡°Looking for the demonic wild boar tusks. I¡¯ll buy 100 tusks for 10 silver coins. As long as you collect 200, bring them over.¡± As one of the quest items, the wild boar tusks had spawned quite a few times before the guild players had taken over the field. However, the majority of the loot was still on the guild players. They could farm the field continuously. After the guild members had completed their quests, the guild players would more or less have the remaining wild boar tusks on them. After all, their main purpose was to gain experience points. They would not leave after collecting the quest items. However, very few people would buy the wild boar tusks that were dropped by low-level monsters, and they would not be able to sell them either. Guild players could occupy the farmland for a period of time, but they would not occupy it forever. Sooner or later, they would have to go to other wilderness areas to farm monsters. This was the opportunity for solo players. When Su Jin showed up and said that he wanted to buy the wild boar tusks, he immediately attracted a lot of attention. Not far away, the guild president of [ Rosette Guild ], Scarlet Rose, was bringing a few of her subordinates back to the novice village. They needed to submit the quest and push the progress forward. Scarlet Rose immediately saw Su Jin, who was shouting by the side of the road, as well as the id name [ Heavenly Cloud ] on his head. This person didn¡¯t look like a merchant, so why would he buy such a useless thing? Could it be that the wild boar tusks would play a role in some future mission? But if he did this, wouldn¡¯t he be exposed? What use would 200 wild boar tusks be? Just a glance, Scarlet Rose immediately thought of many things and subconsciously walked towards Su Jin¡¯s direction. ¡°Hello, are you here to buy wild boar tusks?¡± A smile appeared on Scarlet Rose¡¯s face as she asked gently. ¡°Yes, 10 coins for 100 wild boar tusks. I¡¯ll only want 200. Once I¡¯m done, I¡¯ll stop.¡± Scarlet Rose rolled her eyes and slightly leaned forward, revealing her snow-white chest. She smiled and said, ¡°You¡¯re wasting coins by buying the tusks. Why don¡¯t I bring you to farm? Not only can you level up, but you can also get the tusks. However, can you tell me why you¡¯re taking tusks?¡± ¡°Don¡¯t worry, I won¡¯t let you suffer a loss. If you give a good answer, I can even give you some unimaginable benefits.¡± Su Jin¡¯s gaze swept across the person in front of him, who would become one of the ¡®ten goddesses¡¯ in the future. He had to admit that she had a very good figure. She was plump where she should be, and lean where she should be. Coupled with her pure and innocent face, she was indeed very attractive. In the ¡°New World¡±, the appearance characters were similar to the real world. Hence, Scarlet Rose was also a beauty in reality. At this moment, this beauty leaned forward, revealing her snow-white chest. Her tone was gentle and contained hints. If it was any other player, their legs would have already gone weak, and they would have revealed everything they knew. However, it was Su Jin that she was dealing with. He had the memories of his previous life, so how could he be confused by a few words from a woman? He would directly give her to him. Only after completing the quest would there be a possibility of her revealing it. Su Jin chuckled and replied, ¡°I buy the tusks for the beginner quest.¡± He had to accept the hidden quest from the village chief. His words weren¡¯t wrong, but most people would think that it was the wild boar tusk quest, so they weren¡¯t clear about the hidden quest. Scarlet Rose¡¯s expression didn¡¯t change. It was obvious that she was unhappy. She felt that the person in front of her was trying to fool her. Did he really think that she didn¡¯t know how many wild boar tusks the quest required? If he accepted 200 wild boar tusks, would he be able to use them to make soup? He wasn¡¯t a member of any of the large guilds, so she was very unfamiliar with her. Su Jin pretended not to notice Scarlet Rose¡¯s unhappy expression. His eyes were still staring at the white patch in front of him. These breasts felt pretty good to the touch. He wondered how they would feel if he pinched them. ¡°Hmph.¡± Scarlet Rose leaned back and immediately covered the exposed patch. She said, ¡°Since you don¡¯t want to say it, then forget it. I have 200 wild boar tusks here. Let¡¯s trade them.¡± It wouldn¡¯t be a loss to exchange the useless mission materials for 20 silver coins. She had wanted to gather some information, but she didn¡¯t expect to meet such a fellow. Just when Su Jin was about to nod and agree the deal, a voice came. ¡°Little brother, our Tyrant Guild will give you 400 wild boar fangs for free. As long as you share the hidden information, we will also give you 300 gold coins. How about that?¡± A warrior player with an id [ Knight Tyrant ] on his head said, he walked over arrogantly. It was obvious that he also thought that there was some hidden information. After all, the members of the various large guilds weren¡¯t fools. They had more or less guessed something. Unfortunately, no matter how smart they were, they still couldn¡¯t figure it out. The 200 wild boar tusks that they had purchased were only half of the quest items. Moreover, there were other monster materials as well. The guild president of [ Tyrant Guild ] , Knight Tyrant, had long noticed the commotion here. However, he hadn¡¯t paid much attention to it at first, nor had he thought about the hidden information. However, when he saw Scarlet Rose walking toward Su Jin, he immediately decided to interfere. The game map was so big. Perhaps this person in front of him was a lucky person who knew something that others didn¡¯t. He decisively offered even greater benefits, trying to snatch it away in advance. Su Jin was stunned for a moment as various thoughts flashed through his mind. However, he didn¡¯t speak first. Instead, he looked at Scarlet Rose, waiting to see her reaction. If he could get someone to throw themselves at him, that would be the best. Although there would be trouble in the future, he believed that he would be able to handle it. For example, which player would still be standing after being slashed twice by him? Scarlet Rose frowned slightly as she turned to look at the Knight Tyrant. Gritting her teeth, she said, ¡°I¡¯ll pay double his price. As long as you reveal the hidden information. Don¡¯t say that it¡¯s for a normal quest. We¡¯re not stupid.¡± ¡°20 silver coins is still money. There¡¯s no reason to give it away.¡± ¡°Tyrant Guild will pay four times the original price!¡± ¡°Five times!¡± ¡°Six times!¡± ¡°Seven times!¡± ¡­ The two guild presidents glared at each other and soon began to compete. Tyrant Guild was a veteran gaming guild. It was backed by a mysterious financial group and was extremely wealthy. This time, it saw an opportunity and made a big push into the ¡°New World¡± online game. Rosette Guild was a new guild that had appeared in the past two years. Its guild president, Scarlet Rose, was extremely mysterious, and all of its members were beautiful women. In the end, the two of them shouted the price of 10 times the original price and stopped competing. A price of 10 times the original price was 3,000 gold coins. To the two large guilds, this was just a drop in the bucket. However, if news spread that they had spent 3,000 gold coins and only gave out 200 wild boar fangs, countless players would probably call them idiots. This was because no matter how the deal went, they would not reveal the details until they received the news.. Chapter 10 Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio ¡°You are indeed a courageous adventurer. However, I must remind you that there is a powerful monster in that cave. Even the strongest hunter in the village was killed by that monster. You must be extremely careful.¡± ¡°If something is wrong, you must retreat in time. Don¡¯t try to be brave.¡± the village chief instructed in a heavy tone. Su Jin nodded seriously and said, ¡°Yes, village chief. But since the monster is so powerful, do you have any good equipment or weapons? Help me strengthen my strength and give me a better chance of winning.¡± ¡°Eh, powerful adventurer. Our village is too poor. Nothing can help you. You have to rely on yourself for everything.¡± The village chief sighed and refused. Su Jin complained in his heart. The chief was as stingy as ever. ¡°If that¡¯s the case, village chief, can you help me appraise this item?¡± Su Jin didn¡¯t talk about the equipment and weapons. Instead, he took out the treasure map from the tool pane and placed it in front of the village chief. The village chief hesitated for a moment before taking the treasure map. He placed his hand on the treasure map. After pondering for a while, the treasure map suddenly shone with a golden pattern. At a glance, one could tell that it was much more advanced than the parchment map from before. ¡°I didn¡¯t expect that you would be able to obtain such a mysterious item. This time, I¡¯ll help you appraise it for free. It can also be considered as repayment for your dedication to the village, but there won¡¯t be a next time.¡± Village chief handed the treasure map back to Su Jin. Su Jin took it and opened it. There was an area mark on the map. A treasure chest was drawn at the end of the green route, and there was a green mark on it. It could be said that it was quite convenient. [ Treasure map ] Description: The only treasure map that marked the location of a silver treasure chest. It was actually the location of the silver treasure chest! Su Jin was pleasantly surprised. In the wilderness of the ¡°New World¡±, treasure chests would randomly appear. The boxes of different quality contained treasures of different quality. Usually, the boxes marked with silver or gold would definitely be able to drop equipment or skills. No matter which one it was, it was a very good item for Su Jin. It was silver quality after all, and he also lacked equipment and skills. He had thought that the bronze treasure chest that dropped from bronze boss would definitely be a bronze treasure chest. He had not expected his luck to be so good that he could obtain a rare treasure map that surpassed his level. According to the statistics from his previous life, a silver treasure chest would definitely drop a silver item. As for the quality, it would all depend on luck. In addition, the chance of obtaining higher-quality equipment was 1%, there were only some lucky players obtained one. However, this map was not in the novice village area. Su Jin had to wait until he entered the main city before he could proceed. At this moment, Su Jin had already bought the mana potion and was ready to complete this hidden mission. The location of the hidden mission given by the village chief was in a map in the north called [ Blackwater Cave ]. Inside was a deep cave. There were no wild monsters around the cave, not even plants. Only the spider webs in the corner proved that there were still monsters moving. Su Jin followed the path, with one glance, he saw the obvious cave. Su Jin stood at the periphery and looked around. He did not enter rashly but threw a rock. Dong! There was a muffled sound, but there was no reaction. Just as Su Jin was feeling puzzled, red light suddenly appeared around the cave. The sound of crawling could be heard. [ Demonic spider ] Level: Level 10 HP: 1,900 Attack: 125-150 Defense: 24 Description: Spiders that have been demonized have already given birth to dark bloodlines. Do not provoke them easily. 125 attack was already quite good for spiders. What made them scarier were their poison and numbers. Su Jin retreated step by step. After a certain distance from the interior of the cave, he pounced on them. At this moment, Su Jin¡¯s speed and agility boosted by the demonic boots. It helped him a lot. These spiders could not react at all. Su Jin¡¯s sword slashed at the top of their heads. After activating his mastery, he killed each spider with one swing at a time. A large amount of damage floated above the head of the demonic spider. After being stunned for a few seconds, they immediately retaliated. They opened their mouths and spat out poison and spider webs, trying to delay Su Jin. ¡®Ding, congratulations on killing a demonic spider. Obtained 100 experience points!¡¯ ¡®Ding¡­¡± ¡®Ding¡­¡± Continuous system prompts sounded, but Su Jin didn¡¯t care. He kept killing those spiders. The mission pointed to the Blackwater Cave, and there are no other monsters around. So, it was better to clear the spiders and opened up the path. His skills and character experience bars will be upgraded anyway, so it would be just fine for him to accumulate experience points now. ¡°Ding¡­¡± ¡°Ding¡­¡± Outside the Blackwater Cave, they had to clear out the demonic spiders for three hours before they were done. Seeing that no demonic spiders had rushed out, Su Jin heaved a sigh of relief and started to loot the corpses. ¡°Congratulations, you have obtained a trophy: Copper coin + 12!¡± ¡°Congratulations, you have obtained a trophy: Copper coin + 15!¡± ¡°Congratulations, you have obtained a trophy: Copper coin + 15!¡± ¡­ ¡°Congratulations, you have obtained a trophy: demonic shoulder armor!¡± Hearing the series of voices, Su Jin didn¡¯t pay much attention to it at first. After all, copper coin was valuable, but it wasn¡¯t that precious. He only took it because he couldn¡¯t waste it. Did he miss out on something good just now? He turned around and looked around in his inventory. Soon, he saw the equipment that dropped. [ Demonic shoulder armor ] (1/7) Quality: Bronze Type: Cloth armor Defense: 10 Attack: + 5% Level requirement: Level 10 Description: After being demonized, the shoulder armor has undergone a mutation. Wearing it, you will become even stronger. He didn¡¯t expect that good luck would come to him one day. A smile appeared on Su Jin¡¯s face. As expected of a top-tier set, its attributes were indeed strong. He wore it directly. He was more confident in completing the next hidden mission. After picking up all the dropped items, Su Jin tidied up his equipment. After his mana was fully restored, he walked into the Blackwater Cave. ¡°You have entered the dangerous map [ Blackwater Cave ]. Please proceed with caution.¡± After Su Jin truly entered the cave, the sound of a notification suddenly rang in his ears. Not long after he entered, three more players appeared at the place where he killed the monsters. They had a prefix on their heads. Surprisingly, they were the members of the Tyrant Guild. ¡°I¡¯ve already informed the guild president. Let¡¯s go in and follow that guy. I didn¡¯t expect him to be so powerful. He killed those level 10 monsters like they were nothing. He is way ahead of us.¡± ¡°That¡¯s right. However, I didn¡¯t expect him to be a solo player. He hasn¡¯t defected to a large guild.¡± ¡°Hehe. If he defected to a large guild, would we still have a chance?¡± ¡°Alright, let¡¯s go in and wait for the guild presidents to bring his men.¡± One of the leading players stopped the other players from speaking and entered the cave.. Chapter 11 Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio The three players from Tyrant Guild followed behind Su Jin and entered the Blackwater Cave. Tyrant Knight received the news from them. He led his guild members to harvest the farm, but he was a little absent-minded. Tyrant Knight immediately snapped out of his deep thought and tapped open the message when he heard the notification alert sound. After reading it, he felt both fortunate and afraid at the same time. Then, he heaved a sigh of relief. When the vice president of Tyrant Guild saw that he asked curiously, ¡°President, what¡¯s wrong?¡± ¡°I have good news. It is great news, actually. Gather 30 trusted guild members and follow me later. Be careful and make sure no one notices us, especially those women from Rosette Guild. Find a few smart guild members to pay close attention to them.¡± ¡°No problem. Can you tell me why?¡± The vice president nodded and asked curiously. Tyrant Knight hesitated for a moment and decided not to keep it a secret, ¡°It is nothing serious. It happened when you didn¡¯t go to Novice Village with me. I met a solo player there. He was purchasing 200 wild boar tusks. I think he knows about some hidden quest.¡± ¡°I have given him a deal. So did Rosette Guild¡¯s president. But that gut doesn¡¯t seem to care. But he looks like he has some agreement with Rosette Guild and seems like he wants to communicate further with him.¡± ¡°I¡¯ve threatened him. So, we are now enemies. I thought he was an ordinary player, but he can kill even a Level 10 NPC Bot. Do you think I will stand aside and let that happen?¡± ¡°It would be bad if he joins the Rosette Guild and revenge on us, wouldn¡¯t it?¡± ¡°We have to get all his equipment and make his level lower when he is still a solo player. That will assure our guild¡¯s future, and we can have his equipment. It will make our guild stronger.¡± The vice president of the Tyrant Guild pondered, then he nodded, ¡°Yes, president. Your decision sounds great. Well, a potential enemy is not something we fear. The guilds have been bullying solo players. It¡¯s normal.¡± ¡°However, we should suppress solo players who are too powerful. But, can¡¯t you recruit him into our guild instead?¡± The vice president thought of a better aspect. Instead of just showing the solo player who was in power, they might as well make him their member. They might gain a powerful player if they recruited him to the Tyrant Guild. It would be beneficial to them. The solo player¡¯s equipment will be public equipment to the guild too. Even if the solo player hid some top-secret information, he would have to reveal it sooner or later. The secret would remain with the Tyrant Guild even if the solo player didn¡¯t want to share it with them. Other guilds would not be able to get anything out of him! Tyrant Knight shook his heart, ¡°I know what you¡¯re thinking. That player won¡¯t agree.¡± ¡°Moreover, he will definitely choose the Rosette Guild instead of us. Just gather our men and slay him.¡± The vice president stopped persuading the president and contacted their members. ¡°President, I¡¯ve contacted thirty members with the best combat effectiveness and asked another two to cover for us. Other guilds will no doubt we are up to something at all. They will be waiting for us in the jungle. Are we going to go to him now?¡± ¡°Yes, we set off now. That guy has good equipment. Otherwise, he won¡¯t be able to fight against a Level-10 bot so easily.¡± Tyrant Knight led the vice president and left discreetly. He had arranged another administrator to be in charge of the guild while he and the vice president was on a quest. The members of the guild did not ask where their leader was heading. The other guilds wouldn¡¯t always spy on the other guilds either. After all, they were still in the novice village and were still in the development stage. They didn¡¯t have a grudge against each other, so none of them would start a war unless they were on a quest of slaying NPCs. Meanwhile, Su Jin kept his guard up when he entered the Blackwater Cave. Su Jin was focusing on the hidden quest at the moment. He had no idea that the Tyrant Guild was coming for him now with 30 players because he bought the wild boar tusks. The Blackwater Cave was very humid. The sound of dripping water echoed inside. It was distinctive because of the dead silence in the cave. Su Jin had been walking for a while and had not discovered any NPC Bots yet. Those demonic spiders seemed to appear only in the outer layer of the Blackwater Cave. Wearing his demonic boots, Su Jin stepped on the wet soil. He held his sword and walked step by step, deeper into the cave as he observed the situation around him. According to the village chief, there should be a powerful monster here. However, the light was dim, and the situation was unclear. So, Su Jin decided to be more careful. Su Jin didn¡¯t want his plan to go wrong. The three players, who were members of the Tyrant Guild, sneaked up to him. They kept themselves hidden and communicated by typing. ¡°This doesn¡¯t look like a place to fight NPCs. I don¡¯t see any monsters.¡± ¡°Yeah! That guy came here all of a sudden.¡± ¡°That means that this is our chance. He is doomed. I¡¯ve given our president his location. Maybe we can get something from this guy today.¡± The three of them quickly typed and communicated before moving closer to Su Jin silently. Another two minutes passed. Su Jin had already arrived at the deepest part of the Blackwater Cave. An enormous blue-eyed spider was resting on the spider web. It had a body length of five to six meters and eight spider legs of three meters long. The attack range of this monster was vast. Moreover, there were black hairs on the spider legs. Those hairs were poisonous. The eight blue spider eyes tensed up the atmosphere, giving out a domineering aura. Su Jin sneaked closer and tapped on the Blue-eyed Spider¡¯s attribute panel. [ Blue-eyed Spider ] Quality: Bronze Level Boss Level: Level 15 Health Point (HP): 3,150,000 points Attack damage: 175-233 Defense: 120 Skill: Spider Venom. (The Blue-eyed Spider¡¯s attack is venomous. The target will lose 10 HP each second for 30 seconds.) Skill: Spiderweb (It spits out a spiderweb within an 8-meter radius and slows down the target¡¯s speed by 100%. The spiderweb has spider venom on it.) Skill: Rapid Reproduction (It can reproduce demonic spiders and make them its army.) Description: The Blue-eyed Spider is the lord of the Blackwater Cave. It has absorbed the dark energy and dominated the surrounding area. The Blue-eyed Spider was a monster tough to defeat. The Blue-eyed Spider had 3,150,000 points, about three times the Wild Boar King¡¯s HP. Although its attack power was not strong, it was poisonous, and its defense was high. The defense skill of 120 was not easy for anyone to penetrate through it, except for Su Jin. Only Su Jin could defeat it. Moreover, its last two skills, Spiderweb and Rapid Reproduction were range damage and summoning damage. Not only that, Su Jin would have to face the eight spider legs if he wanted to fight in a close combat mode. The Blue-eyed Spider¡¯s close combat skill, ranged attack skill, and coverage ability was powerful, leaving no chance for players to defeat it. Su Jin pondered, thinking of a way to defeat the monster. If he kept activating his talent and using his skills, he had a chance to slay it. However, he needed to restore his health in the middle of the fight, but he would not have time to do so. The Blue-eyed monster might slay Su Jin easily if he fought it the hard way. Losing experience was a small matter after being slain. It would be terrible if Su Jin lost his equipment. The New World Game had a small rate probability of drawing good equipment. It was already lucky for Su Jin to get that few pieces of equipment he owned. ¡°What should I do? The best way is to make someone my shield. But who will do that for me?¡± Su Jin did not want to go near the Blue-eyed Spider recklessly. He stood in the distance and muttered to himself. Names ran through his mind, and he realized no one could do that for him. He might have to sacrifice something if he asked the help of the people he knew. The last thing he wanted was to share the rewards he got with others.. Chapter 12 Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio Su Jin stood far away from the Blue-eyed Spider, watching from afar. He began to ponder about how he should attack it. He could kill the Wild Boar King alone the last time because he had good skills. Moreover, the Wild Boar King¡¯s skills were not of high level, and it was not difficult to defeat. Its HP was also low. One would not find it difficult to kill it if they were skilled enough. Even unskillful players could kill it if they dragged the fight and drained its HP. The Blue-eyed Spider was different. It was tough to defeat, had a low error tolerance rate, and had powerful skills. There was practically no shortage of weaknesses. Su Jin didn¡¯t want to take the risk before he had the confidence to defeat it. While he was deep in thought, the three Tyrant Guild players saw the Blue-eyed Spider too. Its enormous size proved the toughness to defeat it. Most importantly, the solo player, who had always killed monsters whenever he met them, hesitated to attack the spider. That proved the three of them were right about the difficulty of the Blue-eyed Spider. ¡°That isn¡¯t an ordinary monster. I should be either a boss or a special type of NPC.¡± ¡°It does look like a Boss. Won¡¯t our Tyrant Guild be rich if we killed it?¡± ¡°We will be the ones who found this treasure. I¡¯m sure our president will reward us for that.¡± ¡°The first Boss since this game upgraded.¡± The three members of the Tyrant Guild typed and discussed excitedly. Su Jin would have heard the crackling sound of the keyboard if the players hadn¡¯t been using virtual keyboards. After a short discussion, the three of them sent a message to their guild president, Tyrant Knight. Battling the first Boss of the server wasn¡¯t something the three of them could do even if they slayed Su Jin. No one knew about the Wild Boar King that Su Jin had killed previously, which led to the misunderstanding that the Blue-eyed Spider was the first Boss. After sending the message, the three players hid and waited for a reply from their president. While they waited, Tyrant Knight led thirty players and headed to the location his three members sent him. He wanted to teach Su Jin a lesson to make sure Su Jin wouldn¡¯t be a threat to their guild in the future. Hearing another notification alert, Tyrant Knight tapped open his message and froze. ¡°President, what¡¯s wrong?¡± The members of the Tyrant Guild stopped and asked curiously. Tyrant Knight did not answer him. He stood there and pondered for a while before looking at the vice president and said, ¡°We have a different priority now. Gather more players to follow us. Then arrange the low-level players to shield our whereabouts.¡± ¡°Gather the players with high combat skills, but don¡¯t tell them why we are gathering them. Just tell them I have some important mission I want them to carry out. Brush them off with that for the time being.¡± ¡°Remember, tell everyone in the Tyrant Guild. Also, contact the Assassin Guild members while you¡¯re at it. Let them know that we are gathering elite players and say nothing more.¡± The vice president was confused. He had no idea why Tyrant Knight wanted him to gather so many players. ¡°President, please, at least let me know a little information about what is going on. Otherwise, it will be difficult for me to gather so many players at once.¡± ¡°Our three members that tracked the solo player found a Boss NPC. That is the first Boss. Although the level of the Boss is known, we still could make a fortune out of slaying it, couldn¡¯t we?¡± ¡°I am not sure the truth of this information. That¡¯s why I am asking you to make the arrangement discreetly.¡± ¡°It¡¯s to prevent the spies in our guild from leaking the information. The other guilds might come to snatch the Boss.¡± ¡°We can cooperate with the Assassin Guild if we can¡¯t defeat the Boss. All we have to do is owe them a favor. However, we will not need them if we can defeat the Boss.¡± Tyrant Knight whispered and explained the situation to his vice president. A smile bloomed on the vice president¡¯s face. He looked around to make sure no one was eavesdropping. Then, he smiled, ¡°Alright, I know what to do now. You can rest assured.¡± After saying that, he took a step back and followed behind Tyrant Knight as he messaged their members personally. As a guild supported by a financial group, the 500 members of the Tyrant Guild had guaranteed salaries in real life. They were also given commissions for the quest they joined. So, the players would usually be online every day. Some even stayed online for 24 hours because rumors said the game would reward the player with special abilities. As the vice president sent the messages, the members of the Tyrant Guild began to make their moves. The members, fighting monsters and leveling up, left their battlefield quickly. They recovered their HP and magic power with the potions they had. The players, who were supposed to be leveling up by fighting the monsters, stood outside the monsters¡¯ attack range. They pretended as though they were about to fight the monsters. The players from other guilds would not suspect a thing from that. They would at most take a glance when they passed by because it wasn¡¯t time for a fight yet. In the novice village, the players of Tyrant Guild were low-profiled and left their respective leveling area gradually, heading to the jungle. There were still a few members in the leveling area covering up for them. No one realized that the players from Tyrant Guild weren¡¯t at the leveling point even after they had disappeared for half an hour. The news was kept strictly confidential. None of the spies from other guilds knew what had happened. Outside the Blackwater Cave, Tyrant Knight led his thirty men and surrounded the cave. He did not rush in with his men. Instead, he contacted the three players who were following Su Jin. The three players sent him a message before he could contact them, ¡°President, he noticed us a minute ago. That solo player slayed the three of us. You must stop him and avenge us.¡± ¡°That solo player should be near the cave. He hasn¡¯t gone far.¡± Tyrant wasn¡¯t happy to hear that. He looked at the vice president as he ordered, ¡°there is no need to keep this quest discreet anymore. Negotiate with the Assassin Guild and get other guilds to join this quest. We¡¯ll defeat the Boss together. After all, the Tyrant Guild will still be the first one to find it.¡± ¡°Since the solo player has slain our players, I¡¯m sure he will release the news of the Boss.¡± The change had happened too quickly, and Tyrant Knight was somewhat unable to deal with it. However, he had quickly made an adjustment to the situation because the sudden change was part of what he had expected. ¡°Alright,¡± The vice president nodded. The vice president quickly mobilized the players. He did not hide any information and contacted the Assassin Guild to negotiate the strategy. They had to arrange their formation before the other guild arrived. Tyrant Knight looked around and shouted, ¡°Boys, since we are here now. I¡¯ll tell you the purpose of our mission. I got the news that there is a Boss in the cave. It is the first Boss in the Novice Village.¡± ¡°I won¡¯t say much because I believe you guys know the importance of this quest. Well, here is something I want to announce. Everyone who joins in this battle will get a reward of 3000 dollars bonus if we defeat the Boss.¡± ¡°I¡¯ve already contacted other guilds to come over to help us. Let¡¯s try and take down the Boss ourselves first.¡± ¡°There¡¯s a solo player around. Slay him if you happen to encounter him, okay?¡± The president had announced that personally, and there was a reward waiting for them after the quest. The Tyrant Guild members shouted, ¡°Okay!¡± ¡°Alright, you will not only get the reward. I¡¯ll take you guys to the club, and you can have fun there after we finish the quest.¡± Tyrant Knight pointed at the cave and beaconed the players, ¡°Everyone, let¡¯s go in!¡± The 30 players he brought with him spread out and went in from different directions, ensuring that they could see each other. At the periphery of the cave, Su Jin lay quietly on the ground at the foot of a slightly arched hill. He was not anxious at all when he saw the Tyrant Guild players. The Tyrant Guild might be here to snatch the Boss, but from Su Jin¡¯s perspective, their presence was what he wanted most. It would help him defeat the Boss easier. ¡°I was just worried that I wouldn¡¯t be able to deal with that Boss by myself. It will be great to have the guilds help me drain some of the Blue-eyed Spider¡¯s HP. My quest is complete as long as the last blow on the spider is from me.¡± ¡°But, they would be committing suicide by bringing only 30 people to defeat the Blue-eyed Spider.¡± Su Jin laid quietly, watching the region chat room as he waited.. Chapter 13 Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio ¡°Why aren¡¯t the players from the guilds leveling up on the farm? What happened?¡± ¡°I don¡¯t know. I saw the players heading towards the depths of the Novice Village. The monsters here are all of Level 10. No one dares to follow them there.¡± ¡°I think something important happened. Otherwise, the players wouldn¡¯t have all left.¡± ¡°Why do you need to discuss instead of taking advantage of this opportunity to level up? Have you completed your quest?¡± ¡°I heard the news that a Boss has appeared there. I don¡¯t know what level it is. Those large guilds are rich and can get a few hundred players to finish the quest.¡± ¡°The Tyrant Guild and Assassin Guild seem to have joined forces. Over a thousand people are heading inside.¡± ¡°I wonder how the other guilds will react.¡± ¡°It has nothing to do with us. At most, we¡¯ll go and join in the fun.