The orange dusk swept the sky, and within hours, it was total darkness.
When Silvia came too, it was midnight, and the amount of EXP she got from grinding nonstop was exactly 300 EXP. It was because her ATP was reduced, and now she could farm up to 30 EXP from the stronger beast in the forest.
Silvia returned immediately to Euclid Village and poured all 300 EXP into her AGI. With this, she didn't have to worry about those little creatures' passive skill anymore.
Silvia stayed in the inn and paid 50 Gil, so her HP and MP bar was full once more. She also fixed her weapon in the weapon and armor shop and resupplied her [Health Potions] for her upcoming fight.
By this time, her Gil was almost zero. This was the only time that Silvia found herself without money in all her life.
It . . . it felt horrible!
After her preparations were done, she went into the Group of Horned Rabbits' nest, and this time, they would pay dearly for killing her –– twice!
Returning to the Horde of Horned Rabbits' den, Silvia was prepared to kill every last one Rabbit on sight.
She was burning with rage and killing intent that the Rabbit's fur even shook upon seeing her. They were enraged at Silvia for trespassing into their territory, and they attacked swiftly without warning.
<A Horde of Horned Rabbits spotted you!>
<ENGAGED>
<FLEE>
Silvia was prepared and pressed <ENGAGED> once more.
She avoided their attacks like the one she did before. However, she wasn't as lucky as the first time, and some of them managed to bite her.
–Miss!
–10
–Miss!
–7
Since Silvia's HP bar was still high, she didn't bother to take [Health Potions]. She used her skill [Stab] to attack one of the rabbits.
Silvia's STR was high at this point, and the Rabbits' DEF was low, so needless to say that her damaged output against them would be enormous.
What's more, her [Stab] skill had a 50% chance of landing a Critical Attack if she attacked her enemies' weak spot. It was a piercing attack that dealt true damage too.
–45 Critical Hit!
Silvia grinned with glee.
She could actually win this if she could keep this up!
Her eyes glint dangerously while the evil smile on her face widened. It's time to make them as nothing more than rabbit meat and foot.
The rabbits attacked again, and Silvia avoided them once more while activating [Stab] again. Since it was a skill, the amount of MP it required was only -10; hence Silvia could activate her skill at least four times. Enough to reduce the number of rabbits to two and finish them off completely.
There was no MP potion available yet, so Silvia couldn't replenish her MP. She wasn't worried, though. She was confident that she could kill the Hordes of Horned Rabbits and maybe acquired first blood from killing them?
Silvia felt the excitement racking her veins, and this caused her to miss a step and fail to avoid the remaining three rabbits' attack.
–16 Critical Hit!
–17 Critical Hit!
–9
Silvia immediately consumed her [Health Potions]
[Consumed Health Potions x2]
[Number of Health Potions Left: 5]
Silvia and the Horned Rabbits kept going at it until she managed to reduce their numbers to one. By this time, she only had two [Health Potions] left, and her weapon's durability was reduced to half. In contrast, her MP was nothing but a glaring zero.
Silvia wasn't worried. She was smiling from ear to ear. She was sure of herself that she could kill the remaining rabbit with just her basic attacks.
Only one Horned Rabbit left, and she could finally taste her sweet revenge and those high EXP points.
This Horde of Horned Rabbits was in the bag. Silvia thought and smirked.
<The Horned Rabbit successfully activated its skill –– SCREECH!>
Silvia was confused when a notification popped on her screen, and before she knew it, a giant Horned Rabbit jumped beside the remaining last one.
"What the––!"
Before Silvia could react, a large shock wave went out from the Giant Rabbit's mouth.
<The Horned Rabbit Queen activated its skill –– ANGRY SCREECH!>
It was too late to dodge, and Silvia was hit right on by the loud vibration. The shock wave rang her eardrums, and she got dizzy from the ringing in her ears. She was stunned, and her body couldn't move in place.
–57
<You have suffered a status effect –– PARALYZE!>
SHIT!
Surprised was an understatement when Silvia's HP bar went down fast right before her eyes. She didn't know what had happened . . . but one thing was for sure . . .
She was going to die –– AGAIN!
The skill [Screech] of the Horned Rabbit successfully managed to activate despite the low percentage of success.
