Chapter 26: Chapter 26 – Differences.

"Nope."

"This also doesn't work."

"And.... Fuck."

"What about this?..... Also, no huh?"

(So far, the only thing that seems to hold any value are kobold scales, they are light but doesn't really provide much defense. The best thing I made with them is the chainmail like thing, it's doesn't weight much but it doesn't provide much defense. It's also have low level requirement so low level players could use it, but for the players around level 50 and above, this thing is completely useless. I could try modifying it with the light savage wolf armor, but I have to do few more experiments first.)

(Well, some of the kobolds were wearing the gear and armor and stuff, it kind of makes sense now after seeing those scale, they are bit useless.)

"I should messenger them and say that I can take some kobold scales as payment. I still have to do some few experiments with it."

[You have received video call request from the player Quicy.]

"Oh? I was about to call them."

[You have accepted video call request.]

"Hey, I was about to call you. Did something happened."

["Well, you could say that, a lot of happened. I just beat all the dungeons and I'm heading to the city."]– said Quicy.

"Wait, you already beat those dungeons?! You beat them faster then I though."

["Well, I went together with Try and Phiul. Since they would have problem dealing with that bastard, I decided to help them out."]

"I see. Anyway, what do you mean that something happened?"

["Yea, about that. The dungeon was quite different from what you described."]

"?"

["The last dungeon had different boss monster."]

"Wait what?!"

["When we got to the boss room there was no kobold elders or any ritual being conducted there. On top of that there wasn't any kobold named Kobold Chieftain Azruk, but some kobold paladin named Kobold Chieftain Forth Son and group of kobolds minions. The last boss was strong, stronger than any of those other hidden bosses, but it wasn't as strong as the guy you described."]

"Wait, so the boss fight got completely changed? What about the rewards? And the quest? My quest was about stopping summoning demon ritual."

["Those thing were different too, instead we got the quest about stopping the fourth son from becoming the chieftain. The rewards we got were completely different as well from completing the quest and the boss monster didn't dropped item upon defeat."]

"Okay, so that guy I fought, was completely gone? And he got replaced by some kobold that wasn't there in the first place?"

["Pretty much."]

"By the way, you said the quest changed. When I was doing the quest there it was unique hidden. Did you guys did the same quest type as me?"

["Nope. The quest we got was adventure hidden quest, a reaped quest. We did not get the unique hidden like you. I think that the quest you got had clear limit of 1 and there is possibility that he is gone after you clear that quest, but honestly saying I doubt that is the real the case here."]

["I mean, why he would drop items upon the death? Kind of out of place. Why you weren't given all the rewards from the quest? No matter how we look at this something doesn't fit well. There must have been reason why that guy dropped those items."

["Well, we can't confirm anything now that he is gone."]

"Hm…"

(Did I screw up by beating him? What she said kind of makes sense. So far, the boss monsters never dropped item, so me getting items that was is obviously abnormal. If I was supposed to get the rewards then getting them from the quests would be something normal.)

(Did I miss anything when I fought him?)

(He was obviously the evolve/upgraded version of the kobolds, but this is normal for the boss monster. So far boss monster I fought were better version of the normal monster.)

(Other thing about him was him being extremely strong. Not only all of his stats were high but he also had overpowered skills. I barely survived his attacks even though I'm a tank. If somebody who wasn't the tank took those hits head on, they would probably be screwed or if not just get instant killed.)

(His level was abnormal as well. He was 4 levels higher than the average monster inside of the dungeon.)

(I can't bloody think…...Hm? Wait a second. His level? Now that I think about wasn't there?)

[Kobold Chieftain Azruk – Level 60 – UNIQUE Boss Monster]

"Hey, I just remember something."

["?"]

"Whenever I fought a boss monster it would say "Boss Monster" next to the monster level. Right?"

["Well yes. That's is how people can tell if the monster is boss monster or not."]

"Okay. Do you remember that big wolf? Didn't it had an "Field Boss Monster" attached instead of just "Boss Monster"?"