¡± Su Jin browsed through the chat messages. A thought flashed through his mind, and he sent out a message in the chat room, ¡°Tyrant Guild and Assassin Guild have both gone on the quest. Didn¡¯t the Rosette Guild go too? That¡¯s the first Boss in the Novice Village.¡± ¡°They will gain fame and reward if they defeat the Boss.¡± ¡°They¡¯ve already made their move, but they¡¯ve hidden it from the outside world. Rosette Guild has split up and entered.¡± ¡°It seems like all the guilds have gone on the quest. I didn¡¯t see any guild members at the leveling point. Normally, they wouldn¡¯t leave monsters for solo players like us to level up.¡± ¡°I wonder who will be the one who gets the Boss in the end.¡± When Su Jin saw this, he immediately felt relieved. He raised his hand and closed the chat room. His attention was on the Blackwater Cave again. Only when the situation became chaotic could he find an opportunity to intervene. Otherwise, it would be much tougher to compete with a few guilds at once. As time passed, the first to arrive was the Tyrant Guild. A total of 500 people with the same guild prefix lined up and moved forward like an army. They all had smiles on their faces and held all kinds of weapons in their hands. Following closely behind was the Assassin Guild. The two guilds joined forces and were much faster than the other guilds. The Assassin Guild also had 500 players. The two guilds added up to 1,000 players. However, the majority players¡¯ levels were low, about Level 4. The Blackwater Cave was large enough for them all to get in. Both sides did not leave anyone behind to watch the cave entrance. If they could defeat the Boss, they had to stay alert and prevent the other guilds from coming and snatching their rewards. If they could not defeat the Boss, it would be none of their concern anymore. In that case, it was necessary for them to reduce their members, no matter what kind of situation they would face. If someone killed them, their deaths would be in vain. Not long after the Tyrant Guild and the Assassin Guild entered the cave, Scarlet Rose and her Rosette Guild arrived. They had even contacted the Greed Wolf Guild. It seemed that they had already reached an initial agreement and joined forces. Seeing that the four guilds had entered, a group of solo players went in with them. Their thoughts were simple. What if they were able to snatch the last kill of the Boss? The reward would only belong to the person who killed the Boss. Others would not be able to share it with the person. However, they wanted to try their luck. It did not matter if the guilds hunted them down in the future if they succeeded this time. They could turn to the opposing guilds. Su Jin was not in a hurry to enter. He waited for another half an hour before he got up and set off. With the 310,000 HP supporting the Boss, the players could not finish it off so quickly. It was impossible even if thousands of players surrounded and attacked it. After all, not everyone had the attack damage and skills like Su Jin. In addition to the Blue-eyed Spider¡¯s abnormal skill, it was enough to make it troublesome for the guilds. After entering the cave, Su Jin saw the guild players surrounding and attacking the Blue-eyed Spider. Thousands of players spread out and attacked the Blue-eyed Spider. The Blue-eyed Spider¡¯s HP reduced as the attack continued. ¨C 30 ¨C 25 ¨C 12 ¨C 9 ¨C 7 Most of the players¡¯ attacks were not high. Only a few players could deal significant damage. However, it was only tiny damages to the Blue-eyed Sider, who had a very high HP. Meanwhile, the Blue-eyed Spider could kill several players each time it attacked. Two guilds alone could not take it down. The four guilds began to join forces and corporate. ¡°I might as well let the players battle with the Boss for a while. Hope they won¡¯t disappoint me,¡± Su Jin looked at the Blue-eyed Spider¡¯s remaining 250,000 HP and was a little relieved. Tyrant Knight and Scarlet Rose commanded the players of the two guilds to attack while paying attention to the situation around them. The battle continued. Under the joint efforts of thousands of players, the Blue-eyed Spider¡¯s HP decreased bit by bit. The players had also paid a great price. As time passed, the Blue-eyed Spider¡¯s HP had only 20% left¡­ Another 15% left¡­ Another 10% left¡­ When the Blue-eyed Spider¡¯s HP had only 10% left, which was 30,000 HP, all the players from the four guilds went insane. The Blue-eyed Spider was about to die. As long as they could get the last hit, the experience and rewards of the Blue-eyed Spider would be theirs. The experience they gained from the game belonged to them, even though they might not be able to keep the rewards to themselves. They had also snatched it under the siege of three guilds. There would be another reward after the quest. There was no more cooperation or deal among the guilds. Everyone was going for the Blue-eyes Spider. The players all increased their damage output and started to attack like maniacs. The solo players at the back were also excited. The Boss was right in front of them. If they could get the last hit and sell the rewards to one of the guilds, wouldn¡¯t they make a fortune out of it? However, the smiles on the solo players¡¯ faces didn¡¯t last long before they froze. Meanwhile, Tyrant Knight and Scarlet Rose spoke to their vice president. Then they commanded their players to fight the Boss. The vice presidents instructed 50 people from each guild and surrounded the solo players behind them. Each of the members pointed their weapons at the solo players. In the Novice Village¡¯s square, streaks of lights shot out from the ground one after another. The Tyrant Guild, Rosette Guild, Greed Wolf Guild, and the Assassin Guild led some of their men to slay the solo players, preventing them from snatching away the last kill. Although the guild players had outnumbered the solo players, the solo players had to fight those guild players who stood in their way and resist the guild players that had resurrected behind them. It was an attack from both sides. The solo players had no choice and were slain and resurrected in the resurrection point. Su Jin quietly looked around. He wanted to break out, but he feared that he might miss it. Suddenly, a familiar sweet voice rang in his ears. ¡°Ding! Detected that the host is in danger. Do you want to top up 10 dollars and get a hidden skill?¡± A smile flashed across Su Jin¡¯s face as he quickly chose to top up. ¡°Ding! Top up successful! Ten dollars has been deducted automatically from the host¡¯s bank card.¡± ¡°Congratulations to the host for obtaining a hidden skill, [Stealth]!¡± Skill: [Stealth Mode] (purple) Effect: It makes the host¡¯s body go invisible. Movement speed increased by 50% for 5 minutes. Cooldown: 180 minutes. Su Jin blinked his eyes and suppressed his excitement. Instead of using it immediately, he took the lead and dashed out of the cave. With his Level 10 attribute panel and the equipment on him, the guild players could not stop him at all. ¡°It¡¯s that solo player,¡± The vice president saw Su Jin running out of the cave. He hesitated for a moment but did not ask anyone to chase after Su Jin. The vice president¡¯s focus right now was still on the Boss. If things went wrong, the four guilds would start a war.. Chapter 14 Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio After rushing out of the Blackwater Cave, Su Jin looked around. No one chased after him, and the other sole players did not seize the opportunity to rush out either. They all died inside. The Blue-eyed Spider had 30,000 HP left. But the lesser HP it had, the more furious it became. The four large guilds all wanted to snatch the Blue-eyed Spider¡¯s final kill, so they would not attack together. It would delay them for some time. Su Jin felt it was best to wait five minutes before activating the Stealth Mode. After all, the stealth mode could only last for five minutes. If Su Jin did not take advantage of this opportunity, he would not have had time to make the final kill. That would be a tragedy. Su Jin¡¯s priority was to slay the Boss and complete the hidden quest. The four guilds were not important right now. Various thoughts flashed through Su Jin¡¯s mind, and he patiently waited. Five minutes passed in the blink of an eye. Su Jin entered the Blackwater Cave once again. After walking for a while, he stopped. Not far ahead, there were people from the four guilds guarding him. It would be too foolish to rush over. Su Jin did not want to expose his stealth skills so soon. After hiding in a corner and activating his stealth skills, he entered the cave. The Blue-eyed Spider¡¯s HP had already dropped to 1,500 points. It activated its last skill and summoned 30 demonic spiders to help it. The thirty Level 10 demonic spiders might be intimidating, but usually, no player would dare to go up and fight them one-on-one. However, there were over a thousand players there. They defeated the demonic spiders in a blink of an eye. The close combat players from the four guilds rushed towards the Boss one after another, glancing at the three remaining players of the guilds. Su Jin came forward in stealth mode. After looking at Boss¡¯s HP, he glanced at the presidents and commanders of the four guilds. Killing the commanders would cause a commotion among the four guild leaders. That would give him a chance to clear the area. He could also kill the Boss alone and prevent disruption during his battle. Su Jin didn¡¯t hesitate when that plan popped out in his mind. He walked straight towards Tyrant Knight. No one could see him because of the stealth mode. If they wanted to discover him, they would need to attack to spot him. But if they couldn¡¯t see him, suddenly attacking a space would make them look especially stupid. No one would do that. The main reason was that they didn¡¯t expect someone to have such a great skill as stealth. Coming closer to the Boss, Su Jin activated his [Stacking Crit Damage] and slashed. ¨C 310 ¨C 310 ¨C 310 ¡­ A series of damage appeared on the domineering Knight and the Vice Guild leader of the Domineering Guild. Before they could react, they turned into white light and disappeared on the spot. Su Jin did not stop. Instead, he dashed towards the Assassin Guild¡¯s president and vice president. Soon, the Greed Wolf Guild faced the same situation. Only Rosette Guild¡¯s president, Blood Rose, was still alive. With the sudden disappearance of their commander and boss, the formation immediately became disordered. There was also a lack of trust between guild players, especially when there were no leaders to suppress them. Scarlet Rose¡¯s face turned pale as she looked around her. However, no matter how she observed, she could not find out who killed the other presidents. She had no choice but to ask the Greed Wolf Guild president. When players defeated each other, the system would announce who killed the players. Just as Scarlet Rose sent a message to the president of Greed Wolf Guild, her vision suddenly turned black, and she disappeared from her spot before she could receive a reply. At the same time, she received a notification. ¡°You have been killed by player Heavenly Cloud.¡± Scarlet Rose¡¯s face immediately turned gloomy as she frowned when she saw the system notification. Dying once wasn¡¯t a big deal, but the crucial point was that she didn¡¯t know how she died. She couldn¡¯t be sure if the same situation would happen again. Moreover, without Scarlet Rose¡¯s presence, the Boss wouldn¡¯t belong to the Rosette Guild. They could only see if the players below were lucky enough. ¡°Damn it. It¡¯s that solo player. He attacked us. He is looking for trouble!¡± Rage had overtaken Tyrant Knight. He was mad, unlike Scarlet Rose, who was still calm. Last time, he had been humiliated by this solo player called Heavenly Cloud. He had not expected that the solo player could do something more astonishing this time. Heavenly Cloud slayed Tyrant Knight. Moreover, Tyrant Knight did not even know how he had done it. So, it was normal for him to get mad about it. The vice president of Tyrant Guild stopped Tyrant Knight and asked, ¡°President, calm down. Don¡¯t let our emotions take over our rationality. Let¡¯s clear things up first. Do you still remember how we died?¡± ¡°I didn¡¯t even see him and came to the resurrection point suddenly. If it wasn¡¯t for the system notification, I probably wouldn¡¯t know anything.¡± Tyrant Knight was displeased, ¡°I¡¯m standing with you. If you don¡¯t know, of course, I won¡¯t know. However, his slaying method is somewhat similar to an assassin¡¯s. However, Heavenly Cloud¡¯s appearance is a warrior.¡± ¡°Greedy Wolf, Scarlet Rose, Assassin, do you know how you died?¡± Scarlet Rose and the others shook their heads, indicating that they didn¡¯t know. Then, they opened their chat room and commanded their players to fight from the resurrection point. Inside the Blackwater Cave, the four guilds immediately fell into internal strife after Su Jin slayed their leaders and commanders. The main reason was that no one knew how their leaders died. It was quite a terrifying sight to behold. On the contrary, the Boss had taken the opportunity to kill many of their members. That was when their administrators received messages from their leaders. ¡°Forget about the solo player who slayed us. Get the final kill of the Boss. We can take care of the player who killed us later!¡± The four guild presidents all had similar intentions. They all understood that since the solo player had made a move, it meant that he had planned on slaying the Boss. If the guild members were in a mess, they might give the chances to the other players. That Blue-eyed Spider was the first Boss in the village. As the news spread, the members of the four guilds gradually stabilized under the control of the administrators. The Boss¡¯s Hp had reduced to 5000 points. Only a tiny bit of HP was left. ¡°Slay the Boss first. We can deal with the other matter later!¡± ¡°Anyone who can get the final kill of the Boss will be rewarded 20,000 dollars, while the others will get 3000 dollars each.¡± ¡°Charge! Kill the Boss. He has double the reward.¡± The administrator of the four guilds announced the news and then dashed towards the Blue-eyed Spider. ¡°Humph, do you think that can stop me?¡± Su Jin¡¯s gaze turned cold, and he stopped killing the Boss and turned around. He slayed the players instead. With his god-level skills, he could kill one player with one slay. ¨C 310 ¨C 310 ¨C 310 ¨C 310 ¨C 310 ¡­ The damage indication showed above the players¡¯ heads, and the five players who Su Jin had slayed disappeared into white streaks of lights. There were not many players left in the cave. When Su Jin killed 100 players, the sword in his hand suddenly started to vibrate. The Fighting Aura Domain that had a one-in-a-thousand chance of being activated was successfully activated. The radius of 10 meters was not vast, but Su jin was the center of the attack. As long as his movement speed was fast enough, the damage range would be large enough. In addition, there was a 50% speed bonus from the stealth mode. ¨C 500 ¨C 500 ¨C 500 ¨C 500 ¡­ As the Fighting Aura Domain advanced, the players fell to the ground. One after another, they turned into white streaks of lights. Then they returned to the resurrection point. ¡°Ding! Your skill [ Fighting Aura Domain ] has killed a Tyrant Guild player, Tyrant Valor!¡± ¡°Ding! Your skill [ Fighting Aura Domain] has killed a Tyrant Guild player, Tyrant Crazy Blade!¡± Tyrant Crazy Blade ¡°Ding! Your skill [ Tyrant Crazy Blade] has killed a Greed Wolf Guild player, Howling Moon Wolf!¡± ¡°Ding! ¡­¡± ¡°Ding! ¡­¡± A large row of system notifications flooded the screen of Su Jin¡¯s interface. Many players disappeared, and the cave instantly became much quieter.. Chapter 15 Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio As the number of dead players increased, nearly a hundred pieces of various equipment dropped from the ground after the players turned into streaks of lights. But, there was only one high level of equipment, the light green bow. The fact that there was equipment to use under the current circumstances was enough to show how great the hidden strength behind these guilds was. Su Jin had killed a Boss by himself and killed other monsters. However, he only had a few pieces of equipment. After his Fighting Aura Domain stopped, Su Jin turned around and looked around. He was satisfied, ¡°Without those troublesome players, I can finally slay the Boss properly. However, I still have to thank the players from the guilds for coming to help me.¡± The corners of Su Jin¡¯s mouth curled up. He did not pick up the low-level equipment on the ground at all. He held his sword and rushed towards the Blue-eyed Spider. ¡­ At the revival point in the Novice Village, the president of the four guilds did not leave. Instead, they communicated with the administrators and made a final effort. However, when they were still typing or imputing voice messages, the streaks of lights in the resurrection point did not end and attracted everyone¡¯s attention. ¡°How can that damn sole player be so powerful?¡± ¡°This isn¡¯t normal. That range and power the solo player has are like cheating. That guy must have a ¡®cheating tool¡¯ on him, right?¡± ¡°Who knows? That skill seems to be the Fighting Aura Domain of a warrior character that only a warrior that reaches Level 20 could obtain. The personal quest that I obtained has a description of it.¡± ¡°Damn that guy. It¡¯s too late for us to go there now. He had taken the Boss.¡± ¡°We¡¯ve lost most of our equipment. What should we do next?¡± The players who had just come out of the resurrection point were all in a mess. They were all complaining to the players around them. None of them had ever seen such a situation before. What else would be cheating if a man killed nearly 1,000 players by himself? Scarlet Rose, Tyrant Knight, and the others stared blankly at their guild players as they walked out of the resurrection point. ¡°What did you guys mean by what you said just now?¡± ¡°Can you tell us in detail what happened?¡± ¡°Did Heavenly Cloud single-handedly slay all of you? All the 1,000 players? Are you guys crazy?¡± ¡°This can¡¯t be true.¡± The four guild presidents asked one after another. Their moods were like a roller coaster, going up and down. They wanted to know the news, but they didn¡¯t want to ask how that solo player humiliated them either. It put them in a state of dilemma. At this moment, all the players that had participated in slaying Boss returned to the resurrection point. Naturally, they didn¡¯t have any information they wanted to hide or were afraid of losing their reputation, so they had no intention of keeping what happened privately. A female player from the Rosette Guild replied with a terrified expression, ¡°President, after he slayed you guys, Heavenly Cloud started to attack us. His attack damage is powerful and slayed one player with one slash at a time. No one can stop him.¡± ¡°Then, for some unknown reason, he used a range skill and slayed as he ran. There was no time to react at all.¡± Another Greed Wolf Guild player added, ¡°Not only that, but we can also only see people dying. We have no idea where Heavenly Cloud is. It¡¯s as if he is on stealth mode.¡± ¡°The last skill he used will kill anyone that goes near him within ten meters radius. It would get closer to us if we avoided it.¡± ¡°I asked just now. We only receive system notifications when we die.¡± The four guild presidents frowned as they looked at each other in silence. They began to doubt if Heavenly Cloud was using a ¡°cheat tool¡±. However, the four of them quickly dismissed this thought. The four leaders had great backgrounds, and they each had their sources of information. They knew some information about the situation. The solo player must be terrifying if he could cheat in the New World. ¡°Greed Wolf, what do you think?¡± ¡°What do you mean, what do I think? I think that Heavenly Cloud should have obtained a stealth mode skill, but why would Novice Village have the stealth mode skill?¡± ¡°It¡¯s hard to say. Maybe the solo player encountered a hidden quest. Didn¡¯t that guy buy the Wild Boar Tusks at the entrance of the Novice Village last time? Maybe the Wild Boar Tusks are for that. Unfortunately, we didn¡¯t get any information from him.¡± ¡°Perhaps only that guy knows about the attack skills that are similar to the Fighting Aura Domain.¡± ¡°Stop! Stop talking all those nonsenses,¡± Tyrant Knight interrupted Greed Wolf and Scarlet Rose impatiently, ¡°Let¡¯s not talk about anything else right now. That guy stole our Boss. What do you guys plan to do? Just accept t? Or let a sole player take advantage of our guilds?¡± ¡°I think, let¡¯s take this opportunity to make a statement. We can issue a warrant notice for him. We¡¯ll teach him a lesson until he can¡¯t be so arrogant anymore.¡± ¡°I have no objections,¡± The guild president of the Assassin Guild stated his support. The guild president of the Greed Wolf Guild looked at Scarlet Rose, waiting for her to state her opinion first. Scarlet Rose showed no fluctuation in emotion, but she was quickly pondering in her heart, ¡®Should I join forces with Tyrant Guild and the others to teach that sole player a lesson?¡¯ They were at the resurrection point, and the guild players were witnessing. If they went back on their words in the future, their reputation would rapidly decline. Then, they wouldn¡¯t be able to get any members anymore in the future. If they agreed, they would have to take action to make their stance clear. ¡°Teach Heavenly Cloud a lesson?¡± The scene at the entrance of the Novice Village flashed in Scarlet Rose¡¯s mind. Scarlet Rose had tried to compete with Tyrant Knight to get the sole player to join her guild, but she had failed even when she had offered ten times the price. She thought twice and felt maybe she should wait and watch first. Greed wolf didn¡¯t state his opinion because Scarlet Rose had been silent. It was a moment of dead silence in the resurrection point. The guild players subconsciously stood on both sides, facing each other. ¡­ Boom! Boom! Boom! In the Blackwater Cave, a loud sound echoed throughout the cave. Su Jin relied on his agile body and footwork to dodge the Blue-eyed Spider¡¯s attacks while slashing at it with all his might. ¨C 210 ¨C 198 ¨C 188 Although the Blue-eyed Spider¡¯s defense was not bad, Su Jin¡¯s attributes and equipment were not bad either when used together. Their battle was even, and the damage of his attack on the Boss was quite lethal. However, it was too bad that he had used three minutes of the stealth mode to slay the guild players. He had only two minutes left and had wasted most of his five minutes. Otherwise, he would have killed the Blue-eyed Spider by now. Fortunately, Su Jin had intervened at the right time. As Su Jin continued to attack, he managed to slay the Blue-eyed Spider after three minutes. Boom! With a slash, the Blue-eyed Spider¡¯s body fell to the ground at last. ¡­ At the same time, a server banner announcement appeared in the world chat room, and thousands of players in the Novice Village received the news. ¡°Ding! Congratulations to the player [Heavenly Cloud] for successfully killing the Blue-eyed Spider. His heroic performance will forever be recorded in the history of the New World.¡± ¡°Ding! Congratulations to the player [Heavenly Cloud] for obtaining rewards: Prestige of the Lion Kingdom ¡Á 1000, Silver Treasure Chest ¡Á 3, Attribute Points ¡Á 10, Gold Coins ¡Á 1000, Experience ¡Á 4000!¡± ¡°Ding! ¡­¡± ¡°Ding! ¡­¡± The announcement repeated three times, and there was even a rolling announcement on the screen. It sounded like it was a massive event. In an instant, the players of the entire New World were in an uproar. The news on the world chat room was like a snowflake as it flew over. The two words that appeared the most were ¡°Heavenly Cloud¡±. Many wondered who the player was.. Chapter 16 Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio ¡°Damn it, who is Heavenly Cloud? He slayed a Boss in such a short time. Which guild is he in?¡± ¡°He doesn¡¯t have a guild prefix, so it shows that he is an unaffiliated player. Could it be that it was a sole player, and he had snatched the Boss from the guild?¡± ¡°That¡¯s impossible. I think this might be a trap. The solo player made such a move to gain fame and then planned to join one of the guilds. That will save the guilds plenty of advertisement fee.¡± ¡°D*mn. Now that you mention it, it is possible. These guilds have many tricks up their sleeves.¡± ¡°Does anyone have any more specific information? Can you reveal it?¡± ¡°There¡¯s a reward for Heavenly Cloud¡¯s personal information.¡± The news kept refreshing on the world chat room. Players said many things in the chat room, but those were only their guesses about Su Jin. In the Novice Village¡¯s resurrection point, the guild players gathered there saw the announcement. Everyone had a complicated expression on their faces. One of them would have gotten the fame and reward if it weren¡¯t because of that unexpected circumstances. The lower-level members sighed a few times before they stopped caring. Instead, they waited for the upper-levels to make a decision. The upper levels of the guilds suffered the most loss. Tyrant Knight frowned as he looked at Nocturnal Cat, the guild president of the Assassin¡¯s Guild. Nocturnal Cat did not say anything. Instead, he nodded slightly. The two of them instantly reached a tacit agreement. ¡°Rose, Greed Wolf, what do you think? Are you two going to forget the humiliation and act humbly in front of a sole player in the future?¡± ¡°How is that possible?¡± Greed Wolf couldn¡¯t accept that and retort. However, Scarlet Rose did not say a single word. It was as if she was trying her best to recall something. Fury stroke Tyrant Knight. Scarlet Rose¡¯s reaction displeased him. They were the presidents of guilds and seldom gathered. He was unhappy that Scarlet Rose didn¡¯t state out her opinion or join forces with them when all of them were now in such a state. If not for the fact that the strength of the two guilds was equal, Tyrant Knight would have scolded Scarlet Rose in public. After waiting for a while, Scarlet Rose regained her senses and raised her head, saying, ¡°I¡¯ve decided. Rosette Guild will not participate in this matter, and neither will we participate in any of these in the future.¡± ¡°You can go ahead if you want to teach Heavenly cloud a lesson.¡± After saying this, she turned to look at Greedy Wolf and said, ¡°I suggest that you join me. What¡¯s the point of bullying a sole player? Don¡¯t tell me that the two guilds are unable to defeat a sole player?¡± Tyrant Knight was displeased and said, ¡°This isn¡¯t a matter of strength. It¡¯s a matter of attitude. If you don¡¯t care, then, of course, you don¡¯t have to express your opinion. If you do, then you have to say a few words. Don¡¯t you tell me that you are going to do nothing and take advantage of the situation while we do the job?¡± Scarlet Rose ignored him. She waved her hand and led her guild members away. Greed Wolf hesitated for a moment. But, in the end, he did not leave with Scarlet Rose. He could be an ally or an enemy of the Rosette Guild. Today, he had been slain by the sole player, and many of his equipment had taken. He wouldn¡¯t let go of this matter easily. Their guild could not recruit new members if this humiliation spread into rumors. In the end, the three guilds stayed behind and decided to deal with Su Jin. The guild presidents had exchanged contact numbers so they could communicate easily. In their opinion, even though Heavenly Cloud was powerful, he wasn¡¯t someone they couldn¡¯t defeat. If the three guilds worked together to slay him, they would be able to vent their anger and solve the threat in the future. Meanwhile, Scarlet Rose led her guild members out of the resurrection point. The entire party was silent. Although no one complained, everyone had the same thought. The solo player had slain the guild players for no reason. Their president refused revenge on the sole player. Sure enough, most of the guild players weren¡¯t happy about it. ¡°President, you can reject other players¡¯ offers without any explanation. But, at least, you have to tell us why you did that, right? Why should thousands of players in our guilds have to be afraid of Heavenly Cloud?¡± ¡°That¡¯s right. The solo player is just taking the opportunity to ambush us. We might be able to slay him if we fought face to face.¡± ¡°Our guild and the other three guilds can take control of the Novice Village. Why should be afraid of a sole player?¡± ¡°President, are you having a crush on the guy? You have met him only once.¡± ¡°He is only a sole player. Why would you be afraid of him?¡± Halfway through their journey back, the members of the Rosette Guild could no longer hold themselves back. Every one of them impatiently asked, trying to understand the reason behind Scarlet Rose¡¯s decision. ¡°Everyone, calm down. We have to trust our president,¡± The vice president spoke out, but she didn¡¯t say much. As the leader, the vice president had to maintain the order. However, that did not stop her from wanting to know the reason as well. If they did not get a reasonable reason that day, the trust of the players they had previously accumulated would gradually fade away. No one would commit themselves to the guild anymore in the future. Scarlet Rose smiled bitterly and turned around. After a moment of silence, she said, ¡°Everyone, calm down.¡± ¡°I know how you feel. After all, Heavenly Cloud had slain me too, and Heavenly Cloud was the one who slayed me.¡± ¡°I didn¡¯t allow you guys to deal with Heavenly Cloud or even go and deal with him myself because he is not someone we can defeat easily. It¡¯s better for us not to offend him.¡± ¡°The first time I saw that guy was at the entrance of the Novice Village. He was buying Wild Boar Tusks. After that, we instantly met him slaying the Boss. The time interval between the two incidents wasn¡¯t long, but Heavenly Cloud¡¯s equipment and level were far ahead of us.¡± ¡°Then he had two skills. One of it was something like a stealth mode, and the other was a range attack skill.¡± ¡°The appearance of these two types of skills had broken the balance in the Novice Village. I can¡¯t think of other possibilities, except for he had accomplished some hidden quest.¡± ¡°If Heavenly Cloud hadn¡¯t obtained the stealth mode skill, I would have been the first person to agree to deal with him. However, now that he has obtained the skill, there¡¯s nothing we can do about him.¡± ¡°We can kill him and get his equipment, but the skill will still stay with him. The Rosette Guild couldn¡¯t afford the loss of wasting more time. Your levels will stagnate, and eventually, others could surpass you. That will affect your development in the real world. It¡¯s better to avoid that from happening.¡± ¡°For example, what if when we were dealing with the Boss just now, I joined forces with the other three guilds and slayed Heavenly Cloud when his skills were colling down. After that, his stealth mode skill will recover, and he¡¯ll use it and kill us again. I¡¯m sure you know how it would end, at last, don¡¯t you?¡± The Rosette Guild players fell silent as they thought twice about the things Scarlet Rose had just said. ¡°That will lead to an endless cycle. Heavenly Cloud¡¯s level is much higher than ours. His basic attack damage is high, and his equipment will only advance. However, it would be the same no matter we had a weapon or not. He could still kill us with a single slash.¡± ¡°We¡¯ll kill him once. He will kill us for revenge. If it causes grudge to grow, he will eventually destroy our guild.¡± The vice president spoke out her thoughts after pondering for a while. ¡°No,¡± Scarlet Rose shook her head slightly and said, ¡°You¡¯re talking about the best outcome. If the situation is slightly worse, it¡¯ll be Heavenly Cloud slaying all of us.¡± ¡°There is a huge difference in our level and equipment. Moreover, Heavenly Cloud¡¯s skills are way better than ours. We can¡¯t stop him.¡± ¡°He will become the strongest assassin and warrior.¡± Assassin amongst warriors? The members of the Rosette Guild remained silent. However, they felt more eased than just now. Indeed, someone had slain the players because they were battling the Boss this time. It was a normal situation. So, it was best for them to forgive and forget. They felt it was unnecessary to ruin their future because they wanted revenge. The higher authorities of New World didn¡¯t reveal any information about this game, but everyone had their guesses. ¡°Then what if Heavenly Cloud thought we are weaklings and targets for us the next time?¡± One of the members asked loudly from behind the crowd of players. Scarlet Rose¡¯s gaze turned cold and merciless as she said without hesitation, ¡°If there¡¯s a next time and he targets us, then I¡¯ll personally take the lead and fight Heavenly Cloud!