What were the odds? Silvia thought.
She wanted to curse out loud. The Horned Rabbit Queen that appeared out of nowhere was surely stronger than the rest of the puny rabbits.
The title Queen gave away to how strong it was. Silvia didn't have to use a [Monocle] to know. Just that single shock wave alone almost depleted her HP in a single strike.
What's more, she only had two remaining [Health Potions], enough to full her HP once. But she didn't have any potions to combat the paralyzing effect on her!
She was doomed!
Silvia contemplated whether to delay the inevitable and continue to struggle and try her luck if she could defeat that thing that appeared out of nowhere, hoping that the paralyzation would disappear soon before it could launch another attack.
It must be their mother or something. Silvia mused to herself. She couldn't even laugh at her predicament. If she died now, the EXP penalty was surely going to be enormous because of the appearance of another strong beast.
She couldn't afford another huge ATP loss!
Silvia's advantage over the others would disappear, and it was like she was back from square one!
Maybe it was even better if she deleted her account and recreated a new one? A new avatar's ATP might be higher than the one she had if she died again.
Silvia bit her lips when the Horned Rabbit Queen moved together with the last remaining smaller Rabbit. She could only watch helplessly as her death was fast approaching in the form of two pairs of large saliva-coated buck teeth.
WhoOsShH!
The sound of gushing winds and the smell of burned fur and flesh awoke Silvia from a bad dream. And when she opened her eyes, the broad back of a man dominated her view.
Who?
Silvia was taller than most women, but the man in front of her was taller than her by inches, donned in robes and face hidden by a black cloak. He had a pet that was exclusive only to the Hunter and Animist class, but he could cast fire like a Mage.
Silvia was confused. There was nothing like that from the information she had gathered. And definitely not something she read from the developers lacking guide on their website.
Then it could only mean one thing.
"Are you . . ." Silvia pried for the stranger's eyes, but she still couldn't see amidst his dark hood.
"An NPC?"
Silvia's eyes shone. Did she triggered an event or what?
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A Horned Rabbit Queen?
Ren was surprised that the last remaining rabbit that would have otherwise granted Silvia her sought-after victory had successfully summoned the Queen of all Horned Rabbits.
Ren didn't expect Silvia to last this long, facing the Hordes of Horned Rabbits alone. If he had to be honest. And she proved him wrong when she was about to defeat them without anyone's help –– if only the Horned Rabbit Queen didn't appear.
What were the odds that the low percentage skill [Screech] of the Horned Rabbit would be activated successfully at the last minute? And actually, summoned the Queen of Horned Rabbits no less?
The Horned Rabbit Queen was a rare beast at this point in time but a common beast in the latter part of the game that could only be encountered if its children successfully activated their skill [Screech]. By that time, the Horned Rabbit's skill [Screech] would already reach LV.7, so naturally, the success rate of summoning their Queen Mother would also increase.
In this early game, killing a Horned Rabbit Queen would surely give huge EXP and Gil. What's more, its meat was ingredients in many cooking recipes and fetched a high price when sold.
But killing it with only a single digits ATP was impossible.
Ren didn't know if Silvia's LCK was good or bad.
At this rate, she was surely going to die.
Yep. She was going to die. Ren thought when Silvia was afflicted with the paralyzing status.
Ren immensely enjoyed seeing Silvia's usual calm and arrogant face crack. It made her human and reachable.
Anyway, Ren was contemplating whether to help Silvia or not. But at the appearance of the Horned Rabbit Queen, he decided to help her.
There were advantages if he did help her. The meat of the Horned Rabbit Queen would surely fetch an excellent additional 5 000 Gil to his money . . . Silvia would owe him a debt which she would surely pay in cash.
The only disadvantage Ren had was that she would know that he could cast Fire and would surely doubt his class even if he portrayed himself as a Hunter or Animist because of Pii.
Ren pondered some more, but he quickly decided upon seeing that the Horned Rabbits were going to attack again.
Ren entered the fighting range and pressed <ENGAGED> to join in the fray before he cast [Fire] over the Horned Rabbit Queen.
Ren's INT was way higher than the rest, enough to reduce the Horned Rabbit Queen's HP bar to more than half with a single critical hit.
–574 Critical Hit!