["Yes, he indeed had that. I do remember him having that, but why bring this up now."]

"That guy I fought, had "Unique Boss Monster" instead of "Boss Monster"! Remember that wolf monster? Unlike the regular bosses you can find, that guy was way stronger to the point you can't solo it and didn't he had long respawn time?"

"There is chance that the reason why this was different was because he was "Unique Boss Monster" and not "Boss Monser"."

["Hm…. That maybe it, but to confirm if that is really the case, we need to find another boss monster with "Unique Boss Monster". Anyway, thanks for the info, I will tell others about this."]

"No problem. Oh, and tell them that I can take the kobold scales for the payment."

["Okay, see you later."]

[Video call with player Quicy ended.]

(Well, if what I said was correct, then we maybe one less mystery to worry about.)

"…"

(It's getting late. I think this is enough playing for today.)

[Do you wish to log out?]

[Player: Forge had logged off.]

Forge woke up on his bed and took off the device from his head.

(Well, today was quite interesting.)

(It was fun, really. Quite interesting as well. At the beginning this game wasn't really challenging, but now is bit different.)

"Oh right. I have to check something."

The young man turned on his computer.

(Kitty told me that apparently some other people found one of those "Field Boss Monster". Might as well check on the interested about it. Maybe I will be even able to get something about "Unique Boss Monster".)

"….."

[Search: New Earth Online – Field Boss Monster.]

[Results:….]

(…. There more info than I though.)

Quick summarization.

What I found on the internet was related to 4 different field boss monster.

Each one of those field boss monsters were located in east, west, north and south from the direction of the beginner town.

The first one was about the wolf boss monster located in the south. The guy who made the post said that they couldn't even beat it with party of 5. I guess the guy who made was one of those people we saw getting munched on by the wolf.

The second was about a bird monster located in the east. It was eagle like monster with red feathers that could shoot explosive feathers.

The third was about was golem monster in the north, that was able to split itself upon the defeat into smaller version.

And the fourth one was about the giant undead skeleton in the west that had ability to summon minions over and over again, kind of like that wolf monster we fought but apparently it could summoned them nonstop.

And that is all. I couldn't find anything else about different field boss monster or anything. There were only 4 field boss monster knew too public.

In the end, I was unable to find anything related to the unique boss monster.

(Well, this was quite expected. Even if somebody discover their existence, there is good chance that they will keep information about it to themselves, just like us.)

(So only way to find anything is to find the boss monster with "Unique" thing. The only real hint we got today was that guy not respawning after being defeated once by me.)

(Field boss monster and the unique boss monster. I wonder if there any more different special type of monsters out there.)

"Hm? Oh right! I forgot about that giant fang I got from that field boss. It completely slipped my mind."

(Well, I can't use it yet even if I wanted to. I have first to conduct experiments to see how things works. I only have a single fang so I can't afford to waste it.)

(I have the fangs from the giant wild wolf. They are not as big as that fang, but I could still use them for those experiments.)

(I also should start experimenting with other monster materials. Because of that sudden level increase of mine I need to think about getting a new armor and weapons.)

"Also, I learned something today."

There are items that can be used both as armor and as weapon and item that can be worn on top of your armor.

I can make weapons like those claws that is both a weapon and an armor. I could try making a few hybrids like this.

I also learned about like that cape, an item that isn't part of the typical. I already tried making rings and the necklaces, but so far all of them were completely useless garbage, but Kitty told me that there were items like that in the game. There is a good chance that I need something like special material, a special crafting tool or a class.

[Blacksmith Knowledge] did not provide me with the information about those things.

Right now, I spend 40 levels on the combat classes and 25 on the production classes. I kind of want to invest my levels into production classes now, but I'm also curious about that hidden class that I can get after maxing out my race classes.

Hm…. Nope. Let's just keep it simple for now and raise the production class. Soon the [Advance Blacksmith] will reach level 20 and I will be able to pick a new class related to it. Maybe something interesting will pop up?