¡± Chapter 17 Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio The Rosette Guild retreated and endured the grudge of being slain this time. However, the Greed Wolf Guild, Assassin Guild, and Tyrant Guild allied and wanted to get back their reputation and revenge. Su Jin was still in the Blackwater Cave. He had no idea about the grudge those guilds had for him. However, even if he knew, he wouldn¡¯t care. He was always a step ahead of them. The gap between him and ordinary players was huge. Even those players with special treatments in the game were still far behind him. If he was the only one with a top-up system in the server, no one else could get what he got after topping up. Moreover, he had memories of his previous life, so his skills were much better than the others. These two advantages added together had formed an enormous gap between the ordinary players and him. With that kind of advantage, even ordinary high-level players could not get to his level. Su Jin looked at the Blue-eyed Spider on the ground, and the voice from the system rang in his ears. ¡°Ding! Congratulations, you have successfully slain the Blue-eyed Spider Boss and obtained 50,000 EXP!¡± Su Jin had obtained plenty of rewards after slaying the Blue-eyed Spider. In addition to completing the hidden quest, he had made a huge profit this time. A while after he had slain the Blue-eyed Spider, gold coins and equipment dropped from its corpse. All sorts of low-level, bronze, silver, and gold lights flickered. In the New World, the equipment and rewards dropped had a protection period. Other players could not pick them up, other than the player who slayed the Boss. Su Jin happily picked up the spoils of battle scattered all over the ground and gathered them together. The Boss was generous this time. Su Jin and the Boss were not on the same level, yet he could still slay it. Su Jin obtained 500 gold coins which were 10,000 dollars in real life. It was a fortune, but it was a pity that only Su Jin could get such an amount of reward. There were 15 pieces of low-level equipment and three pieces of bronze equipment. Most of the low-level equipment was from guild players after Su Jin and the Boss had slain them. The three pieces of bronze equipment were all dropped by the Boss. Su Jin looked through the attributes roughly and chose. The low-level equipment was useless equipment for the level he had achieved. It would not benefit him much. He took everything because he had a plan in mind. Among the three pieces of bronze equipment, even one of that equipment was enough for Su Jin. Moreover, it was one of the demonic set equipment. [Demonic Sword] (1/7) Grade: Bronze Category: Weapon Attack damage: + 25 Armor penetration: + 15% Additional feature: Armor Penetration + 5% Level requirement: L V 10 Class restriction: None Description: The armor has transformed, and wearing it will make the player stronger. The most important thing for a warrior was their attack, followed by armor penetration or critical hits. The other damage would increase only when the attributes increased. Su Jin got the demonic sword at the right time. Bronze weapons were not too bad because the others were still using the novice equipment. Su Jin could activate the demonic set after putting it on. So, Su Jin immediately put it on. Demonized set bonus attribute: + 10 attack damage, + 5 defense After cleaning up the battlefield, Su Jin quickly left Blackwater Cave and opened the region chat room. Su Jin had offended all four guilds. Although he had offended many people, his fame had spread far and wide. Practically everyone knew him now. He had fought with players with greater power and won. It caused an uproar among the solo players. They were discussing it in the chat room. ¡°Heavenly Cloud is so cool. He took away the last kill of the Boss from the four guilds.¡± ¡°That¡¯s not all. When I passed by the resurrection point today, the white streaks of light beamed one after another without stopping, shining the area like a sun. Most importantly, the resurrected players all had guild prefix on their heads.¡± ¡°I was there too. I¡¯ve roughly counted. There were at least thousands of guild players resurrecting.¡± ¡°The number of resurrections wasn¡¯t that many when they defeated us. The Boss was on the verge of dying too. So the resurrection must have been caused by someone other than the Boss. I guess you know who I meant.¡± ¡°Hahaha. Keep talking, and those guilds are going to issue a warrant notice for you.¡± ¡°I don¡¯t mind. Well! If the guild players come after me because they can¡¯t defeat Heaven Cloud, I will welcome them with open arms. I don¡¯t care if they bully me. They could do it if they were shameless bast*rds.¡± ¡°What do you think Heavenly Cloud is doing now?¡± ¡°I guess he is checking out the rewards. D*mn, the announcement is making me jealous.¡± ¡°All you saw was him boasting his quest result, but you won¡¯t know how much damage he had suffered to get this fame.¡± ¡°I have news to share. Greed Wolf Guild, Assassin Guild, and Tyrant Guild are going to teach Heavenly Cloud a lesson.¡± ¡°Hmm? Did you miss one of the guilds?¡± ¡°I didn¡¯t. The Rosette Guild isn¡¯t participating. I didn¡¯t get any specific information about it.¡± ¡°Maybe they had allied with Heavenly Cloud?¡± ¡°Who knows, maybe.¡± There were all kinds of news in the region chat room, so it was hard to tell whether it was true or not. However, most news told there were true, especially when many confirmed it. The Novice Village map wasn¡¯t big, but it wasn¡¯t small either. There were players everywhere. It was normal for someone to spot something. Su Jin scrolled through the chat and had a general idea of what was happening. ¡°According to what I have seen in my last birth, the Rosette Guild has always focused on developing. They don¡¯t like to make enemies. They would try their best to resolve it or bear it alone. However, they would only do so if it was the first time.¡± ¡°If someone thinks that she¡¯s easy to bully, then she will start to fight with her full power.¡± ¡°According to my guess, it¡¯s normal for Scarlet Rose to quit seeking revenge. However, I can¡¯t offend that woman next time. Perhaps we can cooperate and trick the other three guilds. Who do you think you are to announce a warrant notice on me?¡± ¡°Aside from Scarlet Rose, the solo players are an option too. I can make use of them in the early stage.¡± Su Jin began to plan as he read through the chat. Although he could push his way through and destroy the guilds, he would sooner or later cause greater trouble if he kept such a high profile. He might as well use his brain to solve the problem for now. He could do it the hard way and slay his enemy if he couldn¡¯t come out with good plans. After thinking it through, Su Jin scrolled through his screen and found Scarlet Rose¡¯s contact information. That was the contact number she had given to Su Jin when she wanted to recruit him. Su Jin also had Tyrant Knight¡¯s contact number. Su Jin did not hesitate and contacted Scarlet Rose immediately. He made a video call. Scarlet rose picked up the call after only a beep, and her beautiful face appeared on the screen. However, the beautiful face looked unhappy. With a cold expression on her face, she asked impatiently, ¡°Heavenly Cloud, why did you contact me?¡± ¡°Are you calling me because you want me to help you negotiate with the three guilds?¡± ¡°I don¡¯t need to negotiate with players like them. There is no need for a pretty lady like you to help me with it,¡± Su Jin answered with a grin. Scarlet Rose was a little surprised to hear that, but she said nothing. Instead, she diverted the topic and asked, ¡°Then why did you call?¡± ¡°I¡¯m interested in your perfect curves and want to make a deal with you?¡± Su Jin went straight to the point. There was nothing wrong with those words, except when Su Jin mentioned Scarlet Rose¡¯s body curves. It sounded like he was up to no good. Scarlet Rose froze for a few seconds before realizing what Su Jin had said. She blushed, and frustration surged her, ¡°No! I¡¯m not having this deal with you. Don¡¯t you have anything else to do?¡± Su Jin was an expert player who could slay thousands of players at one go. Scarlet Rose couldn¡¯t understand why a great player like him would say something so annoying and perverted like that. She wanted to stab him with a sword if she could. All she wanted to do now was stay away from Su Jin.. Chapter 18 Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio ¡°Is that so? I¡¯ll sell the equipment your guild dropped to someone else then,¡± Su Jin glanced at Scarlet Rose and hung up the video call. It wouldn¡¯t be a problem for Su Jin to sell the low-grade equipment. After all, he was the one who defeated those players and got the equipment they dropped. Not only would he earn a lot of money from selling it, but he could also get it back and sell it to someone else if he and his buyers were enemies in the future. Su Jin took the initiative to call Scarlet Rose because she didn¡¯t ally with the other three guilds. The other reason was Su Jin wanted to call Scarlet Rose. However, since Scarlet Rose refused to negotiate, Su Jin decided not to sell it. He did not need to worry about finding a buyer for the equipment. Su Jin was calm and casual after hanging up. It was a pity that he had to sell it to other sole players. He needed to set up his stall. It wasn¡¯t as convenient as selling it to a guild as a whole. However, spending some time selling the equipment wasn¡¯t a big deal. Meanwhile, Scarlet Rose couldn¡¯t snap herself out of the shock she had after the call. She was dumbfounded. She began to recall what Heavenly Cloud had said. Scarlet Rose realized that she had rejected Heavenly Cloud¡¯s offer to sell the equipment to them. The deal Heavenly Cloud mentioned was not some disgraceful deal. It was a deal of purchasing back the guild¡¯s equipment. Scarlet Rose¡¯s face flushed red. After hesitating for a few seconds, she chose to call back. Losing dignity was a small matter. The strength of the guild was more important. The equipment dropped by the players from the four guilds had decreased their overall strength. However, if the other guilds bought the equipment, the Rosette Guild could not snatch the perfect leveling points in the future anymore. Scarlet Rose wondered if she could grab a whole leveling point for her players to level up in the future without the equipment. No matter what, Scarlet Rose decided to purchase back their equipment. It was best if she could buy the equipment of other guilds as well. She would rather have them stored in their guild than give them to their enemy. Just as Su Jin was about to spread the news on the regional chat channel, he received a video call. Looking at Scarlet Rose¡¯s profile picture above the dialer¡¯s ID, Su Jin pondered for a moment and decided to answer, ¡°Yes?¡± Looking at Su Jin¡¯s sudden change in attitude, Scarlet Rose took a deep breath. Then she smiled and spoke, ¡°There was a tiny misunderstanding just now. I thought you wanted me to sleep with you, so my attitude towards you was a little harsh. Please forgive me for my rude attitude.¡± ¡°Is the deal still on?¡± ¡°I¡¯ve already informed my subordinates to prepare gold coins. The Rosette Guild has sufficient money to purchase the equipment. We will buy them no matter how much you want to sell them for.¡± ¡°Can we meet up and seal the deal?¡± Scarlet Rose didn¡¯t give Su Jin a chance to speak. After she quickly finished speaking, she looked at Su Jin and blinked her bright eyes. ¡°Heavenly Cloud, you have slain me just now. As an expert player, you wouldn¡¯t go back on your word, right?¡± ¡°I apologize for my attitude just now, okay?¡± ¡°Please sell the equipment to me.¡± Scarlet Rose pouted her lips and fluttered her eyelashes. She was trying to win Su Jin¡¯s pity. Su Jin lifted his eyebrows and tried not to grin. After thinking for a moment, he nodded and said, ¡°Okay, I can sell the equipment to you. Let¡¯s meet at the Novice Village.¡± ¡°Prepare the gold coins. I¡¯ll sell it to someone else if I am not happy with your offer.¡± ¡°I don¡¯t wish to have the chance to get the equipment back after selling them to you.¡± Su Jin chuckled as he warned. He then hung up the video call and headed towards the Novice Village. With his current strength, he wasn¡¯t afraid of being surrounded. Moreover, he had just slain those guild players. Meanwhile, Scarlet Rose quickly put out an order, asking her members to gather as many gold coins as they could. Most of what she had said was true, but she lacked a little supply of gold coins. ¡°President, I¡¯ve already passed down the order. I¡¯ll bring all the units in our store here. Xiao Meng has already gone to the village entrance to collect gold coins from the solo players. She¡¯ll pay a 10% premium for them. Is that alright?¡± Shui Tianer, the vice president of the Rosette Guild, had appeared out of nowhere and approached Scarlet Rose from behind. ¡°No¡­ no problem. How long have you been here?¡± Scarlet Rose froze as she stammered. Scarlet Rose had looked for a hidden place to make a call. She couldn¡¯t understand why someone could eavesdrop on her. ¡°Not long ago, I happened to hear you and Heavenly Cloud talking. You¡¯ve sacrificed too much for the sake of the guild, president. Why don¡¯t you seduce Heavenly Cloud? Perhaps you¡¯ll be able to recruit an outstanding player like him to our guild. Heavenly Cloud plays well. You won¡¯t be at a disadvantage.¡± Shui Tianer giggled as she spoke. She had naturally been following behind Scarlet Rose for quite some time. Although she had calmed down the guild members¡¯ emotions quite a bit, they still needed to increase their benefits in the future to win their hearts back. Shui Tianer had never thought she would overhear something like that. Scarlet Rose was unhappy. She held Shui Tianer¡¯s arm and said, ¡°Hey, didn¡¯t you say you would protect me when we fought? Why do you sound so excited when you want me to seduce Heavenly Cloud? Huh!¡± ¡°We have a serious business relationship with Heavenly Cloud. Nothing more. If those three guilds allied and attack us, we¡¯ll be in trouble.¡± Although Rosette Guild was powerful, it still did not have the power to monopolize the other three guilds. Scarlet Rose and Shui Tianer played around for a while. Then they took a few core administrators to the entrance of the Novice Village to wit for Su Jin. ¡°I wonder what equipment Heavenly Cloud will sell to us.¡± ¡°I think maybe only the low-grade equipment. That will be fine too. It¡¯ll at least increase our strength, and we will be able to deal with other guilds.¡± On the way to their meeting point, Scarlet rose briefed the situation to them. The other administrators all knew what they were going to do. When they were at the village entrance, Su Jin arrived there too. He was fiddling with a few pieces of equipment in his hands as he walked. These extra pieces of equipment were the contributions of the guild players he met on the way back. Su Jin did not want to waste them. So, he kept them. ¡°Heavenly Cloud, we are here,¡± Shui Tianer smiled as she waved her hand. From her expression, one could only see that she was happy as if Heavenly cloud hadn¡¯t killed them. Scarlet Rose wanted to remain expressionless. However, after hesitating for a while, she smiled too. Both sides met. Su Jin looked around and didn¡¯t waste any more time. He immediately opened the trade interface and handed over the two pieces of bronze equipment he wanted to trade. Noticing that he had three silver treasure chests in his backpack, he opened them and took out a silver ring with a restoring health attribute. He decisively put it on, leaving the other two pieces of silver equipment that he couldn¡¯t use for the time being. Afterward, Su Jin dragged over a few hundred pieces of low-grade equipment and sold them all. ¡°You are even selling us bronze equipment?¡± That surprised Scarlet Rose, and the smile on her face was brighter. Shui Tianer and the other administrators evaluated the items. After roughly looking through them, they gave their price, ¡°A total of 80,000 gold coins.¡± Based on the market price, these pieces of equipment were worth around 60,000 gold coins. However, they offered a higher price to win over Heavenly Cloud. After all, there were no eternal enemies in this world. Only benefits were forever there. On the other hand, the Rose Guild bought them all at a high price to prevent Heavenly Cloud from selling the equipment to other guilds. Selling the equipment to other guilds would only increase their strength and put the Rosette Guild in danger. ¡°Well, deal done,¡± Su Jin nodded slightly and pressed the ¡°confirm¡± button. Then, he obtained 80,000 gold coins. It would bring Su Jin a fortune of 150,000 dollars if he converted the 80,000 gold coins into money! It was much more than any job would pay. However, the average player could not get that many gold coins unless they reached Su Jin¡¯s level.. Chapter 19 Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio After completing the trade, Su Jin looked at the time and smiled at Scarlet Rose, ¡°Hey, beauty, I¡¯m satisfied with this trade. I hope we¡¯ll have the chance to cooperate again next time.¡± Su Jin¡¯s game character became transparent, indicating that he was exiting the game. Although he had the nutrition cabin to protect him, it was not good for his mental state to remain tense all the time. He needed to exit the game to relax his mind. On the other hand, working hard in the game was to earn money to live a better life in the real world. Scarlet Rose puffed her cheeks and finally nodded her head in agreement. Although Heavenly Cloud¡¯s words sounded ambiguous, it wasn¡¯t a big deal, after all, when she thought about it carefully. It was within the scope where she could forgive him. It wouldn¡¯t be an easy task if she wanted Heavenly Cloud to be on their side. Was seducing him the only way? Scarlet Rose was shocked when she realized she was thinking about that. She quickly dismissed the idea, but she could not forget about it. Su Jin had already logged out, so he didn¡¯t know the beautiful guild leader was already thinking of seducing him. After logging out, Su Jin relaxed a little. Then, he turned on his computer and searched for the latest news. At the same time, he checked them with his memories from his previous life. The game had just been developed. So many rules had not been formed yet. There were also a lot of flaws. For example, the most popular way to exchange gold coins for money was in the game. After getting the gold coins in the game, one could exchange them for money in real life However, the player would have to go there personally, so his personal information would be left behind. If a person were an ordinary player, he could occasionally exchange the gold coins for a few hundred dollars. That was nothing much. After exchanging plenty of gold coins, those large guilds had all sorts of forces behind them. If they think it were necessary, they would naturally use some underhanded methods to get the money back. Some could even imprison players in real life and make them fight for gold coins in the game. Then, handing them over to the guilds. In his last birth, he had seen many situations like that from news reports from time to time. Later, there was a riot in a city, killing and injuring tens of thousands of people. The city¡¯s order collapsed for three days. The cause of the riot was because some force had imprisoned a player. After completing a hidden quest in the game, the power in the game affected him in the real world. From then on, the officials established the exchange of gold coins for money on an anonymous website. The government set up an anonymous website for trading. Su Jin searched for a while but didn¡¯t see much news. He knew that it wasn¡¯t the right time yet, so he immediately put away the idea of trading the gold coins for money. The gold coins in the game wouldn¡¯t depreciate. So, Su Jin decided to keep them for now. Su Jin looked at his bank balance again and found that he didn¡¯t have enough money. So, he immediately borrowed 30,000 dollars from the bank to spend. When the game authorities had anonymous in the future, he could sell some gold coins to pay back the loan. Su Jin couldn¡¯t reveal her identity in the game at the moment. It was too risky. The bank approved the loan and transferred the 30,000 dollars to Su Jin¡¯s account. Su Jin took a shower and changed into a comfortable casual outfit. Then, he decided to go out and dine. The nutrient solution could guarantee the human body¡¯s function, but it didn¡¯t have much flavor. It was better to eat something. On the first floor of the apartment, there was a good restaurant. Su Jin could only eat occasionally in the past to satisfy his appetite, but now he could have a good meal. He chose a seat by the window, ordered the most expensive set meal, and opened a bottle of red wine. It was the life he had dreamt of. A few female customers who looked like office ladies were dining in the restaurant. Each of them had a luxury handbag on their lap. Their eyes lit up with excitement when they saw Su Jin. ¡°The man sitting by the window is so handsome. One of us should get his contact number.¡± ¡°I want to go, but it would be so awkward if he rejects. How about we go after him after he finishes eating?¡± ¡°He¡¯s so handsome, yet he¡¯s eating alone in a restaurant. Could he be a lonely rich kid?¡± ¡°Who knows? Maybe he will surprise us.¡± ¡°Tsk, look at his behavior. He doesn¡¯t look like he often comes to the restaurant to eat. I think he¡¯s here to hook up with girls and get laid,¡± A woman sitting on the left said disdainfully. ¡­ Su Jin didn¡¯t know that some women thought he was a poor guy, trying to hook up with girls. While eating, he turned on his phone and logged into the game forum of New World. He wanted to read the important news and compare it with his memories from his last birth. If there were any unexpected errors, he would have to amend them in time. Su Jin saw a post with more than 10,000 messages once he opened the page. The title was compulsive, ¡°Novice Village: One Against Thousands of Players, Solo Player [ Heavenly Cloud ] Slain 2,000 Players!¡± In the post, Su Jin saw pictures and text descriptions. There was even an HD resolution video in it. At the beginning of the video, the players with the prefix of each guild attacked the Boss. Someone slayed the guild leaders when the Boss¡¯s HP dropped to a dangerous value. They turned into white light and disappeared. With the death of the guild leader, the scene immediately fell into chaos. The pace of attacking the Boss also slowed down. Most importantly, no one knew how their guild leader died. It wasn¡¯t captured due to the angle of the video. All that could be seen from the video was the four guilds were in chaos. The Boss began to use its skills. After that, someone slayed the players from time to time, but no one knew where the enemy was. It seemed like the enemy was invisible. Not long after that, a skill that looked like the [ Fighting Aura Domain ] was activated. It moved quickly, slaying over a thousand guild players. Not long after they died, the server announced. The player¡¯s ID: [ Heavenly Cloud ]! Along with the music and commentary of the post-production of the video, the entire video was hot-blooded and passionate. Even Su Jin, who watched it, felt his blood boil and his heart rate increase. He even doubted if the player in the video was him. Su Jin had only casually slain the players to snatch the Boss. That wasn¡¯t right either. Su Jin was the one who discovered the Boss, and those guild players were the ones who came to snatch it. He was on the right side. However, the video made Su Jin feel like he had saved the world. It was flattering. After the video, there were pictures and text commentary. Inside, there was a close-up photo of Su Jin¡¯s game character. Beside it was an eye-catching ID comment: Heavenly Cloud! After the post was a large row of comments below: ¡°Heavenly Cloud, please accept my respect for you. One against thousands. I thought it was an exaggeration, but I didn¡¯t expect it to be true.¡± ¡°Exactly. Slaying four guilds and fighting the Boss alone is so cool.¡± ¡°The Boss still has more than 8,000 HP left. Single-handedly killing it, that¡¯s a lot of pressure.¡± ¡°Heavenly Cloud is awesome. Do you have a girlfriend?¡± ¡°Well done. Slay all these f*cking guild players. Don¡¯t treat them like human beings.¡± ¡°Speaking of which, who is Heavenly Cloud? That is the first time I¡¯ve heard of this ID. Did some professional gamer change his ID?¡± ¡°I¡¯m not sure. Maybe Heavenly Cloud is an esports player. Now that all the gamers have entered New World, those people have much more advantages than us. I wonder what else he will do in the future.¡± ¡°I can¡¯t see anything from this video. I¡¯m guessing that Heavenly Cloud has stealth skills. I don¡¯t know if it¡¯s from his equipment or himself. It¡¯s amazing. He must have accomplished some hidden quest.¡± Other than feeling impressed, most netizens guessed Heavenly Cloud¡¯s identity. After all, the game had been created a long time ago. Those expert players all had their IDs. However, that was the first time Heavenly Cloud¡¯s ID appeared. After closing the post, Su Jin scrolled through the comments. He noticed that there were still players questioning Heavenly Cloud¡¯s skills. They doubted that he cheated. The players who posted were from Tyrant Guild, Greed Wolf Guild, and Assassin Guild. They had posted a lot of comments and pinned them. Their popularity wasn¡¯t low either. However, New World was a game that had suddenly appeared. No one knew who was running it behind the scenes. There wasn¡¯t even an official website. No one paid any attention to them. No matter how much the players clamored, no one bothered to deal with it.. Chapter 20 - Become an Outstanding Villager Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio Su Jin also saw other players¡¯ comments in the forum. The players¡¯ IDs discussed were all high-level players from his last birth, and they had attracted a lot of attention in the early stages of the game. They were all able to take on dozens of players alone, and ordinary players wouldn¡¯t stand a chance in winning them. Comments like ¡°cheating¡± and ¡°cheats¡± kept appearing. However, the players could only clamor at their hearts¡¯ will. There were no game officials in New World taking care of such matters. It wouldn¡¯t change anything, and the players would not stop playing the game either. However, most of the high-level players who had appeared had joined the various forces to ensure their safety. The players who didn¡¯t join the various forces would be forced to cooperate in the later stages. The powerful forces would eliminate those who didn¡¯t cooperate from the world. The rules and restrictions became less and less important to the high-level forces when they had something to do with greater benefits. If it wasn¡¯t for the riot of the imprisoned players, the slave industry chain would have developed. Of course, those were all Su Jin¡¯s memories from his last birth. It was hard to say whether he would change the course of the world when he returned this time. But there was still a possibility of him changing it. Because now, the most dazzling player was only Su Jin. It was just that outsiders didn¡¯t know his identity. Sooner or later, someone would expose his identity. There would be no way for him to hide his identity. ¡°I can control my fate only by having powers,¡± Su Jin sighed and then scrolled through the various posts in the forum. The most popular discussion was the only dungeon in the Novice Village, the intermediate challenge [ Devil Dragon¡¯s Fury ]. In New World, dark and light confronted each other. The Devil Dragon race was the leading race of the dark forces, and the leader was the ¡°Devil Dragon King, Scarlet Flame.¡± Any member of the Devil Dragon race could lead a dark army to the battlefield. They were all of the Boss levels. Su Jin recalled that players had used ten days to pass the dungeon of ¡°Devil Dragon¡¯s Fury¡± in his last birth. [ Devil Dragon¡¯s Fury ] Difficulty: Normal Level: Level 10 Quest Requirements: Novice Village players only. Rewards: Attribute points x 10, Prestige of the Kingdom x 400, Gold Coins x 50, Experience X 30000. First Clear Reward: Server Announcement, Guild Reward Treasure Chest x 3, Attribute Points x 10, Unknown Reward. Boss Drop: At least the Silver Equipment. Although it was only a Level 10 dungeon of normal challenge in a Novice Village, the reward had already surpassed many dungeons of Level 20 difficult challenge. Especially the ten attribute points, it was a drastic increase for any player. There was only one first clear reward, and the quest reward was also the best. If any guild completed it, the attribute points of all the members would increase by 10 points. It would make a huge difference. Moreover, there was also a guild treasure chest and unknown reward. Whoever obtained it would be excited. Whichever guild completed it would directly take the lead in the entire server! At this moment, the authorities of those guilds were probably preparing to take action. They wanted to take the first clear and lead the entire server. It was a great thought, and the goal was worth affirming. However, the reality was cruel. Having the painful memories of being ¡°tortured¡± by the NPC in his last birth, Su Jin knew that the ¡°Devil Dragon¡¯s Fury¡± was purely a big trap. The only reward in the game was not that easy to get. After finishing his meal, Su Jin paid for his meal and left. He slept for a while when he was back home. About midnight, Su Jin woke up and ordered a midnight snack. After that, he lay down in the game cabin and logged in to New World once again. Although it was already midnight, there were still a lot of players in the Novice Village. Many of them were busy completing their quests. Su Jin¡¯s appearance immediately caused a commotion in the Novice Village. The players were all excited. ¡°Look, it¡¯s [ Heavenly Cloud ] .¡± ¡°He has the guts to appear in the Novice Village. Isn¡¯t he afraid of being besieged by Tyrant Guild and Greed Wolf Guild?¡± ¡°Assassin Guild is one of their allies too. Only Rosette Guild didn¡¯t participate. I heard that the three guilds have already joined forces and are preparing to teach [ Heavenly Cloud ] a lesson.¡± ¡°[ Cloudy Sky ] has snatched the Boss and killed so many people. The guilds are now enemies with him. The players were not paying attention when he slayed them the last time. I wonder if he can defeat them now.¡± ¡°D*mn! This is going to be interesting. I wonder which side is more skillful.¡± ¡°It¡¯s a pity that this is a Novice Village. We can¡¯t attack each other. [ Heavenly Cloud ] is still in the safe zone. Let¡¯s see if he will get out of the jungle later.¡± ¡°If he can slay those guild players once, he can slay them again. I support him.¡± The players discussed among themselves and followed from afar. Su Jin didn¡¯t care about it. He followed the path and came to the village chief, choosing the conversation option. ¡°Brave adventurer, I can¡¯t believe that you obtained so many spoils of war. I¡¯m very touched by your actions. Please accept the small thanks gift from our village,¡± The village chief beamed in joy as she spoke. He wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes. ¡°Ding!¡± ¡°Congratulations, you have completed the hidden quest [ Proving Ability ] in excess. You have received rewards: Village Chief¡¯s Hidden Treasure Chest x 1, Gold Coins x 100, Prestige of the Kingdom x 100, Prestige of the Novice Village x 30000, Experience x 10000!¡± ¡°Congratulations, you have received a special item: Inheritance Token!¡± The reward was not bad. It was not a waste of time offending the three guilds. Su Jin thought that the reward had ended. Just as he was about to turn around and leave, the system notification sounded again. ¡°Ding! Congratulations, your prestige in the Novice Village has reached 3,100 points. You have received the title of [ Novice Village Outstanding Villager ] !¡± Another reward appeared. This time it was the title reward. [ Novice Village Outstanding Villager ] Description: The kind villagers have already regarded you as one of their own because you tried hard to help the village, and they have offered you their sincere blessings. When you wear this title, your experience in the Novice Village will increase by 25%, and your equipment drop rate will increase by 15%, the probability of buying a rare item will increase by 15%. The title was useful. Su Jin happily accepted it and used it. ¡°Brave adventurer, you have already proven your bravery. You have also obtained the lord¡¯s inheritance token. However, it is too difficult for you to complete the inheritance quest now. Are you willing to accept the branch quest?¡± Suddenly, the village chief pulled Su Jin and asked a question. Hearing that, Su Jin was a little taken aback. He pondered what the chief meant. From the looks of it, the prestige of the Novice Village might have played its role. He thought the village chief might be helping him to reduce the difficulty of the quest. With that in mind, Su Jin nodded, ¡°Yes.¡± ¡°Very well, adventurer. There is a group of Dark Demonic Wolves hiding in the valley to the north of the village. They spread darkness and intend to pollute the empire. Are you willing to eliminate them?