Elite Adventurer

While all the players were enthusiastically scrambling for Slimes and using schemes to kill Red-eyed Rabbits, Su Jiang had already reached Level 2.

He came to the Adventurer's Guild and handed ten bundles of elite rabbit fur to the NPC at the front desk.

"Wow, Adventurer, you actually managed to defeat ten elite monsters above your level. That's incredible!" The Adventurer's Guild receptionist looked utterly stunned.

Then she said admiringly, "Powerful Adventurer, please accept the rewards from our Adventurer's Guild!"

"Ding—"

"You unexpectedly completed the Adventurer's Guild's trial. Adventurer's Guild favorability +5, reputation +100."

"System Notification: Congratulations, you have obtained an Elite Adventurer's Guild Member Badge x1, experience +100, Adventurer's Guild member favorability +5, reputation +100!"

His experience bar rose to 50%. Aside from the Elite Badge he wanted most, the reputation and favorability were both excellent rewards!

"System Notification: Your name has spread within the Adventurer's Guild. The chance of receiving rare quests has increased."

Another system notification appeared.

Su Jiang checked the effects of the Elite Badge.

Elite Adventurer's Guild Member

Item Quality: Excellent

Item Description: Your strength has earned the Adventurer's Guild's recognition. Purchases within the Adventurer's Guild receive a 5% discount, the chance of receiving rare quests increases by 10%, and quest reward settlement increases by 20%.

With the badge and favorability combined, his chance of receiving rare quests was far higher than anyone else's!

"Honored Adventurer, you have successfully joined the Adventurer's Guild. Would you be willing to share the Guild's burdens?" the receptionist NPC asked anxiously.

"Of course. It would be my honor to solve problems for the Adventurer's Guild," Su Jiang said with utmost sincerity.

As soon as he finished speaking, a huge number of quests of mixed white, blue, and purple grades appeared before Su Jiang.

Players were still running wild throughout the game, and very few had joined the Adventurer's Guild.

Therefore, it was only natural for the Adventurer's Guild to have a massive backlog of quests. Once the players caught on and quests became scarce, the Guild would limit each player to completing only ten quests per day, with quest grades assigned at random.

(Similar to the daily quest system in current mobile games.)

This was where the badge and reputation came into play.

Completing two more rare quests than others every day would put him two steps ahead!

Over time, the returns would be considerable!

Su Jiang took a look and accepted three purple rare quests.

They were: Kill 100 wild dogs (Rare, Level 2 Quest)

Quest Description: These wild dogs have been roaming the village road, causing enormous trouble for passersby. Adventurers are requested to kill them and make them fear humans!

Quest Reward: Experience +100, Copper Coins +100

Current Progress: 0/100

Collect 1,000 eggs (Rare, Level 2 Quest)

Quest Description: Many people have appeared in Novice Village. The village chief fears that the village's food supply will not be enough, so he hopes Adventurers can help collect sufficient provisions.

Quest Reward: Experience +100, Copper Coins +100

Current Progress: 0/1000

Drive the Rats Out of the Fields (Rare, Level 2 Quest)

Quest Description: The villagers' crop fields have long suffered from rat infestations, with their crops being heavily destroyed. Adventurers are requested to lend a hand.

Quest Reward: Experience +100, Copper Coins +100

Current Progress: 0/20

Su Jiang could not be bothered to keep running back and forth to accept quests, so he simply took all three.

When he exited Novice Village again, the army besieging the Slimes was still fighting with great fervor.

Passing through the crowd, he arrived at the only village road in Novice Village. Small groups of wild dogs wandered along the flat road ahead.

Stray Wild Dog

Level: Lv.2

Life Level: Ordinary Monster

Attack: 25

Defense: 0

Health: 100

Description: Lick it, bite it, meat tastes so good...

All the wild monsters around Novice Village were Level 2. Only farther away could higher-level monsters be found.

These dogs had slightly higher stats than the rabbits. Even after reaching Level 2, Su Jiang still needed at least five shots to kill one. The problem was that these wild dogs traveled in groups of three. Attack one, and the other two would follow.

Ordinary players could easily suffer a party wipe in this situation.

Bang, bang, bang...

Su Jiang transformed in the shadows, then raised his hand and fired at the three wild dogs.

Three bullets trailing red light struck their respective targets, successfully reducing their speed.

-22!

-33!

-22!

Three bright red numbers rose above the wild dogs' heads.

"Woof!" "Woof!" "Woof!"...

The pain instantly made the wild dogs' eyes turn red, and they charged fiercely toward Kurumi.

Unfortunately, with the passives of First Bullet and Second Bullet, there was a 20% difference in their speeds.

"Wooooof—"

In the end, Kurumi killed all three wild dogs in just twenty seconds while dodging and attacking. The poor dogs' paws could not even touch the hem of her clothes before they died.

"Ding— You killed a wild dog and gained 2 experience points, 1 Copper Coin..."

"Ding— You killed..."

"Ding— You..."

With Kurumi farming monsters so efficiently, she killed fifty wild dogs in just five minutes.

Fighting three wild dogs alone was still dangerous. Avoiding the first attack did not necessarily mean she could avoid the second or third. At times like this, she had to use the active skills of First Bullet and Second Bullet according to the situation.

Fortunately, the active skills were powerful. Otherwise, even with the speed advantage, she would not have been able to evade all three wild dogs attacking at once.

Meanwhile, after killing fifty wild dogs, Kurumi reached Level 3 (Experience 0%).

Her stats increased once again.

"System Notification: Your Life Level has received a slight release..."

"Base attribute growth increased to 12."

Current Attributes:

Attack: 36 ((Strength + Intelligence) / 2, balanced development attack calculation)

Defense: 3.6 (Constitution * 0.1)

Health: 360 (Constitution * 10)

Mana: 180 (Spirit * 5)

Time Value: 53

Attributes (Balanced Development): Strength 36, Intelligence 36, Constitution 36, Spirit 36.

Excellent. Her monster-killing speed had increased again.

Bang, bang, bang...

The sounds of Kurumi's flintlock firing echoed along the entire village road. Hearing the gunshots, the players did not dare venture deeper in. They could only stand at the edge and peer inside curiously, trying to see what was making the noise.

Five minutes later, another fifty wild dogs lay dead on the ground.

Kurumi gained another 100 experience points and 53 Copper Coins.

It had to be said, this game's drop rate was truly low. After farming a hundred wild dogs, she had not gotten a single piece of equipment.