Advancement-Goblin Flamecaster

Suddenly, Xiao Yu felt an intense burning sensation on his forehead. It was so vivid that it seemed to be engraved on the depths of his soul, and he couldn't help but scream.

Damn, it's just a game. Did they have to make the pain system this realistic?

Xiao Yu clutched his wound and screamed for quite a while before finally stopping. After he had endured it with great difficulty, a six-pointed star burned into his chest had appeared.

System notification: You have obtained the Flame Mark and gained the power to control fire. Your class has advanced to: Goblin Flamecaster.

Skills learned: Flame Missiles, Summon Fire Elemental, Activate Flame Mark.

System notification: Completed the story event, Rite of the Evil God. Gained 300 reputation.

System notification: Your template has advanced from rare elite to elite. Maximum health increased by 100%, damage dealt increased by 20%, and damage taken reduced by 20%.

Flame Missiles: Conjures several flame missiles that randomly attack nearby enemies. Each flame missile deals 10 fire damage. Flame missiles do not benefit from spell power. The number of flame missiles depends on your intelligence and spell power.

Summon Fire Elemental: Summons a fire elemental to fight for you. This is a divinely granted skill and requires no additional sacrifices.

Activate Flame Mark: Activates the Flame Mark on your body, releasing the terrifying power contained within it.

Hahaha, this is awesome! Even though I only went from a rare elite to an elite template, the boost in strength is the real deal.

Eric (Goblin Flamecaster): "Thank you, great god. Thank you very much."

Kalax: "Lowly goblin, I have no need of your thanks. Now, I have a task for you. There is a treasure called the Seed of Elements in the night elves' Nightwhisper Temple. This treasure is very important to me. I want you to obtain it for me."

Nightwhisper Temple? Xiao Yu thought back. Wasn't that a temple in Nightwhisper Village?

Does he really want me to attack night elf territory? Isn't that a bit much? Although his strength had improved, attacking a night elf town was still a bit much. But Nightwhisper Village was only a night elf starter village, and the NPCs and adventurers there were generally only at single-digit levels. All right, he still had a chance this way. After all, the highest-level NPCs in a starter village were only around level ten or so, and most were only around levels five or six, or seven or eight.

Players, however, were a problem. Although the game had been running for over three years and most players had reached levels twenty or thirty, forty or fifty, or even the level cap of sixty, greatly reducing the number in starter villages, the game was so popular that new players kept pouring in. The number of players in starter villages hadn't actually dropped that much. Besides, summer vacation seemed to be approaching, and once large numbers of new student players poured in, things would probably get difficult.

Though he was worried, he showed none of it on his face. "Rest assured, great god. I will get you the Seed of Elements."

He didn't ask Kalax why he didn't get it himself, because he knew that elemental beings had to be summoned to enter the Material Plane. The more powerful the elemental being, the more powerful the person needed to summon it. An elemental being on Kalax's level required at least a four-star hero and a large number of sacrifices to summon, and was also very difficult to control.

Who would normally have so little to do that they'd summon an elemental lord for fun?

Kalax (Unknown creature): "Very good. Once you obtain the Seed of Elements, activate the Flame Mark. My avatar will then descend into this world and take the Seed of Elements. Once it is done, I will grant you even greater power. Remember, you have only one month to complete this task. If you have not summoned me within a month, the power in the Flame Mark will burn you to ashes."

Burn me to ashes!? Wouldn't that mean being killed by the plot!

Sure enough, you get what you pay for. Advancing to an elite template so easily doesn't come without a price. I really don't know whether this is a blessing or a curse.

Xiao Yu grumbled inwardly, but said aloud, "Thank you, great god."

The firelight on the statue before him gradually faded. Xiao Yu looked at the statue and thought, That guy's finally gone.

He walked out of the temple, and a night breeze blew over him, dispersing the heat from his body and calming him down.

First, he checked his stats.

Eric (Goblin Flamecaster)-

Monster category: Humanoid (elite).

Affiliation: Mud Pit Camp (Goblin Wanderers).

Monster level: 8.

Monster talent: Cower (passive).

Health: 300 (+150).

Mana: 60.

Strength: 9.

Stamina: 10.

Agility: 7.

Intelligence: 7 (+2).

Spirit: 6 (+2).

Skills: Campfire, Lesser Fireball, Lesser Heal, Summon Goblin Whelp (equipment skill), Flame Missiles, Summon Fire Elemental, Activate Flame Mark (special skill).

Not bad, not bad. This is much stronger than when I first entered the game. Three hundred health is twice as much as a player of the same level, and the elite template reduces damage taken by 20% and increases damage dealt by 20%. Xiao Yu was now confident he could easily defeat a player of the same level.

He had advanced to an elite template after only one day in the game. It had to be said that was incredibly fast. But this power came at a price. If he couldn't complete the task in a month, he would be burned to ashes, and since it was a plot death, he wouldn't be able to revive. It looked like he had to complete Kalax's task.

Although it was a little more difficult and a little riskier, there was no doubt that this was also an opportunity for him. If he could complete the task and obtain the subsequent reward, he could probably increase his strength at least a little more, and might even be able to advance to a boss template. Although he was already the leader of a monster faction, it was only a lowest-tier one. He could throw his weight around near the starter village, but even players of the same level could kill him if three to five of them formed a team and coordinated well.

If he entered a dungeon, he wouldn't even qualify as a boss in a lowest-level five-person dungeon for players around level ten. So, to increase his strength further, he had to influence the development of the game's plot and take part in story events. This task happened to give him an idea.

Right! If I can lead a monster army to conquer a starter village, a story event like that should be worth at least several hundred or even a thousand reputation points, shouldn't it?

He checked his current reputation: 13/500.

He only needed another 487 points to advance to a boss template.

All right, I'm definitely doing this task.