¡± ¡°The Dark Demonic Wolves are very cunning. You only have one chance,¡± The village chief patted Su Jin¡¯s shoulder. ¡°Ding! You have triggered the inheritance quest, [ Eliminate the Demonic Wolves ]. Will you accept it?¡± The system notification sounded. ¡°Yes, I¡¯ll accept it!¡± Su Jin nodded excitedly. That was the only sub-quest derived from a hidden quest in the New World. The reward would be generous, and it would also reduce the difficulty of the inheritance quest. It would be foolish not to agree. [ Eliminate the Demonic Wolves ] Description: The Demonic Wolves of the dark faction are polluting the empire. Go and stop them. You might be able to obtain some additional rewards. Requirement: Clear the dungeon [ Demonic Dragon¡¯s Fury ], and succeed in one go. Reward: Unknown. The quest was related to the previous dungeon they had seen, but this required Su Jin to succeed in one go. He felt he had to make more preparations before going. It would be a pity if he were to fail.. Chapter 21 - Slay You Until Your Level Drops to Level 1 Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio After accepting the quest, Su Jin went to the female potion merchant to purchase some potions. Due to his outstanding title as a villager, the female potion merchant smiled at Su Jin. She even took out a rare item from the cabinet under the shop and added it to the list of goods. It was the [ Medium Bottle Purification Potion ], but unfortunately, there was only one set, and the price was five times that of [ Small Bottle Purifying Potion ]. So, Su Jin bought it without hesitating. After that, Su Jin turned around walked out of the store. He did not accept any other quests and prepared to leave the village to fight the wolves. If he wanted to successfully clear the [ Devil Dragon¡¯s Fury ] dungeon in one go, the safest way was to increase the level of his battle tactics and gather a ¡°demonic set¡±. He also needed to find a few teammates to help shift the monsters¡¯ aggro and add a few buffs for himself. Along the way to the quest, Su Jin opened the inventory. Then he tapped to open the village chief¡¯s hidden treasure chest and the rewards. A flash of light flashed, and a blue skill book with a warrior¡¯s logo appeared in front of him. ¡°Ding! Congratulations, you have opened the village chief¡¯s hidden treasure chest and obtained a blue skill book: Shadow Warrior.¡± [ Shadow Warrior ](Blue) Effect: Summons a Shadow Warrior to attack the enemy. The Shadow Warrior has 50% of the main body¡¯s attributes and cannot use skills or items. It can last for 60 seconds. Cooldown: 5 minutes. Description: You can use it as a shield. That function is useful in a battle. Su Jin had activated a blue skill. The main body of the skills had 50% attributes, which was equivalent to a temporary increase of 50% of its attack. He could also use it as a shield, which meant the Shadow Warrior had a physical body. After Su Jin finished reading it, he directly clicked to learn it and obtained the second warrior skill. However, the skill experience would be insufficient, and the experience bar would deplete. While Su Jin pondered, he quickened his pace and wanted to slay monsters as soon as possible. However, when Su Jin arrived at the village¡¯s entrance were and was about to set, a few hundred players suddenly appeared in the forest in front of him. Each player had a guild prefix on their head, and the leader was the guild leader of [ Tyrant Guild ], Tyrant Knight. Many members from the Assassin Guild and Greed Wolf Guild were with them. Although their guild leaders were not with them, their authority members showed themselves from time to time. It was likely that their guild leaders would arrive soon. The solo players who followed behind became excited. ¡°Quickly come and watch the show. The three guilds are going to besiege [ Heavenly Cloud ]. A good show is about to begin.¡± ¡°Open a bet. Everyone, place your bets. [ Heavenly Cloud ] is the expert among the solo players. I think the odds of Heavenly Cloud winning are 1:2. I don¡¯t think the three guilds can slay Heavenly Cloud. The odds are 1:4. Everyone, hurry up and place your bets.¡± ¡°If the fight starts later, I¡¯ll hold my bets and won¡¯t accept any more bets.¡± ¡°D*mn, you want to bet on Heavenly Cloud. You will be paying me to double the bet later. I¡¯ll bet on Heavenly Cloud too!¡± ¡°Rosette Guild hasn¡¯t said which side they were on. Would they sneak attack Heavenly Cloud during the battle?¡± The solo players gathered at the back to watch. They hadn¡¯t stepped out of the Novice Village. The attacks outside couldn¡¯t hit them. So they were in the mood to chat and discuss. ¡­ At the entrance of the Novice Village, Tyrant Knight walked in front, and he looked gloomy. ¡°Heavenly Cloud, take off your equipment and give us back the equipment we dropped. We will spare your life if you do as told. We can resolve the conflict through discussion.¡± Before Tyrant Knight could speak, the vice president of the Tyrant Guild spoke out first. It shocked the players from the Assassin Guild and the Greed Wolf Guild. However, their authority members were controlling the situation. So no one stood out to object. After a while, the Greed Wolf Guild leader and the Assassin Guild leader arrived. The two of them only nodded at Tyrant Knight as a sign of greeting and then silently watched the development of the situation. Most of the time, their gazes were on the equipment on Su Jin¡¯s body, Most of the players had beginner equipment, plus one or two pieces of low-grade equipment. The bronze-colored equipment on Heavenly Cloud¡¯s body was eye-catching. Moreover, Heavenly Cloud had collected a lot of equipment after slaying the guild players. No one had leaked out the matter of Su Jin selling the equipment to the Rosette Guild yet. The Rosette Guild would not be foolish enough to reveal it. They had not distributed the equipment to their members yet. ¡°President, that Heavenly Cloud¡¯s equipment is valuable. It would be disadvantageous for us if he gives them to the Tyrant Guild,¡± the vice president of Greed Wolf Guild reminded in a low voice. Greed Wolf shook his head and didn¡¯t seem to mind about it, ¡°It¡¯s fine. That is just a trap. If Heavenly Cloud believes it, it can only mean that he is very foolish. The vice president¡¯s words have no effect. Only with the guild leader¡¯s approval can it take effect.¡± ¡°So, the items will still be divided equally among the three families after meeting those conditions. Unless Tyrant Knight has something else in mind.¡± Greed Wolf whispered and explained to his vice president. With the vice president making a promise, and the president accepting the benefits and then going back on his word was indeed not good the reputation of the guild. However, it was enough if the benefits were high. A fool might be smarter someday. However, the increase in ability was the only way to face the crisis in the future. It was the time for the guilds to increase their strength. Su Jin glanced at the vice president of the Tyrant Guild and sneered, ¡°Can you represent Tyrant Guild?¡± ¡°You will be kicked out from the guild as soon as the deal is done, right?¡± ¡°Cut the crap. Are you guys here to teach me a lesson?¡± Su Jin was calm. The main reason was that the cooldown time of the stealth mode had ended. He could start it anytime to flee or even attack the guilds. Su Jin would be able to slay hundreds of players if he activated his [ Fighting Aura Domain ]. If he was lucky, he could kill thousands of players. Before the vice president of the Tyrant Guild, Tyrant Knight stopped him, ¡°I¡¯m just asking you to give it a try. Do you think he is a fool?¡± ¡°It will only be insulting to ourselves no matter how much we say now.¡± After forcing the vice president to step back, Tyrant Knight took two steps forward and said with a grin, ¡°Heavenly Cloud, I admit that you¡¯re powerful. You might even have a stealth skill. However, it¡¯s just that we can¡¯t see you. It¡¯s not that we can¡¯t hit you.¡± ¡°We have over a thousand people attacking indiscriminately. We¡¯ll wait at the village entrance. We will slay you every time we see you. You¡¯ll never leave the Novice Village until your level falls to Level 1!¡± ¡°If you still want to survive in this game, you only have one choice, which is to surrender!¡± Tyrant Knight raised his head slightly and arrogantly waited for Su Jin¡¯s reply. He was confident that Su Jin would be afraid of facing such a threat. After all, the guilds would do what he just said. ¡°Oh, is that so?¡± Su Jin smiled and took out the treasure map that the BOSS had dropped from his bag, ¡°Then, please take the blow from my fighting aura domain first.¡± ¡°F*ck, Heavenly Cloud is going to use the skill scroll [ Fighting Aura Domain ]. Run!¡± ¡°Everyone, keep your distance and try to fight separately.¡± ¡°President, retreat now, or he might slay you.¡± The players from the three guilds had no choice but to retreat a little. In the New World, many scrolls stored power. The player using them would be powerful. Many players guessed that the [ Fighting Aura Domain ] that Su Jin had activated was a skill scroll. However, the three guild leaders were the first to realize that Su Jin had tricked them when they saw the sneer on Su Jin¡¯s face. That was not a skill scroll! It was impossible for a player to get a skill scroll as strong as the [ Fighting Aura Domain ] at the beginning of the game.. Chapter 22 - Besiege by the Three Guilds Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio The players from the three guilds gathered at the Novice Village¡¯s entrance. The number of players had already exceeded a thousand. The solo players watching the scene subconsciously retreated and stood inside the Novice Village. It was an exceptionally spectacular sight. The solo players in the novice village laughed out loud when they saw that and quickly turned on the recording function. ¡°Hahaha, this amuses me. It¡¯s amusing to see guild players afraid of something. Aren¡¯t they always fearless?¡± ¡°That¡¯s right. I thought that the guild players weren¡¯t afraid of anything. Usually, they¡¯re quite arrogant. Aren¡¯t they a little coward facing the real expert?¡± ¡°Bros, I¡¯ve already recorded the scene just now. I¡¯ll post it in the forum. Remember to watch.¡± ¡°Speaking of which, what did Heavenly Cloud take out? It doesn¡¯t seem like a skill scroll.¡± ¡°It shouldn¡¯t be. That is a parchment paper material. Maybe it¡¯s a treasure map.¡± ¡°Heavenly Cloud is still as amazing as ever. He scared thousands of people away just by standing still. Awesome!¡± ¡°Stupid guild player, go back home. Cowards!¡± The solo players in the Novice Village continued to taunt them loudly. Their voices were loud enough for at least the three guild leaders and the core players around them to hear it. That was not the time to argue with the solo players. Their focus was still on Heavenly Cloud. They could resolve the problems by defeating Heavenly Cloud. The guild would lose their reputations if they could not defeat him. They might even have to endure humiliation in the forum for the second time. ¡°Damn it, how dare you be so arrogant without the scroll! You were on the advantage side because you had information about the Boss the last time. Boys, charge! Slay Heavenly Cloud! I¡¯ll reward you handsomely later.¡± Tyrant Knight¡¯s face flushed red with anger. The last time, Heavenly Cloud had slain him instantly. He had fallen for the trap because he didn¡¯t see Heavenly Cloud coming. The players from Tyrant Guild charged towards Heavenly Cloud after snapping out from their daze. Only by slaying Heavenly Cloud to his lowest level would they be able to vent their anger. The Greed Wolf Guild and the Assassin Guild also gave their orders subsequently. More than a thousand players charged towards the Novice Village and targeted Heavenly Cloud. Su Jin was calm as ever. In the New World, the difference between the close-combat and long-ranged characters was huge when they came one-to-one on a besiege. Moreover, the way they dealt with it was also different. However, when solo players faced a siege, they could only retreat. That was also the reason why those guild players were so arrogant. However, Su Jin was different. With the recharge system and the memory from his last birth, he had accumulated all sorts of advantages. Those advantages had converted into Su Jin¡¯s strength. Otherwise, he would not have been able to kill so many players in one hit the last time. Close combat was his advantage, but it was also his disadvantage. The main problem was that he had not many skills. The most suitable skill for warriors to fight one against many was with a whirlwind sword. It was for large-scale damage. Fighting Aura Domain was also one of them. However, it was hard to activate and usually by luck. As Su Jin pondered about what to use, he suddenly remembered the blue skill he had just learned, Shadow Warrior. Shadow Warrior could be used as a shield and as an attack. It was not afraid of death and would not feel pain. In addition, it had half of Su Jin¡¯s attributes, so it was suitable to test the strength of the guilds. The most important thing was that Shadow Warrior¡¯s effect was good. It would be exposed sooner or later, so there was no need to hide it. Su Jin activated the skill. A Shadow Warrior holding a long sword stood up and rushed towards Tyrant Knight and the others from the shadow. ¨C 150 ¨C 140 ¨C 160 Even though it only had half of Su Jin¡¯s attributes, that terrifying attack power was still not something ordinary players could withstand. In just a few seconds of contact, the Shadow Warrior had killed over a dozen players from Tyrant Guild. ¨C 310! ¨C 350! Suddenly, the Shadow Warrior struck out a double crit hit, slaying the warriors from Greed Wolf Guild. Looking at the damage caused by the attack, the players watching from the back were dumbfounded. Heavenly Cloud was indeed amazing. Just a few random skills from him was not something others could surpass. Some of the players in warrior characters had no idea why they were warriors, yet they were nothing like Heavenly Cloud. After watching Su Jin fight, they always had the feeling that Su Jin was the only true warrior among them. ¡­ Tyrant Guild and the other two guild leaders frowned. Heavenly Cloud was more difficult to deal with than they had imagined. If the chaos continued, the damage they suffered would continue to increase. It would be even more embarrassing if the solo players posted the video on the forum. ¡°Warriors, go to the front row. Archers and priests stand behind. Assassins, flank them!¡± ¡°Mages, pay attention! Use your control skills. Don¡¯t attack recklessly.¡± The other two guilds also adjusted their members¡¯ formation in time. They split into flanks, warriors, and mages like when they attacked Boss. ¡°Priests, accelerate in full speed. Archers, scatter your shots. Warriors, go forward. Mages, use your skills depending on the situation.¡± As the commander moved, the combat ability of the three guilds instantly increased. ¡°Slow lightning!¡± Suddenly, a mage who had used the speed boost buff and drank a potion charged past the Shadow Warrior and rushed within twenty meters range near Su Jin. He raised his hand and threw out a bolt of lightning. As long as the lightning stuck Heavenly Cloud, it would slow his speed by 80%. With that, the archers could focus their attacks on Su Jin. There was no need for them to aim. Even if Su Jin were in stealth mode, he could not dodge the arrows. It was enough for the members of the three guilds to slay Su Jin more than ten times in an instant. ¡°Stealth!¡± Su Jin narrowed his eyes. Without the slightest hesitation, he immediately released his invisible skill. At the same time, he rolled forward and approached the mage who was using the skill. Usually, instead of charging forward, players would either dodge left and right or retreat in a dangerous situation. They might face greater danger if they charged at their enemy. Su Jin was using that to catch them off guard. Su Jin used stealth mode and sprinted forward, and the entire process took only a second. Then, Su Jin disappeared in front of the guild members. ¡°F*ck, he is using that move again. President, what should we do now?¡± ¡°Where did he get such a great skill?¡± When the guild members saw the scene, their formation immediately fell apart. They recalled when they fought the Boss, Heavenly Cloud had slain them without them realizing it. The system was the one who told them who slayed them. But they did not see anything coming before the attack. Tyrant Knight and Greed Wolf were wary. They knew it would result in great humiliation if Heavenly Cloud defeated them again. ¡°Don¡¯t panic. Archers, attack the space ahead. Warriors, charge forward and force Heavenly Cloud to retreat.¡± ¡°The skill has a duration of time. Let¡¯s see how long the stealth mode can last. I¡¯ve already asked a think tank to analyze it. We will have to defeat Heavenly Cloud today no matter what it takes. I¡¯m giving out 50,000 gold coins to the guild now. Everyone, charge forward!¡± Tyrant Knight had the money and power to form and lead a guild with that many members. With his call and rewards, the members of the Tyrant Guild grew bolder. They did care about their lives and carried out Tyrant Knight¡¯s orders without hesitation. One had to know that although the rewards in the guild channel were gold coins, they could convert the coins into money. Dying in-game was not death in the real world. At most, they would lose some experience and equipment. The guild would provide them with new equipment, after all. They could earn some money and even vent their grudge on Su Jin for what he had done to them the last time, even if they might die in the battle. However, that was not a big deal. The archers scattered their attacks. The warriors charged forward and cast their skills on the empty ground. Su Jin walked forward and avoided most of the archers¡¯ attacks. The principle of common sense had restricted their thoughts. None of them had thought that Su Jin would attack at close range.. Chapter 23 - The Function of the Outstanding Villagers Title Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio A warrior standing in the middle slashed his sword randomly. Suddenly, someone knocked away the sword in his hand. Nothing was in front of him, with only red damage indicator floating in the air. ¨C 7 It startled the warrior, making him freeze for a moment. But he quickly reacted and shouted, ¡°Heavenly Cloud is in front of me. I hit him.¡± A number appeared above Su Jin¡¯s head. His level, equipment, and warrior class had a high defense, high attack damage, and a high HP. He didn¡¯t care about that little bit of damage. Before the warrior could say anything else, Su Jin slayed him with one slash instantly. Then, Su Jin rushed into the crowd and charged. His target was the guild leaders of the three guilds. He wanted to slay the three of them with one slash. Tyrant Knight squinted his eyes and roared, ¡°Charge! Attack! Slay Heavenly Cloud!¡± ¡°Attack indiscriminately! Don¡¯t be afraid of hitting our men! I¡¯ll add another 50,000 gold coins!¡± After saying that, he retreated while distributing the reward in the guild channel. As the guild leader, he was the image of the guild. Tyrant Knight could not die at this moment. Otherwise, there would be no one commanding the players. The scene would be in chaos. No player would join in the battle if he were dead. The vice president of the Tyrant Guild stood at the most eye-catching spot to take over the command. Under the circumstances where no one cared about each other¡¯s HP, a few damage values would appear from time to time in the empty spots. Of course, most of the players who died were members of the Tyrant Guild. They would turn into white light and return to the resurrection point when Su Jin hit them. Unfortunately, Su Jin¡¯s luck was not good this time. His [ Fighting aura Domain ] did not activate this time. As the number of people charging increased, Su Jin¡¯s solo show could only end there. The guild players surrounded him and approached him. They were already like iron barrels locking him in the middle, leaving him no gap to escape. The guild players might slay Su Jin unless he could activate his Fighting Aura Domain again. ¡°Today is the day you die, Heavenly Cloud. If there is a first time, there will be a second and third time soon. Don¡¯t ever think you can go against the guilds! Go to Hell.¡± ¡°I will use your death to tell all the solo players that there is no way to survive if they go against us!¡± Only then did Tyrant Knight reveal himself. He stood at a high place and looked at the distance. After Heavenly Cloud had killed so many of his players, everything was finally coming to an end. .. At that moment, a sudden rumbling sound came from within the village. It was rapidly approaching the village entrance. The players subconsciously looked in the sound direction as it grew louder. Then, they saw a strange scene. More than twenty NPCs from the novice village rushed out. They held a weapon or a farming tool each to use in combat. Even the village chief, who had always been smiling, had changed into a new set of clothes. He wore a black mage robe and held a magic staff that flickered with a green light in his hand. His speed was fast when he ran. Behind the village chief, the blacksmith was holding a heavy sword. The female merchant who sold potions carried a longbow with wood patterns. The defensive equipment merchant was wearing plate armor, carrying a heavy shield, and the weapon merchant was holding a long spear. The ordinary villagers in the village were holding hoes. That group of NPCs¡¯ goal was clear. They headed towards Tyrant Guild, the Greed Wolf Guild, and the Assassin Guild. Their direction had not changed at all. ¡°What the f*ck is going on? Can someone explain what is going on?¡± Tyrant Knight was stunned for a moment before asking loudly. They were about to surround and annihilate Heavenly Cloud. That was not something Tyrant Knight wanted to see when they were so close to succeeding. Those NPCs were very different from what he usually saw. It was an unexpected situation! Soon, the village chief arrived at the outermost circle of the guild players. Without saying a word, he waved the magic staff in his hand. Light enveloped an area of 30 meters before him and slowly formed into a spell formation. The blacksmith who followed closely behind held his sword with both hands, and a fighting aura burst out from his body. He charged toward the crowd as he shouted, ¡°[ Fighting aura Domain ]!¡± The Fighting Aura Domain of an advanced warrior was much stronger than a low-level warrior like Su Jin. The range was extended to thirty meters, revealing an invisible fighting aura, killing all living things within the attack range. ¡°Beware of my [ Arrows of Falling Stars ] !¡± ¡°[ Shield Strike ] !¡± The NPCs in the village immediately released all sorts of skills as they charged towards Tyrant Knight and the other guild players. Most of them were still around Level 5, while the NPCs were at Level 20. Like a flock of sheep meeting a wolf, they did not have the slightest ability to resist. Soon, the NPC slayed all of them. The players turned into white light and returned to their resurrection points. On the spot, a few pieces of low-grade equipment dropped. The guild leaders of the three guilds were naturally no exception. ¡°Isn¡¯t there any customer service in New World? F*ck! Get the F*ck out here! What¡¯s going on? Why did the NPC attack us? Explain yourself.¡± Tyrant Knight cursed loudly in the world channel when he was back at the resurrection point. Tyrant Knight was certain that he had never provoked any NPC. Attacking Heavenly Cloud was the matter between players. He could not understand why the NPCs would attack them. ¡°This game isn¡¯t fair. Why are the NPCs helping Heavenly Cloud?¡± ¡°Could it be that Heavenly Cloud is the son of the boss who created this game?¡± ¡°Spat! What kind of lousy game is this? I would have quitted this game if it were not because I could earn money through it.¡± ¡°Village chief, please don¡¯t slay me!¡± The guild players howled in grief. In the end, they turned into white lights and left. ¡­ .. Behind them stood the solo players and Rosette Guild members. The shocking scene made them freeze in a daze. None of them knew what was going on. Tyrant Guild, Assassin Guild, and Greed Wolf Guild had brought over a thousand people to besiege Heavenly Cloud at the village entrance. But in the end, the group of NPCs slayed them without even explaining why they did that. After a while, the village chief who had cast a spell formation walked toward Heavenly Cloud and held his hands, ¡°Adventurer, as an outstanding villager of our village, we absolutely won¡¯t allow you to suffer any harm.¡± All the players stood in a daze. Only now did they notice that there was a special prefix, [ Novice Village Outstanding Villager ] on Su Jin¡¯s player ID. They realized that the title might be why the NPCs in Novice Village protected Heavenly Cloud. .. ¡°Thank you, the village chief. I¡¯m deeply grateful for that.¡± It touched Su Jin when the NPCs came to rescue, and he even got the buff from the villagers. It seemed that the [ Novice Village Outstanding Villager ] title was powerful. In that case, Su Jin wondered if he could hide the title and use it to set a trap for the three guilds again the next time. Su Jin thought about the matter, but he did not say it out. After a short conversation, Su Jin bid farewell to the village chief and the villagers. He looked at the equipment on the ground. Most of them were low-grade and bronze equipment and a few pieces of silver equipment. Su Jin picked them all up. He planned to sell them. Soon, a silver necklace caught Su Jin¡¯s attention. [ Wolf¡¯s Fang Necklace ] Quality: Silver. Attributes: + 5 Defense, + 20 Attack. Skills: [ Wolverine Shadow ]. Using it will help the player summon a Wolverine Shadow from the shadows. The player can ride the Wolverine Shadow and also command it to attack. The number of uses: 3/100. It was a piece of equipment that had an active skill, and it also had a riding function. The riding function had yet to appear. It was cool to own a ride, even though it was only a wolf shadow. The Novice map seemed to be restricting the necklace¡¯s usage, which was only a hundred times. Su Jin could use it as a shield, according to the description. It was a great auxiliary to attract the monster¡¯s aggro like the Shadow Warrior. That would be useful for Su Jin. He could use it to raid the dungeon.. Chapter 24 - Demonic Ape Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio A few minutes after the battle, Su Jin heard another commotion coming from afar. Su Jin saw a group of female players with Rosette Guild¡¯s title when he turned around. Scarlet Rose was among them, and she was leading the way. The female players held weapons in their hands and their defensive formation. ¡°Heavenly Cloud, are you alright? I heard that the three guilds besieged you at the entrance, and they almost killed you. The girls in our guild will protect you every day if you join our guild. I can also accomplish dungeons by your side.¡± Scarlet Rose immediately rushed over with her players when she heard Su Jin was in trouble, preparing to take the opportunity to recruit him into Rosette Guild. However, she was in a puzzle when she saw no one other than them, ¡°Where are the guild players? Could it be that they don¡¯t want to have a conflict with my guild and fled before I come?¡± ¡°But there are so many people. Why haven¡¯t I seen any of them retreating?¡± Su Jin was speechless when he heard Scarlet Rose¡¯s words. No wonder some said not everyone was perfect. Scarlet Rose was a little silly and overconfident. Of course, Scarlet Rose had the right to assume that. In the previous battle against Boss, the four guilds had retrieved their levels, but Rosette Guild still had the most equipment. Rosette Guild could fight against any of those three guilds. They could even be the leading guild in the Novice Village if they join forces with one of those guilds. However, Scarlet Rose sacrificed her precious time slaying the monsters to rescue him. It touched Su Jin. Even though she had come with a purpose, she was still a kindhearted player. After all, everything had a price to pay in this world. Everyone had their reason to get to know someone. However, Su Jin did not explain what happened. She would naturally understand when she scrolled through the world chat room. Su Jin pulled out the trade interface and traded with Scarlet Rose. ¡°Huh? Why are there so many pieces of equipment? What did you do, Heavenly Cloud? Can you even produce equipment?¡± Scarlet Rose¡¯s mouth was wide open as she asked in shock. ¡°It was nothing. I happened to slay a few players with the help of the village chief.¡± Su Jin did not explain much about how he got the equipment. After obtaining 22,000 gold coins from Scarlet Rose after trading the equipment, he immediately left the Novice Village. Now that he had multiple guarantees, it was time for him to increase his monster-slaying activity. ¡­ A few minutes later, Scarlet Rose bit her lips as she immersed herself in her deep thoughts after getting to know what happened from the players in that area. She looked in the direction Su Jin had left. Her mind was in a mess. She had wanted to recruit Su Jin into the Rosette Guild, but now she hesitated to do so. An expert like Su Jin was not someone she could lead. ¡­ The map of the Novice Village was not vast. But there was a small river after leaving the village. Su Jin walked down the river and soon arrived at an abandoned mine. By the mine was a small wooden house. An NPC guard stood there. ¡°Brave Adventurer, a group of [ Demonic Apes ] are being bred in the mine. Can you help us get rid of them?¡± The NPC saw Su Jin coming and asked eagerly. ¡°Ding! Do you accept the quest [ Clean the Mine ]?¡± ¡°Details of the quest: Kill the demonized apes that are being bred and bring the magic stones to get the reward. There is no limit to the number of quest items. For every magic stone you bring back, you will receive 30 experience points and ten silver coins.¡± ¡°Yes, I accept,¡± Su Jin nodded. The reward of the quest was quite satisfying. The experience and coins given were sufficient. Of course, the [ Demonic Apes ] was difficult to defeat. It was a type of Level 10 monster that lived in groups. It often attacked in a group and seldom stayed alone. In his previous life, hundreds of players had to team up before they dared to accept this quest to gain experience. However, Su Jin had the experience from his last birth. So he knew another way to avoid being slain. ¡­ There were five entrances to the mine. The entrances could get Su Jin into the deeper grounds of the mine. The Demonic Apes were at the lowest ground, and the space created by the mining had become their habitat. Su Jin walked straight down and soon approached the lowest ground. A large group of big-sized black apes gathered around and were resting. It was quiet down there. There were also small apes absorbing the black fog as their bodies grew constantly. They did not play or dawdle around. Instead, they focused on getting bigger even when they almost reached the level of an adult ape. They absorbed it wholeheartedly while the bigger-sized apes protected them in the center. After they became adults, they would leave the center and become guards at the periphery. A small ape would be born on the open ground, and they repeated the process. [ Demonic Apes ] Level: Level 10 HP: 1,500 Attack: 130 Defense: 35 Skill: Demonic (It channels the power of the magic stone throughout the body, increases attributes by 100%, increases damage received by 100%) Description: The darkness has demonized the apes, giving them an enormous and flexible body. Any living creature that comes close to it will become its target and stay away from it. Each one of them had a total of 130 attack damage. Ordinary players would resurrect to the Noice Village within two to three attacks. Demonic was also an abnormal skill, increasing attacks by 100%. Although the damage received by the ape also increased at the same time, there were so many demonized apes. Players would be outnumbered in no time by those apes. Players usually formed parties and relied on the cooperation of various characters to slay such monsters, but Su Jin did not need to go through so much trouble to defeat the apes. ¡°Wolverine Shadow!