章 2: Chapter 2 – Smiling Tiger
編集者: Exodus Tales
After switching accounts, Su Mo found that the two Blue grade pieces of equipment that he had been selling had already been sold, netting him six silver coins. When the game had first been released, these two Level 5 Blue grade equipment would have sold for at least ten times that price.
However, six silver coins was decent too—one gold coin was worth $60, so six silver coins was worth $3.60. This was enough to pay for half an hour at the net café.
Gray Headed Wolf King Pease was the legendary Honey Badger, and there was also Boar Commander Sam!
It was very easy to choose between the two: Su Mo did not dare to fight the Honey Badger, but Boar Commander Sam's level was only at Level 20. However, he was a popular Boss, so it was possible that he would not have the opportunity to kill him.
Su Mo extravagantly spent one silver coin and traveled from flight point to flight point, finally arriving at Harrington Plains. This place was very far away from Hargins Town, where Su Mo stayed, and many players would come here as it had many famous ore caves.
Su Mo did not have any interest in looking at Harrington Plains' unique scenery.
New World was a game that was made to be shown off, and the entire game was exquisitely made. Everything in it looked real, and the map was extremely vast.
It could be seen just how ambitious the developers were.
It was a pity that Su Mo did not have any money or else he could have bought a mount. Even if it only gave an extra 5% Movement Speed, it would be faster than him running using his legs, and using a mount would not use a player's own stamina.
After running for more than half an hour, Su Mo finally arrived at Boar Commander Sam's territory.
The monsters around the Villages and Towns in Harrington Plains were all boars, just like how the monsters around Su Mo's Newbie Village were all wolves.
There was already a small party waiting where Boar Commander Sam spawned.
"Friend, we've already waited for this Boss for two hours," a man in his thirties said.
"Dad, don't waste any words with him. If he tries to kill-steal, we'll kill him. I'm already Level 26 and just learned a new skill, and I want to try it out on someone," a little boy Magician said as he jumped up and down.
"Song Zhibo, you shut your mouth. Don't start any trouble." There was a female Cleric in the party, and she had relatively discerning judgment.
Since this person dared to come looking for Boar Commander Sam by himself, it meant that he was not a weakling. Moreover, the Hunter profession's various branches were all suited for PvP, whether it was Beast Tamer, Archer, or Ranger. Hunters who were proficient at kiting could play with them in the palm of their hands.
"I already said not to call me by my real name. Call me God Emperor." The little boy was very unhappy.
"We've earned your ridicule, friend. You see…" The father rubbed his forehead and gave a troubled smile as looked at Su Mo.
"No worries, I actually just want material. You have four people, so you should have another spot in your party. I'll help you guys kill the Boss, and if the Boss drops the material, that's all I want." Su Mo was not surprised; it was quite common for entire families to play New World together.
"Well… Alright, that's fine too," the father immediately settled the deal.
"You didn't even ask what material he wants. What if it's really valuable?" God Emperor felt quite dissatisfied towards his father, inwardly deciding that he would venture out by himself in the future.
After chatting for a while, it was soon time for Boar Commander Sam to spawn.
It spawned every six hours and would be killed minutes within spawning. It was quite pitiful and its life could only be described as 'going through the motions'.
For some reason, Su Mo was very confident that this Boss would drop Violet Wolf Fur. The existence of the boss monster chat group gave him great confidence.
A party of five would be able to kill the Boss in at most a few minutes.
As they fought, Su Mo saw a group of people hurrying over from the corner of his eye.
It was another party of five, and they had a Berserker, a Sorcerer, an Assassin, a Bishop, and an Archer. It looked like they did not have good intentions.
There were many professions in New World, and the major professions were Warrior, Mage, Priest, and Hunter.
Warriors could split off into Berserkers, Guardians, and Assassins; Mages could split off into Magicians, Sorcerers, and Puppeteers; Priests could split off into Bishops, Sacrificers, and Clerics; and Hunters could split off into Archers, Rangers, and Beast Tamers.
There were also some battle professions that were not from these major professions, such as Blacksmiths, Refiners, and Machinists.
"What do we do?" The so-called God Emperor in his second year of middle school felt quite gloomy.
His father also felt quite troubled. Even though their family had decent levels and equipment, they were not very keen on fighting. When they encountered situations like this, they would usually avoid them.
"Brothers, let's make a deal. We'll give you ten silver coins and you pretend you never saw the Boss." Su Mo took the initiative to go up to them.
"Haha, ten silver coins? You want to get rid of us with just $6? Are you treating us as beggars?" The man who seemed to be their leader was a Bishop, and hearing Su Mo's words, he directly laughed.
"I'll pay more, how about that? Brothers, how about you propose a price?" Su Mo immediately said. As he spoke, he was messaging in his party's private chat.
"Hoh, looks like we bumped into a rich fellow today. You'll have to pay at least… Fudge, you're attacking me?" Hearing that Su Mo was willing to pay more, the Bishop stopped thinking about stealing the Boss. After all, Boar Commander Sam did not drop anything valuable; the best thing it dropped was a Level 20 Blue grade equipment, which was worth around 20 silver coins on the market.
However, what stupefied him was that this Ranger, who had just proposed paying more, had already shot an arrow at him while he was speaking.
This seemed to be a signal, and after the arrow hit him, a few more skills landed on his body.
Even though the Bishop was wearing chainmail armor and had the highest Defense of the healing professions, he could not endure so many attacks. The arrow that the Ranger had shot him with was a Charged Shot. This attack had an eight second channel time and could be shot out at any point, dealing more damage the longer the channelling time.
After insta-killing the Bishop, they moved onto the Assassin!
Everyone's levels were still low, and they did not have many skills. Assassins were incredibly fragile, and without a healer, killing him was even easier than killing the Bishop.
Only after these two people died did the others come back to their senses.
The remaining three people desperately counterattacked, but it was too difficult to turn the tables. In the end, only the Berserker was left with his high HP and armor, and seeing that they were doomed to lose, he had run off already.
"Don't bother chasing, just finish off the Boss. The one who got away wasn't the Assassin, so there's no need to worry," Su Mo said with a smile. If they hadn't seen it with their own eyes, the others would not have believed this amicably smiling fellow had acted so savagely just then, quickly killing four players.
"Okay… Okay…" God Emperor gulped and felt immense respect towards Su Mo, as well as a trace of worship.
"Friend, your temperament is quite fiery. That material is all yours," the father said as he looked at Su Mo somewhat fearfully.
Just then, that group of people had not been here to fight for the Boss but to extort some money. There were many players like this in Harrington Plains, going around like mosquitos sucking blood. There were not many parties in the Boar Commander's territory; they most likely had become tired of being extorted.
Given the damage that Su Mo had dealt with his Charged Shot, he had most likely started charging as soon as he had started talking with the Bishop. However, he had sounded so sincere in offering money and even offered more money. This was all to make his opponent lower his guard.
"Don't worry, I only want the material," Su Mo said as he nodded, continuing to smile.
In actuality, he was not smiling; his lips naturally tended to curve upwards, so it looked like he was always giving a slight smile.
There was one time when he was young, his father had given him a spanking and become more and more heavy-handed because he felt that Su Mo was disrespecting him. After all, smiling smugly when being spanked was like challenging the father's dignity.
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