บท 12: 12, Annie and [Giant bear Tibbers]_1
Upon hearing Emperor Blood Slays the Sky's plan, the younger brothers' eyes lit up:
"Brilliant, boss!"
"Only our boss could come up with such a perfect plan!"
"Heh, the Zhan Tian guild? They think they can do whatever they want just because they have more people? They still need to grovel before our boss!"
"We must tarnish their reputation!"
The younger brothers were wildly praising Emperor Blood Slays the Sky, at the same time, they were all eagerly preparing to participate in this operation.
Ling Feng was not the type to offer flattery, but he nodded, "Understood. I'll notify Zhen Hong now and get him to lead the team."
Emperor Blood Slays the Sky patted Ling Feng on the shoulder:
"Go on, but remember not to give ourselves away during this operation. All the elites in the game are concentrated in the first few newbie villages. Villages 6-8 are devoid of any elites. You guys can start from there."
"Alright." Ling Feng answered.
Emperor Blood Slays the Sky swept his gaze over all his junior brothers, "Apart from this operation, keep an eye out for this person called 'Nemesis'. If you acquire any news about him, inform me immediately!"
"Understood, boss!" the younger brothers assured him in unison.
...
Meanwhile, in the same warehouse.
Zhan Tianjian stared at the auction interface detailing the [Rampage Sheep Leader's Horn] in silence.
Ever since he started playing the game, he always believed that he could completely control the game with his past gaming experience and followers.
But now, with the appearance of this level 4 boss material, he suddenly found his control slipping.
Zhan Tianjian turned to his deputy:
"Qingli, any news on 'Nemesis'?"
Qingli was a beautiful young woman.
She shook her head with a stern face: "I've messaged most of the high-ranking members in the guild, none of them have heard anything about...wait! It's a private message from East Mountain Sword. He knows about 'Nemesis'!"
Immediately, she copied the message, forwarding it to guild leader Zhan Tianjian.
"East Mountain Sword? Isn't that kid in the 6th newbie village?"
Zhan Tianjian frowned slightly, quickly reading the private message.
The content of the message was: East Mountain Sword had encountered "Nemesis" in the level 3 monster zone, he invited him into the guild but was rejected along with a series of other issues.
Zhan Tianjian read the message over and over again, three times in total.
After reading, he closed the message window, and turned to Qingli with a serious look: "Our original plan was to stop Emperor Blood Slays the Sky from monopolizing the market, but now our plan has changed. We are heading to the 6th newbie village immediately!"
"Alright, boss."
...
Whilst all the newbie villages were in chaos due to Su Yu's listed equipment and skill scrolls, Su Yu was also nearing the end of his hidden quest.
Outstanding Hidden Quest [Tear of Savie Goddess (20/20)]
In the deep forest west of the village.
Su Yu was slowly walking with a 7-8 years old, red-hooded, cute-looking loli NPC.
The forest was dark due to the tall trees blocking out the sun.
It was nearing dusk and the forest was dimly lit, the visibility was extremely low.
Further in the forest, the ghostly howling and the feral roars of beasts were faintly discernible, making it all the more terrifying.
The NPC loli's name was Annie.
She was very scared, looking around at her surroundings in terror, her small hands icy cold:
"Uncle, is my toy bear 'Tibbers' really here?"
"Of course, Aunt Marguerite told us so, she can't be wrong!" Su Yu comforted her whilst stroking the top of Annie's head.
At the same time, he was also mentally calculating, "I've walked 3500 steps now, just 100 more steps to reach the 3600 steps indicated by the quest."
Su Yu nodded, marked the spot with his foot, then turned Annie 90 degrees, changing their direction from north to east.
Finally, at the 3600th step, Su Yu and little loli Annie arrived at the entrance of a black mountain cave.
On seeing this cave, Annie tightly tugged at Su Yu's sleeve, extremely frightened, "Uncle, do the two of us really have to go in? It's so dark in there!"
"Of course... we're not going in there, why would we?"
Su Yu replied with a smile.
Then, bending over, he parted a seemingly unremarkable shrub at his feet. From within, he retrieved a toy bear as long as an adult's forearm and handed it over to the little girl, Annie.
[Teddy Bear Tibbers (Excellent)]
Note: Annie's favourite toy.
You could say that the final step of this mission is super tricky!
The tricky part is: when a player has walked 3600 steps to arrive at the entrance of a cave, their first reaction is definitely to enter the cave for a look.
Moreover, the little girl Annie even gave a hint, suggesting that both of them should go inside.
But Su Yu knew, the cave was full of instant-death traps, and the real mission item was hidden in the bushes at the entrance of the cave.
This just counted as one of the disgusting missions designed against human fixed thinking.
...
After receiving [Teddy Bear Tibbers], a look of happiness danced about on the little girl Annie's face. She was brimming with joy and cheerfully hopping around:
"Thank you uncle! Thanks for bringing me here, or else I would have never seen Tibbers again in my life!"