¡± Su Jin used the ¡°Wolf¡¯s Fang¡± that he had just obtained. As he used the skill, a shadow appeared on the ground in the shape of a wolf. It would be difficult to notice if no one paid attention to it. Moreover, it could merge into the darkness. It could also turn into its physical form at critical moments. Su Jin controlled the Wolverine Shadow to move forward in the darkness. Soon, it approached a demonic on the outermost perimeter. The Wolverine Shadow directly merged into the shadow of the demonic ape and then attacked it. The Wolverine Shadow was also a dark creature. The most important thing was that it had a shadow characteristic. In other words, ordinary physical attacks would not be able to hit it unless it was in its physical form. After being attacked, the demonic ape stood up and looked around. It did not see any other creatures. Then, it looked at the ape beside it fiercely. It was a simple-minded animal. Only its companions would attack it if there were no enemy around them. The ape that the beaten ape was staring at was still sleeping. It did not have time to react. The ape Su Jin attacked punched the sleeping ape¡¯s face. Its HP instantly fell by a large margin. The demonic ape that had just woken up was furious. Without any hesitation, it immediately activated its skill and attacked back fiercely. The peaceful mining pit instantly became chaotic. The apes were attacking each other, ignoring the growing apes in the center. There was no Boss among them, which meant they did not have a leader. After fighting for a while, they all stopped. However, they all rested separately and did not gather. When Su Jin saw this, he smirked. That was what he wanted to see. It was difficult when the demonic apes gathered. Su Jin had nothing to worry about once he split them apart. He could sneak attack the smaller groups and use stealth mode to attack the larger group. It would not be a problem as long as they remained separated. ¡°I am a warrior character, yet I play like an assassin. Whatever! It will do as long as I can achieve my goal.¡± Su Jin shook his head and focused on the quest. He took out his sword and silently approached a smaller group of Demonic Apes, preparing to slay them.. Chapter 25 - Farming Monsters In the Mine Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio ¡°Little monkey, how dare you be so arrogant. Become my experience bar.¡± Su Jin revealed a smile and silently activated his masteries and skills. He sprinted towards the demonic apes and slashed wildly. ¨C 310! ¨C 310! ¨C 310! ¨C 329! ¡­ ¡®Ding! Your [ Cleave ] trigger skill: Fighting Aura Domain!¡¯ ¡°Ding! You have killed a demonic ape. Gained experience points x100!¡± ¡°Ding¡­¡± ¡°Ding¡­¡± ¡°Ding¡­¡± Su Jin kept slashing the monsters while drinking a bottle of mana potion. He was not worried about being interrupted at all. After the previous infighting, other demonic apes would not come to watch even though they heard the movement here. However, he was already level 10, the same level as the demonic apes, so the experience points that he earned were less than expected. After activating [ Fighting Aura Domain ] , his killing speed was even faster. It did not take long for him to kill 30 demonic apes and gain 3,000 experience points. However, he had learned two more skills earlier, so he needed more experience points to fill up the experience bars. [ Stealth ] , level 1, (1,000/150,000) [ Shadow Warrior ] , L v 1, (5,000/150,000) The two experience bars had just begun to fill up, so the experience points in the character¡¯s experience bars were no longer stored. They were all filled up with the first [ Cleave ] skill. According to his current speed of farming monsters, after killing for a day and completing the quest, he would be able to level up both skills to level 2. After all of the skills had reached level 3, he would be able to complete the class change quest. Su Jin had Shadow Wolf retreated. Then, he collected the equipment, copper coins, and magic stones dropped by the demonic apes into his backpack. These were all experience points and gold coins. Then, he went to the next gathering place of the demonic apes and continued to fight them with the previous method. ¡­ This way of killing monster was very efficient and there wasn¡¯t much danger, so he didn¡¯t need to put much effort. It felt good for a short period of time, but after a long period of time, it would become very boring. He had been mechanically controlling the Shadow Wolf to attack. After that, he watched the internal fight of the demonic apes. It was not challenging at all, and Su Jin almost fell asleep. Shaking his head, Su Jin braced himself and repeated the previous actions. Very soon, he was sleepy again. In order to refresh himself, he immediately opened the world chat room and the regional chat room to see if there was any news, or if there was an argument between solo players and guilds. Watching a show was always very interesting, so he would not feel sleepy. After entering the world chat room, Su Jin directly clicked to the top and started to watch the historical news record. There was no argument, but the recorded news appeared from time to time. Occasionally, there were a few videos that indicated where it came from. ¡°Battle report! The number one guild in the entire server, the Dawn Star Guild, has been wiped out when they explored the [ Devil Dragon¡¯s Fury ] dungeon!¡± ¡°Battle Report! The number two guild in the entire server, the Dark Night Guild, has five ex-pro players who explored the [ Devil Dragon¡¯s Fury ] dungeon with silver equipment. They were wiped out by the small monsters within ten minutes!¡± ¡°Battle report! The number three guild in the entire server, the Round Table Guild, has failed to explore the [ Devil Dragon¡¯s Fury ] dungeon!¡± The recorded message was scrolled down, and there were no consolation messages, but a group of solo players chatting. ¡°Hahahaha, I¡¯m dying of laughter. These so-called big guilds are all trashes. The top three guilds are basically useless.¡± ¡°That¡¯s right, that¡¯s right. Pro players my as*. I think they¡¯re nothing.¡± ¡°Trash big guilds. Other than fighting in the wild and killing small monsters, they¡¯re useless. These trashes couldn¡¯t even kill a boss. Why don¡¯t they just go back and jump into the river and die?¡± ¡°Brothers, post more videos. I¡¯ll post it again on the forum. If I don¡¯t collect enough, it won¡¯t be enough to watch.¡± ¡°Wait, I¡¯ll contact someone to come over now.¡± The world chat room was completely occupied by solo players and small guild players. Generally speaking, it was full of mocking words for the big guilds. There were also a few neutral, analyzing the reasons for the failure of the dungeon raid. The videos were collected and sent to the forums. More and more of them were spread in the game. Basically, the guilds with ambition were all desperately trying to get the first clear of [ Devil Dragon¡¯s Fury ] for the sake of the announcement and the rewards. Moreover, in order to increase their popularity, some of them would even live-stream the dungeon raid. This also caused a portion of the videos to be spread and ridiculed by the solo players. This was because all the guilds that started the dungeon were no exception. All of them suffered a crushing defeat. They didn¡¯t even get to see the dungeon boss¡¯s face and fell on the outermost edge. Su Jin wasn¡¯t surprised by this result. This was because the dungeon rewards of [ Devil Dragon¡¯s Fury ] were too rich. It could increase the strength of the guild by one level. On the surface, it was considered a normal difficulty dungeon, but in reality, its difficulty was very high. Moreover, everyone could only receive a reward once. There would be no reward for clearing the dungeon multiple times. In his previous life, the standard equipment recommended for clearing this dungeon was level 15. At the very least, one had to go through a class change. The players had to be fully equipped with bronze equipment and two level 2 green skills, as well as the cooperation of a superb team. Many players spent half a month in the novice village to clear the dungeon and receive the reward just to obtain a set of equipment and skills. However, even so, less than 1% of the players had actually cleared the [ Devil Dragon¡¯s Fury ] dungeon. Meanwhile, the players from the large guilds had basically learned a white skill in order to reach level 1 or 5. Their combat power was very weak, and their equipment was still novice village equipment. With this arrangement, they could indeed level up quickly without the burden of skills. However, in the ¡°New World¡±, it was very brainless to level up without thinking. In the later stage of ¡°New World¡±, there would also be many quests that rewarded ¡®attribute points¡¯, ¡®rare skills¡¯, and even ¡®skill columns¡¯. Players who leveled up without thinking would not be able to complete those quests with their combat strength. In the later stages, they would not even be able to defeat small monsters. The gap that was opened up in the early stages would be reversed in the later stages, and it might even be several times worse. Su Jin continued to scroll down. Some guild players jumped out and curse at the solo players in the world chat room. Both sides had already chatted hundreds of messages. Just as he was about to finish reading and relax, he received a message in his friends list. It was from Scarlet Rose. During the last transaction, she had added him as a friend. ¡°Heavenly Cloud, what level are you now? Our guild has decided to raid the dungeon [ Devil Dragon¡¯s Fury ] . Do you want to come? They¡¯re all beauties.¡± Scarlet Rose asked in a very ambiguous tone. The thoughts that popped up last time had still affected her, which was seducing Su Jin. Su Jin¡¯s eyes flashed, and he said vaguely, ¡°I¡¯m almost level 10.¡± He wouldn¡¯t tell the truth directly. He had been hiding his level before, so the others didn¡¯t know his level. ¡°Then you¡¯re not yet. Forget it, the beauties are free to move around.¡± Scarlet Rose sent a smiley face. It was obvious that she did not trust Heavenly Cloud about his level. After all, he could say that he was almost level 10 from level 1 to level 9. ¡°The beauties don¡¯t need me now? I¡¯m very capable.¡± Su Jin replied with a smile. ¡°Tsk, all you guys like to brag. I don¡¯t believe you.¡± Scarlet Rose replied very quickly. She was currently outside a valley and was about to close her chat when Su Jin sent her a message. ¡°You guys are too arrogant. Don¡¯t think that just because you bought a few pieces of equipment that you¡¯re strong enough. With your guild¡¯s current strength, you¡¯re courting death if you go to explore [ Devil Dragon¡¯s Fury ].¡± ¡°Ptui, I won¡¯t listen to your nonsense. You¡¯re just jealous of us and don¡¯t want us to accept the rewards. Hmph, I¡¯ll give you a gift after we clear the dungeon.¡± Scarlet Rose arrogantly refused and closed the chat. With a wave of her hand, she led the players that had gathered from the guild into the valley dungeon.. Chapter 26 - Demonic Silver Equipment Set Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio [ Devil Dragon¡¯s Fury ] dungeon, located in the Devil Dragon Valley outside the novice village. At this moment, many players had already gathered here. Players were constantly entering and exiting the dungeon¡¯s virtual screen doors. It was very lively. Many solo players had also formed teams to enter the dungeon. If they managed to get the first clear, or discovered all the tricks to clear the dungeon, they could just announce in the world and sell the tricks for over 100,000. There were already guilds offering monetary rewards. If they could give a way to those guilds, they would be paid. How could they discover the tricks to clear the dungeon? Naturally, they had to experience it personally. Most of the players who came here were around level 7 or 8. Although they had lost a lot of experience points, as long as they were willing, they could catch up. Suddenly, the players moved out of the way. A group of beautiful female players of Rosette Guild walked over. The leader of the group was the beautiful guild president, Scarlet Rose. A player from the Greed Wolf Guild exclaimed, ¡°F*ck, why are the members of the Rosette Guild already level 10? We still haven¡¯t caught up to them?¡± ¡°Of course, look at how many times you¡¯ve been killed by Heavenly Cloud. Many of your equipment are damaged.¡± ¡°The Rosette Guild has only been killed once and has been leveling ever since. Moreover, their equipment is not bad. I suspect that she and Heavenly Cloud are working together, at least in terms of equipment.¡± ¡°Rosette Guild can¡¯t take the first clear, right?¡± ¡°I don¡¯t think so. All the top ten guilds in the entire server have died. Can she do it?¡± ¡°Who knows? If she discovers a key point to clear the dungeon, she¡¯ll pass it in an instant. Who knows?¡± Under everyone¡¯s astonished gazes, Scarlet Rose with two bronze equipment led the Guild players into the [ Devil Dragon¡¯s Fury ] dungeon. Time passed quietly, and no one left. They just stood there and waited. Ten minutes later, the figures of Scarlet Rose and the others appeared at the dungeon entrance. However, they were in a different state than before they entered the dungeon. At this moment, they were all in a sorry state, and their expressions were ugly. Ten minutes after they entered the dungeon, they had only killed one small monster before they were wiped out by the second small monster. Due to the fact that they were in a dungeon, there was no experience penalty, so they could attempt the dungeon consecutively. However, the dungeon would cast a negative status effect on them ¡°Everyone, drink the purification potion. Let¡¯s try it again.¡± Scarlet Rose¡¯s expression turned ugly. As the guild that dominated the novice village, they were wiped out after only killing one monster. This was too embarrassing. Fortunately, no one came to ask about it. However, it would still be embarrassing that they could only hold on for ten minutes. After giving the order, everyone drank a bottle of [ purification potion ] that cost 50 gold coins each. They instantly understood the debuff of the dungeon. Once they charged into the dungeon again, they drank the potion and cleared the debuff. However, 10 minutes later, Scarlet Rose appeared at the entrance of the dungeon with an annoyed expression. She had led a team to raid the dungeon, but once again, they had failed. ¡°It was my personal command error this time. Next time, we¡¯ll definitely succeed.¡± Scarlet Rose clenched her fists unwillingly as she consoled herself. After drinking a bottle of [ purification potion ], she adjusted the class ratio of the party and once again charged into the dungeon. This time, the effect was pretty good, and they didn¡¯t get wiped out within 10 minutes, they persisted for 15 minutes. ¡°We can¡¯t give up yet! Again!¡± Scarlet Rose didn¡¯t believe it and continued to try. The third time¡­ The fourth time¡­ The fifth time¡­ Scarlet Rose led her team to raid the dungeon and was wiped out over 10 times. The longest time they had lasted was only 45 minutes. Moreover, they didn¡¯t see any boss during the entire process. Just the cost of [ purification potion ] alone was over a thousand gold coins. Not only did they need strength for this dungeon, but it also cost a lot of money. Scarlet Rose clenched her small fists and took a few deep breaths, suppressing the anger that had rushed to her head. Her face was flushed red from anger. If it wasn¡¯t for the fact that she had no enemies in the novice village, she would have vented her anger on them. At this moment, she suddenly remembered what Su Jin had said, ¡°You guys are too arrogant. Don¡¯t think that just because you bought a few pieces of equipment, your strength is enough. With your guild¡¯s current strength, going to explore [ Devil Dragon¡¯s Fury ] is courting death.¡± ¡­ In the mine, Su Jin led the Shadow Wolf to move again. After the Shadow Wolf was killed three times by the demonic apes using special methods, it finally killed all the demonic apes in the mine. After picking up the equipment and gold coins, Su Jin followed the path that he came from and walked towards the small wooden house. After the mission was completed, the farming here came to an end. He might come here again next time if he had the mood to do so. It was not fun to keep repeating the same actions. This time, the rewards were not bad. There were about 150 gold coins, around 10 pieces of low-grade equipment and 10 pieces of bronze equipment. The only pity was that the [ demonic set ] component did not drop. He only had 160,000 experience points, which increased his stealth mode to level 2. His experience bar was empty. He could only wait until it was full before he went on the class change quest. If he changed his class now, it would be easy to kill monsters, but there would be a level suppression, and his experience points would be further reduced. The best way was to fill up his experience bar at this moment, and then go on the class change quest, which would reduce the time needed to kill monsters. He had collected 1,200 [ magic stones ] for the quest item. Not long after, Su Jin came to the front of NPC, who was guarding the mine, and opened the conversation option. ¡°Brave adventurer, you actually cleared out the demonic apes in the underground. Without the harassment of the apes, we can continue to mine the minerals. Please accept my most sincere thanks.¡± The NPC, who was guarding the mine, smiled at Su Jin, then turned around and entered the wooden house. Su Jin wanted to follow but was stopped. He was a little speechless. In this situation, was the NPC not going to give him the reward? However, he was obviously thinking too much. Not long after, the NPC guard walked out of the wooden house. He held a heavy sword that was used by warriors, and he brought it forward with both hands. ¡°Brave adventurer, this is the spoils of war that I won on the battlefield. It has accompanied me for a long time. Now, I have decided to give it to you. It needs a braver master to control it.¡± The edge of the heavy sword shone with silver light, giving off a very fierce feeling. ¡°Ding!¡± ¡°Congratulations! You have completed the mission [ Clear the mine ] . You have received an additional reward, [ demonic heavy sword ]!¡± ¡°Ding!¡± ¡°Congratulations! You have handed in 1,200 magic stones. You have received a reward: Experience points ¡Á 58,000, gold coins ¡Á 120, novice village reputation ¡Á 40,000!¡± Two melodious notifications rang out. Su Jin happily received the rewards and looked down at the equipment. [ Demonic heavy sword ](demonic set 1/7) Quality: Silver Type: Weapon Attack: + 75 Armor penetration: + 40% Additional feature: Armor penetration + 15% Level requirement: Level 10 Job restriction: Warrior Description: After being demonized, the heavy sword has undergone a mutation. Using it, you will become even stronger. As expected of a silver weapon, its stats were very strong. With 75 damage, 55% armor penetration. Just these two stats alone were enough to raise Su Jin¡¯s attack by two levels. Then, Su Jin opened his character panel and prepared to check his current stats again to determine how confident he was in clearing the dungeon [ Devil Dragon¡¯s Fury ] ! Chapter 27 - Dark Moon Guild Established! Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio Character: [ Heavenly Cloud ] Level: Level 10 Race: God Class: Warrior Talent: God Might, Stacking Crit Damage. Skills: [ Cleave ](red) , [ Stealth ](purple) , [ Shadow Warrior ](blue) Set: Demonic set (3/7) + 10 attack, + 5 defense Aptitude: 5 stars Attack: 385 Defense: 45 Health: 800 Mana: 360 Experience points: 0/50,000(after class change) Looking at his stats again, Su Jin was very satisfied. He had changed a lot of equipment, so his efforts were not in vain. ¡°Originally, I planned to gather all the equipment and complete the equipment set to clear [ Devil Dragon¡¯s Fury ], but with the current situation, there¡¯s no need to wait anymore. I¡¯ll first take down the dungeon and get the rewards first. If it¡¯s stolen by someone else, then there¡¯s really nothing to do.¡± As Su Jin¡¯s thoughts spun, he returned to the novice village. He still needed to replenish some potions and supplies. ¡­ After returning to the novice village, Su Jin headed straight to the potion merchant¡¯s place. On the way, he could see that there were still many people in the novice village. Most of them were doing quests and running across the maps. However, their levels were generally around level 5 or 6. The guild¡¯s elite players were slightly higher, which were around level 7 or 8. Among them, only Rosette Guild had level 10 players. The highest level of the other three guilds was only level 9. They had dropped their equipment and had been killed twice. Their levels had already fallen. If it were not for the fact that the guild had dozens of training partners, the elite players of Tyrant Guild would at most be around level 7. With the training partners, the elite players only needed to make one last stab at the monster to obtain all of the monster¡¯s experience points, which saved a lot of time. This was very normal. Every regular guild would do this. Anyway, most of the guild members were paid to work, which was equivalent to working in the game. While thinking, Su Jin walked along the familiar path, ready to find the village chief. However, around the village chief, there were already a large number of players who had handed in their quests. There was no way to squeeze in. Many players who had just arrived were also watching from the outside. If one wanted to talk to NPC, they had to enter a certain range before they could click on the conversation button. Standing too far away, they were unable to trigger the conversation. Su Jin tried to squeeze in, but there was no way for him to squeeze in. Just as she was helplessly waiting, the village chief suddenly squeezed out of the crowd. With a sincere smile on his face, he walked towards Su Jin. ¡°Excellent villager [ Heavenly Cloud ], you¡¯ve come. I¡¯ve already heard about the deeds of the mining pit. The entire village will thank you for your heroic performance.¡± ¡°Did you come here this time to look for me for something?¡± Village chief NPC held Su Jin¡¯s hand and threw the other players to the back of his mind. He directly refused to talk to them. The faces of the surrounding players twisted. They wanted to curse but didn¡¯t dare to. Don¡¯t look at how this chief was smiling like a regular NPC. Although he didn¡¯t seem to have much strength, he was actually a mage who could put on a mage robe and fight. He was even an advanced mage. However, they couldn¡¯t say anything to the village chief even after squeezing for a long time. Why did the village chief take the initiative to lean towards Su Jin? Even though they couldn¡¯t hear the content of the conversation, they could see the village chief¡¯s expression. He seemed to be very happy. ¡°What the f*ck is this? He just has a title of ¡®outstanding villager¡¯, what¡¯s so great about it?¡± ¡°That¡¯s right. Is he really an NPC? He¡¯s like a human.¡± ¡°F*ck, whoever has the highest reputation will have better treatment. This is too unfair.¡± The players kept ridiculing in their hearts. They stood by the side obediently and waited for the two of them to finish their conversation. ¡­ ¡°Village chief, I want to establish a guild.¡± Su Jin directly stated his request. There was a guild reward for the first clear of [ Devil Dragon¡¯s Fury ]. He did not want to give away the reward. It would be better for him to establish a guild himself and take all the goods. ¡°This is a smart choice. Strong adventurers also need partners. A united and strong guild will allow you to never fail in the conquest of the continent.¡± ¡°Then, what name do you want to give your guild?¡± NPC village chief continued to ask. Su Jin thought for a moment and replied, ¡°Dark Moon!¡± This was a mastery skill name that he had obtained in his previous life. He would use it to commemorate his past. ¡°Then, you will need to pay 10,000 gold coins for this guild. However, considering the contributions that you have made for the novice village, I will give you a discount and give you the best price possible.¡± ¡°Discount by half, which is a total of 5,000 gold coins.¡± The village chief said cheerfully, his eyes flashing with joy. The corner of Su Jin¡¯s mouth twitched, and he cursed in his heart. This ¡°New World¡± was really evil. It cost 1,000 gold coins to set up a guild. Even if he got 50% discount because of his title of ¡®outstanding villager¡¯, it would still cost him 5,000 gold coins. If this was converted into real money, it would be 50,000 dollars. If he wasn¡¯t extremely rich, he really couldn¡¯t afford to play with it. Luckily, he had additional ways to make money. If he were to throw himself into this, wouldn¡¯t he die of anger? There was no other way. For the quest reward, Su Jin still paid 5,000 gold coins to the village chief. The establishment of the guild was immediately successful, and the guild interface popped up. Guild name: [ Dark Moon ] Guild president: Heavenly Cloud Guild level: Level 1 Guild skill: None Guild residence: None Guild members: 0/50 (can spend gold coins to increase the maximum number of members) ¡­ After registering for the guild, Su Jin opened the chat interface and started to use a small loudspeaker in the novice village area. This type of speaker was only available to people in the novice village. The price was relatively cheap and only cost 50 silver coins each. ¡°I¡¯m Heavenly Cloud. I¡¯m leading a team to get the first clear of the [ Devil Dragon¡¯s Fury ]. I¡¯m lacking four members. Each slot will cost 50,000 gold coins. if you¡¯re interested, please contact me privately.¡± ¡°I¡¯m Heavenly Cloud. I¡¯m leading a team to get the first clear of the [ Devil Dragon¡¯s Fury ]. I¡¯m lacking four members. Each slot will cost 50,000 gold coins. if you¡¯re interested, please contact me privately.¡± ¡°I¡¯m Heavenly Cloud¡­¡± Su Jin had completed 50 novice village loudspeakers in one go. After all, he was going to do a business worth over 100,000 gold coins. It was only nothing for him to invest such a small amount of money. As Su Jin¡¯s loudspeaker was released, the novice village chat room instantly became lively. After all, this was a top-tier powerhouse that could kill a thousand players with one hit. Since he dared to release this announcement, he should have the confidence to do so, right? ¡°Heavenly Cloud is the peak of us solo players. I wonder if he can clear the dungeon.¡± ¡°I think it¡¯s definitely possible. He defeated thousands of players, why can¡¯t he clear an ordinary dungeon?¡± ¡°I think so too. That dungeon has a limit on the number of players. Otherwise, with thousands of players entering, he would definitely clear the dungeon. Based on this deduction, wouldn¡¯t it be certain that Heavenly Cloud can definitely clear the dungeon?¡± ¡°Who knows? Which of the top ten guilds in the entire server isn¡¯t powerful? If they haven¡¯t even cleared it, how can Heavenly Cloud clear it?¡± ¡°A thousand ordinary players might not be able to beat a boss. Is it interesting to compete like this?¡± ¡°F*ck, only a fool would go. Isn¡¯t this giving [ Cloudy Sky ] 50,000 gold coins for free?¡± ¡°That¡¯s right. He can get whopping 200,000 gold coins just by recruiting members. He¡¯s like a bloodsucker. I¡¯m not joining him.¡± ¡°I¡¯ll pay five gold coins to participate. It can¡¯t be any more.¡± In the channel, many people have their own things to say, but most of them were just there to join in the fun. If they really had to take out 50,000 gold coins, it would be impossible. Only the guild presidents or rich tycoons, who were actually targets of Su Jin. Ordinary solo characters would just add some heat to this matter and spread it as soon as possible.. Chapter 28 - The First Member of the Guild Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio Outside the valley dungeon. The team that led by Scarlet Rose came out once again. After half a day of attacking and changing their strategy, they had finally seen the first dungeon¡¯s boss, the [ Two-headed Demonic Wolf ]. However, after just a glance, they did not even see its attributes, the Two-headed Demonic Wolf¡¯s [ Flaming Spear ] had wiped out the entire team. Scarlet Rose walked at the very front of the group. As she looked at the scenery in the valley, she couldn¡¯t help but rub her eyes, tears almost falling from her eyes. Perhaps she really should have listened to Heavenly Cloud¡¯s words and focused on training their skills. After that, they would come back to raid this dungeon. She couldn¡¯t remember how many times she had raided this dungeon, but she had never won. The dungeon¡¯s name was [ Devil Dragon¡¯s Fury ]. The final boss definitely had something to do with dragons. Yet, they had fallen in front of the Two-headed Demonic Wolf. After trying ten more times, they still couldn¡¯t defeat it. This wasn¡¯t a mistake in strategy or tactics. Rather, it was because they simply weren¡¯t strong enough. Scarlet Rose sighed. Just as she was about to say something to boost her guild members¡¯ confidence, she suddenly saw the loudspeakers that were spamming crazily in the novice village¡¯s chat room. Among the loudspeakers, she clicked on [ Heavenly Cloud ]. After reading through all of them, a glimmer of hope rose in her heart. If they weren¡¯t strong enough, what would happen if Heavenly Cloud raided the dungeon? ¡°Heavenly Cloud, can you guarantee that you¡¯ll get the first clear?¡± Scarlet Rose sent a friend message. 200,000 gold wasn¡¯t that hard to come by. ¡°Of course, I mean haven¡¯t you known my strength?¡± Su Jin quickly replied. ¡°Alright, then I want four slots. I¡¯ll give you 100,000 gold coins for each slot, which is 400,000 gold coins.¡± Scarlet Rose sent the message. After thinking for a moment, she added, ¡°However, I have a request. You have to join [ Rosette Guild ] temporarily. This way, Rosette Guild will be able to obtain the guild¡¯s rewards. Moreover, the equipment, materials, and skill books that drop from the dungeon will also belong to us. After all, we spent 400,000 gold.¡± 400,000 gold coins was enough to buy a luxury car. Scarlet Rose felt that her request was very reasonable. ¡°No, the guild reward for this first clear belongs to [ Dark Moon ]. If you want to follow me, you can temporarily join [ Dark Moon ].¡± Su Jin rejected bluntly. ¡°Moreover, the gold coins, equipment, materials, and skill books that drop from the dungeon are all mine. You guys don¡¯t have any share.¡± ¡°I¡¯ll do as I say. 50,000 gold coins for a slot, I won¡¯t accept anything more than that.¡± Su Jin explained the rules very clearly to prevent them from being confused after the event. On the surface, this was a normal-difficulty dungeon, but in reality, it was a high-difficulty dungeon. Su Jin had his own rules. The first clear of a dungeon would drop many good items. He couldn¡¯t give away the benefits just because the other party was a beauty. Just like how the other party was thinking about her guild at the crucial moment. Any item in a high-difficulty dungeon could be sold for more than 50,000 gold coins, so how could he let it go? Scarlet Rose looked at the reply and didn¡¯t say anything for a long time. She felt very aggrieved. This Heavenly Cloud was really greedy. However, she couldn¡¯t bear to give up the first clear reward, so she said, ¡°Heavenly Cloud, our Rosette Guild needs to consider it carefully.¡± ¡°Then hurry up. If the party is full, don¡¯t say that I won¡¯t take you.¡± Scarlet Rose replied, ¡°Tch, out of the four big guilds in the novice village, other than our Rosette Guild, which other big guild would be willing to spend 50,000 gold coins to buy a slot from you? Do solo players have that kind of money?¡± After replying, Scarlet Rose fell silent because Su Jin didn¡¯t reply. She planned to wait a little longer and bargained with Su Jin for a lower price. Even if she couldn¡¯t lower the price, she had to fight for more rewards. ¡­ The truth was just as Scarlet Rose had guessed. Su Jin¡¯s loudspeaker had been playing for a long time, but no one had privately messaged him. Guilds like Tyrant Guild and Greed Wolf Guild wanted to kill him, so how could they still give him money? Even if an ordinary solo player wanted to join a group, they couldn¡¯t afford 50,000 gold coins. Su Jin wasn¡¯t in a hurry. The worst-case scenario, he could just go alone and think of it as making less money. Suddenly, at this moment, the personal friend request column lit up. ¡°Player [ Golden Tycoon ] requests to add you as a friend. Attached message: Boss, I want to join your party, add me as a friend.¡± ¡°Eh, there¡¯s actually a solo player want to join?¡± Su Jin was slightly surprised and decisively accepted the friend request. ¡°Hello, boss, I want to follow the team to the dungeon.¡± After receiving the friend request, Golden Tycoon said very directly. ¡°But my skill is mediocre, and I¡¯m not clear about many things. I won¡¯t be able to put much effort into the dungeon. I¡¯ll add another 50,000 gold coins. Boss, when you¡¯re free in the future, can you carry me along?¡± When Su Jin saw this, he immediately understood. In reality, this ¡°Golden Tycoon¡± was most likely a rich solo player. He was rich, but he was not rich enough to get in touch with the upper echelons. He only followed the general trend. Unfortunately, he didn¡¯t have any talent and didn¡¯t know many people, he could only become a solo player. He was willing to pay 50,000 more, and he didn¡¯t even make any requests. ¡°Sure, sure.¡± Su Jin compared him to Scarlet God. He had a good impression of this ¡°Golden Tycoon¡±, so it wasn¡¯t impossible to carry him when he had the chance. Golden Tycoon asked again, ¡°Boss, will you be able to clear the dungeon this time? I don¡¯t have any other requests. I just want to show my face on the announcement and increase my fame.