[ Horned Rabbit Queen suffered from BURN
–5% HP every minute ]
–40 (BURN)
Silvia was surprised by the amount of damaged that the stranger inflicted on the Horned Rabbit Queen. He appeared to be in the Hunter or Animist class based on the beast-like pet on his shoulder. But he cast magic damage like he was a mage.
No player was capable of that unless . . .
"Are you . . . an NPC?"
Ren faced Silvia with a serious expression, though all the woman saw was hazy fogy darkness inside his hood.
"That's not important. Do you want to live and gain an enormous amount of EXP?"
Silvia was confused at the NPC's words. Was this an event? Did she triggered something? But where's the option that should have popped on her screen? Or was it voice-operated?
"Hurry up."
Silvia was still confused and nodded without thinking. She was still trying to guess Ren's class and whether he was an NPC or not. She was straining her neck if she could see inside the hood of his cloak to no success.
Ren wasn't bothered and asked, "How much?"
". . . Huh?" Silvia became even more confused.
Ren grinned and extended a hand. "How much for your life?"
". . ." Silvia's jaw dropped. What was he talking about? Was he talking about Gil? Is that the payment for his help? Or was it part of an event?
"And in case you're wondering, I'm talking about real money," Ren said and avoided the attack of the Horned Rabbits. With his AGI, it was a breeze.
Since Ren's attacks were higher than Silvia's, the [Aggro] of the enemies were on him, and he became the priority target of the two Horned Rabbits.
Ren didn't flinch, though, since his DEF and AGI were high. He could cast [Fire] multiple times if he wanted to and finish the fight before the Horned Rabbits could move again, but he decided against it.
He wanted to talk to Silvia first and make a deal with her.
"Hurry up. I don't have all day."
Silvia was jolted awake from her confused state by Ren's monotone and cold voice.
It was a first time that a man had spoken that way to her. She was used to everyone's attention and affection. All men she knew turned docile and idiotic upon facing her. Their hard voice melted mellow, and their cold facades cracked upon laying eyes on her beautiful face. She didn't have to make an effort. Her charms were enough to make all men bow before her.
He was definitely an NPC. Silvia thought.
"Are you an NPC?"
Ren's eyelid twitched. "Ask me that again, and I'll kill those beasts myself and take all their EXP and loot.
Silvia's eye rounded, and she restrained a gasp from escaping her lips.
He was a player!
A beta tester, then? That would explain the high damage and the weird-looking beast coiling on his neck.
Beta Testers had an unfair advantage over regular players. They already knew half the game before it was even launched. It was where Silvia got some of her information, too, by paying a huge amount of money so she could acquire the Beta Testers guidebook of COVENANT. It wasn't much, but it had more information than the guide on the developer's website.
If so, then Silvia's LCK hadn't run out! She could still get out of this predicament!
"How much do you want?" Silvia immediately offered. If this was going to be resolved with money, then it wasn't a problem for her.
Ren's smile stretched. "How much can you give?"
With an arrogant and overbearing woman like Silvia, she would surely not accept anything less. And with her fortune, money wasn't a problem.
And Ren wouldn't have Silvia in any other way. Rich, arrogant, prideful customer who wouldn't allow anyone to question her capabilities and power.
It was the reason why Ren loved rich and overbearing people the best.
Ren's grin widened when Silvia's cold façade cracked. She bit her lip and glared at him with rosy cheeks and a flushed face.
She was indeed beautiful, and Ren was one of those men who had a secret crush on her.
Too bad that Ren's one true love is money.
Silvia gritted her teeth and hissed through the gap of her clinching teeth. "How about ten thousand real money? I'm sure that's more than enough."
Ren didn't flinch and said in a monotone voice, "The EXP reward for the Hordes of Horned Rabbits is about 700. But since one of them successfully called the Horned Rabbit Queen, then what EXP you'll receive would double. BUT . . .
"If you died, then your ATP would surely suffer a tremendous blow enough for you to consider recreating your account. Are you willing to forfeit your advantage and start all over again?"
Silvia's face darkened.
Ren's lips twitched at the side. He had her. "Surely the daughter of a billionaire could offer more than that. If not, then I'll just let them kill you before I defeat them and take all their EXP and loot."
". . ."
Is he serious?!
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