[Next Day.]

By the look of things, nobody was able to find any information or manage to encounter that boss monster I fought yesterday. Even after a single day passed, he was still gone. For now, we assumed that guy won't respawn for some time.

After that, Hype suggested that we will sell the information about the dungeons. I do remember Kitty and Hype once talking about selling information quests, by the look of things, now that all of us are done with those dungeon, he said its good idea to just sell the information.

It took bit of time, but at the end everybody agreed to that. Quicy and Kitty are apparently planning something and said we should leave it to them.

Also, before we went and done our little meeting, I went and re-done those hidden dungeons and fought the new hidden boss monster. Kitty told me to check how difficult was to beat that new boss compare to the guy I fought.

I fought that new boss without using the items I got from before and with full confidence I can now say, he was weak. I mean, that new boss can't be compared to that guy at all. True he was harder to beat compare to the other 3 boss like other said, but he was definitely weaker than that guy. I obviously informed the group about this during of gathering.

After we were done with our little gathering, all of us just returned to playing. Today my plan was to just hunt monster and do quest all day. Why? Well, I got to test out my new item obviously!

[Level Up. You reached level 71.]

(Wow, this really feels like cheating a bit. I know that leveling up after level 60 should be slower, but damn. I literally don't take any damage now and I deal massive amount. On top of that I can still equip my hammer even with those claw gauntlets on.)

(Monsters are now can be beaten with little effort.)

(I'm literally completing quest in short amount of time.)

(And I literally just beat up this lizard boss monster by self with ease. He couldn't even put up the fight against current me.)

(I think I'm the first one in the group to get level 71 and I also think that I will also manage getting level 80 first.)

"Anyway, finally level 71. Now let's see what I can pick."

[Normal Class]

[Mage] [Bandit] [Warrior] [Archer] [Alchemist] [Farmer] [Fighter] [Priest Of Light] [Priest Of Darkness] [Tamer] [Druid] [Shaman] [Chief] [Musician]

Class Tree Classes:

[Advance Blacksmith] ->

[Mystic Crafter] [Engineer] [Master Blacksmith]

[Insectian Warrior – Rhino Beetle] ->

[Obsidian Insectian Rhino Beetle] [Ruby Insectian Rhino Beetle] [Zircon Insectian Rhino Beetle]

"This time I have 3 options?" Huh. Okay, fine. Let's see what we got here."

[Mystic Crafter] [Max Level 10]

[A class that specializes in creating object such as bracelets, rings, necklaces and other special items.]

[Engineer] [Max Level 10]

[A class that focuses on mechanical skills. Possess ability to modify the equipment with the special mechanical skills.]

[Master Blacksmith] [Max Level 20]

[An improved version advance blacksmith. This class allows you to bring out the hidden aspects or powers inside out during crafting process or allows you to tab into item hidden poetical.]

"Hm…."

(Well fuck me. I want all 3 of them.)

(Currently there is level limit of 80, meaning I can't get all of them. Unlike the other two, the [Master Blacksmith] has max limit of 20, so does that mean it's way more useful than other two?)

(I kind of want to pick the [Mystic Crafter], since I want to make things like rings and other stuff. I'm also very interested into [Engineer]. I want to see what it can offer.)

"…. Welp. Let's go with the [Mystic Crafter] and [Engineer]. I will put 5 level in each of them. It's better to check what those classes got to offer. If any of them seems bad I can also buy that thing Kitty told me about that can remove the class."

[Sroll Of False Tale]

[Upon the use. Remove chosen class that user possess. User will end up losing the chosen class and will also end up losing levels that were invested into the class.]

(Anyway, thanks to those hidden quest and dungeon, I manage to earn lot of gold and on top of that, thanks to the items I got from them, I'm literally destroying every monster and just clearing the quest at rapid rate.)

(My goal of finally buying the smith and all necessary equipment will be soon within the reach!)