¡± ¡°No problem.¡± Su Jin replied with a smile. This Golden Tycoon was really a tycoon. There was no reason for him not to agree to an additional 50,000 golden coins. He immediately pulled the Golden Tycoon into his guild. ¡°Player [ Golden Tycoon ], class [ warrior ], level [ level 4], has joined [ Dark Moon Guild ].¡± The game notification sounded. After reading the message, Su Jin was speechless. The server had been open for quite some time. Most of the solo players had reached level 5, but Golden Tycoon was only level 4. How did he play this game? If this was announced in the entire server, wouldn¡¯t it make the other guilds lose face? He brought a level 4 player and cleared the level 10 [ Devil Dragon¡¯s Fury ] dungeon, when the other guilds had failed. However, that was something that other guilds should consider, and it had nothing to do with him. After adding Golden Tycoon into the guild, Su Jin bade farewell to the village chief and walked towards the dungeon entrance outside the village. He couldn¡¯t make a five-man party, but they could go to the dungeon entrance to take a look. Suddenly, the guild chat channel lit up. ¡°Big Brother Heavenly Cloud, there are only the two of us in this guild. It¡¯s so empty¡± Golden Tycoon said. ¡°Yup, our guild has just been established. Right now, there are only the two of us. However, in the future, [ Dark Moon ] will definitely be the strongest guild in the ¡°New World¡±. There will be no one like us!¡± Su Jin replied very directly. Su Jin didn¡¯t want to experience the things that he had been through in his previous life. After coming back to this world, he naturally had to develop his own power. Of course, he didn¡¯t want to create a huge guild. With hundreds of thousands of members, it would be too bloated. He wanted to create a guild that didn¡¯t have many members but filled with elites.. Chapter 29 - The Carefree Golden Tycoon Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio ¡°You¡¯re right. With you in charge of Dark Moon, even though our scale isn¡¯t big right now, we will definitely become the number one guild in the entire server in the future. Let¡¯s not talk about it anymore. I¡¯ll first make some contributions to the guild.¡± Golden Tycoon flattered him and then sent a large row of messages in the guild chat, directly occupying everyone¡¯s line of sight. ¡°Guild member [ Golden Tycoon ], spent 1,000 gold coins to upgrade the guild¡¯s capacity. Obtained 1,000 contribution points. Currently, the maximum number of guild members is: 60!¡± ¡°Guild member [ Golden Tycoon ], spent 1,000 gold coins to upgrade the guild¡¯s capacity. Obtained 1,000 contribution points. Currently, the maximum number of guild members is: 70!¡± ¡°Guild member [ Golden Tycoon ], spent 1,000 gold coins to upgrade the guild¡¯s capacity. Obtained 1,000 contribution points. Currently, the maximum number of guild members is: 80!¡± ¡°Guild member [ Golden Tycoon ]¡­¡± ¡­ ¡°Guild member [ Golden Tycoon ], spent 1,000 gold coins to upgrade the guild¡¯s capacity. Obtained 1,000 contribution points. Currently, the maximum number of guild members is: 1,000!¡± There were over a hundred notifications in the guild. All of them were created by Golden Tycoon. In the ¡°New World¡±, other than leveling up the guild, there was another method to increase the of guild members, which was using gold coins. If converted to the maximum number of members, each increase would cost 100 gold coins. In such a short period of time, Golden Tycoon directly increased capacity Dark Moon Guild from 50 members to 1,000 members. It cost a total of 9,500 gold coins. After all, even Tyrant Guild and Rosette Guild were reluctant to do such a thing. Instead, they allowed their guild members to hunt wild monsters and grind their guild levels. This required time and patience. The other guilds usually had the capacity of less than 500 members. Of course, this was because not enough people joined their guilds. After all, 95,000 gold coins was equivalent to 950,000 real money. Golden Tycoon¡¯s guild contribution points also reached 95,000 points. ¡°F*ck, this Golden Tycoon is really a Golden Tycoon.¡± At this moment, Su Jin was stunned. The moment he joined the guild, he had already accumulated close to 100,000 contribution points. This ¡°Golden Tycoon¡± was indeed a person who lived up to his name. Could it be that there was a gold mine in his house? Could this be the so-called carefree millionaire? ¡°There are too many restrictions in this stupid game. I can only increase ten people at a time. My hands are getting sore. I¡¯ll complain to the game developers later.¡± Golden Tycoon complained in the guild channel. Su Jin thought for a while and didn¡¯t know how to respond, so he chose to remain silent. ¡°President, our guild¡¯s current maximum member limit is 1,000 people. Do you think this is enough? If it¡¯s not enough, I¡¯ll continue to upgrade it.¡± Golden Tycoon continued to ask. ¡°Uh, there¡¯s no need. Our guild is an elite guild. It¡¯s not good if we have too many people. This 1,000 member-capacity is enough. You should stop upgrade for the time being.¡± Su Jin hurriedly stopped Golden Tycoon. If Su Jin didn¡¯t stop him, who knew how many people he could add. If he upgraded the capacity to a maximum of tens of thousands of members, it would be too much of a waste. After calming Golden Tycoon down, Su Jin walked forward and recalled. In his previous life, there didn¡¯t seem to be a figure like Golden Tycoon. Where did this person come from? How could he be so generous after joining his guild? Speaking of which, Su Jin had yet to meet with Golden Tycoon. They had only exchanged a few words on the chat room, but Golden Tycoon had already invested close to a million. What could have caused this? However, Su Jin still couldn¡¯t remember until he reached the entrance of the dungeon outside the village. He immediately gave up on recalling his memory. No matter what, this Golden Tycoon wasn¡¯t a threat to him. Perhaps it was because he had reincarnated, things might have change. ¡­ Half an hour later, Su Jin was still loitering at the entrance of the dungeon. No one was willing to pay gold coins to join his party. During this time, there were a few people who privately messaged him, but they offered all sorts of conditions. Moreover, they were only willing to pay a few thousand, or even a few hundred gold coins. They were unwilling to pay more. They sounded like it was Su Jin¡¯s great honor to be able to form a party with them. So, Su Jin immediately blacklisted them. ¡°President, how much longer do we have to wait? It¡¯s already been more than half an hour. We didn¡¯t even see any beauty. When do we set off?¡± Golden Tycoon was also at the dungeon entrance. At this moment, he started to complain in the guild channel. ¡°Wait a little longer. It should be about time.¡± Su Jin helplessly comforted him. He was also anxious. He had only earned 50,000 gold coins, and he was unwilling to just enter the dungeon like this. It was as if Golden Tycoon could read Su Jin¡¯s mind, he said, ¡°President, how about this? I¡¯ll give out a total of 200,000 gold coins for the four slots. The two of us will clear this [ Devil Dragon¡¯s Fury ] right now, take the first clear, and announce it to the entire server.¡± ¡°When that time comes, our names will be spread throughout the entire server. Won¡¯t that be great?¡± ¡°We will become celebrities. Even if we return to reality, we can still earn money.¡± Su Jin was stunned for a moment and did not react. The main reason was that this Golden Tycoon¡¯s thinking was different from the average person. This was because Golden Tycoon had already spent quite a lot of gold coins. If he bought the other three slots, he would have to spend even more money. However, he would only be able to enjoy the benefit of one slot. Doing so would not make up for his loss. But then again, there was nothing for him to be afraid of when the two of them cleared the [ Devil Dragon¡¯s Fury ] dungeon. Su Jin was confident that he could clear the dungeon with just two of them. Should he do it? Just as he was hesitating, Golden Tycoon said, ¡°President, I¡¯ll go and see if I can find a few people to come in. Otherwise, we¡¯ll go.¡± ¡°Okay.¡± Su Jin nodded and agreed. Golden Tycoon immediately operated from the side. Very quickly, he saw how Golden Tycoon found people. The novice village chat room was flooded by a row of small loudspeakers. It was even faster than the Dark Moon Guild¡¯s chat channel. ¡°Brothers, Heavenly Cloud is leading a team to get the first clear of [ Devil Dragon¡¯s Fury ]. We¡¯re still short of three people. Each slot costs 50,000 gold coins. I guarantee that we¡¯ll clear the dungeon. Otherwise, I, Golden Tycoon, will return the 50,000 gold coins to everyone.¡± ¡°Brothers, Heavenly Cloud is leading a team to get the first clear of [ Devil Dragon¡¯s Fury ]. We¡¯re still short of three people. Each slot costs 50,000 gold coins. I guarantee that we¡¯ll clear the dungeon. Otherwise, I, Golden Tycoon, will return the 50,000 gold coins to everyone.¡± ¡°Brothers, Heavenly Cloud is leading a team to get the first clear of [ Devil Dragon¡¯s Fury ]. We¡¯re still short of three people. Each slot costs 50,000 gold coins. I guarantee that we¡¯ll clear the dungeon. Otherwise, I, Golden Tycoon, will return the 50,000 gold coins to everyone.¡± ¡°Brothers, Heavenly Cloud is leading a team to get the first clear of [ Devil Dragon¡¯s Fury ]. We¡¯re still short of three people. Each slot costs 50,000 gold coins. I guarantee that we¡¯ll clear the dungeon. Otherwise, I, Golden Tycoon, will return the 50,000 gold coins to everyone.¡± ¡­ Golden Tycoon kept spamming messages with small loudspeaker. It took a full five minutes. When it reached 1,000 messages, Golden Tycoon finally gave up on clicking on it. When had the novice village chat channel ever seen such a scene? Five minutes of small loudspeakers, how many gold coins would it cost just to promote a message? Many players instantly rushed in, all appearing on the chat room.. Chapter 30 - Entering the [ Devil Dragons Fury ] Dungeon Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio ¡°Who is this person? He has so many loudspeakers. Does he have nowhere to spend his money?¡± ¡°Dark Moon Guild, where did this small guild come from?¡± ¡°The key isn¡¯t the guild. Didn¡¯t you see that it was Heavenly Cloud leading the team? If they didn¡¯t pass, they would return the gold coins. This is more attractive than before. Previously, the risk was too high, so no one was willing to join.¡± ¡°Judging from this person¡¯s spending power, he won¡¯t lie to us. He is also in the novice village, so there must be a bit of integrity in him.¡± ¡°Sigh, it¡¯s a pity that I don¡¯t have 50,000 gold coins. Otherwise, it wouldn¡¯t be too bad to participate. This is an announcement across the server. It would be a great face if word got out.¡± ¡°Heavenly Cloud¡¯s strength has already been proven. However, if he recruits teammates in this way, will he really be able to recruit good teammates?¡± The effect of the advertisement was very successful, and the novice village chat room was flooded with messages. Not long after, two players messaged Su Jin, wanting to enter the dungeon. Just like how Golden Tycoon had promised, they could get back the 50,000 gold coins even if they couldn¡¯t clear the dungeon. No matter how they calculated, they wouldn¡¯t be at a disadvantage. With such a big commotion, Scarlet Rose had also noticed it and couldn¡¯t remain calm. If they couldn¡¯t join the team, then they would suffer a big loss. She hurriedly sent a private message, ¡°Heavenly Cloud, form a team with me. I have three people on my side. We¡¯ll follow the rules you mentioned earlier.¡± ¡°Sorry, there¡¯s only one spot left now. Are you still coming?¡± Su Jin rejected and asked calmly. He clearly remembered her previous attitude. Now that she saw that the situation wasn¡¯t right, so she immediately compromised. How could he still give her the same treatment as before? ¡°¡­ ¡° Scarlet Rose was silent for a moment before helplessly replying, ¡°Bring me along then.¡± As the guild president of the Rosette Guild, she would be fine with just her alone joining team. After gathering all five members, Su Jin added them one by one into [ Dark Moon ]. He then invited them into his own party and waited for them at the entrance of [ Devil Dragon¡¯s Fury ]. Of course, the most important thing was that everyone had to bring enough gold coins. Su Jin and Golden Tycoon had long since arrived at the entrance of the dungeon, while Scarlet Rose set off from the novice village. Soon, the five members of Heavenly Cloud¡¯s team, two warriors, a mage, and two archers arrived at the entrance of the dungeon. After everyone had arrived, Su Jin immediately made a trade with them. After receiving the gold coins, he ignored the surrounding players¡¯ discussions and brought them into the dungeon. The historical background of ¡°New World¡± could be summarized as the battle between the light faction and the dark faction. It also involved the battle between the Law of Order and Law of Chaos. The light faction mainly consisted of humans, dwarves, elves, and orcs. The dark faction mainly consisted of demonic beasts and members of the light faction who had been corrupted by dark faction, as well as those who had voluntarily joined the dark faction. The neutral faction was the naga and the siren. [ Devil Dragon¡¯s Fury ] belonged to the devil dragon clan of the dark faction. As the vanguard of the invasion, the leader was Marzu of the devil dragon clan. In the ¡°New World¡±, Marzu led the Demonic Beast Legion. In the entire dark faction, they were one of the elite forces. Not only did they have reputation, but they also gained the trust of the Law of Chaos. After Su Jin and the others entered the dungeon, they saw a pitch-black, polluted land. The sky was dark, and it was difficult to see the scenery clearly. They did not know what was hidden in the darkness, but they could only see a few protruding rocks at the edge. Players who had never experienced such a dungeon map would feel a strong pressure when they entered. After taking a few steps, they could see two demonic wolves lying on the ground not far away. There was a touch of cold blue fur on their heads, which was more eye-catching. [ Elite. Frost Demonic Wolf ] Level: Level 10 Attack: 130 HP: 9,000 Skills: [ Frost Breath ], [ Magic Resistance ], [ Straight-line Tackle ]. Description: The dark demonic wolf that has been following the Devil Dragon Marzu all this while. After a period of time, it finally mutated and became even stronger. Although it is the lowest existence in the Demonic Beast Legion, but if the players looked down on it because of that, they would suffer. The first monster that they had encountered had the word ¡®elite¡¯ written on it. It had three skills, ranged attack, close range thrust, and magic resistance. It was simply too overpowered. Even the boss that they had encountered in the beginning were not as strong as this one. ¡°Everyone, be careful. The demonic wolves here are very difficult to deal with. If we¡¯re not careful, we¡¯ll be wiped out. This is especially true for the special skills that it has. They¡¯re very powerful.¡± Scarlet Rose¡¯s expression turned serious as she warned, ¡°Moreover, we¡¯ve brought a low-level player with us. We¡¯re lacking a position, which reduce our combat strength.¡± Golden Tycoon¡¯s expression stiffened as he felt a deep sense of malice. ¡°President Lady, are you saying that I¡¯m useless?¡± ¡°You can put it that way. We were wiped out by these two demonic wolves when we entered this dungeon. They¡¯re both fierce and powerful.¡± Scarlet Rose raised her chin, ¡°That¡¯s why I suggest that we split these two demonic wolves up and kill them separately. That way, our pressure will be lower.¡± ¡°Moreover, these two demonic wolves have frost attributes. There are also demonic wolves with fire attributes behind them. Slowly raiding them is the safest way.¡± While the two of them were still arguing, Su Jin didn¡¯t care about anything else and directly charged forward with his sword in hand. After entering the aggro range of the demonic wolves, the two demonic wolves stood up. Without any warning, they opened their mouths and pounced forward. The cold blue fur on their heads emitted a faint glow. Under the surrounding black background, it was exceptionally eye-catching. Su Jin turned sideways and dodged the two demonic wolves¡¯ pouncing attacks. At the same time, he activated his [ Stacking Crit Damage ] mastery and slashed at them. ¨C 385! ¨C 390! ¨C 350! In an instant, a series of damage appeared above the heads of the two demonic wolves. Their HP bars were instantly emptied, and then they fell to the ground. They had already been killed. The entire process took less than three seconds, and the extra time was when the demonic wolves pounced on them. ¡°Insta¡­ Insta-kill??¡± Scarlet Rose was dumbfounded. She found it hard to accept the fact that the monsters that had wiped out her team several times was insta-killed by Heavenly Cloud. How much stronger was him? The five of them had chosen the most compatible class, yet they still couldn¡¯t withstand Heavenly Cloud¡¯s two strikes. Just how big was the gap between them? Su Jin couldn¡¯t be bothered with them. He continued to walk in and said, ¡°What¡¯s there to argue about? Just follow behind me. Just watch my movements. Don¡¯t bother me.¡± ¡°Remember, the dropped items are mine. Don¡¯t think about stealing them.¡± The [ Devil Dragon¡¯s Fury ] dungeon had a large number of demonic wolves. Even though these demonic wolves only had 9,000 HP, they would deal a lot of damage with their skills. If the players could instantly kill them, it would be very troublesome. Normally, when guilds explored the [ Devil Dragon¡¯s Fury ] dungeon, they would fight one monster at a time. They would try their best not to fight a few demonic wolves at the same time to prevent the team from being wiped out. Su Jin led the team, so he couldn¡¯t care less. When he saw the demonic wolves, he immediately charged forward and dealt with the magic wolves at the periphery of the dungeon. Only when he reached the depths of the dungeon would he be able to see the final boss of this dungeon. They still had a long way to go. Howl¡­ The demonic wolves in the dungeon quickly noticed the intruders. They howled and called out to each other. Very quickly, they formed a group and charged towards Su Jin.. Chapter 31 - The First Boss Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio The Demonic Wolves following behind him had different colors on their heads. There were cold blue and fiery red, representing two attributes. However, the Demonic Wolves with both attributes had yet to be found. After circling in that area, the number of Demonic Wolves following him increased. Su Jin had been paying attention to the number of Demonic Wolves behind him while looking for a suitable terrain. Unfortunately, he did not have any skills that were suitable for group battles. They were all for solo battles. The only suitable skill for team battle Su Jin had was [ Fighting Aura Domain ], which needed to be activated by luck. When the number of Demonic Wolves reached 20, Su Jin understood that he could not continue that. He would need to use the stealth skill. That would be a great loss. He was reserving the stealth skill for the Boss and did not want to waste it on monsters. ¡­ ¡°How¡­ How dare he! Is he out of his mind?¡± Scarlet Rose was startled and felt strange. It would take them at least an hour to finish the Demonic Wolves if they killed them one by one. If the Demonic Wolves charged at them all at once, they would be dead for sure. Although Heavenly Cloud had high attack damage and could slay a Demonic Wolf easily, he could not kill that many Demonic Wolves in a second. The quest would be a failure if he, the leader, failed. The entire team existed because of Heavenly Cloud¡¯s existence. Golden Tycoon coldly snorted and immediately retorted, ¡°Don¡¯t you have any experience? Heavenly Cloud is great because he is an existence that players like you can¡¯t understand.¡± ¡°Learn from him. Your guild has failed this dungeon many times, right?¡± Scarlet Rose pouted. She didn¡¯t argue with Golden Tycoon and wanted to see how Su Jin would face the situation. Based on her observations, Su Jin didn¡¯t have group battle skills. Otherwise, he wouldn¡¯t have needed the villagers¡¯ help when Tyrant Guild and the other guilds surrounded him at the Novice Village entrance. ¡­ The Demonic Wolves behind him had already caught up to him. Su Jin would have been slain long ago if it hadn¡¯t been for his fast movement. Looking at the Demonic Wolves behind him, Su Jin turned behind a pillar in the valley. Most of the Demonic Wolves were running so fast that they were unable to make a sudden turn. Only five Demonic Wolves turned in time and followed Su Jin closely. Unfortunately, what awaited them from that turn was the tip of Su Jin¡¯s sword. With his great attack damage, Su Jin slashed at the Demonic Wolves quickly, slaying one Demonic Wolf in a second. However, he still felt he was not fast enough. By the time the other fifteen Demonic Wolves reacted, the other five had already been slain. Su Jin dashed towards them, using both his sword and Shadow Warrior, at the same time. The Shadow Warrior purely acted as a shield in front, while he slashed one after another Demonic Wolf from the back. Fifteen Demonic Wolves only needed fifteen slashes. Ten seconds later, he had slain the remaining Demonic Wolves. ¡°Heavenly Cloud is amazing, after all. He did not use a single scroll skill and slayed all the Demonic Wolves. I said not to worry, right?¡± Golden Tycoon cheered as he looked at Scarlet Rose. Scarlet Rose had even mocked him for being useless. Even though Scarlet Rose was pretty, Golden Tycoon still held a grudge against her. ¡°Forget everything I said just now,¡± said Scarlet Rose speechlessly. After witnessing all of that, Scarlet Rose decided to shut up and stop commenting. ¡°Golden Tycoon, take all the equipment. I¡¯ll proceed first,¡± Su Jin couldn¡¯t be bothered to pick up the silver coins and low-grade equipment on the ground. So he ordered Golden Tycoon to do the work for him. Before he came into the dungeon, he had emphasized the ownership of the equipment collected. He had mentioned it again just now. However, to ensure his benefits, he set up the settings where all the equipment would go to the leader. Anything that the members collected would appear in Su Jin¡¯s backpack. After hearing Su Jin¡¯s words, Scarlet Rose and the others happily picked up the equipment. Then, a row of system notifications appeared before them. ¡°Ding! You have picked up ten silver coins. According to the team¡¯s distribution rules, it belongs to the team leader, Heavenly Cloud!¡± ¡°Ding! You have picked up a [ Iron Longsword ]. According to the team¡¯s distribution rules, it belongs to the team leader, Heavenly Cloud!¡± ¡°Ding! ¡­¡± ¡°Ding! ¡­¡± Looking at the notifications that kept popping up, all the items that Scarlet Rose picked up went straight into Heavenly Cloud¡¯s bag. The items on the ground were gone, but their backpacks were all empty. Scarlet Rose could feel her anger boiling in her. ¡°D*mn that guy. It¡¯s his stuff, yet he wants us to pick it up. I¡¯m Scarlet Rose, the guild leader of Rosette Guild!¡± Unfortunately, Su Jin had already walked far away and didn¡¯t hear Scarlet Rose¡¯s complaint. More and more Demonic Wolves appeared as Su Jin walked deeper into the dungeon. However, they didn¡¯t appear as a group. They continued to move forward and looked around. Soon, ten minutes had passed. Su Jin couldn¡¯t remember how many Demonic Wolves he had killed. He only knew that he had already drunk five bottles of mana potions. After activating his talent, his general attack also consumed mana. However, if other guilds saw this, they would probably be dumbfounded. No one could imagine that someone could slay a Demonic Wolf with one slay. The five of them had been cautious even when they confronted a Demonic Wolf. As for Su Jin, he had killed one with a single strike with no teammates helping him out. Soon, Su Jin arrived at the depths of the valley. There was a space there. The stone walls were inlaid with gemstones that lit up the place, making it seem less dark. A two-headed Demonic Wolf rested in the center. It was one of the Bosses in the dungeon. [ Two-headed Demonic Wolf ] Quality: Silver Level Boss Level: Level 10 Health: 21,500 Attack: 299-390 Defense: 55 Skill: Frost Breath (It learned from the dragons. Frost Wolf leader let out Frost Breath, freezing the enemies.) Skill: Flame Breath (It learned from the dragons. Flame Wolf leader let out Flame Breath, incinerating the enemies.) Skills: Death Howl (It relies on the dark environment and borrows the power of the Devil Dragon, Marzu, to make a howl.) Skill: Resurrection (two heads, two lives, reborn) Description: A loyal Demonic Beast that came to the continent with the Devil Dragon Marzu. When it invaded the Light Camp for the fifth time, the Holy Light Dragon suppressed it, and it fled here. However, Marzu did not give up on it. The Devil Dragon¡¯s power protected it. The Two-headed Demonic Wolf¡¯s greatest wish was to return and follow Marzu again. It was a loyal demonic beast. Unfortunately, it would not be able to return and would die here. Su Jin waited for a while. After replenishing his health, he charged forward with his sword. There were three Bosses in the entire [ Devil Dragon¡¯s Fury ]. So, Su Jin could not waste his stealth skill on it. Otherwise, he would face a higher difficulty dealing with the final Boss. [ Two-headed Demonic Wolf ] was the first Boss. Its HP was neither high nor low, but its damage was high. Moreover, it was difficult to deal with. If one were not careful, they might be slain. The Frost Breath and Flame Breath were only normal skills. The Death Howl and Resurrection were more difficult to deal with. The Death Howl was a power from the Devil Dragon Marzu. As for the Boss that could repeatedly invade the Light Camp and survive, Marzu was at least Level 80 and above. The Death Howl could interfere with the player¡¯s skill, and also add a negative buff to it. The Resurrection skill was more straightforward. It could resurrect on the spot and get back into its peak health. It was equal to fighting two Boss. In Su Jin¡¯s last birth, many teams had been slain because of the Boss¡¯s resurrection skill. The Tow-headed Demonic Wolf turned and looked at Su Jin. It attacked Su Jin with the [ Frost Breath ] and [ Flame Breath ]. The two skills did not consume each other. Instead, they struck at Su Jin¡¯s direction. Su Jin might die if he were hit by those two skills at the same time. ¡°Shadow Warrior!¡± The Boss attacked so suddenly, and it struck at Su Jin¡¯s direction at a quick speed. The distance between Su Jin and the Two-headed Demonic Wolf would be pulled away if he dodged. It was not an easy battle. Su Jin summoned the Shadow Warrior to block the attack. As a qualified shield and an unqualified warrior, the Shadow Warrior disappeared after blocking the two attacks. Su Jin came closer to the Two-headed Demonic Wolf and pulled their distance 10 meters closer.. Chapter 32 - Drop Gold Equipment Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio After getting close to the Boss, Su Jin activated the skill [ Cleave ] and charged. With the experience from his previous life, Su Jin quickly adapted to the attack rhythm of the Two-headed Demonic Wolf with the help of his equipment and attribute. He began to cast skills on the Demonic Wolf¡¯s blind spots continuously. ¨C 388 ¨C 390 ¨C 390 The damage of the cleave skill was still powerful. Unfortunately, Su Jin was still unable to activate the Fighting Aura Domain. He could stack his attack damage if he could activate the Fighting Aura Domain. Su Jin paid attention to Boss¡¯s movements while attacking. At the same time, he had to prevent the Boss from activating its skills. He was not worried about the other skills, except the Death Howl. That was area damage without a barrier. He had to find the right time to throw the Shadow Warrior to attract aggro so that he could take down the Boss. The two heads and four eyes of the Two-headed Demonic Wolf scanned back and forth. It was not easy for it to aim. However, it was easier for the Shadow Warrior to attract aggro, so Su Jin did not need to spend much effort. Su Jin¡¯s attack damage was high. In one minute, he could reduce the health of the Two-headed Demonic Wolf by 30,000 points. Even if it could increase the frequency of its skill casting, Su Jin could still take away 10,000 points of its health. Soon, Su Jin had attacked and reduced the Two-headed Demonic Wolf¡¯s health by half and activated its skill, the Death Howl. The Two-headed Demonic Wolf stood still. Both of its heads looked up at the sky, and a black light shone from its mouth. ¡°D*mn!¡± That sudden release of skill startled Su Jin. He quickly hid at the blind spot area of the Two-headed Demonic Wolf and cast the Shadow Warrior. However, he did not let the Shadow Warrior run in front of the Two-headed Demonic Wolf. He had to wait for a while for it to release the Death Howl. The black light from the Two-headed Demonic Wolf¡¯s mouth shone out, and a dragon¡¯s roar sounded in the sky. Yes, a dragon¡¯s roar. Although the Two-headed Demonic Wolf was a wolf, it could release a dragon¡¯s roar with the help of Marzu. Su Jin heard Marzu¡¯s voice, and a few negative buff F appeared on Su Jin¡¯s body. At the same time, it affected the release of skills, but it did not affect the Shadow Warrior that Su Jin had released in advance. ¡°Go,¡± Seeing that the Death Howl was about to end, Su Jin quickly commanded the Shadow Warrior to charge. Su Jin did not attack the Boss during the battle because he waited for this moment. ¡°Awoo.¡± The Two-headed Demonic Wolf recovered its original sound. It raised its claws and slapped at the Shadow Warrior. At the same time, it spat out a Frost Breath. The shadow warrior dispersed and disappeared on the spot after enduring that skill. Su Jin smiled. The Boss was an NPC with no intelligence, after all. Of course, that was also because it was a Two-headed Demonic Wolf. A Boss above Level 80 would only exist if it had intelligence. Su Jin began to move in the Boss¡¯s blind spot again, trying his best to slay the Boss. Although Death Howl had cast a negative buff that weakened his attack, it did not affect him much. Soon, the ¡°Two-headed Demonic Wolf¡± that had defeated countless guilds and caused many players to hate it fell to the ground. However, its body began to glow, and its HP bar, which had been emptied became full again. Its status had also returned to normal. However, looking at its interface, it could no longer use its resurrection skill. ¡°D*mn it, this Boss is difficult to defeat. Let¡¯s do it again,¡± Su Jin held his sword and charged once again. With the first experience, it would be easy to defeat it the second time. Most importantly, it did not attack Su Jin with its Death Howl skill again, reducing the difficulty by a lot. ¡°Whimper¡­¡± Su Jin had emptied the Two-headed Demonic Wolf¡¯s health once again. It fell to the ground and closed its eyes unwillingly. A white light flashed, and many pieces of equipment dropped on the ground. Two pieces of bronze equipment, one piece of silver equipment, and one yellow-orange weapon dropped from the two skulls of the two-headed magic wolf. [ Two-handed Sword ] Quality: Gold Type: Weapon Attack: + 1,25 Armor penetration: + 40% Skill: Spiral Slash (Attack spirally with two swords in hand. For every unit slain in the middle, HP and attack points will be increased by + 5%. It can last for 10 seconds.) Additional characteristic: Attack with 1% to 5% bleeding effect. Level requirement: Level 10 Restriction: Warrior Description: It once had a legendary experience, but now, it is only one of the spoils of war from the Two-headed Demonic Wolf. Pick it up and charge towards the demonic beasts. Su Jin¡¯s eyes widened. He did not expect to obtain a gold weapon here because he only had a few pieces of silver equipment on him. Of course, the other players had lesser equipment. They might have to use their fist to defeat monsters if they had no equipment. The Spiral Slash skill that the weapon had was a top-tier skill. It might not be outstanding for the other warriors because they could not kill the enemy quickly, but Su Jin could. Only Bosses could withstand his damage attack. It would be easier for him to slay monsters. Su Jin might gain more advantages if he could gather more monsters and slay them before slaying another Boss. Then, he would be on the advantage side. Without wasting time, Su Jin took off his old equipment and used the new ones he had obtained. Looking at the large increase in attributes, Su Jin smirked. He was happy because he had gained more than he had expected on this trip. The gold-level weapon was a great harvest. Su Jin began to look forward to the equipment he would obtain next. At the same time, behind Su Jin, Scarlet Rose and the others had already picked up all the equipment and silver coins on the ground. Just as they were about to follow Su Jin and kill a few other monsters, a system notification appeared. ¡°Ding! Congratulations! Your team member, [ Heavenly Cloud ], has successfully killed the Boss, Two-headed Demonic Wolf!