"No need to be formal." Su Yu ruffled Annie's hair again, "It's getting late now, let's quickly return to the village, or else your dad will be worried about you."
"I can't do that, uncle." Annie tightly hugged Tibbers with an ever radiant smile, "I really appreciate your help in rescuing Tibbers from the bushes. But if we just leave like this, won't the bushes feel sad?"
Su Yu: "...."
He turned to look at the bushes at his feet.
These things can actually feel sad?
Annie went on saying, "So, uncle, can you stay here and keep the bushes company?"
"I think..."
Before Su Yu could finish his sentence, Annie interrupted him, "You don't really get a say in this, uncle."
Saying this, she tossed the toy bear in her hand.
The toy bear grew larger with the wind and soon transformed into a giant brown bear, standing upright at a towering height of 4 meters!
[Giant bear Tibbers (lv6)]
HP: 800
Tibbers had the same amount of health as the goat boss Su Yu had just killed.
"Tibbers! Take care of him!" Little Annie yelled.
On hearing Annie's command, the giant bear immediately roared and begun sprinting towards Su Yu.
But Su Yu showed no signs of panic.
He drank a bottle of [Primary Wisdom Potion], granting him +10 intelligence.
With a wave of his left hand, an Ice Arrow scroll was ripped apart. The activated Frost Arrow brutally slammed into the Giant Bear Tibbers.
At the same time, his right hand's wand was also flickering with dazzling lightning.
Crackle!
A [Lightning Bolt] flew out of the wand, striking directly at the forehead of [Giant Bear Tibbers], leaving a charring mark.
-55 (Ice Arrow Scroll)
-101
The total combined damage instantly reduced [Giant bear Tibbers]' HP by 20%!
But just at this moment, little Annie launched an attack towards Su Yu as well.
With a casual wave of her hand, she sent a huge, magical fireball, [Fractured Fire], darting toward Su Yu.
Su Yu flashed a slight smile.
He did not even bother to activate his [Frost Shield].
With a swift dodge.
The magical fireball brushed past him, inflicting no harm whatsoever.
While Su Yu continued his onslaught, dealing another double hits of damage, pushing [Giant bear Tibbers]' health bar down below 60%.
บท 13: 13, [Tear of the Goddess], mainline task! _1
Annie completely didn't expect Su Yu to have such high damage, just two rounds of spells knocked 40% of her partner's health points!
She hurriedly released her second skill - [Magma Shield].
Dense fire elements wrapped her and [Giant Bear Tibbers] within, adding an extra layer of thick fire element magic shield to the two of them.
Moreover, after acquiring the [Magma Shield], the movement speed of [Giant Bear Tibbers] greatly increased too! This significantly heightened the threat towards Su Yu!
...
The magic shield was very sturdy, and the increased speed made the giant bear even more terrifying, but Su Yu's expression remained extremely calm.
Again, two spells were casted out, interweaving thunder and fire, causing the magic shield on [Giant Bear Tibbers] to crumble.
Then, Su Yu executed a beautiful side flip, avoiding [Giant Bear Tibbers]'s bear paw, while the magic glow in his hands lit up again.
Despite [Giant Bear Tibbers] trying his utmost, he still couldn't touch this infuriating human in front of him.
Annie's fireballs were always just slightly off, always brushing past Su Yu, always just a tiny bit away from hitting him accurately.
Facing Su Yu's all-out attack, the huge bear's health points were rapidly depleted, and he collapsed onto the ground with a loud crash.
This powerful boss was easily defeated by Su Yu just like that!
...
Actually, the process of the hidden mission was not meant to be like this.
The attributes of [Giant Bear Tibbers] weren't any different from other level 6 bosses. Furthermore, with little Annie's spell harassment, an 8-level boss isn't as tricky to fight as this pair of Annie and the big bear!
Ordinary players simply would not have the capacity to defeat this combination.
The normal process of the mission should be to lead the huge bear into the cave behind and use the deadly traps within the cave to grind down [Giant Bear Tibbers], all while ensuring one's survival.
The final steps of this mission primarily test wisdom and luck.
However, Su Yu didn't opt for going into the cave, but instead directly killed [Giant Bear Tibbers] outside the cave.
Perhaps, among all the players, only Su Yu would have the confidence to do so!
With [Giant Bear Tibbers] lying on the ground, the full 20-stage hidden mission was thoroughly completed!
"Ding! Congratulations on completing the excellent level hidden mission [Savi Goddess's Tear]! Reward: Experience Points X1000, [Tear of the Goddess (Excellent)] X1."
At the same time, [Giant Bear Tibbers]' swollen belly split open, spilling out a crystal clear droplet-shaped equipment.
It was indeed the [Tear of the Goddess]!
But Su Yu didn't rush to pick up this item.
He smiled at little Annie, "Annie, have you had enough fun? Would you like Uncle to take you home for dinner?"
