Annie had never expected Su Yu to deal such high damage. In just two rounds of spells, he had taken 40% of her companion's health!
She hurriedly cast her second skill—Lava Shield.
Dense Fire Element wrapped around her and Great Bear Tibers, covering both of them in a thick magical shield of Fire Element.
Moreover, after gaining Lava Shield, Great Bear Tibers's movement speed greatly increased! He posed an even greater threat to Su Yu!
The Magic Shield was thick, and the speed-boosted bear was even more terrifying, but Su Yu remained calm.
He fired off another two spells. Lightning and fire intertwined, and the Magic Shield around Great Bear Tibers crumbled away.
Then Su Yu performed a graceful side roll, dodging Great Bear Tibers's paw as spell-light flared in his hand again.
Great Bear Tibers gave it everything he had, yet he still could not touch the detestable human before him.
The same went for Annie's Fireballs. They always streaked past Su Yu, always falling just a tiny bit short.
Under Su Yu's relentless bombardment, the bear's health was rapidly drained away, and he crashed to the ground.
Such a powerful boss had been dealt with so easily by Su Yu!
In truth, the Hidden Quest was not supposed to proceed like this.
Great Bear Tibers's attributes were no different from those of other ordinary level 6 bosses. Combined with little Annie's spell harassment, even a level 8 boss would not have been as difficult as the Annie-and-bear duo!
Ordinary players simply could not have defeated this pair.
The normal quest route was for players to lure the bear into the cave behind them and use the lethal traps inside to slowly kill Great Bear Tibers while ensuring they did not die themselves.
The Final Ring of this quest mainly tested wisdom and luck.
But Su Yu had not chosen to enter the cave. Instead, he had directly killed Great Bear Tibers outside it.
Perhaps among all players, Su Yu was the only one with the confidence to do that!
With Great Bear Tibers falling to the ground, the entire twenty-ring Hidden Quest was finally complete!
"Ding! Congratulations on completing the Excellent Hidden Quest, Tears of Goddess Savi! Reward obtained: Experience Points x1000, Goddess's Tear (Excellent) x1."
At the same time, a slit opened in Great Bear Tibers's bulging belly, and a crystal-clear, teardrop-shaped piece of equipment fell out.
It was Goddess's Tear!
But Su Yu was in no hurry to pick it up.
Smiling, he looked at little Annie. "Annie, have you had enough fun? Want Uncle to take you home for dinner?"
Su Yu had not attacked Annie because, after the battle began, she had entered an immune state and could not be harmed by physical or magical damage.
Little Annie's face turned livid with anger.
After Great Bear Tibers fell, she also lost the ability to keep attacking Su Yu with spells.
"Hmph! Just you wait! One day, I'll trap you in these thorns just like Tibers!"
Annie glared fiercely at Su Yu, then turned and headed out of the forest.
"Tsk, tsk. I'm afraid you won't get the chance." Su Yu stroked his chin.
Then he raised his hand and activated a Fireball scroll, burning every shrub on the ground to ashes.
With all the shrubs burned away, how were you supposed to trap anyone?
When Annie in the distance saw what Su Yu had done, she stumbled and nearly fell to the ground.
But she said nothing more and left the forest without looking back.
On the other side, Su Yu picked up Goddess's Tear.
Goddess's Tear (Excellent) Accessory Maximum Mana +100 Trait: Each time you cast a skill, Goddess's Tear gains an additional 3 Maximum Mana, up to a maximum of 360. Note: A crystallization of Goddess Savi's tears, hinting to some extent at misfortune and bad luck. Once Goddess's Tear's additional Mana reaches its maximum, the Upgrade Quest for Goddess's Tear will be unlocked.
Su Yu instinctively used Star Point Hand to upgrade Goddess's Tear to Rare quality.
Goddess's Tear (Rare) Accessory Maximum Mana +150 Trait: Each time you cast a skill, Goddess's Tear gains an additional 3 Maximum Mana, up to a maximum of 450.
Goddess's Tear had no equipment level requirement.
Moreover, once the Rare-quality Goddess's Tear was fully stacked, it could increase Mana by a full 600 points!
His Mana was only 140 points right now. Once equipped, it was equivalent to multiplying his Mana several times over!
But that was not the most important part.
Su Yu stared blankly at the words "Upgrade Quest" in Goddess's Tear's note.
"Upgrade Quest?! This is actually equipment with an Upgrade Quest!"
A slight change appeared on Su Yu's usually calm face.
Even though Su Yu had lived a second life, he still found it hard to believe.
Based on the memories of his previous life, he clearly knew what equipment bearing the words "Upgrade Quest" meant.
This kind of equipment meant—the Main Quest! The Main Quest of the entire game world of "Evolution"!
"Evolution" had many Main Quest routes, and each route came with generous rewards.
Some Epic-level and even Legendary-level equipment, skills, and mounts could only be produced through Main Quests.
It could be said that players who successfully completed Main Quests in his previous life inevitably became major figures in their own right! No exceptions!
In his previous life, Su Yu had only heard of "Main Quests" and "upgradable equipment"; he had never actually encountered them.
He had never expected to encounter one so early in the game in this life!
Su Yu could not help feeling a little excited.
However, Su Yu silently warned himself, Don't let your guard down! Main Quests aren't so easy to complete! The player who completed Goddess's Tear's quest in my previous life was permanently banned from the game. Perhaps that was the penalty for failing the Main Quest. I must be careful!
Su Yu forced himself to calm down.
After steadying himself, he headed toward Novice Village.
No matter what, he should first head to the monster zone and fully stack Goddess's Tear!
Just as Su Yu was returning to Novice Village, at the entrance to Wolf King Valley west of Novice Village—
"Hey! Sir, I heard you heard Goddess Savi's Song the day before yesterday?"
Snowflake excitedly stopped the Redbeard Woodcutter before her.
She had just accepted a Hidden Quest.
After completing only ten rings, she and her father had already reached level 2, much faster than grinding monsters!
Moreover, the Hidden Quest rewards were generous. It had given both her and her father a green-quality weapon, and she was eagerly anticipating the quest's next developments.
But the Woodcutter abruptly poured cold water over her enthusiasm. "I'm sorry, miss, but my daughter Annie's wish has already been fulfilled by another adventurer. We no longer need your help."
At the same time, Snowflake and Snowflake Cream received a quest failure notification.
Snowflake stood there dumbfounded. "Who was it? Who stole our Hidden Quest?"
Having a Hidden Quest someone else had gotten to first halfway through felt as awful as having a fish bone stuck in her throat.
Snowflake Cream's eyes shifted as he stepped forward and asked amiably, "Brother, could you tell us which adventurer fulfilled Annie's wish? We're Annie's good friends, and we'd really like to know."
"I can't tell you that." The Woodcutter ignored them, hoisted his firewood, and continued toward the village.
Unruffled, Snowflake Cream took out a piece of Wild Boar Meat from his backpack and hurried after him with a broad smile.
"Brother, brother, wait a moment! You must work very hard climbing the mountain to chop firewood every day! This Wild Boar Meat is for you. Take it home and make a pot of soup to give you and Annie some nourishment!"
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