¡± Seeing the notification, the four of them immediately lost their composure. Heavenly Cloud had single-handedly defeated the first Boss within the few minutes while they were picking up equipment. Scarlet Rose could not believe what she saw. The best time she had ever experienced in that dungeon was when she saw the first Boss, and it instantly slayed her. She did not even have the chance to look at its attribute panel. The difference between her and Heavenly Cloud was so great. ¡°Impossible! Heavenly Cloud must have made use of the bug in the game. Otherwise, he would not have been able to defeat it so quickly,¡± Scarlet Rose bit her lips and subconsciously retorted. It was how she consoled herself for being inferior to Heavenly Cloud. ¡°Maybe he is just great. Ordinary players like us can¡¯t play like him.¡± Golden Tycoon¡¯s eyes glowed with admiration. Su Jin was his idol now. He had decided to follow Heavenly Cloud and never leave Dark Moon Guild. The other two team members were also shocked. They had heard that the Two-headed Demonic Wolf was difficult to deal with. In the end, they had even bought the Two-headed Demonic Wolf¡¯s attributes panel from someone. Only then did they decide to spend gold coins to follow the team. They wanted to see what Heavenly Cloud could do. No one had expected that Heavenly Cloud would defeat the Boss in such a short time. ¡°Sigh, he is way more powerful than us. I¡¯ll show you the Two-headed Demonic Wolf¡¯s attributes panel. I spent gold coins to purchase it before. It¡¯s probably not worth much now,¡± One of the players sighed as he shared the attribute panel. The Two-headed Demonic Wolf¡¯s HP and skills were on the attribute panel. It wasn¡¯t way powerful than the Bosses in the outside world. ¡°It can even resurrect? It is like slaying two bosses then,¡± Scarlet Rose exclaimed. She had tried to compare herself with Heavenly Cloud. But she had nothing to say now. The Boss had once slain Scarlet Rose instantly. That Boss could resurrect, which meant Su Jin would need to fight two Bosses.. If Heavenly Cloud was at the top level and Boss was at the second level, then what level would Rosette Guild be at? Chapter 33 - Venomous Lizard Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio After changing into the gold equipment, Su Jin unloaded the [ Demonic Heavy Sword ] that he had used previously. After thinking for a moment, he asked in the team channel, ¡°The Boss dropped a set of equipment. Does anyone want it?¡± The Demonic Heavy Sword wasn¡¯t that important to Su Jin anymore. Even if he collected all seven pieces, it wouldn¡¯t be as good as the skill that came with a gold weapon. He might as well sell it and change his equipment later so that someone could have the equipment he didn¡¯t want. After all, a person who decided to buy silver equipment might not be able to resist collecting the rest of the set. Those who joined the team could afford to pay gold coins, so Su Jin didn¡¯t have to ask around. It would be a waste of time if he ran into swindlers. ¡°Set equipment? What quality is it?¡± Scarlet Rose asked. Su Jin stood where he was and recovered his health. Seeing Scarlet Rose¡¯s question, he said nothing and directly shared the attributes of [ Demonic Heavy Sword ] in the chat, ¡°The person with the highest price gets it.¡± [ Demonic Heavy Sword ]( Demonic set 1/7) Quality: Silver Type: Weapon Attack: + 75 Armor penetration: + 40% Additional characteristics: Armor Penetration + 15% Level requirement: Level 10 Restriction: Warrior Description: The demonized Heavy Sword has undergone a mutation. You will become even stronger using it. Scarlet Rose clicked on the attributes, and instantly her jaw dropped. It was a piece of silver equipment and an attacking weapon. Although there was a restriction, that would not reduce its value. One had to know that even the four great guilds of the Novice Village still used low-grade equipment, while a small number of advanced players used bronze equipment. There was only a small number of special equipment of silver grade, but the bonus from special equipment was not as powerful as the main weapon. Improved armor penetration was specifically designed for battling with Bosses. They had indeed followed Heavenly Cloud to clear the [ Devil Dragon¡¯s Fury ] dungeon. Even if they got the first slay, the other players in the guild would still have to clear other dungeons. So, the equipment was valuable. Scarlet Rose pondered and concluded. She started her bid in the team channel, ¡°I want this equipment! I¡¯ll pay 10,000 gold coins for the Demonic Heavy Sword!¡± ¡°14,000 gold coins!¡± Another archer quickly bid too. Although he couldn¡¯t use it due to the restriction, he could still sell it to other guilds. No guild would refuse to buy that. ¡°18,000 gold coins!¡± ¡°25,000 gold coins!¡± ¡°28,000 gold coins!¡± The competition between the two players was extremely intense. Both could tell the value of the equipment. Anyone who could pay 50,000 gold coins to clear a dungeon would not be lacking in gold coins, let alone the gold coins needed to purchase a silver-grade weapon. ¡°50,000 gold coins! I¡¯ll give up if anyone can bid a higher price,¡± Scarlet Rose clenched her teeth and bid the highest price she could pay. In the early stages of the game, buying a weapon for 50,000 gold coins was a sky-high price. That was because it could only be used for a month at most. It would be eliminated if it was not used within that period. The archer player thought for a moment before withdrawing from the competition. The price had risen to 50,000 gold coins. If he bought it, he wouldn¡¯t be much profit in it. He might as well give up. Scarlet Rose smiled. She thought the weapon was hers. Suddenly, Golden Tycoon spoke in the chat. He asked, ¡°Is this sword very powerful?¡± ¡°It¡¯s very powerful. Its attributes are high, and it¡¯s suitable for fighting monsters. Although it¡¯s limited to warriors, it¡¯s not a big problem. The only drawback is its early-stage equipment. It won¡¯t have much value anymore after leveling up,¡± the archer explained. ¡°It¡¯s suitable for warriors. Then I¡¯ll take this equipment. I¡¯ll pay you 100,000 gold coins,¡± Golden Tycoon casually typed. 100,000 gold coins? Rage struck Scarlet Rose when she saw that number. Spending 100,000 gold coins to buy a piece of equipment from a Novice Village? Moreover, there was a level limit, so she couldn¡¯t equip it for the time being. Golden Tycoon¡¯s thoughts were difficult to predict. After pondering, Scarlet Rose quickly made a decision. She continued to bid, ¡°I¡¯ll offer 120,000 gold coins!¡± Scarlet Rose decided to take out a portion of the guild¡¯s funds later. After all, she had bought this weapon so that everyone would have an easier time during battles in the future. ¡°If that¡¯s the case, I¡¯ll offer 200,000 gold coins. A whole number looks better,¡± Golden Tycoon replied calmly. When the archer saw Golden Tycoon and Scarlet Rose bidding like that, he had a complicated expression on his face. He had thought that he was the richest person on the team. Never did he expect that Golden Tycoon was a real tycoon. After recovering his health, Su Jin continued his journey in the dungeon as he took a look at the team chat channel. He did not say anything upon seeing that the equipment had been sold. Scarlet Rose couldn¡¯t compete wealth with Golden Tycoon. Golden Tycoon did not care about the money he spent. He could spend his gold coins and money as he wished while Scarlet rose had restrictions as a guild leader. Scarlet did not bid further when they were in the valley. 200,000 for a piece of silver equipment, and it was the early-stage type. She did not want to spend lavishly on equipment like that. The four of them continued to walk in, preparing to keep up with Su Jin and pick up the equipment at the same time. Su Jin picked up the equipment dropped by the Two-headed Demonic Wolf himself. However, he ignored the Demonic Wolf¡¯s corpse. It was a waste of time for him to even check it out. As Su Jin moved deeper into the dungeon, he arrived at the middle of the dungeon. A huge, ugly lizard appeared in front of him. It was seven meters long, and colorful scales covered its entire body. It had a pair of eyes that could see 360 degrees without any blind spots, making Su Jin¡¯s hair stand on end. Su Jin frowned slightly and walked up with the two-handed sword in his hand. [ Venomous Lizard ] Quality: Silver-Level Boss Level: Level 15 Health: 350,000 Attack: 400-499 Defense: 105 Skill: Camouflage (It can blend into the surrounding environment by controlling the color of the skin.) Skill: Tongue Popping (Rapid tongue strike, 500% damage per attack) Skill: Lethal Venom (Its attacks are accompanied by lethal venom. The target will lose 50 health points per second for 20 seconds.) Skill: Broken Tail (It directly heals 30% of the health points lost.) Description: As the mount of Marzu¡¯s number one general, it has survived the war and has been guarding its master¡¯s remains. Its only wish is to escort its master¡¯s remains back to its world. It was a powerful Boss, and its level was also high. It had 140,000 more HP than the Two-headed Demonic Wolf. Fortunately, it did not have the resurrection skill, or else it would have been even harder to defeat. With a defense of over 1,000 points, Su Jin might not be able to break through the defense if he did not equip himself with the new equipment. Su Jin could not avoid the battle. He lifted the Two-handed Sword and charged. ¨C 355 ¨C 355 ¨C 400 ¡­ Su Jin activated his masteries, [ God Might ] and [ Stacking Crit Damage ]. He then used the cleave skill. His attack damage was high after coupling with the effect of his Two-handed Sword. The attack from him would make the Boss lose more than a thousand points. At the same time, it also had the additional characteristic of the gold weapon, which increased the bleeding effect by 25%. The Venomous Lizard¡¯s pupils turned, and it turned its head and popped its tongue out. Its eyes did not have blind spots, so Su Jin could not hide. However, its speed was slow. Su Jin could rely on his skills to avoid its skills. In the beginning, Su Jin focused on dodging skills to adapt to the Venomous Lizard¡¯s rhythm of attack. After that, things got easier. All he had to do was to release his skills. The Venomous Lizard¡¯s HP was constantly decreasing. Soon, one-third of its HP had already been reduced in about five minutes. It experienced difficulty attacking Su Jin after that.. Chapter 34 - Wrath of the Devil Dragon Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio Su Jin continued attacking. The four teammates who had been following behind and picking up the equipment finally caught up with the progress. They came to the Venomous Lizard¡¯s side. However, the four of them did not dare to go forward and only watched from afar. ¡°The second Boss is this Venomous Lizard. It has terrifying attributes.¡± ¡°F*ck, even a normal dungeon is this difficult. I wonder how difficult would the difficult dungeon be.¡± ¡°No wonder the top ten guilds couldn¡¯t clear it. Without Heavenly Cloud leading us, we wouldn¡¯t even be able to clear even the first Boss.¡± ¡°Is this the difference between a normal player and an advanced player?¡± ¡°It would be great if we could get Heavenly Cloud to join our guild.¡± The four of them chatted as they waited. They didn¡¯t dare to attack the Boss because they were afraid of interrupting Su Jin¡¯s strategy. As time passed, the Boss lost half of its HP. The Venomous Lizard let out a roar, and its tail broke. Its HP recovered by 10%. Su Jin¡¯s expression did not change as he continued to attack. At the same time, he shouted in the team channel, ¡°If you have any buffs, throw them at me. Remember to replenish your status. There is still a final Boss after this.¡± Su Jin could kill the Boss by himself, but it would be much easier with the help of others. ¡°Huh? President, I don¡¯t have any support skills. How about I go over and attract the aggro of Boss?¡± said Golden Tycoon. ¡°Don¡¯t come over. Just stand there and watch. If you don¡¯t have any, then forget it,¡± Su Jin quickly stopped him. Now that Boss was only attacking him. He could judge how it would attack based on its direction and movements. If Golden Tycoon joined in, he would have to recalculate everything. It was better to let him watch from afar. Scarlet Rose stood in the distance, recording the video. She wanted to research Su Jin¡¯s positions and strategy, so that she could guide her members in the next dungeon. After hearing Su Jin¡¯s words, she raised her hand and cast a skill that continuously healed Su Jin¡¯s HP. The other two archers were also watching. Their damage output was not enough, and they did not have any support skills. Su Jin roughly observed for a moment, but he did not mind. She continued to attack the Boss, but at the same time, he was thinking. In New World, the hidden inheritances of the strong were also divided into quality. They were roughly divided into normal, elite, epic, legendary, and God-level inheritances. The better the quality of the inheritance, the better the reward. However, there was only one hidden quest in the entire server. That inheritance was at least an epic inheritance. Su Jin only hoped he could trigger the recharge system and increase the reward then. Su Jin had high expectations for that. The recharge system would bring him many changes every time it appeared. While he was deep in thought, the Venomous Lizard¡¯s HP constantly dropped. At this moment, it had already reached the bottom. Even with 350,000 HP, it could not survive Su Jin¡¯s continuous attacks. Bang! With the final [ Cleave ] attack from Su Jin, the Venomous Lizard¡¯s huge body fell to the ground and stopped moving. ¡°Ding! Congratulations! Your team member [ Heavenly Cloud ] has successfully killed the Boss: Venomous Lizard!¡± The Venomous Lizard laid on the ground, and a large number of items had dropped from its body. Su Jin put away his weapons and searched the corpse, keeping all the good items to himself. Scarlet Rose and the other three, who were standing far away, had yet reacted. They stood in their original positions in a daze. Golden Tycoon snapped out of his daze only after Su Jin had collected all the items that the Boss had dropped. He quickly ran up to Su Jin and said, ¡°President, you are the best. You have easily taken down the Boss. I have mana potions. Would you like to drink a bottle?¡± ¡°We haven¡¯t cleared this dungeon yet. I wonder what¡¯s next.¡± Golden Tycoon flattered Su Jin, while Scarlet Rose and the other two also snapped out of their daze. Su Jin had cleared the second Boss so at ease. ¡°As expected of the man I¡¯ve taken a fancy to. He¡¯s so powerful,¡± Scarlet Rose muttered. She seemed to have thought of something, and her face blushed. Then, she stood behind Su Jin silently. ¡°Alright, let¡¯s take a rest here. We¡¯ll set off immediately after the break,¡± Su Jin took Golden Tycoon¡¯s potion and drank it before casually giving out instructions. After resting, Su Jin stepped over the Venomous Lizard¡¯s corpse and continued walking inside. The Venomous Lizard didn¡¯t drop any good equipment, so he could not change his equipment. It didn¡¯t even drop a skill book. It had few rewards, but the difficulty was easier than the Two-headed Demonic Wolf. That could be considered a loss and gain at the same time. As they moved deeper into the valley, their surrounding became darker. They didn¡¯t encounter any monsters along the way, but a dark aura surrounded them. Unknowingly, a dark status negative buff struck all five of them. Dark status: Player¡¯s attack speed reduced by 5%, and speed reduced by 5%. Su Jin frowned and moved his body. This attribute reduction had almost no effect on him. He wasn¡¯t an archer, so he didn¡¯t need to rely on attack speed to cause damage. As they went deeper, the five gradually approached the core area. Two Devil Dragons appeared in front of them. [ Devil Yaron Dragon ] Level: Level 15 Attack: 299 HP: 50,000 Defense: 120 Description: The two most useless guards under the Demonic Dragon Marzu. They were separated from the main force during the battle and suppressed here to protect the remaining Demonic Beast Legion. The two Yaron Dragons were black and sleeping on the ground. There was an altar behind them with three crystal stones placed on it. It was eye-catching. After Su Jin checked their attributes panel, he immediately charged. The only thing these two monsters had was the defense points far beyond the other monsters. However, their other attributes were ordinary. No wonder the game rated them as the two most useless guards. There was no need to worry about dealing with them. All Su Jin needed to do was to attack them with his sword. However, he had considered the additional characteristics of the Two-handed Sword. So, when Su Jin had killed the two monsters until their HP reached the bottom, he turned and looked at Scarlet Rose and the other members, ¡°You guys go to the altar and see what¡¯s there. It¡¯s best if you can lure out the final Boss.¡± After killing these two monsters, he would attack the Boss and directly increase his HP and attack by 10%. Since he had the advantage, he should make use of it. ¡°Alright,¡± Scarlet Rose nodded and charged towards the altar behind the dragons. Seeing that Scarlet Rose was about to go over, the two dragons roared. However, no matter how angry they were, Su Jin had suppressed them, and they could do nothing. If it weren¡¯t for the fact that he wanted to kill them and absorb their attributes, he would have killed them long ago. Before Scarlet Rose could get close to the altar, a gust of black wind appeared out of thin air and blew towards her. Immediately after that, the altar collapsed, revealing a basement. A sleeping Devil Dragon slowly flew up. Its two wings tightly contracted on both sides. The players could feel its aura even before it opened its eyes. [ Devil Dragon Projection ] Quality: Silver-level Boss Level: Level 15 Health: 550,000 Attack: 5,000-6,500 Defense: 125 Skill: Dark Corrosion (It could create 100 damage per second for 10 seconds) Skill: Dark Dragon Breath (It absorbs the dragon¡¯s breath that has been assimilated by the power of darkness, with dark corrosion.) Skill: Dragon¡¯s Roar (It delays the release of skills by 50% and increases its attack speed by 40%.) Skill: Death Strike! (It summons an attack from the main body.) Description: The projection of the Devil Dragon Marzu. After being nurtured by the magic crystal, it has gained life. It can communicate with the main body and lead the remaining Demonic Beast Legion. Unfortunately, it is suppressed here and can¡¯t move. This Boss had four skills, but overall, it was not s powerful as the Boss before this. His last skill was quite despicable. If it were a single attack, it would be fine. But if it was a ranged attack and it might wipe out all five of them. Then they would not be able to get the reward from the Boss. It could be considered a failure in clearing the dungeon. So, clearing the dungeon might be based on luck at this moment.. Chapter 35 - Marzu Descended Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio Seeing that the Devil Dragon¡¯s projection had appeared, Su Jin immediately killed the two dragons in front of him. With an additional attribute of 10%, he charged towards the final Boss. In his opinion, as long as he was prepared for the final blow, there was nothing to worry about. ¨C 400 ¨C 450 ¨C 398 ¡­ A series of critical hits appeared on the body of the Devil Dragon¡¯s Projection. In a short while, its HP had already dropped by more than 10,000. The Demonic Dragon¡¯s Projection woke up and roared. ¡°Lowly mortals, give up your souls!¡± The Devil Dragon opened its mouth and released its Dark Dragon Breath ahead. Su Jin quickly moved to the back to avoid the attack from the Demonic Dragon. The Devil Dragon could fly, and he could not find a blind spot. However, it would have to fly down and attack if it wanted to attack Su Jin and the others. It could not release the Dragon Breath for a long time. After all, it was just a projection of the Devil Dragon. There was a big gap between it and its original body. That was the last Boss. Su Jin used all the skills he had been keeping just now. After Su Jin avoided the Devil Dragon¡¯s pounce once again, he released the Shadow Warrior to attract aggro. Then, he activated the skill [ Stealth ] and pounced on the Devil Dragon¡¯s Projection, making use of the advantage that it could not see him. The Shadow Warrior had half of Su Jin¡¯s attributes, but Su Jin did not attack with it. He needed it to buy some time for him instead. ¡°D*mn it, why haven¡¯t my Fighting Aura Domain activated? Please bestow some luck upon me and release the domain. My stealth skill could only last for five minutes.¡± If Su Jin wanted to cause quicker attack damage, he could only rely on the activation of the [ Fighting Aura Domain ], which he could only obtain by luck. Fighting Aura Domain determined the damage based on its range. The range of attack would be as wide as at least five monsters based on the size of the Devil Dragon¡¯s Projection. In other words, once the skill was activated, it could deal 2,000 damage per second. With Su Jin¡¯s running speed, he would be able to increase the damage even further. Boom! Boom! Boom! Su Jin continued to attack. Three minutes later, the continuous attack activated the [ Fighting Aura Domain ]. With the 50% speed boost from stealth mode, he began to run around the Devil Dragon, ambushing it. It caused damage notifications to continuously pop out from the Devil Dragon¡¯s head. Scarlet Rose, Golden Tycoon, and the other two members couldn¡¯t find a chance to attack the Devil Dragon. They watched from the side but still had to prevent themselves from being attacked. ¡°What, what kind of damage is this? Is Heavenly Cloud that powerful? Why didn¡¯t I notice it before?¡± ¡°Impossible! He must have used some ¡®cheating tool¡¯. The last time he tried to steal the Boss, the damage wasn¡¯t that high. It was just a series of attacks. Could he have developed a new ¡®cheating tool¡¯?¡± Scarlet Rose lost her composure when she saw Su Jin¡¯s attack damage. She was certain that she could not do the damage dealt by Heavenly Cloud, even if she brought 50 guild members with her. It was a doubt that if they were able to even break through the Boss¡¯s defense. There was only a possibility, which was they might receive a forced damage notification. Golden Tycoon froze. He wanted to retort, but he didn¡¯t know where to start. So, he immediately contacted someone to find out what had happened. Another archer faintly added, ¡°President Scarlet, I think you might have misunderstood something.¡± ¡°When Heavenly Cloud attacked you guys last time, the damage wasn¡¯t that high because your HP was only not that high. He was only restricted to the limited HP you had. It would be different fighting a Boss. The Boss could withstand Heavenly Cloud¡¯s attacks, so he would naturally need more attack damage.¡± ¡°In other words, the reason why a genius was able to get 100 points is that he could only get so many points. However, an ultimate genius also scores 100 points because he could not score more. He is restricted to a total of 100 points.¡± ¡°Both of them got 100 points. But, do you think they are at the same level?¡± Scarlet Rose¡¯s face flushed red. She tried to think of something to retort but failed. So, she chose to remain silent. While they chatted, Su Jin maintained his high-speed damage output. By the time the five minutes of stealth mode had passed, the Boss¡¯s HP had already decreased by one-fifth. It only had 400,000 HP left. ¨C 400 ¨C 499 ¨C 450 The Boss¡¯s HP kept decreasing, but Su Jin¡¯s health was also decreasing rapidly. He kept relying on the [ Intermediate Mana Potion ] to recover. ¡°D*mn mortal, you¡¯ve angered me.¡± The Devil Dragon Projection¡¯s anger boiled. It flew into the air and opened its mouth to roar. Skill: Dragon¡¯s Roar (It delays 50% of its opponent¡¯s speed, interrupts skill release, and increases its attack speed by 40%.) Su Jin became wary. He knew he had to be careful. So he released the Shadow Warrior and activated the Wolverine Shadow. As one of the dark creatures, the Wolverine Shadow was not affected much. It carried Su Jin and moved quickly while the Shadow Warrior continued to attract aggro. Previously, it was it who had been swaying in front of the Devil Dragon, after all. Previously, the Devil Dragon only saw the Shadow Warrior because of Su Jin¡¯s stealth skill. After seeing the Shadow Warrior slowing down, it directly charged and spat out a mouthful of Dark Dragon Breath. No damage appeared, and the Shadow Warrior immediately disappeared. It would be difficult for Su Jin to survive or even maintain his HP if the Dragon Breath hit him because the Dragon Breath had a corrosive ability. Fortunately, after the first wave of the explosion, the Devil Dragon¡¯s attributes had decreased in all aspects, and it could not fly for a short time. Su Jin maintained a distance that was neither too far nor too close and continued to attack. Finally, seeing that the Boss¡¯s HP was at its dangerous zone and that it could trigger a fatal attack at any time, Su Jin¡¯s attack frequency slightly decreased. He quickly used the skill [ Cleave ]. He wanted to rely on his Fighting Aura Domain to instantly kill the Boss. He would be a clown if the Boss slayed him using its last bit of HP. After another two minutes, Su Jin activated his Fighting Aura Domain and quickly circled Boss to attack. With the last attack, he emptied the Boss¡¯s HP, and it fell to the ground. ¡°I am the Devil dragon Marzu. Mortal, you cannot defeat me. No, you are not a mortal. You have the bloodline of the Gods. Why do you fight for the mortals?¡± After Su Jin drained the Boss¡¯s HP, it wailed and then died. ¡°You are so annoying,¡± Su Jin pursed his lips, and he put away his weapon. Then he waited for the reward. The first clear of the [ Demon Dragon¡¯s Fury ] dungeon would be on the banner of the entire server. There were also guild rewards and mysterious rewards. Su Jin was looking forward to getting something valuable. However, the expected rewards did not appear. The Boss did not drop any equipment either. ¡°F*ck, what¡¯s going on? Is there something wrong with the system?¡± Su Jin was a little flustered. Suddenly, the hall turned dark. There was nothing around that could emit light. ¡°Ding! An unknown powerful existence has descended near you. You have obtained an adverse effect due to fear: Attack -70%, Defense -70%, Movement speed -70%, Vision -70% , All attributes -70% !¡± ¡°What the hell?¡± Su Jin was in a puzzle. He had never heard of such a situation in his last birth. Suddenly, four balls of blue flames rose out of thin air and lit up the surroundings. When Su Jin raised his head to look at his surroundings, he was shocked to see two lantern-like blood-red eyes were staring at him. In front of him was a giant black dragon! The giant dragon seemed to be controlling the darkness. It looked mysterious and unpredictable. Su Jin could only determine its identity by observing its head, but the rest of the place was pitch-black.. Chapter 36 - Super Hidden Class Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio Su Jin looked at the Dragon¡¯s head in front of him and wanted to speak, but he realized that he couldn¡¯t move at all. He couldn¡¯t move his body. The Devil Dragon was controlling his body. After the blood-red Dragon eyes observed Su Jin, the Dragon said, ¡°Lowly mortal, you are lucky to get my attention.¡± The Dragon¡¯s voice was not loud, but it gave out a sense of oppression. It was a female voice. As soon as it finished speaking, Su Jin¡¯s HP dropped. The Dragon¡¯s voice had injured him. When Su Jin heard that voice, his heartbeat slowed down by a few beats. Others might not be able to tell whose voice that was, but Su Jin knew. He had heard of it in his last birth. It was the nightmare of the kingdoms of the continent, and Su Jin¡¯s nightmare. Marzu of the Devil Dragon clan, the leader of the Demonic Beast Legion, was once the vanguard of the invasion of the real world. In the end, he became the Dragon King of the Devil Dragon Race. ¡°I didn¡¯t expect that an adventurer with the God Bloodline would be born in a remote place like this. How interesting!¡± The Devil Dragon stared at Su Jin and slowly circled him. His voice was arrogant and cold, ¡°I, Marzu of the Devil Dragon Clan, the leader of the Demonic Beast Legion. Now, I will give you a chance to join the Demonic Beast Legion. I will grant you the position of a commander and allow you to command three thousand Demonic Beasts.¡± ¡°Ding!¡± ¡°Game alert: Marzu of the Devil Dragon Clan has invited you to join the dark faction and promises you the position of a Super Hidden Class [ Demonic Beast Leader ]. Do you want to accept his offer?¡± ¡°Game alert: Marzu of the Devil Dragon doesn¡¯t people who reject him. He will kill you if you reject his offer.¡± Su Jin was speechless. He was even cursing the dragon silently. He didn¡¯t want to join the dark faction. He liked to be in the light faction. Moreover, he had the identity of a God. With his memories from his last birth, he could obtain many benefits. However, Su Jin did not know much about the dark fraction, whether it was his last birth or this birth. However, he would probably die if he rejected the offer. He would lose his experience, and Devil Dragon Marzu would remember him and attack him for no reason in the future. Su Jin could use his stealth skill to escape if a Boss attacked him. However, he was afraid that Marzu would come and ambush him personally when he entered the city. That would be terrible. It was difficult to decide whether to be or not to be a traitor. Su Jin did not know what to choose. While Su Jin hesitated, his four teammates were in a worse situation than him. They were not as lucky as Su Jin. They were close to Marzu, yet they were not the person he wanted. So, a notification appeared in front of Scarlet Rose and the other three members. ¡°Ding! An unknown powerful existence has descended near you. You have obtained an adverse effect due to fear: Attack -100%, Defense -100%, Movement speed -100%, Vision -100%, All attributes -100%!¡± As the notification appeared, the four of them were unable to move or hear anything. Their vision was dark. They could only communicate in the team chat channel. ¡°What¡¯s going on? I can¡¯t move or see anything. Can someone help me? There aren¡¯t any monsters around here. Do you guys know what happened?¡± Scarlet Rose called for help in the team chat channel. ¡°I can¡¯t see or move either. We have taken care of all the Boss, haven¡¯t we? I¡¯ve never heard of such a situation before. Could it be a glitch in the game?¡± golden Tycoon was the first to reply. ¡°Speaking of which, where is our leader? He hasn¡¯t spoken in the chat. Did he clear the dungeon?¡± One of the archers asked. ¡°Who knows? We can¡¯t see anything. Hopefully, everything will recover soon.¡± The four of them chatted in the team chat channel. Although all they felt was darkness, they did not feel much fear. However, the situation had greatly affected the players outside the dungeon. ¡­ In the village where wild bull gathered, the Tyrant Guild was leveling up there. The entire guild¡¯s level was low because Su Jin had defeated them twice. They had to spend more time leveling up. The low-level members of their guild had all reached Level 5. They were at the same level as those solo players, and some were slightly weaker. ¡°D*mn you, Heavenly Cloud. You can only show off in the Novice Village a few times. When we reach the city, I will have plenty of ways to deal with you. Do you think that Tyrant Guild only has 500 players?¡± After Tyrant Knight slayed a demonic wild bull, he glanced at the experience bar. Anger rose in him, and he started cursing. Tyrant Knight had many ambitions for New World and many plans. However, Su Jin ruined all of them. Most importantly, he could not teach Su Jin a lesson at his level now. He could only curse Su Jin. A notification sounded. ¡°Ding! An unknown powerful existence has descended near you. You have obtained an adverse effect due to fear: Attack -100%, Defense -100%, Movement speed -100%, Vision -100%, All attributes -100%!¡± In an instant, Tyrant Knight¡¯s vision went dark. He could not move and could not hear anything else. ¡°F*ck, what kind of bullsh*t unknown powerful existence is this? How dare it disturb me when I am leveling up! F*ck you!