Su Yu didn't attack Annie, because after the fight began, Annie entered an [Immune] state, unable to receive physical and magical damage.
Little Annie's face turned pale with anger.
After [Giant Bear Tibbers] fell, she also lost the ability to continue using magic attacks on Su Yu.
"Hmph! Let's wait and see! Sooner or later, I'll trap you in these thistles just like Tibbers!"
Annie glared fiercely at Su Yu, then turned and walked towards the forest.
"Tsk tsk, I'm afraid you won't have the chance!" Su Yu scratched his chin.
Then he raised his hand, the scroll of [Fireball] was activated, and the bushes on the ground were burnt clean.
With all the bushes burnt, how are you going to trap someone?
Annie in the distance saw Su Yu's actions, staggered and almost fell to the ground.
But she didn't say anything more, and left the forest without looking back.
...
On the other hand, Su Yu picked up [Tear of the Goddess].
[Tear of the Goddess (Excellent)]
Jewelry
Magic Points Limit +100
Characteristics: Each time you release a skill, the [Tear of the Goddess] will gain an additional 3 magic points limit, up to a maximum of 360 points.
Note: The crystallization of Savi Goddess's tears implies misfortune and bad luck to a certain extent. Once the [Tear of the Goddess]'s extra magic points reach the maximum, it will unlock the upgrade mission for the [Tear of the Goddess].
Unconsciously, Su Yu used the [Point Star Hand] to upgrade the [Tear of the Goddess] to a rare quality.
[Tear of the Goddess (Rare)]
Accessory
Mana Capacity +150
Feature: For each skill you cast, [Tear of the Goddess] will gain an additional 3 points of mana capacity, up to a maximum of 450.
[Tear of the Goddess] has no level limit for equipment.
Moreover, a rare-quality [Tear of the Goddess], when fully stacked, can increase Mana by a staggering 600 points!
Consider that Su Yu currently only has a Mana of 140, equipping it would mean an increase of several multiples to his Mana!
But that's not the most important part.
Su Yu stared at the "Upgrade Task" note in the [Tear of the Goddess], lost in thought.
"Upgrade Task?! It's actually equipment with an upgrade task!"
Subtle expressions appeared on Su Yu's usually calm face.
Despite having lived once before, he still found it hard to believe.
According to his memories from his past life, he knew clearly what equipment branded with the words "Upgrade Task" meant.
This kind of equipment implies -- Mainline Tasks! The main questline in the world of the "Evolution" game!
...
There are many routes for the mainline tasks in "Evolution", and each route comes with generous rewards.
Epic and even legendary equipment, skills, and mounts are only produced from mainline tasks.
It can be said that in the previous world, those who successfully completed mainline tasks were inevitably big shots! Without exception!
In his previous life, Su Yu had only heard of the "mainline tasks" and "upgradeable equipment" but had not actually encountered them.
He did not expect to encounter them this early in the game in this life!
An excited emotion inevitably surfaced in Su Yu's heart.
But he also gave himself a silent warning: "Don't take it lightly! Mainline Tasks aren't easy to complete! The player who completed the [Tear of the Goddess] Task in the past life was permanently banned from the game, maybe it's the punishment for failing the Mainline Task, must be cautious!"
Su Yu forced himself to calm down.
After calming his mind, he headed towards the newbie village.
No matter what, he should first go to the wilderness area and get the [Tear of the Goddess] fully stacked!
...
...
Just when Su Yu was returning to the newbie village, at the entrance of Wolf King Valley, west of the newbie village.
"Hey! Mister, I heard you heard Goddess Savi's singing the day before yesterday?"
Snow Fall excitedly stopped a red-bearded woodcutter in front of her.
She just accepted a hidden task.
After only doing ten rounds, she and her father leveled up to level 2, which was much faster than monster grinding!
And the rewards for the hidden task were also generous, they both got a green-quality weapon, she was very excited about the upcoming task storyline.
But the woodcutter dampened her excitement: "I'm sorry, miss, but my daughter's Annie's wish has already been completed by another adventurer. We don't need your help now."
Meanwhile, Snow Fall and Snow Balm received the task failure notice.
Snow Fall was stunned: "Who was it? Who took our hidden task?"
Having a halfway done hidden task completed by someone else felt like having a fishbone stuck in her throat.
Snow Balm then took a step forward and politely asked: "Brother, can you tell me which adventurer that fulfilled Annie's wish? We're good friends with Annie. We would like to know."
"I can't say that." Disregarding them, the woodcutter picked up his firwood and continued walking towards the village.
Without hurrying, Snow Balm took out a piece of [Wild Boar Meat] from his backpack and, with a smiling face, ran after him:
"Hey, bro, wait a minute! You must be very tired cutting wood in the mountains every day! This piece of wild boar meat is for you, take it back and make a soup, helps to replenish energy for you and Annie!"
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