¡± Tyrant Knight subconsciously cursed before his vision went dark. Recently, the development of the guild was not smooth. He had also been hit by a chain of attacks, making his fury overpower him. Now that he was fighting a monster and again something interrupted, he was naturally angry. However, just as he finished speaking. Slash! Suddenly, a black bolt of lightning struck down from the sky, striking right on top of Tyrant Knight¡¯s head. A damage value of -1,000,000 appeared above him, instantly killing Tyrant Knight and turning him into a strike of white light. The darkness was not only in the leveling area. The Novice Village was also dark. All the players had received the negative Buff at the same time. They could only communicate through the chat channel. ¡°What¡¯s going on?¡± ¡°Can anyone explain what is happening here? Did someone trigger a hidden quest?¡± ¡°An unknown powerful existence. What is that thing? What does it look like?¡± ¡°Be careful with your words, our president cursed, and a bolt of lightning struck him dead. Maybe it¡¯s a game plot design.¡± ¡°So boring. How long will this last? I need to level up.¡± The players in the Novice Village discussed in the region chat room, but no one knew what caused the darkness. ¡­ In the dungeon of the Devil Dragon¡¯s Fury, a game notification appeared in front of Su Jin after Marzu stated his offer. It was the class attribute of [ Demonic Beast Leader ]. [ Demonic Beast Leader ] Type: Super Hidden Class. Description: A member of the real power faction in the dark faction, a subordinate of the Devil Dragon Marzu. You will possess growth potential and attributes that far surpasses that of a normal demonic beast. You have a chance to recruit Boss classes that do not exceed Level 20, countless human kingdoms, and the nightmare of the Elf Kingdom. Talent: + 5 stars, + 50% attack damage, + 50% HP. For every level increased, you will receive an additional defense and attack point. The hidden class was amazing compared to a normal class. It was at least ten times better. He would get more powerful, especially when he recruited the Boss to work for him. Su Jin was currently at Level 10. No one could defeat him if he recruited a Leve 30 Boss. Putting everything else aside, even if all the players in the Novice Village came to surround him, Su Jin could rely on the Level 30 Boss to counterattack and dominate the Novice Village alone! That offer would have tempted Su Jin if he did not know what the Devil Dragon would do in the future. Of course, he could also join the dark faction. Apart from other benefits, he would have a Boss to ensure his safety if he agreed to work as the Devil Dragon Marzu¡¯s subordinate.. Chapter 37 - Holy Dragons Quest Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio ¡°Lowly mortal, don¡¯t my patience and quickly make your choice. Do you want to join or reject my offer?¡± Devil Dragon Marzu squinted her eyes and asked in a low voice. However, she sounded angry. Clearly, she was impatient and didn¡¯t want to wait any longer. ¡°Erm,¡± Su Jin pondered. He wanted to reject, but he didn¡¯t have the guts to do so. Marzu might kill him with one slap if he rejected. If that was the case, Su Jin could come and clear the [ Devil Dragon¡¯s Fury ] dungeon next time, but his [ Eliminate the Demonic Wolves ] quest, which reduced the difficulty of the inheritance quest, would fail. Su Jin only wanted to stall for more time right now. Marzu of the Devil Dragon Clan might disappear if he staled the time. That was the Novice Village or the territory of the light faction. It didn¡¯t come personally. Instead, it was more to a projection of it. Once it exhausted the energy to project, everything would be easy to deal with. ¡°Mortal, no one else can have what I, Devil Dragon Marzu, cannot obtain. I will destroy it. Think carefully before you make your choice,¡± Devil Dragon Marzu stretched its head forward. It was ready to slay Su Jin anytime if he rejected. It would destroy it if it could not obtain it. To Marzu, that was how its world worked. ¡°F*ck, there is no way out now. Maybe today will be my first death?¡± Su Jin looked at the approaching Devil Dragon, and he felt stressed out. Just as the Devil Dragon was about to touch Su Jin, an explosion sounded. A holy light dispersed half of the darkness and shone on Su Jin¡¯s body. The light and darkness took up half of each. As the light descended, a group of four-winged angels with holy light descended with it. A total of twelve four-winged angels surrounded a huge golden holy dragon. They flapped their huge golden wings and slowly landed on the Golden Holy Dragon¡¯s head. There was a large green word on it: [ Holy Dragon Marvey ]. The Holy Dragon was one of the leaders of the light faction. He had always been dedicated to maintaining order and was the guardian of the Lionheart Empire! With Su Jin as the center, the two dragons from different factions began to confront each other. ¡°Shame of the race, this is not your territory. Go back to your territory!¡± The light began to crush the darkness the moment the Holy Dragon appeared. Soon, it occupied more than half of the territory. The Devil Dragon Marzu¡¯s figure also became sluggish and kept flickering, as if it would disappear in the next moment. After all, Marzu was only a projection. It couldn¡¯t compare to the arrival of the Holy Dragon¡¯s real body, so its power was quickly suppressed. ¡°If it weren¡¯t for my real body, I would never be afraid of you. Trash of the race, you will never reach the realm of immortality.¡± The Devil Dragon, Marzu, couldn¡¯t resist the light from the Holy Dragon and was forced to retreat. Then, its two huge black wings suddenly flapped and flew up, turning to leave. Before leaving, Marzu turned back to look at Su Jin, ¡°Mortal, I will remember you. You are not the first person to reject me, but your fate will not be different.¡± After saying that, it turned around and flew directly into the darkness behind him. The darkness seemed to connect to a certain place, and Marzu disappeared. ¡°Ding!¡± ¡°Game alert: Although Marzu has escaped, it will always stare at you in the darkness and be ready to take revenge at any time. You have received a buff: [ Devil Dragon¡¯s Gaze ] .¡± Su Jin blinked his eyes and was speechless. Marzu did hold a grudge against him. It could leave just like that, but it chose to leave a buff on Su Jin to remind itself of what happened that day. Su Jin opened the attribute panel and saw a black mark in the shape of a dragon¡¯s eye at the top of the skill pane. [ Devil Dragon¡¯s Gaze ](buff) Time: Unknown. Level: Level 1 Description: The Devil Dragon Marzu is watching you. Under this state, any dark faction player who kills you will receive a reward from Marzu. Furthermore, because you carry a trace of the devil dragon¡¯s aura, any enemy who attacks you will have their attack reduced by 15% due to fear and their speed reduced by 15%. Note: You can increase your buff¡¯s level by slaying dark fraction players. Currently (0/10000) After reading the introduction, Su Jin let out a sigh of relief. He felt a little weird because the description did not sound like it was a negative buff. The reduction of attack and movement speed by 15% was even more powerful than the enhancement buff. Few players could increase their buff to this state. It could only be said that Devil Dragon Marzu was indeed a great existence. As for the players from the dark faction coming to kill him. Su Jin wondered who could slay him since he had such a buff on him. Many thoughts flashed through Su Jin¡¯s mind. Suddenly, the Holy Dragon standing behind him spoke. ¡°Mortal, you have Devil Dragon¡¯s Gaze on you. However, don¡¯t worry. I will use the holy light to help you remove this gaze and make it ineffective.¡± Then, the Holy Dragon looked at Su Jin with its golden eyes, preparing to remove the gaze of the Deevil Dragon Marzu. ¡°It is okay. The gaze is fine,¡± Su Jin shook his head repeatedly to express his refusal to the offer. The buff was useful. Su Jin would not let the Holy Dragon take it off. Su Jin thought for a moment, then said, ¡°Respectful Holy Dragon, as a descendant of the God race, I want to use my strength to defeat it. I am not afraid of the Devil Dragon Marzu, I will protect the entire continent in the future.¡± Su Jin did not know what kind of personality the Holy Dragon had. So he had to use a bigger goal to stop it. He had to show interest in challenging the Devil Dragon and protecting the continent. These two goals were great excuses. ¡°Very well, mortal. Compared to your thin God bloodline, your courage makes me admire you.¡± The Holy Dragon seemed satisfied with Su Jin¡¯s excuse, and its gaze became gentle. It said, ¡°It has been a long time since a new member joined our God clan. Mortal, come to the Hall of Lights and find me. I will test you to see if you are qualified to become a new member of the God Clan.¡± ¡°Ding!¡± ¡°Game alert: Your actions have been approved by the Holy Dragon. The Holy Dragon has issued you an Epic Quest: [ God Bloodline, Preface ]. Are you willing to accept it?¡± ¡°Game alert: Epic quests are extremely difficult. Failure will affect the Holy Dragon¡¯s opinion of you and the attitude of the Gods. Please choose carefully.¡± ¡°Game alert: Hall of Lights. You can find it in any city of the light faction.¡± A series of game alerts appeared. It startled Su Jin after he read all of them. In New World, the rarity of quests was divided into normal, rare, and epic. Other than that, there were also single quests like the hidden quest, temporary quest, special quest, and so on. However, among all the quests, epic quests were the rarest. They were famous for their rich rewards and were difficult to complete. ¡°I accept!¡± Su Jin accepted the quest without hesitation. No matter how difficult it was, he had to accept it first. Not everyone had the chance to encounter epic quests. He would not give up such a great opportunity. Moreover, judging from the name of the quest, it seemed that it was to change Su Jin into a God, instead of only a rare God bloodline. So, he decided he should not miss that opportunity. Gods had a special position in the New World, which was also based on luck.. Chapter 38 - First Clear in the Entire Server Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio Hearing Su Jin¡¯s response, the Holy Dragon nodded in satisfaction. It flapped its wings and released a golden light that landed on Su Jin¡¯s body. ¡°Very well, mortal. Your courage has not disappointed me.¡± ¡°Before I leave, let me bestow a small gift upon so that you can advance further on the continent.¡± After the light fell, it quickly merged into Su Jin¡¯s body. ¡°Ding!¡± ¡°You have received the Holy Blessing from the Holy Dragon. Reward: All attribute points + 5!¡± ¡°You have received the gift from the Holy Dragon: Gold Demon Hunter Gauntlet!¡± ¡°You have received the gift from the Holy Dragon: Light Faction Dragon Clan Prestige + 1,000!¡± Following various notifications, the Holy Dragon, surrounded by a group of four-winged angels, flapped its huge wings and flew into the light. Then, it slowly disappeared. ¡°Thank you, Lord Holy Dragon.¡± Su Jin thanked it sincerely. He was grateful and touched because the Holy Dragon was so kind to him. It had helped him expel the Devil Dragon Marzu, and he had also released an epic-level quest. Before it left, it had even added 5 points to all of Su Jin¡¯s attributes and gave him a piece of new gold equipment. Of course, all that was because Su Jin possessed the Gods Bloodline. Without the existence of the God Bloodline, the Holy Dragon would not have descended so quickly. ¡­ As the Devil Dragon Marzu and the Holy Dragon left, time began to flow again. The corpse of Boss on the ground began to shine. With a boom, equipment exploded all over the ground. The negative status effect also disappeared. A row of huge golden words suddenly appeared above Su Jin¡¯s head. ¡°Ding! Server announcement: Congratulations, [ Heavenly Cloud ] of the [ Dark Moon Guild ] and his team for successfully killing the Boss, Devil Dragon¡¯s Projection. They have successfully taken the first clear of [ Devil Dragon¡¯s Fury ] in the Novice Village Dungeon!¡± ¡°Ding! Global announcement: Congratulations, [ Heavenly Cloud ] team of five members, [ Heavenly Cloud ] , [ Scarlet Rose ] , [ Golden Tycoon ] , [ Azure Sea ], and [ Earth Knight ]. You have each obtained the clear reward and the first clear reward: Attribute points ¡Á 20, Experience ¡Á 1,500, Prestige of the Kingdom + 1,000, Gold coins ¡Á 1,000!¡± ¡°Ding! Server announcement: Congratulations, [ Heavenly Cloud ] of the [ Dark Moon Guild ] and his team for successfully killing the Boss, Devil Dragon¡¯s Projection. They have successfully taken the first clear of [ Devil Dragon¡¯s Fury ] in the Novice Village Dungeon!¡± ¡°Ding! Global announcement: Congratulations, [ Heavenly Cloud ] team of five members, [ Heavenly Cloud ] , [ Scarlet Rose ] , [ Golden Tycoon ] , [ Azure Sea ], and [ Earth Knight ]. You have each obtained the clear reward and the first clear reward: Attribute points ¡Á 20, Experience ¡Á 1,500, Prestige of the Kingdom + 1,000, Gold coins ¡Á 1,000!¡± ¡°Ding!¡± ¡°Ding!¡± All the rewards had been refreshed three times in a row, and they appeared above the heads of all the players as well as in the various chat channels. It was impossible for others not to know. When those large rows of the announcement appeared, all the players in the entire server were in an uproar. ¡­ Dawn Star Guild, the top guild in the server, had an overall ability that was at the top. The system recognized their status. Ever since they failed to clear the [ Demon Dragon¡¯s Fury ] dungeon, they had been working hard. The forces behind them had also increased their investment, recruiting think tanks to analyze how to clear the dungeon. The guild had been focusing on clearing the dungeons these days. In the hall where the players of Dawn Star Guild gather in real life, the Dawn Star guild leader and his four members were watching the live broadcast of their guild members clearing the dungeon. After the think tank analyzed the method, they would let the ordinary members test it out. Then, they gathered the information. Finally, they would ask the strongest members to complete it. Of course, they would also be happy if ordinary members could complete the quest. The fastest method was to use numbers to test out the result. In the live broadcast, the guild leader of the Dawn Star Guild clenched his fist in excitement when he saw his team fight for an hour with the [ Venomous Lizard ] and finally defeated it. According to their investigation, that was the first time a guild had slain the Boss [ Venomous Lizard ] in the entire server. They only had one last Boss to slay, and they would win the first clear. ¡°Good!¡± ¡°Dawn Star Guild is the strongest. We must secure our title as the number one guild!¡± ¡°How can the other guilds compare to us? We must get the first clear!¡± Excitement surged every member of the Dawn Star Guild who watched the live show of the battle. Then, they saw a huge golden banner suddenly appear above the heads of the five members in the dungeon. ¡°Ding! Server announcement: Congratulations, [ Heavenly Cloud ] of the [ Dark Moon Guild ] and his team for successfully killing the Boss, Devil Dragon¡¯s Projection. They have successfully taken the first clear of [ Devil Dragon¡¯s Fury ] in the Novice Village Dungeon!¡± ¡°Ding! Global announcement: Congratulations, [ Heavenly Cloud ] team of five members, [ Heavenly Cloud ] , [ Scarlet Rose ] , [ Golden Tycoon ] , [ Azure Sea ], and [ Earth Knight ]. You have each obtained the clear reward and the first clear reward: Attribute points ¡Á 20, Experience ¡Á 1,500, Prestige of the Kingdom + 1,000, Gold coins ¡Á 1,000!¡± ¡°Ding!¡± The huge banner refreshed three times. The excitement of the players of Dawn Star Guild dissipated. All of them froze and looked at each other in a daze. ¡°D*mn it, how is this possible? How is it possible that other guilds are one step ahead of us?¡± ¡°Didn¡¯t the other large guilds say that they didn¡¯t even pass the second Boss? How did this guild slay the third Boss?¡± ¡°Wait! What¡¯s the background of this [ Dark Moon Guild ]? Why haven¡¯t I heard of it before? Is this guild on the ranking?¡± The guild leader of Dawn Star Guild was at loss. He had spent a lot of time researching the various guilds, which were the potential enemies of Dawn Star. But he had never heard of a guild called [ Dark Moon ]. That was the first time he had heard of it. With doubts, the guild leader of Dawn Star Guild took out his phone and searched. Soon, he found something: [ Dark Moon ], Number of members: 5 members, Guild leader: [ Heavenly Cloud ], Established time: one day. ¡°A small guild that had been established for only one day?¡± Dawn Star¡¯s guild leader exclaimed in disbelief. Not only did it cause an uproar among the large guilds, but it also caused an uproar on the internet. ¡°The first clear accomplished by [ Dark Moon Guild ]. Where the hell did this guild come from?¡± ¡°I¡¯m in charge of collecting and selling information. Before today, I¡¯ve never heard of this guild.¡± ¡°It can¡¯t be. How are those big guilds going to survive?¡± ¡°My first slay is gone.¡± ¡°Who is [ Heavenly Cloud ]? Why is he able to lead a team and get the first clear? Could it be that he has some secret techniques?¡± The gold coins could be exchanged for money. So, New World had become the most popular online game. It had 800 million people online every day. Those 800 million players had all seen the announcement. Many were asking similar questions. They were all curious about Heavenly Cloud¡¯s identity. On the search engine, [ Dark Moon ] and [ Heavenly Cloud ] had become the most popular search terms. Su Jin did not know about that. He was organizing his equipment in the dungeon.. Chapter 39 - Luck Will Always Be On Your Side Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio In the dungeon, the experience bar that was zero immediately filled up after Su Jin slayed the Boss and obtained the reward. He also gained experience from leveling up his skills. So he didn¡¯t have to go around killing monsters. After completing this quest, he first transferred to his class. At the same time, he asked the village chief what he should do with the inheritance of the strong. As for the quest given by the Holy Dragon, it was still too early to start that. He would deal with it when he encountered dungeons again. However, it would not take long for him to meet that dragon again. Su Jin began to sort out the rewards from clearing the dungeon. First was the gift from the Holy Dragon, which was the Gold-grade Demon Hunter Gauntlet. [ Demon Hunter Gauntlet ](1/7) Quality: Gold Type: Gauntlet Attack: + 125 Defense: + 50 Additional characteristics: Attack + 15% Level requirement: Level 10 Class Restriction: Warrior Description: It was once worn by the strongest demon hunter, appearing at the forefront of the war against the demonic beasts. Upon wearing it, you will receive the blessing of the demon hunter. [ Demon Hunter Set ] attributes: 2 pieces: + 30 attack, + 10 defense 3 pieces: + 30 attack, + 10 defense 4 pieces: + 30 attack, + 10 defense ¡­ 7 pieces: + 30 attack, + 10 defense. As expected of the item given by the Holy Dragon. Its quality was not bad, and it was even a piece of set equipment. It was much better than Su Jin¡¯s Demonic Set equipment. With an increase of 125 attacks and 50 defenses, normal archers and warriors would not be able to break through Su Jin¡¯s defense. He could stand and let those people attack him, but no player could withstand a single slash from him if he counterattacked. Su Jin had the confidence to fight even if he encountered brutal Bosses. After putting on the equipment, Su Jin smiled. He was in a good mood. Then it was the guild reward, 50,000 experience, and an additional guild skill, [ Beginner¡¯s Luck ](passive) [ Beginner¡¯s Luck ](passive) Attributes: Increases the luck level of all guild members. Description: Luck will always be on your side. Continue charging. Beginner¡¯s Luck could not be upgraded, and there was no option to upgrade it either. That was because luck was related to the critical hit rate, treasure drop rate, hidden quest trigger rate, and so on. It was an all-purpose item. Su Jin did not expect they could obtain that in their first clear. The server announced the skill. The top ten guilds in the entire server would be envious of them. There was also an individual reward. The 20 attribute points increased the attack limit of Su Jin. Su Jin added all his attribute points to his attack, instantly increasing his attack by 20 points. The increase in his attack was not limited to that after including the various buffs from his equipment. Gold coins and Prestige of the Kingdom were also good rewards. Even the title of the Prestige of the Novice Village was useful at critical moments. The last item was the team reward. Of course, since Su Jin had set up that the equipment dropped belonged to the team leader, the team reward belonged to Su Jin alone. It was all gathered in his backpack. The reward was a red skill book: [ Chain Thrust ] [ Chain Thrust ](red) Class: Warrior Attribute 1: With the support of the omnipresent space, a strong warrior can fold space with force. After the skill is activated, the character can stab forward three times within 1 to 5 seconds, each time a maximum of 50 yards. Attribute 2: After each stab, the character will have 2 seconds of armor penetration buff and will receive a 100% increase in attack. Mana cost: 50 magic points per stab. Cooldown: 5 minutes. Description: Only the most powerful warriors can use this skill. They can crush space and suppress everything with their strength. After reading the description, Su Jin¡¯s eyes lit up, and subconsciously took a deep breath. The sudden thrust had the effect of the flash. That was a mage¡¯s exclusive skill in New World. Moreover, a normal mage¡¯s flash was a blue skill. It could only flash 20 yards and only once. Warriors couldn¡¯t learn flash. However, the red skill [ Chain Thrust ] was not flash, but it was more useful than flash! Not only could it stab three times, but each stab would also obtain armor penetration buff! It was a warrior¡¯s godly skill, and it was useful in combats with players or even slaying Boss. That skill was simply amazing! Su Jin could hardly contain his excitement. Without any hesitation, he chose to learn the skill. After looking at the various rewards, Su Jin turned his gaze to Boss, Devil Dragon¡¯s Projection. It dropped five pieces of bronze, three pieces of silver, and a gold ring with all attributes. Su Jin immediately put the ring on. The other equipment was not as good as the equipment he had on him, so he was no longer interested in it. Scarlet Rose and the others had also recovered and approached Su Jin. ¡°Heavenly Cloud, you¡­ you did it. You cleared this dungeon by yourself,¡± Scarlet Rose looked at Su Jin with a blush on her cheeks. She was still in disbelief. ¡°Hmm, did you use any bug? Did you slay the Boss by yourself?¡± ¡°It was a very normal dodge. But why can¡¯t I do it?¡± Su Jin glanced at Scarlet Rose. He wouldn¡¯t say it was because he had good skills. No one could be as skillful as he was with the experience of two lifetimes. Seeing that the guild leader didn¡¯t speak, Golden Tycoon interrupted, ¡°You have to be polite to the guild leader. If you keep asking about some private matters, who will dare to marry you in the future?¡± After he finished scolding Scarlet Rose, he turned to Su Jin and flattered, ¡°President, you¡¯re amazing. The server announced our IDs. Now we are the celebrities of the New World. Everyone on the entire server will know three of us. Hahaha.¡± ¡°Well,¡± Su Jin nodded with a smile. Golden Tycoon loved fame. Su Jin did not know Golden Tycoon¡¯s identity in real life. It concerned him that Golden Tycoon might be in danger if someone exposed his identity. After Su Jin sorted out the rewards, he auctioned off the equipment that he didn¡¯t need and the equipment the monsters dropped. He received a total of 70,000 gold coins. After that, Su Jin kicked the players out of his guild. ¡°Ding! Player [ Scarlet Rose ] has been kicked out of [ Dark Moon Guild ] !¡± ¡°Ding! Player [ Azure Sea ] has been kicked out [ Dark Moon Guild ] !¡± ¡°Ding!¡± After kicking out the three players, Golden Tycoon was the last one. Su Jin hesitated for a moment before deciding to let him stay. It might be wise to keep a tycoon in the guild. He might be useful in the future. After exiting the dungeon, Golden Tycoon waved his hand and exited the game, ¡°I¡¯ve been playing for a whole day. I¡¯ll go offline to meet some clients. See you next time.¡± ¡°Hmph, kicking someone out after completing the dungeon. This man is a jerk,¡± Scarlet Rose puffed her cheeks in displease and exited the game too. Su Jin, who was following behind, was speechless. He had no idea why Scarlet Rose was angry. Soon, Su Jin forgot about that matter. Looking at the time, he had unknowingly played for another whole day. Although he had the nutrient solution to maintain his nutrition, he still wanted to eat something and take a break. If he continued to rely on the nutrient solution to maintain his body functions, his body would gradually deteriorate. However, he did not have to worry about that in the later stage.. Chapter 40 - The Most Powerful Player on the Continent Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio Su Jin was about to exit the game and rest when suddenly, his friend request page kept flashing. The guild membership application page flashed too. A large row of notifications popped up. ¡°Ding! Player [ Devil Beaker ] sent you a friend request!¡± ¡°Ding! Player [ Midnight Elf ] sent you a friend request!¡± ¡°Ding! Player [ Black Dragon King ] sent you a friend request!¡± ¡°Ding! Player [ I am Big Hammer ] requests to join [ Dark Moon ] Guild!¡± ¡°Ding!¡± ¡°Ding!¡± When Su Jin opened the page, he saw more than 10,000 players sent him friend requests, and the number constantly increased. More than 100,000 players had requested to join [ Dark Moon Guild ]. With so many messages popping up, Su Jin felt tired even when he looked at it. After obtaining the first clear in the entire server, the leader, Heavenly Cloud, had already become a world-famous person. Naturally, many players wanted to get to know him. They thought it was best to be on his side so that he could lead them to a better life in the future. The [ Dark Moon Guild ] possessed the [ Beginner¡¯s Luck ] skill. Many players also wanted to join the guild and obtain the luck bonus. No one would reject luck. They might encounter a monster that had gold equipment one day. So, it was beneficial joining the guild. ¡°Settings, reject anyone who wants to add me as a friend.¡± ¡°Settings, reject any requests to join the guild.¡± Su Jin quickly set the settings. At the same time, he emptied the message to remind him that he would not add strangers as friends. As for being a guild member, they had to pass his test and prove they were top players before they had the qualifications to join. A good teammate could achieve the goal of mutual achievement, while a bad teammate could destroy everything. On the other hand, Su Jin knew plenty of things that others did not know. When guild members joined, he would more or less say a few words. Just that alone was confidential. So he had to be careful when he chose his guild members. After setting up the settings, Su Jin was ready to hand in the quest that the village chief had issued last time. He wanted to see the follow-up of the inheritance. Then, he would go offline and take a rest. .. Su Jin rode the Wolverine Shadow back to the Novice Village. After walking for a short while, he saw the village chief walking towards him with a smile. ¡°Brave adventurer, I can¡¯t believe that you managed to eliminate the members of the Demonic Beast Legion in such a short time. I have to thank you properly,¡± The village chief held Su Jin¡¯s hands and said excitedly. ¡°Village chief, it¡¯s nothing,¡± Su Jin smiled in return. ¡°No, you are a true warrior.¡± The village chief held Su Jin¡¯s hand and refused to let go, ¡°The Demonic Beast Legion is the vanguard of darkness. It is like the blade of a sword, the biggest threat to the village. I see the hope of eliminating the Demonic Beast Legion in you. So, please accept a small reward from me.¡± ¡°Ding!¡± ¡°Congratulations! You have completed the inheritance mission [ Eliminate the Demonic Wolves ] issued by the village chief. Reward: Experience x 3,000, [ Legacy of the Strong, Zi Yue¡¯s Mark ]¡± When Su Jin saw the reward, he was a little stunned. [ Legacy of the Strong, Zi Yue¡¯s Mark ] Category: Legacy of the strong Description: It is left behind by the most powerful person on the continent, Sage Zi Yue, using magic laws. It has extraordinary power. At the same time, it is the key to the world¡¯s core secret. Using it can reduce the difficulty of Sage Zi Yue¡¯s inheritance quest. The reward of this mission was indeed to reduce the difficulty of the inheritance of the strong. However, Su Jin didn¡¯t expect the most powerful person on the continent, Sage Zi Yue, to leave it behind. An existence that had reached the legendary realm could be called the strong, let alone an existence above it. As the most powerful person on the continent, Sage Zi Yue was an existence closest to the world¡¯s core. The inheritance he left behind might be related to the real world. Once he had enough information, he would be able to take control. Su Jin¡¯s eyes flickered with excitement. He had decided to complete the quest. Zi Yue¡¯s Mark needed to be used during missions. Su Jin looked through a few times before choosing to go offline and rest first. After coming out of the game cabin, Su Jin first exercised to relax. Then, he went online to search for information. Unfortunately, nothing major had happened recently. The anonymous official website had yet to be established. Once the website was up, he could exchange the gold coins in the game for money. He was living based on a bank loan. Although he faced no problem, the money was not his. After all, he felt a little uneasy using it. After checking the news and the forum, Su Jin turned off his phone and lay down to rest when he found nothing interesting in it. The next morning, Su Jin had breakfast outdoor before entering the game cabin. After logging in, he saw the familiar scene of the Novice Village. After a night of hard work, many players had reached Level 10. However, the members of the Greed Wolf Guild, Assassin Guild, and Tyrant Guild were still stuck at Level 8 and Level 9. They had no choice. They had been slain twice, and they lacked equipment. Naturally, their level-up speed would be slow. Players who had reached Level 10 gathered at the village chief¡¯s side. After a short conversation, they entered the new teleportation array that had appeared in the village. That meant that they had entered the various major cities to develop. Level 10 players were no longer within the range of newbie players. After entering a major city, they needed to change their class to learn the main characters and choose a secondary class. Otherwise, they could become common players and not fight with monsters. After all, not everyone enjoyed slaying monsters. Once they left, they would have to pay a higher price to return to the Novice Village. And if they gave up clearing the dungeon, they would also have to sacrifice the current reward of 10 attribute points. It was hard to say which was better. Su Jin also walked towards the teleportation portal. He had nothing he wanted to cling onto in the Novice Village. It would be a waste of time if he stayed. It would be better to develop in the main city. The most important thing was that he needed to go to the main city to complete the inheritance quest of the strong. Su Jin also had the quest given by the Holy Dragon that he needed to accomplish. The Novice Village was only the starting point. Su Jin came to the teleportation gate of the Novice Village. After bidding farewell to the village chief, he stepped into the light of the teleportation array and disappeared. .. After entering the teleportation array, Su Jin¡¯s vision blurred. Then, an old voice sounded in his ears. ¡°The origin of the continent was created by an ancient God. The world gave birth to two divine dragons with the power of a creator. One of them symbolized light and order, and the other symbolized chaos and evil. ¡°Because the two divine dragons disliked each other since they were born. A war broke out on the continent.¡± As the voice sounded, images of war appeared in front of Su Jin. The bright ¡°Holy Dragon¡± and the ¡°Devil Dragon¡± that emitted endless darkness attacked each other. Every time they collided, the entire continent would shake continuously before splitting into four to five small pieces of land. Some of the smaller pieces formed islands. Su Jin had the memories of his last. He knew that these small islands were like Novice Villages. If he walked towards the center, he would be at the center of the world. The two divine dragons¡¯ battle ended in a tie. They were both heavily injured and in hibernation. ¡­ ¡°Adventurer, please choose the destination you want to go to,¡± A voice sounded. ¡°Ding, the recharge system has been triggered. Do you want to recharge 100 dollars and trigger the hidden location?¡± Another voice sounded. But it was the recharge system voice that had not appeared for a long time..